Saturday, March 27, 2021

At The End of Each & Every Ayah (novel) "Glossary."


across-the-room: if you've got a big nose, people can

take your face the wrong way.

across-the-line: a sea's worth of reception, breaking

up, bad waves.

after-the-game: every one gathered better know each

other's name.

all-of-them: resistance to the establishment.

all-over-it: underscoring a definition.

all-the-time: most-of-it, anyway.

all-the-while: paper or tile?

all-to-see: believe me, it's in this glossary.

anti-versus-anti: pro-con-pro.

appears-to-be: hallucinatory.

apples-and-leaves: wrecked on cider and a million

cigs.

around-a-few: tearing through a paper or two during

Sudoku.

around-the-corner: I heard a whisper.

as-it-was: wasn't was it? As if it was.

as-per-usual: for-a-change.

at-all-times: he keeps an eye on his briefcase.

at-some-point: we've all been there.

at-that-point: orders bring about a point, disorder

contracts to a point. Either way, they arrive at it

eventually, hey.

at-the-time: the only time it can be. 11:11am.

11:11pm. 11secs., and counting.

away-sweet-away: home-sour-home.

back-and-forth: ping-pong, the best of amateur

pursuits. Back-and-forth, ten-toes-up, ten-toesdown,

the best of amateur pursuits!

barter-for-trade: BAFOTRAD.

behind-cut-glass: the working class.

behind-the-lines: reading-through-them.

better-or-worse: in sickness and in health.

bibbers-and-sinners: brothers-in-arms.

big-bad-boys: brothers-in-law.

bin-man-bin: Bin man been?

bit-by-bit: sick of this shit. Seen enough of it!

bit-of-alright: at-the-time.

bits-and-bobs: clits-and-knobs.

black-and-white: read-all-over. The Grand

newspaper went under a year earlier. Or was it a

year later? No chronology, no chapter.

bound-to-be: holding hands with me. Will you

marry me?

bright-young-spark: fuck-load of dark.

brik-a-brak: tic tac.

brothers-and-sisters: trusters-and-trysters. Nosesand-

faces, heirs-and-graces, mothers-and-fathers, all

our sons-and-daughters.

brothers-in-arms: brothers-in-law against the ravers

in war.

business-as-usual: hit-the-shift.

casting-a-glance: glances, glances, places, trances.

caught-her-eyes: eyes, pies, and thighs. Lips, nips,

and hips. Chip dips. Sharing platter.

circle-of-circles: Monadology, atomic science.

city-at-war: no more revolution, I implore.

clear-and-present: danger.

come-of-age: at whatever stage! A hint of the

eternal return.

commander-in-chief: a civilian in charge of the

military.

could-not-be: it-could-be.

cursing-and-sweeping: a birch-end shag-pull

sweeper. And then someone came by and picked up

a letter.

daughter-of-thee: makes for good company.

dicks-and-disses: another missus.

divide-the-booty: shoot-the-arrows.

do-not-display: past its sell-by date, prolly? “Who's

that? She's off her trolley.” “Now she's on her

brolly.”

dog-eat-dog: leave the dogs to the dogs.

doing-a-line: the yellow ones. Code for wrapping

courier streets.

dots-and-lines: Geomantic notation. Messiah

composer.

each-and-all: each to their own.

ebb-and-flow: peak-and-trough.

fags-and-booze: palliatives for the war. What war?

It always comes down to the war.

fall-from-grace: an untied shoelace.

far-and-away: Bonsoireé.

finger-to-finger: a dead ringer.

fingers-and-toes: yet-with-does. As in, doe-eyed.

fit-as-fuck: with that look. It was just the look of the

Tens. Twenty years in the hospital. °Have you seen

the hospital?° Ten years of the good life. Now

retirèd. I was a burn-out but now I'm bouncing

back. Still a spack. So, therefore, cut me some

slack?

five-a-day: all facing the same way.

five-fingered-foray: one-per-day.

for-a-moment: meanwhile.

for-the-noise: two-too-loud.

for-the-win: FTW! … fuck-the-world, in order for

it to continue.

forwards-and-backwards: a rocking chair, no

direction just motion.

