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[?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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HARRY. A country fellow. CANT.--Old Harry; the Devil.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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HARRY. A country fellow. CANT.--Old Harry; the Devil.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HARRY. A country fellow. CANT.--Old Harry; the Devil. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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    CONFECT. Counterfeited.

    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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CONFECT. Counterfeited.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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      CREW. A knot or gang; also a boat or ship's company. The canting crew are thus divided into twenty-three orders, which see under the different words:

      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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CREW. A knot or gang; also a boat or ship's company. The canting crew are thus divided into twenty-three orders, which see under the different words:

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CREW. A knot or gang; also a boat or ship's company. The canting crew are thus divided into twenty-three orders, which see under the different words: A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

        [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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        BITER. A wench whose **** is ready to bite her arse; a lascivious, rampant wench.

        A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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BITER. A wench whose **** is ready to bite her arse; a lascivious, rampant wench.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BITER. A wench whose **** is ready to bite her arse; a lascivious, rampant wench. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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          TOAD. Toad in a hole; meat baked or boiled in pye-crust. He or she sits like a toad on a chopping-block; a saying of any who sits ill on horseback. As much need of it as a toad of a side-pocket; said of a person who desires any thing for which he has no real occasion.

          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TOAD. Toad in a hole; meat baked or boiled in pye-crust. He or she sits like a toad on a chopping-block; a saying of any who sits ill on horseback. As much need of it as a toad of a side-pocket; said of a person who desires any thing for which he has no real occasion. 

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TOAD. Toad in a hole; meat baked or boiled in pye-crust. He or she sits like a toad on a chopping-block; a saying of any who sits ill on horseback. As much need of it as a toad of a side-pocket; said of a person who desires any thing for which he has no real occasion. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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            PUMP. A thin shoe. To pump; to endeavour to draw a secret from any one without his perceiving it. Your pump is good, but your sucker is dry; said by one to a person who is attempting to pump him.

            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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PUMP. A thin shoe. To pump; to endeavour to draw a secret from any one without his perceiving it. Your pump is good, but your sucker is dry; said by one to a person who is attempting to pump him.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): PUMP. A thin shoe. To pump; to endeavour to draw a secret from any one without his perceiving it. Your pump is good, but your sucker is dry; said by one to a person who is attempting to pump him. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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              CROOK YOUR ELBOW. To crook one's elbow, and wish it may never come straight, if the fact then affirmed is not true--according to the casuists of Bow-street and St. Giles's, adds great weight and efficacy to an oath.

              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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CROOK YOUR ELBOW. To crook one's elbow, and wish it may never come straight, if the fact then affirmed is not true--according to the casuists of Bow-street and St. Giles's, adds great weight and efficacy to an oath.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CROOK YOUR ELBOW. To crook one's elbow, and wish it may never come straight, if the fact then affirmed is not true--according to the casuists of Bow-street and St. Giles's, adds great weight and efficacy to an oath. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                CHITTERLINS. The bowels. There is a rumpus among my bowels, i.e. I have the colic. The frill of a shirt.

                A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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CHITTERLINS. The bowels. There is a rumpus among my bowels, i.e. I have the colic. The frill of a shirt.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CHITTERLINS. The bowels. There is a rumpus among my bowels, i.e. I have the colic. The frill of a shirt. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                  FREEZE. A thin, small, hard cider, much used by vintners and coopers in parting their wines, to lower the price of them, and to advance their gain. A freezing vintner; a vintner who balderdashes his wine.

                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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FREEZE. A thin, small, hard cider, much used by vintners and coopers in parting their wines, to lower the price of them, and to advance their gain. A freezing vintner; a vintner who balderdashes his wine.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): FREEZE. A thin, small, hard cider, much used by vintners and coopers in parting their wines, to lower the price of them, and to advance their gain. A freezing vintner; a vintner who balderdashes his wine. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                    STAYTAPE. A taylor; from that article, and its coadjutor buckram, which make no small figure in the bills of those knights of the needle.

                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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STAYTAPE. A taylor; from that article, and its coadjutor buckram, which make no small figure in the bills of those knights of the needle.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): STAYTAPE. A taylor; from that article, and its coadjutor buckram, which make no small figure in the bills of those knights of the needle. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                      BREEZE. To raise a breeze; to kick up a dust or breed a disturbance.

                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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BREEZE. To raise a breeze; to kick up a dust or breed a disturbance.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BREEZE. To raise a breeze; to kick up a dust or breed a disturbance. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                        [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                        Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.

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                          TRIP. A short voyage or journey, a false step or stumble, an error in the tongue, a bastard. She has made a trip; she has had a bastard.

