Boomlet

BOOMLET  (\’būm-let\), noun.
DEFINITION: A brief increase in business activity.
EXAMPLE: The end of August always brought a boomlet in back-to-school sales at the stationery store.

Twitterpated

TWITTERPATED (ˈtwi-tər-pā-ted/), adjective.
DEFINITION: Smitten.
EXAMPLE: She was completely twitterpated with Bradley Cooper, and swooned whenever he appeared on screen. 

Brickbat

BRICKBAT (/ˈbrik-bat/), noun.
DEFINITION: A critical remark.
EXAMPLE: They say words never hurt, but a cruel brickbat does more damage than a slap in the face!

Jog Trot

JOG TROT (\’jahg-traht\), noun.
DEFINITION: A routine habit.
EXAMPLE: Friday night salsa lessons provided a welcome break from the routine jog trot of Sally’s 9-5 life.

Duffer

DUFFER (\’duf-er\), noun.
DEFINITION: An incompetent person.
EXAMPLE: That duffer couldn’t manage his way out of a paper bag, let alone run a company!

Shill

SHILL (shill \’shil\), verb.
DEFINITION: To sell or promote.
EXAMPLE: The vegan endeared himself to everyone by constantly shilling the advantages of a meat-free lifestyle.

Quaggy

QUAGGY (quag·gy \ˈkwa-gē\), adjective.
DEFINITION: Soft, flabby.
EXAMPLE: Ray frowned at his pale reflection, poked the quaggy mush where his six-pack once lived, and sighed in weary defeat.

Capriole

CAPRIOLE (cap·ri·ole \ˈka-prē-ōl\), noun.
DEFINITION: A playful leap.
EXAMPLE: The fluffy calf bounded happily into the field with a spirited capriole.

Rathskeller

RATHSKELLER (rath-skel-ler \’rath-skel-er\), noun.
DEFINITION: A basement tavern.
EXAMPLE: As we descended the steps to the rathskeller, the sounds of drunken laughter and merriment wafted up from the tavern.

Categorical

CATEGORICAL (ca-te-gor-i-cal /kat-e-ˈɡor-i-kəl/), adjective.
DEFINITION: Unambiguous, explicit.
EXAMPLE: The president categorically denied having improper relations with his intern.

Waddie

WADDIE (wad-die \’wah-dee\), noun.
DEFINITION: A cowboy.
EXAMPLE: John Wayne made his name playing a waddie in countless spaghetti westerns.

Circumscribe

CIRCUMSCRIBE (cir-cum-scribe \’ser-kum-skrybe\), verb.
DEFINITION: To restrict within limits.
EXAMPLE: The prisoners exercised in a yard circumscribed by a tall barbed-wire fence.

Cachinnation

CACHINNATION (ca·chin·na·tion \ˈka-kə-nā-shun\), noun.
DEFINITION: Loud, boisterous laughter.
EXAMPLE: As the comedian’s jokes got dirtier, the audience’s cachinnation grew louder.