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Left to right, top to bottom:
24 horas logo; Map of west Algarve (background) with 4km and
25km radii from Luz; Reward poster; Express Group award; Home
with tapas in the back garden; 999 + 1 = 1,000; 5A spawning 3A;
Watch with time on its face as well as its hands; Wine bottle
count; American viewers; E-mails; 100% and 103% percentages;
House values; Pound pill for the plague or paying the laundry
bill?
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Numbers:
15 = Original
number of minutes between said checks of the children on the
night of May 3
£50,000 =
Amount paid monthly to Metodo3 from Madeleine's Fund
5 The
Crescent = Address of the McMansion
5A = Number
of the Ocean Club apartment from where Madeleine was "abducted"
£550,000 =
Amount of damages awarded to the McCanns in their settlement
against the Express Newspapers
40 yards = A
distance as reported by Kate McCann between 5A and the Tapas Bar
4 = Said by
Gerry McCann to be number of kilometres between his and Russell
O'Brien's cell-phone call
£430,000 =
Actual value of the Rothley McMansion
$4,000,000 =
Reward, according to Vanity Fair, for information leading to
Madeleine's return
14 = Number
of bottles of wine, which waiters say were drunk on May 3; "8
bottles of red wine and 6 bottles of white wine," according to
Tapas Bar records
19 = Number
of minutes Gerry and Kate McCann took to run to a cliff-top
monument
100 per cent
= How much Gerry and Kate McCann believe in each other's
innocence
103 per cent
= An odd Clarence Mitchell percentage for stating that the PJ's
case against the McCanns will remain secret for another three
months
1,000 =
Number of yellow balloons released at Praia da Luz
1 yard,
according to Gerry McCann = 1.53 actual yards
6 = Number of
bottles of wine, perhaps overlooking the 8 bottles of red, which
the Tapas 9 say were drunk on May 3
£630,000 =
Erroneous value of the Rothley McMansion reported by the UK
press
10,000 emails
= Number of emails sent to the Sun following a controversial
article on the McCann Case
30 = Number
of minutes between each check on the night of May 3
3Arguidos =
Name given to the wonderful THE THREE ARGUIDOS website
25 = Actual
number of kilometres between Gerry McCann's and Russell
O'Brien's cell-phone call, as confirmed by "triangulation"
24Horas =
Portuguese online tabloid newspaper
229 = Number
of times Madeleine was on YouTube; thought to be a code on
Gerry's Blog
2.29 PM =
Time of the disputed "last" photograph taken of Madeleine,
Gerry, and Amelie by Kate McCann
12,000,000 =
Number of American viewers, who saw the McCanns' story on
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Upper section:
Plan of Apartment 5A; Anorak blog site logo; View of Anrade dam
(barragem do Anrade); Hybrid map showing Silves and Anrade dam
to the north-east; Nacho Abad; Antenna 3 logo; Rogerio Alves;
Luis Antonio. Middle section: Ernie Allen; Sarah Armstrong; Ben
Affleck; Steve Anderson; Map showing location of Algarve and
Luz; Gonçalo Amaral. Lower section: Malinka's Audi A4; ASFIC/PJ
website logo; Carlos Anjos.
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A
AAMOF = As A
Matter Of Fact
AFAIK = As
Far As I Know
AKA = Also
Known As
ASFIC =
Associação Sindical dos Funcionários de Investigação Criminal;
see also Associação Sindical dos Funcionários de Investigação
Criminal
ASFIC/PJ =
Associação Sindical dos Funcionários de Investigação Criminal da
Polícia Judiciária
Abad, Nacho =
A Spanish journalist, who, on the day the McCanns were giving a
press conference at the European Parliament in Brussels,
revealed from an anonymous source devastating information from
an early Kate McCann/PJ interview that Madeleine had asked why
she and her brother had been left to cry for so long the night
before she disappeared
Abduction =
Term used by the McCanns to support Madeleine was kidnapped; see
also Rare Stranger Abduction
Aberdeen
Terrier see Scottish Terrier
Abreu, Carlos
Pinto de see De Abreu, Carlos Pinto
Achilles
Tendon = An injury sustained by Gerry McCann, in cancelling his
last tennis lesson on May 3; later seen running up a steep hill
with no sign of injury
Adult-Friendly Resort = Resort for swingers
Affleck, Ben
= US movie star and director; see also Gone Baby Gone
Aggressive =
As in the behaviour, described by Clarence Mitchell, of a member
of Shannon Matthew's family in asking for money from Madeleine's
Fund in what is now thought to be a faked abduction case
Alderton,
Martin = A partner and specialist counsellor with the Centre for
Crisis Psychology, Skipton, who was flown out to Praia da Luz to
comfort the McCanns by Mark Warner
Algarve =
Region of Portugal taken over by the British
Allen, Ernie
= President, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children;
met with Gerry McCann while he was in Washington, DC
Alves,
Rogerio = Immediate Past-President of the Ordem dos Advogados
Portugueses (Portuguese Bar Association); retained by the
McCanns for their defence; see also Ordem dos Advogados
Portugueses
Amaral,
Gonçalo = Lead investigator in the Department of Criminal
Investigation of Portimão in the McCann Case; later replaced by
Paulo Rebelo
Amber Alert
System = Proposed system for missing children in Europe; see
also Code Adam; Code Madeleine
Anaesthesia =
Partial or complete loss of sensation via administration of a
drug or gas
Anaesthesiologist = One who administers anaesthetics; as
practised by a doctor with postgraduate qualifications in that
discipline
Anaesthesiology = Study of anaesthetics; as in the name of a
hospital department
Anaesthetics
= Drug or gas inducing insensitivity to pain or touch; in the
UK, the name of a hospital department; Kate McCann's one-time
specialty; see also Anaesthesiology
Anaesthetist
= One who administers anaesthetics; as practised by a doctor,
dentist, or nurse anaesthetist
Anderson,
Steve = Executive producer for Mentorn Media; see also Mentorn
Media
Anger = Rage;
see also Furious
Anjos, Carlos
= President of Portugal's National Union of Criminal
Investigators; advised against the media campaign; interviewed
for the Panorama documentary
Anorak =
Tabloid update pages for broadsheet readers; weatherproof,
hooded jacket, as worn by the Inuit or by hikers; boring person
Antena3 =
Spanish TV station
Antonio, Luis
= Former poolman at the Ocean Club; ex-partner of Michaela
Walczuch
Apartment 5A
= Scene of Madeleine's "abduction" at the Ocean Club Resort
Apology = As
in the Express Newspapers saying they are sorry in open court
and having to publish a humiliating apology on the front pages
of all the newspapers in the Express Newspapers group after
publishing more than 100 "defamatory" articles about the McCanns
Arade Dam =
Location where divers are currently looking for Madeleine's body
Arguida =
Female suspect, in Portuguese
Arguidification = On being a suspect
Arguido =
Male suspect, in Portuguese
Arguidos =
Suspects, in Portuguese
Armstrong,
Sarah = Deputy Chief of Staff to First Lady Laura Bush; met with
Gerry McCann on his visit to the White House
Asperger's
Syndrome = A milder form of Autism
Associação
Sindical dos Funcionários de Investigação Criminal = Portugal's
National Union of Criminal Investigators
Astroturfing
= Use of paid shills by PR men to create an impression of a
popular movement in politics/advertising
Audi A4 =
Vehicle owned by Sergey Malinka, which was recently set on fire
in Praia da Luz; on the sidewalk near the burned out vehicle was
written the word "fala"; see also Fala; Malinka, Sergey
Autism = A
complex developmental disability appearing during first three
years of life and impacting social interaction and communication
skills; result of a neurological disorder affecting brain
function
Avatar =
Descent of God or Incarnation, from the Sanskrit; an image to
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Left section, left to right, top to bottom:
Matt Baggott, Chief Constable, Leicester Police; Brian's Dreams
website logo; Broadmoor Asylum entrance (background); Martin
Brunt; G&K with red buggy leaving the premises; Sonia Beldom;
Cherie Blair; Tony Blair m****t-head in prison drag; BWB
solicitors logo; David Beckham appeal with Maddie's hair Bead
(inset); Baying mob with a howling wolf wineclub logo. Right
section, left to right, top to bottom: John Buck; Belgian Maddie
suspect; the real Captain Birdseye; Catriona Baker; Tony
Bennett; Barney with Bush; Richard Branson; Manuel Domingues
Borba; Miss Beazley with Mrs Bush; Bundleman (background); three
Blue tennis bags of different dimensions; Bleach; another Blue
tennis bag.
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B
BRB = Be
Right Back
BTW = By The
Way
Babelfish =
Fictional species in The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy;
Google gadget to translate text from Portuguese into English
Baby Buggy
see Buggy, Baby
Baby G***e =
Name given to a dead child, thought to be Madeleine, found
washed up on an inland waterway off the east coast of the US
Babysitter =
Nanny hired to stay with young children until 1:00 PM for a
small extra fee, while parents have "me-time"; McCanns refused
this Ocean Club service
Bacon,
Stephen = Legal representative of the Express Newspapers, who
read the public apology in London's High Court; see also High
Court, London
Bag, Blue = A
tennis/sports bag reported missing by Gerry McCann, thought to
contain crucial evidence; later denied owning
Baker,
Catriona = Nanny at the Ocean Club Resort, who searched for
Madeleine on the night of May 3
Banana Split
= An American sundae of vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate
ice-cream, with banana, fruit/chocolate/nuts, and cream
Bararguido =
Previous name of the Three Arguidos website
Barney = One
of two Scottish terrier dogs living in the White House; this one
belongs to President George W. Bush; see also Miss Beazley;
Scottish Terrier
Barragem do
Arade Reservoir = Reservoir 35 miles from Praia da Luz, where
diving operations are underway for Madeleine's body
Bates Wells &
Braithwaite = London law firm, who filed the trademarked
Madeleine's Fund: Leaving No Stone Unturned for the McCanns
Baying Mobs =
Term used by Clarence Mitchell to describe anti-McCann
bloggers/posters
Bead = A hair
decoration, which Kate removed from Madeleine on the night of
May 3
Beazley, Miss
see Miss Beazley
Beckham,
David = Celebrity footballer; see also Millionaires
Been
Cautioned = Category of member on the3arguidos.net website with
300-499 postings
Beldom, Sonia
= Spokesperson for Madeleine's Fund
Benedict XVI
see Pope Benedict XVI
Bennett, Tony
= UK solicitor, who set up the TruthforMadeleine website and the
Madeleine Foundation; see also Madeleine's Law
Bevvied =
Getting very drunk
Bible, The
Holy = A religious book of the Old Testament and New Testament,
borrowed by Kate McCann; found with a crumpled page and a
reference to King David and the death of a child
Billionaires
see Millionaires
Biological =
As used in biological parents, i.e. the natural parents of a
child
Birdseye,
Captain Clarence = Founder of the frozen food industry
Blair, Cherie
= QC wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair; Patron of
PACT; see also PACT
Blair, Tony =
Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East on behalf of the United
Nations, the European Union, the United States and Russia;
longest serving Labour Prime Minister, the first to get involved
with the McCann Case, before he stepped down from office; see
also Brown, Gordon
Bleach = Used
to remove blood stains and other DNA evidence from 5A
Blue Bag see
Bag, Blue
Board index =
An index to threads on a forum
Bodily Fluids
= As in blood, semen, saliva, and cerebrospinal fluid
Book of Hope
see Madeleine's Book of Hope
Boot =
British name for the trunk or rear compartment of a car
Branson, Sir
Richard = Founder of the Virgin Empire; donated £100,000 to
Madeleine's Fund; see also Millionaires
Brian's
Dreams = A website, where dreams are used to advance theories on
the McCann case
Broadmoor =
First known as the Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, when built
in Crowthorne, Berkshire, in mid-19th century; now a mental
hospital for the criminally insane, including murderers and
serious sex offenders
Brown, Gordon
= Former Chancellor of the Exchequer under Tony Blair; the
second UK Prime Minister to get involved with the McCann Case;
regularly telephoned Gerry until the McCanns were declared
arguidos; also warned Jose Socrates, Portugal's Prime Minister,
in Lisbon that the investigation should be slowed down, as the
British public "needed time"; see also Blair, Tony
Brunt, Martin
= Crime correspondent for Sky TV reporting periodically on the
Madeleine McCann Case; maintains his own Life of Crime blog on
the Sky News website
Buck, John =
British Ambassador to Portugal at time of Madeleine's
disappearance; provided early consular support to the McCanns;
shortly after left the diplomatic service
Buggy, Baby =
A British term for a light-weight, folding form of a
perambulator for transporting babies and toddlers; used by the
McCanns for carrying the twins; see also Stroller
Bump = Used
to boost a thread to a higher status on a forum
Bundle =
Package thought to contain a body, as seen being carried away on
a Jet Ski from the beach at Praia da Luz; see also Jet Ski
Bundleman = A
name to describe the drawing by an "FBI-trained" illustrator of
Jane Tanner's "abductor," following its release on the
FindMadeleine website and in the media
Burke, George
= A British ex-pat friend of the McCanns from Liverpool, who was
reported in The Sun as seeing a “suspicious" couple with a girl
hours after Maddie vanished; runs a supermarket in Portugal; and
was to have been questioned by Metodo3 about the
“vicious-looking" pair
Bush, George
W. = President of the United States of America, who did not meet
with Gerry McCann on his visit to the White House; see also
Barney
Bush, Laura =
Former librarian/teacher and wife of President George W. Bush.
