The Annotations:
The Annotations:
If you can help improve this in any way, please drop me an email (in English) and I'd be happy to change it - this is just what I was able to cobble together.
| Term | Description | Page # |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Wood Johnson | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wood_Johnson_University_Hospital | 167 |
| Kung Fu | Probably referring to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung_Fu_(TV_series) | 168 |
| S.A.L.S.A. | Someone writes in: "I would assume, that it's one of the student groups/clubs that many colleges have on campus. It most likely stands for 'Student Alliance of Latin and Spanish Academia', or something cute like that. Basically a latin/spanish social group, who wanted their group name to be SALSA, for obvious recognition reasons." | 168 |
| Take Back the Night |
Take Back the Night (also known as Reclaim the Night) is an internationally held march and rally intended as a protest and direct action against rape and other forms of violence against women, originated by the feminist movement. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Back_the_Night |
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| Yo soy prieta, pero no soy bruta | something like "I may be a black girl, but I am not dumb." | 169 |
| sucio / sucia | something like "dirty boy" or "dirty girl" | 169 |
| Demarest |
dorm at Rutgers University http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demarest_Hall |
169 |
| Apokolips and New Genesis |
In the DC Comics fictional shared Universe, Apokolips is the planet ruled by Darkseid, established in Jack Kirby's Fourth World series. It is also integral to many DC Comics stories. The planet is considered the opposite of New Genesis. New Genesis is a fictional planet in the DC Comics Universe (or rather, in a parallel dimension adjacent to it). It is the home-planet of the New Gods from Jack Kirby's Fourth World metaseries. New Genesis and its dark counterpart, Apokolips, were spawned by the destruction of the world of the "Old Gods" (initially implied to be the gods of classical mythology, though versions of these characters have since been revealed to still exist in the DC Universe). New Genesis and Apokolips are locked in an eternal war, symbolizing the struggle of good and evil on a grand mythic scale. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apokolips and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Genesis |
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| guanguas |
Someone writes in: "'guangua' derives from a Taino legend (or so the link below maintains) and means Indian witchcraft/curse." http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/forum/living-in-the-dr/general-info/586/Taino-Ancestry-Among-Dominicans/23 |
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| Biggie Smalls |
Christopher George Latore Wallace, popularly known as Biggie Smalls (after a gangster in the 1975 film Let's Do It Again), and his primary stage name, The Notorious B.I.G., was an American rapper. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biggie_Smalls |
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| Speak, friend, and enter |
Riddle from "The Lord of the Rings" http://bellsouthpwp.net/d/p/dptolar/friend.htm |
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| Sindarin |
Sindarin is an artificial language developed by J. R. R. Tolkien. In Tolkien's mythos, it was the Elvish language most commonly spoken in Middle-earth in the Third Age. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindarin |
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| Queen of the Demonweb Pits |
Queen of the Demonweb Pits (Q1) is an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_the_Demonweb_Pits |
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| toto | "pussy" | 173 |
| Alpha and the Omega |
The term Alpha and Omega comes from the phrase "I am the alpha and the omega", an appellation of God in the Book of Revelation. Its meaning is found in the fact that alpha (Α) and omega (Ω) are respectively the first and last letters of the Classical (Ionic) Greek alphabet. This would be similar to referring to someone in English as the "A and Z". Thus, twice when the title appears it is further clarified with the additional title "the beginning and the end". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_and_Omega |
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| DC and Marvel |
(I thought this one would be easy if you've gotten this far, but someone wrote to say that I should include it....) Two major comic book companies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Comics and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics |
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| the Beyonder |
The Beyonder is a fictional character in comic books published by Marvel Comics. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beyonder |
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| Unus the Untouchable |
Unus the Untouchable (Angelo Unuscione) is a fictional character from the comic book X-Men and part of the Marvel Comics Universe. A mutant, Unus possesses a strong force field which protects him from harm (so long as he puts it up; it is not automatic). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unus_the_Untouchable |
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| Awilda |
probably this: Awilda was the daughter of a 5th century Scandinavian king, who had arranged a marriage for her to Alf, the crown prince of Denmark. However, Awilda obstinately refused her father's choice. She and some of her female friends dressed like sailors and commandeered a ship, taking it into the Baltic as a way of escape. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awilda |
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| This Island Earth |
This Island Earth is a 1955 science fiction film directed by Joseph M. Newman. It is based on the novel of the same name by Raymond F. Jones. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Island_Earth |
175 |
| Appleseed |
Appleseed is a cyberpunk-style anime OVA that takes place in the future. The anime, produced by Bandai Visual in 1988, is an adaptation of the manga, Appleseed created by Masamune Shirow. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appleseed_%28OVA%29 |
175 |
| Project A |
Project A (aka. Pirate Patrol, aka. Jackie Chan's Project A) is a 1983 Hong Kong film starring Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_A |
175 |
| Master Killer in Shaolin Temple |
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, also known as The Master Killer and Shaolin Master Killer, is a 1978 Shaw Brothers kung fu film directed by Liu Chia-liang and starring Gordon Liu. 36th Chamber of Shaolin is widely considered to be one of the greatest kung fu films and a turning point in its director's and star's careers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_36th_Chamber_of_Shaolin |
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| Tú no eres nada de dominicano {Tu no eres nada de dominicano} | "You are not one bit Dominican" | 180 |
| quién es {quien es} | "Who is" | 180 |
| Sargent portrait Madame X |
Madame X or Portrait of Madame X is the informal title of a portrait by John Singer Sargent of a young socialite named Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, wife of Pierre Gautreau. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Madame_X |
