A Standard Religiously Irrelevant Version (S.R.I.V) Twist of Fate Edition

A STANDARD RELIGIOUSLY IRRELEVANT VERSION

(S.R.I.V.)

TWIST OF FATE EDITION

Steve Morgan

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CONTENTS

NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

ABBREVIATIONS & SYMBOLS:

GLOSSARY*

A:

B:

C:

D:

E:

F:

G:

H:

I:

J:

K:

L:

M:

N:

O:

P:

Q:

R:

S:

T:

U:

V:

W,X,Y,Z:

FRONT MATTER:

Introduction to the Newest Bit:

A QUESTIONABLE PARTHENOGENESIS:

Then there were actors:

SOME OTHER ACTORS:

A tired Pastoral Paul

TIGHT-AS:

One-se please!

PHILLY:

‘Cleanliness - is Godliness’

JUDAS:

To be forewarned

A JOAN CITIZEN:

Reminder

CITIZEN JOAN II:

Hospitality

CITIZEN JOAN III:

Reexamining the tales of the Revelation to John

A REEVALUATION OF JOAN:

A BIG BANG!

THE ACTIVATION:

Exit stage Right, & left if you must!

EUDOXUS:

As Instructed

LEAVE-IT-TO-GUS:

More than a lot of people

CENSUS:

Prophet

PROPHECIES OF CHAMELEON:

Wisdoms

PROVERBS OF DRU:

Exactly!

DISSIMILAR TO PSALMS:

For commercial good

REAL ESTHER TATE:

POSTSCRIPT:

Reevaluation of Paul:

Paul’s acting with Thecla:

The Petrine Reevaluation:

The Reevaluation of Pete (Stoner):

AFTER THOUGHT:

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Born into a Christian family, in 1971, Steve applied himself to an extensive study of Christianity through the 1990’s. Leading to a departure from the faith in the mid 2000’s. In 2012 Steve was forced into retirement with a disability. Since, his life has grown with several interests emerging. An amateur parrot breeder, amateur Colour Pencil artist, writer, reader & avid lawn Bowler. Is a fan of quality film, documentaries, & intelligent comedy: Fluffy, & Bill Bailey. He has an ever widening assortment of interests; Current affairs, quirky history, Stoicism, philosophy, & Egyptian History. Never married, he lives alone in regional Victoria, Australia, with his beloved parrots. Interest in paronomasia, & neologisms began in earnest during the worlds longest lockdown in Victoria, Australia during the recent Covid-19 pandemic, 2021. Producing The Standard Religiously Irrelevant Version, a parodied edition of several Christian folklore, & The Punisher’s Dictionary (TBP). A dictionary of puns to standard English phrases.

ABBREVIATIONS & SYMBOLS:

†. obsolete.

(*). Asterisk (*) words/phrases, see the Glossary.

arch. Archaic.

OE. Old English.

c. circa., ‘approximately’.

i.e. id est, ‘that is’.

esp. Especially.

n. Noun.

v. Verb.

adj. adjective.

Slan. Slang. Frances Grose - Bibliography.

f. from.

Lex. Lexicophilia (website).

Od. Dict. Odford Dictionary.

OCD. Oxford Concise Dictionary.

Barr. Grant Barrett, Dictionary.

Brist. Joy Bristow. Bibliography.

Fowl. Fowler’s Concise Dict.

Aust. Australian.

Auth. Neo. Author’s neologism.

DFS. Dept. Family Services.

E.B.A.. Enterprise Bargaining Agreement.

(Agreed conditions of ‘Fair work, fair pay’).

Fr. French.

Fors. Forsyth. Bibliography.

Ger. German.

Gk. Greek.

Heb. Hebrew.

Hin. Hindi.

Ital. Italian.

Jn. (Apostle) John.

J. Folk. Jewish Folktale/lore.

J. Jewish.

Jap. Japanese.

Lat. Latin.

