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agog
highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation
argot /AHR•go/
n. a specialized vocabulary particular to a specific group of people
bilge
stupid talk or writing; nonsense
blatherskite
a person given to voluble, empty talk
blooter
a fool; an oaf; a blunderer
bloviate
to speak pompously
cantankerous
ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
churlish
boorish; rude
circumlocution /sir•kum•low•KYOO•shun/
n. using many words to express an idea that could be expressed using a few
codswallop
nonsensical talk or writing
confabulist /cun•FAB•yoo•list/
n. a person who likes to chat
curmudgeon
a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person
dumbledore
a busybody
dunderhead
a dunce; a blockhead
excursus /ik•SKUR•sus/
n. a digression, a tangent
flapdoodle
foolish talk; nonsense
foppish
excessively refined and fastidious in taste and manner
fuddy-duddy
a person who is fussy or picayune about details
gallimaufry /gal•uh•MAW•free/
n. a medley, a hodgepodge, a potpourri
incubus
someone who depresses or worries others
jabberwocky
an example of writing or speech consisting of or containing meaningless words
jejune
not interesting; dull
jobbernowl
a blockhead
Luddite
one who opposes technical or technological change
lugubrious
mournful, dismal, or gloomy
maunder /MON•dur/
v. to talk incoherently; to ramble
mendacious
dishonest; lying; untruthful
meretricious /mer•uh•TRISH•us/
adj. falsely attractive
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morose
sullenly melancholy; gloomy
myrmidon /MUR•muh•don/
n. a faithful follower who follows commands without questioning them
nebbish
a person regarded as weak-willed or timid
nefarious
extremely wicked or villainous
ninnyhammer
a fool or simpleton
nitpick
to criticize by focusing on inconsequential details
nitwit
a slow-witted, stupid, or foolish person
palter
to talk or act insincerely or deceitfully
panjandrum /pan•JAN•drum/
n. a self-important, overbearing or pompous person
pawky
shrewd and cunning
pellucid /puh•LOO•sid/
adj. transparent, clear; easily understandable
perspicacious
having keen mental perception and understanding; discerning
pettifogger
one who raises annoying petty objections
poltroon
characterized by complete cowardliness
popinjay
a vain and talkative person
pugnacious
eager or quick to quarrel or fight
raillery /RAY•luh•ree/
n. good-humored banter or teasing
rapscallion
one who is playfully mischievous; a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
sagacious
acutely insightful and wise
salmagundi /sal•muh•GUN•dee/
n. a mixture, an assortment, a potpourri
snollygoster
a clever, unscrupulous person
supercilious
having or showing arrogant superiority to, and disdain of, those one views as unworthy
surly
unfriendly or hostile
tendentious
having or showing a bias
tergiversation /tur•jiv•ur•SAY•shun/
n. the act of being deliberately ambiguous or evasive
terse
concise; brief and pithy
turbid /TUR•bid/
adj. disturbed, disordered, confused
umbrage
a feeling of anger caused by being offended
vainglorious
characterized by or exhibiting excessive vanity; boastful
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