a Few more Words

Serfdom the state of a serf [which is] A member of the lowest feudal class, attached to the land owned by a lord and required to perform labor in return for certain legal or customary rights -  A person in bondage or servitude - [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin servus, slave.]


Sardonic  [adjective]characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin. 


Hoi Polloi  (Ancient Greek: οἱ πολλοί, hoi polloi, “the many”), an expression meaning "the many", or in the strictest sense, "the majority" in Greek, is used in English to denote "the masses" or "the people", usually in a derogatory sense. Synonyms for "hoi polloi" include "... commoners, great unwashed, minions, multitude, plebeians, the plebs, rank and file, riff-raff, the common people, the herd, the many, the proletariat, the proles, the peons, the working class".^[1]


Vertiginous characterized by or suffering from vertigo or dizziness - inclined to frequent and often pointless change :inconstant - causing or tending to cause dizziness <the vertiginousheights> 


Gelotology (from the Greek gelos, meaning laughter) is the study of laughter and its effects on the body, from a psychological and physiological perspective.