learn how to exhale, the inhale will take care of itself

esemplastic

The manager lost her esemplastic skills right around the time that she started sleeping with her boss.

belfry

I wonder what it would cost to built a belfry onto the average house these days?

syllepsis

I've been known to employ a self-deprecating syllepsis when referring to my feelings about my former person of interest, Ulysses.

exiguous

Contrary to popular belief, it is impossible to determine that a book is in fact a romance novel purely on the basis of exiguous attire on its cover models.

realia
[Oh my God, FINALLY a word for which I am uniquely qualified to advocate!]

Over the years, many things have been suggested as 'realia', but I still doubt that skulls and bowling balls qualify.

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1. Which do you have more of: scars or birthmarks?
   scars, definitely. To my knowledge, I have only two birthmarks.
2. Other than inside your own home or workplace, where are you most likely to use mobile technology to check your email?
   (This question is quite oddly-phrased.) 99% of the time, I use stationary technology to check my email. My 'mobile technology' is, 99% of the time, used for text messaging and (rarely) telephone calls.
3. What percentage of appliances and electronics could you find the receipt for quickly if something went wrong and you needed to prove a date of purchase?
   ninety-five. The remaining five percent were gifts. (I was raised by a very organized person--what can I say?)
4. When taking a flight, do you prefer a window seat, an aisle seat or a seat in the middle?
   window, always. I could probably suffer through with a middle, but I seriously doubt that I could deal at all with an aisle--and it hardly seems fair, anyway, when there are always men trying to stuff their legs into smaller spaces than mine will take up. That's also why I stuff my carry-on under my seat rather than using the overhead, so that I'm not taking space from the people who challenge the space limits (and weight limits!) with their massively over-packed bags.
5. How do you order your eggs at a restaurant?
   "rarely". If I absolutely have to, I'll get an egg scrambled hard. I want them brown.
6. What kind of animal (include the breed if possible) was your first pet?
   feline

[from The Cat, who got it here; the title quotation is by Carla Melucci Ardito]