brio
[BREE-oh]
noun
Enthusiastic vigor; vivacity; liveliness; spirit.
She wanted someone with brio: let’s see how she handles the fucksaw.
languor
[LANG-guhr]
noun
Mental or physical weariness or fatigue.
I’ll wine ‘em and dine ‘em, but pillow talk after sex causes me great languor.
pica
[PAHY-kuh]
noun
An abnormal appetite or craving for substances that are not fit to eat.
My Boston Terrier, Rik, has a pica for his own feces.
excogitate
[eks-KOJ-i-teyt]
verb
To think out; devise; invent.
Let’s excogitate a way out of our miserable, shit-kicking existences.
cubit
/ˈkyubɪt/
noun
A unit of linear measure, no longer in use, originally equal to the length of the forearm…
milquetoast
/ˈmɪlkˌtoʊst/
noun
1 a timid, submissive, unassertive or spineless person. 2 mild of temper…
mollify
[mol-uh-fahy]
verb (used with object)
To soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease…