cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
silver grain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The lines or narrow plates of cellular tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple, pine, cherry, etc.
blackberry lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackberry lilies
Senses: synonyms: leopard flower
leopard lily
glosses: Iris domestica, an ornamental plant (not a true lily).
lily iron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lily irons
Senses: glosses: A kind of harpoon with a detachable head of peculiar shape, used in catching swordfish.
whistling buoy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whistling buoys
Senses: synonyms: word: groaner
topics: nautical
transport
word: whistle buoy
glosses: A buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown by the action of the waves.
out of frame
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: nor the devil himself , could hurt them, nor make them to go out of frame
ref: 1530, Hugh Latimer, letter to King Henry VIII:
glosses: Not in correct order or condition; irregular; disarranged.
examples: text: To keep his identity mysterious, the boss only speaks from out of frame.
glosses: Not shown in a photographic frame, although present elsewhere in the scene that the frame depicts.
out of season
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: antonyms: in season
glosses: Not in a proper season or time; untimely; inopportune.
Related terms: low season
off-season
lost motion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of lash (“play within a mechanism”).
synonyms: word: lash
extra: play within a mechanism
bristlehead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bristleheads
form: bristle-head
Etymology: From bristle + head.
Senses: glosses: Pityriasis gymnocephala, a passerine bird endemic to Borneo, having short barbless feathers on the crown.
glosses: A head of a brush, containing a series of bristles.
bristleheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bristlehead
fishcam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishcams
Etymology: From fish + cam.
Senses: examples: text: We now have radio and TV broadcasts over the Web, fishcams, satellite weather maps, pictures of naked women, bulletin boards, database interfaces, Web search programs, and who knows what else?
ref: 1997, Kevin Marlowe, Jeff Rowe, Microsoft Office 97 Internet developer's guide, page 39:
text: […] D. J. Riebesell […] chronicles his fishkeeping on the web and is an early adoptee of fishtank webcams. He has not one but two fishcams, one for a community tank and one for a tank of C. frontosa.
ref: 1999, Tropical Fish Hobbyist, volume 47, numbers 5-8, page 156:
text: The website has a fishcam, so you can look at your fish before you buy.
ref: 2007, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Nick Fisher, The River Cottage Fish Book, page 590:
glosses: A webcam used to capture and publish images of fish.
fishcams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fishcam
geometric square
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geometric squares
Senses: glosses: A portable instrument in the form of a square frame for ascertaining distances and heights by measuring angles.
chopped and screwed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: slowed and throwed
screwed and chopped
glosses: A technique of remixing hip-hop music by reducing the tempo and then modifying the track by skipping beats, record scratching, etc.
Related terms: chop and screw
unrelinquishable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + relinquishable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be relinquished.
relinquishable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From relinquish + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be relinquished.
brass hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brass hat
outlandishnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outlandishness
unbizarre
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbizarre
form: most unbizarre
Etymology: From un- + bizarre.
Senses: examples: text: But again, one of the most bizarre things about the Theater of All Possibilities' cosmic drama was how unbizarre it was, and how much, in its own fantastical way, it reflected other American dramas of its time.
ref: 2009, Rebecca Reider, Dreaming the Biosphere: The Theater of All Possibilities:
glosses: Not bizarre.
turn one's hand to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: turns one's hand to
form: turning one's hand to
form: turned one's hand to
form: turned one's hand to
form: put one's hand to
form: set one's hand to
Senses: examples: text: Having failed as a musician, I turned my hand to pottery instead.
glosses: To adapt or apply oneself to; to engage in; to undertake.
P-Celtic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Any Celtic languages (such as Brythonic or Gaulish) which show /p/ as a reflex of Proto-Indo-European *kʷ.
Related terms: Q-Celtic
islandic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more islandic
form: most islandic
Etymology: From island + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: insular
text: What if the death of Britannia heightened awareness of the non-political culture that spans the entire archipelago – the islandic world?
ref: 2014 July 23, James Meek, The Guardian:
glosses: Pertaining to an island or group of islands.
mainpage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mainpages
Senses: examples: text: Internet users can access the mainpage of our correlator at: http://www.iof.optics.kth.se/rolph%2520project/correl0.html.
ref: 1998, R. Hey, B. Noharet, H. Sjöberg, “Internet remote-controlled optical correlator based on 256×256 FLC spatial light modulators”, in Pierre Chavel, David A[ndrew] B[arclay] Miller, Hugo Thienpont, editors, Optics in Computing ’98, Bellingham, Wash.: SPIE—The International Society for Optical Engineering, →ISBN, page 224:
text: You can choose from eight main topics available on the mainpage. […] We have designed the mainpage for streamlining. Our Java Applet on the mainpage offers basic sitemap. […] The mainpage contains a link called “email MSMS with Questions and Comments” that enables users to send messages directly to MSMS staff.
