cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
drop call
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drop calls
form: drop calling
form: drop called
form: drop called
form: drop-call
Etymology: Compare drop (“to come to an end; to stop”) as in the call dropped.
Senses: examples: text: "Have you got your phone? I'll give you my number." […] I looked back at my friends as Sam typed her number into my phone, […] I drop-called her and we said goodbye, […]
ref: 2019, Kate Davies, In at the Deep End, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 69:
text: Waiting for the heads-up from Skimmer is killing me, but all I can do is wait patiently. […] Skimmer drop calls me and I head towards our meeting place.
ref: 2023, Rich Jones, Overseas Operations, StoryUp Media, →ISBN, page [46]:
text: He asks for my number, before he forgets, and drop-calls me so I can save his.
ref: 2023, NJ Mackay, The Quiet Dead, London: Hera Books, →ISBN, page [141]:
glosses: To contact someone by telephone and then hang up right after the call has connected.
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word: launched 1999
streetworthier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of streetworthy: more streetworthy
streetworthiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of streetworthy: most streetworthy
self-determinant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more self-determinant
form: most self-determinant
Senses: examples: text: How can that community become self-determinant in the face of a complex social and economic structure that is founded on its passivity?
ref: 1989 August 12, Phil Harper, “Why It's So Hard To Talk About This Movie”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 5, page 9:
glosses: That self-determines; independent.
streetworthiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From streetworthy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being streetworthy.
foolheartiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It was either foolheartiness or drink that finally compelled her to make a move to introduce herself.
ref: 1977 August 13, David Holland, “Nightspotting”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 6, page 13:
glosses: Eggcorn of foolhardiness.
eastern rosella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eastern rosellas
Senses: glosses: A medium-sized, brightly-colored parrot, of species Platycercus eximius, native to Australia and Tasmania.
dragphobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragphobes
Etymology: From drag (“women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment”) + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: It turns out, you’re nothing but a raging dragphobe. At least according to GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis.
ref: 2022 December 15, Sarah D., “GLAAD is officially more worried about 'dragphobia' than they are about kids being sexualized”, in Twitchy:
glosses: One who hates or fears drag queens and drag kings; one who exhibits dragphobia.
Related terms: dragphobia
dragphobic
dragphobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dragphobe
cream bun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cream buns
Senses: synonyms: cream puff
glosses: A bun with a cream filling.
cream buns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cream bun
black marsh turtle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black marsh turtles
Senses: glosses: A freshwater turtle of species Siebenrockiella crassicollis, endemic to southeast Asia.
common snapping turtle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common snapping turtles
Senses: glosses: Chelydra serpentina, a large freshwater turtle that lives in shallow, slow-moving bodies of water with muddy bottoms.
angonoka tortoise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angonoka tortoises
Senses: glosses: Synonym of angonoka.
synonyms: word: angonoka
radiated tortoise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiated tortoises
Senses: glosses: Astrochelys radiata, a species of tortoise that is native to Madagascar.
red-footed tortoise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-footed tortoises
Senses: glosses: Chelonoidis carbonarius, a medium-sized tortoise native to northern South America and the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Barbados.
troonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹuː.nɪ.zəm/
ipa: [-zm̩]
ipa: /ˈtɹu.nɪ.zəm/
ipa: [-zm̩]
rhymes: -uːnɪzəm
Forms: form: troonisms
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *trānts
Latin trāns
Latin trans-bor.
English trans-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os
Latin genus
Old French gendrebor.
Middle English gendre
English gender
English transgender
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-ōm
Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm
Proto-Indo-European *-ō
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ
Proto-Germanic *gumô
Proto-West Germanic *gumō
Old English guma
Middle English gone?
English gooney
English goon
blend
English troon
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English troonism
From troon (“transgender person”) + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Then he decided troonism was science in the absence of evidence, because ... regardation?
ref: 2023 June 15, u/PubicOkra, “The Year of the Chud still in full blast as Demi Lovato gets tired of using they/them”, in Reddit, r/stupidpol:
text: This very courageous detransitioner is standing as a student rep at trans-hysterical Melbourne University. A hotbed of woke and troonism. Brava!
ref: 2023 September 5, @EmmaDiamonde, Twitter:
text: Yet the mainstream narrative is we're not supposed to blame porn for troonism despite how much they say that influenced them. It's simply mental illness and feminist theory.
ref: 2024 February 7, @troonytoons, Twitter:
glosses: Transgenderism (purported ideology behind transgender identities).
