OS15 ANNOTATED NOMENCLATURE

581a

SHEL GAME = Shell game.
def'n: Shell game - Game often used by swindlers in which a person tries to guess which of the three shells a small object is hidden under.

581b
3-CARD MONTE = 3 card monte.
def'n: 3 card monte - A gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time.
582a
TAKE-OUT DINAH = Take out dinner.
def'n: Take Out - (Of food) intended to be taken away and consumed elsewhere.
def'n: Diner - A person who is eating dinner. A restaurant.
582b
CHOW MAME = Chow mein.
def'n: Chow mein - Fried noodles served with a thickened stew of onions, celery, bean sprouts, egg, meat, etc.
583a
LYLE TILE - Rhyme: The name Lyle with word tile.
def'n: Tile - A thin piece of baked clay, stone, etc. used for paving floors, ornamenting, etc.: tile a bathroom floor/wall.
583b
HARRY GLYPH = Hieroglyph.
def'n: Hieroglyph - Hieroglyphic.
def'n: Hieroglyphic - Picture, character, or symbol standing for a word, idea, sound, hieroglyph. The ancient Egyptians used hieroglyphics instead of an alphabet.
584a
SLIMY HYMIE - Rhyme: The name Hymie with the word slimy.
def'n: Slimy - Of or like slime. Disgusting; vile; filthy.
def'n: Slime - A sticky substance given off by snails, slugs, worms, fish, etc.
584b
CRAWLIN' ROLLIN - Rhyme: The name Rollin with the word crawl(ing).
def'n: Crawl - Swarm with crawling things. Feel creepy. Feel like one's flesh is crawling, or as if things are crawling over one's skin.
585a
PICKY NICK - Rhyme: The name Nick with the word picky.
def'n: Picky - Choosy; particular.
def'n: Pick - Pull away with the fingers, beak, etc.
585b
BEULAH GHOUL - Rhyme: The name Beulah with the word ghoul.
def'n: Ghoul - A horrible demon that robs graves and feeds on corpses. A person who enjoys what is revolting, brutal; horrible.
586a
PETER CHEATER - Rhyme: The name Peter with the word cheater.
def'n: Cheater - Play or do business in a way that is not honest. Practice deceit.
586b
DEAN LIST = Dean's list.
def'n: Dean's List - A list of students who achieve high grades.
def'n: Dean - An administrative officer in a university, college, or high school.
587a
CORNELIA FLAKE = Cornflake(s).
def'n: Cornflakes - A dry breakfast cereal, made of crisp flakes of corn, usually served in a bolw with milk.
587b
MALA NUTRITION = Malnutrition.
def'n: Malnutrition - A malnourished condition. Improper food can cause malnutrition.
def'n: Malnourished - Improperly nourished.
588a
YO! GERT = Yogurt.
def'n: Yogurt - A kind of thickened, slightly fermented liquid food made from milk acted upon by bacteria.
def'n: Yo - Hey. Sound made to attract attention.
588b
ICE CREAM CONNIE = Ice cream cone.
def'n: Ice cream - A smooth frozen dessert made of various milk products sweetened and flavored.
def'n: Cone - Anything shaped like a cone: an ice-cream cone. A solid or hollow figure with a flat, circular base that tapers to a point at the top.
589a
ECCH BENEDICT = Eggs benedict.
def'n: Eggs benedict - Toasted english miffin topped with ham and a poached egg (or an oyster) and hollandaise sauce.
def'n: Ick - slang. Messy; sitcky; gooey. slang. Ecch; blech.
589b
BRAIN LES = Brainless.
def'n: Brainless - Stupid; foolish. Without a brain.
590a
LITTLE LEAK LEN = Little league. Rhyme: The name Len with the words 'little leak'.
def'n: Little league - A group of baseball teams organized for children from eight to twelve years of age.
def'n: Leak - To go out through ways suggesting a hole.
590bSNOT BALL SAUL = Softball. Rhyme: The name Saul with the words 'snot ball'.
def'n: Soft ball - Game closely related to baseball, but played on a smaller field with a larger and softer ball that is pitched underhand.
def'n: Snot - Nasal mucus; phlegm.
