Rennie Dictionary

[Don_Juan_deCordoba]

Feel free to add anything that I've forgotten.

1. Cannon- The cannon shot that announces the opening of the Faire gates.
2. Death March – The mid-day parade that usually includes cast, entertainers and vendors.
3. Garb – period appropriate (if not period accurate) clothing worn to Faire.
4. Loo – public restrooms
5. Paytron – a paying visitor dressed in ordinary clothes
6. Playtron – a paying visitor dressed in garb. Sometimes better than what the cast is wearing.
7. Pre-Cannon – The time when paytrons and playtrons are getting dressed and partying
      before the Faire opens
8. Privies – public restrooms (see also Loo)
9. Twinkies – A couple dressed in garb made out of identical fabric.

[Scarlett]

Twinkies!  I love it!   

[Hoowil]

Twinkies? Thats a new one to me!

Naked - not in garb, especially for one who usually is. Can mean wearing mundane clothes 

[Captain Cornelius Howard Duckman]

Participant-Someone who works at a faire.
Cast- The people who make up the street performers and royal court of the faire.
Banner Carriers- Whoever carries the banner for their shop in the midday parade.
Hawker- Anyone who stands outside of a booth and attempts to entice people in.
Boothie- Those who own/rent a booth/tent to sell their wares.
Weekender- A particpant who is native to the area, and gets to go home during the week.
Traveller- A Particpant who actually makes a living out of the renaissance faires, travelling from one to another.

[Queen Maggie]

Note: some faires do not have Parades.

Opening Gate: the first show of the day that starts the story that will be acted throughout the day by the cast (again, some faires don't have this: they could have some samples of different shows, or it could be -I've seen it!- just a commercial for various booths and foods.

Push-monkey: person who physically moves the apparatus for rides (not all faires have these either)

Photo Op: the line up of the whole Court at the beginning of the day to let people meet the King and/or Queen, and have pictures taken with them.

Guild: in some faires, the hired reenactor groups that portray peasants, courts, merchants, landsknecten, guards, or other groups. In some faires, a group that does nothing but demonstrations of period crafts. In some, a group that portrays an integral story line. And in some, a playtron's social groups.

[Lady Mikayla of Phoenicia]

Twinkies...I thought that referred to my sister and I as we stroll through faire doing what we do best, flirting!   

[gypsylakat]

and striving to not be a twinkie is the exact problem i have with getting garb... I go with my significant other's family and they all have a different color His mom has green, his stepdad has reds and his brother has blues, my bf doesn't wear garb (yet!) So i've got a purple bodice and don't know what other colors to wear... but those are most of the popular ones!

[DonaCatalina]

Twinkies...I thought that referred to my sister and I as we stroll through faire doing what we do best, flirting!   

I kinda thought that was wenching.

[Ottheinrich]

Pushmonkey-A person who pushes (or pulls) a ride.   A few people feel it  has   
            negative connotations, however the term is commonly
            used by both gamers and other renaissance faire performers.

[Ginette]

This is great, love it.

[Lady Nicolette]

Hopefully, a copy of the Lexicon for this forum was saved somewhere...

[groomporter]

There's also my glossary of reenactors' terms
http://historicgames.com/glossary.html

[ladyecho]

wenching- when a lot of women gather around a man and smear lipstick kisses on his face

rouging- when a lot of men gather around a women and gives her roses

[Welsh Wench]

Hopefully, a copy of the Lexicon for this forum was saved somewhere...

You mean..this, Nicolette? 

http://www.renaissancefestival.com/forums/index.php?topic=277.0

[Lady Nicolette]

That's the one, Layla!