cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
unemploys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unemploy
unemploying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unemploy
pithoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pithovirus
intellectually challenged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more intellectually challenged
form: most intellectually challenged
Senses: synonyms: word: asinine
word: balmy
word: barmy
word: bedaft
word: loony
word: daft
word: derpy
word: dim-headed
word: dim-witted
word: dopey
word: dull-headed
word: dull-witted
word: dumb
word: duncical
word: fatuous
word: fuzzy-headed
word: fuzzy-minded
word: gauvison
word: goofy
word: idiotic
word: idle
word: insipient
word: mookish
word: naive
word: silly
word: simple
word: slight
word: slow-witted
word: softheaded
word: soft in the head
word: sottish
word: stupid
word: thick
raw_tags: not of action
word: unsage
word: unwise
word: wool-headed
word: woolly-headed
word: woolly-minded
word: crackpot
word: dense
glosses: Of low intelligence; stupid.
raw_tags: of a person
hangman's jig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hangman's jigs
Senses: glosses: The struggling motions of a person being executed by hanging.
representative governments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of representative government
milk sugar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lactose.
synonyms: word: lactose
batcapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batcape
alarm substances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alarm substance
sying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sie
damyankee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: damyankees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of damn Yankee.
damyankees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of damyankee
Easter Egger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Easter Eggers
Etymology: From Easter egg + -er, likening the blue shells to the colourful wrapping of chocolate Easter eggs.
Senses: glosses: Any chicken that possesses the gene for laying blue eggs without fully meeting any official breed description.
storyman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: storymen
Etymology: From story + -man.
Senses: examples: text: An expert storyman in his own right, Disney made a significant contribution to the cartoon.
ref: 2006, Tom Andrae, Carl Barks and the Disney Comic Book:
glosses: One who writes the storyline for an animated cartoon.
Related terms: second-story man
storymen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of storyman
Saturdaying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Saturday + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Hospitals, railways, factories, or any other concerns working for the public good, notify this bureau that they need the sort of work a "Saturdaying" provides.
ref: 2019, Arthur Ransome, The Crisis in Russia, Good Press:
glosses: Labour performed by citizens in their spare time under a Communist regime.
Related terms: subbotnik
voskresnik
Sandringham time
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The idiosyncratic alterations made by King Edward VII to the timekeeping at the royal estate of Sandringham, to provide more daylight for hunting in the winter. The time corresponds to UTC+0:30, and was used from 1901 to 1936.
Selection Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Selection Sundays
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The Sunday in March on which the teams that participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament are selected.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The Sunday in December on which the college teams that participate in major bowl games are announced.
Scout Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scout Sundays
Senses: glosses: Sunday 8 February (or the closest Sunday that precedes 8 February), chosen to mark the founding of the Scouts in the United States.
spilliken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spillikens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spilikin.
spillikens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spilliken
Suicide Sunday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Suicide Sundays
Etymology: So called because of the stress and anxiety associated with waiting for examination results.
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: The Sunday immediately after the end of the summer term (known as Easter Term), at which point all students have finished exams but most of the results have not been published.
summer snowflake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: summer snowflakes
Senses: synonyms: Loddon lily
glosses: A member of species Leucojum aestivum of a bulbous plants belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family.
spring snowflake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spring snowflakes
Senses: glosses: Leucojum vernum, a bulbous plant belonging to the Amaryllidaceae family.
leucojum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucojums
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of either of the species of the genus Leucojum, from the amaryllid family:
Leucojum aestivum (summer snowflake, Loddon lily)
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of either of the species of the genus Leucojum, from the amaryllid family:
Leucojum vernum (spring snowflake, snowbell, dewdrop, St. Agnes' flower)
leucojums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leucojum
telelens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telelenses
Etymology: From tele- + lens.
Senses: glosses: telephoto lens
telelenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telelens
Tuesday Group
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -uːp
Forms: form: the Tuesday Group
Senses: glosses: A group of foreign diplomats based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, representing the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, the European Union, and Japan.
topics: government
politics
glosses: An informal caucus of approximately 50 moderate Republican members of the House of Representatives in the 114th Congress (2015-2017).
timesink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timesinks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of time sink.
timesinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timesink
umbrella school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: umbrella schools
Senses: glosses: An alternative school that oversees the homeschooling of children to ensure that it fulfils government educational requirements.
umbrella schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of umbrella school
winterhardy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more winterhardy
form: most winterhardy
Etymology: From winter + hardy.
