The patriarchs had a sort of tetrarchical , or ethnarchical authority , for I suppose it is not easy to distinguish them

People prairie-dog over the tops of their cubicles and call to their co-workers: “Hey, you going for a walk at lunch today?”

She scould, and frownd with froward countenaunce

They altered the idiom, but they could say whatever they wanted to say quickly; there were none of the babuisms ascribed to them up at the Club.