A new word for you today my dearies: Rennie. I love this word. I refer to myself as a Rennie. I refer to others that I know as Rennie and I now have people in my life that want to become Rennies. So here is the question is Rennie a condition or is Rennie what you are? I would say...
The Green Man
posted by Bobaganush
Had a great experience with one of my nephews the first time that I took them to the Ren Fair. We were at the Carolina Renaissance Festival and the youngest nephew, Riley. Was walking around not really watching where he was going. He found himself among the legs of the Green Man. It...
Woot!
posted by Bobaganush
I am feeling a little extra geeky today and thought that I would add to your vocabulary. If you are ever looking for a word to express joy, and I mean joy found on the internet, then might I suggest that you begin to use the word woot. Woot as defined in the dictionary is an expression of joy and yes, it was added to the dictionary in 2011 so it is even scrabble worthy. First some definitions. Concise Oxford English Dictionary added woot and several others word sin 2011. They say that woot is used to express elation, enthusiasm or triumph. According to some online sources, woot may have orginally been spelled w00t (with zeros) or...
Ode to a Ren Rat
posted by Bobaganush
The Ren Rat – this is a derogatory term that people ‘in’ the fair use for people that are ‘at’ the fair. Thos poor souls that really want to be a part of the show. That really want to stand out. Those, dear reader, are the Ren Rats. The ones that you see...
Garb Snark
posted by Bobaganush
Don’t Garb Snark, ok. There is no reason to run other people down because of their poor choices when it comes to costumes. There is no reason to put others down due to the fact that they don’t know whether they should be wearing tennis shoes with their slops or whether they should have...
Careen
posted by Bobaganush
There is a word that I am sure you have heard on many a pirate movie that you most likely don’t understand or know the definition of: careen. Careen means to lean or tilt a ship over. This sounds like a really bad idea but it was a process developed to keep the bottom of the boat clean and in good repair. Here is a brief and concise history of why we careen boats… ships. The bottom of the boat sits in water. Boats back in the age of sail were made of wood. Go soak some wood in water from the ocean and you are going to find that wood in water tends to rot and things grow on it. Things like, barnacles grow on the wood. ...
Boothie
posted by Bobaganush
Here is your vocabulary word for the day: Boothie A boothie is a person that works in or for a booth at a fair. This fair can be of any type, Renaissance, steampunk, etc but the end result is the same, boothies work in booths. Get it! Now these boothies can be of two different types: there are boothies that work in the booth and Boothies that work for the booth. There is a bit of a difference here. boothie – These boothies work in the booth and they are those that assist the merchant and are regular folks in real life. They are also regulars to that fair. As regulars to the fair, they have attended the fair enough that they...
Anon
posted by Bobaganush
I have a ren word for you today, my little Rennies! As the year comes to a close I have a way to hasten it. The word is: anon. This is a favorite of many of the people that I have gone to fairs with. We of course, used it as a multi-purpose word. We decided that ending every sentence...
My Lord – My L...
posted by Bobaganush
When you go to a Ren Fair you need to get used to hearing strange words. One of the ways that you will be addressed is as My Lord or My Lady. This is the normal greeting that you will get from most people when you enter a merchant’s shop. The first couple of times that you are...
Wench
posted by Bobaganush
Wench – is it good or is it bad or does it depend on where you are when you use the term? According to the Oxford dictionaries – Wench: noun – a girl or young woman; archaic usage – a prostitute verb – to consort with prostitutes OK. Looking at these...
Huzzah
posted by Bobaganush
Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah! I heard this exclamation every time I turned around at the first fair I ever attended (TN Ren Fest in 05). I turned to SirWiz and gave him a puzzled look. This is not the first word that I didn’t understand completely at the Fair and I am sure that it will...
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