Senses: glosses: hardy enough to survive cold weather
raw_tags: of a plant
wintercress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wintercresses
form: winter cress
form: winter-cress
Etymology: From winter + cress.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Barbarea of small herbaceous biennial or perennial flowering plants with dark green, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers with four petals.
wintercresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wintercress
Witch of November
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The strong winds that frequently blow across the Great Lakes in autumn, caused by intense low atmospheric pressure.
Synonyms: November Witch
Winterfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Winterfests
Etymology: From winter + -fest.
Senses: glosses: Any of various winter festivals.
Winterfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Winterfest
wintrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wintrous
form: most wintrous
Etymology: From winter + -ous.
Senses: glosses: wintry
when two Sundays meet
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: when two Sundays come together
Senses: glosses: never
when two Sundays come together
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: when two Sundays meet
Senses: glosses: never
Whitlock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈwɪtlɒk/
/ˈʍɪtlɒk/
Forms: form: Whitlocke
form: Whitelock
form: Whitelocke
Etymology: From Middle English Whytlok, Whitelok, Witloc, Wictlok, Wyhtlok, Witlok, Whytlak, Whitlak; partly from Old English witlāc, wihtlāc (personal name) and partly from Middle English whyt (“white”) + lok (“lock, hair”).
Senses: examples: text: The term “black fatigue” has recently taken the internet by storm, and Jason Whitlock of “Fearless” saw it coming from a decade away.
ref: 2025 May 12, BlazeTV Staff, “Black fatigue BREAKS the internet — and it was only a matter of time”, in The Blaze:
glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Henry County, Tennessee, United States.
Derived terms: Whitlock's End
bowl game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bowl games
Etymology: (American football): From Rose Bowl Game, played in the Rose Bowl stadium, in turn named for the bowl-shaped Yale Bowl.
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: bowl
glosses: A postseason college football competition.
synonyms: hubbub
glosses: A Native American game of chance involving the throwing of colored nuts from a bowl, comparable to dice.
bowl games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bowl game
radiation impedance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiation impedances
Senses: qualifier: acoustics
glosses: The impedance of any vibrating solid or fluid that radiates sound in the surrounding medium.
sarcosinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarcosinates
Etymology: From sarcosine + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of sarcosine.
syntopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From syntopical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a syntopical manner.
tephrocorrelation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tephro- + correlation.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The identification of tephra layers at different locations that originated from the same eruption
A/N
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: author's note; a note appended to a work of fan fiction by its author, typically containing acknowledgments, background information, or content warnings.
sarcosinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sarcosinate
carbohydrazide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbohydrazides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any N,N'-diamino derivative of urea
Derived terms: thiocarbohydrazide
thiocarbohydrazide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiocarbohydrazides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any N,N'-diamino derivative of thiourea
Related terms: thiosemicarbohydrazide
MSTs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of MST
thiocarbohydrazides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thiocarbohydrazide
topotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From topotype + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or derived from a topotype
virtual season
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virtual seasons
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: An unofficial season of episodes (or scripts for episodes) produced collaboratively by fans of a television series.
virtual seasons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virtual season
ultracryotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ultra- + cryotomy.
Senses: glosses: The use of an ultramicrotome in the preparation of very thin, frozen samples of biological tissue
Related terms: ultracryotome
cryotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cryo- + -tomy.
Senses: glosses: The use of a cryotome in the preparation of thin, frozen samples of biological tissue.
Derived terms: ultracryotomy
anticombat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticombat
form: most anticombat
Etymology: From anti- + combat.
Senses: glosses: Opposed to combat.
vicariants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vicariant
woodcreepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woodcreeper
Xapuri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Xapuri.
Senses: glosses: a river in Acre, Brazil
glosses: a municipality of Acre, Brazil
Derived terms: xapuriensis
antihypothetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antihypothetical
form: most antihypothetical
Etymology: From anti- + hypothetical.
Senses: examples: text: According to Janet, the antihypothetical attitude characteristic of the post-Newtonian period had begun to change in recent years (1883: 474). He differed sharply from Cousin on this issue, defending hypotheses as necessary to direct experimentation in the natural sciences (1883: 468).
ref: 2004, Warren Schmaus, Rethinking Durkheim and his Tradition, page 78:
glosses: Opposing the use of hypotheses.
sugee cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sugee cakes
Etymology: The first element is cognate with English suji, ultimately from Hindi सूजी / Urdu سوجی (sūjī).
