Monday, July 21, 2014

Strange words



3-21
flabbergast :surprise (someone) greatly; astonish.
Jibber Jabber: useless words, beating around the bush,

3-22
my chair my rules -> sella mea et praecepta mea(Latin)


4.3
Beaver - Rodent
wee-wee - a child's word for urine.
potty - a bowl used by small children as a toilet.
buck up - Be strong
intimidate - frighten or overawe (someone), especially in order to make them do what one wants.
obnoxious - extremely unpleasant.
caterwauling - (of a cat) make a shrill howling or wailing noise.
bitchy pills -
condescension - an attitude of patronizing superiority
subtle - making use of clever and indirect methods to achieve something.
defecate - discharge faeces from the body.
outright - wholly and completely.
cognitive - cognition - the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
ipso facto - by that very fact or act.
subsume - include or absorb (something) in something else.
rankest - having a foul or offensive smell.
hogwash - nonsense.
preposterous - contrary to reason or common sense; utterly absurd or ridiculous.
pining - suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart.
 

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