cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
finger pier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finger piers
Senses: glosses: A shorter, narrower pier projecting from a larger dock.
finger piers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finger pier
Dempster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From deemster.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for a judge.
captive audience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: captive audiences
Senses: examples: text: Passengers on the plane are a captive audience.
text: Register racks at checkout stands offer manufacturers a captive audience for their products in the retailer's store.
text: Mornings and afternoons are called "drive time" because that is when most people are driving. When people commute they tend to listen to the radio, thus drive time is primetime when it comes to total number of radio listeners. During drive time, radio stations have a captive audience.
ref: 2007, Chris Schneider, Starting Your Career in Broadcasting page 212:
glosses: A person or people who are unable to leave a place or situation and are thus forced to listen to or watch something.
Derived terms: captive audience meeting
captive audiences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of captive audience
Anzacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Anzac
mosqueyard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mosqueyards
Senses: examples: text: Its interior has been lavishly decorated with arabesques, while in the mosqueyard there are several oriental mausoleums, including the one in which Ferhat-Pasha himself was buried.
ref: 1969, Gojko Jokić, Bosnia-Herzegovina: a tourist guide, page 94:
glosses: Rare form of mosque yard.
mosque yard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mosque yards
form: mosqueyard
form: mosque-yard
Etymology: Compound of mosque + yard.
Senses: glosses: A yard surrounding or next to a mosque.
glosses: A graveyard near a mosque.
mosqueyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mosqueyard
mosque yards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mosque yard
plesiohedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plesiohedra
Etymology: From plesio- + -hedron.
Senses: examples: text: The plesiohedra include such well-known shapes as the cube, hexagonal prism, rhombic dodecahedron, and truncated octahedron.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A special kind of space-filling polyhedron, defined as the Voronoi cell of a symmetric Delone set. Three-dimensional Euclidean space can be completely filled by copies of any one of these shapes, with no overlaps.
plesiohedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plesiohedron
Voronoi cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Voronoi cells
Senses: glosses: Any of the cells in a Voronoi diagram.
Voronoi cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Voronoi cell
Delone set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Delone sets
Etymology: Named after Boris Delone.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: In the theory of metric spaces, a well-spaced set of points that is both uniformly discrete and relatively dense.
wikipedia: Boris Delone
Delone sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Delone set
large grizzled skipper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: large grizzled skippers
Senses: glosses: Pyrgus alveus, a species of skipper butterfly found throughout most of continental Europe.
large grizzled skippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of large grizzled skipper
chemised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemise + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: She and her beige-chemised assistant entered the salonlike fourth-floor showroom and were ushered into a smaller private room with burgundy carpeting that matched Rubylee's J. Tiktiner print dress.
ref: 1981, Texas Monthly, volume 9, number 1, page 96:
glosses: Dressed in a chemise.
pearly nautilus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pearly nautiluses
form: pearly nautili
Senses: glosses: The chambered nautilus, Nautilus pompilius.
pearly nautili
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pearly nautilus
pearly nautiluses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pearly nautilus
plumpishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more plumpishly
form: most plumpishly
Etymology: From plumpish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a plumpish manner; somewhat plumply.
smackiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of smacky: most smacky
Renaissancey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Renaissancey
form: most Renaissancey
Etymology: From Renaissance + -y.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of the Renaissance.
geotechnology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geotechnologies
Etymology: From geo- + technology.
Senses: glosses: geotechnical work
Derived terms: biogeotechnology
pigeon's blood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A deep-red glaze used in Chinese ceramics in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Rouran
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ruanruan
form: Jou-jan
form: Jujan
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 柔然 (Róurán), from Rouran.
Senses: glosses: A khaganate that ruled much of present-day Mongolia, northern China and southern Siberia from the mid-4th to the mid-6th centuries, formed from a tribal confederation of pre-Mongolic peoples of Donghu origin.
glosses: The language of the Rouran khaganate.
Rouran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rourans
form: Rouran
form: Ruanruan
form: Jou-jan
form: Jujan
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 柔然 (Róurán), from Rouran.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Rouran khaganate.
Rourans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rouran
cnephasiine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Relating to or characteristic of the Cnephasiini, a tribe of tortrix moths.
