noun. A quibbler, One who makes trivial criticisms.

He  is indeed..the prince of Pettifogulisers.
The Common Reader: 2nd Series, Virginia Woolf (1932)

I like the sound of this word. I don’t think I need any other reason to post it, right? It also falls into the category of words you can use for name-calling without getting into too much trouble because no one else will know what the word means. Unless of course they read this blog — which is  highly unlikely.

It’s probably safe to use, so I will. If you’re ever called a Pettifogulizer, it’s probably me. Introduce yourself. I’d be happy to meet one of my two readers.

noun. A braggart, bully.

…that rogue, that foist, that fencing Burgullian?
- Every Man In His Humor, Ben Jonson (1598)

This word has a great sound to it. If you call someone a burgullion, they might not know what it means but it’s not to hard to tell that this isn’t a very nice thing to call someone… so use it!

This word is “Conjectured to be a term of contempt, invented upon the overthrow of the Bastard of Burgundy in a contest with Anthony Woodville, in Smithfield 1467,” but OED says that this story is most likely not the true origin of this word.

Maybe it’s “burglar” + “gullion” which would be “a mean person who steals things.” Maybe not.

noun. Female babbler.

O you cockatrices and you bablatrices,
that in the woods dwell:
You briers and brambles, you cook’s shops
and shambles, come howl and yell.
- Locrine (1595)

The author of Locrine is up for speculation, some attribute it to George Peele, Robert Greene, and even William Shakespeare. Whoever wrote it, I thank them for giving us such a fun word! 

If we are to look at this word in context of the above, it would seem to be perhaps a female cockatrice. A mighty foe indeed. But the definition above from the OED gives it a broader meaning.

A babbler is basically anything that won’t shut up. A bablatrice is a female that won’t shut up. Do you know any of those? Of course you do.

You now have a name for all those valley girls, talkative co-workers, the never-silent spouse, and all other women in your life who flood you with chat. Use it wisely.

Do you not know I am a woman? When I think, I must speak.
- Rosalind, As You Like It (III.ii), William Shakespeare