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The Giltwrightsthe gilt-rahyts

n. The imaginary committee of elders that keeps a running log of all your mistakes, steadily building their case that you're secretly a fraud, a coward, a doofus, and a douche--who would've revoked your good fortune years ago had they not been hampered by their own bitter squabblings over proper grammar and spelling.

Etymology

Old English gilt, awareness of wrongdoing + wrought, shaped with hammers.

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