Words of Severance

harpy

Noun

Get your harpy hands off me.

1 A mythological creature generally depicted as a bird-of-prey with the head of a maiden, a face pale with hunger and long claws on her hands personifying the destructive power of storm winds.
2 A shrewish woman.
3 One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner.

indecorous

Adjective

Gretchen is my wife and my beloved, and your actions with her were deeply fucking indecorous.

Improper, immodest, or indecent.

pernicious

Adjective

My words provided more fuel for a pernicious hate and derision.

1 Causing much harm in a subtle way.
2 Causing death or injury; deadly.
3 Insidiously villainous: intending to cause harm, especially in a subtle way.

prattling

Verb

I sound like a sad old hamburger waiter prattling on about sauces.

To speak incessantly and in an inconsequential or childish manner; to babble.

beget

Verb

If I can get my ideas to severed workers all across the world, it might beget a revolution.

1 To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.
2 To cause; to produce; to bring forth.
3 To get or obtain.

dialectics

Noun

Just stick to the flowchart and escalate properly depending on dialectics.

A systematic method of argument that attempts to resolve the contradictions in opposing views or ideas.

personage

Noun

So, your work personage will be waking in a few hours on the severed floor.

1 A person, especially one who is famous or important.
2 A character (in a film, book, play, etc).
3 The creation of corporate persons named after living people. (Can we add an example for this sense? )

wizened

Verb

I am thankful to have been caught, my fall cut short by those with wizened hands.

simple past and past participle of wizen

perpetuity

Noun

That piece hung in the Perpetuity Wing for many years.

1 The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
2 Something that is perpetual.
3 A limitation intended to be unalterable and of indefinite duration; a disposition of property which attempts to make it inalienable beyond certain limits fixed or conceived as being fixed by the general law.

ambrose

Noun

I loved that you did the Ambrose cycle in the team-building space last quarter.

A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia (Dysphania botrys).

feckless

Adjective

Lumon has been good to us, and it is feckless to…

1 Lacking purpose.
2 Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.
3 Lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way.

blight

Noun

“They” is a group of people that know severance is a blight on mankind.

1 A diseased condition suffered by a plant; specifically, a complete and rapid chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as floral organs, leaves, branches, or twigs, especially one caused by a fungus; a mildew, a rust, a smut. The cause of such a condition, often unseen but believed to be airborne; specifically, a bacterium, a virus, or (especially) a fungus; also, an aphid which attacks fruit trees.
2 A diseased condition suffered by a plant; specifically, a complete and rapid chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as floral organs, leaves, branches, or twigs, especially one caused by a fungus; a mildew, a rust, a smut.
3 The cause of such a condition, often unseen but believed to be airborne; specifically, a bacterium, a virus, or (especially) a fungus; also, an aphid which attacks fruit trees.

lionizing

Verb

If Petey were the tone-setter you’re lionizing him as, he’d still be here.

To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity.

ramrod

Noun

You don’t understand why my posture’s ramrod straight.

1 Device used with muzzleloaders to push the projectile up against the propellant.
2 Ranch or trail foreman, usually the first or second person in charge. The person responsible for getting the work done.
3 An erect penis.

impiety

Noun

So, of course, you’d pervert our founder’s message with jokes and impiety.

1 The state of being impious.
2 An impious act.
3 The lack of respect for a god or something sacred.

compunction

Noun

I’m bringing up the compunction statement for Helly R.

A pricking of conscience or a feeling of regret, especially one which is slight or fleeting.

fretting

Verb

I’ve been fretting, though, because you mentioned the anticipation could distract from your work, which was the opposite of my intent.

present participle and gerund of fret

convalescence

Noun

It’s so dumb, but I actually cried when you guys put up The Youthful Convalescence of Kier.

1 A gradual healing after illness or injury.
2 The period of time spent healing.

idolatrous

Adjective

This is an idolatrous text that should be brought to him immediately.