Senses: glosses: A soft cake made with semolina flour and a high concentration of egg yolks, part of Eurasian, Malay, and Chinese cuisine.
dendrocolaptine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or relating to the bird subfamily Dendrocolaptinae of woodcreepers.
Mondler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Monica + Chandler.
Senses: examples: text: Although we had yet another Chandler & Monica story, it nicely explored the hurdles faced by the couple, rather than being a Mondler story where Chandler's personality changes to match Monica's.
ref: 2000 November 24, Tennant Stuart, “Friends S6-21 - will Rachel be Chandler's mother?”, in uk.media.tv.friends (Usenet):
text: I'll grant you the "Mondler" stuff since their marriage has been mostly a disappointment, but the closet storyline shows promise in reversing the trend.
ref: 2002 February 20, Mibbitmaker [username], “Re: Happy Birthday Jennifer Aniston”, in alt.tv.snl (Usenet):
text: As far as teases go, the Go On creator was coy about what sort of shenanigans Perry and Cox will get into in a few weeks time, but for the loyal "Mondler" fans out there, there could be a major romantic moment.
ref: 2013 March 12, Philiana Ng, “'Go On' Creator Reveals Secrets Behind the 'Friends' Reunion Episode”, in The Hollywood Reporter:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The romantic pairing of Monica Geller and Chandler Bing from the American sitcom Friends.
Janto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Jack + Ianto.
Senses: examples: text: At end of the 3 min 50 sec clip, as his rage cools, Hitler says: "Maybe if Jack and Ianto have lots of man-on-man action next season I might still watch it… at least I’ll have my 'Janto' fix."
ref: 2008 May 23, Matthew Moore, “Torchwood attacked by Hitler in YouTube spoof”, in The Telegraph:
text: ‘Janto’ fans will be delighted to finally see them on a date, complete with hand-holding and one good kiss.
ref: 2009 March, Naomi Westerman, book review, Whotopia, number 16, page 42:
text: Whether these stories revisit Janto or provide Jack with other (sexual) adventures, sexuality will remain a key element in the further development of (at least British-based) Captain Jack.
ref: 2010, Lynnette Porter, Tarnished Heroes, Charming Villains and Modern Monsters: Science Fiction in Shades of Gray on 21st Century, McFarland, →ISBN, page 70:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The romantic pairing of the characters Jack Harkness and Ianto Jones from the television series Torchwood.
transdialectal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + dialectal.
Senses: glosses: Across dialects.
counterhypothesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterhypotheses
Etymology: From counter- + hypothesis.
Senses: glosses: A contrasting hypothesis put forward as a response to another hypothesis.
counterhypotheses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterhypothesis
whumpage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From whump + -age.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whompage.
ARGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ARG
TWT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /twɪt/
Forms: form: TWTs
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of travelling-wave tube.
TWT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /twɪt/
Forms: form: TWTs
Etymology: Short for "time? what time?". Probably modelled on earlier PWP.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: A piece of fan fiction not set in any particular time period.
beturtlenecked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From be- + turtlenecked.
Senses: examples: text: Last week, Thomas had sent a professional photographer to my apartment: Randall Knapp, a solemn, beturtlenecked fellow […]
ref: 2001, Jennifer Egan, Look at Me, Anchor Books, →ISBN, page 403:
text: Personally, I like to imagine him, beturtlenecked and in jeans—perhaps with fuzzy bunny slippers replacing his usual sneakers—giving a keynote presentation to his friends and family, updating them on the status of Steve over the last quarter, and explaining to them all the new features that come with turning 54 ("And then your knees just give out—boom.")
ref: 2009 February 24, Dan Moren, “Steve Jobs turns 54”, in Macworld:
text: […] and on the steps are three fawning co-eds with flowers in their hair, ogling a mustachioed beturtlenecked artiste, […]
ref: 2010 November 11, Jonah Furman, “New Vibrations: The Tallest Man on Earth”, in The Johns Hopkins News-Letter, Johns Hopkins University:
glosses: Wearing a turtleneck.
Synonyms: turtlenecked
Ephraimites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ephraimite
Columbused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Columbus
public transportation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: public transportations
Senses: glosses: Public transport.
public transportations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of public transportation
cranequins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cranequin
heliotaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From helio- + taxis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Phototaxis related to the sun.
