megrim
[MEE-grim]
noun
A fancy; a whim.
Oh, how I wish I could have sex with any woman I want on the megrim of the moment like Tiger Woods.
ruth
Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness.
The fiery and savage children of the vitriolic ideology made popular by Donald J Trump, spoke with neither ruth nor pity…
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…
cynosure
Anything to which attention is strongly turned; a center of attraction.
As filming wound down and the sun lowered in the yawning sky, the exhausted crew gathered around the director’s chair…
confabulation
[kon-FAB-yuh-lay-shuhn]
noun
Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.
Let’s elevate this confabulation to medium talk: do you take it in the pooper?
orison
[AWR-uh-zuhn]
noun
A prayer.
Before takeoff, let’s say an orison and pray that we don’t get a piss drunk pilot.
salmagundi
[sal-muh-GUHN-dee]
noun
Any mixture or assortment; a medley; a potpourri; a miscellany.
It’s safe to say that the Grammys this year was a salmagundi of shit.