![]() ![]() GROANING-CHEESE Back in the day, husbands didn't just hold their wives' hands during childbirth-they gave them the medieval version of an epidural: Cheese. The behavior of a fribbler was called fribbledom, by the way.Ħ. He says he's really into a lady, but just won't commit. FRIBBLER Though this term comes from the 18th century, chances are you know a fribbler. Flitterwochen is, obviously, a much better word.ĥ. FLITTERWOCHEN This Old English expression (probably borrowed from German) meant "fleeting weeks," and refers to what we today call a honeymoon. Replace servant with employee and master with boss, and you could probably know a few people to whom this term would apply.Ĥ. EYE-SERVANT A term describing a servant who did his duty only lazily except when within sight of his master, "a form of insincerity known as 'eye-service,'" Kacirk notes. ![]() arising from intemperance and debauchery." Put another way: If you get crunk, expect crapulence.ģ. ![]() According to Kacirk, it "denoted intestinal and cranial distress. CRAPULENCE This word, from the Latin root crapula, arose in the 18th century. ASTROLOGAMAGE The medieval era's Miss Cleos, these so-called wise men made predictions based on what was happening in the sky.Ģ. ![]()
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