Abbiamo — Italian for “we have”. In context, this may refer to the Italian word or a title or phrase using it.

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Alaskan king bed — An exceptionally large bed size, generally larger than a standard king.

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Amber Rose — American model, media personality and entrepreneur.

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Anthroposophical painting — A form of painting influenced by Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophy, often concerned with spiritual perception, colour theory, consciousness and the relationship between the human being and the cosmos.

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Apropos — Relevant or appropriate to the subject being discussed.

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Astral body — In anthroposophy, the aspect of the human being associated with feelings, desires, impulses and inner experience.

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Avoirdupois — A system of measuring weight, traditionally used in English speaking countries, based on pounds and ounces.

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Big Sur — A rugged coastal region of central California, known for its dramatic landscape, cliffs, forests and association with American counterculture and literature.

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Brackish — Slightly salty water, usually where freshwater and seawater mix.

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Buffie Carruth — American model and adult entertainment personality, particularly associated with the early 2000s urban media scene.

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Bunny Rogers — American contemporary artist whose work often explores adolescence, trauma, internet culture, violence and emotional experience.

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Burnished — Polished or rubbed until smooth and shiny.

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Che Thai — A Vietnamese dessert made with a mixture of fruits, jellies, coconut milk and other sweet ingredients.

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Chemist Warehouse, North Melbourne — A pharmacy and retail chain location in North Melbourne.

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Consciousness soul / spiritual soul — In anthroposophy, the aspect associated with individual moral insight, objective truth, independent awareness and the development of a personal inner consciousness.

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Così fan tutte — An Italian opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose title translates approximately as “Thus Do All Women”.

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Culture jamming — A form of media and cultural activism that appropriates or alters advertising, branding and popular imagery to critique consumerism, ideology or dominant cultural messages.

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Degen slop — Contemporary internet slang combining “degen”, short for degenerate, with “slop”, meaning low quality or mass produced content. Usually used disparagingly.

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Department of Defence coordinator — A reference to a coordinating role within a Department of Defence context. The exact position is unclear without further context.

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Dérive — A Situationist practice of drifting through an urban environment without a predetermined destination, paying attention to the emotional and psychological effects of different spaces.

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Détournement — A Situationist technique of reusing and altering existing cultural material so that it produces a new or oppositional meaning.

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Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi — The 1983 disappearance of fifteen year old Emanuela Orlandi in Rome. The case remains unresolved and has generated extensive investigation and speculation.

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Doe Network — An organisation and database dedicated to unidentified and missing persons cases.

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Empathically — In a manner that demonstrates empathy or an ability to understand another person’s feelings and perspective.

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Erudition — Extensive knowledge acquired through study and learning.

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Fecundity — The quality of being fertile, productive, abundant or capable of generating new ideas or forms.

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Fidan — A name of Turkish and other regional origins. The specific reference is unclear without further context.

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Flâneur — A person who wanders through a city, traditionally observing urban life without a fixed purpose. The concept is strongly associated with nineteenth century Paris and later with cultural and literary theory.

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Flan — A baked custard dessert, often made with eggs and milk or cream and sometimes accompanied by caramel.

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Fodder — Food given to livestock; figuratively, material that is readily used for a particular purpose, such as “media fodder”.

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Foibles — Minor weaknesses, eccentricities or peculiar habits in a person’s character.

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Folly — A lack of good sense or judgement; also a deliberately extravagant decorative building or structure, particularly in landscape design.

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Fryertown — A specific name or reference whose intended meaning is unclear without further context.

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Galvanised — Literally treated with a protective coating of zinc; figuratively, stimulated or prompted into action.

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Gauloises — A French brand of cigarettes historically associated with French culture and intellectual or artistic life.

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Germaine Greer — Australian writer, academic and feminist thinker, best known for The Female Eunuch and her writing on gender, sexuality and women’s social position.

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Gramsci — Usually referring to Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Marxist theorist known for concepts including cultural hegemony and the role of intellectuals in maintaining or challenging social power.

