| Hermanology 101 |
| I think that every business has people who eventually come up with their own unique language. On the West Side, Carlos G. came up with Hermanology. Sometimes you need to communicate in front of guests without giving too much information away. Sometimes, you just want to yak it up without getting in trouble. For example, put a group of guys together and they are going to want to talk about the appearance of women in their vicinity - particularly their breasts. So as not to saddle Disneyland with a lot of sexual harrassment lawsuits, the guys would usually discuss the "hands" or "headlights" headed toward each other in car 32 or whatever car/boat the girl was riding in. Women can be just as crass - if we'd see a guy with a nice backside we'd express it "nice pockets." Kristy came up with a pretty foolproof code for certain rides. Say there was an attractive guy in the third row of the second boat in the Pirates station. She'd say "tag boat 23" and the chicks would look to check the guy out. Pretty sly. Following are a few terms that we might have been using within your earshot that made you wonder just what the heck we were talking about. |
| Herman (noun) An attractive woman. Pee-Wee Herman (noun) Attractive underaged girl. Also see PeeWee'd (adv.) to be harrassed by underaged girl (usually happens to good looking male cast members). Wheelie (noun) Wheelchair. Orient Express (noun) Japanese tour group, usually featuring 100 people or more, pouring into the entrance of Pirates, usually about 10:30 a.m. sharp (i.e. "the Orient Express has arrived."). Lapper (noun) Child small enough that they can sit on their parent's lap in the ride, leaving a seat open for an additional adult. Pixie Dust (noun) Popular term for "Vomit Aid," a granular substance poured by custodial on the remnants of someone's lunch. Maxin' (verb) Taking longer than the alloted time for a lunch or coffee break (i.e. "Dawn is maxin' again. She was supposed to be back 10 minutes ago.). Chemically challenged (noun) European tourists who don't believe in chemical deodorants. |