cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pure cancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Because Mogilny is 100% Pure Cancer from Concentrate, he's poison, and any team that would take him *even for free* is crazy.
ref: 1997 January 28, Gerry Warner, “Trade suggestion (Canucks-Habs)”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.mtl-canadiens (Usenet):
text: I don't think anyone could have foresaw him being the pure cancer he was from the moment he got here.
ref: 2006 July 20, Andy - Mpls, “Hillenbrand?”, in alt.sports.baseball.mn-twins (Usenet):
text: The logic of zealots is not worth trying to define, they are a pure cancer to humanity, and should always be treated as such.
ref: 2011 May 13, Jesse, “Shabqadar base bombings 'kill 80'”, in uk.current-events.terrorism (Usenet):
text: THAT IS PURE CANCER OF A GAME
ref: 2018 July 30, natan...@gmail.com, “guys can you make pc version”, in Tencent Gaming Buddy (Usenet):
text: Gannett is pure cancer.
ref: 2023 May 25, Jim O'Connell, “media despair: More garbage from Gannett”, in World News Now Discussion List (Usenet):
text: There are different servers around and some of them are pure cancer, so it will take some time to find the one you like.
ref: 2024 July 7, Giovanni Sealy, “Crash Delivery”, in boatietilre (Usenet):
synonyms: cancer
glosses: Something that is extremely unpleasant, unfavorable, or undesirable.
ridgeboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ridgeboard
stim toys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stim toy
yarnbombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yarnbomb
yarnbombs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of yarnbomb
yarnbombed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yarnbomb
digital direct marketing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: A marketing method that uses the email of a consumer to send advertisements and other forms of communications to a target audience.
Related terms: direct marketing
medium-quality
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: coordinate_terms: low-quality
poor-quality
high-quality
glosses: Of mediocre or somewhat acceptable quality.
beat the drum for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beats the drum for
form: beating the drum for
form: beat the drum for
form: beaten the drum for
form: bang the drum for
Senses: glosses: To give voice to one's support of; to promote or publicize.
Related terms: beat the drum
bang the drum for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bangs the drum for
form: banging the drum for
form: banged the drum for
form: banged the drum for
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of beat the drum for.
Hacheston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, previously in Suffolk Coastal district (OS grid ref TM3059).
counting agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counting agents
Etymology: From counting + agent.
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: word: count agent
word: tallyman
word: tallywoman
glosses: An electoral observer appointed by an election candidate to oversee the counting of ballots; typically for the purposes of ensuring all proper processes have been followed, and sometimes to gather data about the distribution of votes from different polling stations.
counting agents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counting agent
count agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: count agents
Etymology: From count + agent.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of counting agent.
synonyms: word: counting agent
count agents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of count agent
transpalaearctic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: trans- + palaearctic Used by P Sushkin in 1925
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Covering the palaearctic from Atlantic to Pacific Oceans.
pagodal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to pagodas.
Xtard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Xtards
Etymology: Blend of Xbox + -tard.
Senses: examples: text: Atleast^([sic]) I have enough sense to know that the PS2 IS more powerful than the XBox in a few key areas. You, like the other Xtards simply will not accept that fact when it is blatantly obvious written right into the spec sheets.
ref: 2006 July 16, Mr. Impressive, “Re: Raytracing on Cell, Xflop360 destroyed!”, in alt.games.video.xbox (Usenet):
text: Top five sellers on Amazon DVD list ALL BLU-RAY. Have to go past #50 just to find an HD DVD disc. ¶ Face it Xtards, it's OVER. Blu-Ray wins.
ref: 2008 January 3, jimmy...@gmail.com, “Xbots in Tears Over Blu-Ray Bestsellers”, in alt.games.video.sony-playstation3 (Usenet):
topics: video-games
synonyms: Xbot
glosses: A user or supporter of Xbox products.
Xtard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Xtards
Etymology: Blend of X + -tard.
Senses: qualifier: social media
glosses: A person that refers to Twitter as X
butt-stinking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a person, naked or unclothed.
glosses: Of a person, contemptible or undesirable.
glosses: An intensifier of a noun.
Broadwey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named from the local River Wey.
Senses: glosses: A suburban village in Weymouth parish, Dorset, England, previously in Weymouth and Portland district (OS grid ref SY6683).
twunky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtwʌŋki/
Forms: form: twunkier
form: twunkiest
Etymology: From twunk + -y.
