Bafflegab Divulged
Bafflegab Divulged
Bafflegab consists of the ambiguous and euphemistic fig leaves of language and literature. Bafflegab
begins where abbreviations, acronyms, and other short forms leave off. abandoned woman prostitute
Agent Orange deadly defoli- above critical in danger of ex-
adult bookstore emporium of
ant used in tropical warfare ploding; out of control
sexually explicit publications
believed to cause cancer and absolute tripe official gibber-
adult briefs disposable dia-
birth defects in humans ish
pers for incontinent adults
agricultural laborer(s) farm- abstinence syndrome w i t h -
adult entertainment e r o t i c
hand(s) drawal from alcohol or other
airsickness nausea followed addictive substances
dancing
adult fiction sexually explicit
by vomiting when traveling in acceptable deception(s) h a l f
an aircraft truth(s)
novels
adult institution(s) prison(s)
aisle manager floorwalker
accessible passenger loading
Alaska sable skunk fur zone wheelchair loading
adult movies sexually explicit
films
Albany beef H u d s o n R ive r
accommodation house(s)
sturgeon whorehouse(s)
adult relaxation center bath-
a little sensitive neurotic; very account executive(s) pimp(s)
room
touchy offering prostitutes to execu-
adult retreat bedroom
adult undergarments diapers
all about the birds and the
tives on liberal expense ac-
bees sex education counts
for adults
all-devouring element fire accounting aberrations profit-
advanced in years old
atomic bombs in nuclear war- expense of the customer achieved status social posi-
advance to a strategic posi-
all-out strategic exchange
making mistakes made at the
tion retreat
advantaged g a i n f u l l y e m -
fare
all this and more, right after
tion gained by ability, accom-
ployed; rich; successful
this important message
plishments, and personal ef-
please stay tuned fort
aerialist trapeze artist; trapeze
alpha alcoholic person who acid indigestion h e a r t bu r n ,
performer; trapezist
drinks in an effort to drown acidosis, acute indigestion,
aerial mishap(s) av i a t i o n
problems cardialgia, colic, dyspepsia,
accident(s)—airplane
alter castrate, sterilize gripes, pyrosis, stomach con-
crashes, explosions
alternative to birth abortion dition, tormina, water qualm
aerial visitation nuclear at-
amalgamation i n t e r r a c i a l acoustical problem deafness;
tack
mixing; miscegenation loss of hearing
amenity center public toilet active defense offense
aesthetic surgery plastic sur-
gery
affaire de coeur ( F r e n c h —
Americaid welfare
activities incompatible with
American broadtail d o m e s - diplomatic status spying
tic lamb’s wool activity booster pep pill
affair of the heart)—love or
lust adventure
American tweezers burglar’s
acute heroin-morphine intoxi-
tools cation death due to an over-
affaire de voyage ( F r e n c h —
amply proportioned fat dose of the drugs
love trip)—shipboard ro-
amply rewarded well paid acute irregularity c o n s t i p a -
mance
an association sexual contact tion
affirmative action programs
animal controller(s) d o g adjustment center(s) prison;
designed to admit minority
catcher(s) solitary confinement cell(s)
people to jobs and schools
animal shelter(s) d o g adjustment downward p r i c e
affordable m e r c h a n d i s e r ’s
pound(s) drop
term for anything attractive
anointing the sick R o m a n administrative domain collec-
enough to make potential cus-
Catholic euphemism for unc- tivist system of managing and
tomers become buyers al-
tion in extremis (service ren- taxing distilleries, factories,
though they may not be able
dered at the point of death); and farms
to pay in full
last rites administrative error bureau-
after he (she) left a f t e r h e
answer the final summons
cratic bungle
(she) died
die; drop dead
administrative professional
aftershock post-release pris-
anthropogenically-derived
secretary
oner program(s)
acidic substances acid rain
administrative segregation
anticipatory retaliation fi r s t solitary confinement
ageism prejudice against the
elderly
strike in a conflict
Bafflegab Divulged
antisocial offender(s) con-
bathroom is fitted primarily vict(s); criminal(s)
authoritarian totalitarian re-
gime denying human rights to
for bathing although it may
antisocial restructuring candi-
contain a toilet) dates convicts; felons
its people and persecuting all
bath(room) tissue toilet paper antsy nervous feeling, jitters
dissidents
autocompress a u t o m o b i l e
battering domestic violence
arbitrary deprivation of life
battle fatigue shell shock; a extermination; murder
metal compression device for
variety of psychotic and neu- archivist(s) library clerk(s)
reducing junk vehicles into a
rotic disorders associated ardent spirits alcohol; alco-
square mass of metal ready
with the stress of combat holic drinks
for the smelter
beautician b e a u t y p a r l o r area of operations battlefield
auto insurance problem r evo -
owner; hairdresser; make-up Argtec Argentine technique
cation of driver’s license and
artist that disposed of political
subsequent loss of auto insur-
beauty culturist beauty parlor prisoners by casting them,
ance
operator; make-up artist shackled, from aircraft flying
automanipulation masturbation
beauty parlor hairdresser’s over the La Plata estuary
automotive internist auto me-
shop armed emergency small-scale
chanic
beaverette processed cat or war
avian propagation facility a n
rabbit far Armenian mink dyed cat fur
incubator
avoid polarizing people don’t
bedded sexually connected
arms-reduction specialists
bedroom activities sex arms-control agents
rock the boat
bedswever unfaithful spouse articulating on paper writing
awardee(s) person(s) impris-
oned in a ship’s brig, also
been inside served time in prison
artificial dentures false teeth
known as the ccu or correc-
behind stuff using heroin artillery injection parapher-
tional custody unit
behind the iron door behind nalia
away from one’s desk a b -
bars, jailed artistic success b o x - o ffi c e
sent; not accepting calls
bernice cocaine failure
awful acronym AIDS
beyond the black stump Aus-
assignation point(s) place(s)
axed fired back-alley butcher abortionist
tralia’s far outback; beyond where pimps and street-walk-
the boondocks ers accost potential customers
backhouse privy; toilet
assisted living r e t i r e m e n t
ness home athletic supporter(s) j o c k
backward country p o o r
big time prosperous drug busi-
country; third-world country
bad good
billiard academy pool hall billiard lounge pool hall
binary weapons two chemi- at that future juncture when
strap(s)
bad actors cesium, plutonium,
cals kept separate until mixed at that point in time then
and strontium wastes from
for firing at this juncture now
high-level fusion in nuclear power plants
biological soldiering u s e o f
at this moment of history now biological (bacterial) agents
bad scene unhappy experience
at this point in time now against an enemy
bafflegab bewildering lan-
at this present juncture now biosolid sewage
guage
attitude adjustment time for birth attendant midwife
bagno (Italian—bath)—prison
drinking liquor black-and-whites skunks
or whorehouse
audience augmentation d e - blade man k n i f e - w i e l d i n g
Baltic leopard spotted-cat fur
vice for producing a capacity criminal
dyed to look like leopard
audience; attained by gener- blaze to leave
Baltimore beefsteak b r o i l e d
ous distribution of compli- blemishes acne; blackheads;
liver
mentary tickets, and cut-rate pimples
bang keen drug satisfaction
prices blister agents chemicals that
banheiro (Portuguese—bath)—
audiovisually qualified a b l e burn the skin and cause blis-
men’s toilet
to run a motion-picture pro- ters
baños de caballeros ( S p a n -
jector blood agents chemical sub-
ish—gentlemen’s baths)—
stances that enter the body via auditorially handicapped deaf
men’s toilet(s)
the respiratory system and at- auditory problem deafness;
baños de damas ( S p a n i s h -
tack the blood cells loss of hearing
ladies’ baths)—women’s toi-
blood box ambulance au naturel naked
let(s)
blood disease syphilis Australian buck p r o c e s s e d
bar hustler(s) male prosti-
body moisture sweat rabbit fur
tute(s) plying trade in cocktail
body odor stinking sweat Australian steak mutton
bars
Bombay duck d r i e d a n d Australian treat k a n g a r o o
bathroom toilet (in the United
salted lizardfish meat
States, although in the British
Isles and on the Continent a
bone box ambulance
Bafflegab Divulged
boobs breasts
can going to the can; going to
chemical, electrical, or physi-
book it move
cal duress chemical, elec- book of pseudonyms hotel reg-
the toilet
trical, or physical torture ister
candy man drug dealer
chicken ranch h o u s e o f boot camp minimum-security
canine seclusion habitat dog-
prostitution jail
house
chic sale country privy; out- borborygmus b ow e l r u m -
canned cow condensed milk
house blings
Cape Cod turkey codfish
carbon monoxided killed by
children with latent ability
borne by the stork born
carbon-monoxide poisoning
students with underdeveloped
born into a better world
intellects died
cardiac arrest cessation of
heart beat
children with untapped poten-
born out of wedlock illegiti-
tial students with underde- mate
cardiovascular accident
stroke
veloped intellects
chinchillette processed rabbit return steal bottle baby alcoholic
borrow without intent to
career deceleration l o s s o f
job opportunities or jobs
fur
chipping injecting drugs under boys on the border South Afri-
carnal desire sexual passion;
the skin but not into a vein can euphemism for soldiers
lust
chippy prostitute defending the borders
carnifex hangman
chirtonsor(s) barber(s) boy’s room men’s toilet
cash in your chips die
chopped physically unattrac- breach of the peace t o a g i -
casketing putting a dead per-
tive unlawfully, to awaken, to
tate, to arouse, to assemble
son in a coffin
cast up one’s cookies vomit
chronic alcoholic sot
chronic irregularity constipa- hinder, to incite to riot, to mo-
cast up your accounts vomit
lest, to obstruct traffic, to tres-
catastrophic reaction
tion
psychiatric euphemism for
chronologically challenged
pass breathe one’s last die
old brief encounter o n e - n i g h t
angry frustration marked by
crying, pulling, pushing, yell-
churchyard cemetery
circular protector condom stand
ing, and even trying to com-
bronzing sunbathing
mit suicide or kill others; of-
circumorbital haematoma
civilian irregular mercenary building engineer janitor
brown nose curry favor
black eye buddy man drug supplier
ten includes cataleptic
convulsions, loss of memory
and vocabulary, coronary dis-
civilian irregular defense sol-
bush telegraph (Australian—
dier mercenary word of mouth)
orders, and death
Civil War the War Between burn rate corporate spending