Lit. Literal.

Koenig. John Koenig. Bibliography.

Matt. (Apostle) Matthew.

Meltz. Peter. E. Meltzer. Bibliography.

NHO. Neurotic Homogenous Obedience. Uniform Mental Obedience,

i.e., Christianity.

Paul. A. Jon. Paul Anthony Jones Bibliography.

Sco. Scots/Scottish.

Span. Spanish.

Vulg. Vulgar. (Frances Grose).

W. Drop. Word Drops. Bibliography.

Yidd. Yiddish.

GLOSSARY*

This glossary is an A-Z of all underline* words/phrases found in commentary as an explanation assisting a reader’s comprehension.

A:

• Ab aeterno - (Lat.) (ab eye-TER-no) Since time began.

• Adamitism - To practice nudity.

• Abcedarian - Teacher of/to learn the alphabet.

• Abracadabrant - Marvellous, Stunning.

• ASBO - Anti-Social-Behaviour-Order (As a fine, punishment for breach).

• Absquatulate - (ab-skwat-choo-leyt) - To abscond.

• Abstracted - Lost in thought. Lost elsewhere in mind.

• Acerebral - Without a brain.

• Acumen - Quick, & accurate decision making. (Auth. Neo.) a queue of men (context prevailing).

• Adonis - Footer/Endnote #62.

• Advenae - (Lat.) Stranger, new arrival, visitor, newcomer.

• Admiral’s watch - High quality, restful sleep.

• Adrantomy - Dissection of the male body.

• Affinity - (OE) The attendants, companions, groupies of a big shot. Brist.

• Afflatus - Divine creative inspiration, or compulsion.

• Agitophasia - Hysterical condition causing rapid (confused/bewildering) speech. To the god-mythologist, speaking in tongues.

• Agelast - (aj-elist) Those who have lost a sense of humour.

• Agrestic - Primitive, uncivilised; belonging to the field, pasture.

• Aggiornamento - (Ital.) Meaning to bring up-to-date.

• Agminate - (AG-me-nit) (f. Lat) agmen, means army, troop on the march.

• Aichmopobia - Intense fear of sharp-pointed instruments.

• Anchorite - Religious recluse.

• Anywhen - Any time. Commonly used by peasants (South England). Not in dictionaries.

• Alcaide - Jailer.

• Alibosh - Obvious false, or, exaggeration.

• Almery - A storage recess, with shelving. Brist.

• Allotriophagy - (al-uh-tree-oh-fuh-gee) Urge to consume abnormal, & unhealthy foods.

• All Holiday - It’s all over, completely finished.

• Ambosexan - Both Male, & Female.

• âme damnée - (Fr. Lit. Damned soul). A servant, tool of another person, group.

• Abmosquious - Author’s neologism. A delightful non word, describing someone with a blood type that is not attractive to mosquitos.

• Anabiosis - To revive, bring back to life. (f. Gk.) for again, ana, & life, bios.

• Androgynous - Of indeterminate sex. Part male/female appearance.

• Anguilla - Eel.

• Aniconic - Symbolic rather than literal representation (of the Judaeo-Christian Bible narratives.)

• Anserous - Absurd, stupid.

• Answer-jobber - A skilled trade of writing answers.

• Antre - A cave, cavern, grotto, dugout, pothole.

• Antanagoge - Countercharge in retort of an accusation.

• Apanthropy - (uh-pan-throh-pee) - A desire to remain alone.

• Apologibe - Insincere apology.

• Apple Dumplin’ shop - (Slan.) Woman’s bosom.

• Aprosexia - (ap-roh-sehx-ee-h) - Inability to concentrate for a distracted, wandering mind.

• Arbiter elengantiae - An authority on style, fashion, tastes, protocol, etc.

• Ariston - (Gk.) Breakfast/brekkie.

• Arriviste - (ah-ree-vist) Ambitious, ruthless, self-seeking.