591a
FRANK FOOTER = Frankfurter.
def'n: Frankfurter - A reddish smoked sausage made of beef and pork, or of beef alone; wiener.
def'n: Footer - Feet in height, lenght, width, etc.
591b
DOG BITES BOYD = Dog bites boy. The phrase "It's a dog-eat-dog world".
def'n: Dog-eat-dog - Characterized by ruthless practices; fierce; cutthroat.
592a
EXTRA DEXTER - Dexter; similar sounding D name to go with the word extra.
def'n: Extra - Additional. Beyond the usual, proper, or expected amount or degree.
592b FLABBY ABBY - Rhyme: The name Abby with the word flabby.
def'n: Flabby - Lacking firmness; soft; flaccid: flabby cheeks.
593a
FOOTLOOSE FRED - Fred; F name to go with the word footloose.
def'n: Footloose - Free to go anywhere or do anything.
593b
LUCKY LEW - Lew; L name to go with the word lucky.
def'n: Lucky - Having good luck. Bringing good luck: a lucky charm, a lucky meeting, a lucky rabbit's foot.
594a
TIED DI = Tie-dye.
def'n: Tie dye - Dye (cloth) by tying some of the material in knots to prevent the cloth inside the knots from absorbing the dye.
def'n: Tie - To bind. Arrange to form a knot.
594b
KNOTTY LOTTIE - Rhyme: The name Lottie with the word knotty.
def'n: Knotty - Full of knots.
def'n: Knot - A fastening made by tying or twining together pieces of one or more ropes, cords, strings, etc.
595a
MAL PRACTICE = Malpractice.
def'n: Malpractice - Criminal neglect or wrong treatment of a patient by a doctor. Misconduct in any official or professional position.
595b
INTENSIVE CARRIE = Intensive care (unit).
def'n: Intensive care unit - A medical unit specially equipped to provide continuous hospital care for patients with are very seriously ill or emergency care accident.
def'n: Intensive care - Deep and thorough. Serious attention.
596a
SANI KLAUS = Santa Claus.
def'n: Santa Claus - The Saint of Christmas giving according to modern conception a jolly old man with a white beard dressed in a red suit.
def'n: Sanity - Soundness of judgement; sensibleness.
def'n: Clause - A single provision of a law.
596b
SICK NICK - Rhyme: The name Nick with the word sick.
def'n: Santa Claus - Saint Nicholas (Nick).
def'n: Sick - Grisly; cruel. Mentally ill. Showing a cruel nature.
597a
HARRY ARMPITS = Hairy armpit(s).
def'n: Hairy - Covered with hair; having much hair.
def'n: Armpit - The hollow place under the arm at the shoulder.
597b
UNDER ARNIE = Underarm.
def'n: Underarm - Situated or placed under the arm; found in or near the armpit.
598a
VISE GUY = Wise guy.
def'n: Wise guy - slang. A person who pretends to know everything.
def'n: Guy - informal. Fellow; man.
def'n: Vise - Tool having 2 jaws opened and closed by a screw, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
598b
HUGH FIX-IT = "You fix-it." (Parody of the "U Fix-It" products).
def'n: You - The person(s) spoken to. One; anybody.
def'n: Fix - Make firm; fasten tightly. Make stiff or rigid: eyes fixed in death.
599a
BERN-OUT = Burnout.
def'n: Burnout - A failure due to burning or extreme heat. Exhaustion of one's energy or enthusiasm, often as a result of high stress.
599b
DIM-BULB BOB - Bob; B name to go with the words 'dim-bulb'.
def'n: Dim - Not bright; not clear. Not clearly understood. Dimwit.
def'n: Bulb - The glass container surrounding the filament of an incandescent lamp (lightbulb).
600a
VENDO-MATT = Vendo-mat (short for vending machine; like laundromat; coin operated machines).
def'n: Vending machine - Machine from which one obtains candy, stamps, etc., when a coin is dropped in.
600bDOUG SLUG - Rhyme: The name Doug with the word slug.
def'n: Slug - A lump or disk of metal, especially one used in a slot machine in place of a coin.
