{"id":34011,"date":"2021-08-15T12:34:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T17:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=34011"},"modified":"2021-08-15T12:34:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T17:34:11","slug":"word-of-the-day-719","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2021\/08\/15\/word-of-the-day-719\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fellatial<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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  1. Of or suitable for a blowjob.<\/li>\n
  2. Of the nature of blowjobs, servile, fawning, with involvement of the mouth in a hoovering motion.<\/li>\n
  3. Ready to suck off those in authority, usually in exchange for favors, prestige or political appointments.<\/li>\n
  4. The way things work in Washington. [Arnold Zwicky, Language Log<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    That definition is merely part of a much larger discussion of fellatial<\/em> and other words in its family. However, please note that it’s rather explicit and vulgar in its word selection, so readers of a tender or prim disposition may wish to skip that reading.<\/p>\n

    In any case, fellatial<\/em> is noted in “The Price Of Tucker Carlson’s Soul,<\/em><\/a>” Andrew Sullivan, The Weekly Dish<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n

    And in his fellatial conversation with Orb\u00e0n, Tucker actually allowed the prime minister to give the impression that Hungary was now dealing with immigration\u00a0from<\/em>\u00a0other European states, when, of course, it\u2019s Hungary that\u2019s fast losing its younger population\u00a0to<\/em>\u00a0freer societies like Germany and the UK. He also let Orb\u00e0n give the impression that he was defending a Christian country against secular nihilists, when, in fact, post-communist Hungary is profoundly secular, and Orb\u00e0n\u2019s adherence to Christianity is\u00a0about as credible<\/a>\u00a0as Trump\u2019s. The transactional cynicism of this money-grubber is world-class. And the simpering flattery of Tucker made Sean Penn\u2019s interview with Fidel Castro look like hard-hitting journalism.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Both Zwicky’s definition and Sullivan’s dissection of Carlson’s visit to Hungary as little more than manipulative entertainment are a reminder that the position of reviewer, pundit, and\/or critic has, as its salient feature, an independent and fair-minded aspect to it that bans the quelling of criticisms of ideological allies. That is, an ideal specimen, despite necessary opinions and inclinations, discounts implicit alliances and applies critiques regardless.<\/p>\n

    Anything else is intellectual dishonesty, and the perceptive reader soon learns to discard such claimants to the position of critic, as they are unlikely to share a single observation that is both honest and surprising; more likely, they will be dishonest in service to their evil master, which is, oddly enough, loyalty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Carlson is not a journalist, despite his claims. He’s, at best, an inept entertainer, trading in hatred and anger; at worst, he’s a propagandist for the worst in human nature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Fellatial: Of or suitable for a blowjob. Of the nature of blowjobs, servile, fawning, with involvement of the mouth in a hoovering motion. Ready to suck off those in authority, usually in exchange for favors, prestige or political appointments. The way things work in Washington. [Arnold Zwicky, Language Log] That \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34011"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34012,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34011\/revisions\/34012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}