                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TRIP. A short voyage or journey, a false step or stumble, an error in the tongue, a bastard. She has made a trip; she has had a bastard.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TRIP. A short voyage or journey, a false step or stumble, an error in the tongue, a bastard. She has made a trip; she has had a bastard. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                            DICK. That happened in the reign of queen Dick, i. e. never: said of any absurd old story. I am as queer as Dick's hatband; that is, out of spirits, or don't know what ails me.

                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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DICK. That happened in the reign of queen Dick, i. e. never: said of any absurd old story. I am as queer as Dick's hatband; that is, out of spirits, or don't know what ails me.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DICK. That happened in the reign of queen Dick, i. e. never: said of any absurd old story. I am as queer as Dick's hatband; that is, out of spirits, or don't know what ails me. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                              [?]Philosophics » 🌐
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                              What happens when you break down 'Progress' with with MEOW GPT –where Mediated Encounter Ontology meets Language Insufficiency Hypothesis?

                              philosophics.blog/2025/11/25/m

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                                [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                INDORSER. A sodomite. To indorse with a cudgel; to drub or beat a man over the back with a stick, to lay CANE upon Abel.

                                A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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INDORSER. A sodomite. To indorse with a cudgel; to drub or beat a man over the back with a stick, to lay CANE upon Abel.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): INDORSER. A sodomite. To indorse with a cudgel; to drub or beat a man over the back with a stick, to lay CANE upon Abel. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                  QUEER CHECKERS. Among strolling players, door-keepers who defraud the company, by falsely checking the number of people in the house.

                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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QUEER CHECKERS. Among strolling players, door-keepers who defraud the company, by falsely checking the number of people in the house.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): QUEER CHECKERS. Among strolling players, door-keepers who defraud the company, by falsely checking the number of people in the house. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                    [?]Philosophics » 🌐
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                                    What is the hard problem of consciousness, and why is it so intractable?

                                    open.spotify.com/episode/4lewd

                                    An early Spotify summary on NotebookLM discusses a solution that will be posted on Philosophics Blog in a few hours. Have a listen.

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                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                      BILBOA. A sword. Bilboa in Spain was once famous for well-tempered blades: these are quoted by Falstaff, where he describes the manner in which he lay in the buck-basket. Bilboes, the stock; prison. Cant.

                                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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BILBOA. A sword. Bilboa in Spain was once famous for well-tempered blades: these are quoted by Falstaff, where he describes the manner in which he lay in the buck-basket. Bilboes, the stock; prison. Cant.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BILBOA. A sword. Bilboa in Spain was once famous for well-tempered blades: these are quoted by Falstaff, where he describes the manner in which he lay in the buck-basket. Bilboes, the stock; prison. Cant. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                        [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                        CIVIL RECEPTION. A house of civil reception; a bawdy-house, or nanny-house. See NANNY-HOUSE.

                                        A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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CIVIL RECEPTION. A house of civil reception; a bawdy-house, or nanny-house. See NANNY-HOUSE.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CIVIL RECEPTION. A house of civil reception; a bawdy-house, or nanny-house. See NANNY-HOUSE. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                          COLTAGE. A fine or beverage paid by colts on their first entering into their offices.

                                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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COLTAGE. A fine or beverage paid by colts on their first entering into their offices.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): COLTAGE. A fine or beverage paid by colts on their first entering into their offices. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                            CORK-BRAINED. Light-headed, foolish.

                                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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CORK-BRAINED. Light-headed, foolish.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CORK-BRAINED. Light-headed, foolish. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                              [?]C. Buck » 🌐
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                                              Strap in folks, my Demystifying video clocks in at 59:43 and requires as much academic objectivity as you can muster.

                                              It premiers on 1 Jan. 2026.

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                                                [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                MUMCHANCE. An ancient game like hazard, played with dice: probably so named from the silence observed in playing at it.

                                                A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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MUMCHANCE. An ancient game like hazard, played with dice: probably so named from the silence observed in playing at it.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MUMCHANCE. An ancient game like hazard, played with dice: probably so named from the silence observed in playing at it. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                  HOT POT. Ale and brandy made hot.

                                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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HOT POT. Ale and brandy made hot.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HOT POT. Ale and brandy made hot. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                    IRON. Money in general. To polish the king's iron with one's eyebrows; to look out of grated or prison windows, or, as the Irishman expresses them, the iron glass windows. Iron doublet; a prison. See STONE DOUBLET.