Senses: examples: text: For more than 80 years, a shirtless photo of Honest Abe has greeted federal courthouse visitors in Los Angeles. The statue, titled “The Young Lincoln,” offers a hunky depiction of the 16th president. [see title]
ref: 2024 May 21, Alex Reimer, “People can’t stop thirsting over this twunky Abe Lincoln statue greeting them at a federal courthouse”, in Queerty:
topics: LGBT
coordinate_terms: twinky
hunky
glosses: Being or resembling a twunk (“muscular twink”).
tree bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree bears
Senses: examples: text: Other favourites [stuffed animals] have been the little tree bears from Australia who liven up the tourist shops as much as the toyshops, and look decidedly real.
ref: 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 164:
glosses: A koala.
brushholly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brushhollies
Senses: glosses: A tree of the genus Xylosma.
Mount Olive
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
glosses: A town in Duplin County and Wayne County, North Carolina, United States.
glosses: A city in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A town in Covington County, Mississippi, United States.
glosses: A mountain on the Continental Divide/British Columbia-Alberta in the Canadian Rockies.
Russio-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Tchoubinof, employed in foreign affairs in St. Petersburg, and a Georgian by birth, has edited a Georgio-Russio-French Dictionary,²⁸ infinitely richer than vocabularies we previously possessed.
ref: 1842, E. Roer, “Report made by J. Mohl in the General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Paris, 31st May, 1841 […], translated from the French”, in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (New Series), volume 11, number 125, Calcutta: Bishop's College Press, page 431:
glosses: Alternative form of Russo-.
electoral observer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electoral observers
Etymology: From electoral + observer.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: One who observes the counting of election ballots, typically so as to assess the conduct of the election process, and to report or record any suspected interference.
Hyponyms: counting agent
electoral observers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electoral observer
frost point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frost points
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: The temperature at which the air is saturated with respect to water vapor over an ice surface.
Related terms: dew point
frost points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frost point
aqueous vapor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aqueous vapors
Senses: glosses: Synonym of water vapor.
synonyms: word: water vapor
aqueous vapors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aqueous vapor
sentenceful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sentencefuls
form: sentencesful
Etymology: From sentence + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Some have a great abundance of suffixes, others of prefixes; some have little distinction between verb and noun; some have an extreme of combination, a long word of fifteen syllables including a sentenceful of meaning.
ref: 1888, G[eorge] T[homas] Bettany, book IV (The Inhabitants of America), chapter I (The Canadians), in The World's Inhabitants; or, Mankind, Animals, and Plants […], London: Ward, Lock & Co., page 717:
glosses: The amount contained within a sentence.
ycladde
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yclad.
Vernesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Vernesque
form: most Vernesque
Etymology: From Verne + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: Director Fritz Lang and his scientific colleagues have made a vigorous Vernesque fantasy and used every resource of the camera in photographing it.
ref: 1931 February 16, “The New Pictures: By Rocket to the Moon”, Cinema, in Time, volume 17, number 7, Chicago, Ill.: Time, Inc., page 21:
synonyms: Jules Vernesque
glosses: Reminiscent of French novelist Jules Verne (1828–1905) or his works.
Related terms: Vernean
Thlinkeet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thlinkeets
form: Thlinkeet
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Tlingit.
Thlinkeet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Tlingit.
Thlinkeet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Tlingit.
Thlinkit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thlinkits
form: Thlinkit
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Tlingit.
Thlinkit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Tlingit.
Thlinkit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Tlingit.
Haidas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Haida
Haidah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Haidahs
form: Haidah
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Haida.
Haidah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Haida.
Chelsea-booted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Chelsea boot + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: There’s a lovely moment when he reveals that after the tour he will give away his beloved £60,000 handmade grand piano to a school or charity so it may “inspire others”. Perhaps someone might even follow in his Chelsea-booted footsteps and sing standing on top of it.
ref: 2020 March 12, Dave Simpson, “Jamie Cullum review – fun genre rampage from self-doubting showman”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Wearing Chelsea boots.
buckwheat note
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buckwheat notes
Senses: glosses: A shape note
heat checker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heat checkers
Etymology: From heat check + -er.
Senses: examples: text: [Markieff] Morris isn’t quite the post-up threat that [Enes] Kanter is, and he can play both the 4 spot and 5 spot instead of just center, like Kanter. He is capable of playing a similar way, backing defenders down in the post. He prefers getting his buckets there with a bevy of fade-aways and jumpers. He’s a heat checker. And he can get hot on the block.
ref: 2019 February 25, Brett Dawson, Fred Katz, “How power forward Markieff Morris might fit in with the Thunder”, in The Athletic:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player who performs a heat check.
pick and pop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pick and pops
Etymology: Modelled on pick and roll.
