Bob Pastorio wrote:

> penmartism, n. (From the aberrant and demented Sheldon Katz)
> 1) the blatantly mistaken belief that one knows how to cook based on
> 40-year-old experience, and insists that there's only one way to do it
> 2) the belief set that excuses vulgarity as a response to question or
> disagreement, rather than fact or useful information.
> 3) behavior characterized by puzzling vehemence and malicious attack for
> no apparent reason, particularly those comments designed merely to insult
> with no regard for fact or truth.

Well done, except for a minor missing nuance: Those who would achieve the
penmart frame of mind must display a hidebound New-York-centric outlook,
insisting against all evidence that many things (e.g., bagels) don't even
EXIST outside New York City.

Bob