Sleep Spent

In the outrageous intro to his new show The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert is surrounded by tons of words. Most of them are adjectives. And I felt the need to catalog them for you kids at home who don’t have a pauseable DVR.

I got to thinking about this when I happened to pause the intro sequence and saw the word “COCKS,” written backwards, clear as day. In letters like 15cm tall. Of course, it all zips by so fast, most people wouldn’t notice that.

Turns out, that was “COCKSURE” without the URE. Still made me laugh, though. :-)

So I went through the whole sequence and wrote down every word I could make out. Here’s the list. Do you see any I missed?

Nouns
bigness
courage
eager-beaver
fearlessness
gerry-mandering
good marksmanship
integrity
prestige
savage pride

Adjectives
actionable
anti-phlegmatic
bodacious
bold
carniverous
cocksure
courageous
critically-acclaimed
dogged
dogm[atic] (the last four letters never appear on the screen, but it’s definitely not dogged)
domineering
exceptional
gallant
gripping
grippy
gritty
gung-ho
hell-bent
heroic
incisive
patriotic
powerful
prestigious
rakish
relentless
risky
superior
tenacious
tough
trustworthy
undaunted
valiant
white

I think my favorite is anti-phlegmatic, just because it’s so outrageous. And either “good marksmanship” or “gerry-mandering” would have to win for “most off the wall.”

[UPDATE: Alphabetized the lists.]