Related terms: trooner
troon out
trems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Floating trems are very sensitive to changes in string tension.
ref: 1998, John Carruthers, Setup and Maintenance: The Player's Guide to Guitar Care (Guitar Shop Series), →ISBN, page 8:
glosses: plural of trem
drop-call
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drop-calls
form: drop-calling
form: drop-called
form: drop-called
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of drop call.
drop calls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drop call
drop calling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drop call
drop called
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of drop call
drop-calls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drop-call
drop-calling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drop-call
drop-called
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of drop-call
groomerish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more groomerish
form: most groomerish
Etymology: From groomer + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Like or similar to a groomer, especially sexually.
crybabyish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crybabyish
form: most crybabyish
Etymology: From crybaby + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: I find the whole Kerry argument regarding the Swift Boat Ads hypocritical and crybabyish as well as totally off point.
ref: 2004 October 9, Jackie Martin, “Kerry hypocritical, crybabyish over Swift Boat ads”, in The Frederick News-Post:
glosses: Like or similar to a crybaby.
dragphobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dragphobic
form: most dragphobic
Etymology: From drag (“women's clothing worn by men for the purpose of entertainment”) + -phobic.
Senses: examples: text: Sandee Crack, a stage name, said the transgender people who had complained were “dragphobic”, pointing out that he “never considered” himself trans, “and never will do”.
ref: 2012 June 1, Stephen Gray, “Actor slams “dragphobic” complaints to tampon advert”, in PinkNews:
text: Dragphobic Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene struck back at critics after video surfaced of her current boyfriend in drag. "Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has consistently bashed drag queens, defended her boyfriend, Brian Glenn, after a Twitter account surfaced an old video of him dressed like a woman," reports Business Insider.
ref: 2023 May 22, “Dragphobic Marjorie Taylor Greene Strikes Back After Pics of BF in Drag Drop on Social Media”, in EDGE Media Network:
glosses: Relating to dragphobia.
pack lunch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pack lunches
Senses: examples: text: There was nothing about that to merit anyone’s attention: all the young people met at the Omega corner on Sunday mornings, and the buses came from six-thirty on and took them to the mountains to walk, and play games and talk, and eat their pack lunches.
ref: 1974, Shaun Herron, The Bird in Last Year’s Nest, New York, N.Y.: M. Evans and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 88:
text: While he crouches on the hard clay of a dry rivercourse to eat his pack lunch, he thinks: If I had no other way to describe what I saw in the crevasse?
ref: 1995, Thomas Wharton, “Nunatak”, in Icefields, Edmonton, Alta.: NeWest Press, →ISBN, page 145:
text: He swam a few strokes and then sat on a rock to dry out. A gentle breeze cooled his skin, burning in the sun. While he ate his pack lunch, he looked around.
ref: 2017, Peter Stamm, translated by Michael Hofmann, To the Back of Beyond, New York, N.Y.: Other Press, →ISBN, page 114:
glosses: Alternative form of packed lunch.
pack lunches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pack lunch
I kill you later
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: I kill you laters
Etymology: Corrupted from accumulator.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: An accumulator.
rivercourse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rivercourses
Etymology: From river + course.
Senses: examples: text: Now I was far more likely to dream about the fauna around Lake Kiboko, the wildflowers along the rivercourses, or my relationship with Helen.
ref: 1982, Michael Bishop, “Life in Shangri-la”, in No Enemy But Time, New York, N.Y.: Timescape, →ISBN, page 295:
text: While he crouches on the hard clay of a dry rivercourse to eat his pack lunch, he thinks: If I had no other way to describe what I saw in the crevasse?
ref: 1995, Thomas Wharton, “Nunatak”, in Icefields, Edmonton, Alta.: NeWest Press, →ISBN, page 145:
text: So we shoulder our daypacks and trudge warily along the muddy rivercourse towards the tumbling snarl of the Kapichira Falls.
ref: 2008, Jacques Marais, “Trekking, Hiking and Backpacking: Boot Camp”, in Great African Adventures: A Guide to the Mother Continent’s Ultimate Outdoor Adventures, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, →ISBN, page 80:
glosses: The course of a river.
rivercourses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rivercourse
supersheddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supershedding
supershed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: supersheds
form: supershedding
form: supershed
form: supershed
Etymology: Back-formation from supershedder.
