(Written Saturday before the news hit, sending Sunday after realizing that it was still in my drafts–the sudden headlines in my inbox had taken the words right out of my keyboard.)

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Random weird word of the day: pilgarlic. Dating from 1529, originally describing a bald man (like a peeled clove of garlic) but gradually morphing into (per Merriam Webster) “A man looked upon with humorous contempt or mock pity.” The perfect word for the night of the White House Correspondents Dinner. Someone go tell Jimmy Kimmel ‘dotard’ has competition.

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(After the shooting at that dinner: I, I, had no words.)