bob "a"'s definitions

mondegreen

A mondegreen (also sometimes spelled "mondagreen") is the accidental mishearing of a phrase in a poem, or song in such a way that it acquires a new, and usually humourous meaning.

In "The Death of Lady Mondegreen" from Harper's Magazine November 1954, the American writer Sylvia Wright coined it:

Ye Highlands and ye Lowlands,
Oh, where hae ye been?
They have slain the Earl of Murray,
And Lady Mondegreen.

actually, the line should have been:

And laid him on the green.

by Bob "A" February 4, 2007

Studs

in Medical Centre parlance:

"Medical Students"

It was High Noon on the Third Thursday in March ("Match Day") and the Studs were completely wasted with anticipation of where they would become "Piggys"

by Bob "A" September 2, 2005

callipygian

Having a shapely buttocks.

from the Greek:

Kalli - Beautiful or Shapely
Pyge - Buttocks pigu ???

his latest sculpture embodies the callipygian ideal

by Bob "A" May 13, 2005

6-way search

FBI term for a search using permutations of names and initials:

John Edgar Hoover
John E. Hoover
John Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
J. E. Hoover
J. Hoover

I did a 6-way on his name, but nothing popped up.

by Bob "A" May 13, 2005

gruntfuttock

Gruntfuttock, Oxford University Slang, especially among the:

"Oxford University Society of Change Ringers"

1. A word of dissatisfaction used in polite company;

2. A measure of late/early striking when ringing.

origin: a character "J Peasemold Gruntfuttock" appearing in a British humour show "Round the Horne" with:

THE GRUNTFUTTOCK SAGA
Broadcast: 9th April 1967

which included:

Gruntfuttock of Arabia Captured by the Turks
Gruntfuttock 'tis of Thee

"Barney, half a gruntfuttock closer";

"Stop gruntfuttocking around".

by Bob "A" September 6, 2005

ham sandwich

refers to a comment by:
Former Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals* Sol Wachtler in 1985**
about the overreaching ability of District/State's Attorneys to achieve indictments before Grand Juries.
*In New York State, the Supreme Court is the lowest, the Appellate Division is next, and the Court of Appeals is the highest.
**seven years after, he was indicted for sexual harassment and stalking... but I digress

"Even a modestly competent district attorney can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich."

by Bob "A" September 26, 2005

beaver

"Leave It to Beaver" TV-Series 1957-1963

family sit-com with:

Barbara Billingsley (June Cleaver)
Hugh Beaumont (Ward Cleaver)
and, of course, the eponymous:
Jerry Mathers (Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver)

usually notable for "the filthiest line in a sit-com":

Barbara Billingsley was asked about June Cleaver's remark,

"Ward, don't you think you were a little hard on the Beaver last night?"

The TV mom replied, "I don't remember saying it, but I must have, I''ve seen it on t-shirts."

by bob "a" September 2, 2005