four-day-week: three hours a day, according to

Monsieur Fourier!

four-sided-face: and only one has to face the world.

free-to-roam: going home. All roads lead to Rome.

fuck-the-world: in order for it to continue.

go-fund-me: why should we? Is a million dollars

heavy to carry.

going-to-be: thinking about sea. The river bed. The

narrow-minded stream.

gone-to-bed: zed-zed-zed.

good-and-evil: must be kept close together, lest they

oppose one another.

got-the-fist: instead, got-the-finger.

green-and-blue: a primary colour and a secondary

colour make a tertiary colour.

guts-for-garters: fired news editors.

half-an-hour: towards it and away from it.

half-and-half: until paper becomes unfoldable.

hand-in-hand: making ends meet.

hand-to-mouth: gestuel.

happened-to-be: at-any-rate.

hard-and-fast: just the way we like it. Unless your

heart's complaining about it!

having-a-shout: out-and-about!

health-and-safety: High Viz. « Gilet Jaunes! »

heard-a-rumour: from around-the-corner.

heart-of-hearts: ace-of-spades.

heirs-and-graces: noses-and-faces.

held-my-own: big red phone.

here-we-go: here-they-come.

hit-the-shift: 80,000 times in an 8 hour shift. Shiftkey.

home-sour-home: away-sweet-away.

horny-yet-snoring: twice, following the blessing.

hose-end-uppery: skirtery.

house-of-cards: all-fall-down!

in-a-bit: goodbye, leaving to get on with it.

in-a-room: Doom.

in-and-around: below in the playground.

in-and-out: the best of amateur pursuits. Go pro!

in-the-air: the space up there.

in-the-business: on-the-briefcase.

in-the-pit: diggin' it. Getting sooty, then home for a

butty.

ins-and-outs: roundabouts – exits and entryways.

it-could-be: falsity.

joined-as-one: the soul of union.

just-a-thought: in-a-gesture.

just-in-time: “ where's Antoine gone? Justine in

fifteen … Justine time!”

keeping-it-dusty: smelling a bit musty.

kind-of-guy: order of the day … some kind of 'cian.

know-as-one: be-at-one, five-to-one, down The

Baker's, son. Jim Morrison, five-to-one, five

minutes early for his 1pm shift at the Bakery.

{salival excretions and obscurations}

{ … }

{ … }

{ … }

left-to-right: looking-when-crossing.

length-and-breadth: height-and-width.

little-black-book: notches on the belt.

lobbied-one-off: the Jewish lobby of America is a

threat to world peace.

lover-of-make: another mistake.

mags-and-fags: during the afternoon lags.

march-of-the-living: the totalitismus fascismus

racismus currently at work in the concentrated

camps of Ben's post-Bar, Mitzvah!

me-and-you: just-us-two. I ÷ I.

measured-in-blood: drowning pool.

men-in-position: Herr Zwischen, missionary

position.

men-of-letters: muses of musers.

miles-and-miles: what's that in kilometers?

mister-of-me: Adonai.

more-and-more: less-is-more.

names-a-plenty: scarcely any anonymity, all of them

guilty due to reciprocity. The power of three,

rhetorically.

neck-and-cheek: a sex game involving spanking and

throttling.

nice-and-clean: pristene!

nice-and-pretty: your little ditty and your little kitty.

nigger-jaw-clicking: murder-button-thinking.

no-mans-land: one man's country, every man's

country.

none-above-all: hierarchy must fall!

none-but-one: can't think of one.

North-and-South: in the wake of the split.

North-of-England: England situated below.

noses-and-faces: mothers-and-fathers, all our sonsand-

daughters.

not-a-word: could-be-heard.

not-long-after: too soon sooner.

not-one-jot: a blot.

not-one-tittle: not even a little.

not-so-white: lies.

not-to-be: luckily, or otherwise Anontology.

not-to-do: sometimes it's what not-to-do more than

what it is to do.

not-to-me: may as well be not-to-be.

now-then-now: then-and-again.

now-would-we: speaking prematurely.

of-all-trades: master of none.

off-on-one: shift starts at 13:00.

off-the-wall: hinges have fallen down.

on-and-off: open relationships.

