Throughout 2008 Rattling Books has brought you words of the week from the Dictionary of Newfoundland English both here on this blog and through our sister facebook group.
More recently the word of the week has also been announced each Sunday morning on the CBC Radio program Weekend Arts Magazine with host Angela Antle.
Along the way we took tangents and had a recipe contest.
Here is the complete list of words of the week from 2008.
ballicatter
beat
bedlamer
brewis
britches
calavance
carey chicks
cross-handed
dotard
duff, figgy duff
elt
empter
faffering
fairy squall
firk
gaffer
gawmoge
gilguy
glauvaun
gommel
hag
hare's ears
laddie-suckers
larrigan
livyer
maid
maiden vein
maggoty
mauzy
pea
pelt
penquin
quintal
racket
rattling
rawny
scrunchins
scurrifunge
sish
slob, slub
slut
tickle
tuckamore
twillick
vang
wag
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Word of the Week Dec 21-28: racket
Word of the Week Dec 21-28
racket
Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English:
racket1 n Comb racket bow: the wooden frame of a snowshoe.
[1786] 1792 CARTWRIGHT iii, 150 At two o'clock one of the Canadians came here from Muddy Bay, with a new Mountaineer sled, a pair of rackets, and a pair of racket-bows; being presents [from] captain Gabourit to me.
racket2 n OED ~ sb3 2 b (1745-) for sense 1; DAS 3 for sense 2.
1 A social gathering, party; TIME; freq with defining word kitchen (1924 ENGLAND 319). P 245-66 Kitchen racket [is] an impromptu house-party. P 121-67 We had a kitchen racket last night. M 71-39 They gathered at the homes of more liberal hosts and had what was most likely a very innocent party. These illicit gatherings were called by the more pious parishioners 'kitchen rackets.' . . . The host of the party, or 'racket,' was named and branded as the Devil's Advocate.
2 Habitual activity or occupation, freq with defining word fish, sealing, wood, etc.
1924 ENGLAND 30'T'ings is ahl in a fruz, now,' he added, 'but you'm goin' to like dis racket.' Ibid 262 One who knows how poor their food resources are at home and during the cod fishery can perhaps understand why the 'swilin' racket' attracts so many.
1960 FUDGE 12 March month came on and we fished tub racket. We took two tubs of gear baited and sat one tub at a time, lay on the end and fish until a dory load of Haddock was secured, then go on board. T 141/60-652 They got it renamed since that woods racket was started up there. T 187/9-65 He said 'This swilin' racket is a hell of a hard racket.' T 410-67 That's something is goin'out—the wood racket. Most people use oil now.
Now, we invite you to RELiVE, REMEMBER and REFRESH iT and/or even REDEFiNE iT! The main thing is to RELiSH iT.
We also invite you to visit our sister Facebook group.
The word of the week is brought to you each week by Rattling Books and released each Sunday morning on the Newfoundland and Labrador CBC Radio program Weekend Arts Magazine with host Angela Antle.
racket
Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English:
racket1 n Comb racket bow: the wooden frame of a snowshoe.
[1786] 1792 CARTWRIGHT iii, 150 At two o'clock one of the Canadians came here from Muddy Bay, with a new Mountaineer sled, a pair of rackets, and a pair of racket-bows; being presents [from] captain Gabourit to me.
racket2 n OED ~ sb3 2 b (1745-) for sense 1; DAS 3 for sense 2.
1 A social gathering, party; TIME; freq with defining word kitchen (1924 ENGLAND 319). P 245-66 Kitchen racket [is] an impromptu house-party. P 121-67 We had a kitchen racket last night. M 71-39 They gathered at the homes of more liberal hosts and had what was most likely a very innocent party. These illicit gatherings were called by the more pious parishioners 'kitchen rackets.' . . . The host of the party, or 'racket,' was named and branded as the Devil's Advocate.
2 Habitual activity or occupation, freq with defining word fish, sealing, wood, etc.
1924 ENGLAND 30'T'ings is ahl in a fruz, now,' he added, 'but you'm goin' to like dis racket.' Ibid 262 One who knows how poor their food resources are at home and during the cod fishery can perhaps understand why the 'swilin' racket' attracts so many.
1960 FUDGE 12 March month came on and we fished tub racket. We took two tubs of gear baited and sat one tub at a time, lay on the end and fish until a dory load of Haddock was secured, then go on board. T 141/60-652 They got it renamed since that woods racket was started up there. T 187/9-65 He said 'This swilin' racket is a hell of a hard racket.' T 410-67 That's something is goin'out—the wood racket. Most people use oil now.
Now, we invite you to RELiVE, REMEMBER and REFRESH iT and/or even REDEFiNE iT! The main thing is to RELiSH iT.
We also invite you to visit our sister Facebook group.
The word of the week is brought to you each week by Rattling Books and released each Sunday morning on the Newfoundland and Labrador CBC Radio program Weekend Arts Magazine with host Angela Antle.
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Word of the Week Dec 14-20: gaffer
Word of the Week Dec 14-20
gaffer
Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English:
gaffer n JOYCE 259. A boy, young fellow, esp one capable of assisting older men at work.
