An except from "Brexit the Opera".
"Brexit the Opera" takes a sardonic look back at 2019 as the UK decides to leave the EU, set to the music of Gilbert and Sullivan.
Written and performed by - Ian Back and Iestyn Moris.
GLOSSARY
DEMAGOGUE - a political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument
ARCANE - understood by few people, or mysterious
PERORATION - a long speech characterized by lofty and often pompous language
BAFFLEGAB - deliberately unintelligible language or jargon used for the purposes of obfuscation by politicians
XENOPHOBE - a person having a dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries
LOTTEREL - rogue or scoundrel
MUGWUMP - a political turncoat
HIGHBINDER - a corrupt or scheming politician
COCKALORUM - a boastful and self-important person
EMPLEOMANIAC - someone with a mania for holding public office
FIRM PECKER - stiff upper lip (according to Gilbert & Sullivan!)
TAWDRY - showy but cheap and of poor quality
PHILANDERER - a man who readily or frequently enters into casual sexual relationships with women
BLUSTER - talk in a loud, aggressive, or indignant way with little effect
PLEB - a common person, especially one from the lower social classes
BLOVIATE - to speak or write verbosely, especially in an inflated or empty way
NARCISSIST - a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves
LOPLOLLY - a lazy, or idle person
SNOLLYGOSTER - a shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician
27 авг 2024
