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Babbitt (noun)§
A person likened to the character George Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis), especially a materialistic, complacent businessman who conforms unthinkingly to the views and standards of his social set. (OED)
A person and especially a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to prevailing middle-class standards. (MW)
A narrow-minded, self-satisfied person with an unthinking attachment to middle-class values and materialism.  After George F. Babbitt, the main character in the novel Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis (1922). (AHD)
A narrow-minded and complacent member of the middle class.  A smugly narrow and conventional person interested chiefly in business and social success; philistine.  A self-satisfied person who conforms readily to conventional, middle-class ideas and ideals, especially of business and material success. (CDC)
A self-opinionated, self-satisfied small-town bourgeois, with all the prejudices of such a figure. (Green's)
Babbittry (noun)

bacchanalian (adjective and noun)§
Characterized by or given to drunken revelry; riotously drunken. (NOA)
Especially of a party, involving a lot of drinking of alcohol, uncontrolled behavior, and possibly sexual activity. (CD)
Used of riotously drunken merrymaking. (VC)
Involves noisy and uncontrolled enjoyment and usually a lot of alcohol or sex. (MD)
A riotous person; a drunkard. (JDO)
Of or pertaining to the festival of Bacchus; relating to or given to reveling and drunkenness. (WUD)
Characterized by, connected with, or given to drunken revelry; riotously drunken, roistering.  A bacchanal, a drunken reveller, a tippler. (OED)
bacchanalian or bacchanal (noun):  A drunken reveler. (WUD)
bacchanalianism:  The practice of bacchanalians; drunken revelry. (WUD)

bahala na (Filipino idiom)§
Philippines
Expressing an attitude of optimistic acceptance or fatalistic resignation, especially in acknowledging that the outcome of an uncertain or difficult situation is beyond one's control or is preordained; que sera sera.  Hence also as noun:  An approach to life characterized by this attitude. (OED)
Whatever; We will see; Come what may; We'll see. (Tagalog.com)
Way of expressing a fatalistic attitude towards life.  A way of taking risks under uncertainties.  It can be translated as:  Whatever happens, happens; Come what may; Things will turn out fine; Tomorrow will take care of us; Let me cross the bridge when I get there; I’m trusting my fate with my faith. (Osan Fernando)
Note:  Fatalistic Filipino concept which seems to remove one’s own influence (and therefore efforts) over events, placing them rather in the hands of fate.  Too often used as a rather flimsy excuse not to act or try.  Most writings on this concept portray bahala na as a positive trait.  I cannot share this attitude; if you leave it to God, so often nothing happens.  I have written about bahala na here.
Grok offers a fair, and more balanced, summary.
See:  inshallah

bairn (noun)§
Chiefly Scotland, North England
A child. (NOA)
A child; a son or daughter.  Expressing relationship, rather than age. (OED)

balderdash (noun)§
Nonsense. (MW)
Senseless talk or writing; nonsense. (NOA)
Foolish words or ideas; nonsense. (BD)
Senseless, stupid, or exaggerated talk or writing; utter nonsense. (WN)
Trivial nonsense.  Something that doesn't make sense; complete and utter nonsense. (VC)
Something that is stupid or not true. (CD)
A senseless jumble of words; nonsense, trash, spoken or written. (OED)

balikbayan (noun)§
Philippines
Tagalog word for:  A Filipino visiting or returning to the Philippines after a period of living in another country. (NOA)
A Filipino visiting or returning to the Philippines after a period of living in another country. (OED)
Grok:  A Filipino expatriate or former Filipino citizen who returns to the Philippines either for a visit or to permanently reside after having lived abroad.  The term literally means returnee to one's country in Filipino, balik means return, and bayan means country or town. (Grok)