601a
LOSIN' WADE = Losing weight.
def'n: Lose - Fail to keep, preserve, or maintain.
def'n: Weight - How heavy a thing is; amount a thing weighs.
601b
HY CHOLESTEROL = High cholesterol.
def'n: High - A high point, level, position, etc.
def'n: Cholesterol - A white crystaline substance important in metabolism, contained in all animal fats, bile, nervous tissie, blood, egg yolk, etc.
602a
UPSIDE DONNA = Upside down (upsidedown).
def'n: Upside down - Having what should be on top at the bottom. In or into complete disorder.
602b
TWO-FER JUAN = The phrase "Two for one" (Two for the price of one).
def'n: Two - One more than one. Two things.
def'n: For - In place of.
def'n: One - A single person or thing.
603a
MITCH MITT - Mitch; M name to go with the word mitt.
def'n: Mitt - A baseball glove, especially one with a big pad over the palm and fingers: a catcher's mitt. slang. A hand.
603b
FOUL BILL = Foul ball.
def'n: Foul ball - (In baseball) a batted ball that lands outside the foul line.
604a
SANDI BOX = Sandbox.
def'n: Sandbox - Box for holding sand, especially for children to play in.
604b
CAT LITTER = Cat litter (A sand product used to catch and collect waste product).
def'n: Cat - Any animal of the family that includes cats, lions, tigers, etc. slang. Fellow; person.
def'n: Litter - Waste material.
605a
WINDY MINDY - Rhyme: The name Mindy with the word windy.
def'n: Windy - Having much wind.
def'n: Wind - Gas in teh stomach or bowels.
605b
BIRTHDAY KATE = Birthday cake.
def'n: Birthday - The day on which a person is born. The anniversary of the date of birth.
def'n: Cake - A baked mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, flavoring, and other things.
606a
FOUL-TOWEL RAOUL - Rhyme: The name Raoul with the words 'foul-towel'.
def'n: Foul - Containing or covered with filth; very dirty; nasty; or smelly.
def'n: Towel - Piece of cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet.
606b
MUDDY BUDDY - Rhyme: The name Buddy with the word muddy.
def'n: Muddy - Having much mud; covered with mud. Cover or soil with mud.
def'n: Mud - Soft, sticky, wet earth.
607a
KIT VIDEO = Kidd Video.
def'n: Kidd Video - A half-hour TV series that ran Saturdays on NBC between 1984-1986. The series was about a California teen music band called Kidd Video. Also contained a cartoon segement called the Flipside with the teens as cartoon characters.
607bHAM ACTOR = Ham actor ('Hand actor' - using the hands for a puppet show).
def'n: Ham - slang. Actor or performer who plays poorly and in an exaggerated manner.
def'n: Actor - Person who acts on the stage, in motion pictures, TV, or over the radio.
608aFAIRY MARY - Rhyme: The name Mary with the word fairy.
def'n: Fairy - A supernatural being possessing magical powers, described as being very small and delicate.
608bSTINKER BELLE = Tinkerbell (Peter Pan's small sidekick in the Peter Pan book/movies).
def'n: Stinker - Person or thing that stinks.
def'n: Tinker - Clumsy.
609aDEWY DEWEY - Dewey; Same sounding D name as the word dewy.
def'n: Dewy - Wet.
def'n: Dew - Moisture (from the air).
609bDANK FRANK - Rhyme: The name Frank with the word dank.
def'n: Dank - Unpleasantly damp or moist.
610aBEAU CONSTRICTED = Boa constrictor.
def'n: Boa constrictor - A large boa of tropical America; up to 15 feet long.
def'n: Boa - Any of a family of large, tropical snakes which kill their prey by crushing with their coils, as the anaconda, python, and boa constrictor.
def'n: Constrict - Draw together; contract; compress.
610b

COILED CARL - Carl; C name to go with the word coil(ed).
def'n: Coil - To wind oneself around: the snake coiled around a branch.

611aACID WAYNE = Acid rain.
def'n: Acid rain - Rain containing a dilute solution of sulfuric and nitric acid, created by pollutants emitted during the burning of fossil fuels.
