/ləˈsɪviəs/ luh-SIV-ee-uhss
Overt lustfulness, showing sexual desire, lewd.
“I’m about to dress up as a horse for you. Not in like a weird lascivious way”
– Yusong, a mahjong YouTuber complaining to Yostar after dealing in
That’s a word I truly have no idea how to pronounce.
– Daniel
It’s a deceptive one
– Kebin
Only read never heard spoken
– Daniel
La-siv-e-ous right?
– Evan
/ˈvɑljəb(ə)l/ VAH-lyuh-buhl
Talking fluently, rapid easy speech.
/oʊˈnaɪrɪk/ oh-NIGH-rick
Dreamlike, relating to or suggestive of dreams.
Been seeing this one a couple times to describe movies like the lighthouse
– Kebin
In the witcher 3 you work with an oneiromancer
– Daniel
/viˈnælədi/ vee-NAL-uh-dee or /vəˈnælədi/ vuh-NAL-uh-dee
Quality of being venal, to act dishosestly in exchange for money.
“The stupidity and venality of politicians”
From Mark Fisher’s Ghosts of My Life
Absurdly topical
– Daniel
/eɪˈsɛfələs/ ay-SEFF-uh-luhss
headless, lacking leadership
“All venues of public speech crowded out by acephalous zombie words shambling onwards with no significance, nothing behind the wheel”
from discussions of an article where people failed to distinguish between AI writing and famous authors
/priˈvɛrəˌkeɪt/ pree-VAIR-uh-kayt or /prəˈvɛrəˌkeɪt/ pruh-VAIR-uh-kayt
Deviating from the truth, muddying the waters to obfuscate the truth. Similar to equivocate, which is to avoid the truth using double meanings.
from the latest Quinns Quest review, “I think there’s been too much prevarication in the past two reviews. I’m back to what I’m best at- which is selling you some dynamite”
It can also be to avoid committing yourself to a position, which is how Quinn is probably using it.
– Daniel
/spuːm/ SPOOM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoom
A glass of lime-flavoured spoom
Ronny Graupe Spoom
thing is if i add this to the site then id have to add penetralia and i feel like there has to be a line somewhere
– Kaylee
/ˌɔdəˈdaɪˌdæk(t)/ aw-duh-DIGH-dackt or /ˌɔdoʊˈdaɪˌdæk(t)/ aw-doh-DIGH-dackt
Self-taught person
From the new ep of disco elysium doc
i could listen to him talk for hours
– Kebin
/ˌpɛnəˈtreɪljə/ pen-uh-TRAY-lyuh or /ˌpɛnəˈtreɪliə/ pen-uh-TRAY-lee-uh
the innermost parts
thats a fucked up word but its probably by design so kudos to the chef
– Jonjo
it’s from 1668
– Daniel
ah so its just fucked up…
gotcha
– Kaylee
I think it should really be “the innermost sanctum”
– Daniel
/ˌpɪkəˈjun/ pick-uh-YOON or /ˌpɪkiˈjun/ pick-ee-YOON
Of little value or significance, petty.
It raises a mildly problematic - if admittedly picayune - continuity issue
Was this from little drummer girl?
– Daniel
/æbˈdʒʊ(ə)r/ ab-JOOR or /əbˈdʒʊ(ə)r/ uhb-JOOR
To solemnly renounce, retract an oath or faith.
From Crit role campaign 4 ep 7
“I abjure you! I abjure you!
– Kebin
/kəʊpəˈsɛtɪk/ koh-puh-SET-ik or /kəʊpəˈsiːtɪk/ koh-puh-SEE-tick
Very satisfactory, hunky dory
probably in the top 10 list of words that you’d expect to have a very specific origin in academia or something but its actually a folk word with no etymological consensus
– Jonjo
Whoah never seen that
– Daniel
/kwɪkˈsɑdɪk/ kwick-SAH-dick or /kiˈ(h)oʊdɪk/ kee-HOH-dick
Idealistic to the point of impracticality, foolish pursuit of ideas.
From Don Quixote
And it’s a fun linguistic twist that we say Don Keehotee but don’t say Quihotic
– Daniel
/ˈbɪv(ə)ˌwæk/ BIV-uh-wack
Improvised temporary shelter often associated with mountain climbers and soldiers.
Magic taught me this one. Great word
– Alex
/ᵻmˈpɪriəs/ uhm-PEER-ee-uhss
Arrogant/Domineering
/ˈlɔdn̩əm/ LAW-duhn-uhm or /ˈlɑdn̩əm/ LAH-duhn-uhm
A mixture of opium and alcohol, used in Victorian era as a readily available pain-killer and sedative pre-aspirin. Commonly associated with the romantic poets of the time due to a handful of high-profile artists being addicted
Thats the shit thats in amnesia
– Yves
I also learned this from amnesia lol
– Evan
Oh shit I have a bag of milky ways
– Derek
Tired and unhappy because of prolonged worry.
i think maybe i’ve never been not carewarn
– Kaylee
Real
Worry warts of the world unite
And then maybe take a nap
– Evan
/ˈsɒfɪstri/ SOFF-uh-stree
The use of clever but false arguments, deceptive reasoning or arguments.
/ᵻˈnɪmək(ə)l/ uh-NIM-uh-kuhl
Obstructs or harms, hostile in effect
Eg. “Favreau’s leadership is inimical to making good Star Wars.”
