Pettifogging adjective placing undue emphasis on petty details. "pettifogging attorneys were the bane of civil society"
Essentially fancy relish. Worked at one place that served it... and I think it was a condiment on a sandwich. Maybe a cubanesque interpretation?
It was in a dish on Top Chef last night, and I was like whaaaaaa? Mr. Kelly was shocked that there was a classic sauce I'd never heard of before.
A Canadian living in Britain might say say "We're sorry, but we'll have no lorry..." (and it rhymes )
limerence a state of mind which results from a romantic attraction to another person and typically includes obsessive thoughts and fantasies and a desire to form or maintain a relationship with the object of love and have one's feelings reciprocated heard it in a podcast and was like "did she mean "limerick?" (but it didnt fit the context, so had to fire up ye ole Google)
Not exactly a new word, but one I've never seen used until today: gruntled Meaning the opposite of disgruntled Although the context I saw it used in was "the crowd was less-than-gruntled". And also: ubeity ubi·e·ty | \ yüˈbīətē \ plural -es Definition of ubiety archaic : the quality or state of being in a place: such as a: the state of being placed in a definite local relation : POSITION, LOCATION b: the abstract quality of being in position : WHERENESS no woozy timelessness or lack of ubiety in the drama — R. B. Heilman
Classic might be a stretch, at least as far as American interpretation goes. It tends to dominate the flavor set, so it usually gets plated in small amounts. And it's one of those things that looks overly snooty on a menu and tends to be omitted by the guest once it's described to them.
Very funny! I think "truck" here comes from the archaic definition meaning "barter", where a peddler of wares would attempt to enter into a barter with a potential purchaser and they refuse by saying "I'll have no truck with that" meaning he wouldn't enter into a negotiation about that good. It's developed into a broader meaning subsequently, now meaning they want nothing to do with a variety of things (tangible and intangible).
Syzygy /ˈsɪzɪdʒi/ ASTRONOMY a conjunction or opposition, especially of the moon with the sun. "the planets were aligned in syzygy" a pair of connected or corresponding things. Probably not a word I'll be using an awful lot, but it's quite fun to say. Very unattractive in print, though. Absolutely horrid word silhouette. ETA: All right, I'll admit that it looks snazzy in this font.
A book I remember from my dad's collection as well. Cover wrapped for classic SF semi-nudity (also why I read it. No naughty parts IIRC) Spoiler: SF nudity
Pecuniary adjective FORMAL relating to or consisting of money. "he admitted obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception"
Dunno, read it... Forty years ago? Not in my mental catalogue as having had sexy times that I was too young to understand though
Ooo, yeah. My eleven year old grandson and I play hangman regularly and the kid is terrifyingly good at it.
You need to be careful with it though: lam a hasty escape; fleeing or hiding from the law: on the lam lam 1 (lăm) v. lammed, lam·ming, lams Slang v.tr. To give a thorough beating to; thrash. v.intr. To strike; wallop. lam 2 (lăm) Slang intr.v. lammed, lam·ming, lams To escape, as from prison. n. Flight, especially from the law: escaped convicts on the lam.
