kibosh \KI-bahsh or ki-BAHSH\ (noun) - 1 : (Slang) A restraining element; something that stops or halts something else. 2 : (Slang) Nonsense; palaver.

"Jasmine had an idea for a weekend getaway, but her husband's plans ...Read More

bootless \BOOT-lis\ (adjective) - Unavailing; useless; without advantage or benefit.

"I have seen a swan
With bootless labour swim against the tide."
-- Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III

Bootless is from Old ...Read More

martinet \mar-tehn-ET\ (noun) - An unreasonably harsh and unyielding disciplinarian; an extreme stickler for detail and form.

"Elliot is such a martinet in the office you could cut the tension with a knife."

The eponym...Read More

Falstaffian \fohl-STA-fee-ehn\ (adjective) - Characterized by joviality and conviviality.

"Colton's bushy beard, boisterous manner, and overall Falstaffian personality endeared him to as many people as it put off."

A ...Read More

Neanderthal \nee-AN-duhr-thol\ (adjective) also Neandertal - 1 : Of, or pertaining to Neanderthal man, a member of an extinct subspecies of Homo sapiens who lived in caves in Europe and the Mediterranean 100,000 to 30,...Read More

glower \GLA-wehr\ (verb) - To stare menacingly.

"You don't have to glower like that just because I smashed the chocolate mousse onto your new white shirt"

Middle English gloren, possibly from Norwegian dialect glyra "to...Read More