Sputnik Sweetheart Glossary

Sputnik Sweetheart Glossary

Beatnik

A person belonging to the 1950s and early '60s during the beat generation.

Bougainvilleas

a climbing plant in tropical regions

cucumber in a fridge on a summer afternoon

The act of relaxing and then being alert in a situation.

Draconian

excessively harsh

Jack Kerouac

An American author considered an iconoclast during the era 1950-1960.

Kolkhoz

Stalin's collective farms in the USSR

LP

Stands for long playing; an album (of music)

Macintosh PowerBook

An Apple computer that was prevalent from 1991-2006

nori-maki

Rolled sushi made with nori seaweed

On the Money

correct; accurate

Platonic

Nonsexual

Prefecture

a district under the government of a prefect

Sidle

to sneak up

Temporal plane

a part of the brain

Tippex

correction fluid

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