Senses: glosses: To yield a larger number of infectious organisms than others of the same species.
supersheds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of supershed
parties opponent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of party opponent
has a time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have a time
having a time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of have a time
had a time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have a time
had a time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have a time of it
having a time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of have a time of it
has a time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have a time of it
has a thin time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have a thin time of it
having a thin time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of have a thin time of it
had a thin time of it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have a thin time of it
crybabying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of crybaby
crybabied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crybaby
Super Bowls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Super Bowl
landscarring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From land + scarring.
Senses: examples: text: Union Oil stressed the use permit and EIR are for one exploration well which may or may not prove successful. The Friends pointed to the negative aspects of hydrogen sulfide emissions, landscarring and water do'- Housing and Community Development Act of 1974.
ref: 1975 March 19, Gayle Pedersen, “Geothermal appeal hearing Empire IK”, in The Press Democrat:
text: You also need to know our policies and general etiquette surrounding the 10-minute rule, landscarring, points placement, and the use of /helpop. These are all documented on the Rules page as General Rule 15.
ref: 2022 June 26, chiefbozx, “(Re)introducing the Conductor rank”, in Minecart Rapid Transit:
glosses: Widespread and permanent destruction to a natural landscape.
McStupid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mc- + stupid.
Senses: glosses: A mock placeholder name.
grapefruitade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grapefruitades
form: grapefruit-ade
form: grapefruit ade
Etymology: From grapefruit + -ade.
Senses: examples: text: The use of grapefruit juice seems to be small at present, but establishments are adding grapefruitade to their lists.
ref: 1930 June, United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, “Markets for Fruit Juices and Fruit Sirups in Latin America”, in Trade Information Bulletin, number 702, United States Government Printing Office, page 14:
text: The new orangeade, lemonade, and grapefruitade bases should be highly suited to this market.
ref: 1950 December 26, United States Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations, “Recent Observations On The Citrus Market In Denmark”, in Foreign Agriculture Circular, page 17:
text: Lemonade, along with orangeade, grapefruitade and limeade should be used for children above a year. They should be well diluted and not too sweet.
ref: 1916, William Samuel Sadler, Lena Kellogg Sadler, The Mother and Her Child, page 446:
glosses: A beverage made from the juice of a grapefruit mixed with water and a sweetener (be it sugar or otherwise).
grapefruitades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grapefruitade
Mrses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Mde Le Mise de Brehan est infiniment touchée des attentions aimables qu’elle a eprouvées de votre part et de celle de Mesdames Washington, Elle me charge de vous faire parvenir tous ses remercimens et de vous prier, Monsieur, de leur faire agréer ses sinceres complimens; permettez que j’aie l’honneur d’y joindre mes respectueux homages.
ref: 1788 November 21, [Elénor-François-Elie,] Le C[om]te de Moustier, anonymous translator, “From Moustier”, in Dorothy Twohig, editor, The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, volume 1 (September 1788–March 1789), Charlottesville, Va.: University Press of Virginia, published 1987, →ISBN, page 122:
text: Only women already existing in the social margins became actresses.²⁶ For example, celebrated tragedienne Elizabeth Barry was an orphan, Nell Gwynn a barmaid raised in a brothel, Moll Davis the illegitimate daughter of a Colonel. Other actresses were the wives and daughters of male actors, as for example Mary Saunderson (Mrs Betterton) and (in a later period) Mrses Kean, Kemble and Siddons.
ref: 2003, Rob Baum, Female Absence: Women, Theatre, and Other Metaphors, Brussels: P.I.E.-Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 89:
text: In Rome, in Syracuse, in Athens, in Thebes, more than two or three thousand years ago, there was the bobbed-haired, painted, perfumed Miss and Mrs of today, and she inspired almost exactly the feelings that our painted and perfumed Misses and Mrses inspire, in the men.
ref: 2004 [1930], D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Do Women Change”, in James T[hompson] Boulton, editor, Late Essays and Articles (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H. Lawrence), Cambridge, Cambs.: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 151–152:
synonyms: Mmes
glosses: plural of Mrs
Upperco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Former name: Arcadia
glosses: An unincorporated community in Baltimore County and Carroll County, Maryland, United States.
USAP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: sciences
qualifier: research
glosses: Abbreviation of United States Antarctic Program.
English-speaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Magnetic Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island of the City of Townsville, northern Queensland, Australia.
glosses: An island of Antarctica.
glosses: An island of Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.