balkanize (verb)§
To break up (a region, a group, etc.) into smaller and often hostile units.  Divide, compartmentalize. (MW)
Divide a territory into small, hostile states. (VC)
To divide (a region or territory) into small, often hostile units.  To divide (an organization or system) into small, incompatible units. (AHD)
To divide (a territory) into small warring states.  To divide (a group or organization) into small factions.  To break up into small, mutually hostile political units, as the Balkans after WWI.  To divide (a country, territory, etc.) into small, quarrelsome, ineffectual states.  To divide (groups, areas, etc.) into contending and usually ineffectual factions. (CDC)
To divide a region or group into smaller regions, groups, etc., especially ones that are unfriendly to or fight with each other, or to become divided like this.  To cause or allow a system or culture to become divided between different groups or areas of interest, especially ones that compete or disagree with each other, or to become divided like this. (CD)
OED:  To divide a region into a number of smaller, often mutually hostile, political or territorial units.  To fragment or be divided in this way.  Originally with allusion to the breaking up of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and the formation of separate Balkan states.  In extended use, usually with negative connotations, to divide a whole into a number of separate parts; to cause to fragment; to split. (OED)
balkanization (noun)

balm and benison (idiom)§
balm (noun):  A healing, soothing, or softly restorative, agency or influence. (OED)
benison (noun):  Blessing, beatitude.  That blessing which God gives; a giving of blessedness.  That which anyone receives; beatitude. (OED)
beatitude (noun):  Supreme blessedness or happiness. (OED)

balm and benison:
The phrase conveys a sense of peace, relief, and divine favor.  It might be used in poetic or literary contexts to describe something that brings both healing and good fortune. (ChatGPT)
Suggests a powerful source of comfort, healing, and divine favor.  It evokes a sense of peace, restoration, and spiritual well-being. (Gemini)
Used to describe something that not only heals but also blesses or brings comfort and peace.  It's often found in older literature or poetry where the language is more ornate or formal.  An example usage might be in describing a serene landscape, a piece of music, or even a person's words or presence as providing both physical and spiritual relief. (Grok)

My own definition of the idiom, combining all of the above, with citations:
A soothing influence as if a beneficial and efficacious blessing; something that heals and blesses; comfort and blessing; comfort, healing, and divine favor; peace, relief, and divine favor. (RM)

Citations:
"I wonder whether some other boy will love them, and live to revive that grand old divinity which will yet be to England her balm and benison."  Charles Spurgeon, Autobiography, 1898.
"The question was balm and benison to Barbara’s ears."  Colin Dexter, The Jewel That Was Ours, 1991.

Note:  As best I can find, originally from Charles Spurgeon’s Autobiography, 1898, referring to the divinity of old books.  I quote the entire passage at the link.  However, I suspect that there are earlier instances of this phrase.  Also note that none of the major reference sites define the idiom.  So here AI proves its usefulness for lexical purposes.

balter (verb)§
To dance artlessly, without any particular grace or skill but usually with enjoyment.  To dance or tread clumsily, though usually happily. (WN)
To dance or tread clumsily. (MW)
To tumble about, to dance clumsily. (OED)
An obscure English verb meaning to dance clumsily or ineptly.  It is not commonly used in modern English but can be found in some old dictionaries or texts.  Essentially, it describes someone who is dancing without much grace or skill. (Grok)

bamboozle (verb)§
To deceive by underhanded methods; dupe, hoodwink.  To confuse, frustrate, or throw off thoroughly or completely. (MW)
To deceive or dupe; hoodwink.  To confuse; bewilder. (AHD)
Fool or cheat someone.  Confound or perplex. (NOA)
To trick or deceive someone, often by confusing them. (CD)
Conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end.  To hoodwink, lead by the nose, or pull the wool over someone's eyes, tricking or fooling them. (VC)
To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. (WUD)
To deceive by trickery, hoax, cozen, impose upon.  To practice trickery.  To mystify, perplex, confound. (OED)

banter (verb and noun)§
verb
To speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner. (MW)
Exchange remarks in a good-humored teasing way. (NOA)
To speak to in a playful or teasing way. (AHD)
To talk to someone in a friendly and humorous way. (CD)
noun
The playful and friendly exchange of teasing remarks. (NOA)
Good-natured and usually witty and animated joking. (MW)
Good-humored, playful, or teasing conversation. (AHD)
Light teasing repartee. (VC)
Conversation that is funny and not serious.  Conversation that is not serious and is often playful. (CD)
Note:  All of the dictionaries maintain that banter is non-gendered, and thus can happen between men or a group of men.  But in my experience, and certainly the reason for this entry, is that banter is typically between a man and a woman, or in very small groups of men and women.  Does the teasing, joking, and mocking that often occurs between men count as banter?  The OED says yes.  But in my opinion, genuine banter is (or at least has come to mean) a witty, teasing, playful conversation between the sexes.

