“”Take away his thesaurus!””
My thought too - didn’t see yours before I posted and that’s AFTER I swore I would read every other reply first!!!
Never mind that—it’ George who’s guilty. He’ trending at mw online: https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/will-pence-oleaginous-20180510
They watch words like a stock ticker Will is 8800% up. Who knows what that could mean.