Monday, June 6, 2011

exoteric


EXOTERIC

Intelligible to outsiders, i.e. not estoreic. "I can read you like a book, Peter; you are totally exoteric." 

Sunday, June 5, 2011

refocillation


REFOCILLATION

Total refreshment; revival or revitalization. You stagger into the bar, collapse onto the stool immediately facing the bathycolpian barmaid, and gasp: "Refocillate me!" Whether she understands or misunderstands you, there is at least some chance that you will achieve refocillation. 

Saturday, June 4, 2011

bellibone


BELLIBONE

A woman excelling both in beauty and goodness. One of a few words that the author has taken the liberty of disintering from the past because of the obvious potentialities in polite discourse. 


Friday, June 3, 2011

afflatus


AFFLATUS

A sudden rush of divine or poetic inspiration. From the Latin afflare- to breathe or blow on. While dining out with your beloved, you might suddenly put down your knife and fork, gasp, strike your forehead with your hand, lean forward tensely, and say, in unconcealed agitation: "I think I've just had an afflatus!" 

Thursday, June 2, 2011

peculate


PECULATE

To pilfer or embezzle. Etymologically quite distinct from "speculate," but many do both while under the impression that they are doing only the one or the other.