Here's just a list of some words that they use in their songs that might possibly be useful to you someday, if only to brag about how large your vocabulary is.

Blithe- happy, cheerful, and carefree

Cull- to remove an inferior person or thing from a group

Cupola- a roof or ceiling in the form of a dome

Debonair- looking well-dressed, sophisticated, and at ease

Dolor- intense sadness

Drub- to defeat an opponent comprehensively

Fecundity- the ability to produce many different and original ideas

Folderol- an attractive but valueless object or trinket

Largesse- the generous giving of gifts, money, or favors

Laudanum- a solution of opium in alcohol. Use: formerly, for pain relief.

Lithe- able to move or bend the body lightly and gracefully

Moribund- in the process of becoming obsolete

Odalisque- an enslaved woman or concubine, especially, formerly, in a Turkish harem

Palanquin- a covered seat carried on poles

Paragon- somebody or something that is the very best example of something

Parallax- an apparent change in the position of an object when the person looking at the object changes position

Phalanx- a group of people, animals, or objects that are moving or standing closely together

Reprieve- to halt or delay the punishment of somebody, especially when the punishment is death

Roustabout- an unskilled laborer, especially on an oil-drilling rig, on a ship or wharf, or in a circus

Wanton- lacking restraint or inhibition, especially in sexual behaviour (slutty)


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And while the seagulls are crying,
We fall but our souls are flying.

Fuck yah.

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Ohhh, my, my. Oh, hell, yes.

and how the fux am I going to remember that?

btw, I love the dicemberist. :D

I'll remember that next time I order Wanton Soup?!

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In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed.

You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.