Wed--Kwei
Toxic men and the adjectives they deserve
I've concluded that the trouble with the world is the men who have lead it into ruin and continue to do so. For the most part, there’s little I can do about them in the practical sense, but as an author, I find solace in words that capture aspects of their odious natures. So, in roughly most to least worst, here is my list. It’s by no mean exhaustive, so feel free to add your own nominees.
- Vladimir Putin
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| Vlad The Terrible |
- Barbaric
- Brutal
- Brutish
- Delusional
- Grandiose
- Homophobic
- Irrational
- Machiavellian
- Narcissistic
- Paranoid
- Preening
- Psychopathic
- Vile
- War criminal
2. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
- Antiquated
- Delusional
- Brutal
- Fossilized
- Homophobic
- Medieval
- Misogynist
- Moth-eaten
- Mummified
- Typhlotic
- Vile
3. D.J.T.
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| President #45 |
- Blow-hard
- Charlatan
- Criminal
- Delusional
- Grandiose
- Machiavellian
- Malignant
- Megalomaniac
- Misogynist
- Narcissistic
- Psychopathic
- Pustular
- Pugilistic
- Putrefying
- Toxic
4. Jair Bolsonaro (president of Brazil)
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| Bogus Bolso |
- Clueless
- Conspiratorial
- Delusional
- Grandiose
- Homophobic
- Inflammatory
- Malignant
- Misogynist
- Narcissistic
- Pugilistic
- Pugnacious
- Toxic
- Trumpian
5. Greg Abbott (Governor of Texas)
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| Greg of Texas |
- Bigoted
- Blow-hard
- Duplicitous
- Homophobic
- Malignant
- Sanctimonious
6. Jim Jordan
- Entitled
- Fatuous
- Hypocritical
- Narcissistic
- Oafish
- Pusillaminous
- Alabii superioris et inferioris (lacking an upper and lower lip)
8. Clarence Thomas
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| Tricky Thomas |
- Blow-hard
- Fossilized
- Homophobic
- Misogynist
- Supercilious
- Treacherous
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You nailed it, I think. I could add a lot more men. if we extend it to ex-leaders. Jacob Zuma is right up there. And Boris Johnson makes the cut. On the other hand, given his replacement, I sort of miss his predictable awfulness...
ReplyDeleteAh, yes! Forgot about Zuma. And Boris would be fatuous, clownish, and a lot of other descriptives.
DeleteI nominate Mitch McConnel and offer three adjectives that apply to them all: Egomaniacal, Power-hungry, Sociopathic. AA
ReplyDeleteYes! And I always thought Mitch was rather zombie-like and fossilized. Not the apparition I’d like to see standing at the foot of my bed late at night.
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