   [fuh-see-shuhs]  adjective 1. not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark. 2. amusing; humorous. 3. lacking serious intent; concerned with something nonessential, amusing, or frivolous: a facetious person.    Not to […]
[dal-ee-uhns, dal-yuhns]  noun 1. a trifling away of time; dawdling. 2. amorous toying; flirtation.  I went out for a brief happy hour […]
  [kal-uh-pij-ee-uhn] adjective having well-shaped buttocks.  Full disclosure: I came by this word via […]
[uhb-strep-er-uhs]  adjective 1.resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly. 2.noisy, clamorous, or boisterous: obstreperous children. Me. I’m obstreperous. In a fun way. Mostly. […]
    [uh-vuhng-kyuh-ler]  adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an uncle: avuncular affection.   He ain’t heavy; he’s my mother’s brother! […]
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed Stephen […]
   [an-uh-dahyn] 1.a medicine that relieves or allays pain. 2.anything that relieves distress or pain: The music was an anodyne to his grief. See also: analgesic. I mean this almost exclusively in […]
1    [sal-voh]  1. a simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs,etc. 2. a round of fire given as a salute. 3. a round of cheers or applause. I had always heard this in the context of […]