Words and Images

Gnarly

2007-04-11T20:13:00.000-07:00

The guy I met on Halloween had a gnarly costume!

Definition: used to describe anything really far out and amazing, not necessarily lovely.

Birthday Suit

2007-04-11T20:12:00.000-07:00

A: Look! He’s running wearing nothing but his birthday suit!!!
B: Oh, God. Take a photo! Quick!

Definition: nude, naked

Hobeau and Man Ho

2007-04-11T20:08:00.000-07:00

A: How is it going on your new guy?
B: Oh, no - he was such a hobeau, I couldn't stand his man ho personality and I dumped him last week.

hobeau----A non-hygienic boyfriend. hobo boyfriend,
hobo( homeless)

man ho----- syn: bitch (1) Most commonly used to mean a man who lays women like bricks.(2) Justin Timberlake.
(3) What a jealous, jaded gay man wails indignantly at his partner when he discovers he's been getting some backdoor lovin' on the side.

Wolf Down

2007-04-11T20:07:00.000-07:00

This is your only chance to wolf down these cupcakes!

Definition: to devour voraciously

Snarky

2007-04-11T20:05:00.000-07:00

A: Oh, look at the photo Mosaic of the President Bush, It is such a snarky work....don't you think??

B: What's it made of ?

A: The photos of the solders killed in Iraq.

Definition
Snarky: [adjective] snarkily [ adv.]

A witty mannerism, personality, or behavior that is a combination of sarcasm and cynicism. Usually accepted as a complimentary term.
Snark [ noun] is sometimes mistaken for a snotty or arrogant attitude.

Most dictionaries label snarky as "Chiefly British Slang." But for the last five or more years, it has become increasingly common in American publications, maybe ones infiltrated by British or Canadian writers and journalists.

Snarky

2007-04-11T20:04:00.000-07:00

Her snarky remarks had half the room on the floor laughing and the other half ready to walk out.

Definition: A witty mannerism, personality, or behavior that is a combination of sarcasm and cynicism.

Hush

2007-04-11T20:01:00.000-07:00

A: I FAILED THE TEST TODAY, THAT'S WHY I AM SO SAD!
B: HUSH! YOU WILL HAVE A SECOND CHANCE!

Definition: A term of solace used mainly in Jamaica meaning - never mind or don't worry. Most people who are not from Jamaica often misinterpret this to mean - 'shut up', instead of something comforting, which it's really meant to be.

MOTORHEAD

2007-04-11T19:59:00.000-07:00

" Since he got his new car he's a real motorhead. I'm worried he'll get in an accident."

Definition: slang for speed freak

Beat a Dead Horse

2007-04-11T19:58:00.000-07:00

Do you think it's worth sending my resume to other law firms or I am just beating a dead horse?

Definition: To waste time doing something that has already been attempted.

Sick Ride

2007-04-11T19:55:00.000-07:00

A: Hey, I’ll show you what I did with the bonus money.
B: That’s a sick ride, dude!

Definition
Sick : awesome,
Ride: vehicle, car

TACITURN

2007-03-18T18:40:00.000-07:00

The taciturn husband answers his wife in grunts and monosyllables, if at all.

Definition: Habitually silent or uwilling to engage in conversation

PELLUCID

2007-03-18T18:38:00.000-07:00

We can see Central Park through the pellucid entrance wall in the building.
The pellucid exterior glass of the Time Warner building indicates a structural element in an urban environment.

Definition: pellucid (adjective):
1. Transparent; clear; not opaque.
2. Easily understandable.

INTRANSIGENT

2007-03-18T18:36:00.000-07:00

Che Guevara died fighting for what he believed in. He was intransigent and in fact he never accepted compromises.

Definition: intransigent (adjective): refusing to compromise; uncompromising.

BROBDINGNAGIAN

2007-03-18T18:33:00.000-07:00

"My God, that thing was enormous. Monstruously, staggeringly, stupefingly big. Brobdingnagian even."