categorical imperative abso-
the States, the War of the business moratorium lockout
lute and binding moral law
Secession business slowdown d e p r e s -
cathouse house of prostitution
clandestine connection sex in sion
cavalheiros ( P o r t u g u e s e —
the shadows bus one to leave
gentlemen)—men’s toilet
clandestine exhumation body buy the farm die
cavalry police reinforcements
cease to purchase boycott
snatching; grave robbing
by-product of the arts of
clap gonorrhea peace war
cemetery worker gravedigger
clean off drugs caballeros (Spanish—gentle-
cerebral insufficiency b r a i n
clean bombs bombs that de- men)—men’s toilet
deficiency
stroy structures rather than cabinet (French—closet; small
cerebrovascular accident
p e o p l e ; n o n r a d i o a c t ive room; water closet)—toilet
stroke
bombs; neutron bombs cabinet d’aisance ( F r e n c h —
C-girl call girl; hundred-dollar
cleanup policy burial insur- cabinet of comfort)—public
girl
ance toilet
chalet de nicessiti (French—
client(s) prison inmate(s); us- cable cruising random view-
public toilet)
ers of professional services ing of cable television chan-
channels trails of interoffice
memos
client(s) of the correctional
system convict(s) call boy(s) high-priced male
nels
channel surfing random view-
climb the golden stairs die prostitute(s); gigolo(s)
ing of television channels
cloakroom toilet (British) call girl(s) high-priced female
Chapter 7 liquidation
closet water closet (toilet) prostitute(s)
Chapter 11 bankruptcy
cluster bomb multimedia ad call of nature need to go to
character deficiency fault
presentation the toilet
check out die
cocktail lounge saloon, bar Cambodian Incursion Cambo-
cheesy appearing cheap
Code Blue medical jargon fre- dian Invasion
chemical abuse a l c o h o l o r
quently used to mean cardiac campo santo ( S p a n i s h — s a -
drug addiction
arrest cred field)—cemetery
chemical agent deployment
throwing tear gas
coffin nails cigarettes
Bafflegab Divulged
cognitive behavioral modifica-
counterproductive hindrance tion using task analysis to
conjugal relations sex within
marriage
courier service technician
messenger cognitive services any profes-
define mental problems
conjugal visits sexual visits to
Cousins the Cousins (British sional service involving coun-
prisoners by spouses
secret service term for Ameri- seling, talking, or thinking
connubial bliss happy mar-
can intelligence organizations cold war deterrent threat
riage; sex within marriage
such as the CIA and the FBI) collateral damage p e o p l e
connubial rites marriage cere-
cover up conceal the truth killed in war
mony
cover-up words euphemisms collection correspondent bill
constant companion lover
cow chips dried cow dung collector
constructive engagement i n -
cranial catastrophe stroke colonic infirmity cancer of the
terchange that has positive re-
crapola cover-up phrases and colon
sults
words characterized by their colonic stasis constipation
contact issues sex
Contragate 1980s political
ambiguity, insincerity, and
combat emplacement evacua-
tor shovel mendacity; nonsense
scandal involving the secret
combat fatigue (see battle fa- crapper toilet (believed by
sale of arms to Iran in order
tigue) some to be named for an En-
to fund the Contra uprising in
comfort station toilet glish turn-of-the-century
Nicaragua after Congress de-
command of nature f e e l i n g plumber named Crapper and
cided the U.S. should no
it’s time to use the toilet inventor of the water-flush
longer support the Contras
commercial statement adver- system)
contributor taxpayer
tisement; sales pitch crash and burn fail utterly
controlled substances a d -
commercial travellers travel- creative conflict civil rights
dictive drugs; dangerous
ing salespersons demonstration; nonviolent
drugs, narcotics
commission agent bookmaker confrontation
contusion bruise
commit no nuisance d o n o t creative financing where the
convalescent home n u r s i n g
defecate or urinate seller loans some of the costs
home
commits a nuisance d e f e - to the buyer in order to facili-
convenience toilet
cates in a public place tate a sale; questionable ac-
cools cigarettes dipped in pcp
commode toilet counting practices
(PCP)
coordinated national intelli-
communication arts reading,
speaking, and writing sullen indifference
gence s py i n g p r o g r a m
creative unresponsiveness
communication problem d e a f credibility gap w i d e s p r e a d
aimed at radicals
disbelief and distrust due to communications engineer t v
coordinator p e r s o n w h o s e
and dumb
impossible promises and lies repairman
desk is flanked by those of
two expediters
politicians ter(s) prison(s)
cop a plea plead guilty to a
uttered by bureaucrats and
community treatment cen-
crib home companionate marriage f r e e
lesser crime; plea bargain
criminal conversation British love; trial marriage
cop-out convenient excuse to
euphemism for fornication companion in misfortune fel-
avoid unwanted responsi-
criminally attacked raped low prisoner
bility
criticalese language and style Company T h e C o m p a ny
coronary heart attack; heart
of professional critics (Washington euphemism for
failure
crowd engineer(s) police dog(s) the Central Intelligence
corpocracy corporate bureau-
cracy, middle management
cruising in the corn drinking Agency—CIA)
corpulent fat
and driving complete elimination m a s s
correctional custody facility
culminating experience death murder
brig, jail, lockup, peniten-
by nuclear weapons complete fabrication a lie
tiary, prison, reformatory, etc
culturally deprived poor complete liquidation m a s s
correctional custody unit
ship’s brig
culturally deprived environ-
ment ghetto; poor section; compromising situation caught
murder
correctional facilities b r i g s ,
slum with your pants down
jails, prisons
cuspidor spittoon conchie conscientious objector
correctional institution peni-
custodial care janitorial ser- condominium (Spanish eu-
tentiary; prison
vices; providing services to phemism—jail or prison)
correctional officer(s) prison
hospital and nursing home pa- conflict with the law b r e a k -
guard(s); prison warden(s)
tients ing the law, committing a
corrective labor camps Soviet
custodial engineer janitor misdemeanor or felony
forced-labor prison camps
custodian janitor congal cuarto con gal (Mexi-
correct within an order of
customer drug buyer and user can-Spanish—room with
magnitude incorrect; wrong
cosmetician b e a u t y p a r l o r
customer-assistance special-
girl)—house of prostitution
operator
ist debt collector
Bafflegab Divulged
cynical ailment cy n i c i s m ,
dirty dishes evidence planted doubt, disbelief
deinstitutionalization d i s -
to incriminate another or oth- dairy nutrients manure
charge of felons from prisons
ers damas (Italian, Portuguese,
and patients from mental in-
dirty tricks sinister activities Spanish—ladies)—women’s
stitutions into surrounding
dis to show disrespect toilet
communities
disadvantaged poor; unem- Damen (German—ladies)—
delicate condition pregnant
ployed women’s toilet
demise death
disappeared into the dust died damer (Danish or Swedish—
demoto not motivated
disassemble carcasses cut meat ladies)—women’s toilet
den of iniquity h o u s e o f
prostitution
discontinuance of student pop-
dames (Afrikaans, Dutch,
ulations school closures French—ladies)—women’s
dental discomfort toothache
disengage retreat toilet
deodorant of language
disinflation falling inflation, damska ( P o l i s h — l a d i e s ) —
euphemism
reduced rate of inflation women’s toilet
departed died
disinform mislead dancing on air hanging by the
department of defense wa r
disinterested free from bias neck until dead
department
depart this mortal coil die
dislike the cut of one’s jib
dislike one’s looks dang(ed) damn(ed)
deplane exit from an airplane
disorderly house h o u s e o f darn it damn it
depopulate(d) slaughter(ed)
prostitution dating street slang term mean-
dermasurgeon restorative em-
balming artist in a morgue
disposable undergarments
diapers daughter of joy prostitute
ing prostituting
designer drugs s y n t h e t i c
disposal area dump d_d damned (used in polite
recreational drugs
disposal center junkyard prose)
detained in federal custody
dissemble hide under a false deaccessioning s e l l i n g ; d i -
jailed in a federal penitentiary
appearance vesting
détente (French—slackening
dissolution death; end dead cat on the line s o m e -
of tensions)—easing of dis-
distanced themselves ran for thing is not right
cord and warlike threats
cover; left the scene; re- dealer drug salesperson
detention center prison
mained uninvolved dearly departed dead
deterrence policy of scaring
diversion embezzlement death list p e r s o n s t o b e
the enemy by maintaining a
diverted stolen from assassinated
larger armed force in the hope
D-notice death notice; death death machinery Hitler’s ex-
it will deter the enemy from
war
report; obituary
documented immigrant l ega l termination practices
developing nations have-not
countries; poor countries; un-
alien
debris disposal technician
dog behavior modification d o g dustman; garbage man; trash
derdeveloped nations
training program for guard or collector
deviation from the truth l y -
police work debt of nature death
ing; untruth
doggydo dog dung decapitator beheader; guillo-
devil’s breath poison gas
dog nuisance dog dung tineur; guillotine
diagnostic misadventure of
dog tutor dog trainer deceased dead
high magnitude a patient’s
dog warden dogcatcher decimate destroy; kill off
death
domestic functionary servant decollation beheading
dibs residence
dones (Catalan—ladies)— decruit fire
dick police officer
women’s toilet deek detect; look at; observe
died of lead poisoning d i e d
don’t polarize people d o n ’t defenestration jumping-out-
from bullet wounds; shot
rock the boat the-window suicide
died of target practice exe -
do one’s business move one’s defense officer(s) soldier(s)
cuted by a firing squad
diesel physically attractive
bowels
defensive aggression h i t t i n g dope something good
dilution reduction in earnings
the enemy before you are hit do the dutch act commit sui-
diminished capacity slightly
cide defensive aircraft bombers
insane; impaired mental func-
doublespeak the language of deferred maintenance p u t -
tioning
contradiction, coverup distor- ting off to tomorrow what
dining-room attendant bu s -
tion, misdirection, and omis- should be repaired today
boy
sion deferred realization company
dip to leave
doubter an agnostic, atheist, earnings spread over several
dipsomaniac alcoholic
freethinker, skeptic, unbe- quarters
directory assistance telephone
liever deferred schedule slowdown
number information
downside bad news dehire fire from a job
direct reduction killing off
excess
downsize lay workers off
