"Doctors are whippersnappers in ironed white coats
who spy up your rectums and look down your throats
And press you and poke you with sterilized tools
And stab at solutions that pacify fools.
I used to revere them and do what they said
Till I learned what they learned on was already dead."
-poem by Gilda Radner
indoctrinate • \in-DAHK-truh-nayt\ • verb
1 : to instruct especially in fundamentals or rudiments : teach
*2 : to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle
Example sentence:
New hires were indoctrinated with the company's philosophy during a two-day orientation.
harbinger • \HAR-bin-jer\ • noun
1 : one that pioneers in or initiates a major change : precursor
*2 : one that presages or foreshadows what is to come
Example sentence:
"More often than not, robins are year-round residents…[L]et hummingbirds and orioles be your harbingers of spring." (Scott Shalaway, Charleston Gazette, January 30, 2005)
spontaneous • \spahn-TAY-nee-us\ • adjective
*1 : done, said, or produced freely and naturally
2 : acting or taking place without apparent external cause or influence
Example sentence:
Since childhood, Marie has been prone to spontaneous displays of affection.
spontaneous • \spahn-TAY-nee-us\ • adjective
*1 : done, said, or produced freely and naturally
2 : acting or taking place without apparent external cause or influence
Example sentence:
Since childhood, Marie has been prone to spontaneous displays of affection.
extraneous • \ek-STRAY-nee-us\ • adjective
1 : existing on or coming from the outside
2 *a : not forming an essential or vital part b : having no relevance
3 : being a number obtained in solving an equation that is not a solution of the equation
Example sentence:
After he finished the first draft of his essay, Brad reread it and deleted the extraneous material, making it more concise and focused.
