Vocabulary

Saucebox plural: sauceboxes [ソースボックス] noun Definition: A saucy, impudent, or impertinent person; someone who speaks or behaves with forwardness, cheek, or boldness beyond what the situation warrants.

Example Sentence: “He started telling everyone how to do their jobs, and I knew he was being a real saucebox.”

#Rattlecap plural: rattlecaps pronunciation: [ラトルキャップ] part of speech: noun

Definition A person who is unsteady, excitable, or volatile in temperament; someone prone to sudden emotional outbursts, erratic behavior, or nervous agitation.

Example Sentence Trying to hold himself together in class, he looked every bit the modern rattlecap, barely containing the chaos under his skin.

A “minikin” is anything tiny or absurdly small. This umbrella… yeah, it qualifies.

When politicians get distracted by improbity.

seek-sorrow noun [シーク・ソロー]

Definition: A person who habitually creates or invites their own misery; a self-tormentor who cultivates unnecessary anxieties or vexations.

Extended sense: Someone who magnifies small troubles, goes looking for reasons to be upset, or repeatedly places themselves in situations that will obviously distress them.

Etymology: Formed from seek plus sorrow. The literal meaning is someone who goes looking for sorrow. The structure resembles older English compounds such as killjoy and do-gooder.

Example sentences:

She is such a seek-sorrow that she can turn a normal day into a catastrophe.

Being a seek-sorrow online is easy; being grateful takes effort.

Synonyms: self-tormentor, worrywart, catastrophizer, pessimist Antonyms: stoic, optimist, carefree spirit