The Pink Shoe Diaries

Vocab Lessons from Law & Order

Decedent:
Sounds: pretty, a cross between decent and descendent.
Means: a dead person
Usage: I don't want to visit Elaine. Last time i went to her apartment building I found a decedent in the hallway

Administratrix:
Sounds: like a receptionist with an S&M complex
Means: female administrator -- the person appointed by a court to handle probate on behalf of someone who died without a will.