barangay (noun)§
Philippines
Tagalog word for:  In the Philippines, a small territorial and administrative district forming the most local level of government. (OD)
In the Philippines, a village, suburb, or other demarcated neighborhood; a small territorial and administrative district forming the most local level of government. (OED)
Grok:  In the Philippines, a barangay is the smallest administrative division and basic unit of local government, functioning as a village, neighborhood, suburb, or district within a municipality or city.  It typically consists of a cluster of households, historically ranging from fifty to one hundred families under a local headman, now called a barangay captain, and handles grassroots governance, community services, dispute resolution, and public safety.  The term derives from balangay, the name for the ancient sailboats used by early Malay settlers, reflecting its origins as a traditional pre-colonial settlement unit.  Today, there are over 42,000 barangays nationwide, each requiring a minimum population of around two thousand for formal creation. (Grok)
Note:  Barangay is not quite equivalent to village; more like precinct or ward.

bedraggle (verb)§
To make disheveled, wet, and dirty. (VC)
To make wet and limp. (AHD)
To wet thoroughly. (MW)
To make hair, clothing, etc., limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud; to make wet, limp, and dirty, as by dragging through mire; to make limp and soiled, as with rain or dirt. (CDC)
To wet, dress, skirts, or the like, so that they drag, or hang limp and clinging with moisture. (OED)
draggle:  To wet or befoul, a garment, etc., by allowing it to drag through mire or wet grass, or to hang untidily in the rain; to make wet, limp, and dirty. (OED)

bedraggled (adjective)§
Soiled and stained by or as if by trailing in mud; left wet and limp by or as if by rain; dilapidated, for example, buildings. (MW)
Wet, drenched, or messy, as in clothes; being in a condition of deterioration; dilapidated, as in buildings. (AHD)
Wet, dirty, and untidy; of a person or a person’s appearance, messy, dirty, and often wet. (CD)
Dirty and disheveled. (NOA)
Limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud.  In deplorable condition. (VC)
For instance:  bedraggled cat, dog, commuters, apartment building, etc.

bemuse (verb)§
To make confused; puzzle, bewilder.  To occupy the attention of; distract, absorb. (MW)
To cause to be bewildered; confuse.  To occupy the attention of; absorb or engross. (AHD)
To slightly confuse someone. (CD)
Cause to be confused emotionally.  To confuse or puzzle. (VC)
To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor. (WUD)
To make utterly confused or muddled, as with intoxicating liquor; to put into a stupid stare, to stupefy. (OED)
bemused
To cause to have feelings of wry or tolerant amusement. (MW)
To cause to be mildly or wryly amused. (AHD)
Note:  Language purists and some lexicographers do not like the wry, tolerant amusement definition of bemused (the OED does not even mention it) and insist on bewilder and confuse.  I find this pedantic and stubborn, and ultimately pointless.  Wry amusement is a perfectly satisfactory use of the word, and really the primary impetus for this entry; language evolves.  Here is Grok on the lexicographical controversy.

