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—Regency Wednesday— Ninnyhammer

6/29/2016

I've been shamefully neglecting my blog of late, and my site in general. We were without internet for a while, which made blogging rather difficult. Then we had internet and I still didn't post. So sorry. Please forgive me and enjoy this selection of fun Regency slang. ♥

—Regency Wednesday--
Ninnyhammer

Martinet.
A military term for a strict disciplinarian: from the name of a French general, famous for restoring military discipline to the French army. He first disciplined the French infantry, and regulated their method of encampment: he was killed at the siege of Doesbourg in the year 1672.

Natty Lads.
Young thieves or pickpockets. Cant.

Ninny, or Ninnyhammer.
A simpleton.

Ottomised.
To be ottomised; to be dissected. You'll be scragged, ottomised, and grin in a glass case: you'll be hanged, anatomised, and your skeleton kept in a glass case at Surgeons' Hall.

Peckish.
Hungry.*

*Taken verbatim from the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Get your free Kindle edition HERE.

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—Regency Wednesday— Hugotontheonbiquiffinarians

3/9/2016

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Hello again, my lovelies! Welcome back to my blog, my new blog, that is. I'm so glad you're here. ☺

It's Regency Wednesday, and just because my blog has moved and few things will be different, this will not.

For this week's post, let's keep it simple. There's this book I have called 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. That's right, let's have another lesson in Regency slang!

As always, these are randomly selected. Some may be repeats of previous posts on my previous blog. I try not to do that, but it's inevitable. lol

To Hop the Twig.
To run away. Cant.

Hugotontheonbiquiffinarians.
A society existing in 1748.

Puff, or Puffer.
One who bids at auctions, not with an intent to buy, but only to raise the price of the lot; for which purpose many are hired by the proprietor of the goods on sale.*

That weirdly long word for some mysterious society stuck out to me. I, of course, looked it up. The only thing I could find was this reference in the 1811 Vulgar Dictionary. So... yeah. Still a mystery. If any of my lovely readers happens to know anything more, please let us all know in the comments! LOL

*Taken verbatim from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Get the e-book free for your kindle HERE.

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