The First Lady sent her deputy chief of staff and Miss Beazley
to meet with Gerry McCann on his visit to the White House; see
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Upper left section:
Casa Liliana entrance with Portuguese policeman (background)
with insets: Marcos Teixeira Aragão Correia; Alberto Costa (top
right); Paulo Cristóvão (left; black and white) and silhouette
of 'the Truth conspiracy'; Najova Chekaya; Chaplins logo. Upper
right section: Calpol montage; Gail Cooper with Cooperman
(inset); Child friendly toppings on cake, with Cocaine lines
above; Kate McCann's Crocodile tears; Coloboma; Jon Corner.
Lower left section: Carter-Ruck logo; CCP logo; COMARE logo;
cartoon to represent Conspirators and conspiracy-theorists;
Control Risks logo; Lori Campbell; Michael Caplan QC; Chelsea
tractor. Lower right section: CEOP logo; Cuddlecat; Sandy and
Trish Cameron; the two Simon Cowells.
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C
CEOP = Child
Exploitation Online Protection Centre
CHARGE
Syndrome = Genetic birth defect associated with hearing and/or
eye conditions; see also Coloboma
CM = Clarence
Mitchell, spokesman for the McCanns
CM Week = 4-5
days
CMIIW =
Correct Me If I'm Wrong
COMARE = A
Mafia mistress; acronym for the UK Committee on Medical Aspects
of Radiation in the Environment
CWOT=
Complete Waste Of Time
Cadaver =
Dead body
Cadaver Dog =
"Expert" dog trained to pick up scent of dead bodies; see also
Eddie
Calças de
Ganga = Jeans, in Portuguese; see also Pants of Ganga
Calpol = A
cold medicine
Calpol Night
= A cold medicine with sedative side-effects
Cameron,
Tricia = Sister of Gerry McCann
Camp McCann
see Team McCann
Campaign =
Strategy used by Gerry McCann in promoting the Madeleine's Fund
and plotting The Wider Agenda
Campbell,
Lory = A reporter for the Daily Mirror, who denounced Robert
Murat to the Leicester Police
Canary
Islands see Tenerife
Caplan,
Michael = A QC and partner of Kingsley Napley; best known for
defending Chile's ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet and avoiding his
extradition to Spain; now retained by the McCanns for their
defence
Cardiac
Surgeon = A surgeon, specialising in heart surgery, including
donor heart and artificial heart transplantation; erroneously
thought to be Gerry McCann's profession
Cardiologist
= A physician, specialising in the study/diagnosis/treatment of
the heart (but not by surgically); the profession of Gerry
McCann
Cardiology =
Study of the heart; as in a hospital department
Cartagena = A port city in Spain, where a Madeleine "sighting was
reported at a petrol station of her purportedly being "bundled"
into a car
Carter-Ruck =
London law firm, specialising in high-profile libel cases, used
by the McCanns to obtain a settlement against the Express
Newspapers for defamatory articles; see also £550,000; Daily
Express; Sunday Express
Casa Liliana
= Name of the Murat villa in Praia da Luz
Catholic
Church see Igreja da Luz; Sacred Heart Church; Pope Benedict;
Vatican Website
Censorship =
Suppression/deletion of material which may be considered
sensitive or objectionable; see also Freedom of Speech
Centre for
Crisis Psychology = A Skipton crisis centre used by Mark Warner
to counsel the McCanns shortly after Madeleine's disappearance
in Praia da Luz; see also Alderton, Martin; Pike, Alan
Cerebrospinal
Fluid = A clear bodily fluid occupying the subarachnoid space
and ventricular system around and inside the brain
Chaplins = A
British-type bar and restaurant in Praia da Luz, specialising in
fish 'n chips, bangers & mash, and a Tuesday night Quiz; popular
with the Tapas 9
Chav = A
low-class individual, wearing fake gold jewelry and Burberry
accessories
Cheers = An
acclamation, expressing joy, enthusiasm, and applause
Chekaya,
Najova = An aerobics instructor and quiz mistress at the Ocean
Club Resort
Chelsea
Tractor = A gas-guzzling SUV used in London by the "rich bitches
of Chelsea"; see also Yank Tank
Child Abuse =
Sexual abuse of a child by a paedophile
Child-Friendly Toppings = As used by Gerry McCann in his Blog to
describe toppings served over an ice-cream sundae; see also
Banana Split
Child
Listening Service = Service offered by the Ocean Club, but the
Tapas 9 had their own listening service; see also Babysitter
Child Neglect
= Abandonment
Childcare =
Used pejoratively to mean negligent childcare by the McCanns
Chimp = Term
used to describe a paid poster for the McCanns on a Maddy forum;
see also McChimp
Church of
Light see Igreja da Luz
Clancy =
Nickname for Mitchell
Clarence =
Four-wheeled carriage
Clarence see
Birdseye, Captain Clarence; Mitchell, Clarence
Clarigate =
Declaration of war by Clarence Mitchell
Clarrie =
Nickname for Clarence Mitchell
Clarrie
Pinkie = A play on the name of Clarence and his pink shirts
Clarrie-Speak
= Poster-speak for ludicrous nonsense, as parlayed by Clarence
Mitchell at media conferences
Clarrification = Poster-speak for explanations offered by
Mitchell
Clone = As in
Madeleine or Dolly the Sheep; or a poster, simulating another
well-respected poster's name, on an Internet forum
Cocaine =
Recreational drug of choice for the medical profession
Code Adam = A
missing child and safety system in the US; see also Amber Alert
System; Walsh, John
Code
Madeleine = A missing child and safety system in the UK; see
also Amber Alert System
Codes = A
system of symbols, letters, or words given certain arbitrary
meanings, used for transmitting messages requiring secrecy; as
thought to be used in Gerry's Blog for secretly communicating
with the Tapas 7
Coloboma = A
lesion or defect of the eye; a fissure or cleft of the iris,
ciliary body, or choroid; may be congenital, pathological, or
surgical; see also CHARGE Syndrome
Comical
Clarrie = Nickname for Clarence Mitchell
Commentariat
= A community of people, who leave comments on blogs/forums,
write letters to editors, attend or call in to live talk shows,
or respond to polls
Committee on
Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment = UK government
committee on which Gerry McCann sits as a member; see also
COMARE
Composition =
Arrangement, as in digital photography
Concealed
Vault see Vault, Concealed
Conspiracy
Theory = Collusion, as in Madeleine's "abduction"
Control Risks
Group = A London-based private risk consultancy firm providing
advice and services "to enable companies, governments and
international organizations accelerate opportunities and manage
strategic and operational risks"; first group to advise on
kidnapping cases
Cooperman =
Name given to the drawing of a "creepy" prowler seen lurking at
the Ocean Club by Gail Cooper before Madeleine's "abduction"
Corner, Jon =
Managing director of River Media; friend of Kate's, who
videotaped the McCanns in Praia da Luz, the footage of which was
used in the BBC Panorama documentary; godfather to the McCann
twins; appointed as member of the Board of Directors of the
Madeleine's Fund in January 2008
Corner,
Michele = Kate McCann's oldest friend from primary schooldays;
wife of Jon Corner
Corpse Fluid
= A source of DNA through a bodily fluid, e.g., blood or
cerebrospinal fluid
Corpus
Indelecti = Legal term, denoting that the body cannot be
produced as evidence to prove that a murder has taken place
Correia,
Marcos Teixeira Aragão = A Madeira-based lawyer, who received a
tip from the underworld that Madeleine's body had been thrown
into the Barragem do Arade Reservoir; funded the initial search
of the reservoir; now funding 50% along with SPEC, Lda of
Portimão, the current diving operation searching the Barragem
do Arade Reservoir and Dam for Madeleine's body
Corte-Real,
Francisco = Vice-President of Portugal's National Pathology
Institute; visited FSS Birmingham in late November
Costa,
Alberto = Portugal's Justice Minister
Coverup =
Action, stratagem, or other means of concealing or preventing
investigation or exposure; as thought to have occurred in the
"abduction" of Madeleine
Cowell,
Sheila = Kate McCann's aunt and mother of Anne-Marie Wright and
Simon Cowell (2). She was the person who alerted her children to
the disappearance of Madeleine; see also Cowell, Simon (2);
Wright, Anne-Marie
Cowell,
Miriam = Sister-in-law of Kate and Gerry McCann; wife of Simon
Cowell (2)
Cowell, Simon
(1) = A TV personality who seeks out talent; one of the major
celebrity contributors in the early days of Madeleine's Fund
Cowell, Simon
(2) = An iSeries Technical Support and Operations Supervisor at
Zurich International Life, he and his wife live with their
children on the Isle of Man and are kept up-to-date on the case
by Michael Wright; first cousin of Kate McCann and brother of
Anne-Marie Wright; see also Cowell, Sheila
Crêche =
Place where the McCanns could leave their children for most of
the day without spending another Euro
Creepy =
Description given to a man lurking in the vicinity of the Ocean
Club
Creepyman see
Cooperman
Crime
Reconstruction = As proposed by the PJ in inviting the Tapas 9
to return to Praia da Luz to reconstruct the events surrounding
Madeleine's "abduction" from Apartment 5A
Cristóvão,
Paulo = Retired Portuguese police inspector, who is facing trial
over torture allegations, describes how missing Maddie did not
survive the night she vanished in his book, The Star Of
Madeleine
Crocodile
Tears = Doing a Kate; false tears
Cuddlecat = A
pink soft toy said to be a fourth birthday present for
Madeleine, but used as a prop for Kate McCann in
photo-shoots/interviews; in contact with six cadavers before
Portugal
Curdlecat =
Corruption of Cuddlecat
Cut = Drunk,
as after a number of cocktails, 14 bottles of wine, and
after-dinner liqueurs
Cyberspace
Kangaroo Court = As in the McCanns being found guilty by the mob
on blogs or forums on the Internet; as coined by the New
Statesman
Cybersleuthing = Playing detective on the computer in cyberspace |
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right, top to bottom:[ / i ] Daily Mirror logo; Dirty nappy
cartoon (background) with Daily Express/Daily Star apology and
Richard Desmond; Jose Cunha De Magalhaes e Meneses (inset);
Carlos Pinto de Abreu; Jose Barra da Costa; Diário de Notícias
and De Telegraaf logos; Sheree Dodd; Dowser/water diviner
finding a Dr. Who birthday cake; doggy doo-doo flying the Union
Jack.
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D
DE = Daily
Express
DE Group see
Express Newspapers
DIY = Do It
Yourself
DM = Daily
Mirror
DN see Diário
de Notícias
DNA = Acronym
for Deoxyribonucleic Acid; a nucleic acid containing genetic
instructions for the development and functioning of all living
organisms; see also Low Copy DNA and Mitochondrial DNA
DNA Database
= UK's national DNA database, where many people are unaware that
their DNA is already in the master database
DNA
Databasing = Networking of European DNA databases to fight
crime; see also DNA Database; Prüm Treaty, The
DNA Experts =
Experts at the FSS in Birmingham, who have reviewed the DNA
evidence in the McCann Case; also those "experts" hired by the
McCanns to look at DNA evidence in the Renault Scenic; see also
Krane, Dan
Daily Express
= A UK tabloid newspaper with a forum for both "anti- and "pro-"
McCann posters; owned by Express Newspapers; see also Express
Newspapers
Daily McCann
Fix = Need for addicted posters to have a daily update on the
McCann Case
Daily Mirror
= A UK tabloid newspaper; see also Mirror's Hunt for Maddy Forum
Daily Star =
A UK tabloid newspaper owned by Express Newspapers; see also
Express Newspapers
Daily Star
Sunday = Sister newspaper of the Daily Star; see also Express
Newspapers
De Abreu,
Carlos Pinto = A Portuguese lawyer, involved in high-profile
cases, including the defence of leaders of the UGT in a fraud
case with Fundo Social Europeu; presides over the Human Rights
Commission of the Lawyer's Order; filed the first libel lawsuit
on behalf of the McCanns against the now defunct Portuguese
weekly Tal & Qual; said he would provide his legal services
free-of-charge
De Magalhaes
e Meneses, Jose Cunha see Meneses, Jose Cunha de Magalhaes e
De Telegraaf
see Telegraaf, De
Deoxyribonucleic Acid see DNA
Death Scent =
Smell of a corpse from decaying flesh and excreted bodily fluids
Defamation =
Act of defaming; false or unjustified injury of the good
reputation of another, as by slander or libel; as in the McCanns
suing the Express Newspapers for defamation of character in a
libel lawsuit
Delurk = To
pluck up courage to post after having lurked for a while on a
forum
Desmond,
Richard = Publisher and owner of Express Newspapers; see also
Express Newspapers
Devilsporn =
Sporn (spawn or spermatozoa) of the devil
Diapers = US
term for Nappies; see also Dirty Nappies
Diário de
Notícias = A respected Portuguese newspaper; regularly provides
updates on the investigation
Diary = As
used by Kate McCann to record her feelings about her family and
about being an at-home mum; sought by PJ as to her state of mind
Dias, Joao
Alveirinho = Early on in the case, the Portuguese police
contacted Professor Dias, a specialist in oceanography from the
University of Algarve, in order to collect information about the
movement of tides and beach sand in the area surrounding Praia
da Luz
Diligences =
Persistent efforts, in Portuguese; as shown by the PJ in solving
the mystery
Dirty Nappies
= Excuse used by the McCanns to explain source of DNA found in
the Renault's tyre well
Disaster = As
in Gerry McCann's first words in a call to Kate's mother, Susan
Healy; mishap; tragedy; calamity; or accident
Discolouration = Scanner dust/oil/grease in digital photography
Discrepancies
= Gaps or holes in a story/statement
Dr. Who Cake
= A McCann birthday cake; see also Who, Dr.
