Eggnog

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  1. nog
    a wooden block built into a masonry wall so that joinery structure can be nailed to it
    The egg part of eggnog (or egg nog) is transparent enough, but no one is quite sure how we ended up with nog.
  2. brandy sling
    a sling made with brandy
    The earliest known print appearance, found by Yale law librarian Fred Shapiro, is in a New Jersey newspaper in March 1788:rnrnA young man with a cormerant appetite, voraciously devoured, last week, at Connecticut farms, thirty raw eggs, a glass of egg nog, and another of brandy sling.
  3. noggin
    an informal term for a human head
    One theory for the origin of nog links it to noggin — which, before it became slang for "head," could refer to "a small mug" or "a small drink of spirits."
  4. easternmost
    farthest to the east
    Nog shows up in the late seventeenth century as a regional term for strong beer in East Anglia, the easternmost region of England.
  5. gazetteer
    a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas)
    (New-Jersey Journal, Mar. 26, 1788, p. 2) rnrnrnLater that same year, a writer in Philadelphia's Independent Gazetteer (Oct. 16, 1788) complained of some alcoholic indigestion: "when wine and beer, punch and eggnog meet, instantly ensues a quarrel."
  6. supping
    ingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking
    The clergyman and philologist Jonathan Boucher is reported to have written a poem mentioning eggnog around 1775, when he was a rector of a parish in Maryland:rnrnFog-drams i' th' morn, or (better still) egg-nogg,rnAt night hot-suppings, and at mid-day, grogg,rnMy palate can regale...
  7. extempore
    with little or no preparation or forethought
    After they had indulged pretty freely in this beverage, a gentleman in company offered a bet that not one of the party could write four verses, extempore, which should be rhyme and sense...
  8. doggerel
    a comic verse of irregular measure
    Yet another bit of eggnog doggerel (eggnoggerel?) shows up in a 1795 collection of poems by Philip Morin Freneau:rnrnTo the sign of the Anchor we then were directed,rnWhere captain O'Keef a fine turkey dissected;rnAnd Bryan O'Bluster made love to egg-nog.
  9. mug
    with handle and usually cylindrical
    As we head into the peak time for eggnog consumption, let's put aside our mugs and stop to consider where the word eggnog actually comes from.
  10. bogus
    fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
    Barry Popik, word-myth debunker extraordinaire, has noted one bogus explanation that has been making the rounds lately.
  11. sleuth
    a detective who follows a trail
    Boucher's poem wasn't published until after his death some thirty years later, but word sleuths have found a number of other eighteenth-century American sources for eggnog.
  12. revelry
    unrestrained merrymaking
    An early example of eggnog tied to Christmas revelry, found by independent scholar Joel S. Berson, appears in the (Norfolk) Virginia Chronicle of January 26, 1793.
  13. dram
    a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce
    The clergyman and philologist Jonathan Boucher is reported to have written a poem mentioning eggnog around 1775, when he was a rector of a parish in Maryland:rnrnFog-drams i' th' morn, or (better still) egg-nogg,rnAt night hot-suppings, and at mid-day, grogg,rnMy palate can regale...
  14. spurious
    plausible but false
    As with many other unusual terms for food and drink, eggnog lends itself to spurious etymologies.
  15. sling
    a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released
    The earliest known print appearance, found by Yale law librarian Fred Shapiro, is in a New Jersey newspaper in March 1788:rnrnA young man with a cormerant appetite, voraciously devoured, last week, at Connecticut farms, thirty raw eggs, a glass of egg nog, and another of brandy sling.
  16. transient
    lasting a very short time
    The Muse from Wine derives a transient glare,rnBut Egg-Nog's draughts afford her solid fare.
  17. ensue
    take place or happen afterward or as a result
    (New-Jersey Journal, Mar. 26, 1788, p. 2) rnrnrnLater that same year, a writer in Philadelphia's Independent Gazetteer (Oct. 16, 1788) complained of some alcoholic indigestion: "when wine and beer, punch and eggnog meet, instantly ensues a quarrel."
  18. mirth
    great merriment
    A correspondent to the newspaper recounted:rnrnOn last Christmas Eve several gentlemen met at Northampton court-house, and spent the evening in mirth and festivity, when EGG-NOG was the principal Liquor used by the company.
  19. fog
    droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
    The clergyman and philologist Jonathan Boucher is reported to have written a poem mentioning eggnog around 1775, when he was a rector of a parish in Maryland:rnrnFog-drams i' th' morn, or (better still) egg-nogg,rnAt night hot-suppings, and at mid-day, grogg,rnMy palate can regale...
  20. fare
    the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
    The Muse from Wine derives a transient glare,rnBut Egg-Nog's draughts afford her solid fare.
  21. highball
    a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass
Created on Sat Dec 26 12:59:28 EST 2009 (updated Sat Dec 26 13:17:08 EST 2009)

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