Erickson looking up thew word retromingency.
Erickson was the person who popularized the word “beclowned.”
Beclown: Verb. To make a complete idiot of oneself in public. To behave or speak in such a way, or to make a comment or express an opinion that is so profoundly witless, senseless and obtuse, that you have forever after defined yourself as a person of comical value only. Never to be taken seriously again. Of worth only as an object of ridicule and derision.
Erickson has become the poster boy for his favorite word. He has literally beclowned himself.