# I learned a new word today

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-a-new-word-today/972533>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 1, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-a-new-word-today/972533 "2022-10-01T03:24:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-a-new-word-today/972533/1 "2022-10-01T03:24:33Z")

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I just learned that ‘empleomaniac’ is someone desperate to hold on to power, no matter what the cost. I just wish I could apply it to someone I know in the real world.

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**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-a-new-word-today/972533/2 "2022-10-01T13:58:19Z")

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Well, I can think of a certain empleomaniac that I would like to defenestrate 🙂

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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-a-new-word-today/972533/3 "2022-10-01T23:01:15Z")

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This. You beat me to it.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-a-new-word-today/972533/4 "2022-10-01T23:07:34Z")

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> [@](#):
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> I leaned a new word today

You might want to fix a word in the title…

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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-a-new-word-today/972533/5 "2022-10-02T01:40:05Z")

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I tried, but it won’t let me edit it…

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-a-new-word-today/972533/6 "2022-10-02T01:59:38Z")

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> [@dolphinboy](#):
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> I tried, but it won’t let me edit it… -

I flagged it for a mod to fix.

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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-a-new-word-today/972533/7 "2022-10-02T02:08:36Z")

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Thank you!

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**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-learned-a-new-word-today/972533/8 "2022-10-02T02:14:16Z")

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I thought this was going to be a dark call back (re: danger of nuclear escalation) to this scene from _Empire of the Sun_:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/19UROAIbtlw/hqdefault.jpg "Empire of the Sun "..Like God taking a photograph.."") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19UROAIbtlw)