A Gallimaufry For The Lackadaisical Logophile

[RubiDia]

LAVENDER (laugh-in-der)

[noun]
1. A small, aromatic evergreen shrub of the mint family, with narrow leaves and pale purple flowers.
2. A pale purple.

 

[Emerson40]

PEREQUITATE

[verb]
to ride through on horseback.



CABALLINE

[adjective]
of or pertaining to a horse.



HIPPOMANIA

[noun]
an extreme passion for horses.



EQUITATION

[noun]
the art or practice of horse riding or horsemanship.

 

[Ms_Ann]

ob·ses·sive
əbˈsesiv/
adjective
adjective: obsessive; noun: obsessive; plural noun: obsessives

1.
of the nature of an obsession.
"people dogged by obsessive jealousy"
synonyms: all-consuming, consuming, compulsive, controlling, obsessional, fanatic, fanatical, neurotic, excessive, overkeen, besetting, tormenting, inescapable, pathological
"her obsessive behavior includes relentless tidying"
affected by an obsession.
"she became obsessive about her schoolwork"

noun
noun: obsessive; plural noun: obsessives

1.
a person who is affected by an obsession.
"an online store for garage-rock obsessives"

 

[Ms_Ann]

ob·ses·sive
əbˈsesiv/
adjective
adjective: obsessive; noun: obsessive; plural noun: obsessives

1.
of the nature of an obsession.
"people dogged by obsessive jealousy"
synonyms: all-consuming, consuming, compulsive, controlling, obsessional, fanatic, fanatical, neurotic, excessive, overkeen, besetting, tormenting, inescapable, pathological
"her obsessive behavior includes relentless tidying"
affected by an obsession.
"she became obsessive about her schoolwork"

noun
noun: obsessive; plural noun: obsessives

1.
a person who is affected by an obsession.
"an online store for garage-rock obsessives"

 

[Emerson40]

ob·ses·sive
əbˈsesiv/
adjective
adjective: obsessive; noun: obsessive; plural noun: obsessives

1.
of the nature of an obsession.
"people dogged by obsessive jealousy"
synonyms: all-consuming, consuming, compulsive, controlling, obsessional, fanatic, fanatical, neurotic, excessive, overkeen, besetting, tormenting, inescapable, pathological
"her obsessive behavior includes relentless tidying"
affected by an obsession.
"she became obsessive about her schoolwork"

noun
noun: obsessive; plural noun: obsessives

1.
a person who is affected by an obsession.
"an online store for garage-rock obsessives"

Oops. Bit of the double posting there Andy.

No one can blame you of course, on account of your 'preoccupations'.


Thanks for the thread bump big fella!

 

[Ms_Ann]

ob·ses·sive
əbˈsesiv/
adjective
adjective: obsessive; noun: obsessive; plural noun: obsessives

1.
of the nature of an obsession.
"people dogged by obsessive jealousy"
synonyms: all-consuming, consuming, compulsive, controlling, obsessional, fanatic, fanatical, neurotic, excessive, overkeen, besetting, tormenting, inescapable, pathological
"her obsessive behavior includes relentless tidying"
affected by an obsession.
"she became obsessive about her schoolwork"

noun
noun: obsessive; plural noun: obsessives

1.
a person who is affected by an obsession.
"an online store for garage-rock obsessives"

 

[Emerson40]

DREAMERY

[noun]
1- a place favourable to dreams.
2- a collection of dreams.
3- impractical fancies.



ONEIROLOGY

[noun]
the scientific study of dreams.



SWEVEN

[noun]
vision seen in sleep; a dream.



AISLING

[noun]
1- General: a vision or dream; vision poem.
2- Literature: a poetic or dramatic description or representation of a vision.
3- Literature: a poetic genre that developed during the late 17th and 18th centuries in Irish language poetry.

 

[Ms_Ann]

 

[Ms_Ann]

 

[Emerson40]

INFICETE

[adjective]
not witty; dull, unfunny, deadly serious, humourless.



FUCATE

[verb]
painted; disguised with paint, or with false show.



BALATRON

[noun]
1- a joker; clown.
2- a comedic figure; harlequin.
3- a babbling buffoon.



JACK-PUDDING

[noun]
1- clown; buffoon; merry-andrew.
2- a buffoon character appearing in stage and street performances.