benign (adjective)§
Gentle; kindly.  Of a climate or environment:  Mild and favorable.  Not harmful to the environment. (NOA)
Of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life, especially, not becoming cancerous.  Having no significant effect; harmless.  Of a gentle disposition; gracious.  Showing kindness and gentleness; favorable, wholesome. (MW)
Having little or no detrimental effect; harmless.  Of no danger to health; not malignant or disease-causing.  Tending to exert a beneficial influence; favorable.  Gentle or kind.  Showing gentleness or kindness. (AHD)
Kind in disposition or manner.  Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence.  Someone or something that is benign is gentle, kind, mild, or unharmful.  Benign describes a range of qualities, all of them positive.  When talking about a person, it means gentle.  In reference to weather or climate, it means mild.  In some other contexts, it simply means not harmful. (VC)
Of a kind disposition, gracious, kindly.  Exhibiting or manifesting kindly feeling in look, gesture, or action; bland, gentle, mild. (OED)
benignity (noun):  Kindness or tolerance toward others. (NOA)
benignly (adverb)

benign neglect (noun)§
Non-interference or neglect as a policy intended to benefit the subject more than continual attention; well-intentioned or beneficial neglect. (OED)
An attitude or policy of ignoring an often delicate or undesirable situation that one is held to be responsible for dealing with. (MW)
A policy or attitude of ignoring a situation instead of assuming responsibility for managing or improving it. (AHD)
A situation in which you hope that something good happens, but you do not do anything to make it happen. (CD)
Grok:  Refers to a policy or attitude of deliberately ignoring or not interfering in a situation, often one that's sensitive, complex, or undesirable, with the hope that it will resolve or improve on its own, potentially leading to better outcomes than active involvement would.  The term was popularized in 1969 by U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who proposed it as a strategy for federal policy on racial issues in America, suggesting that further government action might hinder natural progress after the civil rights advancements of the 1960s.  The concept extends beyond politics to contexts like parenting or relationships. (Grok)

best practice (noun)§
Commercial or professional procedures that are accepted or prescribed as being correct or most effective. (OED)
Procedures that have been shown by research and experience to produce optimal results and that are established or proposed as standards suitable for widespread adoption. (MW)
Working methods that are officially accepted as being the best to use in a particular business or industry. (CD)
Grokipedia has a comprehensive article on best practice.
Note:  I personally believe that best practices also encompass high competence, high integrity, and high ethical standards.  It is quite interesting that the above definitions do not mention these desired qualities.  In any case, Grok agrees with me.

bête noire (noun)§
A person or thing strongly detested or avoided. (MW)
One that is particularly disliked or that is to be avoided. (AHD)
A person or thing that you dislike very much or that annoys you. (CD)
Enemy or nemesis; a detested person or thing. (VC)
A person or thing that someone dislikes very much. (BD)
A person or thing that especially bothers, annoys or frightens someone. (CHM)
A person or thing that is the bane of a person or his or her life; an insufferable person or thing; an object of aversion.  From the French meaning black beast, figuratively, an insufferable person. (OED)

bien pensant or bien-pensant (adjective and noun)§
As an adjective:
Conventional or orthodox in attitude. (NOA)
Right-minded; conventional in one's thinking. (MW)
Right-minded; accepting or based on ideas regarded as sound or correct; orthodox, doctrinaire, conventional, etc. (CDC)
As a noun:
A conventional or orthodox person. (NOA)
A correct-thinking person. (RM)
From the French, used in English to describe someone or something that is conventionally right-thinking, orthodox, or smugly conforming to accepted societal or intellectual norms.  It frequently carries a pejorative connotation, implying superficial or self-righteous adherence to mainstream views without deeper reflection. (Grok)
Note:  I have seen this spelled with and without the hyphen depending on whether or not you are using this as a noun or an adjective.  For example, see the NOA definition.  But this is not universal.

billet-doux (noun)§
A love letter (MW)
A love letter. (OD)
A sweet note. (WN)
A love-letter.  Now usually jocular. (OED)
Note:  Only the OED describes this has humorous; so not sure.

