casuistry
[KAZH-oo-uh-stree]
noun
Specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning.
Google and Verizon’s little “we’ll opt to be regulated by regulation we wrote ourselves” manifesto is fucking casuistry on a grand scale.
importune
To request or solicit, with urgency.
Too poor to pay, and too proud to importune, the lonely-hearted Hannah could not attain her elusive orgasm by means other than her own hands.
bloviate
[BLOH-vee-ayt]
verb
To speak or write at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
Dear Fox News, pay me half of what those other old farts get and I’ll bloviate and scream about whatever the fuck you want.
ramshackle
[ram-shak-uhl]
adjective
Loosely made or held together; rickety; shaky.
Donate some fucking money to the Red Cross and help restore Haiti to its old ramshackle glory.
iota
[eye-OH-tuh]
noun
A very small quantity or degree; a jot; a bit.
I only do coke when I know I’m not getting laid because one iota of that shit and my cock goes limp.
cicatrix
[sik-uh-triks]
noun
New tissue that forms over a wound and later contracts into a scar.
That giant cicatrix on Padma Lakshmi’s arm is oddly attractive to me.
frisson
[free-SOHN]
noun
A moment of intense excitement; a shudder; an emotional thrill.
My roommate caught me fapping to youporn, and let me tell you…