WORD OF THE DAY:”troglodyte”

:
a member of any of various peoples (as in antiquity) who lived or were reputed to live chiefly in caves
 
:
a person characterized by reclusive habits or outmoded or reactionary attitudes
 
 EXAMPLE:
“I am not on any social media, don’t tweet, don’t blog, don’t text, have no Facebook page; connected only by the umbilical tether of email. Guess that makes me a troglodyte.” — From a column by Rosie DiManno in The Toronto Star, November 23, 2012
 
 
 
 

 

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