Category Archives: Words

Just a container for interesting words, phrases, and quotations that we come across and would like to remember. We used to remember things in our heads, now we put them on blogs…

Hyporheic

Posted on July 19, 2012 by buffalogal

This term refers to a region beneath and alongside a stream bed, where there is mixing of shallow groundwater and surface water. The flow dynamics and behavior in this zone (hyporheic flow or underflow) is recognized to be important for … Continue reading →

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The Heavy Bag

Posted on March 12, 2011 by chinaski

In my day men trudged to the gym to hit the heavy bag. Nowadays they skip there in tights and do yoga. Lord Boomaroom

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Friday Night In East Van: A Bourbonhours definition

Posted on February 15, 2011 by chinaski

Well, the origin of the phrase is innocuous enough. We were sitting around one evening many years ago at my friend Don’s house, having cocktails and shooting a Friday night breeze. Someone made a reference to some obscure and horrendous … Continue reading →

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Publican, Pour Me A Shot

Posted on February 11, 2011 by chinaski

Heard this word while watching English tv last night: publican. The reference was to the owner of a bar, and sure enough, that’s one of the meanings of this word. I went into a public-’ouse to get a pint o’ … Continue reading →

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Define:fanicism

Posted on January 26, 2011 by chinaski

Fanicism (noun): Writing posted on the internet by wannabe critics reviewing stuff their poor, sad, limited souls deem “awesome”. Typically tagged by the reader as “don’t quit your day job”.

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Wild Turkey For The Great Gatsby

Posted on January 25, 2011 by chinaski

Here’s something I wasn’t aware of: F. Scott Fitzgerald is buried in Rockville Maryland. This fact came to my attention when trolling about the internets, as I am wont to do. The Rockville Patch has a nice piece on the … Continue reading →

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Drunks Will Say the Darndest Things

Posted on January 9, 2011 by chinaski

Overheard on an Everett WA police scanner: Caller believes she may have overdosed on alcohol. She drank half a bottle of bourbon every day for the last few days. source: http://www.heraldnet.com/

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Leucism

Posted on January 1, 2011 by buffalogal

Leucism:  a general term for the phenotype resulting from defects in pigment cell differentiation. This results in either the entire surface (if all pigment cells fail to develop) or patches of body surface (if only a subset are defective) having … Continue reading →

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Micro-distillers In the News

Posted on December 31, 2010 by chinaski

The Atlantic has published a bit of a provocative piece written by Clay Risen on the art of micro-distilling, a made-up word for people running off small batches of alcohol in limited production settings. We used to call these types … Continue reading →

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The Word “Mixologist”

Posted on December 22, 2010 by chinaski

Okay, I’ve been looking at blog post after blog post and news item after news item that insist on using the word “mixologist” to describe a person who makes alcoholic drinks. Presumably while doing yoga and tweeting about Oprah. This … Continue reading →

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