13 words to use for your next savage comeback
October 11, 2019 3 min read
From wordgenius.com
How often do you get into an
argument and think of the perfect comeback … three days later? You don’t want
to use tired vocabulary when you take down your opponent — that comeback has to
be spectacular if it’s going to make an impact. Confuse and conquer your foes
with your linguistic wit. Here are some words for you to keep on the tip of
your tongue the next time you’re caught in conflict.
Zoilist
Zoilist comes from the name Zoilus.
Who was Zoilus? He was one of Homer’s biggest critics. Yes, the author of The
Iliad and The Odyssey. Fittingly, a zoilist is a bitter and baseless
critic. At least they won't be able to criticize your vocabulary.
Grumbletonian
A grumbletonian is exactly what it
sounds like. These people grumble all the time and can’t stop complaining.
Their complaints often relate to political affairs. Maybe you’ll have a few
grumbletonians at Thanksgiving dinner this year.
Cockalorum
While not quite as self-explanatory
as grumbletonian, cockalorum comes from the Dutch word kockeloeren (to
crow) and references a rooster’s strut. A cockalorum is a boastful person who
thinks quite a lot of themselves.
Snollygoster
This word first showed up in the
late 19th century amidst tumultuous American politics. A snollygoster is
someone who doesn’t have many moral scruples but is good at getting what they
want.
Pillock
There are plenty of words that
double as references to male sex organs and insults, and this is one of them.
The term originated in the 1500s, but its meaning didn’t shift away from
anatomy until the 1970s. Now it’s used for someone who’s foolish or stupid.
Gasser
If you’ve heard the term “gasbag,”
you know what a gasser is. It’s someone who talks forever even if no one is
listening, and usually about themselves. They also have a tendency to brag.
You’ll probably find a few gassers in politics or on the news.
Poltroon
A poltroon is a coward. The word
comes from the French poltron and Italian poltro. In both
languages, the word means “sluggard,” which has a similar meaning—that the
person will avoid doing something at all costs.
Rumbumptious
A rumbumptious person is rude and
offensive. They’re also pompous and think they know better than you. The phrase
dates back to the early 1800s—it seems people like this have always been
around.
Rakefire
A rakefire will stay in your house,
chatting and eating your food until the house burns down and all that’s left
are the ashes. It’s someone who has long overstayed their welcome and probably
won’t get the hint that it’s time for them to leave.
Abydocomist
An abydocomist is someone who starts
a false rumor and spreads it. They might even brag about being the source of
such slander. The term comes from the city of Abydos in Ancient Egypt, where
the people were supposedly famous for their falsehoods.
Ultracrepidarian
Ultracrepidarians think they know
everything, but their information is based on assumption rather than fact. These
know-it-alls are happy to offer unsolicited advice, even if they have no idea
what they’re talking about.
Snoutband
An ultracrepidarian is probably a
snoutband, too. A snoutband constantly interrupts the conversation to tell you
how wrong you are. They take pleasure in being argumentative.
Bobolyne
Bobolyne and pillock are synonyms
for fools. Bobolyne originated with the Tudors, and was created by one of Henry
VIII’s teachers, poet John Skelton.
You can tell that some of these
words were created for specific uses and have evolved over the years. So the
next time you’re stuck in an argument, pull out one of these clever insults, or
feel free to create your own! If the burn is fierce enough, it just might catch
on.
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air
gapping
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| Air
gapping is a security measure that involves physically isolating a
computer or network to prevent it from connecting directly or wirelessly to
other systems that can connect to the Internet. Air gapping is used to
protect many types of critical systems, including those that support the
stock market, the military, the government and industrial power industries.
To prevent unauthorized data extrusion
through electromagnetic or electronic exploits, there must be a specified
amount of space between the air-gapped system and outside walls and between
its wires and the wires for other technical equipment. In the United States,
the U.S. National Security Agency TEMPEST project provides best practices for
using air gaps as a security measure.
For a system with extremely sensitive data,
a Faraday cage can be used to prevent electromagnetic radiation (EMR) escaping
from the air-gapped equipment. Although such measures may seem extreme, van
Eck phreaking can be used to intercept data such as key strokes or screen
images from demodulated EMR waves, using special equipment from some distance
away. Other proof-of-concept (POC) attacks for air- gapped systems have shown
that electromagnetic emanations from infected sound cards on isolated
computers can be exploited and continuous wave irradiation can be used to
reflect and gather information from isolated screens, keyboards and other
computer components.
As of this writing, the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is awarding grants for prototype hardware
and software designs that will keep sensitive data physically isolated. The
grants are made possible under the Guaranteed Architecture for Physical
Security (GAPS) program.
Enhancing air-gapped security
measures
The problem with physical separation as a
security technique is that, as complexity increases in some system or network
to be isolated, so does the likelihood that some unknown or unauthorized
external connection will arise.
Perhaps the most important way to protect a
computing device or network from an air gap attack is through end user
security awareness training. The infamous Stuxnet worm, which was designed to
attack air-gapped industrial control systems, is thought to have been
introduced by infected thumb drives found by employees or obtained as free
giveaways.
The software-defined
perimeter (SDP) framework is another tool network engineers can use to create
a type of "virtual air gapping" through policy enforcement. SDP
requires external endpoints that want to access internal infrastructure to
comply with authentication policies and ensures that only authenticated
systems can see internal IP addresses. |
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