boycott, embargo – A boycott is an organized popular protest, named for Captain Charles C. Boycott (1832-97), a land agent in Ireland to whom this was done in 1880; an embargo is usually imposed by a government. More…
silentium – A place where silence is imposed (library, religious retreat). More…
Pax Romana – An uneasy peace, as one imposed by a powerful state on a weaker or vanquished state. More…
mumbletypeg – The children’s game was first mumble-the-peg, descriptive of one of the penalties imposed on the loser. More…