ref: 1999 January, Randy Gavorin, “How Can MSMS Work for You?”, in Michigan Medicine, volume 98, number 1, East Lansing, Mich.: Michigan State Medical Society, →ISSN, pages 6 and 9:
text: The Library of Congress Webpage is a great place to start research on any subject. You can access a number of features from the mainpage in addition to the library catalogue, such as special exhibitions and the Copyright office.
ref: 2000, Carol Lea Clark, Working the Web: A Student’s Research Guide (English: HITS.on the Web), 2nd edition, Fort Worth, Tex.: Harcourt College Publishers, →ISBN, page 85:
text: Each reading text has a mainpage giving basic information and a link to the corresponding audio file²⁵. […] Indeed, highlighted words are straightforward left-clickable links to relevant historical, biographical or cultural information, which appears in the central frame of the text’s mainpage. […] From the CALL point of view, the course is poor for it consists of just a mainpage with a Table of Contents whose items point at the rest of the webpages, each webpage being a chapter. […] The mainpage contains the hypertext links to the tutorials or lessons.
ref: 2002, Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes, “OE CAI: Computer-assisted Instruction of Old English”, in Pascual Pérez-Paredes, Pascual Cantos-Gómez, editors, New Trends in Computer Assisted Language Learning and Teaching (International Journal of English Studies; volume 2, number 1), Murcia: University of Murcia, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 214–218:
text: Translations of President Putin’s speeches are available at the English version of the presidential website that should be accessed from the mainpage (http://president.kremlin.ru/mainpage.shtml).
ref: 2008, Pavel K[imovich] Baev, Russian Energy Policy and Military Power: Putin’s Quest for Greatness (Contemporary Security Studies), Abingdon, Oxon; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 227:
glosses: Alternative form of main page.
Bieberite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bieberites
Etymology: From Bieber + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Few male fans were on hand Tuesday night, which according to Bieberites is purely due to envy.
ref: 2010 September 15, Jen Skerritt, “OMG!”, in Winnipeg Free Press:
text: It's a movie created solely for the legions of teen and younger Bieberites (or whatever they call themselves), and a chance for them to see their icon in all the glory of three-dimensions.
ref: 2011, Justin Souther, "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never", Mountain Express, Volume 17, Issue 30, 16 February 2011 - 22 February 2011, page 56
text: The two momentary stars were then mobbed by the Bieberites looking to debrief them for any intel they could supply on the singer’s movements inside the hotel, and possible points of entry to the safe zone.
ref: 2011 April 12, Ben Hartman, “Bieber loyalists keep vigil outside the pop star’s TA hotel”, in Jerusalem Post:
glosses: A fan of Canadian singer Justin Bieber.
Synonyms: Belieber
Osos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oso
UGC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: social media
glosses: Initialism of user-generated content.
UGC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Uppsala General Catalogue.
rediculous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rediculous
form: most rediculous
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:rediculous.
glosses: Alternative spelling of ridiculous.
uniform distribution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uniform distributions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A symmetric probability distribution wherein every outcome is equally likely to occur at any point in the distribution.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The presence of a roughly equal distance between specimens of a particular species within their normal species range.
Related terms: clumped distribution
clumped distribution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clumped distributions
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The tendency of specimens of a particular species to appear in discrete groups at different places within their species range.
Related terms: uniform distribution
Hang-chou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 杭州 (Hángzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Hang²-chou¹.
Senses: examples: text: They are said to have been invented by the people of Hang-chou, the capital of Chekiang ; but it is quite possible that the hint may have first reached China from the west.
ref: 1880, P'u Sung-ling, “The Disembodied Friend”, in Herbert A. Giles, transl., Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, volume 2, De La Rue, →OCLC, page 120:
text: Ju is an imperial ware of the Sung Dynasty, that takes its name from the district in Honan where it was first developed; the kiln site has not yet been firmly identified. The ware is generally believed to have been made for the Northern Sung court only from A.D. 1107 to 1127, the latter date coinciding with the enforced withdrawal of the court to Hang-chou in the south, as the result of the Chin Tartar invasion from the north.
ref: 1965, Margaret Medley, A Handbook of Chinese Art for Collectors and Students, Horizon Press Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 71:
text: After moving about the area south of the Yangtze River for several years, the emperor settled the government in the city of Hang-chou in 1132.
ref: 1974, John H. Winkelman, The Imperial Library in Southern Sung China, 1127-1279 : A Study of the Organization and Operation of the Scholarly Agencies of the Central Government, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 12:
text: However, the late Hsia and the Shang were considerably warmer, possibly comparable to Hang-chou today, an area where bamboo proliferates.
ref: 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare, Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 490:
glosses: Alternative form of Hangzhou.
wikipedia: Army Map Service
Encyclopædia Britannica
Hang-chau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From an irregular romanization of Mandarin Chinese 杭州 (Hángzhōu, literally “capital of Hang”).
