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codswallop KAWDZ-wal-luhp noun nonsense; something totally stupid 1987Neil GaimanDon't Panic: The Official Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy CompanionThe only voice raised against the series came from Mr Arthur Butterworth, who wrote to the Radio Times, saying, 'In just about 50 years of radio and latterly TV listening and watching, this strikes me as the most fatuous, inane, childish, pointless, codswallopping drivel... It is not even remotely funny.1997J. K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's StoneSome say he died. Codswallop, in my opinion.1997Stephen KingThe Dark Tower: Wizard and GlassPish-tush, spare me the codswallop and pretty words.Labels: J. K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman, Stephen King
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heebie-jeebies hee-bee-JEE-beez noun a feeling of uncomfortableness; a state of nervousness; a spooky feeling 1951Herman WoukThe Caine MutinyHe said genially, as Willie puffed, 'Gives a guy the heebie-jeebies, don’t it, sir?'1991Dean KoontzStrange Highways...Asherville might give him the heebie-jeebies, it was a town where a spare key could be kept in an obvious place or a house could even be left unlocked with virtually no risk of burglary.2000Neil GaimanAmerican GodsHe had the jitters and the heebie-jeebies, a feeling deep in his stomach that something was entirely wrong.Labels: Dean Koontz, Herman Wouk, Neil Gaiman
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djinn jin noun a genie; a demon; a spirit with the power to negatively influence a person's life 1937Rudyard KiplingSomething of Myself For My Friends Known and UnknownUnder our united tobaccos it grew like the Djinn released from the brass bottle…1981Greg BearStrength of StonesShe had palmed three pieces of fruit and was looking for the best route to leave when the market square manager appeared in front of her like a djinn out of the dust.1991Wilbur SmithElephant SongThe helmsman was singing a soft repetitive refrain, an invocation to the spirits of the lake depths, the djinni who controlled the fickle winds that pushed the dhow across the dark waters.1996Neil GaimanNeverwhereOne stall was piled high with bottles, full bottles and empty bottles of every shape and every size, from bottles of booze to one huge glimmering bottle that could have contained nothing but a captive djinn…Labels: Greg Bear, Neil Gaiman, Rudyard Kipling, Wilbur Smith
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kobold KO-bawld noun a trickster spirit or a gnome that lives underground; a German leprechaun 1896Georg Ebers In the Blue PikeHow could she have suspected that what stirred her passionate soul so fiercely was grief at the sight of the man whom she had regarded as the stronghold of integrity, the possessor of the firmest will, the soul of inviolable fidelity, succumbing here, before the eyes of all, like a dissolute weakling, to the seductive arts of an immature kobold? 1920A. MerrittThe Metal MonsterA troll from the kindergarten! A kobold of the toys!1981Piers AnthonyBlue AdeptNay, thou art more likely a giant kobold, serving in the house of the human lady.2000Neil GaimanAmerican GodsThey brought me, and Loki and Thor, Anansi and the Lion-God, Leprechauns and Kobolds and Banshees, Ku-bera and Frau Holle and Ashtaroth, and they brought you.Labels: A. Merritt, Georg Ebers, Neil Gaiman, Piers Anthony
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Ymir EE-mir noun the name of a giant who's body was use by Norse gods to create the world 2000Neil GaimanAmerican GodsHe placed Ymir's brains in the sky as clouds, and his salt blood became the seas we crossed.Labels: Neil Gaiman
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