Word of the Day
lacustrine - of or pertaining to a lake
Her hair was tangled, brown and blowing in the wind, like some kind of lacustrine monster.
ludic - playful in an aimless way
The gathering of drunks had become ludic, laughing at nothing and as they swirled, gathering up more people.
aeonian - eternal; everlasting
She had hoped for aeonian love, but settled for the love of a small orange cat who was missing a leg.
kerflooey - to cease functioning, especially suddenly and completely; fall apart; fail
She knew her foot was asleep when she stood up to answer the door, but as she went to put weight on it, it went kerflooey, cracking, bending, and stretching in unimaginable ways.
aposiopesis - a sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed
She found herself struck by aposiopesis when he walked into the room, a shiny, smiley, new blonde attached to his left arm.
presenteeism - 1. the practice of coming to work despite illness, injury, anxiety, etc., often resulting in reduced productivity 2. the practice of working long hours at a job without the real need to do so.
Some say that absenteeism is a problem, but as most employers know, presenteeism is the real issue. Presenteeism results in increased errors and widespread epidemics of the flu. and stomach viruses.
sitzmark - a sunken area in the snow marking a backward fall of a skier
The irony was that he regularly pontificated on the virtues of healthy eating, but his large ass left quite a permanent sitzmark in his spot on the couch.
selenology - the branch of astronomy that deals with the nature and origin of the moon
With the move, he would have to find a college in the tiny community that offered him the opportunity to teach selenology, a surprisingly unpopular major amongst freshmen.
vociferous - crying out noisily; clamourous
The house was quiet, still, and as the light of the moon spilled into the room, my eyes popped open at the vociferous sound of the pugnacious kittens.
cupidity - eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something; greed; avarice
Those days where seeing your first love in the school hallway, filling me with cupidity are over. Although I am admittedly guilty of eagerly desiring my husband's attention.
nimiety - 1. excess; overabundance 2. an instance of this
There is a lot of irony in the fact that the majority of our presidential candidates have lived lives swaddled in nimiety, and the majority of Americans have been scraping by since birth.
pugnacious - inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative
She had an old friend who could be described as pugnacious with maudlin tendancies, commonly found crying in the middle of a bar fight of his own making.
insouciant - free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant
She pulled the box from the back of the car, feeling insouciant and nearly got sick when she felt the pop in her lower back.
zenith - 1. a highest point or state; culmination 2. the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer
She reached the zenith of procrastination when she put off walking down the aisle to have one more smoke.
isthmus - 1. a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land. 2. a connecting, usually narrow, part, organ, or passage, especially when joining structures or cavities larger than itself.
She wished to live on an isthmus, so that every window of her home provided a view of the water.
cryophilic - preferring or thriving at low temperatures
You would think that the cats would be cryophilic with their thick, dense fur, but they were typically found sleeping on top of the floor vents, collecting all of the manufactured heat for themselves.
Her hair was tangled, brown and blowing in the wind, like some kind of lacustrine monster.
ludic - playful in an aimless way
The gathering of drunks had become ludic, laughing at nothing and as they swirled, gathering up more people.
aeonian - eternal; everlasting
She had hoped for aeonian love, but settled for the love of a small orange cat who was missing a leg.
kerflooey - to cease functioning, especially suddenly and completely; fall apart; fail
She knew her foot was asleep when she stood up to answer the door, but as she went to put weight on it, it went kerflooey, cracking, bending, and stretching in unimaginable ways.
aposiopesis - a sudden breaking off in the midst of a sentence, as if from inability or unwillingness to proceed
She found herself struck by aposiopesis when he walked into the room, a shiny, smiley, new blonde attached to his left arm.
presenteeism - 1. the practice of coming to work despite illness, injury, anxiety, etc., often resulting in reduced productivity 2. the practice of working long hours at a job without the real need to do so.
Some say that absenteeism is a problem, but as most employers know, presenteeism is the real issue. Presenteeism results in increased errors and widespread epidemics of the flu. and stomach viruses.
sitzmark - a sunken area in the snow marking a backward fall of a skier
The irony was that he regularly pontificated on the virtues of healthy eating, but his large ass left quite a permanent sitzmark in his spot on the couch.
selenology - the branch of astronomy that deals with the nature and origin of the moon
With the move, he would have to find a college in the tiny community that offered him the opportunity to teach selenology, a surprisingly unpopular major amongst freshmen.
vociferous - crying out noisily; clamourous
The house was quiet, still, and as the light of the moon spilled into the room, my eyes popped open at the vociferous sound of the pugnacious kittens.
cupidity - eager or excessive desire, especially to possess something; greed; avarice
Those days where seeing your first love in the school hallway, filling me with cupidity are over. Although I am admittedly guilty of eagerly desiring my husband's attention.
nimiety - 1. excess; overabundance 2. an instance of this
There is a lot of irony in the fact that the majority of our presidential candidates have lived lives swaddled in nimiety, and the majority of Americans have been scraping by since birth.
pugnacious - inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative
She had an old friend who could be described as pugnacious with maudlin tendancies, commonly found crying in the middle of a bar fight of his own making.
insouciant - free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant
She pulled the box from the back of the car, feeling insouciant and nearly got sick when she felt the pop in her lower back.
zenith - 1. a highest point or state; culmination 2. the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer
She reached the zenith of procrastination when she put off walking down the aisle to have one more smoke.
isthmus - 1. a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land. 2. a connecting, usually narrow, part, organ, or passage, especially when joining structures or cavities larger than itself.
She wished to live on an isthmus, so that every window of her home provided a view of the water.
cryophilic - preferring or thriving at low temperatures
You would think that the cats would be cryophilic with their thick, dense fur, but they were typically found sleeping on top of the floor vents, collecting all of the manufactured heat for themselves.