Senses: examples: text: The pictures that have been introduced were taken from a superb edition of a History of Buddha, republished recently at Hang-châu in Cheh-kiang, and profusely illustrated in the best style of Chinese art.
ref: [1886 June, James Legge, “Preface”, in A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms, Oxford, page xi:
text: From amongst the native Christians two or three men were found as helpers for the recently arrived party, who hoped to make their way inland at once, in the direction of Hang-chau.
ref: 1893, M. Geraldine Guinness, The Story of the China Inland Mission, volume 1, London: Morgan and Scott, page 287:
text: Now Hu-chau is forty-three miles, and Ka-shing sixty-three miles from Hang-chau (Kinsay).
ref: 1937, John Frampton, transl., The Travels of Marco Polo, 2nd edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, page liv:
glosses: Alternative form of Hangzhou.
harris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæɹɪs/
Etymology: * (rhyming slang): Ellipsis of harris tweed (“weed, marijuana”); from Harris tweed.
Senses: examples: I'd rather stay in with some harris than go to the pub after work tonight.
glosses: A dried preparation of the flowering tops or other parts of the cannabis plant used as a psychotropic drug.
Pilumnus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A minor Roman god guarding the good health and growth of children.
red ensign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red ensigns
Senses: examples: text: Both Worthing and Brighton sail under the red ensign and are excellent testimonials to their British builders, William Denny & Brothers, from whose yard so many notable cross-channel and shallow-draught vessels have come.
ref: 1939 June, G. W. Tripp, “The Modern Railway Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, page 392:
glosses: The flag flown by a British merchant ship.
glosses: Such a flag bearing the coat of arms of Canada, formerly used as a semi-official national flag of Canada.
astrakhaned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From astrakhan + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing astrakhan.
megilloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megillah
megillot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megillah
Overman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈoʊvɚmən/
homophone: overman
Senses: examples: text: Honourable Members will perceive that it is stated, on the authority of Mr. Overman, vice-chairman of the Ampthill board, that the wages of the labourers in his neighbourhood had been raised since the law came into operation.
ref: 1838, John Henry Barrow, The Mirror of Parliament:
glosses: A surname.
counterstock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterstocks
Etymology: From counter- + stock.
Senses: glosses: counterfoil
counterstocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterstock
Grobanites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Grobanite
Glamberts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Glambert
Durannies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Durannie
Wholigans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wholigan
Phans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Phan
Smilers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Smiler
you'll get yours
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: You will get what you deserve, or what is coming to you. Said confrontationally as a prediction implying eventual vindication of the speaker and eventual comeuppance for the hearer; also sometimes used as a threat.
Related terms: have it coming
have it your way
just deserts
you in hell
flannelmouths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flannelmouth
crackerbread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crackerbreads
Etymology: From cracker + bread.
Senses: glosses: A kind of flat, crunchy cracker made with rye.
crackerbreads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crackerbread
Freudianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Freudian + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being Freudian.
leadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlidəbl̩/
Forms: form: more leadable
form: most leadable
Etymology: From lead + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being led.
Derived terms: leadableness
unleadable
unleadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unleadable
form: most unleadable
Etymology: From un- + leadable.
Senses: glosses: Incapable of being led.
Ghu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡuː/
ipa: /ɡʰuː/
rhymes: -uː
Forms: form: ghu
form: GhuGhu
form: ghughu
Senses: examples: text: Neofans and old ones too/Shout the praise of the Great Ghod Ghu,
ref: 1956 November-December, Walt Leibscher, “Go, Fan, Go”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 2, page 32:
text: "Great Ghu!" said Dorothy. "Why, this must be the True Fandom that I've read about! Where everyone is a fan, even the animals and machines and all!"
ref: 1959, Terry Carr, Ron Ellik (as Carl Brandon), “The Scarecrow”, in The BNF of Iz, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2013:
text: “Why in the name of Ghu should we want to?” asked Thak in amazement.
ref: 1991, Peter David, The Rift, →ISBN, page 189:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A mock deity of early science fiction fandom; a fannish ghod.
Hypernyms: ghod
Coordinate terms: Foo
giftset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giftsets
form: gift set
Etymology: From gift + set.