Bafflegab Divulged
down the drain (or tube, or
effecting linkages coordina-
ensanguined undergarment
waterslide) down the toilet
bloody shirt (beyond recovery); too late
tion
entertainment consumers ca- downward revision decrease
efficiencies firings
sino gamblers in prices or wages
effluents contaminating gas-
entombment burial dreamless sleep death
eous discharges, industrial
entomology specialist(s) bu g drinking problem alcohol ad-
wastes, and liquid sewage
sprayer(s) diction
pollution
entrapment l u r i n g a ny o n e dripper syringe (also called a
effluvium stench; stink
into the commission of a dropper)
egress exit
crime dropout person living outside
Egyptian calisthenics getting
enuresis bedwetting conventional society; person
into bed and staring up at the
ceiling or sky until the forces
who does not complete an ed-
cialist(s) janitor(s) ucational program; spot in a
of sleep prevail
environmental control spe-
electrolethe electric chair
environmentally handicapped
people ghetto people; poor of information
magnetic tape indicating loss
electronic surveillance w i r e
people; street people; va- dropsey term for unspecific
tapping or computer snooping
grants ailments
electronic technician electri-
cian
environmental services
drug problem narcotic addic-
janitorial work tion
eleemosynary organization
charity fund-collecting busi-
Drugville a ny p l a c e w h e r e
venereal diseases doggy fashionably dressed
ness
equal-opportunity ailments
equine fertilizer h o r s e m a - dump in a tin cup send to a
drugs are used
elegancies words believed by
some to be more genteel than
nure charity hospital
the words they replace
elevated intoxicated (by drugs
equitable compensation l iv -
duplication of the double
ing wage number 4
and liquor); high
erase assassinate; kill; murder dustbin garbage can
elevated to a lower level de-
erminette dyed rabbit fur dustbinman garbage collector
moted; lowered
erring brethren Confederate (British)
eliminate kill; murder
soldiers and states as defined dutch gold imitation gold leaf
ellas [Spanish—they (femi-
by their Northern neighbors dyspepsia acid indigestion;
nine)]—women’s toilet
error in overamplification an heartburn
ellos [Spanish—they (mascu-
error in the cover-up of the easy money stolen goods
line)]—men’s toilet
cover-up arranged by Nixon’s easy way out suicide
elopement risk p s y c h i a t r i c
aides after Watergate eat it absorb a loss
euphemism for patients
eruct(ation) belch(ing) ebonies e b o ny p h o n e t i c s
escaping or trying to escape
from the hospitals, institu-
escalated interpersonal alter-
cation murder ecological receptacle garbage
(black English)
tions, or wards to which they
escort vessel(s) destroyer(s); can; trash barrel; trash con-
are confined
frigate(s) tainer
embarazada (Spanish—em-
eternal rest death economic action picket line;
barrassed)—pregnant
ethical lackers those with no sit down; slowdown; strike
emerging nations b a c k wa r d
countries; poor nations
scruples
economical with the truth
ethnic cleansing elimination untruthful; misleading
emolument salary; wage
employment center commer-
economically deprived poor
of an unlike culture, through
economically marginalized
killing or terrorism , poor
cial district
ethnic evacuation forcible re- economic decline depression;
employment decreases firings
moval of a people from their recession
emporium department store
native homeland economic lull depression
Endlösung d i e E n d l ö s u n g
ethnic minority in the United economic regression loss
(German—final solution)—
States usually means African- economic return profit
death; Hitlerian euphemism
Americans, Hispanics, and economic slowdown d e p r e s -
masking the annihilation of
native Americans sion
the Jews
energetic disassembly explo-
ethnophaulisms slurs aimed educationist(s) bureaucratic
sion
against various ethnic groups educator(s) believed to be
engine opium pipe
Eufemia Greek goddess of fair good at communicating with
engineering landfill(s) garbage
speech or good report—Eu- students
dump(s)
phemia eduflation rising cost of edu-
enlargement of the lower
eugeria happy old age cation
back fat buttocks
euphemia softening of phrases effect a separation fire (from
enlisted dining facility m e s s
deck aboard American naval
or words thought to be coarse
a job); dismiss
vessels
or offensive
Bafflegab Divulged
euphemism affected niceness;
food-order expediter short-or- goody-goodyism; overrefine-
faded gradually shaved (hair)
der cook ment; purism; substitution of
fag male homosexual
failed to reply accurately, com-
food preparation center
an auspicious phrase or word
kitchen for inauspicious ones
pletely, and fully lied
food science specialist(s) short euphuisms high-flown terms
fall asleep die
order cook(s) in the style of the English au-
far out crazy; wild
footballs amphetamine thor John Lyly
fashion stylist(s) d r e s s d e -
forensic laboratory morgue euthanasia medically induced
signer(s)
freedom fighter terrorist; re- death for persons suffering
featherbedding e m p l oy i n g
bel; revolutionary from incurable and painful
excess employees
freeway tax-supported toll-free diseases
federalese federal bafflegab
expressway; tax-supported euthanize kill
feisty abusive, outspoken
toll-free highway eutrophication f r e s h wa t e r
fell in battle killed in action
French welcome smallpox or polluted by chemical plant or
feminine protection menstrual
syphilis sewage runoff
cloth, napkin, or tampon
friendly discussion argument evidentiary material evidence
fenestration arrangement of
friendly fire when your side is excellent compensation good
doors, openings, and win-
shooting fellow soldiers pay
dows in a building
friendly house British euphe- exceptional child r e t a r d e d
ferfak (Hungarian—men)—
mism for brothel child
men’s toilet
ferly wonderfully great
front-and-rear-end wipers
excrement dung
babies’ diapers excusado ( S p a n i s h — r e -
frontin’ lying served; set apart)—toilet
fig leaves expressions con-
fruits of treason convict be- executive action removal of
trived to conceal anything
ing strung up, cut down when an executive by assassination
deemed to be indecorous, of-
nearly strangulated, then dis- executive explanation explain-
fensive, or of questionable
emboweled, beheaded, and ing the unexplainable by
taste
the torso cut into four quarters bending the truth
filteration radiation
by an ax exfiltration retreat
filthy good
full-figured fat; obese exotic entertainer striptease
final exit death
funart funerary art dancer
final injection execution by
lethal drug injection
functions under the auspices
expecting pregnant of takes orders from; is
finalization conclusion
expectorate spit sponsored by
finalize end
experienced automobiles sec- funding creativity using taxes
final solution Hitler’s euphe-
to support the arts ond-hand autos
mism masking his plan to
funeral decorations flowers experienced tires r e c a p p e d
murder all the Jews impris-
funeral director undertaker tires; retreads
oned in concentration camps
fusilated executed by a firing expire die
financial consultant broker
squad exsanguination death due to
financially embarrassed
future points in time the fu- loss of blood
broke; without funds
ture; when exterminating engineer bu g
financially undernourished
future unpleasantness antici- and rat killer; termite re-
broke; without funds
pated war mover; hired killer
finite period of future time
F-word fuck extinguishment death
later
gabinetto (Italian—cabinet)— extrajudicial executions mur-
fir (Gaelic—men)—men’s toilet
toilet ders
first strike first attack
Gallic disease syphilis extramarital sex fornication
first use initial firing of nu-
garbologist garbage collector with a married person
clear weapons
gathered gathered unto death, extrapolation educated guess;
fiscal policy g ove r n m e n t
died guesstimate
spending and tax collection
gathered to his fathers died extreme penalty death; execu-
fishpole microphone boom
gay bashing physical and ver- tion
five-finger discount stealing
bal assaults on homosexuals extreme power ordered kill-
five-O police officers
gay bit prostitute ings of anti-government peo-
flame out to wear only red
gay house brothel (Victorian) ple
flasher man who indecently
G_D God eye service working when the
exposes himself
gelding castrated male horse boss is looking
flex to leave
flight attendant airline stew-
general paresis of the insane
fabrication lie
central nervous system syph- face time exposure to public
ardess or steward
ilis facial blemishes pimples
flight host(ess) airline stew-
generously proportioned fat facial dew sweat
ard(ess)
floral tribute wreath
genteelism euphemism
Bafflegab Divulged
gent’s gentlemen’s toilet
hardbody targeted missile genuine simulated imitation
gongorisms overly ornate ex-
hidden from infrared detec- geriatric(s) old person(s)
pressions in the style of the
tion by huge plume of gas and German disease syphilis
Spanish poet Luis de Gongora
heat gestation control abortion
y Argote
hardeore to the max s ex u - get off your butt get off your
goody-goodyism affected nice-
ally explicit to the maximum buttocks (originally); get off
ness
hard drugs a d d i c t ive s u b - your ass (currently)—stop
goo-goo eyes amorous glances
stances causing psychologi- loafing and get to work
gorilla sexually-aggressive
cal and/or physical harm get rid of kill
person
gosh God
hard liquor beverage high in alcoholic content
getting along in years aging
go to one’s reward die
harmonize it m u s i c i a n ’s
getting your girl in trouble
got to be destroyed must be
phrase meaning fake it impregnating your unmarried
killed
harvest animals kill animals girlfriend
go under die
governmentalese federal baf-
harvesting marine mammals
killing dolphins, dugongs, GI bride foreign-born wife of
giblets edible entrails of fowl
flegab
manatees, polar bears, por- an American soldier
government scheme govern-
poises, sea lions, seals, wal- gifted children intelligent and
ment-sponsored program
ruses, and whales studious children
grant-in-aid d i p l o m a t i c
harvest trees cut trees down girl’s room women’s toilet
euphemism for a handout;
give away
harvest worker
given the pink slip fired
fruit-and-vegetable picker given special treatment exter-
grayfish shark meat
gray propaganda mixture of
have to sharpen my skates
haystack haycock missars)
minated (in the vocabulary of
have to go to the toilet Nazis as well as Soviet com-
half truths and truths whose
head the head (the toilet)— give up the ghost die
source is hidden
greengoods (man) p a p e r
money; counterfeiter or
originally the head of a ship
passer of counterfeit money
where human wastes dropped
give us the benefit of your
present thinking what do
over the vessel’s bow from an you think?
