1. Paradigm - a typical example or pattern of something.

2. Shilly-shally - indecisive behaviour.

3. Janky - unreliable or of poor quality.

4. Hubris - excessive pride or self-confidence.

5. Quango - a non-departmental government body such as the Forestry Commission in England

6. Dulcet - sugary/sweet

7. Dysphoria - state of general unease/dissatisfaction with life

8. Perfidious - deceitful / untrustworthy - just got called this for stealing the last mince pie.

9. Polyglot - speaker/user of many languages

10. Clinquant - glittering/tinsel-like

11. Skueomorph - things that mimic their real world or now-obsolete counterparts, ie, the floppy disc used as the save icon

12. Proboscis - a mammal‘s nose or snout such as an elephant‘s trunk

13. Panacea - a remedy or solution for all difficulties or troubles.

14. Lyssophobia - fear of going insane.

15. Ascetic - people or things that are markedly simple and restrained in appearance, manner or attitude. (less)

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~Mirth - amusement or laughter

~Quixotic - resembling or befitting Don Quixote in being extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; impractical

~misanthrope - a person who dislikes or hates human kind and avoids human society.

~adroit - expert or nimble in the use of hands or body

~Salacious - lustful; pornographic (courtesy of Jann Garofano)

~truculent - fierce; cruel; savagely brutal; brutally harsh; scathing (from Ian Combs)

~perspicacious - having keen mental perception and understanding; perceptive
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~Mirth - amusement or laughter

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