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.
bedaub
[bih-DOB]
trans
verb. To smudge over; to besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty…
gainsay
[GAYN-say]
trans
verb. To deny or dispute. To contradict.
cynosure
Anything to which attention is strongly turned; a center of attraction.
As filming wound down and the sun lowered in the yawning sky, the exhausted crew gathered around the director’s chair…
quiescent
Being in a state of repose; at rest; still; not moving.
After an early dinner, it was not at all uncommon for Grandma’s affect to turn from outbursts of anger at the liberalization of the “mainstream media,” to quiescent viewer of Jeopardy…
feculent
[fek-yuh-luhnt]
adjective
Full of dregs or fecal matter; foul, turbid, or muddy.
The Shit My Dad Says premiere was the most feculent moment in television since those piss-drunk queers at ABC greenlit a show about Geico Cavemen.
koan
[KOH-ahn]
noun
A nonsensical or paradoxical question.
Apparently that age old koan about the goddamned chicken and the egg has been