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To: orkrious who wrote (60105)	8/16/2006 11:38:13 PM
From: Wyätt Gwyön	Respond to of 306849

Lewis Carroll made it famous w/The Jabberwocky, which had the following neologisms: Bandersnatch – A swift moving creature with snapping jaws. Capable of extending its neck. (From The Hunting of the Snark.) Borogove – A thin shabby-looking bird with its feathers sticking out all round, something like a live mop. Carroll emphasized in the introduction to The Hunting of the Snark that the initial syllable of borogove is pronounced as in borrow, rather than as in worry. Brillig – Four o'clock in the afternoon: the time when you begin broiling things for dinner. (According to Mischmasch, it is derived from the verb to bryl or broil.) Burbled – Possibly a mixture of "bleat", "murmur", and "warble" (according to Carroll in a letter [1]). (Burble is an actual word, circa 1303, meaning to form bubbles as in boiling water.) Chortled - Laugh in a breathy, gleeful way; cuckle (Definition from Oxford American Dictionary) A combination of "chuckle" and "snort." Frabjous - Delightful; joyous (Definition from Oxford American Dictionary, credited to Lewis Carroll) Frumious – Combination of "fuming" and "furious." (From the Preface to The Hunting of the Snark.) Galumphing - Moving in a clumsy, ponderous, or noisy manner. Perhaps a blend of "gallop" and "triumph." (Definition from Oxford American Dictionary) Gimble – To make holes like a gimlet. Gyre – To go round and round like a gyroscope, according to Humpty Dumpty. However, Carroll wrote in a letter that it meant to scratch like a dog. (Gyre is an actual word, circa 1566, meaning a circular or spiral motion or form; especially a giant circular oceanic surface current.) Jubjub – A desperate bird that lives in perpetual passion. (Also appearing in The Hunting of the Snark.) Manxome – Combination of "monstrous" and "fearsome"; possibly related to the Manx cat. [citation needed] Mimsy – Combination of "flimsy" and "miserable." Mome – Possibly short for "from home," meaning that the raths had lost their way. Outgrabe – Something between bellowing and whistling, with a kind of sneeze in the middle. Since the verse is in past tense, this is probably a preterite form derived from a strong verb such as "outgribe". Humpty Dumpty says "outgribing" when explaining the meaning. Rath – A sort of green pig. (See Origin and Structure for further details.) Slithy – Combination of "lithe" and "slimy." Toves – A combination of a badger, a lizard, and a corkscrew. They are very curious looking creatures which make their nests under sundials. They live on cheese. Uffish – A state of mind when the voice is gruffish, the manner roughish, and the temper huffish. (according to Carroll in a letter). Wabe – The grass plot around a sundial. It is called a "wabe" because it goes a long way before it, and a long way behind it, and a long way beyond it on each side. en.wikipedia.org