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​THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN. 
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE ​
THE WORDS OF THE YEAR FROM 2024



CHECK OUT LAST YEAR'S
WORDS OF THE YEAR,
​HERE. 

DECEMBER 31:
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SCHLONGED
 Last October a convicted felon/rapist complained on a conservative podcast that a fellow career rapist got “schlonged.”

"I was so amazed that Harvey Weinstein got schlonged," said Imperial Grand Wizard Donald Trump, himself a chronic sexual molester who grabs women by the pussy.  He’s a celebrity so they have to let him do it.

Weinstein was found guilty in 2020 of the sexual assault of former production assistant Miriam Haley and the rape of aspiring actress Jessica Mann. He was sentenced to 23 years in prison. Weinstein has been accused by more than 80 women of sexual abuse over several decades. 

Trump croaked, though, that the lech got “schlonged.”  After all, Weinstein was a star too; therefore, shouldn’t the women have to let him do it, no?  Poor Harvey!
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Now, our country has returned the keys to the White House to a rapist and convicted felon – so we’re all about to get schlonged.  He’s a star – albeit a racist, Facist, and misogyistic one – so we have to let him do it!

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"I only surround myself with the best career rapists, sexual molesters, and human traffickers.  We're stars -- so you have to let us do it!  ~ Donald Trump
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​BREAKING NEWS: 


The headline at the right is from 12/30/24!


​The full article is HERE.  
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HONORABLE MENTION:

​THE SHAME IS THEIRS:  
Surely you heard the story of Gisèle Pelicot from this past year? 

From FrowMagazine.com:  "For nearly a decade, Gisèle endured horrific abuse orchestrated by her husband of 50 years, Dominique Pelicot. While she was unconscious—drugged by the man she trusted most—Dominique invited at least 83 men to rape her. He filmed these assaults and stored over 20,000 images and videos on his computer. The abuse only came to light when Dominique was arrested for attempted upskirting in 2020, leading investigators to uncover his monstrous crimes.
But Gisèle’s story doesn’t end with victimhood. She made the bold decision to waive her anonymity, insisting on a public trial that forced society to confront the reality of what had been done to her. In her words: “When you’re raped there is shame, and it’s not for us to have shame—it’s for them.”   

​The full article is HERE. 
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I will add that the same is true concerning every American who voted Trump:  THE SHAME IS THEIRS.  How absolutely shameful they supported for a rapist. How absolutely shameful. 

DECEMBER 30:
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WEIRD
That (qualified and competent) email lady back in the 2016 election hit the nail on the head when she tagged Trump and his band of misfit MAGAts as "deplorable."   Trump is deplorable, and so are his supporters. 

In this past year's election, that qualified and competent VP candidate Tim Walz hit the nail on the head too when he called the Trump-Vance ticket "weird":  "I just have to say it. You know it. You feel it. These guys are creepy and, yes, just weird as hell."  

It's true.  They are creepy and weird.  LOL -- and the truth seemed to get under Trump's casing, Melon's husk, and MAGAts' skins. 
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Now, though we're faced with a creepy and weird felon/rapist moving back into the White House -- and his Junk Drawer (i.e., his Cabinet) of criminals, pedophiles, fellow grifters and weirdos have made it clear that they are focused on destroying our government, our country, and our culture.  

DECEMBER 29:
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BLACK  (BLACK JOBS; TURNING BLACK)
Many pundits these days claim that Imperial Grand Wizard Donald Trump won the 2024 election because of the economy -- and the cost of bread and eggs.  They're nearly right.  He won because of the cost of white bread and white eggs.

It all boils down to racism.  Trump's campaign of misinformation, fear, and lies worked on his core of bigoted MAGAts, but then other whites joined with the Klan due to their own inherent racism.

The presidency is no place for a Black woman according to far too many White Americans.  It's not a "Black job."

BLACK JOBS:  Back in July, Trump spoke at the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention, and said that immigrants were taking "Black jobs."  The comments "are not only out of step with the reality of the U.S. economy, they also reinforce stereotypes about the kind of work Black people do" (article HERE). 

