Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Howesian-English Dictionary

Should you ever decide to go visit my family (and I strongly recommend you don't) you will find this reference invaluable.  My family has their own language.  For most of us it has fallen into disuse as we've gotten older, so my Howesian is a little rusty, but here's some words you should know if you want to communicate with those who still use it.....or if you want to know when you are being insulted.  This is how they came to my head, not alphabetically.
-Ginkers (n.) : poop
    Origin: (Ogden, 1976) My mom was offended by the word poop, decided to call them stinkers, Pooker pronounced them ginkers and it stuck.
    Usage: If you are a friend of mine and mad at me in 2nd grade (I'm not naming names, but you know who you are) you might stand up and announce to all the class "Hey everyone, Weed calls them ginkers instead of poop."
       Or like Nana in 1st grade, asked to use the bathroom and was told she needed to hold it.
        "But Nameless Jerk of a Teacher I need to go ginkers really bad."
        "Excuse me? What did you say?  What are ginkers?"
        "Uhh....I need to go feces really bad???"
 Seriously who tells a first grader to hold it?  She should have shat her pants.
syn. ginker, ginks
-Gas ginkers (n.) : fart
      Origin: see above.
-Pock (n.) : cat
syn. gwee, mao
-Oot (n.) : a mischievous or annoying person.
comb. form zockingoot , ootweiter, oothead
-Ort (n.) : a rotten person.
-Orted (adj.) : rotted
-Pooda (n.) : crap  <expletive>
    Usage: "Pooda! I burned the oyster dressing!"
-Zock (n.) : jerk
comb. form zockhead, zockweiter
-Zockery (adj.) : jerky, rude
     Usage: "What a zockery thing to do!"
-Durd (n.) : bird
    Usage:  "Those durds ate my sandwich."
-Borted (adj.) : misshapen
    Usage: Borted Jim (my dad's nickname)
-Bort (n.) : a lumpy person
-Wurny (adj.) : covered in worms
-Fweeb (n.) : fish, specifically baby guppies
    Usage:  There is a tank full of fweebs in the basement.
-Og (n.) : dog
    Usage:  Bad Og!  Often the d is found on the preceding adjective, so it is dropped.
-Tood (n.) : kid, baby
    Usage:  Who is toodsitting for you tonight?
-Weiter (suffix) : can be added to anything to make it infinitely worse.
    Usage:  Oh!  It is so stinkweiter in here!! 
     Also, my mom's flattering nickname Slugweiter
-Pob (n.) : toilet
    Usage: Did you remember to flush the pob?
-Poob (n.) : large, log-like poop
-Loob (n.) : diarrhea
-Stoob (n.) : sticky, pudding-like poop
-Floob (n.) : flatulence.  Also often used as an insult
     Usage:  You are such a giant floob, Weed.  Which is what my mom said instead of I love you at the end of our phone call discussing Howesian phrases.

And then there's a few English words we use more often than normal people.  Arse. Massive. Bairn.  Scurvy.  Mangy.  Anyway...you're welcome.


5 comments:

  1. I am dying. I cannot stop laughing. My stomach hurts. I can't stop!

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    1. Making you laugh is one of my primary purposes for writing, so I'm really happy.

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  2. This is on the internet for all to see... oh Marion what will you do if this blog starts trafficking millions of hits?

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  3. Don't worry John. This is kind of like really embarrassing elementary school pictures. People who know and love you will find it adorable, and people who don't probably won't believe its real.

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