Constriction: the process of becoming tighter and narrower, or something that makes you feel that this is happening;

Dirk - is a long bladed thrusting dagger.

Egregious- Used to describe something that is obviously very bad or shocking

Fatuous - silly and pointless

gammon - to feign an action; perpetrate a hoax on; nonsense

Haberdasher: someone whose job is selling cloth, pins, thread, etc. used for sewing, or a shop where these things are sold


Ill-gotten - acquired by illegal or unfair means


jargonelle.    An early  pear

Kawaii - the quality of being cute, or items that are cute.

Lability -   readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown UNSTABLE

Mondegreen - a misunderstood or misinterpreted word or phrase resulting from a mishearing of the lyrics of a song.

nose bag           A bag hung over a horse's head.

Ostensible - stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so

Piety - a belief or point of view that is accepted with unthinking conventional reverence.

Quid - a slang expression for the British pound sterling, or the British pound (GBP), the currency of the United Kingdom (U.K.).

Rancor- An intense or bitter feeling of hatred or anger that is long lasting

Thingamajig — a gadget or other thing for which the speaker does not know or has forgotten the name.