sup·pu·rate
verb
verb: suppurate; past tense: suppurated; present participle: suppurating
1. to produce or discharge pus, as a wound; fester.
–“The abnormal can be left, for news of it will inevitably rise like a suppurating boil.”
Synonyms: maturate, discharge, ooze
mi·lieu
/mil-yoo/
noun
noun: milieu; plural noun: milieux; plural noun: milieus
1. the physical or social setting in which people live or in which something happens or develops
–“She might stay home, might marry and live as a housewife. And if her milieu does not sanction such a solution, there are, she knows, milieux which do. —David Mamet, Jafsie and John Henry: Essays, 1999″
Synonyms: background, setting, environment, mise-en-scène
Synonyms: outdated, outmoded, antiquated, passé
Whipsaw
Pronunciation: \hwip-so, wip-saw\
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
: a narrow pit saw averaging 5 to 7 1/2 feet (1.5 to 2.3 meters) in lengthFunction: transitive verb
Date: 1842
1 : to saw with a whipsaw
2 : to beset or victimize in two opposite ways at once, by a two-phase operation, or by the collusive action of two opponents
gauche adj \'gõsh\
Definition of gauche
1.
a : lacking social experience or grace; also : not tactful : crude
b : crudely made or done
Examples of gauche
-Would it be gauche of me to ask her how old she is?
-His loud talking at the opera marked him as gauche and uncultured.
-Among élite scientists, it was usually considered gauche to be obsessed with anything so tangible or immediate: brilliant discoveries were supposed to percolate. —Michael Specter, New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2007
-We were suburban housewives and mothers. As poets we took a respectful backseat to the male poets. We did not talk about our husbands and children in public; that would have been gauche indeed. —Maxine Kumin, In Deep, 1987