Archive for November, 2005

chit

Anne | November 28th, 2005 | No Comments »

Merriam-Webster

A pert young woman.

1811 Vulgar Tongue

An infant or baby.

Wiktionary

A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.

Example

“Did you meet the Martindale chit?”
“Who?”
“The girl barely out of the schoolroom who is drowning in white ruffles over there.”

buffle-headed

Anne | November 25th, 2005 | No Comments »

Confused, stupid.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

The feeling one gets after eating too much turkey…for the second day in a row.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Anne | November 24th, 2005 | 1 Comment »

Turkey

Happy Thanksgiving!
(If you aren’t from the US, Happy Thursday!)

Bedfordshire

Anne | November 24th, 2005 | No Comments »

I am for Bedfordshire, i.e. for going to bed.

–From the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

The place one wants to go after eating too much turkey…