The Outstanding Leader

Update on yesterday's post: according to The Toronto Star, the Korea Central News Agency -- the official news apparatus of the North Korean government -- has begun referring to Kim Jong Un as "The Outstanding Leader." I like this; as much as it continues the tradition of undeserved superlatives, according to the OED, "outstanding" can also mean:

• "A jutting out or projection," which gives the sense of Kim Jong Un as a gargoyle or piece of propagandistic statuary, and
• "Remaining unsettled," which pretty much sums up both the shady circumstances surrounding Kim's succession and the feeling the rest of the world has towards the DPRK.