There was once a radio program called "What Is the Word?" Its host was a crotchety lawyer with a Scots brogue as thick as orange marmalade; it was wonderful to hear the three-syllable burr he could get out of the "R" in "Word." This host would read a definition, and then challenge the panelists to come up with the word so defined. It was something like a crossword puzzle on radio.
We were reminded of this when a colleague passed on two words introduced by Michael Enright on CBC's "Sunday Edition." The first: "kaskistocracy," meaning "government run by the worst, least qualified or most unscrupulous citizens."
The second--which sounds Shakespearean: "cockalorum"--"a boastful, self-important little man."
Of course, neither of these words has any relevance today.
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