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- gadzookery (gad-ZOO-kuh-ree) noun Use of archaic words or expressions, e.g. wight (a human being), prithee (I pray thee), ye (you). — “gadzookery: Information from Answers.com”, answers.com
- Looking back at those early impressions, one cannot help but think about the shocking deceit. For if is to slander wth malice, GADZOOKERY. MOE'S Example: "Get rid of the ," DC's editor cautioned. " The character Mirabella can perfectly. — “p5-ARCHIVE I-MOE'S WORD OF THE DAY”, angelfire.com
- Definitions of archaic adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions and other terms as sometimes used facetiously or spuriously in literature No, seriously, though: This word list exemplifies "forsoothery" (sometimes also known as "gadzookery"): archaic terms, especially as used in modern literature. — “Word List: Definitions of archaic words”, phrontistery.info
- gady. Gadz. Gadzillion. gadzoobied. gadzookery. gadzooks. gadzord. gad`up gadzookery isn't defined yet. permalink: Share on. Send to a friend. your email: their. — “Urban Dictionary: gadzookery”, urbandictionary.com
- Gadzookery. I've been studying the ECW for years and find the social, political, religious and military Rules that choose to pander to these sort of ideas are therefore accused by myself of 'Gadzookery'. — “Berryisms”, baccus6mm.com
- RSS · Creator Profile · balls || full profile. — “gadzookery”, webcomicsnation.com
- gadzookery • \gad-ZOO-kuh-ree\ • noun. British : the use of archaisms (as in a historical novel) Example Sentence: Bridget's novel, set in colonial Virginia, features an engaging and cohesive plot, but the dialogue contains so much gadzookery that it doesn't sound realistic. — “June " 2009 " ELTWeekly”, eltweekly.com
- Free glossaries at TranslationDirectory.com. Glossary of Colloquialisms (beginning with "G" We won't accuse Dickens of "gadzookery" ("the bane of historical fiction," as historical novelist John Vernon called it in "Newsday" magazine). — “Glossary of Colloquialisms (Starting with "G")”, translationdirectory.com
- There was, however, more than a hint of gadzookery about it. Unfortunately the books she wrote outside her period have a tendency towards the gadzookery of Baroness Orczy." The Romantic Novels of Georgette Heyer; BBC (London, UK); May 17, 2002. This week's theme:. — “A.Word.A.Day--Today's Word”, wordsmith.org
- Account Suspended. This Account Has Been Suspended. — “Account Suspended”, gadzookery.net
- gadzookery. This review is from: Picking Bones from Ash: A Novel (Hardcover) Reading Picking Bones from Ash made me remember what it can be like to be thoroughly lost in a book and its made-up world. I read it in one evening, forgetting about such mundanities as deadlines or dinner. — “Amazon.com: gadzookery's review of Picking Bones from Ash: A”, amazon.com
- Complicated words make up a major part of English language. If you are a proud logophile, then you will find this article very appealing. Let's have a look at some unusual words. Complicated Words. Gadzookery. — “Complicated Words”, buzzle.com
- "It's okay to use an archaic expression to bring out a certain effect if necessary, but their overuse leads to gadzookery. Unfortunately the books she wrote outside her period have a tendency toward the gadzookery of Baroness Orczy. — “gadzookery - definition and examples of gadzookery”, grammar.about.com
- The use of archaism s in literature. In the 1830s, people said "Gadzooks!" instead of "Mother***er!" It's thought to be a euphemism for "God's hooks" (a reference, maybe, to the nails of the Crucifixion). http://everything2.com/title/gadzookery. http://everything2.com/node/555753. — “gadzookery”, everything2.com
- Bushwa definition, rubbishy nonsense; baloney; bull: See more. Gadzookery. God of thunder. Resistentialism. Champerty. Nearby Words. bushman. bushman's poison. bushman's singlet. bushmans singlet. bushmaster. bushmeat. — “Bushwa | Define Bushwa at Dictionary.com”, dictionary.reference.com
- gadzookery (gad-ZOO-kuh-ree) noun. Use of archaic words or expressions, e.g. wight (brave) I guess you could add, "see gadzookery". Dictionaries are strange places to get lost. — “tptb dragoon: gadzookery”, tptb.co.uk
- When Prince Philip saw his new portrait recently, he exclamed 'Gadzooks!', a curiously eigh***th-century expletive. zounds, gramercy and gadzooks into their dialogue are sometimes accused by British literary critics of indulging in gadzookery. — “World Wide Words: Gadzooks”, worldwidewords.org
- * gab * gabardine * gabardines * gabbard * gabbards * gabbart * gabbarts * gabbed * gabber * gabbers * gabbier * gabbiest * gabbiness * gabbinesses * gabbing * gabble * gabbled. — “Words that begin with letter 'G'?”, answers.yahoo.com
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- Definition of word from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. — “Gadzookery - Definition and More from the Free Merriam”, merriam-webster.com
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— singerstar501 - Viewing Profile, prismatic7.com“Gadzookery. I've been studying the ECW for years and find the social, political, to these sort of ideas are therefore accused by myself of 'Gadzookery'”
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— messages for Apr 1-15 2000, maxcreek.com“The Place To Blog. Illucid moments from a crowded mind " Paranoia | Main | gadzookery " March 31, 2004 For some reason we like to use Italian words to espresso our types of coffee. And we do like Italian food, Italian delicatessans,”
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— HELP WITH NEW NIGHT NAME forum topic, bangingtunes.com“No katzenjammer, no bloviation, no hullabaloo. Just sheer epeolatry. gadzookery. Sir Walter Scott. vituperative. Ludovico Ariosto. rhodomontade. Virginia Woolf. flibbertigibbet. Jonathan Swift”
— E p e o l a t r y - the worship of words, epeolatry.blog.pl
