cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
welfare bum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: welfare bums
Senses: examples: text: The program also can shatter once and for all that "welfare bum" myth that has served as an excuse to avoid obligation and sacrifice to aid unfortunate people.
ref: 1971 June 22, “New Welfare Plan”, in Palm Beach Post, US, retrieved 09 Nov 2015, page A14:
text: Welfare has long been scorned by those who see only the "welfare bum," able to work but preferring to sit home and collect a government check.
ref: 1982 May 25, “Making Welfare Work”, in Schenectady Gazette, US, retrieved 09 Nov 2015, page 26:
text: Marin, who receives $576 a month in family benefits, says she has to get groceries from a food bank every month to survive. . . . "The other kids tell my kid: ‘Your mother's a welfare bum.’"
ref: 1986 November 14, Jacquie Miller, “Single mothers use song, skit to plead for higher family benefits”, in Ottawa Citizen, Canada, retrieved 09 Nov 2015, page 26:
text: He also told Sewap to “get a job and stop being a welfare bum.”
ref: 2014 December 1, Larissa Burnouf, “Saskatoon landlord tells First Nations woman to kill herself when applying for apartment”, in APTN News, Canada, retrieved 09 Nov 2015:
glosses: A person whose source of income is government public assistance payments, especially one who is lazy and unwilling to work.
Synonyms: welfare parasite
Derived terms: corporate welfare bum
Related terms: welfare Cadillac
welfare queen
agma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæɡ.mə/
rhymes: -æɡmə
Forms: form: agmas
Etymology: From Late Ancient Greek ἆγμα (âgma, “fragment, fracture”), from ἄγνῡμῐ (ágnūmĭ) + -μᾰ (-mă).
Senses: glosses: The nasalized velar consonant found in such words as song or wink.
glosses: The symbol ŋ, used to represent that nasal velar consonant in IPA; eng.
agmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agma
corporate welfare bum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corporate welfare bums
Etymology: Coined in 1972 by Canadian labor leader and politician David Lewis (1909-1981). The term postdates welfare bum: it represents a blend of corporate welfare + welfare bum.
Senses: examples: text: [A]nother $8 million went to keep alive Quebecair, a corporate welfare bum if ever there was one.
ref: 1983 April 29, "End welfare dithering," Montreal Gazette (Canada), p. B-2 (retrieved 9 Nov 2015)
text: Meanwhile: every telecomm company is as big a corporate welfare bum as you could ask for.
ref: 2011, Cory Doctorow, Context, →ISBN, page 113:
text: Elon Musk . . . is also — and this you read less about — a serial, almost kleptomaniacal, corporate welfare bum whose greatest talent seems to be sucking at the U.S. government’s teat for personal gain and glory.
ref: 2015 May 11, David Booth, “The Tesla secret Elon Musk doesn’t want you to know”, in Driving, Canada, retrieved 09 Nov 2015:
text: Corporate welfare bum Bombardier is already demanding a billion more dollars in corporate bailouts from Trudeau’s Liberals.
ref: 2015 Nov. 4, Ezra Levant, "Liberal conundrum: Side with their anti-airport Toronto MPs? Or “corporate welfare bum” Bombardier?," ezralevant.com (Canada), (retrieved 9 Nov 2015)
glosses: A business corporation or business executive receiving significant financial assistance from government sources.
wikipedia: David Lewis (politician)
Peter Desbarats
Related terms: zombie bank
zombie company
zombie economy
sweettalk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sweettalks
form: sweettalking
form: sweettalked
form: sweettalked
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sweet-talk.
sweettalks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sweettalk
sweettalking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sweettalk
sweettalked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sweettalk
whaleish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whaleish
form: most whaleish
Etymology: From whale + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of a whale.
khatun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khatuns
Etymology: From Persian خاتون (xâtun), ultimately probably from Sogdian [script needed] (γwtʾynh /⁠xwatēn, xutēn⁠/, “queen”) either directly or via Proto-Common Turkic *xātun.
Senses: examples: text: For example, according to Ibn al-Jawzi, thew wife of the caliph al-Muqtafi, Fatima Khatun, daughter of the Seljuq sultan Muhammad, could read and write.
ref: 2003, Carole Hillenbrand, “Women in the Seljuq Period”, in Women in Iran from the Rise of Islam to 1800, page 114:
text: The Khatun covered her face, then grabbed at the arm of a servant, who quickly poured more kumiss into Bortai's goblet.
ref: 2014, Pamela Sargent, Ruler of the Sky:
text: Furthermore, also noteworthy is the account (from the ninth century) of a khatun, sister to the Khazar king, who convinced the starving Khazars to submit to God's will.
ref: 2015, Boris Zhivkov, Khazaria in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries, page 80:
glosses: A lady or wife in certain Central Asian communities.
side mirror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: side mirrors
form: side-mirror
Etymology: From side + mirror.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wing mirror.
synonyms: word: wing mirror
smoke meat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of smoked meat.
Tootoo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tootoos
Etymology: From Inuktitut ᑐᑐ (toto).
Senses: glosses: An Inuit surname.
Tootoos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tootoo
age distributions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of age distribution
Honourable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of honourable.
