refractory
[rih-FRAK-tuh-ree]
adjective
Stubbornly disobedient; unmanageable.
My shitty hair is absolutely refractory today.
enthrall
[en-THRAWL]
verb
To captivate or charm.
I was enthralled by Sarah Palin’s last speech not because she had important or meaningful things to say, but because she’s a fucking dullard with a pair of tits.
bathos
[BEY-thos]
noun
Insincere pathos; sentimentality; mawkishness.
I can’t stand these jerk-off guys on the Bachelorette, all laying on the bathos extra thick to try to get in this broad’s skirt.
clinquant
[KLING-kunt]
adjective, noun
Glittering with gold or silver; tinseled.
The only thing I remember from my childhood is this clinquant statue of a fucking mule that my Mother won in a game of bingo.
puckish
[PUHK-ish]
adjective
Whimsical; mischievous; impish.
Cops are raiding Charlie Sheen’s blow-filled house? What will that puckish, lovable guy do next?
potable
[POH-tuh-buhl]
adjective
Fit to drink; suitable for drinking; drinkable.
In rehab we fermented orange juice into a potable blend of pulp and alcohol.
amaranthine
[am-uh-RAN-thin]
adj
Unfading; everlasting.
I hope this strain of mushrooms gives us an amaranthine high.