                                                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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IRON. Money in general. To polish the king's iron with one's eyebrows; to look out of grated or prison windows, or, as the Irishman expresses them, the iron glass windows. Iron doublet; a prison. See STONE DOUBLET.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): IRON. Money in general. To polish the king's iron with one's eyebrows; to look out of grated or prison windows, or, as the Irishman expresses them, the iron glass windows. Iron doublet; a prison. See STONE DOUBLET. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                      BANDOG. A bailiff or his follower; also a very fierce mastiff: likewise, a bandbox. CANT.

                                                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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BANDOG. A bailiff or his follower; also a very fierce mastiff: likewise, a bandbox. CANT.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BANDOG. A bailiff or his follower; also a very fierce mastiff: likewise, a bandbox. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                        [?]Philosophics » 🌐
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                                                        First in a series of 5 articles.

                                                        Perspectival Realism is my attempt to build an ontology without the usual apologetic asterisk. Reality exists; we never meet it directly; mediation is inescapable; progress is still possible. No kings, no foundations, no Enlightenment bravado. Just the sober business of navigating constraint through perspective.
                                                        👉 philosophics.blog/2025/11/20/p

                                                        abstract art. pyramid on mess in space

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                                                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                          CATER COUSINS. Good friends. He and I are not cater cousins, i.e. we are not even cousins in the fourth degree, or four times removed; that is, we have not the least friendly connexion.

                                                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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CATER COUSINS. Good friends. He and I are not cater cousins, i.e. we are not even cousins in the fourth degree, or four times removed; that is, we have not the least friendly connexion.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CATER COUSINS. Good friends. He and I are not cater cousins, i.e. we are not even cousins in the fourth degree, or four times removed; that is, we have not the least friendly connexion. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                            HEARING CHEATS. Ears. CANT.

                                                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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HEARING CHEATS. Ears. CANT.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HEARING CHEATS. Ears. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                              Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.

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                                                                BLACK BOX. A lawyer. Cant.

                                                                A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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BLACK BOX. A lawyer. Cant.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLACK BOX. A lawyer. Cant. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                  HOCKEY. Drunk with strong stale beer, called old hock. See HICKEY.

                                                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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HOCKEY. Drunk with strong stale beer, called old hock. See HICKEY.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HOCKEY. Drunk with strong stale beer, called old hock. See HICKEY. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                    [?]Philosophics » 🌐
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                                                                    Some LLMs have people wondering whether they are sentient. Semantics aside, they are programmed with prosociality in mind. Some project humanity.

                                                                    youtube.com/watch?v=PlcRP945LI8

                                                                    what LLMs really think about you

                                                                    Alt...what LLMs really think about you

                                                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                                      @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                      DOBIN RIG. Stealing ribbands from haberdashers early in the morning or late at night; generally practised by women in the disguise of maid servants.

                                                                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                      --
                                                                      @histodons

                                                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot):

DOBIN RIG. Stealing ribbands from haberdashers early in the morning or late at night; generally practised by women in the disguise of maid servants.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DOBIN RIG. Stealing ribbands from haberdashers early in the morning or late at night; generally practised by women in the disguise of maid servants. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                        What does AI really mean when it calls your ideas “thoughtful” or “fascinating”?
                                                                        This video takes a transcript from Claude & Gemini and reveals their internal tags and reasoning while arguing about Platonism, constructivism, and pattern-seeking.
                                                                        A bit philosophical, a bit technical, very fun.
                                                                        👉 philosophics.blog/2025/11/18/v

                                                                        Tattooed AI CGI Girl in church looking at camera/viewer with caption: Inside the Machine: What LLMs REALLY Think About Your ‘Thoughtful’ Questions

                                                                        Alt...Tattooed AI CGI Girl in church looking at camera/viewer with caption: Inside the Machine: What LLMs REALLY Think About Your ‘Thoughtful’ Questions

                                                                          [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                          BOOTY. To play booty; cheating play, where the player purposely avoids winning.

                                                                          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                          --
                                                                          @histodons

                                                                          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot):

BOOTY. To play booty; cheating play, where the player purposely avoids winning.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BOOTY. To play booty; cheating play, where the player purposely avoids winning. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                            [?]Philosophics » 🌐
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                                                                            What if the Frege–Geach problem isn’t a problem at all?

                                                                            Analytic philosophy built a logical puzzle by assuming moral language works like empirical language. My Language Insufficiency Hypothesis says that’s a category error. Moral predicates live in different conceptual terrain entirely.

                                                                            philosophics.blog/2025/11/17/w

                                                                            from James and the Giant Peach, the rhinoceros in the animated movie

                                                                            Alt...from James and the Giant Peach, the rhinoceros in the animated movie

                                                                              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                                              @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                              APE LEADER. An old maid; their punishment after death, for neglecting increase and multiply, will be, it is said, leading apes in hell.