Senses: examples: text: This is a beautifully laid out website offering just about every fragrance, with bath and body products to match, and a small range of cosmetics and skincare, plus jewellery and fragrance giftsets (excellent for presents).
ref: 2007, Patricia Davidson, The Shopaholic's Guide to Buying Fashion and Beauty Online:
text: Inside Kayla found a giftset from Bath and Body Works and an envelope. She opened it and found a gift certificate to a day spa. Kayla squealed in delight.
ref: 2013, La Jill Hunt, Drama Queen, page 167:
glosses: A set of products packaged together for individual sale as a gift.
gift set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gift sets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of giftset.
giftsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giftset
sweetgum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweetgums
Etymology: From sweet + gum.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sweet gum.
sweetgum tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweetgum trees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sweet gum tree.
memory holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of memory hole
atwitch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˈtwɪt͡ʃ/
Etymology: From a- + twitch.
Senses: examples: text: My fingers were all atwitch.
glosses: twitching
twitch game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twitch games
Senses: examples: text: ‘They’re Twitch Games,’ he grinned, ‘arcade games. An adventure game is one where you use your mind; if you can type, you can play an adventure. If you require anything other than that, you’ve got a twitch game — an arcade game — where your skill of movement is more important than your thinking. […]
ref: 1985, Scott Adams, quoted in Graeme Kidd, Great Scott!, in Crash issue 15
text: The Internet is a bad bet for online versions of twitch games because the Internet can be about as split-second and consistent as your average presidential candidate.
ref: 2003, Jessica Mulligan, Bridgette Patrovsky, Developing Online Games: An Insider's Guide, page 157:
text: The fun of twitch games comes from the mastery of a difficult dexterity challenge.
ref: 2009, Brenda Brathwaite, Ian Schreiber, Challenges for Game Designers, page 113:
topics: video-games
glosses: A video game requiring fast reactions.
twitch games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twitch game
pepper jelly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A condiment made with peppers, vinegar, sugar, salt and fruit pectin.
Creole cream cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of farmer cheese, traditional in the New Orleans area.
eggs Sardou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After Victorien Sardou.
Senses: glosses: A Louisiana Creole dish made with poached eggs, artichoke bottoms, creamed spinach and hollandaise sauce.
wikipedia: Victorien Sardou
Takic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Proto-Takic *taka (“person”), from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *taka (“person”).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family containing the Cupan and the Serran languages, if they are considered to belong to such a branch.
manic pixie dream girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manic pixie dream girl
youthsploitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From youth + -sploitation (from exploitation film).
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A genre of exploitation films starring young actors.
Hyponyms: teensploitation
Buffista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Buffistas
Etymology: From Buffy + -ista.
Senses: examples: text: > Well, to *you* I yield precedence, but the rest of these whippersnappers
> ought to bow to my half-century. And I've been a Buffista from Day One.
ref: 2002 February 19, Bill Reid (quoting Charles Stanley), “Re: Am I the only old man here?”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):
text: Of course if they entice the 'Buffy crowd', there'll be a lot of Buffistas reading Jinx High for the first time and complaining about it ripping off the Buffy episode "The Witch" (my first usenet post about Buffy was to abml about a certain rather obvious plot resemplance^([sic]) there).
ref: 2005 August 31, William George Ferguson, “Re: New release of Tregarde series?”, in alt.books.m-lackey (Usenet):
text: We didn't discuss it further, and continued sitting on our asses watching the TV. But a couple weeks later, late at night, another Buffista pondered the idea online.
ref: 2007, Allyson Beatrice, Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby?: True Adventures in Cult Fandom, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 189:
glosses: A fan of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Synonyms: Buffaholic
Buffian
Buffyholic
Buffyite
Hypernyms: Whedonite
dissensuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dissensus
shinais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shinai
Buffyite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Buffyites
Etymology: From Buffy + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: 46 and proud to be a Buffyite. One of the best shows on the tube.
ref: 1998 May 25, Georg McLaughlin, “Re: Newbie (ages ?)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):
text: Buffyites [felt] the show had slipped this year, falling into a very administration-like (and un-Buffy-like) us vs. them moral schema.
ref: 2005, Rhonda Wilcox (quoting Eric Alterman), Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I. B. Tauris & Co Ltd (2006), unnumbered page
text: Although Internet communities are virtual, it is the hypothesis of this paper that the virtcom can become a real community, by means of which Buffyites and Angelites can regularly interact.
ref: 2009, Mary Kirby-Diaz, “Buffy, Angel, and the Creation of Virtual Communities”, in Mary Kirby-Diaz, editor, Buffy and Angel Conquer the Internet: Essays on Online Fandom, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: A fan of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Synonyms: Buffaholic
Buffian
Buffista
Buffyholic
Hypernyms: Whedonite
Buffyites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Buffyite
Buffistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Buffista
Angelite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪnd͡ʒəlaɪt/
Forms: form: Angelites
Etymology: From Angel + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Dear Buffyites and Angelites:
Happy 3rd Millennium and 21st Century!
