The New Neologisms...

...Just another Monday morning  blamestorming with the  nanomanager conducting the standard  evacipation  concerning latest debacle while the  mouse potatoes  nod in agreement and the  intoleristas sit silently pondering a palace coup.  So I igmore them and almuch finish Friday's crossword. 

blamestorming v. A group of individuals exercising their collective right to avoid responsibility.  nanomanager A micromanager in extremis. Usually a fast tracker who regards all other humans as  speed bumps.  evacipate v. To undo the consequences of your actions by changing the narrative of the original circumstances.  mouse potato n. A purveyor of assorted data and info. generated by software programs designed to prevent the infusion of common sense.  intoleristas n. Vocal advocates of openness, diversity, and tolerance, but in practice viciously opposed to any ideas that conflict with their own. igmore v. To igmore is to continue to ignore. For example: "I ignored her, but she kept talking, so I igmored her" almuch adv. Less than almost, but pretty darn close.  And the Old... Rock Group: Tommy J. and the Neologists Tommy J. (with bandmates right) penned over a hundred additions to the language. And twas he who first used  "neologize"( from the Greek for "new" and "word") itself.  In a letter to a grammarian in 1813-- "Necessity obliges us to neologize," he wrote. And in a letter to John Adams in 1820:  "I am a great friend to neology. It is the only way to give to a language copiousness and euphony."  And Sally Hemmings' master/owner/lover  beat Austin Powers to "shag"  (a "copulatory verb" ?)  first  employing it in 1770.  He also gets credit for the more refined   "lengthily," "belittle," "electioneering," and "indecipherable."  G. (Pops) Washington was the first to use "administration" to refer to a presidential term of office, and Rough Rider Teddy  contributed his share with "Bully Pulpit", "lunatic fringe," "mollycoddle," "weasel words," and "muckraker."  Which leaves Honest Abe to bring up the rear...and discovering that the "Grace under Pressure" master was  was the first to use the word ‘cool,’ meaning, ‘Hey, that’s cool!--is  pretty cool.  Sultan of Swat greets Titan of Teapot Dome.  1923 Non members of the Black Hills of Dakota quartet had their moments too.. John Adams gave us "caucus," as in a private meeting of politicians in an interest group, and James Madison in 1788 was the first to record the word "squatter" as someone who settles on land without title to it. Seems the Founding Fathers were keeping those quills quivering with quips , but they weren't the "Founding Fathers" until the dissolute and reluctant crook in chief Warren G. Harding:  ( "I am not fit for this office and should never have been here.") invented that term in 1918. Prior to that, they were usually referred to as the "Framers".  But lets not neglect the living, for it was George W. Bush  who gave us  "misunderestimate" and "embetter"--and those may outlast all the rest in the "anals" of history.