greenhouse greenhouse effect
(carbon dioxide release caus-
open or partially enclosed toi- let bench
giving informational numbers
ing atmospheric changes)
health alteration assassination hearing problem deafness
writing parking tickets
greenies amphetamines (stim-
giving the whole picture d e -
heated argument fist fight scribing entire situation fully
ulants)
heli-hiking helicopter trans- glow Victorian euphemism for
grief therapist funeral direc-
tor skilled in comforting the
port to remote areas where
one wants to hike goatish dirty-old-man or un-
a woman’s sweat
family and friends of the dead grip money
hemped hanged washed-male smell
hempen collar h a n g m a n ’s god’s acre cemetery
group sex orgy
noose going out with staying in bed
ground elements soldiers
hempen cravat h a n g m a n ’s with; dating
guest house boarding house
guest of the governor inmate
noose
going to see a man about a
hemp stretcher hangman dog going to the toilet
in a state penitentiary
here (Afrikaans—gentlemen)— golden gauntlet early retire-
guest-service employee b e l l -
men’s toilet ment
hop
heren (Dutch—gentlemen)— golly God
gunk aerosols, glues, and sol-
men’s toilet gone dead
vents inhaled by would-be ad-
dicts
Her (His) Majesty’s carriage
gone on vacation suspended prison van
gustatorial distinctions b i t -
from active duty heroic measures life-sustain-
ter, salty, sour, or sweet
gone to a better world died ing medical procedures
had an accident defecated or
urinated in bed or clothes
gone to brush their teeth
herrar ( S w e d i s h — g e n -
gone to the toilet tlernen)—men’s toilet
hairologist barber; hair stylist;
hairdresser
Herren ( G e r m a n — g e n t l e -
gone to Davy Jones’ locker
men)—men’s toilet drowned
hair stylist barber
herrer ( D a n i s h — g e n t l e - gone to heaven died
halitosis bad breath
men)—men’s toilet gone to rest died
hamburger ground meat
handicapped crippled or re-
he stopped eating h e d i e d
go(ne) to the bank to make a
(French) deposit go(ne) to the toilet
tarded people
high intoxicated on alcohol or go(ne) to the bathroom go(ne)
handout charity patient
other drug to the toilet
hane heinous
high achiever(s) g o o d s t u - gone to the great beyond died
happy hour time for drinking
liquor (usually at discount)
dent(s)
Bafflegab Divulged
high coefficient of slip s l i p -
house of correction criminal
in an interesting condition
pery
reformatory; reform school
pregnant
highly scenario-dependent
incarcerate imprison; jail success of a plan depends on
house of ill repute brothel
inclusionary building low-cost whatever develops
house proud clean and tidy
housing included in building high negatives aspects that de-
housitosis household halitosis
development projects funded tract from a candidate’s popu-
(unpleasant odors)
in part or wholly by federal, larity
Hudson seal muskrat fur
state, or local funds high positives aspects that en-
human assets Soviet citizens
incontinence inability to con- hance a candidate’s popu-
who worked undercover for
trol the bladder larity
the U.S.
increase your equity increase high-risk activities life-threat-
humane shelter dog pound;
your indebtedness in the hope ening practices
place for stray cats, dogs, and
of profit high-risk behavior life-threat-
other creatures
incrustation build-up of crud ening practice
human-factor engineering
(filth, grease, refuse of any hirondelle de nuit (French—
designing equipment for
kind) night swallow)—prostitute
maximum user comfort; ergo-
incursion hostile entrance into hirsute adornments hairy ap-
nomics
a territory; invasion; raid pendages such as beards,
human resources people
indisposed recovering from an mustaches, long tresses, side-
human-rights abuse murder
alcoholic hangover; suffering burns (also called louselad-
human-rights violation m u r-
menstrual-cycle pains; un- ders); unisexual hairdos
der
available his crown was shorn he was
hustler male prostitute
indisposed at the moment on beheaded
hygienic paper toilet paper
the toilet Hispanic time s l ow e r t h a n
individual confinement s o l i - standard time; also known as
hype h y p e r b o l e ( g r o s s
tary imprisonment mañana time or Mexican time
exaggeration)
hypersexualist oversexed per-
son
individualized learning cen-
histrionic art acting
ter student’s classroom desk ho prostitute
iatrogenic disorders ailments
industrial action sit-in; slow
holiday headache alcohol-in- down; strike
inadvertently induced by a
physician
duced ailment
industrial consultant(s)
Holy Toledo Holy Jesus or lobbyist(s)
I’d appreciate it very much
Holy Moses industrial disharmony strike
Do not expect me to pay you
hombres (Spanish—men)— industrial espionage stealing
or to reciprocate
company formulas or secrets men’s toilet
identity-achieved person adult
pertaining to manufacture or homes ( C a t a l a n — g e n t l e -
I have a little problem with
sale men)—men’s toilet
what you did I dislike what
industrialist(s) s u c c e s s f u l hommes ( F r e n c h — g e n t l e -
you did
speculator(s) men)—men’s toilet
I hear you I understand what
industrial tourism va c a t i o n - homogenized adulterated or
you are saying
watered ing at a nuclear-power plant
illegitimate bastard; child(ren)
honey dip attractive woman to soak in water that has
born of unwed parents
cooled it (for pain relief) honorarium fee; payment for
illicit love adultery
inebriated drunk services
I’ll let you go now s h u t u p
inflation depression in the pur- hooker prostitute
and get off the telephone
chasing power of your cur- hookshop brothel
imbibed too much drank too
rency; cost increase hoopty car
much
in-filling building houses horizontally challenged fat
immolation a fiery death sym-
bolizing extreme sacrifice
informant a snitch
hospital environmental ser-
(see self-immolation)
information processing
duplicating and typing pool hot blooded lustful
vices janitorial work
immurement burial
information scientist l i b r a r- house guest boy friend; girl-
I’m not crazy about it I don’t
ian friend; live-in lover
like it
information specialist librar- household technician cook or
impaired person p e r s o n
ian other domestic servant
suffering from Alzheimer’s,
infrastructure fundamental house of all nations b r o t h e l
Parkinson’s, Pick’s, or pre-se-
framework of an organization offering women of every
nile dementia involving loss
or system; permanent facili- color and nationality
of memory and even everyday
ties such as airports, bridges, house of assignation brothel
words; drunk(s)
gas and electric lines, high- wherein rooms were assigned
impecunious broke; penniless;
ways and streets, railways, to prostitutes and their clients
without funds
sewers, tv cables, water house of confusion brothel
impure extraneous matter
scum
mains, etc.
Bafflegab Divulged
inheritance tax death duty
juice joints beer bars, cocktail in long supply plentiful
intimacy a d u l t e r y ; s ex u a l
lounges, saloons, etc. inmate(s) prisoner(s)
intercourse
jump boys young Filipino inner city economically de-
intimate relations sexual in-
street sellers of cigarettes prived residential areas for-
tercourse
jumpstart perform cardiopul- merly called barrios, ghettos,
intimate wear underwear
monary resuscitation or slums; also called the in-
intoxicated drunk; under the
junglish jungle English, baf- nercore city
influence of drugs
flegab inoperate broken down
intoxication drunkenness
junior executive(s) clerk(s) inoperative statement a lie
in trouble about to be ar-
kaleidoscopic career c h e c - in pocket to hold drugs
rested; pregnant
quered career in point of fact in fact
intrusion detector burglar alarm
Katzenjammer ( G e r m a n — in reasonable supply ava i l -
intrusion device burglar’s tool
alcoholic hangover headache; able
investment consultants stock
tuning-up sounds produced in short supply scarce
brokers
by a symphony orchestra) insinuendo insinuated
investor-owned hospitals
hospitals run for profit
kept in custody jailed
instantaneous respiratory
kept woman mistress arrest death
invisible handicap d e a f
keyboard type; input on a institutionalize shut up in an
and/or dumb
computer insane asylum
invisible risk deafness-pro-
ducing noise generated by air-
key money bribery (to get an
institutional superintendent(s)
prison warden(s) apartment)
craft, traffic, loud music, and
intact virginal kick the bucket die
other sounds
involuntary audience captive
all restraint intelligence acquisition spying
intellectually underprivi-
kick over the traces cast off leged uninformed
audience
kick upstairs promote to a intensive care unit l o c ke d
involuntary unemployment
layoff
higher but less sought-after
unit for juvenile delinquents position inter bury
Iranamok (see Contragate)
kick up your heels h ave a interactive discrimination s y s -
Iranscam (see Contragate)
ironmongery department
good time
tem transmitting neutral par- kleptomaniac shoplifter
Her (His) Majesty’s prison
ticle beams to distinguish de- Klosett das Klosett (German—
irritable colon spastic consti-
coys from warheads emitting the closet)—the water closet
pation
gamma rays or toilet
isolation booth(s) prison cell(s)
interfacing talking knocked up pregnant
it girl woman with sex appeal
it has long been known t a ke
intergenerational communica-
kvinner ( N o r w eg i a n — tion talk between young and
women)—women’s toilet old
my word for it
labor unrest p i c ke t l i n e s ; interment burial
it is believed I think
sabotage; sit-downs; slow- intermodal interface when you
it is generally believed t wo
downs; wide-scale discontent get off the plane, ship, or train
other guys agree with me
it is thought I think
resulting from layoffs, poor
wages, and poor working internal exile S ov i e t t e r m
a bus awaits
I wobbly wobbly Chinese immi-
conditions meaning exile in Siberia or
grants’ name for the IWW
lab rats focus group some other remote area
(Industrial Workers of the
lacerations cuts international disposal hired
World) in 1905
jag a loner
lack of suppression of paradox-
ical sleep u n s u p p r e s s e d ment espionage agency
killer working for a govern-
jagger tattoo artist
jakes intoxicants (British)
drowsiness due to bad side ef-
internationalization of norms
fects of some pills conscience
jam party
ladies ladies in waiting; old interpretive dancer(s) s t r i p -
jaundiced eyes hateful eyes;
women; older women; most tease dancer(s)
prejudiced eyes
women interrogation equipment d e -
jelly beans amphetamine
ladies’ ladies’ toilet vices and drugs used to obtain
j.o. job
ladies’ lunch lament the man confessions
job action sit-down or strike
shortage (all the good men are intestinal distress cramps and/or
job problem demoted or fired
either gay or married) gas and/or loose bowels
john prostitute’s male client;
ladies’ man womanizer; gig- intestinal fortitude guts; stom-
toilet
olo ach
joint brothel; prison
ladies of the night prostitutes in the can in the toilet
joints popular brands of sneak-
ladies’ room women’s toilet in the education field teacher
ers
lady dog bitch in the family way pregnant
journey’s end death
lady of the evening prostitute in the time period when
Judas priest Jesus Christ!
