NON-EXISTENCE, NON-EXISTENT
ADJECTIVES
► UNBEING non-existent → 1607 obs.
NOUNS
► ASSHOLE FOR A HOBBY-HORSE a non-existent item; used to put off a child when bothersome or inquisitive, as when they ask ‘What are you making?” → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BREAKTHROUGH KEYS a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. coal mining usage
► BUBBLE BUSTER a non-existent item used to tease a beginner or inexperienced person → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BUCKET OF SMOKE an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BUGLE OIL an imaginary substance for which raw recruits are sent as a form of hazing; hence, nonsense → 1921 US Army sl.
► BUNK STRETCHER a non-existent tool to perplex rookies → 1944 Amer. services’ sl. (Bk.)
► BUSHEL OF COLUMN CENTERS a non-existent item used as the basis for practical jokes → 1969
► CAJOLERATOR CLAMP something that is non-existent, often used as a practical joke by having someone go get one → 1974 US jocular usage
► CANNON REPORT an imaginary written report for which recruits are sent as a practical joke → 1923 US Army sl.
► CAN OF CHECKERED PAINT a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CAN OF VACUUM a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1949 Amer. dial.
► CAPON EGG a nonexistent item used to tease a greenhorn → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CASE-EXPANDER a non-existent tool used to tease a beginner or inexperienced person → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CHECKERED PAINT a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CUP OF SMOKE an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CUPOLA KEY an imaginary item used as the basis for a practical joke →
► CUPOLA WRENCH an imaginary item used as the basis for a practical joke → 1966
► CURRENCY STRETCHER a non-existent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CUT GLASS SLEDGEHAMMER an imaginary object used as the basis for a practical joke → 1960
► DARK-WHITE PAINT a non-existent object used as a prank errand for a novice painter → 1966 US sl.
► DEHYDRATED WATER a nonexistent substance used as the basis of a practical joke → 1970 Amer. dial.
► DIHEDRAL OIL an imaginary substance; recruits are sent to procure some, as a joke or in being hazed → World War II Amer. sl.
► DOG’S EGGS something nonexistent → 1973 Amer. dial., jocular usage
► EIGHT-DOLLAR BILL a non-existent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1970 Amer. dial.
► ELBEDRITSCH an imaginary creature which, as a practical joke, a greenhorn is sent to hunt or capture → 1889 Amer. dial.
► ELBOW GREASE a non-existent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1966 Amer. dial.
► ELECTRIC LIGHT OIL a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1921 Amer. dial.
► ELECTRIC LIGHT TRIMMER a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1969 Amer. dial.
► ELEVATOR TICKET a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1968 Amer. dial.
► ENGLISH a nonexistent object used as the basis of a practical joke → 1921 Amer. dial.
► EXTRACT OF HAMMER HANDLE a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1966 Amer. dial.
► FENCE-POST HOLE a nonexistent item used as the basis for a practical joke → 1968 Amer. dial.
► FILLILOO BIRD an imaginary bird that people tell tales about, esp. to tease greenhorns → 1899 Amer. dial.
► FINNEGAN PIN a nonexistent object used as the basis of practical jokes → 1967 Amer. dial.
► FLUE-STRETCHER a non-existent item that a beginner is sent for → 1970 Amer. dial.
► GREEN LAMPBLACK a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1938 Amer. dial.
► HACKLEBARNEY a non-existent town you try to get to that is forever just around the next curve or just over the next hill, a town you believe in but never get to → 1950 Amer. sl.
► HALF-ROUND SQUARE a non-existent item serving as the basis for a practical joke → 1960 Amer. dial.
► HEAD JOINT a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1968 Amer. dial. bricklayers’ usage
► HEAL STICK a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HEN TEETH ► HEN’S TEETH a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1967 Amer. dial.
► IRISH DIVIDEND a non-existent or fictitious profit, a deficit, a stock assessment → 1867 US sl.
► ITALIC PERIOD a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1921 Amer. dial.
► ITALIC SPACE a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1968 Amer. dial.
► KEY FOR A KEELSON a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. dial.
► KEY TO THE CLEARINGHOUSE a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. banking usage
► KEY TO THE COMPASS a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1942 Amer. sl.
► KEY TO THE CURTAINS a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. dial.
► KEY TO THE DRILL GROUND a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. navy usage
► KEY TO THE FLAGPOLE a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. army usage
► KEY TO THE JOHNNY BOX a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. dial.
► KEY TO THE OARLOCKS a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. dial.
► KEY TO THE PITCHER’S BOX a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. dial.