• Asceticism - Severe self-discipline. Avoiding indulgence on religious grounds.

• Asseveration - A solemn or emphatic declaration or statement about something.

• Asteroids - Painful haemorrhoid like swellings plants suffer. Od. Dict.

• Asque - (Ass-Queue) (Auth. Neo.) A queue of donkey’s. [Donkeys in original quote].

• Astrophe - (as-truh-fee) The feeling of being stuck on earth. The sense is briefly broken when gazing into the night sky, wondering ‘what’s out there?’ Only to be reminded of our bond to the ground we tread. See also onism. Koenig.

• Ataraxia - (at-ah-rax-siah) Serenity, calmness.

• Ataxy. - (Not a Taxicab) Disturbance in bodily function.

• Atelier - An artist, designer’s studio/workshop.

• Amen - We are in fierce agreement. This should End - Now!

• Asplode - Uncouth expression, representation of explode. Uneducated speech. (Vulg.) To fart!

• Aubadoir - (n. Oh-bah-dwah) the otherworldly atmosphere just prior to 5 a.m. Koenig.

• Auld Lang Syne - (Scot. folk New Years tune, 1778) auld lang syne means, ‘Times gone by’… a distant past. Syne means ‘Since, subsequently, moreover, furthermore’.

• Aureate - Golden.

• Auripotence - Dominance, power, Influence.

• Avifauna - Birds.

• Avatar - An icon/figure representing someone. Release of the soul from the body. A manifestation of a deity.

• Awkward - The word awk signifies Left as opposed to Dexter = Right. Things done awkwardly are sinister. Done from the Left. Dexter, (Lat. 16th Century) = from the Right.

B:

• Babalog - The ‘young’ irrational, easily influenced westerner concerned with social issues, fads, & superficialities.

• Bacchanalia - Drunken Roman festival in honor of the Greek god of wine, Bakkhos/Bacchus. Privately funded, & renowned for licentious behaviour.

• Bacon - See, Turkey bacon.

• Baptism - To ‘Christianise’ bread rolls.

• Balaamite - Religiously greedy, for financial gain.

• Barcode - The code-of-practice-&-conduct for all Bar patrons/publicans.

• Barman/barnman - Farmyard Impressionist. See barman - Od. Dict.

• Barometer - (Auth. Neo.) A devise to check the alcoholic content of a grogged-up bar/pub patron.

• Bass - Vegetable fibre. Bristow.

• Bedewed - Drunk. In this context, well-satiated by morning dew.

• Bell, book & candle - The religious variant of cancelling someone. To excommunicate from the congregation.

• Bel esprit (belespree) - (Fr. lit. beautiful mind) gifted/witty person.

• Belue - Sea monsters, whale.

• Betwixt/(Betweenity) - Between two things/people.

• Bibliomancy - Form of divination by opening the bible to a random passage, & interpreting said passage in relation to a circumstance.

• Bien pensant - (Fr.) Rational, right-thinking.

• Bigotry - Unrestrained, unchecked conceit. A conceited try-hard/wannabe.

• Biking - (f. Jap.) All-you-can-eat buffet.

• Bilboes - (Not an extra in Lord of the Rings) Sliding shackling bar to detain prisoners ankles.

• Bio - Biological.

• Bioluminescent - Organism that glows in the dark.

• Bishop - A drink of ‘wine & water’ with a roasted orange, (instead of a wedge of lime).

• Blandiose - Appearing impressive, having pretensions of grandeur.

• Bleeding deacon - Those who believe themselves indispensable, & the font of wisdom, but is also morally, ethically pernicious.

• Blocked at both ends - Finished.

• Blin Fou - Blind (full) Drunk. Sixteenth Century (Sco. word).

• Blurb. - (v.) As a verb. To flatter, & compliment oneself from self interest.

• Boi - (boy) Feminine male, masculine lesbian.

• Boondocking - Living without modern amenities, & other luxuries of convenience.

