Scotty Wilbekin,

Wielding the English language like a razor-sharp rapier.

https://twitter.com/danwolken/status/446340537411723264

 

Guy should be ashamed for the wording in that question.

 

Spectacle perhaps?

 

I'm not sure I've heard specter used in that context before. Wilb seems like a dumbass, but the interviewer should quit trying to sound poetic.

 

I've heard it used similarly but it usually has a negative connotation ie "Cuonzo Martin has labored for 3 years under the specter of Bruce Pearl"

 

Blofeld

Wait for it

Wait for it

 

1. A ghostly apparition; a phantom.
2. A haunting or disturbing image or prospect: the terrible specter of nuclear war.

That one falls under #1 (figuratively). The interviewer's falls under nope.

 

get out of here with your dictionary. i'm disappointed this thread didn't devolve into ripping Scotty Wilbekin, which was my objective.