A euphemism for penis, something that confounds a situation or makes things significantly more confusing. Jeff Bezos accused
David Pecker (a Trump supporter) and the National Enquirer of "extortion and blackmail" (The New York Times). Pecker claimed to have obtained messages of Bezos and his mistress
Lauren Sanchez, threatening to publish those texts and photos. President Trump is not a fan of Bezos nor the Washington Post, which is now owned by Bezos. Bezos hired a private investigator to determine how his private information leaked and to determine whether the National Enquirer was politically motivated. In consideration of Bezos' ongoing
divorce and the common theme in this story of
dick, Pecker, and semi-erect manhood, possibly the best euphemism for penis is complexifier (Stephen Colbert - LSSC episode
2019 Feb
12).
(According to
Google Ngram, the first published instance of this word in English was in Outposts, Issues
1-
29, published by Kraus Reprint, University of Michigan in 1944. It has since appeared in a number of other publications, but is not a common word in the English language. Etymologically, it may be of French origin.)
"My ownership of the Washington Post is a complexifier for me. It’s unavoidable that certain powerful
people who experience Washington Post news coverage
will wrongly conclude I am their enemy." -Jeff Bezos,
2019 Feb
