How about thinking of him as an "execrable poltroon" instead? More elegant, and he'd have to look it up. Or perhaps recreant lickspittle or cringing quisling. These miscreants are so numerous and disgraceful that hardly any appellation of contumely the rich English language affords would not justly apply.
How about thinking of him as an "execrable poltroon" instead? More elegant, and he'd have to look it up. Or perhaps recreant lickspittle or cringing quisling. These miscreants are so numerous and disgraceful that hardly any appellation of contumely the rich English language affords would not justly apply.
Although I fear this would contravene JVL's program of promoting civility and comity. Maybe just sticking to a few carefully deployed anglo saxon nouns and adjectives is best.
How about thinking of him as an "execrable poltroon" instead? More elegant, and he'd have to look it up. Or perhaps recreant lickspittle or cringing quisling. These miscreants are so numerous and disgraceful that hardly any appellation of contumely the rich English language affords would not justly apply.
Although I fear this would contravene JVL's program of promoting civility and comity. Maybe just sticking to a few carefully deployed anglo saxon nouns and adjectives is best.