fustian \FUHS-chuhn\, noun:
1. A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc.
2. An inflated style of writing or speech; pompous or pretentious language.
3. Made of fustian.
4. Pompous; ridiculously inflated; bombastic.
I don’t understand the attitude I see in some people who successfully lose weight. Even if that success is short lived, seeing that particular goal met brings out the worst in so many, and seems to bring forth an arrogance greater than what one would see in any other accomplishment. Why is it, I wonder, that weight loss is viewed with such moral superiority when those things which actually bring improvement to society, like education, are so devalued?
