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Saturday, November 07, 2020

In other words, Christian blends and other stuff

  • abattoir, noun (British). A slaughterhouse.
  • bapticostal, noun (slang, or “Christianese”). A Christian who identifies with aspects of both the Baptist denomination and Pentecostalism; a conservative or Baptist Christian who favors the use of charismatic gifts. Combination of Baptist + Pentecostal.
  • bapthodist, noun (slang, or “Christianese”). A Christian who identifies with aspects of both the Baptist denomination and Methodism. Blend of Baptist + Methodist.
  • calvminian, or calminian, noun (slang, or “Christianese”). A Christian who identifies with aspects of Calvinism and Arminianism. Blend of Calvinist + Arminian.
  • chicane, verb (intransitive). To use deception or subterfuge to achieve one’s purpose, esp. a legal, financial, or political purpose; to employ chicanery.
  • copper, noun (British, informal). A police officer.
  • dibble, noun (British). A derogatory slang term for police officer. [From the name of a fictional police officer in the cartoon ‘Top Cat’.]
  • evangellyfish, noun (slang, or “Christianese”). Evangelical Christians who are spineless; A derogatory term for an evangelical who is alleged to be lacking theological firmness or soundness and whose faith or theology has been severely influenced by worldly ideas such as humanism, relativism, and postmodernism. Combination of evangelical + jellyfish.
  • form, noun (British, informal). A criminal record.
  • fundagelical, noun (slang, or “Christianese”). A Christian who identifies with aspects of fundamentalism and evangelicalism. Blend of fundamentalist + evangelical.
  • preparatio evangelica, or praeparatio evangelica, noun. Preparation for the gospel; pre-evangelism; also, the Latin title of a work of Christian apologetics written by Eusebius.
  • smartful, adjective. Painful, distressing; (in later use also) stinging, irritating.
  • spiritato, noun. A person considered to exhibit excessive religious fervor; a religious zealot or fanatic. [From Italian spiritato, a person possessed by spirits.]
  • sprusado, noun. A person who is smartly dressed.
  • volcanello, noun. A small volcanic cone; (also) a volcanic island.

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