Confessions of Georgia Nicolson
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The "Confessions of Georgia Nicolson" series is a popular Chick lit series for teens written by Louise Rennison. It features a young teenage girl, Georgia's, life as she complains about school, is attracted to good-looking boys and is frustrated with the strangeness of the rest of her family (consisting of her mother, father, younger sister Liberty and her crazy cat, Angus).
The first novel in the series, Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging, describes her as a fourteen-year old girl without, but seeking, a boyfriend in her English community. As the series progresses, she begins to have more potential boyfriends, until the last installment released so far, Startled By His Furry Shorts, where she has trouble deciding who should be her boyfriend. In this confusion, readers hope to find a resolution to this conflict in future novels in this series.
There is some debate about where the books are set. In the second book, they mention catching a bus to Deansgate, which is an area of Manchester. However, other signals point to the books being set in Brighton, such as the fact they go shopping in Churchill Square, always meet by the clock tower, and this is also the hometown of Louise Rennison.
By sheer coincidence (one feels) there is a city called Nicholson in Georgia, USA.
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[edit] Books
As of May 2006, 7 novels have been released, in the following order:
1.) Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging
2.) It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers - (On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God in the US)
3.) Knocked Out by my Nunga-Nungas
4.) Dancing in my Nuddy-Pants (March 2002)
5.) ...And That's When it Fell Off in my Hand - (Away Laughing on a Fast Camel in the US)
6.) ...Then He Ate My Boy Entrancers (May 2005)
7.) Startled By His Furry Shorts (May 2006)
8.) Luuurve is a Many Trousered Thing (April 2007)
Also in 2007, the short book Let the Snog Fest Begin!: Georgia Nicolson's Guide to Life and Luuurve was released for World Book and Copyright Day.
[edit] Characters
Georgia's world is full of nutty and bizarre people. Some of the more central ones are:
- Mr. Bob Nicolson - Long-suffering father of Georgia, sometimes living in New Zealand, has a ridiculous beard. He enjoys acting in mysterious ways, while being a strict parent at times.
- Mrs. Connie Nicolson - Long-suffering mother of Georgia, with rather large nunga-nungas.
- Jas (Jasmine) - Georgia's exasperatingly dim and annoying, but endearing best friend.
- Rosie (Rosemary Mees) - A close friend of Georgia and member of the Ace Gang, dating Sven
- Jools (Julia) - A close friend of Georgia and member of the Ace Gang
- Ellen - A close, and rather dim, friend of Georgia and member of the Ace Gang
- Mabs (Mary) - A close friend of Georgia and member of the Ace Gang
- Robbie the "Sex God" Jennings - Idol of affection for Georgia/first proper love. (former) Lead singer of the Stiff Dylans
- Mark Big Gob - The second person Georgia kissed. He once rested his hand on her breast and she didn't know why. He smokes and once got into a crazy fist fight during a dance. He also has a huge mouth, hence the name Mark Big Gob.
- Whelk Boy (Peter Dyer)- The first person Georgia kissed, but broke up with because he went strangley into kissing her at once before they would even talk to each other at all. She also disliked his kissing style.
- Dave the Laugh - a very close friend of Georgia, he makes her laugh, and was once her boyfriend. They also are snogging partners. Dave is referred to as Georgia's Horn Adviser in later books and helps her out with relationship troubles.
- Libby - Georgia's very young, adorable sister who thinks Georgia is half girl/half cat and sometimes refers to her as a, "Bad boy" and "Gingey".
- Uncle Eddie - Georgia's loony, bald uncle.
- Herr Kamyer - Teacher of German and Physics. Georgia notes, "He has the double comedic value of being both German and the only male teacher in an all girls' school."
- Gorgey Henri - Groovy-looking French teacher featured in some books.
- "Slim" - Overweight headmistress of Georgia's school (known as Stalag 14).
- "Hawkeye" Heaton - A horrible teacher at Georgia's school.
- Miss Stamp aka "Adolfa" - Physical Education teacher known for suspicious (most likely lesbian) interactions with her students.
- Tom Jennings - Robbie (the Sex God)'s younger brother and boyfriend of Jas.
- Sven - Rosie's giant Swedish boyfriend who has limited English and scares almost everyone he comes into contact with.
- Wet Lindsay - Robbie's ex-girlfriend, whom Georgia hates. She is a rival to Georgia in terms of boys, and she has been known to have had certain relations with Robbie and Masimo. At Stalag 14, she has a role as an authority, but abuses this power to torment Georgia and her friends. She is noted for her insect-stick legs and small forehead.
- Nauseating Pamela (P.) Green - A girl in school who breeds hamsters and wears large glasses. Georgia makes fun of her, but also defends her from the Bummers (see below).
- the Bummer Twins (Allison and Jackie)- Tarty and common girl bullies from Georgia's school who always smoke and wear tons of make-up.
- Elvis Attwood - The grumpy caretaker at Georgia's school, called Elvis because he once threw his back out while dancing.
- Dr. Gilhooley aka "Dr. Clooney" - the gorgeous male doctor Geogia's mum has a crush on.
- Angus - Georgia's half Scottish/wild cat tabby.
- Naomi - Angus's love kitten. She has Angus's kittens in "Dancing in my Nuddy-Pants".
- Gordy - Angus's baby cat/Libby's pet. His parents are Angus and Naomi. Is cross-eyed, and likes to wrestle his own tail.
- Masimo Scarlotti the "Luuurve God" - Italian-American singer and new idol of affection for Georgia in books #5 and on
[edit] Slang
The books have spawned a whole new language. Such notable phrases include:
- crimbo (christmas)
- nunga-nungas (breasts)
- piddly diddly department (a place where one goes to urinate)
- poo parlour division (a place where one goes to defecate)
- pingy pongoes (a very bad smell)
- nippy noodles (cold)
- parky (another word for "nippy noodles")
- Kiwi-a-gogo-Land (New Zealand)
- Och Aye Land (Scotland)
- Frogs'-legs-a-gogo Land (France)
- Hamburger-a-gogo-Land (USA)
- Lederhosen-a-gogo Land (Germany)
- Pizza-a-gogo Land (Masimoland, Italy)
- Mariachi-a-gogo Land (Mexico)
- erlack ("Yuck!")
- marvy (marvelous)
- gorgey (gorgeous)
- geoggers (Geography)
- blodge (Biology)
- froggy (French)
- nervy spaz (nervous spasm)
- nervy b (nervous breakdown)
- boy entrancers (false eyelashes)
- "Blimey O'Reilly's trousers!" (expression of disbelief and shock)
- red-bottomosity (to let your hormones get the best of you, to be attracted to more than one person at once)
- tarts wardrobe (toilets)
- Over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder (a nunga-nunga holder, bra)
[edit] Snogging Scale
In the continuing series of the Georgia Nicolson books, Georgia and her friends use the "Snogging Scale" which is a series of levels from 1 to 10 to measure sexual activity. It is as follows:
1/2) Sticky Eyes
1) Holding hands
2) Arm around the shoulder
3) Good night kiss
4) Kiss lasting over 3 minutes without a breath
5) Open mouth kissing
5 1/4) Spooning w/ clothes on
6) Kissing with tongues*
6 1/4) Nip Libbling (err, Lip Nibbling)
6 1/2) Ear Snogging
6 3/4) Neck Nuzzling
7) Upper body fondling (Outdoors)
8) Upper body fondling (Indoors or in bed)
9) Below Waist Activity (or B.W.A.)
9 1/4) Spooning w/ just underwear or w/o clothes
10) "The Full Monty"
