December 31 prevaricate Facebook Twitter Listen to prevaricate pronounced [prih-VAIR-uh-kayt] intrans. verb. To depart from or evade the truth; to speak with equivocation. Alberto Gonzalez clearly prevaricated when he answered every fucking question with, “I do not recall.”
December 29 torpor Facebook Twitter Listen to torpor pronounced torpor [TAWR-per] noun. Lacking in vitality or interest. The first time we tried Special K we got locked into “K-holes,” and sat there in a state of torpor for twelve long minutes.
December 28 expatiate Facebook Twitter Listen to expatiate pronounced [ek-SPAY-shee-ayt] intrans. verb. To speak or write at length or in considerable detail. To wander. My parents found me passed out with piss stains on my jeans so my father expatiated on the virtues of being a responsible drunk.
December 27 quotidian Facebook Twitter Listen to quotidian pronounced [kwoh-TID-ee-uhn] adjective. Of an everyday character; ordinary; commonplace. After our gonorrhea scare handjobs became the quotidian sexual act.
December 26 hauteur Facebook Twitter Listen to hauteur pronounced [haw-TUR] noun. Haughty manner, spirit, or bearing; haughtiness; arrogance. Three sips of Four Loko and my roommate gains the hauteur of a juicehead from Long Island.
December 24 atelier Facebook Twitter Listen to atelier pronounced [at-l-YAY] noun. A workshop; a studio. Last night I met a handsome artist who brought me upstairs to his atelier where he fed me Ecstasy and gave me a foot massage.
December 23 propinquity Facebook Twitter Listen to propinquity pronounced [pruh-PING-kwih-tee] noun. Nearness in place; proximity, time. The propinquity of the burrito and alcohol in my stomach gave me heartburn like a motherfucker.