Maybe they meant that the other TV idiot was "braggadoucheious". I would have given ten points to forming that as a new word.
I wish I could say I were surprised, but I have taught so-called "communications" majors who plan to go into TV. Most can't write their way out of a paper bag.
Hey, we do speak a living language. If it successfully communicates the meaning, and other people understand what you mean when you use it, it is a word – no matter how much the purists scream.
I've had the "honor" of being interviewed three times by "proffesional reportists" all three got it wrong and one was a woman I'd known for more than thirty years. None could write three paragraphs without at least one egregious grammatical error and two serious misspellings.
late 16th century (denoting a boaster): from Braggadocchio, the name of a braggart in Spenser's The Faerie Queene, from brag or braggart + the Italian suffix -occio, denoting something large of its kind
This is exactly how words are added to our language. They are made-up by someone and then propagate through the complaints of people who don't like made-up words until the new word pervades the collective consciousness.
It's a perfectly cromulent way of getting a new word.
That said, I personally don't really care for the word braggadocious. It seems a little superfluous.
Yes, I am aware that "braggadocio" is a valid noun. Thank you.
The Rest of you members of Pedants Against Pedantry: I use words that aren't words all the time. "Embigennated", in the post below this one, is frequently used by me in both written and spoken forms. It is not a word. Puzzle that out. ;)
Once again, the internets makes a wonderful Rorschach Test... Maybe if people just read what I wrote without front-loading it with all their own interpretations. I especially like the "Rules are for thee, not for me" guy. You need to seek some help, dude.
If we've decided to add "braggadocious", I hereby propose "braggadoucheious" as well. Probably both words describe the same class of individuals, but I my version adds a little more 21st century cultural contextual flair.
Hey Tam, a short while back, I was showing one of your posts to my Mom... I went to "imbiggenate" the pic and she wondered what kind of word that was or if I was making it up.
I had heard of a braggadocio before. I guess there's an academic version that likes to impress everybody with big words... probably prays to himself that nobody figures out how jejune he is. I was under the impression though that most braggadocios were more likely swashbucklers than pontificationists. It's been a while since I'd seen the word in use.
In the charade version of "Braggadocious" the person explaining the word would denote 5 syllables, then adopt the mien of Bill Clinton for an instant win.
Now that I think about it, works for the "Braggadoucheous" version, too.
Just a quick update, my friend and I went to partake in a Döner kebab this afternoon for lunch. As we drove through the parking lot, we observed a Ferrari 458 sitting in the lot, parked across three spaces in a very crowded lot.
I turned to my friend and said, "Ha look at that braggadoucheious park job on that Ferrari!" My friend's immediate reaction was, "Braggadoucheious?! New word. I love it."
I dunno Rob, the Notaword dictionary defines it as "adj. relating to direct or immediate action or commentary of inflated and abrasive importance of self." Seems he'd have to be physically in the car sneering at the little people to qualify for this elevated status and not just a regular prick. Close though.
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ReplyDeleteMaybe they meant that the other TV idiot was "braggadoucheious". I would have given ten points to forming that as a new word.
ReplyDeleteI wish I could say I were surprised, but I have taught so-called "communications" majors who plan to go into TV. Most can't write their way out of a paper bag.
-Rob
Hey, we do speak a living language. If it successfully communicates the meaning, and other people understand what you mean when you use it, it is a word – no matter how much the purists scream.
ReplyDeleteI've had the "honor" of being interviewed three times by "proffesional reportists" all three got it wrong and one was a woman I'd known for more than thirty years. None could write three paragraphs without at least one egregious grammatical error and two serious misspellings.
ReplyDeleteSo much for a kolege edumakashon.
Gerry N.
It's in the online OED in the American English section.
ReplyDeletehttp://oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/braggadocious
Heard on the radio, last night,
ReplyDelete"Tragesty."
Must be a combination of "tragedy" and "travesty".
Perhaps.
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Wasn't that the villain in one of the Cthulhu novels, maybe one of the ones by August Derleth perhaps?
