I've got a tremendously smart and chronologically practical word that’s sure to make you sound like a swift Sumerian. Sumerians and Mesopotamians are often credited with creating the first calendars, but I'm sure you knew that. If you didn’t, be sure to tell someone tomorrow as if you did.

Hey. Speaking of tomorrow, let's instead talk about yesterday, or more accurately, the day before yesterday.

That’s right, the word "Nudiustertian" is a big word that sounds like you're talking about a religious group of non-clothes wearing people, but, in fact, it is the correct word to use to sound smart when referring to anything that happened the day before yesterday.

For example, instead of saying, “In that meeting we had two days ago, I thought we said Jill was going to reach out to the city to see what the delay is all about?”

Say something smart like this: “In our Nudiustertian meeting, Jill volunteered to take point on the city-related issues.”

Jill, who probably didn’t agree to take point, who would when it comes to dealing with city or state government, will be so entranced by your use of the word "Nudiustertian," that she might just forget she didn’t volunteer.

“It’s often beneficial in my Nudiustertian email, I explained the report would be ready overmorrow.” If anyone can decipher the actual time the report will be done, then they’re probably too smart to read reports and won’t require you finish it.

In summary, "Nudiustertian" is an adjective and it means: "Pertaining to the day before yesterday."

This next word you are really going to like because it describes many of the people you work with. Use it carefully in your next meeting to sound like you have an uncanny command of the English language and, therefore, should be given a raise or at least not hassled about when you’re going to be done with whatever it is you’re supposed to be working on.

The word is "Peregrinate." It's a verb and it’s used like the word "wander" but without the meaningful aimlessness that "wander" conveys. If all who wander are not lost, then all who peregrinate most certainly are.

For example, the commonly uttered work phrase: "Did you see Bob wandering around the parking lot this morning?" can be spruced up in pre-meeting banter with the more accurate sentence, "Now that work-from-home is over, Bob just seems to peregrinate around the parking lot." 

Peregrinate is a more aimless wandering and should be used to describe how people, especially those in marketing, use the brand’s style guide.

For example, "It seems like marketing peregrinates around the office making stuff up." That’s a really good sentence and I highly recommend you try it this week in a meeting.

In summary, "Peregrinate" is a verb and it means: "To journey, especially on foot, from place to place, often without a clear purpose." It’s the opposite of what a postal route worker does and analogous to all corporate retreat activities.

Use the word coruscate to describe the morale of a team or the positiveness of a data point. 

The word coruscate is a verb. It's used like the word flash or sparkle. The design team is flashing with good ideas. The conversion rates sparkle in the dashboard.  But, take note, the word coruscate attempts to add more description to this flashing and sparkling. Coruscate is a more impressive type of flashing and sparkling and therefore will make you sound smart if you use it. 

Instead of saying the sales figures flash good news across the division and sparkle with the effects of hard work. Simply say, the sales figures coruscate. Or, the design team is just coruscating with good ideas.  This conveys that the news or ideas are beaming with a vivid light, that flashes and sparkles and gleams around the corporate office.

In summary. Coruscate is a verb and it means: "To emit vivid flashes of light; sparkle; scintillate; gleam." It's spelled in the title of this episode correctly, so look there for reference. In a meeting this week, use the word coruscate to describe something that flashes with vivid gleaming light. No one will know what you mean of course, but that's part of the fun of sounding really, really smart.