quiddity
[KWID-ih-tee]
noun
An eccentricity; an odd feature.
At first she took my cockring as a quiddity, but soon found that she couldn’t climax without it.
sartorial
[sar-TOR-ee-uhl]
adjective
Of or relating to clothing, or style or manner of dress.
I can’t stand these fucking hipsters and their half-assed sartorial costumes.
titubant
[TICH-oo-buhnt]
noun
A disturbance of body equilibrium in standing or walking.
Shotgunning a Four Loko caused a titubant in my stride and apparently made me wet myself.
somnambulism
Sleepwalking.
Woody grew frustrated with his live-in girlfriend when she began to disappear downstairs for hours every night. He’d hear Sarah shuffling around and playing video games…
ectype
[EK-tahyp]
noun
A reproduction; copy.
The little prick sold us ectypes. What ecstasy pills do you know of that say, “Excedrin?!?!!”
ululate
[UL-yuh-layt]
intrans
verb. To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail.
One can picture an ululating Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings taking a fucking bat to WATSON.
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)…