1 Partaking in idolatry; worshipping idols or false gods.
2 Engaging in excessive attachment or reverence; inordinately or profanely devoted.
3 Used in or designed for idolatry; devoted to idols or idol-worship.

demised

Verb

You are my mouth, and through ye, I will whisper on when I am 10 centuries demised.”

simple past and past participle of demise

epiphanies

Noun

In your noblest thoughts and epiphanies shall be my voice.

plural of epiphany

vagrant

Noun

But I’ve lived abroad as a vagrant, abstaining from my own money to rely on the charity of strangers.

1 A person who wanders from place to place; a nomad, a wanderer.
2 A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond.
3 Vagrans egista, a widely distributed Asian butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

acrostic

Noun

An acrostic poem experience by the author, Ricken Hale.” “D is for dreaming, the start of it all; E is for energy breaking down walls; S is for stewardship, of home and of earth.

1 A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.
2 A poem in Hebrew in which successive lines or verses start with consecutive letters of the alphabet.
3 A kind of word puzzle, whose solution forms an anagram of a quotation, with its initial letters often forming the name of the person quoted.

marauder

Noun

Save it, marauder.

1 Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
2 Any person who or thing which marauds.

larval

Adjective

According to some, you each have a larval offspring that will jump out and attack if we get too close.

1 Of or relating to larvae: Being a larva. Characteristic of larvae. Having the form or shape of a larva.
2 Being a larva.
3 Characteristic of larvae.

fraternize

Verb

Fraternization has nothing to do with it.

1 To associate with others in a brotherly or friendly manner.
2 To associate as friends with an enemy, in violation of duty.
3 To socialize in confidentiality.

aide-de-camp

Noun

And we can each bring one aide-de-camp.

A military officer who serves as an adjutant to a higher-ranking officer, prince or other high political dignitary.

areola

Noun

Yeah, expose the areola.

1 The circular, darkly pigmented area surrounding a nipple; the areola mammae.
2 Any small circular area that is different from its immediate environment, such as the colored ring around the pupil of the eye (iris) or an inflamed region surrounding a pimple.
3 Any of the small spaces throughout areolar connective tissue.

snoot

Noun

What a snoot.

1 An elitist or snobbish person.
2 A language pedant or snob; one who practices linguistic elitism. (Can we add an example for this sense? )
3 A nose or snout.

frivolity

Noun

And I thought a little frivolity

1 frivolous act
2 state of being frivolous

castanets

Noun

Should’ve gone for the castanets.

A percussion instrument (idiophone) of Spanish origin, consisting of a pair of concave shells joined on one edge by a string, held in the hand and used to produce clicking sounds; any hand-held percussion idiophone that can be played with the fingers, such as bones or spoons.

toxoid

Noun

He needs a full tetanus toxoid panel.

A toxin that has had its toxic properties removed, but retains its ability to generate an immune response.

indelible

Adjective

The impression you’ve left on me is indelible, though I’m unaware of it on a conscious level, and…I will never forget any of you, even though sitting here right now, I have no recollection of actually ever meeting you and no idea of your names or any of your physical characteristics or even how many of you there are.

1 Having the quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface.
2 Incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten.
3 Incapable of being annulled.

progeny

Noun

But only if you behave in a manner that brings no shame upon yourself, the founder or his progeny.

1 Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
2 Descent, lineage, ancestry.
3 A result of a creative effort.

incisors

Noun

Our three-time R of the Q! A man whose mind is as sharp as his incisors.

plural of incisor

endow

Verb

“Endow in each swing of your ax or swipe of your pen the sum of your affections, that through me they may be purified and returned.

1 To give property to (someone) as a gift; specifically, to provide (a person or institution) with support in the form of a permanent fund of money or other benefits.
2 To enrich or furnish with some faculty or quality.
3 To naturally furnish (with something).

waft

Verb

we are nearing that hour, so if you’d all peacefully waft in the living room…

1 To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
2 To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.
3 To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.

punitive

Adjective

This accompanied a punitive rendition of the Kier hymn performed by Ms. Cobel.

Inflicting punishment; punishing.

sadist

Noun

But for the past five months, we've been asking how a sadist like Harmony Cobel could take fertile root in Lumon soil.

