cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
what the crap
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: There's a duck in my car. What the crap?
text: Timothy woke up. "What the crap," he said. "Can't you let a guy get some sleep?"
ref: 2011, Robert Silverberg, The Book Of Skulls, Orion Publishing Group:
text: DeeAnn Reisenberg, 41, and her sister were at the mall early Friday, but the lack of crowds stood out to them. "I am thinking, 'What the crap am I doing out here at 4 a.m.?'"
ref: 2013 November 29, Jere Downs, The Courier-Journal, page A8:
text: And tell them if they want me to tell them privately what the crap I think of them, I’ll do that.
ref: 2016 January 30, Andrew Carter, The News & Observer, page 4B:
glosses: An intensive form of what.
Synonyms: sense: Intensive forms of what?
word: dafuq
sense: Intensive forms of what?
word: the fuck
sense: Intensive forms of what?
word: the hell
sense: Intensive forms of what?
word: what on earth
sense: Intensive forms of what?
word: what the fuck
sense: Intensive forms of what?
word: what the heck
sense: Intensive forms of what?
word: what the hell
sense: Intensive forms of what?
word: what the what
Brome Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and lake therein, in Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Estrie region, Quebec, Canada.
costume change
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: costume changes
Senses: examples: text: For all the costume changes and the stagecraft – the gig starts with a camera crew following Murphy backstage – these are not the show’s most memorable takeaways. It’s the music
ref: 2021 September 25, Kitty Empire, “Róisín Murphy review – a triumphant dancefloor workout”, in The Guardian:
text: Each show spans over 180 minutes, including 40-plus songs from at least nine albums; there are 16 costume changes, pyrotechnics, an optical illusion in which she appears to dive into the stage and swim, and not one but two cottagecore worlds, which feature an abundance of moss.
ref: 2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of Year 2023 : Taylor Swift”, in Time:
glosses: An instance of dressing up in a new costume, especially as part of a show
shape-shift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shape-shifts
form: shape-shifting
form: shape-shifted
form: shape-shifted
Senses: examples: text: It was around that time, Swift remembers now, that she began trying to shape-shift. "I realized every record label was actively working to try to replace me," she says. "I thought instead, I'd replace myself first with a new me. It's harder to hit a moving target."
ref: 2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of the Year 2023: Taylor Swift”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2023:
glosses: Alternative form of shapeshift.
balls of fluff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ball of fluff
coping mechanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coping mechanisms
Senses: examples: text: To avoid such feelings by using mood alterators is a normal coping mechanism for our times.
ref: 1996, Cherie Carter-Scott, Negaholics: How to Overcome Negativity and Turn Your Life Around, page 75:
text: The Sevens has long been an annual coping mechanism for the BlackBerried and Burberried expatriate set, the well-heeled bankers, brokers, lawyers and property developers across the Asia-Pacific region.
ref: 2009 March 29, Mack McDonald, “A Little Rugby With Your Cross-Dressing?”, in The New York Times:
text: She began rerecording subtly different versions of her old albums, tagging them “(Taylor’s Version)” and adding unreleased tracks to redirect listenership to them. She frames the strategy as a coping mechanism. “It’s all in how you deal with loss,” she says. “I respond to extreme pain with defiance.”
ref: 2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of Year 2023 : Taylor Swift”, in Time:
glosses: Synonym of coping strategy.
synonyms: word: coping strategy
sheit
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːˌɪt/
Forms: form: sheeit
form: shiet
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of shit, representing African-American Vernacular and Southern US English.
Brome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village surrounded by the town of Brome Lake, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
glosses: A village in Brome and Oakley parish, Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1376).
glosses: A municipality and Samtgemeinde in Gifhorn district, north of Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Derived terms: Brome and Oakley
Brome Lake
coping mechanisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coping mechanism
Brome and Oakley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England, which includes the named places.
shape-shifts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shape-shift
shape-shifting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shape-shift
shape-shifted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shape-shift
hold-up squad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hold-up squads
Senses: examples: text: Amnesty International (AI) has found that allegations of torture and other forms of abuses by members of the hold-up squad of this city's police department are "substantial enough to justify an inquiry."
ref: 1982 April 24, David Morris, “Torture in the North”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: A subsection of a police department specializing in apprehending violent and dangerous suspects.