ref: 2001 January 1, Tim Bruening, “1st Post Of 3rd Millennium!”, in alt.tv.angel (Usenet):
text: Probably as a result of the majority of diehard Angelites having already seen it on Sky and/or bought the video sets.
ref: 2003 March 7, Mark Stevens, “Re: SMG leaving Buffy :(”, in uk.media.tv.misc (Usenet):
text: Although Internet communities are virtual, it is the hypothesis of this paper that the virtcom can become a real community, by means of which Buffyites and Angelites can regularly interact.
ref: 2009, Mary Kirby-Diaz, “Buffy, Angel, and the Creation of Virtual Communities”, in Mary Kirby-Diaz, editor, Buffy and Angel Conquer the Internet: Essays on Online Fandom, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: A fan of the television series Angel.
Hypernyms: Whedonite
Angelites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Angelite
Yuecheng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 越城 (Yuèchéng, literally “Yue City”).
Senses: glosses: The downtown district of modern Shaoxing, corresponding to the former Yue and imperial Chinese city of Kuaiji.
Buffyholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Buffyholics
Etymology: From Buffy + -holic.
Senses: examples: text: Anyway, I was thinking that some of us Buffyholics could meet there and perhaps organize a Denver "goober" for Buffy's season premiere.
ref: 1998 August 13, barklage [username], “Starcon 98 (Denver)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):
text: Cordesman was introduced to Buffy by Buffyholics in his family, watched an episode or two, perceived analogies between the show and America's approach to threats of biological warfare, and developed Buffy into compounds that expressed his views on security.
ref: 2003, Michael Adams, Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 100:
text: Before “Prophecy Girl,” I thought Buffy was a pretty cool show with some great moments, way better than anything else on the box. In its wake, I was an obsessive Buffy'''holic.
ref: 2009, Justine Larbalestier, “A Buffy Confession”, in Glenn Yeffeth, editor, Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Discuss Their Favorite Television Show, BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 78:
glosses: A fan of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Synonyms: Buffaholic
Buffian
Buffista
Buffyite
Hypernyms: Whedonite
vampireyness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vampirey + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: If I remember correctly, the episode $teve's talking about also featured Nick getting caught on camera by a TV news crew, and he was unable to hypnotise her to make her forget because she had physical evidence of his vampireyness.
ref: 2001 July 28, Adam James Fitzpatrick, “Re: A few questions about Angel 2.21 - SPOILERS”, in aus.tv.buffy (Usenet):
text: For reasons that defy explanation, they're PUNS. Monstrous puns. Puns so eye-rollingly BAD, they're an abomination to the vampire's refined senses. This affront to their immortal good taste leaves them writhing in agony—exposing all manner of vampireyness.
ref: 2013, Rita Harris, Heather Harwood, Your Guide to Spotting and Outing Bloodsuckers at Work, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 4:
text: Age Suitability: Teens and above due to vampireyness and possible bad language.
ref: 2013, Nine Worlds Geekfest 2013 Programme and Schedule, page 53:
glosses: The state or quality of being vampirey.
Buffyholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Buffyholic
dieselisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dieselisations
Etymology: From diesel + -isation.
Senses: examples: text: Camden motive power depot has been much criticised for its emission of smoke in a residential neighbourhood and its complete dieselisation is rapidly taking place.
ref: 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99:
text: It is understood that the WR is planning the completion of dieselisation on the Welsh side of the Severn Tunnel by the end of the year. [...] There are also reports that the WR is aiming at complete dieselisation of its operations by the end of 1965, although to achieve this it seems possible that transfers of diesel orders from other Regions will be necessary.
ref: 1964 August, “News and Comment: WR fully dieselised by 1966?”, in Modern Railways, page 87:
glosses: Alternative form of dieselization.
Related terms: dieselise
dieselisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dieselisation
Buffaholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Buffaholics
Etymology: From Buffy + -aholic.
Senses: examples: text: For all you UK Buffaholics out there, there's an SMG interview in this week's (month's?) TV Hits magazine.
ref: 1999 January 14, Jonathan Nickson, “SMG interview”, in alt.fan.sarah-m-gellar (Usenet):
text: I'm am^([sic]) always online late Tuesday....gotta see what the Buffaholics thought about the new ep. I love Feb sweeps <G>.
ref: 2001 February 10, Karen Marie, “Re: Smackdown & Thunder”, in alt.pro-wrestling.wwf (Usenet):
text: I am a 36-yr-old mother of two pre-shcoolers and I am a proud Buffaholic (not too mention Angelholic).
