Motte and Bailey, I

I never heard the phrase “motte and bailey” before a few months ago.  Then it cropped up in two distinct contexts almost simultaneously.  It reminds me of the brief time when “kerfuffle” was a fashionable way of describing political … well, kerfuffles.

May I propose a few more terms of potentially widespread significance?  You may look up the definitions yourself, but I include example sentences for your delectation.

Foozle—Health experts have foozled public messaging during this pandemic.

Finagle—The globalists are supposed to be finagling world domination admidst the current confusion.

Featly—The governor’s performance has been anything but featly.

Felicific—Lockdowns are not felicific.

Faineant—Many Americans are, unwillingly, faineants these days.

Fantastico—In the grocery store I am surrounded by masked fanstasticos.

Fracas—Even a fracas sounds like an appealing sort of gathering at this point.

Furbelow—The speech lacked the sort of furbelows with which politicians are wont to adorn their remarks.