parochial - par-OAK-ee-AL - having a limited or narrow outlook, limited in scope, regional, myopic
esoteric - ESS-oh-TAIR-ik - understood by, or appreciated by, only a few

Example: "The movie 'The Blind Side' is universally accepted with a positive approval of 71% critical response, while the vampire film 'New Moon,' perhaps more esoteric than parochial in its intent, is aimed at a target audience of young women and is the largest box office success despite it's mere 29% critical approval."

indigenous - in-DIDJ-en-US - native, home grown, originating in a specific region

Example: "The Afghan interior minister said, 'What we are talking about is a local, spontaneous and indigenous response to the Taliban; just give us the resources & we will defend our own country.' "

erudite - AIR-you-DITE - having or showing great knowledge or learning

Example: "The most invigorating day - starting at 6am with Bob Edwards' spellbinding interviews and continuing with news intelligently covered by Scott Simon and other equally erudite NPR hosts - occurs each Saturday, not to be missed by people who hunger for fascinating programs no longer found on the biased or dumbed-down commercial stations."

buzzword - buzz-word - a fashionable, in vogue word & sometimes a neologism (newly coined word), that is common to managerial, technical, administrative, and political work environments; there it rises to common usage, meant to impress or cover a range of more specific meanings

Example: "Opra is the latest person to be described with two overused buzzwords in today's news, as 'iconic' and 'out-of-the-box'."

crapper - krap-per - Thomas Crapper, late 19th century plumber whose name became synonymous with a toilet, celebrated on his birthday, today.

Example: "According to legend, it was the doughboys of WWI who picked up on the name and referred to any toilet as a "crapper.'"

corpulent - KOR-pew-lent - fat, obese, well overweight

Example: "The FDA announced that the number of corpulent people will, in 10 years, average over half the US population, costing billions of additional dollars in health expenses."

prescient -PREE-shee-ent - knowing or having knowledge of actions or events before they take place

Example: "Even as drug makers promise to support Washington's health care overhaul by shaving $8 billion a year off the nation's drug costs, in a prescient move the industry has been raising its prices at the fastest rate in years."