Saturday, November 17, 2007
Midden
A midden is some kind of rubbish pile or dunghill, oddly enough. Apparently, it's usually a prehistoric type of rubbish heap full of shells and bones. Charming. Our invented meanings were far more romantic and we have two sharing the winner's podium today. Congratulations to Rhonda and Lorenzothellama!
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The midden is that 'Bill Gates' moment when your computer sounds out that dramatic chord and tells you 'you have performed an illegal operation!' This makes you feel both guilt and anger at the same time knowing, through no fault of your own, that you will have to reboot and will have lost the last hour's work.
Thanks Bill!
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Midden (n.) A point of calm surrounded by chaos, such as the "eye" of a hurricane.
This word may be derived from "Mid-din", or possibly "mi-den", Greek for "zero".
Teachers are trained to look for the midden of a riotous class, which is where the perpetrators are generally to be found, looking as innocent as they can.
Midden. v. - to sink deeper and deeper into mediochrity.
"Ellen was worried that her recent purchase of a Ford Taurus middened her lifestyle even more. Soon, would she even venture to eat salsa spicier than mild, if at all?"
Midden
A more humble type of marriage when people first started on the Oregon. They were married with prairie rings, nails bent in circles for rings.
Midden is an old Ango-Saxon word meaning the gulley between houses that allows effluent to flow through.
L.
This term goes way back. A basically chaste young maiden who has "fooled around" just a bit. She'll check out OK on her wedding night.
Midden is the river that flows East of Eden.
The midden are faerie which live in hops. When hops are boiled the faerie are released into the brew, when the ale is drunk, the faerie are released to live in the mid-section of the beer drinker creating "beer belly."
A midden is a woman who is too old to be called a maiden, but isn't quite old enough to me a matron.
Midden: When something or someone is hidden but right in plain view. Usually involves some type of camouflage.
Contact lenses are often midden, as are my keys, wallet, and gloves.
I once read a historical novel (Diana Gabaldon) about a midden, and it was meant to serve as a warning, kinda like a curse. I'll have to read that again if I get around to it and see what I think of it this time.
~K~
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