Word of the Day...

[blunthead]

spork (spawrk) noun, an eating utensil combining features of a spoon and a fork.

I'd rather stab myself in the eye with a fork... Luckily, all I have in my purse is a spork.

[Haunted]

anoesis \an-oh-EE-sis\, noun:

A state of mind consisting of pure sensation or emotion without cognitive content.

Normally, on my long-distance walks, anoesis descends within a few miles: the mental tape loop of infuriating resentments, or inane pop lyrics, or nonce phrases gives way to the greeny-beige noise of the outdoors.
-- Will Self, Psychogeography

Wiggy felt sudden release from all tension: exalted, drawn up in a freedom like dance. Then he was staring in stillness, for a moment in anoesis.
-- Richard Henderson, Chasing Charlie

Anoesis is derived from the Greek word noesis meaning reason or intellect and the prefix a- meaning not. Thus it means, no reason.

[J.T. Adams]

Jejune - lacking in substance or nourishment.

Immature.

[blunthead]

psychobabble (ˈsī-kō-ˌba-bəl) noun, psychological jargon; trite or simplistic language derived from psychotherapy.

The surgeons and occupational therapists and psychobabble Nazis had tried to twist him into accepting his new status as a circus freak.

[omm poppa mow mow]

cor·po·sant
noun \ˈkȯr-pə-ˌsant, -ˌzant\
Definition of CORPOSANT
: saint elmo's fire
Origin of CORPOSANT
Portuguese corpo-santo, literally, holy body
First Known Use: circa 1595

Context:

Skippy Dies~ Paul Murray
"...Perhaps there simply is no grain of goodness in the heart of man, waiting to be brought to the light, perhaps man is base to the core, any flicker of virtue merely a trick of the light, a--what is the word?--a corposant."

[EMARX]

Discombobulated- I like this word because I am frequently in that condition.

[Haunted]

animadvert \an-uh-mad-VURT\, verb:

1. To comment unfavorably or critically.
2. Obsolete. To take cognizance or notice of.

I have a proposition which I am desirous of making to Mr. Gilmore, as a magistrate acting in this part of the county. Of course, it is not for me to animadvert upon what the magistrates may do at the bench tomrorrow.
-- Anthony Trollope, The Vicar of Bullhamptom

It is not our business to animadvert upon these lines; we are not critics, but historians.
-- Andrew Lang, The Blue Fairy Book

Animadvert comes from the Latin animadvertere meaning to heed or censure.

[blunthead]

affect (ˈa-ˌfekt) noun, the conscious subjective aspect of an emotion considered apart from bodily changes; also, a set of observable manifestations of a subjectively experienced emotion.

He had smiled and got them to believe he understood. "Shallow affect", that's another term his medical chart had used to describe him.

[Garriga]

canoodle (v): kiss and cuddle: to kiss and cuddle somebody in a mildly romantic or sexual way (informal) couples canoodling in the dark

[blunthead]

credenza (kri-ˈden-zə) noun, a sideboard, buffet, or bookcase patterned after a Renaissance credence; especially, one without legs.

Files were neatly stacked on the credenza, running shoes tucked tidily in a corner.