solatium

/soʊˈleɪʃiəm/

noun

anything which alleviates or compensates for suffering or loss.

The congressman’s mistress threatened to go public unless she was paid a monthly solatium to keep quiet about the abortion he forced her to have.

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solecism

[SOL-uh-siz-uhm]

noun

A breach of good manners or etiquette.

She took my blowing my nose into a cloth napkin as a solecism…

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cosset

[KOSS-it]

trans

verb. To pamper.

Her ultimate goal in life was to find a suitor who would cosset her as her parents did…

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benison

[BEN-uh-suhn]

noun

Blessing.

I thought the “Submit Word” function would be a benison, but some of you shitheels seem to think this is Urban Dictionary.

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serendipity

/ˌsɛrənˈdɪpɪti/

noun

1 discovery of things unsought. 2 the happy faculty or luck of finding, by “accidental sagacity,” interesting or agreeable things…

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profligacy

[PROF-li-guh-see]

noun

Reckless extravagance.

Jay Z and Beyonce’s profligacy with their hospital stay just goes to show that health care in this country ain’t so fuckin’ bad if you’re balls deep in money.

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germane

[juhr-MAYN]

adjective

Appropriate or relavent.

Would you find it germane that your girl got pregnant after you were told you were sterile?

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