fag-bash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fag-bashes
form: fag-bashing
form: fag-bashed
form: fag-bashed
form: fag bash
Senses: examples: text: Charlie, Robin's roommate and pseudo-lover, walks in with a bloody nose from having been fag-bashed.
ref: 1982 December 4, Rob Kaplan, “Life in the Last Days”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 12:
text: This is the ad featuring various vignettes in which one person asks, "What's to eat?" and another person answers, "Nut & Honey," which is misheard as "Nothin', honey," with situational "comic" results. This culminates in a blatant bit of media fag-bashing, when a cattle trail cook gives the same reply to his cowboy buddies, who snarl in unison and draw their guns on him.
ref: 1988 May 7, Steven Saylor, “But Don't Call Him "Honey"”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
glosses: To gay bash.
Sussexian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sussexians
Senses: examples: text: Yᵉ cast skin of an Addar is an excellent remedie to draw out a Thorne, out of ones flesh. The Sussexians doe weare them for Hatt-bands, wᶜʰ they say doe preserve them from the gripeing of the Gutts
ref: 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 38:
glosses: An inhabitant of Sussex.
burned-over district
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Burned-Over District.
waste of breath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Needless or unnecessary speech.
examples: text: This is my misanthropic confession
Humans are a waste of breath
And don't think I exclude myself
I'm an asshole just like you.
ref: 2013, Days N' Daze, “Misanthropic Drunken Loner”, in Rogue Taxidermy:
glosses: Synonym of waste of oxygen.
synonyms: word: waste of oxygen
e-learning theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: The application of cognitive science principles to enhance effective multimedia learning using electronic educational technology.
experiential education
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A teaching philosophy that intertwines direct experience with the learning process, involving educators purposefully engaging learners in hands-on experiences and reflective practices.
firsthand learning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Acquiring knowledge through direct experiences, tapping into learners’ natural curiosity.
masale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /məˈsɑːlɛ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi मसाले (masāle)।
Senses: glosses: plural of masala
tudder
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: Berry well, ſpoſe tudder gemmen ees keel; wot do laus ſay then?
ref: 1822 July 16, The New Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:
text: Well, de tudder 'oman she sot dar en talk en watch de neighbor 'woman mix up de dough for de bread, en dey run'd on des like wimmen folks does.
ref: 1892 October 20, Joel Chandler Harris, “Plantation Fables.--XIII.”, in The Russellville Democrat, Russellville, Arkansas, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 2:
text: I un'erstan', sah, dat you had a bad fall goin' hom fum de raffle tudder night. Fraction any bones, sah?
ref: 1915 June 30, The Day Book, Chicago, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21, column 1:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of the other.
Related terms: tother
SwiftTok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From (Taylor) Swift + -Tok.
Senses: examples: text: From SwiftTok to #Taylurking: How Taylor Swift redefined online fandom
ref: 2021 November 17, Zoya Raza-Sheikh, “From SwiftTok to #Taylurking: How Taylor Swift redefined online fandom”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2023:
text: After Swift announced the upcoming release of a new album, Midnights, at the 2022 Video Music Awards, SwiftTok immediately began formulating theories on everything from what artists might be featured on the album, to what the songs would be titled, to what genre the record would dabble in
ref: 2022 October 17, Kevin Hurler, “What is 'SwiftTok'? Inside Taylor Swift's Rabid TikTok Fanbase”, in Gizmodo, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2023:
text: The Travis Kelce quotes alone will keep SwiftTok busy for weeks.
ref: 2023 December 6, Sam Adams, “Taylor Swift Is Time’s Person of the Year, in Terrible News for Taylor Swift”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2023:
glosses: The community of TikTok users who are fans of singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.
bottable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒtəbəl/
Forms: form: more bottable
form: most bottable
Etymology: From bot + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Most of WoW is fun and not bottable. People who think it's bottable generally don't understand that all the interesting difficult game content happens after you hit the level cap.
ref: 2006 November 22, egarland, “Blizzard Unbans Linux World of Warcraft Players. Re:But they were cheating!”, in Slashdot:
glosses: That is susceptible or accessible for the use of automated tools.
Derived terms: bottability
Jesus year
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jesus years
Etymology: Referencing the Christian religious leader Jesus Christ, who is traditionally said to have been killed and resurrected at the age of 33 (although this chronology is disputed).
