The word of the day is designed to broaden our grammatical horizons. Nothing is more impressive than casually spouting off 5-syllable masterpieces in mid-sentence – except maybe really big boobs… Anyway, every day I’ll post a new word for you to work into daily conversation so that you can wow friends, dazzle coworkers and confuse blonde girls and frat guys, because learning is fun and knowing is half the battle.
  

January 31, 2005

Lenitive

Len'i-tive: adj. "Soothing."

Whenever I get stressed, I play the lenitive musical stylings of "Yanni: Live at the Acropolis." Then, I punch myself in the groin for being such a pansy. Which pretty much negates the "relieving of stress" thing, I guess.

Beat it