Kumux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A particular dialect of the Lak language.
examples: text: We tentatively treat the strata west of Kumux as being of Early Paleozoic age, but cannot rule out the possibility that there are Precambrian strata outcropping as an island chain.
ref: 1987, Geotectonic Evolution of China, →ISBN, page 68:
text: I’d just passed Kumux and was heading into Yushugou; the sun was already down behind the mountains.
ref: 1991, Zhang Xianliang, “Bitter Springs-A Truck Driver's Story”, in The Time is not yet Ripe, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 366:
text: At Kumux (Komishi^([sic – meaning Kumishi])), the far end of Dry Ditch, drivers of south-bound trucks carrying oil from the Karamai oilfields, agricultural machinery, fertilizer, drums of bitumen and rubber tyres take a breather following their ordeal, while drivers of north-bound vehicles loaded with rope, reed matting and timber fill their radiators with water in anticipation of the difficult stretch that lies ahead.
ref: 1993, Judy Bonavia, The Silk Road: From Xi'an to Kashgar, Passport Books, NTC Publishing Group, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 245:
text: On a roll I jumped aboard the first passing conveyance. Unfortunately, it was a bus, and after enduring about an hour of this nonsense, I debused at Kumux.
ref: 1998, Antonio Cammarata, “Pushing On”, in Unraveling on the Old Silk Road: Hitchhiking China and Beyond, New York: Jay Street Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 273:
glosses: Alternative form of Kümüx.
insurables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insurable
uninsurables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uninsurable
chuppa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chuppas
form: chuppot
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chuppah.
chuppas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chuppa
hupah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hupahs
form: hupot
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chuppah.
hupahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hupah
hupot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hupah
doom/death
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doom death
form: doom-death
Senses: examples: 2007, Keith Kahn-Harris, Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge, Berg, →ISBN, page 133.
The Gathering from the Netherlands also previously a doom/death metal band, now play a form of psychedelic/gothic rock.
2010, Jeff Wagner, Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal, Bazillion Points, →ISBN, page 245.
The only other notable band incorporating violin into metal at taht time was U.K. avant-garde doom/death act My Dying Bride.
2015, "Myraeth", in Brian Giffin (comp.), Encyclopaedia of Australian Heavy Metal, Lulu (3rd revised ed.), →ISBN, page 2194.
Myraeth is a doom/death band from the Blue Mountains, formed by Samantha Kempster from Lycanthia, Ryan Casey and Max Vandyke in 2009.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: death/doom
glosses: A hybrid genre derived from doom metal and death metal.
plox
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /plɔks/
Forms: form: pl0x
Etymology: An extended form of plx, itself a corruption of plz, which is an internet abbrevation of please.
Senses: glosses: please
wallflowered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wallflower
wallflowering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wallflower
callout cultures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callout culture
callout culture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callout cultures
form: call-out culture
Senses: examples: text: While general “calling out” can be about anything at all, the callout culture addressed in this article relates specifically to social justice communities and admits to the tendency of some social justice activists to see calling out as "an end in itself."
ref: 2015, Saryta Rodriguez, Until Every Animal is Free:
text: Since the mid-1990s the internet facilitated spread of 4th Wave Feminism, particularly through social media platforms such as Twitter has meant that much campaigning is now done online. The internet has facilitated a 'callout' culture, in which sexism or misogyny can be challenged by a global community of young feminists who use the internet both for discussion and activism.
ref: 2016, Sarah Lowndes, The DIY Movement in Art, Music and Publishing: Subjugated Knowledges:
text: While callout culture raises issues of shaming and risk, it has also raised consciousness around the implications of public speech on Twitter.
ref: 2016, George Veletsianos, Social Media in Academia: Networked Scholars, page 56:
text: While former President Obama called out the call-out culture, former first lady Michelle Obama took white conservatives to task.
ref: 2019 October 30, “Obama calls out call-out culture: "That's not bringing about change"”, in CBS News:
glosses: The practice, in social justice circles, of publicly criticizing people for violating accepted behavioural standards, with or without corrective intent.
Related terms: cancel culture
olericultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From olericulture + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to olericulture.
olericulturist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: olericulturists
Etymology: From olericulture + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who carries out olericulture.
olericulturists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of olericulturist
nonliterals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonliteral
scanbed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scanbeds
Etymology: From scan + bed.
Senses: examples: text: Because of its tabloid-size scanbed, the Plug-n-Scan has a large footprint that makes it very stable. On the other hand, being a CIS scanner, it's light and has a very low profile and is designed so that the scanner can be stood upright on its end and still function.
ref: 1998, PC Mag, volume 17, number 18, page 179:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The flat surface of a scanner on which a document is placed to be scanned.