Senses: examples: text: He [Markieff Morris] won the Wizards a game in Portland earlier this year (a place Thunder fans know is not exactly the easiest to win in) just because Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic kept dropping back on pick-and-pops and Morris continued heading beyond the 3-point line.
ref: 2019 February 25, Brett Dawson, Fred Katz, “How power forward Markieff Morris might fit in with the Thunder”, in The Athletic:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An alternate version of pick and roll where the player moves to an open spot, where they receive a pass and make a jump shot.
Nyack
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪˌæk/
Senses: glosses: A village in Rockland County, New York, United States.
toothache plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toothache plants
Etymology: Used as a natural remedy against toothache.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of paracress.
synonyms: word: paracress
paranut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paranuts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pará nut.
paranuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paranut
toothache plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toothache plant
imfeasible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of infeasible.
imfeasibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of infeasibility.
Pará cress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paracress.
Para cress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paracress.
raises hell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of raise hell
raising hell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of raise hell
raised hell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of raise hell
Lacie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old French, variant of Lacey
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname, variant of Lacey.
A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Lacey.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname, variant of Lacey.
A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Lacey.
EMSEC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
hypernyms: COMSEC
glosses: Abbreviation of emission security.
8th wonder of the world
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eighth wonder of the world.
8th Wonder of the World
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eighth wonder of the world.
eighth Wonder of the World
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eighth wonder of the world.
custardiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From custardy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The classic “three milks” from the title are sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk and whole milk; I’ve replaced the first with cajeta (the goat-milk caramel so famous in Mexico), the last with heavy cream (to give it a little more custardiness).
ref: 1996, Rick Bayless with Deann Groen Bayless and Jean Marie Brownson, “Celebration Cake: Pastel de Tres Leches”, in “Desserts”, in Rick Bayless’s Mexican Kitchen: Capturing the Vibrant Flavors of a World-Class Cuisine, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, page 394:
text: These scrumptious little cakes, which have a sweet, comforting custardiness to them, were one of my favorite discoveries in working on this book. […] What liquid do you scramble your eggs with? Milk or plain soy milk gives a creamy custardiness, water makes it eggier, but carbonated water gives a surprising lightness.
ref: 2002 October, Crescent Dragonwagon, Passionate Vegetarian: More Than 1,000 Robust Recipes with Notes on Cooking, Eating, Loving, and Living Fearlessly, New York, N.Y.: Workman Publishing Company, Inc., →ISBN, pages 778 (Vegetable World § Sweet Parsnip Nubbins) and 888 (Quick Fix § Scrambled Eggs):
text: A plump, medium-bodied Chardonnay with a trace of custardiness to its texture, this wine speaks of its origins, marrying ripe pear fruit with toasted nuts and mineral notes.
ref: 2005 November 15, Joe Czerwinski, “Domaine Vincent Sauvestre 2003 Chardonnay (Bourgogne) $11”, in “France”, in Wine Enthusiast Magazine Essential Buying Guide 2007, Philadelphia, Pa.: Running Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 176, column 2:
glosses: The quality of being custardy.
eighth cranial nerves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eighth cranial nerve
culpa levis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin culpa (“blame”) + levis (“light”).
Senses: glosses: A slight fault.
topics: law
coordinate_terms: culpa lata
culpa levissima
glosses: Ordinary negligence.
constaunt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more constaunt
form: most constaunt
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of constant.
Derived terms: constauntly
inconstaunt
sex-traffic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sex-traffics
form: sex-trafficking
form: sex-trafficked
form: sex-trafficked
Senses: glosses: To illegally transport a person from one nation or area to another for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
Derived terms: sex trafficking
sex trafficking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
law
sciences
social-science
sociology
qualifier: crime
glosses: Human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
Related terms: english: verbal form
translation: verbal form
word: sex-traffic
sex-traffics
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sex-traffic
sex-trafficking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sex-traffic
sex-trafficking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Epstein, the deceased financier, sex offender and friend to the rich and famous, has been at the heart of a sprawling conspiracy theory about child sex-trafficking and the global elite since he killed himself in jail six years ago — a suicide that was reaffirmed by the FBI this month.
ref: 2025 July 10, Jesus Mesa, “'We've Been Played': MAGA Faces Its Own Disappointment With Trump”, in Newsweek:
glosses: The practice of trafficking people for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
sex-trafficked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sex-traffic
wonder-song
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wonder-songs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wondersong.
wonder-songs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wonder-song
culpa lata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin culpa (“blame”) + lata, feminine form of latus (“extensive”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Gross negligence.
fricativization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fricativizations
form: fricativisation
Etymology: From fricative + -ization or fricativize + -ation.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The state or quality of being fricativized.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is fricativized.
fricativisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fricativisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fricativization.
fricativizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fricativization
Icelandicizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Icelandicize
Icelandicizing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of making (more) Icelandic.
Icelandicizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Icelandicize
Icelandicized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Icelandicize
Icelandicise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Icelandicises
form: Icelandicising
form: Icelandicised
form: Icelandicised
Etymology: From Icelandic + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Icelandicize.
Icelandicization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Icelandicizations
form: Icelandicisation
Etymology: From Icelandicize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of Icelandicizing.
Icelandicises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Icelandicise
Icelandicising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Icelandicise
Icelandicised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Icelandicised
form: most Icelandicised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Icelandicize.
Icelandicised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Icelandicise
Icelandicizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Icelandicization
Icelandicisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Icelandicisations
Etymology: From Icelandicise + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of Icelandicization.
Icelandicisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Icelandicisation
accomplishedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more accomplishedly
form: most accomplishedly
Etymology: From accomplished + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The eye indeede ſeeth with the Chriſtallline humor, but it ſeeth perfectly and more accompliſhedly with the whole Organe or Inſtrument.
ref: 1631, Helkiah Crooke, “The Eighth Booke. Of the Senses and their Instruments, as also of the Voyce. The Præface.”, in Μικροκοσμογραφια. A Description of the Body of Man. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Thomas and Richard Cotes, and are to be sold by Michael Sparke, […], page 530:
text: She was elegantly and most accomplishedly educated by them, and lived with these invaluable and estimable parents until she was married to her present husband, […]
ref: 1815 October 1, “Somersetshire”, in The Monthly Magazine; or, British Register: […], volume XL (part II for 1815), number 3 (274 overall), London: J[ames] Adlard, […] for Sir Richard Phillips, page 286, column 1:
text: Valentine moved like a fish through water, accomplishedly, barely stirring the silence.
ref: 1982, Alice Thomas Ellis, chapter 2, in The 27th Kingdom, London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., →ISBN, page 26:
glosses: In an accomplished manner.
Darras Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large settlement and housing estate in Ponteland parish, southern Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1571).
teenswear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From teens + -wear.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of teenwear.
Philadelphi Corridor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Philadelphi, a codename selected randomly by Israel; from Latin, from Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + δελφύς (delphús, “womb”), beloved womb-mate (sibling).
Senses: glosses: A zone of the Gaza Strip, Palestine; A DMZ established by the Philadelphi Accord between Israel and Egypt, that represents the border between Gaza and the Sinai.
Synonyms: Philadelphi Route
Related terms: Philadelph
Philadelphe
Philadelphi
Philadelphia
Philadelphus
culturedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more culturedly
form: most culturedly
Etymology: From cultured + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: A more straightforward, realistic story on this subject could not well be written, nor a pen found more subtly true, more keenly virile and culturedly versatile than that of Helen Bowen.
ref: 1896 December 19, “New Publications. A Timely Book! A Daughter of Cuba. A Story of the Cuban War of Independence. By Helen M. Bowen. […]”, in The New York Times, volume XLVI, number 14,145, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, part 2, page 9, column 3:
text: No, the doctor in our day is, in ninety cases out of a hundred, a refined, cultured English gentleman, earnest in his work and unblamable in his life. From his earliest student days, with few exceptions, the embryo doctor now takes life more culturedly and more earnestly.
ref: 1907, J[oseph] Stenson Hooker, “Refining Influences in Life Generally”, in The Higher Medicine, London: Evan Yellon, The Celtic Press […], page 25:
text: She was mid-fifties, a well built woman, motherly in appearance but keen-eyed, culturedly businesslike in manner.
ref: 2006, Geoff Mallinson, chapter 24, in The Random Shafts of Time, Penzance, Cornwall: United Writers Publications Ltd, →ISBN, page 257:
glosses: In a cultured manner.
Capheaton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0380).
Wallridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Belsay parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ0576).
Belsay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish south-west of Morpeth, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1078).
Maastrichter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Maastrichters
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Maastricht.
Mingshui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: mǐngʹshwāʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 明水 (Míngshuǐ).
Senses: examples: text: A man in Heilongjiang province in northeast China who abused his wife for three years, often forcing her to work or sleep in a pigpen and eat garbage, had the appeal for his 18-month prison sentence rejected in a case that caused fury about the perceived light sentence.[…]
The wife, 30, identified only by the family name Yu, married Wu, 39, in 2017 in Mingshui county and he started abusing her shortly after, a court document showed.
ref: 2021 April 30, Zhuang Pinghui, “Outrage over light sentence for man in China who violently abused wife and forced her to sleep in pigsty”, in South China Morning Post, sourced from Beijing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2021, People & Culture:
glosses: A county of Suihua, Heilongjiang, China.
