casuistry
[KAZH-oo-uh-stree]
noun
Specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning.
Google and Verizon’s little “we’ll opt to be regulated by regulation we wrote ourselves” manifesto is fucking casuistry on a grand scale.
nonpariel
[non-puh-REL]
adjective
Having no equal; peerless.
He believed his cock to be nonpareil. I, however, am in disagreement.
nonpariel
[non-puh-REL]
adjective
Having no equal; peerless.
He believed his cock to be nonpareil. I, however, am in disagreement.
chide
To express disapproval of; scold.
I felt the need to chide her sexual past, but I guess virgins aren’t that bad.
nepenthe
/nɪˈpɛn θi/
noun
1 anything soothing and comforting. 2 a drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow (by some supposed to have been opium or hashish)…
cursory
[KUR-suh-ree]
adjective
Hastily or superficially performed.
Stay sober till closing time, when women only give a cursory examination before you’re deemed one-night-stand worthy.
gist
/dʒɪst/
noun
1 the main point. 2 the point on which an action rests…