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Gro-Set — A specific name or reference whose intended meaning requires further context.

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Hot and degenerate — A deliberately provocative phrase describing something as sexually excessive, decadent or culturally disreputable.

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Horoscopes — Astrological interpretations or forecasts based on the positions of celestial bodies, usually associated with a person’s zodiac sign.

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I don’t care for sports shoes or celebrity culture — A statement expressing disinterest in both athletic footwear and celebrity culture.

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Imbued with causation to be plausible — A phrase suggesting that something has been given a causal explanation in order to make it seem believable or convincing.

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Indelible — Impossible to remove, erase or forget.

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Intellectual or mind soul — In anthroposophy, the aspect associated with rational thought, judgement, learning, understanding and intellectual development.

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Intimations about the raging biology of this: life — A poetic phrase suggesting subtle indications or suggestions concerning the intense biological processes of living existence.

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Israel Keyes — An American serial killer who confessed to multiple murders before his death in 2012. He is associated with extensive planning and the use of hidden “kill kits”.

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Italy colonised where? — A prompt concerning Italian colonialism. Italy established colonies and occupied territories in parts of Africa, including Eritrea, Somalia, Libya and Ethiopia, as well as briefly controlling territories elsewhere.

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Jennifer Chan — Canadian contemporary artist whose work examines internet culture, identity, feminism and digital media.

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Karen Greenlee — An American embalmer known for her writings and public discussions about death, embalming and the funeral industry.

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La Chinoise (1967) — A film by Jean Luc Godard depicting a group of young French Maoists discussing politics, revolution, ideology and contemporary society.

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Layperson — Someone who is not a specialist or professional in a particular field.

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Liane Collot d’Herbois — A French British artist and anthroposophical painter known for her theories of colour and spiritual approaches to painting.

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Lugubrious — Mournful, gloomy or excessively sombre.

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Madame Bovary — Gustave Flaubert’s 1857 novel about Emma Bovary, a woman whose romantic and material aspirations conflict with the limitations of provincial bourgeois life.

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Magnanimity — Generosity or nobility of spirit, particularly in responding generously to someone who has wronged or opposed you.

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Meat and potatoes affair — An idiom describing something fundamental, practical, substantial or central to a matter.

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Melbourne University dates — A reference to dates associated with the University of Melbourne, likely academic dates or historical dates requiring specific context.

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Mercenary — A person who works for payment rather than primarily from loyalty or principle; commonly referring to a professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign power.

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Mochi — A Japanese food made from glutinous rice that is pounded into a soft, chewy dough. It is often filled with sweetened ingredients.

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Myoglobin — A protein found in muscle tissue that stores and transports oxygen within muscles.

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Ned Kelly — The famous nineteenth century Australian bushranger and outlaw, known for his armour, criminal activities and final confrontation with police at Glenrowan.

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Neapolitan ice cream — Ice cream traditionally consisting of three flavours arranged side by side: chocolate, vanilla and strawberry.

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North Fitzroy Arms — A pub in North Fitzroy, Melbourne.

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North Melbourne parcel locker — A parcel collection facility or locker service in North Melbourne.

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Obelisk — A tall, narrow, four sided monument with a pyramid shaped top, originating in ancient Egypt.

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Odalisque — Historically, a female attendant in an Ottoman harem. In Western art, the term commonly refers to an idealised reclining depiction of a woman associated with Orientalist painting.

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Overland Journal — A literary journal associated with Australian writing, publishing fiction, poetry, essays, criticism and cultural commentary.

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Paris name — A reference concerning a name associated with Paris; the precise intended meaning is unclear without further context.

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Patricians — Members of the hereditary upper class in ancient Rome; more broadly, people belonging to a socially privileged or aristocratic class.

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Physical body — In anthroposophy, the material and visible biological form of the human being.

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Pièce montée — A French term for an elaborate decorative confection or constructed dessert, often associated with formal celebrations.

