Saturday, June 24, 2023

Coining a Term: Bounderby

After Josiah Bounderby in Charles Dickens' classic Hard Times: A "successful" individual who downplays the social advantages that enabled him to "succeed" to further glorify his attainments, and as an excuse to trivialize or otherwise be callous toward the sufferings of others.
Given the state of the world today we really, really need this word.

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