Movement of an organism toward sunlight; positive heliotaxis.
examples: text: Pronounced negative heliotaxis, evidently depending on some photodermatic sense, was apparent when the ants were exposed to the sun...
ref: 1903, William Morton Wheeler, “Some Notes on the Habits of Cerapachs Augustae”, in Psyche, 10(325-326), page 206:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Phototaxis related to the sun.
Movement of an organism away from sunlight; negative heliotaxis.
well-used
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: better-used
form: more well-used
form: best-used
form: most well-used
Senses: examples: text: For the Skegness line a key issue is summer Saturday capacity. In recent years two HSTs have been deployed on the route in addition to strengthened DMU formations, and these services are very well-used.
ref: 2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 58:
text: Peter, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, of Imber, dressed all in black as usual, sits at the head of the table. A crumpled and well-used orange vest hangs over the back of his chair.
ref: 2025 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 39:
synonyms: oft-used
glosses: Used a great deal; having seen a lot of use.
grasswidowhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grass widowhood.
higher than a kite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: After several years of experience as the locums doctor in various E.R.s located in big cities across the country, Matt had learned how to handle addicts flying higher than a kite, as dangerous as a violent criminal.
ref: 2014, Joss Wood, More Than a Fling?:
glosses: Very much under the influence of drugs.
Related terms: high as a kite
Ibizans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ibizan
post office box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post office boxes
form: post-office box
Senses: examples: text: “Rich people use post office boxes to shield themselves from unwanted correspondence. It’s like a garbage can for mail.”
ref: 2022, Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, Penguin (2023), page 307:
synonyms: PO box
postal box
glosses: A uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office that may be hired as collection point for mail.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A test instrument once used by telephone engineers.
laser copier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laser copiers
Etymology: Blend of laser printer + photocopier
Senses: glosses: A type of photocopier that uses the principles of a laser printer in its output stage.
Related terms: digital copier
multifunction printer
taans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taan
kanchuki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kanchukis
Senses: examples: text: On seeing the golden deer, Sītā requests Rāma to obtain it for her as she desires to make a kanchuki out of its skin.
ref: 1986, Deepak Kannal, Vaiṣṇavism in Indian arts and culture, page 456:
text: She had a lush body, her breasts were full and firm, held tightly by a kanchuki that exposed her shoulders and arms.
ref: 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 151:
text: In Vedic times the upper garment was just a kanchuki, almost a strapless bra, that covered the breasts and could be made of cloth or tree bark.
ref: 2000, Monisha Bharadwaj, Indian Beauty Secrets, page 17:
glosses: A tight women's garment worn around the upper body in India.
namaaz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of namaz.
telescope house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telescope houses
Senses: examples: text: 1940, Maryland Writers' Project, Maryland, a Guide to the Old Line State (Federal Works Agency, 1940) http://books.google.com/books?id=e487MlEWyOUC&lpg=PA124&vq=telescope&dq=%22telescope%20house%22&pg=PA125#q=%22telescope%20house%22&f=false
The need for space to house an increasing family, or an increasing prosperity, also resulted in a type of building Marylanders call a ‘telescope house.’
text: 1978, James A. Michener, Chesapeake, Chapter "Refuge"
As they passed beneath Peace Cliff he observed Mr. Steed looking with some interest at the telescope house, then quickly looking away, but he attached no significance to the incident.
text: The “telescope house” was common to eastern Pennsylvania, especially in the utopian communities that gathered there more than a century ago.
ref: 2002, 100 Of the World's Best Houses (Images Publishing, 2002) p. 326
text: Our solution builds on the classic mid-Atlantic telescope house in plan and section, reaching out and up into the trees.
ref: 2007, Janelle McCulloch, editor, In Residence: McInturff Architects, Images Publishing, page 110:
text: The Lee-Fendall House is a “telescope” house, which is a vernacular piece of architecture developed on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
ref: 2012, John J. Cullinane, Maintaining and Repairing Old and Historic Buildings, John Wiley & Sons, page 113:
glosses: A house with multiple extensions connected serially, decreasing in size.
wikipedia: Best Endeavor
exprest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: express + -t
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of express
actinistian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Actinistia + -an
Senses: glosses: Relating to coelacanths (and related fish) of the class Actinistia.
actinistian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actinistians
Etymology: Actinistia + -an
Senses: glosses: Any of those fish
apahack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apahacks
form: apa-hack
form: APAhack
Etymology: From APA (“amateur press association”) + hack (“pejorative; untalented writer”).