Bholenath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hindi भोलानाथ (bholānāth) and its source, Sanskrit भोलानाथ (bholānātha).
Senses: examples: text: ‘But I swear on Bholenath that nothing like that happened.’
ref: 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 60:
glosses: The god Shiva, in his aspect as the lord of innocence.
Greater Shepparton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government area in northern Victoria, Australia, with its headquarters in the town of Shepparton; in full, the City of Greater Shepparton.
Shepparton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sheppard + -ton, being named after early settler Sherbourne Sheppard.
Senses: glosses: A city, the headquarters of the City of Greater Shepparton, in northern Victoria, Australia.
Derived terms: Greater Shepparton
Related terms: Shepperton
interceptability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The property of being interceptable.
Russian Sign Language
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A sign language used by deaf people in Russian-speaking countries.
ULS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of unduly lenient sentence.
ULSP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of ultralow sulfur petrol.
ULSD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of ultralow sulfur diesel.
electretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electret + -ic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or relating to an electret.
Charters Towers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after W. S. E. M. Charters, the Gold Commissioner. Towers refers to conical hills in the area.
Senses: glosses: A gold mining town and larger local government area (Charters Towers Region) in northern Queensland, Australia.
nightmaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nightmare
nightmared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nightmare
quarter sovereign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarter sovereigns
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
numismatics
coordinate_terms: half sovereign
sovereign
glosses: A British gold bullion and collectors' coin with a face value of 25 pence; it is issued by the Royal Mint since 2009.
quarter sovereigns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarter sovereign
Santa Anita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Arcadia, Los Angeles County, California, United States.
glosses: A village in Los Cabos municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
potty dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potty dances
form: potty-dance
Etymology: From potty + dance. The first sense is from the movements ostensibly resembling a dance.
Senses: examples: text: "Noooo," the clerk replied calmly, looking me in the eye. "There's a state law that says we don't have to let you use our rest room." He turned back to his work. By now, I was furious, and my daughter was beginning to do the potty dance. Time was running out.
ref: 1994 May 1, Casper V. Klauscher, “No Place to Go”, in Detroit Free Press, page 8:
text: After they entered the bakery, Autumn started doing the potty dance. "Excuse me sir, do you have a restroom I can use?" she asked.
ref: 2008 November 18, Debra Fulton-White, Naturally Beautiful: An Inspirational Romance Novel, iUniverse, →ISBN, pages 44–45:
text: The reception was now in full swing, and this was his third trip, each one brought on by a powerful urge from his nether regions. He counted the heads in front of him—six. Please hurry, he thought, as he performed the potty dance. He was tempted to head into the woods but knew no spot was secluded enough.
ref: 2021 July 21, John Van Rys, “Nether Lands”, in Moonshine Promises, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 1 (of chapter):
glosses: Voluntary or involuntary movements resulting from trying to avoid urination when one's bladder is full, typically by crossing one's legs, hopping, twitching, or holding one's crotch.
examples: text: On her first day out, let your child know she's going to have lots of supporters cheering her on — to help her feel warm-and-fuzzy while she's learning this brand-new potty dance.
ref: 2002 June 25, Diane Stafford, Jennifer Shoquist, Potty Training For Dummies, 1 edition, Wiley, →ISBN, page 10:
text: Before the weekend starts, educate your child about going to the potty. Make up a potty dance to do when your child uses the bathroom successfully.
ref: 2015 June 17, J. D. Rockefeller, Potty Training: Tips for Boys and Girls, CreateSpace, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
text: Baby K was on her way to being potty trained and we were loving the idea she was trying. We would get up and do the potty dance. Her eyes would get big and she would clap her hands and we all danced. Sometimes goofiness is all you need to keep a child entertained to use the potty. We would dance every time she went potty and she would put a sticker on the chart.
ref: 2017 November 10, Lafwa S. Espero, Faith, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 132:
glosses: In potty training, any dance meant to encourage infants or young children to use the potty/toilet.
potty dance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: potty dances
form: potty dancing
form: potty danced
form: potty danced
form: potty-dance
Etymology: From potty + dance. The first sense is from the movements ostensibly resembling a dance.
