cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
original character
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: original characters
Senses: examples: text: I currently have a document of My Little Pony story ideas that is, at the time of this writing, over 250 pages in length. It consists of over 400 premises for stories categorized with more than thirty-five different color-coded tags, a timelime of events spanning over 400,000 years and fourteen pages, over 49,000 words of headcanon, and forty-one original characters.
ref: 2013, Peter Berg, "Hobbyhorsing", in Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, BenBella Books (2013), unnumbered pages
text: The genre of the Mary Sue similarly deals with subjectivity: in this often-derided genre, an impossibly beautiful original character, an avatar of the author herself, inserts herself into the narrative and saves the day.
ref: 2014, Karen Hellekson, “Fan fiction”, in Marie-Laure Ryan, Lori Emerson, Benjamin J. Robertson, editors, The Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media, The Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 189:
text: What must be remembered also is the K/Sers' penchant for "making do": when asked why they do not create original characters who could be women as well as men, they most often respond that they are just "working with what's out there."
ref: 2014, Constance Penley, “Future Men”, in Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse, editors, The Fan Fiction Studies Reader, University of Iowa Press, →ISBN, page 178:
topics: lifestyle
synonyms: OC
glosses: A fictional character created by an author or artist, usually one from a fanwork that is not present in the official canon.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see original, character.
Hyponyms: sense: specific fandoms
alt: Homestuck
word: fankid
sense: specific fandoms
alt: Homestuck
word: fantroll
topics: lifestyle
sense: specific fandoms
word: fursona
sense: specific fandoms
english: Steven Universe
translation: Steven Universe
word: gemsona
sense: specific fandoms
english: My Little Pony
translation: My Little Pony
word: ponysona
sense: specific fandoms
alt: Homestuck
word: trollsona
Derived terms: OCify
declaimeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: declaim + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of declaim
overkingdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overkingdoms
form: over-kingdom
Etymology: From over- + kingdom.
Senses: examples: text: The overkingdom of Airgialla comprising Armagh, Monaghan, parts of Louth, Fermanagh, and Tyrone, had ceased to be when the Book of Rights was compiled.
ref: 1922, John Ryan, Ireland from A.D. 800 to A.D. 1600, Browne and Nolan, page 282:
glosses: A unit composed of several kingdoms and presided over by an overking; an empire.
overkingdoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overkingdom
disposeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: dispose + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dispose
arrangeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: arrange + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of arrange
OFC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OFCs
Etymology: Abbreviation
Senses: examples: text: I strongly dislike the idea of calling one of my OFCs "Mary Sue". It's too negative a connotation, and one that I try diligently to avoid.
ref: 1999 June 21, Alice in Stonyland [username], “Re: The Ultimate Mary Sue--A Recommendation”, in alt.tv.highlander.creative (Usenet):
text: OTOH, if an OFC or OMC is written to further the story, well, if you can make me believe it, congratulations.
ref: 1999 September 28, Sigrid H., “NEW: Wonder Of Wonders/speechification/Laura/Karmen”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):
text: You try explaining that to most fanfic fans these days - the minute they see an OFC you get tarred as a "Mary Sue" and your stuff gets slagged all over the internet.
ref: 2002 February 25, Jette Goldie, “Re: JMS and Scriptwriting for TV”, in alt.tv.highlander (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Acronym of original female character (“a female original character”).
topics: government
law-enforcement
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of officer.
glosses: Initialism of oxygen-free copper.
glosses: Initialism of orbitofrontal cortex.
Hypernyms: original character
OC
OFC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviation
Senses: glosses: Oceania Football Confederation
OFCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OFC
OMCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OMC
cotwin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cotwins
form: co-twin
Etymology: From co- + twin.
Senses: examples: text: In contrast, if a psychopathologic feature is acquired as a result of an environmental factor unique to the exposed twin, eg, the traumatic event, their cotwins should not have an increased incidence of the feature.
ref: 2013, Issues in Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, and Counseling:
glosses: A twin's twin.
cotwins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cotwin
information float
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: information floats
Senses: glosses: The time between information becoming available and it being publicly broadcast.
tritagonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tritagonist
unenlivened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + enlivened.
Senses: examples: text: The sheep were straggling in a manner that meant walking work to round them, and he supposed he would have to yard them tonight, if she didn't liven up. He looked down at unenlivened her.
ref: 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 14:
glosses: Not enlivened.
megacolony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megacolonies
Etymology: From mega- + colony.
