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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

This is great, an encyclopedia of made up words from The Simpsons.

BiMonSciFiCon is the Bi-Monthly science fiction convention held in Springfield. Its name parodies the often nonsensical-sounding syllabic abbreviations of science fiction, fantasy and role-playing conventions.

Dickety is Grandpa Simpson's made up word for twenty.

Abe: Now, my story begins in nineteen-dickety-two. We had to say "dickety" 'cause the Kaiser had stolen our word "twenty". I chased that rascal to get it back, but gave up after dickety-six miles…

Dash Hole, Another name for the cigarette lighter power socket. Used by the automotive appliance salesman when asking Homer what he had plugged into his Dash Hole.

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