Dictionary

We have seen many dictionaries of the terminology used in Radiohead songs on sitesd and have decided to produce our own, but sensible that is why we do not explain words such as paranoid. If you don't know you really have got something to be paranoid about.

The source of the word or phrase needing explaining is in the dull blue

Dang^era najbar-ajo: Esperanto for "dangerous neighbourhood"
on the ok computer sleeves

Fruition: Condition of having results, fulfillment. "All these things into fruition"
Street Spirit

Injektilo: Esperanto for 'syringe'
on the ok computer sleeves

Karma : The fate of a person, as decided from how that person has behaved in previous lives. "Karma Police arrest this man"
Karma Police

Lurgee: Sort of like the cooties.
Lurgee

Malamikigi: Esperanto for "to create enemies"
on the ok computer sleeves

Malvenkemo: Esperanto for "to be defeated" or "defeatism"
on radiohead artwork

Maquiladora:Factory where usually clothes are manufactured.
Maquiladora

Melatonin: A drug to aid a person in sleep.
Melatonin

Molasses: Dark syrup drained out of raw sugar when trying to make sugar pure (pancakes). "we've been stitched up, molasses"
Molasses

Pablo Honey: A reference to something from the Jerky Boys skit.
Pablo Honey - album

Presse Ne Pas Avaler: Appears on a t-shirt belonging to Thom, it's French for "do not swallow the press", or in proper English, "do not believe what the press says." A statement against the press, which has been pretty harsh to Thom.
from a t-shirt of thom yorke

Simbolo: Esperanto for sign, symbol.
on the ok computer sleeves

W.A.S.T.E.: From a novel by Thomas Pynchon, "The Crying of Lot 49". It stands for We Await Silent Tristerous Empire. "A total w.a.s.t.e. of time, my iron lung"
My Iron Lung

W.A.S.T.E products: Radiohead company which sells Radiohead merchandise like t-shirts, posters and a bunch of other stuff.

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