#high dudgeon

[metropolisyuri]

Outfit experiments with an oc I have joint custody over. The one on the left looks different from the other two cause I was sketching these out over a long period of time lol

[pumpkinpaix]

omfg i laughed so hard at your riverdale jgy gif my cat smacked my face with a paw and left the room in high dudgeon thank you for this chaos

anon this is like the best compliment i could have received. “high dudgeon” thank you so much for this i am truly Blessed

[metropolisyuri]

[OC, Disco Elysium style]

Guest flautist.

(OC owned in conjuction with @ohm-myy-god. Go follow her NEOW!)

[qupritsuvwix]

George Stephanopoulos, Unfazed by $16 Million ABC Settlement, Accuses Trump of Corruption: ‘Scale Is Staggering’ | Video

ABC News agreed to pay Trump a $16 million defamation settlement in December – so you can bet they carefully fact-checked this bombshell The

[thewordwideweb]

In high dudgeon

My friend and former colleague Liz posted her thoughts the other day, wishing that the politicians who were in “high dudgeon” over four lives lost in the Benghazi raid would demonstrate equally high dudgeon over 130-thousand lives lost to COVID-19, and the seemingly insane push to reopen schools in the fall without any real plan to keep children and teachers safe. 

It was certainly thought-provoking. The main thought it provoked in me, of course, was “where did the word ‘dudgeon’ come from?” (And did you notice it is always ‘high,’ and never low? For that matter, there’s not even any medium dudgeon!) 

Okay, first things first. The word “dudgeon” is not related to, and should not be confused with “dungeon.” We know “dudgeon” means a feeling of being offended, deep resentment and anger. But what’s the origin of “dudgeon?” Well, the people who make a living investigating these things say…they don’t know. 

There are plenty of theories, though. According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, “One suggestion is Italian aduggiare, ‘to overshadow,’ giving it the same sense development as umbrage.” 

There was a Middle English word, “dogeon,” which referred to the wooden hilt (handle) of a dagger, made of boxwood. Shakespeare used the word in that sense when Macbeth was psyching himself up to murder King Duncan and uttered his famous “Is this a dagger I see before me” speech. Macbeth senses the dagger is a hallucination but says, “I see thee still/And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood…” Shakespeare didn’t have to explain the word; he assumed his audience would know what it meant. A few folks have tried to propose a link between anger and the dagger hilt (“He was so angry, he grabbed the dagger and plunged it in right up to the hilt. That’s how great was his dudgeon”), but there’s no particular evidence supporting that. 

There’s a Welsh word, “dygen,” that means resentment, malice, or grudge, and that would be a neat and easy link, but the Oxford English Dictionary – which is considered the ultimate authority on this stuff – says that link “appears to be historically and phonetically baseless.” Oh, well. 

And before you try to make a connection between dudgeon and bludgeon or curmudgeon, I’ve got bad news for you: both those words are “of uncertain origin,” too. It’s enough to put you in a state of high dudgeon!

[cyniccave]

Sept Shows

SEPT 2014 Cynic Cave

http://lostweekendcinecave.eventbrite.com/

all shows at Lost Weekend Video, 1034 Valencia St, SF

  Sep 12th 8:30 pm – Friday Cynic Cave

Joe Tobin, Joe Gorman, Joe Nguyen, Emily Epstein White, Richard Toomer, Aviva Siegel, hosted by George Chen and Kevin O’Shea

$10

http://fridaycave.eventbrite.com

  Sep 16th 8 pm – Pitch!

Nick Stargu’s new live show, where performers pitch crazy ideas for video games, movies, tv shows and more! This month, the featured guests will present a video game idea of their own creation, with storyboards, theme songs, act outs, and videos. The only rule: The pitch must not be based on a currently existing video game.

This month’s featured guest presenters are: Chris Barylick, Julie Crossman, Jesse Fernandez, Colin Mahan, OJ Patterson,Paco Romane

$10

    Sep 17th 8 pm - High Dudgeon: Birdemic!

An improvised movie riffing show with comedians heckling (a la MST3K). This month we're watching the truly terrible BIRDEMIC: SHOCK AND AWE

With riffers from Shit Creek; Mary Van Note, Nick Stargu, and birthday boy Jesse Fernandez. hosted by Andre Parker and George Chen

$10

http://hdbirdemic.eventbrite.com

Sep 19th 8:30 pm - Hand To Mouth: Dreams!

Trevor Hill presents Hand to Mouth: a monthly, topic-based comedy show where each edition explores a specific social, cultural or political issue. One show, one topic.

September’s Topic: Dreams! Jules Posner, Kelly Anneken, Kimberly Rose Wendt, Drew Harmon, Francesca Fiorentini, Stevie Post and guest host Matt Lieb will journey down the rabbit hole of dreams

$10

http://hand2mouth.eventbrite.com/

Sep 21st  8pm – Love Comedy Show

Standup from Jesse Fernandez, Pam Benjamin, John Gallagher. Hosted by Ethan Albers, Tom Bridgman, Andrew Roberts

$10

http://lovecomedyshow.eventbrite.com/

[04151997]

High Dudgeon

The youngest of many siblings in a poor family, an opportunity presents itself to Lino Conley when he witnesses a secret exchange that results in the Penzance village being captured by a strong enemy force, called Sirencester.

[inhighdudgeon-blog-blog]

"This is a default response for many people--irked customers, angry bosses, disappointed colleagues. It's easy to go into high dudgeon (in fact, low dudgeon isn't even in the dictionary, it's always 'high'). The thing is: it doesn't work. It rarely succeeds in accomplishing much, and it makes you unhappy at the same time. What if you took it out of your toolbox of responses? What if, just like becoming a cannibal or painting your face green, you eliminated righteous indignation as an option in your list of responses to various situations, no matter how unfair? What if the people you work with weren't permitted to indulge? Just think of how much more you'd get done and how much calmer everything would be."

Seth Godin