Derived terms: Right Honourable
metrobus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metrobuses
Etymology: From metro- + bus.
Senses: glosses: A bus, in an urban rapid transit system, that is somewhat like a tram, and runs in a segregated busway
red light camera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red light cameras
Senses: topics: automotive
law
transport
vehicles
glosses: An automatic traffic light enforcement camera which captures images of vehicles violating red lights.
Subartu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Akkadian 𒋙𒁀𒊑 (Šú-ba-ri /⁠Šubartum/, /Subartum⁠/) or Sumerian 𒋢𒂔𒆠 (SU.BIR₄ᵏⁱ, “Subir”).
Senses: glosses: A region of upper Mesopotamia in the Bronze Age, which later came to be called Assyria.
Synonyms: Subir
Shubar
Related terms: Subarian
Subarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /suːˈbɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌs(j)uː.bəˈɹiː.ən/
ipa: /suˈbɛɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌsu.bəˈɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
rhymes: -iːən
Forms: form: Subarians
Etymology: From Sumerian 𒋢𒂔𒆠 (SU.BIR₄ᵏⁱ), Sumerian 𒋚 (Šubur/Subur); + -ian. See Subartu.
Senses: glosses: A person belonging to the ancient culture of Subartu.
Related terms: Subar
Subir
Boake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
wikipedia: Barcroft +
Barcroft Capel +
John +
Related terms: Boakes
disactivate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disactivates
form: disactivating
form: disactivated
form: disactivated
Etymology: From dis- + activate.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of deactivate.
synonyms: word: deactivate
Related terms: inactivate
fockin'
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of fucking.
fockin'
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fockin'
form: most fockin'
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of fucking.
azotobacters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azotobacter
aphonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aphony
switch hit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: switch hits
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of switch-hit.
switch hit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: switch hits
form: switch hitting
form: switch hit
form: switch hit
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of switch-hit.
carries on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of carry on
carried on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of carry on
carrying on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of carry on
snake-fright
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snake fright
Etymology: From snake + -fright.
Senses: examples: text: The only means he could think of to counteract his snake fright was to expose himself to the possibilities of any such danger: […]
ref: 1977, Kamleshwar, Summer Days, page 84:
text: The psychology of snake-fright might well be likened to the "Jaws effect," though thank goodness no one has made a film about a killer snake terrorizing Long Island parking lots.
ref: 1987, Arthur Rosenfeld, Exotic Pets, page 26:
text: A slithering back porch visitor and a kindly sign painter helped a young mother overcome snake fright.
ref: 1992, Wisconsin Natural Resources, volumes 16-17:
text: Trapped on the bridge, men hollered like women with snake-fright, brave men screaming
ref: 2015, Ralph Peters, Valley of the Shadow: A Novel:
glosses: A fear of snakes; ophiophobia.
Synonyms: snake fear
false hellebore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false hellebores
Senses: glosses: Any plant in the genus Veratrum.
glosses: A flowering plant, Adonis vernalis.
Synonyms: sense: Veratrum
word: corn lily
sense: Adonis veralis
word: pheasant's eye
false hellebores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of false hellebore
nightfright
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nightfrights
form: night fright
form: night-fright
Etymology: From night + fright.
Senses: examples: text: Though we have had stage windows before, and by the thousands, I don't think I have ever seen this particular use made of them: the sense of air, of nightfright beyond the walls, of extended dimension is so palpable that you believe in the continuing world past the leaded-glass door, half-imagine that you can remember the street-address tacked over it.
ref: 1973, The New York Times Theater Reviews, volume 11, page 258:
text: Babies of this age often experience nightfright
ref: 1981, Lucie W. Barber, Herman J. Williams, Your baby's first 30 months:
text: In night fright, the child expresses fear about falling asleep.
ref: 1987, Barbara Kuczen, Childhood stress, page 350:
text: Close communion with God makes us immune to night fright and gives us courage in darkness.
ref: 1997, Roger Campbell, Spurgeon's Daily Treasures in the Psalms:
text: Remember that in making a judgement you simply cannot predict the likelihood or otherwise of these nocturnal panics. […] It is worth noting that some species are more susceptible than others to night fright; quail and other small gallinaceous species, and tmamou, are among the bad offenders.
ref: 2003, A. Kumar, Aviculture, page 74:
text: I was dreadfully afraid of the night (a carryover from childhood, but my self-control just didn't work with night fright), and I smoked.
ref: 2006, Chap Attwell, 100 Questions & Answers About Anxiety, page 162:
text: Once properly acclimatised, these pigeons are quite hardy, but they should always be encouraged to roost under cover at night. This will make them less susceptible to night fright, flying about wildly having been disturbed by cats perhaps, fireworks or even lightning.
ref: 2013, David Alderton, Pigeons and Doves: Care and Breeding:
glosses: Fear of the night, nyctophobia, noctophobia
examples: text: In the warm light she looked like a little girl who has suffered a night-fright.
ref: 1929, Dale Collins, Idolaters, page 243:
glosses: A terror or fright typically occurring at night.
Synonyms: sense: fear of the night
word: nightfear
sense: terror at night
word: nightmare
agomphosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + gomphosis.
