#1: Defenestration: a throwing of a person or a thing out of a window; or a usually swift expulsion or dismissal
Ex: If you were expecting Michael Steele to stay angry at Republicans over his defenestration from the Repub. Party, you were wrong
#2 Flibbertigibbet: a silly flighty person
Ex: I was good at being quite flighty and dippy and a flibbertigibbet.
#3 Kerfuffle: disturbance; fuss
‘Glee’ Cast Members React to (the) GQ Kerfuffle
#4: Persnickety: fussy about small details; fastidious
Ex: I have seen the most reluctant and persnickety buyers change before my eyes,
when they at last encounter the Perfect House.
#5: Callipygian: having shapely buttocks
Ex: hard-bodied heroes and bosomy, callipygian damsels in distress.
#6: Serendipity: luck that takes the form of finding valuable or pleasant things that are not looked for
#7: having a smooth rich flow. Ex: a newspaper reporter delivering lines in a mellifluous radio voice. Zoetgevooisd
#8: Discombobulated: upset; confused
#9: Palimpsest: writing material used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased; or, something with diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface
Ex: Rome, the old hands always say, is a palimpsest
#10: Sesquipedalian: long; characterized by the use of long words
Ex: he has a weakness for sesquipedalian excess: Look out for such terms as ‘epiphenomenal,’ ‘diegetic’ and ‘proprioceptive.
