Thursday n. the day of the week before Friday and following Wednesday

Well, obviously. But this Thursday in particular is my @*th birthday and I was actually born on a Thursday too, which means … ummm … well, not much really.  There must have been loads of times in my interminable lifetime that my birthday has fallen on a Thursday.

Commonly believed to originate from Thor, who is one of the Avengers, ‘Thor’s Day’ is actually a more recent replacement for the older (Old English) Thu(n)resdæg or ‘day of thunder’.

The etymology of this, in turn, is a translation of late Latin Jovis dies or ‘day of Jupiter’ (the God associated with thunder).

A noticeably charmed day, simply by being the penultimate in a normal working week of Monday - Friday and bringing with it a whiff of the weekend.

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quimtessent a. of or resembling a vagina.

Need I say more.  The zenith of asteisms.

“Why, darling, you’re looking absolutely quimtessent this evening!”  They won’t have a clue that you’re calling them a cunt.

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gilliver n. a wanton wench

“Lotty, I think I have a title for my book that graphically details your paraphilia. I shall call it Gilliver’s Travels.  I trust that you won’t mind.”

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kakorrhaphiophobia n. the morbid fear of failure.

Surely the definition of irony in that any attempt to say this word is doomed to failure in itself.

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jorum n. large bowl containing drink; its contents.

Thor: Ah, Loki. Pass the jorum, would you, my brother. Errr, I mean adopted brother. Let us drink! And fight! And make our ancestors proud! Well, my ancestors proud. Your ancestors would melt if it got a bit too warm, obviously.

Would you mind holding Mejon, Mjin, Mjoni … my hammer for a sec’. I have to comb my hair.

bathetic n. a ludicrous descent from the elevated to the ordinary in writing or speech

“Lotty, oh Lotty, thou art more beauteous than the shimmering stars that paint the firmament in silver. Now whip off your knickers, Love, and get yourself over here. No, no, I am not being crass, merely bathetic.”

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absterge vt. to wipe; to cleanse; to purge.

“Hang on, Lotty! I just need to absterge myself and put my trousers back on before we meet our guests.”

Assassin’s Creed fans (including Lotty), take note.  The Templars’ Abstergo has the root of its name in this word.  For their sole intent is to purge the Assassins and wipe them from the world.

The Templars will not prevail, however.

I feel it in my bones.

nudiustertian a. pertaining to the day before yesterday

Using this word should cement your reputation as a lovable old thing who dwells in the 19th Century.

“I watched The Day After Tomorrow the day before yesterday. Indeed, my viewing was nudiustertian.”

nugacious a. unimportant

A useful asteism.  

“Ah, Quentin. I’m thrilled to hear that work is sending you to the grim, freezing, wind-ravaged Shetland Islands for twelve months. Do see it as a reflection of how nugacious we think you are.”

nostrificate v. to accept as one’s own

“Like it or not, Lotty, I have nostrificated you. There’s no escape. And when you move to England and leave behind Voldemort to play with his wand, I shall prove it to you.”

nonfeasance n. failure to perform an act or obligation.

Further to last week’s useful euphemism, malacia, where a chap attempts to to hide his embarrassing detumescence by befuddling, bamboozling, obfuscating, emberlucocking*  and, let’s face it, deceiving his partner, this scrumptious word will suffice to confuse them even more. It could get him out of a sticky situation. Or rather a situation that won’t get sticky because, well, y’know, he can’t…

To be used just as the partner seems to realise what malacia is…

“…And, I should add, this nonfeasance is not about you, it’s me.”

*Emberlucock means ‘to bewilder, confuse’. A real and entirely apt word, if a little unfortunate under the circumstances.

nimptopsical a. drunk

“I am nimptopsical with love for you, Héloïse.”

neoblastic a. pertaining to new growth

“Oooh! Lotty! That thing you do with your talented tongue has made me neoblastic in my nethers.”

neanilagnia n. a yen for nymphets 

“You must forgive my flagitious ways, Antoinette. I merely suffer from neanilagnia and it’s all your fault.”

naology n. the study of holy buildings

“Ah, Lotty, my dearest. I have taken up naology, mostly because your body is a temple.”