TURNING BLACK:  At the same conference, an interviewer asked Trump whether he agreed with Republicans on Capitol Hill who characterized Kamala Harris as a “DEI hire” (scroll down to the entry for December 4th). Trump responded by questioning Harris’ heritage:“She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black. So I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?” the leader of the Klan said.
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DECEMBER 28:
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PROJECT 2025
Imperial Grand Wizard Trump's M. O. is always the same -- he gets deep into his grifts, crimes and/or lies, some disgusting aspect surfaces, and he denies any knowledge.   

It happened with his relationships with sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and head of the Ku Klux Klan David Duke -- he claimed he barely knew them; I think he even denied even hearing of Duke.

It's soon to happen with his relationship with "President-elect" Elon Musk.  "Never met the dude," he'll croak.

It happened earlier this year, too, when news surfaced of Project 2025, a set of proposals that would expand presidential power and impose a radical and ultra-conservative social vision on our country. 

After backlash occurred when some of its more radical ideas came to light, Trump pulled his predictable Sergeant Schultz routine, "I know nothing.  I see nothing.  I hear nothing."  (Interestingly, Trump literally really does know nothing.)

Of course, his MAGAts bought his con hook, line and sinker. 
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Below:  Two news story tell the story:  In July 2024, "Trump seeks to distance himself from Project 2025"; in December, "Trump vetting a Project 2025 architect for top administration post."  Of course, it seems highly unlikely that Trump is actually vetting anyone for his Cabinet of Criminals (often referred to as a "Junk Drawer" instead of "A Cabinet"), but it is true that Trump was deeply involved with the push to develop Project 2025.  
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DECEMBER 27:
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BRAT
"Brat" was the 2024 Word of the Year for Collins Dictionary.  Here's what their site says about their choice:  "‘Brat’, newly defined in 2024 as ‘characterized by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude’, has been named Collins' Word of the Year 2024. Inspired by the Charli XCX album, ‘brat’ has become one of the most talked about words of 2024. More than a hugely successful album, ‘brat’ is a cultural phenomenon that has resonated with people globally, and ‘brat summer’ established itself as an aesthetic and a way of life."

Pictured below:  Charli XCX, the Bard of Brat
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DECEMBER 26:
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CATS & DOGS:  CHILDLESS CAT LADIES, EATING CATS & DOGS, RAWDOGGING
CHILDLESS CAT LADIES:  This resurfaced this year:  During a 2021 interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, then-Senate-candidate J. D. Vance complained that the U.S. was being run by Democrats, corporate oligarchs and "a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they've made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too."

Well, he got the "oligarchs" part right!

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EATING CATS & DOGS:  During ABC's presidential debate, Imperial Grand Wizard Donald repeated a baseless claim that illegal immigrants from Haiti have been eating domestic pets in Springfield, Ohio.  He croaked, "In Springfield, they are eating the dogs. The people that came in, they are eating the cats. They’re eating – they are eating the pets of the people that live there."

Later, after being called out for spreading lies about the Haitian immigrants, J. D. "Shillbillly" Vance doubled down with a startling confession that helps "distill the corrosive nihilism of the MAGA worldview." 

Vance admitted, “If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that’s what I’m gonna do,” he told CNN’s Dana Bash.

I am still STUNNED that people voted for these two criminals and con-men.


RAWDOGGING: This word "only ever used to have a sexual connotation. But thanks to semantic bleaching, it is suddenly everywhere"  Check out this story HERE. 
UPDATE:  The American Dialect Society's Word of the Year for 2024 was -- **drumroll** -- "RAWDOG."  Scroll below to the bottom of this page (just above the solutions for the "Connections" puzzles) for more information.

DECEMBER 25:
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SKIBIDI
If you work in a middle school (and/or have a middle schooler), then surely you've heard the term "skibidi." 

What does "skibidi" mean?  According to WikiHow, “Skibidi” is a nonsense slang term that's popular with Gen Alpha. It has no set meaning and can refer to something good, cool, bad, or evil.

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HONORABLE MENTIONS:

HAWK TUAH: 
Hawk tuah is imitative of a spitting sound. The catchphrase originates from a viral street interview conducted in June 2024 with Haliey Welch (the "Hawk Tuah Girl"), who stated that her signature move for making a man 'go crazy' in bed was to 'give him that hawk tuah and spit on that thang'.

