SIYW.TXT List of Unusual Words with Their Meanings 66 Chapter W List of Unusual Words with Their Meanings The following words were not in the PC-WRITE dictionary. abbr The abbreviation for abbreviation. Abney level A type of clinometer consisting of a sighting tube, a rotating bubble level, and a protractor. adjustor A device to adjust something. adulations Many excessively laudatory flatulent flatteries. altho Newspeak for although. Applesoft Floating point BASIC on the Apple II computer. archaeic The archaeic spelling of archaic. ASCS Acronym: Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. authoring The writing of polished text. babysat To babysit in the past. babysitter One who sits on babies. backcompass A compass reading taken back towards the direction from which you are travelling. Backdoor to Hell Cave A fabled cavern of mythical size and difficulty. backsight A sight taken back towards the direction from which you are travelling. backsights More than a single backsight. Ballentine The name of the fellow who showed me FORTRAN. ballpoint The generic writing instrument of the late Twentieth Century. BASICA A computer language on the Genuine IBM PC. bassackwards The condition of being completely turned around and headed in the opposite direction from that intended. befuddlement Causing complete and utter confusion or worse. Beiter The author's family name. beltaxe A small axe to be carried on the belt. Bemis Heights A hamlet in New York where The Battle of Saratoga was fought during The Revolution. Binghamton A city in upstate New York. bldg The abbr. for building. BLM Acronym: Bureau of Land Management. blundertrap That which traps a blunder. blundertraps Those which trap blunders. Boonies A place where Dan'l Boone would feel at home. Broomfield A city in Colorado. Brunton A fancy compass, sometimes called an Army Artillery compass, or pocket transit. buggers Obnoxious bugs. bullseye The center of a target. SIYW.TXT List of Unusual Words with Their Meanings 67 bux Newspeak for Federal Reserve Notes. You probably call them "dollars". Capricia The name of a pet goat kid. CAVEMAP A surveying computer program. cheapie Pejorative term for inexpensive. Chuckem, Gona A junior partner in Pluckum, Phuccum & Chuckem Attorneys at Law. clinometer An instrument for measuring inclination, or slope. An inclinometer. clinometers More than one clinometer. COMP An abbr. for compass. compuscript A manuscript written with a computer. computerese A language of the computer literate and numerate. copier A machine for copying printed paper information. COS The abbr. for cosine. cosign To guarantee a bank loan such that they take all of the profit and you take all of the risk. cowpaths Beaten trails in a pasture caused by generations of plodding cattle. Dan'l The way Dan'l Boone pronounced his name. declinations The differences in direction between true north and magnetic north at various places. deflecting The act of turning away from a proper direction. defrosted Melted by a defroster. defroster A vehicle hot air blower for melting your compass. Denneys Gap A pass thru a ridge, inhabited by Denneys. Deuteronomy An Old Testament book, (c) 1473 BC, by Moses. diabolically In league with the devil. dong The jacking organ of a jackass. doodled Having been created by absent minded drawing or scratching. doorstop The best use for a Radio Shuck computer. EEAST An abbr. for Error East. Elkins A city in West Virginia. engineered Purposefully designed. ENORTH An abbr. for Error North. enthralled Held in a spellbound slavery of love. enuf Newspeak for enough. EPROM Acronym for Eraseable Read Only Programmable Memory, a type of computer chip. eschatology The scientific study of ultimate purposes. Esq. The abbr. for Esquire. exponentiate To raise to an exponent or power. To multiply by itself a number of times. Exponentiation is to multiplication what multiplication is to addition. exponentiation The mathematical operation of raising to an exponent. Multiplication done a number of times. eyelevel The elevation of your eye above ground. FAX A machine for sending a facsimile of a paper copy thru a telephone. SIYW.TXT List of Unusual Words with Their Meanings 68 fencelines Lines with fences on them. Fergle A facetious University in Cincinnati, Ohio. firstly Doing first. forester One who manages forests. A fancy type of compass. foresters More than one forester. forewarned Having received an early warning. Forney Cat The name of my pet tomcat. gatepost The post from which a gate swings. Gordian A mythological knot which could only be untied with a sword. gotta Imperative. Newspeak for got to. Must. gradians A method of measuring direction where a circle is divided into 400 parts to confuse The Enemy. gridlines Lines drawn at set intervals. guesstimate An informed but inaccurate measurement. guesstimating The act of making an informed but inaccurate measurement. gunpoint Threat with a firearm. Gunsmoke The name of the author's pet jackass. GW-BASIC The acronym for Generic Whizbang Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, a computer language on the PC-clone. HDIST An abbr. for horizontal distance. hectare 100 ares. 2.47 acres. hornets Many large flying insects with vicious stings pursuing a surveyor. IEAST An abbr. for increment east. incantations Magical, mystical words. INCL An abbr. for inclination. inclinometer An instrument for measuring inclination. A clinometer. inexpensively Without the expenditure of excessive money. inkberries Poke berries. A weed whose berry was used for ink. INORTH An abbr. for incremental north. instilled To have had implanted slowly and without consent in one's mind. isogonic Of equal compass declination. issuer One who issues something, such as a money order. IUP An abbr. for incremental up. jeeptrail A road requiring a four wheel drive vehicle. Keson A