                                                                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                              --
                                                                              @histodons

                                                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot):

APE LEADER. An old maid; their punishment after death, for neglecting increase and multiply, will be, it is said, leading apes in hell.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): APE LEADER. An old maid; their punishment after death, for neglecting increase and multiply, will be, it is said, leading apes in hell. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                                HASTY PUDDING. Oatmeal and milk boiled to a moderate thickness, and eaten with sugar and butter. Figuratively, a wet, muddy road: as, The way through Wandsworth is quite a hasty pudding. To eat hot hasty pudding for a laced hat is a common feat at wakes and fairs.

                                                                                A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                --
                                                                                @histodons

                                                                                Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot):

HASTY PUDDING. Oatmeal and milk boiled to a moderate thickness, and eaten with sugar and butter. Figuratively, a wet, muddy road: as, The way through Wandsworth is quite a hasty pudding. To eat hot hasty pudding for a laced hat is a common feat at wakes and fairs.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HASTY PUDDING. Oatmeal and milk boiled to a moderate thickness, and eaten with sugar and butter. Figuratively, a wet, muddy road: as, The way through Wandsworth is quite a hasty pudding. To eat hot hasty pudding for a laced hat is a common feat at wakes and fairs. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                  @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                                  GIGG. A nose. Snitchel his gigg; fillip his nose. Grunter's gigg; a hog's snout. Gigg is also a high one-horse chaise, and a woman's privities. To gigg a Smithfield hank; to hamstring an over-drove ox, vulgarly called a mad bullock.

                                                                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                  --
                                                                                  @histodons

                                                                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot):

GIGG. A nose. Snitchel his gigg; fillip his nose. Grunter's gigg; a hog's snout. Gigg is also a high one-horse chaise, and a woman's privities. To gigg a Smithfield hank; to hamstring an over-drove ox, vulgarly called a mad bullock.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GIGG. A nose. Snitchel his gigg; fillip his nose. Grunter's gigg; a hog's snout. Gigg is also a high one-horse chaise, and a woman's privities. To gigg a Smithfield hank; to hamstring an over-drove ox, vulgarly called a mad bullock. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                    @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                                    ARTICLE. A wench. A prime article. A handsome girl. She's a prime article (WHIP SLANG), she's a devilish good piece, a hell of a GOER.

                                                                                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                    --
                                                                                    @histodons

                                                                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot):

ARTICLE. A wench. A prime article. A handsome girl. She's a prime article (WHIP SLANG), she's a devilish good piece, a hell of a GOER.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): ARTICLE. A wench. A prime article. A handsome girl. She's a prime article (WHIP SLANG), she's a devilish good piece, a hell of a GOER. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                      @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                                      HEAD CULLY OF THE PASS, or PASSAGE BANK. The top tilter of that gang throughout the whole army, who demands and receives contribution from all the pass banks in the camp.

                                                                                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                      --
                                                                                      @histodons

                                                                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot):

HEAD CULLY OF THE PASS, or PASSAGE BANK. The top tilter of that gang throughout the whole army, who demands and receives contribution from all the pass banks in the camp.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HEAD CULLY OF THE PASS, or PASSAGE BANK. The top tilter of that gang throughout the whole army, who demands and receives contribution from all the pass banks in the camp. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                        [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                        @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                                        COB. A Spanish dollar.

                                                                                        A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                        --
                                                                                        @histodons

                                                                                        Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot):

COB. A Spanish dollar.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): COB. A Spanish dollar. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                          [?]Global Museum » 🌐
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                                                                                          Sperm use vowels like humans, new study finds
                                                                                          Scientists decoding whale clicks found patterns that echo the building blocks of human speech
                                                                                          popsci.com/environment/sperm-w

                                                                                          Sperm whales use vowels like humans, new study finds

                                                                                          Alt...Sperm whales use vowels like humans, new study finds

                                                                                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
                                                                                            @TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us

                                                                                            BULL. A blunder; from one Obadiah Bull, a blundering lawyer of London, who lived in the reign of Henery VII. by a bull is now always meant a blunder made by an Irishman. A bull was also the name of false hair formerly much worn by women.

                                                                                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                            --
                                                                                            @histodons

                                                                                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot):

BULL. A blunder; from one Obadiah Bull, a blundering lawyer of London, who lived in the reign of Henery VII. by a bull is now always meant a blunder made by an Irishman. A bull was also the name of false hair formerly much worn by women.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BULL. A blunder; from one Obadiah Bull, a blundering lawyer of London, who lived in the reign of Henery VII. by a bull is now always meant a blunder made by an Irishman. A bull was also the name of false hair formerly much worn by women. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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