that Quisling brought to mind other Q words with negative
connotations, such as quavering, quivering, and querulous.z Although the term quisling has lived on, Quisling himself didn’t
last any longer than the war. With Norway’s liberation at the end of
World War II, Quisling was found guilty of treason and war crimes
and was executed.Bedlam (noun)
A place or situation of noisy uproar and confusion.z The story of bedlam starts nearly 800 years ago in England, when
Simon FitzMary, former sheriff of London, founded the Priory of
St. Mary of Bethlehem in 1247. Around 1330, this religious house
was converted into a hospital. Less than 100 years later, St. Mary’s
began to admit mental patients, and by the 16th century, it was
converted into a state asylum for the insane.z By the 1400s, the word Bethlehem in the hospital’s name had been
telescoped into bedlam, and the word was used to refer to a patient of
the Bethlehem hospital. This meaning was later extended to refer to
patients of any lunatic asylum or to any person suffering from insanity.z In the 1700s, it was not uncommon for members of the upper class
to take a trip to St. Mary’s to watch the mentally ill patients as a
form of entertainment. We can imagine what a disorderly scene that
must have been, with the unfortunate patients on display to throngs
of visitors. With that image in mind, we can also see how the term
bedlam, which was initially used to refer to any “madhouse,”
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mad confusion.”Luddite (noun)
Anyone who opposes the introduction of technological change.