Sooo...here's my middle school story:  I was substitute teaching at a middle school.  A 6th grader -- yes, you read that correctly, a 6th grader -- asked me if I knew what "hawk tuah" meant.  I looked at him and said flatly, "yes, I know what 'hawk tuah' means."  I suspect I know where this student was going with this when he asked innocently, "Well, what does it mean?" -- but at the same time, another student asked if I know what "skibidi" means.

"Yes," I said, "I know what 'skibidi' means -- and 'sus,' 'Ohio,' 'gyatt,' and 'mewing.'"

They were impressed  -- and wanted to know how I knew all of this.

I told them that I used to be an English/Language Arts teacher, and that I've also followed trends with words and language.  

That was sufficient -- and we moved on with the lesson.


SUS, OHIO, GYATT, & MEWING:  Again, if you work in a middle school and/or have a middle schooler at home, then you've probably heard all of these words.  I'll let ya'll Google-search the meanings for these words if interested.  ; )
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DECEMBER 24:
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DEMURE 
Dictionary.com chose "demure" as their word of the year, and other words on their "short list" were "brain rot," "brat," "extreme weather," "midwest nice," and "weird." 

Their site states this, "Each year, Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year and short-listed nominees capture pivotal moments in language and culture. These words serve as a linguistic time capsule, reflecting social trends and global events that defined the year. The Word of the Year isn’t just about popular usage; it reveals the stories we tell about ourselves and how we’ve changed over the year. And for these reasons, Dictionary.com’s 2024 Word of the Year is demure."

Why "demure"?

"The word demure experienced a meteoric rise in usage in 2024. Between January and the end of August, this term saw a nearly 1200% increase in usage in digital web media alone. This sharp rise is mainly attributed to TikToker Jools Lebron’s popularization of the phrase 'very demure, very mindful' in a series of videos posted to the platform in early August."  More info is HERE.
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HONORABLE MENTION:
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MINDFUL:  
See the discussion of the word "demure" above.

SPEAKING OF HONORABLE MENTIONS:  Be sure to check out Nancy Friedman's list of Words of the Year for 2024 HERE. 

If you're a logophile, be sure to follow Nancy on Threads and Bluesky -- @fritinancy -- and check out her site on Substack.com, HERE:  "Names, brands, writing, and the language of commerce, plus occasional tangents."

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CORPORATE MEDIA
Clearance Thomas is proof enough that the Supreme Court can be purchased.  Elon Musk is proof enough that our government can be bought.  And the transformation of the Mainstream Media to the Corporate Media -- throughout the Trump-era eradication of our checks and balances, our values and decency, our desire for truth and justice -- is proof enough that oligarchs own our "news," now a system of talking heads willing to forego the legitimacy of journalism so that the oligarchs can control our Congress, our culture, and our communications.

Remember when the age of Joe Biden was the top concern months before the election?  When Biden dropped out of the race, the age and deteriorating mind of Imperial Grand Wizard Trump was never mentioned again. 

Remember when every syllable uttered and every move made by Kamala Harris was picked over like the roadside carcass of a dead deer to see what meat might be left for the vultures -- while the illegal and immoral conduct on the part of a convicted felon and rapist was accepted and reported as the new normal? 

All of this and more was the focus of the Corporate Media -- and the transformation of what was once known as the "evening news" to the current day "corporate media" was made complete when the Washington Post refused to endorse a candidate  (i.e., Harris, the obvious and only real choice) -- and Joe and Mika from MSNBC's "Morning Joe" made their pilgrimage to Mar-a-lago to kiss the ring of America's soon-to-be Criminal King, the Rapist in Chief.

BTW:  The Post's motto, "Democracy dies in darkness" should be changed to "Democracy dies in broad daylight" because as part of the Corporate Media, they helped make it happen.
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HONORABLE MENTIONS:

DENY, DEFEND, DEPOSE:  
Three words—“deny,” “defend” and “depose,” which are alleged tactics insurance companies are accused of using to avoid paying claims—were reportedly found written on shell casings at the scene where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed by Luigi Mangione.

