Daily Archives: February 18, 2017

Charientismus

Charientismus (kar-i-en-tia’-mus): Mollifying harsh words by answering them with a smooth and appeasing mock.

This is the fourth time today that you’ve had something disrespectful to say to me. But hey, who’s counting?

I am!

Do it one more time and I’m going home.

Definition courtesy of “Silva Rhetoricae” (rhetoric.byu.edu)