Fun & Games / The Bean Cellar / Bean Spotters Guide

Fun & Games / The Bean Cellar / Bean Spotters Guide

Lore of the Bean
Lore
Beano Sapiens
Beans in History
Screen Beans
Beanspeak
Beanmusik
Glossary

Important Scientific and Cultural Terminology

(Selected complex terms have been illustrated for the imagination-impaired)

A la bon heur - (French) "It's time to eat beans."

Baked Bean - From Boston - Not a true jelly bean.

Bean Bag - Baggy eyes the morning after a beanfest.

Bean Dip - Bean with a personality problem.

Bean Pot - Belly distended from over indulgence.

Bean Counter - Person who actually counts beans.

Bean Vivant - (Latin) "I eat beans. Therefore I live happily."

Bean Voyage - Travelling to island vineyards.

Beandanna - Worn to keep hair out of face.

Beandit - Jelly bean thief.

Beandoggle - Government grant to improve jelly beans.

Beanediction - Blissfully incurable craving.

Beanefactor - Person who donates beans at beanefit.

Beanefit - Fund raiser

Beango - Tex-Mex variation of Bingo.

Beanjo - Musical weapon, as in "duelling beanjos".

Beanocular - Optical device used in beanological studies.

Beano Note - (Italian) Note only reached on beanjo.

Beanos Aires - Portugese flying (usually thrown) beans.

Bon jour - (French) Bean jar.

Bon mot - (French) Moat full of jelly beans.

Bon soir - (French) Bean saw. Tool for cutting beans in half, hence the term, "French-cut Green Beans".

Butter Bean - Smooth-talkin' politician.

Debonnaire - (French) the eldest son of a jelly bean vineyard owner, (da bean heir)

Ether Beanie - Anesthesiologist.

Grizzly Bean - Served on grits for breakfast in The South.

Honey Bean - Term of endearment.

Laser Bean - Bean with radiant flavor.

Nubean - New bean.

Old Bean - British term for over-ripe bean.

Pleb-Bean - One of the common beans.

Polar Bean - Bean with magnetic properties.

Potpourri - (French) Pod puree. Liquified mulch made from cooked and sieved bean pods.

Pro Beano - for beans - "I'll work for beans".

Queen Bean - Her Royal Sweetness, Queen Jellyanna.

Refried Bean - Bean sunburned second day in a row.

Spelling Bean - Also called Potatoe Bean.

Teddy Bean - 1. Lingerie model, 2. Plush toy.

Utop-Bean - An ideal world with limitless bean supply.

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