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Glossary

What in the world do these words mean?

(Other than Antoinette and Alixandria need a hobby.)

AHHT: Antoinette’s Haunted History Tours.
Boo-tique: Our souvenir stand. First named in 1997.
Cleansing: The process of removing unwanted spirits/residue from a location.
Drawing the Light: The visualization we do to create spiritual protection.
*ELF Meter/EMF Detector: An ElectroMagnetic Field detector (we just like the way elf meter sounds). One of the many devices people can use to determine the presence of ghosts.
*EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon): Ghostly noises recorded on a tape recorder or videotape recorder.
Ghosts 101©: Antoinette's famous talk on the basics about ghosts.
Hardcores: A nickname for people who prefer an intense manifestation. (Like Antoinette, Alixandria, David, Aurora, Gary, all our friends…)
*Investigation: Same as ghost hunting and ghost busting; going to a place to see if it's haunted.
*Investigative Team: A group of people that do investigations.
Meridian: The old Meridian Coffeehouse that we made famous for being haunted.
Polter Goods: Our souvenirs.
Polterguy: A member of our elite group of Ghost Finders. Alixandria invented the word in 1995.
Polterpunx: Members of our elite ghost hunting group that live the Punk life. 138!
Psychic Ability: One of the many intellectual senses given to all humans to better understand alternate realities. Commonly called ESP (Extra-Sensory Phenomenon).
Psychic Lint: Random psychic impressions, not a ghost or any type of entity.
RBA: Right Brain Activities.
*Rods: Two pieces of wire that have each been bent into an L shape. They are used to "dowse" for ghosts. A device used to determine the presence of ghosts.
scaredy-cats: A nickname for folks who prefer a milder scare.
Spooked: How you feel after an unpleasant ghost experience, like a jumpy cat.
The Creeps: No, not your old boyfriends. The same as being spooked.
The Temple: The Piasa Masonic Temple.
Tour Guide: The staff member who leads the group through the tour, does most of the talking on the tour, and is also responsible for getting the entire group back safely, with no ghostly groupies.
Trolley: A large vehicle that is very similar to the cable cars in San Francisco, but enclosed with windows, heating and air-conditioning, it holds about 30 people.
Trolley Troll: The staff member who assists the Tour Guide on tours, keeps the group together, provides gear the Tour Guide may need, and brings up the rear.
Troys: Folks who hear our stories from our investigations and represent them as their own original work. Also, folks who take our ideas, words and phrases and represent them as their own original work. (Example: Antoinette's Haunted History Tours - original; "History and Hauntings" tours - not original, a troyed phrase.)
Wead Building: The old Meridian Coffeehouse.

*Denotes a word or phrase that is common in the ghost hunting field.

Check back often, to see what new words and phrases leap forth from the twisted minds here at RBA...

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