cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
CHAZ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Among demonstrators, "most people seem cautiously optimistic," one woman in the CHAZ told Insider. "I haven't seen any cops since they all left."
ref: 2020 June 10, Isaac Scher, “'It's reminiscent of Occupy': Protesters in Seattle have established a communal 'autonomous zone' to prove they don't need police”, in Insider:
text: US president Donald Trump has threatened to crush what he calls “ugly Anarchists”, who recently declared the inner Seattle suburb of Capitol Hill an “autonomous zone”, now known as CHAZ.
ref: 2020 June 12, Tom Coburg, “Trump and his far-right allies attack Seattle’s Capitol Hill autonomous zone”, in The Canary:
text: Insider's Isaac Scher reported the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ, was set up along several blocks, where it created a space for tents, free food, art-making, and rallies around the city's abandoned East Precinct.
ref: 2020 July 2, Ellen Cranley, “How the 2-week occupation of Seattle's CHOP 'autonomous zone' saw demonstrators take over several city blocks before it descended into chaos”, in Insider:
text: First known as Free Capitol Hill, then the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ), and finally the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest or Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), the six-block area began to take shape on June 9, 2020, the day after police boarded up and abandoned the East Precinct.
ref: 2021 June 8, Lucas Combos, “A Year After Seattle's CHOP Formed, Some Questions Linger”, in Patch:
text: The demonstrators tried to create an autonomous zone around the precincts, like CHAZ in Seattle. Police responded by declaring an “unlawful session,” KOIN reported.
ref: 2021 June 22, Isabella Khademhosseini, “Portland’s tourist boss takes a full page of the New York Times admitting that a rioted city has an ‘edge’”, in Texas News Today, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2021:
synonyms: CHOP
glosses: Initialism of Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, an occupation protest and self-declared autonomous zone in Seattle, Washington in 2020.
Yang-tzŭ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 揚子 /扬子 (Yángzǐ), Wade–Giles romanization: Yang²-tzŭ³.
Senses: examples: text: ANHUI (安徽).
[…]The capital, An-ch‘ing (安慶府), is situated on the Yangtzŭ River.
ref: [1904, C. D. Tenney, “中國 [Zhōngguó, The Chinese Empire]”, in Geography of Asia, New York: MacMillan and Co, →OCLC, page 14:
english: The Chinese Empire
roman: Zhōngguó
translation: The Chinese Empire
text: China is cut through by many great rivers, of which the mighty Yang-tzŭ, and the Huang Ho, or Yellow River, are the chief. Each of these rises in the mountains of Tibet, and finds its way eastward to the sea. The Yang-tzŭ, which is 60 miles wide at its mouth, with its numerous tributaries is to China what the Mississippi and Amazon are to the United States and South America.
ref: 1907, Arthur Henderson Smith, The Uplift of China, The Eddy Press, →OCLC, page 5:
text: Down in the vast, swarming city of Shanghai they paused to prepare for the long inland journey up the Yang-tzŭ River to Chung-ch'ing.
ref: 1911, Ethel Daniels Hubbard, Under Marching Orders, →OCLC, page 74:
text: The situation was a strange one. The allies were at that time making war both on the Court and the T'ai-p'ing rebels, whilst anarchy continued to reign in the Yang-tzŭ basin.
ref: 1912, Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea, Hachette & Company, →OCLC, page 294:
glosses: Alternative form of Yangtze.
Captain Swan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Captain + Swan, a combination of Killian Jones' title as Captain Hook and Emma Swan's surname.