on-and-on: off-on-one, anything but halcyon.

on-the-door: what have you come here for?

on-to-me: a fingernail's worth o' Whisky, it'll haveto-

be, discreetly.

one-goes-off: shift on, copyright off. Right off!

online-forum-joking: professional hacking in

disguise.

on-and-off: on-and-on.

on-the-blower: red phone, Ban Ki-Moon.

on-the-floor: « Sur le plancher! »

on-the-job: reading a newspaper on the toilet.

on-the-line: doing-a-line.

on-the-loo: we've all been there at-some-point.

on-the-loose: keys on the keychain. You're the only

one to blame. Locked out again.

on-the-move: the information.

on-the-one: Bootsy Collins.

on-the-pull: Pulling her away from the next guy.

Towards a fairer guy. Fairer hair. Rosier cheeks.

Embarassingly strawberry blonde.

on-the-run: an interrupting nun.

on-the-scene: passin'-a-zine. A « mise en scene … »

is a putting in place. » Kopfkino … « happens when

you're on a bus and you think of something funny

but you're not allowed to laugh so every one else

laughs for you; cause the conversation was funny

you wyrdo!

on-the-side: a bit on the side, like a salad. Or a

lover; a leaf-lover. Or a clover, down in Dover.

on-the-wall: S-A-R-A-I.

on-the-wire: » Das Radio! … « … sometimes the

only one listening is the only one broadcasting.

on-your-way: and play. Smarted botty, rosy cheeks.

one-and-only: yours, truly!

one-less-thing: leave behind everything.

one-of-them: a member of the establishment.

one-of-those: two-of-these.

one's-a-billion: a thousand million, like a whole

gazillion!

one-to-go: « une espresso! … »

one-time-famous: last-time-known.

one-time-spectacle: a spectacle, monopolizèd.

orange-and-red: colours that complement each other.

out-of-hours: in it by the minute.

out-of-sight: line-of-flight.

out-of-them: nothing inside them, whatsoever

(there's virtually nothing there).

out-of-time: ska music, or math rock.

out-of-town: central government.

over-and-over: over-and-out.

over-the-top: the soldiers left the trenches. They

never returned for Christmas.

over-to-me: where it should be.

pack-o'-tens: an apple-for-five. Stayin' alive!

paper-or-two: to do!

passing-a-zine: loading a gun.

Passing-the-River: Cornelius Agrippa.

passing-the-shot: drinking a lot.

pay-per-view: gambling on winning. Isopsephy

Fruit Machine.

pay-their-way: « l'loi d'retour c'est dix per cent,

monsieur … » Single mother's need supporting, too.

pay-to-play: the unsignèd band way.

peak-flow-meter: for those with asthma, as well as a

reader for the digital actor.

peaks-and-troughs: ebbs-and-flows.

piece-of-ass: no matter what social class!

pink-sheet-figures: the numbers in the FT Weekend.

The Fucking Times Weekend.

pints-and-pints: you can drink so much that you can

forget to appreciate that you're binge drinking.

pins-and-needles: prickly heat.

play-on-words: a radical pun.

plenty-of-ones: no nones.

point-something-something: it's rude to point. Make

one instead.

port-of-call: sailors, not soldiers.

power-of-three: rhetorically (annoyingly)!

pro-con-pro: neo-con show.

profit-and-loss: mergers and acquisitions, margins

and propositions.

public-at-large: image conscious.

puff-of-logic: fuck all this evil, I'm Sudoku now.

rank-and-file: with a smile.

rave-or-two: after ten years of going to a rave-ortwo,

a night in, with a good book, and a glass of

sherry by the fire, seems ever more appealing.

