Paul’s Dignity Village Dictionary*

drunk (noun): a vessel attempting to sail against the tide.
bollar
(noun/verb): a drunk asking for a dollar (buck/dollar).
Village pets
(nouns): names that are learned before the members’ names.
stonner
(noun): a vessel that tacks with the wind.
headhunter
(noun): an individual who writes one ‘incident report’ per week.
IR
(noun): “incident report”, written complaint of wrong-doing, initiating official action.
VIC
(noun): “Village Intake Committee,” members who interview potential new members.
HU
(verb): “heads up”, a wake-up call for security watch.
BLR
(verb): “back log read,” the reading of past security watches’ log entries.
rounds
(noun): security’s every half-hour check-up walk around the Village.
rain walk
(verb): the manner by which one’s psychological profile traverses the tarmac.
The Commons
(noun): where people with nothing in common congregate.
snipe
(noun): recycled cigarettes
council
(noun): butt-heads who make decisions.
board officers
(noun): agenda based conspirators.
members
(noun): human fodder.
security coordinator
(noun): despot.
building coordinator
(noun): individual with the nicest house.
house keeping coordinator
(noun): shit disturber.
donation coordinator
(noun): embezzler.
non-profit business
(noun): a private enterprise.
shower
(noun): place where an individual visits quarterly or yearly.
greenhouse
(noun): storage shed for dead plants on their way to compost.
recycling coordinator
(noun): night time entrepreneur.
butt rock
(noun): beach on the Columbia River where members escape.
razor blades
(noun): a scarce metal element.
tailor-made
(noun): mainly natural tobacco with non-tobacco products that will litter.
fine-fuck-up
(noun): person or action inconsistent, neurotic and emotional.
Propane
(noun): actual source of heat but not for the Sunday BBQ.
Sterno
(noun): ‘canned heat’. a source of heat for cooking.
overnight guest
(noun): people who seldom leave.

*(FYI The nautical flavor?… Paul was both Navy and Merchant seaman.)


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