Senses: examples: text: And the 'Captain Swan' fans would have been like, grr!
ref: 2015, Merrin Dungey, quoted in Mars Tonic, "Once Upon a Time - It's Good to Be Bad", GayCalgary Magazine, May 2015, page 30
text: In its annual “Year in Review” for 2015, Tumblr listed Captain Swan, a “ship” or relationship between Captain Hook and Emma Swan of the TV program Once Upon a Time as one of its most popular pairings.
ref: 2016, Susan Henneberg, 20 Great Career-Building Activities Using Tumblr, page 43:
text: Additionally, wittyoncer states that Swan Queen is “compelling,” echoing the shared belief that Outlaw Queen and Captain Swan are anything but […]
ref: 2017, Shannon A. Suddeth, "(Dis)Enchanted: (Re)constructing Love and Creating Community in the Once Upon a Time Queer Fandom", thesis submitted to the University of South Florida, page 31
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of characters Emma Swan and Killian Jones from the television series Once Upon a Time.
wikipedia: Captain Hook
well loved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more well loved
form: most well loved
form: well-loved
Etymology: Modelled after well liked.
Senses: glosses: Loved by many people, popular.
well-loved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more well-loved
form: most well-loved
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of well loved.
NRHP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Register of Historic Places.
Tun-huang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 敦煌 (Dūnhuáng) Wade–Giles romanization: Tun¹-huang².
Senses: examples: text: We can more suitably compare Bamian with the caves of the thousand Buddhas in Tun-huang in the Nan-shan.
ref: 1928, Emil Trinkler, translated by B. K. Featherstone, Through the Heart of Afghanistan, Faber & Gwyer, page 142:
text: Tun-huang owes its importance to being the gate of China opening to the West. To the north at An-hsi the route divides to traverse the Lop and Taklamakan deserts. The oasis in which it lies is formed by irrigation of the water from the melted snows of the Altyn Tagh mountains to the south. As soon as the land route to the West was opened Tun-huang began to gather wealth from the Han dynasty, and in the reign of Fu Chien of the Former Ch'in dynasty (A.D. 357-84) a beginning was made with the dedication of the first of the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas (Ch'ien Fo-Tung) which have been excavated in a conglomerate scarp some ten miles north of the Tun-huang city in the far west of Kansu.
ref: 1959, Basil Gray, Buddhist Cave Paintings at Tun-huang, University of Chicago Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 17:
text: Locked away in the heart of the Gobi desert, four days' camel ride from the nearest town, lies one of the least-known of China's many wonders, the 'Caves of the Thousand Buddhas' at Tun-huang....Situated in a small green valley and surrounded by towering sand dunes, its stands some twelve miles south-west of the township of Tun-huang, which, from Han times onwards, served as China's gateway to the West. Tun-huang, which means 'Blazing Beacon', was thus the last caravan halt in China proper for travellers setting out along the old Silk Road.
ref: 1980, Peter Hopkirk, Foreign Devils on the Silk Road, Oxford University Press, published 1984, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 156:
text: A manuscript from Tun-huang, in central Asia, on the Great Silk Road (c. 800 CE) describes practices for transferring the energy of bad dreams to physical objects such as pieces of wood or bits of earth that are then destroyed or dispersed.
ref: 2009, Robert Moss, The Secret History of Dreaming, New World Library, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 31:
glosses: Alternative form of Dunhuang.
wikipedia: Defense Mapping Agency
Encyclopædia Britannica
Ha-mi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 哈密 (Hāmì), Wade–Giles romanization: Ha¹-mi⁴.
Senses: examples: text: From early childhood this second Ma had heard such unbelievable stories about the Ha-mi melons grown in Sinkiang that he was at last setting out to see them for himself. Sipping tea at a roadside inn, the two passed the time of day and soon waxed friendly.
"So far as our Iron Bridge is concerned," stated the Ma of Lan-chou, "it is the highest yet. At this date last year a man fell over the side and, when I left, his body had not yet reached the water."
"H-m-m," murmured the Ma of Ha-mi. "Yes, that's high. But as far as our melons are concerned, you are wasting your time traveling all the way to Ha-mi to see them. They grow to such a size, you know, that by this time next year they will be with you in Lan-chou."