Buchananian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Buchananian
form: most Buchananian
Etymology: From Buchanan + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: I did not address the Buchanan situation before because it was so distasteful. I was sick at the thought of the Buchananian nastinesses I would have to recount: the demeaning of the Holocaust, the phony “evidence” to question a crime of the gas chambers, the smarmy defense of war criminals and the attacks on American prosecutors who dare chase them down, […]
ref: 1990 September 14, A. M. Rosenthal, “Forgive Them Not”, On My Mind, in The New York Times, page A33:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Of or relating to Pat Buchanan (born 1938), American paleoconservative author, political commentator, and politician.
WFTDA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Women's Flat Track Derby Association.
netKKKop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netKKKops
form: netkkkop
Etymology: Blend of netcop + KKK.
Senses: examples: text: They exposed themselves for the netKKKops they are in exchange for their complaints getting me booted off a newsserver three or four days sooner than I would have been booted anyway for not sending them money.
ref: 2005 April 17, Capt. Neal®, “Some Thoughts on Net Kopping”, in alt.sailing.asa (Usenet):
glosses: Synonym of netcop.
synonyms: word: netcop
netKKKop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: netKKKops
form: netKKKopping
form: netKKKopped
form: netKKKopped
form: netkkkop
Etymology: Blend of netcop + KKK.
Senses: examples: text: When and if she comes back and acknowledges the error of her netKKKopping ways, I will think more kindly of her. As for forgiving her, there is nothing to forgive. She did me no harm.
ref: 2005 April 17, Capt. Neal®, “Some Thoughts on Net Kopping”, in alt.sailing.asa (Usenet):
glosses: Synonym of netcop.
synonyms: word: netcop
barberhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From barber + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a barber.
magats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magat
mmanwu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Igbo ḿmánwụ́ (“spirit of the dead”), from ḿmuo (“spirit”) + ọnwụ (“death”).
Senses: glosses: A traditional masquerade of the Igbo people.
SPNAK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SPNAKs
Etymology: Deliberate misspelling of spank.
Senses: examples: text: to declare (a) SPNAK; to claim (a) SPNAK
text: Let's make it 10pm, I've sort of already designated that time frame (from 10 to 12) as kook parade time. Better be there Slutfucker, or I'll claim SPNAK on yer dumb ass...again.
ref: 2000 December 17, anonymous author, “Re: SLUTFUCKER FAILS TO SHOW”, in alt.flamenet (Usenet):
glosses: On Usenet, a situation where one of the participants in a dispute (especially a flame war) claims victory after the other party appears to stop engaging due to a perceived inability to present new arguments.
SPNAK
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Deliberate misspelling of spank.
Senses: examples: text: Neidork is convinced that I've fucked up several times in this flamewar (i.e. his 'chickens are asexual' posts). I challenged him to compile a list of my posts in which I've fucked up as badly as him, or even at all. Three times, I put forth the challenge, and three times he ignored it. ¶ Guess what..... ¶ SPNAK.
ref: 1999 August 19, £unar §aber™, “I hereby declare SPNAK on Technocunter Neidork”, in alt.games.nintendo.pokemon (Usenet):
glosses: Used to declare SPNAK on someone.
SPNAK
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: SPNAKs
form: SPNAKing
form: SPNAKed
form: SPNAKed
form: SPNAK'ed
form: SPNAK'ed
form: SPNAK'd
form: SPNAK'd
Etymology: Deliberate misspelling of spank.
Senses: examples: text: This is Usenet, you may do whatever the fuck you want as long as it isn't illegal, spamming, trolling, or violating your ISP's TOS. One must be prepared to defend him himself or be "SPNAK-ed" from the group.
ref: 1999 December 1, The Mak, “Re: Playstation VS. Nintendo64”, in alt.games.video.nintendo-64 (Usenet):
glosses: To declare SPNAK on (someone).
Blackey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States.
Coeburn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Wise County, Virginia, United States.
kookdance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kookdances
Etymology: From kook + dance.
Senses: examples: text: What the hell does this mean? "I suppose that 3 the words which describe my philosophy are better, further, faster. " ¶ You do the kookdance even on your homepage.
ref: 2004 January 29, \The Commentator//, “Boy is it bucking COLD out there.”, in rec.autos.driving (Usenet):
glosses: Crazy or eccentric behavior.
kookdance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kookdances
form: kookdancing
form: kookdanced
form: kookdanced
Etymology: From kook + dance.