Doctors
Feelgood = Another name for the McCanns, after Gerry said, "By
the time we came home, Kate and I were so buoyed up that we felt
as if we'd been injected with a shot of vitamins"
Documentary =
A real-life movie or film; said to be under consideration by
Clarence Mitchell, but later denied by the McCanns
Dodd, Sheree
= A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokeswoman; thought to be
the diplomat who warned the UK government that the McCanns were
not being cooperative with the PJ
Dodgy = Name
of an English "Powerpop" Trio; derogatory description given to
Murat's eye by a Sky reporter; see also Metodo3
Dodgy
Mercenaries see Metodo3
Doggie
Doo-Doo = Dog excrement or faeces
Dogs see
Barney; Eddie, Keela; Miss Beazley
Doing a Bunk
= Fleeing; taking to one's heels; cutting and running; flying
the coop; heading for the hills; hightailing it; running away;
scarpering; skedaddling; escaping; see also Doing a McCann;
Doing a Moonlight
Doing a Kate
= Crying fake tears; crocodile tears
Doing a
McCann = Doing a bunk; telling lies; leaving young children
unattended; suddenly becoming a devout Catholic
Doing a
Moonlight = Moving house, in secret or during the wee small
hours, abandoning everything that can't be taken, and leaving no
trace for those who might want a forwarding address, e.g. unpaid
landlords, creditors, and lessors of computer equipment; see
also Doing a McCann
Dowser =
Water diviner; see also Quantum Physics Dowser
Droopy Eyelid
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Left to right, top to bottom:
EasyJet plane; Map of Devon showing location of Exeter
(background); Editorial Intelligence logo; Emoticons; Eyelid
ptosis; Sally Eveleigh; scenes of Exeter, Eeyore; Eurojust logo;
top UK sniffer dog Eddie; Eurostar train; Eurostar logo. Lower
right section, left to right, top to bottom: Map of the UK
showing location of county of Devon (background); Europol;
Guilhermino da Encarnação; Egghead.
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ET Finger =
As in Flickr Photo-Sharing
EasyJet =
No-frills airline used for "doing a McCann"; see also Ioannou,
Sir Stelios Haji
Eddie = Top
sniffer dog from the UK used in tracking the scent of a cadaver
Editorial
Intelligence = An organization founded by Julia Hobsbawm; see
also Media Intelligence
Eeyore = A
character in A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh books, as depicted on
Madeleine's pyjamas
Egg Donor =
Female donor in IVF treatment
Egghead =
Egg-shaped, faceless head, as depicted in the Eggman drawing;
see also Eggman
Eggman = A
drawing based upon Jane Tanner's original description of the
"abductor" by Simon Russell, who runs a video store and Internet
café in Praia da Luz; thought to be the sketch shown by the PJ
to local residents during a house-to-house enquiry
Ellibean =
Pseudonym of a poster, who went to Praia da Luz to photograph
the scene
Emoticons =
Funny faces to be attached to a post on a forum
Encarnação,
Guilhermino da = Director of the Policia Judiciária in Faro
Episcopal
Church = Anglican Church; used interchangeably by the McCanns
for the Roman Catholic Church; see also Catholic Church
Eurojust = An
agency of the European Union to expedite communication between
the 27 EU member countries in the case of serious crime
involving more than one country; used for rapid transmission of
rogatory letters
Europol = An
agency of the European Union, created to fight crime involving
more than one country within the 27 EU member countries
Eurostar =
Train that runs between London and Brussels or London and Paris
(as well as a number of other destinations, such as Avignon and
Lille)
Eveleigh,
Sally = Robert Murat's aunt; interviewed in the Panorama
documentary
Exeter = Town in Devon; home to Russell O'Brien and Jane Tanner
Express
Newspapers = A group of UK newspapers, consisting of the Daily
Express, Sunday Express, Daily Star, and the Daily Star Sunday,
owned by Richard Desmond; settled with the McCanns for an
apology in open court and on the front page in all of their
newspapers, as well as £550,000 in damages
Extra
Child-Friendly Toppings see Child-Friendly Toppings; Banana
Split
Eyelid Ptosis
= A droopy or hooded eye condition, which can be in one eye or
two |
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Upper section: Cartoon Fala/Fado singer with insets tpop to
bottom: Mrs Pamela Fenn, Sandra Felgueiras and 'Frenchman'
abductor); Family friendly montage of two families (one inset
bottom right) with a Full English on the table; Lower left and
Bottom sections: Find Madeleine and Forever Searching website
logos; 'Jugs' Judy Finnigan (upper) and Vanessa Feltz (lower);
Rubbish dump of broken Fridges with a 'head' in a fridge
(inset); The FSS website logo; a Full Monty; Book cover 'With
Friends in High places' with inset of Raiders of the Lost Ark
Gestapo man who fell out of favour; Martyn Falkous and
'Furious'.
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FAQ =
Frequently Asked Questions
FWIW = For
What Its Worth
FYA = For
Your Amusement
FYI = For
Your Information
FSS =
Forensic Science Service; see also Forensic Science Service,
Birmingham
Faceless One
see Eggman
Fala = Speak
(or talk) from the imperative form of the Portuguese verb "falar"
meaning "to speak"
Falkous,
Martin = Person in charge of the diving operation at the
Barragem do Arade Reservoir and Dam with five divers from Dive
Time, based in Lagos, and two divers from the Portimão Bombeiros,
in the search for Madeleine's body
Family-Friendly Resort = A holiday resort, catering to families,
where babies/ toddlers can be placed in a crêche, while parents
have "me-time"
Fancy Clancy
= Rhyming nickname for Clarence Mitchell
Fasthosts =
Took over from Infohost as the web-hosts in managing the
FindMadeleine website
Fencesitter =
A person who posts on a forum but does not take a position
Fenn, Pamela
= Resident of Praia da Luz, with apartment above 5A; reportedly
heard Madeleine crying "Daddy, Daddy" on an evening before her
disappearance
Fernandes,
Telma = Assistant to Marcos Teixeira Aragão Correia, the
Madeira-based lawyer funding 50% of the diving operation at the
Barragem do Arade Reservoir and Dam in the search for
Madeleine's body
FindMadeleine
= McCanns' Find Madeleine website
First Time
Offender = Category of member on the3arguidos website with
500-749 postings
Fish Salting
Tanks = Part of the Roman ruins in Praia da Luz
Flip-Flop =
As in Martin Brunt vacillating on the McCann Case; see also
Brunt, Martin
Foetal
Alcohol Syndrome = A serious medical condition, beginning in the
foetus, when a mother has used alcohol during pregnancy
Folie à Deux
= "A madness shared by two," in French; a rare psychiatric
syndrome in which a symptom of psychosis is transmitted from one
individual to another
Fooked = F*ucked,
as in "We're fooked," when Gerry McCann found the PJ had his
text messages
Forensic
Medicine = Practice of medicine as applied to legal problems
Forensic
Science Service, Birmingham = Headquarters of the FSS,
acknowledged to be the best forensic laboratory in the world;
used by the PJ to examine DNA evidence
Formaldehyde
= A preservative used in the embalming of bodies
Forum = An
Internet discussion group, such as The Three Arguidos Forum
Forumistas =
Those versed in the ways of a forum
Forumspeak =
Use of acronyms on forums, e.g. LOL = Laughing Out Loud
Free Speech =
News commentary and history from a White racial perspective; see
also Hate Speech, as in Free Speech vs. Hate Speech
Freedom of
Speech = Concept of being able to speak freely without
censorship, but increasingly endangered in UK and US
Frias, Pedro
Miguel dos Anjos = A criminal instruction judge (juiz de
instrução criminal) assigned to the Madeleine McCann Case in
Portimão
Fridge =
British abbreviation for refrigerator; as in Gerry purportedly
dumping a broken fridge from one of the the holiday apartments
in Praia da Luz and replacing it without permission of the owner
Friends in
High Places = Gerry and Kate McCann's friends, notably in
government or the media, and more recently in "missing children"
agencies
Full English
= An English breakfast typically of rashers of bacon and eggs,
but may include sausages, mushrooms, tomatoes, baked beans,
black pudding, potatoes, and fried bread; as served in "greasy
spoon" cafe's but also to tourists in hotels, guest houses, and
B & Bs. In decline in most British homes, although may be
enjoyed at the weekend or on holiday, as by the McCanns in Praia
da Luz
Full Monty =
Whole hog; full nudity; men's three-piece suit; see also Full
English
Fund,
International see International Fund; Madeleine's Fund
Furious =
Term frequently used to describe the McCanns' feelings since
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Left to right, top to bottom:
GNR website logo; John Gaunt; Jacqueline Gold; Sir Philip Green
(upper); Alberto Gonzales (lower); GPS device used in the
Iranian kidnapping of Royal Navy personnel; 'Gone Baby Gone'
film poster; Gazeta Digital website logo (upper); Google logo
(lower); Martin Grime; Nicky Gill; smoking Guru chatting to the
higher power.
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GNR = A
Portuguese rock band; acronym of the Guarda Nacional Republicana;
see also Guarda Nacional Republicana
GPS Device =
A global positioning system device, which tracks the whereabouts
of a vehicle or person; as attached illegally to two vehicles
used by Robert Murat; see also Volkswagen Transporter; Skoda
Fabia
Gazeta
Digital = Blogspot for the missing Madeleine and the media
Gemeos =
Portuguese for Twins; see also McCann, Amelie; McCann, Sean
Geraghty,
John = A businessman from Leicestershire who now lives in
Portugal near Praia da Luz; offered to store the Renault Scenic
hired by the McCanns, so that they could commission independent
forensic tests
Gerry see
Gerry McCann; see also Jerry
Gerry's Blog
= Diary kept on the FindMadeleine website by Gerry McCann
Glittering
Career = Description of the respective careers of Gerry and Kate
McCann until being declared arguidos by the PJ in Portimão
Global
Positioning System see GPS Device
Gold,
Jacqueline = A wealthy contributor to the Madeleine's Fund and
an early supporter of the McCanns
Gone Baby
Gone = A US movie, based on the novel by Denis Lehane, set in
Boston about a missing four-year old girl; director Ben Affleck
delayed its opening in the UK, because of similarities to the
McCann Case; see also Affleck, Ben
Gonzales,
Alberto = US Attorney-General at the time of Madeleine's
disappearance; met with Gerry McCann to discuss missing
children; later resigned after having lied to the Senate over
mass firings in his department
Google =
Method of searching the World-Wide Web; see also Babelfish
Googlese =
Google translation
Green, Sir
Philip = Retail tycoon, who lent his private jet to the McCanns
for their European tour; see also Millionaires
Green Ribbons
= Symbol for a missing child campaign; see also Yellow Ribbons
Guarda
Nacional Republicana = Portuguese National Guard; first on the
scene after Madeleine's "abduction" and searched through the
night, along with scores of local residents; while the Tapas 9
remained in their apartments
Guru = A
brilliant computer expert; wizard
Gynaecology =
Study of women's diseases; another discipline studied by Kate
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Left to right, top to bottom: Stephen P.
Hurley of Hurley, Burish & Stanton; Coat of arms of Huelva over
map showing location of Huelva (background); Julia Hobsbawm
(b&w); John Hill; David Hodson; Hot chocolate and marshmallows;
High Court of England (Royal Courts of Justice); HTFM and Hogan
International website logos; Hot Lips Healy with Cabofrio avatar
look-alike; Brian and Susan Healy; Rev. Haynes Hubbard; Sir Tom
Hunter; John Hargreaves; David Hughes; Hague Convention on
International Child Abduction.
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HFM Forum =
Hunt For Maddy forum; see also Mirror's Hunt for Maddy Forum
HTFM see
Helping To Find Madeleine
HTH = Hope
This Helps
Hague, The.
