2020-10-14
9 分钟We will never have a dearth of annoying people.
Coming up on this special edition of Word Matters, obscure words for annoying people.
I'm Emily Rooster and Word Matters is produced by Merriam-Webster in collaboration with New England Public Media.
On each episode,
Merriam-Webster editors explore some aspect of the English language from the dictionary's vantage point.
As people who write dictionaries, we want very much to be of use.
We want our work to help you better understand and describe the world around you.
That is why, in this next segment, editor Amon Shea will present a collection of terms,
the utility of which cannot be overstated, for they are obscure words for annoying people.
We are talking about obscure words in the English language,
a subject which for many people holds an endless degree of fascination.
Since we are lexicographers,
it's sometimes nice
if we can provide obscure words which may be of use and applicability in people's everyday life.
And so today for our installment of obscure words,
I thought we would talk a little bit about obscure words for annoying people.
Because there are always plenty of those?
We will never have a dearth of annoying people.
One of the first ones that comes to mind is through words dealing with kind of flatterers or suck-ups.
And we have a large, large number of words for this.