Thursday, August 30, 2012

Word of the Day x3

jaculate (verb)

To throw or hurl

"I found the ball," Kevin said. "Hey, let's go out back and jaculate!"
"Uh, no.... I, uh, have a girlfriend, Dude," said Jerry.

klangfarbe (noun)

Instrumental timbre or tone

Chloe lived to play the flugelhorn. "Nice klangfarbe you have there," Charles said after she played a trill. "No!" Chloe exclaimed. "I keep telling everyone -- it's a flugelhorn!"

usufruct (noun)

The right to use and enjoy something belonging to someone else without it being destroyed or injured

"Do you mind if I have usufruct with your jacket?" Winnie asked. "Yes!" said Jane. "For heaven's sake. I just had it dry-cleaned."

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Thanks to Leahcim Setag for the above quotations.

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