Senses: examples: text: The content of survey include oral hygiene state, gingivitis, periodontitis, dental caries, agomphosis, dental prosthesis, leukokeratosis.
ref: 1995, Sun Yanyan, “A Survey of State of Oral Health on the Middle and Old-aged People in Xining”, in Journal of Qinghai Medical College:
text: 10 fresh mandibles, 18 adult mandibles with total teeth and 20 volunteers without agomphosis were selected and exposed the inferior alveolar neurovascular bundle, the mandibular canal and the dental root of mandibular posterior teeth, scanned in series by CT, and then its three-dimensional image were reconstructed.
ref: 2009, Fu Sheng-qi, Fan Xi-yin, Liu Heng-xing, “Relationship of the mandibular canal with the mandibular posterior teeth and its clinical significance”, in Chinese Journal of Clinical Anatomy, volume 6:
text: Furthermore, extraction spaces can be utilized to correct width discrepancy between arches (crossbite or scissor bite of posterior teeth), tooth size discrepancy (congenital agomphosis or Bolton index abnormity), and so forth.
ref: 2010 March, Xiaoqiu Xie, Lin Wang, Aming Wang, “Artificial neural network modeling for deciding if extractions are necessary prior to orthodontic treatment”, in The Angle Orthodontist, volume 80, number 2:
glosses: Looseness of the teeth.
Synonyms: agomphiasis
agomphiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Looseness of the teeth.
Synonyms: agomphosis
agrapha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agraphon
Native Americanesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Native Americanesque
form: most Native Americanesque
form: Native American-esque
Etymology: From Native American + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Similar to whatever is Native American
hand someone his hat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hands someone his hat
form: handing someone his hat
form: handed someone his hat
form: handed someone his hat
form: give someone his hat
Senses: examples: text: McNeil replied, "It may have been Hitler who helped Chamberlain with his overcoat but don't forget it was the British people who handed him his hat."
ref: 1948 November 27, Drew Pearson, “The Washington Merry-go-round”, in Ludington Daily News, US, retrieved 10 Nov 2015, page 4:
text: You grew up under dictators who would have put people to the sword if they dared hand them their hats and invite them to buzz off.
ref: 1972 July 25, Bob Considine, “Letter to Kremlin”, in Reading Eagle, US, retrieved 10 Nov 2015, page 4:
text: The President's men, nonetheless, view him the way the Vatican saw Galileo—as a dangerous heretic. . . . They would hand him his hat if they dared.
ref: 1984 February 6, Mary McGrory, “Feldstein doggedly speaks his mind”, in Eugene Register-Guard, US, retrieved 10 Nov 2015, page 15A:
glosses: To require someone to depart; to dismiss someone.
Synonyms: expel
kick out
send someone packing
throw out
give someone his hat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -æt
Forms: form: gives someone his hat
form: giving someone his hat
form: gave someone his hat
form: given someone his hat
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hand someone his hat.
yeet
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /jiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Etymology: Popularized in March 2014 by the "yeet" dance which went viral on the now-defunct video sharing site Vine. The earliest known yeet dance is recorded in a YouTube video uploaded on February 3, 2014. However, examples of the interjection can be found much earlier, including a 1998 use by British presenter Jeremy Clarkson as well as a 2008 definition of "yeet yeet" on Urban Dictionary.
As an expression used when throwing something, apparently coined by Vine user David Banna in a Vine uploaded on or before March 28, 2014 in which he throws a CD and yells out "YEET!", as well as a Vine uploaded April 4, 2014 of a high school student hurling an empty soda can and shouting "This bitch empty! YEET!"
After the 2014 trend, the term faded into relative obscurity before resurging in 2018.
Senses: examples: text: The “YEET!” sound effect with the punch at :40
ref: 2014 June 11, J. Tinsley, “Now We Know Who Really Lost The Mistah Fab-DJ Mustard Fight”, in Uproxx:
text: After Richt got his shower, the Miami players surrounding him while yelling “YEET!” in unison.
ref: 2017 November 5, Harry Lyles Jr., “Miami players waited to surprise Mark Richt with a Gatorade bath for when they got into the locker room”, in SB Nation:
text: Often, my teenagers would exclaim "Yeet." I am still not quite sure what it means, but I knew they liked to say it, and it was usually after something positive.
ref: 2017 October 11, Caroline Fenkel, “The Power of an IRL Community: Creating Space for Teens to Unplug and Engage”, in U.S. News & World Report:
glosses: Expressing excitement or approval.
examples: text: Towards the end of the fire, Kelling overheard the student talking to his friends about “yeeting” his “Speak Freely” into the fire... [He] ran up to the fence and threw his book toward the fire, yelling out “yeet” while he threw it.
ref: 2018 November 19, Zachary Shevin, “U. community gathers, chants, ‘yeets’ during first bonfire since 2013”, in The Daily Princetonian:
glosses: A sudden expression used while throwing something, especially with force.
yeet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: yeets
Etymology: Popularized in March 2014 by the "yeet" dance which went viral on the now-defunct video sharing site Vine. The earliest known yeet dance is recorded in a YouTube video uploaded on February 3, 2014. However, examples of the interjection can be found much earlier, including a 1998 use by British presenter Jeremy Clarkson as well as a 2008 definition of "yeet yeet" on Urban Dictionary.