Senses: examples: text: Having discovered fandom at AUSSIECON I, I have been publishing WEBERWOMAN'S WREVENGE since 1980. I am an enthusiastic apahack and book reviewer, an organiser of conventions until I learned better, have been editor of ANZAPA for two years, and am suspected of a prurient interest in other people's personal relationships.
ref: 1986 May, Jean Weber, “GUFF 1986/87 Candidates' Platforms”, in WeberWoman's Wrevenge, volume 5, number 2 (whole number #24), page 20:
text: Yup, that's why I have a basement full of Gestetners (a 260, a 360, a 420, and a 1525), a couple of ancient Rex-Rotary M4s and two e-stencillers. And a hectograph. I have been a fanzine editor and apahack, but it's been a while since last I pubbed my ish.
ref: 1994 May 12, Erik Biever, “Re: stencil duplicators”, in alt.technology.obsolete (Usenet), message-ID <CppIyK.n2B@news.cis.umn.edu>:
text: Did you ever know an apahack named Mike Wood (1948-1983); died the day before his 35th birthday from complications of his diabetes). He had some of the same beliefs for spelling, and I got used to it.
ref: 2013 February-March, Nate Bucklin, “Reader Reaction”, in Fadeaway, number 33, page 21:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan who is a writer and creator of apazines for one or more amateur press associations; especially a prolific one.
Synonyms: apan
apahack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: apahacks
form: apahacking
form: apahacked
form: apahacked
form: apa-hack
form: APAhack
Etymology: From APA (“amateur press association”) + hack (“pejorative; untalented writer”).
Senses: examples: text: Personally, I think writing is writing and her writing on the net counts. I don't think "net.notariety" is any different than apahacking or conrunning, in terms of fannish activity. Whether anyone deserves to be GoH because of any particular activity is up to the concoms of Greater Fandom.
ref: 1994 July 30, David E. Romm, “Re: Usenet GoH”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <71443.1447-300794084342@dialup-2-155.gw.umn.edu>:
text: Why would one want to avoid making friends wherever one was? As it happens, I met my husband through Fidonet, and several of my best friends through Fidonet or through ddials (an old fashioned kind of chat system). I've even made friends through apahacking.
ref: 1997 November 25, Cally Soukup, “Re: HELP Bring Back "ANTI-GRAVITY ROOM" to SFC !!!”, in alt.tv.scifi.channel (Usenet), message-ID <65g5pd$90c$1@wheel.two14.lan>:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: To write and create apazines for one or more amateur press associations.
apahacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apahack
apahacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of apahack
apahacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of apahack
apahacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of apahack
concom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concoms
Etymology: Blend of convention + committee.
Senses: examples: text: I would tend to look askance at the fan who's focussed all their activities into one area of fandom, whether it's fanzines, masquerade costuming, or conrunning. On the other hand, often the fan who's mostly known as, say, a fanzine fan, has in fact quietly helped out in a variety of other areas. So a concom has to look twice, ask around, and gather information judiciously.
ref: 1986 June, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, “GoB Criteria”, in The Mad 3 Party, number 12, page 18:
text: Personally, I think writing is writing and her writing on the net counts. I don't think "net.notariety" is any different than apahacking or conrunning, in terms of fannish activity. Whether anyone deserves to be GoH because of any particular activity is up to the concoms of Greater Fandom.
ref: 1994 July 30, David E Romm, “Re: Usenet GoH”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID <71443.1447-300794084342@dialup-2-155.gw.umn.edu>:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The group of volunteers who organise and run a convention.
Meronyms: conrunner
concoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concom
gladiating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gladiate
gladiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gladiate
Ligottian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ligottian
form: most Ligottian
Etymology: From Ligotti + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Thomas Ligotti (born 1953), American horror author and reclusive literary cult figure.
Dragonballer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dragonballers
Etymology: Dragon Ball + -er
Senses: examples: text: Hello, Dragonballers,
This issue of JUMP has a pretty good picture of Goku on cover, with Goku in profile in gold. Here goes the summary : […]
ref: 1993 April 18, e77-cg, “Dragonball Z Summary (comic)”, in rec.arts.anime (Usenet):
text: The Moonies and the Dragonballers aren't minorities; they're as large or larger than any other group of animeniacs you're going to find.
ref: 1995 December 12, Sea Wasp [username], “Re: Too Many SM/DB posts! ARRGGHH!!!”, in rec.arts.anime (Usenet):
text: Expect to see Trekkies, Whovians and Potterheads co-mingling with Cumberbitches, Batmaniacs and Dragonballers.
ref: 2014, Lily Lieberman, "Techies and Trekkies Unite at Geek's Night Out", College Times, Volume 13, Issue 12, 13 February 2014 - 26 February 2014, page 19
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of the manga and anime franchise Dragon Ball.
wikipedia: Dragon Ball
Dragonballers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dragonballer
trimorphemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːmɪk
Etymology: From tri- + morphemic.
