The VOCABULARY thread

[Steve Carlton]

Dictionary
Definitions from Oxford Languages
mis·an·thrope
/ˈmis(ə)nˌTHrōp/
noun
noun: misanthrope; plural noun: misanthropes; noun: misanthropist; plural noun: misanthropists

a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.
"Scrooge wasn't the mean-spirited misanthrope most of us believe him to be"

[porsche tech]

My lawyer buddy who is now dead but was probably one of the smartest people I ever knew had a couple I still remember:
He said “he had to kill what he eats” meaning don’t produce don’t make money…which I adopted as I was on commission my entire career.
Also said “he was entering his dotage” as he was getting older. He had an unbelievable vocabulary and I would often have to ask him to dumb it down for me.

[Dixie]

Friends and I went to Lithia, FL, for a bougie-county lunch at the White Oak Cottage. The ladies at the table over had the most interesting looking drinks so I asked, "May I inquire what y'all are embibin'?
They sat there, looking at me like three monkeys doing math. Suddenly I realized they didn't speak Southern so I rephrased it. I asked, "What are youse guys drinking?" They got all excited and began describing their beverages.