Senses: examples: text: The most frequent cause of incontinence in children is bladder instability. These children present with urge incontinence and squatting behavior, or "potty dancing." Most have been wet since toilet training, although a dry period of several months after toilet training is not uncommon.
ref: 2000 September 22, “Voiding Dysfunction”, in Elroy D. Kursh, James C. Ulchaker, editor, Office Urology: The Clinician's Guide, Humana Press, →ISBN, Bladder Instability:
text: All he wanted was to put normal life on pause and go have a nice dinner with an attractive, kind woman. So if his ex could hurry and let their potty-dancing daughter into the house, that'd be stellar. He hit the doorbell a third time. The deadbolt tumbled, and Jess cracked the door, wielding a plunger.
ref: 2019 February 7, M. C. Vaughan, The Reluctant Princess, Champagne Book Group, →ISBN, page 55:
glosses: To move in this manner.
Synonyms: word: pee-pee dance
Lamanda Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, United States.
helmetted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The clear bright blaze ascending at times high into the air, revealed the scenery almost distinctly; showing us the piled arms that were to be grasped or levelled on the morrow for the work of death; the plumed and helmetted warriors that passed and re-passed between them; […]
ref: 1833, [Selina Bunbury], chapter VI, in My Early Adventures During the Peninsular Campaigns of Napoleon, Boston: James Loring, →OCLC, page 91:
text: The old King of Prussia shed tears when, on his return from Ems, the despatch announcing the declaration of war by France was handed to him; and I myself witnessed the unaffected and tearful emotion with which the helmetted old warrior read his address at the opening of his parliament in July last.
ref: 1870 September 5, John Bigelow, “Bigelow to William C[ullen] Bryant”, in Retrospections of an Active Life, volume IV (1867–1871), Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1913, →OCLC, page 417:
text: The train was pulling into Moscow as she came to the end of her story and, during its telling, the image of the helmetted boy had stippled itself on Jakob’s eye like an engraving.
ref: 1983, Bernice Rubens, “Part Four: The Book of Aaron and Jakob”, in Brothers, London: Abacus, Sphere Books Ltd, published 1985, →ISBN, chapter 26, page 389:
glosses: Alternative form of helmeted.
helmetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of helmet
Keelys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Keely
black bearded sakis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black bearded saki
blind bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blind bags
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mystery bag.
synonyms: word: mystery bag
blind bags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blind bag
don't diet, try it
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: !
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme.
Senses: glosses: One should enjoy all and various kinds of foods and delicacies, rather than being concerned with becoming overweight.
light up a room
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lights up a room
form: lighting up a room
form: lit up a room
form: lit up a room
form: light up the room
Senses: examples: text: her eyes could light up a room
glosses: To possess great energy and appeal; to cause a social gathering to become animated and cheerful.
Related terms: light up like a Christmas tree
Ruidoso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Indirectly from Spanish ruidoso, the village was named after the river.
Senses: glosses: A village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States.
glosses: A river in New Mexico, which gave its name to the village; in full, the Rio Ruidoso.
benzyldimethylhexadecylammonium chloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: BDAC
glosses: A cationic surfactant.
light up someone's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lights up someone's ass
form: lighting up someone's ass
form: lit up someone's ass
form: lit up someone's ass
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of light someone's ass up.
PIHs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PIH
permanent brains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permanent brain
splashlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From splashless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: It was a post office with a mural of an old mill on the wall, the water wheel spilling buckets of clear blue-white into the air, forever suspended in its splashlessness.
ref: 2023 September 17, “Poohlysses”, in The Collidescope:
glosses: The property of being splashless.
PokéStop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PokéStops
Etymology: From Poké- + stop.
Senses: glosses: An area where players can collect items while playing Pokémon Go.
PokéStops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PokéStop
ethanoyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛθ.ə.nɔɪl/
Etymology: From ethane + -oyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: acetyl
Derived terms: ethanoylation
out of preparation
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of out of book.
synonyms: word: out of book
booklier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bookly: more bookly
bookliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bookly: most bookly
web-based
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more web-based
form: most web-based
form: Web-based
form: webbased
form: Webbased
Senses: examples: text: It also has a huge disadvantage: when you're off line^([sic]), you're out of luck. You can't get at your web-based mail, you can't get at your online calendar or contact list or documents, you can't do very much.
ref: 2008 March 18, James Fallows, “Another step toward the online “cloud computing” life”, in The Atlantic:
text: Dr. Chan and Mr. Zuckerberg also pushed a web-based education program in school districts across the country.
ref: 2025 June 28, Theodore Schleifer, Eli Tan, Mike Isaac, “Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Narrow CZI’s Focus to Science Efforts”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Based on Web technology, accessible via a web browser.
bubble envelope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubble envelopes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of padded envelope.