DYNAMIC PRICING and UNBUNDLING:  Companies now use advanced algorithms to adjust pricing based on factors such as seller ratings, competitors' prices, shipping times, and order defect rates -- all new ways to charge us even more money for the things we buy!  Other terms are demand-based pricing, real-time pricing, situational pricing, flexible pricing, intelligent pricing, time-sensitive pricing, surge pricing, adaptive pricing, and context-aware pricing.  
"Unbundling" of prices is a pricing strategy where a product or service is broken down into its components and sold separately -- again, a way for the corporate oligarchs to take even more of our money.  BTW:  The inflation we've experienced over the course of the past couple of years has been nothing but corporate greed; companies are recording record profits each and every year.

I often refer to these pricing increases and strategies as "FYTs,"  -- i.e., "Fuck You Taxes."
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MY OWN PERSONAL STORY OF DEALING WITH CORPORATE GREED:  My wife and I were customers of GEICO & Travelers Insurance (car & home) for DECADES.  Last year, we got an annual bill with a 60% mark up (and we've NEVER made any claims).  I Google-searched the salary of the CEO:  over seven million dollars annually -- PLUS -- he received a seven million dollar bonus.  Bye-bye GEICO/Travelers!  We visited our local AAA office and saved so much money -- on better plans.  

DECEMBER 22:
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IVF
Back in February, the Alabama Supreme Court issued a ruling that embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) should be considered children. 

Besides viewing women as property and "hosts," the GQP is also "pro-life" until the baby is born. 

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DECEMBER 21:
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FUNDIE BABY VOICE
Did you happen to catch the Republican response to President Biden's 2024 State of the Union address?  It was sooo freaky and creepy!  Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama delivered the response -- and it was in her freaky and creepy "fundie baby voice."

“I think everyone who was born and raised in evangelical churches knows that fundamentalist ― ‘fundie’ ― woman sound,” Jess Piper, who is the executive director of Blue Missouri, told HuffPost (HERE). “It’s that childlike, sweet, submissive, honey sound that just pours from the mouths of Sunday school teachers and pastors’ wives" -- and it's PERFECT for horror movies!!

Below:  Katie Britt's response to Biden's SOTU address was the stuff horror movies are made of!
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DECEMBER 20:
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WEAVE

Back in October during a rally in Pennsylvania, in the middle of his address, Trump announced that late golf legend Arnold Palmer was “all man,” explaining, “This man was strong and tough, and I refuse to say it, but when he took showers with the other pros, they came out of there, they said, ‘Oh my God, that’s unbelievable.’”

Then in November in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he fumed for several minutes about some issue with his microphone. “I get so angry,” he said. “I’m up here seething. I’m seething! I’m working my ass off with this stupid mic.” Then around three minutes in, Trump bent over and pretended to fellate his microphone stand.

Another time he bragged about how he puts his pants on:  "“First they say, ‘Sir, how do you do it? How do you wake up in the morning and put on your pants?’ And I say, ‘Well, I don’t think about it too much.’ I don’t want to think about it because if I think about it too much maybe I won’t want to do it, but I love it because we’re going to do something for this country that’s never been done before.”
And then there was the "magnets don't work under water" bit, the "I'd rather die by electrocution than by shark" riff, the admiration of Hannibal Lecter schtick, the fake quotes from Confederate general Robert E. Lee in a Captain Jack Sparrow voice, and more.  

Twist all these incoherent rantings and ramblings into one convoluted speech, and you have Trump's "weave," the press's new euphemism for dealing with Trump's signs of dementia. 

It's funny -- when Biden was running, age was an issue.  Hmm.  When Biden dropped out and Harris became the Democrat's nominee, suddenly age -- that of Trump -- was not an issue.  Neither was his deteriorating mind.  That was just his "weave."
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DECEMBER 19:
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FIREHOSE OF FALSEHOOD
The Firehose of Falsehood strategy wasn't new to 2024, it's just that Imperial Grand Wizard Donald Trump perfected it in 2024.

Why do you think Trump always insists that fact-checking never be a part of a debate, press conference, or event?  