Senses: examples: text: Wow, Bruce! You just love to kookdance all over the place.
ref: 2005 March 3, Michael Baldwin Bruce, “Re: UNC/MD: Another Great Road Win”, in rec.music.classical (Usenet):
glosses: To act in a crazy or eccentric manner.
Derived terms: kookdancer
Mallie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Knott County, Kentucky, United States.
kookdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kook + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: […] Paul Zindel aroused the hope that he might be a playwright in the Williams mode, one who could cast a kindly light in the dark corners of twisted souls. That is precisely the hope dashed by his latest play, The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild. Here he is simply huckstering kookdom for cheap laughs, and not producing many of them at that.
ref: 1972 November 27, T.E.K., “Kook in a Candy Store”, in Time, volume 100, number 22, Chicago, Ill.: Time Inc., The Theater, page 73:
text: Inasmuch as I answered you in as much detail as is humanly possible, and you elided all of the answer, it would appear you are just resorting to kookdom now.
ref: 2000 April 4, Dave Cunningham, “Re: Children at risk on CompuServe forums ?”, in alt.online-service.compuserve (Usenet):
synonyms: kookery
kookiness
kookishness
glosses: The state or quality of being a kook; eccentricity, weirdness.
Onich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village on Loch Linnhe, Highland council area, Scotland, historically in Inverness-shire (OS grid ref NN0261).
kookness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kooknesses
Etymology: From kook + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: kookdom
kookery
kookiness
kookishness
glosses: The state or quality of being a kook.
skilledly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more skilledly
form: most skilledly
Etymology: From skilled + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The invention of diverſe Arts by his [Cain’s] Poſteritie, who were both ingenious and induſtrious, as the making of Tents, keeping of Cattel and ordering of them as it ſeemeth more skilledly then Abell had done before.
ref: 1650, William Nisbet, “[A Generall Reckoning of the Age of the World from the Creation of the World to the Death of Christ.] The First Period.”, in A Golden Chaine of Time Leading unto Christ. Or, A Compend of Sacred History, […], Edinburgh: […] Heires of George Anderson, for the Company of Stationers, pages 17–18:
text: The great battle of the links that is on this week at Pebble Beach is declared to be most skilledly managed and handled, and the largest crowds that ever witnessed golf matches anywhere are in constant attendance.
ref: 1929 September 3, “Gold Tournament at Pebble Beach”, in G[eorge] M[ilton] Francis, G[eorge] H[orton] Francis, editors, The Napa Daily Register, volume 114, number 88, Napa, Calif.: Francis & Francis, page 4, column 2:
text: They skilledly sail the boat as fast as the howling wind (Yuan and Wu 1985, pp. 57, 58).
ref: 2019, Chunming Wu, quoting Yuejueshu, “A Synthetic Analysis of the Neolithic Origins of Eastern and Southeastern Asia’s Maritime Silk Road”, in Chunming Wu, Barry Vladimir Rolett, editors, Prehistoric Maritime Cultures and Seafaring in East Asia (The Archaeology of Asia-Pacific Navigation; 1), Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., →ISBN, →ISSN, part I ([…]), section 4 ([…]), page 19:
synonyms: skillfully
glosses: In a skilled manner.
kookologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kookologists
Etymology: From kook + -ologist.
Senses: examples: text: I don't know if the kooks have this paper conspiracy magazine on their web sites but _this_ one is a must for all kookologists to acquire a paper copy of if they can get it for free. Honestly I can't imagine the kooks putting such stuff on their web sites since I'd expect they would want to keep it disseminated solely among fellow kooks.
ref: 2003 July 8, Fredric L. Rice, “Attn Kookologists: "Revisiting the Jonestown tragedy" by Scientology kooks”, in alt.conspiracy (Usenet):
glosses: One who engages in kookology; a person who studies kooks (“eccentric or crazy people”).
Broughton in Furness
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small market town in Broughton West parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD2187).
frogg
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: froggs
form: frogging
form: frogged
form: frogged
form: frog
Etymology: Back-formation from froggery.
