A MLA Primer V1.0

By the Tribe, written down by scriborsky

Excerpts from the 2012 edition of the Maybeclopedia in 23 volumes

8CM (acronym)

• 'The Eight Dimensions of the Mind' one of the eight courses that was offered by Bob Wilson On the MLA.

Amateurcrastinating (verb)

• as opposed to PROcrastinating. (<Maxwell smart in Forum V4.1)

Bloom (name)

• One of the two major male archetypes in 20th Century literature. See Lecter.
  "Bloom, the perpetual victim, the kind and gentle fellow who finishes last, represented an astonishing breakthrough to new levels of realism in the novel, and also symbolized the view of humanity that hardly anybody could deny c. 1900-1950. History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim. Bloom, exploited and downtrodden by the Brits for being Irish and rejected by many of the Irish for being Jewish, does indeed epiphanize humanity in the first half of the 20th Century. And he remains a nice guy despite everything that happens..." RAW in rawilson.com, 'previous thoughts', '12 Gouidille 127 E.P.' (sic, actually 12 Gidouille 127…)

Bobskimming (verb)

• Checking all of RAW's books in the library in search of the shadow of a memory of something he wrote… (<borsky in V4.1)
  

Cabrón (noun)

• "Guidelines? We ain't got no guidelines. We don't need no guidelines. I don't have to show you any stinking guidelines you goddam cabrón and ching' tu madre!"
  Replace 'guidelines' with anything else you feel you do not need. Posted on Forum V2 by Bogusmagus on 30th Nov 2005, though probably flowing over from the old Forum V1.

Carnivore quizling (noun)

• see Meat apologist.

Ching' tu madre (noun)

• see Cabrón.

Enantiodromia (noun)

• The tendency of things at the extreme point to turn into their opposite. (<Jung, courtesy of BogusMagus in Forum V2)

Geja'soy and reception (expr.)

• This ancient greeting given to new members was first discovered by Bogusmagus and NakedLunch in an ancient grimoire in BM's gigantic library. It was mentioned on Forum V2 on 30th december 2005.

Human (noun)

• "Have a great human": Amonra's cryptic first salutation on NEP course (probably a babelfish gone loopy).
  

HWHTVLL (acronym)

• 'He Who Had the Very Last Laugh', refering to RAW. (< Nonprophet in Forum V4)

Infoglut (noun)

• Information overflow. (< 8Wasps on the Angel Tech course)

Irrelevant (noun)

• "Reminds me of the four blind men and the irrelevant." (< Psmith on Tale of the Tribe course)

Lagniappe (noun)

• A little something extra. First used by Badger concerning the extra week 13 in the Tale of the Tribe course.

Lecter (name)

• One of the two major male archetypes in 20th Century literature. See Bloom.
  "Dr Lecter, my candidate for the male archetype of 1951-2000, will never win any Nice Guy awards, I fear, but he symbolizes our age as totally as Bloom symbolized his. Hannibal's wit, erudition, insight into others, artistic sensitivity, scientific knowledge etc. make him almost a walking one man encyclopedia of Western civilization. As for his "hobbies" as he calls them — well, according to the World Game Institute, since the end of World War II, in which 60,000,000 human beings were murdered by other human beings, 193, 000,000 more humans have been murdered by other humans in brush wars, revolutions, insurrections etc. What better symbol of our age than a serial killer?"
  RAW in rawilson.com, 'previous thoughts', '12 Gouidille 127 E.P.' (sic, actually 12 Gidouille 127…)

Mambo (verb)

• Back in the old days, forum V2 used to work on a Mambo system. During a quite long period of time this system used to collapse regularly, offering nothing else than the dreaded 'Mambo' logo when hooking up. Courses were interrupted, posts were lost… Shortly afterwards the MLA happily moved on to V3. The expression "mambo'ed" can be used every time the forum seems to malfunction or when the server is temporarily down.

Meat apologist (noun)

• Term invented by Benedict in in V4.1 to define people who seem to try to become vegetarian but still eat chicken and fish.

MIFOS (acronym)

• 'Maybe I'm Full Of Shit', the traditional catchphrase ending a rant, which may give a sense of self-relativity to any opiniated text. Invented by NonProphet in Forum V2.

MLA lucubrations (noun)

• "Curse my MLA lucubrations!". (<from Nonprophet in Forum V3) Researched by BogusMagus: Lucubration, usually pl. The product of nocturnal study and meditation; hence, a literary work showing signs of careful elaboration. Now somewhat derisive or playful, suggesting the notion of something pedantic or over-elaborate.

Multiality (noun)

• Offered by Joe Cochran instead of duality on NEP course
  
  

MYOFB (acronym)

• 'Mind Yer Own Fuckin Bizzniss'. (< Acrillic)

NEP (acronym)

• 'Non-Euclidian Politics' one of the eight courses that was offered by Bob Wilson On the MLA.

No Homo (expr.)

• "Used as a quick modicum of expression that cuts through all the weird feelings a fella feels when someone stands right next to you in a bathroom full of empty urinals.(…) amongst friends when I make such a superlaritive statement about, or towards, a male friend a statement that reveals 'mushy' feelings and such...A couple of us end such a statement with 'No Homo'...". (< Propaganda on Forum V3)

QP (acronym)

• 'Quantum Psychology' one of the eight courses that was offered by Bob Wilson On the MLA.

RAWJ (noun)

• (RAW + Haj = RAWJ) To visit for no other reason than to have a good look at places in some way connected with the author Robert Anton Wilson. (< Nonprophet in Forum V2)

RAWSOME (adjective)

1. "An observation about a thing that has such a pardoxical, unique, cogent, appropriate, reality warping sense that it IS metaphoricaly giving a wedgy to 'Awesome' with one hand whilst finger banging an ecstatic Eris with the other".
2. "When you've just plain run out of compliments"
3. "Any sublime act of 'fucking the system gently'"

• (< Nonprophet (Philixrex) on Forum V4)

RAWTRADICTORY (adjective)

• "An idea, meme, logic, phrase or fact that despite appearing completely counterintuitive actualy makes an awful lot of sense". Named after the writer/philosopher Robert Anton Wilson who urged anyone who read his work to 'think for themselves schmuck' .(< Nonprophet (Philixrex) on Forum V4)

Raw Patatwos (noun)

• The currency used in the MLA forum. First appeared in 2005 in Forum V2. Became part of consensus reality thanks to Bobby Campbell.

Tolerantion (noun)

• by Nonprophet on forum v3. Comment by Roger Rabbit: "Might be a typo. Tolerate the rants? Although rants and openmindedness often appear mutually exclusive."

ToT (acronym)

• 'Tale of the Tribe' one of the eight courses that was offered by Bob Wilson On the MLA.

V62.3 (noun)

• According to the DS-IV: 'academic problem'. See mambo (verb). (< borsky on Forum V4.1)

YIFOSIFIGOI (acronym)

• 'Yes I'm Full Of Shit, In Fact, I Grow On It'. (< Acrillic)