December 16, 2012

CRUCIVERBALIST

Pronunciation: \kroo-suh-VUR-buh-list\

Function: noun
-a designer or aficionado of crossword puzzles

Example Sentence:

There are no cruciverbalist among the members of the Breakfast Club.



We will be taking a holiday break next week, so next post will be after Christmas.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE

December 9, 2012

HYPERMNESIA

Pronunciation: \hye-perm-NEE-zhee-uh\

Function: noun
-abnormally vivid or complete memory or recall of the past

Example Sentence:

It's pretty safe to say that the members of the Breakfast Club do not have hypermnesia on Sunday morning.

December 2, 2012

SEDERUNT

Pronunciation: \suh-DEER-unt\

Function: noun
-a prolonged sitting (as for discussion)

Example Sentence:

The members of the Breakfast Club will sometimes have a sederunt for several hours on Sunday.

November 25, 2012

AMYGDALIFORM

Pronunciation: \uh-MIG-duh-luh-fawrm\

Function: adjective
-shaped like an almond

Example Sentence:

Amygdaliform is a word the members of the Breakfast Club will surely use all the time.

November 18, 2012

TERPSICHOREAN

Pronunciation: \turp-si-kuh-REE-uhn\

Function: adjective
-pertaining to dancing

Example Sentence:

About the only time you will see terpsichorean action out of the members of the Breakfast Club is when they are drinking. A lot.

November 11, 2012

COMESTIBLE

Pronunciation: \kuh-MESS-tuh-bul\

Function: adjective
-edible

Example Sentence:

The concoction that Kenny put together with pirogies the other night did not sound very comestible.

Happy Veterans Day

November 4, 2012

MAWKISH

Pronunciation: \MAW-kish\

Function: adjective
-having a weak often unpleasant taste
-marked by sickly sentimentality : sad or romantic in a foolish or exaggerated way

Example Sentence:

At times the Breakfast Club drinks are a little on the mawkish side: expecially if they may have have had a few too many the night before.

October 28, 2012

EXTEMPORIZE

Pronunciation: \ik-STEMP-puh-ryze\

Function: verb
-improvise
-to get along in a makeshift manner

Example Sentence:

Sometimes Reino has to extemporize when it comes to doing the word of the week.

October 21, 2012

RECUSANT

Pronunciation: \REK-yuh-zuhnt\

Function: noun
-a person who refuses to submit, comply, etc

Example Sentence:

Kenny sometimes acts like a recusant on Saturday's when Mo tells him it's time for him to leave.

October 14, 2012

CATACHRESIS

Pronunciation: \kat-uh-KREE-sis\

Function: noun
-misuse or strained us of words, as in a mixed metaphor, occurring either in error or for rhetorical effect

Example Sentence:

Sometimes the members of the Breakfast Club may use a catachresis when describing something.

October 7, 2012

TARDIGRADE

Pronunciation: \TAHR-di-greyd\

Function: adjective
-slow in pace or movement

Example Sentence:

For some reason most members of the Breakfast Club seem to move in a tardigrade pace on Sunday mornings.

September 30, 2012

DEIPNOSOPHIST

Pronunciation: \dyp-NOS-fist\

Function: noun
-someone who is skilled in table talk

Example Sentence:

Most members of the Breakfast Club would be considered deipnosophist.

Just for you Reino, Happy Birthday!

September 23, 2012

FACTOTUM

Pronunciation: \fak-TOH-tuhm\

Function: noun
-a person employed to do all kinds of work or business

Example Sentence:

Everyone in the Breakfast Club knows who the factotum is in Middletown.

September 16, 2012

DISPUTATIOUS

Pronunciation: \dis-pyoo-tey-shuhs\

Function: adjective
-inclined to dispute; marked by disputation
-provoking debate: controversial

Example Sentence:

Kenny tends to get a little on the disputatious side when you want to discuss why the Steelers lost a game.

