Websters' First New Intergalactic Wickedary of the English Language

340 Pages·1994·17 MB·

by  Mary Daly

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WEBSTERS’ FIRST NEW INTERGALACTIC WICKEDARY OF THE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Copyright © 1987 by Mary Daly. Text illustra-
tions copyright © 1985 by Sudie Rakusin. All rights reserved. Printed in
the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or repro-
duced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in
the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For
information address HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, New
York, NY 10022.
Text design by Ann Schroeder
FIRST HARPERCOLLINS PAPERBACK EDITION PUBLISHED IN 1994
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Daly, Mary.
Websters’ first new intergalactic wickedary of the English language
/ conjured by Mary Daly in cahoots with Jane Caputi ; illustrations
by Sudie Rakusin. — Ist HarperCollins pbk. ed.
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Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-06-251037-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Witchcraft—Terminology. 2. Feminism—Terminology.
3. Social ethics—Terminology. 4. Patriarchy—Terminology.
5. English language—Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. I. Caputi, Jane.
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[BF1563.5.D35 1994] 93-25752
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This edition is printed on acid-free paper that meets the American
National Standards Institute Z39.48 Standard.
In Metamemory of
Andrée Collard
true lover of the Wild
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to the myriads
ofH opping Hoping women
and Other creatures
who continue to carry on

CONTENTS
PREFACE Xill
EXPLANATORY NOTES
THE Preliminary
FIRST
Webs
PHASE
WOVEN BY MARY DALY
PRELIMINARY WEB ONE
The Wickedary: Its History/Metamystery
PRELIMINARY WEB TWO
Spelling: The Casting of Spells 13
PRELIMINARY WEB THREE
Grammar: Our Wicked Witches Hammer 23
PRELIMINARY WEB FOUR
Pronunciation: Denouncing, Pronouncing,
Announcing
33
PRELIMINARY WEB FIVE
Guides to the Wickedary 42
vil
THE The Core of
SECOND
The Wickedary:
PHASE
Word-Webs
WOVEN BY MARY DALY
AND JANE CAPUTI
WORD-WEB ONE
Elemental Philosophical Words and
Phrases and Other Key Words 59
WORD-WEB TWO
The Inhabitants of the Background,
Their Activities and Characteristics 102
WORD-WEB THREE
The inhabitants of the foreground,
their activities and characteristics 183
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