I Never Knew There Was a Word for It by Boinod, Adam Jacot de -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover About the Author Title Page Copyright Page Contents Dedication Introduction Acknowledgements I Never Knew There Was a Word For It

The Meaning of Tingo

Meeting and Greeting

¡Hola! Just say the word Expectant Hey you! Cripes! Chinwag Breakdown in communication Tittle-tattle The unspeakable … … the unmentionable … and the unutterable Shocking soundalikes Fare well An Arabian goodbye

From Top to Toe

Use your onion … … or use your nut Pulling faces Greek face-slapping Windows of the soul All ears A real mouthful Getting lippy Hooter Albanian face fungus Bearded wonder Bad hair day Teething troubles Getting it in the neck Armless in Nicaragua Safe pair of hands Legging it Footloose Mind the gap Skin deep Covering up English clothing

Movers and Shakers

Shanks’s pony Walking in Zimbabwe Malaysian movements Ups … … and downs What-d’you-call-it When it all goes horribly wrong … … scarper Learning to relax Dropping off Out for the count

Getting Around

Thumbing it Set of wheels Road rage Apache cars Running on time

It Takes All Sorts

Tolerant Flattering Fawning Egotists The awkward squad Pariah Lazybones Otherwise engaged Situation vacant Manic obsessive The German mindset Fools and rogues Schlumps and schleppers All talk Fibbers Salt of the earth Indonesian two in one Tall poppies So so similar Happy talk Side-splitting Enraptured Down in the dumps Weltschmerz In the slough of despond Seeing red

Falling in Love

The language of love The rules of attraction … … and of repulsion Would like to meet The direct approach Dîner à un Japanese dating Commitment-phobe Affairs of the heart Reality check Love for sale Let’s talk about sex Penis dialogues Sex for one … … and for many Pacific holiday The desired result or the result of desire

The Family Circle

Getting hitched Trouble and strife Yang Yin Family matters Chercher la femme? One cure for adultery An avuncular solution Polygamy on ice Special relations Tahitian taio Essential issue Parental ambitions Home is where the heart is Bukumatala

Clocking On

Tinker, tailor … The daily grind Métro-boulot-dodo Carrot … … and stick German work ethic The deal On the take Hard cash Spongers Neither a borrower nor a lender be What is yours is mine A life of crime Extreme measures Hiding the evidence Chokey

Time Off

Fun and games Frozen walrus carcass Honing your skills The beautiful game Taking a punt Fingers crossed Break a leg The competitive streak Crooning Twirling Clubbing Channel surfing Hi-tech The arts Philistines Rolling up

Eating and Drinking

Hunting, shooting … … and fishing Global gastronomy Menu envy Can’t cook … Bon appetit Boring food Cupboard love Snap, crackle, pop! Rice Hawaiian bananas Replete Post-prandial Food poisoning Hunger Daily Bread Quenched Bakbuk bakbuk bakbuk Pythons and sponges Plastered The morning after A useful excuse

Below Par

Ouch! Atishoo! Bless you! Sneezing protocol Falling ill Bedside manner Impatient?

From Cradle to Grave

In the family way Birth pains Birthing partner First steps in the deep Pacific Toddling Growing pains Boys and girls Mid-life crisis Getting older Hawaiian-style Kicking the bucket The final reckoning Chinese whispers Last rites

Otherworldly

Beyond the veil Spooked in Sumatra Looking into the future Hide away God willing

All Creatures Great and Small

Animal crackers Dragon’s head Ships of the desert Horses for courses Man’s best friend Hopping mad Shoo! Peacocks’ tails Kissing and hissing Two Persian tricks Animal magnetism The flying squad Tamed Animal sounds

Whatever the Weather

And the forecast is … Meteorological metaphors Those words for snow Highland mist

Hearing Things

Sound bites Making a splash Ding dong Chirping cuckoos Sounds Japanese Sounds familiar

Seeing Things

Colourful language Across the spectrum Welsh blues Thai dress code Colour-coded

Number Crunching

Countdown Vital statistics Counting in old China Double-digit growth Magic numbers Expressed numerically Kissing time Take your time Can’t say exactly when Time of day Elevenses Shouting the distance Tip to toe The Micmac calendar Caribou calendar Tea time Halcyon days Revolutionary Stages of the Hawaiian moon A time for celebration

What’s in a Name?

