aussiedave - (proper n.) Rick Nelson's dad and brother, respectively [jvc]

baked delight - (n.) a misheard lyric [jvc]

bodayle - (v.) to disseminate interesting and factual information ("Has the name of Elvis' new label been bodayled yet?") [jvc]

castan - 1. (v.) to use a vivid and outrageous analogy or example in demonstrating one's opinions. ("He really castaned Elton John when he said he would melt a copy of '11-17-70' and hang it on his wall so that his children wouldn't buy the album!") [mjs] 2. (n.) a term to describe such a vivid and outrageous analogy [mjs]

danielle - (n.) one of the pair of asterisks used before and after a word or phrase to give emphasis [see also: maria-elena] [jvc]

dave - (proper n.) the default first name for all males on the list [see also: marc] [jvc]

demarchi - (n.) high literary quality ("Stephen King sure does write some page-turners, but they have little or no demarchi to them.") [jvc]

didactic - (adj.) what every list members' musical tastes are [mjs]

dweil - 1. (v.) to name-drop shamelessly [jvc] 2. (v.) to chuckle warmly [jvc] 3. (v.) To post private mail to a list. ("Ooops, I dweiled that post!!!") [dwe] 4. (n.) Parenthetical excess [dwe] 5. (v.) to reveal that one has a piece of juicy gossip, then refuse to tell about such gossip. ("He's dweiling about EC's new label signing.") [mjs]

eb - 1. (n.) for some unfathomable reason, a euphemism for any new listmember who makes a significant impact within the first few days of arrival, and is thus mistaken for a previous list member who also made a significant impact. [mjs] 2. (v.) the act of making such an impact as a new list member. ("He's just Ebbing right now, but he'll simmer down.") [mjs]

everingham - (n.) a little-known polymer used in the manufacture of vinyl sound recordings [jvc]

gelber - (v.) to turn one's obsessions into careers [jvc]

hernandez' syndrome - (n.) the incurable compulsion to purchase multiple copies of rare or unofficial CDs [jvc]

hosken - (n.) attention to detail [jvc]

janis - (v.) to expound meaning. ("I would like you to janis 'New Amsterdam'") [gmv]

jennifer - (proper n.) the default female member name [dwe]

jessica - (n.) an elaborate sig file consisting of border, e-mail address, quotations, etc. ("That jessica is longer than his post!") [dwi]

josh - 1. (n.) a post containing in excess of 100 lines ("Did you get through that josh she sent yesterday?") [dwi] 2. (v.) the act of writing/sending such a post [dwi]

louise - (v.) to stun the list with a surprising and controversial opinion ("Springer's louiseing about Hanson again! Let's firebomb his house!") [mjs]

magical flameproof threadstarter - (n.) invented by Pam Wesely, it is a post designed to divert attention from a potentially destructive flamewar and toward a more Elvis-oriented (or just plain peaceful) topic [mjs]

marc [mark] - (proper n.) the default first name for all males on the list [see also: dave] [jvc]

maria-elena - (n.) one of the pair of asterisks used before and after a word or phrase to give emphasis [see also: danielle] [jvc]

mcguire - (adj.) agreeably crotchety ("Do you find that Elvis comes off as being rather mcguire in some of his interviews?") [jvc]

perry - (proper n.) default last name of all members [dsl]

ratliff - (adj.) burning with optimism's flame ("I am quite ratliff that 1998 will be Costello's best year yet") [jvc]

ravsky - 1. (n.) [Music.] a melodic passage borrowed from an existing composition [jvc] 2. (v.) to identify such a melody or fragment ("I ravskied that tune in less than five seconds.") [jvc] 3. the inability to cope with modern technology. ("I'm a real ravsky when it comes to this laserdisk player.") [dwe]

restaurateur - 1. (n.) the owner/proprietor of a restaurant. [dwi] 2. (n.) the default occupation of every list member [dwi]

schnitzius - (adj.) clever yet elegant ("Wow... this new lyric search feature is absolutely schnitzius!") [jvc]

semi-luke mode - (n.) paying only tepid attention to the list [jvc]

senft - (adj.) emotional and poetic [combined form of 'sensitive' and 'deft'] ("I enjoy lyrics that are both insightful and senft.") [jvc]

simonize - (v.) to wax poetic about modern music [dwe]

splinter - (n.) a fragment of wood or other solid substance lodged under the skin [jvc]

springer's theorem - (n.) states that an individual's taste in Costello is directly correlative with his or her first EC album purchase [jvc]

steele - (n.) a watcher in the north (not Santa Claus) [jvc]

swersey - (adj.) unpredictable, sporadic, or occurring in bursts ("She used to post every day, but now her messages are getting more and more swersey.") [jvc]

trainspotter - (proper n.) the default male and female member name [mjs]

vancourt - 1. (v.) to gather things together. ("The queen vancourted her worker bees in the colony.") [dwe] 2. (n.) the humanistic heart of any philosophic system. [dwe]

vollono - (n.) a long, detailed, autobiographical story set in the 1970's [jvc]

wesely - 1. (n.) an Elvis mix tape (or mix tape including lots of Elvis) designed to introduce a neophyte to the man's music [mjs] 2. (n.) an Elvis mix tape (or mix tape including lots of Elvis) designed to shamelessly and subtly flirt through music with the object of one's romantic affections [mjs] 3. (v.) the act of creating such a mix tape [mjs]

windsor - 1. (n.) an elder statesman [jvc] 2. (n.) The human search engine of any list [dwe]

yarlas - (adj.) succinct, pithy ("He's a man of few words, yet his comments are always quite yarlas.") [jvc]

zehnbauher - 1. (adj., n.) a political opinion which will be defended to the point of death or wounding insult by the holder. ("Boy, that recent Hilary Clinton thread sure was a zehnbauher!") [mjs] 2. (v.) to introduce politics or religion into list discussion with reckless abandon. ("She's zehnbauhering again!") [mjs]

zero - (n.) what everything means less than [jvc]

 

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"And should I offend thee by omission,
Sulk not, but make thine own submission;
For each may make his mark upon
This convoluted lexicon." [jvc]

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Legend:

jvc	Janis Van Court
mjs	Matthew J Springer
dwe	Dave Weil
dwi	Dan Wiencek
dsl	David S Lifton
gmv	Gary M Vollono

         © 1998 this dictionary compiled by Wouter Pronk
         please send all suggestions and additions to wpronk@trendbox.nl