Moira Rose Vocab to Use in Your Next Meeting

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(Old Hollywood affectation and mixed British/Canadian/Mid-Atlantic accent optional.)

Toggery
Clothing (noun)
What to say: This toggery befits the next Fortune 500 founder

Peregrination
A journey, especially a long meandering one (noun)
What to say: It’s not easy, the peregrination of entrepreneurship isn’t for everyone

Scintilla
A tiny trace or spark of a specified quantity or feeling (noun)
What to say: I feel a scintilla of hope that we can end the gender pay gap

Thaumaturgy
The working of miracles (noun)
What to say: It was a real act of thaumaturgy that you got this to print on time

Heuristic
Enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves (adjective)
What to say: I take a heuristic approach to mentorship

Unasinous
Equally stupid on both sides (adjective)
What to say: I’d rather back out now than sign this unasinous deal

Buttress
Support; increase the strength of or justification for; reinforce (verb)
What to say: My pitch was buttressed by the advice I got at the Enthuse Foundation event

Sagacity
The quality of being sagacious (shrewd) (noun)
What to say: You’re a woman of great business sagacity

Clangorous
full of or characterized by the presence of noise (adjective)
What to say: I finished my pitch to clangorous applause from the judges and audience alike 

Timorous
Easily frightened (adjective)
What to say: We can’t take a timorous approach to fundraising

Glee-ridden
Excessively full of or supplied with glee (adjective)
What to say: I’d be absolutely glee-ridden to chat strategy with you over lunch

Winsome
Attractive or appealing in appearance or character (adjective)
What to say: Your social media presence is truly winsome

Grinagog
One who is always grinning (noun)
What to say: Ever since I got that funding, I’ve turned into an unabating grinagog 

Pettifogging
Placing undue emphasis on petty details (adjective)
What to say: Now is not the time for pettifogging technicalities, we have a strategy to build!

Dragoon
Coerce into doing something (verb)
What to say: I will not be dragooned into giving him a higher salary than the women who head the department

Bailiwick
A person’s special domain (noun)
What to say: Mentoring up-and-coming women is my bailiwick

Singultus
Hiccup (medical) (noun)
What to say: The presentation did hit a slight singultus when the fire alarm went off

Pecuniary
Relating to or consisting of money (adjective)
What to say: I’ve gained some pecuniary savvy in my time

Bombilate
Buzz (verb)
What to say: We are bombilating with anticipation to hear about your business