judicature And these people thought it a prodigious defect of policy among us, when I told them that our laws were enforced only by penalties, without any...
They bury their dead with their heads directly downward, because they hold an opinion, that in eleven thousand moons they are all to rise again; in which...
steward, subservience, burten = burden, husdandry ... The meaner families who have children at these nurseries, are obliged, besides their annual pension,...
When I was just preparing to pay my attendance on the emperor of Blefuscu, a considerable person at court (to whom I had been very serviceable, at a time when...
“Thus, by the great friendship of the secretary, the whole affair was compromised. It was strictly enjoined, that the project of starving you by degrees...
no-holds-barred The magazine fell into a niche between Playboy's upper-class pretensions and Larry Flynt's no-holds-barred approach, and began to lose the...
outgun | Penthouse was eventually outgunned by Larry Flynt's Hustler, which went even farther with both pictorials and editorial content than Guccione was...
segue | The movie opens with “The Customer is Always Right,” (though this segment uses the red dress from another short story in “The Babe Wore Red”...
fencing | he is often fencing stolen property or arranging early furloughs for incarcerated former criminal associates — for a hefty fee, of course — on...
debutante Lyrics from Blondie: When I met you in the restaurant You could tell I was no debutante You asked me what's my pleasure A movie or a measure? I'll...
lubber Deep sea fish is a term for fish that live below the photic zone of the ocean. Examples include the lanternfish, flashlight fish, cookie-cutter shark...
20050822 variorum A later variorum edition provided many alternate wordings from which Johnson, in a more limited editorial intervention, had been forced to ...
20050824 floozy A professional floozy of the first order, Bild Zeitung's Lilli traded sex for money, delivered sassy comebacks to police officers, and sought ...
20050827 pean The album also included "She Bop", a paean to female masturbation, and the romantic ballad "Time After Time", an instant "standard" which has ...
Chantable Couplets Xah Lee, 200508 Here's a list of chantable couplets. The closest technical name to describe them, is prototypical usage. • nature or...
20050830 yankee Ron Kovic's poem: I am the living death the memorial day on wheels I am your yankee doodle dandy your John Wayne come home your fourth of july...
20050901 tenebrous I like long and unusual words, and anybody who does not share my tastes is not compelled to read me. Policemen and politicians are under...
LAVINIA. When did the tiger's young ones teach the dam? O, do not learn her wrath- she taught it thee; The milk thou suck'dst from her did turn to marble, Even...
see also: http://xahlee.org/PageTwo_dir/Vocabulary_dir/antonymous_synonyms.html On Sep 6, 2005, at 9:38 PM, xah lee wrote: 20050906 restive to her credit in...
20050908 slob Pity the poor slob who just wants to get something done. Set adrift in a sea of functionality he can neither comprehend nor control — buried in...
some words from Shakesphere's Titus: • minion | this minion stood upon her chastity, upon her nuptial vow, her loyalty. • perforce | Now perforce we will...
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