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.
"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).
Play on "Bourgeoisie" and "Boob" (idiot/fool). Refers to the vast majority of voters who have no knowledge of actual society. Applicable to American Politics since 1824.
Someone or something that bites your ankles.
To a postman, an ankle biter is often known as a dog.
To an adult, an ankle bitermay be a toddler.
To hikers, an ankle biter is sometimes a tick.
And so on.
When a man will search for hours to find something that is laying out in the open on a table. Items are often easily found by a women.
Man: "I have been searching for hours for keys."
Woman: "You mean the ones sitting there on the coffee table?"
Man: "Where?"
Woman: "Right there in the middle of that table."
Man: "oh, must have been Male Pattern Blindness"