Senses: examples: an ant megacolony extending over more than one continent
glosses: An extremely large colony of organisms.
megacolonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megacolony
express rifles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of express rifle
beratingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more beratingly
form: most beratingly
Etymology: From berating + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to berate or scold.
Scandinavianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Scandinavian + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or characteristic of being Scandinavian.
unsmeared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + smeared.
Senses: glosses: Not smeared.
poët
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poëts
Senses: examples: text: Οὔπω γὰρ αὐτὸ τοὔνομα τῆς τύχης λέγοντες, […] τοῖς τῶν θεῶν ὀνόμασιν ἐξέφραζον, […]
ref: 1603 [c. 100], Plutarch, “Reading and Hearing of Poemes and Poets”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 31:
roman: Oúpō gàr autò toúnoma tês túkhēs légontes, […] toîs tôn theôn onómasin exéphrazon, […]
glosses: Alternative spelling of poet.
poeme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poemes
form: poëme
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of poem.
poëme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poëmes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of poeme.
Bonifacian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bonifacian
form: most Bonifacian
Etymology: From Boniface + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Pope Boniface.
kitchen knives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kitchen knife
poëmes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poëme
junkety
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more junkety
form: most junkety
Etymology: From junket + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling junket.
faddily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more faddily
form: most faddily
Etymology: From faddy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a faddy manner.
faddiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From faddy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being faddy.
Langhe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Langhe
Etymology: From Italian Langhe, plural of Piedmontese langa (“hill”), of uncertain origin.
Senses: glosses: A hilly area in southwestern Piedmont, Italy.
Coordinate terms: Montferrat
Roero
Langhe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: längʹhŭʹ
Forms: form: Lang-ho
Etymology: From the Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 浪河 (Lànghé).
Senses: examples: text: Early last December, the provincial party committee sent five rural socialist ideological education teams to Danjiangkou's (Langhe) town, Hanchuan County's (Liujiage)[...]
ref: 1992, Daily Report: China, numbers 9-16, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 44:
glosses: A town in Danjiangkou, Shiyan, Hubei, China.
Ashuku Nyorai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 阿閦如来 (Ashuku Nyorai).
Senses: examples: text: Vajra Division (kongō-bu): The eternal life force. The central deity is Ashuku Nyorai.
ref: 1988, Taikō Yamasaki, Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, Shambhala, →ISBN, page 139:
text: Finally, behind Fukūjōju sits Ashuku Nyorai. Ashuku is the Buddha of the East. His left hand holds a piece of detached sleeve. His right hand hangs pendent in front of his right knee, palm turned inward, fingers pointing toward the ground.
ref: 2007, Philip L. Nicoloff, Sacred Koyasan, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 128:
text: It contains statues of Ashuku Nyorai, Hōshō Nyorai, Muryōju Nyorai, and Fukūjōju Nyorai surrounding a statue of Dainichi Nyorai.
ref: 2008, Tatsuro Muro, David C. Moreton, A Journey of the Soul, Education Publishing Center, →ISBN, page 14:
text: Establish the connection with the Imperturbable Buddha Ashuku Nyorai through the distant contact. Greet him with the words: “Dear Ashuku Nyorai, I come to you as a sick person and request healing. […]”
ref: 2006, Mark Hosak, Walter Luebeck, The Big Book of Reiki Symbols, Lotus Press, →ISBN, page 263:
text: On the left is a third guest Buddha, a seated image of Ashuku Nyorai carved in 1322 by Inkō, about whom little is known.
ref: 2021, Burritt Sabin, Kamakura: A Contemplative Guide, Partridge, →ISBN:
topics: Buddhism
human-sciences
lifestyle
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: The Japanese name for the Eastern Buddha, Akṣobhya, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.
Coordinate terms: Dainichi Nyorai
Amida Nyorai
Hōshō Nyorai
Fukūjōju Nyorai
Amida Nyorai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 阿弥陀如来 (Amida Nyorai).
Senses: examples: text: The Tendai may indeed be regarded as the mother sect of all later developments of Japanese Buddhism, and Amida Nyorai is even of greater importance in Japanese art than Sakya Muni, the founder of the religion.
ref: 1906, Edward Dillon, The Arts of Japan (Little books on art), Methuen, →OCLC, page 36:
text: The 13m-tall image represents Amida Nyorai, the future Buddha who receives souls into the Western Paradise, and was built under the orders of Minamoto Yoritomo to rival the larger Nara Buddha, near Kyoto.
ref: 2011 February 1, Jan Dodd, Simon Richmond, The Rough Guide to Japan (Rough Guide to...), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC:
text: Pure Land Buddhism suggests that the problem of suffering should not be addressed as a spiritual matter but at the level of change in the social environment. The desired social environment is the peaceful and equalitarian environment envisioned by Amida Nyorai’s vows in the Larger Sūtra and especially in the First Vow.
ref: 2019, U. Dessì, “The Pure Land and this World in Hishiki Masaharu’s Shin Buddhist Ethics”, in G. T. Halkias, R. K. Payne, editors, Pure Lands in Asian Texts and Contexts, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 578:
topics: Buddhism
human-sciences
lifestyle
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: The Japanese name for the Western Buddha, Amitābha, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.