Check this out from the LA Times, October 3, 2024:  "If his lips are moving, he’s lying.

The New York Times fact-checked Trump’s 63-minute jabbering at a recent Las Vegas campaign stop and found 64 false, inaccurate or misleading remarks — one a minute. That mendacity wasn’t even a record. A contender for the distinction would be Trump’s 64-minute August news conference at Mar-a-Lago that was more monologue than Q&A: He racked up at least 162 lies, misstatements and vast exaggerations by NPR’s count — about 2.5 a minute."  ​(The complete article is HERE.) 

Why do you think Trump loves the poorly educated?  The strategy works!

Here's another look at Trump's Firehouse of Lies from last August:  "
'Whatever that was': Trump's firehose of lies unleashed at another rambling news conference," HERE.

Sooo...in addition to casting votes for a convicted felon and rapist, Americans (at last the racist White ones) preferred a pathological liar as well!


DECEMBER 18:
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THIRTY-FOUR
Never in our history has a president or former president been found guilty of a felony.  Never in our history has our country elected a convicted felon.  Until now.

And the former "president" and the "president"-elect is not guilty of one felony or two felonies -- or five or ten or twenty felonies -- but THIRTY-FOUR felonies (plus he is an adjudicated rapist).  

Imma be honest -- Imperial Grand Wizard Trump is such a despicable human, he would NOT be allowed in my home; yet enough Americans voted for him that we're returning him to the White House.  Absolutely. Disgusting.

Merry Convictmas, y'all.
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HONORABLE MENTION:

COMPETITIVE SYCOPHANCY: 
When NONE of the Imperial Grand Wizard's family members came to court to support the felon (not the has-been porn star wife, the drugged out son, the patent pirate of a daughter, etc.), many gutless politicians within the "Party of Law and Order" rushed to the courthouse to fight for time on camera to show support of their Criminal-in-Chief.  This tsunami of sanctimoniousness was nothing more than "competitive sycophancy" as they all pushed each other out of the way for air time. 

DECEMBER 17:
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SHILLBILLY
Back in July, @raydubicki on Threads posted, "Jamie Raskin just called out J.D. Vance as a “shillbilly,” an identifier so accurate and unique that is now part of Vance’s official brand," and dang if he warn't right -- both raydubicki and Jamie Raskin.  
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DECEMBER 16:
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ENEMY WITHIN 
 Imperial Grand Wizard Trump has told more lies than any politician in the history of the United States (interestingly, his "Presidential LIE-brary" has been in the news lately), but the biggest lie to date came way back on November 9, 2016.  Yes, soon after he'd won the requisite number of votes in the Electoral College and Clinton conceded the election, Trump actually said this:

"I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be President for all of Americans, and this is so important to me." 

Fortunately for him, he was wearing Trump-brand flame retardant pants that night!

Now we find ourselves eight years later, and what has changed?  Nothing, really -- except Trump has told more lies on top of more lies, and he has become a more disgusting sac of pus of a human being.

LOL -- am I ranting?  But earlier this year, this repugnant felon and rapist -- the very same toad who croaked that he wanted to be "President for all of Americans" -- called anyone who wouldn't kowtow to his crimes and vulgarities the "enemy within."

I am simply stunned that people support this miscreant.

Now, in 2025 and beyond, the "enemy within" will be, in fact, the enemy to democratic principles within the White House. 


DECEMBER 15:
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FILTH
Imperial Grand Wizard Donald Trump called American patriots who believe in the truth and the U.S. Constitution the "enemy within."  Nikki Haley said that American patriots who call out RepubliQans for their hypocrisy and support of systemic racism are infected with ​‘wokeness...a virus more dangerous than any pandemic."  A GQP state senator in Oklahoma called LGBTQ+ people "filth."
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You know that old saying, "You are what you eat?"  A more accurate adage might be "You are who you vote" -- and it is utterly stunning and sickening that so many Americans vote for these cretins.

It is very telling -- in that it tells us who we are as a scoiety.

Think about:  The incoming "president" is a convicted felon and rapist -- and RepubiQan federal and state legislators view over half the population as diseased and filthy vermin.


