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Ennui

Learning my vocab from Jon Stewart. The general emotion you try and portray from your supporters is support and not a sense of ennui or regret.

–noun
a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom: The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui.
n. Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom:



caveat

Main Entry: ca·ve·at
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, may he/she beware
1 a : a warning enjoining one from certain acts or practices b : an explanation to prevent a misinterpretation
2 : a notice to a court or judicial officer to suspend a proceeding until the opposition can be heard (a caveat entered in the probate court to stop the proving of the will) —caveat verb



Apocryphal

a·poc·ry·phal
–adjective
1. of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
2. Ecclesiastical. a. (initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Apocrypha.
b. of doubtful sanction; uncanonical.

3. false; spurious: He told an apocryphal story about the sword, but the truth was later revealed.



Non sequitur

1. Logic. an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
2. a statement containing an illogical conclusion.



 

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