As an expression used when throwing something, apparently coined by Vine user David Banna in a Vine uploaded on or before March 28, 2014 in which he throws a CD and yells out "YEET!", as well as a Vine uploaded April 4, 2014 of a high school student hurling an empty soda can and shouting "This bitch empty! YEET!"
After the 2014 trend, the term faded into relative obscurity before resurging in 2018.
Senses: examples: text: Yeet is the new twerk and while it may look like nothing more than a full-body flail, there are some very important techniques you need to know before you embark on your own yeet adventure. Here are seven different ways you can yeet.
ref: 2014 April 8, “The 7 Different Ways You Can #Yeet”, in Cambio:
text: Meechie's videos reach hundreds of thousands, sometimes even eclipsing the views of the artists' official visuals, but lately his biggest successes are instead dedicated to specific dances like the whip, yeet, and even the still-regional “Hit Dem Folks” dance, which mimics a basketball player dunking.
ref: 2015 June 1, David Turner, “Interview: Youtube^([sic]) Star SheLovesMeechie Dances from the Garage to the Stage”, in Noisey:
text: The yeet began, culturally, with a Vine of a kid affectionately nicknamed Lil Meatball doing the dance on his school's track.
ref: 2015 September 22, Rembert Browne, “A Note on 'Jumpman' by Metro Boomin ft. Drake and Future”, in Grantland:
text: Especially black teens, who created a disproportionate number of popular Vines and used the social network to demonstrate wit, intelligence, creativity, and comic timing that was rarely given a spotlight elsewhere. That included dance trends like the yeet.
ref: 2016 October 27, “The Death of Vine Makes the Internet a Worse Place”, in New York Magazine:
glosses: A type of dance involving dipping one's shoulder and swinging both hands out, while an audience repeatedly chants "YEET yah, yah, yah, yah".
yeet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /jiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: yeets
form: yeeting
form: yeeted
form: yeeted
form: yait
form: yoit
Etymology: From Middle English yeten, ȝeten, from Middle English ye, ȝe (“ye”) + -ten. Compare Middle English thouten.
Senses: glosses: To ye (address with the pronoun "ye").
Related terms: yeet hay
flavor of the week
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flavors of the week
form: flavour of the week
Etymology: From promotions at ice cream parlors.
Senses: synonyms: flavor of the month
today's flavor
glosses: A fad; someone or something that is held in esteem or receives attention for a short amount of time.
Related terms: catch of the day
flavour of the week
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flavours of the week
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flavor of the week.
retrodiagnose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retrodiagnoses
form: retrodiagnosing
form: retrodiagnosed
form: retrodiagnosed
Etymology: From retro- + diagnose.
Senses: examples: text: Rather than retrodiagnosing colonial patients through glimpses and gaps in their stories—was this one a paranoid schizophrenic? did that one suffer major depressive psychosis? was a third borderline?— […]
ref: 2007, Richard C. Keller, Colonial Madness: Psychiatry in French North Africa, The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 85:
text: It's still really important in medicine, of course, but now you can do anthropology with genetics, or retrodiagnose famous historical figures, or even do genetics-based origami and computing.
ref: 2012, Sam Kean, The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:
text: At the outset of his article on Cavendish, however, Sacks stated firmly that he was not just jumping on the bandwagon of retrodiagnosing famous geeks from history with a trendy disorder.
ref: 2015, Steve Silberman, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, Avery, →ISBN:
glosses: To retroactively diagnose a dead person with a medical or psychological condition.
retrodiagnoses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retrodiagnose
retrodiagnosing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retrodiagnose
retrodiagnosed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retrodiagnose
flavours of the week
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flavour of the week
flavors of the week
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flavor of the week
-acious
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: examples: audacity → audacious
sage → sagacious
fallacy → fallacious
glosses: Used to form adjectives from nouns and verb stems.
autismland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From autism + -land.
Senses: examples: ref: 2012, Ido Kedar, Ido in Autismland: Climbing Out of Autism's Silent Prison, Sharon Kedar, →ISBN:
text: Motivational Interviewing that addresses this kind of issue, though from a perspective very different from the ones that we might be familiar with in autismland.
ref: 2013, John Clements, Letters to the Home Front: Positive Thoughts and Ideas for Parents Bringing Up Children with Developmental Disabilities, Particularly those with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 95:
text: After just four days in autismland, the mainstream world seemed like a constant sensory assault.
ref: 2015, Steve Silberman, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, Avery, →ISBN:
glosses: The domain or sphere of autistic people; a notional place representing autism.
abderitism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæbdəˌɹɪtɪzm̩/
Etymology: From German Abderitismus, from Abderit (“foolish person”) + -ismus (“-ism”), from Ancient Greek Ἀβδηρῑ́της (Abdērī́tēs, “Abderite”) because of the Abderites’ famed foolishness and stupidity in classical Greece. It is equivalent to Abderite + -ism. The German term was coined by the philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) in Der Streit der Fakultäten (The Conflict of the Faculties, 1798).
