Logomaquia: Discusión en que se atiende a las palabras y no al fondo del asunto.
Verdaderamente genial la palabra logomaquia, especialmente dado la extraordinaria frecuencia con la que uno entra, o está en presencia de, una logomaquia. Es una de esas palabras complicadas que me parece relativamente fácil de usar en una oración, por ejemplo: "La discusión descendió rapidamente a una logomaquia", ó "Podemos dejar la logomaquia y discutir el asunto por Dios". Pero si uno tristemente se encuentra en una logomaquia, es cierto que es excelente poder insultar a las personas sin que que se den cuenta hasta más tarde, o en el caso de las palabras que siguen, busquen la palabra en cuestión en el diccionario:
Verbiage: a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content.
Nuestra muy querida verborrea, simplemente que me gusta la sonoridad de la palabra en inglés. Ocurre tanto que corre riesgo de gastarse si uno la usa cada vez que se merece.
Asinine: extremely or utterly foolish; of, relating to, or resembling an ass
La versión en adjetivo de una burrada, existe en castellano como asinino pero no tiene el primer significado. Verdaderamente multiuso, se puede referir a un comentario, un escrito, una acción, una idea, y a personas.
Drab: prostitute; to associate with prostitutes; characterized by dullness and monotony.
Ahora que me pongo a pensar es la única palabra que me viene a mente que es adjetivo, sustantivo y verbo al mismo tiempo. En cualquiera de sus modalidades se puede usar como insulto, en cuanto a la modalidad sustantivo es obvio cómo, como verbo se puede usar para insultar tanto a la persona con que se está hablando como a las personas que trata, y el adjetivo, que es el que conocía yo antes de buscarlo en el diccionario, puede describir a casi todo: gente, acciones, objetos y lugares.
Inefable: Que no se puede explicar con palabras.
Especialmente útil en su modalidad adverbiada inefablemente, de todas formas se puede usar como respuesta a cantidad de preguntas. ¿Qué tal es Fulanito?: inefable; ¿Qué tal estuvo?: inefable; ¿Qué tal es ese libro?: inefable. Eso sí, su significado depende indudablemente del tono en que se usa.
Bete noire: refers to someone or something unwanted or even hated, a pet peeve or strong annoyance.
Viene del francés, que le da cierta sofisticación, pero el significado es todo menos sutil. Todos tenemos una o múltiples betes noires, y es altamente probable que la primera vez que se use la persona en cuestión piense que es un halago.
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