JUNE 2004
A PARKERSBURG VOCABULARY
THE LEXICAL INVENTORY OF AN APOCRYPHAL TOWNE
by David Berman
Sad Fingers (sad-fin-gurs) n. Nostalgia for an old area code. Ex: “He has sad fingers.”
Hoxter (hock-stur) n. A fellow who lacks the energy to live up to his own sociopathic heritage.
Roycambellside (roy-cam-bul-zid) adv. or adj. To be in the vicinity of Roy Campbell.
Blue Emberton (blu-embr-tun) n. A wealthy man who subsidizes his own murder, often through the employment of an idle hoxter.
Dratchell (dratch-ll) n. A piano tuned to the shadows cast on a vacant lot.
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