A gourmand, who cheats at hotels, eating~shops, and oyster~cellars; from a person of that name living many years ago whom was an enormous oyster~eater. According to tales, Dando would visit an oyster~room, devour an almost fabulous quantity of bivalves with porter, bread and butter, proceeding to calmly state that he had no money.
A confusion, a state of tumult or disorder. It may be conjectured that the term has some affinity to the old tune 'Reel o' Bogie', as perhaps referring to some irregular kind of dance.
A race in which a criminal was required to run in the navy or army, for any heinous offense. The ship's crew, or a certain division of soldiers, were disposed in 2 rows, face to face, each provided with a knotted cord, with which they severely struck the delinquent as he ran between them, stripped to the waist.
n. That curious matter that makes all ultra~processed meat~type food products both palatable, & maximizes the manufacturer's profits... Waste not, want not!
Much like amputee, but much more more malleable. I sense this explains much of what children witnessed 40+ years ago at the height of the great stuntman Gumby's career.
n. Nasty Rash. Indicates a disturbing condition, or new phenomenon on one's physical being. Successful treatment and recovery depend upon length of time spent with invalid and creepy book. Not transmitable between subjects, except as a mental condition.
yeh. i Did have of the thinks that it was more hobo homebum/swineswill/post~industrial offal sludgepuddle than that, but it pretty much sums my daughter up.
A form of magic lantern invented in America, the first to employ a 2~wicked paraffin lamp. Since it's introduction, 3, 4, and 5 wicks have been introduced.
To gang gizzen: to break out into chinks from want of moisture; a term applied to casks. Also figuratively applied to toppers, when drink is withheld ;)
"It was indeed by the name of Bostonians that all Americans were known at that time in France... Coffee~houses took that name, and a card game was invented at the time called Boston. It is to this day 1830 exceedingly exceedingly fashionable in Paris by this appellation."
Bizarre pass~time of nobility in the mid~19th century, also known as swan~hopping.
A Yearly ceremony held by 'swan companies' and the mayor of London in which capturing and marking 'upping' the swan's necks, though to distinguish whom's bird's were whose, quite likely a popular tradition for the struggle upon capture on the animal's behalf.
Adjective applied to describe the flavour of milk, because the cow ate thatch: long, coarse salt~marsh native grass of the north~easter American seaboard.
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missanthropist commented on the word strump
To tread heavily or pace about, whence, probably strumpet, a street walker.
Charles Mackay, Lost Beauties of the English Language, 1874
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word zafty
One whom is very easily imposed upon
Maj. B. Lowsley, A Glossary of Berkshire Words and Phrases, 1888
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word dando
A gourmand, who cheats at hotels, eating~shops, and oyster~cellars; from a person of that name living many years ago whom was an enormous oyster~eater. According to tales, Dando would visit an oyster~room, devour an almost fabulous quantity of bivalves with porter, bread and butter, proceeding to calmly state that he had no money.
John Camden Hotten, Slang Dictionary, 1887
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word scrud
A mythical disease alleged to be very serious, painful, and socially objectionable... 'Double scrud', here the double makes the... disease even worse.
Harold Wentworth & Stuart Flexner, Dictionary of American Slang, 1960
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word reiliebogie
A confusion, a state of tumult or disorder. It may be conjectured that the term has some affinity to the old tune 'Reel o' Bogie', as perhaps referring to some irregular kind of dance.
John Jameson, Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1801
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word lethean
Oblivious, from Lethe, one of the rivers of hell, said to cause forgetfulness of the past to all who drank it's waters.
From greek Letho, old form of Lanthano: to forget
Daniel Lyon, Dictionary of the English Language, 1897
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word knittle
A knotted cord, rather like a simple whip, used to strike prisoners who had been made to run the gauntlet.
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word gantelope
A race in which a criminal was required to run in the navy or army, for any heinous offense. The ship's crew, or a certain division of soldiers, were disposed in 2 rows, face to face, each provided with a knotted cord, with which they severely struck the delinquent as he ran between them, stripped to the waist.