Coordinate terms: Dainichi Nyorai
Ashuku Nyorai
Hōshō Nyorai
Fukūjōju Nyorai
Hōshō Nyorai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hosho Nyorai
Etymology: From Japanese 宝生如来 (Hōshō Nyorai).
Senses: examples: text: As we face Dainichi, the Buddha seated at our near left is Hōshō Nyorai, the Buddha of the South.
ref: 2007, Philip L. Nicoloff, Sacred Koyasan, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 127:
text: The Hōshō Nyorai sculpture sits on a lotus base, which rests on the back of several seated, winged horses. The deity's left hand grasps the edge of the robe, the left rests on the knee, palm facing upward in the wish-granting mudra.
ref: 2010, Hillary Pedersen, The Five Great Space Repository Bodhisattvas (dissertation), University of Kansas, page 208:
text: Or if the dying person should manifest a sign presaging rebirth among any of the thirty-six kinds of hungry ghosts, the attendant should immediately intervene to save that person by performing the rites of Hōshō Nyorai, Kokūzō, Jizō, Thousand-Armed Kannon, Bodhisattva Perfection of Giving, and the rite of offering Deathbed Attendants
ref: 2016, Jacqueline I. Stone, Right Thoughts at the Last Moment, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, pages 289–290:
topics: Buddhism
human-sciences
lifestyle
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: The Japanese name for the Southern Buddha, Ratnasaṃbhava, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.
Coordinate terms: Dainichi Nyorai
Ashuku Nyorai
Amida Nyorai
Fukūjōju Nyorai
Fukūjōju Nyorai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Japanese 不空成就如来 (Fukūjōju Nyorai).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
human-sciences
lifestyle
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: Fukūjōju Nyorai; the Japanese name for the Northern Buddha, Amoghasiddhi, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.
Coordinate terms: Dainichi Nyorai
Ashuku Nyorai
Amida Nyorai
Hōshō Nyorai
asparagoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Asparagus + -oid
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Resembling members of a botanical group for which the genus Asparagus is representative.
asparagoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asparagoids
Etymology: Asparagus + -oid
Senses: glosses: A member of a botanical group for which the genus Asparagus is representative.
EYCI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Eastern Young Cattle Indicator, the general benchmark of Australian cattle prices.
RPF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The moral stature of the RPF has recently been called into question by a French judicial report accusing Kagame, now president of Rwanda, and other RPF soldiers of having shot down Habyarimana's plane.
ref: 2004 April 3, Alison Des Forges, The Guardian:
text: Bugera had his first contact with the RPF through an affluent friend, whose family had helped fund the rebels since their creation.
ref: 2011, Jason K Stearns, Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, Public Affairs, published 2012, page 73:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: FPR
glosses: Initialism of Rwandan Patriotic Front.
RPF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RPFs
Senses: examples: text: Apparently, this all started with some Star Trek stories and RPF or “real person fic” started in a Duran Duran fanzine.
ref: 2007, Ruadhan J. McElroy, Simple Man: The Autobiography of Peter West, S. H. S. Publications, →ISBN, page 196:
text: The first known "RPF" is believed to have been authored by members of the Brontë family, who went on to become famous for writing the novels Jane Eyre (Charlotte) and Wuthering Heights (Emily). Based on a children's role-paying game about the Napoleonic Wars, the series featured the Duke of Wellington; his two sons, Charles and Arthur; and their archenemy, Alexander Percy, partly based on Napoleon.
ref: 2008, Miriam Segall, Career Building Through Fan Fiction Writing: New Work Based on Favorite Fiction, The Rosen Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 25:
text: Much RPF is about celebrities' private relationships, just as most soap opera narratives concern characters' private relationships.
ref: 2011, Abigail De Kosnik, “Soaps for Tomorrow: Media Fans Making Online Drama from Celebrity Gossip”, in Sam Ford, Abigail De Kosnik, C. Lee Harrington, editors, The Survival of Soap Opera: Transformations for a New Media Era, University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 245:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of real person fiction.
real person fiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: real-person fiction
Senses: glosses: A type of fan fiction featuring celebrities and other real people, particularly actors, musicians, and athletes.
