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Jack
Jack (dʒæk)
— n
informal ( Brit ) I'm all right, Jack
a. a remark indicating smug and complacent selfishness
b. ( as modifier ): an ``I'm all right, Jack'' attitude
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
jack definition
1.n.
money. : I don't have the jack for a deal like that.
2.n.
tobacco for rolling cigarettes. : You got some jack I can bum?
3.n.
nothing. (Probably from jack-shit.) : Your last idea wasn't worth jack. Do I pay you to come up with stuff that bad?
4.n.
a strange person; an annoying person. (Possibly from jackass or jack-shit.) : Willy, stop acting like such a jack!
5.tv.
to steal something. : I didn't buy it, I jacked it!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Sonnet 121: Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed
'Tis better to be vile than vile esteemed
When not to be receives reproach of being,
And the just pleasure lost, which is so deemed
Not by our feeling, but by others' seeing.
For why should others' false adulterate eyes
Give salutation to my sportive blood?
Or on my frailties why are frailer spies,
Which in their wills count bad what I think good?
No, I am that I am, and they that level
At my abuses reckon up their own.
I may be straight though they themselves be bevel.
By their rank thoughts, my deeds must not be shown,
Unless this general evil they maintain:
All men are bad, and in their badness reign.
William Shakespeare
Blues
"A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues."
(Otis Rush)
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Sonnet (1928)
I am in need of music that would flow
Over my fretful, feeling finger-tips,
Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips,
With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow.
Oh, for the healing swaying, old and low,
Of some song sung to rest the tired dead,
A song to fall like water on my head,
And over quivering limbs, dream flushed to glow!
There is a magic made by melody:
A spell of rest, and quiet breath, and cool
Heart, that sinks through fading colors deep
To the subaqueous stillness of the sea,
And floats forever in a moon-green pool,
Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep.
Elizabeth Bishop
Cup of Tea
Slang Dictionary
cup of tea definition
1.n.
something preferred or desired. (Often negative.) : Driving children around all afternoon is not my cup of tea.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
"That's not my cup of tea"
(American proverb)
*Photo by Derron Yuhara, "Cup o' Change"
The Choice
Some inherit manly beauty,
Some come into worldly wealth;
Some have lofty sense of duty,
Others boast exultant health.
Though the pick may be confusing,
Health, wealth, charm or character,
If you had the chance of choosing
Which would you prefer?
I'm not sold on body beauty,
Though health I appreciate;
Character and sense of duty
I resign to Men of State.
I don't need a heap of money;
Oh I know I'm hard to please.
Though to you it may seem funny,
I want none of these.
No, give me Imagination,
And the gift of weaving words
Into patterns of creation,
With the lilt of singing birds;
Passion and the power to show it,
Sense of life with love expressed:
Let my be a bloody poet,--
You can keep the rest.
Robert Service
Can of Worms
Slang Dictionary
can of worms definition
1.n.
an intertwined set of problems; an array of difficulties. (Often with open.) : When you brought that up, you opened a whole new can of worms.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
"That's an all new can of worms."
(American Proverb)
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Lip-Stick Liz
Oh Lip-Stick Liz was in the biz, That's the oldest known in history;
She had a lot of fancy rags, Of her form she made no myst'ry.
She had a man, a fancy man, His name was Alexander,
And he used to beat her up because he couldn't understand her.
Now Lip-Stick Liz she loved her man And she couldn't love no other
So when she saw him with a Broadway Blonde, Her rage she could not smother.
She saw him once and she saw him twice But the third time nearly crazed her,
So she walked bang into a hardware store, And she bought a brand new razor.
Now Lip-Stick Liz she trailed them two For she was tired of weeping;
She trailed them two, in a flash hotel And there she found them sleeping;
So she gashed them once and she gashed them twice Their ju'lar veins to sever,
And the bright blood flowed like a brook between. And their lives were gone forever.
Now Lip-Stick Liz went to the p'lice And sez she: "Me hands are gory,
And you'll put me away in a deep dark cell When once you've heard me story."
So they've put her away in a deep dark cell, Until her life be over
And what is the moral of the whole damn show, I wish I could discover.
Chorus:
Oh Lip-Stick Liz! What a lousy life this is.
It's a hell of a break for a girl on the make,
Oh Lip-Stick Liz!
Robert Service
Aloofness
a·loof –adverb
1. at a distance, esp. in feeling or interest; apart: They always stood aloof from their classmates.
–adjective
2. reserved or reticent; indifferent; disinterested: Because of his shyness, he had the reputation of being aloof.
—Related forms
a·loof·ly, adverb
a·loof·ness, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary,
© Random House, Inc. 2010.
"But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions. "
(Homer)
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After great pain, a formal feeling comes
341
After great pain, a formal feeling comes—
The Nerves sit ceremonious, like Tombs—
The stiff Heart questions was it He, that bore,
And Yesterday, or Centuries before?
The Feet, mechanical, go round—
Of Ground, or Air, or Ought—
A Wooden way
Regardless grown,
A Quartz contentment, like a stone—
This is the Hour of Lead—
Remembered, if outlived,
As Freezing persons, recollect the Snow—
First—Chill—then Stupor—then the letting go—
Emily Dickinson
Savvy
Slang Dictionary
savvy definition
[ˈsævi]
1.tv. & in.
to understand (someone or something). (Adapted from Spanish sabe, he knows.) : Do you savvy?
2.n.
knowledge; know-how. : I don't have the savvy necessary to do the job.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007.
"Who can I trust? You have to invest in somebody and chances are you're probably going to invest in somebody who's going to deceive you. I've been conned a couple of times, but now I'm a little more savvy. "
(Maggie Gyllenhaal)
*Photo by unknown authorTom
That Tom was poor was sure a pity,
Such guts for learning had the lad;
He took to Greek like babe to titty,
And he was mathematic mad.
I loved to prime him up with knowledge,
A brighter lad I never knew;
I dreamed that he would go to college
And there be honoured too.
But no! His Dad said, "Son, I need you
To keep the kettle on the boil;
No longer can I clothe and feed you,
Buy study books and midnight oil.
I carry on as best I'm able,
A humble tailor, as you know;
And you must squat cross-legged a table
And learn to snip and sew."
And that is what poor Tom is doing.
He bravely makes the best of it;
But as he "fits" you he is knowing
That he himself is a misfit;
And thinks as he fulfils his calling,
With patient heart yet deep distaste,
Like clippings from his shears down-falling,
--He, too, is Waste.
Robert Service
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