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grasshopper - not much to fear alone, but upon assembling for the Grasshopper Annual Feast they have stomachs a thousand times larger than their bug-eyes and will merrily eat everything not nailed down
In many African villages they are regarded as Gods of Abundance in both number and protein. Dipped in honey they are disproportionately more nutritious and appetising than any equivalent amount of failed crops
bibliography
bibliography The great number of falsehoods you tell as to where you got the information you quote in your term paper, Master's Thesis, or Doctorate Thesis
autobiography
autobiography - a collection of tall tales, fibs, squibs, and white lies tacked together by the 'hero' to make him appear so - the sort of book written solely for one's personal amusement to correct a few inconsistencies, apologise after the facts, convince themselves the situation was always under their control and owed nothing to chance
Beware the autobog composed by successful businessmen, as much those scrawled on paper napkins by raconteurs, those only to be published immedately after the author's death (the longer the wait the better), and especially the never-should-be-published corrective fiction of ex-politicians
Considering how popular the genre has become amongst the self-important self-authoritative self-indulgent, it's surprising that anyone still reads, believes and cites them
navel gazing
navel gazing A supposed relaxation position in which one is to contemplate Nirvana, but actually to disguise the fact that one is so bored they are dozing in the lotus position
Hobo
hobo - jolly chap, lives on trains, half philosopher, half adventurer, some are very wealthy (inheritance), generally indisposed to working for the man thus has chosen to instead live on the rails and see America - or at least that part of America the tracks take him to
zebu
Zebu - is the scary half of a striped horse
Calender
Calender-'the calorie ender' -The measurement known as joules.
magic
magic - unique qualities possessed by my friends - I never know what it is or what it's going to be until I experience it - but once I do I'm liquid - under their spell for the rest of time
legacy
legacy That which is left behind when a person of importance passes on, which immediately causes conflict among relatives and friends, who were looking for a handout from the will instead of memoirs and a good name
Argument
Argument- What emotionally immature people do instead of having discussions
homemaker
homemaker A word applied to "stay at home spouses" because "slave" seems unduly harsh
spirit medium
Spirit Medium: an adherent of the socially acceptable face of necromancy. Where once such people were rightfully burned as blasphemers and heretics, they now make a profit out of being noted dinner speakers.
Formality
Formality any unnatural thing which is done to a person and immediately followed by an excuse, such as policemen asking leading and insinuating questions and then apologizing for them by pointing out that it is "just a formality." Wise men will know them for the liars they are and contact their lawyers at once.
Foolish
Foolish - the language of the Foo, which in Ancient Hittite mythology was revered to be the most expressive of any tongue, with a billion different words and inflexions for mountain and more than a trillion for sand (contrasted with the Hittites' mere two for each, neither printable)
The Foo themselves were quite an interesting bunch, descended as they were from a race of demi-gods and who interbred with a flock of disaccociative and very lost Poison Pygmy People (of The Phantom fame) they marched only by night when everyone else were asleep and were believed to criticise people in their dreams
The term foo fighter is thus derived from this ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_fighter )
Crystal
Crystal Explicitly concise, as in the following exchange:
Policeman to violating driver: "Have I made myself clear, Sir?"
Driver: "Crystal."
Nasty