Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #63
January 25, 2009
(a compendium of queer words for the modern fag with a passion for the Middle Ages added hebdomadally on the Sabbath day)
63.) Nates
-noun plural
a.) The buttocks.*
[Origin: From the Latin natis meaning "rump" or "buttock."]
*Clearly still one of the most alluring features contributing to the concept of male beauty surviving from classical times.
Baldedash for the Medieval Gay #62
January 18, 2009
(a compendium of queer words for the modern fag with a passion for the Middle Ages added hebdomadally on the Sabbath day)
62.) Omphaloskeptic
-noun
a.) A navel-gazer.
b.) One who contemplates his own navel as an aid to meditation.
c.) One who takes part in completely self-absorbed pursuits.*
[Origin: from a combination of the Greek omphalos or "navel" and skepsis or "examination."]
*Members of the tribe, naturally prone to gazing at their own navels (if not the navels of their own kind), should take warning in the perjorative connotation of this word, and should guard against a fate similar to the legendary Lotus eaters (or lotophagi) mentioned in the Odyssey, who induce in themselves an almost irresistible omphaloskeptical stupor of pleasant apathy.
Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #61
January 11, 2009
(a compendium of queer words for the modern fag with a passion for the Middle Ages added hebdomadally on the Sabbath day)
61.) Insufflate
-transitive verb
a.) To blow or breathe into or on.*
b.) To treat medically by blowing a powder, gas, or vapor into a bodily cavity.
c.) To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptized, as a ritual act.
[Origin: From the Latin sufflare meaning "to inflate."]
*Members of the tribe will perhaps acknowledge their status as frequent practitioners of insufflation, be it recreational, medicinal, ritual, or otherwise.
Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #60
January 4, 2009
(a compendium of queer words for the modern fag with a passion for the Middle Ages added hebdomadally on the Sabbath day)
60.) Lutrine
-adjective
a.) Of or pertaining to otters; belonging to the otter subfamily of animals.
b.) Like an otter.*
[Origin: From the Latin lutris meaning "otter."]
*Members of the tribe will perhaps be interested in this adjective, since as we have seen before, the otter is one of our “totem” animals, and is often used as a classification category describing those among us that are sleek, muscular, young, and slightly hairy. See entry number 23.