Senses: examples: text: It's not insignificant that on the last day of her Jesus Year, Ms. Sundel ended her blog post by quoting Silicon Valley icon Steve Jobs, who consistently interrupted his business ventures to embark upon spiritual quests: "You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever."
ref: 2012 April 6, Chris Koentges, Shelley Youngblut, “The rise of the Jesus Year”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2022:
text: The 'Jesus Year' is now also becoming the age in which young people – not necessarily only Christians, but everyone in this multicultural society – decide it's time to get serious about life, time to accomplish something.
ref: 2012 May 12, Douglas Todd, “The 'Jesus Year:' Its time has come”, in Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, B.C.: Postmedia Network Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2023:
text: While we could have gone to Vegas or New Orleans for our birthdays, Rob thought it would be special to spend the opening days of our Jesus years on a pilgrimage of sorts and go somewhere we never would have expected to go.
ref: 2022, Lou Perez, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore: On the Death and Rebirth of Comedy, New York, N.Y.; Nashville, T.N.: Bombardier Books, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
text: I could say it started when I turned 33—my Jesus year, the year I vowed to transcend anxiety and exhaustion and do my most important work, the year I would emerge from my cave of pandemic isolation and early parenthood and couples therapy as the second coming of myself.
ref: 2023 April 20, Zak Jason, “My Balls-Out Quest to Achieve the Perfect Scrotum”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2023:
text: Instead, at age 33, Swift has had a “Jesus year” that has found her ascending to almost godlike heights, showcasing her catalog at Springsteen-like lengths and still leaving fans with plenty of surprise-song FOMO.
ref: 2023 December 6, Sam Adams, “Taylor Swift Is Time’s Person of the Year, in Terrible News for Taylor Swift”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2023:
glosses: The year of a person's life when they are 33 years old, said to coincide with achieving success and personal growth.
wikipedia: Jesus Christ
Jesus years
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jesus year
bick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bicks
form: bicking
form: bicked
form: bicked
Etymology: From replacing the initial "K" with "B" in Blood wordplay.
Senses: examples: text: Bop bop bitch, give me top in the parking lot / Then bicked her out 'cause the bitch like to talk a lot, ayy
ref: 2019 October 31, RonRonTheProducer ft. Rucci, “BOP Bitch”:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Alternative form of kick.
Related terms: bick-iron
bicks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bick
bicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bick
bicked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bick
limeburner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limeburners
Etymology: From lime + burn + -er.
Senses: glosses: A tradesman who operates a limekiln, burning limestone at high heat to produce quicklime for use as an agricultural manure, in cement, and otherwise.
Coordinate terms: charcoal burner
Related terms: lime burning
limeburners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limeburner
grainish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grainish
form: most grainish
Etymology: From grain + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of grainy.
synonyms: word: grainy
unperks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unperk
unperking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of unperk
holiweek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holiweeks
Etymology: By analogy with holiday.
Senses: glosses: A week on which a festival or religious event is traditionally observed.
arteriolocapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the arterioles and the capillaries.
capillarigation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Capillary irrigation.
capillarisin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A specific biogenic chromone found in the herb Artemisia capillaris.
life review
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: life reviews
Senses: glosses: A phenomenon in a near-death experience, or in the afterlife, in which a person sees their life history, often described by people having experienced it as "having their life flash before their eyes".
capillaritron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An ion source consisting of a fine capillary and concentric electrode.
capillarography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of capillaries.
capillarographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to capillarography.
capillarimetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The measurement of the capillaries.
capillarometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of capillarimetry.
aquatorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquatoria
form: aquatoriums
Senses: examples: text: They argued that this is one of the few places in the world where the coast and the aquatorium remain in their primordial splendor.
ref: 1987 February, Victor Rudenko, “Kara-Dag: Pearl of the Crimea”, in Soviet Life, number 365, Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, →ISSN, page 35:
text: Characteristics of hydrodynamic noise are bound to hydrometeorological parameters of specific aquatorium.
ref: 2000, “Marine Hydrodynamics and Vehicle Control”, in The Ocean Engineering Handbook, CRC Press, →ISBN, Sea Ambient Noise—An Example from the Middle Adriatic, page 36:
text: During a seaquake sets of very steep standing waves form on the surface of the aquatorium, [...].
