See Also: Kilroy(dictionary)

Johnsonese (iou) and Kilroy (iou)


Johnsonese (iou)



Johnsonese noun. M19.
[formed as JOHNSONIAN + -ESE.]
(Language imitative of) the style of Dr Johnson (see JOHNSONIAN).

Kilroy (iou)



Kilroy noun. M20.
[Perh. from James J. Kilroy, a US shipyard worker who wrote 'Kilroy was here' on sections of warships he had inspected at Quincy, Mass.]
(The name of) a mythical person, popularized by American servicemen in World War II, who left such inscriptions as 'Kilroy was here' on walls all over the world.