synonyms: word: padded envelope
pijon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pijons
Senses: glosses: Deliberate misspelling of pigeon.
complementary allophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: complementary allophones
Senses: examples: text: ... complementary allophone from the underlying phoneme. In each pair, the unaspirated form has a more general distribution. The aspirated allophone occurs in a very specific set of circumstances: in initial position of a word or stressed[…]
ref: 2017, Robert Kennedy, Phonology: A Coursebook, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 102:
text: ... complementary allophone of /i/, its occurrence being largely restricted to positions before /r, h, hw/. Similarly, the emergence of short 〈aú〉 /ɔ/ was primarily associated with PGmc. /u/ preceding the same three consonants. In Early[…]
ref: 2012, Irén Heged?s, Alexandra Fodor, English Historical Linguistics 2010: Selected Papers from the Sixteenth International Conference on English Historical Linguistics (ICEHL 16), Pécs, 23-27 August 2010, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 47:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A variant pronunciations of a phoneme that occur in specific phonetic contexts and do not change the meaning of a word
emojilike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more emojilike
form: most emojilike
Etymology: From emoji + -like.
Senses: examples: text: While we wait for review by Unicode and potential inclusion of official science emojis, you are welcome to use ACS’s Chemojis, a set of chemistry emojilike stickers, created by a team at ACS led by Morrison.
ref: 2016 November 14, Bibiana Campos Seijo, “Coming soon: science emojis”, in C&EN:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an emoji.
Lerdo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality in Durango, Mexico.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.
Nancheng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: nänʹchǔngʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 南城 (Nánchéng).
Senses: examples: text: Our family was originally from Nancheng county, Fuzhou district, Jiangxi province. Nancheng dates back to ancient times, to the days when Liu Bang ruled as the first Han dynasty emperor, and Nancheng belonged to Yuzhang district.
ref: 2018 [2013], Rao Pingru, translated by Nicky Harman, Our Story: A Memoir of Love and Life in China, Square Peg, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 26:
glosses: A county of Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China.
defensive line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: defensive lines
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The players of the team not possessing the ball who are positioned at the line of scrimmage.
femtotechnology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: femtotechnologies
Etymology: From femto- + technology.
Senses: glosses: The science and technology of creating particles and machines which have sizes on the scale of a femtometer, or 10⁻¹⁵ metres.
Related terms: femtotechnological
Joktans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Joktan
outdefend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outdefends
form: outdefending
form: outdefended
form: outdefended
Etymology: From out- + defend.
Senses: examples: text: "There's a way to beat Nick Saban," Cowherd explained. "You're not going to outdefend Nick Saban. He's the master.
ref: 2013 December 19, “Colin Cowherd's message to Alabama fans: Malzahn 'a nightmare' for Saban,' predicts Auburn beats Alabama next year”, in AL.com:
glosses: To defend better than another.
outdefends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outdefend
outdefending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of outdefend
outdefended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outdefend
outfreeze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outfreezes
form: outfreezing
form: outfroze
form: outfrozen
Etymology: From out- + freeze.
Senses: examples: text: Sioux Falls will even outfreeze Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost town in the United States.
ref: 2019 January 29, Makenzie Huber, “Sioux Falls is colder than Antarctica and as cold as top of Mount Everest”, in Argus Leader:
glosses: To become colder than.
outfreezes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outfreeze
outfreezing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of outfreeze
outfroze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of outfreeze
outfrozen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of outfreeze
big and bad
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Highly showy or impressive.
Related terms: big bad
antiemphysemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiemphysemic
form: most antiemphysemic
Etymology: By surface analysis, anti- + emphysema + -ic
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Against emphysema; counteracting emphysema.
Related terms: antasthmatic
bronchodilatory
inhaler
lights up a room
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of light up a room
lighting up a room
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of light up a room
lit up a room
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of light up a room
lighting up like a Christmas tree
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of light up like a Christmas tree
lights up like a Christmas tree
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of light up like a Christmas tree
lights up someone's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of light up someone's ass
lighting up someone's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of light up someone's ass
lit up someone's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of light up someone's ass
lit someone's ass up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of light someone's ass up
lighting someone's ass up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of light up someone's ass
lights someone's ass up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of light someone's ass up
negaternary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nega- + ternary.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The base of negative 3.
negaternary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nega- + ternary.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: In the base of negative 3.
negaquaternary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nega- + quaternary.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The base of negative 4.
negaquaternary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nega- + quaternary.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: In the base of negative 4.