Senses: glosses: Consisting of three morphemes.
subphonemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + phonemic.
Senses: glosses: At a more specific level than that of phonemes.
superwicked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + wicked.
Senses: examples: text: Global warming is a superwicked problem.
qualifier: social planning
glosses: Of or relating to a class of wicked problems that are particularly intractable because of limited time, lack of central authority, irrational discounting of the future, and the fact that those seeking to solve the problem are also causing it.
wicked problem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wicked problems
Senses: qualifier: social planning
glosses: A problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements that are often difficult to recognize.
Derived terms: superwicked
wicked problems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wicked problem
Joliet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The city in Illinois was probably named after 17th-century explorer Louis Jolliet.
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Will County, also in Kendall County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Will County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Carbon County, Montana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Platte County, Nebraska.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Caldwell County, Texas.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A file system specification that extends ISO 9660 to relax restrictions on filenames.
multiextent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + extent.
Senses: examples: text: For a multiextent file, all extents on one physical device must use the same logical unit number; the definition of the extents must be in consecutive, ascending order.
ref: 1994, H. Frank Cervone, VSE/ESA JCL: Utilities, Power, and VSAM, page 107:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Consisting of more than one extent.
Roaring Twenties
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛntiz
Forms: form: the Roaring Twenties
Senses: examples: text: The economic boom and the “speculative orgy” that pervaded the Roaring Twenties faded abruptly during late October 1929 with the stock market crash (sometimes called the “Great Crash”) that precipitated the rise of The Great Depression.
ref: 2012, Armando Navarro, Global Capitalist Crisis and the Second Great Depression, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: The 1920s, referring to the rapid economic expansion and modernization of the period.
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Dirty Thirties
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Dirty Thirties
form: dirty thirties
Senses: glosses: The 1930s, especially in reference to the Dust Bowl of the Midwestern United States.
Related terms: 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s
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golden anniversary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden anniversaries
Senses: examples: text: The party from Königgratz was accompanied by an old married pair, who celebrated their golden anniversary of fifty years' happy marriage on the same occasion.
ref: 1837 June, Metropolitan Magazine, p. 174
glosses: The 50th anniversary of some event, particularly a wedding.
Synonyms: semicentennial
semicentenary
jubilee
Hyponyms: english: coronation anniversary
translation: coronation anniversary
word: golden jubilee
english: wedding anniversary
translation: wedding anniversary
word: golden wedding
Coordinate terms: paper anniversary (1st)
wooden anniversary (5th)
silver anniversary (25th)
ruby anniversary (40th)
diamond anniversary (60th
75th)
platinum anniversary (70th)
Derived terms: alt: 50th
word: golden
Related terms: golden age
silver anniversary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silver anniversaries
Senses: glosses: The 25th anniversary of some event, particularly a wedding.
Hyponyms: english: coronation anniversary
translation: coronation anniversary
word: silver jubilee
word: silver wedding
english: wedding anniversary
translation: wedding anniversary
word: silver feast
Coordinate terms: paper anniversary (1st)
wooden anniversary (5th)
ruby anniversary (40th)
golden anniversary (50th)
diamond anniversary (60th
75th)
platinum anniversary (70th)
Derived terms: alt: 25th
word: silver
Related terms: silver age
in unison
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Moving, acting, or uttering of speech all at the same time.
Related terms: in chorus
pseudofeminine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pseudofeminine
form: most pseudofeminine
Etymology: From pseudo- + feminine.
Senses: examples: text: Peter was not a "drag queen" as such, but ever since moving north from Hollywood had adopted several of their witty, pseudofeminine ways of speech […]
ref: 2012, Bernard Duncan Mayes, Escaping God's Closet: The Revelations of a Queer Priest, page 158:
text: As a result, nouns of this kind are likely to be interpreted and treated as feminine. Thus, Mifsud calls them pseudo-feminine collective Semitic nouns.
ref: 2018, George Farrugia, Grammatical Gender in Maltese:
glosses: feminine or apparently feminine in certain aspects, but not truly feminine
pseudomasculine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pseudomasculine
form: most pseudomasculine
Etymology: From pseudo- + masculine.