• Bosh - Crazy, foolish. c. mid 1800’s.

• Boulevard Journalist - Journalists who are exploitative, unscrupulous.

• Blutterbunged - Overcome by surprise. See also, gloppened, pixilated.

• Braggart - 1. Boaster of achievements/possessions. 2. (Auth. Neo.) Appraiser of Artwork.

• Braaivleis - Open fire barbecue.

• Brangle - 1. To squabble. ‘War of words’; dust-up… potentially causing, 2. Bent angles.

• Breast Fleet - (Slan.) Roman Catholic, on account of beating their breasts during confessional.

• Breastsummer - (Not nude sunbathing) The supporting beam to an entrance, or portico.

• Breviloquent (breviloquence) - Succinct in speech.

• Brobdingnagain - ENORMOUS! Opposite to lilliputian.

• Brownstudy - Melancholic meditation.

• Buddha - An ascetic.

• Bug - Originally, & the oldest meaning of ‘bug’ is an object of fear, i.e., a goblin, vampire, ‘evil’ entity. In the so-named ‘The Bug Bible’ (c.1551) translation of Psalm 91:5, the (Heb.) term for ‘the terror’ in this passage was rendered bug, reading: …not fear the (bug) of the night. Likely meaning an external night-terror, than an emotional experience of alarm, fear, panic (terror). See, - BUG: Edwards.

• Bukateria - Cafe, eatery, insignificant place to eat.

• Bulldozer - A pretentious, boring politician.

• Bumbershoot - Umbrella.

• Bush Oyster - Mucous, snot.

• Bush Telly - Camp fire.

• But & Ben - Two room dwelling. BUT = kitchen, inner room. BEN, outer room. Bristow.

• Butter-print - A child that noticeably resembles parents.

• Buttock-mail - (Sco.) Tax levied on persons who practiced ‘Interconnectedness’ (see below) out of wedlock.

C:

• Cabobble - Mystified, confused.

• Cackling Cheats - Fowls, chicken.

• Cachinnate - Laugh loudly, in an unrestrained manner.

• Cacoethes Loquendi - (Lat.) Verbal diarrhoea, gift of the gab, flowing tongue.

• Caller - (OE) meaning ‘fresh, & cool’, as in ‘caller waters’. Not in modern dict. Edwards.

• Cancel - Public boycott. To withdraw support. Regard as socially unacceptable. (Auth. Neo.) If cancelled, the punishment is placing the perpetrator in a very small jail cell.

• Candid - (Modal v. + v. Contraction) ‘Can+Did’. The deity can, & did do…

• Captain Cook - To take a ‘look’, to peer at something.

• Carp - (v. Not the Fish) To fuss over, be picky, object to trivial matters. Never pleased.

• Caravanserai - See xenodocium. Strictly a Middle-Eastern Caravan park.

• Caterwaul - Howl with an appalling noise. (As mating cats, or, singing out of tune).

• Centralia - Desert, like the centre of Australia.

• Change one’s life - Die. Face death.

• Chevroleg (Toyotoe) - Jocular reference to legs.

• Circumambulate - Walk around as a ritual.

• Clack Box - See ‘Garrulous’.

• Clamberskull - Very strong drink. Overpowering liquor.

• Clancularious - (†.1656) Secret, shrouded, private, clandestine.

• Clinomania - Urge to remain lying down. (A sleep disorder).

• Clay resident - Die. (Put to clay; to kill).

• Clericus pacis - (Lat.) Cleric of the peace, principal legal officer of authorities. Brist.

• Cobweb Morning - A Norfolk term for morning. Describing the gleaming of cobwebs in the early morn dew shimmers.

• Codpiece - Man’s breeches, for modesty.

• Collywobbles - Stomachache.

• Comfoozled - Spent, exhausted.

• Compos mentis - (Lat.) Sane, balanced mental state.

