August 14, 2011

POGONIP

Pronunciation: \POG-uh-nip\

Function: noun
-an ice fog that forms in the mountain valleys of the western U.S.

Example Sentence:

Just in case the members of the Breakfast Club travel west, they should know this.

August 7, 2011

IRREFRAGABLE

Pronunciation: \ih-REF-ruh-guh-bul\

Function: adjective
-impossible to refute
-impossible to break or alter

Example Sentence:

It is irrefragable that the members of the Breakfast Club like to have a few drinks.

July 31, 2011

VOLITION

Pronunciation: \voh-LISH-un\

Function: noun
-an act of making a choice or decision
-also: a choice or decision made
-the power of choosing or determining: will

Example Sentence:

It is not a difficult volition for the members of the Breakfast Club to decide to have another drink.

July 24, 2011

ANACOLUTHON

Pronunciation: \an-uh-kuh-LOO-thahn\

Function: noun
-syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence
-especially: a shift in an unfinished sentence from one syntactic construction to another

Example Sentence:

If the members of the Breakfast Club stay too long they may end up speaking in a anacoluthon way.

July 17, 2011

VITUPERATION
Pronunciation: \vy-too-puh-RAY-shuhn\

Function: noun
- the act or an instance of speaking abusively to or about
- sustained and severly abusive language

Example Sentence:

The members of the Breakfast Club would never use vituperation's toward each other.

July 10, 2011

PATOIS
Pronunciation: \pat-WAH\

Function: noun
-a regional version of a language differing from its standard, literary form
-a rural or provincial form of speech
-any jargon or private form of speech

Example Sentence:

If you give Mr. Lick too many Turkey's, he might start speaking a patois form of English.

July 3, 2011

ATTENUATE
Pronunciation: \uh-TEN-yoo-eyt\

Function: verb
-to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value

Example Sentence:

Do not attenuate the drinks of the members of the Breakfast Club, as that would be a very bad idea.

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