Word of the Day
May 21, 2026
Visigoth
A member of the western branch of the Goths, a Germanic people who settled west of the Black Sea in the third century, sacked Rome in 410, and founded kingdoms in Gaul and Spain; figuratively, a person regarded as uncivilized or destructive.
From Late Latin Visigothi, coined by the sixth-century Roman writer Cassiodorus to mean 'western Goths,' paired with Ostrogothi for the eastern branch.
Usage Examples
- Mike Rawluk called the AI data centers moving into rural Colorado modern vandals and Visigoths trampling longstanding property rights.
- When the Visigoths sacked Rome in 410, they demanded land titles and tribute rather than wholesale destruction.
- The historian Marcellinus referred to the Visigoths as the Tervingi, which may have been their original name.
From the Show
The Visigoths entered the conversation on the May 21, 2026 broadcast through Mike Rawluk’s framing of AI data-center developers as modern vandals and Visigoths overrunning Colorado property rights, prompting Kim Monson and Producer Joe to walk through the historical distinction between Visigoth occupation and Vandal destruction.