Senses: glosses: masculine or apparently masculine in certain aspects, but not truly masculine
gun worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gun worms
form: gun-worm
form: gunworm
Etymology: From its worm-like shape.
Senses: synonyms: spiral worm
wad hook
packing worm
glosses: A corkscrew-like device used to remove unspent charges from the barrel of a musket.
Related terms: cleaning rod
blithen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blithens
form: blithening
form: blithened
form: blithened
Etymology: From blithe + -en.
Senses: examples: text: When we entered the parlour, which had been so often blithened with the jocose spirit of its defunct mistress, we confess that our emotions were almost too great for our fortitude, […]
ref: 1895, John Galt, The Entail Or the Lairds of Grippy, page 304:
text: Let every life be content with its share
Of dew, and sunshine, and blithening air.
ref: 1904, William Wells Newell, Words for Music, page 71:
glosses: To make glad or blithe; gladden.
examples: text: The villages blithened when he came; […]
ref: 1924, Joshua Freeman Crowell, Florence Hathaway Crowell, Cape Cod in Poetry, page 16:
glosses: To become glad or blithe; gladden.
blitheless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blitheless
form: most blitheless
Etymology: From blithe + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Every blitheless thing's forgot Winter's sighs and frowns are not. From the old the new is winning, All's in the beginning.
ref: 1908, Fred Whitney, The Heart of the Singer - Page 16:
text: To Him who gave to Him doth go The spirit that is blitheless. Although our souls immortal are Without even death or birth, Our bodies go from whence they came Back to longing Mother Earth.
ref: 1914, The Railroad Telegrapher, Volume 31, Part 2 - Page 1359:
text: Blitheless sate the high Prince, the Aetheling so good; That strong Heart stricken sate, o'er lost thanes abrood, What time the court set eyes on the cursed Monster's trail, — Too strong that strife for Danefolk, too long the bane and bale.
ref: 1939, Oscar James Campbell, Hardin Craig, James Francis Augustin Pyre, Great English writers - Volume 1 - Page 12:
text: A musty smell swells from the mounted lark, blitheless in spirit.
ref: 1964, John Lehmann, Alan Ross, The London Magazine - Volume 4 - Page 20:
text: Ought he for dreaming the delights of the blitheless “bloke for whom the ghost with child haunted habitat camp-fruit-bat? Salubricious musings with mirthless guilt his soul churned to a woodpecker's rat-a-tat “on a distant tree at sundown.
ref: 2013, Ann Laura Stoler, Imperial Debris: On Ruins and Ruination - Page 92:
synonyms: word: miserable
word: unhappy
word: atrabiliary
word: atrabilious
word: blitheless
word: dispirited
word: blue
word: bummed out
word: chapfallen
word: cheerless
word: chopfallen
word: crestfallen
word: cut up
word: damp
word: dejected
word: depressed
word: despondent
word: disgruntled
word: disconsolate
word: disheartened
word: dismal
word: doleful
word: dolesome
word: down
word: down in the dumps
word: down in the mouth
word: downcast
word: downhearted
word: downsome
word: dull
word: elegiac
word: elegious
word: forlorn
word: gloomy
word: glum
word: grief-stricken
word: grieving
word: heavy-hearted
word: heartsore
word: heartsick
word: inconsolable
word: infelicitous
word: jawfallen
word: joyless
word: lachrymose
word: lamentful
word: low
word: low-spirited
word: lugubrious
word: lumpish
word: melancholic
word: melancholy
word: miserable
word: moody
word: mopey
word: morose
word: mournful
word: passionate
word: plaintive
word: querulous
word: sad
word: saddened
word: saturnine
word: shattered
word: solemn
word: sombre
word: sorrowful
word: sorrow-ridden
word: sorrowsome
word: spiritless
word: sullen
word: threnetic
word: threnetical
word: triste
word: tristful
word: uncheerful
word: uncheery
word: unconsolable
word: unhappy
word: unlively
word: wistful
word: woe
word: woebegone
word: woeful
word: wretched
glosses: Without happiness or joy; unjoyful; sorrowful; sad.
examples: text: Oh, those cruel and blitheless asses! Did they know my thoughts, my dreams, as I searched the sweet mystery of myself for the hidden meaning of my life? They did not. They judged me harshly for a few paltry actions.
ref: 1968, Paul Ritchie, Confessions of a People Lover: A Novel - Page 51:
glosses: Pitiful; miserable; wretched.
unjoyful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unjoyful
form: most unjoyful
Etymology: From un- + joyful.