DECEMBER 14:
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BLEACH BLOND BAD BUILT BUTCH BOD
I know we all know that Marjorie Traitor Greene is a Neanderthal -- both in looks and intelligence -- and this past May she griped and grunted through a Congressional committee meeting.  At one point she lashed out at Democrat Jasmine Crockett’s eyelashes; later Crockett responded with an apt description of the troglodyte from Georgia by detailing her clearly distinguishable physical characteristics.  Details of the back-and-forth can be found HERE. 
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DECEMBER 13:
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SISSY SPACE-X  OUR NAME OF THE YEAR
I deleted the ELD Museum's Twitter Account when Melon Husk took over -- we were not about to take part in all of the lies and the proliferation of hatred and misinformation; still, we've kept up with all the shenanigans associated with the failing social platform -- AND -- of course, all the updates surrounding Husk's progression from Space Karen to Sissy Space-X!
SPACE KAREN
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SISSY SPACE-X
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​HONORABLE MENTIONS:
THE NODFATHER & DON SNORELEONE -- from Trump's trial in New York where he fart-napped through the proceedings.
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ANITA RECOUNT -- Imperial Grand Wizard Trump's Drag Name linked to his Big Lie and his continual drag on our society.
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XODUS -- ​X (formerly Twitter) users are leaving in droves to the social media site Bluesky, and the migration has been dubbed "Xodus."

DECEMBER 12:
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TRUMP'S LITTLE JOHNSON
There were a great number of names this year -- including yesterday's entry "Clearance Thomas" and today's "Trump's Little Johnson" -- and tomorrow I'll announce our "Name of the Year" along with a host of "Honorable Mentions"!
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Stormy Daniels has described Trump's Little Johnson as “smaller than average” but “not freakishly small...He has a  a huge mushroom head. Like a toadstool."

DECEMBER 11:
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CLEARANCE THOMAS
Clarence Thomas has been bought off so many times, he's legally changed his first name to Clearance!
HONORABLE MENTION:

SUPREME COUP
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DECEMBER 10:
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FINISH THEM
Back in May, former GQP presidential contender Nikki Haley had to prove how big and bad she was, so on a visit to Israel, she wrote "Finish Them!" on an Israeli artillery shell amid the ongoing assault on Gaza that left tens of thousands dead.
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DECEMBER 9:
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BRAIN WORM
Brain worm, also known as Parelaphostrongylus tenuis, is a parasitic roundworm that can affect the central nervous system of various animals, and it turns out to be quite prevalent in GQP voters and candidates as well as other politicians. 
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Above:  An actual NYT headline from 2024.  Right: An actual brain worm extracted from RFK Jr's brain.
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DECEMBER 8:
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ABRA CADABARA (& BARBARA RHUBARB'S BAR)
To be honest, I wasn't even sure I had the spelling right until I Googled it, but the "abra cadabra" I'm talking about (which sounds more like "abAra ca-dadara" to me) is from a Tik Tok song & dance craze from this last year.  It was everywhere -- and evidently it's part of a German tongue twister about Barbara's Rhubarb Bar.  For info, click HERE. 

​Click the image below for more info.
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DECEMBER 7:
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** FIRM HANDSHAKE **
This is not the first time some form of body language has made our annual WotY countdown.  

Scroll down to the entry for December 2nd in 2023 (HERE) --  the “You can’t see me” hand gesture -- or check out the post dated December 26th in 2014 (HERE) -- "Shaking the Head No" -- for two examples.

This year, the countdown includes the firm handshake offered by a confident, qualified, competent woman to a cowering convicted felon and rapist.

I found this info about the handshake earlier in the year -- but I believe that the original article is no longer available; therefore here is the quote I copied for my notes -- then following that is a link to an article about the same topic:


Kamala Harris won that debate from the moment the two candidates took the stage by using a lawyer move and NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT IT.

Watch them enter, she walks immediately to Trump's podium, looks him right in the eye and introduces herself with a handshake.

BOSS move!

From that moment onward, Trump NEVER laid eyes on her again in the debate. His body language betrayed the shame he felt from feeling intimidated by Harris for the rest of the debate.

And his avoidance of her gaze fueled the rage that he couldn't contain every time she baited him into blathering about his rallies, his nine-figure inheritance or when he blurted out that, "I have the concept of a plan."

