umbrage

Was it also a marathon?

Congratulations. The important thing is that it was completely phony.

I took umbrage the other day after someone made a pun about "shady comments". I was very pleased with myself.

Oh sure, take all the umbrage! Don't leave any for us!

I take umbrage at that, c_b.

*too tired to be energetic about umbrage-taking*

See "umbrage alert" tag.

I'd add a tag, but I probably shouldn't. Perhaps reesetee can be in charge of umbrage tags.

Shsh, it's still brewing.

There needs to be a list, or tags to record the many locations of our umbrage-taking.

For even more fun, also see fufluns and Hershey. Also, rufkm. No, I'm serious.

You're welcome! And let me just mention marathon of phony umbrage taking, a triumph of the Wordie art and one of my favorite pages on the site.

Umbrage has an official website. (Thanks to ptero for linking it to rufkm.)

I always think the Archers should live here.

Oh happy, I think. Better to get people using a word. Spelling is easily fixed; even Microsoft can do it. Although apparently not South Australian(?) sub-editors.

Should we be happy that JKR reinvigorated this word, or be appalled that as a result no-one can spell it?

I'm not sure I knew the word pre-Harry Potter, to be honest. I was but 12 when Dolores made her debut.

The one and only, bilb. What a rag.

'Snot the 'Tiser is it, pleth?

Is it all post-Harry Potter, or did you observe the misspelling before that thoroughly odious woman arrived on the scene? (Miss Umbridge, that is, not Ms Rowling.)

I take umbrage at seeing this written umbridge, which happens disappointingly often. One columnist I know of does it regularly.

"Rarely has it been thought that the way to show you deserve to be the most powerful person on earth is to demonstrate you're also the touchiest. This presidential campaign has been an offense fest. From the indignation over a fashion writer's observation about Hillary Clinton's cleavage, to the outraged response to the infamous Obama New Yorker cover, to the histrionics over "lipstick on a pig," taking offense has been a political leitmotif. Slate's John Dickerson observed that umbrage is this year's hottest campaign tactic. And we can assume it will reach an operatic crescendo in these final weeks before Election Day."
Emily Yoffe in Slate