# The I-don't-care scale
2 jots = 1 tittle
3 tittles = 1 continental
2 continentals = 1 thinker's damn


# Linear measure
2 hops = 1 skip
2 skips = 1 jump
24 jumps = 1 stone's throw
3 stone's throws = 1 piece
12 pieces = 1 way-the-hall-and-gone


# Applause scale
2 salvos = 1 accolade
2 accolades = 1 triumph
3 triumphs = 1 ovation [sitting]
4 ovations = 1 lionization
2 lionizations = 1 outtasight


# Paprika measure
2 dashes = 1 smidgen
2 smidgens = 1 pinch
3 pinches = 1 soupCon
2 soupCons = too much paprika


# Political opponent's measure
2 nincompoops = 1 fathead
2 fatheads = 1 incompetent
3 incompetents = 1 opportunist
2 opportunists = 1 macchiavelli


# Alcohol beverage measure
2 fingers = 1 tot
2 tots = 1 shot
2 shots = 1 slug
4 slugs = 1 snootful
2 snootfuls = 1 night in jail


# Altercation scale
2 tussles = 1 fray
3 frays = 1 fracas
2 fracases = 1 skirmish
2 skirmishes - 1 fight


# Historical invective scale
2 scamps = 1 rascal
3 rascals = 1 knave
2 knaves = 1 varlet
4 varlets = 1 scoundrel
2 scoundrels = 1 charlatan


Joe Ecclesine