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sontag
 n.— «How describe Susan Sontag? She was essayist, novelist, critic, director, celebrity, feuilletonist in the best/worst European fashion…No one description applies, and no one job category would sum her up; she was kind of an intellectual of all trades and master of none. Maybe there ought to be a new word for that kind of American figure—a sontag.» —“Going out the door together” by Paul Greenberg Star-Telegram (Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas) Jan. 4, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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