otiose
[OH-shee-ohs]
adjective
Of no use.
The doctor told me I could become otiose if I kept up my Xanax habit, but I persisted that he continue to write me prescriptions.
prescient
[PREE-shee-nt]
adjective
Having knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.
I’d sure as shit like to have a prescient stockbroker…
bete noire
[bet-NWAHR]
noun
Something or someone particularly detested or avoided; a bugbear.
On the set of Precious, Mo’Nique was often referred to as a bete noire…
pecuniary
[pi-kyoo-nee-er-ee]
adjective
Of or pertaining to money.
Another fucking earthquake? You’d think that with all the pecuniary offerings given to God at church that he’d take it easy on us.
contemporaneous
[kuhn-tem-puh-RAY-nee-uhs]
adjective
Originating, existing, or occurring at the same time.
The best sex is when you and your partner experience contemporaneous orgasms.
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congeries
[KON-juh-reez]
noun
A collection; an aggregation.
I’ll always remember the time I discovered a congeries of dildos in my mother’s closet.
wiseacre
One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom.
For years and years, successive generations of Trumps lived up to their reputation as low-life wiseacres. They were always smarter and faster and stronger than the next guy they would proclaim to all that could hear…