Uncle Ramjam's definitions

YorkWolf

A person (usually a learning designer) who has listened to so much of a particular dialect (in this case the Yorkshire-region) that he/she begins to howl in an identical accent at the screen in spite of the fact that no-one up North deserves this monitor-spraying behaviour.

"Ay up me monitor"

That learning designer is fast becoming a YorkWolf.

by Uncle Ramjam February 22, 2023

galumpher

To engage in swarthy manoeuvrings. To digest and consume with abandonment.

“Crossing lands as a galumpher mayn’t.”

by Uncle Ramjam March 20, 2025

vygotsky

A Russian who defined the importance of lecturing without hope of relief or banter due to the echo chamberism. Also linked to Proximal development.

Vygotsky Man you got me in the Proximal Zone Baby.

by Uncle Ramjam March 16, 2021

Bowerman

To have frail lungs (usually due to chemical activity or exposure). Ironic use of the term power.

I used to have power, man but now I’m a bowerman.

by Uncle Ramjam June 26, 2021