Hay, Cats! Your word of the day!
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(I'll leave it to you to use in a sentence)
PRONUNCIATION:
(THROT-l-bot-uhm)MEANING:
noun: A purposeless incompetent in public office.ETYMOLOGY:
After Alexander Throttlebottom, a Vice Presidential character in Of Thee I Sing, a 1931 musical comedy. Earliest documented use: 1932.USAGE:
“[Lyndon B. Johnson] wanted to be Vice President, both to position himself as JFK’s successor someday and because he believed that he could convert any job -- even Throttlebottom’s -- into a power base.”
James MacGregor Burns; The Crosswinds of Freedom; Knopf; 1989. -
(I'll leave it to you to use in a sentence)
PRONUNCIATION:
(THROT-l-bot-uhm)MEANING:
noun: A purposeless incompetent in public office.ETYMOLOGY:
After Alexander Throttlebottom, a Vice Presidential character in Of Thee I Sing, a 1931 musical comedy. Earliest documented use: 1932.USAGE:
“[Lyndon B. Johnson] wanted to be Vice President, both to position himself as JFK’s successor someday and because he believed that he could convert any job -- even Throttlebottom’s -- into a power base.”
James MacGregor Burns; The Crosswinds of Freedom; Knopf; 1989.