Synonyms: bed
scanbeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scanbed
rep-tiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rep-tile
rep-tile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: reptile
Forms: form: rep-tiles
Etymology: Coined as a pun on reptile by US mathematician Solomon W. Golomb. See repeat and tile.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A shape that can be dissected into a number of smaller copies of the same shape.
wikipedia: Solomon W. Golomb
EPQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EPQs
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Extended Project Qualification.
EPQs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EPQ
brusquery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brusqueries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brusquerie.
coffee grounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From coffee + grounds. Compare German Kaffeegrund (“coffee grounds”).
Senses: glosses: The sediment that remains after ground coffee beans have been extracted with hot water.
Derived terms: coffee ground vomiting
coffee ground vomitus
coffee ground
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffee grounds
Etymology: From coffee + ground. Compare German Kaffeegrund (“coffee ground(s)”).
Senses: glosses: An individual particle of coffee grounds.
Derived terms: coffee ground vomiting
coffee ground vomitus
coffee ground vomiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffee ground vomitus
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The expulsion of vomit with the appearance of ground coffee, as a result of the iron in red blood cells being oxidized by gastric acid.
coffee ground vomitus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of coffee ground vomiting.
synonyms: word: coffee ground vomiting
kajiras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kajira
dimbus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimbuses
Etymology: From dim. Compare dimbo.
Senses: examples: text: >Have you heard that Sierra has a 77gr. .224 that'll feed through an magazine?
Thats^([sic]) .223 you dimbus, now I really believe you won't shoot yourself in the foot first. BTW SS109 is better anyway.
ref: 2000, Gone-A-Viking, “Gore's G.O.T.V. for Blacks”, in talk.politics.guns (Usenet):
text: We had a clock counting down to the satellite time, which was booked and locked. We couldn't change it. We had to make the time, and this guy was a dimbus. But eventually we got it working.
ref: 2002, Michael Crichton, Prey, page 29:
glosses: A foolish or stupid person.
dimbuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimbus
suspook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suspooks
Etymology: Blend of suspect + spook.
Senses: examples: text: That's when the suspook's handgun fell through the hole and into
Costello's lap. She grabbed the gun and aimed it at the suspook which
fled to the Impala.
ref: 2010 July 12, Smackwater Jack, “And The Stupid Feral Nigger Of The Week Award Goes To...”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):
text: The suspook swung up an axed dem about buying cookies, it returned
later displaying a handgun sideways as it took cash money from the
mother, according to handlers.
The suspook then swung through the stoh’s hooptie lot and remains
uncaged. It was described as a buck nigger between 16 and 19 in primate
years who is about 5 feet 4 to 5 feet 6 inches tall not including tail,
handlers said.
ref: 2017 February 14, Rick Mathers, “ShitApe Robs Girl Scout Cookie Stand At Gunpoint”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet):
text: Video of the suspook - Heard some of the usual suspects before this clip
was released saying "no way to know race, don't be racciss and assume
the killer is black !"
ref: 2022 January 19, Jesse, “Pretty young white girl murdered in LA by ,,, You know”, in uk.current-events.terrorism (Usenet):
glosses: A black person suspected of committing a crime.
Related terms: criminigger
dindu nuffin
suspooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suspook
confuseth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: confuse + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of confuse
birch tar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A substance (liquid when heated) derived from dry distillation of birch bark, and composed of phenols such as guaiacol, cresol, xylenol and creosol.
Synonyms: birch pitch
miniaturizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From miniaturize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be miniaturized.
remounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of remound
remounding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of remound
remounded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of remound
iron brew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iron brews
Etymology: From a trade name introduced in 1901, later changed to Irn-Bru because of legislation forbidding the word brew in names of non-brewed products.
Senses: examples: text: A cool box holds 10 cans of cola and 6 cans of iron brew. What is the probability that: (a) a can of cola is selected at random (b) after drinking the cola, the next can selected is iron brew?
ref: 2005, Scottish Secondary Maths Red, page 181:
glosses: An orange-coloured Scottish carbonated soft drink.
wikipedia: Irn-Bru
iron brews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iron brew
desisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desister
check one's eyelids for leaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: checks one's eyelids for leaks
form: checking one's eyelids for leaks
form: checked one's eyelids for leaks
form: checked one's eyelids for leaks
Etymology: As a joky explanation of, or excuse for, one's eyes being closed.
