irate
[ahy-reyt]
adjective
Angry; enraged. Arising from or characterized by anger.
Did that irate, wife-beating son of a bitch Chris Brown win big at the Grammy’s this year?
fractious
[FRAK-shuhs]
adjective
Irritable; snappish; cranky.
The holidays are almost here and that means the nice people at the TSA get to deal with all of us fractious, over-protective-of-our-genitals folk.
noctivagant
Going about in the night; night-wandering.
The East Village is packed with the eclectic and the edgy. Gorgeous women are as plentiful as the dive bars and sidewalk cafes…
plaintive
[PLAYN-tiv]
adjective
Expressive of sorrow or melancholy.
The poor bastard sat there looking plaintive while I got dressed and explained my pussy was “closed for business.
mea culpa
/ˈmɛɑ ˈkʊlpɑ/
noun
My fault, due to my error; my bad.
“All right, mea culpa…
delectation
/ˌdi lɛkˈteɪ ʃən/
noun
1 great pleasure. 2 delight.
“Two Girls-One Cup” and other Scheiß films, oddly enough, rose a great delectation in the quiet and chaste Margaret Johnson of Hanover Avenue.
empathy
/ˈɛmpəθi/
noun
The intellectual identification of the thoughts, feelings, or state of another person.
Climbing into bed with strangers was the only way Audrey could express empathy for the abused children she was charged to protect as an inner-city social worker.