Senses: examples: text: This one example of Abderitism will suffice for my present purpose, though innumerable instances might be produced in other departments.
ref: 1886, R. A. K., “Overproduction and Tea Culture”, in Revue Coloniale Internationale, volume 1, Amsterdam: J. H. de Bussy, →OCLC, page 502:
text: The Anarchist-eaters believe to have executed a master-stroke of Abderitism by turning national muttonhead and laying the blame for Anarchism at the door of foreigners.
ref: 1908, Max Baginski, “Abderites versus Anarchists”, in Mother Earth, New York, N.Y.: Emma Goldman, →OCLC, page 76:
text: […] Kant posed the critical problems of historical prediction and, in passing, unwittingly provided us with a convenient framework for an examination of the debate on moral progress in one of its most original forms—the German Enlightenment. He acknowledged three current popular hypotheses with respect to philosophical theory and the future moral nature of man: […] The first he called "moral terrorism," the second "eudaemonism," and the third "abderitism."
ref: 1965, Frank E[dward] Manuel, “Man is a Crooked Stick: Kant and the Debate on Moral Destiny”, in Shapes of Philosophical History (Harry Camp Lectures at Stanford University), Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, →OCLC, pages 70–71:
text: The dialogue "Stilpon" presents the reader with a purely negative view of abderitism.
ref: 1979, John A[loysius] McCarthy, Christoph Martin Wieland (Twayne's World Authors Series, Germany; TWAS 528), Boston, Mass.: Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, page 118:
text: Coming to an end thus becomes an interminable and inconsistent process, a process Kant gives the rather silly name "Abderitism" in order to capture its lack of seriousness.
ref: 1994, Timothy Burns, After History?: Francis Fukuyama and His Critics, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 222:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The theory that humanity's morality will never advance beyond its present state.
wikipedia: Immanuel Kant
Marbach am Neckar
Jades
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Jade
chiongster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃjɔŋ.stə/
Forms: form: chiongsters
Etymology: From chiong + -ster.
Senses: examples: text: Defcon's fastest chiongster is out!!!
ref: 2011 April 3, “Fasteest chiongster”, in viwawa.com, retrieved 11 Nov 2015:
text: Regular partygoers are often referred to as “chiongsters”.
ref: 2012, Ivan Lim, Cara Van Miriah, Nightlife [Confidential], Volume 1, →ISBN:
text: You can be sure that all of that above will have been done by a chiongster.
ref: 2015 August 12, “6 Types of Colleagues You Always Meet In The Office”, in glints.com, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2015:
text: We should have a Chiongsters section in HWZ where Chiongsters can chit chat about their favorite places and person.
ref: 2015 August 18, “Petition to Have an Chiongster Section in HWZ”, in chioeve.com, retrieved 11 Nov 2015:
glosses: Someone who regularly goes nightclubbing and partying; a reveller.
chiongsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiongster
chiong
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [t͡ʃʰjɔŋ(˦)]
Etymology: From Hokkien 衝／冲 (chhiong, “to rush or charge”).
Senses: examples: text: Scoot from just $8? Chiong Ah (To rush and hurry for the best deals)! From 11 to 13 July only, grab flights around Asia and Australia from just $8!
ref: 2014 July 11, SGNewsMan, “Scoot From $8 “Chiong Ah” Promo Air Fares 11 – 13 Jul 2014”, in Singapore Promotions, retrieved 22 Oct 2015:
text: DON'T SAY GOT GOOD NEWS BO JIO! Aussie dollar sibeh low now, chiong ah!!!!!
ref: 2015, “‘DON'T SAY GOT GOOD NEWS BO JIO! Aussie dollar sibeh low now, chiong ah!!!!!’”, in SGAG, retrieved 22 Oct 2015:
text: If the general view is declining Coe price because supply increasing steadily, then why chiong to showroom now?
ref: 2015 July 22, sleepy, “COE trends”, in Kiasu Parents, retrieved 22 Oct 2015:
glosses: To rush or charge, usually to do, complete or obtain something, or to get to a particular place.
examples: text: Semesteral project still currently ‘gone case’, and I am so prepared to get hell from the teacher tomorrow..so, I’m already in hell…CHIONG AH!!!
ref: 2008 December 30, Brenda, “CHIONG AH!!”, in CAPTURED MOMENTS, retrieved 22 Oct 2015:
text: These few days really chiong my work like siao! Cos i'm one kind; if i can't finish my work, i won't be able to sleep well at night, no matter is what kind of work. Just as long as it's something i should complete, i must complete.
ref: 2009 October 1, Joanne Ng, “Chiong ah!”, in Life Beauty Food, retrieved 22 Oct 2015:
text: Break time! Blocks Encouragement Post #4’ [post on school’s webpage]: Hwa Chong, Hwa Chong, Chiong ah, Chiong ah! Our block tests will be starting in 3 days! For those of you who have not been spending much time on studying, IT’S TIME TO START.
ref: 2012 June 22, IT Director, “Break time! Blocks Encouragement Post #4”, in HCunite, retrieved 22 Oct 2015:
glosses: To devote all of one’s time, energy, focus, and attention to doing or completing something.
examples: text: Can recommend places go chiong/clubbing?
ref: 2005 March 9, “Home> Bar”, in SGFORUMS, retrieved 11 Nov 2015:
text: Today Friday, my bookout day; Sushi, Or-Luah then buffet; After that go chiong all night; When I wake up my wallet damn light-ah; Aiyo Aiyo Ai-ai-yo-ah.
ref: 2012 September 12, “Lyrics for Songs Featured in Every Singaporean Son”, in MINDEF Singapore, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2016:
text: Where are you going to chiong tonight?
ref: 2012, Ivan Lim, Cara Van Miriah, Nightlife [Confidential], Volume 1, →ISBN:
glosses: To go out partying or nightclubbing.
