Man Gone Down Glossary

Man Gone Down Glossary

An ulna

the longer of two bones that connect a wrist to an elbow

A radius

the larger outer bone in the lower arm

A tart

an attractive and often promiscuous female

A sternum

a breastbone

To conform

to obey

Edification

moral improvement

Gravitas

seriousness

Patois

a rural form of speech

Gestalt

a unified whole

Void

a sad feeling caused by the loss of someone or something important

Gobbledy-gook

wordy and generally unintelligible

A superette

a compact food market

Scrutiny

careful examination

Baked

high, under the influence of marijuana

A hooker

a prostitute

Bum’s rush

forcible and rather swift ejection from a place

A bad trip

a disturbing experience caused by an overdose of hallucinogens

A tug-of-war

a situation in which two people are trying to obtain the same thing

A dichotomy

a difference between two opposite things or ideas

A perennial

a plant that lasts for more than two seasons of development

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