Synonyms: RPF
Hyponyms: actorfic
bandfic
bandslash
popslash
Related terms: historical fiction
land legs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The sense of balance, slowly regained after a time at sea.
one age with
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Is Bill thirty years old now? I thought he was one age with our Sarah.
glosses: The same age as.
blow in the bag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blows in the bag
form: blowing in the bag
form: blew in the bag
form: blown in the bag
Etymology: From the previous use of a plastic bag over the end of a breathalyser, to measure a specific amount of breath.
Senses: glosses: To supply a specimen of breath for alcohol analysis.
lottes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lotte
unbrought
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + brought.
Senses: glosses: Not brought.
wackaloon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wackaloons
Etymology: Apparently from wacky and loon.
Senses: glosses: A crazy person; an eccentric; a kook.
wackaloons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wackaloon
unplied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + plied.
Senses: glosses: Not plied.
unpiled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + piled.
Senses: glosses: Not piled.
mandaratoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mandarinia and toxin.
Senses: glosses: A neurotoxin found in the venom of the Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia), occasionally lethal to humans.
Glasgow patter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Scots dialect spoken in and around Glasgow, Scotland.
yolkiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From yolky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being yolky.
driness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drinesses
Etymology: From dry + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of dryness.
drinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of driness
yolkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of yolky: more yolky
yolkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of yolky: most yolky
cleavaged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cleavage + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The 80s and 90s saw a return of the large-breasted, deep-cleavaged ideal, with padded bras, Wonderbras, and Water Bras playing supporting roles.
ref: 2002, Esther Drill, Rebecca Odes, Heather McDonald, The Looks Book, page 63:
glosses: Having (a particular kind of) cleavage.
bacterioopsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacterioopsins
Etymology: From bacterio- + opsin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular transmembrane protein.
Related terms: bacteriorhodopsin
bacterioopsins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bacterioopsin
coeloblastulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coeloblastula
Þor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Thor.
subtilties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtilty
stooling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stool.
stooling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stoolings
Senses: examples: text: Infrequent stooling in the first month of life is almost always due to insufficient intake of milk. A baby who is voiding but not stooling or gaining weight may not be receiving enough high fat hindmilk. Stooling frequency will correct itself with additional feeds or making sure the infant receives more hind milk at a feed.
ref: 1999, Judith Lauwers with Debbie Shinskie, Counseling the Nursing Mother: A Lactation Consultant's Guide, 3rd edition, Sudbury, Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, →ISBN, page 204:
text: Normal stooling is widely variant. Some infants only have one stool per day, especially those on formula feeding. Others may stool with each feeding. Such frequent stooling is common in breast-fed infants during the first month of life.
ref: 2004, Gary A. Emmett, Field Guide to the Normal Newborn, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 132:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The production of stool or feces; defecation.
stooled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stool
Vikingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Viking + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being Viking.
antiprejudice
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiprejudice
form: most antiprejudice
Etymology: From anti- + prejudice.
Senses: glosses: Opposing prejudice.
bucket hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bucket hat
king crabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of king crab
art dealer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: art dealers
Senses: qualifier: This entry is a translation hub.
glosses: A person who buys and sells works of art
Related terms: gallerist
unparalyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + paralyzed.
Senses: glosses: Not paralyzed.
unparalysed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + paralysed.
Senses: glosses: Not paralysed.
art dealers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of art dealer
loggerhead turtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loggerhead turtle
leaf turtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leaf turtle
chicken-turtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chicken-turtle
chicken turtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chicken turtle
box-turtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of box-turtle
box turtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of box turtle
river turtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of river turtle
pond turtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pond turtle
plateless turtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plateless turtle
Sir David's long-beaked echidnas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sir David's long-beaked echidna
Sir David's long-beaked echidnae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sir David's long-beaked echidna
actorfic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actorfics
Etymology: From actor + fic.
