interstitial

\in-ter-stish-uhl\ adjective:

1. pertaining to, situated in, or forming interstices.
2. Anatomy. situated between the cells of a structure or part: interstitial tissue.

“He told me that our relationship was a mere interstitional exchange of sensory impulses. I think that’s android speak for ‘I was just using you.’”

aplomb

\uh-PLOM\, noun:
Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession; confidence; coolness.

"He was only a Bic, but he handled himself with the aplomb of a Sharpie." - Sue Grafton, Dial S for Stationery

temerarious

\tem-uh-RAIR-ee-uhs\, adjective:
Presumptuously daring; rash.

"While amateur racers Danger Dan and Reckless Rick quickly made names for themselves in the Detroit Area, Temerarious Tim never quite took off." - Satan's Little Book of NASCAR Lies, Harper-Collins, 1998

concomitant

\kuhn-KOM-uh-tuhnt\, adjective:
Accompanying; attendant; occurring or existing concurrently.

“A professional disco dance with a concomitant fear of all things shiny? Sounds to me like a recipe for disaster!”

"Yeah I'll take 2 hot dogs and an orange juice, which I plan to drink concomitantly."

pellucid

\puh-LOO-sid\, adjective:
1. Transparent; clear.
2. Easily understandable.

“Suddenly, George had a moment of clarity as pellucid as his vodka-saturated urine.”

“The good news is your son writes pellucid and eloquent prose. The bad news is that I have no idea what either of those words means.”

tibia

\TIB-ee-uh\noun:
Anatomy. the inner of the two bones of the leg extending from the knee to the ankle and articulate with the femur and talus; shinbone.

“I cannot believe Disney rejected my script, The Little Tibia That Dared To Be a Fibula!”

“It’s like my grandfather always said, 'A tibia in the bushel is worth two in the barrel.' No idea what that meant, but then Grandpa always was a nut...”

autodidact

\aw-toh-DY-dakt\, noun:
An individual who is self-taught.

“There’s a fine line between an autodidact and an auto parts dealer.”

“...America’s finest autodidacts: Lincoln, Hamilton, Robocop...”

“Jimmy ain’t no autodidact. Books taught ‘im everything he knows!”

virago

/vih-RAH-goh/n.
an ill-tempered, overbearing woman;

"Man… was she a virago when you married her too?"

"Ahh, Mrs. Pac-man, the virago to end all viragos."

"I’d rather go on a date with five piranhas than one virago.

"How many viragos does it take to screw in a lightbulb? ONE!... that bitch!"

"She may be a virago, but damn, she sure can write a bank notice!"

maelstrom

\MAYL-struhm\, noun:
1. A large, powerful, or destructive whirlpool.
2. Something resembling a maelstrom; a violent, disordered, or turbulent state of affairs.

“One morning Norma found herself ensnared in a violent maelstrom of staplers, manilla envelopes, and ink cartridges. It turned out, however, that she was just an office supplies manager for a law firm in Passaic, as she had been every day for the last thirteen miserable years.”

“Next up on the WLXU Pittsburgh’s 'Battle of the Bands' we have a band called Maelstrom, followed by Maelstrom II, Maelstrom’s Revenge, Maelstrom: The Reckoning, Maels + Trom = Maelstrom, and last but not least, Better than Maelstrom."

dapple

\DAP-uhl\, noun:
1. A small contrasting spot or blotch.
2. A mottled appearance, especially of the coat of an animal (as a horse).

“Either that mule has dapples or I’ve got glaucoma! Or both, which is a distinct possibility!”

“... that’s right, severe acne and an intense love of peach iced tea. That’s how I earned my high school nickname: Snapple McDapple!” – Tom Brokaw, NBC Nightly News

pleonasm

\PLEE-uh-naz-uhm\, noun:

The use of more words than are necessary to express a thought

“I believe I do detect, if I am not mistaken, pardon me if I am wrong here, something which seems to be none other than what one would consider a pleonasm, in the essay you’ve written here, Mister Ronald Jenkins at 82 Marmaduke Drive, Phoenix AR 51730. Correct me if I’m not entirely without rightness?”

termagant

\TUR-muh-guhnt\, noun:
A scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman; a shrew.

“You know, I’ve noticed that are just aren’t enough words in the English language to describe a nagging, ill-tempered woman. All we have at our disposal is the paltry group of “harpy, virago, harridan, battle-ax, nag, bag, fishwife, crone, slattern, vixen, wench, she-beast, ogress, biddy, bitch, and witch. So, gentlemen, I submit for your approval: termagant.”

“...she loves it when I say stuff like, ‘Baby, you’re the one and only termagant for me.’ Thank God she never went college!”

contretemps

\KAHN-truh-tahn\, noun; plural: contretemps \-tahnz\:
An inopportune or embarrassing situation or event; a hitch.

“I do believe I cannot think of a single worse contretemps than the Knickers/Pudding Incident of 1885.”

“...one would think that the vice principal of 'Our Lady of Perpetual Flatulence Technical School' would be immune to contretemps...”

interregnum

\in-tuhr-REG-nuhm\, noun; plural interregnums \-nuhmz\ or interregna \-nuh\:
1. The interval between two reigns; any period when a state is left without a ruler.
2. A period of freedom from authority or during which government functions are suspended.

“My interregnum to-do list: 1. Pick up suit from dry cleaners. 2. Rape, pilage, and plunder. 3. Buy some grapefruit from Stop ‘N’ Shop. 4. Blow up City Hall. 5. Work on resume.”

“Remember kids, you can’t spell interregnum without ‘mung.’”

pantheon

\PAN-thee-on; -uhn\, noun:
1. A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially (capitalized), the building so called at Rome.
2. The collective gods of a people; as, a goddess of the Greek pantheon.

“You know what they say: Same sh*t, different pantheon!”

“...let us not forget the Pantheon’s Unsung Heroes, such as Linoleus, Greek God of Linoleum Tiling; Xeroxes, Goddess of Temp Work; and Lionsforlambseus, the God of Disappointing Robert Redford vehicles.”

flaneur

\flah-NUR\, noun:
One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.

"I may just be a simple flaneur, but these lentils are terrific!"

"I may just be a simple flaneur, but mittens are a flawed concept."

"I may just be a simple flaneur, but George W. Bush is our greatest American president."

agog

\uh-GOG\, adjective:Full of excitement or interest; in eager desire; eager, keen.

"Check out my new Egg Nog blog, 'Agog for Nog.'"

"He's agog and evil; Live DNA, go gas," said the amateur palindromist. "Eh?" said the crowd.