Building and Using a Fascinating Vocabulary Video 2: Civil Discourse

Building and Using a Fascinating Vocabulary Video 2: Civil Discourse was recorded in Cozumel, Mexico aboard the Scarlet Lady cruise ship on 12/24/22. I used dictionary.com and the Online Etymology Dictionary to prep for these videos

Here is a cumulative vocabulary list:
Alacrity - cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness.
Anecdotal - based on personal observation, case study reports, or random investigations rather than systematic scientific evaluation. Don’t equate correlation with causation.
Apocryphal - 1580s, "of doubtful authenticity,”
Archetype - the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype. (in Jungian psychology) a collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches.
Bellicose - early 15c., "inclined to fighting," from Latin bellicosus "warlike, valorous, given to fighting
Bugaboo; something that causes fear or worry; bugbear; bogy. Origin - something to frighten a child, fancied object of terror," 1843, earlier buggybow (1740), probably an alteration of bugbear (also see bug (n.)), but connected "Dictionary of American Slang" with Bugibu, a demon in the Old French poem "Aliscans" from 1141,
Compelling; force or push toward a course of action; overpowering: having a powerful and irresistible effect; requiring acute admiration, attention, or respect:
Factotum - "one who does all kinds of work for another,” A jack of all trades. Fac - make, and totem - everything. Great resume word.
Halcyon; calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather. Happy; blissful; carefree: halcyon days of youth. Prosperous; wealthy: halcyon times of peace. Of or relating to the halcyon or kingfisher. a mythical bird, usually identified with the kingfisher, said to breed about the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the calm sea, and to have the power of charming winds and waves into calmness..
Noisome - The root is related to noxious and annoyance. It means offensive or disgusting as in a noisome smell.
Pithy; brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible: a pithy observation of, like, or full of pith.
Portmanteau - 1580s, "flexible traveling case or bag for clothes and other necessaries," from Middle French portemanteau "traveling bag,” Portmanteau word "word blending the sound of two different words" (1882) was coined by "Lewis Carroll" for the sort of words he invented for "Jabberwocky," on the notion of "two meanings packed up into one word.”
Protean; readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable. changeable in shape or form, as an amoeba. (of an actor or actress) versatile; able to play many kinds of roles. (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or suggestive of Proteus. From Brittanica. Proteus knew all things—past, present, and future—but disliked divulging what he knew. Those who wished to consult him had first to surprise and bind him during his noonday slumber. Even when caught he would try to escape by assuming all sorts of shapes. But if his captor held him fast, the god at last returned to his proper shape, gave the wished-for answer, and plunged into the sea. The captor in Homer’s version (Odyssey, Book IV) was Menelaus, who forced him to help his men escape from the island of Pharos
Quixotic - extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable. impulsive and often rashly unpredictable. Resembling or befitting Don Quixote.
Quotidian - Everyday or common.
Seminal; pertaining to, containing, or consisting of semen. Botany. of or relating to seed. having possibilities of future development.
Spoonerism; the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow for a crushing blow. in reference to the Rev. William A. Spooner (1844-1930), warden of New College, Oxford, who was noted for such disfigures of speech.
Examples
A telling word, you say a welling turd
A bumbling steer, you say a stumbling beer