Oh, if only empirialism weren’t such a well-established (260 ghits) misspelling of imperialism! For what would suit those evangelical empiricists better? Word found in the comments section of swampman Chappell’s blog, currently awaiting recolonisation.
That insolent colonial, John Chappell, has launched an all-out assault on this house, suggesting that I perform the work of a yeoman: 1a. An attendant, servant, or lesser official in a royal or noble household. b. A yeoman of the guard. 2. A petty officer performing chiefly clerical duties in the U.S. Navy. 3. An…