May 13, 2012

MENSCH:

Pronunciation: \mench\

Function: noun
-a person of integrity and honor

Example Sentence:

You have to be a mensch to be a member of the Breakfast Club.


HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!!!

May 6, 2012

CACHINNATE

Pronunciation: \KAK-uh-nayt\

Function: verb
-to laugh loudly or immoderately

Example Sentence:

There tends to be a lot of cachinnating at a gathering of the Breakfast Club.

Trivia:

A: Gay for Ray

Winner: Larry

April 29, 2012

TOPER

Pronunciation: \toh-per\

Function: noun
-a hard drinker or chronic drunkard

Example Sentence:

One thing that the Breakfast Club can be proud of, is that there are no topers among them.

Trivia
Q: What is Mr Lick's nickname for Mo?
A: Mommy Dearest

Winner: Dan

April 22, 2012

OBTUSE

Pronunciation: \uhb-TOOS\

Function: adjective
-not quick or alert in perception, feeling or intellect
-not sharp, acute or pointed; blunt in form
-rounded at the extremity

Example Sentence:

Most members of the Breakfast Club feel a bit on the obtuse side most Sunday mornings.

First Trivia question was a list of 6 times from 10:04 to 12:28, with no less than 14 minutes and no more than 25 minutes in between. The question was: "what did the times represent?"

Answer: the times Kenny got a beer yesterday (Saturday) morning

Winner: Rich

April 15, 2012

ZEITGEBER

Pronunciation: \TSAHYT-gey-ber\

Function: noun
-an environmental cue, as the length of daylight, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock

Example Sentence::

A word all the members of the Breakfast Club needs to know.

Whether they can pronounce or not.

April 8, 2012

MULTITUDINOUS

Pronunciation: \mul-tuh-TOO-duh-nus\

Function: adjective
-including a multitude of individuals; existing in a great multitude; existing in or consisting of innumerable elements or aspects

Example Sentence:

Each Sunday is a multitudinous gathering of the members of the Breakfast Club.

April 1, 2012

SCHLEMIEL

Pronunciation: \shluh-meel\

Function: noun
-an unlucky bungler, chump; a dolt

Example Sentence:

Let's hope that the members of the Breakfast Club don't act like a bunch of schlemiel's on this April Fool's Day.