By confronting the bully head on from the very first moment, Kamala Harris deflated the bully.

And Donald Trump never recovered.
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As promised, here's a link to an article about the debate and Harris' handshake:  HERE. 

DECEMBER 6:
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ATMOSPHERIC RIVER
Last February, there was extensive flooding, intense winds, and power outages in portions of California. Storms there brought on record-breaking rainfall totals in multiple areas, as well as the declaration of states of emergency in multiple counties in Southern California.

The cause of all of this?  Two atmospheric rivers.

Two atmospheric whaaa???  And why have I never of this phenomenon before 2024?

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DECEMBER 5:
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REICH
Back in May, Imperial Grand Wizard Donald Trump made a post on social media where he promised a “unified reich” if he were to win a second term as president.

He actually said this.  And people voted for him.

Anyway, back in May, Margaret Sullivan wrote for The Guardian, "
With the 'unified reich' video, as with all the earlier outrages, you’ll hear no apology, no disavowal, no expression of regret. And certainly no promise that this will never happen again. It will happen again. After all, it’s working."

Yes.  It worked.  

How sickening.

Pictured below:  Trump entering the White House following the 2017 inUGHuration.

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HONORABLE MENTION:

DICTATOR:   
Imperial Grand Wizard Trump admitted openly that he wanted be a dictator, and the GQP rolled over and displayed their well-established manifestation of thanatosis.

People still voted for him.

Utterly. Sickening.

DECEMBER 4:
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DEI HIRE  (The new "N-word" -- Yes, that "N-word")
The RepubliQan party does little to disguise their racist views and “dog whistles” these days, and this election year was no different.  In the past we heard about rapists and criminals coming up from Mexico, and this year we heard about the pet-eaters boating over from Haiti.  Of course, there’s always the tried-and-true election year caravans to whip up fear among the white folks too. 

This year, we were also introduced to the GQP’s newest “N-word.” Unlike yesterday’s “N-word” (see the entry for December 3 below) which was a reflection of Trump’s profound ignorance, this new “N-word” – really, an acronym – reflects the bigoted views and hatred of others among the Party of Convicted Felons, Rapists, and Racists.
 
And the new "N-word" is…  **a drum roll please** … “DEI Hire,” standing for “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.” 

Stating that someone is a “DEI Hire” is a Conservative's way of stating that the person is of color and is unqualified for a job.  They all want everyone to know that “White” is “supreme” – because, you know, “White Supremacy” – and “reverse discrimination” (boo hoo…they make me wanna cry alligator tears).
 
Interestingly, the most unqualified DEI hires in recent years have been Don Jr., Eric, and Ivanka Trump – talk about a group of incompetent nit-wits (cue the theme song to the “Three Stooges.”).
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DECEMBER 3:
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THE "N-WORD"  (No, not that "N-word")
Yesterday’s word, “fartnap,” was related to Trump’s stench.  Today’s word relates to his ignorance – and I don’t mean just a run-of-the mill brain fart – I’m talking pure shit-for-brains.

This past summer, the convicted felon and rapist lashed out at his mounting legal woes during a rally in Michigan, and he actually said this: “My whole life I didn’t know what the N-word  — I didn’t know what indictment meant.”  

Truly.  He said he “didn’t know what indictment meant” – AND – he referred to it as the “N-word.”

Interestingly, earlier in the year, another doofus in the party struggled even pronouncing the word:  “Historical evidence is overwhelming that the Founding Fathers intended impeachment to be used to deal with the commission of ‘in-dick-table’ crimes and the abuse of power.”

Yes – the woman who tried to introduce articles of impeachment against Biden some forty-leven times or more, Marjorie Traitor Greene – said “in-DICK-table.”

The N word.  Th Dick word. 

Good lord -- these are the people who will be in charge of destroying...er, I mean running our government. 
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HONORABLE MENTIONS:

DISROBED:   
Marjorie Traitor Greene also said, "Judge Engoron should be disrobed and thrown out, he’s a disgrace!!” She posted that on Melon Husk's "X."  Disrobed.  She actually wrote "disrobed."  I am not making this shit up. 

