gigglism
n.— «His greatest pleasures were family times, good food, good whiskey (known to him as the essence of gigglism), playing poker with family and friends, hunting the great outdoors.» —“Henning Peter Lindeblad” Record-Bee (Lakeport, California) July 14, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Mindy from Crescent, Iowa, grew up hearing about Herman, the son of her mother’s fearsome great aunt Julia, referred to as the woods colt. That phrase is a euphemism for “a child born out of wedlock.” Mindy’s mother said there was a man thought to...
“Cornbread,” a poem by Kentucky writer Silas House, is thick with sensory memories of Appalachian cooking and family: scooping cornmeal by hand and “the splash of egg, the gallop of buttermilk.” The poet recalls his mother cooking after work, the...