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Glossary of Wobbly terms. Wobbly lingo is a collection of technical language, jargon, and historic slang used by the Industrial Workers of the World, known as the Wobblies, for more than a century. Many Wobbly terms derive from or are coextensive with hobo expressions used through the 1940s.
Chinook Jargon (Chinuk Wawa or Chinook Wawa, also known simply as Chinook or Jargon) is a language originating as a pidgin trade language in the Pacific Northwest.It spread during the 19th century from the lower Columbia River, first to other areas in modern Oregon and Washington, then to British Columbia and parts of Alaska, Northern California, Idaho and Montana.
Nixon. The Checkers speech or Fund speech was an address made on September 23, 1952, by Senator Richard Nixon (R - CA), six weeks before the 1952 United States presidential election, in which he was the Republican nominee for Vice President. Nixon had been accused of improprieties relating to a fund established by his backers to reimburse him ...
Senior prank. A senior prank, also known as muck-up day in Australia [1] and the United Kingdom, [2][3] is a type of organized prank by the senior class of a school, college, or university. They are often carried out at or near the end of the academic year and are part of school traditions. While most senior pranks are harmless, more severe ...
Sapric. A sapric is a subtype of a histosol [ 1 ] where virtually all of the organic material has undergone sufficient decomposition to prevent the identification of plant parts. [ 2 ][ 3 ]Muck is a sapric soil that is naturally waterlogged or is artificially drained.
Games. Muck (gambling), a number of actions, both legal and illegal. Muck (poker), the discard pile or the action of discarding one's hand. Multi-User Chat Kingdom or TinyMUCK, a type of text-based multi-user game or chat forum. Muck, a online multiplayer survival game by Dani.
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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... more broadly, a MUCK, is a type of user-extendable online text-based role-playing game, ...