Humpty Dumpty
noun: 1. A short, rotund person. 2. Something or someone broken beyond repair.
pyrite
noun: 1. A shiny yellow mineral of iron disulfide. Also known as iron pyrites and fool’s gold. 2. Something that appears valuable …
golden parachute
noun: An agreement to pay generous compensation to a company executive if dismissed.
midas
noun: 1. One with the ability to easily turn anything profitable. 2. One who is extremely wealthy.
hallmark
noun: 1. A mark of quality, genuineness, or excellence. 2. A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
Fort Knox
noun: 1. An inordinate amount of wealth. 2. A place extraordinarily secure and thus impossible to break into.
whizbang
noun: 1. Someone or something extraordinarily successful. 2. Someone or something flashy, impressive, technologically innovative, etc. 3. A firework that makes whizzing …
quincunx
noun: An arrangement of five objects with one at each corner and one at the center.
blowzy
adjective: 1. Having a coarsely ruddy complexion. 2. Disheveled.
quixotry
noun: Absurdly chivalrous, idealistic, or impractical ideas or behavior.
chutzpah
noun: Shameless boldness; brazen nerve; gall.
pooh-bah
noun: 1. A person who holds a high office or has great influence. 2. A pompous, self-important person. 3. A person holding …
McDonaldization
noun: 1. Standardization that focuses on efficiency, predictability, control, etc., at the expense of individuality or creativity. 2. The spread of the …
tawdry
adjective: Cheap, showy, and gaudy.
Houdini
noun: An escape artist. verb intr.: To escape.
Hoyle
noun: 1. A rule book. 2. Rules.
shirttail
noun: 1. The part of a shirt reaching below the waist, especially in the back. 2. A brief item added at the …
sleeveless
adjective: 1. Unprofitable; futile; unreasonable; irrelevant. 2. Without sleeves.
button-down
adjective: 1. Conservative, unimaginative, conventional, staid, repressed, etc. 2. Relating to a collar that can be fastened to the garment. 3. Relating …
arrow-collar
adjective: Conventionally attractive and suave.
unshirted
adjective: 1. Serious; unmitigated. 2. Plain; undisguised.
alterity
noun: Otherness: the state or quality of being other or different.
panache
noun: 1. A confident, stylish manner; swagger. 2. A tuft of feathers on a headdress, such as a helmet, hat, etc.
canary
noun: 1. A small finch, native to the Canary Islands, having greenish to yellow color, and known for its melodious song. 2. …