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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-758/
- Published: 2026-09-14T18:15:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T18:15:06.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

popinjay (noun) -

: a strutting supercilious person

Source : [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/popinjay?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Popinjays and parrots are birds of a feather. Popinjay, from the Middle French word papegai, is the original name for a parrot in English. The French word, in turn, came from the Arabic word for the bird, babghā’. Parrot, which English speakers adopted later, is probably a modification of the Middle French perroquet, which is also the source of the English parakeet. In the days of Middle English, parrots were rare and exotic, and it was quite a compliment to be called a popinjay after such a beautiful bird. But by the 1500s, parrots had become more commonplace, and their gaudy plumage and vulgar mimicry helped popinjay develop the pejorative sense we use today.

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