Amuse-bouche:

“I’ve lost all hope in humanity.”

“Why’s that? What happened?”

“The sign. I leave for a long weekend and it gets covered in ink.”

“What sign?”

“The one that says, ‘Please DO NOT test pens.’ I don’t see it anymore. It used to be right here.”

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Today’s Wonderful Word: “ultracrepidarianism.”

Meaning: The habit or act of giving opinions on matters outside the scope of one’s knowledge.

Origin: First recorded in 1800–20; from Latin ultrā crepidam “above the sole (of a shoe or sandal);” in allusion to Pliny the Elder’s adaptation of the retort that the Greek painter Apelles made to a cobbler who was critiquing Apelles’ work, nē suprā crepidam sūtor jūdicāre, or “let the cobbler not judge above the sandal”; cf. the English proverb “let the cobbler stick to his last.”

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Ultracrepidarianism is when you don’t know what you’re talking about but want everyone around you to believe the contrary. It’s an art, really.

I think we should start calling people out when we notice their ultracrepidarian comments. We can call them ultra-creeps. “Don’t pull the ultracrepidarianism card, you ultra-creep! Stop it!”

That’s all for today. I don’t have much to say about this topic because I don’t know much about it. I could pretend to know what I’m talking about, but I’d rather admit it outright.

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Answer to Saturday’s riddle:

Art