Uxorial: A word I have never come across before today, but which I will start using.......................from Roger

Here is the word in its context, from the weekly news letter of an investment analyst in South Africa with a great turn of phrase. See link for the current and previous newsletters in full. Good comments on the international economy abound.

. . . . It was announced that the president’s basic salary will now be R218 546 per month. Not only is this a rather odd number but after tax it must be a real struggle to keep the uxorial entourage in dresses and lipsticks No wonder we are unable to attract any real managerial skills into applying for the job and it looks as if the Bloemfontein conference will have no choice but to grant JZ a second term. After all, one of the possible alternative candidates was spotted paying around R18m for a buffalo recently – that’s not going to be easy on a presidential salary. Unless of course he can work something out with the so-called “spousal support unit”.


HOW MUCH IS THAT JOB IN THE WINDOW?