• Compurgator. - Sworn witness to good character.

• Concordat - A mutual interest agreement between the secular & ‘Holy See’. Ol’ El standing here for the Holy See, Dru as the secular party.

• Condiddle - Steal, pilfer, ‘borrow’.

• Confarreation - (Lex.) Roman Marriage.

• Contraband - A musical ensemble of bootleggers.

• Contaminotion - Those viral, spurious projections oppressing debate, & reality.

• Continually - Real long passageway, tunnel, maze. See Od. Dict.

• Controver - (c.1721) Trafficker of false gossip. See also effutiation.

• Corvée - Unpaid labourer.

• Coronal - Crown of the head.

• Crapulence - Feeling’s of sickness after much indulgence in drinking, eating.

• Coxa-commissure - (coxa) Hip-(commissure) joint. Thus, Hip-joint.

• Chance the poker - To exaggerate a story.

• Chilth - (Cornwall dialect, United Kingdom) Describing an attempt to escape a chilled atmosphere.

• Chrestomathy - Select (Bible) narratives.

• Churchyard Cough - A cough that terminates in death.

• Cypher - 1. A coded message. 2. (Auth. Neo.) a little noise made by upset people (often women) when frustrated.

• Cryptozoology - Study of imaginary, or unproven creatures, monsters, entities.

• Chuck a U-ie - (Aust. Slan.) Perform a U-turn.

• Cuff & Stuff - Arrested.

• Culp - A fond delusion. Imaginary attribute.

• Cup-shotted - Sloshed, bent over ale…as drunk.

• Cunctation - Procrastinate.

• Curate’s egg - (British idiom) of something containing both good, & bad elements.

D:

• Daedalic - Creative, innovative. Shrewdness.

• Damascene moment - Like the alleged apostle Paul. A ‘conversion’/change in mind.

• Dandiprat - As described. Obliging.

• Dansey-headed - Staggering, clumsy, stumble.

• Day-raw - Early morning. As the sun rises over the horizon.

• Defenestrate: Throw from a window.

• Deluge - The first experiment in baptism, where one’s lustration’s, those imagined, or actual harmful res gestae (Lat. lit. Things done) are suddenly believed to become impeccant (faultless/pure).

• Dephlogistication - Fireproofing. To make something fireproof.

• Desanté - (n. day-suhn-tey) The brooding delirium of sickness, where time near stops, & menial tasks are difficult to complete. Koenig.

• Dekna - (Hin.) meaning to see. English, to take a dekko (look) at something.

• Dendranthropology - Theory that mankind evolved from trees.

• Derby - New Testament city.

• De profundis - (Lat.) for Out of the depths (First line Psalm 130.) Showing deep misery, sorrow.

• De trop - (Fr. - də tro) Unwanted, superfluous, undesirable.

• Deve - ‘Protection’ Levi. (Development Levi).

• Diablerie - Originally connected to an ‘evil deed.’ (Diabolic) Has morphed to mean recklessness.

• Dictionary - (Three bonuses of a…) (Auth. Neo.) 1. Used as an aide to better elocution, 2. and much betterer word knowing, 3. A breed of canary trained to assist to execute correct elocution.

• Diktat - Orders/decrees imposed without popular consent.

• Ding dongs - Songs.

• Discept - Absolute nonconformity. Disagreement.

• Discreetly - (adj.) i.e., dorgone - dohr-gon.) Acting in a dorgone manner, describes the wish to separate oneself from something, people without being noticed.

• Disguised - († c.1600) Drunk.

• Distinguisher - (Auth. Neo) an Upper Middle Bogan fire retardant.

• Doch-an-dorris - Last drinks.

• Dog (cat)- Latin - Senseless, rubbish writing/speech.

• Donnée. - A basic fact or assumption.

• Dragon’s teeth - Actions that bring extinction. From Greek mythology of Cadmus & Jason’s quest for the golden fleece.