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| boricua | "Puerto Rican" | 182 |
| La Jablesse |
The Lajabless is said to be a woman with one human foot and one hoof. This demon appears to her victims ( who are most likely males) as a beautiful young woman who is apparently lost. When the victim approaches, she uses trickery and leads them to lonely areas or more commomly pickah (thorns) patches and leave them there to die. http://myusm.com/usm250059.html |
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| diabla | "Devil woman" | 182 |
| jíbara {jibara} | probably http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%ADbaro In modern times, the word jíbaro has become a dyslogism, somewhat similar to the American english word, hillbilly or hick in definition, but not in application. Jibaros in Puerto Rican culture as seen in a more positive light often times, defining the identity of Puerto Ricans. | 182 |
| Joy Division |
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976. Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences, to develop a sound and style that pioneered the post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Members of Joy Division went on to form the band New Order, which was mentioned earlier. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Division |
182 |
| the Knicks |
The New York Knickerbockers are a professional basketball team based in New York City. The team plays in the National Basketball Association (NBA). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Knicks |
182 |
| Battle of the Planets |
Battle of the Planets (1978) is the American dub of the 1972 television anime known as Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Planets |
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| Alice Walker |
Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American author, self-declared feminist and womanist - the latter a term she herself coined to make special distinction for the experiences of women of color. She has written at length on issues of race and gender, and is most famous for the critically acclaimed novel The Color Purple, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Walker |
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| Jedi Order |
The Jedi are members of a fictional monastic order in the Star Wars galaxy, made by George Lucas. (Seriously, I hope everyone knew that already.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_Order |
185 |
| Beelzebub |
Ba‘al Zebûb, Ba‘al Zəbûb or Ba‘al Zəvûv appears as the name of a deity worshipped in the Philistine city of Ekron; thought to have been one basis for the personification of Satan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beelzebub |
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| Ghost |
a 1990 film starring Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, and Patrick Swayze, probably responsible for a boom in pottery class enrollment http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099653/ |
185 |
| Hardware |
Hardware (1990 ), also known as M.A.R.K. 13 is a post-apocalyptic science fiction film directed by Richard Stanley and starring a young Dylan McDermott. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_(1990_film) |
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| Lou Reed |
Lewis Allan Reed (born March 2, 1942) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. He first came to prominence as the guitarist and principal singer-songwriter of The Velvet Underground. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Reed |
186 |
| SDF-1 |
The SDF-1 Macross is a fictional interstellar spacecraft from The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, an anime series that aired in Japan in 1982–1983, and its American adaptation Robotech (1985). SDF (Super Dimension Fortress) is a reference to the ship being a maneuverable space fortress capable of space folds, or travelling in subspace for faster-than-light movement. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDF-1_Macross |
186 |
| vales |
Someone writes in: "Vale, vale, vale is used to say: yes yes yes by a phone operator in Spain as she takes in info when connecting Lola and Yunior." However, it could possibly mean coupons or IOUs http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/vale |
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| Cisco |
a low-end fortified wine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco_(disambiguation) |
189 |
| Raritan |
The Raritan River http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raritan_River |
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| Ursula Le Guin |
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin is an American author. She has written novels, poetry, children's books, essays, and short stories, most notably in the fantasy and science fiction genres. First published in the 1960s, her works explore Taoist, anarchist, ethnographic, feminist, psychological and sociological themes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Le_Guin |
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| d10s |
A ten-sided die. Some role-playing games and miniature wargames use ten-sided dice, typically pentagonal trapezohedra, to get random decimal numbers, such as percentages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten-sided_die |
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| Compañero {Companero} | "Companion" - someone writes in that this is what Cubans called each other after the Revolution, so that would make it something like "Comrade" | 191 |
| maenad |
In Greek mythology, maenads were the female followers of Dionysus, often portrayed as inspired by him into a state of ecstatic frenzy, through a combination of dancing and drunken intoxication. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maenad |
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| ganas |
"Ganas" is a Spanish word meaning "motivation sufficient to act", "desire" or "will-power". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganas |
192 |
| X-wings and TIE-fighters |
Fictional starfighters from the original Star Wars trilogy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-wing and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIE_fighter |
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| Samuel Delany |
Samuel Ray Delany, Jr. (born April 1, 1942, New York City) is an award-winning American science fiction author. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Delany |
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| la muda | the mute | 193 |
| mesomorphic |
having a husky muscular body build http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mesomorphic |
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| cuerno |
"horn" http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cuerno |
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| gorditas |
Gordita may also be used in Spanish as a term of endearment used to describe an attractive woman or girl who is curvaceous or heavy set. It may be used similarly to the colloquial phrases "little butterball", "pleasantly plump", or "got back" in English. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordita |
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| los que menos corren, vuelan | Someone writes in: "those who run the least may (well) fly" | 196 |
| toto | "pussy" | 199 |
| Mellon | "Friend" in Elvish (see above) | 200 |
| No te preocupes. Te traigo. | "Don't worry. I'll bring you." | 200 |
| Que Dios te bendiga | "May God bless you" | 200 |