— A temple of Sumerian origin in the form of a pyramidal tower.
Satiating his penchant for the exotic, Chaz created his final masterpiece of playground apparatus: a structure fashioned as a veritable ziggurat, replete with temple and sacrificial altar. His motives questioned by his then wife, Cassandra, he returned simply, “it’s for the kids.”
— Full of or containing light breezes.
Brady’s zephyrean diatribe about the very real threat of Mothra for the native population of Forage Looper Moths was just too much for the other chic members of the lepidopterology group to endure.
— An hors d’oeuvre.
Withered, winnowed, and frail, the elderly Russian woman crept up to the hors d’oeuvre table, feebly picked up a tiny sampling of one of the delectable treats, and put it to her mouth. Grimacing, she declared the zakuska to be “govno,” much to the chagrin of Bishop Pasternak who officiated the wedding.
— Quick; agile; lively.
Though its sleek, yare appearance prompted Rodney “Red” Neckerson to slap down the $1,999 needed to seal the deal, as they say in the trade, the Yugo proved less than zippy when he proudly drove it off the lot of Wild Bill’s Muscle Car Emporium.
— Adapted to a dry environment.
An effete pseudo-intellectual, Robert raised his glass and declared his Cabernet to be a xeric blend with oaken overtones and a smooth finish. Rolling her eyes and raising her own glass, Robert’s wife Claret declared the only thing xeric was their bedroom…and Bob’s brain, apparently.
— To subject to two opposing forces at the same time.
Oedipus, now a married accountant and father of three, frequently finds himself whipsawed between his mother and his wife, an ill-tempered dominatrix with zero tolerance for complexes.
— Miscellaneous items, especially a miscellany of literary works.
Aspiring author, Peggy, excitedly penned the next contribution to her varia of romantic fiction. Unfortunately, her ill-fated novel would lose favor with her audience when the leading character—modeled as a modern Cyrano de Bergerac—suffered from Turrets rather than a conspicuous appendage.
— Shade; shadow.
Mental giant and virtual human cephalopod, Cranium Craig—as he is known by those unfortunate managers whom he has scourged with his deviant brand of haughty arrogance—casts umber upon all his fellow developers, both figuratively and literally.
— Capable of being stretched or drawn out; ductile.
His typically tensile demeanor having been stretched beyond its limits, Ted turned to his despotic wife, Joan, and with the force of borrowed character and sullen resolve he demanded in no uncertain terms that she forgive him.
— A subordinate ruler, often a despotic one.
Conspicuously armed with her abounding mommy bag replete with hand sanitizer, Cheerios, baby wipes, and a fresh edition of “Playground Chic,” Marjorie proudly watched as her darling satrap, Sophie, delivered random ultimatums, pulled hair, and verbally denigrated her dwarfish compatriots at the playplex.