Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
I had never encountered the word resplendent until a couple months ago at a WTA work party. You can't can that terrible thorny plant "devil's club" anymore, that's offensive, it's "resplendent maple bush" now.
The Outside article seems to be using it as a synonym for "rising in popularity" which I guess I can see but seems odd. I don't believe I've seen that particular usage of it. It means "shining."
I'm not familiar with devil's club so I googled it and I don't see anything particularly resplendent about it, other than maybe the little red berries it produces. This sounds like someone in administration who is uptight getting their panties in a wad over the word "devil."