Susie Dent does it again and who do you think is applies to?

Susie Dent ‘that woman in Dictionary Corner,’ has done it again with another word of the day.

The Countdown co-host and genius wordsmith drops a word of the day regularly and they strike always a chord, but are they subtle digs at our political figures?

That’s up to you to decide.

Her word of the day comes as PM Rishi Sunak is hosting a cabinet away day at his country house, Chequers, where the forgetful taxpayer  Nadhim Zahawi is expected to attend.

The outing that has been dubbed a “hideaway day” by opposition parties.

Word of the Day

Susie tweeted it out and wrote: “Word of the day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who shuts their eyes to reality and has all the confidence of ignorance.”

Word of the day is ‘bayard’ (16th century): one who shuts their eyes to reality and has all the confidence of ignorance.

— Susie Dent (@susie_dent) January 26, 2023

Reactions

It has, as ever, gone down well…

1.

Susie nails it again with another word that can so easily describe many of our politicians in our various parliaments and also those appointed functionaries in very many of our institutions. https://t.co/3vvLl7OC9y

— Woodside Wullie (@woodsidewullie) January 26, 2023

2.

Why did we let so many useful words fall into disuse? https://t.co/1JLNDbFVE0

— Mithradates (@MithradatesVI) January 26, 2023

3.

Excellent – that's the Tories covered! https://t.co/8ig74ulLcm

— David Cohen (@DavidCo87349222) January 26, 2023

4.

That would be a Tory then. https://t.co/nRbupR0mak

— Marek Ujma ❤️🇺🇦 💙😷🇵🇱#FBPPR #GTTO #ProEU (@marekesh) January 26, 2023

5.

Or is it this?

Also known as Rishi Sunak https://t.co/v8HC3FRZkQ

— fwright #FBPE #I Stand with Ukraine #FBPPR (@Fran5456) January 26, 2023

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