 

[Ms_Ann]

ob·ses·sive
əbˈsesiv/
adjective
adjective: obsessive; noun: obsessive; plural noun: obsessives

1.
of the nature of an obsession.
"people dogged by obsessive jealousy"
synonyms: all-consuming, consuming, compulsive, controlling, obsessional, fanatic, fanatical, neurotic, excessive, overkeen, besetting, tormenting, inescapable, pathological
"her obsessive behavior includes relentless tidying"
affected by an obsession.
"she became obsessive about her schoolwork"

noun
noun: obsessive; plural noun: obsessives

1.
a person who is affected by an obsession.
"an online store for garage-rock obsessives"

 

[Emerson40]

Fabulously befitting.

 

[Ms_Ann]

ob·ses·sive
əbˈsesiv/
adjective
adjective: obsessive; noun: obsessive; plural noun: obsessives

1.
of the nature of an obsession.
"people dogged by obsessive jealousy"
synonyms: all-consuming, consuming, compulsive, controlling, obsessional, fanatic, fanatical, neurotic, excessive, overkeen, besetting, tormenting, inescapable, pathological
"her obsessive behavior includes relentless tidying"
affected by an obsession.
"she became obsessive about her schoolwork"

noun
noun: obsessive; plural noun: obsessives

1.
a person who is affected by an obsession.
"an online store for garage-rock obsessives"

Some have wandered down the beaten path.

Many have beaten eggs.

One or two have beaten faux cancer.

 

[Emerson40]

MAUMET

[noun]
1- a) a doll, puppet, scarecrow, or other figure built to resemble a human being, b) an empty-headed or mindless person.
2- Obsolete: an idol; a false god.



MANIPULATE

[verb]
1- to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner.
2- to handle, manage, or use, especially with skill, in some process of treatment or performance.
3- to adapt or change (accounts, figures, etc.) to suit one’s purpose or advantage.
4- Medicine/Medical: to examine or treat by skillful use of the hands, as in palpation, reduction of dislocations, or changing the position of a foetus.



SUBDUE

[verb]
1- to conquer and bring into subjection.
2- overpower by superior force; overcome.
3- to bring under mental or emotional control, as by persuasion or intimidation; render submissive.
4- to repress (feelings, impulses, etc).
5- to bring (land) under cultivation.



SUBJUGATE

[verb]
1- to bring under control; conquer; master; defeat.
2- to make subservient; enslave.
3- forced submission to control by others; forced obedience or servitude; slavery; thralldom, bondage, captivity.

 

[Emerson40]

LIMERENCE

[noun]
obsessive love; an involuntary state of mind which seems to result from a romantic attraction for another person combined with an overwhelming, obsessive need to have one’s feelings reciprocated.



DEMENS

[adjective]
out of one’s mind or senses; mad, raving, foolish, insane, reckless.



EXOPTABLE

[adjective]
highly desirable.



APPETENCE

[noun]
1- intense desire; strong natural craving; appetite.
2- instinctive inclination or natural tendency.
3- material or chemical attraction or affinity.

 

[Endless_Night]

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DREAMERY

[noun]
1- a place favourable to dreams.
2- a collection of dreams.
3- impractical fancies.



ONEIROLOGY

[noun]
the scientific study of dreams.



SWEVEN

[noun]
vision seen in sleep; a dream.



AISLING

[noun]
1- General: a vision or dream; vision poem.
2- Literature: a poetic or dramatic description or representation of a vision.
3- Literature: a poetic genre that developed during the late 17th and 18th centuries in Irish language poetry.

Adore this batch, Emerson. I'm awash in subconscious imagery.

 

[Emerson40]

Adore this batch, Emerson. I'm awash in subconscious imagery.

Enjoy your reverie!

 

[Emerson40]

Word on the street

THOROUGHFARE

[noun]
1- a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.
2- a major road or highway.
3- a passage or way through.
4- a strait, river, or the like, affording passage.



GAMIN

[noun]
1- a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin; waif.
2- precocious imp.



CIRCUMFORANEOUS

[adjective]
wandering, especially from street to street; vagrant.



VICAMBULATE

[verb]
to walk around in the streets.

 

[Emerson40]

INDEFATIGABILITY

[noun]
1- incapable of being tired out; untiring.
2- not yielding to fatigue; continued steady belief or efforts; withstanding discouragement or difficulty; persistence.



DACNOMANIA

[noun]
an insane compulsion to kill by biting.



ASSIDUOUS

[adjective]
1- constant; unremitting.
2- constant in application or effort; working diligently at a task; persevering; industrious; attentive.



PUTRESCENT

[adjective]
1- becoming putrid; undergoing putrefaction; in a state of foul decay or decomposition, as animal or vegetable matter; rotten.
2- of or pertaining to putrefaction; vile; corrupt; depraved.