Senses: examples: text: To me, actorfic would include any fic wherein there is an acknowledgement (even if they are in jokes) that DD and GA have something to do with M & S, which would make HAD an actorfic.
ref: 2000 May 5, Parenthetic [username], “Re: HAD question - "actor-fic"”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
text: Somebody could put an actorfic under the show title or put an NC-17 story and rate it R.
ref: 2002 September 15, J. Juls, “RE: Fanfiction.net problems”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):
text: Short of actual actorfics (which don't seem to have reared their ugly heads mych^([sic]) recently), now & in the past, most references I've noticed tend to be harmless humourous^([sic]) little injokes in which, say, M or S discovers an old magazine in which the other appears in an embarassing^([sic]) photo identical to one of DD or GA's.
ref: 2003 March 4, pam, “Re: Long time gone, any recs?”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fanfic focusing on the imagined activities of a real actor or actors.
examples: text: I think your efforts might be better rewarded by trying to finish that and making it the best X-Files story you can, instead of writing actorfic which, by my definition, is *not* X-Files fanfic.
ref: 2000 March 26, Jintian Li, “Re: Decency question”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
text: I've seen the occasional thing... and I know it is out there... but the suggestion I saw sort of implied that actorfic was more prevelant^([sic]) in the Star Trek fan fiction community.
ref: 2005 May 5, Laura Hale, “Re: Star Trek Actorfic”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):
text: An early article on Slate, otherwise sympathetic to slash fiction, declared that "actorfic" violated fanfic's basic principle of being fantasy: "Writers risk enraging straight actors. Slash infuriates actors even when it focuses only on fictional characters."
ref: 2007, Kristin Thompson, The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 179:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Such fan fiction collectively.
Hypernyms: real person fiction
actorfics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actorfic
bandfic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandfics
Etymology: From band + fic.
Senses: examples: text: However, no other site I've seen boasts as much bandfic as Fanfiction. net. The Musical Groups section contained 140 different singers and bands, from oldies (Beatles) to rap-metal (Korn, System of a Down) to rap (Li'l Bow Wow, Sisquo^([sic])) and pop (Britney, N'Sync, Aaron Carter) with many more uncategorized artists listed under Miscellaneous.
ref: 2002 April 14, LadyCyrrh [username], “[ART] The Annex Reviews, 4/14/02”, in alt.sex.stories.gay.moderated (Usenet):
text: Fandom as a whole would be better served by having separate LoTR, HP, and bandfic archives, for a start.
ref: 2002 September 22, Mary Ellen Curtin, “Re: Fanfiction.net problems”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):
text: Westcott doesn’t even consider the thornier question of fan fiction based on real and often living people, for instance, the “bandslash” or “bandfic” phenomenon built around rock-star characters and often homoerotic subplots.
ref: 2008 July 15, Keith Goetzman, “Is Fan Fiction Flouting the Law?”, in Utne Reader:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Fan fiction focusing on the imagined activities of a real musician or musicians.
Hypernyms: real person fiction
Hyponyms: Hanfic
Moffic
Theodosius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Theodosius, from Ancient Greek.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Related terms: Theodosia
bandslash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From band + slash.
Senses: examples: text: It's an archive of bandslash about the rock group Orgy, who are best known for their hard-hitting remake of New Order's early 80s chestnut "Blue Monday."
ref: 2002 August 10, LadyCyrrh [username], “[ART] The Annex Reviews, 8/10/02”, in alt.sex.stories.gay.moderated (Usenet):
text: Even more amusing is that those doing the wishful humping in bandslash aren't your usual pin-ups. Bandslash has gone indie. This is a shadowy world where the boys in Franz Ferdinand are each others' fetish objects, and former Libertines Carl Barat and Pete Doherty, lovers.
ref: 2006 October 26, Kitty Empire, “Pop idols trade licks”, in The Observer:
text: Westcott doesn’t even consider the thornier question of fan fiction based on real and often living people, for instance, the “bandslash” or “bandfic” phenomenon built around rock-star characters and often homoerotic subplots.
ref: 2008 July 15, Keith Goetzman, “Is Fan Fiction Flouting the Law?”, in Utne Reader:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Slash fan fiction which pairs real musicians, especially ones belonging to the same group.
Hypernyms: real person fiction
check into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: checks into
form: checking into
form: checked into
form: checked into
Senses: examples: text: We left Tan Son Nhut and checked into the Globe. Unfortunately, the hotel was all but full for the first time, and since rooms were short, our crew checked into just two suites rather than three rooms.
ref: 2008, Billy Barry, A Trash Hauler in Vietnam: Memoir of Four Tactical Airlift Tours, 1965-1968:
glosses: To formally announce one's arrival at a location or event (usually a hotel) to a proprietor or employee of that location or event in order to secure admission, accommodations, or other services.
examples: text: Can you check into his story? See if you can disprove it.
glosses: To seek to verify (a claim or some data).
examples: text: She was downtown earlier, I saw that she checked into the Starbucks on Main Street.
glosses: To announce on social media that one has come to a location.