Angry bumblebees Eyes like hard porridge Silent foreigners Skin and buttocks First person singular Speaking in tongues Grand capital of the world A to Y

Toujours Tingo

1. Getting Acquainted

Hamjambo How is your nose? ‘And this is …’ Tongue-tied Chatterbox Keeping in touch Tower of Babble Baloney Q and A Mhm mmm

2. The Human Condition

Tightwad Big-hearted Ulterior motive Obligation Hat over the windmill Number one Warm showerer Nose in the clouds Impressing Sucking up Eejit Salt in the pumpkin Idiot savant Pregnant birds A piece of bread

3. Emotional Intelligence

Happy valley In the coal cellar Boo-hoo Crocodile Smiley Tee-hee No potato Pulling your nose Worry-wart No balls Spider on the ceiling

4. Social Animals

Hermit Whacking aunt Party spirit Storm-free shack After-parties Looking over the fence The sound of yoghurt Wiggle your bucket Duck feet Keeping their bottle Time, please

5. Having an Argument

Cold porridge Being difficult On the edge Looking for the hair Pig’s ribbon Cracking up Mexican rage Picking a fight Get lost! Dumb as bread Anger-hair The blame game Macho moment The female is the deadlier … The flapping of wings

6. The Rules of Attraction

No-pan kissa Like a motorway Double take A face only a mother could love Diving fish, swooping geese You beautiful creature And what do women want? Double Valentine My Japanese prints Hit by a basket Octopussy Gooseberry See-you-home wolf No sweat Peppery-hot Mouth relaxation Spider feet The Paraguayan way The little death Secrets and lies Thanks for the treat Fried fish enthusiasm Faded tomatoes

7. Family Ties

Matchmaking Objecting Camel life Old hat Bare branches Stalker Regular footing Wedding lists The bride wore black Apron strings Green hat Recognized Three’s a crowd Hope springs eternal Relative values Dirt on the nest Congo confusion Auntie Prodigal son Family tree

8. Kids

Pragmatic future Warped Longings A mark of frustration Paternity leave Those who comes divided Breast water We will rock you Babygrow Draggling A desk job Mother love Cuckoo Daughter in a box Impossible child Dolls’ house Junken a munken Cheese head Learning curve Target practice Hanging out Filial

9. Body Beautiful

Mugshot Gobstruck Lippy Tsk tsk Trouble gum Smiling, squirting, stripping Long teeth Copping an eyeful Bewitching Cyrano Lughole Grass belong head Octopus monk Oeuf-tête Well-armed Handy Digital Doigt de seigneur Expansive Classified Peppers and Parasols Map of the world Bum deal Milk bottles Thin as a rake Bacon buoy Illusory

10. Dressed to Kill

A memorable smile Hairdressed to kill Frigate Berlin backsides Sails set Kangaroo teeth Hand-me-downs Designer knitwear Fashionista So village Clodhoppers Barely there

11. Stretching Your Legs

Presiding Enviable Upright Pedestrian Tip-tip-toe The trees are blazed That sinking feeling Beard in the postbox

12. Upping Sticks

Reindeer’s piss Wanderlust Tag-along Wire donkey Loosely bolted Highway code Jesus’s magimix Pushmepullyou Unknown and uneasy Empty trip Travellers’ tales

13. Home Sweet Home

Location, location, location Nesting Pulling together Flagging the beam Dutch decor Frog in a well The emperor’s throne Toilet museum Spatially aware Crumb thief

14. Dinner Time

Rushed breakfast My tapeworm is talking Sampling Stirring it up Surprise water Dead dog Xoox Slug in the hole Cabbage or cheese Your legs are long Gobbling it down Miss Manners Slow Food Menu envy Picky My mouth is lonely Angel cake Restaurant review The condemned man is a final meal

15. One for the Road

The towel of a hippy The milky way Social drinking Altered states Vodka vocabulary On a slippery road Under the monkey The morning after Vineyard flu

16. All in a Day’s Work

Pounce and decoy Point blank Dodo Spear hurling Eel dribbling Sea women Bamboo cutters Angel makers Soul plumbers Low profile Horn diggers Mice milkers Jobsworth Promises, promises Pedalling in yoghurt Counting the stars The company tribe Sell out Lilies of the field

17. Game Theory

Celebrating Monday Slow start Idle time Cucumber troop Aggro Ski-lane terror Taking a dip Dizzy dancing Taking part Suits and tricks Live entertainment One is fun Stories with bears Bookmark Drooping tongue Nodding off Staying up

