Wednesday, April 1, 2009


A few (more) random words/phrases I love:

palmy state = Horatio is referring to Rome ("the most high and palmy state of Rome"). Palmy = glorious, prosperous, flourishing
sharked up = indiscriminately gathered together
(gotta shark up the rent)
distilled almost to jelly = scared the hell out of (though turning-to-jelly is a cliché now, loved reading it in perhaps its first, or at least a very early use?)
reechy = filthy, gross, as in "reechy kisses."
knave (hear that a lot in Hamlet, also knavery) = as my class decided, jackass or douchebag

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