Haint

To The Uninformed: A "haint" is a ghost or gobblin. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"My name haint Bobby Ke-whack, nur nothin '," answered Bobby. ❋ Edward Eggleston (1869)

Yeah Buckstopper, that was the original definition I heard for "haint" as well. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I really enjoy this series about a Mississippi Delta girl turned private detective who lives in her ancestral plantation home that is complete with its resident "haint" Jitty. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Corona, a sassy half-haint with a penchant for trouble, is a character in Petrol Queen who stole the show and begged to have her own novel. ❋ Marshallpayne1 (2010)

Even in the half-haint community, The Temple of the Revenant Specter drew controversy. ❋ Marshallpayne1 (2010)

I'm dubious of the "shimmering brighter" part as I've always wondered how many half-haint newborns she'd seen before me, and the "blessed event" was filtered through her new-mother's eyes. ❋ Marshallpayne1 (2010)

Told from the POV of his new apprentice, Bary, a half-haint boy who recently achieved corporeality to learn the flimflam trade. ❋ Marshallpayne1 (2009)

She's a half-haint and maintaining her vitamin B3 level is important so she doesn't slip off the mortal coil. ❋ Marshallpayne1 (2010)

The character of Corona is probably the most interesting, a half-haint former prostitute trying to get by in a city that shuns her, who moves from one con job to another while keeping her niacin level up so she doesn't shuffle off the mortal coil. ❋ Marshallpayne1 (2010)

This plot involves a locked-room murder mystery that must be solved by our righteous, haint hero, Will le Fey. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Higher up the social ladder, the The Chowder Society of GHOST STORY (1981) has its reputation to think about as a pillar of the community when a haint (blithely unconcerned with roaming charges) threatens to reveal a terrible secret. ❋ Arbogast (2009)

Although I like me my hardcore horripilations, one of my favorite Hong Kong haint movies is also one of the silliest. ❋ Arbogast (2009)

I grew up in West Virginia and I can't say that I know what a haint or abagoochee is. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Dave, I know what a haint is, but what the hell is an abagoochee? ❋ Unknown (2007)

The Kill Face on this Nipponese haint makes me think being killed is the easy part. ❋ Arbogast (2008)

Of course, the spirit of these themes remains very much present in BUNSHINSABA, named for a particular mercenary haint summoned by a troubled schoolgirl Lee Se-eun who is bullied mercilessly after moving from Seoul to the superstition-hagged Korean provinces. ❋ Arbogast (2008)

HEROES star Milo Ventimiglia and indie film fave Adam Goldberg THE HEBREW HAMMER are the first and second members of the gang to die, having first been creeped out by weird noises and the peripheral appearance of that popular horror movie haint who swooshes by in the extreme background or the extreme foreground, wherever the victim-to-be isn't looking, and is usually accompanied by a musical sting. ❋ Arbogast (2008)

She was [terrified] of the haint that [kept] showing itself to her at [midnight]. ❋ CtotheK (2006)

It's [so dark] outside you can't see a haint. - from my aunt [Ethel] Wallace nee Lawing, born North Carolina ca. [1895] ❋ Molehill Man (2010)

"but you have got two bitter swords and I haint got a knife!" from the song, [The Ballad] of [Mattie] [Groves] ❋ Candy Muffinbaker (2006)

I [sold] [my house] for a haint. ❋ Icesharc (2004)

On his way back from Mobile my friend was killed on [Bloody 98], and now he's just another [restless] [haint]. ❋ Big C (2003)

[The elevator] in my [highrise] is hainted, and so scary that [bums] won't even go in there to pee. ❋ Oren (2004)

I tried to kill her with kindness, but that [haint] is just [full up] with [meanness]. ❋ Kaptain Amerika (2004)

It's [Halloween]; watch out for the [boogers], [witches],and haints ❋ Elkento (2004)

That [haint] never leaves [a tip] and still has a George W. Bush sticker on the back of her [pink Hummer]. ❋ Memphis Jay (2008)

That mean, [ugly] [hag] is a real [haint]. ❋ Nice Southern Girl (2009)