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.