• Droit du seigneur - (Lit.) Right of the Lord. Though often referencing sexual right. In this context, representing a ‘Sense of entitlement.’ An appropriate concept describing the modern elite.

• Dybbuk - (J. Folk.) Spiteful wandering spirits, demons.

• DYKWIA - (Acronym) Do You Know Who I Am?

• Dysania - Difficulty in waking, or getting out of bed.

E:

• Eco-roof - Rooftop vegetation’s/garden.

• Ecozoic - (Imaginary period of a) harmonic balance between Human & environment.

• Effutiation - (†) Catastrophonical nonsense.

• Egalitarianism - Of equal right, & opportunity.

• ‘Egg on your (his) chin’ - A polite euphemism to draw attention to an unzipped, unbuttoned fly in hopes to save the ‘offender’ from embarrassment.

• Ego ramp - Rostrum, dais.

• Either-still - Anyway!

• Elbow Crooker - Excessive drinker.

• Electro-plasm - Otherworldly.

• Elfin - Mischievous. Naughty, High-spirited, boisterous.

• Eloquence - The artful (often oral) concealment of a ‘lower falsehood’ by persuasion of fools, that a ‘higher truth’ awaits.

• Elp - Sly, trickster. One who evades responsibility.

• Emodox - (n.) Those who present a mood that is out of sync with the rest (or majority) of society. They panic, quibble, or show a pensiveness about a certain topic.

• Emotion - A disease in determination between the heart & the head. Oftentimes, causing a discharge of Sodom Chloride from the eyes.

• Ensconced - To settle comfortably.

• Entomic - Related to creepy-crawly’s.

• Entomophagous - Eating creepy-crawly’s.

• Epexegesis - Interpretation Rationale, observation, justification.

• Essoinment - An excuse of absence.

• Eternal Box - Death/dead. Coffin.

• Etymology - Study of word origins, & meaning changes through history.

• Ethereal - Dainty, elegant, beautiful.

• Euroclydon - (you-rok-li-don) Fierce tempest, huge storm.

• Eugonic - Existing on artificial foodstuffs.

• Everton toffee - Coffee.

• Exeshoetion - The (accidental) destruction of footwear.

• Exhort(ion) - In religious affairs, to harangue the conscience of another upon a spit & roast it till a golden-brown discomfort is achieved.

• Exile - Forced to serve the homeland abroad without having an official ambassadorship appointment.

• Exordium - Beginning, introduction (Front matter).

• Expergefactor - To do with waking. An alarm system is an expergefactor.

• Extinct(ion) - The raw material & condition that theology uses to create a future position.

• Extraneous - Irrelevant, unrelated to the subject.

• Extraforaneous - Outdoor.

• Extolment - Enthusiastic praise.

F:

• Fabulosity - Exaggerated statements/stories (often made up).

• Facetiae - (arch.) Comical, witty sayings/commentary.

• Faffle - Useless work. No satisfactory result for the time spent.

• Falsetto - Inexact Ice-cream. Od. Dict.

• Famelicose - Persistent hunger.

• Fandango - Foolishness in argument or act, esp. politically, in public affairs, or serious topics.

• Fantod - State of unease, discomfort, anxiety.

• Fry - (Pl. Noun) Newly hatched fish.

• Fatidical - Gifted in prophesy.

• Fatuous - Large posterior.

• Fedifragous - To break an agreement, oath.

• Femtosecond - One quadrillionth of a second. 10 to the 15th power.

• Fell - (Adjective literary) Evil, as in cruel, terrible.

• Feresy - (f. Middle English fere, partner + heresy.) A fear that your partner has, or is changing in ways not understood. Whether anything could be done, despite the former person in essence no longer existing. Koenig.

• Forbye (also Forby) - In addition, besides, as well.

• Forgetfulness - A gift of the deity bestowed upon an individual in compensation for their insolvency of conscience.

• Fomes - Anything that infects with disease.