Sinkiang (Hsin-chiang) has often been called the "New Dominion," and to Chinese, exaggerations notwithstanding, this "new" frontier land has for centuries been full of the wonderful, the picturesque, the bizarre, the new. In the olden days one who brought Ha-mi melons to the capital of the Middle Kingdom would merit special favor, and even today the clippers that soar across Northwest China from Sinkiang to Szechwan inevitably carry a few, now and then, as rare delicacies for the people of Chungking.
ref: 1944, Martin R. Norins, Gateway to Asia: Sinkiang, Frontier of the Chinese Far West, John Day Company, →OCLC, page 34:
text: In a close examination of Hsü Chin's account, even though the restoration of Ha-mi by force in later 1495 highlighted his effort in reclaiming the influence of the Ming dynasty in that area, his real concern and effort as reflected in his writing was on achieving permanent peace in that area.
ref: 1990, Yuan-chu Lam, “Memoir on the Campaign Against Turfan”, in Journal of Asian History, volume 24, Otto Harrassowitz, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 106:
text: In 1693 K'ang-hsi increased the pressure on Galdan by forwarding a Manchu detachment to Ha-mi to prevent the Oirats from obtaining food there. He also admonished Galdan not to attempt an invasion of Tibet or Koko Nor.
ref: 1993, Fred W. Bergholz, The Partition of the Steppe, Peter Lang, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 290:
glosses: Alternative form of Hami.
wikipedia: Defense Mapping Agency
Encyclopædia Britannica
Yang-hsin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 陽新 /阳新 (Yángxīn) Wade–Giles romanization: Yang²-hsin¹.
Senses: examples: text: The balance of about 9,620,000 tons is produced by Chinese private or government mines and those worked by primitive methods- such as those in Lin-yu; Tsi-chow and Ching-shing (Chihli); I-hsien, Ning-yang and Po-shan (Shantung); Hsuan-yang, Chang-teh and An-yang (Honan); P'ing-hsiang (Kiangsi); Pao-tsin, (Shansi); Hsi-hsi (Fengtian); T'ung-shan (Kiangsu); Su-hsien (Anhui); Lui-yang (Hunan); Ta-yeh and Yang-hsin (Hupeh); Yu-kan (Kiangsi) Kan-ho (Heilungkiang); and Hsuan-hua (Chihli). Compared with the world's entire output, nineteen million tons constitute only one-fiftieth part of it, while the coal produced by purely Chinese mines is only one one-hundredth part.
ref: 1920, Hsu Shih-chang, translated by Bureau of Economic Information, China After the War, Peking, →OCLC, →OL, page 80:
text: Pai-yun-shan mine (白雲山鉄鉱), 29°56'N latitude and 115°05'E longitude is about 20 kilometers northwest of the town of Yang-hsin (陽新). It is on a hill that rises 300 meters above the level of the plain.
ref: 1952 May, Joseph F. Harrington, Benjamin M. Page, Sources of Iron Ore in Asia (Mineral Trade Notes), number 154, Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Mines, →OCLC, page 127:
text: Later on, we attacked Yang-hsin but did not occupy it, though we occupied Ta-yeh, Huang-shih-kang, Shih-hui-yao, and other places.
ref: 1972, Helen Foster Snow, “Chang Wen-ping and Chingkangshan”, in The Chinese Communists, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Publishing Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 282:
glosses: Alternative form of Yangxin.
wikipedia: Army Map Service
Hsia-lu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 下陸 /下陆 (Xiàlù), Wade–Giles romanization: Hsia⁴-lu⁴.
Senses: examples: text: German engineers were employed to build the railway, to erect a workshop at Hsia-Lu (下陸) and to connect the ore hill by an incline with the terminus of the railway.
When, in the 22nd year of Kuang Hsü (1896), the Hanyang Irong Works were transferred[…]
ref: 1921, F. R. Tegengren, The Iron Ores and Iron Industry of China (Memiors of the Geological Survey of China), Peking, →OCLC, page 183:
text: Chi-chia-lo iron mines 30°6'N latitude and 114°45'E longitude are 70 kilometers southeast of Hankow on the south side of the Yangtze River in E-chen Hsien. They are 14 kilometers from Chin-niu village and can be reached by road from Hsia-lu station on the Ta-yeh railroad, a distance of 43 kilometers.
ref: 1952 May, Joseph F. Harrington, Benjamin M. Page, Sources of Iron Ore in Asia (Mineral Trade Notes), number 154, Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Mines, →OCLC, page 126:
glosses: Alternative form of Xialu.
wikipedia: Army Map Service
T'ung-shan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 通山 (Tōngshān), Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻung¹-shan¹.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:T'ung-shan.
glosses: Alternative form of Tongshan.
wikipedia: Army Map Service
Spirk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Kirk + Spock.
