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[nerdfury.livejournal.com]

Paper-belly
Hobo lingo
A person unable to drink liquor straight, or one who grimaces after drinking.

Petrichor
Greek
The clean, pleasant smell that accompanies rain falling on dry ground. It’s from the Greek petra (stone) and ichor (the blood of Greek gods and goddesses). The term was coined by two Australian researchers in 1964.

milliHelen
No etymology - nonce-word - humour
The quantity of beauty required to launch just one ship.

Dysania
Rare - unable to locate etymology.
Having difficulty getting out of bed in the morning.

Comments

[wildflower399.livejournal.com]

"milliHelen" just really made my day!
Thanks, I needed that. :D

[sasuran.livejournal.com]

Seconded on the milliHelen score! :D

[rainbow-yarn.livejournal.com]

....Hobo lingo?

Well, I'm one of those paper bellies, anyway.

And I suffer from dysania every single day. It gets worse in the winter.



ugh these words are fantastic

[nerdfury.livejournal.com]

Apparently Hobo Lingo is a Thing! I've seen a few references to it, and will be posting more in coming weeks. It kinds makes me think of hobos in movies who carry everything in a kerchief on a stick and hop railcars.

I'll assume it's American, mainly, because the hobos here usually just shout "caarrrn givus some change you fargin farger faaarrrrrrck" at people.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Yup, American, and as a subculture it's been mostly dead for a generation or two except at the hands of determined recreationists.

---L.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Petrichor is one of my favorite words. I live in a creosote landscape, and the first rain after a couple months, the tang on the air is indescribably evocative.

---L.