Related terms: check in
door seal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: door seals
Senses: glosses: weatherstrip to seal the door when closed.
popslash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pop + slash.
Senses: examples: text: Popslash writers use pop stars as their protagonists, constructing fictional narratives that supplement and enhance those disseminated by the media.
ref: 2006, Kristina Busse, “'I'm jealous of the fake me': Postmodern subjectivity and identity construction in boy band fan fiction”, in Su Holmes, Sean Redmond, editors, Framing Celebrity: New Directions in Celebrity Culture, Routledge, →ISBN, page 254:
text: Consequently, popslash grew popular among media fan writers, many of whom created similarly brilliant and science fiction-like premises to explore celebrity culture as a metaphor for gender identity and other performances of the self.
ref: 2006, Francesca Coppa, “A Brief History of Media Fandom”, in Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse, editors, Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 56:
text: The popslash phenomenon gathered momentum after a 2001 story that imagined Chris Kirkpatrick of the band 'N Sync experiencing a sudden overnight gender change, […]
ref: 2011, Katherine Meizel, Idolized: Music, Media, and Identity in American Idol, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 46:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Slash fan fiction which pairs pop musicians, especially ones belonging to the same boy band.
Hypernyms: real person fiction
rose-colored lenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rose-colored glasses.
book-lung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: book-lungs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of book lung.
book-lungs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of book-lung
blash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blashes
Etymology: Unclear. Perhaps ultimately imitative; compare plash, pash (“heavy rain”), dialectal clash (“heavy rain”).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:blash.
glosses: A heavy fall of rain.
Derived terms: blashy
blash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blashes
form: blashing
form: blashed
form: blashed
Etymology: Unclear. Perhaps ultimately imitative; compare plash, pash (“heavy rain”), dialectal clash (“heavy rain”).
Senses: glosses: To pour heavily.
raw_tags: of rain
cossette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cossettes
Etymology: From French cossette.
Senses: glosses: One of the thin strips into which sugar beets are cut as part of the sugar-making process.
jottering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jottering
form: most jottering
Senses: examples: text: Before your jottering finger could find the trigger, the hilt would dirl on your breast-bane.
ref: 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, “I Come into My Kingdom”, in Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC, page 301:
glosses: Shaky; trembling.
jottering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of jotting.
Khövsgöl Nuur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The largest freshwater lake in Mongolia.
Related terms: english: older sister
translation: older sister
alt: of Khövsgöl Nuur
word: Baikal
for all practical purposes
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: synonyms: FAPP
for all intents and purposes
in practice
coordinate_terms: technically
theoretically
glosses: effectively, virtually; practically
holophony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From holo- + -phony.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The reproduction of three-dimensional sound information in a manner analogous to the way holography reproduces light information; wave field synthesis
Related terms: monophony
homophony
polyphony
WWOOF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈwʊf/
Senses: examples: text: As such, while the primary focus of the WWOOF venture is organic farming, hosting volunteer travelers is a secondary objective.
ref: 2012, Kirsten Holmes, Karen Smith, Managing Volunteers in Tourism, page 265:
text: Some hosts became involeved in WWOOF following their own WWOOFing experiences when travelling, with nearly 24% of hosts having previously WWOOFed at least once.
ref: 2015, Yvette Reisinger, Transformational Tourism: Host Perspectives, page 146:
text: This research examines Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF) as a scene of civic agriculture that can inspire progressive embodied food politics and counteract the dominance of the neoliberal food regime.
ref: 2016, Theo Holtwick, Sowing Seeds of Civic Agriculture:
text: If you want to WWOOF in countries that have their own WWOOF organisation like Italy or Korea, it is necessary to join the national WWOOF organisation before you can obtain addresses of their member properties. This usually costs €15–€40 per year.
ref: 2017, Susan Griffith, Work Your Way Around the World, 17th edition, Crimson Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Acronym of World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms.