(comes from Brobdingnag, a country of giants in
"Gulliver's Travels")

Brobdingnagian (adjective) gigantic. (noun) a giant.

FASTIDIOUS

2007-03-18T18:28:00.000-07:00

“My husband is not a fastidious eater. He is always satisfied with my home-made food and appreciates it no matter how it tastes.”

Definition: Excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please
Extremely careful or concerned with details

SLUGABED

2007-03-18T18:25:00.000-07:00

My husband complains that I stay in bed until late everyday. He thinks I am a slugabed, but I am only very tired because of the pregancy and I am always willing to sleep.

slugabed: (noun) a lazy person who stays in bed late.

RAFFISH

2007-03-18T18:23:00.000-07:00

Johnny Depp played the raffish Captain Jack Sparrow in the Disney movie Pirates of the Caribbean. His raffish appearance in the movie is appealing to the audience.

raffish \RAF-ish\, adjective:
tawdry, rakish
1. Characterized by or suggestive of flashy vulgarity, crudeness, or rowdiness; tawdry.
2. Marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; rakish.

IMPECUNIOUS

2007-03-18T18:21:00.000-07:00

"Don't ask him ten dollars, he's impecunious."

Definition: habitually without money. synonym: poor.

SATIETY

2007-03-18T18:18:00.000-07:00

"No more, please."

The dinner at my mom's left me in a state of utter satiety.

Definition: the state of being full or gratified to or beyond the point of satisfaction.

Hilarious

2007-02-22T07:10:00.001-08:00

The word I chose is "Hilarious". Definition: extremely funny.
This moment was hilarious. I was cutting our wedding cake and when I turned around I saw my husband's face covered with the topping of the cake.

From: Pilar

Bucolic

2007-02-22T07:02:00.001-08:00

The scenery of a picture is filled with bucolic atmosphere.

bucolic \byoo-KOL-ik\, adjective:
-Relating to or typical of the countryside or its people; rustic.
-Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral. noun:
- A pastoral poem, depicting rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds.
-A country person.

From: Yoko

Quaff

2007-02-21T06:41:00.000-08:00

I have never seen anyone who loves beer better than Sue. She quaffs off a huge glass of beer in the blink of an eye.

Definition: verb [ trans. ] drink (something, esp. an alcoholic drink) heartily.

From: Sue

salubrious

2007-02-15T10:11:00.000-08:00

A balanced diet, sport and plenty of sleep is very salubrious.

Salubrious : conductive or favorable to health or well being

voluble

2007-02-15T10:09:00.000-08:00

Mary is the most voluble person I have ever met; she could be a good politician because she is so good at public speaking.

Definition: speaking easily with a lot of words

incontrovertible

2007-02-15T10:05:00.000-08:00

Despite the fact that not every person suffering or dying from lung cancer
smokes, there is a tight relation between tobacco and the said disease. It
is incontrovertible that those who smoke have more chances of developing
lung cancer.

Definition: not able to be denied or disputed

by Pilar

Erudite

2007-02-11T15:08:00.000-08:00

Every time I mention a book he has already read it! He is an extremely erudite person.

Erudite - having or showing great knowledge or learning.

By: Sandra

Jovial

2007-02-11T15:06:00.000-08:00

Some people get up in a jovial mood, some people in a bad mood.

Jovial: cheerful and friendly
Yoko and Pilar.

Perplexed

2007-02-09T12:34:00.000-08:00

She was perplexed by her boyfriend’s moodiness. She could never guess what he had in mind.

Definition: cause (someone) to feel completely baffled
By Ling and Sue

Reticent

2007-02-09T09:23:00.000-08:00

It's really hard to have a conversation with her because she's a reticent person.

Definition: disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.
Group: Magda, Sandra and Emmanuelle

Genial

2007-02-07T18:53:00.000-08:00

The day before the operation, despite his paralysis, he had been his usual genial self, laughing and joking.
-- Ruth Brandon, Surreal Lives