Daily Sentence

2008

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Patina

By the time Dr. Theodore Geisel was 80, his glans penis had a shiny patina due to weekly...
May 31st

Patina

“This will be my most magnificent garment yet: 7/8th lengths sleeves, jumper/skort hybrid, iron...
May 31st

Grandee

“Jack Byron still harbored delusions of being a local grandee, attempting to influence...
May 30th

Grandee

Despite his frock coat, bejeweled monocle, and nasal accent Hubert had the countenance not of a...
May 30th

Schadenfreude

She saw the mans wallet fall out of his pocket and made to call out when her schadenfreude took...
May 29th

Schadenfreude

As I watched the poor Albanian suck every last nutrient out of her lemon peel and rice dinner, an...
May 29th

Forgo

This Thanksgiving, in an effort to be more environmentally friendly, we are going to forgo the usual...
May 28th

Forgo

I’ve fallen prey to the Gebbers Family curse (aka The Diabetes), so I have to forgo Smarties,...
May 28th

Ribald

I tend to find that any box social, shindig, or like social gala is much improved with a heavy dose...
May 27th

Ribald

My cousin Franny always fancied herself a ribald old broad, but most of her jokes (example: “A...
May 27th

Vehement

Wilson was a usually healthy eater and reserved dignitary, save for the occasional vehement...
May 26th

Vehement

Yes, you are quite vehement about only using 20-20-20 fertilizer for the petunias, but that’s...
May 26th

Listless

I, feeling incalculably listless, sought fit to end it all and was preparing to step in front of a...
May 25th

Listless

I’m feeling listless ‘cause my newest baby’s got no spinal cord but I can’t...
May 25th

Ruminate

The combination of questionable ingredient origin and a long, choppy road gave me ample opportunity...
May 24th

Ruminate

The Oshkosh Young Men and Boys Choir needs to spend less time ruminating over what their new name...
May 24th

Aright

Ottoman courtesan’s to-do list: make love to Sultan; make love to Sultan’s brother;...
May 23rd

Aright

If the dancers do not perform their routines aright they shall be made to twirl in the basement all...
May 23rd

Cadge

Most nights that last summer were first spent trying to cadge some hooch off my old man and getting...
May 22nd

Cadge

It’s bad enough, Honey, that you require a cooking and cleaning fee, but to tightly wrap...
May 22nd

Boulevardier

It was as grand a gesture the world of Pop Art had ever seen; a veritable fleet of garrulous,...
May 21st

Boulevardier

Oh, Marcus, you oily huckster, you vampire-skinned, thin-dicked genius, you notorious boulevardier,...
May 21st

Potemkin village

Every morning Cybill Shepherd applies her cucumber- and lilac-infused foundation, a Potemkin village...
May 21st

Potemkin Village

I had to rush to hang sarongs, light the incense, and redeploy stuffed animals in an attempt to...
May 20th

Obtrude

Normally I’m a very reserved man, but when I overheard that jackass on the train going on and on...
May 19th

Obtrude

Upon witnessing the foolish baby order Health Bar ice cream I knew I had to obtrude and recommend a...
May 19th

Tirade

Somehow my book report has turned into a Socialist tirade.
May 19th

Tirade

Once Ed’s lecture on how little league coaches often mislead their young players about the...
May 19th

Latitudinarian

Mr. Halpurn, we here at Crockett and Bounty promote an egalitarian and latitudinarian environment...
May 17th

Latitudinarian

Sure, the Jews and Gypsies had it pretty bad, but the worst of the Inquisition’s ...
May 17th

Subfusc

I never really have fun at parties, probably due to the subfusc nature of my eternal soul.
May 16th

Subfusc

As any real metal fan already knows, Motörhead drummer Mikkey Dee chose an offensively subfusc color...
May 16th

Paean

Upon the news that he had not impregnated his girlfriend, Thomas belted out a paean and gave one...
May 15th

Paean

When the Rotterberg Eels finally put away the Yompers Billygoats in the 12th inning, every Eel (and...
May 15th

Fetter

Why fetter your appetite with those chicken meat nugs and egg yolk creamsicles when you can get...
May 14th

Fetter

Don, who was tripping on acid, felt fettered by his many articles of hemp clothing and seashell...
May 14th

Umbrage

You may be a kind, sensitive minister with morals firm enough to match those of Moses but I take...
May 13th

Umbrage

Everything about my stepfather, from his alligator briefcase to his surreptitious late night...
May 13th

Cavil

A little-known tradition: While eating around a dinner table in Tallahassee, Florida, it is...
May 12th

Cavil

I caviled those who cavorted with the cavalcade of cavalry from Calvary.
May 12th

Acumen

Though we mocked him at the time, it turned out that Tim had shown astonishing acumen in his...
May 11th

Acumen

The Emirati concubine had a stout, top-heavy frame, as well as numerous disagreeable features (e.g.,...
May 11th

Parsimonious

I move to absquatulate from the Potentate ‘less he be not parsimonious with his horde of...
May 10th

Parsimonious

When biographers claim that Thomas Edison was an unusually parsimonious man, they tend to cite the...
May 10th

Recycled Word of the Day Alert!

The lazy wordsmiths at Dictionary.com first chose Sentient to be the Word...
May 9th

Sentient

“First he slices me in half, then he carves me up with a spoon? What an asshole,” said...
May 9th

Sentient

Food tastes better sentient.
May 9th

Recycled Word of the Day Alert!

The lazy wordsmiths at Dictionary.com first chose Moiety to be the Word of the Day on October 2,...
May 8th

Moiety

Not until his honeymoon did Norm Yingling realize that he was only in love with a moiety of his...
May 8th

Moiety

All things considered, after the bear attack and subsequent fall from cliff I was lucky to retain...
May 8th

Recycled Word of the Day Alert!

The lazy wordsmiths at Dictionary.com...
May 7th

Contrite

I immediately deduced from my new colleague’s rent clothing, lugubrious countenance, and...
May 7th

Contrite

“So many blackberry dumplings, all wasted,” the contrite bishop said after learning of...
May 7th

Amalgam

Most gentlemen don’t ask about my perfume, but you did, so here goes: it’s not one...
May 6th

Recycled Word of the Day Alert!

The lazy wordsmiths at Dictionary.com chose Amalgam to be the Word of the Day on March 18, 2006....
May 6th

Amalgam

So as not to offend my native host I ate deeply what was served to me (an amalgam of fish, fish...
May 6th

Fustian

Attempts to gussy up my midnight tirades with elegant verbiage have backfired, leaving me isolated...
May 5th

Fustian

By the age of seven Bernard had already begun holding court at his father’s tavern, waiving...
May 5th

Disparate

Although British women and Welsh women share many traits, the tastes of their areolas are disparate...
May 5th

Disparate

Glenn would have been quite the lawmaker if not for the terminally disparate nature of his svelte,...
May 5th

Halcyon

If the milieu is not halcyon, for me, coitus is nay impossible.
May 4th

Sub rosa

The vanilla pudding situation will have to be dealt with sub rosa as to not attract the watchful...
May 3rd

Halcyon

My wife’s beastly snorts and fever dream-induced shivers woke me from my halcyon sleep, which...
May 2nd

Cloy

It’s your turn Ryan, and I hesitate you court you any further lest I cloy your desire for...
May 1st