A couple of new words needed

One thing I will say about the new America is that we are learning a lot of lessons very quickly.  Lessons that sorely needed to be learnt I should say.  Firstly of course we need to realise that we must look after our own defence here in Europe (I’m including the UK in this because if it weren’t for a bunch of fraudsters we should rightfully still be in technically).   The other thing though, and equally important to many of us, is that the English language needs to be saved before it is killed off altogether.  It was already on the way out of course with gen z inventing their own form of child-speak but when the US president’s National Security Adviser starts using ‘attaboy’ emojis in restricted (or vaguely-restricted as it turns out) war-plans that must surely be the turning point.  A call to action if ever there were one.

Time then for some attention to words and the meaning of them.  Let’s look at some now in adjectival form with an abbreviated definition.

GROUP 1.

Classy.  Having the quality of being elegant, stylish and sophisticated.

Presidential.  Having a bearing or demeanour befitting a president. 

Dignified.  Having or showing a composed or serious manner that is worthy of respect.

Articulate.  Having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently.

Wise.  Having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgement.

GROUP 2.

Childish.  Having the characteristic of being silly and immature.

Moronic.  Having the characteristic of being foolish or stupid.

Ignorant.  Lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated.

Self-centred.  Being preoccupied with oneself and one's affairs.

Narcissistic.  Having a personality disorder characterised by an exaggerated sense of self-importance, a need for admiration, and a lack of empathy for other people.

Sociopathic.  Displaying a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behaviour.

Humourless.  Possessive of a character that is lacking humour; not able to appreciate or express humour.

Now let’s think of a word that we can add to our wonderful language that would serve to describe someone who possesses none of those characteristics from the first group but all of those in the second and in abundance.  A ‘trump’ would be the clear favourite for me.  I had briefly thought maybe a ‘donald’ but rejected it on the grounds of it having an altogether too likeable connotation due to its association with that more historically worthy character.  It was only a little while ago of course that one might have felt that there weren’t enough people around to justify coming up with a totally new word for this quite specific and sharply defined entity but it seems we were wrong.

Now that we have this very descriptive new word then it also falls to consider what would be an appropriate collective noun for a gathering of trumps.  Such as we might see in a typical, ad hoc American war cabinet for example.  My initial offerings, ‘an annoyance’ or possibly a ‘stain’ but suggestions please.

Footnote:  I’m also looking for a word to describe anyone who has no shame or self-respect and can respond to any question by lying to your face and/or inventing a meaningless and irrelevant, typically aggressive and insulting, distraction without breaking eye-contact.  I know ‘politician’ springs to mind but I’m looking for something more specifically describing the personal characteristic rather than the trade.  A ‘leavitt’ would take some beating for this one in my book.  Collective noun?  A ‘disgrace’ and no question about it.