Senses: examples: text: Note: he doesn't know about Spirk, as far as I know.
ref: 2003 February 22, ToolPackinMama, “Re: K/S is a universal constant”, in alt.tv.star-trek.tos (Usenet):
text: It is most commonly noted that the first famous pairing of Kirk/Spock, or Spirk, falls under the category of buddyslash.
ref: 2013, Janidean Bruner, "I 'like' slash: the demographics of Facebook slash communities", thesis submitted to the University of Louisville, page 10
text: Even more so, the other main reason for so much consistency in economies is the long tradition of "proper" fanfiction writing and engagement, handed down from the "Spirk" zine-writers of the 80s and 90s, to the AOL email lists and forums of early X-Files fans in the mid to late 90s, to the multi-page, interactive, and searchable archives of fanfiction sites today.
ref: 2016, Brittany Kelley, "To My Betas, Endless Chocolate Frogs!: Exploring the Intersections of Emotion, the Body, and Literacy in Online Fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Louisville, page 146
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of characters Spock and James Kirk of the Star Trek franchise.
Synonyms: K/S
ponysonas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ponysona
Robur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Used in the science fiction novel Robur the Conqueror by Jules Verne.
Probably a semantic blend of robur, Robert and Roger (but it has to be checked).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from a Latin etymon.
fisherman's rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fisherman's ring
Yiddishise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Yiddishises
form: Yiddishising
form: Yiddishised
form: Yiddishised
Etymology: From Yiddish + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Yiddishize.
Yiddishised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Yiddishise
Yiddishises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Yiddishise
Yiddishising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Yiddishise
DNA test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DNA tests
Senses: glosses: A test done to analyze someone’s DNA.
Related terms: DNA testing
paternity test
Hamilfan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hamilfans
Etymology: Blend of Hamilton + fan.
Senses: examples: text: The long-awaited “Hamilton” mixtape was released Friday, much to the delight of devoted Hamilfans, as the musical's most avid followers are called.
ref: 2016, Kaitlynn Milvert, "'Hamilton' mixtape is a success", Indiana Daily Student (Indiana University), 5 December 2016, page 4
text: “Hamilfans,” as they were called, lined the sidewalks of 46th Street, hoping to get tickets for the mega hit.
ref: 2017, Kat Harrison, Lin-Manuel Miranda: Composer, Actor, and Creator of Hamilton, page 57:
text: The popularity of the Broadway musical hit “Hamilton: An American Musical” displayed itself at a local event aimed at bringing together “Hamilfans” of all ages.
ref: 2018, "Hundreds show their enthusiasm for 'Hamiltunes'", The Laker (Land O' Lakes), 8 August 2018, page 1
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of the musical Hamilton.
Synonyms: Fanilton
Hamiltrash
JCUKEN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the first six letters on one of the upper rows of such a keyboard, transliterated in the Latin script.
Senses: glosses: The standard keyboard layout for languages that use the Cyrillic script.
Related terms: QWERTY
AZERTY
Dvorak
qwertz
Rifkind
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rifkinds
Etymology: Variant of Rifkin.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
scanning electron micrograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scanning electron micrographs
Senses: glosses: An image produced with a scanning electron microscope.
Fanilton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfænɪltən/
Forms: form: Faniltons
Etymology: Blend of fan + Hamilton.
