Noobibusses

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  • nubi basse: (Italian) low clouds → in FW clouds are usually associated with nubile Issy
  • omnibuses: referning to an eveyman, from the turn-of-the-century expression 'man on the clapham omnibus' (england's first bus service), later simply 'the man on the bus'.
  • buss: to kiss
    • Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida 4.5.220-221: "Yon towers, whose wanton tops do buss the clouds, Must kiss their own feet."