“His wife got fridged so hard it almost gave him superpowers” - context I heard it in
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_refrigerators
– Andrew
That quote is a very funny way to make fun of fridging
– Evan
red rising alerttt
– Yves
Didn’t realize there was such a specific term already coined to describe this its so perfect
His wife gets fridged and forgetten so fast I actually forgot it even happened – Andrew
She truly just had a sign around her neck that said “must be refrigerated after introducing”
– Evan
that’s why I didn’t finish arcane
I remember now
I was too angry
– Daniel
yeah that was awful
on some disney star wars in that it ripples back into the themes of the first season in a really terrible way
– Jonjo
Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
I bet that new obsequious mode in ChatGPT is really fun when you’re having a manic episode.
Pls understand this is a heavily second rate facsimile of the actual thing.
An homage to the clearly superior original.
I stumbled upon this word and it was too good not to share.
– Kaylee
bein kinda obsequious rn
– Daniel
Get it together Daniel
– Yves
I cannot
– Daniel
/ˈæbnəˌɡeɪt/ AB-nuh-gayt
Renounce or reject, relinquish something of value.
fuk u mean halk
– Kebin
relinquish
– Daniel
FUCK
– Kebin
/ˈsæp.rə.faɪt/ SA-pro-phy-TIC
Obtaining nutrients from dead matter, fungus, feasting on decay.
guy at the car place points out like 4 identical dings on both sides of my backdoors and says “That happens when people open your door into yours when you’re parked”
i do the calculations in my head, to ding my backdoor they are opening their backdoor
its gotta be the saprophytic trampolene kids just swinging open their doors and bashing mine
– Andrew
/ɪˌmɪzərʌɪˈzeɪʃən/ im-iz-uh-righ-ZAY-shuhn
To make miserable, usually in an economic sense.
Eg. “The immoderation of the working class.”
five halks
fuck
– Kebin
/ᵻˈræsəbəl/ uh-RASS-uh-buhl
Hot temper, easily provoked, irritable.
/krɪˈpʌskjuːlə/ kruh-PUH-skyuh-lr
Of or relating to twilight, active during twilight (commonly used describing animal behavior).
lets go
inspired by my dance certainly
– Andrew
/ˌpɛrəpəˈtɛdɪk/ pair-uh-puh-TED-ik
Relating to walking, moving or traveling from place to place, nomadic.
Your never gonna believe that im currently doing book editing and i needed an exact word like this
– Yves
/ˌpərspəˈkeɪʃəs/ purr-spuh-KAY-shuhss
Having keen mental perception, understanding, discerning, quick to understand, shrewd.
Just when you thought it might be a bad day we get a KWotD
– Jonjo
/mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/ men-DAY-shuhss
Falsehood, deception, not being truthful.
He told mendacious stories of victories in battle.
What game had the tightest grip on your life at some point?
Pre-release gw2 or league i think
– Jonjo
Either release sc2 or class 2019
– Daniel
Planetside 2 was the first game I was fully bought in to the hype cycle, was farming beta keys through social media with my friends over one summer break
– Kebin
/ˌpɛrəɡrəˈneɪʃən/ pair-uh-gruh-NAY-shuhn
Long journey traveled to various places, usually on foot, pilgrimage.
/daɪˈæfənəs/ digh-AFF-uh-nuhss
Transparent, ethereal, delicate, commonly used in respect to fabric.
/ɪˈbʌlɪəns/ uh-BUL-ee-uhns
The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression, exuberance.
just heard the word “ebullient” potential kevin word of the day here i like the way it sounds
– Andrew Three Months Later
Really imagining us all crawling towards the throne that is Kevin’s Word of the Day with our pitiful literary tributes cut down in our insolance the executioner whispers a single phrase before our deaths: “I already knew that word”
– Evan Also Three Months Later
/ˈmæstəˌkeɪt/ MASS-tuh-kayt
To chew; munch
I first learned that word by reading My Immortal, the hp fanfic)
– Yves
literally the same
– Andrew
/ˈzɪt͡sˌpɪŋklɐ/
A man who pees sitting down.
This cannot be real.
– Kebin
/ˈdɪləˌtɑnt/ DIL-uh-tahnt or /ˈdɪləˌtænt/ DIL-uh-tant
A person having superficial interest in an art or branch of knowledge, a dabbler.
/debytɑ̃t/ deh-BYOO-taant
An aristocratic girl who has reached marriage-age and is ready to “debut” to society.
From this Oingo Bingo song.
/ˈsɪbəˌraɪt/ SIB-uh-right
Person who is self-indulgent in their fondness for sensuous luxury.
Sybarite is a cool word that sounds like a rock
– Derek
/ɪnˈɛfəb(ə)l/ in-EFF-uh-buhl
Too great or extreme to be described with words, unspeakable, incapable of being expressed.
/ˈɛkstənt/ EK-stuhnt or /ɛkˈstænt/ ek-STANT
Currently or actually existing, still existing, not destroyed or lost.
/əˈsərbɪk/ uh-SURR-bick
Sharply or bitingly critical, sarcastic, ironic in temper mood or tone.
More than the content, it was the acerbic nature of Kevin’s Oldhead reviews that cemented him a place at the annual Hater’s Ball
– Daniel
/ˈpərfədi/ PURR-fuh-dee
Deceitfulness; untrustworthiness