To make sense of this post, you need to first read the
previous one, which lays out the context in which Senator Ted Cruz used dungeon when he meant a similar sounding
but completely different word.
There is no question that the word he had in mind was dudgeon, the definition for which
is: a
fit of resentment, offense, or anger, now usually in the phrase “in high
dudgeon”; a feeling of indignation
at something regarded as a wrong or insult.
By substituting dudgeon
for dungeon, his sentence “…in response to an ISIS terror attack, the
Democrats go on high dudgeon that we’ve got to restrict the 2nd
Amendment rights of …” makes perfect sense.
Incidentally, dudgeon was
featured in the March/April 2015 edition of my “Words of the Month.” Click here
to review seven examples illustrating its use.
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