Words I have learned....

["Cunningham, Betty" <bcunning@nssi.com>]

     -At 10:31 AM 9/19/95 -0400, Jerry D. Harris wrote: > abstracts thingy
     
     -I must add this highly technical term to my growing list of
     -palaeo-talk, which also includes "buttload," thanks to TH. Let's see 
     -. . . "Harris, Holtz, and Olshevsky revealed in a recent _JVP_ 
     -abstracts thingy that they were about to revamp *Ceratopian* 
     -phylogeny, based upon their in-depth analyses of a whole buttload of 
     -new material."
     
     ok, words I have learned on this list....
     
     THAGOMIZER=from Larson, the spikes on the end of a stegasaur tail.
     (question-does this name apply to spikes on other generas' tails?)
     
     BUTTLOAD=from Holtz, a large amount of something, usually referring to 
     paperwork
     (question-wouldn't this mean a BUTTINSKY is someone that does 
     paperwork?)
     
     ABSTRACTS THINGY=from Harris, Holtz, and Olshevsky, a paper written on 
     some stuff.  Not usually available when you want it.
     
     HUMPING (snicker)=how pinnipeds move on dry land (no comment, nope, 
     not one)
     
     NECKING=what boy giraffes do to other boy giraffes when they want to 
     do the naughty thing with girl giraffes.  Rather like arm wrestling 
     but makes bigger bruises.
     
     
     -Betty