jape

/dʒeɪp/

verb

1 a to jest. b to play tricks…

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galumph

[guh-LUHM(P)F]

intrans

verb. To move in a clumsy manner or with a heavy tread…

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noctivagant

Going about in the night; night-wandering.

The East Village is packed with the eclectic and the edgy. Gorgeous women are as plentiful as the dive bars and sidewalk cafes…

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obeisance

[oh-BEE-suhn(t)s]

noun

Deference, homage.

I thought his smelling my panties was too much of an act of obeisance, but it did show that he cared.

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lachrymose

[lak-ruh-mohs]

adjective

Given to shedding tears readily.

Here’s a great idea for that lachrymose sumbitch John Boehner: tears of Boehner bath salts.

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revenant

[REV-uh-nuhnt]

noun

One who returns after death (as a ghost) or after a long absence.

He looked as pale as a revenant when I told him I was pregnant.

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eschatology

[es-kuh-tol-uh-jee]

noun

Any system of doctrines concerning last, or final, matters; the Judgment.

If anything, this eschatological bullshit about the Rapture sure produced a lot of good jokes, right?

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