ref: 2015, Boris W. Levin, Mikhail A. Nosov, “General Information on Tsunami Waves, Seaquakes, and Other Catastrophic Phenomena in the Ocean”, in Physics of Tsunamis, 2nd edition, Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, Seaquakes: General Ideas, page 25:
glosses: a water area
examples: text: It's an aquatorium. They don't burn him. He gets dissolved.
ref: 2019, Russel T. Davies, Years and Years, episode 3, spoken by Edith Lyons (Jessica Hynes):
glosses: a facility where alkaline hydrolysis is performed
capillaroprotective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That protects capillaries from damage.
capillarosclerosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The hardening of the capillary walls.
capillaroscopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a capillaroscopic manner.
capillarotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That is toxic to the capillaries.
venotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Affecting the veins.
capillarotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a positive effect on the capillaries.
capillarotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Promoting capillary growth.
capillarovenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to capillaries and veins.
capillarylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Resembling a capillary.
choroidocapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the choroid and the capillaries.
Fishley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Upton with Fishley parish, Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG4011).
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Upton with Fishley
diffusocapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Describing capillary flows driven by diffusion.
Old Kannada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The language spoken in Karnataka, evolved into Kannada in 500 CE.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Kannada terms
Upton with Fishley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England, which includes the named places.
electro-capillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of electrocapillary.
glomerulocapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the glomerulus and the capillaries.
hemocapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to blood and capillaries.
haemocapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hemocapillary.
hypercapillarization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Excessive capillarization.
macrocapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrocapillaries
Senses: glosses: A macroscopic capillary.
gingerbread house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gingerbread houses
Senses: glosses: A novelty confectionery in the shape of a house, with walls, roof and sometimes chimney made of dense, crisp gingerbread, held together with frosting and decorated with candies; popular especially at Christmastime.
topics: architecture
glosses: A house in gingerbread style.
gingerbread houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gingerbread house
mneumonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From confusion of mnemonic and pneumonic.
Senses: examples: text: ... mneumonic form to serve as Editor inputs. New inputs plus sections of existing programs are combined to form a new Source. This Source is the input to the language Translator (Assembler or Compiler). OBJECT (BINARY) CODE LOADER[…]
ref: 1975, EDN:
text: ... mneumonic aliases consisting of a backslash and a letter. "\a" == "\xO7" # => true # ASCII 0x07 = BEL (Sound system ... mneumonic. Printable characters are output as their printable representation, even if another representation was used[…]
ref: 2006 July 19, Lucas Carlson, Leonard Richardson, Ruby Cookbook, "O'Reilly Media, Inc.", →ISBN, page 12:
text: ... mneumonic, Binary-opcode, Instruction length & instruction format (b) Write mneumonic, Binary-opcode, instruction length & instruction format into MOT.DAT & continue step (4) while choice = 1 Step 5: close MOT.DAT Step 6: if choice = 2[…]
ref: 2009 January 1, Rajiv Chopra, Operating System (A Practical App), S. Chand Publishing, →ISBN, page 466:
text: "[…] Mneumonic Success.” “The magical number seven plus or minus two.” is the norm in the human information storage system called memory. The Muslims can boast of exceptional success in both number and verbal memory. The authenticity of[…]
ref: 2010 October 4, Mourad Wahba, Averroes and the Enlightenment, Prometheus Books, →ISBN, page 178:
text: ... mneumonic. Readers who are familiar with the Client Map method of diagnosis and assessment already know how this simple acronym helps to make the process more thorough and effective by covering all the major elements of the treatment[…]
ref: 2016 January 26, Lourie W. Reichenberg, Linda Seligman, Selecting Effective Treatments: A Comprehensive, Systematic Guide to Treating Mental Disorders, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 3:
text: ... mneumonic has been used in critical care for improving liberation from mechanical ventilation. The addition of FGH to the mneumonic is in relation to PICS is to address issues with family and transitions of care, good handoff[…]
ref: 2021 July 19, Kendra Menzies Kent, MS, RN, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, TCRN, CENP, Adult CCRN® Certification Review, Second Edition: Think in Questions, Learn by Rationales, Springer Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 468:
glosses: Misspelling of mnemonic.
mneumonic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mneumonics
Etymology: From confusion of mnemonic and pneumonic.