► KEY TO THE SUNDIAL a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LEFT-HANDED MONKEY WRENCH an imaginary tool that an inexperienced worker is sent to find as a prank → 1921 US sl.
► LEFT-HANDED SAW a nonexistent tool that inexperienced workers are sent to find as a hazing prank → 1921 Amer. sl.
► LEFT-HANDED SCREW DRIVER a nonexistent tool that inexperienced workers are sent to find as a hazing prank → 1921 Amer. sl.
► LEFT-HANDED SPANNER an imaginary tool that an inexperienced worker is sent to find as a prank → 1920s US sl.
► MACARONI SEED a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MEAT AUGER a nonexistent object used as the basis of a practical joke → 1921 Amer. dial.
► MOLLY HOGAN a nonexistent thing or person used as the basis of a practical joke → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MONEY-CLEANER a non-existent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1969 Amer. dial.
► MUCKET a nonexistent item, sometimes used as the basis of a practical joke → 1961 Amer. dial.
► NEVER-BEING non-existence → 1633 obs.
► PAIL OF VACUUM a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PARADE KEY a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. army usage
► PATENT POSTHOLE a fictitious device used by farmers in a practical joke → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PEANUT FLOAT a nonexistent object used as the basis of a practical joke → 1968 Amer. dial.
► POSTHOLE a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1919 Amer. dial.
► RED LANTERN OIL a non-existent substance used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED OIL a non-existent substance used as the basis of a practical joke → 1921 Amer. dial.
► RED OIL FOR THE RED LIGHT. a non-existent substance used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. dial.
► RED SPERM OIL a non-existent substance used as the basis of a practical joke → 1921 Amer. dial.
► RED TAILLIGHT OIL. a non-existent substance used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. dial.
► REPLACEMENT VACUUM a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 2006 Amer. dial.
► RIGHT-HANDED CRESCENT WRENCH a nonexistent item used as the basis of practical joke → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RIGHT-HANDED HAMMER a nonexistent item used as the basis of practical joke → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RIGHT-HANDED SCREWDRIVER ► RIGHT-HAND SCREWDRIVER a nonexistent item used as the basis of practical joke → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RIGHT-HANDED SHOVEL a nonexistent item used as the basis of practical joke → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RIGHT-HANDED UMBRELLA a nonexistent item used as the basis of practical joke → 1966 Amer. dial.
► ROUND SQUARE a nonexistent item used as the basis for a practical joke → 1896 Amer. dial.
► SCRIMMAGE LINE a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1967 Amer. dial.
► SKIRMISH LINE a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1918 Amer. dial.
► SKY-HOOK. an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke → 1939 Amer. dial.
► SKY-JACK an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SKY-ROD an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SKY-WRENCH an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SMOKE an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke → 1909 Amer. dial.
► SMOKE-BENDER an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke → 1980 Amer. dial.
► SMOKE CURLER an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke → 1942 Amer. dial.
► SMOKE GRINDER an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke → 1909 Amer. dial.
► SMOKE-SHIFTER an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke → 1966 Amer. dial.
► SMOKE SHOVEL an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke → 1939 Amer. dial.
► STOVE KEY a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1965 Amer. dial.
► TOP JACK a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke ‘to jack the mountain up’ → 1967 Amer. dial.
► TREE SQUEAK a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1966 Amer. dial.
► UNBEING absence or lack of being; non-existence → 1435 obs.
► WHEELBARROW SEED a nonexistent item used as the basis for a practical joke → 1898 Amer. dial.
► WHIMMY-DIDDLE ► WIMMY-DIDDLE a thingamajig, a contraption; a nonexistent object → 1934 Amer. dial.
► WHIMMY-DIDDLE TO A SMOKE-GRINDER an imaginary object used as the basis of a practical joke → 1966 Amer. dial.
► WHIMMY-DOODLE a thingamajig, a contraption; a nonexistent object → 1946 Amer. dial.
► WHIM-WHAM FOR A GOOSE’S BRIDLE ► WIM-WAM FOR A GOOSE’S BRIDLE a nonexistent object → 1928 Amer. dial.
► WOODEN ASSHOLE FOR A HOBBY-HORSE a non-existent item; used to put off a child when bothersome or inquisitive, as when they ask ‘What are you making?” → 1966 Amer. dial.
► WOODEN ASSHOLE FOR MERRY-GO-ROUND HORSES a non-existent item; used to put off a child when bothersome or inquisitive, as when they ask ‘What are you making?” → 1966 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► UNBE 1. to lack being; to be non-existent → 1434
2. to deprive of being; to make non-existent → 1624