Senses: examples: text: […] but it was still a worthy introduction to a great show which surely turned many Grammy viewers into future Faniltons.
ref: 2016 February 15, L. V. Anderson, “Watch the Cast of Hamilton Perform the Electrifying Opening Number—and Win a Grammy”, in Slate:
text: Everyone from A-list actors to rap legends (and President Obama for good measure) has visited the Richard Rodgers Theatre, and luckily members of the show’s cast have documented these high profile “Faniltons” on their social media accounts.
ref: 2016 March 15, John Bonazzo, “Celebrities Can’t Get Enough of Broadway’s ‘Hamilton’”, in Observer:
text: By reaching the “Faniltons” in a way no other show has ever done before, Hamilton is changing the game again by heralding in a brand new era of audience engagement.
ref: 2017, Nicole Lust, "The Hamilution of Hamilton: How A Little Musical That Could Managed to Change the Face of a Generation", paper submitted to the University of Maryland, page 16
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of the musical Hamilton.
Synonyms: Hamilfan
Hamiltrash
tadges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tadge
Hamiltrash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Hamilton + trash (“an obsessive fan”).
Senses: examples: text: If you are new or not a member of the Hamiltrash (what the fans are calling themselves these days), here is a crash course on what you need to know.
ref: 2016 March 5, Sarah Tipton, “I wanna be in the article where it happens”, in The Trinitonian, Trinity University, San Antonio, page 10:
text: Kelsey Mariano is certified Hamiltrash and can sing the entire musical from start to finish.
ref: 2016, Kelsey Mariano, "How Hamilton Revolutionized Theatre", Echoes (University of the Philippines Diliman), August 2016, page 75
text: It is interesting to observe how hashtags have allowed Hamilton and the self proclaimed #Hamiltrash to develop their own lingo, communicate about the show and about their lives using this lingo.
ref: 2017, Kim Hoftijzer, "'I Have To Be In The Room Where It Happens...': An Exploration On The Role Of Social Influence And Digital Media In The Rise Of Hamilton From Sixteen Bars To A Cultural Phenomenon", thesis submitted to Radboud University, page 56
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of the musical Hamilton; the fandom of Hamilton collectively.
Synonyms: Fanilton
Hamilfan
Jekkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛki/
rhymes: -ɛki
Forms: form: Jekkies
Etymology: Jek(yll) + -ie, possibly by analogy with Trekkie.
Senses: examples: text: The show already has a built-in constituency of some 300 “Jekkies,” who trailed Wildhorn's other musical, Jekyll & Hyde, as it wound its way through the country before opening here last May.
ref: 1997 September 8, Rebecca Mead, “Theater Preview”, in New York Magazine, page 72:
text: So says -- nay, exclaims -- Pat Tortorella, an assistant bank manager from Staten Island who counts herself among the Jekkies, a fervent subculture of people from all over the country who are so enthralled by the Broadway musical Jekyll and Hyde that they see it again and again.
ref: 1997 December 14, “Jekyll Vibes”, in The New York Times:
text: They helped give their audience exactly what they wanted by offering special ticket discounting especially for their "Jekkies", as well as backstage visits with the stars, and more.
ref: 2004, Steven Rivellino, Bright Lights, Big Changes, page 60:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of the musical Jekyll & Hyde.
supernumbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supernumber
Jekkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jekkie
mail lady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mail ladies
Etymology: From mail + lady.
Senses: examples: text: The mail lady just arrived...with 3 letters from you which I was cheered to get.
ref: 1988, Flannery O'Connor, Sally Fitzgerald, The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor, page 142:
text: The mail lady enters, singing to herself, the proverbial bull in a china shop.
ref: 1993, Claudia Allen, She's Always Liked the Girls Best: Lesbian Plays, page 142:
text: ...put up the flag for the mail lady.
ref: 1994, W. A. Mathieu, The Musical Life:
text: In the winter, you can hear the mail coming longe before you can see the mail lady...She'll come to the window, too, and watch the mail lady take our letters...out of the snow-covered mailbox
ref: 1996, Rick Bass, “Almost Lake Hibernation”, in The Book of Yaak, page 17:
text: ...such an action might put the mail lady in danger. His first priority was protecting the mail lady.
ref: 2003, Richard Barcalow, Marc McLemore, and Daniel Stiles, “Enter, the Mail Lady! 16:41”, in Hell's Ambrosia, page 55:
text: "That was close," I quip to the mail lady.
ref: 2004, Michael Feldman, Something I Said?, page 10:
text: But after Miss Shriver passed (she had been Lethe's mail lady for thirty years), Vanessa took her place. Not long after becoming our mail lady, she married Bud Crawford, Carrabelle's city attorney.
ref: 2007, Connie May Fowler, Remembering Blue: A Novel:
glosses: A female postal worker.