Senses: glosses: To sleep; to take a nap.
roid-head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roid-heads
form: roidhead
Etymology: From roid + -head.
Senses: glosses: A person who takes steroids recreationally.
roid-heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roid-head
evidenceth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: evidence + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of evidence
escrowee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛskɹoʊ̯ˈi/
Forms: form: escrowees
Etymology: From escrow + -ee.
Senses: glosses: A person or organization that holds something in escrow.
escrowees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escrowee
cookie-jar accounting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: An accounting practice in which a company takes a quantity of large reserves from an economically successful year and incurs them against losses from less successful years.
cookie-jar reserve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cookie-jar reserves
Senses: glosses: A reserve used in cookie-jar accounting.
cookie-jar reserves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cookie-jar reserve
creeping normality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process where a major change that would be considered objectionable if it happened in a single step is gradually reached by a series of less noticeable smaller changes.
Monkmania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Monkman + mania
Senses: examples: text: So what does the future hold for Monkman, and could this be the start of a long, successful career in media? He’s certainly had a lot of opportunities in the wake of ‘Monkmania’.
ref: 2017 August 4, Alex Nelson, “University Challenge star Eric Monkman on his new Radio 4 show – and ‘Monkmania’”, in iNews:
text: The University Challenge rivals who became a television cult are bringing “Monkmania” back with their own BBC show.
ref: 2018 August 18, Helena Horton, “‘Monkmania’ back as University Challenge rivals hit the road to uncover Britain’s genius”, in The Daily Telegraph:
text: His memorable appearance on the show sparked its own hashtag #Monkmania, on Twitter.
ref: 2020, Ellie Cambridge, Becky Pemberton, “Who is Eric Monkman and when did he appear on University Challenge?”, in The Sun:
glosses: Enthusiasm for Eric Monkman as a contestant on University Challenge 2016–17.
neek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /niːk/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: neeks
Etymology: Blend of nerd + geek.
Senses: examples: text: LACIKA: How can you be such a neek?
ARON: Stop pushing me.
LACIKA: Connect this with that wire. Wake up.
ARON: Can't do it.
LACIKA: Cause you're a neek.
ref: 2004, Ákos Németh, Car Thieves, page 13:
text: When I turned down the shisha pipe Mahmoud had said, 'hey, don't be such a neek, man. You can still have fun without being a total ho, like me.'
ref: 2014, Na'ima B. Robert, She Wore Red Trainers: A Muslim Love Story:
text: Curtis stars in Child Genius (Sunday, 9pm, Channel 4), a tense shuffle to find Britain’s cleverest child in which 20 sweet young neeks are slowly thinned out by a Mensa adjudicator with the kind of questions liable to stump you after half a Chardonnay.
ref: 2014 July 19, Filipa Jodelka, “Child Genius: the search for Britain’s biggest brainbox”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A nerd or geek.
Derived terms: neeky
neeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neek
fursonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fursonal
form: most fursonal
Etymology: Blend of fur + personal
Senses: qualifier: furry subculture
glosses: personal; relating to oneself or one's fursona
fursonally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Blend of fur + personally
Senses: qualifier: furry subculture
glosses: personally; in terms of oneself or one's fursona
antefixum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antefixa
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Alternative form of antefix.
hecatarchies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hecatarchy
clewkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of strong twine
rereinforced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rereinforce
rereinforces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rereinforce
rereinforcing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rereinforce
hedge-hog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hedge-hogs
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of hedgehog.
hedge-hogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hedgehog
Senses: glosses: plural of hedge-hog
ovulatory periods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ovulatory period
innes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inne
megalithically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In a megalithic manner.
glosses: extremely; to a great degree
he that mischief hatches, mischief catches
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: People who behave wickedly receive their just deserts.
Ukkers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Uckers.
isosthenuric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From isosthenuria + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: In acute renal failure, urine is usually isosthenuric or minimally concentrated.
ref: 2006, Jacquie Rand, Problem-based Feline Medicine, page 280:
glosses: Relating to isosthenuria.
Smutsian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Smutsian
form: most Smutsian
Etymology: From Smuts + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Jan Smuts (1870–1950), South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher.
thiefdoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thiefdom
Telemachean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Telemachean
form: most Telemachean
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Telemachian.
afties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afty
what's up Doc
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: what's up doc
form: what's up, doc
form: what's up, Doc
Etymology: Originally a catchphrase of Bugs Bunny.
