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The BeanWeb: Glossary

  • ️Mark L. Irons
  • ️Sun Nov 12 2000
Artist & creator of the Fabulous Look·See·Show.

Sleeping Bean Big·Big·Picture

The totality of everything.

Bone Zone

Strata of Hoi-Polloi skulls beneath the Four Realities.

Boom'r Band

Beanworld musicians.

Chow

A dark stony substance. The Beans eat it and the Hoi-Polloi use it for money.

Chowdown

The act of consuming food.

Chowdown Pool

Giant tub used by the Beans as a communal feeding place.

Chow Sol'jer Army

They steal Chow from the Hoi-Polloi. Mr. Spook is the leader of the army's two divisions: The Spear Fling'n Flank'rs and The Chow Pluk'rs.

Clang Twang

Perilous music made from Mystery Pods. It makes the Beans weak.

Der Stinkle

The cold, dark world directly beneath the Hoi-Polloi's floor. It was formerly inhabited by bugs.

Dreamishness

Beanish's secret friend and muse.

The elusive notworm Elusive Notworm

Mr. Spook's companion and dance partner, formerly a segment of his trusty Fork.

Goof-Off Day

A day when no Sprout-Butt falls from Gran'Ma'Pa. The Beans are free to do what they want on these days.

Goofy Jerks

Reproductive Propellant maintenance and delivery service.

Gunk'l'dunk

All-purpose adhesive.

Float Factor

When Twinks get near Mystery Pods, both objects transform into a new entity that floats in the air.

The Four Realities

(Slats, Hoops, Twinks and Chips) Easily obtainable raw materials for Beanworld industry. For example, a Chip and a Slat can be gunk'l'dunked together to make a spear.

Happy Hoi Polloi Hoi-Polloi Ring Herd

Greedy, gambling folk. The only creatures with the ability to process Sprout-Butts into Chow. General adversaries to the Beans.

The Legendary Edge

Departure point for trips to the Four Realities and below.

Mr. Spook

Heroic leader of the Chow Sol'jer Army.

Mystery Pods

Powerful objects of unknown origin. Used in the Float Factor.

Notworms

What Mr. Spook's Fork was made of. Also used in composition of Goofy Jerks. Also known as Tu'ba'lu Squib'r'ish.

Pod'l'pool

Home of the baby Beans. [Also denotes a class of worlds in the Big·Big·Picture.]

Pod'l'pool Cuties

The baby Beans.

Professor Garbanzo

Thinker & toolmaker.

Proverbial Sandy Beach

Re-entry point from trips to the Four Realities and below.

Reproductive Propellant

Substance produced by an influence that allows its world to increase its population. Also known as blessing stuff. See "Mr. Teach'm's Influence and World Tour" in issue 19 for more information.

Worried Beanish Secret Sketch

Circular Float Factor device that mysteriously transports Beanish to Dreamishness for daily midday visits.

Service Stations

Home bases for the Goofy Service Jerks. Where reproductive propellant factories [influences] are located.

Sprout-Butt

Vocal off-shoot of Gran'Ma'Pa. Only the Hoi-Polloi possess the skill to turn Sprout-Butts into Chow.

Thin Lake

Fresh water covering the Four Realities.