Convention on International Child Abduction = The only worldwide
instrument available to help those who are facing child
abduction
Hardened
Criminal = Category of member on the3arguidos.net website with
1500-1999 postings
Hargreaves,
John = A wealthy contributor to the Madeleine's Fund and an
early supporter of the McCanns
Harry Potter
see Potter, Harry
Hate Speech =
Speech designed to degrade, intimidate, and incite violence
against a person or group; as in racist speech, e.g.,
denigration of the Portuguese police and media by Team McCann;
see also Free Speech
Head Covering
= A hat, scarf or lacy head covering worn on religious occasions
by devout Catholics; curiously omitted by Kate McCann on her
Papal visit
Heads Up = An
expression commonly in use in US military circles for an advance
warning - being wide awake and alert - being the head of
Healy =
Maiden name of Kate McCann; see also Hot Lips Healy
Healy, Brian
= Father of Kate McCann; grandfather of Madeleine; resides in
Liverpool
Healy, Susan
= Mother of Kate McCann; grandmother of Madeleine; resides in
Liverpool
Hearts and
Minds = To win a nation over, a tactic of Clarence Mitchell in
his usage of the media; used by US military during Vietnam War
Helping to
Find Madeleine = An Affiliate of the McCanns' FindMadeleine
website, with leaders and their teams divided by country; acting
as chimps or trolls on Maddy forums
Heulva = How
Gerry spelled Huelva in his Blog
High Court,
London = The open court, where the following public apology was
delivered by Stephen Bacon on March 19, 2008: “Express
Newspapers regrets publishing these extremely serious, yet
baseless, allegations" against Gerry and Kate McCann and their
involvement in the disappearance of Madeleine
Hill, Graham
= A detective superintendent with the Surrey Police, who has
worked on a string of high-profile cases, including the
kidnapping and murder of schoolgirl Milly Dowler; flew to
Portugal to help assist in the hunt for Madeleine
Hill, John =
Manager of the Ocean Club Resort in Praia da Luz, who found no
evidence of an "abduction" on May 3
Hobsbawm,
Julia = London's first Professor of Public Relations at the
London College of Communication; see also Editorial Intelligence
Hodson, David
= Consultant with The International Family Group; drafted early
press releases for the McCanns regarding Madeleine's Fund; see
also International Family Group
Hogan
International = Firm of private investgators, headed by Noel
Hogan, a former detective superintendent in the Metropolitan
Police; hired by the McCanns to conduct a cold case review in
conjunction with Método3
Hot Air = Not
from a hot air balloon, but as issued from Clarence Mitchell at
media conferences
Hot Chocolate
with Marshmallows = A favourite drink of Madeleine's at a
Templars coffee shop in Rothley
Hot Lips
Healy = Kate McCann's nickname while in medical school;
character in MASH
Hubbard,
Reverend Haynes = Chaplain of the Algarve; befriended the
McCanns while serving as locum priest to the congregation at
Praia da Luz
Hubner, Peter
= Serves on the Board of Madeleine's Fund; a retired Leicester
cardiologist and a friend of Gerry McCann
Huelbrigadas
= Colloquial term in Portuguese for private investigators
Huelva =
Place in Spain, where Gerry and Kate McCann drove to distribute
posters on a religious holiday, while people were away and most
businesses closed
Hunter, Sir
Tom = A wealthy contributor to the Madeleine's Fund and an early
supporter of the McCanns; little is known of him, except that
most of his holdings are in BHS
Hurley,
Burish & Stanton, Attorneys at Law = Kingsley Napley consulted
with this American law firm in Madison, Wisconsin, over "sniffer
dog" evidence in the Zapata Case; see also Strang, Dean
Hurley,
Stephen P. Senior partner of Hurley, Burish & Stanton, Attorneys
at Law, in Madison, Wisconsin, who worked with Dean Strang on
the Zapata Case; highly regarded for his expertise in criminal
defense, especially in complex cases
Hurtful = One
of Mitchell's adjectives to describe news reports |
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Upper left section:
Internaut montage (a young beginner; the InterNIC Internaut; a
Fugly.com Internaut); ICMEC logo; IFLG logo. Upper right
section: Igreja da Luz (background); Infrared Cameras Inc. logo
with a helmet thermal imaging device; Jemmies a.k.a. crowbars
embedded in the church towers. Lower section: Infohost logo;
Jerry a.k.a. chamber-pot a.k.a. 'guzunder' 'cos it 'guzunder the
bed'; ITV channel logos; GPRS Inc. logo; an eaten apple (Jantaram
- "THEY ate it!" as in "THEY've taken her!"); Evert Hoos and his
Incinerator.
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I
IANAL = I Am
Not A Lawyer
IC = I See
ICMEC see
International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children
IIRC = If I
Recall Correctly
IMHO = In My
Honest Opinion
IMO = In My
Opinion
IVF = Intra
Vitro Fertilization, the method by which Kate McCann became
pregnant with Madeleine and the twins in Amsterdam
Igreja da Luz
= Church of Light, where the McCanns prayed frequently after
Madeleine's "abduction"
Illiterate =
As in an illiterate letter received by Clarence Mitchell;
thought to have been sent by a member of the Shannon Matthew's
family
Incarnation,
Guilhermino = National deputy of the PJ in Faro, who inspected
the crime scene, while the media were otherwise engaged
Incineratorman = Man who ran the local incinerator outside of
Praia da Luz
Infohost =
Original host of the FindMadeleine website on the Internet, now
hosted by Fasthosts
Infra-Red
Cameras = Used in early air searches for Madeleine to detect the
existence of land shifts; in UK have even detected cadavers
under cement
International
Centre for Missing and Exploited Children = An international
organization founded by the National Center for Missing &
Exploited Children in Washington, DC, to identify and coordinate
a global network of organizations fighting child-sexual
exploitation and abduction; see also United States. National
Center on Missing and Exploited Children
International
Family Law Group = London law firm, specialising in child
abduction and international family law; met with the McCanns in
Portugal in early May 2007 and retained by them to set up
Madeleine's Fund on their behalf; wrote early press releases,
including the important one announcing the founding of the fund
at a football match in Leicester; see also Thomas, Ann; Hodson,
David; Shah, Lubna; Nichols, Michael
International
Fund = Gerry McCann's ambitions for Madeleine's Fund
Internaut =
An habitual user of the Internet, formed by an amalgamation of
"Internet" and either "Astronaut" or "Cybernaut"
Ioannou, Sir
Stelios Haji = Founder of EasyJet; a wealthy contributor to
Madeleine's Fund and an early supporter of the McCanns
ITV = A
commercial TV station in the UK currently filming Kate and Gerry
McCann for a long-form documentary on missing children; Mentorn
Media will produce this documentary to coincide with the first
anniversary of Madeleine's disppearance; see also Mentorn Media |
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Upper section:
Jeremy Beadle (before and after); Gerry and Kate McCann running
(Jogging) away again, hopefully straight to the lady with the
sword and scales (Justice); JN logo. Lower section: Jetski (what
is Beadle smiling at?); Jehovah's witness visiting lady to
deliver his signal publication, The Watchtower; Gaynor (de)
Jesus; Jayne Jensen.
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J
.jpg = A
format for digitising, compressing, and storing photographs or
pictures on the computer; files with the expression .jpg after
their names denote such a format; sometimes known as .jpeg for
joint photographers expert group
J/K = Just
Kidding
JT = Jane
Tanner, one of the Tapas 7, who saw Bundleman on May 3; see also
Tanner, Jane
JAFFA = An impotent person who cannot have children; an acronym
for Just Another F*cking Field Assistant (as in the gold fields
of Australia)
Jantaram =
Third person plural of the past tense of the verb "jantar" in
Portuguese, meaning "they dined"
January 23,
2008 = The Day The Mirror's Hunt for Maddy Forum Died; seen as
pivotal date in the loss of free speech in the UK
Jehovah's
Witness = A person belonging to a religious movement based on
the belief of restoration of 1st century Christianity
Jemmied = As
in damaged shutters of 5A, reported by the McCanns to their
family back in the UK, the media and to the PJ; EXCEPT the
police on inspecting the shutters found no sign of damage or
forced entry
Jealous =
Envious; covetous; "green"; as anti-McCann posters were thought
to be of the McCanns by pro-McCannites
Jeremy
Beadle-Hand-Patsy-Cropper = Photocropper of fake photographs
Jerry =
Chamber-pot; see also Mr. Jerry; Mr. Jerry and Its Wife
Jet Ski =
Vehicle for transferring a bundle out to sea; thought by some
posters to be used in the disposal of Madeleine's body from the
beach at Praia da Luz
Jesus, Gaynor
= An Anglo-Portuguese woman and childhood friend of Robert
Murat, who spread the erroneous story of his "glass" eye
Jogging =
Running at a leisurely pace for exercise; a favourite pastime of
Gerry and Kate McCann after Madeleine's disappearance
Juiz de
Instrução Criminal = Criminal instruction judge in Portugal
Justice = As
in Justice for Maddy |
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Upper section: Kangaroo court; Keyboard monkey; Keela, top UK
sniffer dogs; Brian Kennedy (uncle); Janet Kennedy (aunt); Brian
Kennedy (financial backer); Keystone Cops; Kingston Hospital
logo; Kingsley Napley logo. Lower section and background: Map of
Greater London showing location of Kingston-upon-Thames; history
snapshot of the parish church from 902 to 1973. Lower left
inset, left to right, top to bottom: Dan Kane; Bill Kenwright;
Danie Krugel; Kevin Winters.
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Kangaroo
Court see Cyberspace Kangaroo Court
Kate see
McCann, Kate
Keela = Top
sniffer dog from the UK used for tracking down blood evidence,
even from clothing and objects that have been cleaned or washed
many times
Kennedy,
Brian (1) = A retired headmaster, living in Rothley, and uncle
of Kate McCann; serves as a family director on the Board of
Madeleine's Fund
Kennedy,
Brian (2) = Glazing-millionaire, who offered a reward for
Madeleine's safe return; pays salary of Clarence Mitchell and
Edward Smthurst; paid for DNA experts hired by the McCanns to
look at evidence in the Renault Scenic; see also Krane, Dan;
Smethurst, Dan
Kenwright,
Bill = A wealthy contributor to the Madeleine's Fund and an
early supporter of the McCanns
Kevin R.
Winters & Co., Solicitors = A distinguished Belfast firm
consulted in Northern Ireland by the legal team from Kingsley
Napley, who wanted to learn more about their expert knowledge of
LCN DNA testing from successfully defending Omagh bomb suspect
Sean Hoey at the Old Bailey
Keyboard
Monkey = Poster on an Internet forum (probably derived from the
Infinite Monkey Theorem)
Keystone Cops
= Derogatory name for the PJ
Kids Club see
Crêche
Kingsley
Napley = A prestigious UK law firm, retained by the McCanns
Kingston
Hospital = Hospital where Matthew Oldfield works as a consultant
endocrinologist
Kingston-upon-Thames = Town in Surrey, home to Matthew and
Rachael Oldfield
Kinky Pinky =
Clarence Mitchell
Krane, Dan =
A US professor and DNA specialist, hired by the McCanns; his
team of "experts" carried out independent tests on the Renault
Scenic and found no trace of Madeleine's DNA in the tailgate
Kruger, Danie
= A South African dowser, who claimed he could find Madeleine's
body in Praia da Luz; found a place on the beach, where he
thought she had been buried
Krugersdorft
= Term derived from the name of a South African dowser, in
Africaans or Dutch; see also Kruger, Danie |
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Upper section:
LMAO; LOL; Map for location of LSE; George pub at LSE (inset);
Map of Liverpool; Royal Liver Building, one of Liverpool's most
notable and rocognizable landmarks. Mid and upper sections:
Latham House with Lurker and Loser (insets); DNA chart (LCN/DNA);
Nick Lampson; medicinal compounds invented by Lily the Pink;
José Luís Lopes da Mota; on the Lash; Map showing Lagos with
beach snapshot (inset).
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LMAO =
Laughing My Ass Off
LOL =
Laughing Out Loud
LSE = London
School of Economics
Lagos = A city and a municipality in Portugal, near Luz, in the
southern region of the Algarve; see also Solidarity Concert
Lampson, Nick
= Democratic Congressman for Texas; met with Gerry McCann while
he was in Washington, DC
Lash =
Bevvied; very drunk; intoxicated
Latham House
= The surgery in Melton Mowbray, where, prior to the holiday in
Portugal, Kate McCann served as a locum general practitioner for
1 1/2 days per week
Legging It
see Doing a McCann
Libel =
Written or broadcast form of defamation, as distinguished from
slander, the spoken form
Lies =
Untruths and contradictions by members of the Team McCann,
especially in establishing the May 3 timeline
Lies, Lies,
Pants on Fire = An expression to denote lying by the Tapas 9
Lifer =
Category of member on the3arguidos.net website with 5,000-plus
postings
Lily the Pink
= A nineteen-sixties pop song by the Scaffold; nickname for
Clarence Mitchell and his love of pink shirts
Linnett,
Michael = A wealthy retired accountant; appointed to the Board
of Directors of Madeleine's Fund
Liverpool = Home town of the Beatles and the Healy family
Local Lag =
Category of member on the3arguidos.net website with 750-999
postings
Lock Up Your
Daughters = A literary article on Casanova found by the PJ in
the Casa Liliana
London School
of Economics = Host to the panel session on the Media and the
McCanns
Lopes da Mota,
José Luís = National Member for Portugal, Eurojust; currently
President of the Eurojust College
Loser = Fool
or "sad" person
Low Copy DNA
Testing = A technique developed in the UK to enable scientists
to produce DNA profiles from samples containing very few cells;
see also DNA
Ludicrous =
Favourite word of Clarence Mitchell in dismissing news that Team
McCann would rather not hear
Lurker = A
person who routinely views threads on a forum but does not sign
up to post |
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Upper section, left to right Angus McBride;
Linda McQueen; Calum Macrae; David Mills; John McCann; Justine
McGuiness; Ester McVey; Kirsty Maryan; John Madejski; Dianne
McCann; Lady Catherine Meyer; Christopher Murray. Mid- and lower
sections, left to right: Gerry and Kate McCann and the twins
Sean and Amelie; Clarence Mitchell; Jo Maura; Francisco Marco;
Robert Murat; Francisco Moita Flores; Jenny Murat; Sergei
Malinka; Eileen McCann; Philomena McCann; Edward McMillan-Scott.
