Breakfast on Pluto wonderland of references and vocab

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Here we go. Please put your name with what you did. Make the vocabulary words easy to find and just do def's & senetences. Keep the pix small. Links to videos and songs are great. Short definitions are good. Have fun with it!

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The overall list of what to do and questions is on my blog. Click the tab above to see it. References are underlined. Vocab is in all caps.

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prelude
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GAROTTED- (V) strangulation or throttling>>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WldOGYf1tGY&feature=related

TREMULOUS- (ADJ) timid, fearful, characterized by trembling >>>>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IQsUT6-TJI

DOUBLE-BIND- (N) a situation in which a person is given conflicting cues,such that to obey one cue is to disobey the other.

EVISCERATIONS- (V) to remove the entrails from; disembowel >>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2-cQ-hjMw0

IRREPRESSIBLE- (ADJ)incapable of being repressed or restrained; uncontrollable

PASTICHE- (N) a literary, musical, or artistic piece consisting chiefly of motifs or techniques borrowed from one or more sources>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWlqmc1B7EE
EMISSARY-(N)a representative sent on a mission or errand>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRgnpqo0gdw

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I Was a High-Class Escort Girl

Vic Damone: an American crooner from the 50s & 60s.

The magazines mentioned (Picturegoer, etc) are fluffy movie mags.

The counties mentioned (Sligo, etc.) are rural ones in Ireland.

WIELDING

ch.1

Mitzi Gaynor: a singer,dancer, actress, and (later) Las Vegas performer from the 50s -80s.

MINX – (N) a pert, impudent, or flirtatious girl.>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YniDowiAHGE&feature=PlayList&p=AC4916C92BB16013&index=0

PEAL– (N) a loud, prolonged ringing of bells.>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAaCbZU6_KY

INQUISITOR –(N) a questioner, esp. an unduly curious or harsh one.>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j2F4VcBmeo

ch.2

nothing

ch.3

Efrem Zimbalist Jr. : an American actor known for his starring roles in the television series 77 Sunset Strip and The F.B.I.

"Son of a Preacher Man": 1968 Dusty Springfield song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp4339EbVn8. Kinda freaky!

IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO - (ADV)
literally, "while the crime is blazing" : in the very act of committing a misdeed>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyACPmeFBRQ

ch.4

"smalls" are underwear

Lorne Greene starred in the tv western series Bonanza and did Alpo commercials.

CH.5

Why is 1916 celebrated?
The Easter Rebellion was an armed uprising of Irish nationalists against the rule of Great Britain in Ireland on April 24, 1916 in Dublin.

Slang -
"bollocks" - testicles
"eejit" - idiot

SALUBRIOUS - favorable to or promoting health
"When you get away from the city and all the pollution the air becomes much more salubrious."

James Connolly - an Irish Socialist leader.

The Beatles - a rock/pop band from Liverpool, England that formed in 1960.

Ch.6

kip- household, place where one would sleep

Provisional IRA- terrorist/paramilitary group dedicated to freeing Northern Ireland form British rule

Ch. 7

voluminous-adj.-a great volume, size, or extent

wielding-verb-to exercise (power, authority, influence) as in ruling

emissary-noun-a representative sent on a mission or errand

Ch.8

Perry Como: Well known American singer and television personality

Mitzi Gaynor played Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN in the 1958 version of South Pacific

RANDY -sexually aroused or excited http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CmLNPOLJl8

RASHERS - a thin slice of bacon

DOWDY - unfashionable and without style in appearance

MAGNANIMOUSLY - very generous or forgiving esp. towards a rival or someone less powerful

OUTRE - unusual and startling

WHEY - the watery part of milk that remains after the formation of curds

PAPIER-MACHE - a malleable mixture of paper and glue, or paper flour and water that becomes hard when dry

INSATIABLE - having an insatiable appetite or desire for something, esp. sex

BALLISTA - a catapult used in ancient warfare for hurling large stones

Ch. 9

Today, dummies are a standard silicone or rubber teat, with a plastic or silicone mouth shield and handle (aka pacifier)

Gilbert o'Sullivan is an irish singer songwriter best known for his early 1970s hits "Alone Again (Naturally)", "Clair" and "Get Down". His unusual image - short trousers, flat cap and pudding basin haircut - helped to launch the successful international career of the performer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_P-v1BVQn8

