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'Locker-Room'
Locker rooms have been with us since the middle of the 19th century, when they referred simply to rooms which had lockers and in which people changed their clothes. However, the word has also been used, for a considerable length of time, as an adjective, denoting things (especially talk) of a coarse or offensive nature.

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Braggadocious
This term, which currently means “the annoying or exaggerated talk of someone who is trying to sound very proud or brave” began to be used in the beginning of the 17th century, at which point it simply referred to a braggart .

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'Sophomoric'
Sophomoric means “conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature.” It’s the adjective form of sophomore, which probably comes from the combination of the Greek words sophos ("wise") and
mōros ("foolish")—clearly, it was felt that students in their second year had learned a bit of wisdom, but not enough to keep them from being foolish.
Other words that come from sophos are philosopher and sophisticated ; others that descend from mōros include moron .

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'Hagiographies'
The earliest meaning of hagiography was “a biography of saints” (it comes from Greek roots for “holy” and “writing”). The word has been used in this sense in English since the early 17th century.
Today, however, the word is most often employed in a largely figurative sense, relating to a biography that idealizes its subject

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Rubicon
Rubicon means “a bounding or limiting line,” especially “one that when crossed commits a person irrevocably.” It was the name of a small river in north central Italy that separated Italy and Gaul in Roman times, which was crossed by Julius Caesar against the orders of the government in 49 B.C.

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assumpsit
Legally, an assumpsit is defined as an express or implied promise or contract or quasi contract, the breach of which may be grounds for a suit, or a common-law action that may be brought for such a breach. Assumpsit comes from the Latin for "he undertook," and originated in the 14th century as a form of recovery for the negligent performance of an undertaking. It gradually came to cover the many kinds of agreement called for by the expansion of commerce and technology.

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Oligarchy
means "a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes." It dates back to the early 1600s, and comes from the Greek words that mean "few" and "to rule." Sanders calls himself a democratic socialist, and while socialism is consistently in our top lookups at all times, it too experienced a surge of interest during Sanders's speech.

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'Dystopian'
Dystopia means "an imaginary place where people lead dehumanized and often fearful lives." The word itself is based on utopia , a word that in Greek literally translates as "no place"—since its perfection is unattainable. Dystopia translates literally as "bad place."

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Chanticleer
A 'chanticleer' is a rooster. The word comes from the name of a rooster who appeared in various narratives.
The word comes from the Middle English
Chantecleer, the name of a rooster who appeared as a character in various narratives, going as far back as the name Chantecler, the rooster in the French Roman de Renart (known in English as Reynard the Fox). The French name comes from the words chanter ("to sing") and cler ("clear").

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Populist
means “a believer in the rights, wisdom, and virtues of the common people.” Appropriately enough in this context, the term was coined as the name of a political party in the United States. Known as the People’s Party or the Populist Party, it existed from 1892 until 1896, when it merged with the Democratic Party. Populist comes from the Latin word for “the people,”
populus.

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Faute de mieux
Faute de mieux is a French phrase meaning “for lack of something better"
It has been in English use since at least 1766, often employed by those who seek to provide a Gallic flair to their writing.
The phrase is pronounced foht-duh-MYUH.

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Referendum
Referendum (the plural of which is either referenda or referendums ) comes from Latin, in which language the word is the neuter of referendus and the gerundive of referre (“to refer”). It appears to have entered English approximately 200 years ago, as our earliest known citation dates from the summer of 1816.

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Carceral
'Carceral' means "of, relating to, or suggesting a jail or prison."
Carceral and the more common word
incarcerate share an origin, as both ultimately come from the Latin word for prison, carcer. It has been in use in English for over 400 years, beginning to appear in print in the second half of the 16th century. John Foxe, in a history of the Christian Church published at that time, wrote of William Tailour that he was “released from his carceral indurance."

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Glass Ceiling
Glass ceiling means “an unfair system or set of attitudes that prevents some people (such as women or people of a certain race) from getting the most powerful jobs.” It is a very recent idiom in English, dating back only to 1984.

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Kerfuffle
The word means "a disturbance or fuss." It is more commonly encountered in British English than American, and is formed in part from the older Scottish word fuffle , meaning “to dishevel."

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Truculent
Truculent in this context means “aggressively self-assertive” or “belligerent.” It comes from the Latin word truc-, trux meaning “savage,” and originally meant “cruel” or “savage” in English as well.

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Agnostic
An agnostic is "a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (as God) is unknown and probably unknowable; broadly : one who is not committed to believing in either the existence or the nonexistence of God or a god."

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Catcalling
A 'catcall' is a loud, sexually suggestive call or comment directed at someone publicly.

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Demagogue
The word means "a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power”.
It comes from the Greek word meaning “popular leader” and originally had the positive connotation of “a leader in ancient times who championed the cause of the common people.”