juice influence
laid back easy-going; relaxed
Bafflegab Divulged
laid off fired
less than gentlemanly ungen- laid to rest buried
Lavabos de Homens (Portu-
tlemanly, impolite lampin’ relaxing
guese—gentlemen’s lava-
tory)—men’s toilet
less than honest crooked; dis-
la langue du Coca-Cola
honest (French—the Coca-Cola lan-
Lavabos de Senhoras Portu-
guese—ladies’ lavatory)—
less than honorable (discharge)
dishonorable (discharge) land developer l a n d d e -
guage)—English
women’s toilet
less than hospitable inhospi- spoiler; builder
lavatorium toilet
table; standoffish; unfriendly landfill garbage dump
lawmen detectives, investiga-
less than ideal awful; terrible; landscape architect gardener
tors, law-enforcement offi-
cers, police, secret service,
unbearable less than informative c r y p -
landscape conversion d r a i n -
sheriffs, or other security
tic; obscure; uninformative ing wetlands, plowing a prai-
forces lazy colon constipation
less than intelligent d u m b ; rie or clear-cutting a forest for
stupid; unintelligent construction
learning facilitator teacher
less than interesting d u l l ; uninteresting
landscaping specialist g a r-
left the scene died
dener
legal problems drunken-driv-
less than knowledgeable u n - lane bowling alley
ing arrests
informed; unknowledgeable language arts reading, speak-
legislative work lobbying
less than ladylike unladylike ing, and writing
less affluent people p e o p l e
less than lawful illegal lapin rabbit fur (French lapin
lacking financial resources
less than legal illegal rabbit)
less than able unable
less than lovable hateful; un- lapsus calami (Latin—slip of
less than accurate inaccurate
lovable the pen)—error exposed and
less than navigable impassi- reduced to writing
less than adequate inadequate
less than appetizing r e p u l -
ble lapsus linguae (Latin—slip
less than palatable inedible; of the tongue)—saying what
sive; unappetizing
less than artistic i n a r t i s t i c ;
repulsive you meant to say but didn’t
less than perfect s h o r t o f want to say, Freudian slip
ugly
less than attractive unattrac-
ideal lapsus memoriae (Latin—lapse
less than quenched u n - of memory)—in acute in-
tive
less than bearable u n b e a r-
quenched, thirsty stances this is called Alzhei-
less than receptive unrecep- mer’s disease or pre-senile
able
tive dementia
less than beautiful p l a i n o r
less than reliable unreliable large maritime targets o i l
ugly
less than sensitive c o o l , tankers
less than believable improba-
brusque large naval targets a i r c r a f t
ble; incredible; unbelievable
less than sheltered u n s h e l - carriers
less than broadminded b i g -
tered, open last curtain call death
oted; narrowminded
less than candid crafty; disin-
less than strong w e a k ,
ineffective less than sublime shabby last mile walk from the prison
genuous; misleading; schem-
last debt death
ing; untruthful
less than a success a failure cell to the place of execution
less than charismatic uncharis-
less than supportive uncoop- last obsequies funeral
matic; without charm or the
erative last sleep death
look of leadership
last roundup death
less than sympathetic hostile; uncomprehending; unsympa- last taboo incest
less than charming disagree-
able
thetic last waltz condemned pris-
less than convincing u n c o n -
less than thrilled depressed; oner’s march to the place of
vincing
disappointed; uninterested execution
less than decisive undecisive
less than delicious burned; half
less than total enthusiasm
late lamented remains corpse
baked; nauseating; sour; un-
lukewarm, cool, indifferent,
late unpleasantness American halfhearted
wholesome
less than diligent lazy, sloppy,
Revolution; Civil War or War
less than totally cooperative
of the Secession reluctant
careless
less than truthful false; lying; latrine outdoor toilet
less than effective ineffective
untruthful laugh lines facial-wrinkles be-
less than elegant i n e l eg a n t ;
let go fired or laid off tween the nose and mouth
shoddy
lethal assistants deadly weap- launched into eternity died
less than enthusiastic unen-
ons lav lavatory (toilet)—common
thusiastic
liaison illicit sexual connec- British euphemism
less than exciting dull as dish
tion lavabo (Spanish—washroom)—
water; unexciting
libation alcoholic drink toilet
less than fastidious d i r t y ;
sloppy
liberal spender spendthrift
Bafflegab Divulged
liberty cabbage sauerkraut
media coordinator someone lieu lieux d’aisance (French—
lubritorium, automotive ser-
who operates a cassette comfort room)—toilet (or in
vice station
player-recorder, motion-pic- British slang, loo)
lues cholera, the plague, syph-
ture camera or projector, tv lift attendant elevator opera-
ilis
equipment, etc. tor
luetic infection of the central
medical center hospital light-fingered gentry p i c k -
nervous system c e n t r a l
medical examiner coroner pockets; thieves
nervous system syphilis
meditation solitary confine- likvidatsiya (Russian—liqui-
lung affliction tuberculosis
ment dation)—execution
L-word liberal
meet your maker die linguistic fig leaves e u p h e -
machinery d r u g - i n j e c t i o n
megacity metropolis with a misms
paraphernalia
million or more people liquidate kill
mellowspeak soft-spoken eu- liquidation assassination
mackin’ well dressed
mad good
madam the operator or owner
phemisms
liquidation of undesirable ele- member of the lower socioeco-
nomic bracket poor person liquid refreshment alcoholic
ments murder
of a brothel
madamas (Italian—ladies)—
member(s) of a minority
group nonwhite(s) literary agent author’s repre-
drink, beverage
women’s toilet
memorial park cemetery sentative
mad dogging staring at some
mendacious tendency for ly- literary fig leaves e u p h e -
one until you get a reaction
ing misms
made redundant laid off
mendacity lie little boy’s room men’s toilet
maiden lady old maid
menn (Norwegian—men)— little girl’s room wo m e n ’s
make one’s exit die
men’s toilet toilet
make-out artist(s) f o r n i c a -
men’s men’s toilet live-in live-in friend, unmar-
tor(s)
men’s restroom men’s toilet ried lover
make redundant fire some-
mental institution insane asy- live-in companion a c o n c u -
one
lum; psychiatric hospital bine, gigolo, kept man or
mentally disturbed c r a z y ; woman, mistress, paramour
make water urinate
maladaptive behavior u n a c -
psychotic loaded under the influence of a
merchandise shrinkage shop- drug
ceptable or criminal acts
lifting load factor percent of avail-
maladjusted youths b a c k -
ward or troublesome young-
mercurial temperament eas-
ily enraged paying passengers
sters
able aircraft seats occupied by
male organ penis
meretricious traffic prostitu-
loan expert pawnbroker tion
Malta dog diarrhea.
locus of evaluation classroom méski (Polish—gentlemen)—
mañana time (see Hispanic
lonely couch companionless men’s toilet
time)
bed; half-empty bed; solitary messieurs ( F r e n c h - g e n t l e -
Marble City the cemetery
bed men)-men’s toilet loo toilet (British)
marginalized excluded (usu-
ally, poor)
met in an unfriendly manner
collision of aircraft, automo- lost at sea presumed drowned
marketing analysis sales pro-
biles, boats or other vehicles lost her husband her husband
motion
met one’s maker died
died; she was widowed
marketing engineer sales per-
son marketing manager sales man-
metropolitan rehabilitation
lost his wife his wife died
center downtown peniten- lounge toilet
tiary or federal prison love child child born of unwed
Mexican brown marijuana parents
ager
Mexicancellation Mexican di- loved one corpse
marketing representative
vorce love handles flesh over hips
salesperson
miced all crytee C h r i s t A l - low achiever poor student
marquee tent
mighty mild irregularity constipation poor
mass vigilance w i d e s p r e a d
low economic background
police-informant system
mineral extraction mining lower ability group slow learn-
matured waste garbage
measurable end products re-
minimal prescriptiveness
with fewest number of re- lower the boom fire
ers
sults
meat-eater’s euphemisms
straining rules blocking mon-
low frustration tolerance
etary grants to interest groups easily irritated
beef—cow or steer meat; ca-
or states low-income poor
brito—young goat meat;
lamb or mutton—sheep meat,
minor misstatement lie
low-income neighborhood
misadventure shootout result- barrio; ghetto; slum
pork—pig meat; veal—calf
ing in death low priced cheap
meat
media access center the library
misalliance mismatch
Bafflegab Divulged
misappropriate funds steal
nerve agents lethal chemical miscarriage spontaneous abor-
multiversities large universi-
agents attacking the body’s tion
ties
nervous system misconduct adultery
mumblespeak mumbled baf-
nether garments underwear misspeak inadvertently mis-
flegab
netherweed marijuana grown lead; blunder
muzhay (Bulgarian—men)—
in the Netherlands mixed bag assortment
men’s toilet
netherworld u n d e r wo r l d ; mixer(s) bartender(s)
muzi ( C z e c h o s l ova k i a n —
world of the dead mná ( G a e l i c — w o m e n ) —
men)—men’s toilet
neuter castrate; remove or tie women’s toilet
my back teeth are almost float-
off procreative organs mobile home house trailer
ing I must urinate
neutralize assassinate; kill moderately priced cheap
my peeps parents
my statement is inoperable I
news specialist(s) reporter(s)
modified limited hangout
Nicaraguan eggs iguana liz- temporary office or headquar-
lied
ard eggs dried, pickled, or ters
mythomaniac liar
fried mom duke mother
nappies babies’ napkins; dia-
nice-nellyisms euphemisms money laundering c o n c e a l -
pers
night house brothel ing source of funds
narco-military military sys-
night-soil excreta; feces; hu- monthly pains m e n s t r u a l
tem protecting narcotics traf- ficking
pains, cramps
nasal discharge snot
man dung No 1 urine
monument memorial t o m b -
nasal problem loss of smell
stone
natal day birthday
No 2 excrement No Code do not resuscitate
moonlighting getting paid for
national assistance financial
nök (Hungarian—women)— tion involving capturing or
a second job
aid and surplus food for the
nocturnal emissions wet dreams
mopping up military opera-
poor and the unemployed
national razor the guillotine
women’s toilet no longer with us dead
killing of enemy personnel
of France
moral renovation the honest
non-ambulatory bedridden; way; truthfully
national test bed h i g h - t e c h
unable to walk moral turpitude d e p r av i t y ;
computer and video operation
nonch no chance; objection- immorality
simulating space-battle sce-
able morbus gallicus ( L a t i n —
narios
non compos menfis (Latin— French disease)—syphilis
natural euthanasia death by
starvation
not of sound mind)—men-
the more you buy the more you
tally incompetent save spend more
naturally fed breast-fed
nature break go to the toilet
nondiscernible microbionocu-
mortical surgeon undertaker
lator concealed poison-dart mortician bu r i e r ; f u n e r a l
navigational errors bombing
gun director; undertaker
nonpermissive environment most effective painkiller
friendly territory
battlefield death
Neapolitan pox syphilis (see
nonterrorists unarmed and motion discomfort m o t i o n
French disease)
necklacing setting an automo-
uninvolved civilian victims of sickness; nausea; seasickness
bile tire ablaze around a pris-
oner’s neck
terrorism
motion discomfort container
not acceptable forbidden; not vomit bag
neck oil whiskey
necktie hangman’s noose
tolerated; unlawful
