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The following paper aims at presenting and describing some texts published in the newspapers El Argentino and El Hogar under the pseudonym "Mórdicus", behind which we have identified the figure of Arturo Costa Álvarez. A decisive proof for this identification lies in the finding of a set of manuscripts for unpublished articles also signed by the abovementioned pseudonym among the legacy of this author, preserved by the Biblioteca Pública de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, in a section bearing Costa Álvarez's name. A transcription of these manuscripts is offered in the appendix to the following paper. In the texts signed by Mórdicus, we can see how Costa Álvarez reinforces what his contemporary interventions in magazines, journals and newspapers at that time aimed at -that is, not only to establish itself as an authorized voice in the glotopolitical debate of its time, but also to defend that place against the emergence and advancement, in the 1920s, of the Instituto de Filología, an institution with directors from the Center for Historical Studies from Madrid. He does this from an alternative position, provided by the pseudonym and pervaded with mordacity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]