ref: 2001 December 18, Sharon V, “True Age Demographic”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):
glosses: A fan of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Synonyms: Buffista
Buffyholic
Buffian
Buffyite
Hypernyms: Whedonite
Buffaholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Buffaholic
Buffian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Buffians
Etymology: From Buffy + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Sorry to have missed meeting the Canberra Buffians.
ref: 2000 January 17, Rachel, “Re: Inaugural ACT Buffy Meet”, in aus.tv.buffy (Usenet):
text: In all this time it still hasn't occurred to you that Buffians couldn't possibly give less of a shit about ratings?
ref: 2001 May 31, Forge [username], “Re: Wonky wins in Finale Ratings! Outraged DA fans demand recount!”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):
text: Yay - 'nother Buffian :D
ref: 2002 June 2, Trin, “Re: ROLL CALL!”, in uk.religion.pagan (Usenet):
glosses: A fan of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Synonyms: Buffista
Buffaholic
Buffyholic
Buffyite
Hypernyms: Whedonite
Buffians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Buffian
Whedonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Whedonites
Etymology: From Whedon + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: In this way, on the one hand, Whedonites can better appreciate Joss's corpus by examining how certain themes have continued and evolved post–Buffy the Vampire Slayer; […]
ref: 2011, Dean A. Kowalski, S. Evan Kreider, “Introduction”, in Dean A. Kowalski, S. Evan Kreider, editors, The Philosophy of Joss Whedon, The University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 5:
text: Unfortunately, this pop-culture reference was cancelled before most students even got their hands on the last edition of this textbook, and chances are that only the geekiest of Whedonites know anything about it, […]
ref: 2012, Douglas A. Van Belle, A Novel Approach to Politics: Introducing Political Science through Books, Movies, and Popular Culture, CQ Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 7:
text: Devoted Whedonites (who are among the most passionate fan bases around) gave the 42-minute episode the full Rocky Horror treatment, including costumes, reenactments, and homemade props.
ref: 2014, Ethan Alter, Film Firsts: The 25 Movies That Created Contemporary American Cinema, Praeger, published 2014, →ISBN:
glosses: A fan of screenwriter and director Joss Whedon and his work, which includes the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly.
Synonyms: Whedonian
Hyponyms: sense: Angel fan
word: Angelite
word: Buffian
word: Buffista
word: Buffaholic
word: Buffyholic
word: Buffyite
word: Browncoat
word: flan
Whedonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Whedonite
Dueser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Duesers
Senses: examples: text: It's a whole weekend designed for us to get together with fellow Duesers and celebrate our favorite show.
ref: 1998 August 2, Your RCW 139 - ACAM&AC Organizers, “Due South Convention This Week!”, in tor.arts (Usenet):
text: The bulk of Duesers on alt.tv.due-south are Americans and ask lots of questions about Canada, and express a genuine interest and warmth towards us and our country.
ref: 1999 January 19, Gary L. Dare, “Re: US / CANADA trade dispute (magazines) - BOYCOTT?”, in soc.culture.canada (Usenet):
text: "Due South" is produced on double-sided CDs and I don't know many Duesers that actually appreciate that, they think it looks cheap apparently.
ref: 2004 July 14, Adrienne Purple, “Re: Season 2 is on the way!”, in rec.arts.sf.tv.quantum-leap (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of the television series Due South.
Duesers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dueser
Truebie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Truebies
Etymology: From true + -bie.
Senses: examples: text: Modern Aussie Western Red Hill, starring True Bloods Ryan Kwanten, was well received by audiences at the Palace Centro on Friday night – but not as well received as Kwanten himself who was mobbed by hordes of 'Truebies''.
ref: 2010 November 17, Baz Mcalister, “Biff! Wham! Kapow!”, in Time Off, number 1502, page 38:
text: Either way, there's no denying a Truebie's thirst, and here's three cocktails to celebrate the premiere.
ref: 2013 June, “True Blood Cocktail Recipes”, in Living Out, volume 1, number 7, page 55:
text: If you're a Truebie, I already know what you're thinking: "Great…but what about ERIC?"
ref: 2014, Shona Dustan, "Bad Blood", Roswell Daily Record (TV Screens insert), 20 June 2014, page 4
glosses: A fan of the television series True Blood.
Truebies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Truebie
in two
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: They carry a branch half a day, meaning to do great things with it, and then they snap it in two.
ref: 1894 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Kaa’s Hunting”, in The Jungle Book, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published June 1894, →OCLC, page 47:
text: [I]f you can cleave it in two with one stroke of your sword, I will give you my daughter to wife.
ref: 1900, Andrew Lang, “The Twin Brothers”, in The Grey Fairy Book:
text: [S]outherners are expected to vote overwhelmingly to carve Africa's biggest country in two.
ref: 2011 January 10, Alex Perry, “Can Sudan Split Without Falling Apart?”, in Time, retrieved 23 Jul 2014:
synonyms: in half
in twain
qualifier: set phrase
glosses: Into two parts.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Performed further back than "in one", but still not fully upstage.