Senses: examples: text: BTW, don't try to frogg me any more and stop using my .sig, OK? ¶ [Damn froggers, can't do anything right...]
ref: 1997 June 18, Janice in NYC, quoting Thomas Gyoeroeg, “Re: I've Fallen, And I Can't Get Up”, in rec.motorcycles (Usenet):
text: But just using someone's name is never forgery. It's a common thing to frogg someone's name to get him to squeal on endlessly about it, but only the most clueless ever fall for that gambit.
ref: 2008 May 24, Bertie the Bunyip, “Re: Another forged post”, in news.groups (Usenet):
glosses: To impersonate (someone) by froggery.
horse spray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horse sprays
Senses: glosses: An insect repellent spray used to keep insects away from horses.
horse sprays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horse spray
cancelbombing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cancel + bombing.
Senses: examples: text: NNTP-Posting-Host is the least forgeable and most reliable when dealing with spam (though somewhat less so when dealing with flooding, cancelbombing, and other more advanced forms of abuse).
ref: 1998 October 26, Andrew Gierth, “Re: A way to deal with Supersedes: (was Re; Cat bathing)”, in news.software.nntp (Usenet):
glosses: A malicious technique whereby a large number of cancel messages are sent out to one or more Usenet newsgroups.
Related terms: cancelbomb
cancelbomber
cancelbot
cancelbomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cancelbombs
Etymology: From cancel + bomb.
Senses: examples: text: Moderated NGs are just as prone to being destroyed as unmoderated ones - the news.* cancelbomb of yesterday took out much of news.answers, news.newgroups.announce, news.admin.net-abuse.policy etc.
ref: 1997 February 19, Chris Lewis, “Re: E-Revolution: Oppose Internet Monopoly!”, in tor.general (Usenet):
glosses: An act of cancelbombing.
cancelbomber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cancelbombers
Etymology: From cancelbomb + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The only connection between the proposed UDP and the recent rogue cancel attack is that the cancelbomber obviously thought that TIAC would make a suitable victim in view of the former events.
ref: 1998 January 6, Andrew Gierth, “Re: netcop community out of control”, in ne.internet.services (Usenet):
glosses: A person who engages in cancelbombing.
pseudomyiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: pseudo- + myiasis
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The presence of fly larvae in the body but without a true infestation, for example when larvae have been ingested with food.
fax bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fax bombs
form: faxbomb
form: fax-bomb
Etymology: From fax + bomb, compare mail bomb.
Senses: examples: text: He has been often and consistently ill-used by some people on the nets who have used this great technology to put together anti-Ellison groups, to harrass^([sic]) and chivvy him at every turn; it has led to fax bombs, abusive mail, harmful rumors, even threats of various sorts, so you can, I think, understand why his feelings are not bunny-rabbit cute toward us.
ref: 1995 August 14, strac...@genie.geis.com, “Re: Abuse of this newsgroup by”, in rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5 (Usenet):
glosses: A malicious act of sending faxes to someone with the intention of overwhelming the recipient's fax machine or communication, often in the form of black faxes.
h4`gt``lt`0r
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: h4><0r
form: h4><0rs
Senses: examples: text: Most of them think they are 31337 h4><0rs, and the ones that are decent all realize that AOL sucks and are dying to leave them and get a real ISP.
ref: 1999 May 13, Dave, “Re: AOL Survey”, in alt.aol-sucks (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative spelling of h4x0r (“hacker”).
31337
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more 31337
form: most 31337
Senses: examples: text: Most of them think they are 31337 h4><0rs, and the ones that are decent all realize that AOL sucks and are dying to leave them and get a real ISP.
ref: 1999 May 13, Dave, “Re: AOL Survey”, in alt.aol-sucks (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative spelling of eleet (“elite”).
AOLtard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AOLtards
Etymology: From AOL + -tard.
Senses: examples: text: Just because you ARE an AOLtard doesn't mean it's okay to POST like an AOLtard here.
ref: 2005 December 26, The Eternal Lost Lurker, “Re: My anime hero is George W.Bush !!!”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
glosses: A user of the AOL internet service provider.
filespec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filespecs
Senses: examples: Meronyms: filepath, filename
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: pathname
glosses: A file identifier consisting of path and filename.
IDGAFF
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: IDGAFF how long you've played. The EVX ain't a MI speaker.
ref: 2008 March 9, Dave Curtis, “Re: Details, details - building a cab”, in alt.guitar.amps (Usenet):
synonyms: IDGAF
glosses: Initialism of I don't give a flying fuck.
