"Knowledge Grammy Awards"

I spent the morning browsing through Glossarist, a searchable directory of glossaries and topical dictionaries. Here, some of my useful, interesting, or unexpected finds, with examples of terms and definitions:

• Glossary of Japanese Arts Terms
  • fudoshin: "Immovable mind." Fudoshin does not indicate a state of mind that is inflexible, but rather, it points to a condition that is not easily upset by internal thoughts or external factors.
  • naka-ima: The eternal present.
  • suji: A line of muscle and/or nerve.
• Body Piercing Glossary
  • Ala: The medical term for the side of the nose.
  • Argyria: Refers to a black discoloration of the skin caused by silver from jewlery being absorbed into the skin in healing piercings.
  • Scrotum: The pouch of skin containing the testicles hanging between the legs beneath the penis. Can sustain multiple piercings.
• Animation Art Glossary
  • Limited Edition Cels: A cel created especially for sale to the collector's market, produced in fixed, limited quantities. Originally intended to re-create original production cels, some studios and artists now create completely new images based on non-production artwork. Although limited edition cels are widely touted as being "good investments", very few editions have ever appreciated in value to any significant degree.
• Casino Industry Glossary
  • Barber Pole: A wager made using a stack of various chips.
  • Michigan Bankroll: Used jokingly when a large denomination bill is wrapped around several smaller bills, such as $100 bill wrapped around a core of $1 bills, giving the impression that the player is a high roller with many $100 bills to wager.
• Forensic Psychology Dictionary
  • Aggression Machine: the apparatus used to measure physical aggression in a laboratory
  • Anal Eroticism: erotic/sexual pleasure from activities associated with stimulation of the anal region. Studies have linked such eroticism to aggression towards the individual being penetrated.
  • Bystander Effect: a scientifically proven finding that as the number of bystanders increases, the likelihood of a bystander helping someone in distress decreases
  • Mixed Crime Scene: description for a crime scene that demonstrates the presence of both an organized and disorganized offender. Can be caused by: multiple offenders, unanticipated events, youthfulness, substance abuse, and unexpected victim actions.
• Dream Dictionary
  • Devil: If you and the devil were friendly, or congenial, then it is time to have a complete medical workup done.
  • Macaroni: Eating macaroni in a dream could mean you are in for various small losses. Seeing it in large quantities means you are being urged to economize and save money.
  • Vacuum cleaner: to use one in a dream forecasts sucess in dealing with the opposite sex, unless it broke or gave you trouble in any way, in which case is is a warning to be chary about mixing romance with business.
• Glossary of Suicide-related Terminology
  
  • Autocide: Use of a motor vehicle to complete suicide.
  • Slow Suicide: Prolonged pattern of self-abusive, harmful behavior.
  • Suicide Career: Individual pattern of multiple suicide attempts.
• Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  • Black cadillacs: Amphetamine
  • Waffle dust: Combination of MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine) and amphetamine
  • Cocoa puff: To smoke cocaine and marijuana
  • Chocolate ecstasy: Crack made brown by adding chocolate milk during production
  • Devil's dandruff: Crack cocaine; powder cocaine
  • Devil's dick: Crack pipe
  • Smurf: Cigar dipped in embalming fluid
• Wine Tasting Terminology
  • Attack: The initial impact of a wine. If not strong or flavorful, the wine is considered "feeble". "Feeble" wines are sometimes encountered among those vinified in a year where late rain just before harvest diluted desirable grape content.
  • Chewy: Refers to a high total tannic component of a wine. Figuratively, one cannot swallow this wine without chewing first.
  • Fat: Fills the mouth in a positive manner. The wine "feels" and tastes a little obvious and often lacks elegance but is prized by connoisseurs of sweet dessert wines. Not quite desirable in a late harvest Moselle Riesling, but appropriate in a classic Sauternes. Fatness/oiliness is determined by the naturally occurring glycerol - (a.k.a glycerin) - content in the wine.
  • Rim: Refers to edge of wine surface as seen through a "ballon" (goblet) style wineglass held at an angle of about 30-40 deg. from the vertical and viewed against white piece of paper or cloth using natural light. Used in evaluation of wine age. In "blind" tasting is about the only way to get an informed perception about the probable life and/or condition of the wine from that date on.
• Fashion Glossary
  • Broomstick: A skirt or dress that is characterized by numerous pleats and crinkled material.
  • Shelf bra: A bra that is built right into the garment.
  • Tea length: A gown hemmed to end at the shin.
• Glossary of Instructional Strategies
  • 10 + 2 (Ten Plus Two): Direct instruction variation where the teacher presents for ten minutes, students share and reflect for two minutes, then the cycle repeats.
  • I'm Watching Someone: Behavior management technique where the teacher tells students that two students have been selected to be carefully observed, and if they behave well, the entire class will receive a reward. If the behavior was positive and there is a reward, the students are told who was being watched.
  • Knowledge Grammy Awards: Near the completion of a unit, students nominate and vote on which knowledge was most useful to them.
  • Talking Chips: Response management technique to encourage students who do not often contribute, and limit students who contribute too much to discussions.
• The Limited Encyclopedia of Grave Terminology
  • barrow: A small mountain raised over a grave that ancient warlords hoped would give them a high profile in subsequent history. Few barrows have tombstones, however, so the names of the entombed are lost to us.