Word: bumptiousness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When it came to name-calling, Whitlam gave more than he got. In Australia's rambunctious House of Representatives, where debate is often a euphemism for denunciation, Whitlam has described Liberal Cabinet ministers variously as "bumptious bastard," "queen," "dingo" (Australia's version of a coyote) and something that Hansard recorded as "runt" (which at least rhymed with the actual word). He once became so enraged with one Liberal minister that he dumped a glass of water on him. That minister was Paul Hasluck, who later became Governor General of Australia and, in an antipodean twist of fate, found...
...disappointed. For what we have here is not realism, but natural supernaturalism turned loose on middle America. Imagine Winesburg, Ohio or Faulkner's Sartor is as they might have been written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Bulging with genius and philosophy, the poet paints the dusty jailhouse and the bumptious mayor of Batavia, N.Y. He records the hairs in the disappointed husband's stew, quotes upbeat statistics from the Reader's Digest. But with the same acceptance of reality he observes the growling of the mastiff bitch as dark spirits pass, repeals the laws of gravity at will...
...appeals court's 121-page opinion found that on more than 150 occasions Judge Hoffman had made comments before the jury implying that the defense counsel was "inept, bumptious or untrustworthy, or that his case lacked merit." Cumulatively, these "gratuitous" remarks "must have telegraphed to the jury the judge's contempt for the defense." One example cited was Judge Hoffman's snide comment when Defense Attorney William Kunstler objected that he did not understand a particular ruling: "You will have to see a lawyer, Mr. Kunstler, if you don't understand...
...local officials, Hobson has probably done more than any other man, black or white, to bring about positive change in Washington, particularly in public school integration and civilian hiring practices. Even his enemies-and they are legion-will admit that. But then, they will not have to endure his bumptious assaults much longer. Julius Hobson, 50, is dying of bone cancer...
...Bumptious Phase. His colleagues at some of the regional theaters are not entirely pleased with his notion and fear his imperialist instincts. "I think Joe is in a very bumptious phase," responds Zelda Fichandler, producing director of the Arena Stage in Washington. "He just wants to spread that which he creates around. He wants to cover more of God's green earth, and he needs green money to do it." She tartly adds: "It is only lately that he is in the new play department. He has done European things at the Public Theater...