Pontificate

pontificate



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[n. pon-tif-i-kit, -keyt; v. pon-tif-i-keyt]



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–noun 

1. the office or term of office of a pontiff. (亦作P-) 羅馬教宗



–verb (used without object) 

2. to perform the office or duties of a pontiff. 

3. to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner: 



Did he pontificate about [the responsibilities] of a good citizen?  



4. to serve as a bishop, esp. in a Pontifical Mass.  









　in a pompous or dogmatic manner



Thus was born the BlackBook Intern Tumblr, where all our minions are free to praise their (nonpaying) jobs, pontificate on the glories of catching a blurry glimpse of Maggie Gyllenhaal, 



and complain about how they got kicked out of our last party. We'll occasionally publish highlights here, but over there, it's all [un]moderated, unedited intern shenanigans. Go read, follow, and reblog. They ask for so little, really.



minions

–noun 

1. a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.

2. a favored or highly regarded person.

3. a minor official.

4. Printing. a 7-point type.

–adjective 

5. dainty; elegant; trim; pretty.



shenanigans 

–noun Informal.

a. mischief; prankishness: [Halloween] shenanigans. 

b. deceit; trickery. 









　

Autumn Tale is not one of Rohmer's series of "moral tales," but it does suggest a few pop-song truisms: 



to wit, 

"to everything there is a season" because "you can't hurry love." 



truism

–noun

a self-evident, obvious truth.



The he-said, she-said shenanigans suggest that high school may be eternal but autumn has its wisdom. In the last scene, the 78-year-old filmmaker brings his favorite conspirator back for a last dance—it's a vintage performance that [invites] applause. 





snug

pert 

perky spry frisky sassy sappy 

caper feisty

frisky impish escapade  

nifty 

nitty-gritty

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ruse (purpose)

wile (disarming) His wiles [charmed] them into [trusting] him.

Sham



allegory (symbolize ideas and abstractions)

fable (animals speak and act like people, never happen; lies)

parable [Jesus] taught in [parables]. (brief story illustrating religious ideas)

myth (origins and gods, imaginative)



gnomic

aphorism (short, wisdom)

adage (old saying accepted as a truth)

apothegm (terse)

maxim (concise statement of a principle, truth or rule of conduct, 座右銘是也)

proverb (folksy, widely accepted)

(old) saw (familiar saying, sometimes distorted)

Innuendo