One who derives pleasure through cruelty or pain to others.

rube

Noun

“A man whose stupidity is rivaled only by that of the nine core principles.

1 A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
2 An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.

shambolic

Adjective

“A man whose stupidity is rivaled only by that of the nine core principles.

Chaotic, disorganised or mismanaged.

siring

Verb

I've gone through a lot of changes since my siring here in 1870.

present participle and gerund of sire

bounteous

Adjective

The Macrodat Uprising yielded bounteous reforms.

1 Inclined to be generous.
2 Liberal or abundant.

visitation

Noun

Are you saying I could see my family here?

1 The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
2 An official visit to inspect or examine something.
3 An encounter with aliens or supernatural beings such as ghosts.

liaise

Verb

We'll have someone from the floor liaise with the outies.

1 To establish a liaison.
2 To act between parties with a view to reconciling differences.
3 To cooperate, consult and discuss in order to come to a common solution.

contrition

Noun

I welcome your contrition.

1 The state of being contrite; sincere penitence or remorse.
2 The act of grinding or rubbing to powder.

inebriating

Adjective

This had an inebriating effect,

Having intoxicating qualities

endemic

Adjective

Distrust of Lumon has been sadly endemic since its founding.

1 Native to a particular area or culture; originating where it occurs.
2 Peculiar to a particular area or region; not found in other places.
3 Prevalent in a particular area or region, persistent within a population.

derision

Noun

My words provided more fuel for a pernicious hate and derision.

1 Act of treating with disdain.
2 Something to be derided; a laughing stock.

profundity

Noun

Let's deal with what we know to be true, all right? Mark's workie went to great lengths to awaken himself to alert us to abuses. He was inspired by my book. He found great meaning in it. Profundity. Goddamn it, Rebeck. Honey, can– Got her?

1 The state of being profound; magnitude, gravity, or intensity.
2 Deep intellect or insight.
3 A great depth; a deep place.

bedevil

Verb

Nor bedevil you out here any further.

1 To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
2 To perplex or bewilder.
3 To possess (someone's mind).

hubris

Noun

And they make their doors in-house. It's fucking hubris.

Excessive pride, presumption, or arrogance (originally toward the gods).

fripperies

Noun

Wellness… we don't abide such fripperies here.

plural of frippery

impugn

Verb

It would be cool to know what this is about. So, like, is it rude to keep asking why you're a kid? I don't mean to impugn. It's just like, are you okay, you know? They're not, like, forcing you to be here, are they? Oh, fuck. Why are we going to the security room? Wow.

1 To assault, attack.
2 To verbally assault, especially to argue against an opinion, motive, or action; to question the truth or validity of.

mountebank

Noun

I wouldn't trust a word out of that mountebank's mouth. Not even televisually.

1 One who sells dubious medicines.
2 One who sells by deception; a con artist.
3 Any boastful, false pretender.

beseeched

Verb

But as we blossomed into boyhood, he beseeched me to take to the wood with him to live as paupers.

simple past and past participle of beseech

paupers

Noun

But as we blossomed into boyhood, he beseeched me to take to the wood with him to live as paupers.

One who is extremely poor.

flora

Noun

“Once concealed by flora, my brother…”

1 Plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
2 A book describing the plants of a country, region, time, etc.
3 The microorganisms that inhabit some part of the body.

fervor

Noun

“The din of his fervor fell strangely into concert with the music of the wood.”

1 An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
2 A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
3 Heat.

trill

Noun

“His every thrust found rhythm with the trill of the crickets…”

1 A rapid alternation between an indicated note and the one above it as an ornament; in musical notation usually indicated with the letters tr written above the staff.
2 A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.
3 A tremulous high-pitched vocal sound produced by cats.

wantonness

Noun

“And it was here that I first encountered the temper Woe, a gaunt bride, half the height of a natural woman. She spoke to me directly from her eyes and said, 'This is your doing. You suffered his wantonness. Now he's no one's brother. Only chaos's whore.'” The end. Perhaps in the morning, we'll have time for the next chapter… “Kier and the Thieving Nanny.”

