Alkee-
holiks |
(n) 1. A buncha scoundrels and ninnys
they be! Not enough sense in 'em to enjoy the drink they got, they're
always lookin' to the next. |
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Bheghr-
Sidhe |
(n) [Beer-shee] 1. A spirit from
mythology that gives forth a mournful cry upon the approaching death of a
MacThoy. It seems to be the
sound of "Last Call".
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Casket |
(n)
1. The diminutive of Cask. 2. A
small keg of beer or wine.
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Clan Bo'sun |
(n) 1. Peacekeeper. 2.
Arbitrator. 3. The Bo'sun or the bo'sun mate
(in the bo'sun's absence) metes out thumpings as she deems
necessary. All would do well to avoid incurring
her baleful countenance. |
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Coupla |
(n) 1.
The challenging toast in a MacThoy Round Robin. Coupla gives rise to
the words couplet, copulation and culpa when the Church decided that
the Clan was having too much fun for its own good. |
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Dea |
(n)
1. A feminine
of "dios" the Latin word for "god." Often
used in the diminutive as in "goddess-like."
Used in the Clan as an appellation for certain widows. |
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Den Mother of
Iniquity |
(n) 1.
First line of medical defense, often embodied in the
mystic phrase "Don't do that." The Den Mother also
serves as a vizier for the Clan. Many of the Clan are unfamiliar with the
ways of SCAdians and the intermediary skills of
the Mother come into play. This again often
involves the mystic phrase "Don't do that." The
Den Mother often works tag team with the Clan Bo'sun. |
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Grand-mistress
Keg Killer |
1. (n)
A title bestowed on a
Tablero
player. At writing, the Clan
boasts only two GMKKs which are
plenty.
Read more. |
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Guzzle
Whomper |
(n)
[GUH'-zel-wahm'-per] 1. A
children's story to frighten wee MacThoy before bedtime. 2. The
creature of that name. A spirit thought to be the lost soul of an impenitent
MacThoy who harries the Clan in order to drink their
beer.
3. A person exhibiting the characteristics of a
Guzzle-whomper: seemingly unquenchable thirst for alcohol with no effects relative
to the amount consumed. |
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Hag |
(n)
1. A person who throws haggis from the verb
hagging. |
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Hagging |
(v) 1.
To throw Haggis. Or to haggle. |
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Haggis
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(n) 1. A Scottish dish of
minced heart, lungs, and liver of a
sheep or calf with suet, onions,
oatmeal, and seasonings and boiled in
the stomach of said animal.
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Joice |
(n or v)
1. The first round of a series of toasts.
Joice is an old word. The only remnant of it in
contemporary verbiage is "joist" a carpentry
word for brace. Brace is diminutive
of bracer which is a drink. |
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MacThoy |
(n) 1. The family
name of the Clan formed from the joining of three families (the
Flynns, the Gelts, and the Seekers) in the early days of history.
2. A bastardization of the Greek word "mochthos" meaning
trouble. The plural of which is mochthoi. |
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Mocktoy |
(n)
1. Friend of the Clan. 2. Pretender to
the Clan. 3. A tasty treat. |
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Ne'eragain |
(ad) 1.
A very short unit of time used by the MacThois to
described distances between benders. e.g.. "I
swear, I will ne'eragain drink that much." |
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Village Idiot |
(n) 1. A
Clans member who is a hazard to him/herself and others as
well. A title usually earned through Herculean
efforts of the asinine. |
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Wheelbarrow |
(n) 1. Literally from "wheel
borrow." The conveyance was in
such high demand in MacThoy culture as
part of courting that one was often
required to borrow it from a neighbor. |
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Widow |
(n)
1. Title of a MacThoy woman. 2. enticing or goading to
excitement. |
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Willie |
(n) 1.
Another term for penis. |
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