idee fixe
[ee-day-FEEKS]
noun
An idea that dominates the mind; a fixed idea; an obsession.
My neighbor dwelt on the idee fixe that the government wanted to castrate him so he killed his family and torched his house.
penchant
[PEN-chunt]
noun
Inclination; decided taste; a strong liking.
He never had a penchant for red heads, though he had banged quite a few.
alate
[EY-leyt]
adj
Having membranous expansions like wings.
Look at how walled that chick’s breasts are…
cadre
[KAD-ree]
noun
A core or nucleus of trained or otherwise qualified personnel.
I’d be more terrified of Palin and her cadre of morons, but like I said, they’re morons.
foment
To nurse to life or activity; to encourage; to abet; to instigate.
The summer of 2020 seemed torn from a page of fiction. A global pandemic shut down countries. In the west, cities and towns were wiped from the map by fire…
expunge
[ik-SPUNJ]
trans
verb. To wipe out or destroy; to annihilate.
My shithead of a cousin managed to get his three DUIs and possession of a controlled substance expunged from his record.
clinquant
[KLING-kunt]
adjective, noun
Glittering with gold or silver; tinseled.
The only thing I remember from my childhood is this clinquant statue of a fucking mule that my Mother won in a game of bingo.