• literary: "writing that is entirely memorable, vivid, and original. The language is wonderful. The story can be quite simple, but it will impart a certain feeling when you read it. A feeling of joy, of surprise perhaps. There is nothing predictable about these 'literary' stories. The voice is big." - Veronica Ross
• panache: "originality, daring. That indefinable thing - panache." - Kathryn Gray

vocabulary

• coquette (n.): flirt
• copulate (v.): to fornicate / bang / etc.
• cynosure (n.): center of attention
• fuddy-duddy (n.): <insult>
• ignoramus (n.): ignorant person
• impasse (n.): inescapable predicament
• stick-in-the-mud (n.): <insult>
• kvetching (v.): complaining
• Pickwickian (adj.)
• (of words or ideas) meant or understood in a sense different from the apparent or usual one.
• (of the use or interpretation of an expression) intentionally or unintentionally odd or unusual.
• apotheosis (n.): the highest point; culmination, climax; deification
• crinoline: stiff cloth ; full skirt / petticoat
• damask: firm, lustrous figured fabric
• percale: fine woven cotton cloth