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M
MLA = Mutual
Legal Assistance
MOS = Matter
Oriented System
MS =
Messaging Service
MYOB = Mind
Your Own Business
Mc€s =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
Mc£s =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McAlert = An
alert system to show unsafe places for children
McArses =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McBastards =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McBeans =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McBigots =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McBlames =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McBook =
Gerry's forensic book; or Kate's Bible
McBride,
Angus = A partner at Kingsley Napley; a $1,200-an-hour lawyer,
specialising in high-profile cases; represented the former Clash
guitarist Mick Jones over allegations arising from the Kate Moss
cocaine affair; was also involved in the John Terry and Chris
Langham cases; retained by the McCanns for their defence
McCann =
Family Name of Gerry McCann
McCann,
Amelie = One of the McCann twins and younger sister of Madeleine
McCann,
Eileen = Mother of Gerry McCann; grandmother of Madeleine; ran a
pub in Donegal, Northern Ireland; now resides in Glasgow
McCann, Gerry
= A consultant cardiologist at Glenfield Hospital, Leicester;
father of Madeleine but now declared arguido in her
disappearance
McCann, John
= Brother of Gerry McCann, who gave up his job to serve on the
Board of the Madeleine's Fund
McCann, Kate
= Former locum general practitioner at Lathem House, Melton
Mowbray; wife of Gerry McCann; mother of Madeleine but now
declared arguida in her disappearance
McCann,
Madeleine = Missing daughter of Gerry and Kate McCann; see also
Code Madeleine; Madeleine Foundation; Madeleine's Book of Hope;
Madeleine's Fund; Madeleine's Law
McCann,
Philomena = Sister of Gerry McCann; teacher, resides in
Ullapool, Scotland;
acted as a
spokesperson for the family and met with Members of Parliament
in Westminster
McCann, Ruth
= Owner of 5A at the Ocean Club Resort; resides in Liverpool but
said to be no relative of the McCanns
McCann, Sean
= One of the McCann twins and younger brother of Madeleine
McCannbater =
A person who gains pleasure for brain-base self stimulation
McCannbation
= Pleasure from brain-based self stimulation
Mccannfiles =
Redsquare's highly-respected website on the McCann Case; now
under fire as "an unauthorised site" from Team McCann
McCannite =
Supporter of the McCanns
McCannos =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McCannorama =
A BBC Panorama programme on the McCann Case
McCannots =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McCan'ts =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McChimp = A
poster supporter of the McCanns; see also Chimp
Macho Nacho =
What Nacho Abad thinks about himself
McClowns =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McComplices =
An accomplice of the McCanns
McConic =
Ironic
McConns =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McCrims =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McDefendants
= Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McDelusionals
= Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McDisgustings
= Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McDoughnuts =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McEuros see
Mc€s
McFaeces =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McFan = What
the shi*t is about to hit; also a fan of the McCanns; proMcCann
McFeculants =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McFlurry =
McCann media overkill
McFools =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McFishy =
Denoting something odd about the McCanns
McFriend =
Friend of the McCanns
McFries =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McFunds =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McGuinness,
Justine = First paid spokesperson for the McCanns; present when
they were declared arguidos; participated in the LSE Media and
the McCanns panel session
McKillers =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McKingdom =
Fantasy world of Gerry and Kate McCann
McLiars =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McLudicrouses
= Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McMalices =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McMansion =
Pejorative US architectural term given to a certain style of
large house built on a small lot and dwarfing older
neighbourhood homes; Rothley house of the McCanns
McMillan-Scott, Edward = Conservative MEP for Yorkshire and the
Humber, who said that "in more than three out of four cases like
this a family member is involved"; he was speaking of the
recently found Shannon Matthews and not of the missing Madeleine
McMonies =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McMortgage
Scandal = Scandal surrounding the illegal payment of the
mortgage for the Rothley house from Madeleine's Fund
McNasties =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann; see also McNasty
McNasty =
Derogatory name for John McCain, the Republican candidate for
the presidency of the United States, when he was in high school;
see also McNasties
McParents =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McPisstakers
= Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McPoster = A
pro-McCann
McPounds see
Mc£s
McPsychos =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
MacRae, Calum
= A former Ullapool pupil of Philomena McCann; director of
Infohost and the first webmaster for the FindMadeleine website
McRats =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McRoyalties =
Derogatory name for the McCanns
McScams =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McScarpers =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McScums =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McScumbags =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McShams =
Derogatory name for Gerry and Kate McCann
McSick Note =
A doctor's note, as coined by celticcaria, for a 3A poster,
whose mind is on breaking news on the forum and not on work
McTurdo3 =
Derogatory name for Metodo3
McVey, Esther
= Former Chairman of the Board for the Madeleine's Fund |
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Upper section:
COI Media Monitoring Unit logo; Map of UK showing location of
Leicestershire; mccannfiles.com logo; Mills Productions Ltd
header; Methadone warning; TNS Media Intelligence logo; MCE
logo; Missing People Header; Mentormedia TM header. Mid section:
Mitochondrial DNA; Montana Sauvignon Blanc; Moderators (red
pencil); Background map of Leicestershire showing Rothley and
Melton Mowbray; Melton Mowbray pork pie (made in Melton, told in
Rothley; a genuine Mistake); a real Mobster. Lower section:
Global, regional and island maps of Malta and Gozo; three
website headers (Soldier of Fortune [Mercenary] magazine); PACT;
MLA); Map of Morocco.
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Maddie =
Nickname for Madeleine
Maddieballs =
Word coined by Private Eye for media nonsense written about the
McCann Case
Maddy =
Variation of the nickname for Madeleine
Madejski, John
= A wealthy contributor to the Madeleine's Fund and an early
supporter of the McCanns
Madeleine =
Magdelene = Magdelena
Madeleine
Foundation = A democratic membership organization established by
Tony Bennett in Harlow, to ensure that Madeleine's name will
live on forever and that her message to this generation and to
future generations of parents is “Never leave young children on
their own"; see also Bennett, Tony; Madeleine's Law;
TruthforMadeleine
Madeleine's
Book of Hope = A book of messages contributed by Portuguese
children of all ages for Madeleine
Madeleine's
Fund: Leaving No Stone Unturned = A limited company formed to
raise money to find Madeleine and other missing children, but
used by the McCanns for the mortgage on their Rothley house and
to support their affluent lifestyle
Madeleine's
Law = Legislation proposed by TruthForMadeleine and Tony Bennett
to protect children from neglect by their parents; see also
Bennett, Tony; Madeleine Foundation; TruthforMadeleine
Mafia Boss =
Category of member on the3arguidos.net website with 2000-4999
postings
Mafia Mistress
see COMARE
Magalhaes e
Meneses, Jose Cunha de see Meneses, Jose Cunha de Magalhaes e
Magdalene =
Derivative of Magdelena or Madeleine
Magdelena =
Derivative of Magdalene or Madeleine, favoured by Lucian DeVille
Magnusson,
Eggert = A wealthy contributor to the Madeleine's Fund and an
early supporter of the McCanns
Malinka,
Sergei = Russian IT expert, who built a website for Robert
Murat; his computers were taken by investigators early in the
case; more recently his Audi A4 was set on fire in Praia da Luz;
on the sidewalk near the burned-out vehicle was the word "fala";
see also Fala
Malta = A group of islands in the Mediterranean, where
there have been frequent "sightings" of Madeleine
Mampilly =
Maiden name of Rachael Oldfield
Marco,
Francisco = Director General of Metodo3; stated that Maddy was
alive two days after the kidnapping and that Madeleine was in a
car and was given to another person inside Portugal; "We have
the description of the woman and the man involved"
Margaret =
Name mistakenly given to Madeleine by Gerry McCann
Marketing Ploy
see Ploy
Maryan, Kirsty
= A nanny at the Ocean Club Resort and another witness in the
Madeleine McCann Case
May 3, 2007 =
Date Madeleine was "abducted" from Apartment 5A at the Ocean
Club Resort
Media
Intelligence = Strategic advertising intelligence (including
data and analysis) for political/public affairs, advertising
campaigns, advertising agencies, and the media; see also
Editorial Intelligence
Media
Monitoring Unit = A government agency headed by Clarence
Mitchell until he became spokesman for the McCanns; now thought
to have used this unit to monitor the behaviour of posters in
forums and blogs "considered to be highly detrimental to the
image of the McCanns and that of the British government"
Melton Mowbray
= A town in Leicestershire, famous for its pork pies; also where
Kate Mccann worked as a locum general practitioner; see also
Lathem House
Meneses, José
Cunha de Magalhaes e = Public Prosecutor of the Portimão Court;
had the unenviable task of reviewing 10 boxes of evidence in the
Madeleine McCann Case
Mentorn Media
= One of the UK's leading independent television producers; they
also were responsible for the Panorama documentary and are to
produce the ITV documentary to mark the first anniversary of
Madeleine's disappearance from Apartment 5A of the Ocean Club
Resort
Mercenaries =
Soldiers of fortune, who take part in armed conflicts but are
not nationals of the hiring party or country; motivated solely
by money; see also Metodo3
Methadone =
Synthetic opoid used in narcotic withdrawal and therapy
Metodo€ see
Metodo3
Metodo£ see
Metodo3
Metodo3 =
Spanish investigative agency, specializing in fraud, hired by
the McCanns to find Madeleine in Spain and Morocco; considered
to be “dodgy mercenaries" by Francisco Paragete, lawyer to
Robert Murat
Meyer, Lady
(Catherine) = Wife of Sir Christopher Meyer, former UK
Ambassador to the United States; founder of PACT; see also PACT
Millionaires =
Affluent friends, acquaintances, and contacts/connections, who
have provided support, in addition to donations, legal fees,
reward money, and private jets, to the McCanns; see also
Beckham, David; Branson, Richard; Green, Philip; Kennedy, Brian;
Rowling, J.K.; Winyard, Stephen
Mirror Forum =
A forum on the Daily Mirror's website
Mirror's Hunt
for Maddy Forum = A very popular forum on the Daily Mirror's
website, now closed down, as the result of pressure from
Clarence Mitchell; see also Media Monitoring Unit
Mills, David =
Original producer for BBC's Panorama program on Madeleine
McCann; walked out of project, claiming that criticism of the
media and Portugese police was toned down for the version
eventually transmitted
Miss Beazley =
One of two Scottish terrier dogs living in the White House; this
one was a present from the President to the First Lady; thought
to have been the dog met by Gerry McCann on his visit to the
White House; see also Barney; Scottish Terrier
Missing
Children Europe = A Brussels-based organization for the European
Federation for Missing and Sexually Exploited Children
affiliated with NCMEC; this non-profit organisation has 21
member NGOs from 15 countries of the European Union all working
internationally "to prevent and fight the sexual exploitation of
children and assist parents and investigators confronted with
the disappearance of a child"; Gerry McCann, however, prefers to
work with NCMEC in the United States, rather than in Brussels,
for his Wider Agenda; see also National Center for Missing and
Exploited Children
Missing People
= Non-profit organization for missing persons in the UK; member
of Missing People Europe
Missing People
Europe = Non-profit organization for missing persons in Europe;
favours an Amber Alert System; see also Amber Alert System
Mistake =
Boob; error; slip; gaffe; lapse, as in Gerry McCann saying that
they had made a "mistake" in leaving their children unsupervised
Mr. Jerry =
Name for Gerry McCann, as coined by Lucian DeVille
Mr. Jerry and
Its Wife = Name for Gerry and Kate McCann, as coined by Lucian
DeVille
Mr. Young
Chicken Hunter = A Portuguese lawyer
Mitchell,
Clarence = Spokesman for the McCanns; former head of the UK
Media Monitoring Unit; former reporter for the BBC; now on
payroll of Brian Kennedy
Mitochondrial
DNA = DNA located in organelles called mitochondria, spanning
about 16,500 DNA building blocks
Mobster =
Thug; hoodlum; crook; outlaw, term used to describe
"anti-McCanns"
Moderator =
Person who monitors the behaviour of posters on an Internet
forum
Mods =
Shorthand for moderators on an Internet forum
Moita Flores,
Francisco = Former PJ inspector; author of several TV series,
including a proposed new series for a foreign TV station on the
McCann Case, in Portugal
Mojo3 =
Metodo3
Montana
Sauvignon Blanc = A New Zealand wine said to be the favourite
wine of the McCanns; while in Praia da Luz, they purchased their
supplies from Baptista, but when local posters checked, they
were told that it is no longer in stock; perhaps the McCanns
cleaned them out?
Monteiro,
Henrique Pinto = Portugal's Attorney General
Moonlight Flit
see Doing a Moonlight
Morocco =
North African country, where Metodo3 has been searching for
Madeleine after numerous "false sightings"
Mountain of
Sovereigns Blanc = As coined by weissnicht for Montana Sauvignon
Blanc; see also Montana Sauvignon Blanc
Munchausen By
Proxy = Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) given to a type of
abuse, where a caregiver feigns or induces illness in a person
under their care, in order to attract attention, sympathy, or to
fill other emotional needs
Munchausen
Syndrome = A psychiatric disorder in which those affected feign
disease,
illness, or psychological trauma, in order to draw attention or
sympathy from family, friends, and health professionals
Murat = Family
name of Robert Murat with roots in Portugal, as wine merchants
in Oporto, since the 18th century
Murat, Jenny =
Mother of Robert, who was with her son on the night of May 3;
her home, Casa Liliana, was searched by the PJ, but nothing
incriminating was found
Murat, Robert
= An Anglo-Portuguese man, who served as a translator for the PJ
during the early days of the case but was declared arguido after
a Sky reporter gave his name to the Leicester police; now
thought to be innocent of any involvement in Madeleine's
disappearance
Murray,
Christopher = A lawyer with Kingsley Napley; current chairman of
the Criminal Law Committee, he has particular expertise in
white-collar crime and matters with an international element,
such as mutual assistance; was probably used by the McCanns to
delay the submission of the PJ's rogatory letters to the
Leicestershire Police
Mutual Legal
Assistance = A service of the UK Home Office to help citizens
abroad and to transmit legal communications between
jurisdictions in the UK and a foreign country |
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Left section:
Montage about Neglect on a background of Understanding Child
Abuse and Neglect by C. Crosson-Tower. Insets top-to-bottom,
left-to-right:you're Nicked, mate; NCMEC logo; three 'Neglect'
logos from
http://www.preventchildabuse.com;
Cartoon of three forms of child neglect from
http://www.capegateway.gov.za.
Right section: top-to-bottom, left-to-right: Michael Nicholls,
QC, of 1 Hare Court; Necrosearch International website logo and
header; No Comment a.k.a.'zip it'; No Stone Unturned website
header; Neon street light in Luz; Budgie Narcissist;
representative of Nouveau Riche and possibly narcissism and NOYB;
Search dog waiting for stones to be turned; NOYB (None of your
business) blue keyboard; Finnish Numpty poster; NPD: Malignant
Self Love by Sam Vaknin; Nappy washday (background) with dog
wearing nappy (inset); News International - often associated
with NPD and washing dirty nappies in public.