Gaia-Enceladus Sausage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Gaia Sausage.
synonyms: word: Gaia Sausage
Sausage Galaxy Population
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Gaia Sausage.
synonyms: word: Gaia Sausage
Enceladus Galaxy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Gaia-Enceladus.
synonyms: word: Gaia-Enceladus
Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gaia-Sausage Enceladus
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Gaia-Enceladus.
synonyms: word: Gaia-Enceladus
Sausage Galaxy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Gaia-Enceladus.
synonyms: word: Gaia-Enceladus
Gaia Enceladus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gaia-Enceladus.
fog a mirror
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fogs a mirror
form: fogging a mirror
form: fogged a mirror
form: fogged a mirror
Etymology: From the practice of placing a mirror near the nose and mouth of sleeping individuals to determine whether the glass fogged, indicating that they were still breathing.
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fog, a, mirror.
examples: text: I'm so tired of being alone, I would marry anyone who could fog a mirror.
glosses: To be alive.
crown flashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crown flash
doom-surfing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of doomsurfing.
sexual preferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexual preference
tw@t
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tw@ts
Senses: glosses: Censored spelling of twat.
money-box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: money-boxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of money box.
money-boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of money-box
avugida
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of abugida.
fuckarounditis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfʌkəraʊndˈaɪtɪs/
Etymology: From fuck around + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: The Internet provides a rich soil for fuckarounditis to grow and take hold of the unsuspecting observer.
ref: 2011 September 27, “Fuckarounditis”, in Leangains:
text: And if you’re at the point where you might reasonably be considering steroids to progress you don’t need an article on fuckarounditis.
ref: 2017 March 14, Kevin Curry, “Beware Fuckarounditis - Because Fitness Really is Simple”, in Gear & Grit:
topics: exercise
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A condition where a person has an average physique and has made little to no progress, despite spending a significant amount of time at the gym.
examples: text: One glaring way to know if you’re impacted by fuckarounditis is to look at the past year of your life. If you accomplished the big things you set out to get done, congrats! You are managing it well and don’t need to seek help.
ref: 2020 July 1, Jackie Pearce, “How to Cure Yourself from Fuckarounditis and Finally Get Things Done”, in Jackie Pearce: Copywriter:
glosses: A lack of progress on any activity despite spending a significant amount of time working on it.
grey-sexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grey-sexual
form: most grey-sexual
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of graysexual.
gray-asexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gray-asexual
form: most gray-asexual
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gray asexual.
Glen Iris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: In Melbourne, apparently named after a ship called "Iris".
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Boroondara and City of Stonnington, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Bunbury, Western Australia.
grey asexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grey asexual
form: most grey asexual
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gray asexual.
grey-asexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grey-asexual
form: most grey-asexual
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gray asexual.
woodscolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodscolts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of woods colt.
woodscolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woodscolt
alphasyllabical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to an alphasyllabary, or abugida.
alphasyllabically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In an alphasyllabic way or manner.
Barney Rubble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After Barney Rubble, a fictional character in the television animated series The Flintstones.
Senses: examples: text: Likes: The Minds (Simple), The Council (Style), & Spear (Of Destiny). Trying to grow a moustache. Trying to get girls drunk at parties. Getting into Barney Rubble (trouble) at football matches.
ref: 1987, “A Bit of Culture: Jackie Looks at Which Cult Is Which…”, in Jackie Annual, London: D. C. Thomson & Co., Ltd., →ISBN, page 23:
glosses: Trouble.
wikipedia: Barney Rubble
The Flintstones
chaotic map
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaotic maps
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: a chaotic map is a map (an evolution function) that exhibits some sort of chaotic behavior.
initial condition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: initial conditions
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: In dynamical system, an initial condition is the value of a variable at a specific time, also known as a seed value.
masculisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of masculinization.
cattle trucked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cattle trucked
form: most cattle trucked
form: cattle-trucked
Etymology: From cattle truck + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Suggests to me that the Deskjet/Laserjet/PCL drivers are cattle-trucked. No doubt the IBM ink jet doesn't use PCL...? Or is it something more serious?
ref: 1994 January 11, Marcus W. Bainbridge, “Re: PagePlus DTP + Win-OS/2 + DeskJet = General Protection Fault in GDI.EXE”, in comp.os.os2.misc (Usenet):
synonyms: Donald Ducked
glosses: Fucked (“irreparably or catastrophically broken”).
examples: text: Its all very well until we get a suspension or an injury (god forbid!) and then we're cattle trucked. No disrespect to our stanbys but they are just not up to the job...whether that is due to lack of match practice or the fact that they are just not good enough will only be proved if they get a run in the first team.
ref: 1999 July 27, BiffdaBoy, “Re: Neither am I”, in alt.sports.soccer.arsenal (Usenet):
synonyms: cattled
glosses: Fucked (“in trouble; in a hopeless situation”).
cattle trucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cattle-trucked
Etymology: From cattle truck + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cattle truck