Trumpish

THE all-inclusive apology. "I was being Trumpish" is the perfect deescalator. All immature clumsiness is suddenly forgiven as they hear the depth of your regret. Talked too much about yourself? Trumpish. A loose canon with your words and judgments? Trumpish. Thoughtlessly conveyed an aura of superiority? Trumpish. Denigrated someone, spoke out of turn, called out others with jaw-dropping hypocrisy? Trumpish. Most of all though, did you leverage an unfair advantage (were you a bully)? Trumpish. So choose your "trumpishness": either wisely and quickly admit trumpish behavior, or refuse to apologize (sound familiar?) and others will call out your trumpishness for you.

"Please forgive me - it was trumpish of me to think the rules were for others. Furthermore, my behavior forced you into an awkward dilemma - again, trumpish."

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Woke

A label for someone who's uber-current, especially on socio/political issues. This is still new enough jargon that it's being used both positively and negatively. Some seem to openly admire those who are "Woke", some are using it to brand someone whose become pompous with their arsenal of in-the-know names, trends and jargon - especially acronyms.

Positively: All those DC staffers are too woke for me, I can't keep up.
Negatively: After her summer internship at Time, Mary became too woke to tolerate with all her in-the-know tediousness.

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Pencing

To delay doing one's job.

Stop Pencing around. How furious does the backlash need to be before you'll do your job?