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NCMEC =
Acronym for National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
NYOB = None
of Your Own Business
Nacho C.
Loonie = Nacho Abad
Nacho the
Nutter = Nacho Abad, the leak spinner
Nanny McFlee
= The missing Nanny McCann
Nappies =
British term for Diapers (US); see also Dirty Nappies
Narcissism
see Narcissistic Personality Disorder; Somatic Narcissist
Narcissistic
Personality Disorder = A mental disorder primarily characterised
by extreme focus on oneself; symptomatic of "a pervasive pattern
of grandiosity, a need for admiration, and a lack of empathy"
Narrative
Crossover = Placement of two or more otherwise discrete
narratives or fictional crossovers into the context of a single
story
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children = A
missing child agency visited by Gerry McCann in Washington, DC;
see also International Centre for Missing and Exploited
Children; Missing Children Europe
NecroSearch
International = A US-based non-profit forensic investigative
team, specialising in previously shelved homicide cases because
of corpus indelecti; see also No Stone Unturned; Corpus
Indelecti
Neglect = Act
of leaving a young child unattended
Neon Lighting
= Type of street lighting under which Jane Tanner saw Bundleman
outside the Ocean Club Resort in Praia da Luz
New In Town =
Category of member on the3arguidos.net website with up to 99
posts
Newbie = New
person in town, or a new person beginning to post on a forum
News
International = Media conglomerate and subsidiary of Rupert
Murdoch's Newspaper Corporation; see also The Sun; Sun On-Line
Newspaper
Corporation see News International
Nicholls,
Michael = A London-based QC; family lawyer in the Official
Solicitor's Office; head of the Lord Chancellor's Child
Abduction Unit 1983-1998; member of the Family Justice Council's
International Family Law Committee; consultant to the Council of
Europe's Family Law Committee; retained by the McCanns when they
first set up Madeleine's Fund with The International Family
Group; see also International Family Group, The
Nicked =
Caught; see also You're Nicked
No Comment =
Phrase used by politicians or celebrities, when they do not wish
to answer a question; also used by Gerry McCann when asked
whether he knew Robert Murat
No Stone
Unturned = Title of a book about the US-based non-profit
forensic investigative team, NecroSearch International, by Steve
Jackson
Nouveau Riche
= New rich, in French, or new money, referring to people who
have newly acquired wealth; used for those lacking in finesse or
taste and displaying working-class origins, as demonstrated by
the McCanns
Numpty =
Scotland's favourite word, meaning idiot or stupid person |
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Left section:
Gerry and Kate McCann Opening Post (background) with Matthew
Oldfield; Rachel Oldfield; Bridget O'Donnell; Oddball and Jose
Manuel Oliveira (insets). Right section: top-to-bottom,
left-to-right: Online Resident website logo; On the other hand;
Parole board cartoon; Obfuscation (smoke and mirrors); Map
showing location of Odiáxere (background) with market day in
Odiáxere; Odiáxere Town Council (Freguesia) logo; Ordem dos
Advogados logo (insets). Graphic design by albym |
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OMG = Oh My
God
OP = Opening
Post
OTOH = On The
Other Hand
O'Brien,
Russell = One of the Tapas 7; said to be attending his sick
child, while the "abduction" took place; see also Tanner, Jane
O'Donnell,
Bridget = Partner of Jeremy Wilkins; wrote a Guardian article on
her observations of the McCanns in Praia da Luz
Obfuscation =
Confusion, as in throwing the PJ off the scent with "red
herrings"
Obrigado =
Thank you, in Portuguese
Ocean Club
Resort = A Mark Warner family-friendly resort in Praia da Luz
Oddball =
Derogatory name used by Team McCann to describe Robert Murat
Oldfield,
Matthew = One of the Tapas 7, who holidayed with the McCann
family
Oldfield,
Rachael Mampilly = Wife of Matthew Oldfield; one of the Tapas 7
Oliveira,
Jose Manuel = Crime reporter for Diario de Noticias; interviewed
in the Panorama documentary; stated within two days of the
investigation into Madeleine's disappearance from sources
connected to the Portuguese police that they did not believe the
abduction story and that the parents were suspects from the
beginning
On Parole =
Category of member on the3arguidos.net website with 1000-1499
postings
Online
Resident, The = The online edition of The Resident, a newspaper
for
English-speaking residents of the Algarve and Lisbon; see also
Resident, The
Ordem dos
Advogados Portugueses = Portuguese Bar Association headquartered
in Lisbon; its president (now immediate past-president) has been
retained by the McCanns for their defence; see also Alves,
Rogerio; Pinto, Marinho
Out on a Lash
see Lash
Odiáxere =
Home of Father Pacheco's parents; located in a desert scrubland
area of the Algarve, approximately nine miles from Praia da Luz |
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Left to right, top to bottom:
Pope with McCanns; Mccanns with Pope; Police Bravery awards;
Tuck Price; Tony Parsons; Pink Crusader; Pink Shirts; Pink Hole;
Pink Death; David Payne; Francisco Pagarete; Philomena McCann;
Playgroundman (above); Fiona Payne (below); Pied Piper of
Hamelin; Portuguese Police searching for Madeleine; Prayers;
Father José Manuel Pacheco; Alan Pike; Charlotte Pennington;
Marinho Pinto; Predator; Fiona Phillips; Priest.
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PACT =
Parents and Abducted Children Together; a non-profit
organization founded by Lady (Catherine) Meyer, wife of Sir
Christopher Meyer, fomer UK Ambassador to the United States
PDL = Praia
da Luz
PEBCAK =
Problem Exists Between the Chair and the Keyboard
PJ = Policia
Judiciária
PMSL = Peed
Myself Laughing
PR = Public
Relations
PSYOPS =
Psychological Operations
PT = Portugal
Pacheco,
Father José Manuel = Catholic priest at Igreja da Luz, who was
later criticised by the Church hierarchy for lending a key to
the McCanns
Paedophile =
Adult engaging in child pornography or in sexual relations with
a child
Pampas Grass
= Exotic grass, usually in the front garden of a swinger
Panorama =
BBC program, which aired first UK documentary on the McCann case
Pants of
Ganga = Jeans; see also Calças de Ganga
Papal
Audience see Pope Benedict
Paracetamol =
Active ingredient in Calpol or Calpol Night
Pagarete,
Francisco = Robert Murat's lawyer in Portugal
Parents and
Abducted Children Together see PACT
Paternity =
Fatherhood; as questioned whether Gerry McCann was the father of
Madeleine
Paternity
Test = A blood or saliva test to determine whether a man may be
the father or not of a particular child
Payne, David
= One of the Tapas 7, who holidayed with the McCann family
Payne, Fiona
= Doctor wife of David Payne; one of the Tapas 7
PayPal = An
E-commerce company often used by eBay customers to transfer
funds quickly after an online auction; used by the McCanns to
raise £1,000,000+ for Madeleine's Fund
Pennington,
Charlotte = Nanny at the Ocean Club Resort; gave conflicting
testimony on Madeleine's activities on May 3
Petition =
Formal written request from one or more persons to an
administrative body
Phishing
=Trying to acquire sensitive personal data by criminal and
fraudulent means via the Internet
Photobucket =
Image hosting, free photo and video sharing
PhotoFit = A
technique used by police for building up an image of someone to
fit a witness's description
PhotoShop =
An Adobe computer software programme used in digital photography
Pied Piper of
Hamelin = In the Middle Ages, many children died in an outbreak
of the plague in a small town in northern Germany; people
invented a myth of a stranger abduction because it was more
comforting than the truth; first verifiable example of the
"stranger-abduction myth"
Pike, Alan =
A specialist counsellor from the Centre for Crisis Psychology,
Skipton, who was flown out to Praia da Luz to comfort the
McCanns by Mark Warner |
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Left to right, top to bottom:
Pink PR; Precipitation; Pampas grass; IVF Paternity test;
Paracetamol; Precipitous and Portugal map (backgrounds); Publico
logo; PMSL; Paypal; Phishing; Pants of Ganga; Pink
Herring/sardines and Pink Kippers; Abductor Pants of Ganga.
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Pink =
Madeleine's favourite colour; spin
Pink Crusader
= Slayer of free speech
Pink Death =
A disease, killing journalism and free speech in UK; spread by a
CM virus
Pink Herrings
= Clarrie's "red herrings" at press conferences; see also Pink
Kipppers
Pink Holes =
Falsities or "holes" in Clarrie's theories on the McCann Case
coming out typically in his press reports or TV interviews
Pink Kippers
= Clarrie's "red herrings" at press conferences; see also Pink
Herrings
Pink Pimp =
Clarence Mitchell
Pink Spin =
Flimsy information with no reason to appear in media reports
PinkShirt = A
nickname given to Clarence Mitchell because of his fondness for
pink shirts
PinkShirts =
Cohorts of spokesman Clarence Mitchell |
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Left section, top to bottom, left to right: Website headers for
PACT, Panorama, Policia Judiciária , Press Complaints
Commission, Photobucket, e-Petitions; Pitchforkers (background)
and Right section, top to bottom, left to right: Photoshop; Pink
Pimp; PsyOps; Photofit.
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Pinto,
Marinho = Newly-elected President of the Ordem dos Advogados
Portugueses (Portuguese Bar Association); after the Enderby
interrogations of the Tapas 7, stated that the PJ are at an
impasse in their investigations; see also Alves, Rogerio; Ordem
dos Advogados Portugueses
Pinto de
Abreu, Carlos see De Abreu, Carlos Pinto
Pitchforker =
Muckraker
Ploy = A
manoeuvre to frustrate an opponent; or as in a marketing ploy,
said to be the tactic of Gerry McCann in marketing Madeleine
Police
Bravery Awards = Held at the Dorchester Hotel in London, where
Gerry McCann was given a standing ovation
Policia
Judiciária = Highly qualified police force with law degrees in
Portugal
Pope Benedict
XVI = Bishop of Rome and head of the Roman Catholic Church; the
McCanns sought an audience to receive his blessing; see also
Vatican City; Vatican Website
Portuguese
Bar Association see Ordem dos Advogados Portugueses
Portimão = A
town in the Algarve, close to Praia da Luz; where Gerry and Kate
McCann were interrogated and subsequently declared arguidos by
the PJ
Post = A
contribution to a thread on an Internet forum
Poster = A
person who posts on an Internet forum
Poster-Speak
= New words coined by posters, often amusingly, on an Internet
forum
Posting = Act
of contributing to a thread on an Internet forum
Potter, Harry
= A favourite character of Madeleine; see also Rowling, J.K.
Praia da Luz
= A seaside resort in the Algarve, Portugal
Prayers = A
reverent petition made to God, a god, or another object of
worship; or what Gerry and Katie did in between playing tennis,
jogging, and walking on the beach after Madeleine's "abduction"
Precipitação
= Precipitation or Precipitousness, in Portuguese
Precipitation
= Precipitousness; also used for weather conditions, as in rain
or snow falling to the ground
Precipitousness = Hasty; extremely steep; a precipitous bluff
Predator see
Paedophile
Press
Complaints Commission = Independent organization monitoring
British newspapers and magazines to ensure that they adhere to
ethical guidelines; see also Toulmin, Tim
Priest =
Ordained minister, as used by the McCanns in UK and Portugal
Prostitutes,
The = The newspapers
Prüm Treaty,
The = An European Union treaty designed to create a single
European DNA/Criminal Database; see also DNA Database
Psychological
Operations = Techniques used by the military and police to
influence a target audience's emotions, motives, objective
reasoning, and behaviour
Putative
Abductor = A "supposed" abductor |
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Q
QC = Queen's
Counsel
Quantum
McCannics = Simultaneous sightings of Madeleine, such as in
Morocco and Spain, and their subsequent parallel police
investigations
Quantum
Physics Dowser = Dowser, using techniques from quantum physics;
see also Kruger, Danie
Quiz Mistress
= Ocean Club aerobics instructor Najova Chekaya, entertaining
Tapas Bar diners with a "quiz," which the McCanns were tipped to
win the night of May 3; see also Chaplins |
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Left section, left to right, top to bottom:
Catholic Rosary (background) with Mark Rogers, Jill Renwick,
Wayne Rooney, Seal of the Vatican's Secret Archives, Ladies'
Rolex (replacing the rosary cross), JK Rowling before and after
(insets); ROFL; ROFLMAO; map showing location of Rothley. Mid
section, left to right, top to bottom: Retinoblastoma; Rare
stranger abduction (dog stealing whole carcass from butcher
stall); Rotting meat falling into Renault Scenic. Right section,
left to right, top to bottom: Raptor (background) with above
Almeida Rodrigues; below Alipio Ribeiro; Paulo Rebelo (insets);
Roadworks in Praia da Luz (2007) with urban disaster rescue
Robot looking for the parents; Redsquare holding together the
important things in his website.
