tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22344460.post6127828798043971924..comments2024-03-25T13:51:00.349-05:00Comments on Hidden Missives: slumgullionJay Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09834315191267300438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22344460.post-63599814856842884292017-07-15T19:59:25.779-05:002017-07-15T19:59:25.779-05:00I need that book in my library. Will locate a copy...I need that book in my library. Will locate a copy. <br />Jay Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834315191267300438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22344460.post-89793277874908317702017-07-15T06:05:07.170-05:002017-07-15T06:05:07.170-05:00What a great word! It brings up so many images in ...What a great word! It brings up so many images in my mind, none pleasant. According to this newfangled Internet thing, it means a 'cheap and insubstantial stew,' just above recipes for such a thing. Yum. But it also brings to mind the term 'slubberdegullion,' which is described in "Depraved and Insulting English" (such a favorite tome that my own copy is falling apart)as a 'contemptible slob.' Granted, not quite as colorful a term as 'snivelard' or 'merdiverous'. I find it interesting that Peter Gabriel and Genesis used the term "slubberdegullions" as a numerical value in the song "The Colony of Slippermen," though the term might actually be "slubberdegillions,' a definite adaptation.<br /><br />Of course none of this has anything to do with slumgullions, does it?<br />Still a good word.Spider Jim Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986238462245672114noreply@blogger.com