BIPOC (noun)§
Acronym
BIPOC:  Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
Note:  While this acronym is not conceptually ridiculous like the term cisgender, the same type of people, lefty bien-pensants, seem to flock to both terms.

black car (noun)§
A vehicle used for pre-arranged, for-hire transportation services, with a driver.  While a taxi has a license to pick up unscheduled fares on the street, black cars must be scheduled.  Name derives from the fact that most of these vehicles used to be black sedans.  Today, more likely to be black SUVs. (RM)
Note:  This is the New York City terminology; may be different elsewhere.  For instance, simply a car service.

black treacle (noun) – see treacle

blatherskite (noun)§
A person who talks at great length without making much sense. (NOA)
A talkative silly or foolish person; a person given to voluble, empty talk. (CDC)
A babbling, foolish person. (AHD)
One who blathers. (RM)
A noisy talkative fellow; a talker of blatant nonsense. (OED)

blithe (adjective)§
Showing a casual and cheerful indifference, considered to be callous or improper. (NOA)
Lacking due thought or consideration; casual, heedless.  Of a happy lighthearted character or disposition. (MW)
Happy or satisfied and without worry. (CD)
Showing a lack of proper thought or care; not caring or worrying.  Happy and without worry; carefree. (BD)
Happy; without worries or cares.  Done without serious thought; casual. (CHM)
Carefree and happy and lighthearted.  Lacking or showing a lack of due concern.  The adjective blithe used to mean happy and carefree, but over time it has also come to describe someone who is not paying attention the way they should. (VC)
Carefree and lighthearted.  Lacking or showing a lack of due concern; casual. (AHD)
Heedless, careless. (OED)
blithely (adverb)

bolo knife (noun)§
Philippines
A large cutting tool of Philippine origin similar to the machete.  The primary use for the bolo is clearing vegetation, whether for agriculture or trail blazing.  The bolo is common in the countryside due to its use as a farming implement.  Normally used for cutting coconuts, it is also a common harvesting tool for narrow row crops such as rice. (Wikipedia)

Bombay (city)§
Former name (until 1995) for Mumbai. (OD)

boobery (noun)§
The action or fact of doing something foolish, especially making foolish mistakes; foolishness, stupidity.  Also, an instance of this; a foolish act or thing.  With the and plural:  Foolish people considered as a class. (OED)
Foolishness; foolish individuals seen as a group. (Green's)
Example:  The boobery who watch reality television.

bona fides (noun)§
A person's honesty and sincerity of intention.  Documentary evidence showing a person’s legitimacy; credentials. (NOA)
Evidence of one's good faith or genuineness; evidence of one's qualifications or achievements. (MW)
Good faith; sincerity.  Information or evidence that serves to guarantee a person's good faith, standing, and reputation; authentic credentials. (AHD)
Evidence which shows that what you have said about yourself is true; evidence showing that you deserve a position or that you can be trusted. (BD)
The abilities and experience that make someone suitable for a particular job or activity, or proof of these abilities and experience.  A document that proves someone is a particular person or has a particular job or qualification.  Evidence that someone is who they say they are, or has the experience they claim to have. (CD)
Guarantees of good faith. (OED)

bonhomie (noun)§
A pleasant and affable disposition; geniality. (AHD)
Good-natured easy friendliness. (MW)
Cheerful, friendliness; geniality. (NOA)
Cheerful, good natured, pleasant friendliness. (WN)
Easy good nature; cheerful friendliness. (CHM)
Friendliness and happiness. (CD)
A feeling of friendliness among a group of people. (BD)
A disposition to be friendly and approachable, easy to talk to.  If you are known for your bonhomie, that is a good thing.  It means that you are a cheerful friendly sort of person. (VC)
Cheerful friendliness or good nature; geniality, affability. (OED)

bovine (adjective)§
Of a person or their manner, sluggish or stupid. (OD)
Of a person, slow-moving and dull-witted. (NOA)
Having qualities, such as placidity or dullness, characteristic of oxen or cows. (MW)
Sluggish, dull, and stolid. (AHD)
Said of people, dull or stupid. (CHM)
Disapproving; looking or acting like a cow. (BD)
Slow or stupid in a way that a cow is thought to be. (CD)
Dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox.  If something is bovine, it reminds you of the slow and seemingly unintelligent ways of cows and cattle.  People can be described as bovine if they are intellectually dull, slow-moving, or somewhat cow-like in their appearance. (VC)
Figurative.  Inert, sluggish; dull, stupid. (OED)