Synonyms: mailwoman
postwoman
post lady
Hypernyms: mail carrier
letter carrier
postal carrier
postal worker
mailperson
postperson
mail ladies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mail lady
post lady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post ladies
Etymology: From post + lady.
Senses: glosses: A female postal worker.
Synonyms: mailwoman
mail lady
postwoman
postlady
Hypernyms: mail carrier
letter carrier
postal carrier
postal worker
mailperson
postperson
PITI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Although in theory the initial PITI costs in the Section 502 program are set at 20 percent of household income, in reality the ratio of housing costs to income appears to be variable.
ref: 1995, Roberto G. Quercia et al., “Mortgage Default among Rural, Low-Income Borrowers”, in Journal of Housing Research, volume 6, number 2, →JSTOR:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Acronym of Principal, interest, taxes, and insurance.
cybersociological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyber- + sociological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cybersociology.
post ladies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of post lady
postlady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postladies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of post lady.
postladies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postlady
Blakedown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Churchill and Blakedown parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8778).
BNFdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From BNF + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: There are too many fans that can't take it easy, but have to put out top drawer stuff and bootstrap themselves to BNFdom, instead of doing it graciously and quietly as Hoffman did.
ref: 1953, Dave Ish, letter of comment, Hyphen, Issue 5, November 1953, page 14-19
text: […] your remark in your editorial that you noticed "some anguish and perhaps even a hint of bitterness" in Walt's detailing of the trials of BNFdom is a good observation.
ref: 1971, Terry Carr, letter of comment, Energumen, Issue 8, June 1971, page 45
text: BNFdom isn't a private club. It’s not something you pay your money and join, not something those already BNFs can blackball you from.
ref: 1994, Ted White, “The Politics Of Fandom”, in Arnie Katz, editor, The Ted White Sampler, Volume One, page 30:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The state or quality of being a BNF (big-name fan).
CITES
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪtiːz/
Senses: examples: text: Marine species proposals are prominent at this CoP, with proposals to list spiny dogfish, porbeagle shark, European eel, red and pink corals, sawfishes, and several other marine species in the CITES Appendices.
ref: 2013, “40 Years of CITES AT-A-GLANCE”, in US Fish and Wildlife Service, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2020:
text: But commercial timber and fish species are increasingly coming under the CITES remit, despite strong opposition from both industries.
ref: 2014, Rosalind Reeve, Policing International Trade in Endangered Species, →ISBN, page 315:
qualifier: international law
glosses: Acronym of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
Ph chromosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ph chromosomes
Etymology: Abbreviation of Philadelphia as Ph.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The Philadelphia chromosome.
Blythburgh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Recorded as Blideburh, Domesday Book 1086; equivalent to River Blyth + burgh
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Blythburgh with Bulcamp and Hinton parish council) in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM4575).
cumm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: cmm
mm³
glosses: Abbreviation of cubic millimetre.
Faslane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A naval base and port on Faslane Bay, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2488).
tin foil hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tin foil hats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tinfoil hat.
Tanygrisiau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH6845).
tin foil hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tin foil hat
prosodion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosodions
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek πρόσοδος (prósodos, “procession”).
Senses: qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: a processional hymn
Cadillac converter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkædɪlæk kənˈvɜːtə/
ipa: /ˈkædəˌlæk kənˈvɝtɚ/
ipa: [-ɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Cadillac converters
Etymology: From the similarity between catalytic and Cadillac (“brand of luxury automobile”), probably originally a mondegreen (“error arising from the mishearing of a phrase”) and used humorously to allude to the high cost of catalytic converters.
