The Baron Is Swamped Vocab Showdown

So The Baron's life has gotten a lot more hectic this week and will only get increasingly more busy for the next 2.5 years. As such, there will often be weeks where his eminence will be limited to a handful of posts.

This week is one of those weeks, so here's a vocab smack down.

The Baron came across a word today which he anticipated would be an ass-kicking in literary form, but he was sorely disappointed.

The word is Daltonism:

daltonism

PRONUNCIATION:

(DAWL-tuh-niz-em)

MEANING:

noun: Color blindness, especially the inability to distinguish between red and green.

ETYMOLOGY:

After John Dalton (1766-1844), chemist and physicist, who gave us Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures. He studied his own color blindness as well.


Pure, red hot nausea is sweeping through The Baron's tent like scrotum. Who the shit is John Dalton? The Baron only recognizes one Dalton. The Dalton. Maybe you've heard of him...he works at the Double Deuce? He doesn't need a first name. You know why? (FYI, Dalton just killed you with a single kick for asking).

Anywho, allow The Baron to amend that definition.

daltonism

PRONUNCIATION:

(DAWL-tuh-niz-em)

MEANING:

noun: A condition of maximum badassness characterized by brawling, philosophical quotes, banging the hot nieces of local organized crime bosses, killing said boss's henchmen (even the one who raped guys like you in prison) and then leading the town's people to kill the crime boss, thus saving you from a murder rap. Also you should practice Tai Chi shirtless in front of an illiterate hick whose barn you live on the top floor of.

ETYMOLOGY:

After Dalton (1989 - infinity), Cooler and martial artist, who gave us Dalton's Law of Inverse Ass-Kickability. He studied his own porking of babes as well.

Much better eh?