brahmin or brahman (noun)§
A member of the highest of the four major castes of traditional Indian society, responsible for officiating at religious rites.  A member of a cultural and social elite, especially of that formed by descendants of old New England families.  For example:  A Boston Brahmin. (AHD)
A Hindu of the highest caste traditionally assigned to the priesthood.  A person of high social standing and cultivated intellect and taste. (MW)
A member of the highest Hindu caste, or social group.  A member of a group of people who hold a high social position and who are usually well educated, especially people from the northeastern states of the US. (CD)
In the traditional Indian theory of social order, a member of the highest varna, originally that of priests and scholars.  In extended use, a member of any social or cultural elite. (OED)
EB:  Highest ranking of the four social classes, in Hindu India.  Since there has been no fundamental change in their relative position, the Brahmans still enjoy great prestige and many advantages, though their claim to tangible privileges is no longer officially admitted.  The basis of the age-old veneration of Brahmans is the belief that they are inherently of greater ritual purity than members of other castes and that they alone are capable of performing certain vital religious tasks.  The study and recitation of the sacred scriptures was traditionally reserved for this spiritual elite, and for centuries all Indian scholarship was in their hands. (EB)
Note:  The Indian diaspora always bring their repugnant caste stratifications with them.  You will certainly find these attitudes in Silicon Valley.  Here is a Grok summary of the caste system there.

bread and circuses (political idiom)§
Latin:  panem et circenses
A diet of entertainment or political policies on which the masses are fed to keep them happy and docile. (NOA)
Activities or official plans that are intended to keep people happy and to stop them from noticing or complaining about problems. (CD)
Offerings, such as benefits or entertainments, intended to placate discontent or distract attention from a policy or situation. (AHD)
Something offered as a means of distracting attention from a problem or grievance.  Something, especially something lavish, regarded as a mindless or vulgar diversion intended to keep the masses docile.  Something, as extravagant entertainment, offered as an expedient means of pacifying discontent or diverting attention from a source of grievance.  Used to describe a situation in which a government tries to take attention away from real problems or issues, by providing people with things which seem to make their lives more enjoyable. (CDC)
There are two OED entries:
panem et circenses:  Bread and circuses or more generally food and entertainment, regarded as typically satisfying the desires of the mass of the people; hence used allusively of anything which pleases and pacifies the people, thus helping a government to further its political ends. (OED)
bread and circuses:  Food and entertainment provided for the public by a government, ruler, etc., especially in order to keep people happy and docile. (OED)
In a political context, the phrase means to generate public approval, not by excellence in public service or public policy, but by diversion, distraction or by satisfying the most immediate or base requirements of a populace – by offering a palliative:  For example food (bread) or entertainment (circuses). (Wikipedia)

breadwinner (noun)§
Philippines
A person whose earnings support his or her family, or other dependents. (OED)
Grok:  A breadwinner is the family member, regardless of age or gender, who carries the primary or sole responsibility for providing the family's financial needs.  This includes basic necessities, food, housing, utilities, education of siblings, medical expenses, and often even the needs of extended family members.  The role often comes with heavy emotional and moral expectations, sacrificing personal dreams, for example, postponing marriage, not pursuing further studies, limiting leisure, for the family’s welfare.  Saying someone is the breadwinner immediately conveys a sense of sacrifice, duty, family obligation, and sometimes quiet suffering.  Breadwinner is not just an economic term, it is a socially recognized role loaded with filial piety, sacrifice, and family-centered identity. (Grok)
Note:  It is important to understand that in the Philippines, this is not merely the support a man, or woman, provides his or her spouse and minor children.  In this usage, family means parents, siblings, the siblings' children, and other extended family members.  I would add that this breadwinner culture leads to a sense of family entitlement.  In the West, we would call this charity.  And the receivers of such charity might feel shame for taking it.  But entitlement wipes away all shame; it becomes a sort of coerced charity.  Further, there seems to be no incentive to join the breadwinner as a breadwinner.  If the breadwinner provides, why should other family members provide for themselves, or even share the burden?  If there is any shame involved, it can only be the breadwinner's shame for not providing.