Adm. William Smith, Sailor's Word-Book, 1867
May 20, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word bewarey
...or be sorry.
I.e., to watch where one treads or consider at length and breadth possible conSequences of actions.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word meat slurry
SpamMmmmalicious!
n. That curious matter that makes all ultra~processed meat~type food products both palatable, & maximizes the manufacturer's profits... Waste not, want not!
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word awarey
you know, that thing called consciousness.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word amputty
Much like amputee, but much more more malleable. I sense this explains much of what children witnessed 40+ years ago at the height of the great stuntman Gumby's career.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word jackelope
n. A fascinating phenome-anon in which we prove the powerful force of evolution cannot be stopped by mere mortality.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word umblia
n. Ooom-blE-ah. Umbrella? Pizza? What the $&#% are you asking for?
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word domi
a. Daddy + Mommy. The state~us one achieves through a long and arduous process of retiring another from tedious daily events.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word nassywash
n. Nasty Rash. Indicates a disturbing condition, or new phenomenon on one's physical being. Successful treatment and recovery depend upon length of time spent with invalid and creepy book. Not transmitable between subjects, except as a mental condition.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the list favorite-psychological-topics
Schizotypical :)
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word pooster
uhmmmmhhhhmmms.
yeh. i Did have of the thinks that it was more hobo homebum/swineswill/post~industrial offal sludgepuddle than that, but it pretty much sums my daughter up.
Aiming for anti~equated adjectives... . .
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word vespertine vertigo tetragrammaton shitstorm
OH. It's like That.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word fluffly electrokinetic halcyon doiley screechings
Christ... What are you going to Do with your life!?
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word zomg
Having *ahem*, difficulty with the overtly pharmaceutical flavour of this one... . .
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word waistcoating
Not to be confused with wainscotting.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word ballerine
Plural of ballerina, feminine of Italian ballerino, 'dancer'.
C.A.M. Fennel, The Stanford Dictionary of Anglicised Words and Phrases, 1964
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word tosher
One who, on the Thames, steals copper from the bottom of ships.
Adm. William Smythe's Sailor's Word~Book, 1867
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word dittology
A two~fold or double reading or interpretation.
Sir James Murray, New English Dictionary, 1897
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word flooster
To flatter, coax, make much of. of a dog: To play, gambol.
Michael Traynor, The English Dialect of Donegal, 1953
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word superserviceable
Over serViceable or offecious; doing more than is required Or desired: "A whoreson, glass~gazing, superserviceable, finical rogue." from King Lear
Daniel Lyons, Dictionary of the English language, 1897
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word scurryfunge
A hasty tidying of one's home between the time one sees a neighbour, and the time she knocks upon one's door.
John Gould's Maine Lingo: Boiled Owls, Billdads, and Wazzats, 1975
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word sciopticon
A form of magic lantern invented in America, the first to employ a 2~wicked paraffin lamp. Since it's introduction, 3, 4, and 5 wicks have been introduced.
Edward Loyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary, 1895
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word bunnel
A dried hemp~stalk used by smokers to light their pipes; cumberland.
Capt. Francis Grose, Provincial Glossary, 1811
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word februation
Purification.
Personal paranoia arising over the 2nd month of the year, and it's particulars.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word fluxionist
One skilled in fluxions the analysis of infinitely small variable quantities, or a method of finding an infinitely small quantity which, being taken an infinite number of times, becomes equal to a quantity given.
Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word curglaff
Curgloft, confounded, and bumbaz'd,
On east and west by turns he gazed.
As ship that's tossed with stormy weather,
Drives on, the pilot knows not whither.
William Meston's Poetical Works, 1767
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word sillily
In a silly manner, foolishly.
Rev. John Boag's Imperial Lexicon, c.1850
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word unthew
A bad habit or custom; a vice 900~1400, unthewed
Ill~mannered, unruly, wanton 1200~1300, unthewful
Unmannerly, unseemly 1050~early 1300's
William Cragie's New English Dictionary, 1926
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word gizzen
To become dried, to become leaky through drought.