OVRA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian OVRA with unknown full form. Speculated by some as initialism of Organizzazione per la Vigilanza e la Repressione dell'Antifascismo (Organization for Vigilance and Repression of Anti-Fascism).
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The secret police of Fascist Italy active from 1927 to 1945.
Related terms: Gestapo
Kenpeitai
coffeey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒfiːi/
rhymes: -ɒfiːi
Forms: form: more coffeey
form: most coffeey
Etymology: From coffee + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Take a typical paper hot-drink cup. Add a scoop (probably the equivalent of 3-4 tsp) of sugar. Fill the cup about 1/3 to 2/5 full with chocolate chips. Fill to the brim with nice hot coffee. Let it sit for a few minutes, then stir it a little, and drink it. You get this chocolatey-coffeey taste, then you get to the inch or so of chocolate that didn't mix with the coffee, which looks horrible but which you eat with a spoon. Then, you're good to go.
ref: 1998 September 18, Lari, the Teenage Goddess of Heavenly Bodies and Brownies, “Big, Fuzzy Dollies”, in alt.tv.animaniacs (Usenet):
text: You need to bear in mind that flavours are muted at low temperatures. Mixes for sorbets and ice-creams should therefore, in their unfrozen state, taste a little too sweet, a little too sharp, and a little too fruity (if that's possible). By the same token, chocolate ice-creams should be very chocolatey and coffee ones very coffeey.
ref: 2001, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, The River Cottage Cookbook, HarperCollinsIllustrated, →ISBN, page 126:
text: There is good coffee available in Ireland. You can buy it in bean (or ground) form from quite a few shops in many towns and cities. But restaurants mostly buy dark roast stuff - i.e. incinerated beans of poorer quality which taste mostly of burnt, with a vaguely coffeey after taste meant to fool the throngs.
ref: 2001 June 20, Cat, “10 Things I Love About Ireland”, in soc.culture.irish (Usenet):
glosses: Resembling coffee.
RASE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Royal Agricultural Society of England.
Rose Twitter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: In reference to the rose emoji (🌹), used as a symbol of democratic socialism.
Senses: examples: text: Elon Musk's dime-store political philosophizing at the expense of rose Twitter is not that important, even if he is an influential, powerful guy.
ref: 2018 June 18, Jordan Weissmann, “Elon Musk Is Trying to Redefine Socialism as ... Capitalism”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Jan 2023:
text: But on the night of the caucuses, disaster! The blue checkmarks of rose Twitter caught wind of your plot!
ref: 2020 February 26, Sean Casey, “The view from the twilight zone”, in The Stanford Daily, Stanford University, page 4:
text: Also, I give AOC another 2-3 years before Rose Twitter turns on her for compromising to get things done.
ref: 2020 December 28, u/ballmermurland, “The only form of bipartisanship in the US”, in Reddit, r/neoliberal:
text: But DSAers saw the move as a betrayal. The reproach was almost immediate, with some on "Rose Twitter" (DSA members often signify their membership by adding a rose emoji to their name) declaring [Andre] Vasquez a failure and saying he would face a challenger in 2023.
ref: 2021 February 18, A.D. Quig, “City Council's socialists see themselves as an antidote to the status quo”, in Crain's Chicago Business, Chicago, I.L.: Crain Communications, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: I just want to point out for the trolls here how INSANE the idea is that the FBI is some secret socialist deep state tool to defend the radical liberal agenda. Like, have you ever met an FBI agent?? Those guys and gals don't exactly live on rose twitter
ref: 2022 August 11, u/ASlockOfFeagulls, “Discussion Thread: Attorney General Garland Makes a Statement to the Media at 2:30 p.m. Eastern”, in Reddit, r/politics:
glosses: The community of democratic socialists on Twitter.
Related terms: Black Twitter
EduTwitter
Stan Twitter
Weird Twitter
Patronuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Patronus
patronuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patronus
sub-cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: subcheese
form: subcheeze
form: subchiz
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi सब (sab, “all, every”) + Hindi चीज़ (cīz, “thing, object, item”), respelled in a folk-etymological identification with sub- + cheese.