• Fogo - Overpowering stench.

• Fie - Expression of passioned outrage.

• Fire - in a metaphysical sense fire represents the beginnings of ‘humankind’s’ determination, & strength of character. After-which, the vibrant energy of ‘fire’ was eventually domesticated.

• Firkytoodle - To cuddle/fondle.

• Finagle - To use devious means to achieve an end. To cheat.

• Fisticuffs - Manacles, hand-cuffs.

• FibbertyJibbet - A Sexually provocative woman. A better word than promiscuous.

• Fons et origo - (Lat.) Basis, cause, source, origin. The epicentre.

• Flabergudgion - Threadbare state.

• Flaneur - Idle about aimlessly. See also perambulate.

• Flarting - To mock, jeer.

• Flatuosity - Windiness.

• Flummery - Insincerity. Empty compliment. Foolish talk.

• Flux-ale - Poor quality drink.

• Fly-speck - A prototype of punctuation. Performed in great service by flies of all regions to the works of literature.

• Freedom Lawn - Uncultivated lands.

• Fubsey - Plump.

• Fudgel - Pretend to work, or do anything significant, productive.

• Fukubukuro - Gift bag of unknown & varied merchandise.

G:

• Gadabout - Wanderer, rambler, pleasure-seeker.

• Galagog - (n.) the state of being simultaneously awed, & unsettled by the vastness of the universe. Koenig.

• Gamme - (gam) Realising moving timepieces forward/backward an hour makes no difference to the day. There are still 12hrs of light. Twelve hours of After-Light.

• Gasconade - Extravagant boasting.

• Garbanzo - Chickpea.

• Garrulous -Excessively talkative.

• Gedunk - Snaks, easily consumed foodstuff.

• Gentes - Family/group related by paternity.

• Geep - Cross between a goat & sheep.

• Ghough - (n. hawkh, drawing air sharply in through mouth) the bottomless pit in the psyche for more; praise, food, money, life, more daylight, more sleep. Caused by the panic that all these & more will be stripped from you too early. Koenig.

• Gladiola - (n. or v.) The excited expression of a happy soon-to-be-bride. (Particularly, of Italian, Mexican, or Spanish bloodline).

• Glóssa (language) - Ecstatic/foreign/unknown speech. Requiring an ‘inspired’ interpreter for understanding.

• Glossary - Explanation of words that shine (throughout this book).

• Gloppened - Surprised!

• Gnosis/Gnostic - Spiritual (mysterious) knowledge.

• Goat-drunk - (c.1592) Lecherously drunk.

• Goig - Someone (thing) instinctively distrusted. Having an inexplicable bias & aversion.

• Golgotha - A hat. (Victorian Slan.) Taken from the New Testament gospels where Golgotha is called ‘Place of the skull.’ (Matt 27:33; Jn 19:17).

• Gollohix - An annoying, untimely audible nuisance.

• Goonda tax - Bribe, extortion taxes.

• Gormid - Individualistic, & selfish.

• Granmarian - (Auth. Neo.) Well educated grandparent. Specifically versed in semantics.

• Grammar-folk - Well educated.

• Green answers to blue questions - Answers unrelated to the question.

• Grimgribber - Lawyer.

• Grinnow - A stain earlier unnoticed.

• Growlery - A retreat when ill, or in a bad mood. First coined by Charles Dickens, Bleak House.

• Grundyism - Intolerant conventionality. Purism.

• Gyromancer - Practice of divination by spinning in circles until the performer’s dizziness caused them to fall.

H:

• Haeccity (also, Haecceity) - the individuality, or what differentiates one from another.

• Harold (Holt) - To disappear without a known cause, reason. Like former Australian Prime Minister who simply vanished after going for a swim. He was never found, seen again.

• Hamlet - Piglets. Od. Dict.

• Hammurabi - Sixth king of the first dynasty BC of Babylon. Instigated the first