Jake Young is a MD/PhD student at Mount Sinai School of Medicine focusing in Neuroscience. He is due to graduate in 2032. He received a BS and a MS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University -- where he spent most of his time drinking heavily and building vegetable catapults instead of learning information that would now be eminently useful. When he is not failing terrifically to perform his sworn duties, he enjoys watching bad movies, ethnic food, and running.
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Category: Words and Writing
Posted on: December 14, 2007 12:48 PM, by Jake Young
Lame. w00t is the word of the year. Pssh. I can come up with so many better words that w00t.
How about Pecksniffian? Sesquipedalian? Casuistry? All those are way better. Just try using Pecksniffian at the bar, and see how many high fives you get. A bunch, that's how many.
Hat-tip: Andrew Sullivan
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how about 'heepish' ?
Posted by: scaramouche | December 16, 2007 5:39 AM
Pecksniff was one of Dickens' more irritating characters, and he wrote a few. The phrase 'Pecksniffian cant' is banned in the UK Parliament - it is considered unparliamentary.
Just though you'd like to know.
Posted by: Peter McGrath | January 5, 2008 7:40 PM