Derived terms: chiongster
chiong sua
har gow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: har gow
form: ha gow
form: ha kao
form: hakaw
form: har gau
form: hau kau
Etymology: From Cantonese 蝦餃／虾饺 (haa1 gaau2).
Senses: glosses: A type of traditional Cantonese shrimp dumpling; the outer skin is translucent and the filling is made of shrimp.
Aglukark
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aglukarks
form: Aglukkaq
Etymology: From Inuktitut ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ (aclookkaq).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Inuktitut.
Aglukkaq
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aglukkaqs
form: Aglukark
Etymology: From Inuktitut ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ (aclookkaq).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Inuktitut.
en passants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Spectators are privy to awe inspiring castles, baffling forks, and breathtaking en passants.
ref: 1998 December 11, Glenn Kaplan, “Chess: not just for losers, but also Trekkies”, in The Oberlin Review, volume 127, number 12, Oberlin, Oh.: The Union Library Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2017:
text: Before he returns to performing some castles and en passants, Williams has to determine his endgame in the tourney.
ref: 2012 March 17, Ben Watanabe, “New Mexico Point Guard Kendall Williams Puts Chess Match on Hold During Tournament”, in New England Sports Network, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016:
text: Grande Prairie's Sandman Hotel will be the scene of some castling, en passants and checkmate action this weekend when the 29th Trumpeter Classic Chess Tournament gets underway.
ref: 2012 May 31, Greg Amos, “Trumpeter Classic chess tournament begins today”, in Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune, Grande Prairie, Alta.: Sun Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: plural of en passant.
Aglukarks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Aglukark
Aglukkaqs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Aglukkaq
off-license
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: off-licenses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of off-licence.
off-licenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of off-license
cardiganed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cardigan + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Will he stick with cartoonishly cardiganed replacement bro Jerry (Tim Key), or let Jez come home?
ref: 2015 November 11, Ali Catterall, “Wednesday’s best TV: The Nation’s Favourite Beatles Number One; The Apprentice; Peep Show; Josh”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Wearing a cardigan
retraumatise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retraumatises
form: retraumatising
form: retraumatised
form: retraumatised
Etymology: From re- + traumatise.
Senses: examples: text: It was a process she said retraumatised her.
ref: 2015 November 25, Melissa Davey, “Detective told child abuse victim she must have been 'asking for it', inquiry hears”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of retraumatize.
retraumatising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Our current system is retraumatising children and therefore represents a breach in our duties under the Geneva conventions.
ref: 2015 November 11, Gillian Hughes, “Our asylum system is forcing vulnerable teenagers to relive their trauma”, in The Guardian:
glosses: present participle and gerund of retraumatise
Netflix and chill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the idea of euphemistically suggesting watching the online streaming service Netflix, as an excuse to be together in private. The idiomatic meaning developed around 2014.
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes people aren't available for a rousing night of "Netflix and chill." - Can't change someone or fix them. People are who they are, especially as they get older.
ref: 2015, Greg Figueroa, The Unwritten Rules of Dating, page 7:
text: “Just Netflix and chill, you know?” I snort. “You know what that means, right?”
ref: 2015, Lili St Germain, Zero Hour: A Gypsy Brothers Epilogue, page 34:
text: 2016 February 23, Gregory Weidmann, Geoff Tock, Episode 16: Sands, Agent of Morra, Limitless, 1 minute, 30 seconds,
Rachel Finch: But in this age of "Netflix and chill", it is no time to be looking for someone decent.
text: Andy Grammer saved himself for marriage, but now he’s all about the Netflix and chill.
ref: 2017 February 3, Nicole Sands, “Andy Grammer Abstained from Sex Until Marriage—But Now He Loves to 'Netflix and Chill'”, in PEOPLE:
glosses: Sexual intercourse, especially casual sex.
shots fired
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: (especially law enforcement) indicates that a firearm has been discharged in the vicinity of the speaker.
examples: text: I look at them. They're the boards of a novice-recently-turned-intermediate surfer.
'Does Garrett have any boards in the van?'
'Ooh, shots fired. What's wrong with my boards, eh?'
ref: 2016, Lisa Glass, Blue, unnumbered page:
text: Shots fired! Lonely Horse came out guns-a-blazing with the track "Devil in the White House."
ref: 2017 November 9, Gabe Vodicka, “Songs of Protest, Songs of Hope”, in Salt Lake City Weekly, page 16:
text: Drake clapped back less than 24 hours later with "Duppy Freestyle," in which he talked about once being a fan of Pusha's, called out "Infrared" producer Kanye West and warned that he'll be sending an invoice for all this extra publicity he's giving Pusha and his new album. And Drake really did send the record label an invoice for "promotional assitance and career reviving" with a $100,000 fee the next day. Shots fired!
ref: 2018, T. C. Britton, "Drake vs. Pusha-T: The Beef", CityBeat, 6 June 2018 - 12 June 2018, page 4
glosses: Used to indicate that one finds a statement or action derisive or combative.
