a boutique operated by j.r.r. tolkien and wife in the early fifties to supplement tolkien's paltry teacher's salary before the book sales took off. they sold all things runish.
A disorder of the central nervous system, first identified by the German physician Hans Von Frimlich. Frimlicassy is characterized mainly by an uncontrolled twitching of the buttocks.
The preferred treatment for those suffering from severe frimlicassy (see above): the application of large doses of water from the end of a long rubber tube.
Similar to trepidation, but briefer, more concise and abrupt. Example: "I have treptation about living in a haunted house, but I'm a busy man and have no time for ghosts."
pronounced "book-eh-mighty" this was coined by spanish lit. majors in the early seventies when assigned to read "don quixote". the original saying goes something like-- "look at that mighty tome! reading this is certainly going to cut into my beer swilling time!"
rocchal, from the Gaelic, and pronounced with a hard 'k', refers to a hard-headed but also warm-hearted type of individual who will stand by his mates in times of trouble, no matter what. From there, the epithet "trusty as Rock Al".
Once a staple of viking cuisine, vysteggs are rarely eaten in present times. A vystegg was basically a large omelet, whose main ingredients were eggs and roast ox.
A person in favour of a sport in which two brainless men in a quadrilateral roped pen beat each other to a pulp with their fists encased in large hard mittens, usually in front of ecstatic women.
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