Colbert
Colbert is a French surname, pronounced either in the French manner (coal-BEAR) or anglicized (COLE-bert).
The name is most associated in American usage with Stephen Colbert, the television host, whose satirical persona on *The Colbert Report* spawned the verb colbert, meaning to mock through exaggerated agreement or faux-conservative bluster.
Major television and radio network
- late-nightOccurring after dark
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- interviewsFormal evaluative conversations
- guestsPeople received hospitably
desk · band · broadcast · primetime · Emmy · network · ratings · studio
Emotional sense of validity
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
- parodySatirical imitation
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- punditryExpert commentary profession
caricature · lampoon · sarcasm · wit · hyperbole · deadpan · spin · bloviating
Greek-origin male name
- satiristOne who mocks through wit
- punditProfessional opinion-giver
- hostOne receiving guests
- comedianProfessional humor performer
interviewer · Catholic · character · persona · truthiness · patriotic · eagle · Americanness
Armed naval vessel
Of or from Paris's nation
- HuguenotFrench Reformed Protestant
- Jean-BaptisteFrench masculine compound name
- ministerReligious leader or serve
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
ancestry · genealogy · heritage · lineage · patronymic
CBS
Major television and radio network
- late-nightOccurring after dark
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- interviewsFormal evaluative conversations
guests · desk · band · broadcast · primetime · Emmy · network · ratings · studio · sketches
truthiness
Emotional sense of validity
punditry · caricature · lampoon · sarcasm · wit · hyperbole · deadpan · spin · bloviating · segment
Stephen
Greek-origin male name
comedian · interviewer · Catholic · character · persona · truthiness · patriotic · eagle · Americanness · bombastic
warship
Armed naval vessel
French
Of or from Paris's nation
- HuguenotFrench Reformed Protestant
- Jean-BaptisteFrench masculine compound name
- ministerReligious leader or serve
mercantilism · ancestry · genealogy · heritage · lineage · patronymic
- French HistoryNapoleon Bonaparte, French Revolution, Napoleon, Bastille, Reign of Terror
- 17th Century FiguresOliver Cromwell, Louis XIV, Isaac Newton, Rene Descartes, Rembrandt
- Bourbon FranceVersailles, the Sun King, Louis XV, Edict of Nantes, absolute power
- DumasThe Three Musketeers, Athos, Porthos, Aramis, swashbuckling
- Statesmenstatesmen, Benjamin Franklin, politicians, Thomas Jefferson, ministers
- Texoma RegionRed River, Denison, Sherman, Ardmore, Gainesville
ColbertBill O'Reilly
Rush Limbaugh · Sean Hannity · Tucker Carlson · Glenn Beck · Alex Jones
ColbertJay Leno
Johnny Carson · Jimmy Fallon · James Corden · Conan O'Brien · straight man
- Stephen Colbert
- Colbert ReportSatirical news commentary program
- The Colbert Report