homuncule
Latin for "blockhead."
Often used by someone who has had brief experience with Latin and wishes to try and assert their superiority through Latin words.
Often used by someone who has had brief experience with Latin and wishes to try and assert their superiority through Latin words.
Cain: I am totally just as great as you!
Abel: Your contributions are pithy in comparison to mine, homuncule! Latin hasn't even been invented and I'm already using it to sound smarter than you!
Abel: Your contributions are pithy in comparison to mine, homuncule! Latin hasn't even been invented and I'm already using it to sound smarter than you!
homunculation
A nonce coinage in Louise Erdrich's The Last report on the Miracles at Little No Horse.
"Oh God forgive me, the Mother Superior prayed. She considered homunculation, but then rushed down to the piano room.