THE BAD BEGINNING
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The Grim Grotto
Note: Some very self-explanatory Sunny-isms have not been defined by me.
Ch. Pg. Word Definition
| One | 8 | tedium | "Tedious" is something that takeS a long time to get a ccomplished, and generally is not very much fun. |
| One | 9 | Esmilita | A portmonteau (combination fo two words to make one) of the names, 'Carmelita' and 'Esme'. |
| One | 9 | passive | 'Accepting or submitting without objection or resistance; submissive: a passive acceptance of one's fate.' (From www.dictionary.com) |
| One | 12 | subjavik | unknown origin |
| One | 13 | caligari | Refers to the carnival in 'The Carnivorous Carnival'. |
| One | 14 | noblaym | When pronounced, it sounds like, 'No blame'. |
| One | 15 | selphawa | Self is phoenitically 'self': awa is unknown. |
| One | 17 | imposiyakto | Impos(o)sible; akt=act; t=to. Literally means, impossible act to do, the do being understood |
| One | 19 | taykashans | tayk=take;a=a;shans=chance |
| One | 20 | shalom | Hebrew greeting meaning, 'peace'. |
| Two | 31 | nottooti | (Thanks to M.Hayden for this and 'sous' definition) "Know Tutti" Tutti is Italian for "everything" or "all". The response to this was that they didn't know everything. |
| Two | 41 | sous | French for "under," but more specifically, a Sous Chef is the chef who is second in charge. Sunny says this when she is invited to help prepare dinner. |
| Three | 47 | bamboozle | 'To take in by elaborate methods of deceit; hoodwink.' (Definition obatined form www.dictionary.com) |
| Three | 54 | dephinput | (Possibly) dephin=define; put=that (?) |
| Three | 57 | pinstripe | refers to the Ersatz Elevator: the suits Esm`e bought the Buadelaires were pinstripes. (They were very 'in'). |
| Three | 60 | whyno | why not or why know |
| Four | 66 | cuisi | cuisine |
| Four | 70 | chowda | A slang way to say 'chowder', which is a thick type of soup. |
| Four | 72 | procto | 'Protocol', possibly. The word does not fit the context. |
| Four | 73 | silencio | Spanish word meaning, 'silent' or 'silence', as in a command. (I.E.: "You are to silence your mouths.") |
| Four | 76 | sink | 'To fall to the bottom of a body of water due to weight.' |
| Four | 79 | flosh | A portmonteau* of the words, 'floss' and 'wash'. |
| Four | 80 | yomhuledet | Possibly, 'yom' = you; 'hule' = hold; 'det' = it, meaning, "You hold it," as to wait for someone. (Hold your horeses!) |
| Four | 96 | absurdio | Absurdio |
| Four | 100 | etartsigam | The word 'magistrate' reversed. |
| Four | 106 | quarwa | When you do not kow waht something is, you usually say the word, then "What?" So, Sunny is saying, "Quar what?" |
| Five | none | none | none |
| Six | 118 | hewenkella | Phoenticall, soudnd like, "Hellen Keller," a girl who became deaf and blind after contracting the fever. She later wrote books and learned how to speak. Her teacher was Anne Sullivan. |
| Six | 119 | ulp | In cartoons, when people are scared, they 'gulp.' |
| Six | 132 | Oxo | Oxygen, which is the air we breath. (I hope you know that.) |
| Six | 135 | But nadasuchre | "But well the sitiuation under control," litterally translated. (Na das = but well the; SUC is situation under control; HRE is human reliability.
OR...
FROM: Lea (GUESTBOOK SIGNER) 'If you break it up into nada suchre instead of na da suc hre you get nada = no/none and suchre, or sucre = sugar (in french). It would make sense, since they're looking for the sugarbowl at the time.' Thank you, Lea!
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| Seven | 143 | tingamebob | Thing-a-ma-bob. (Used in reference to something that you do not know tha name of.) |
| Seven | 146 | mamasan | 'San' is Japanese title of respect. (Somewhat like 'sir' or 'ma'am' in English.) So, she is saying, "Mama ma'am /madam/Mrs." |
| Seven | 154 | pronto | 'Pronto' means 'right away'. |
| Seven | 156 | utensi | Utensil |
| Seven | 166 | shivalrush | Phoenetically, 'chivalrous,' meaning, 'brave and honorable. |
| Eight | 180 | malady | 'A sickness or illness.' |
| Nine | none | none | none |
| Ten | 255 | tuckered | A phrase which here means, 'To be tired from work.' (As in, 'All tuckered out.') |
| Ten | 271 | rekoop | Recuperation-to restore health after a sickness or accident by resting. |
| Ten | 273 | perifido | ? |
| Eleven | none | none | none |
| Twelve | none | none | none |
| Thirteen | 290 | greenhut | Possibly refers to a greenhouse. Green houses are temperature-controlled climates where plants are grown. |
| Thirteen | 291 | rendezvous | 'A place appointed for a meting; a meeting at a designated place and time.' |
| Thirteen | 302 | correctiona | Correct Fiona |
*Portmonteau: a combination of two words to create a new word. (I.E. : smoke and fog= smog)
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