Senses: glosses: What's up?
wikipedia: Bugs Bunny
what's up doc
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of what's up Doc.
what's up, doc
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of what's up Doc.
what's up, Doc
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of what's up Doc.
Chatrouletter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chatrouletters
Etymology: From Chatroulette + -er.
Senses: glosses: A user of the online chat site Chatroulette.
wikipedia: Chatroulette
Chatrouletters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chatrouletter
TD Banker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TD Bankers
Etymology: From TD Bank + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who holds an account at any of several banks called TD Bank.
wikipedia: TD Bank
TD Bankers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TD Banker
Netflixer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Netflixers
Etymology: From Netflix + -er.
Senses: glosses: A user of the Internet streaming media provider Netflix.
examples: text: He leads me into a soaring Netflix meeting room where Netflixers gather for quick business meetings (they all greet him by his first name).
ref: 2014, Richard Whitmire, On the Rocketship: How Top Charter Schools Are Pushing the Envelope:
glosses: A person who works for Netflix.
Netflixers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Netflixer
HSer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HSers
Etymology: Shortened from homeschooler.
Senses: glosses: A homeschooler.
HSers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HSer
dimensional lumbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimensional lumber
dimension lumbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimension lumber
Star Trekker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Star Trekkers
Etymology: From Star Trek + -er.
Senses: glosses: A fan of the Star Trek franchise.
Star Trekkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Star Trekker
tofu skins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tofu skin
lynchee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /lɪnˈt͡ʃiː/
Forms: form: lynchees
Etymology: From lynch + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: The lynchee's agony is not merely a convenient trope for romantic despair here: it is a preexisting condition, a racewide image of abjection that the loss of a lover serves to reactivate.
ref: 2004, Peter M. Birkeland, Franchising Dreams: The Lure of Entrepreneurship in America, page 126:
glosses: The victim of a lynching.
lynchees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lynchee
lynchable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lynch + -able.
Senses: examples: text: a lynchable offence
text: Why the group lynched Vega remains unclear, but the fact that a Catholic Mexican had murdered a Protestant Anglo minister, no matter what the political motivations, placed Vega outside the bounds of civilized society and made him lynchable and punishable by mob rule.
ref: 2002, Maria E. Montoya, Translating Property:
glosses: Punishable by lynching.
jungle justice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: If I didnʼt run [...] maybe they will make me suffer this jungle justice thing, burn me with fire because they think I am a thief.
ref: 2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 148:
glosses: Extrajudicial punishment, including lynching, in a jungle (or, figuratively, a jungle-like area).
tenniquoits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tennikoit.
tenniquoit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenniquoits
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tennikoit.
ring tennis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The sport of tennikoit.
Pekineses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pekinese
Pekingeses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pekingese
totalitarianisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of totalitarianism
cuts the cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cut the cheese
cutting the cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cut the cheese
reaping-hooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reaping-hook
ISSes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ISS
in-school suspension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: in-school suspensions
Senses: topics: education
synonyms: ISS
coordinate_terms: out-of-school suspension
glosses: A disciplinary method where a suspended student must attend school but is confined to an alternative setting to complete assigned work instead of attending regular classes.
in-school suspensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of in-school suspension
Archelaus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌɑɹ.kəˈleɪ.əs/
Senses: examples: text: After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.” ¶ So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there[…].
ref: 1984, The Holy Bible, New International Version, Zondervan, →ISBN, Matthew 2:19-22:
text: It was not that there had been no Greece influence in the kingdom prior to Archelaus; the Greeks who had lived in Macedon earlier, including those who served with Perdiccas, had, true to form, brought their cuture with them, and some of it may have rubbed off on the Macedonians. But Archelaus is the first Macedonian king for whom we have evidence of a conscious and public adoption of some aspects of Greek culture.
ref: 1992, Eugene N. Borza, In the Shadow of Olympus: The Emergence of Macedon, →ISBN, page 173:
glosses: Any of various kings in the area of Macedonia dating from BC 399 to AD 6, most notably Herod Archelaus, an ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea from 4 BC to 6 AD.
examples: text: The date of the Disputation itself admits of tolerably exact settlement. Epiphanius, indeed, says that Manes fled into Mesopotamia in the ninth year of the reign of Vaerianus and Gallienus, and that the discussion with Archelaus took place about the same time. This would carry the date back to about 262 A.D.
