yen
/yɛn/
noun
a strong desire, propensity, longing, urge, or craving.
Though it had been years since his marriage broke up, Walker still had the occasional yen for his ex-wife’s pussy.
palimpsest
[PAL-imp-sest]
noun
An object or place whose older layers or aspects are apparent beneath its surface…
distrait
[dis-TRAY]
adjective
Divided or withdrawn in attention, especially because of anxiety.
I almost missed my drink order because I was so distrait with fear of being seated next to a man with a bomb strapped to his genitals.
bathos
[BEY-thos]
noun
Insincere pathos; sentimentality; mawkishness.
I can’t stand these jerk-off guys on the Bachelorette, all laying on the bathos extra thick to try to get in this broad’s skirt.
cosset
[KOSS-it]
trans
verb. To pamper.
Her ultimate goal in life was to find a suitor who would cosset her as her parents did…
hauteur
[haw-TUR]
noun
Haughty manner, spirit; arrogance.
Three drinks and my roommate gains the hauteur of a juice head from Long fucking Island.
obdurate
[OB-duh-rit]
adjective
Resistant to persuasion; unyielding.
If it weren’t for our blind consumerism most people would hate us obdurate Americans.