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HOORAY HARRY
PRONUNCIATION: (hoo-ray HEN-ree)
MEANING: noun: A young, upper-class man who behaves in a loud, obnoxious, and often pretentious manner.
ETYMOLOGY: From hooray, from hurra, alteration of huzza, perhaps a hoisting cry + Henry, a generic use of the name. Earliest documented use: 1936. _______________________________
HOLO-RAY HENRY - the guy who designed the first personal projector
HOTRAY HENRY - Who invented that gadget for keeping things warm on the buffet table?
SHOO RAY, HENRY - Hank, tell Ray to get outa here!
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NERVOUS NELLIE or NELLY - n. nervous nelly, -nelly
PRONUNCIATION: (nuhr-vuhs NEL-ee)
MEANING: noun: One who is unusually nervous, timid, or fearful.
ETYMOLOGY: From nervous, from nervus (nerve) + Nelly/Nellie, a female given name. Earliest documented use: 1925. _______________________
NERVOUS KELLY - how he felt after seeing the "NINA" in the want-ad
NE'ER VOUS, NELLIE - Non, Mademoiselle, you don't have to worry about this
NERVOUS NEELIE - how Francie Nolan's brother (in Brooklyn) felt about going on his first date
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Are you thinking of the Duke of Sussex?
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BOUGIE ROUGE - candlelit piano improvisation by Liberace
BOGGY BOGGY BLUE - upbeat version of the old English folksong The Foggy Foggy Dew
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FLASH HARRY
PRONUNCIATION: (flash HAR-ee)
MEANING: noun: A man who dresses and behaves in a vulgar, showy, or pretentious manner.
ETYMOLOGY: From flash (showy) + generic use of the name Harry. Earliest documented use: 1960. ______________________
FLASH LARRY - cousin of Leisure Suit Larry (in the Land of the Lounge Lizards)
FLASH HARPY - a mythological Siren, without clothes
LASH-HARRY - to torment your enemies with a whip as they flee before you
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DROWNBEAT - fortissimo rhythm on percussion
DOWNBOAT - bathyscaphe
DOWNBITE - orthodontic term
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AUNT SALLY
PRONUNCIATION: (ant SAL-ee)
MEANING: noun: 1. An object of criticism. 2. Someone or something set up as an easy target for criticism in order to deflect it from others.
ETYMOLOGY: From aunt, from Old French ante, from Latin amita (father’s sister), diminutive of amma (mother) + Sally, a form of the name Sarah. Earliest documented use: 1858. ________________________________
TAUNT SALLY - we do tease her a lot
PUNT SALLY - sudden attack via a flat-bottomed riverboat
AUNT SALTY - Mom's sister can swear like a sailor!
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GOOD-TIME CHARLEY/CHARLIE
PRONUNCIATION: (GOOD-tym char-lee)
MEANING: noun: One devoted to the pursuit of convivial fun and amusement.
ETYMOLOGY: From good-time (pleasure-seeking) + Charlie/Charley, diminutive of Charles. Earliest documented use: 1925. _________________________________
GOOD-TIME HARLEY - devoted to pursuit of a convivial motorcycle ride
GOOD-LIME CHARLIE - makes the best drink in Margaritaville
GOOD-TIDE CHARLIE - prefers to wait until the proper moment, and then lead on to Fortune; Shakespeare's metaphor for "caveat emptor"
[Make that "carpe diem". What was I thinking ?!]
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PERP
PRONUNCIATION. (puhrp)
MEANING: noun: One who commits a crime or is accused of committing one.
ETYMOLOGY: Short for perpetrator, from perpetrare (to carry out), from per- (through) + patrare (to bring about), from pater (father). Earliest documented use: 1968. ______________________
PURP - what you get when you mix red and blue paint together (if you're into "perp"s)
(ERP) - belch from the OK Corral
PIER "P" - between Pier "O" and Pier "Q"
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