Click the word to see the definition!
perturbed
how an adult feels to be reminded during an adult conversation that their kids exist–or that other adults have met their kids.
prolific
like Jayden making paintings
swale
a ditch with plants in it for catching water like making a pond instead of a flood
multifarious
running a food fight, a brainwashing scheme, and a fake eighth-grader at the same time
agenda
a list of stuff to do, like eat pudding, prank Dad, and outwit Mr. Isaak
almanac
a book that tells you when stuff happens on the calendar, like when Random Noise goes on tour or when the Urban Space Pirates update comes out
enumerate
when you make a list with numbers like:
Stuff to Keep in My Backpack for Emergencies:
1. Extra hair
2. Nani’s dal kachori
3. Rubber chicken
accentuating
making anything better by doing it in a silly accent
enigma
a puzzle that can’t be solved, like who designed Dad’s golf pants and why
luminescent
glowy, like a laser cat
splendiferous
how great it would be to have a laser cat
pulchritudinous
a way to bug Teresa by complementing her using too many letters
Ambivalence
when you can’t decide which meme is best for driving your teacher crazy
dyspepsia
the way your stomach feels after eating too much wacky taffy
dystopia
when things are actually as bad as Mr. Isaak always thinks they are
psychiatry
the practice of doctors trying to get patients to be cool with whatever is making them crazy
society
where we all hang out together whether we are cool with it or not, and sometimes we’re contagious
nihilism
When you deny the stuff you care about is worth caring about so you’re like sad and don’t care
nihilism
When you deny the stuff you care about is worth caring about so you’re like sad and don’t care
polarization
When people see everything as opposites, causing them to freeze each other out
disaffected
someone who feels dissed and therefore lacking in affection
unilateral
when one side makes a decision without consulting everybody else who is going to be mad about it
al fresco
a foreign term for when you are without benefit of air conditioning