Senses: examples: text: Another inch further over would have precipitated the whole sub cheeze, down the incline.
ref: 1859, P. & O., Always Ready, or, Every One His Pride, London: Hall, Virtue, & Co., page 175:
text: 'She's as clever as a man, confound her,' Martyn went on. 'She broke up the bungalow over my head while I was talking at her. Settled the whole subchiz [outfit] in three hours—servants, horses, and all. I didn't get my orders till nine.'
ref: 1898, Rudyard Kipling, “William the Conqueror: Part I”, in The Day's Work, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, page 181:
text: "The whole bloody sub-cheese, the lot!"
ref: 1993, George MacDonald Fraser, Quartered Safe Out Here: A Recollection of the War in Burma, London: HarperCollinsPublishers, published 1995, →ISBN, page 187:
text: 'If you'd threatened that earlier, Monty, I'd have ponied up the whole sub-cheese to avoid it.'
ref: 2018, Ben Schott, Jeeves and the King of Clubs, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 17:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Everything; all there is.
groute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groutes
Senses: examples: text: It is related of a Nis, who had established himself in a house in Jutland, that he used every evening, after the maid was gone to bed, to go into the kitchen to take his groute, which they used to leave for him in a wooden bowl.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 224:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of grout.
groutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groute
Juttish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Juttish
form: most Juttish
Senses: examples: text: There came one time to the farm-house a Juttish drover and put up there for the night. Among his cattle, there was one very large Juttish ox; and when Nis saw him in the stable he took a prodigious fancy to get up and ride on his back.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 231:
glosses: Obsolete form of Jutish.
z/OS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: IBM
glosses: a 64-bit operating system for IBM's z/Architecture mainframes, introduced in 2000.
eat cookie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eats cookie
form: eating cookie
form: ate cookie
form: eaten cookie
Senses: synonyms: word: give brain
word: give dome
word: give hat
word: give head
word: give neck
word: give noddy
word: go down on
glosses: To perform cunnilingus on a woman.
sniff around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sniffs around
form: sniffing around
form: sniffed around
form: sniffed around
Senses: examples: text: If he moved a muscle, they would both be in DEEP TROUBLE.
“It must have been a bird, Mr Big,” said Dad.
“Ruddy big bird,” muttered the little man. “Now we have to get out of here before the fuzz start sniffing around. Fingers, get the Rolls resprayed and change the number plates in case they trace it.”
“Yes, guv’nor.”
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Investigate; inspect; look for information.
Arran-Elderslie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Apparently two separate townships originally.
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
by the sound of it
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Tom adored to give pleasure while Gore has always liked to boast that he has never knowingly or intentionally gratified any of his partners. Not even a sighing reach-around by the sound of it.
ref: 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 153:
text: By the sound of it, the ever obliging Agent Barrett didn't really feel like obliging. Else he was too sleep-drunk to string two rational thoughts together.
ref: 2011, Sabine C. Bauer, Stargate SG-1: Transitions, Fandemonium Books (2011), unnumbered pages
text: His name was Toby Bell and he was entirely alone in his criminal contemplations. [ - - - ] As to the Toby, which might by the sound of it set him higher on the English social ladder than his provenance deserved, it derived from nothing more elevated than his father's pride in the holy man Tobias, whose wondrous filial virtues are set down in the ancient scripts.
ref: 2013, John le Carré, A Delicate Truth, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
text: Frank sighed, and replied, “I know, Dad. It was stupid of me. But by the sound of it you are about to do something stupid too.”
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
synonyms: by the look of it
by the looks of things
glosses: Apparently.
bibliosmia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From biblio- (“book”) + -osmia (“smell”). Coined on 24 February 2014 by English lecturer and author Oliver Tearle in a now-deleted tweet, originally as “the act of smelling books”.
Senses: examples: text: He [Evan Friss] approvingly considers the Instagram wall at Books Are Magic, the novelist Emma Straub’s shop in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, and less so the eponymous bibliosmia fragrance bottled by Powell’s, the Portland, Ore., landmark.
ref: 2024 August 4, Alexandra Jacobs, “Browsing Is a Pleasure in This History of the Bookstore”, in The New York Times:
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: The pleasant smell and aroma of a new (or any) book, caused by the gradual chemical breakdown of the compounds used within the paper.
wikipedia: HuffPost
-osmia
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell, scent, odour”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Smell; odour.
high command
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: general staff
headquarters
glosses: A group of officers in charge of an army under the control of the commander-in-chief.
glosses: The leaders of any organization.
overstringent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overstringent
form: most overstringent
Etymology: From over- + stringent.
Senses: glosses: Excessively stringent
havfrues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of havfrue