WWOOF
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈwʊf/
Forms: form: WWOOFs
form: WWOOFing
form: WWOOFed
form: WWOOFed
Senses: examples: text: There was a survey completed recently by a Lund University student named Maggie Melin, in which over 1,400 WWOOFers participated. 67.3% WWOOFed to learn more about organic farming; 70.9% to have a chance to live with locals; 35% to improve language skills; 48% to save money; 62.2% to travel around the country; 52.2% to reconnect with nature; and 51.8% to have a break from their everyday lives.
ref: 2012, Astra Lincoln, Vocational Vagabond, Volunteer Vacationer:
text: Some hosts became involeved in WWOOF following their own WWOOFing experiences when travelling, with nearly 24% of hosts having previously WWOOFed at least once.
ref: 2015, Yvette Reisinger, Transformational Tourism: Host Perspectives, page 146:
text: Furthermore, these tourists generally have WWOOFed before (Nordbø et al., 2020) and present a short length of stay (Ord & Amer, 2010).
ref: 2022, Elena Borin, Mara Cerquetti, Marta Crispí, Cultural Leadership in Transition Tourism, page 300:
glosses: Alternative form of wwoof.
Related terms: woof
wwoofer
woofer
woofing
wwoofing
isofrequential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + frequential.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of an isofrequency
whiteys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whitey
overfussy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overfussy
form: most overfussy
Etymology: From over- + fussy.
Senses: glosses: Excessively fussy.
overfastidious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overfastidious
form: most overfastidious
Etymology: From over- + fastidious.
Senses: glosses: Excessively fastidious.
overpedantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overpedantic
form: most overpedantic
Etymology: From over- + pedantic.
Senses: glosses: Excessively pedantic.
Related terms: overliteral
mini-trench
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mini-trenches
Etymology: From mini- + trench.
Senses: glosses: A very narrow trench dug in an urban environment in order to lay fibre optic cable.
Ayckbournian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ayckbournian
form: most Ayckbournian
Etymology: From Ayckbourn + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Sir Alan Ayckbourn (born 1939), prolific English playwright.
foamback
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From foam + back.
Senses: glosses: Backed with polyurethane foam.
subreaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subreactions
Etymology: From sub- + reaction.
Senses: glosses: A secondary or subsidiary reaction.
subreactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subreaction
pseudogame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudogames
Etymology: From pseudo- + game.
Senses: examples: text: Like all sporting contests and board games, the pseudogame of talk TV first requires players, willing participants who agree to leave the real world for a while and to enter the play world, abiding by its contrived laws[…]
ref: 1997, Vicki Abt, Leonard Mustazza, Coming After Oprah: Cultural Fallout in the Age of the TV Talk Show, page 84:
glosses: An activity or situation with certain aspects of a game.
pseudogames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudogame
aquand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquands
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: An andisol with a water table at or near the surface for much of the year.
aquands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aquand
gelands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geland
cryand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryands
Senses: glosses: A kind of andisol associated with cold climates.
cryands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryand
torrand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torrands
Senses: glosses: A kind of andisol associated with dry climates.
torrands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torrand
ustand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ustands
Senses: glosses: A kind of andisol associated with semiarid and subhumid climates.
ustands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ustand
udand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: udands
Senses: glosses: A kind of andisol associated with humid climates.
udands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of udand
xerand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xerands
Senses: glosses: A kind of andisol found in climates with very dry summers and moist winters.
xerands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xerand
vitrand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vitrands
Senses: glosses: A relatively young andisol that is coarse-textured and dominated by glass.
vitrands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vitrand
durorthidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From durorthid + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to durorthids.
xerorthent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xerorthents
Etymology: From xero- + orthent.
Senses: glosses: An orthent soil with a xeric moisture regime.
xerofluvent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xerofluvents
Etymology: From xero- + fluvent.
Senses: glosses: A fluvent soil with a xeric moisture regime.
xerorthents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xerorthent
xerofluvents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xerofluvent
microfungi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microfungus
microfungal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + fungal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to microfungi.
halvable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From halve + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being halved.
precommercial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + commercial.
Senses: examples: text: Precommercial societies at first lacked any concept of ownership at all, and when a concept of ownership did develop it was predominantly communal.
ref: 2008, Gregory S. Alexander, Commodity & Propriety, page 65:
glosses: Prior to commerce.
fluventic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fluventic
form: most fluventic
Etymology: From fluvent + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to fluvents.
orthidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more orthidic
form: most orthidic
Etymology: From orthid + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to orthids.
nonuniversalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + universalistic.
Senses: glosses: Not universalistic.
unfluffy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfluffy
form: most unfluffy
Etymology: From un- + fluffy.
Senses: glosses: Not fluffy.
donateware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From donate + -ware.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of donationware.
synonyms: word: donationware
lucky dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lucky dogs
Senses: synonyms: lucky devil
lucky duck
glosses: Someone with astounding good luck.
aquox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquoxes
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: An oxisol with a water table at or near the surface for much of the year.
aquoxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aquox
perox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peroxes
Senses: glosses: An oxisol in a continuously humid climate, where precipitation exceeds evapotranspiration in all months.
