Gone Girl (2014 Film) Glossary

Gone Girl (2014 Film) Glossary

Unspool

Spill out or unwind

Amish

A subsect of Anabaptist Christian movement.

Rumspringa

A rite of passage, taken during adolescence in Amish communities, where the young choose to stay within the Amish group or leave the community

Artisanal

Food/drink made through hand skills and quality ingredients rather than by some mechanized way.

Bloviate

Talkative, with self-inflation (often for long durations).

Proust

A French writer named Marcel Proust.

Schrimshander

A person who creates schrimshaws (shells with colored decorative patterns)

Oblivious

Heedless, unaware, insensitive.

Meta

Self referencing, creative work referring to itself.

Scab

a protective layer that takes shape on top of a wound during healing.

Quinoa

A type of plant.

Un-snobby

A person who does not hold one’s own interest in superior regard or looks down on some as socially inferior.

Voracious

Insatiable, great appetite/eagerness for a certain activity.

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