ref: 2012, Archelaus, The Sacred Writings of Archelaus, →ISBN:
glosses: A bishop of Mesopotamia under the emperor Probus, noted for his treatise on the Manichaean heresy dating to AD 277.
glosses: A sculptor from Priene during the reign of Claudius, most noted for an image of Homer reputed to have been found in 1658.
glosses: An Athenian or Milesian philosopher who was preceptor to Socrates, noted for the doctrine that heat and cold are the principles of all things.
blind as a beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Synonym of blind as a bat.
synonyms: word: blind as a bat
blind as a mole
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Synonym of blind as a bat.
synonyms: word: blind as a bat
blind as an owl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Synonym of blind as a bat.
synonyms: word: blind as a bat
Aislinn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Aisling.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Irish.
isopolitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to isopolity.
faggotly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From faggot + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: We gonna hang 'em for makin' faggotly advances,” Bent Dick stated matter-of-factly as he handed the napkin to the Sheriff.
ref: 2016, R. G. McQueen, Peckerwood in Paradise:
glosses: Of, befitting, or characteristic of a homosexual man.
faggotly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From faggot + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Because V.'s literary dabblings are blended faggotly out of sophistication and vulgarity, they have sold well.
ref: 2013, R. M. Koster, The Dissertation: Tinieblas Book Two:
glosses: Homosexually.
parasocially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more parasocially
form: most parasocially
Etymology: From parasocial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a parasocial manner.
parasociality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + sociality.
Senses: examples: text: Much has been written about the perverse parasociality of fandom, the blurring line between public displays of devotion and invasions of privacy.
ref: 2023 July 18, Emmeline Clein, “A Celebrity Lesbian Romance Changed My Life. (Even if It Never Happened.)”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2023:
text: Podcasts, on the other hand, are built on parasociality: Michael Barbaro isn’t your friend, but, after making coffee with him in your ear a hundred times, you start to feel as if he were. And then there’s the world of always-on streaming, in which the temptations of parasociality are even more acute.)
ref: 2025 March 17, Andrew Marantz, “The Battle for the Bros”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2025:
glosses: The quality or condition of being parasocial.
examples: text: The two commonalities of parasociality are the exhibition of parental investment and socialisation in a single cooperative dwelling (i.e., a nest).^([Wikipedia])
topics: biology
human-sciences
natural-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociobiology
glosses: The exhibition of behaviour that is communal, quasisocial or semisocial.
Related terms: eusociality
sociality
parasymbiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + symbiotic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to parasymbiosis.
flywires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flywire
fly-wires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fly-wire
book-burnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of book-burning
shooings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shooing
plurisexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pluri- + sexual, by analogy with monosexual.
Senses: examples: text: My plurisexual friends discussed attraction to people of multiple genders with me.
text: He believes that man is born with a plurisexual disposition and that there is nothing unusual about his seeking satisfaction with either sex...
ref: 1969, Joan Matthews, “Bisexuality in the Male”, in The Journal of Sex Research, volume 5, number 2, →DOI, page 126:
text: Few studies have focused on nonbinary individuals aside from bisexuality or fail to differentiate between bisexuality and other plurisexual identities.
ref: 2017, Christopher K. Belous, Melissa L. Bauman, “What's in a Name? Exploring Pansexuality Online”, in Journal of Bisexuality, volume 17, number 1, →DOI, page 60:
glosses: Sexually attracted to members of multiple sexes.
plurisexual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plurisexuals
Etymology: From pluri- + sexual, by analogy with monosexual.
Senses: examples: text: Plurisexuals are often interpreted as half gay/half straight due to the prevailing belief that multigendered attractions are temporary, or illusory.
ref: 2020, Rosie Nelson, “'What do bisexuals look like? I don't know!' Visibility, gender, and safety among plurisexuals”, in Journal of Sociology, volume 56, number 4, →DOI, page 591:
glosses: A plurisexual person.
