[Magdalen] The Donald.

[Jay Weigel]

I have suggested elsewhere that we substitute "the donald" for the more
commonly used "john" in referring to the bathroom, both in reference to his
Trumpness and to give the Johns of the world a rest. I suppose Don Boyd may
object, however <g>

On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 11:37 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I refer you to:
> http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-blo1.htm
>
> for a good description of its history.
>
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 9:27 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I think "bloviate" might be one of the words attributable to the late
> H.L.
> > Mencken. I could be wrong, but it certainly bears the hallmarks of his
> > coinage.
> >
> > On Sunday, July 26, 2015, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I've used it here on several occasions, usually referring to (non TEC)
> > > "bloviating bishops."
> > >
> > > Though I haven't used it in awhile, it's a good word.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Jim
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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