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.

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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.

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alate

[EY-leyt]

adj

Having membranous expansions like wings.

Look at how walled that chick’s breasts are…

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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.

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