Samples of Wicked Words from the Wickedary
by Mary Daly with Jane Caputi.
ACADEMENTIA n: normal state of persons
in academia, marked by varying and progressive
degrees; irreversible deterioration of faculties
of intellectuals
BATTLE-AX, n: a Raging, Dreadless, Unconquerable
Crone
BORED, CHAIRMAN OF THE n: any bore-ocratically
appointed bore who occupies a chair—a position
which enables him to bore others all the
more
CAT/EGORICAL IMPERATIVE n: the Call of
the Wild; the Summons of the Weird, conveyed
through the Mediumship of a Feline Familiar
COCKALORUM n: a self-important little
cock. Examples: Napoleon, Andy Warhol, Fiorello
La Guardia, Mickey Mouse
COCK-AND-BULL STORY n: patriarchal history
CRONE n: Great Hag of History, long-lasting
one; Survivor of the perpetual witchcraze
of patriarchy
CRONE-OLOGY n: Radical Feminist chronology
HAG n: a Witch, Fury, Harpy who haunts
the Hedges/Boundaries of partiarchy, frightening
fools and summoning Weird Wandering women
into the Wild
POSITIVELY REVOLTING HAG: a stunning,
beauteous Crone; one who inspires positive
revulsion from phallic institutions and
morality, inciting Others to Acts of Pure
Lust
OK ... that’s juts nuts. Sheer, stark raving bats-in-the-belfry madder than a March Hare.