Boobris: dopey arrogance, reminiscent of H.L. Mencken’s booboisie.
Boobris was coined by Matthew Scully, a former speech writer for president Goerge W. Bush.
Boobris was coined by Matthew Scully, a former speech writer for president Goerge W. Bush.
"The hubris of it is staggering, but they hardly seem serious enough souls to deserve such a weighty word, guilty at worst of a dopey arrogance we might call boobris."
--Matthew Scully, Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy (New York: St. Martin's, 2002).
--Matthew Scully, Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy (New York: St. Martin's, 2002).
by true dough January 23, 2007