draconian: /drey-koh-nee-uhn/

1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Draco or his code of laws.
2. rigorous; unusually severe or cruel.

how to use in casual conversation:

"the nazis i work for are so draconian about internet filtering that they decided to block huffington post"

not to be confused with:

draconic

how it makes me feel:

it's not exactly winning points for being esoteric. it's a fairly common word for anybody above the semi-/pseudo-intellectual level of intelligence. though it does sound kind of cool, probably because of it's ain't far from 'dragon' phonetically. but the real reason i chose draconian over doldrums was that this word is actually derived from the actions of one man - draco, who while being remembered for the historical contribution he made to athenian law will also be remembered as a prick of historical proportions. i mean his name is now synonymous with going way the hell over the top. other pricks of historical proportions who had words derived from their assholism - pompey (pompous) and the marquis de sade (sadistic). i wonder what the word 'ponisitc' will come to eventually represent.