Despots, alarm bells, and The Merriam-Webster Dictionary...

I have a new word of the day. 

Actually, it’s probably my new word of the year. 

In fact, it goes even farther back than that. 

All the way back to 1585.

So, in truth, it’s probably a really, REALLY old word of the day. 

It’s despot. 

On the surface, it doesn’t sound too scary.

As a collection of individual letters, it’s not really offensive. 

It’s only when you put them together in a certain order that alarm bells start ringing. 

Like when it’s twinned with another word. 

Fucking despot, for instance. 

Or with another couple of words. 

Evil fucking despot, for example. 

That’s generally when the soft and smelly hits the thing that goes around and around. 

The Merriam-Webster dictionary, founded in 1828, knows a thing or two about words and meanings. 

It defines ‘despot’ as a ruler with absolute authority. 

One exercising power tyrannically in a brutal or oppressive way. 

So…in other words. 

Not a nice guy. 

Not what you would call a good egg. 

Not a guy with straight A’s on his personality report card.

I would go a bit further…well, a lot further actually. 

I would say it defines someone who thinks he can get away with any damned thing he wants to. 

Someone who thinks the law doesn’t apply to him. 

Someone who thinks that other folks’ intelligence doesn’t matter, because nobody has more intelligence than he has. 

Or more knowledge. Or more ability. Or more power. Or more health. 

It defines someone who lies, cheats, always thinks of himself, and never spares a skinny second to think about anyone else. 

Someone who thinks he can do what he wants…say what he wants…without fear of consequences. 

I would say it defines someone who should never get within a million miles of being in any position of power over anyone else. 

Someone with a smile so smug you’d happily stand in line to smack the damned thing off his face. 

Repeatedly. 

Then some more after that, just to be on the safe side.

It defines someone you wouldn’t trust if your life, or the life of anyone you loved (or even vaguely knew) depended on it. 

Which it probably would…

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