A xenogore is likely to be anyone of your wife’s relations or friends; but it’s sure to be that girl you have to escort home, and don’t want to. (See Uglet.)
A girl who accompanies a couple in love is a xenogore. (See Vorge.)
I longed to see her Paris gowns,
And hear about my aunts,
And all those queer cathedral towns—
She’d just returned from France.
I’d scarcely welcomed her—before
I’d told her she was thinner,
There came a ring—a xenogore!
Of course he stayed to dinner.
Yab, n. 1. A monomaniac or fanatic, interested in one thing. 2. A favorite topic of discussion, or conversation.
Yab´by, a. Talking continually on a single topic.
Yabs, a. Foolishly interested or absorbed.
People used to be yabs on religion, but you seldom see a gospel yab, now that Dowie has passed from sight. Still, there’s a pretty pronounced Christian Science yab on in idealistic circles. Business yabs, yes; but your wife won’t stand for it at the supper-table, unless your guest is a good, heavy buyer. (See Eegot.)
The musician lives in a yab-world of his own. He doesn’t understand ordinary English.
Some men are yabs over women, some have a horrible baseball yab that will last over way into February; but the worst of all is a yabby actor, telling you how good he is. (See Leolump.)