Related terms: gloves are off
them's fightin' words
Rex Hunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛks hʌnt/
rhymes: -ʌnt
Forms: form: Rex Hunts
Etymology: Rhyming slang for cunt, from the name of Australian television and radio personality Rex Hunt.
Senses: examples: text: yep - i bet he was acting like a complete `rex hunt' before he got smashed.
ref: 2005 November 7, “Brisbane vs Byron Bay”, in seabreeze, retrieved 11 Nov 2015:
text: What stairwell josh you Monobrowed Rex hunt.
ref: 2012 March 17, “Bulldogs have added Tony 'T-Rex' Williams to their shopping list”, in Silvertails (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles Supporters Group), retrieved 11 Nov 2015:
text: I'm an ugly Rex hunt and I'm getting trolled! Why am I so lucky life is looking up on me!
ref: 2014 July 26, “Foxes Talk”, in Leicester City Fans Forum, retrieved 13 Jan 2015:
glosses: An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person.
Rex Hunts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rex Hunt
shabbos goy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑbəs ˈɡɔɪ/
Forms: form: shabbos goys
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שבת גוי (shabes goy, literally “Sabbath gentile”).
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes the family was helped on the Sabbath by a shabbos goy who would light some candles in their house.
synonyms: Sabbath Gentile
Sabbath goy
glosses: A Gentile who performs certain acts which are forbidden to observant Jews on Shabbat, such as kindling fire.
hypernyms: race traitor
glosses: A gentile who holds philo-Semitic views, at the expense of their own race.
shabbes goy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shabbes goys
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shabbos goy.
shabbes goys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shabbes goy
shabbos goys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shabbos goy
arborisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arborisations
Etymology: From arborise + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: These mice exhibit degenerative changes very reminiscent of HD patient pathology including loss of striatal volume, loss of medium spiny neuron arborisation, presence of dark neurons and development of intranuclear and neuropil aggregates
ref: 2005, Marie-Francoise Chesselet, Miriam A. Hickey, Sheila M. Fleming, Pierre-Olivier Fernagut, “Early behavioral phenotypes in mouse models of Huntington’s and Parkinson’s diseases”, in J. Paul Bolam, Cali A. Ingham, Peter J. Magill, editors, The Basal Ganglia VIII, page 352:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of arborization (“branching, tree-like formation”).
never the twain shall meet
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Coined by the English author and poet Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) in his poem The Ballad of East and West (1889).
Senses: examples: text: In Silverstein's terms, Frank is an "excitement seeker" and the lover is a "home builder." Never the twain shall meet. Again, for a while I saw the conflict between the two in the movie as a refreshing examination of a problem many gay couples (of both sexes) face. But […]
ref: 1981 December 27, Charles Bonnell, “Throwing In The Towel”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 23, page 5:
glosses: Used to emphasize that two subjects are so different that they cannot coexist or agree with each other.
wikipedia: The Ballad of East and West
Related terms: apples and oranges
dishlicker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dishlickers
Etymology: From dish + licker, since dogs lick their food bowls.
Senses: glosses: A greyhound.
n.e.c.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iː
Senses: glosses: Initialism of not elsewhere classified.
argument from silence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arguments from silence
Senses: glosses: An argument based on the absence of something being mentioned in documents as evidence.
arguments from silence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of argument from silence
douchebro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: douchebros
Etymology: Blend of douchebag + dudebro.
Senses: examples: text: Zuckerberg was on NPR today, being smarmy and disingenuous. He's a total douchebro. I hate myself for supporting his business model.
ref: 2010, "Valkyrie607", quoted in Metro (Silicon Valley), Volume 26, Number 12, 2 June 2010 - 8 June 2010, page 12
text: But then all that doesn't matter, because a couple of douchebros saunter up behind the two of them, hands reaching out and touching the smalls of their backs, gentle, but insistent; […]
ref: 2014, Chuck Wendig, The Cormorant, Angry Robot/Osprey Publishing, →ISBN:
text: It's gotta suck...existing solely to be some douchebro's fapping fodder....!
ref: 2015, Adam Warren, Empowered Unchained Volume 1, Dark Horse Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A rude, obnoxious, or contemptible man, especially one who exhibits sexism or homophobia.
douchebros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of douchebro
Sosipater
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ecclesiastical Latin Sōsipater, from Ancient Greek Σωσῐ́πᾰτρος (Sōsĭ́pătros), from σῴζω (sōízō, “save”) + πᾰτήρ (pătḗr, “father”), literally “savior of the father.” The second element takes its form from the native Latin pater (“father”).
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A person mentioned in Romans 16:21. Perhaps the same person as Sopater
housie-housie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaʊzi-haʊzi/
Etymology: Reduplication of housie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of housie.
Kaminski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kaminskis
Etymology: From Polish Kamiński.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
brocialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brocialists
Etymology: Blend of bro + socialist.