Hyponyms: asunder
hard row to hoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hard rows to hoe
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of long row to hoe.
Che-chiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 浙江 (Zhè Jiāng, literally “crooked river”): Chê⁴-chiang¹; from a former name of the Qiantang River.
Senses: examples: text: Again, the great majority of Chinese residents on the French and English settlements are Che-chiang and Keang-si refugees who have not paid their proper taxes, and who have fled there since the great collection of the allied troops, and who carry on their business solely by their protection ; and as unless the troops are maintained the people cannot continue to enjoy security, as they are innumerable, I have proposed to divide them into three classes, the first paying five dollars, the second one dollar, the third half a dollar per head, children and women being exempted, and one collection being final.
ref: 1875 [1862 July 5], The Taoutae Woo to Consul Medhurst (The Treaty Rights of the Foreign Merchant, and the Transit-System in China), page 60:
text: The earliest form of celadon, the Yüeh ware, was produced in the southeast coastal provinces of Che-chiang and Fu-chien around the time of Christ. This is a high-fired feldspathic ware with brownish-green glazes which range from gray through olive-green to brown. A number of kiln sites have been found — Chiu-yen and Te-ch'ing in Che-chiang, and Nan-tai in Fu-chien.
ref: 1973, George Kuwayama, Chinese Ceramics: The Heeramaneck Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 9:
text: Two years later, in 1129, her husband left to take a new post in Che-chiang.
ref: 1992, Aliki Barnstone, Willis Barnstone, editors, A Book of Women Poets from Antiquity to Now, Schocken Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 133:
text: This party at the magistrate's residence in T'ung-lu 桐盧 took Place on 15 March 771. They were in the wooded hilly country on the edge of the western Chekiang uplands, at a point where the south-flowing Tung-lu River entered the great tidal stream, then called Che-chiang 浙江, that would flow out to the Bay of Hang-chou some fifty miles to the north-east.³
ref: 1995, Glen Dudbridge, Religious Experience and Lay Society in T'ang China: a reading of Tai Fu's Kuang-i chi, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2:
text: Chiang Kai-shek was born on October 31, 1887, in the hamlet of Hsikou (Xikou) in Fenghua county, Che-chiang (Zhejiang) province to an affluent family.
ref: 2012, Betty Wong, Jewel of the Kingdom : General Chow Chih and Nationalist China, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 26:
glosses: Alternative form of Zhejiang.
wikipedia: Encyclopædia Britannica
Che-keang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a romanization of Mandarin 浙江 (Zhè Jiāng, literally “crooked river”), from a former name of the Qiantang River.
Senses: examples: text: Ning-po, which is situated a short distance westward of Chusan, is the principal emporium of Che-keang province.
ref: 1834, Charles Gutzlaff, Journal of Three Voyages along the Coast of China, in 1831, 1832, & 1833, with Notices of Siam, Corea, and the Loo-Choo Islands, London: Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis, page 100:
text: Mr. Barrow, who observed the management of the trees and silkworms in Che-keang, confirms the usual Chinese accounts by saying that " the houses in which the worms are reared are placed generally in the centre of each plantation, in order that they may be removed as far as possible from every kind of noise; experience having taught them that a sudden shout, or the bark of a dog, is destructive of the young worms. A whole brood has sometimes perished by a thunder storm."
ref: 1855, John Francis Davis, The Chinese : A General Description of the Empire of China and its Inhabitants, volume II, New York: Harper & Brothers, page 236:
glosses: Alternative form of Zhejiang.
creolist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creolists
Etymology: From creole + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A linguist who studies creole languages.
creolists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creolist
show and tells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of show and tell
songier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of songy: more songy
Random Number God
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Random Number Gods
form: random number god
Etymology: Back-formed from the initialism RNG.
Senses: examples: text: 1998, Chris Kern, Rules (was Re: Angband Rule Number One!), rec.games.roguelike.angband, Usenet
Rule #1 of Angband is this: NEVER forget that you are a but a pathetic slave to the entity that is the Random Number God. The RNG will laugh in your face and taunt you in many ways. No matter how you may try to evade it or con it, it knows your deepest desires. You cannot hide from the RNG's mind what you are attempting to scum for. It can see your character sheet and find out what resists you are missing. It knows many insidious ways to inflict harm upon your psyche and drive you to emotional turmoil. The RNG is a marionette, and you are the slavering puppet. You will cry in relief when he gives you an artifact and then wail in despair while the RNG laughs at your pitiful failures. You CANNOT escape the horror.
text: 1999, Brandon Pitman, Re: [Z] Death by act of Random Number God, rec.games.roguelike.angband, Usenet
text: Here's my current character, after a brief bout with a graveyard at 2400', and the tempting given me by the Random Number God to try to clear it, despite the certain death offered by closely encountering it.
ref: 2002, Eric Bock, “[Zce] [YACD] Deception and temptation by the Random Number God”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband (Usenet):
text: 2002, John Hansen, Re: Random funny moments., rec.games.roguelike.nethack, Usenet
The Random Number God at work again, I see.
topics: roguelikes
video-games
glosses: The pseudorandom number generator used by a roguelike game's engine.
