FACETIOUS
PRONOUNCED “FAH-SEE-SHUSS”, THIS WORD DESCRIBES WHEN SOMEONE DOESN’T TAKE A SITUATION SERIOUSLY, WHICH IRONICALLY IS VERY SERIOUS INDEED.
HENCEFORTH
PRONOUNCED “HENTZ-FORRTH”, IT’S A FANCIER WAY OF SAYING “FROM THIS POINT ON”.
OSTENTATIOUS
“OSS-TEN-TAY-SHUSS” IT MEANS WHEN SOMETHING OR SOMEONE IS DELIBERATELY SHOWING OFF, LIKE DRIVING A STUPIDLY EXPENSIVE CAR OR WEARING A HORRIBLE DESIGNER COAT JUST BECAUSE IT’S DESIGNER.
MORROW
FROM THE OLD ENGLISH/GERMAN ‘MORGEN’ AND MIDDLE ENGLISH ‘MORWE’ COMES THE BRILLIANT ‘MORROW’, A PREDECESSOR OF ‘TOMORROW’ (WHICH IS LITERALLY “TO THE MORROW”). BASICALLY, IT MEANS ‘THE DAY AFTER TODAY’.
CRAPULOUS
THIS FANTASTIC WORD IS ESSENTIALLY THE OPPOSITE OF ‘FABULOUS’ AND MEANS ‘TO FEEL ILL AFTER EATING OR DRINKING TOO MUCH’.
KERFUFFLE
SUPPOSEDLY DERIVED FROM SCOTTISH OR IRISH, KERFUFFLE IS PRONOUNCED “CURR-FUFF-ULL” AND DESCRIBES WHEN SOMEONE’S MAKING A FUSS OUT OF SOMETHING THAT DOESN’T REQUIRE IT.
OBSEQUIOUS
“OBB-SEE-KWEE-USS” IT MEANS WHEN SOMEONE IS SO NICE AND HELPFUL THAT IT SEEMS FAKE. BEWARE.