placate
[PLAK-ayt]
transitive verb
To appease; to pacify, especially by making concessions.
The apologetic brothel manager told us that the blonde was on the house, which barely placated my friend.
pellucid
[puh-LOO-sid]
adjective
Easily understandable.
I wanted to make my resignation as pellucid as possible so I photographed my genitals and hung them up in the kitchen.
moil
[MOYL]
verb
To work with painful effort; to labor.
I’ve moiled over this goddamned script for three years, and your cat just took a shit on it!
eclat
[ey-KLAH]
noun
Brilliance of success, reputation, etc.
With AOL’s eclat, The Huffington Post will be run into the fucking ground in about four days.
hortatory
Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging.
One must acknowledge that the normalization of the right-wing media’s hortatory use of propaganda and its fever dreams about the good old days has led its viewers to grow comfortable with their own indifference to the Country’s subjugation — and even murder — of black people.
hsien
[shyuhn]
noun
One of a group of benevolent spirits promoting good in the world.
There are no hsiens around these parts…
avoirdupois
[av-uhr-duh-POIZ]
noun
Weight; heaviness.
There be nothin’ but skanks of much avoirdupois up in here.