Sometimes Rachel Maddow is too brainy, she used a most uncommon word "Ascendant"

[Shellback Squid]

instead of "growing", "on it's way up", I like unusual words used in posts or responses

[niyad]

1. "ascendant" is an uncommon word?

[eppur_se_muova]

3. Fairly common in book titles. nt

https://www.google.com/search?q=books+with+ascendant+in+the+title&udm=14

[niyad]

7. And in personal conversatons.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. Not with MAGAts. :D nt

[niyad]

9. This is true. But, I try to avoid such encounters, if at all possible.

They tend to give me a headache.

[eppur_se_muova]

10. As do we all ! nt

[GenThePerservering]

2. I've seen 'ascendant' used a fair amount

it's nice to be around literate people, though. The other day one of the desk assistants told me that she was able to assist me with an account problem as she had had an epiphany.

[canetoad]

4. Same here

I'll bet that as a kid, you read a lot.

[Shellback Squid]

6. yes, and some unusual words are compact on delivery, I sometimes use uncommon words

and people comment on it or don't know it plus I'm in my early 60's....don't get me started on "brake or break, then or than" and so many others, I have to log off (of) Reddit

[Deuxcents]

5. The difference between Rachael and TSF is education and a vocabulary that can construct a coherent sentence.

Mob mentality and expressions , especially when conversing with other world leaders isn’t worthy of the office he holds