1896 J A Folklore ix, 31 ~ as applied to children only, must have been derived from Ireland.
1937 DEVINE 23 ~ A boy, between ten and fifteen, able to help at the fishery.
1966 SCAMMELL 106 "Tommy Decker's Venture": Three smart young gaffers right enough, I know it for a fact, / Or else they'd never have the nerve to start the like o' that. / And we old codgers wish 'em luck and all the folks around / Will feel right glad if lots o' fish strikes on the handy ground. M 68-24 ~ This was the name given to any young boy who could pick berries fast, could catch fish fast, could split wood fast, who really could work fast.
1975 RUSSELL 1 Must have been almost thirty years ago. I was just a young gaffer then—spending my third or fourth summer in the bow of the banking dory.
1979 Salt Water, Fresh Water 83 The wind had come down and was blowing us hard and we two young gaffers were sayin': 'Let's go in.'
Now, we invite you to RELiVE, REMEMBER and REFRESH iT and/or even REDEFiNE iT!
The main thing is to RELiSH iT.
We also invite you to visit our sister Facebook group.
The word of the week is brought to you each week by Rattling Books and released each Sunday morning on the Newfoundland and Labrador CBC Radio program Weekend Arts Magazine with host Angela Antle.
gaffer
Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English:
gaffer n JOYCE 259. A boy, young fellow, esp one capable of assisting older men at work.
1896 J A Folklore ix, 31 ~ as applied to children only, must have been derived from Ireland.
1937 DEVINE 23 ~ A boy, between ten and fifteen, able to help at the fishery.
1966 SCAMMELL 106 "Tommy Decker's Venture": Three smart young gaffers right enough, I know it for a fact, / Or else they'd never have the nerve to start the like o' that. / And we old codgers wish 'em luck and all the folks around / Will feel right glad if lots o' fish strikes on the handy ground. M 68-24 ~ This was the name given to any young boy who could pick berries fast, could catch fish fast, could split wood fast, who really could work fast.
1975 RUSSELL 1 Must have been almost thirty years ago. I was just a young gaffer then—spending my third or fourth summer in the bow of the banking dory.
1979 Salt Water, Fresh Water 83 The wind had come down and was blowing us hard and we two young gaffers were sayin': 'Let's go in.'
Now, we invite you to RELiVE, REMEMBER and REFRESH iT and/or even REDEFiNE iT!
The main thing is to RELiSH iT.
We also invite you to visit our sister Facebook group.
The word of the week is brought to you each week by Rattling Books and released each Sunday morning on the Newfoundland and Labrador CBC Radio program Weekend Arts Magazine with host Angela Antle.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Word of the Week Dec 7 - 13: larrigan
Word of the Week Dec 7 - 13
larrigan
Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English:
larrigan n [phonetics unavailable]. Cp O Sup2 ~ 'a long boot' (1886-). Jocular term for leg, from the knee-boot worn by woodsmen and fishermen. P 43-67 Stretch your larrigans [to the fire]. C 71-103 ~s: legs. It was commonly used by the fishermen when I was a child.
Now, we invite you to RELiVE, REMEMBER and REFRESH iT and/or even REDEFiNE iT!
The main thing is to RELiSH iT.
N.B. Any Word of the Week receiving more than 10 posts will trigger a prize from Rattling Books for our favourite.
We also invite you to visit our sister facebook group.
The word of the week is released each Sunday morning on the Newfoundland and Labrador CBC Radio program Weekend Arts Magazine with host Angela Antle.
larrigan
Definition according to the Dictionary of Newfoundland English:
larrigan n [phonetics unavailable]. Cp O Sup2 ~ 'a long boot' (1886-). Jocular term for leg, from the knee-boot worn by woodsmen and fishermen. P 43-67 Stretch your larrigans [to the fire]. C 71-103 ~s: legs. It was commonly used by the fishermen when I was a child.
Now, we invite you to RELiVE, REMEMBER and REFRESH iT and/or even REDEFiNE iT!
The main thing is to RELiSH iT.
N.B. Any Word of the Week receiving more than 10 posts will trigger a prize from Rattling Books for our favourite.
We also invite you to visit our sister facebook group.
The word of the week is released each Sunday morning on the Newfoundland and Labrador CBC Radio program Weekend Arts Magazine with host Angela Antle.
Monday, December 1, 2008
The Old Hag: a scientific explanation and Sheryl Crow a victim?!
THE 'OLD HAG' SYNDROME"
The Scientific Explanation
The medical establishment is quite aware of this phenomenon, but has a less sensational name than "old hag syndrome" for it. They call it "sleep paralysis" or SP (sometimes ISP for "isolated sleep paralysis").
So what causes it?
Read the rest here.
Sheryl Crow Battles The Old Hag
Rock singer Sheryl Crow is a victim of sleep paralysis, as she revealed in a 1996 interview with Rolling Stone magazine. "It's a bizarre and twisted feeling where you feel completely paralyzed. You are sure you are going to die."
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Hag was our latest word of the week from the Dictionary of Newfoundland English. Brought to you by Rattling Books.
The Scientific Explanation
The medical establishment is quite aware of this phenomenon, but has a less sensational name than "old hag syndrome" for it. They call it "sleep paralysis" or SP (sometimes ISP for "isolated sleep paralysis").
So what causes it?
Read the rest here.
Sheryl Crow Battles The Old Hag
Rock singer Sheryl Crow is a victim of sleep paralysis, as she revealed in a 1996 interview with Rolling Stone magazine. "It's a bizarre and twisted feeling where you feel completely paralyzed. You are sure you are going to die."
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Hag was our latest word of the week from the Dictionary of Newfoundland English. Brought to you by Rattling Books.
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