ANOSOGNOSIA

[noun]
a deficit of self-awareness, a condition in which a person who suffers certain disability seems unaware of the existence of his or her disability.

 

[Emerson40]

There's something happening somewhere

More of the worldly and wonderfully untranslatable.


Slampadato
Italian - Addicted to the UV glow of tanning salons? This word describes you.



Mencolek
Indonesian - The Indonesians have a word for that old trick where you tap someone lightly on the opposite shoulder from behind to fool them.


Cafuné
Brazilian Portuguese – “The act of tenderly running one’s fingers through someone’s hair.”



Drachenfutter
German – While this word literally means “dragon fodder,” it refers to a type of gift German husbands bestow on their wives “when they’ve stayed out late or they have otherwise engaged in some kind of inappropriate behavior” – gifts such as chocolates or flowers or a nice bottle of perfume

 

[Emerson40]

HARDSCRABBLE

[adjective]
1- marked by poverty; deficient in amount; the state of being poor; lack of the means of providing material needs or comforts.
2- being or relating to a place of barren or barely arable soil; getting a meagre living from poor soil.
3- difficult to make a living in; providing or yielding meagrely in return for much effort; demanding or unrewarding.
4- great effort made in the face of difficulties.



INDIGENCE

[noun]
1- poverty; neediness.
2- seriously impoverished condition; poverty.



ILLTH

[noun]
1- the condition of being economically unprosperous or miserable; poor and wretched.
2- something that produces or is symptomatic of illth.



PENURIOUS

[adjective]
1- extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
2- extremely poor; destitute; indigent.
3- poorly or inadequately supplied; lacking in means or resources.

 

[Fata Morgana]

Love this thread.

 

[Emerson40]

Love this thread.

 

[Emerson40]

Cab Calloway’s Hepster’s Dictionary: A Guide To The Language Of Jive (1938) (several editions published)


Cab Calloway's Hepster's Dictionary is a wonderful collection of slang and language used by musicians working in Harlem, in the first half of the 20th century. The roots of 'jive' can be found in slavery, where language that was incomprehensible to the masters was needed to communicate.
The Hepster's Dictionary is an official reference book of jive slang in the New York Public Library, and the first dictionary written by an African-American.



Calloway writes in the Foreword:

Some six years ago I compiled the first glossary of words, expressions, and the general patois employed by musicians and entertainers in New York’s teeming Harlem. That the general public agreed with me is amply evidenced by the fact that the present issue is the sixth edition since 1938 and is the official jive language reference book of the New York Public Library.

“Jive talk” is now an everyday part of the English language. Its usage is now accepted in the movies, on the stage, and in the song products of Tin Pan Alley. It is reasonable to assume that jive will find new avenues in such hitherto remote places as Australia, the South Pacific, North Africa, China, Italy, France, Sicily, and inevitably Germany and wherever our Armed Forces may serve.

I don’t want to lend the impression here that the many words contained in this edition are the figments of my imagination. They were gathered from every conceivable source. Many first saw the light of printer’s ink in Billy Rowe’s widely read column “The Notebook,” in the Pittsburgh Courier.

To the many persons who have contributed to this and the other editions, this volume is respectfully and gratefully dedicated.​

~ Cab Calloway​

Blew their wigs (adj.): excited with enthusiasm, gone crazy.
Comes on like gangbusters (or like test pilot) (v.): plays, sings, or dances in a terrific manner, par excellence in any department. Sometimes abbr. to “That singer really comes on!”
Creeps out like the shadow (v.): “comes on,” but in smooth, suave, sophisticated manner.
Dicty (adj.): high-class, nifty, smart.
Dig (v.): (1) meet. Ex., “I’ll plant you now and dig you later.” (2) look, see. Ex., “Dig the chick on your left duke.” (3) comprehend, understand. Ex., “Do you dig this jive?”
Fews and two (n.): money or cash in small quantity.
Hep cat (n.): a guy who knows all the answers, understands jive.
Togged to the bricks: dressed to kill, from head to toe.
Yarddog (n.): uncouth, badly attired, unattractive male or female.
Zoot suit (n.): the ultimate in clothes. The only totally and truly American civilian suit.
​

The 1944 edition of Calloway’s The Hepster’s Dictionary, in HTML format.


Mr Hepster’s Dictionary - Performed by Cab Calloway

 

[adrina]

So in the GB, we have lots of yarddogs that blow their wigs, but you keep being a dicty hep cat to distract us - you dig?