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GORBLIMEY
PRONUNCIATION: (gor-BLY-mee)
MEANING: interjection: An expression of surprise, dismay, etc.
ETYMOLOGY:m. A contraction of “God blind me”. Earliest documented use: 1896. Also used in the form corblimey and blimey.
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GORE LIMEY - the former American VP joins the Royal Navy
IGOR, BLIMEY - Surprise! It's the Russian!
GOR, BLIMEY ! - the Cockney expresses surprise
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MACHTPOLITIK
PRONUNCIATION: (MAHKHT-pol-ee-teek)
MEANING: noun: Power politics: policies that advocate the use of power and physical force to attain their goals.
ETYMOLOGY: From German Machtpolitik (power politics), from Macht (power, strength) + Politik (politics, policy). Earliest documented use: 1916. Compare with realpolitik
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MACHET'POLITIK - policies that rely on the use of sharp heavy blades to attain their goals
MATCH-POLITIK - a public-relations campaign to change smoking habits
NACHTPOLITIK - bedroom negotiations
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DOGWATCH
PRONUNCIATION: (DOG-wach)
MEANING: noun:
1. A short watch, especially one of the two two-hour watch duties on a ship: 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm.
2. A night shift, especially the last one.
ETYMOLOGY: Loan translation of either Dutch hondenwacht or German Hundewache. Perhaps from the assumption that only dogs are awake at night, or from the short sleep of a dog. Earliest documented use: 1657.
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DIGWATCH - treasure-hunting at the beach
DOOGWATCH - following a TV series about an improbably young doctor
DOGWITCH - if Hermione Granger had married Sirius Black, their children might be...
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PRONUNCIATION: (BRIJ-hed)
MEANING: noun:
1. A foothold opening the way for further advance.
2. A fortified position at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy.
ETYMOLOGY: Loan translation of French tête de pont (bridge head). Earliest documented use: 1760. Also see beachhead.
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BRIDEHEAD - BBC series about an old aristocratic British family, prequel to a 1945 book by Evelyn Waugh
RIDGEHEAD - a geological formation often seen at the Continental Divide
BRIDGE MEAD - a brew often served shipboard at the Officer's Mess
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EARWORM
PRONUNCIATION: (EER-wuhrm)
MEANING: noun:
1. A catchy song or tune that keeps involuntarily repeating in one’s mind.
2. An agricultural pest commonly known as corn earworm, of the species Helicoverpa zea or Helicoverpa armigera.
ETYMOLOGY: Loan translation of German Ohrwurm (earwig, earworm). Earliest documented use: 1598. See also earwig.
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BEARWORM - a parasite that infects ursines
EARWARM - what people wear hats to keep their
FEARWORM - that gnawing worry you just can't shake
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IMMISERATION
PRONUNCIATION: (i-miz-uh-RAY-shuhn)
MEANING: noun:
1. The act of making miserable or the state of being made miserable.
2. Impoverishment.
ETYMOLOGY: Loan translation of German Verelendung (impoverishment) using Latin in- (into) + miserable, from Latin miserari (to pity), from miser (pitiable, wretched). Earliest documented use: 1942. Also spelled as immiserization.
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IMMIE-SERATION - cutting a sawtoothed surface into your marble
I'M MISER-ACTION ! - Scrooge McDuck announces he's a tightwad
I'M MISTER "-ATION" - I specialize in making verbs into nouns
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GRAWLIX
PRONUNCIATION: (GRAW-liks)
MEANING: noun: The characters, such as @#%$*!, used to convey profanity in a comic.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by the cartoonist Mort Walker (1923-2018). Earliest documented use: 1964.
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CRAWLIX - long critters that move around on many short legs
GRABLIX - what actress Betty does to an ice cream cone
GRAW LOX - smoked salmon caught in the sea near Graw, in Ireland
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BARDOLATRY
PRONUNCIATION: (bar-DAH-luh-tree)
MEANING: noun: Excessive admiration of William Shakespeare.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by George Bernard Shaw from bard (poet) + -latry (worship). Shakespeare is often referred to as the Bard of Avon, or simply the Bard. Earliest documented use: 1901.
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BIRDOLATRY - excessive admiration of Indiana native, Boston Celtic Number 33
BAR-IDOLATRY - having extreme reverence for lawyers
BAR NO L.A. TRY - internal slogan to encourage the Olympics be held in Los Angeles, California
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SEMELPAROUS
PRONUNCIATION: (se-MEL-puh-ruhs)
MEANING: adjective: Reproducing only once in a lifetime.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by the biologist LaMont C. Cole (1916-1978). From Latin semel (once) + -parous (producing). Earliest documented use: 1954. The opposite is iteroparous, reproducing multiple times in one’s lifetime.
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USE ME, L. PAROUS - Louis Parous, the casting director, gets a lot of requests like this
SEMEL: PAR OUT - Psychiatry Grand Rounds topic for the week: When Consistenly Excellent Isn't Good Enough
SEMI-ELGAROUS - how to describe the Enigma Variations when re-written eliminating every second note
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BROADBROW
PRONUNCIATION: (BRAHD-brow)
MEANING: noun: A person with a broad range of interests.
adjective: Appealing to people with a broad range of interests.
ETYMOLOGY: Coined by J.B. Priestley (1894-1984), from broad + brow, on the pattern of highbrow and lowbrow. Earliest documented use: 1924. Also see middlebrow.
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BROADBREW - vulgar name for beer produced by a niche company owned by women
BROADBLOW - a rare fan-shaped display produced by a spouting whale
BROAD B-ROW - second tier of seats at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles
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