September 9, 2012

ATARAXIA

Pronunciation: \at-uh-RAK-see-uh\

Function: noun
-a state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety; tranquility

Example Sentence:

Most meetings of the Breakfast Club end in ataraxia after everyone has had a few rounds.

September 2, 2012

NOISOME

Pronunciation: \NOY-sum\

Function: adjective
- noxious; harmful; unwholesome
- offensive to the smell or other senses; disgusting

Example Sentence:

The members of the Breakfast Club would never do anything that would be considered noisome. Well, maybe.

August 26, 2012

DYSLOGISTIC

Pronunciation: \diss-luh-JISS-tik\

Function: adjective
-uncomplimentary

Example Sentence:

The members of the Breakfast Club never have any dyslogistic words to say about anything or anyone.

August 19, 2012

BLOVIATE

Pronunciation: \BLOH-vee-ayt\

Function: verb
-to speak or write verbosely and windily

Example Sentence:

When telling the Breakfast Club a story, Chuck tends to bloviate a bit.

August 12, 2012

GUFF

Pronunciation: \guhff\

Function: noun
-empty or foolish talk; nonsense
-insolent talk

Example Sentence:

There is never any guff conversations among the members of the Breakfast Club.

August 5, 2012

USAGEASTER

Pronunciation: \YOO-sij-as-ter\

Function: noun
-a self-styled authority on language usage

Example Sentence:

Most Breakfast Club members would be considered usageasters on any given Sunday.

July 29, 2012

YAWP

Pronunciation: \YAWP\

Function: verb
-to make a raucous noise: squawk
-clamor, complain

Example Senctence:

Kenny tends to yawp if he has to wait more than 30 seconds for a beer.

July 22, 2012

DEFLAGRATE

Pronunciation: \DEF-luh-greyt\

Function: verb
-to burn, especially suddenly and violently

Example Sentence:

If the members of the Breakfast Club consume too much of Fran's suicide sauce they pretty much know they will have to take a deflagrating dump at a matutinal time the next day.

July 15, 2012

MATUTINAL

Pronunciation: \muh-TOOT-n-uhl\

Function: adjective
-relating to or occurring in the morning; early

Example Sentence:

A meeting of the Breakfast Club would not be right if it wasn't held at a matutinal time.

July 8, 2012

MUMPSIMUS

Pronunciation: \MUHMP-suh-muhs\

Function: noun
-adherence to or persistence in an erroneous use of language, memorization, practice, belief, etc; out of habit or obstinacy
-a person who persists in a mistaken expression or practice

Example Sentence:

"Drownded" and "restitate" were two mumpsimus used by Kenny yesterday that he insisted were correct.

July 1, 2012

DESIDERATUM

Pronunciation: \dih-sid-uh-RAH-tum\

Function: noun
-something desired as essential

Example Sentence:

An adult beverage is desideratum to all the members of the Breakfast Club.

June 22, 2012

BORBORYGMUS

Pronuncation: \bor-buh-RIG-mus\

Function: noun
-intestinal rumbling caused by moving gas

Example Sentence:

Most members of the Breakfast Club probably experience borborygmus on Sunday mornings.

June 17, 2012

EXIGENT

Pronunciation: \EK-suh-junt\

Function: adjective
-requiring immediate aid or action
-requiring or calling for much: demanding

Example Sentence:

Fortunately for the Legion bartenders, the members of the Breakfast Club are not and exigent bunch.


Happy Father's Day!

June 10, 2012

COGNOSCENTE

Pronunciation: \kahn-yuh-SHEN-tee\

Function: noun
          Plural: cognoscenti
-a person who has expert knowledge in a subject: connoisseur

Example Sentence:

All the members of the Breakfast Club are cognoscenti when it comes to drinking.

June 3, 2012

FUGACIOUS

Pronunciation: \fyoo-GAY-shus\

Function: adjective
-lasting a short time: evanescent

Example Sentence:

Fortunately, the Breakfast Club's meetings are normally pretty fugacious.