Senses: examples: text: […] mneumonics, whose names were once a household word, are now scarcely remembered. Petrus de Ravenna, Schenkel, Willis, Feinaigle, Gouraud - have no longer the ear of the public. Mneumonics may be useful sometimes, but he who[…]
ref: 1901, William Henry Groves, The Rational Memory, page 62:
text: […] mneumonic 3.46 used in two-dimensions becomes a tensor or cube-shape in three- dimensions. To evolve the pressure to the next time step, each of the elements in the mneumonic form must be evaluated. A similar mneumonic is formed[…]
ref: 1999, An Automated Code Generator for Three-Dimensional Acoustic Wave Propagation with Geometrically Complex Solid Wall Boundaries:
text: ... mneumonics—from picking a PIN number associated with a birthday to recalling a spelling rule using a jingle (“i” before “e” except after “c”). Mneumonics are devices that help you remember something by linking it with something else.51[…]
ref: 2007 07, Caroline Boykin, The Well-Versed Family: Raising Kids of Faith Through Do-Able Scripture Memory, Tate Publishing, →ISBN, page 83:
glosses: Misspelling of mnemonic.
kiriban
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiribans
Etymology: Borrowed Japanese キリ番 (kiriban, “good digits”).
Senses: examples: text: The artist celebrated her 500 watcher kiriban.
text: Kiriban for obliviousoul! for getting my 1000th hit
ref: 2004 May 15, CoolBlueX, “Onimusha 3 Kiriban”, in deviantart.com:
text: Wuffle's 10,000 kiriban winners! No.1-4
ref: 2012 February 14, Piti Yindee, Wuffle Ultimate Collection:
text: Author's Notes: Summoning Secrets was the one who finally claimed my latest FFN kiriban (sort of...close enough that I gave it to her...not sure why FFN readers never seem interested in kiriban XD).
ref: 2014 May 19, Raberba girl, The Dragon Queen of Berk:
qualifier: social media
glosses: Especially in digital art communities, a milestone profile page viewcount or watcher count, often celebrated with a giveaway.
examples: text: This drawing is a kiriban I won for being her 500th watcher.
qualifier: social media
glosses: Especially in digital art communities, a milestone profile page viewcount or watcher count, often celebrated with a giveaway.
By extension, the prize itself in such a giveaway.
shaugh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shaughs
Senses: examples: text: And so the old nobility of England died up and down the ruts and shaughs, like wounded birds[.]
ref: 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 32, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 429:
glosses: Alternative form of sheugh (“a ditch”).
glosses: Alternative form of shaw (“a small wood”).
acroposthion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ækɹə(ʊ)ˈpɒsθɪən/
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of akroposthion.
Marxists-Leninists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Marxist-Leninist
Cosheston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and community in south Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0003).
microcapillarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being microcapillary.
monocapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monocapillaries
Senses: glosses: A single capillary tube.
nanocapillarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being nanocapillary.
paracapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Surrounding the capillaries.
subcapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Smaller than a capillary.
supercapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Too large for a capillary action to occur.
Aigburth Vale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb north of Aigburth, City of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3887).
vibrocapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the interaction between the capillary forces and vibrations.
asialo-choriogonadotropin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A specific antagonist of thyrotropin.
bichorionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dichorionic.
chorangiomatosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A placental disorder characterized by capillary vascular lesions.
chorioangiomatosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chorangiomatosis.
expressed emotion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expressed emotions
Senses: examples: text: High expressed emotion (EE) experienced by people with mental illness is a known risk factor of relapse.
ref: 2022 July 21, Siu-Man Ng, Siyu Gao, Amenda Man Wang, Christine Cheuk, Melody Hiu-ying Fung, “Survey of High Expressed Emotions Experienced By Community Mental Health Service Users in Hong Kong During the COVID-19 Pandemic”, in Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, volume 3, number 1, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 1:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: Negative or hostile attitudes expressed towards a person affected by mental illness by their family.
examples: text: Social media research has shown that expressed emotions are propagated among social media users (e.g., Coviello et al., 2014; Kramer et al., 2014).
ref: 2022 December 8, Eric Mayor, Marcel Miché, Roselind Lieb, “Associations between emotions expressed in internet news and subsequent emotional content on twitter”, in Heliyon, Cambridge, M.A.: Cell Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, page 2, column 2:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see expressed, emotion.