motivating through fear
not a happy camper s o m e - coercion
necktie party lynching; lynch
one in great distress moto motivated
mob
necropsy autopsy; post mor-
not all that impressive unim-
motor vehicle operator
pressive chauffeur; driver
tem
negative inducements in terms
not an exact statement, to put
mountain herring whitefish
it mildly a lie, to put it mountain oysters bull, hog, or
of price fees
bluntly sheep testicles used as food
negative patient outcome
death
not completely accurate
and famed for their imagined
inaccurate, false aphrodisiac powers
negative savers people who
not completely truthful u n - mujeres ( S p a n i s h —
spend more than they earn
truthful, disingenuous women)—women’s toilet
neighborhood of color
minority residents in an
not entirely accurate inaccu-
multifunction wrist instru-
rate ment wristwatch
American urban area
neighborhood revitalization
not entirely safe risky
multiprisoner transportation
not entirely satisfied dissatis- unit b l a c k l a d y ; b l a c k
slum clearance
fied maria; paddy wagon; police
neither here nor there irrele-
not entirely truthful untruth- patrol van
vant, nowhere, unimportant
neoplasm tumor
ful
Bafflegab Divulged
Notice of Reduction in Force
panel house w h o r e h o u s e pink slip inserted in the pay
opportunity school school for
(whose bedrooms had sliding envelope to announce layoffs
the handicapped or retarded
optical problem b l i n d n e s s ;
panels close to the bedstead
not my favorite person
in easy reach of an accom- someone I dislike intensely
failing eyesight
plice who could snatch a not overly bright stupid
optimize performance i m -
prove
man’s wallet or watch while
not precisely accurate
he was preoccupied) inaccurate; untrue, false
organ male organ; penis
paramnesia déjà vu not precisely truthful u n -
organic receptors sense or-
paraphernalia papers, pipes, truthful, lying
gans
scales, and spoons used by not quite kosher dishonest (in
orthographical errancy m i s -
drug addicts the ethical sense); unclean (in
spelling
osculation kiss(ing)
park under construction
the culinary or physical
dump sense)
osmidrosis f o u l - s m e l l i n g
parsimonious f r u g a l ; n i g - not so young elderly; old
sweat
gardly; pennypinching; stingy not too accurate inaccurate
other prisoner(s) p r i s o n
pass away die not too attractive ugly
guard(s)
passed over died not too profitable u n p r o fi t -
outdoorsmen vagrants; home-
pass into the unknown die able
less
passive euthanasia letting the not too tall f r o m ave r a g e
outhouse b a c ky a r d t o i l e t ;
patient die height to short
country privy
out in left field disoriented;
passive resistance response
not too truthful untruthful
out of touch with reality
deliberate procrastination
nude-encounter parlor
pass on die brothel; massage parlor
outlaw party illegal nightclub
pass water empty the bladder; nudie film film featuring nu-
out of the ballpark o u t o f
urinate dity
touch; unaware of reality
paying guest boarder; lodger nuptial couch marriage bed
out of town in prison
peace dividend money from nuptials marriage ceremonies
outplaced fired (from a job)
defense-spending reductions nut factory insane asylum;
outright fabrication lie
peaceful person lazy or le- mental hospital; psychiatric
outsourcing hiring cheaper la-
thargic person hospital or ward
bor
Peacekeeper LGM 118 inter- nuthouse insane asylum or
out to lunch daffy
continental ballistic missile psychiatric hospital
overachiever embarrassingly
Peacemaker MX missile’s nutpicker(s) psychiatrist(s)
brilliant student; successful
peace pill pcp (phencyclidine) nutria coypu fur (from a giant
person
overindulgence gluttony
peaches amphetamine pears amyl nitrite
peculator thief destine action, secret love
South American rodent)
overkill possessing more than
enough weapons needed to
peculiar institution slavery in obsequies funeral ceremonies
oblique love adultery; clan-
destroy enemy targets
over the blue wall confined to
the United States peculiar members lexicogra-
obstetric paramedic midwife
a hospital for the criminally
obstitute part-time prostitute;
insane
pher Noah Webster’s euphe-
mism for testicles substitute for a prostitute;
over the river dead
peculiar service espionage whore
over the side buried at sea
pecuniary distress poverty occasional interruption acute
overwrought drunken; agi-
pedophiliac adult molester at- constipation
tated
tacking children sexually odoriferous smelling; stinking
oxymoron(s) combination of
peeping tom voyeur official gibberish bureaucratic
contradictory or incongruous
pejorative demeaning or de- bafflegab
words; seeming contradic-
rogatory offshore production overseas
tion(s) e.g., peacekeeper mis-
pentagonese Pentagon baf- investments in foreign coun-
sile(s)
flegab tries
pacification elimination of
people expressways sidewalks old girl mother
disturbances or disturbers of
people mover light-rail rapid old goat dirty old man; satyr;
the peace; peace at the point
transit system whorehound; woman chaser;
of a bayonet
people of color b l a c k s , lecher
package store liquor store
Asians, etc.; those of the old hare rabbit meat
paid the debt of nature died
non-white minority in the olfactoristic smelly
pain-compliance device nun-
United States one’s spirit departed o n e
chaku
people’s republic p o l i t i c a l died
pain in the butt pain in the
prefix in many totalitarian na- on the nod sleepy sensation
ass
tions run by communists, not following use of drugs
Panamá chicken chicken-fla-
vored iguana lizard tail
by the people
Bafflegab Divulged
people with conspicuous
pleasingly plump fat
preemptive strike b o m b i n g
access to wealth in their
the enemy before being at- own right rich people
plight one’s troth p l e d g e
marriage; promise to marry
tacked
perform one’s ablutions
pregnancy termination abor- shampoo, shave, and shower;
ploy clever maneuver
wash oneself tion
plump fat
period menstrual period prelighten bleach the hair
plunger hypodermic syringe
plural marriage polygamy
period of reconsideration
prematurely retired fired
cooling-off period preorgasmic females f r i g i d
plural relations South African
permanent color hair dye females
euphemism for apartheid
perp perpetrator (of a crime) pre-owned previously owned;
podium a platform designed to
perpetrator c r i m i n a l ; o f - secondhand; used
elevate a conductor or a
fender; suspect preparation room u n d e r-
speaker above the ensemble
personal emergency must go
taker’s embalming room to the toilet immediately
or the audience; a lectern
press the flesh shake hands personal protection dog a t -
point in time moment; time
preventive detention jail with- tack dog
police state law and order im-
out bail to assure defendants personal relationship sexual
posed by law-enforcement
appear for trial and commit relationship
agencies who overlook civil
no crimes in the meantime perspiration sweat
liberties
pretext calling lying to get in- perspire sweat
political unrest assassination;
formation pertussis whooping cough
bombing; martial law; mass
preventive war sneak attack Peruvian perfume cocaine
demonstrations; riots; sabo-
tage; terrorist attacks; wide-
previously owned auto second- pet snatcher dogcatcher
scale subversion often leading
hand automobile; used car phantom proliferators A f r i -
to revolution
prices you can afford p r i c e s can, Asian, and South Ameri-
polychromatic alphasite col-
salesmen tell you you can af- can would-be atomic powers
ored chalk
ford phased out brought to a halt;
polygraph test(ing) lie-detec-
pricey expensive cancelled; closed; concluded;
tion test(ing)
prioritize arrange in chrono- discontinued; ended; fin-
poorly compensated p o o r l y
logical order; choose; select ished; retired; stopped; termi-
paid
prison officer gaoler (UK); nated
poor man’s nuclear weapon
chemical weaponry; fuel–air
jailer (US)
phased withdrawal scheduled
private dick private investi- retreat
bomb
gator phat good
pop duke father
popular price cheap
private enterprise business
Philippine Pacification
Philippine Subjugation, ac- privates private parts (sexual
population-control equipment
cording to Filipino historians and urinary organs)
riot-control equipment such
physically challenged d i s -
privy outdoor toilet abled
as high-pressure water hoses,
problem child(ren) j u ve n i l e picture car vehicle that ap-
rubber bullets, and tear gas
delinquent(s) pears in motion picture
population limitation b i r t h
problem drinker alcoholic pigeon drop money scam
control
pop-up fast launching of a
missile carrying a nuclear
problem pregnancy clinic
pimpmobile automobile con-
abortion center verted for use by pimps and
problem skin marred by acne, prostitutes
weapon to generate an X-ray
laser able to shoot from space
eczema, pimples, psoriasis, pink slip a dismissal notice
portable john portable toilet
syphilitic scars, or their com- pixillated alcoholically befud-
posey vest straitjacket
bination dled
position situation j o b ; j o b
pro-choice i n favo r o f a planned withdrawal d e f e a t ;
task
woman’s right to choose retreat
posterior backside; behind
when to bear children plaque bacteria-laden mucus-
powder her nose a woman go-
proliferation the spread of nu- hardening film endangering
ing to the toilet
clear weapons one’s teeth
powder room toilet
property control o ffi c e r plastic master person climb-
power outage power failure
watchman ing, mainly in indoor gyms
precursor bursts nuclear ex-
prophylactic device for pre- plastic money credit cards
plosions in space designed to
venting venereal infection, platform pushers p e r s o n s
foil defense systems by creat-
condom; a contraceptive de- who push others from the
ing a background of nuclear
vice platform to the tracks of a
emissions, magnetic pulses,
proprietary institutions insti- railway or subway when the
and heat capable of fooling
tutions, such as clinics and train is coming into the sta-
sensors
hospitals, run for profit tion
predacide chemical agent for
killing predatory animals
props respect
Bafflegab Divulged
prosecutorial agent attorney
quietus death
rehabilitation laboratory
general; city attorney; county
modern prison attorney; district attorney;
quite a few many, several
relationship sexual affair federal attorney; magistrate;
racial hygiene eugenics
relocation specialist realtor public prosecutor; state pros-
racial unrest race riots
remains cadaver; corpse; dead ecutor
raffs raffish bohemians
person prossie prostitute
Rainier Factor slang term for
remand institution jail; peni- protect cover up
an employee’s acceptance of
tentiary; prison protective bombing bombing
lower pay in exchange for liv-
remediation remedial reading the enemy first
ing near a scenic locale (re-
fers to Mount Rainier in
remittance person living on
protective coating engineer
monies sent from home; house painter
Washington state)
ticket-of-leave man protective reaction bombing
’rak attack also called rack or
remove exterminate raids
raki
Rangoon runs diarrhea
rent boys British teenage male
protective reaction strike
prostitutes attack
rap buddies easy-to-talk-to
repose beneath the sod die protective residence fa l l o u t
people
repossessed taken back by shelter
rap parlor place of prostitu-
provisional period probation creditor
tion
residuals leftover funds, mon- prurience lust
ratepayer taxpayer
pseudologist liar ies, or profits
rather elderly old
