Time Is a Mother

Time Is a Mother Glossary

kerosene

(noun) a combustible hydrocarbon liquid derived from petroleum.

*many kerosene cans are the color blue

Xanax

(noun)a sedative used to treat anxiety and panic disorder.

*has a high potential for abuse and addiction

cuckoo

(noun) a medium-sized long-tailed bird, typically with a gray or brown back and barred or pale underparts.

*One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the name of a novel and film that depicts a mental asylum

beige

(adjective) a pale sandy yellowish-brown color

guillotine

(noun) a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people

mediocre

(adjective) of only moderate quality; not very good

Colt factory

(noun) Colt's Manufacturing Company is an American firearms manufacturer

discipline

(noun) the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience

thrash

(noun) a violent or noisy movement

shrapnel

(noun) fragments of a bomb, shell, or other object thrown out by an explosion

Serengeti

(noun) a plain in northwest Tanzania, including a major wildlife reserve

Hennesy

(noun) a French producer of cognac

platelets

(noun) small colorless disk-shaped cell fragments without a nucleus, found in large numbers in blood and involved in clotting

colossal

(adjective) extremely large

fag

(noun) used as a slur for gay men, this term is sometimes reclaimed by gay men to refer to each other

morgue

(noun) a place where the bodies of the deceased are kept, especially to be identified or claimed

ransacked

(adjective) wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value

unbearable

(adjective) not able to be endured or tolerated

unhinged

(verb) to have deprived of stability or fixity; thrown into disorder

porcelain

(noun) a white vitrified translucent ceramic

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