1 The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
2 A particular wanton act.

forthwith

Adverb

Your outie will be notified forthwith.

Without delay; immediately.

consort

Noun

Please refrain from any further speech, as you are no longer authorized to consort with any severed employee, nor they with you.

1 The spouse of a monarch.
2 A husband, wife, companion or partner.
3 An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.

purged

Verb

Your file, including any and all professional interactions and personal relations, will be purged and destroyed.

simple past and past participle of purge

contretemps

Noun

We have decided to spare him knowledge of this contretemps.

1 An unforeseen, inopportune, or embarrassing event.
2 An ill-timed pass.

vestments

Noun

He would don an old, gray robe, a Gråkappan, the name for which he was remembered, to disguise his royal vestments.

Any of the special articles of clothing worn by members of the clergy etc., especially a garment worn at the celebration of the Eucharist.

theremin

Noun

Yes, well, I feel the theremin works best in moderation.

An electronic musical instrument that generates sound of varying pitch and volume depending on the proximity of the musician’s hands to two antennae mounted on the instrument.

tumult

Noun

Hopefully, now we can put all this grief and tumult behind us and look forward to some productive workdays ahead.

1 Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
2 Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.
3 A riot or uprising.

Philistine

Noun

What your innie ever saw in this Philistine is beyond me.

1 A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.
2 An opponent (of the speaker, writer, etc); an enemy, a foe.
3 In German universities: a person not associated with the university; a non-academic or non-student; a townsperson.

zealots

Noun

We're not zealots, I swear.

plural of zealot

solitary

Noun

I can tell that you're smarter than me, so forgive me if I say this, like, super plainly, but if you give one solitary thought to messing with my brother again, I will throw you off a fucking bridge.

1 One who lives alone, or in solitude; an anchorite, hermit or recluse.
2 Ellipsis of solitary confinement.
3 The state of being solitary; solitude

belayed

Verb

Hey, I belayed my first couloir in middle school.

simple past and past participle of belay

couloir

Noun

Hey, I belayed my first couloir in middle school.

1 A steep gorge along a mountainside.
2 A corridor or passage.

gaiety

Noun

How did you feel in the hall? Did you exit any of the rooms feeling despair? Fervor? Gaiety?

1 The state of being happy or merry.
2 Merrymaking or festivity.

chic

Adjective

I like the new do. Très chic.

Elegant, stylish.

retrenchment

Noun

Yeah, well, with the market readjustment from a few years ago and the fluctuating interest rates, there was a retrenchment from some of the core infrastructure investments.

1 A curtailment or reduction.
2 An act of reducing expenses; economizing.
3 An act of terminating the employment of a worker or making an employee redundant, often to reduce expenses; a layoff.

pariah

Noun

Then you know she's a fucking pariah here.

1 Synonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.
2 A similarly despised group of people or species of animal.
3 Ellipsis of pariah dog (“an Indian breed, any stray dog in Indian contexts”).

industrious

Adjective

Even at the factory, no apprentice was more industrious than you.

Hard-working and persistent.

fealty

Noun

Everything that you have, you owe back to the Eagans as fealty.

Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord.

chicanery

Noun

If he smells chicanery, he'll lock you out of the building.

1 Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
2 An individual act of trickery or deception.
3 The quality of being inclined to trickery or deceitfulness.

magnanimous

Adjective

Well, it's truly special to host a man so illustrious, so sapient, so magnanimous–

Noble and generous in spirit.

sapient

Adjective

Well, it's truly special to host a man so illustrious, so sapient, so magnanimous–

1 Possessing discernment and wisdom; learned, wise.
2 Attempting to appear discerning or wise. Followed by of: aware or knowledgeable of. Of a lifeform or species: possessing intelligence or a high degree of self-awareness.
3 Attempting to appear discerning or wise.

verve

Noun

Has it verve?

1 Enthusiasm, rapture, spirit, or vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates an artist, musician, or writer, in composing or performing.
2 A particular skill in writing.

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