psychiatric center insane asy- resource center library
rational defense planned war-
resources control bombing of lum
fare
psychic reader fortune teller dams, defoliation of forests,
real estate open space
public convenience o u t d o o r poisoning of sources of drink-
realistic fees low fees
ing water during the course of or public toilet (British)
rear end ass; buttocks
rear yard environment back-
public house a b a r w h e r e
a war
rest home convalescent or re- drinks and food are sold
yard
public property property con- tirement home
receipts strengthening r a i s -
resting in marbletown bu r- trolled by politicians
ing taxes
public relations adviser press ied in the cemetery
recession depression
agent restroom toilet
recommend the matter be
public relations assistant o f - resurrectionist grave robber
studied action to move con-
fice receptionist retire for the night go to bed
troversial issues to the back
public utilities contraception retirement allowance pension
burner
and family-planning clinics retirement home institution
reconciliation room c h u r c h
catering to retired people puffer auction booster
confessional
retiring room toilet pulling the plug euthanasia;
(Dutch)
reconditioned secondhand
retreat toilet mercy killing; turning off life
reconnaissance in force
retrete (Spanish—retreat) toilet support systems
search out and destroy the en-
returnee defector pupil station desk
emy
rectification of the front r e -
revenue enhancement higher purloin steal
treat
tax; sales; tax increase purple passage fl ow e r y
redeployment retreat; with-
reverse engineering i n d u s - speech or writing
trial espionage achieved by purveyors of meat butchers
drawal of armed forces
reduced circumstances poor
taking apart the products of pushing up daisies dead
reduced to ashes cremated
competitors to find out how put one down b r i n g a b o u t
reduction in the work force
they work and how they may death, as in the case of a pet
firing; layoff
be imitated put to sleep kill
redundancies layoffs
revised upward increased put out of misery kill
re-education camps
forced-labor work camps
revolverize to shoot someone
quadruplication of the qua-
rhumba steam sweat druplicate number 16
reemployable annuitant spe-
riffed reduced in force (dis- quality-control engineer i n -
cialist called back from retire-
missed from duty; fired) spector
ment
right decision d e c i s i o n fa - quarter 25 dollars; 25-dollar
reflation ascending inflation
vored by the public despite narcotics-filled balloon
registered warrant g ove r n -
massive opposition by bu- quean (Middle English—
ment-issued i-o-u issued
reaucrats and lobbyists prostitute)
when money is not available
right in the ballpark feasible queen-size bigger than large
to pay for goods or services
rightsizing laying off workers but smaller than king-size
regurgitation u p c h u c k i n g ;
rip off cheat; overprice; rob; quiet room solitary-confine-
vomiting
steal ment cell
rehabilitation center j a i l ;
lockup; penitentiary; prison
rodent operators rat catchers
Bafflegab Divulged
’roid rage violence brought on
shelter seeker refugee by use of steroids
secularist agnostic; atheist;
disbeliever; doubter; human-
shero female hero
rolling through the rye
sherutim legvarim (Hebrew— drinking and driving
ist; iconoclast; nonbeliever;
men’s services)—men’s toilet roll in the hay copulation
rationalist; skeptic; truth
sheradin lenashim (Hebrew— room attendant maid
seeker; unbeliever
w o m e n ’s s e r v i c e s ) — roommates unmarried lovers
security host security guard
women’s toilet rotund fat
security zone occupied terri-
tory
she’s a plain girl but she means
well she’s ugly but not ma- rubbed out assassinated
see a man about a dog go to
licious rubber mirror computerized
the toilet
shoe rebuilder shoe repair- thin-glass mirror on honey
selected out dismissed from
man comb panel controlled by me-
duty; fired
shorts in a bundle upset chanical arms and microchips
selective use of violence to neu-
short term 180 days or less; enabling them to compensate
tralize an intended victim
an IOU due in 6 months or for the distorting effects of the
assassination plan
less earth’s atmosphere on laser
self-ablution masturbation
shredding party d e s t r oy i n g beams
self-immolation sacrifice at-
documents ruddy-faced drunk
tained by setting oneself on
shuffle off this mortal coil die run around the corner go to
fire or plunging into a fire
sick good the toilet
self-liberation suicide
significant other lover sacrament of penance the rite
senior(s) senior citizen(s)—
signore (Italian—ladies) of reconciliation (Roman
older person(s)
señoras (Spanish—ladies)—
signori (Italian—gentlemen)—
Catholic) men’s toilets
women’s toilet
sailor’s curse constipation sin against chastity birth con-
señores (Spanish—gentle-
trol salami amputation slices of a
men)—men’s toilet
single unmarried limb are removed until an un-
senyores (Catalan—ladies)—
sink of iniquity brothel infected area is reached
women’s toilet.
sips beer, liquor, wine Salisbury steak World War I
senyors ( C a t a l a n — g e n t l e -
skeezer prostitute euphemism for hamburger
men)—men’s toilet
skidlid motorcycle helmet saliva spit
separate from school expel
skillful inveracity artful lie salvage assassinate; kill, mur-
separate from the payroll
skimming secretly diverting der
fire
unreported profits sanitation engineer garbage
sequencing quitting the work-
skin doctor d e r m a t o l o g i s t , collector
place to return later
serious headache g u n s h o t
syphilologist
sanitized made acceptable skin problems acne; black-
wound in the head
sauce sanctuaries beer bars; heads; pimples; syphilitic
service observing electronic
cocktail lounges, saloons sores
eavesdropping on employees
skin trade peep shows, sexu- sauna massage brothel (Dan-
by management
ally explicit literature, and X ish)
servicio (Spanish—service)—
rated videos scam non-violent confidence
toilet
skinz attractive woman game involving pilferage,
servicios de caballeros
(Spanish—gentlemen’s set-
slatternly, slovenly, sluttish, or
untidy individual slob search and clear search and
robbing, stealing
vices)—men’s toilet
sleep engineer(s) m a t t r e s s destroy
servicios de damas ( S p a n -
maker(s) seasickness dizziness followed
ish—ladies’ services)—
sleepingly warm r e c e n t l y by nausea and vomiting
women’s toilet
dead seclusion solitary confinement
sexual expressionist pornog-
sleeping partner of life death secret disease syphilis
rapher; purveyor of smut
sleep with copulate Section 8 discharged from the
sexual gradualism masturba-
tion
slender skinny
slip out of life die armed forces because of in-
sexual variety promiscuity
slippery slope difficult-to-de- sanity or intoxication; gov-
shading the truth lying
fend argument ernment-subsidized decent,
sharing group sex or orgy
sloshy drunk safe, and sanitary housing
sharpen one’s skates go to the
slumbermobile hearse secular humanism a g n o s t i c
toilet
slumber robe funeral shroud or atheistic humanism
sharps n e e d l e s , s c a l p e l s ,
slumber room area in a fu- secular humanist person be-
pointed objects; glass pi-
neral establishment where the lieving in doing good outside
pettes, slide pipettes
embalmed may be viewed the bonds of religious teach-
she dog bitch
sly language of evasion euphe- ings; freethinkers, skeptics
sheer prevarication outright
lie
misms
Bafflegab Divulged
small untruth little lie
street orderlies garbage and smart rocks small kinetic-en-
sonderbehandlung (German—
trash collectors ergy projectiles designed to
special treatment)—Nazi eu-
phemism for killing by gas
street people the homeless
street sweepers large-maga- heads
be hurled at missiles or war
son of Onan masturbator
zine semi-automatic shotguns smartsizing laying off workers
so perceived seen
streetwalker prostitute to increase profits
souvenir hunters vandals
souvenir hunting vandalism
stretches the truth exagger-
smilers and defilers, reekers
ates; lies and leakers A m b r o s e
spa drugstore soda fountain
stretch hemp h a n g b y t h e Bierce’s euphemistic descrip-
space mines orbiting explo-
neck until dead tion of dogs
sives designed to threaten sat-
stretch the truth lie smoking gun observable evi-
ellite defenses
submarine below street-level dence
Spanish disease syphilis, ac-
prison cell snuff spoon t o b a c c o s n u ff
cording to the Portuguese
subsidy publisher va n i t y spoon; cocaine sniffing
speaks a low level of colloqui-
press spoon; also coke spoon
alisms talks slang
substitute worker scab; strike social ailments venereal dis-
special action murder
breaker eases
special agent(s) FBI or insur-
subversive delinquent politi- social capital shared values
ance agent(s)
cal prisoner social diseases A I D S ( A c -
specialized vehicle army tank
subway pushers (see platform quired Immune Deficiency
special psychiatric hospitals
pushers) Syndrome), chancroid,
Soviet term for prisons where
succulent viands appetizing gonorrhea, granuloma ingui-
dissenters were kept
food nale, lymphogranuloma ve-
special transaction gambling
bargain
succumbed to hypertensive
nereum, and syphilis
sperm barrier condom
cardiovascular disease
socially disadvantaged poor
died of a heart attack socially underprivileged poor
Spetsnaz Soviet undercover
suddenly retired fired without social maladjustment crime
specialists in assassination
warning social promotion advancing
and behind-the-lines counter
suicycles a l l - t e r r a i n t h r e e - poor pupils so they will not
insurgency operations
wheel vehicles suffer the embarrassment of
spontaneous abortion miscar-
summer complaint diarrhea; sitting in classrooms with
riage
loose bowels brighter and younger students
sporting house brothel
sunshine units nuclear radia- social prophylaxis Soviet eu-
state chemist exe c u t i o n e r
tion units phemism for execution or im-
charged with poisoning con-
supreme measure c a p i t a l prisonment of dissidents or
victs in a gas chamber
punishment; execution suspects
state electrician executioner
supreme sacrifice giving one’s social safety net M e d i c a r e ,
charged with electrocuting
life; losing one’s virginity S o c i a l S e c u r i t y, a n d
convicts in an electric chair
surreptitious entry break-in unemployment compensation
steel-collar labor robots
surveillance spying social unrest demonstrations,
stepped out for a few minutes
gone to the toilet
swallowed his birth certifi-
hunger marches, hunger
cate died (French) strikes, race riots, terrorism
still warm died recently
swinger promiscuous person sociobiology genetics
stones testicles
stonewall act or argue defen-
synergistic(al) advance(s)
soft money currency of third-
when the whole is said to be party barter; money available
sively; conceal; coverup; hide
worth more than the sum of for only a short time; un-
the truth
its parts restricted political contribu-
straightforward and above
system car audio system tions
board blunt, honest
take a dump defecate soiled linen dirty clothes
straitened circumstances
poor; of limited resources
take a leak urinate
somewhat advanced in years
take a powder l e ave h u r- old(er)
strategic deterrents weapons
of war
riedly; leave suddenly
somewhat less than credible
take leave of abstinence g e t incredible; unbelievable
strategic hamlet r e f u g e e
camp
drunk
somewhat less than honest
takeoff inject narcotics dishonest
strategic misrepresentation
