[caperlash] abusive language or scolding

[mor·dant] (especially of humor) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting.

[dog·mat·ic] inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true.

[fat·u·ous] silly and pointless.

hot-tempered or easily angered.

[nod·dy] a silly or foolish person.

[ten·den·tious] expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one.

[codg·er] an elderly man, especially one who is old-fashioned or eccentric.

[quid·nunc] an inquisitive and gossipy person.

[fandangle] a useless or purely ornamental thing.

[fab·u·list] a person who composes or relates fables.

the state or quality of being chuffy, a lack of manners or refinement.