BABBITTRY or BABBITRY

PRONUNCIATION: (BAB-uh-tree)

MEANING: noun: Complacent materialism and smug conformity.

ETYMOLOGY: After George Babbitt, who demonstrated middle-class values and attitudes in the novel Babbitt (1922) by Sinclair Lewis. Earliest documented use: 1920.

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RABBITRY - hopping, eating greens from the garden, saying "Eh, what's up, Doc?" and such like

RABBI TRY - it's the Hebrew teacher's turn

BARBITRY - the art of shaping the beard