Geli in the Rainbow

[Lawrence Bryan]

I always thought of her name as Gaily Tripping, as in a fun high. Why  
else on top of a mountain?


On Jan 11, 2008, at 4:36 AM, Kai Frederik Lorentzen wrote:

>
> Robin wrote:
>
> > ... Geli Tripping. First off, "Geli"
> > is the affectionate diminutive of Angelika---Angel. This  
> prototypical
> > Hippie Chick has the Moxie, the Ovaries to call down the Great  
> Powers---
> >
>
> Did you realize that the name Geli can be read as an anagram of the  
> German
> adjective "geil"?
>
> "GEIL: wanton, lustful; voluptous, lascivious; [üppig] luxuriant,  
> rank, exuberant;
> [Tier] hot, ruttish; [zotig] smutty; (Amer.) racy; [~es Fleisch]  
> proud flesh" --
>
> So the full name of this German witch can be read as "lustful  
> tripping". You could
> also say "free 'n' easy". But then again Frenesi is a traitress  
> which Geli is not.
>
> Kai
>
> >
> > Sometimes an Angel is just an Angel.
> >
>

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