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When I lost my job, she didn’t say anything, just pulled me into a cwtch that smelled of strawberries and her vanilla perfume, and made everything seem so much more bearable. cwtch (noun)  [KU-tch]...

The party was a nightmare–loud music, people I didn’t know and who I couldn’t talk to–so I fled to my growlery and made myself a nest of comfort amongst my books and chewing gum....

Their relationship had been strained for a while now, but David, ever the micawber, bought them tickets to the Twilight movie in an attempt to rekindle their spark. She dumped him a few weeks...

Jo succumbed to her clinomania and spent an entire month under the covers watching Chuck and eating candy canes. clinomania (noun)  1. Excessive desire to stay in bed.

It didn’t matter that Bill’s family was down to their last penny and their car had just been stolen, Lawrence was too induratised to care. induratise (verb)  1. To make one’s own heart hardened...

Ted’s dissertation was little more than adoxography, and he failed that final year. adoxography (noun)  1. Beautiful writing on a subject of little or no importance.

The newly-hatched phoenix blazed like an incalescent flower, brightening the entire midnight sky. incalescent (adjective)  1. Growing hotter; set ablaze.

The music dirled through every fibre of his being, awakening his senses and dancing in his blood. dirl (verb)  1. To thrill, to vibrate, to tremble or quiver.

Athazagoraphobia is why I write. When I die, I want to have been more than a shout in the void. athazagoraphobia (noun)  1. Fear of being forgotten or ignored

Bill was too much of a pochemuchka not to become a journalist. pochemuchka (noun)  1. A person who asks a lot of questions