Next Of Kin

The Lived Jane-ionary
*not* The Devil’s Dictionary

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A glossary of next-of kin (with some kith thrown in)
related words, moments, and junctures

a Lived—not Devil’s--repertoire

(Apologies to Ambrose Bierce)

Bierce reportedly responded

“I DO NOT ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY!”


Kin
Hak mir nisht kin chaynik (Yiddish)
don't chop my teakettle or, colloquially, stop
annoying me


Kinescope
The fervent pre-video tape
passion for watching and preserving video
esteemed productions


Kinesiology
The study of human movement
within and without one’s family base


Kinflicks
Home made movies about one’s
family


King
A country’s leader whose family
sometimes joins him and sometimes
doesn’t join him in reigning


kin nam mai phuea laeng (Thai)
the eternal human propensity to spend money
without thinking of future consequences


Kith-kinanation
When a kind, even generous interaction with a
distant acquaintance or a new and and quick
interaction with someone not previously known
feels like a contact of kin


Naturkinations
The moment in which or situation through which
a human feels kinship with nature. Gogi Grant
depicted this in her rendition of Stanley
Lebowsky’s and Herb Newman’s song “The
Wayward Wind,” notably in the line “the next of
kin to the wayward wind.”


Nikki
Next of kin to a mom and dad who
so treasured the person that they
embedded the kinship in her very name.


Skin
The familial organ of one’s body
with which one shares his or entire life
on which one bestows his or her treasured
pecuniary and (hopefully) gentle cosmetic
attention.