To gang gizzen: to break out into chinks from want of moisture; a term applied to casks. Also figuratively applied to toppers, when drink is withheld ;)
John Jamieson's Etymological Scottish Dictionary, 1801
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word tyromancy
Divination by the coagulation of cheese!
John Gaule's Magicall Astrologicall Diviner, 1652
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word flabberdegaz
Gibberish, nonsensical talk.
Maurice Weseen's A Dictionary of American Slang, 1934
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word whiffler
An officer who preceeds a procession, clearing the way and playing a flute.
William Toone's Glossary of Obsolete and Uncommon Words, 1832
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word atheize
To discourse as an atheist.
Rev. John Boag's Imperial Lexicon, c. 1850
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word luce
Blue matter scraped from the face whilst shaving.
John Mactaggart's Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, 1824
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word sportulary
Dependant, subsistent, or supported by the doles or gifts of patrons.
Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1919
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word heterarchy
The government of an alien. Greek heteros foreign, and arche, rule.
Rev. John Boag's Imperial Lexicon, c. 1850
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word scufe
Scotticism for the racket used in the game of tennis.
T. Elswood Zell's Popular Encyclopedia of Knowledge and Language, 1871
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word bostonian
"It was indeed by the name of Bostonians that all Americans were known at that time in France... Coffee~houses took that name, and a card game was invented at the time called Boston. It is to this day 1830 exceedingly exceedingly fashionable in Paris by this appellation."
Samuel Breck's Recollections & Passages from His Notebooks, 1877
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word pooster
To toil in mud and filth, the act of splashing among water.
Alexander Warrack's Scot's Dialect Dictionary, 1911
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word punctualist
One whom is very exact in observing forms and ceremonies.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word swan~upping
Bizarre pass~time of nobility in the mid~19th century, also known as swan~hopping.
A Yearly ceremony held by 'swan companies' and the mayor of London in which capturing and marking 'upping' the swan's necks, though to distinguish whom's bird's were whose, quite likely a popular tradition for the struggle upon capture on the animal's behalf.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word costril
Small barrel, used as a bottle. Generally by labourers who filled them with milk and beer. Also known as a stoop, with a capacity for 2 quarts.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word welkin
Antiquated word for clouds.
Described in "To make the welkin ring".
from James Greenough's Words and Their Ways in English Speech, 1901
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word riparian
Pertaining to the bank or banks of a river.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word nake
To make or go naked. approx. 14th century
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word poetize
To endeavor to employ eloquence as a poet.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word burry
Adjective. Description of one in appearance & mannerism. Rough, boorish, uncouth, shaggy, unkempt.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word flippercanorious
Poorly termed ;)
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word flippercanorious
Elegant.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word wanion
Misfortune, calamity, curse, mischief.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word stabulation
The act of housing beasts.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word sniggling
A particular and peculiar method devised to catch eels in small ponds or streams.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word shrumpsed
Beaten in gaming, as in, to one who has been.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word jirging
The sound dry shoes make while being walked in.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word squackett
To make disagreeable sounds, or noises with one's mouth.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word kingkisheen
One so unfortunate as to have been born on Whit Sunday, superstitiously believed to be destined to murder or becoming murdered, or both.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word poor~man~of~mutton
Leftover mutton shoulder broiled for the previous night's supper.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word troat
The rutting call of bucks, to cry out in this manner.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word thatchy
Adjective applied to describe the flavour of milk, because the cow ate thatch: long, coarse salt~marsh native grass of the north~easter American seaboard.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word escargotoire
Snail nursery.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word fence~month
A time in which hunting is prohibited in a forest, usually during the fawning of deer.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word woad
Mad, Furious; from saxon wod: insane.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word zwimmer
A thin pudding of flour & water, generally added into the cook~pot whilst other ingredients are cooking.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word toesmithing
Thespian slang for the act or art of dance.
May 17, 2008
missanthropist commented on the word englishable
Is self~explanatory.
May 17, 2008