Hyponyms: bisexual
pansexual
queer
Derived terms: plurisexuality
Related terms: multisexual
polysexual
plurisexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plurisexual
Holy Prepuce
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Holy Prepuce
Senses: synonyms: Holy Foreskin
glosses: Any of several sacred or holy foreskins (Latin sānctum praepūtium) allegedly from the circumcision of the baby Jesus on the eighth day of his life.
oyinbo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oyinbos
Etymology: From Yoruba Òyìnbó, or from Nigerian Pidgin oyinbo.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Do you know how these oyinbos waste food? They throw food away after eating just two forks. Even their eggs and oranges have expiry dates!’
ref: 2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 241:
synonyms: word: ang moh
word: Angrez
word: balanda
word: béké
word: bule
word: Caucasian
word: cracker
word: cumskin
word: farang
word: firangi
word: gringo
word: gora
word: gussuk
word: gweilo
word: haole
word: honky
word: hoogie
word: hoojah
word: ice monkey
word: ivory
word: joganosh
word: kabloona
word: laowai
word: leucoderm
word: mayo
word: mayonnaise face
word: melanin-challenged
word: migaloo
word: mlungu
word: mzungu
word: ofay
word: oyinbo
word: paddy
word: Pakeha
word: paleface
word: pigskin
word: pinky
word: roundeye
word: saltine
raw_tags: for cracker
word: snow bunny
word: toubab
word: umlungu
word: vazaha
word: white
word: white bread
word: white devil
word: whiteface
word: white man
word: whitey
word: wigger
word: wonderbread
word: Yankee
glosses: A white person.
passporting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From passport + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The provision of commercial services in another EEA (European Economic Area) country without requiring separate authorization to operate in that country.
Related terms: passportable
passportable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From passport + -able.
Senses: glosses: Eligible for passporting.
subledger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subledgers
Etymology: From sub- + ledger.
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: A subsidiary ledger dealing with a specific subsection of the general ledger, such as property and equipment costs.
subledgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subledger
unabates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unabate
AYs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AY
prosperity theologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosperity theology
Flatbush
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle Dutch vlacke (“flat”) bos (“woods”).
Senses: glosses: A large neighborhood in central Brooklyn, New York, New York that was the site of Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
imperium in imperio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin imperium in imperio.
Senses: examples: text: ...the system of presiding chiefs... was most anomalous,—an imperium in imperio,—and weakened the bond of loyal attachment to the throne. Of what use were the kings of Chow, if they could not do their proper work of government, but must be continually devolving it on one or other of their vassals?
ref: 1872, James Legge translating Confucius as The Ch‘un Ts‘ew, Prolegomena, Ch. iii, p. 116
glosses: A state within a state, inclusive of deep states or other forces which operate with sovereign-like impunity within a polity.
sharee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌʃɛˈɹiː/
Forms: form: sharees
Etymology: From share + -ee.
Senses: glosses: A person with whom something is shared.
Related terms: share
sharees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sharee
Cyrenaican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Cyrenaican
form: most Cyrenaican
Etymology: From Cyrenaica + -an.
Senses: examples: text: There are more kinds of mice in the Cyrenaican region.
ref: 1607, E. Topsell, Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes, page 548:
glosses: Of or relating to Cyrenaica.
Synonyms: Cyrenaic
Cyrenian
Cyrenean
Barcan
Barqan
Cyrenaican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cyrenaicans
Etymology: From Cyrenaica + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Suppose he had taken on the character of a Cyrenaican or a Tripolitanian from some southern oasis.
ref: 1942, “M. Home”, in House of Shade:
glosses: A native or resident of Cyrenaica.
Synonyms: Cyrenaic
Cyrenian
Cyrenean
Barcan
Barqan
Cyrenaicans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cyrenaican
manaeesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of manakish.
fedai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɛdʌɪˈiː/
Forms: form: fedai
form: fedais
Etymology: From Iranian Persian فدائی (fedâ'i, “someone who risks their life for a cause”), and its source, Arabic فِدَائِيّ (fidāʔiyy). Doublet of fedayee.
Senses: glosses: An Ismaili Muslim assassin; also (later), a killer in the same tradition.
examples: text: Enver […] received other Young Turk fedaî officers at his base camp in Ayn al-Mansur.
ref: 2015, Eugene Rogan, The Fall of the Ottomans, Penguin, published 2016, page 16:
glosses: A member of the fedayeen; a dedicated guerrilla fighter.
square root of fuck all
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the square root of fuck all
Senses: examples: text: For months, all things in Bobby's life had amounted to the square root of fuck all. Stan sat endlessly on his butt, doing the square root of fuck all. How much dishwashing soap was left? The square root of fuck all.
ref: 2011, Gordon W. Dale, Fool's Republic, page 167:
text: Nuclear power could save us, but the same people who won't let us burn coal also won't let us use nuclear because it might, possibly be dangerous if something bad happened, leaving us with the square root of fuck all to power our homes.
ref: 2012, Dean Crawford, Immortal:
glosses: Absolutely nothing.
glitter bombing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of glitter bomb
glitter bombed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of glitter bomb
glitter bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glitter bomb
glitter bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glitter bomb
Canaiolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A red Italian wine grape, best known from Tuscany.
