pelf

\PELF\, noun:
Money; riches; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten.

--Them colonists only got their mind on one thing, and it begins with "P" and it ends with "elf," and it ain't "Pirhana elf" either. It's pelf. The answer's pelf.

--Yo dude, check out my new poem, it's called "Poisonous Pelf." It's about how money leads to corruption. Yeah, I thought of that concept myself!

--"Pelf, pudding and pom poms." -- Old Farmer's Almanac, Chapter 8 (entitled "Pompomisms")

slake

\SLAYK\, transitive verb:
To satisfy; to quench; to extinguish.

Soaked in saliva, Cindy slurped Sunkist after Sunkist, unable to slake her insurmountable thirst.
How dare you accuse me of slaking my wife!

bloviate

\BLOH-vee-ayt\, intransitive verb:
To speak or write at length in a pompous or boastful manner.

The fat stupid idiot man keeps bloviating about his fat stupid idiot victories.
Anyone can bloviate! All you need is a quill, some ink, and something to bloviate about!

irenic

\eye-REN-ik; -REE-nik\, adjective:
Tending to promote peace; conciliatory.

I made some irenic brownies. They are made of hemp and wool.
Your mother was always very irenic, Johnny... WHEN I BANGED HER LAST NIGHT. OOOOHHHHHH SCHNAP!

slugabed

\SLUHG-uh-bed\, noun:
One who stays in bed until a late hour; a sluggard.

"WOMAN, ANYTHING THAT LEAVES YOUR VAGINA GROWS INTO A SLUGABED," Henry berated.
My name is Sammy the Slugabed, and this is my Slugabulletin Board!
According to Pacific time he's an early riser, but according to Eastern he's a SLUGABED.

frisson

\free-SOHN\, noun:
A moment of intense excitement; a shudder; an emotional thrill.

Forgive my frisson; anyway, you were talking about grout... ?

nonagenarian

\non-uh-juh-NAIR-ee-uhn; no-nuh-\, noun:
A ninety year old person; someone whose age is in the nineties

...crazy nonagenarians and their sick panda pranks!...

moiety

\MOY-uh-tee\, noun:
One of two equal parts; a half.

I'm half the man I used to be/I'm a moiety of the man I used to be/
If the sum of me ever equalled four, now I equal two/I am one moiety of the man I used to be without you.

philomath

\FIL-uh-math\, noun:
A lover of learning; a scholar.

There's nothing worse than a philomath in a donut factory. HEY THEY'RE JUST DONUTS, WHAT'S LEFT TO LEARN?

pleonasm

\PLEE-uh-naz-uhm\, noun:
1. The use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; as, "I saw it with my own eyes."
2. An instance or example of pleonasm.
3. A superfluous word or expression.

THE THING ABOUT REDONDO IS THAT HE ENJOYS USING AN EXCESSIVE, OR SHALL I SAY "SUPERFLUOUS" AMOUNT OF WORDS TO EXPRESS, OR "GET OUT," AN IDEA OF HIS OWN THAT HE HAS. IN A WORD, HE LIKES PLEONASMS.

badinage

\bad-n-AHZH\, noun:
Light, playful talk; banter.

All right, enough BADINAGE! Let's conceive a baby.
Edwin found himself lost in a world of curly fries, lawnmowers, and badinage.

bonhomie

\bah-nuh-MEE\, noun:
Good nature; pleasant and easy manner.

It is fabled that King George's bonhomie was the very thing that saved the economy.
Take your bonhomie and dangle!
People like me for my bonhomie. And my oversized groin.
YOU GOT A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT BONHOMIE, MON AMI.

bagatelle

bagatelle \bag-uh-TEL\, noun:
1. A trifle; a thing of little or no importance.
2. A game played with a cue and balls on an oblong table having cups or arches at one end.

You know, the difference between red wires and blue wires always seemed like a bagatelle... until I had to diffuse this bomb.
This is harder than playing a game of bagatelle without the cue and balls on an oblong table having cups or arches at one end!

za

n. Slang
Pizza.

Yos Barrio, we's gonna goes gets some ZA or wut?
Mammas mias! I could sure use a slice a' the ZA 'bout now.
You want the broccoli ZA, the pepperoni ZA, or the old fashioned Chicago deep-dish ZA?
Hey Scungili! Can you believe they made ZA a legimate scrabble word or what?

putsch

\PUCH ('u' as in 'push')\, noun:
(Sometimes capitalized) A secretly planned and suddenly executed attempt to overthrow a government.

Less kvetch, more putsch!
After the putsch, the boys threw up their hands and said "YAAAAAY!"
Putsch it (putsch it real good).

coruscate

\KOR-uh-skayt\, intransitive verb:
1. To give off or reflect bright beams or flashes of light; to sparkle.
2. To exhibit brilliant, sparkling technique or style.

William's dentures coruscated in the Pennsylvania twilight.
Some guys just naturally coruscate. Ehhh, like Jesus, for one.
Did you know that E.T.'s poop coruscates? It’s true! How do you think they make lava lamps?

vim

\VIM\, noun:
Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor.

I got vim comin' out of my armpits! Just my armpits! I'm gonna go see a doctor about it!
That old lady's sure got a lot of VIM! No, not German-born director Wim Wenders. Energy!
Now allow me to sip from the font of youth, so that I may possess eternal life ... and VIM.

aegis

aegis \EE-jis\, noun:
1. Protection; support.
2. A shield or protective armor.

You call it my whiskey, I call it my ONE AEGIS AGAINST THE WORLD.

hirsute

\HUR-soot; HIR-soot; hur-SOOT; hir-SOOT\, adjective:
Covered with hair; set with bristles; shaggy; hairy.

Now that the milk was hirsute and the grapes were arguing with each other, it was definitely time to clean the fridge.

caterwaul

\KAT-uhr-wawl\, intransitive verb:
1. To make a harsh cry.
2. To have a noisy argument.

noun:
1. A shrill, discordant sound.

Ricardo heard the crowd below caterwauling for his head, so he sipped his final martini, put some pants on, and headed down.

I can't remember much about giving Snickers a bath. All I know is there was a lot of caterwauling, and someone got punched in the ass.


The Gay Fratboy's Caterwaul: A new novella by E.G. Murphy.