[Libloather]

Antidisestablishmentarianism. Am I close?

[Seruzawa]

Hold your hand on front of your face. Now call it the worst names you can image. What harm befell your hand? Nothing. Words have no power unless you give power to them.

[sjmjax]

Interesting. A moderately difficult word to pronounce. Probably why it is truncated to a much more commonly used expression with the same meaning.

[Jamestown1630]

I guess ‘pusillanimity’ works; but in the context of your question I think I would say ‘pusillanimous’ instead...

[faithhopecharity]

SupercalifragilisticexpealidociouslyRotten. Am I close ?

[bunkerhill7]

Pusillanimous poltroon

[Honorary Serb]

Harvard should not only fire Claudine Gay, but they should lift her PhD degree for plagiarism!!!!

I have a very hard-won PhD in science from Harvard. So I am offended by Gay’s completely undeserved degree and presidency, as well as by her extremely poor performance as dean and president!!!!

[Boogieman]

Hmm, “perjury” only has 3 syllables.

[Macoozie]

“my favorite—poltroonery”

My newly adopted word!

[Sicon]

Also mentioned in the piece: “Poltroonery”

That’s a gem.

[Verginius Rufus]

I would have guessed “plagiarism” but it’s hard to make that a 6-syllable word. “Puh-lay-jee-ar-iz-um”? Anyway I don’t think Magill has been accused of plagiarism.

[reasonisfaith]

The promoters of “safe spaces” became advocates for genocide.

[Verginius Rufus]

Steve Kelley’s cartoon on December 12 has an interviewer asking a job applicant, “And can you assure me that the company’s background check won’t turn up anything reprehensible, like substance abuse, domestic violence, or a Harvard diploma?”

[immadashell]

What began the long downhill roll in the 1970s was grade inflation.

This is how it worked: if you toe the left wing line, you get an “A”. If you disagree with the line, you flunk out.