vitiate

March 10th, 2010

vitiate [VISH-ee-ayt] transitive verb;

1. To make faulty or imperfect; to render defective; to impair; as, “exaggeration vitiates a style of writing.”
2. To corrupt morally; to debase.
3. To render ineffective; as, “fraud vitiates a contract.”

I thought being caught masturbating to gay porn would have vitiated my marriage, but we worked through it.

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sobriquet

March 9th, 2010

sobriquet [SO-brih-kay; -ket; so-brih-KAY; -KET] noun;

A nickname; an assumed name; an epithet.

Jersey Shore taught me that the term “guido” is a sobriquet for an Italian American.

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coterie

March 8th, 2010

coterie [koh-tuh-ree] noun;

1. A group of people who associate closely.
2. An exclusive group; clique.

I can’t believe this coterie of cunts at the Academy snubbed Inglourious Basterds for best picture.

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machination

March 7th, 2010

machination [mack-uh-NAY-shuhn; mash-] noun;

1. The act of plotting.
2. A crafty scheme; a cunning design or plot intended to accomplish some usually evil end.

I realized very fucking quickly that his “Video Email Technology” was a machination for a pyramid scheme.

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tergiversate

March 6th, 2010

tergiversate [tur-ji-ver-seyt] verb (used without object), -sat⋅ed, -sat⋅ing.

1. to change repeatedly one’s attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
2. to turn renegade.

She tergiversated so much with the many men she was fucking that she didn’t know who was who.

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vim

March 5th, 2010

vim [VIM] noun;

Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor.

I had all the vim of a younger man except for the ability to get an erection.

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androgynous

March 4th, 2010

androgynous [an-droj-uh-nuhs] adjective;

1. Being both male and female; hermaphroditic.
2. Having both masculine and feminine characteristics.
3. Having an ambiguous sexual identity.
4. Neither clearly masculine nor clearly feminine in appearance.

This Justin Bieber kid looks and sounds fucking androgynous.

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