Tuesday, March 06, 2007

The First Step Is the Name

There are a number of people in the world who want to know, just as I once wanted to know, what to call a Hitler-style mustache. They say to themselves, "What do you call a Hitler mustache?" They are sensing fascism and injustice. One might say that one of Hitler's least meaningful but most thorough conquests is his complete dominion over that style of mustache. Alternatives may be important.

from pgs. 78, 79,80 of Hitler's Mustache
Hitler’s Mustache: The Alternative Names
(an incomplete list)

amplifier
amputee
anus
anvil
armband
ashtray
bar code
barn door
barrel
belt buckle
bible
blackbird
blackboard
black book
black box
black cape
black chest
black curtain
black egg
black flag
black hoe
black hole
black knot
black magnet
black shrimp
black stamp
black square
black tab
black tooth
black trap
black troth
blister
block
bog
boil
book
boot heel
bowling ball
box
brace
brick
brush
bullet
bumper
burnt egg
business card
calculator
cape
cask
casket
cassette
castrato
cat head
cave
cave hole
Charlie
chimney
chip
computer chip
computer screen
cookie
cookie sheet
couch cushion
coup
cube
cuff link
dance floor
deck
divot
door
doorknob
doormat
doorway
dot
egg
egg yolk
eye patch
fang
fetus
fireplace
flag
frame
fur bullet
fur fetus
fur eye
fur head
fur oink
fur pig
fur pocket
fur shadow
fur square
fur stamp
fur tongue
fur tooth
fur trap
fur troth
fur turtle
gap tooth
giant dot
giant seed
golden mean
hat shadow
head
headlight
hinge
ice block
ice cube
infant
ink blot
ink cape
ink pad
ink pond
jukebox
kid
kiddy
kidney
kneecap
knot
lampshade
larva
last meal
last square
lip car
lip cat
lip divot
lip hat
lip squirrel
lip tuft
magnet
metal lock
microwave
micro chasm
money clip
monitor
muffler
nip
nipped
nose boat
nose coal
nose curtain
nose drop
nose fetus
nose kidney
nose noose
nose oink
nose olive
nose pig
nose plug
nose poo
nose radish
nose rake
nose shadow
nose Q
notebook
not Lincoln
oil tray
oil tub
olive
open throat
orifice
ovary
oven
oven door
oven hole
oven throat
padlock
pig
piggy
playing card
pork barrel
pork cask
pork chop
pug
Q
quarter
rake
regular
regular square
rest note
rum barrel
seed
shoebox
shovel
shrimp
shirt pocket
skid mark
sled
smudge
snout
square anus
square barrel
square button
square chimp
square dot
square eye
square hub
square key
square knot
square magnet
square olive
square oven
square pill
square pupil
square sled
square trap
square well
stereo speaker
swimming pool
tab
tablet
tadpole
television
tennis court
third square
thumb wide
toad
tombstone
tongue
toothbrush
top hat
trapdoor
troth
tub
tuft
turtle
vault
wedding ring
window
wing
wire brush
wire troth
young fang
young flag
young fur

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