Canajun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Canajun
form: most Canajun
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of Canadian.
Canajun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Canajuns
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of Canadian.
Canajuns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Canajun
sugarpies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sugarpie
ceticide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceticides
Etymology: From ceto- + -cide.
Senses: glosses: A killer of whales
cosmocide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosmocides
Etymology: From cosmo- + -cide.
Senses: examples: text: The Worldwatch scientists said — as many others do — that we are already well on the way toward ecological cosmocide.
ref: 1989, Plain Truth - Volume 54, page 9:
text: Reflecting upon the effects of the current crisis of masculinity, Sam Keen asks: Why has the gender that gave us the Sistine Chapel brought us to the edge of cosmocide?
ref: 1996, David C. James, What are They Saying about Masculine Spirituality?, page 78:
text: A nuclear strike upon the major cities of the western world — Berlin, London, Paris, New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Seattle, and many others, will will ^([sic]) result in a massive thermo-nuclea ^([sic]) war and throw the world on the verge of annihilation and cosmocide.
ref: 2002, Prophecy Flash! - Volume 16, page 57:
text: A mixed-up, unhappy and fearful world in chaos, divided against itself, filled with heartaches, frustrations, broken homes, juvenile delinquency, crime, insanity, racial hatreds, riots and violence, wars and death; devoid of honesty, truth andjustice; now facing extinction by man-inflicted cosmocide—that is the fruit of modern education.
ref: 2013, Herbert W. Armstrong, The Wonderful World Tomorrow: What it will be like:
glosses: The destruction of planet Earth, especially as a result of human activity.
examples: text: The removal of all potential—both good and evil—from the universe would have dire consequences. It would be both effective cosmocide—the destruction of a cosmos which was/is energized by holy potential—and, as well, akin to Divine suicide, since holy quest for potential is at the epicenter of the Divine.
ref: 2008, David Birnbaum, God and Evil: Religious Man, page 98:
text: This Biscuitoid Cosmocide may sound like a particularly egregious case of nihilistically bad manners, but it is our only hope. Once the universe is nipped in the bud it will be impossible for the BisQuit to occur, thus saving the universe: By preemptively destroying reality the destruction of reality is itself destroyed, allowing the universe to continue to exist!
ref: 2009, Pope Gus Rasputin Nishnabotna Sni-A-Bar, The Nuclear Platypus Biscuit Bible, page 177:
text: On the other hand, if we knew that superhuman AI would one day commit cosmocide and extinguish all life in our Universe, why should today's humans agree to this lifeless future if we have the power to prevent it by creating tomorrow's AI differently?
ref: 2017, Max Tegmark, Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence:
glosses: The destruction of the universe.
culicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: culicides
Etymology: From Culex + -cide.
Senses: examples: text: Besides the practical work done by Surgeon Berry at New Orleans, the culicide was used satisfactorily in another part of the city by Surgeon Blue, and after that some experiments were conducted at the Marine Hospital at New Orleans.
ref: 1906 April 12, “Experiments in the use of culicide for mosquito destruction”, in Engineering News-record, volume 55, page 404:
text: Pages 3 and 4 dealt with the method of extermination, and appealed to civic pride to reduce this pest to a minimum by killing every mosquito (culex pipiens) seen in the house during the spring, by painting screens with citronella oil, keping^([sic]) premises free from stagnant water, closing rain barrels and cisterns, and by having cellars fumigated with vaporized “culicide,” made of equal parts by weight of carbolic acid crystals and gum camphor. Three ounces of culicide is sufficient for every thousand cubic feet of space, and may be volatilized in a simple apparatus over an alcohol lamp placed on some non-inflammable material such as bricks in a tub of water.
ref: 1911 June, “[Town and Village] The Doom of Culex Pipiens”, in The American City, volume IV, New York, N.Y.: […] The Civic Press […], page 288, columns 1–2:
glosses: Any insecticide that kills mosquitos
Synonyms: anophelicide
mosquiticide
mosquitocide
famacide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: famacides
Etymology: From Latin fāma (“reputation”) + -cide.
Senses: glosses: A slanderer or person who destroys another's reputation