Graphic design by albym |
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R
ROFL =
Rolling On the Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO =
Rolling On the Floor Laughing My A*se Off
Radio Slip =
A hasty remark by a Police Chief
Raptor = A
Portuguese kidnapper; bird of prey
Rare Stranger
Abduction = A rare kidnapping of a child by a stranger, as used
by Clarence Mitchell, to explain Madeleine's disappearance from
5A; see also Pied Piper of Hamelin; Stranger-Abduction Myth
Rebelo, Paulo
= Highly regarded lead investigator, who replaced Gonçalo Amaral
in the coordination of the McCann Case in the Department of
Criminal Investigation of Portimão; responsible for analysing
the evidence and for monitoring the preparation of the rogatory
letters to be sent to England
Recruitment
Consultant = A person who makes bookings for agency and
temporary staff, a position requiring in the case of Rachael
Mampilly Oldfield several years of employment as a solicitor as
a prerequisite, but in the case of others no qualifications
whatsoever
Redsquare =
Respected author of the mccannfiles website and a poster on the
Three Arguidos Forum; see also Mccannfiles
Refrigerator
see Fridge
Regret =
Gerry and Kate McCann saying they were sorry that they were not
with Madeleine when she was "abducted"
Reis, Paulo =
Editor of Gazeta Digital
Renault
McCann = Car hired by the McCanns in Portugal
Renault
McScenic see Renault McCann
Renwick, Jill
= Friend and former colleague of Kate McCann
Resident, The
= A respected newspaper for English-speaking residents of the
Algarve and Lisbon; also publishes an online edition; see also
Online Resident, The
Respected
Posters = FACT
Responsible =
Manner in which the McCanns describe themselves as parents, that
they are not guilty of "child neglect"
Retardo3 =
Derogatory name for Metodo3
Retinoblastoma = A malignant glioma or cancer of the retina;
often hereditary in young children
Ribeiro,
Alipio = National director of the PJ in Portugal, who has now
submitted his resignation to Justice Minister Alberto Costa
Ridiculous
see Ludicrous
Road Works =
Road excavations by the Church of Light; thought by many posters
to be a good hiding place for a body
Robertson,
Geoffrey = A lawyer and Queen's Counsel, who helped the McCanns
draft their declaration for an alert system for missing children
at the European Parliament
Robot Picture
= A Japanese robotic picture or simulation, which can be used in
search and rescue
Rodrigues,
Almeida = A director of the Policia Judicaria of Coimbra, he now
becomes the national director of the PJ, following the
resignation of Alipio Ribeiro
Rogatory =
Law
Rogatory
Letter = Law document, relating to evidence, exchanged between
jurisdictions of two countries
Rogers, Mike
= Republican Congressman for 8th District of Michigan; met with
Gerry McCann, while he was in Washington, DC
Rolex = Brand
of watch worn by Kate McCann; see also Nouveau Riche
Roman
Catholic Church see Catholic Church
Rooney, Wayne
= A Manchester United footballer; an early supporter of the
McCanns and a wealthy contributor to Madeleine's Fund
Rosary Beads
= Prayer beads of special importance to devout Catholics,
normally blessed and treated with reverence, but worn by Kate
McCann as a necklace on her visit with the Pope; also used as a
necklace for Cuddlecat
Rothley =
Place in Leicestershire, where the McCanns currently reside
Rotten Meat =
Source of the bodily fluids found in the tyre well of the
Renault, as explained by the McCanns
Rowling, JK =
Author of the Harry Potter books; early supporter of the
McCanns; see also Millionaires |
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Left to right, top to bottom: SCKM; website headers/logos:
(SNAP; SOS Crianca; SPEC); SQL; Sad Souls carved in Sand; Sacred
Heart church with Father Paul Sneddon (inset); Scapegoat;
Sheeple; black Sea Bass with Shark-infested waters (inset); Sea
Hunt by Sniffer Dog, not parent; Sea Raptor; Sedatives on
shelves; SUV montage; Senior citizen Researching the effects of
a Piña Colada; Subtantial Damages Settlements; Lubna Shah; Sir
Nigel Sheinwald; Server cluster and Server of drinks; Senior
Consultant website header; Richard Shelby.
Graphic design by albym |
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S
SCKM = Spilt
Coffee on the Keyboard Moment
SNAP =
Survivor's Network of those Abused by Priests
SOS Criança =
Non-governmental child welfare organization in Portugal
SPEC, Lda =
An engineering company based in Portimão, which is sponsoring
50% of the cost of the diving operation at Barragem do Arade
Reservoir and Dam in a search for Madeleine's body
SQL = An
error in software
SUV = A
sport-utility vehicle; see also Chelsea Tractor; Yank Tank
Sacred Heart
Church = Catholic Church in Rothley, where the McCanns pray for
Madeleine
Sad Souls =
Term used by Charlie Beckett, Director of POLIS, London School
of Economics, to describe people on internet forums
Sand = Minute
fragments of siliceous rocks, thought by some posters to have
been used as a temporary "preservative" for Madeleine's body;
not just for Gerry McCann to build sandcastles with the twins
Sardines
Muncher = Derogatory term for a Portuguese person
Sauvignon
Blanc see Montana Sauvignon Blanc; Mountain of Sovereigns Blanc
Scapegoat =
One who bears blame for others, as in "abduction" suspect
Scenario =
Plot; story; as in Gerry McCann saying, "The worst possible
scenario would be that someone had taken Maddy"
Scottish
Terrier = A dog, belonging to the Bush family, who met Gerry
McCann when he visited the White House. Since Gerry was unable
to meet personally with Laura Bush, the First Lady most likely
sent Miss Beazley in her place; Barney would have been with his
master in the Oval Office; see also Barney; Miss Beazley
Sea Bass =
Favourite fish of Sean McCann, according to Gerry's Blog
Sea Hunt for
Maddy = Initial air/sea search for Madeleine; see also Infra-Red
Cameras; Temperature Cameras
Sea Raptor =
Sea kidnapper; see also Raptor
Sedatives =
Classification of drugs to make people sleep
Seddon,
Father Paul = Roman Catholic parish priest at St Richard's
Church, Atherton, Greater Manchester, who flew to Portugal to
help in the search for Madeleine; Kate McCann asked her mother
for his telephone number, so that she could call him in the
early hours of May 4; previously he had married Gerry and Kate
McCann and later had baptised Madeleine
Senior
Consultant = Term used by the UK press to describe Gerry McCann,
although he was only appointed to his first consultant position
at Glenfield Hospital a couple of years ago
Senior
Research Fellow = An academic appointment in a research
institution
Server = A
larger, fast computer on a network, such as the Internet, on
which are stored data, websites, and files for users to access
Settlement =
The satisfying of a claim or demand; a coming to terms over a
lawsuit, as in the McCanns accepting a verbal and published
apology and £550,000 in a settlement against the Express
Newspapers
Shah, Lubna =
Partner and specialist in abduction cases with The International
Family Group, the firm retained by the McCanns to handle
Madeleine's Fund; see also International Family Group, The
Shark-Infested Waters = Environment of the now-defunct Mirror's
Hunt for Maddy forum
Sheeple = An
amalgamation of "Sheep" and "People" to denote people that
follow blindly and never question their leaders
Sheinwald,
Sir Nigel = British Ambassador to the USA; met with Gerry McCann
while he was in Washington, DC
Shelby,
Richard = Republican Senator for Alabama; met with Gerry McCann
while he was in Washington, DC; Gerry when writing of their
meeting in his blog, referred to him incorrectly as "Robert
Shelby" |
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Left to right, top to bottom: Map between
Skipton and Bradford (background); classic Sightings ('The Truth
is out there') poster with Dean Strang and Skoda Fabia (insets);
Sky News and Newspapers logos; Edward Smethurst; SOL logo;
Olegaro de Sousa; 'Sorry'; Sun and Sunday Times logos from News
International; Joe Sullivan; Swarthy Sockpuppet Sardine Muncher
and sockpuppet friend (inset); SPAM with Stinky French Garlic
(for swarthy Foreigners only); Spam Wars by Danny Goodman;
reputed Spam Valley; CRC hoax advert for Sperm donations with
'We Want Your Sperm' poster from Sperm Crisis (inset); Sports
medicine (well-known English athlete with Liqui-Liothyronine);
Spin Spokesperson with pink Spin Doctor in mid-cycle; Stitched
Up in a blue bodybag; Sticky notes; Squeeze.
Graphic design by albym |
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S
Sightings = As frequently reported by Metodo3 and the UK press
in Belgium, Canary Islands, Malta, Morocco, Spain, and the South
of France, where several Madeleine "look-a-likes" have been
seen; see also Cartagena; Malta; Morocco; Tenerife; Tongeren
Skehan,
Douglas = Serves on the Board of Madeleine's Fund; as Clinical
Director of Cardiology at Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, is
Gerry McCann's boss
Skipton =
Place where the McCanns went for a christening and also spent
Christmas 2007
Skoda Fabia =
Vehicle borrowed by Robert Murat from Michaela Walczuch and
later found to have an illegally attached GPS device; the PJ are
currently investigating this case; see also Volkswagen
Transporter
Sky TV =
First UK TV station to report on Madeleine's "abduction"
Smethurst,
Edward = Commercial lawyer with glazing tycoon Brian Kennedy;
appointed to the Board of Madeleine's Fund in January 2008;
legal coordinator for the McCanns
Smith, Aoife
= Youngest daughter of Martin Smith, who was on holiday in Praia
da Luz on the night of May 3; see also Smith, Martin
Smith, Jacqui
= UK Home Secretary, who prefers "diplomatic channels" to
Eurojust, essentially delaying the transmission of the PJ's
rogatory letters to the Leicestershire Police
Smith, Martin
= An Irish citizen from Drogheda, Co. Louth, who also has a
holiday home in Praia da Luz; he and other family members saw a
man carrying a child towards the beach on the night of May 3
Smith, Peter
= Eldest son of Martin Smith, who saw a man carrying a child
towards the beach in Praia da Luz on May 3; see also Smith,
Martin
Smoke and
Mirrors see Obfuscation
Snap = A
playing card game; see also SNAP
Sniffer Dog =
A dog used to track the scent of a missing person or drugs; see
also Cadaver Dog; Eddie; Keela
Sócrates,
José = Portugal's Prime Minister, who was urged by Gordon Brown
to see that there was “proper cooperation between the British
and Portuguese police
Sock Puppetry
= Deceitful forum practice whereby poster A creates a new
handle, B, and then as "poster B" provides "independent" support
for the views of poster A
Sol = Sun;
also the name of a highly respected newspaper in Portugal
Solidarity
Concert = Early concert to support the McCanns; see also Lagos
Somatic
Narcissist = Narcissist, obsessed with bodily beauty or sexual
performance; see also Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Sorry see
Apology
Sousa,
Olegario de = Chief Inspector; public spokesman for the PJ back
in September 2007
Spam = A
canned meat product; unsolicited and annoying e-mail
Spam Valley =
A term for an area of expensive housing, especially in Scotland,
where residents were said to have paid so much for their houses
that, although they appeared wealthy, they were close to poverty
and reduced to eating Spam
Sperm
Donation = Artificial insemination by a male donor
Spin = News
as presented by the McCanns' spokesman Clarence Mitchell
Spin Doctor =
Position, beloved of politicians, such as Tony Blair and George
W. Bush; see also Spokesperson
Spokesman see
Spokesperson
Spokesperson
= A spin doctor paid rather "ludicrous" sums of money to take
the "flak" or create a "smoke-screen" in the media, when their
clients would like the real story NOT to appear on the front
page; e.g., announcing a "Madeleine-sighting" in Morocco, when
latest DNA results confirm that the child is dead
Sports
Medicine = Study of prevention/diagnosis/treatment of injuries
related to those individuals involved in sports and exercise;
specialty of Gerry McCann before Cardiology
Squander = As
in spending of other peoples' money, the McCann way
Squeeze =
Exert slight pressure on a part of somebody's body, such as the
hand, knee, or shoulder, usually as a sign of affection or
reassurance
Sticky =
Holding a thread on a forum
Stitched Up =
Expression used by Gerry McCann to denote that he was being
framed by the police in Portimão
Strang, Dean
= A lawyer with Hurley, Burish & Stanton, Attorneys at Law, in
Madison, Wisconsin, who worked with Stephen Hurley on the Zapata
Case; was consulted by Kingsley Napley on "sniffer dog"
evidence; see also Hurley, Burish & Stanton, Attorneys at Law
Stranger-Abduction Myth = The myth of a stranger abduction in
the case of Madeleine's disappearance from 5A; see also Pied
Piper of Hamelin; Rare Stranger Abduction
Stroller =
American term for buggy; see also Buggy, Baby
Substantial
Damages = As in £550,000 damages awarded to the McCanns in a
settlement against the Express Newspapers
Sullivan, Joe
= A forensic psychologist with the Child Exploitation and Online
Protection Centre and wide experience of cases involving
child-sex murders and paedophile rings; flew to Portugal to help
assist in the hunt for Madeleine
Summative
Overview = Part of the strategy for Madeleine's Fund; see also
The Wider Strategy
Sun, The =
Best-selling British tabloid newspaper, owned by News Group
Newspapers, a subsidiary of News International, owned by Rupert
Murdoch's Newspaper Corporation
Sun On-Line =
Online version of The Sun, with a special section entitled,
Maddie Latest
Sunday
Express = Sister newspaper of the Sunday Express; see also
Express Newspapers
Sunday Times
= Sister newspaper of The Times; see also Times, The
Suspects see
Arguidos
Swarthy
Foreigner = Term used for one of the suspects, who may have
"abducted " Madeleine
Swingers =
Persons, usually married couples, who exchange partners for
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Left to right, top to bottom: Triangulation
of a cellphone (background) with Tuppence (in real English
coins); the infamous Tal&Qual frontpage with Titanic header and
location map of Tongeren between Brussels and Liege (insets);
Tenerife location map; TradeMarked Tennis poster (Gerry's
favourite away game); Photos: Tim Toulmin (top); Adam Tudor
(middle); Philip Tomlinson (bottom); Truth for Madeleine website
header; Clara Torres; Tunnel with a trainlight at the end; A
full-on Tantrum; Ann Thomas; Jane Tanner; JaTa Troll (banned);
Spare Tyre in wheel well (no hair or bodily fluids); Pedro Tadeu
and the other Tapas 8 (plates, not dishes).
