pococurante
/ˌpoʊkoʊkʊˈrænti/
adjective
1 careless. 2 apathetic. 3 indifference.
Even the most pococurante pornographers shy away from including simulated sexual violence in their films.
harridan
[HAIR-uh-din]
noun
A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.
It’s sad when you see harridans still working the strip cub scene.
cadge
To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg.
Mike tried to cadge his way into Juliet’s pants. She told him to fuck off. She was just not interested.
juberous
Alteration of dubious.
It’d been many years since the divorce, and many more since his wife took their son Billy, and left for greener pastures…
adventitious
[ad-ven-TISH-uhs]
adjective
Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent.
The “69” at the end of his screen name was adventitious, and not related to his birthday.
gourmand
[GOOR-mahnd]
noun
A lover of good food.
My friend Diego, the gourmand, spends his entire fucking paycheck on bacon.
propound
[pruh-POWND]
trans
verb. To offer for consideration; to put forward; to propose.
I propounded the idea of a threesome with my girlfriend and she didn’t take kindly to the thought.