hegira

/hɪˈdʒaɪrə/

noun

1 a flight, journey, or escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation…

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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…

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solecism

[SOL-uh-siz-uhm]

noun

A breach of good manners or etiquette.

She took my blowing my nose into a cloth napkin as a solecism…

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putative

/ˈpyutətɪv/

adjective

1 commonly thought or deemed. 2 supposed. 3 reputed…

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jollification

A merrymaking; noisy festivity.

As a lover of revelry and general jollification, Sammy was particularly adept at keeping the night from closing down around him and his crew…

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balneal

[bal-NEE-uhl]

adjective

Of or pertaining to baths or bathing.

The humidity in New York this summer is as balneal as a goddamned steam room in the gay part of San Fran.

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ferly

[FER-lee]

noun

Something unusual, strange, or causing wonder or terror.

At first glimpse the vagina is something of a ferly, and investigation is necessary.

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