Tyler

A Tyler is a guard at a Masonic Lodge. They stand outside the door and make sure no one is listening or trying to get in. Maybe you know of a time when you might try having a Tyler doing lookout for your private gathering.

He tried to get in, but the tyler wouldn't let him.

Grow an ovary

The female version of "grow a pair".

She said looking at the woman in Willem de Kooning's painting was like watching a lynching. I told her to grow an ovary.

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vidalism

The pose of voicing truths that are simultaneously obvious to any knowledgeable listener, yet have only occurred to the speaker.

His dystopian fiction contained a hero who was plagued by Vidalisms.