300 pounds in 1970 would be equal to 6058.18 pounds in 2007

CH 10:

slang: brasser: prositute or whore

Audrey Hepburn In Breakfast at Tiffany's

Glam Rock:

Ziggy Stardust:

David Cassidy:

CHIRRUPED: chirup is basically like "chirp"--make a bird-like noise

Internment: imprisonment of people in large groups without trial, which the British government was doing to to anyone suspected of IRA activities

-an internment march would be a march that tries to change that policy

Ch.12

Hollywood squares is an American television comedy and game show in which two contestants play tic-tac-toe to win money and prizes

CH 13 pages 48-51

What is Charlie's The Mersey Sound book?

The book is a book of poems that is one of the bestselling poetry anthologies of all time and is full of poems that are characterized by "accessibility, relevance and lack of pretension"

Suddenly - An Expert! - is this mocking Doctor Terence??

Mary Gagliardi - page 58

Vocab:

Persistently-Refusing to give up or let go, insistently repetitive or continuous

Vindictive- seeking revenge

Missives- a letter or written communication

Strutting- to walk with a proud gate - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kmeNr4W2QI&feature=PlayList&p=ADB9B1AA56C528D1&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=7 - models walk with such a gate

Ostentatious- fond of conspicuous or vain, pretentious

Tyreelin - Patrick's hometown in Ireland

Charlie had a breakdown after Irwins murder? wah wahhh??

Ch. 21
Marlon Brando- An American Academy Award winning actor. He is widely considered on of the greatest actors of all time and was a sex symbol in his younger years.

Mr. Magoo- A cartoon character who is a wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of sticky situations as a result of his nearsightedness.

Lynsey de Paul- English singer/songwriter. Her popular song "Sugar Me"

Peters and Lee- A successful British folk/pop duo of the 1970s. Their most popular hit was "Welcome Home"

PATHOLOGICAL- caused by or evidencing a mentally disturbed condition: a pathological liar. Pathological Pathological 2

Chapter 9

Glibert O'Sullivan: an Irish singer-song writer, best know

n for his early 1970s hits "Alone Againg (Naturally)", "Clair" and "Get Down"

Chapter 19

THE BODY REVUE '72! NON-STOP AVANT-GARDE NAKED SPECTACULAR! GODSPELL! PYJAMA TOPS! 5TH GREAT YEAR! SWINGING STEWARDESSES! TECHNIQUES OF LOVE!: These are many different productions, most of them taboo, that were playing during the night in London in 1973. The Body Revue poked fun at sexuality. Godspell is a musical that had just come out in 1970 and is still popular today.

Chapter 20

Flotsam and Jetsam: n. The white foamy substance on tope of waves that float up to the beach shore.

When I was swimming in the ocean my leg was covered in flotsam and jetsam.

Pallid: adj.To lack in color or appear white.

The underside of the bird was pallid.

Teeming: adj.To be overflowing with motion.

The carcass was teeming with insects.

Chapter 33

tutelage: (noun) an act or process of serving as guardian or protector

Under Mrs. Breach's tutelage, I became an excellent editor.

permutations: (noun) major or fundamental change (as in character or condition) based primarily on rearrangement of existent elements [think "variations"]

The different permutations of his story all added up to the same thing: that he was lying to me.

diaphanous: (adj) characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through

I hope your prom dress isn't diaphanous!

Chapter 37

Gelignite (noun)- a soft plastic explosive that will only explode with a detonator

Chivvy (verb)- hurry [as in to make someone else hurry up]. The pre-school teacher chivvied the kids off the playground at the end of recess.

Femme Deshabillée (noun)- scantily clad woman

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CHAPTER 48
accoutrements=(N) personal clothing, accessories, etc.

The superhero's acoutrements included a cape and a mask.

fastidiousness=(ADJ) excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please

You're so picky and fastidious!

Anne MacDonald

POST-COITAL - (adjective) - after sex

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO-UDq66k6g disclaimer- i have not watched these in their entirety

PUGILIST - (noun) - a boxer, one who fights with their fists

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVBdoxba7UY

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