You know how hamsters dig in their cage lining material? Pawing through it? Creating a nest to settle in? I call this 'hamstering' or a need 'to hamster'. These are cricetine habits. Example: "We always wait for her to hamster for a few minutes before we start on a road trip: purse positioned just so, nail file and dental floss handy, water drinker settled in place, hand projects within reach, and seatbelt fastened, with the lambswool cushion pad positioned for comfort at her shoulder."
Hamstering.
fylgja: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fylgja In Norse mythology, a fylgja (Old Norse, literally "someone that accompanies,"1 plural fylgjur) is a supernatural being or creature which accompanies a person in connection to their fate or fortune. Fylgjur usually appear in the form of an animal and commonly appears during sleep, but the sagas relate that they could appear while a person is awake as well, and that speeing one's fylgja is an omen of one's impending death. However, when fylgjur appear in the form of women, they are then supposedly guardian spirits for people or clans (ættir)
1 Kellog, Robert (Introduction). Smiley, Jane (Introduction). Various (2001). The Sagas of Icelanders. Penguin Group. ISBN 0 14 10.0003 1
2 Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-34520-2
Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer. ISBN 0-85991-513-1
Both Andy Orchard and Rudolf Simek note parallels between the concept of the hamingja—a personification of a family or individual's fortune—and the fylgja.2 Kellog, Robert (Introduction). Smiley, Jane (Introduction). Various (2001). The Sagas of Icelanders. Penguin Group. ISBN 0 14 10.0003 1
Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-34520-2
Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer. ISBN 0-85991-513-1
"When he described the coup, he usually omitted to mention the lucky circumstance that the surveillance cameras had been temporarily out of service, but nevertheless the rewards had allowed him to enjoy his otium - and from time to time his opium - here in d'Ajuda.
Nemesis
Jo Nesbo, (2002)
Translated from the Norweigan by Don Bartlett,
(2008)
Piknik commented on the list english-words-derived-from-hindi
Great list! My biggest surprise: bandana.
Mar 21, 2013
Piknik commented on the word cricetine
You know how hamsters dig in their cage lining material? Pawing through it? Creating a nest to settle in? I call this 'hamstering' or a need 'to hamster'. These are cricetine habits. Example: "We always wait for her to hamster for a few minutes before we start on a road trip: purse positioned just so, nail file and dental floss handy, water drinker settled in place, hand projects within reach, and seatbelt fastened, with the lambswool cushion pad positioned for comfort at her shoulder."
Hamstering.
Feb 1, 2013
Piknik commented on the list take-me-to-your-whosit
Impressive list!
Jan 20, 2013
Piknik commented on the word fylgja
fylgja: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fylgja
In Norse mythology, a fylgja (Old Norse, literally "someone that accompanies,"1 plural fylgjur) is a supernatural being or creature which accompanies a person in connection to their fate or fortune. Fylgjur usually appear in the form of an animal and commonly appears during sleep, but the sagas relate that they could appear while a person is awake as well, and that speeing one's fylgja is an omen of one's impending death. However, when fylgjur appear in the form of women, they are then supposedly guardian spirits for people or clans (ættir)
1 Kellog, Robert (Introduction). Smiley, Jane (Introduction). Various (2001). The Sagas of Icelanders. Penguin Group. ISBN 0 14 10.0003 1
2 Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-34520-2
Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer. ISBN 0-85991-513-1
Both Andy Orchard and Rudolf Simek note parallels between the concept of the hamingja—a personification of a family or individual's fortune—and the fylgja.2
Kellog, Robert (Introduction). Smiley, Jane (Introduction). Various (2001). The Sagas of Icelanders. Penguin Group. ISBN 0 14 10.0003 1
Orchard, Andy (1997). Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend. Cassell. ISBN 0-304-34520-2
Simek, Rudolf (2007) translated by Angela Hall. Dictionary of Northern Mythology. D.S. Brewer. ISBN 0-85991-513-1
Aug 13, 2012
Piknik commented on the word scrump
Nesbo, Jo (2002) Nemesis. Translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett, 2008. New York: HarperCollins. scrump, Novel
May 2, 2012
Piknik commented on the word otium
"When he described the coup, he usually omitted to mention the lucky circumstance that the surveillance cameras had been temporarily out of service, but nevertheless the rewards had allowed him to enjoy his otium - and from time to time his opium - here in d'Ajuda.
Nemesis
Jo Nesbo, (2002)
Translated from the Norweigan by Don Bartlett,
(2008)
May 2, 2012
Piknik commented on the word winching
Winching (Scottish): to court, to date
Apr 26, 2012
Piknik commented on the word porkies
Slang: porkies Noun. Lies, from the rhyming slang pork-pies.
http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/p.htm
Apr 23, 2012