Some Words to Enhance Yours | 211130

 

Which word best matches these example sentences?
1. The film reviewer was shockingly ____________ in his review of the popular new film. Peristyle – Teutonic – Libertine - Censorious

2. Hard-working is a quality commonly ____________d to top bosses.
  Copious – Coiffure – Threnody - Ascribe

3. She was unable to contain her ____________ impulses and spent thousands of dollars in the store each week.
  Polypod – Acquisitive – Camaraderie - Antediluvian

4. No one can quite comprehend the ____________ of time.
  Abyss – Inordinate – Theorem - Morass

5.She ran like an _________ coward instead of facing her issues head-on.
  Tyro – Prosaic – Abject - Extant

6. (a) The slideshow of memories her children put together had her ____________ and inconsolable.
  Maudlin – Legerity – Cognoscente - Scythe

7. Let's ____________ the tally marks to determine who won the game.
  Vignette – Concatenate – Enumerate - Tome

8. The judge ruled a 15-year sentence to fit her ____________ crimes.
  Obelus – Baksheesh – Contemptible - Wanton

9. The bride's ____________ was grand in splendor and extravagance.
  Akimbo- Abyss – Trousseau - Ricochet

10. The gentlemen decided to all sport ____________s for their friend's wedding.
  Williwaw – Peristyle – Cravat - Pontificate

Answers
1. Censorious [sen-sawr-ee-uhs] - severely critical; fault-finding; carping.
 

2. Ascribe [uh-skrahyb] - to attribute or think of as belonging, as a quality or characteristic.
 

3. Acquisitive [uh-kwiz-i-tiv] - tending or seeking to acquire and own, often greedily; eager to get wealth, possessions, etc.
 

4. Abyss [uh-bis] - anything profoundly unfathomable or eternal. 

5. Abject [ab-jekt] - completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing

6. Maudlin mawd-lin] - tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental   

7. Enumerate [ih-noo-muh-reyt] - o ascertain the number of; count.

8. Contemptible [kuhn-temp-tuh-buhl] - deserving of or held in contempt; despicable.

9. Trousseau [troo-soh] - an outfit, clothing, or linen for a bride.

10. Cravat [kruh-vat] - a short, wide strip of fabric worn by men around the neck and tucked inside an open-necked shirt
[Source: https://www.wordthirst.com | November30, 2021 ++]

 

Accidents Happen

A Georgia woman working as a webcam model for a popular pornography
site accidentally shot herself in the vagina earlier this month, a police report chronicling the bizarre incident reveals, in what a witness says was a pornographic video gone horribly wrong. 

According to the report, e-girl Lauren Hunter Daman, 27, accidentally discharged the weapon, a 9mm handgun, while alone in her bedroom the morning of 9 NOV while several of her housemates were on the property. 

Around noon, cops were called to the scene of the Thomaston home, after
receiving a report of an 'accidental gunshot wound.' Upon arriving at the scene, Upson County Sheriff's Deputy Zachary Wall immediately encountered an EMS worker in the woman's driveway clutching the handgun, as well as a spent bullet casing. The paramedic notified the officer that 'the
female had shot herself in her vagina, accidentally,' the report reads. Daman, wounded but in stable condition, was subsequently carted off to the parking lot of the Upson County Sheriff's office.
[Daily Mail, 11/25/2021]

Toys Online

An Ontario grandmother who bought an educational toy for her 15-month-old granddaughter was shocked when the dancing cactus started swearing and singing about doing cocaine. "This toy uses swear words and talking about cocaine use," Ania Tanner told CTV News Toronto. "This is not what I ordered for my granddaughter." The cactus was sold on Walmart’s
website as an educational toy for about $26 and sings songs in English, Spanish and Polish.

Walmart says it will remove sexually explicit toys from children's section of website after mother complains But Tanner, who is Polish, said when she listened to the Polish lyrics, the cactus was singing about doing cocaine, drug abuse, suicide, depression and used profanities. "It just so happens that I am Polish and when I started to listen to the songs and I heard the words," she said.

"I was in shock. I thought what is this, some kind of joke?" The song is by Polish Rapper Cypis, who is reportedly unaware his song was used by the Chinese manufacturer of the children's toy.

"It's about taking five grams of cocaine and being alone ... It's a very depressing song," Tanner said. This singing cactus toy was also sold in Europe through Amazon and in July 2021 other families also noticed and complained about the lyrics that many felt were inappropriate for a children’s toy. The Polish artist said he planned to take legal action against the Chinese company for using his song without permission. 

[CTV News Toronto, 11/23/2021] 

Just Announced for 2022 Publication

 Brian A. Hopkins has announced the forthcoming publication of his science fiction collection. It is scheduled for Valentines Day, 2022 and will be published by Yard Dog Press.

Airpod Misuse

 

A TikTok user shared how she mistook one of her AirPods for Ibuprofen and
accidentally swallowed it. Saying on TikTok that she was sharing this information "for educational purposes," the Boston-based user named @iamcarliiib, explained that she had the pill in one hand. "I was crawling into bed," she says in her TikTok video, "I had Ibuprofen 800 in my right hand and I had my left AirPod in my left hand." "I like threw something back, took my water bottle and took a sip... then realized it wasn't the Ibuprofen," she said. "I tried puking it up and it won't come out." It did come out through the normal course of events, though @iamcarliiib says that she had an x-ray to confirm it. And also that she won't be trying to use that AirPod again.
Separately, she has also revealed in a separate video that the swallowed AirPod was still connected to her iPhone while she was making a call. Consequently, a voice memo she sent a friend included gurgling sounds recorded in her stomach. 

It's not the first time that an AirPod has been swallowed. A Massachusetts man managed to swallow one in his sleep, and a seven-year- old from Georgia was taken to an emergency room after eating one. [appleinsider.com, 11/21/2021]