Senses: examples: text: Anyway, wherever he was, all he ever talked about was Cadillac converters and pipe. His work with pipe paid off when he was awarded the honor of "Repairman of the Week."
ref: 1992, Ricardo Cortez Cruz, “The Bloods and the Crips, Starring Billy Bugle Boy”, in Straight Outta Compton, Normal, Ill.; Boulder, Colo.: University of Colorado; Fiction Collective Two, →ISBN, page 65:
text: He then asked, “What is a Cadillac converter?” At this point, I'm thinking he doesn't know much about cars; therefore, I went on to explain. From the look on his face, I knew he was setting me up for an attack. He replied, "The proper words are catalytic converter."
ref: 2008, Gilbert A. Knowles, “Why Listen to Me?”, in Help Them Pull Their Pants Up: How Mentors and Communities Can Empower Young African American Men, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, part I (The Preamble), page 28:
text: We were a strong competitor throughout the competition, but then the Cadillac''' converter fell off, which hurt our emissions and place in the overall standings.
ref: 2011 November, Robert Hartwell Fiske, “cadillac”, in Robert Hartwell Fiske’s Dictionary of Unendurable English: A Compendium of Mistakes in Grammar, Usage, and Spelling with Commentary on Lexicographers and Linguists, revised edition, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, page 86:
qualifier: malapropism
glosses: Synonym of catalytic converter (“chamber containing a finely divided platinum catalyst in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized to carbon dioxide”).
synonyms: word: catalytic converter
extra: chamber containing a finely divided platinum catalyst in which carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons from vehicle exhaust are oxidized to carbon dioxide
Cadillac converters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cadillac converter
prosopopoeic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to prosopopoeia
scabrule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scabrules
Etymology: Possibly a descendant of Latin scaber + -ule
Senses: examples: text: Rare specimens will have one or more leaves covered adaxially with tiny scabrules, which provide a rough texture to the leaf.
ref: 2004, Arthur Haines et al., “Records for Carex rostrata (Cyperaceae) in New England”, in Rhodora, volume 106, number 927, →JSTOR:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Short, stiff projections or hairs which give a stem or leaf a rough texture, at least in one direction.
scabrules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scabrule
malarkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malarkies
Senses: glosses: plural of malarkey
cubic millimetre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cubic millimetres
form: cubic millimeter
Senses: synonyms: word: mm³
word: cmm
word: cumm
glosses: An SI unit of volume equal to that of a cube having sides each one millimetre in length, equal to 10⁻⁹ cubic metres.
cmm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: cumm
mm³
glosses: Abbreviation of cubic millimetre.
Ah Long
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑː ˈlɔŋ(˦)/
Forms: form: Ah Longs
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 阿窿 (aa3 lung4-1).
Senses: glosses: Loan shark
Related terms: Ah Beng
Ah Huay
ah kua
Ah Lian
ah pui
Ah Seng
Ah Tiong
interleg
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + leg.
Senses: examples: text: In the rock lobster, back legs impose their rhythm on the legs in front, presumably because anteriorly directed interleg effects are more powerful than posteriorly directed ones.
ref: 1985, F. Clarac, “Stepping reflexes and the sensory control of walking in Crustacea”, in W.J.P. Barnes, M.H. Gladden, editors, Feedback and Motor Control in Invertebrates and Vertebrates, Croom Helm, →ISBN, page 395:
text: Diagram of mold for casting a fang ding. The four outer mold pieces surround the model; above the model is the inner core, and below the model is the interleg core piece.
ref: 2007 [1995], W. T. Chase, “Chinese Bronzes: Casting, Finishing, Patination, and Corrosion”, in David A. Scott, Jerry Podany, Brian B. Considine, editors, Ancient & Historic Metals: Conservation and Scientific Research, The Getty Conservation Institute, →ISBN, page 88:
glosses: That acts or occurs between legs.
malachy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Malachy—You said it—I wouldn't trust a lawyer no further than I could throw a case of Scotch.
ref: 1934 April 2, Thomas Aloysius Dorgan, The Capital Times, Madison, Wis.: Capital Times Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of malarkey.
Cutts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A settlement on Trondra, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU4038).