Derived terms: haploperox
peroxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perox
torrox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torroxes
Senses: examples: text: Because the present climate can never produce enough weathering to produce oxisols, torrox soils are always paleosols formed during periods of much wetter climates.
glosses: An oxisol in an arid climate.
torroxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torrox
udox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: udoxes
Senses: glosses: An oxisol in a humid climate.
ustox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ustoxes
Senses: glosses: An oxisol in a semiarid or subhumid climate.
Derived terms: eutrustox
haplustox
udoxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of udox
ustoxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ustox
all cats are grey by night
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of all cats are grey in the dark.
Bronlyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, of rare modern usage.
raphias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raphia
Jennies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Jenny
Jennies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jenny
great-grandkid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great-grandkids
form: great grandkid
Etymology: From great- + grandkid.
Senses: glosses: A great-grandchild.
great-grandkids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great-grandkid
great grandkid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great grandkids
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of great-grandkid.
great grandkids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great grandkid (alternative spelling of great-grandkids).
Meillet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /mɛjɛ/
/mɛˈjeɪ/
/meɪˈjeɪ/
/miˈjeɪ/
Etymology: From French Meillet.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: Meillet's law
Hübschmann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Hübschmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Canadia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈneɪ.di.ə/
ipa: [kʰəˈneɪ̯.ɾi.ə]
Etymology: From Canada + -ia. Most likely a back-formation from Canadian.
Senses: examples: text: So unless you're from French Canadia or something, I suggest you stop calling someone on ice skates who talks like he got beer foam coming outta his nose a manly type, cause he ain't.
ref: 2006, Dr. Verne Edstrom, Esq., White Trash Etiquette, page 35:
glosses: Canada.
death against
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: "I know," O'Donnell supposedly muttered. "I was death against it from the beginning . . . ."
ref: 1972, Burton Hersh, The Education of Edward Kennedy: A Family Biography, page 159:
text: He would always sniff for the telltale odor of kerosene, which the residents might have used for starting fires in their stoves — Edwin was death against it because of the hazard to the whole village.
ref: 1982, Katharine Blaisdell, Over the River and Through the Years - Volume 4, page 3:
text: He was death against liquor, though.
ref: 1983, Ira E. Shea, Margaret Elley Felt, The Grange was My Life, page 15:
glosses: Alternative form of dead against.
still got one's communion money
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Implying that the person still has the small monetary gift they were given for their First Communion in their youth.
Senses: glosses: stingy, frugal.
Bergerac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
examples: Cyrano de Bergerac, a French author
glosses: A surname from French.
Verne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vernes
Etymology: From French Verne.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
glosses: Jules Verne, French author, father of science fiction.
Derived terms: Verneshot
Vernian
Flaubert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: Gustave Flaubert, a French author
glosses: A surname from French.
catio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæt.i.əʊ/
ipa: /ˈkæt.i.oʊ/
ipa: [ˈkæɾ.i.oʊ]
ipa: /ˈkæt.i.əʉ/
ipa: [ˈkæɾ.i.əʉ]
Forms: form: catios
Etymology: Blend of cat + patio
Senses: examples: text: So some cat owners who would never dream of letting their pets roam free outside have come up with a creative compromise: an enclosed space — usually in the form of a screened-in porch or deck — that allows them to share the great outdoors. Please don’t call it a cage. They prefer the term “catio.”
ref: 2010 June 16, Jennifer A. Kingson, “‘Catios’ Bring Cats Outdoors”, in The New York Times:
text: And we have a catio of sorts, a small screened porch built by the previous owner for humans.
ref: 2010 June 21, Teresa Mears, “Do your kitties need a 'catio'?”, in MSN Money:
text: She made a “fence” of them for Varmint inside the wrought iron white fence that bordered the patio so that it was his “catio.”
ref: 2010, Sue Tatem, Mones, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 35:
text: They're happy to hang out on what we call their “catio” all day, lazing on the couch while glowering at chipmunks and letting the sun warm the downy fur on their bellies.
ref: 2012 May 1, Jen Lancaster, Jeneration X: One Reluctant Adult's Attempt to Unarrest Her Arrested Development; Or, Why It's Never Too Late for Her Dumb Ass to Learn Why Froot Loops Are Not for Dinner, New American Library, →ISBN:
glosses: An outdoor enclosure for cats.
catios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catio