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\"ClementSkittsays007\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

“I’ve gotta wrinkle that’ll turn your Friday face to a giggle-mug”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was that now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WRINKLE<\/strong>:  an idea, or fancy:  an additional piece of knowledge which is supposed to be made by a wrinkle a posteriori   (Cab Calloway\u2019s Hepster\u2019s Dictionary)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIDAY-FACE.<\/strong> A dismal countenance. Before, and even long after the Reformation, Friday was a day of abstinence, or jour maigre. Immediately after the restoration of king Charles II. a proclamation was issued, prohibiting all publicans from dressing any suppers on a Friday. (1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue<\/a> <\/em>by Francis Grose) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

GIGGLEMUG<\/strong>:  \u201cAn habitually smiling face.\u201d (1909 Passing English of the Victorian era : a dictionary of heterodox English, slang and phrase<\/a><\/em> by James Redding Ware) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, basically, “I’ve got an idea that’ll turn your frown upside down.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“I’ve gotta wrinkle that’ll turn your Friday face to a giggle-mug” What was that now? WRINKLE:  an idea, or fancy:  an additional piece of knowledge which is supposed to be made by a wrinkle a posteriori   (Cab Calloway\u2019s Hepster\u2019s Dictionary) FRIDAY-FACE. A dismal countenance. Before, and even long after the Reformation, Friday was a… Continue reading Clement Skitt’s Word of the Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[219,160],"class_list":["post-6412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-clement-skitt","tag-language"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5841,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/05\/05\/clement-skitts-word-of-the-day-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":6412,"position":0},"title":"Clement Skitt’s word of the day","author":"leems","date":"May 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \"He's real blowed-in-the-glass, you'd never smoke he'd go caterwauling and end up in monkey and parrot time.\" Let's dissect: Blowed-in-the-glass:\u00a0 a genuine, trustworthy individual (Wikipedia: Hobo Expressions used through 1940s) Monkey and parrot time: a lady left her favorite bird in company with a monkey and during her absence\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"clement001s","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/clement001s.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5837,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/03\/27\/clement-skitts-word-of-the-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":6412,"position":1},"title":"Clement Skitt’s word of the day","author":"leems","date":"March 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Introducing Clement Skitt's word of the day.\u00a0 You may recognize Clement from Levi Levi and the Time Machine.\u00a0 He and his sister have since peeped into many different times and Clement has developed a healthy fascination with outdated slang.\u00a0 Today's slang: SEVEN-SIDED ANIMAL: a one-eyed man or woman, described as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ClementSkitt010","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/ClementSkitt010.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6410,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2016\/11\/19\/clement-skitts-word-of-the-day-8\/","url_meta":{"origin":6412,"position":2},"title":"Clement Skitt’s Word of the Day","author":"leems","date":"November 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\"His mother's loll, the lollpoop, lolloped.\" Let's dissect: LOLL: Mother's loll; a favourite child, the mother's darling, LOLLPOOP: A lazy, idle drone... 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Understanding another's meaning.\u00a0\u00a0 (1891 American Slang Dictionary by James Maitland) Draw his fogle: pick his pocket of his silk handkerchief.\u00a0 (1891 American Slang Dictionary\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ClementSkittsays005","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/ClementSkittsays005-527x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7575,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2018\/01\/05\/clement-skitts-word-of-the-day-9\/","url_meta":{"origin":6412,"position":4},"title":"Clement Skitt’s Word of the Day","author":"leems","date":"January 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\"When I get my fams on the cunning shaver who left me with this fakement, I'll annoint him with the oil of gladness.\" OR: 'When I get my hands on the cheat who left me with this forgery, I will beat him to a pulp.' 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