Great Expectations

Yeah, I've decided, since I make lists of other random stuffs, why don't I make a list of original meanings for words! Like pygmy! you -think- you know what it means, but do you really? I don't think so!

Pygme:
The distance from the elbow to the knuckles, about 13½ inches.

Note: Pygmy is dirived from this.

Tattoo
1. A signal for soldiers or sailors to return to quarters for the night, given a prolonged continuous drum or by a bugle call.

2. any continuous drumming, rapping, etc.