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sampan, sanpan a flat-bottomed Chinese skiff usually propelled by two short oars samshoo, samshu a spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure sancai in Chinese ceramics, a three-colour glaze sang a Chinese organ played by mouth: worth noting because it means SANGS is valid shanghai to force aboard a ship for service. [Shanghai in China] shantung a plain rough cloth of wild silk. [Shantung province in China] shwanpan, swanpan a Chinese abacus 28 sampan souchong, soochong a fine sort of black China tea. [hsiao, small, + chung, sort] subgum a Chinese dish of mixed vegetables and diced meat sycee lumps of pure silver bearing the stamp of a banker or assayer and formerly used as money in China taipan a foreigner living in China and head of a foreign business there. (Also, from an unrelated Native Australian root, a large venomous Australian snake) tanka, tankia the boat-dwelling population of China tao a path of virtuous conduct in Chinese philosophy tatsoi+ a variety of Chinese cabbage towkay+ sir, master tuchun a Chinese military governor tuina a Chinese therapeutic massage system tung a Chinese tree twankay, twanky a variety of green tea; (sl.) gin. [After Tong-ke in China] typhoon a violent cyclonic storm of the China Sea. [T'ai fung, big wind] wampee a tree of the Orange family, growing in China and the East Indies; also, its fruit, which is about the size of a large grape, and has a hard rind and a peculiar flavor. [Chinese huang, yellow, + pi, skin] whangee a kind of grass related to the bamboo; a cane made from the stem of this. [Chinese huang, yellow, + li, bamboo] wock wok a pan used in Chinese cookery. [Cantonese wohk, pan] wuxia wonton in Chinese cuisine, a spicy dumpling containing minced pork, esp. served in soup wushu the Chinese martial arts wuxia+ a genre of Chinese fiction involving the adventures of sword-wielding heroes. yamen, yamun the offices and residence of a mandarin yang one of the two opposing principles of Chinese philosophy yen a Chinese currency yin one of the two opposing principles of Chinese philosophy yu a precious jade yuan a Chinese monetary unit yulan a kind of magnolia, producing large white flowers Cryptogram 16 7 3 12 1 13 13 15 18 7 22 15 18 7 8 4 20 7 13 11 3 8 9 1 6 8 13 25 11 13 24 1 20 22 17 7 20 24 1 6 13 26 7 6 24 17 7 8 7 20 1 6 6 2 20 22 1 3 1 22 8 10 1 13 11 7 10 19 22 22 7 1 1 14 1 6 24 13 25 1 22 1 6 11 6 19 13 24 6 1 13 21 3 1 23 1 23 23 19 3 7 6 1 1 4 8 7 6 20 13 2 12 1 8 22 1 22 7 2 3 1 22 20 1 1 24 1 13 20 7 22 7 23 7 15 7 22 7 13 24 5 7 22 22 20 22 6 13 7 20 6 20 22 3 3 20 22 26 3 8 13 8 14 1 11 1 1 7 6 13 2 7 6 1 6 1 13 1 15 7 13 7 6 24 20 13 24 13 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 X 29
Curio Corner I am indebted to S.H.Cheah for contributing the following collection of acronyms, or words formed from the initial letters of phrases. alnico(s) ALuminium, NIckel and CObalt: an alloy of iron, nickel, aluminium, cobalt and copper amu Atomic Mass Unit. arpa Address and Routing Parameter Area: an Internet top-level domain used exclusively for Internet-infrastructure purposes. It originates from Arpanet, originally developed by the US Advanced Research Projects Agency. asdic Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee: an early sonar aspro in Australian slang, an ASsociate PROfessor awol Absent WithOut Leave bambi a Born Again Middle-aged BIker. buppy, buppie Black Urban Professional: a black yuppie. codec COde and DECode: apparatus for coding and decoding signals conelrad CONtrol of ELectromagnetic RADiation: a US emergency warning broadcast system in the event of attack elint ELectronic INTelligence: intelligence gathered by electronic means; eniac Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator: an early American electronic computer: eprom Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory fedex FEDeral EXpress: to air freight figjam F--k I'm Good, Just Ask Me: (Australian slang) a very conceited person fubar, foobar F--ked Up Beyond All Recognition gestapo GEheime STAatsPOlizei: Secret State Police gox Gaseous OXygen gulag the system of political prisons and forced labour camps in the Soviet Union; camp for the detention of political prisoners: an acronym of the body administering the system: Glavnoe Upravlenie ispravitelnotrudovykh LAGerei. jafa Just Another F---ing Aucklander jato Jet-Assisted Take-Off kreep potassium (Kalium), Rare Earth Elements, and Phosphorus: a basaltic lunar rock. laser Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission of Radiation loran LOng RANge navigation: a radio navigation system operating over long distances magnox MAGnesium No OXidation: a type of container for nuclear reactors mips Million Instructions Per Second: a measure of a computer's processing speed mirv Multiple Independently-targeted Reentry Vehicle, as in nuclear warheads modem MOdulate DEModulate: a device which converts digital data into analogue signals which can be sent over a telephone system. Also a verb nairu Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment navarho NAVigation Aid RHo (a navigation symbol for distance): a low-frequency longrange navigational system for aircraft nicad a battery, usually rechargeable, with NIckel anode and CADmium cathode nife NIckel FErrum (iron): the supposed material of Earth's core. nimbyism from Nimby, a person willing to have something occur so long as it does not 30 affect him or take place in his locality: 'Not In My Back Yard' nox Nitrogen OXide. oflag OFfiziersLAGer: a German prisoner-of-war camp for officers omov One Man, One Vote: a voting system perfin PERForated INitials: a stamp perforated with the initials of firms, to prevent theft by employees. pomo POst-MOdernism quango QUasi-Autonomous Non-GOvernmental organisation radar RADio detection And Ranging rato Rocket Assisted Take-Off rurp Realized Ultimate Reality Piton: a very small hooklike piton used in mountaineering scuba Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus shoran SHOrt RANge navigation: a short range radar system sial, sialic the lighter upper part of the earth's continental crust composed of rocks rich in SIlica and ALumina sialon various ceramic materials consisting of SIlicon, ALuminium, Oxygen and Nitrogen snafu Situation Normal: All F--ked Up: confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state sonar SOund Navigation And Ranging: an underwater communication and position finding device spif Stamp Perforated with the Initials of Firms, to prevent theft by employees. spim SPam Instant Messaging: unsolicited commercial communications received on a computer via an instant messaging system stalag STAmm LAGer: a base camp (for prisoners of war) taser Thomas A Swift's Electric Rifle: a small gun-like device which fires electrified barbs, used to stun. twoccer, twoccing, twocker, twocking Taking Without Owner's Consent: a technical name for the offence of stealing a car vatable, vatman Value-Added Tax waac member of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps wof Waste Of Flesh: (Australian slang) fool, idiot wysiwyg What You See (on the screen) Is What You Get (on the printout) ufo Unidentified Flying Object, such as a flying saucer yaba Yet Another Bloody Acronym. Yes, that is really what it means. yag Yttrium Aluminium Garnet: an artificial garnet yuppy, yuppie Young Urban (or Upwardly-mobile) Professional 31
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