|
|
#19543
02/17/2001 11:35 PM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,819
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 1,819 |
I immediately thought of you all when I found on the web a glossary of slang terms from detective fiction. I hope you enjoy it! http://www.miskatonic.org/slang.htmlCheerfully yours from the VA medical center, home of the free rectal exam, Alex
|
|
|
#19544
02/17/2001 11:54 PM
|
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Apr 2000
Posts: 10,542 |
thanks, Alex... I meant to post that the other day when I used spondulix as my wwftd.
|
|
|
#19545
02/18/2001 1:00 AM
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 328
enthusiast
|
|
enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 328 |
Thanks. This should provide me with some interesting conversation-starters. "If you don't give me those oyster fruits, you bim, I'll put you in a wooden kimono!" By the way, when I first saw this thread's title, I thought you were doing a take-off of the "Marbles, Reindeer, and Waterfowl" thread. 
|
|
|
#19546
02/18/2001 9:18 AM
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 1,981
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 1,981 |
>Muggles: Marijuana
Mmmm - Interesting, I wonder if J K Rowling knew about that one!
|
|
|
#19547
02/19/2001 9:43 AM
|
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 2,204
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Aug 2000
Posts: 2,204 |
I find it interesting that there are several bits of cant there which are identical to C19 London thieves cant.
e.g., "Lay" - meaning a scheme to obtain money or goods - the example given was "the Gooseberry Lay"
"Goniff" was also in current use at that time, with the same meaning, and not just among the Jewish Community of London's East End.
The only one that I noticed in there which was in use over here in the C19 and is still current among the criminal classes is "Dip" for picking pockets, usually in the form of "dipper", for the exponent of that art.
|
|
|
#19548
02/19/2001 6:06 PM
|
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 3,146
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 3,146 |
>Muggles: Marijuana
Mmmm - Interesting, I wonder if J K Rowling knew about that one!
Well, you live in Edinburgh. What do those tea/coffee shops sell, and is Edinburgh a sister city to Amsterdam?
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
|
|
|
#19549
02/19/2001 7:22 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 1,981
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 1,981 |
>What do those tea/coffee shops sell?
I'd always thought that they sold coffee but perhaps I was missing something!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
