Political Commentary Terms

noun a person who expresses their opinions publicly or frequently

• The opinionator carefully analyzed the latest political developments before sharing their thoughts.
• I always go to my friend Sarah because she's the best opinionator when it comes to fashion.
• My brother thinks he's some kind of opinionator, but really he just talks a lot.
• She was known as the opinionator of the office, always ready to give her two cents on any topic.

noun a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality

verb a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence

adjective a word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical

adverb a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb

pronoun a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse

preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

conjunction a word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause

article a word that specifies a noun as definite or indefinite

• It is important to carefully choose the battles you fight and not make the hill you want to die on a trivial matter.
• Don't waste your energy on arguing about the hill you want to die on, it's not worth it.
• Why are you so stubborn about that issue? It's not the hill you want to die on.
• Sometimes it's better to let go of the hill you want to die on in order to focus on more important things.

noun a group of influential political commentators or pundits

• The punditocracy in the media often influences public opinion on political matters.
• The pundits on TV are part of the punditocracy that talks about politics all the time.
• I'm so tired of listening to the talking heads in the punditocracy.
• The punditocracy is like a never-ending game of political chess, with each move analyzed and critiqued by experts.

adverb in a sharp and forthright manner

• The professor acerbically criticized the student's lack of preparation for the presentation.
• She acerbically remarked on his choice of outfit for the party.
• He acerbically roasted his friend's cooking skills.
• The author's writing style is often acerbically witty, leaving readers both entertained and slightly offended.