He may wash the dishes because his wife is ill, or because she is making a speech on the street corner; but he is still a hyprijimp. He may wheel the baby-carriage because he is in love with his offspring or afraid of his wife; he is a hyprijimp. (See Vorge.)
He who carries bundles, kisses his wife in public, does errands for his sister or criticises hats with real fervor is a hyprijimp.
The hyprijimp is the male guest at a woman’s club; a man at a prayer meeting, an author who reads his own poems, a non-smoker, a husband in an employment agency. (See Varm.)
The husband of a Suffragette is a hyprijimp. (See Wowze.)
Within a tea-room, pink and dim,
Mid candlesticks and tiles,
A hyprijimp, the only Him,
Was waiting, wreathed in smiles.
Ah, did he swear at Her delay?
Did rage his forehead crimp?
Oh, no, he was not built that way;
He was a hyprijimp!
Ig´moil, n. 1. A quarrel over money matters; a sordid dispute. 2. The driving of a hard bargain; a petty law suit.
Before the funeral was over, the brothers and sisters were fighting over the will; yes, before the father was dead, they had their igmoils over the property.
Woe to the wife of the stingy husband! Many are her igmoils. (See Hyprijimp.)
And yet no one can escape the igmoil when abroad. When they charge you, as an American, four times the price, how can you help trying to jew them down? (See Jurp.)