brackish
[BRAK-ish]
adjective
Somewhat salty. Distasteful; unpalatable.
My girlfriend can always tell when I’ve gone off my diet because my sperm tastes brackish.
overweening
[oh-ver-wee-ning]
adjective
Exaggerated, excessive, or arrogant.
I used to love the shit out of Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, but now he’s devolved into an overweening prick.
mettle
[MET-l]
noun
Courage and fortitude.
He lacked the mettle required to approach prostitutes, so his father helped him out from time to time.
macabre
[muh-kah-bruh]
adjective
Gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
You see this broad Jesse James is fucking around on Sandra Bullock with? She’s macabre.
pococurante
/ˌpoʊkoʊkʊˈrænti/
adjective
1 careless. 2 apathetic. 3 indifference.
Even the most pococurante pornographers shy away from including simulated sexual violence in their films.
abjure
[ab-joor]
verb (used with object)
To renounce or give up under oath.
For the record, I abjure the idea of Obamacare, but it’s sure as shit better than being left to die on the fucking street!
puissant
[PWISS-uhnt]
adjective
Powerful; strong; mighty.
I told him to wash the puissant odor off his crotch before we fooled around…