The lady
doth protest too much, methinks …
Well
now, the ol’ quote from Hamlet
(Shakespeare play) could be attributed to a good many people in the news these
days.
"I
did not email any classified materials." Apparently
we’re just overly caviling when it
comes to national security.
CAVIL (kavʹɘl) – vi., to object when there is little reason to do so; resort to
trivial faultfinding; carp; quibble; n.
a trivial objection; quibble. [WW #55]
We
can also attribute this seldom used word to the many protestors at ALL of the
political events. Get a life and go home to ponder your role in the overall
scheme of things. Petty name-calling and caviling,
often leading to unnecessary violence, serves no purpose.
Politics
aside, it’s easy to spot a lame excuse or unnecessarily petty person … in the
workplace, in a relationship, in social media. The difficulty is spotting the caviler in yourself.
Cheers
to your day!
Word of the Week: CAVIL. Can you fit it into your next writing?
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