18. Animal Magic

The great rat with a pocket Fluttering and kicking Scratch, chew, tear, beat Wriggle, wriggle Sunday roast Tucked away Crocodile skid Wa! Down on the farm Commanding To the hand Aw, aw ! How to count on your chickens Man’s best friend Roof-gutter rabbit Gee gee Moo Drinking twice Flying low

19. Climate Change

Tiwilight The dawn chorus Sun’s up Weather report Heat haze The wind of change Storm warning Sunshine shower In a flood Soaking up the weather Compass comparisons Coucher de soleil Silver goddess

20. The Root of All Evil

A frog’s armpit Cutting gold Gifted Up against it On the floor It’s the thought that counts An umbrella at midnight Cowherd’s cake Stall Red shells out, white shells back The art of selling Smoke and mirrors One-armed bandit Losers Tokyo tricks Retail therapy You’re safer with prison

21. The Criminal Life

Tea leaf Gangland Scissorhand Kindling Descending spiders Radish with glasses When crimes go wrong Pig box Into the pit

22. Realpolitik

Pipe and sunshade A gift Changing shirts Full poodle Muffled Power corrupts Talk box Problem solving War elephants Cancer forces Heroes Yellow-bellies War trophies Legacy Cucumbers and shaving brushes

23. From Better to Hearse

Fagged out Peaky Hypo STD Sweating carrots Quack remedies Docteur, docteur Surgical spirit Hex The devil’s in the detail Recuperation Curtains Clogs and slippers A thousand cuts Another way to go Stiff Feet first Funeral crashers In loving memory Hex revenge Radish tips

24. The Great Beyond

Fancy meeting you again Just a jealous guy Holy cockerel Broken sewing needles One who understands Candle cormorant On a hedgehog’s back Sounds better Charismatic Whistling in the wind The crystal ball Fringed with noodles

The Wonder of Whiffling

CLATTERFARTS AND JAISIES

DOG AND BONE SNAIL MAIL VISITING HOURS A LITTLE SOMETHING DIGNITY AND PRIDE ALL RIGHT, MATE? RABBIT, RABBIT SMOOTH CUSTOMER CLEVER CLOGS MANNER OF SPEAKING IRONY IN THE SOUL

STICKYBEAK

LOOSE KANGAROOS MEN OF STRAW WHAT NOW? TWO GENTLEMEN HIGH HAT WITCH’S BROOM SLYBOOTS REGULAR GUY

GOING POSTAL

HOPPING MAD JESUS WEPT BRING ME SUNSHINE MAKE ‘EM LAUGH HA HA BONK

TWIDDLE-DIDDLES

CHUBBY CHOPS MODEL FIGURES NAPOLEON COMPLEX NIP AND TUCK MAKEOVER FACE FUNGUS THREADBARE SNIFFER A WORD IN YOUR SHELL-LIKE PEEPERS CAKE HOLE GNASHERS CHEEK BY JOWL BOTTLING IT SINISTER PAWS JOHN THOMAS BUNS LEGS ELEVEN NOISES OFF

PRICK-ME-DAINTY

UNMENTIONABLES SKIMPIES TREWS GYM SHOES KITTED OUT SUITS YOU REBELS IN BOATERS PERUKE TOPPING

GOING WEST

WIND AND WATER ELF WARNING MENS SANA DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE PULLING THROUGH LAST WORDS THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE DEATH BY HONEY A HEARTY JOKE DUST TO DUST KNOCKING-ON ELYSIAN FIELDS GOD’S IN HIS HEAVEN SPEAK OF THE DEVIL THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE

SLAPSAUCE

HORSE FODDER KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL CAT’S PRAYERS PLUS ONE STOP PINGLING POST-PRANDIAL

CRAMBAZZLED

DOWN AT THE OLD BULL AND BUSH MINE’S A NIPPITATUM ON THE NAIL LAST GASPER JUST THE ONE SPEAKEASY DRINK AND BE MERRY? FROM SHEEP TO SOW TWO TOO MANY THE MOURNING AFTER

FOOTER-FOOTER

BONE-BREAKER GO CART TICKET TO RIDE GRICER’S DAUGHTER ELSEWHERE

MUTTONERS AND GOLDEN FERRETS

IN TOUCH SECONDS AWAY FROM LAND’S END TO BROADWAY OVER AND OUT TO THE 19TH TOUCHÉ TOUR DE FRANCE HEY DUDE! COLORADO CLIFFHANGER TROLLING AND YUMPING

