schmaltz
Excessively sentimental, especially with art and music.
Jessie was sucker for funny guys that could make her laugh without resorting to excessive schmaltz. She was also extremely lonely…
berserk
[ber-SURK]
adjective
Violently or destructively frenzied; wild; crazed; deranged.
I didn’t expect a jell-o shot to make my roommate act berserk…
flippant
[FLIP-uhnt]
adjective
Lacking proper seriousness or respect; showing inappropriate levity; pert.
I wish I wasn’t so flippant over the news, but the fact that your uncle was arrested for engaging in coitus with a dog is too funny.
gelid
[JEL-id]
adjective
Extremely cold; icy.
It must be gelid outside because I can see Grace’s nipples through her god damned Northface.
lyceum
A house or apartment appropriated to instruction by lectures or disquisitions.
atrabilious
[at-ruh-BIL-yuhs]
adjective
Melancholic; gloomy.
I’ll never grow tired of Gordon Ramsay’s atrabilious reactions to shitty sous chefs and piss-drunk restaurateurs.
canorous
[kuh-NOR-us]
adjective
Richly melodious.
My wife calls the birds who sing in the morning “canorous…