Difference between revisions of "Robulous rebus"
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160330&q1=rabelais Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160330&q1=rabelais Third Census of Finnegans Wake] | ||
| − | * '''rebus:''' a word puzzle which uses pictures to represent parts of words | + | * '''rebus:''' a word puzzle which uses pictures to represent parts of words → FW itself ([[Image:Book.PNG]]) |
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebus Wikipedia] | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebus Wikipedia] | ||
Revision as of 07:35, 9 October 2006
- Romulus and Remus: mythical twins, one of whom supposedly founded Rome and was the city's first king
- Rabelais: François Rabelais, French satirical novelist of the 16th Century
- rebus: a word puzzle which uses pictures to represent parts of words → FW itself (File:Book.PNG)
- rabulous: using such language as only the licence of a buffoon can warrant; characterized by coarseness or indecency of language, esp in jesting and invective; coarsely opprobrious or jocular
- bibulous: addicted to alcohol
