Creepy Vocab: gush

Gush - When liquid gushes out of something, or when something gushes a liquid, the liquid flows out very quickly and in large quantities.

e.g Bella and Pavel were going through a bit of a rough patch. One day Pavel woke up to find a pig stuck in his chest. It was obviously alive because he could hear the grunting. Last thing he saw before he died was the smiling Bella who stood there with a handsaw and blood gushing from what was left of her calf. Last thing he heard was her saying that now that their blood has mixed they will always be together. Bella was one of those fortunate girls who had a very rich imagination.

Question: Do you think you're more imaginative than your girlfriend/boyfriend? If the bastard has broken up with you, then do not answer this one. Go and do something useful instead.

Creepy Vocabulary: flay

The word flay has 3 meanings. Which meaning of the word 'flay' does the example illustrate?

The Flay Game

Which meaning of the word 'flay' does the example illustrate?

A  to criticize someone or something in a very severe or cruel way
B to hit or whip a person or animal severely, so that the skin is broken
C to remove the outer layer of something, usually the skin of an animal

E.g. Volodya was a quiet boy who never messed with naughty brats in the neighborhood. But he had, just like all of us do, his guilty pleasure. When his father brought prostitutes to their home and then flayed them in the basement, Volodya liked watching him do it. Then he gathered small bits of the skin his father didn't use in his diet and put it in his lunch box. At school when all naughty children were having their lunch, the quiet Volodya was sitting in one of the corners with a peaceful smile on his face.

Question: Now that it is obvious what Volodya's father's guilty pleasure was, what is your guilty pleasure? Are you anything like him?

Creepy Vocabulary: fling

fling - 1 a short and not very serious sexual relationship
             2 a short period of time during which you enjoy yourself without worrying about anything:

E.g. Taming a feral animal can be very dangerous. Many a lion-tamer have fallen victim to the 'object' of their work. But Vladislav was an exception to the rule. He was an outstanding tamer and a performer and loved Leo, the lion he worked with. The cat's love was reciprocal.
    However, it is also true that you shouldn't have love affairs (=romances) at your workplace. As soon as Vladislav's assistant, his wife, got wind of his fling with the juggler's son, she sawed off his head and fed it to Leo. The animal died a week later ... allegedly of food poisoning.

Question: Have you ever had a fling with a colleague at work? (Of course not) How about a janitor? Are you still in a sort of relationship with this person? Alternatively, have you ever lost your pet to ... cancer?

A Creepy Fact of the Day: bulge

bulge - to stick out in a rounded shape, especially because something is very full or too tighte.g. Within three days of death, the enzymes that once digested your dinner begin to eat you. Ruptured cells become food for living bacteria in the gut, which release enough noxious gas to bloat the body and force the eyes to bulge outward.

Question: Is the girl in the picture below dead or not? If not, why is she still alive?

CV: in kind

In kind - to behave to someone in the same way that they have behaved to you

E.g. When Renata was 5 a serial rapist Sergei brutally raped her mother and double-raped her father who happened to be around (... they were divorced, he was visiting). The poor Renata grew up, found the guy and responded in kind: she triple-raped Sergei with a plunger, bit off his nose and removed his finger nails using a can opener. So the story ended happily - at least no one died.

Question : Is there a person you want to get even with? Is he/she a serial rapist?

( P.S. One of the best Seryozha the Rapist's jokes. He used to tell it at any party before Renata left him without a nose. )



- What do you do to a deaf, dumb, and blind girl after you rape her?
- Break her fingers so she can't tell anyone.

CV: slough

  slough - an emotional condition in which you feel extremely sad or have lost all your hope

E.g. Joe has been drinking for more than a year. He has been in a slough of despair, despondency and desolation since his friends and his family were converted to Satanism. Now that he pukes green every time he takes too much, he suspects he must be under a curse. He shouldn't have stopped being a Mormon.

Question: Do you believe there's Satan somewhere out there? Does he/she look like any of your friends or relatives?

Creepy Vocabulary: dangle

dangle - to hang or swing freely

e.g It happened on the New Year's eve. Masha told Boris that she was leaving him because he was a loser with no steady job and a drinking problem. However, his love for Masha knew no bounds, so he decided to prove to her how much he loved her and hanged himself later on in the day. Masha was really disappointed when, upon coming back to their one-roomed apartment, she discovered his body dangling from the ceiling and a broken chair.

Question: What are some of your New Year Resolutions?

Creepy Vocabulary: Snag

Snag is a small problem or disadvantage.

E.g. Vera is a very intelligent girl. She spends a lot of her free time reading scientific sites. She has a powerful computer and fast broadband connection. But there is only one snag: she has no eyes and hands from now on. Her boyfriend got jealous, chopped off her hands and took out both her eyes out of her head using his grandfather's axe and pincers. Not funny, true. But at least she is alive and she can listen to the radio.

  Question:  Do you ever get jealous and have the urge to hurt someone? If not, why? If yes, why, why, why, whyyyyy ......?

Creepy Vocabulary: nibble

Today is Catholic Xmas. Merry Christmas to those concerned.

nibble - to take small bites of sth, especially food

E.g. Dunyasha is so fat because she likes nibbling on chocolate bars all the time. She has recently met a nice guy who said "human flesh" was 'a whole new experience'. Together they stabbed Fyodor, Dunyasha's neighbour, to death, dismembered his body and put all the limbs into the fridge. But you know Dunyasha, don't you?  By the time this post is ready she must have devoured the body parts. She might be nibbling on one last remaining pinkie.  Gluttony is a sin, children.

Question: How often do you nibble between meals? Do you eat a lot of fatty (- high-caloried) food?

Creepy Vocabulary: over-the-counter

over-the-counter drugs can be obtained without a prescription (=a written order) from a doctor

e.g. Vasya is a drug addict. Last week he ran out of heroin and nearly killed himself because he was having severe cramps. (He was completely broke ... these junkies!) He was rescued by one of his druggies who cooked some powerful stuff using over-the-counter meds.

Grammar Comprehension: Did Vasya saw his arm himself you or have his friend to do it?

Question:
    Have you ever resorted to using over-the-counter medicines in cases like the one in the example?

Creepy Vocabulary: Put one's foot in it

Today, my dear reader, we have a whole phrase for you!

Exactly!

put your foot in it - if you do this, you say something by accident which embarrasses or upsets someone

e.g. Mary really put her foot in it when she asked how Rita's husband was doing. She knew that Jack had died years before she started to put on weight, but somehow forgot about it.

 

Americans would say:

e.g. Mary also stuck her foot in her mouth when she asked Rita how far along she was, but she wasn't even pregnant and started crying.

   

Question: When did you last put your foot in it? Was it one foot or both your feet? Was it your foot?
More on this idiom

Creepy Vocabulary: middle-of-the-road

Today's word of the day is
middle-of-the-road - describes a person, organization, opinion or type of entertainment that is not extreme and is acceptable to or liked by most people

e.g. Vladislav was a mediocrity. So one day, just to make a difference, he started killing people. His first kill was very original - he decapitated his ex-girlfriend with a scythe. His second kill, however, was middle-of-the-road.

Question of the day:
Do you think you are a mediocrity and do everything in the middle-of-the-road fashion? Would you start killing people ... just to make a difference?

( Для русскоговорящих пэциков и герлушек: )

Creepy Vocabulary: Vicarious

Today's word of the day is
VICARIOUS  - felt or experienced by watching or reading about sb else doing sth, rather than by doing it yourself
e.g. He got a vicarious thrill out of watching the molester being punched by the detective.

Question: What else can we glean vicarious pleasure from?