Wednesday, October 5, 2011

September 11, 2011

PELF

Pronunciation: \PELF\

Function: noun
-money, riches

Example Sentence:

The members of the Breakfast Club sure do wish they had a lot of pelf.

August 28, 2011

CHICHI

Pronunciation: \SHEE-shee\

Function: adjective
-affectedly trendy

Example Sentence:

It is very chichi for others to want to hang out with the members of the Breakfast Club.

August 21, 2011

TOPLOFTY

Pronunciation:\TAHP-lawf-tee\

Function: adjective
-very superior in air or attitude

Example Sentence:

Because Loudmouth Randy is so toplofty he tends to piss off the members of the Breakfast Club.

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.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

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.