"bollard" [1] - I always called them steel poles with concrete inside, buried in the ground. Someone here corrected me and I learned something. Adding to that I never associated them with the more artistic versions as I assumed those were weaker or just for looks.<p>[1] - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollard" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollard</a>
"conflating" is one that I did not know of earlier.<p>"drunk the kool-aid" is
another, though a phrase, not a word.<p>"cromulent" is
another