Was the adjective being used to describe ta-tas?
ReplyDeleteIt's a great coinage, as good as "beclowned". I welcome it.
ReplyDeleteSomeone needs more schooling.
ReplyDeleteBraggadocio is a word. Braggadicious is the obvious adjective construction following standard English rules.
ReplyDeleteIt's totally a word, as perlhaqr said.
Its root has been a word for more than 500 years.
ReplyDeletelate 16th century (denoting a boaster): from Braggadocchio, the name of a braggart in Spenser's The Faerie Queene, from brag or braggart + the Italian suffix -occio, denoting something large of its kind
This is exactly how words are added to our language. They are made-up by someone and then propagate through the complaints of people who don't like made-up words until the new word pervades the collective consciousness.
ReplyDeleteIt's a perfectly cromulent way of getting a new word.
That said, I personally don't really care for the word braggadocious. It seems a little superfluous.
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You're just trying to caricaturize the talking heads on the teevee. ;)
ReplyDeleteSrsly though, what anon 10:37 and others have said here. It's a living thing; let it breathe.
Why object to embiggening our language?
ReplyDelete1911Man,
ReplyDeleteYes, I am aware that "braggadocio" is a valid noun. Thank you.
The Rest of you members of Pedants Against Pedantry: I use words that aren't words all the time. "Embigennated", in the post below this one, is frequently used by me in both written and spoken forms. It is not a word. Puzzle that out. ;)
Rules are for thee, not for me. Got it.
ReplyDelete"Rules are for thee, not for me. Got it."
ReplyDeleteWhat rules? Are you making up rules again?
Once again, the internets makes a wonderful Rorschach Test... Maybe if people just read what I wrote without front-loading it with all their own interpretations. I especially like the "Rules are for thee, not for me" guy. You need to seek some help, dude.
ReplyDeleteIf we've decided to add "braggadocious", I hereby propose "braggadoucheious" as well. Probably both words describe the same class of individuals, but I my version adds a little more 21st century cultural contextual flair.
ReplyDelete-Rob
RevolverRob,
ReplyDelete"I hereby propose "braggadoucheious" as well."
While not a word, it definitely should be.
I hereby swear to do my part to work it into the ver-NA-kyoo-lǝr. :)
Hey Tam, a short while back, I was showing one of your posts to my Mom... I went to "imbiggenate" the pic and she wondered what kind of word that was or if I was making it up.
ReplyDeleteI had heard of a braggadocio before. I guess there's an academic version that likes to impress everybody with big words... probably prays to himself that nobody figures out how jejune he is. I was under the impression though that most braggadocios were more likely swashbucklers than pontificationists. It's been a while since I'd seen the word in use.
"While not a word, it definitely should be."
ReplyDeletePrexactly.
wv"satiric" Heh.
Was it a tornadic flurry of braggadocious?
ReplyDeleteDann in Ohio
I think most of us are aware of your Cromulence, Tam.
ReplyDeleteWe were just having some fun.
In the charade version of "Braggadocious" the person explaining the word would denote 5 syllables, then adopt the mien of Bill Clinton for an instant win.
ReplyDeleteNow that I think about it, works for the "Braggadoucheous" version, too.
Just a quick update, my friend and I went to partake in a Döner kebab this afternoon for lunch. As we drove through the parking lot, we observed a Ferrari 458 sitting in the lot, parked across three spaces in a very crowded lot.
ReplyDeleteI turned to my friend and said, "Ha look at that braggadoucheious park job on that Ferrari!" My friend's immediate reaction was, "Braggadoucheious?! New word. I love it."
Successful introduction of this new word.
-Rob
I dunno Rob, the Notaword dictionary defines it as "adj. relating to direct or immediate action or commentary of inflated and abrasive importance of self." Seems he'd have to be physically in the car sneering at the little people to qualify for this elevated status and not just a regular prick. Close though.
ReplyDeleteI present to you an alternative pronunciation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRrgJdoHuBU
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