lying; speaking with a forked
take one’s last sleep die
somewhat less than reliable
take the electric cure be elec- unreliable
tongue
strategic redeployment r e -
trocuted
somewhat less than truthful
take to the tall tules eva d e untruthful
treat
arrest; hide out somewhat unlettered r a t h e r
strategic withdrawal retreat
talent promoter h i g h - c l a s s ignorant
street hustler(s) male prosti-
tute(s)
pimp
Bafflegab Divulged
tavern b e e r b a r ; c o c k t a i l
if prolonged, a protozoan lounge; saloon
thinking the unthinkable
invasion may occur and pro- tax reform often means tax in-
contemplating nuclear war-
duce amebic dysentery crease
fare
turn on sell narcotics tax withholdings earning shar-
think it ain’t I agree
turn one’s face to the wall die ing
thinning out killing wildlife
twenty toes ten toes up and ten technical correction d ow n -
or trees
toes down (British euphe- ward skidding of the stock
this is a serious issue a sin
mism for a bedroom diversion market
this job offers great experience
of some antiquity) technicals roving armed vehi-
the pay is lousy and working
two pc two-physician certifi- cles or group in a vehicle—
conditions are the worst
cation (of insanity) coined in Somalia
this point in time now
those points in time then
ubornaya (Russian—adorn-
technology transfer assis-
ment place)—toilet tance giving advice
threat dog dog trained to bark
umbrage to take offense techspeak technical talk
and snarl at intruders
unaccompanied officer per-
sonnel housing b a c h e l o r temporary marriage rape
thundermug chamberpot; pot-
telegenic tv attractive
officers quarters temporary work cessation lay-
tie
uncharismatic without ability off
time to retire time to go to
to command or lead terminal causing death or oc-
bed
tinkle urinate
uncivil rude
curring at the end of life unclothed bare; naked
tissue toilet paper
terminal cell prison cell de- underachiever unsuccessful
tocador (Spanish—boudoir;
signed to kill the inmate(s) person
dressing room; dressing table;
vanity)—often means toilet
terminal communication
underarm damp sweat
toilet tissue toilet paper
death certificate; death notice;
underdeveloped countries
poor countries rant
order of execution; death war-
toilet water perfume-scented
cologne
underdeveloped nation(s)
terminal illness fatal illness
tossed up the cookies vo m -
poor nation(s) underfunded broke; in debt;
terminate tire; remove from
ited
lacking money job or office
total and complete immobili-
zation assassination
undergoing emotional
terminate pregnancy have an
retraining under psychiat- abortion
totalitarian state tyranny
touched insane
ric treatment
termination with extreme
under par feels or looks aw- prejudice assassination
trade of kings war, as defined
ful; looks like death warmed terminological inexactitude lie
by John Dryden
traffic revision detour
over
terpsichorean trauma
underprivileged poor; unem- dancer’s pain
trainsickness nausea followed
under the auspices of s p o n - mass murder of Jews and oth-
by vomiting; motion sickness
ployed
territorial extermination
sored by ers in German-occupied
transient street person; va-
under the influence d r u n k , countries during World War II
grant
high, inebriated that point in time then
transient population vagrants
Texas turkey armadillo meat
under the sod dead and bur- that time frame then
traumatic amputation of the
lower extremities l o s s o f
ied theater of war battlefield
the legs in an accident
tree surgeon tree trimmer
under the weather d r u n k ; sick
The Company the CIA
underwater rental property therapeutic accident drug-in-
trendy chic
trial marriage free love
valued at less than its mort- gage
duced death due to an over-
tribal scarification circumci-
dose
sion
undesirable books banned or
therapeutic correctional com-
censored books munity prison
trick prostitute’s customer
triplication of the triple
undeveloped property land in
therapeutic misadventure
its natural state operation resulting in the pa-
number 9
undies underwear tient’s death
trots the trots—botulism, diar-
rhea, dysentery
undocumented immigrant ille-
therapeutic termination
gal alien abortion
truth stretcher liar
undocumenteds u n d o c u - thermalicide killing with nu-
tube steak frankfurter; hotdog
mented aliens clear weapons
turf accountant bookmaker
unemancipated minor t e e n - these points in time now
turistas (Portuguese or Span-
ager The Troubles longtime fight-
ish—tourists)—traveller’s di-
unfortunate activity invasion ing in Northern Ireland
arrhea caused by toxic-pro-
of a country; takeover of a thick good
ducing bacteria found in
contaminated food or water;
country; warlike preparations
Bafflegab Divulged
unfortunate female prostitute
when, and my statement is in- unimpressive height short
victims of target practice
operable really meant don’t unit (Texan English) one hun-
persons executed by a firing
believe a word I say dred million dollars
squad
viewing the remains visiting
water qualm acid indigestion;
unlawful deprivation of life
heartburn; sudden faintness killing
a funeral parlor to see the de-
sometimes accompanied by unlearned ignorant
ceased
violated raped
nausea
unlocking shareholder value
wc babad (Romanian—male dismembering a company
viral marketing j u n k e l e c -
water closet)—men’s toilet unmentionables underwear
tronic mail
wc femei (Romanian—female unobscene song(s) outspoken
visceral reaction gut feeling
water closet)—women’s toilet songs
visiting spouse pill C h i n e s e
weather activity storm unpedigreed alley cat or mutt;
contraceptive
weed of wisdom h a s h i s h ; one-hundred-percent pure cat
visually handicapped blind
mariuana; other cannabis or dog
visually impaired blind
products unpeople depopulate
voice informant
well-filled out fat unpredictably nonplussed have
volume reduction unit city or
well-nigh impossible a l m o s t nothing to say
town dump
impossible unprosperous poor
volumetrics number of square
feet of a house
well placed at the present level
of management will never unrenewed discontinued
voluntary compliance p a y i n g
be promoted unsavory scandal morally of-
taxes
went to sleep died unshreddables electronic doc- uments
fensive disgrace
voluntary return vo l u n t a r y
went away died
deportation (of illegal aliens)
voluntary termination of preg-
went west died; was killed wet affairs Soviet euphemism
unslim fat; heavy; overweight
nancy abortion vulture capitalist ve n t u r e
for assassinations
unstructured conversations
capitalist
we will no longer detain you
you’re dismissed; you’re untoward clinical event b a d
friendly chats; informal talks
fired; you may leave side effect untruism falsehood; lie
wagging the dog creating a po-
litical smokescreen
when I’m gone w h e n I ’ m
dead untruth lie
wake-ups amphetamine
walking papers dismissal no-
tice
where the King goes alone
unworthy servant slave bathroom
upchuck vomit white-collar labor o ffi c e
walking the red road t a k i n g
upper amphetamine workers
the American Indian spiritual
path
upper frontal superstruc-
white propaganda i d e n t i fi -
tures a woman’s breasts able and truthful dissemina-
walla miscellaneous gibberish
up the river Sing Sing prison, tion of facts
in motion pictures; nonsyn-
up the Hudson River from white slave prostitute
chronized background voices
New York City wilderness health strip min-
wallet biopsy examination of
uptick increase ing
a patient’s insurance coverage
upward adjustment rise, in- wimp ineffectual weakling; in-
and financial status before ad-
crease sipid and spineless person
mission to a hospital
upward revision increase winding cloth burial shroud
wanaume (Swahili—men)—
winning the West killing the utter an untruth lie
men’s toilet
uttering inexactitudes telling Indians
wanawake (Swahili—women)—
women’s toilet
with balls between parenthe-
sis Shakespeare’s description utter peer rejection failure to
lies
war baby child born of unwed
of a bow-legged man get along with family, friends,
parents during wartime
with child pregnant neighbors, fellow workers
warm glow hot sweat
wash one’s hands go to the
with facilities cabin (aboard
vacationing near Chappaqua
ship) or hotel room with toi- Sing Sing prison
toilet
washroom facilities toilets
let, tub and/or shower, and
validated learning package
washstand approved textbook
waste kill
without benefit of clergy liv- vashzimmer (Yiddish—wash-
water closet(s) toilet(s)
ing together but unmarried room)—toilet
Watergate English terminol-
without female friends m a l e velvet prison censorship
ogy invented by President
homosexual verification the process of
Nixon’s aides to cover up lies
without male friends female confirming compliance with a
and to spar for time when un-
homosexual treaty limiting nuclear arms
dergoing congressional ex-
amination; at this point in
wolf to betray or deceive
vertical transportation corps
wolf ticket bad report elevator operators
time meant now, in point of
time was equivalent to then or
womanizer philanderer
Bafflegab Divulged
Woman’s Question wo m e n ’s
zap advertising jargon for rights
xerotic wrinkled
alerting a customer by sub- women’s women’s toilet
Xeroxpoxed c o p i e r p a p e r
marred by black blotches
liminal messages; kill quickly
wooden interdental stimulator
yellow peril Oriental conquest
(as with a burst of machine
toothpick gun or tommy gun bullets)
and particle remover
of Western civilization by
economic penetration, immi-
word from our sponsor r a -
Zarzuela girl Hispanic play- dio or television advertise-
girl; operetta performer ment
gration, and war
zeny (Czechoslovakian—wo- word up the truth
yesterlingo language of the re-
cent past
men)—women’s toilet work cessation strike; walk-
you know where to go go to
zero-defect system foolproof out; work stoppage
hell
you know where to put it
system
work cessation on the prem-
zhenny (Bulgarian—women)— ises sit-down strike
shove it up your ass
women’s toilet working girl(s) prostitute(s)
young adult teenager
zilch nothing, zero writing instruments ex p e n -
your eyes are changing y o u r
sive pens including fountain zilches misspellings and typo-
sight is failing
graphical errors X-chaser mathematician in
your services are no longer
pens and pencils
required you’re fired
zipcuffed caught in your pants search of the value of X; as-
youthful offender j u ve n i l e
by a faulty zipper piring naval officer
delinquent
zonk stun, stupefy xd deleted
yuppies young urban profes-
sionals
zonked drugged; exhausted
Bell Code from Bridge
Bell Code from Bridge or Pilothouse to Engine Room
The bell codes are used on ferries, launches, tugs, and other powered vessels.
1 bell ahead
3 bells astern
2 bells stop
4 bells full speed
Birthstones
Birthstones—Ancient and Modern
Relative Values. Diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and sapphires are termed precious stones; all the rest are semiprecious. Precious gems are minerals enhanced by the lapidary’s art. The pearl, although not a stone, is classed with the gems and, depending on its beauty and size, may be as valuable as any of the precious stones.
amethyst amethyst
March
jasper aquamarine or bloodstone
April
sapphire diamond
May
agate emerald
June
emerald alexandrite, moonstone, or pearl
July
onyx ruby
August
carnelian
peridot or sardonyx
September
chrysolite sapphire
October
aquamarine
opal or tourmaline
November
topaz topaz
December
ruby
turquoise or zircon
British Counties Abbreviated