Derived terms: word: EE
expressed emotions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expressed emotion
dog who caught the tire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dogs who caught the tire
form: dog that caught the tire
form: dog that catches the tire
form: dog who caught the tyre
form: dog that caught the tyre
form: dog that catches the tyre
Senses: glosses: One who accomplishes a seemingly impossible feat, but does not know what to do next.
over-involvement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: over-involvements
Senses: examples: text: Until September, for half a decade or so, the President and the Congress — at first in legitimate reaction against the federal regulatory over-involvements of the nineteen seventies — have sought to roll back government.
ref: 1986, Kevin Phillips, “Toward a Bipartisan Competitiveness Strategy”, in Dave R[oss] Obey, Paul Sarbanes, editors, The Changing American Economy: Papers From the Fortieth Anniversary Symposium of the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress, New York, N.Y.: Basil Blackwell, →ISBN, page 211:
text: Ask your boss to share what contribution they expect from you and what they see the scope of your role to be. If their answer aligns with your views, you know they are unaware of their over-involvement.
ref: 2017 March 27, Ron Carucci, “How to Tell Your Boss to Stop Doing Your Job”, in Harvard Business Review, Brighton, M.A.: Harvard Business Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 May 2022:
glosses: Alternative form of overinvolvement.
over-involvements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of over-involvement
Wilmette
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Archange and Antoine Ouilmette, thus the spelling of Wilmette is phonetic.
Senses: glosses: A village in New Trier Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States.
wikipedia: Antoine Ouilmette
blucka
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: And when I rock her and drop her, I'm taking her door knockers / And if she's resistant, blucka, blucka, blucka
ref: 1994 September 13, The Notorious B.I.G., “Gimme the Loot”, in Ready to Die:
text: Blucka blucka to your fuckin knees / Six feet deep is where you gon sleep
ref: 2003 October 21, Turk, “Cock, Aim & Shoot”:
glosses: Representing the sound of gunfire.
raw_tags: in hip-hop
New Trier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A minor city in Hampton Township, Dakota County, Minnesota, United States.
failure is the best teacher
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Failing at something is the best way to gain experience and learn how to succeed at it.
postal rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postal rules
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mailbox rule.
synonyms: word: mailbox rule
postal rules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postal rule
letterbox company
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: letterbox companies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shell company.
synonyms: word: shell company
letterbox companies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of letterbox company
ghost companies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghost company
duits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of doits; plural of duit
Rüppell's sand fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rüppell's sand foxes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Rüppell's fox.
synonyms: word: Rüppell's fox
Tetoiu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Tetoiu.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Vâlcea County, Romania.
Padeș
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Padeș.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Gorj County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Padeș, Gorj County, Romania.
Eastchurch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Eastchurches
Senses: glosses: A surname
glosses: A village on the Isle of Sheppey.
juvenile court
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juvenile courts
Senses: topics: law
synonyms: youth court
glosses: A court that hears criminal cases involving juvenile offenders, and in some jurisdictions, matters relating to juveniles
phonepost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /foʊ̯npoʊst/
ipa: /foʊ̯npəʊst/
Forms: form: phoneposts
Etymology: From phone + -post.
Senses: examples: text: i can't figure out a way to turn spellcheck back on but not capitalize things so my phoneposts are riddled with spelling errors
ref: 2015 December 4, heliothaumic, Twitter:
text: phoneposts versus webapp posts are completely different in cadence and matter. diction lobotomized on a phone, even normal writing for brevity gets chopped down even further into and past the bone.
ref: 2022 October 16, FLAYERS_27XXX, Twitter:
glosses: An online post made on a mobile phone, especially one which contains typographical or formatting errors.
phonepost
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /foʊ̯npoʊst/
ipa: /foʊ̯npəʊst/
Forms: form: phoneposts
form: phoneposting
form: phoneposted
form: phoneposted
Etymology: From phone + -post.