RUBBY-DUBBY

TALLY HO! GAME ON BIRDING GETTING HOOKED ROYAL FLUSH GIFT HORSES ODDS ON VERY GOOD GOING

MADHOUSE

LOW ROLLERS DICEMAN ARRERS FEVVERS POKER FACE BIDDING WAR FULL HOUSE HIGH STAKES DESPERATE BIDS MONTE CARLO OR BUST BINGO LINGO ANORAKS

MUSH FAKERS AND APPLESQUIRES

COLOUR CODED ELBOW GREASE JOBSWORTH BRAINSTORMING NO-DAY PUSHING THE ENVELOPE MANAGERIE BULLS AND BEARS ROOM AT THE TOP FIRM HAND THE SACK SMALL IS BETTER MY OLD MAN’S A … HAWKERS AND HUCKSTERS WIDOWS AND ORPHANS THE READIES LILIES OF THE FIELD

BULK AND FILE

MY DEAR FELLOW! NOT QUITE MY COLOUR PANHANDLER CUTPURSE SLEIGHT OF HAND ARTFUL DODGERS DOLPHINS AND TURTLES OLD BILL BAD APPLES JUST DESERTS PETTIFOGGERS PORRIDGE CLEAN SHIRT

BUNTING TIME

DISCO JUDGES ZEPPELINS SUPERSIZE ME HUNTER DITHERERS FAINT HEART THE WILDER SHORES OF LOVE CHEAP DATE GETTING DOWN TO IT COUNTRY LOVING ALL LOVED UP THEY FLEE FROM ME DROIT DE SEIGNEUR HE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND ME

WITTOLS AND BEER BABIES

IN THE PAPERS VIRAGO AFTERPLAY UP THE DUFF THE STORK DESCENDS PRIVATE VIEWS FIRST STEPS CHIPS OFF THE OLD BLOCK POPPING OFF EARLY PROMISE COLTISH ABC MANNERS MAKYTH MAN FIGHTING YOUR BATTELS JUST MISSED A GEOFF RETURN TO THE COOP LIFE IS SHORT

OYSTER PARTS

THE BEST WORDS IN THE BEST ORDER PENMEN CRITICAL MASS BOOKS DO FURNISH A ROOM ARE YOU WORKING? AGAIN FROM THE TOP SMOKE AND MIRRORS LIGHTS UP BUMS ON SEATS MAGIC CIRCLE MORE WHIFFLE CROONERS ROCK FOLLIES GOGGLE BOX

DIMBOX AND QUOCKERWODGER

SHADOW DANCING GOING REGIMENTAL YELLOW-BELLY WEIGHING ANCHOR MAGNIFICENT MEN SHOCK AND AWE SPOOKS POLITICOS TWO CHEERS FOR DEMOCRACY

SCURRYFUNGE

BRIGHT LIGHTS HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER SOILED BY ASSOCIATION LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR HOUSEPROUD HOUSEWARMING THE THREE NIGHT RULE BATHTIME BEDDY-BYES

AW WHOOP

GRIMALKIN PRANCERS AND DOBBINS LIVESTOCK LAND OF THE LONG WHITE FLEECE PORKER FOWL PLAY QUEENS AND WORKERS GREAT AND SMALL YELLS BELLS JUG JUG IN BERKELEY SQUARE PEN AND INK RUTH RUTH RSPCA EXCREMENTAL

SWALLOCKY

FIGHTING FOR THE CLAICK GREEN FINGERS BOSKY UP ON THE DOWNS THE RAIN IT RAINETH EVERYDAY … BLOWN AWAY THE LIVING IS EASY SNOW ON THE LINE

FEELIMAGEERIES

DRIBS AND DRABS ROUGHLY SPEAKING COUNTING SHEEP WHO WANTS TO BE A VIGINTILLIONAIRE? YOUR NUMBER’S UP MMMMM … NEVER ODD OR EVEN: PALINDROMES SOUND EFFECTS TINCTURE VERY FLAT, NORFOLK UP BETIMES PROVIDENTIAL THINGUMMY

Footnotes

Toujours Tingo

8. Kids

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The Wonder of Whiffling

BULK AND FILE

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