Saw this on @susiedentwords.bsky.social’s FB page.
#Snollygoster. Most applicable to DJT, but also to most individuals in his administration, even just in the GOP.
www.facebook.com/reel/2048947...
Here’s another thing that’s on the interweb forever, Mr Frydenberg #Snollygoster #auspol
@ketanjoshi.co
Beware of the snollygoster! 🐍 This playful word describes a clever, unscrupulous person—like that character who always seems to have their own secret agenda. Who’s the most devious character you’ve read about? #Snollygoster #VillainousVibes #WordNerd #DesertMysticEditing
Here is a new word I learned used in a sentence:
‘Kyle Sandilands is a total and utter #snollygoster.’
#vss365
So comes the #snollygoster
takes us on a rolly coaster
'gin to spin
his secret sin
enlist us into boasters
#amwriting
Lying Self-serving #Farage #NigelFarage #2FacedFarage #Egoist #MoneyGrabber & #Creep, an absolute #Snollygoster!
The only thing #Farage is interested in is himself & his bank account!
Just like the weather, he changes constantly!
Let’s play: #AmericanEnglish #WordsNoLongerUsed:
#FuckElonMusk is a #Cockalorum
#DonaldTrump is a #Snollygoster
Both of them like to #Brabble
It would seem both #Fudgel
The election was an example of #Jargogle
They’d leave #ThePoor to #Groak
Meanwhile they both #Twattle about on their phones #News
“That man…he’s nothing but a greedy little #snollygoster,” Sister Agnes muttered, sweeping out of the room.
“What the f—what did she just call the Duke?” Ro sputtered, catching herself.
“Typical regional slang—and about as close as you’ll get to a nun cursing,” Jarek chortled.
#vss365
"Why is this sprinkled with words like #snollygoster, banausic, and schwarmerei?" asked my editor. "I work with words for a living. If I have to crack open a dictionary for these, your average reader is just going to put down your book!" And you know what? She was right.
#vss365
A hand wielding a magician's wand. Poorly drawn, but clearly a hand badly drawn by a human and not badly drawn by AI.
A rogue, a scoundrel, a #snollygoster, he'd been called them all. Hurt his feelings sometimes, for a moment. He was none of those things. He was a magician of reality, and there were certain requirements for the profession. The sacrifice of one's good name being the first of many. #vss365 #AmWriting
From the #vss365 jukebox... No one knows what a #snollygoster is. So here is The Parasite by Swans from the album The Beggar (2023).
youtu.be/BAIiQNXArxk?...
At the debate, Candidate A spoke, then B took the mic.
"Only a fool would vote for A. He's a cad, a sneaksby. A rapscallion, a jackanapes. An absolute maggot-pie, I say. A berk, a poltroon, a #snollygoster. He sniffs his own piss and calls it wine."
A won the debate.
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“The CRIME of harbouring and fostering a #snollygoster remained punishable by scarlet ‘B’ for centuries within the Scythian Empire, or so they say, but there are those who believe that lying began out there—many, many more millennia ago—on the vast, lying plains.”
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think and rethink
the word plays on my mind
a #snollygoster
but how do i make you
into poetry?
for this i admit defeat
#vss365
#poetry
The dreaded #Snollygoster is a sinister beast. Slimy and snakelike, its dead eyes glare out ever watchful. Wrapped up in human skin, it infiltrates communities, feeds on their fear and hatred, thinking only of its next meal.
"Vote for me," it hisses. "I'm the only one who can keep you safe"
#vss365
If Donne were a #snollygoster
he’d ask who authorised the bell & was it in a residential area & who supplied it (church?school?) & did it ring between 9pm and 7am & at what decibel & was it more a ring or peal & is it an isolated incident or symptomatic of broader phenomenon?
#vss365 #poetry 🤷🏻♀️
#Haiku
#Snollygoster sits
on self-imposed pedestal
until fall moves in
#vss365 #WritingCommunity
“You’re back,” said Dan as Mia returned to the office. “Was talking to a potential venue & getting nowhere.”
“Probably a #snollygoster who didn’t like the tone of your voice,” said Mia. “How important is the venue?”
“I need to chat with Ava.”
“Something wrong?” asked Ari. #vss365
My manager tossed
five good pies into the bin
putting on a show
Food waste is her game
#Snollygoster of a boss
She gets paid to play
#vss365 #haiku
— Oh 'ef off. You're making words up, Dom!
— No, seriously, it means a deeply unprincipled person, Rick. Look it up.
— I was prepared to let GOSTER slide; now you add SNOLLY and you think I'm going to let it go.
[Rick looks it up]
— Dom, you're a total #snollygoster!
#vss365