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Plaster — A material made from a powder mixed with water to form a workable paste that hardens. It is commonly used in construction, sculpture, casting and mould making.

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Polemic — A strongly argued or controversial piece of writing or speech, usually directed against a particular idea, person or position.

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Portmanteau — A word formed by combining parts of two or more words, such as “smog” from smoke and fog.

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Postautomnia — A specific term or reference whose intended meaning requires further context.

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Postulates — Propositions or assumptions accepted as a basis for reasoning, particularly in mathematics, philosophy or theoretical systems.

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Psychogeography — The study of how geographical environments affect emotions, behaviour and psychological experience, particularly associated with the Situationists.

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Romas Kalanta — A Lithuanian anti Soviet dissident who died by self immolation in Kaunas in 1972, becoming a symbol of resistance to Soviet rule.

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Self aggrandising / self aggrandisement — Behaviour intended to make oneself appear more important, impressive, powerful or accomplished.

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Sentient soul — In anthroposophy, the aspect associated with subjective sensation, emotion, desire, instinct and the experience of the surrounding world.

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Secular / nonsecular — “Secular” describes something not specifically connected to religion or religious institutions. “Nonsecular” describes something that is religious, spiritual or otherwise connected to religious belief or practice.

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Situationist — Relating to the Situationist International, an avant garde movement that combined artistic experimentation, political theory and critiques of everyday life and consumer society.

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Sky blue art theft — A reference to an art theft involving something described as sky blue; the specific case is unclear without further context.

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So self conceited it’s amazing I have any opinions at all — A self mocking phrase about being so conceited that having strong opinions might seem almost inevitable.

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Soothsayer — A person believed to predict or interpret future events, particularly through supernatural or divinatory means.

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Spinoza — Usually referring to Baruch Spinoza, the seventeenth century Dutch philosopher whose work addressed God, nature, reason, ethics and the relationship between mind and body.

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Spirit Man / Atma — In anthroposophy, the highest spiritual transformation of the human being, representing the highest level of spiritual development.

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Spirit Self / Manas — In anthroposophy, the transformed astral body, representing the development of conscious spiritual awareness.

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Stepford Wives — A phrase derived from Ira Levin’s 1972 novel The Stepford Wives, describing women or a social environment perceived as unnaturally conformist, obedient or idealised.

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Subvertisement — An altered advertisement that parodies or subverts the original commercial message, often to criticise corporations, consumerism or advertising itself.

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Sycophant — A person who excessively flatters or agrees with someone more powerful in order to gain favour.

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Tacit — Understood or implied without being directly stated.

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Teetotaller — A person who completely abstains from drinking alcohol.

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Tia Maria — A coffee liqueur traditionally made using Jamaican coffee, rum, vanilla and sugar.

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Tiffany & Co. rattle — A luxury baby rattle produced or historically associated with Tiffany & Co., often valued as a decorative or commemorative object as well as a functional toy.

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Toxophilite — A person who is fond of or skilled in archery.

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Triquetra — A three pointed interlaced symbol consisting of three connected arcs or loops. It has appeared in Celtic, Christian, pagan and other symbolic traditions.

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Undulating — Moving in a smooth wave like pattern.

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UTI / “refoief” — “UTI” commonly means urinary tract infection. “Refoief” appears to be a typo or incomplete reference whose intended meaning is unclear.

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Vanguarded — A term derived from “vanguard”, meaning to have been at the forefront of a movement, development or new idea.

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Video vixen — A term historically used for women appearing as performers or models in music videos, particularly in hip hop and popular music culture.

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Victoria Archives, North Melbourne — A reference to archival facilities or collections located in or associated with North Melbourne.

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Watergate salad — A sweet American dessert or side dish typically made with pistachio pudding, whipped topping, crushed pineapple and marshmallows.

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Widow’s peak — A V shaped point of hair at the centre of the forehead.

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Zenith — The highest point or culmination of something; in astronomy, the point directly above an observer.

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