Wednesday, September 08, 2010

Enhanced meat, female pipes, and frenching!

I'll bring you the "E" and "F" words from this book that Jon and Harmony got me for my birthday. This is from Butt Rot and Bottom Gas: A Glossary of Tragically Misunderstood Words (Eric Groves, Sr.)


E

earjacking: to eavesdrop on a private conversation

egg cream: a New York drink made of chocolate syrup, milk, and seltzer

ejaculate: to make a loud, sudden yell or pronouncement ["The man gasped for breath, and faintly ejaculated - 'They ha' gone, mas'r! -- gone right clean off, Sir!' " - Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers]

empurple: to cause something to become purple

enclitic: in grammar, a type of word that depends on a preceding word for its accentuation [such as the word "man" in "policeman"]

endosperm: the tissue that envelops the growing embryo of a seed, and supplies nutrients

endplay: in the card game of bridge, a strategy that forces your opponent to win a trick (cards that are successfully played)

enhanced meat: any meat product (such as turkey, pork, etc.) injected by a meat producer with a solution of water, salt, and sodium phosphate to enhance juiciness and flavor

erect clematis: a species of the European free-standing shrub clematis

erection: a building, bridge, or other structure that has been erected or built

erectone: one of a group of chemical compounds extracted from an Asian herb

erotic acid: a common misspelling of "orotic acid" [Erotic (or, more commonly, orotic) acid was once synonymous with B13, but is no longer considered to be a true vitamin.]

evection: a measurable deviation in the moon's orbit around the Earth

extra heavy cream: cream that has 40 percent or more butterfat

extra jus: beyond the law; more than the law requires

extra-virgin: a type of olive oil with an acidity level of 1 percent or less

fag end: the frayed, coarse, or worn-out end of fabric, as opposed to the finer, sharper end; more broadly, the lesser-quality end of any manufactured product

fanny pack: a purse with its own belt, usually cinched about the waist

Feast of the Ass: a Catholic holiday, celebrated from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries every January 14 throughout Europe, to commemorate the infant Christ's escape from King Herod and into the land of Egypt; also known as Festum Asinorum

female pipe: a threaded coupling that joins two pipes together

F-holes: two F-shaped holes cut into the front of stringed instruments such as violins, viols, cellos, and basses to improve tonal quality; in stringed instruments such as guitars, mandolins, lutes, and so on, sound holes are usually circular, not F-shaped

firmware: read-only memory (ROM) computer chips that permanently store operating instructions and enable a computer to function properly; different from random-access memory (RAM) computer chips, which lose stored data as soon as power is shut off

fist jam: a rock-climbing technique in which the climber firmly wedges his or her fist into an available rock crack and then hoists up the entire body using sheer muscle power

flesh plug: a flared metal ring used in body piercing that is designed for placement in the lobe, or fatty bottom portion, of the ear

flushing hole: a hole through an electrode used for introducing dielectric fluid, which conducts electrical force lines, but does not conduct electrical current

fly blow: the egg or larva of a blowfly

fook sao: [Chinese phrase meaning "controlling arm"] in the Chinese martial art of kung fu, a term that describes a fox-like movement in which the attacker punches with fingers downward, keeping the elbows close to the ribs for self-protection

forcemeat: a concoction made of chopped meat, poultry, fish, or produce that is seasoned with herbs and spices, pureed into a creamy paste, and used for stuffing

forebulge: in geology, an upward land displacement [a forebulge is created when a massive weight (such as an ice sheet) causes subterannean land to subside or sink deep into the Earth's mantle (between the crust and core) shoving the surface crust upward]

fornacite: a mineral composed of a basic chromate-arsenate compound

fornicate gyrus: a ridge located on the cerebral cortex (brain) of humans and other animals [The fornicate gyrus gets its name from the fornix, an area of brain matter that loops just underneath the gyrus. Many scientists believe that the fornicate gyrus and other gyri are responsible for controlling the actions of muscles.]

frenched: food cut into long, thin strips

French grip: in fencing, a traditional hilt with a slightly curved grip

fruitarians: a subgroup of vegans who only eat fruit

fucanglong: the legendary mythical Chinese dragons of the underworld

fuchsin: a magenta dye

fuchsite: a green chromium-rich mineral

fucitol: a sugar alcohol made from seaweed

fucus: a type of brown algae

Fukalite: a rare calcium silico-carbonate mineral from Fuka, Japan

furbelow: another word for a hairball, or a ball of fur in an animal's intestines, created over time by the animal's licking and grooming of its coat

futtock: a curved piece of wood that helps form the ribs of a ship

fuzzballs: a theoretical astronomical phenomenon similar to the concept of black holes, which are collapsed stars with such an intense gravitational pull that not even light can escape from them

fuzzbox: an electrical device that changes or distorts the sound of an electric guitar [a fuzzbox produces rich harmonics or pitches prized by guitarists]

fuzz button: a high-quality electrical contact used in electrical tests

fuzzy front end: in business, a colloquial term used to describe a difficult period of development

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