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Vocable

Summary: {{Template}} In [[Speech communication|speech]], a '''vocable''' is an utterance, term, or [[word]] that is capable of being spoken and [[Recall (memory)|recognized]]. A '''non-lexical...

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Phantosmia

Summary: {{Template}} '''Phantosmia''' is a form of olfactory [[hallucination]]. While most olfactory hallucinations are caused by a misinterpretation of a physical stimulus, such as in the case of...

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Jamais vu

Summary: {{Template}} In [[psychology]], '''''jamais vu''''' ({{IPAc-en|icon|ˈ|ʒ|ɑː|m|eɪ|_|ˈ|v|uː}}; from [[French language|French]], meaning "never seen") is the [[phenomenon]] of experiencing a...

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Nonsense Books

Summary: {{Template}}"[[Nonsense Books]]" by [[Edward Lear]][http://ia700307.us.archive.org/4/items/nonsensebooks13650gut/13650-h/13650-h.htm#cont3]. It comprises: The first "[[Book of Nonsense]]"...

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The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

Summary: {{Template}} '''''The Human Centipede (First Sequence)''''' is a <!-- The Human Centipede was released in the USA theatrically on April 30 2010. This was the first mainstream release of the...

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The Purple Rose of Cairo (fictional film)

Summary: {{Template}} '''''The Purple Rose of Cairo''''' is a [[fictional film]] set within [[Woody Allen]]'s 1985 [[The Purple Rose of Cairo|film with the same name]]. It is featured and mentioned...

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List of fictional films

Summary: {{Template}} This is a '''list of fictional films''' that have been referenced in various forms of media. These "films" are usually part of the storyline in a movie or television episode,...

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (play)

Summary: {{Template}} '''''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, A Tragic Episode, in Three Tabloids''''' is a short comic play by [[W. S. Gilbert]], a parody of ''[[Hamlet]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]]. The...

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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead

Summary: {{Template}} '''''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead''''' is a 2009 [[United States|American]] independent film written and directed by [[Jordan Galland]]. The film's title refers to a...

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List of W. S. Gilbert dramatic works

Summary: {{Template}} The following is a list of dramatic works by the [[dramatist]] and author [[W. S. Gilbert]]. In the following list, the title of each work appears in the first column, along with...

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Cultural influence of Gilbert and Sullivan

Summary: a{{Template}} In the past 125 years, [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] have pervasively influenced [[popular culture]] in the [[English-speaking world]]. Lines and quotations from the Gilbert and...

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Short, sharp shock

Summary: {{Template}} The phrase '''"short, sharp shock"''' means "a quick, severe punishment." It was originally used in [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s 1885 [[comic opera]] ''[[The Mikado]]'', where it...

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The Pirates of Penzance

Summary: {{Template}} '''''The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty''''' is a [[comic opera]] in two acts, with music by [[Arthur Sullivan]] and [[libretto]] by [[W. S....

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Stiff upper lip

Summary: {{Template}} One who has a '''stiff upper lip''' displays [[fortitude]] in the face of adversity, or exercises great [[self control|self-restraint]] in the expression of [[emotion]]. The...

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W. S. Gilbert bibliography

Summary: {{Template}} This is a selected list of [[W. S. Gilbert]]'s works, including all that have their own Wikipedia articles. For a complete list of Gilbert's dramatic works, see [[List of W. S....

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The Cambridge History of English and American Literature

Summary: {{Template}} '''''The Cambridge History of English and American Literature''''' was published by [[Cambridge University Press]] in 1907–1921. The 18 volumes include 303 chapters and more than...

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Questions (game)

Summary: {{Template}} '''Questions''' is a [[game]] that is played by participants maintaining a dialogue of asking questions back and forth for as long as possible, without making any declarative...

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Literary influence of Hamlet

Summary: {{Template}} [[William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare's]] '''''Hamlet''''' is a [[tragedy]], believed to have been written between [[1599 in literature|1599]] and [[1601 in literature|1601]]....

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References to Hamlet

Summary: {{Template}} Numerous '''references to ''[[Hamlet]]''''' in [[popular culture]] (in film, literature, arts, etc.) reflect the continued influence of this play, which is probably the most...

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Piper

Summary: {{Template}} '''Piper''' can mean: == People == ===First names=== * [[Piper Gilles]], an American figure skater * [[Piper Laurie]], an American actress, born Rosetta Jacobs * [[Piper Perabo]],...

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