611bPOLLUTED PAUL - Paul; P name to go with the word pollute(d).
def'n: Pollute - To make impure, foul, or dirty; contaminate.
612aSHOE LACEY = Shoe lace.
def'n: Shoelace - Cord, braid, or leather strip for fastening a shoe.
def'n: Shoe - An outer covering (leather, vinyl, etc.) for a person's foot.
612bWEIRD WALKER - The statement "Weird walker".
def'n: Weird - Mysterious. Odd; queer; strange.
def'n: Walker - A person who walks.
def'n: Walk - To go on foot. In walking, a person always has one foot on the ground.
613a BAG PIPER = Bagpiper.
def'n: Bagpiper - A person who plays the bagpipe.
def'n: Bagpipe - A shrill-toned musical instrument consisting of a leather bag and five wooden pipes.
613bGREAT SCOTT = The term 'Great scott'; Great Scot!
def'n: Great scott - An expression of surprise. Origin possibly from the nickname of the Mexican war of 1812, General Winfield Scott... or derived from the German expression "Gruess Gott!". Similar to the phrase "Holly Molly" = holey moley.
614aFILLIN' DYLAN - Rhyme: The name Dylan with the word fill(ing).
def'n: Fill - Make full, put into until there is room for nothing more. To stop up.
614bCUTTING JUAN = Cutting one (slang for passing gas; farting).
def'n: Cut - informal. To do; perform; make.
def'n: One - A single kind of nature.
615aPRESON CHANGE-O = Presto change-o (a magician's phrase).
def'n: Presto - Exclamation used to express a sudden action: presto! - the job was done. Quick; sudden: with the presto agility of a magician.
def'n: Change - To make different. To become different.
615bSLEIGHT OF HANS = Sleight of hand.
def'n: Sleight of hand - Skill and quickness in moving the hands. Tricks or skill of a modern magician.
616aALEC GATOR = Alligator (Parody of the character "Crocodile Dundee' and movie title of the same name).
def'n: Alligator - A large reptile with a thick skin, similar to a crocodile, but having a shorter and flatter head.
616bCROCO-DALE = Crocodile.
def'n: Crocodile - Any of a family of large, lizardlike reptiles with thick skin, a long narrow head, and webbed hind feet.
617aCLAUDE FLESH = Clawed flesh (Parody of the "Freddy Kruger" character from the "Nightmare On Elmstreet" movies).
def'n: Claw - scratch, tear, seize, or pull with the claws or hands.
def'n: Flesh - The soft tissue of the body covered by the skin. Tissue of muscles of animals.
617bSLASHER ASHER - Rhyme: The name Asher with the word slash(er).
def'n: Slash - To cut with a sweeping stroke of a sword, knife, etc.; gash. Cut or slit. A cut or wound by a sweeping, slashing stroke.
618aPAPER DOLLY = Paper doll.
def'n: Paper - Made of paper: a paper napkin/a paper doll.
def'n: Doll - A child's toy made to look like a baby, child, or grown person.
def'n: Dolly - A child's name for a doll.
618b CATIE CUT-UP - Catie; C name to go with the words 'cut-up'.
def'n: Cut up - Cut to pieces. slang. To show off; play tricks. A wound or opening made by cutting.
619aV.C. ARNIE = VCR.
def'n: VCR - Videocassette recorder. A recorder that uses videotape in cassettes to record and play programs; movies; etc through a television set.
619bCASSETTE CASEY = Cassette case.
def'n: Cassette - Container holding magnetic tape for recording and playing back pictures, sound, etc. Cartridge for film.
def'n: Case - A thing to hold or cover something.
620aADA BOMB = Atomic bomb. A play on words; Ada = Atom = Atomic. (The female version of the 1st series card 8a "ADAM Bomb").
def'n: Atom - The smallest particle.
def'n: Atomic bomb - An explosive weapon of great destructive power.
620b BLASTED BETTY = Blasted billow. (The female version of the 1st series card 8b "Blasted BILLY").
def'n: Blast - An explosion: an atomic blast.
def'n: Billow - A great swell or surge.



Definitions taken from: The American Heritage Dictionary.