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GESELLSCHAFT
PRONUNCIATION: (guh-ZEL-shaft)
MEANING: noun: Social relations based on impersonal ties, such as obligations to an institution or society.
ETYMOLOGY: From German Gesellschaft (society, company, party), from Geselle (companion) + -schaft (-ship). Earliest documented use: 1964.
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GESELLS CHART - spreadsheet describing all the books of Dr Seuss [Theorore Giesel]
GISELL SCHAFT - Mr. Lanson, Ms. Collins and Your Hit Parade treated Ms. Mackenzie poorly
GOSELLSCHAFT - Your job is to find a buyer for the coal mine
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GESAMKUNSTWERK
PRONUNCIATION: (guh-ZAHMT-koonst-vuhrk)
MEANING: noun: A work of art that makes use of many different art forms.
ETYMOLOGY: From German Gesamtkunstwerk (total artwork), from gesamt (total, whole) + Kunst (art) + Werk (work). Earliest documented use: 1939.
NOTES: The concept is Gesamtkunstwerk is associated with the composer Richard Wagner who described it in a series of essays in an attempt to synthesize music, drama, dance, poetry, etc.
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GESAMKUNSTWERE - a play performed by a singing, dancing, sculpting, painting wolf who recites poetry...EXCEPT not when the moon is full
GESAMKUNSTWEAK - an inferior attempt at combining artistic forms (see above)
GESAMEKUNSTWERK - see above again
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KRUMMHOLZ
PRONUNCIATION: (KROOM-holts)
MEANING: noun: Stunted trees near the timber line on a mountain.
ETYMOLOGY: From German, from krumm (crooked) + Holz (wood). Earliest documented use: 1908.
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KRUMHOLZ - original name of the Keeper for Durmstrang School of Magic before his parents moved from Bulgaria
DRUMMHOLZ - openings in a percussion instrument, designed to let the sound resonate further
SKRUMMHOLZ - hanky-panky on the Rugby pitch
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GLOCALIZE
PRONUNCIATION: (GLO-kuh-lyz)
MEANING: verb tr.: To make a product or service available widely, but adapted for local markets.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of global and localize. Earliest documented use: 1989.
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BLOCALIZE - to split into disjointed fragments, often working at cross-purposes
GLOCALIE - to utter falsehoods indiscriminately big and small
GLOCKALIZE - to transcribe music so it can be played on the glockenspiel
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SOLUNAR
PRONUNCIATION: (so-LOO-nuhr)
MEANING: adjective: Relating to the sun and the moon.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of solar and lunar. Earliest documented use: 1936.
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SULUNAR - like a Star Trek lieutenant
SOLULNAR - pertaining to the forearm of the Sun
SOLUNARD - a healing salve that dissolves in water
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JUDDER
PRONUNCIATION: (JUHD-uhr)
MEANING: verb intr.: To shake or vibrate violently.
noun: An intense shaking or vibration.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of jolt/jar/jerk and shudder. Earliest documented use: 1926.
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JUDDLER - a puddle-jumper
JUDDIER - more blotchy in red and yellow (jaundiced + ruddier)
JURDER - one of twelve peers empaneled to hear a capital case (juror + murder)
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DRIPPLE
PRONUNCIATION: (DRIP-uhl)
MEANING: verb intr.: To flow in a small stream or to fall in drops.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of drip and dribble. Earliest documented use: 1821.
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DIPPLE - a minuscule dab of salsa on your corn chip
TRIPPLE - a three-bagger with a negligible response from the crowd
GRIPPLE - the feeblest of handshakes
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MASSTIGE
PRONUNCIATION: (mas-TEEZH, -TEEJ)
MEANING: noun: Products that have the perception of luxury, but are relatively affordable and marketed to masses.
adjective: Relating to such a product.
ETYMOLOGY: A blend of mass market and prestige. Earliest documented use: 1996.
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AMASSTIGE - what you get for having the biggest collection of anything
MANSTIGE - French equivalent of "street cred;" compare "macho"
MASSTINGE - a touch of Boston (including the frugality)
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SHOWBOAT
PRONUNCIATION: (SHOH-boht)
MEANING: verb intr.: To seek attention by showy, flamboyant behavior; to show off.
noun: One who seeks attention in such a way; a show-off.
ETYMOLOGY: After riverboats, with onboard theater and troupes of actors, that stopped at towns along the river to offer entertainment. Earliest documented use: 1839.
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SHOWBEAT - conduct the orchestra more vigorously
SHOPBOAT - I'll need to buy some stuff on my Caribbean cruise
SHOWBOUT - broadcast the Liston-Ali boxing match
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GASLIGHT
PRONUNCIATION: (GAS-lyt)
MEANING: verb tr.: To manipulate psychologically.
ETYMOLOGY: From the title of the classic movie Gaslight (1940 and its 1944 remake), based on author Patrick Hamilton’s 1938 play. The title refers to a man’s use of seemingly unexplained dimming of gaslights (among other tricks) in the house in an attempt to manipulate his wife into thinking she is going insane. Earliest documented use: 1969.
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GA BLIGHT - serious peach-tree disease
GAS FIGHT - boys sitting around a campfire eating beans (think Blazing Saddles)
GALS LIGHT - what Wonder Woman uses to see when it's dark
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