May 27, 2012

MAFFICK

Pronuncition: \MAF-ik\

Function: verb
-to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior

Example Sentence:

The weekly gathering of the Breakfast Club tends to get quite maffick.

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.

March 25, 2012

GASSER

Pronunciation: \GAS-er\

Function: noun
-something that is extraordinarily pleasing or successful, especially a very funny joke
-a person or thing that gasses

Example Sentence:

The members of the Breakfast Club will have a lot of fun with the word gasser.

March 18, 2012

PROFLUENT

Pronunciation: \PROF-loo-uhnt\

Function: adjective
-flowing smoothly or abundantly forth

Example Sentence:

The members of the Breakfast Club are always happy at how profluent their drinks arrive.

March 11, 2012

DIPLOPIA

Pronunciation: \dih-PLOH-pee-uh\

Function: noun
-a disorder of vision in which two images of a single object are seen because of unequal action of the eye muscles - also called double vision

Example Sentence:

Some members of the Breakfast Club occasionally suffer from diplopia; especially on Saturday nights.

March 4, 2012

PETTIFOG

Pronunciation: \PET-ee-fog\

Function: verb
-to bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters
-to carry on a petty, shifty, or unethical law business
-to practice chicanery of any sort

Example Sentence:

The members of the Breakfast Club would never pettifog if they had to share their drinks.

February 26, 2012

ABJURE

Pronunciation: \ab-JOOR\

Function: verb
-to renounce upon oath; to reject solemnly
-to abstain from: avoid

ExampleSentence:

It is doubtful the members of the Breakfast Club would abjure their beer and booze on a regular basis.

February 19, 2012

MAMMONISM

Pronunciation: \MAM-uh-niz-uhm\

Function: noun
-the greedy pursuit of riches

Example Sentence:

Some members of the Breakfast Club practice mammonism by playing the ticket bowls. Doesn't seem to work too well.

February 12, 2012

VADE MECUM

Pronunciation: \va-dee-MEE-kum\

Function: noun
-a book for ready reference: manual
-something regularly carried about by a person

Example Sentence:

Thanks to Sharon there is a vade mecum of all the words of the week online.

February 5, 2012

NEOTERISM

Pronunciation: \ner-OT-uh-riz-uhm\

Function: noun
-an innovation in language, as a new word, term, or expression
-the use of new words, terms, or expression

Example Sentence:

The members of the Breakfast Club are quite good at neoterism; especially after rhey have had a few rounds.

January 29, 2012

ARBALEST

Pronunciation: \AHR-buh-list\

Function: noun
-a crossbow especially of medieval times

Example Sentence:

The members of the Breakfast Club should never mess around with an arbalest. Someone would get hurt for sure.

January 22, 2012

REMORA

Function: noun
-an obstacle, hindrance, or obstruction
-any of several fishes of the family Echeneididae, having on the top of the head a sucking disk by which they can attach themselves to sharks, turtles, ships and other moving objects

Example Sentence:

There aren't too many remora's that will keep the members of the Breakfast Club from getting a drink. (Use the other definition in a sentence amongst yourselves.)

January 15, 2012

THOLE

Pronunciation: \THOHL\

Function: vern
-endure

Example Sentence:

Thanks to an excessive amount of beer, Kenny was able to thole through the Steelers/Broncos game last week.

January 8, 2012

CALABOOSE

Pronunciation: \KAL-uh-boos\

Function: noun
-jail; especially a local jail

Example Sentence:

Unfortunately, some members of the Breakfast Club have spent some time in the calaboose.

January 1, 2012

NCONVERSAZIONE

Pronunciation: \kahn-ver-saht-see-OH-nee\

Function: noun
-a meeting for conversation especially about art, literature, or science

Example Sentence:

No way in hell will the members of the Breakfast Club have a conversazione.

Happy New Year you f*&%'s!!!!!

Kenny has been fined for being late.