waxing
[WAK-sing]
verb
To increase in extent, quantity, intensity or power.
I can’t stand when my roommate does a little bit of blow and starts waxing poetic about his God awful childhood.
extirpate
/ˈɛk stərˌpeɪt/
verb
1 to cut out by surgery. 2 a to pluck up by the stem or root…
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…
emolument
[ih-MOL-yuh-muhnt]
noun
Gain; compensation.
Step on the little people. That’s my philosophy. Fuck it, if it earns you emolument along the way, who cares?
desultory
[DES-uhl-tor-ee]
adjective
Disconnected remarks; aimless.
We had just been seated in a nice restaurant when her desultory remarks about my missing testicle started.
remora
[REM-er-uh]
noun
An obstacle, hindrance, or obstruction.
I think her father put an extra clasp on her bra, so that it would act as a remora before copulation.
knavery
[NEY-vuh-ree]
noun
Unprincipled, untrustworthy, or dishonest dealing.
I don’t fucking understand the cops’ knavery with the Occupy protestors…