Senses: examples: text: the first time ive ever phoneposted and i get this [followed by a screenshot of said user's ban from 4chan]
ref: 2017 September 29, turbo_ace, Twitter:
text: phoneposting so I can only post one thing at a time
hey I'm green and I draw my ocs a lot but sometimes I draw 💖 cute anime girls 💖
ref: 2019 March 30, viridiandrop, Twitter:
text: Huh, weird. I only phonepost, computer time is for getting shit done.
ref: 2021 August 17, merpalerpagus, Twitter:
glosses: To make an online post from a mobile phone, especially one which contains typographical or formatting errors.
phoneposted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of phonepost
phoneposting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of phonepost
phoneposts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phonepost
phoneposts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of phonepost
voice of reason
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voices of reason
Senses: examples: text: As if your hair-splitting, shifting-sands postathons are the lonely voice of reason in an uncomprehending universe.
ref: 2004, Hawkster, “Memorial day 2004”, in alt.radio.talk.dr-laura (Usenet):
text: [A]s Han Solo, always the voice of reason in the series, says, “I'm out of it for a little while, and everyone gets delusions of grandeur.”
ref: 2004, Tom Shone, Blockbuster: How Hollywood Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Summer, page 285:
glosses: One who articulates a sensible interpretation or course of action.
last dances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of last dance
re-electrify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-electrifies
form: re-electrifying
form: re-electrified
form: re-electrified
Etymology: From re- + electrify.
Senses: examples: text: As lines have been re-electrified, new rolling stock has been built by the firms of Werkspoor of Amsterdam, Beijnes of Haarlem and Allan of Rotterdam, and the position is now much easier.
ref: 1951 March, E. J. Tyler, “Post-War Recovery on the Netherlands Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 154:
glosses: To electrify again.
sand fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand foxes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Rüppell's fox
synonyms: word: Rüppell's fox
glosses: Synonym of pale fox
synonyms: word: pale fox
glosses: Synonym of Tibetan fox
synonyms: word: Tibetan fox
glosses: Synonym of Corsac fox
synonyms: word: Corsac fox
Derived terms: African sand fox
Rüppell's sand fox
Tibetan sand fox
sand foxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sand fox
Snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Snake
re-electrified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of re-electrify.
latent prints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of latent print
lateral sinuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lateral sinus
leg locks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leg lock
waistwraps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waistwrap
vivotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vivotoxin
virtue ethicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virtue ethicist
ultramicrocentrifuges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultramicrocentrifuge
tyrannoraptorans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tyrannoraptoran
tuckerizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tuckerization
trichoderms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trichoderm
flog-bottomist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌflɒɡˈbɒtəmɪst/
rhymes: -ɒtəmɪst
Forms: form: flog-bottomists
Etymology: From flog + bottom (“buttocks”) + -ist.
Senses: qualifier: school slang
glosses: A teacher or tutor with a propensity for caning students.
flog-bottomists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flog-bottomist
nucleocuvettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nucleocuvette
nucleomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nucleome
nuisance grounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuisance ground
nullcones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nullcone
octacontagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of octacontagon
omniscientists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omniscientist
orbital processes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orbital process
orfamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orfamide
Otaheitans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Otaheitan
osteoliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osteolith
low teas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of low tea
Nile fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nile foxes
Senses: glosses: A subspecies of red fox found in Egypt; Vulpes vulpes niloticus.
Nile foxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nile fox
suckee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suckees
Etymology: From suck + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: It [the glory hole] had a diameter of about three inches and was located at a level above the floor that I assumed might make the sucker comfortable but could have caused a charley horse for the suckee.
ref: 1976 April 26, Nancy Walker, “Glory, Glory HoJo's”, in Gay Community News, page 20:
glosses: A recipient of fellatio.
preacherese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From preacher + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: Block's tone in different passages runs the gamut from the most cloying, self-helpish pep talk to revival-tent preacherese, but is characterized throughout by intellectual murkiness and psychological jargon that will leave many a parent completely confused about what Dr. Block is talking about.
ref: 1976 April 26, Duncan Mitchel, “Boys and Girls Together”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
glosses: preacherlike diction or terminology.
self-helpish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more self-helpish
form: most self-helpish
Senses: examples: text: Block's tone in different passages runs the gamut from the most cloying, self-helpish pep talk to revival-tent preacherese, but is characterized throughout by intellectual murkiness and psychological jargon that will leave many a parent completely confused about what Dr. Block is talking about.