manufacturer of measuring instruments. kinda Newspeak for kind of. Approximately. lanyard A cord for holding equipment around the neck. laptop A small computer used in the lap. laser The acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. A brand of computer. latrine An outdoor toilet. lengthier More lengthy than lengthy. lensatic An Army marching compass. A cheap sighting compass accurate to about ten degrees. If you have one, destroy it before someone uses it to get lost in the woods. Lexington A city containing The University of Kentucky. Lyman M. Lyonn An Associate with Pluckum, Phuccum & Chuckem Attorneys at Law. SIYW.TXT List of Unusual Words with Their Meanings 69 magically Accomplished with the use of magic. mathematically Accomplished with the use of mathematics. Mechanicville A city in upstate New York. monopod A tripod with only one leg and foot. moonshine Homemade whiskey, usually made in remote locations under the light of the moon. MSL The acronym for Mean Sea Level mspellings Pellings' marital status is irrelevant. mumbo Muttered incantations. Usually mumbo jumbo, muttered GREAT incantations. mythical Celebrated in myth. newsprint Cheap paper for ephemeral printing. Newspeak The new rationalized American language. notepaper Paper suitable for taking notes upon. nowdays Newspeak for present. ochlophobe One who fears crowds and crowded places. I don't actually fear them, I simply despise them. oughta Newspeak for ought to. Should. Pac-Perchild A non-sexist video game. perturbing Disturbing, deflecting, or upsetting. Phuccum, Hardy A Junior partner at Pluckum, Phuccum & Chuckem Attorneys at Law Pluckum, Howie The Senior Partner at the prestigious Law Firm of Pluckum, Phuccum & Chuckem Attorneys at Law. POB The acronym for Post Office Box. polkadots Colorful dots in a pattern. prestidigitate To perform sleight of hand magic. pretested Having been subjected to a preliminary test. protractor A device for measuring angles, consisting of a graduated circle or part thereof. protractors More than one protractor. punchcards IBM cards, used to talk to computers in the era before floppy disks. quartered Divided into four parts. radians A method of measuring angles, where the arc of the circle segment is divided by its radius. One radian = 57.29577951ø rangefinders Devices for measuring distances without a tapemeasure. Rangers A class of sighting compass imported by Silva. readjust To adjust again. recopied Having been copied again. remoter More remote than remote. Rensselaer A county in Upstate New York on the East Bank of the Hudson. replot To plot again. resurvey To survey again. resurveying The act of surveying again. Ritner A ghost town in Kentucky, between Denneys Gap and Jones Holler. roadcut A trench for a road, exposing rocks in the walls. rotted Consumed by fungus. SIYW.TXT List of Unusual Words with Their Meanings 70 Saratoga A county and city (properly, Saratoga Springs) in Upstate New York west of The Hudson. SASE The acronym for Self Addressed Stamped Envelope. Schenectady A city in upstate New York on the Mohawk River containing Union College and General Electric corporate headquarters. schoolchild A child babysat by the school system. SEAST An abbr. for Sum of the East. semicircular Being half a circle. serendipity The art of making unexpected fortunate discoveries. sez Newspeak for says. shalt The archaeic imperative future auxiliary verb. Silva The brand name of a compass made in Sweden. Sipe, F Henry The author of the book "Compass Land Surveying". SIYORDER The name of a computer file containing an order form for Survey It Yourself. SLC The acronym for Salt Lake City. SNORTH The abbr. for Sum of the North. speleology The scientific study of caves. SQR An abbr. for square root. squiggles Randomly multiply curved lines. stereoscope An instrument for observing 3-D images from aerial photographs. Stillwater A town and village in Saratoga County, Upstate New York between Frog Island (Riverside) and Bemis Heights. streambed The portion of a valley normally covered by running water. stringbox A one man distance measuring instrument. stripmine A method of mining whereby the surface of the earth is totally disturbed. SUP An abbr. for Sum of the Up. Suunto The brand name of a Finnish compass. tapemeasure A flexible graduated distance measuring device. TCL Silva Ranger compass with built-in clinometer. textfile A computer file containing only letters, numerals, and certain punctuation. Plain ASCII. theodolite A fancy and expensive surveying instrument. theoretical Calculated mathematically, rather than measured. thermodynamics A branch of Physics concerning the distribution of heat and energy. tho Newspeak for though. thru Newspeak for through. tomcat A male domestic cat. topo Topographic map. topos More than one topo. transitted Moved across, in surveying to take a sight in the exact opposite direction. tribulations Afflictions, difficulties. trickier More tricky than tricky. TRS Pronounced TRaSh. A class of Radio Shuck computers. typograhpic A typograhpic error, not a editorial error. SIYW.TXT List of Unusual Words with Their Meanings 71 uncoiling The act of removing the tapemeasure from its carrying configuration. unconfused Not confused any more. uncontested Not contested. uncorrected Not corrected. undamped Of a compass needle; able to jiggle forever. underlaps Where two parts fail to join. unpublished Not published. USGS The acronym for United States Geological Survey. vee sight The little notch on a Silva Ranger mirror cover. VIC The acronym for Video Interface Chip of Commodore Computer. voided Made ineffective. whatcha Newspeak for what do you. whatchamacallits Things with name unknown. whizbang Technologically sophisticated. woodlot A patch of forest. Wuckit The landowner of a large cave in Albany County, Upstate New York xerographic A dry copying process.