...I don't think a single one of these words has ever been used on this 
listserv.  I think I'll check Preservation-L!   c

 aginner, (n. uh-GINN-nur), a contrary or obstructionist person, one 
habitually opposed to any new idea. "That boy's an aginner. Whatever the schoolyard 
wants to play, he wants to play something else." 
blinky milk, milk that has just begun to sour. Watch somebody's eyes when 
they're trying to decide if the milk has gone bad and you'll see why they call it 
"blinky milk."
cattywompus, (adj. CAT-tee-wahm-pus), tilted, not straight. The word derives 
from "catty-cornered," meaning diagonal, but implies a disorderly tilt or 
meander. "Your seam is all cattywompus."
chimney critic, a know-it-all with no practical experience. Somebody who sits 
in a rocking chair by the fireplace and criticizes the work of others.
conniption fit, (n. kun-NIP-shun fit), a panic attack. Sometimes confused 
with hissy fit.
cut one's foot, (v. phrase), to step in an animal turd. Sometimes a polite 
euphemism used in mixed company. You see Bubba examining the sole of 
fraidy hole, a storm cellar.
hollywood stop, referring to automotive traffic, a stop that isn't a stop. If 
you merely slow down as you pass through an intersection where you're 
supposed to stop, that's a hollywood stop.
mess, (n. MESS), an unspecified number or group of something, as in 
"several," most often something gathered or prepared in relation to a meal. (Probably 
originating from same roots as "mess" in the military sense.) "Aunt Frieda 
shelled a mess of peas for dinner." "We're going to fry us up a mess of catfish, 
too." Non-food applications are rarer and are usually prefaced by the 
intensifier "whole." "I found a whole mess of pencils in the drawer of that old desk."
nigh on to, (NIE-on-tah), nearly, approaching. "We came off the lake because 
it was getting nigh on to dark." "Getting an idea into that boy's head is nigh 
on to impossible."
persnickity, (adj. pur-SNICK-i-tee), unreasonably fastidious, choosy or hard 
to please. "You'd have a lot more fun at the dance if you weren't so 
persnickity."
scooters, (n. SKOO-turz) diarrhea. "Sorry I'm late, Mr. Prime Minister, I had 
the scooters."
shackledy, (adj. SHAK-ul-dee), like a shack. "The house was all run down and 
shackledy."
sull up, (v. SULL), to become sullen. "When his team lost the game I thought 
he was going to sull up and cry."
whang, (n., WHANG),  a large crowd. "There was a whole whang of people 
watching the parade."
woods colt, a child born out of wedlock.

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