{"id":2701,"date":"1997-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1997-08-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/words\/1997\/08\/26\/hinky-pinky-comments\/"},"modified":"2018-01-14T15:53:53","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T23:53:53","slug":"hinky-pinky-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/words\/1997\/08\/26\/hinky-pinky-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"H: Apian Patellae (Reader Comments and Addenda)"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Apparently I liked the \"biking Viking\" one so much I needed to list it twice. Oops.<\/p>\r\n

Arthur contributed some more hinks:<\/p>\r\n

Alternate answers for \"hink-pink: seafood spread\": bream cream, or perhaps ship dip.<\/p>\r\n

Hink-pinks:<\/p>\r\n

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Where to get your fix while you're on shore leave?<\/dt>\r\n
Tar bar. [Or the related \"smack shack.\" \u2014JEH]<\/dd>\r\n
A little cream cheese on the wharf.<\/dt>\r\n
Pier schmear.<\/dd>\r\n
It's a dog's face.<\/dt>\r\n
Pug mug.<\/dd>\r\n<\/dl>\r\n

And a couple of longer items:<\/p>\r\n

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Hinky-pinky: Spelunking slogan.<\/dt>\r\n
Grotto motto.<\/dd>\r\n
Hink-pink-dink: It smells like carpet beetles.<\/dt>\r\n
Rug bug fug.<\/dd>\r\n<\/dl>\r\n

I know an anecdote about Norman Mailer's use of the word \"fug,\" but I think I'll save it for another time... Anyway, that last one forced me to try my hand at extending the idea ad absurdum<\/i>:<\/p>\r\n

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hink-pink-dink-bink-gink-nink-frink-jink: a fuss concerning a word puzzle about a ratting lizard who's unusually fond of metallic weasels.<\/dt>\r\n
fink skink\/zinc mink kink hink-pink stink!<\/dd>\r\n<\/dl>\r\n

Arthur added a few less strict items:<\/p>\r\n

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hinky-pinky: \"Oh no, Bobby's stuck in the furnace and his parents will be home any minute!\"<\/dt>\r\n
au pair<\/i> nightmare [or perhaps au pair<\/i>'s despair?]<\/dd>\r\n
hinkety-pinkety: A pure thickener.<\/dt>\r\n
absolute arrowroot<\/dd>\r\n
hinketius pinketius: Greek princess.<\/dt>\r\n
sorority authority [And here I thought the answer would involve \"Basileia Makhetes<\/a>\"...]<\/dd>\r\n<\/dl>\r\n
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(Last updated: 6 November 1997)<\/p>\r\n

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