Related terms: RNGesus
article of death
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: And the mortal labouring of the pulse has a remarkable quickness; the heart trembling towards the article of death, and almost confounding its systole and diastole.
ref: 1638, Francis Bacon, History of Life and Death, section IX:
text: What can it materially signify in the article of death, how the corporeal or mental powers are tried and distressed, if the soul is safe, the blest reversion of immortality secure?
ref: 1823, Andrew Reed, Martha:
glosses: The moment of death.
Derived terms: in the article of death
Related terms: in articulo mortis
in articulo mortis
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪnɑːˌtɪkjʊləʊˈmɔːtɪs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in articulō mortis (literally “in the article of death”), from in (“during; at”, preposition governing the ablative) + articulō, ablative singular form of articulus (“a joint; figuratively: a point in time, a moment”) + mortis, genitive singular of mors (“death”).
Senses: examples: text: My attention, for the last three years, had been repeatedly drawn to the subject of Mesmerism; and, about nine months ago, it occurred to me, quite suddenly, that in the series of experiments made hitherto, there had been a very remarkable and most unaccountable omission: — no person had as yet been mesmerized in articulo mortis.
ref: 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar:
synonyms: in the article of death
glosses: At the moment of death. (In law, especially canon, or church, law, this expression can mean that someone has been given special permission by a competent authority to enter an organization or to receive some sort of exemption or permission at some point not long before they die, such as receiving diaconal or presbyteral ordination or entering religious profession.)
price tagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: price taggers
form: Price Tagger
form: price-tagger
Etymology: From price tag + -er.
Senses: examples: 2011, Persio, Settlers' mosque-burning campaign expands into Isr ael Group: it.politica.internazionale
The “price-taggers” have vowed to avenge any move by Israeli authorities to uproot settlement outposts built in the occupied West Bank without Israeli permission, and have set fire to mosques and vandalised both Israeli and Palestinian property
2012, Mighty Wannabe, US campaign to end Israeli occupation and colonial/apartheid policy against Palestinians Group: rec.martial-arts
[…] farms and churches belonging to black Americans, similarly, the right-wing Jewish organisation known as the 'price taggers' is now burning mosques, farms and homes of Palestinians to pressure them to leave […]
2012, Justice & Peace, justice & peace at st peter's Group: Justice & Peace at St. Peter's
Panorama has exclusive access to the so-called Price Taggers, the = Israeli teenagers who have sworn never to give up the land God gave them
2012, ernie, "Domestic Terrorism American [and Israeli] Style - An Analysis" Group: cvforum
And, sure enough, over the years Israel has produced its own terrorist organizations that intimidate and attack Palestinian Arabs: the Irgun and Lehi during the years leading to the establishment of the state in 1948, Gush Emunim and Terror Against Terror in the 1970s and 1980s, and today's “Price-Taggers” and West Bank […]
2014, Robert Hand, FW: A7News: Frustrated Kerry Admits Little He Can Do to Save Talks Group: StandingwithIsrael
On Tuesday, a Roman Catholic convent in Bet Shemesh, west of the capital, was vandalized by suspected price-taggers, who sprayed offensive graffiti on the
glosses: A member of a loosely affiliated group of vigilante Jewish extremists and Zionist settlers who engage in revenge and terrorist attacks on Palestinians.
stertorious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stertorious
form: most stertorious
Etymology: From stertor + -ious.
Senses: examples: text: By this time his pulse was imperceptible and his breathing was stertorious, and at intervals of half a minute.
ref: 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar:
glosses: Stertorous.
Chesterfieldian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chesterfieldians
Etymology: From Chesterfield + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: For example, in the chapter on “The Imperial Family," by Baron Sannomiya, this consummate Chesterfieldian, who acts as the court chamberlain, tells us what went on—outside of the imperial family.
ref: 1905, review of Studies in Montaigne, in The Nation (volume 80, no 2067, Feb 9, 1905) p. 118
glosses: Someone who acts in a sophisticated, aristocratic manner, reminiscent of the fourth Earl of Chesterfield.