3. AND 4. PANTOFLE AND STADDLE
“Once your toes are snugly pantofled, you can stagger off to the bathroom, pausing only to look at the little depression
that you have left in your bed, the dip where you have been lying all night. This is known as a staddle.”
5. GRUBBLING
"It’s time to check whether you’ve got your keys and your phone and your purse or wallet. This is done by grubbling in
your pockets. Grubbling is like groping, except less organized. It is a verb that usually refers to pockets, but can also be
used for feeling around in desk drawers that are filled with knick-knacks and whatnot."
6. MUGWUMP
“Mugwump is a derogatory word for somebody in charge who affects to be above petty squabbles and factions. So when
your boss tries to make peace at the meeting table like an impartial angel, he is being a mugwump.”
(The Mugwumps were also a group of rebellious Republicans who broke with their party to support the Democratic
candidate in the 1884 U.S. presidential election. —Ed.)
7. RAWGABBIT
"A rawgabbit, just in case you were wondering, is somebody who speaks in strictest confidence about a subject of which
they know nothing. A rawgabbit is the person who pulls you aside and reveals in a careful whisper that the head of
compliance is having an affair with the new recruit in IT, which you know to be utterly untrue because the head of
compliance is having an affair with you, and the new recruit in IT hasn’t started yet."
8. VINOMADEFIED
“Once you are properly vinomadefied, all sorts of intriguing things start to happen. Vinomadefied, by the way, does not
mean ‘made mad by wine,’ but merely ‘dampened by it.’”
9. LANSPRESADO
"A lanspresado is (according to a 1736 dictionary of thieves’ slang) 'He that comes into company with but two-pence in
his pocket.' Lanspresados are everywhere. They have usually forgotten their wallets or can’t find [an ATM] or some
intensely complicated thing has happened with their rent, which means that they’re skint until Thursday."
10. VOMITORIUM
“A vomitorium is not a room in which ancient Romans would throw up halfway through a banquet in order to make room
for the next course. That’s a myth. A vomitorium is simply a passage by which you can exit a building, usually a theater.”
3. CONCLUSION
By the 1700s almost all of the modern syntactic patterns of English were in place and the language is easily readable by
modern speakers. Colonization of new territories by the newly united Kingdom of Great Britain spread English to the far corners of
the globe and brought cargoes of still more loanwords from those far-flung places. At this point English began to develop its major
world dialectal varieties, some of which would develop into national standards for newly independent colonies. By the 21st century,
as the language of international business, science, and popular culture, English has become the most important language on the
planet.
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