Senses: examples: text: One night, nevertheless, in the splendour of one such scene, he sees himself suddenly apostrophised by a squalid unjoyful Figure, who has come in uninvited, nay despite of all lackeys ; an unjoyful Figure !
ref: 1871, Thomas Carlyle, The guillotine - Page 55:
glosses: Not joyful; unhappy; joyless; sad.
Synonyms: blitheless
scruffbag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scruffbags
Etymology: From scruff + bag.
Senses: glosses: A scruffy person or creature.
scruffbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scruffbag
scurfiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of scurfy: most scurfy
scurfier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of scurfy: more scurfy
unbliss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + bliss.
Senses: examples: text: After a year of marital unbliss, we moved from California to Princeton, New Jersey, where we attended graduate school. The Princeton years were actually better than our first year of marriage, but we still needed improvement.
ref: 2010, Jim Burns, 10 Building Blocks for a Solid Family:
text: Gunnar is of this world in the most common way; we see him engaged with his wife in connubial unbliss.
ref: 2014, William Ian Miller, Why Is Your Axe Bloody?:
glosses: The state or condition of blisslessness; unjoy.
blisslessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blissless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: They're suspicious of anyone who follows a different bliss (their word), and as far as they can tell, Billy has no identifiable bliss. Twice he's been accused of blisslessness.
ref: 2008, David Gilbert, The Normals: A Novel - Page 41:
text: Bliss lies within unlikened blisslessness or so they had thought, Until it came time to end.
ref: 2013, Stephen Emerson Haire, Made of Water - Page 78:
glosses: Absence of bliss; joylessness.
unjoyfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + joyfulness or unjoyful + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: After their onslaughts on Gabrieli and Merullo for the unjoyfulness of their wedding music at Venice, no doubt the academicians felt bound to give Euridice a happy ending.
ref: 1908, Ernest James Oldmeadow, Great Musicians - Page 121:
glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being unjoyful.
Synonyms: unblissfulness
haircuttings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haircutting
Digifan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Digifans
Etymology: Blend of Digimon and fan.
Senses: examples: text: This would be a very good thing for Digifans as Bandai Entertainment is generally considered one of the best anime producers out there.
ref: 2002 February 13, Matt Williamz, “Re: [OT] What's this about Digimon?”, in alt.fan.power-rangers (Usenet):
text: A big part of why most Digifans sicken me. They happily bitch about things "the dub ruined," without actually taking the time to do any of the research themselves.
ref: 2002 March 4, Eri-Bear [username], “Re: Regarding : (Spoilers) 3/2 Saturday Morning”, in alt.fan.power-rangers (Usenet):
text: Well, as has been repeated several times before, welcome, welcome, fellow Digifan.
ref: 2002 September 2, JMShearer, “Re: New here...”, in alt.fan.digimon (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of the Japanese media franchise Digimon, particularly the anime series.
wikipedia: Digimon
Digifans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Digifan
unjoys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unjoy
unblissfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unblissful + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Hartmann, the course of the world is historically interpreted as an account of the Passion of the unknown god who fights his way from unblissfulness to blissfulness. An Indian sees salvation in the suppression of the individual.
ref: 1999, Helmuth von Glasenapp, Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation - Page 510:
text: “Yep. The classic case. But it's the circumstances behind the unblissfulness that has me going.”
ref: 2007, Shonda Cheekes, In the Midst of It All - Page 193:
glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being unblissful; joylessness.
triphonemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + phonemic.
Senses: glosses: Consisting of three phonemes.
blissdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bliss + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: Walk through everything that would go into the waking hours of blissdom for you.
ref: 2012, Danielle LaPorte, The Fire Starter Sessions:
text: In the end, we were left with a June Cleaver-like prototype of domestic Leave-It-to-Beaver suburban blissdom.
ref: 2013, Vicki Courtney, Ever After: Life Lessons Learned in My Castle of Chaos:
text: Then my day of blissdom arrived when my beauties both were enrolled in full day grade school! Oh, yes I missed them terribly and cried on the first day blah, blah, blah but I soon got over it when I first soloed at the market.
ref: 2014, People I Want to Punch in the Throat, Baby Sideburns, Insane in the Mom Brain, I Just Want to Pee Alone
glosses: The world, sphere, influence, or state of bliss; blissfulness.
Related terms: bliss
blithe
blithedom