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T
TA = Thanks
Again
TBH = To Be
Honest
TIA = Thanks
In Advance
TTFN = Ta Ta
For Now = Goodbye For Now
Tabloid =
Gossip newspaper, e.g., Daily Mirror and the Daily Star
Tadeu, Pedro
= Editor of 24 Horas; interviewed in the Panorama documentary
Tal & Qual =
A now defunct Portuguese weekly newspaper against which the
McCanns launched their first libel action for stating that the
"police believe" they killed their daughter; see also De Abreu,
Carlos Pinto
Tanner, Jane
= One of the Tapas 7, who later reported seeing Bundleman on the
night of May 3; partner of Russell Oldfield
Tantrum =
Outburst of temper by a child, but also by an adult, when he/she
cannot get his/her own way
Tapas = Hors
d'oeuvres or appetizers, in Portuguese
Tapas 1= A
McCann friend, who allegedly broke ranks with the rest of the
group and contacted the PJ to change his/her statement
Tapas 7 =
Name given to the seven friends, who dined with the McCanns at
the Tapas Bar on May 3
Tapas 9 = The
McCanns and their seven friends, who dined at the Tapas Bar on
May 3
Tapas 10 =
The Tapas 9, plus one additional mysterious friend thought to be
a high-ranking government official, who dined at the Tapas Bar
on May 3
Tapas Bar =
Popular watering-hole at the Ocean Club Resort
Tapasniks =
Another name for the Tapas 9
Tappans = A
race of people belonging to the Tapas Bar
Team McCann =
McCanns and friends
Team
McNeglect = McCanns and Co.
Telegraaf, De
= A Dutch newspaper, which received an anonymous letter,
allegedly stating that Madeleine's body had been buried near
Odiáxere; although the Dutch police took the letter seriously
and the Portuguese searched the area with dogs, no remains were
found
Temper
Tantrum see Tantrum
Temperature
Cameras = As used in early air searches for Madeleine to detect
any changes of temperature in the terrain; decomposing bodies
register higher levels than the surrounding earth
Tenerife =
The largest of Spain's Canary Island, where there was a recent
"sighting" of Madeleine at the airport
Tennis =
Favourite sport of Gerry McCann, scheduling as many as three
lessons per day, including the day of the "abduction"
Thomas, Ann =
Managing partner of The International Family Group, retained by
the McCanns to handle Madeleine's Fund; went to Praia da Luz in
May of 2007 to meet with the McCanns; see also International
Family Group, The
Thread = A
section of a forum, where posters debate on a specific topic
Timeline =
Attempted time-frame given to the movements of the Tapas 9 on
May 3
Times, The =
Britain's once prestigious broadsheet newspaper for more than
200 years, now published in a tabloid format by The Times
Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of News International, owned by
Rupert Murdoch's Newspaper Corporation
Tiny Tears =
An expression used by Philomena McCann in describing her brother
crying; as repeated laughingly by Kate McCann in an interview
Tire Well see
Tyre Well
Titanic =
Popular euphemism for when the Mirror's Hunt for Maddy forum
went belly up; also used for the disaster that is now the
Madeleine McCann Case
Tomlinson,
Philip = A Leicester lawyer and a friend of the McCanns, who
served on the first Board of Directors of Madeleine's Fund under
Esther McVey; now resigned from the board
Tongeren =
Place in Belgium, where there was an early "sighting" of
Madeleine in a restaurant; DNA tests were even carried out on
the child's drinking-straw, but they did not match Madeleine's
DNA
Top Doctors =
Term used to describe the medically-qualified members of the
Tapas 9, although more usually applied to senior doctors with
several decades of professional experience
Toulmin, Tim
= Director of the Press Complaints Commission; said it was
"inevitable" such a case would reignite debate about press
regulation. "There is a role for the PCC and there is a role for
the law. There is a menu of options and the McCanns have used
both at various times"
Trademark =
Registration of the name Madeleine's Fund: Leaving No Stone
Unturned, at the Office of Intellectual Property in the UK and
in Europe by Bates Wells & Braithwaite shortly after Madeleine's
"abduction"
Transference
= As in the transference of DNA evidence from one place to
another
Triangulation
= A method used to pin-point the location and distance between
cell phones used by Gerry McCann and Russell O'Brien
Troll = A
person who posts controversial and disruptive messages on a
forum; see also Trollocks
Trollocks =
An amalgam of the words "Troll" and "b*****ks," in describing
ridiculous statements a troll will use to goad and enrage
unsuspecting forum users into "imbecilic flaming sessions"
Trunk see
Boot
TruthforMadeleine = Website set up by Tony Bennett; see also
Madeleine Foundation; Madeleine's Law
Tudor, Adam =
Lawyer and partner at Carter-Ruck; specialises in defamation and
media cases, as well as commercial litigation, representing both
corporate and individual clients; worked on successful McCann
settlement against Express Newspapers
Tunnel = Part
of the vision that Gerry McCann had at the Church of Light in
Praia da Luz, which led to the founding of Madeleine's Fund;
part of a network of tunnels at the Ocean Club Resort; see also
Vision
Tuppence = A
variation of two pence or two pennies in British currency; as in
Kate McCann saying "Whoever Madeleine's with she'll be giving
them her tuppence worth"
Twins see
McCann, Amelie; McCann, Sean
Tyre Well = A
depression in the boot where the spare wheel is stowed |
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Left to right, top to bottom: Diagram
showing Concealed Vault at Casa Liliana; UK Passport security
features; headers from UK Home Office Intelligence,
investigation & support science and research department
(oxymoron of the decade!); UGT logo; map of UK; Vanity Fair
Online header; Volcano; Vatican City plan with crest; Map of
Ullapool location (background) with Volkswagen Transporter and a
Martin DC Truck Vibrator.
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U
UGT - Union
Syndicate in Portugal
UK = United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
UK National
DNA Database see DNA Database; see also Prüm Treaty, The
UK Police
Bravery Awards see Police Bravery Awards
URL = Acronym
for Universal Resource Locator; see also Universal Resource
Locator
Ullapool =
Town in Scotland, where Philomena McCann teaches and resides;
home of the FindMadeleine website
Uma Certa
Precipitação = A certain haste, in Portuguese; see also
Precipitação
Uncle
Clarence = As the McCann children had been taught to call an
older male friend of the family, e.g. Clarence Mitchell
Unhelpful =
Favourite adjective of Clarence Mitchell in describing
anti-McCann news
Universal
Resource Locator = A technical term for a web-page or address on
the Internet
User = As in
drugs or as in someone who uses others
V
Vanity Fair =
An "up-scale," American, glossy magazine, whose reporter
interviewed Gerry McCann in a secret Rothley inn location
Vatican City = Officially the State of the Vatican City, a
landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a
walled enclave within the city of Rome. It is the smallest
independent state in the world by both population and area. The
Pope is its ruler, as Bishop of Rome; see also Pope Benedict XVI
Vatican
Website = The Pope's own website for the Catholic Church; for a
while posted a photograph of Madeleine until shortly before her
parents were declared arguidos; see also Pope Benedict
Vault,
Concealed = A secret chamber below the kitchen floor in Casa
Liliana
Verão, Luis
Bilro = Portugal's Public Prosecutor; oversees the investigation
of the Madeleine McCann Case along with Jose Cunha de Magalhaes
e Meneses; see also Meneses, Jose Cunha de Magalhaes e
Vestígio =
Clue; sign; trace; track; vestige; touch, in Portuguese
Vibrator =
Sex device found by the PJ in the Casa Liliana in Praia da Luz
Villa =
Seaside or country house; see also Vista Mar Villa; Casa Liliana
Vision =
Person or thing seen in a dream state; as by Gerry McCann while
at the Church of Light, when he knew he must set up Madeleine's
Fund and advance The Wider Agenda
Vista Mar
Villa = A villa used by the McCanns from July 2, 2007 for the
duration of their stay in Praia da Luz, after they had moved out
of their third Ocean Club apartment (5A and two others, one of
which was used as an office, supplied free-of-charge by Mark
Warner); see also Vivenda Mar Vista
Vitriol =
Ill-will, venom; animosity
Vivenda Mar
Vista = The villa in Praia da Luz, where the McCanns moved when
they first moved out of the Ocean Club Resort
Volkswagen
Transporter = Vehicle, owned by Robert Murat, found with a GPS
device illegally attached; the PJ are currently investigating
the case; see also Skoda Fabia
Volcano
Theory = A theory put forth by a poster on the Mirror's Hunt for
Maddy Forum that the McCanns dumped Madeleine's body in an
active volcano in Portugal |
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Left to right, top to bottom:
Woman's hour at Wormwood Scrubs; Anne Wiltshire; the original
Dr. Who looking for Ray Wyre's brain; Alex Woolfall; Michael
Wright; Steve Winyard; John Walsh; Anne Marie Wright; Ray Wyre;
James Whale; Ian Woods in Luz; Kirsty Wark; Jeremy Wilkins; Two
nasty Wind up merchants; Winding-up key; guess Who checking the
Free Wine store in the basement; Jo Wheeler; Michaela Walczuch;
Two nice Wind up merchants; Computer Wizards website logo; Free
Wine racks in the Tapas bar; The Web Sleuth and Websleuths
website headers; Who took it, Doctor?
Graphic design by albym |
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W
WTF = What
the F*uck
WUM = Wind-Up
Merchant
Walczuch,
Michaela = Girlfriend of Robert Murat, who was interviewed by
the PJ; see also Antonio, Luis
Walsh, John =
Host of America's Most Wanted TV Program; met with Gerry McCann
while he was in Washington, DC; father of Adam Walsh for whom
Code Adam was named; see also Code Adam
Wark, Kirsty
= Reporter who interviewed Gerry McCann at the Edinburgh
International TV festival, shortly before he and Kate were
declared arguidos
Warner, Mark
= Owner of the Ocean Club at Praia da Luz
Web Sleuths
see Cybersleuthing
Webster,
Dianne = Mother of Fiona Payne; one of the Tapas 7, holidaying
with the McCann family
Wheeler, Jo =
A Sky weather-forecaster in Praia da Luz; thought by Robert
Murat to have "stitched him up"
Whiteners see
Bleach
Who, Dr. =
Favourite character of Madeleine; see also Dr. Who Cake
Whoosh Cluck
= An expression used by Kate McCann on Panorama in describing
the "abduction" of Madeleine
Whoosh Cluck
Clan = The xenophobic family clan
Whoosh Cluck Land = Another term for the United Kingdom; a land,
from where forums, press articles, and comments on the McCann
Case routinely disappear
Whoosh Clunk
see Whoosh Cluck
Whoosh Clunk Land see Whoosh Cluck Land
Wider Agenda
= Part of Gerry McCann's long-term strategy for the Campaign and
Madeleine's Fund, as well career goals for both himself and Kate
Wilkins,
Jeremy = An English TV producer, who talked with Gerry McCann
outside 5A but did not see Jane Tanner or Bundleman on the night
of May 3
Willy the
Pink = Variation on Lily the Pink
Wind Up = To
bring another person, often deviously, to a state of great
tension or rage; see also Wind-up Merchant
Wind-Up
Merchant = A person, who creates tension in another, often to a
fury, especially in a debate or on a forum
Window of
Opportunity = Narrow time in which Madeleine could have been
"abducted"
Wine = As
thought to have been drunk in excessive quantities by the Tapas
9 during their holiday in Praia da Luz; see also 6; 14 (in the
numbers section)
Winters,
Kevin R. see Kevin R. Winters & Co., Solicitors
Winyard,
Stephen = Scottish business tycoon, who offered a 1m reward for
Madeleine's safe return
Witness = A
person who has firsthand knowledge of a crime; e.g., Jane
Tanner, who now believes that she saw the "abductor" carrying
Madeleine away from 5A, based upon her description of the
child's pyjamas
Wizard = A
brilliant computer expert or guru
Woman's Hour
= A BBC program where Kate McCann had her first solo interview
Woods, Ian =
An early Sky anchor in Praia da Luz, who tried to interview
Robert Murat the day after Madeleine's disappearance
Woolfall,
Alex = Press officer for the Mark Warner holiday group, seconded
from the Bell Pottinger Group, to serve as an early spokesman
for the McCanns
Wormwood
Scrubs = A notorious London prison
Wright,
Anne-Marie = Kate McCann's cousin; wife of Michael Wright; see
also Cowell, Sheila; Skipton
Wright,
Michael = Named driver on the McCann's Renault Scenic hire car;
husband of Anne-Marie Wright
Wristband =
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X
Xenophobia =
A phobia displayed by a person unduly contemptuous of that which
is foreign, especially of strangers or foreigners; as shown by
the UK press and Team McCann towards the PJ
Y
Yank Tank =
UK expression for a gas-guzzling SUV vehicle; see also Chelsea
Tractor
Yellow Ribbon
= Symbol of a missing child or a lost loved-one; in the US
denotes a family's soldier son or daughter in Iraq or
Afghanistan
Yob = An
uncouth or thuggish, blue-collar person in the UK
Yobbo =
Earlier version of Yob to denote a working-class, adolescent,
"street rough"; now superseded by Chav
You're Nicked
= Category of member on the3arguidos.net website with 200-299
postings
YouTube = An
online source of user-generated videos, useful for extracts from
Team McCann interviews
Z
zzzzz = As in
twins sleeping through the "abduction"; as in sedated toddlers,
while grownups are "so into-each-other"
Zapped = As
in sudden removal of the Hunt for Maddy forum from the DM's
website
Zealous = As
in the PJ's investigation of the McCann Case, despite UK
Government road-blocks
Zero = As in
zero hour; or as in American "0" or Zero (= UK "0" or Nought)
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