brief (noun)§
An official letter or mandate; a specific instruction or responsibility. (MW)
The instructions that are given to explain a task or assignment. (AHD)
A set of instructions given to a person about a job or task. (NOA)
Instructions that explain what a person is supposed to do. (BD)
Instructions given for a job or task. (CHM)
A letter of authority.  A writing issued by official or legal authority; a royal letter or mandate. (OED)
See:  purview, remit
See:  Note on Terms of Responsibilities

brumal (adjective)§
Of, belonging to, or characteristic of winter; wintry. (OED)
Indicative of or occurring in the winter. (MW)
Of, relating to, or occurring in winter. (AHD)
Characteristic of or relating to winter. (VC)
Belonging to the winter. (JDO)
Of or pertaining to winter. (WUD)
See:  hiemal (winter), estival (summer), vernal (spring)

brumous (adjective)§
Filled with heavy clouds or fog.  Relating to winter and cold, sunless days.  Foggy and wintery. (WN)
Filled or abounding with fog or mist. (VC)
Foggy; misty. (WUD)
Poetic:  Characterized by heavy mist or fog. (CDC)
Foggy, wintry. (OED)

bucolic (adjective)§
Relating to or typical of rural life; idyllic; pastoral. (MW)
Of or characteristic of the countryside or its people; rustic. (AHD)
Relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life; pastoral; an idyllic rural life. (WN)
Relating to the countryside. (CD)
Of or relating to the country or country life; pastoral. (BD)
Relating to shepherds or herdsmen or devoted to raising sheep or cattle.  Used with regard to idealized country life; idyllically rustic. (VC)
Concerned with the countryside or people living there; pastoral; rustic. (CHM)
Pastoral. (JDO)
Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic. (WUD)
Of or pertaining to herdsmen or shepherds; pastoral.  Pertaining to country life; rural, rustic. (OED)

bumbledom (noun)§
The actions and mannerisms of pompous but inefficient government officials. (MW)
Self-importance in a minor office. (CDC)
Petty local bureaucracy; officious and pompous behavior by minor officials; officials of this type collectively. (OED)
Grok:  Refers to the behavior or attitudes associated with officious, pompous, or inefficient bureaucracy.  It often describes the self-important or overly formal conduct of minor officials who are more concerned with the trappings of their position than with effective administration.  The term is derived from bumble, suggesting clumsiness or incompetence, combined with a suffix that evokes a sense of domain or realm. (Grok)

bumptious (adjective)§
Presumptuously, obtusely, and often noisily self-assertive; obtrusive. (MW)
Self-assertive or proud to an irritating degree. (NOA)
Crudely or loudly assertive; pushy. (AHD)
Unpleasantly confident. (CD)
Proud or confident in a loud and rude way that annoys other people. (BD)
Offensively or irritatingly conceited or self-important. (CHM)
Offensively self-assertive.  Cocky, aggressive, and loud. (VC)
Self-conceited; forward; pushing. (WUD)
Irritatingly self-assertive or conceited. (OED)

burble (verb)§
Make a continuous murmuring noise.  Speak continuously and at length in an unintelligible or confused way. (NOA)
Babble, prattle. (MW)
A gurgling or bubbling sound, as of running water.  A rapid, excited flow of speech.  To speak quickly and excitedly; gush. (AHD)
To talk foolishly or too much. (BD)
To speak at length but with little meaning or purpose.  To say something in a way that is hard to understand, especially very quickly or incoherently. (CHM)
To talk about something continuously and in a way that is not very clear. (CD)
To speak murmurously; to ramble on.  To say something murmurously or in a rambling manner. (OED)
Typically:  He burbled on about….

Burma (country)§
Former name (until 1989) of Myanmar. (OD)

business model (noun)§
A description of how a business or organization plans to make money.  A description of the different parts of a business or organization showing how they will work together successfully to make money. (CD)
A plan for the successful operation of a business, typically identifying sources of revenue, intended customer base, products, and details of financing. (OED)
A strategic framework that outlines how a company creates, delivers, and captures value.  Essentially, the plan for generating revenue and ensuring profitability through its products, services, target customers, and key operations. (Grok)
Grokipedia has a comprehensive article on business model.

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