“It’s a week before Christmas, and all through the Observatory, most things are a mess, whilst our progress is nugatory.” From time to time, attentive and faithful Readers send the OO practical gifts that may – or perhaps may not– embellish this column. This week, a charming Reader in Vero Beach, Florida sent a 2005 desk calendar with a strange and all but forgotten word on each page. We have already looked ahead, and find a few that are good to go. We can use “logolatry” [worship of words], as well as “opiniatrety” [unreasonable attachment to one’s own notions]. Practical stuff, right for daily use. Let’s start with “opiniatrety” and apply it to that rather strange White House ceremony where high medals were just awarded to three characters who may have deserved some government action, but just not medals.

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