Monthly Archives: February 2015

It is the first or second weekend of the month and time, once again, for a new word to live by. This is a word or phrase not currently in use in the U.S. English lexicon, but might need to be considered. Other words, such as obsurd, crumpify, subsus, flib, congressed, and others, can be found by clicking on the tags below. Today’s New Word is a compounding of two words cackle and brain. Without further chattering, cacklebrain is the new word / phrase for this month:

Cackle, n. 1) chatter or idle talk. 2) a form of laughter, usually shrill and broken in nature. 3) the sound of such laughter.

(There is also a verb form meaning idle talk, prattle, or to sound like a hen, or laugh in a shrill, broken manner, but the noun form is more what we are interested in here.)

Brain, n. Anatomy. That oblong organ sitting on top of your neck, enclosed in cranium, composed of two halves of convoluted gray and white matter directing your central nervous system.

How about Cacklebrain?

Cacklebrain, n. A person whose brain and mouth are full of shrill, idle patter, laughter always at somebody else’s expense, and an overweening sense of self-importance. In short, to motor your mouth with your mind in neutral and think you have said something profound. Example, most Fox network commentators. Example, Sarah Palin.

Cacklebrain is related to loopid another New Word. Exposure to Cacklebrains is a strong sign of Loopidity, a spiraling condition from which few escape.