AMBIDEXTROUS:  In a similar vein, Imperial Grand Wizard Trump said, "I’m very ambidextrous, so to speak, I can do a lot of things at one time,” he said. “And I’m willing to do and able to do things and lots of different things.”

I'm just curious -- is there a level of stupidity that would give a RepubliQan voter pause before casting a ballot for these boneheads?  Seriously -- do they even recognize just how stupid they really are?

DECEMBER 2:
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FARTNAP
Imperial Grand Wizard Donald Trump created quite a stink surrounding his trial in New York this past summer -- and I mean this quite literally.  He slept in the courtroom and "pumped gas like a Texaco," as they say.  

Trump's team of diaper changers have always reported that there is a foul, foul stench that surrounds the man, and their allegations were proven true this past May when judge, jury, and even Trump's own defense team were howling "Odor in the Court! Odor in the Court!"

Trump's 35th conviction:  GUILTY of a daily -- and silent but deadly -- fartnap!

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More info on Trump's daily fartnaps can be found HERE. 

DECEMBER 1:
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SENSE OF LOSS
Way back at the start of 2024, psychic Paula Roberts appeared on a bogus-news show on phony-news outlet Fox hosted by conservative nut-job Jesse Watters, and everyone in the studio audibly gasped as Roberts pulled an ominous card from her deck for Imperial Grand Wizard Donald J. Trump. 

“I do recognize I’m on Fox TV,” Paula Roberts said, laughing nervously next to the rightwing anchor. “A sense of loss. A sense of loss, but it’s very specific.”

Of course, at that time, everyone assumed the message of loss applied to the mega-MAGA-moron himself -- but no!  The "sense of loss," instead, predicted the feeling of most Americans and the rest of the sane world as we are now left to deal with the convicted felon and rapist for another four years of hatred, vitriol, criminality, chaos, and incompetence. 
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Collins Dictionary WotY 2024:  BRAT
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For info, click HERE.
OED WotY 2024:  BRAIN ROT
The OED "short list" is shown below.
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For info, click HERE.  

Dictionary.com WotY 2024: DEMURE, Info HERE
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Merriam-Webster Woty 2024:  POLARIZATION, Info HERE
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The American Dialect Society's Word of the Year for 2024 is "Rawdog."

For information, click the pic at the right -- or HERE. 
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Answers to the Connections puzzles in the left column.
December 1:
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_____ Chicken

GQP misinformation following the 2020 Presidential Election

What will replace our Democratic Republic in 2025
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December 2:

The 4 Seas0ns with Numb3rs

Trump-Speak
December 3:

Has-beens who support a convicted felon/rapist.
December 4:

All categories solved!

December 5:
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Words with silent letters.

Flavors of Doritos

Celebrated Words from Malaria Trump
December 6:

Double-Z Words

Singular football team players
December 7:

Songs by Roy Orbison
December 8:

All categories solved!

December 9:
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TV Sit-Com family pets

Middle names of US Presidents

T - _______
December 10:

Dr. Seuss Characters

Words that have no rhymes
December 11:

Members of Trump's Staff
December 12:

All categories solved!

December 13:
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Other words used for "toilet"

Shades of green

Homonyms for pronouns
December 14:

Flavors of Jarritos

Head coverings
December 15:

Flavors of Coke
December 16:

All categories solved!

December 17:
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_____ Code

Types of Beer

Words from Appalachia 
December 18:

"Sunday" in other languages

Types of Nails
December 19:

_____ Form
December 20:

All categories solved!

December 21:
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French words of only vowels

French chesses

French _____
December 22:

Types of fabric

Title characters in great works of children's literature
December 23:

Clowns
December 24:

All categories solved!

December 25:
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Famous Sams

Jams

Minions in the "Despicable Me" franchise
December 26:

Peanut _____

First syllables of Santa's reindeer names
December 27:

O- or O' ______
December 28:

All categories solved!

December 29:
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Ivy League schools
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Types of bats

Bawdy sounding plumbing terms
December 30:

Ear _____

Last names from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
December 31:

Characters portrayed by Chuckles the Clown (on the Mary Tyler Moore show)
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