Archieisms

Inspired by Billy D

Archie said a lot of things on the show that only made sense if you could translate them from New Yorker to normal American. Here are some of my favorite Archieisms and what they mean:

adult-er-ess (adult female)
a-rhab (arab)
buttinsky (a person who is nosy)
birth patrol (birth control)
chinooka (hanukah)
chinkiepuncture (acupuncture)
constitionalists (constituents)
corpsuckels (corpuscles)
detergerate (regurgitate)
entramanore (entrepreneur)
female intermission (female intuition)
floorplay (foreplay)
groinocologist (gynecologist)
geronimous zones (erogenous zones)
homosapien (killer fag)
house of ill refute (house of ill repute)
his-mones & her-mones (hormones)
iminent (intimate)
ipso fatso (vice versa)
ivory shower (ivory tower)
last will & tenticle (last will & testament)
menstrual show (minstrel show)
mental pause (menopause)
minororities (minorities)
premartial sex (pre-marital sex)
prederranged (prearranged)
prostate server (process server)
suppository remarks (derogatory remarks)
transversive (transvestite)
urology (eulogy)
woman's lubrication (woman's liberation)

And some Quotes:

“No taxation without regimentation.”

“If that ain't "the Black calling the kettle pot!"

“A four-letter Italian word for good-bye...BANG”

“Entertainment is a thing of the past, today we've got television.”

“I got nothin' against mankind. It's people I can't stand.”

“I just don't want you to do nothing on the sperm of the moment.” Go ahead and leave your favorite Archie Quote.