Recurring alphabet thread

G

Gas Lighter {A poem by Robert Louis Stevenson.} NB it is really called 'The Lamplighter' but the name was changed for artistic purposes.

G

Gaslighter

Note: the most formidable gaslighter I ever knew was Mark Titmus, son of Fred Titmus the England cricketer, who - while on a Geography field trip to Slapton Sands, Devon - had us turn off the lights in our dormitory room - assumed a kind of legs-up-around-his-lover's-ears advanced solo missionary position - and then lit up the room in a fantastic manner thanks to the dumplings and beans we'd had for supper in the field centre's canteen.

G

ガス灯

Although the Yakuza call it ガスからの火災

G

彼は武士である外国人です

One of my honorific titles when I lived in Tokyo

H

Hallucinogen - as in magic mushrooms.

Stores with such names as Shroomyz and Fun Guyz have opened in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Vancouver and London, Ont., among other locations over the last year. They sell the drug on its own by weight and in different strains, as well as in edibles such as gummies or chocolate.

H

Herr in Swedish, Mister in English - herr Andersson

H


Her

As in: "She lovers her herbal tea."

H

Hello 🙂

H

Hund {German for hund}

H

Hirsuit

Definition: "Jacket and trousers covered in shaven-beard clippings."

I

Ignoniny

A cross between ignorance and ninyism

I

Iconoclast {a person who seeks to abolish the veneration of iconoclasts}

I

Indignation

One step below outrage; the emotion you subconsciously trigger when someone you don’t like says something you find a bit funny on the internet.

I

Ignatius (Holy person]

J

Jesus

Another holy person.