Sunday, April 15, 2012

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.

Monday, April 9, 2012

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.

Monday, April 2, 2012

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.

Sunday, March 25, 2012

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.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

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.

Sunday, March 11, 2012

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.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

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.