ref: 1976 April 26, Duncan Mitchel, “Boys and Girls Together”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
glosses: Reminiscent of the self-help movement or literature.
heterocentrist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heterocentrist
form: most heterocentrist
Senses: examples: text: We need to ask questions about these occupations, as well as about connections between effeminacy and gay identity. These questions cannot be asked if we allow the history of masculinity to begin from heterocentrist assumptions.
ref: 1976 April 26, Joseph Interrante, “The History of Masculinity”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
glosses: Exhibiting heterocentrism
stigmatophores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stigmatophore
slime sponges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slime sponge
silkyscales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silkyscale
silicophosphates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silicophosphate
juvenile courts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juvenile court
Sasquatches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sasquatch
pyriform sinuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyriform sinus
nitrosoproteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nitrosoprotein
microzoarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microzoarian
microlancets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microlancet
isononanoic acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isononanoic acid
fungitarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fungitarian
furcasternums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furcasternum
unplatform
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unplatforms
form: unplatforming
form: unplatformed
form: unplatformed
form: un-platform
Etymology: From un- + platform.
Senses: examples: text: In a sense, however, we can see the IJV signatories as dominated by what Lambert calls the 'Western-intellectual Jews', 'thinkers' or the 'unplatformed': Jewish intellectuals who have an ambivalent relationship with the mainstream Jewish community and its organizations.
ref: 2010, Keith Kahn-Harris, Ben Gidley, Turbulent Times: The British Jewish Community Today, page 156:
text: My first thesis – and it is one that is borne out both by Jack Dorsey's initial response to the co-ordinated attempt to 'unplatform' Alex Jones and by the basis on which he later permanently suspended Jones's account – […]
ref: 2020, Paul S Davies, Magda Raczynska, Contents of Commercial Contracts: Terms Affecting Freedoms:
text: The term 'cancel culture' has evolved to describe the un-platforming or de-listing of people whose views we consider offensive.
ref: 2022, Stephen Frost, The Key to Inclusion, page 4:
text: This apathy also quickly turned to anger and confrontation when at least one licensed lay reader in the Church of England had his sermon 'cancelled' , 'un-platformed' and 'deleted' from the internet because he had the apparent audacity to challenge this apathy and indifference in one small market town in the West Country.
ref: 2023, Richard Norton, Julian of Norwich and the Problem of Evil:
glosses: To prevent someone from using a platform to express their opinion; deplatform.
informal learning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: An unstructured form of acquiring knowledge, characterized by its spontaneous nature and absence of predetermined goals.
information deficit model
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Enhancing scientific literacy occurs through increased engagement from the scientific community, leading to a more informed public capable of science-based decision-making.
plaisanteur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plaisanteurs
Etymology: From French plaisanteur.
Senses: glosses: A jokester.
Related terms: pleasantry
hand washes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hand wash
hand washes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hand wash
hand washed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hand wash
hand-wash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hand-washes
form: hand-washing
form: hand-washed
form: hand-washed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hand wash.
hand-washes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hand-wash
hand-washes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hand-wash
hand-washed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hand-wash
tumble dries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tumble dry
tumble drying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tumble dry
tumble dried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tumble dry
tumble-dries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tumble-dry
tumble-drying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tumble-dry
tumble-dried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tumble-dry
choriodeciduitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The inflammation of the choriodecidua.
chorioditis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of choroiditis.
choriogonin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Chorionic gonadotropin.
Pumpkin Seed Point
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unidentified location in the Hopi Reservation, Arizona, United States.
Dunning-Krugerrand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dunning-Krugerrands
Etymology: Blend of Dunning-Kruger effect + Krugerrand.
Senses: glosses: A bitcoin.
choriolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The breakdown of the chorion of an egg.
chorioplacental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the chorioplacenta.
chorioretinotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That is toxic to the choroid and retina of the eye.
BSOD'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of BSOD
human choriosomatomammotrophin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of human chorionic somatomammotropin.
human choriosomatomammotropin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of human chorionic somatomammotropin.
human chorionic somatomammotrophin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: human chorionic somatomammotrophins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of human chorionic somatomammotropin.
human chorionic somatomammotropin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: human chorionic somatomammotropins
Senses: glosses: A protein hormone produced by the placenta during pregnancy.
choriovitreal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the choroid and vitreous humor.