Apparently, that's one definition.

read-and-read: a pretty dazèd head.

red-and-black: stand back!

red-and-yellow: colours that fight each other.

rest-of-them: up with the best-of-them, down with

the rest-of-them.

richer-or-poorer: marriage of opposites (like

Rebecca alchemical solution to her Jewish question).

right-on-time: time-on-chime!

ring-of-roses: pocket full of posies.

run-and-play: smartèd botty, rosey cheeks, on-yourway

and play!

server-of-servers: cellular money-grabbers.

set-and-setting: Ess-settings {ß}.

seven-of-sevens: she might be the snake, forcèd to

carry her belly.

shifting-and-spacing: Internet erasing.

shitting-a-brick: brickin' it.

shoot-the-arrows: Khatzeytz!

shorter-and-shorter: intervals, like the ends of

Ayah's. Shorter-and-shorter epochs until the end of

history. A lot of people have investèd their hope in

an anti-climax.

shot-one-off: on the gun range at Camp David, clay

pigeon shooting.

side-to-side: rocking the babe to sleep.

sisters-a-plenty: scarcely any boys.

six-six-six: if in a fix.

sixty-over-forty: we're trading.

sleight-of-hand: the wedding band.

slim-to-none: my chances of being successful.

smoking-the-shit: yeah, we've all done a bit of it.

soldier-come-'cian: lying below, a veteran.

soldier-come-civilian: some kind of 'cian.

space-to-space: you've got holes in your face.

split-in-two: 0=2. For I am divided for love's sake,

for the chance of union. « L'haute science de la arte

magie. »

squaring-a-circle: alchemical and qymiqal.

still-and-taught: an obedient pupil.

stitch-and-bitch: haberdashery!

summer-of-love: 2008, ANNO. 2018. What day of

the Tens is it?

sums-it-up: Isopsephy Fruit Machine! Giz-a-go!

techno-eco-system: “The only good system is a

sound system.” “What about the solar system, you

hippy cunt?”

ten-toes-up: ten-toes-down.

term-in-tow: I thought you were my Battle-Axe, it

turns out you were my Death Blow.

tête-à-tête: another round of café.

thanks-a-one: Maximillian.

things-in-themselves: the objective world.

this-and-that: tit-for-tat.

three-finger-salute: CTRL+ALT+DEL.

three-three-three: third degree. Mastery. I'd rather

play Isopsephy!

through-the-door: peep on peepin' on.

thumb-and-forefinger: a little pinch. Go on, try it!

thumb-to-thumb: 1, 2, 3, 4 … I declare a thumb war!

ticks-and-kisses: instead of dicks-and-disses.

time-and-space: continuum.

time-on-chime: right-on-time.

time-to-confess: lying to a Catholic priest.

time-to-go: wristwatch running slow. Belated &

abated.

time-to-time: zones. Tricky for video conferencing.

to-and-fro: hairs-like-so.

to-to-fro: again, again, hairs-like-so.

turning-in-circles: squaring-a-circle.

two-to-one: a ratio when Delta is split by Gamma.

two-too-loud: for the noise of the crowd.

two-too-many: decisions. There will be time, there

will be time …

two-too-young: but not too far flung.

two-weeks-off: a tissue, a cough. A bless, a dress.

The golden dress, The Nes.

two-weeks-on: when she's not on.

under-the-covers: two Georgia's.

underneath-the-ground: pipelines.

up-and-around: a frown around the crown.

up-and-down: see saw.

up-and-up: the staircase more so than the aeroplane.

up-the-ante: taking up more space in the Glossary.

up-the-duff: don't you think you've had enough of

the kid's stuff?

up-to-some: down-and-dirty.

up-your-sleeve: hanky panky, snotty snotty, hanky

panky handkerchief.

upon-the-bottle: a nineteen-year-old spouse prefers

the bottle to the babe.

upside-down-eye: rightly divining an eye.

V-for-Vendetta: go-get-her.

was-to-be: happened-to-be. You see?

who-from-who: “Well, that makes two.”

who-you-know: and how you got to know 'em.

will-to-love: as below, so above. Ten-toes-up, tentoes-

down.

will-to-power: final hour.

wise-old-man: naive-young-fool.

women-of-pictures: Mona Lisa's.

world-to-come: Olam ha'Ba.

yellow-and-red: it's already been said, colours that

fight each other.

yet-to-find: slipping your mind, leaving things

behind.

yet-with-does: in-her-own.

you-and-me: neither I, nor me, nor You knew the

value.

zero-equals-three: ( +3 -2 ÷1 x0 ).

zero-infinite-zero: the most complex of algorithms.

zines-and-machines: racist ideology as memes.


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