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Ms. LaPeche's avatar

The woman who dropped the dime on Dave Weigel is what I call an umbratunist. It's my word to define people who tend to seize any and all opportunities to take umbrage at a dimension of our cultural expression. And, as any form of apology is deemed inadequate, eventually most people tire and grow deaf to the nattering of the unbratunist .

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Douglas Peterson's avatar

"umbratunist": the best neologism I have seen in a long time!

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