Senses: glosses: A male socialist, especially one with masculinist views.
examples: text: My experience is that ‘brocialists' don’t openly embrace patriarchy; they deny it’s a problem.
ref: 2013, Richard Seymour, quoted in Laurie Penny, "Laurie Penny on Brand, iconoclasm, and a woman's place in the revolution", New Statesman, 2 November 2013
text: Often, brocialism manifests at left-wing powwows. Someone raises a feminist grievance. The brocialist instructs her that she is distracted from the paramount issue, namely class.
ref: 2014 January 8, Marc Tracy, “How to Talk to a 'Brocialist'”, in New Republic:
text: Pin them down, and the brocialists defend their blokeishness by saying that gender issues are essentially a second-order of importance, that there are bigger struggles which define our politics today.
ref: 2015 September 14, Cathy Newman, “Welcome to Jeremy Corbyn's blokey Britain - where 'brocialism' rules”, in The Telegraph:
synonyms: brogressive
glosses: A male socialist, leftist or progressive accused of downplaying women's issues, or displaying an alleged misogynistic or macho attitude.
Related terms: brocialism
manarchist
brocialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brocialist
teleportational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From teleportation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of teleportative.
synonyms: word: teleportative
pan-Somalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pan- + Somali + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The belief in unification of Somali people.
brocialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of bro + socialism.
Senses: examples: text: Often, brocialism manifests at left-wing powwows. Someone raises a feminist grievance. The brocialist instructs her that she is distracted from the paramount issue, namely class.
ref: 2014 January 8, Marc Tracy, “How to Talk to a 'Brocialist'”, in New Republic:
text: The new brocialism cares deeply about women’s issues of course – just not enough to elect an actual woman. They don’t need to, because good lefties speak for all us. They don’t even notice gender.
ref: 2015 September 12, Suzanne Moore, “As Jeremy Corbyn was anointed leader, not one female voice was heard”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Socialism or progressivism which downplays women's issues or reinforces masculinist attitudes or ideas.
examples: text: I think part of the answer might perhaps lie in the nature of the hard left politics which Mr Corbyn embraces. He's been accused of brocialism or bro-socialism if you're struggling to spit that one out. And however much you may choose to ignore it, there does often appear to be something blokey about the new movement he says he's creating.
ref: 2015 September 14, Cathy Newman, “Welcome to Jeremy Corbyn's blokey Britain - where brocialism rules”, in The Telegraph:
glosses: Any form of socialism characterised by blokeishness.
Related terms: brocialist
brogressive
business suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: business suits
Senses: glosses: A plain, formal matching jacket and trousers (or skirt), as worn by office workers.
business suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of business suit
mantastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mantastic
form: most mantastic
Etymology: From man + -tastic.
Senses: examples: text: Later, a mantastic crowd of foxy playboys and players lose their inhibitions (and more often then^([sic]) not, their shirts) shaking it to high energy dance tunes.
ref: 2005, Dan Levine, Avant-Guide Chicago: Insiders' Guide to Progressive Culture, Empire Press Media, →ISBN, page 123:
text: Mantastic as Jake was, one thing was certain.
ref: 2007, Candy Halliday, Dinner First, Me Later?, Warner Forever, →ISBN:
text: Romeo batted his eyelashes at Crew Cut and said, “Mmm, aren't you mantastic.”
ref: 2015, Devon Hartford, Painless, →ISBN:
glosses: Fantastically masculine or manly.
duodecillionths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duodecillionth
gaylicious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gaylicious
form: most gaylicious
Etymology: From gay + -licious.
Senses: examples: text: But make no mistake about it—when Cher does have her real last show, gay hearts will weep for all eternity. They will miss their gaylicious diva, but keep her in their gay hearts forever.
ref: 2010, Freeman Hall, Stuff That Makes a Gay Heart Weep: A Definitive Guide to the Loud & Proud Dislikes of Millions, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 209:
text: After a decade, Uptown Players, Dallas’ gaylicious theater troupe, finally gets its Pride on with Performing Arts Fest
ref: 2011 September 2, Rich Lopez, “Enter, stage left”, in Dallas Voice, volume 28, number 16, page 30:
text: 11 gaylicious new anthems to add to your party playlist
ref: 2015 May 8, Chris Azzopardi, “Pimp your Pridemix”, in Dallas Voice, volume 31, number 52, page 19:
glosses: Extremely gay (homosexual) or appealing to gay people.
Synonyms: gaytastic
milliardth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From milliard + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The ordinal form of the number one milliard.
milliardth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milliardths
Etymology: From milliard + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The person or thing in the milliardth position.
glosses: One of a milliard equal parts of a whole.
milliardths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milliardth
piss be upon him
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: A pun on "peace be upon him", a phrase uttered by Muslims when mentioning the name of Muhammad.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:piss be upon him.
glosses: Used to insult an Islamic prophet.
wind cone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wind cones
Senses: glosses: Synonym of windsock.
synonyms: word: windsock
bamboozlable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bamboozleable
Etymology: From bamboozle + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being bamboozled.
bamboozleable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bamboozle + -able.
Senses: glosses: Rare form of bamboozlable.