Misrata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Misratah
form: Misurata
Etymology: From Arabic مصراتة
Senses: examples: text: The only path for the people of Misrata was to take on the Gaddafi forces, a fact that both civilians and rebel fighters were reconciled to.
ref: 2016 April 27, “The Battle of Misrata”, in Al Jazeera:
glosses: A port city on the Mediterranean, in northwestern Libya.
glosses: A district of Libya, with its capital in Misrata.
Trondra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small inhabited island in Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HU3937).
Abu Grein
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic أبو + قرين
Senses: examples: text: The mobilisation came on Friday after ISIL took over the Abu Grein crossroads...
ref: 2016 May 6, “ISIL advances in Libya's Misrata”, in Al Jazeera:
glosses: A village in northern Libya, between Misrata and Sirte, at the junction of two major roads.
piss something up the wall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pisses something up the wall
form: pissing something up the wall
form: pissed something up the wall
form: pissed something up the wall
form: piss something up against the wall
Senses: examples: text: He could have been a pro, but he pissed his talent up the wall.
glosses: To waste or squander (money, talent, opportunity, etc.).
examples: text: He gets paid each Friday afternoon, and then it's straight down the pub to piss it up the wall.
glosses: (specifically) To waste (one's money) on alcoholic drink.
Meir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Perhaps from Old English mere (“pool, lake”), similar to the surname Mears.
Senses: glosses: An outer suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9342).
Meir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Meirs
Etymology: * As a Jewish surname, borrowed from Hebrew מֵאִיר (me'ír). Compare Meyer.
* As an English surname, variant of Mayer, Mear, Mears.
Senses: examples: text: In a foreword, former Israeli Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau unequivocally endorsed the validity of the historical links.
ref: 2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
glosses: A surname from Hebrew.
mallarky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It's a lot of mallarky for mothers, sisters, and sweethearts to ask "Laddie, when you're far away will you think of me?" The answer is NO! The girls who teach the soldier boys are kept busy as a bee. It's the soldier boys who pay.
ref: 1939, The Commentator, volume 6, New York, N.Y.: Payson Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 45, column 2:
text: She shrugged. "I've told you all I know." / "Mallarky. You haven't even begun to spill and you know it."
ref: 1945, Lawrence Lariar, Erle Stanley Gardner, Marjorie Alan, The Girl with the Frightened Eyes [by Lawrence Lariar]; The Case of the Half-wakened Wife [by Erle Stanley Gardner]; Dark Prophecy [by Marjorie Alan], New York, N.Y.: Detective Book Club, →OCLC, page 127:
text: But I'm not havin' this film mallarky. I'm takin' no memories wi' me.
ref: 1985, Stephen Lowe, “Moving Pictures”, in Moving Pictures: Four Plays (Methuen New Theatrescript), London; New York, N.Y.: Methuen, →ISBN, page 7:
text: THREE SONS – Sixteen Days EP (Sing A Song): Funny load of old techno/rave mallarky, 'cepting there is this thing here called 'Jazz Sandwich' which might just be the nattiest piece of jazz/house fusion to be hidden away, quite like, for ages.
ref: 1990, Blues & Soul, London: Napfield, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of malarkey.
put one's hand up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts one's hand up
form: putting one's hand up
form: put one's hand up
form: put one's hand up
form: put up one's hand
Senses: glosses: To raise one's hand (various senses).
examples: text: OK, I'll put my hand up to stealing the car, but not to robbing the off-licence.
glosses: To confess or admit (to something).
raw_tags: with 'to'
put up one's hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts up one's hand
form: putting up one's hand
form: put up one's hand
form: put up one's hand
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of put one's hand up.
Lydeway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Urchfont parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0458).
unhomologated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + homologated.
Senses: glosses: Not homologated.
disobedients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disobedient
defiants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defiant
cyberanthropology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + anthropology.
Senses: glosses: The anthropology of cyberspace.
Urchfont
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU0457).
mwalimus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mwalimu
pineal body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pineal bodies
Senses: glosses: The pineal gland.
pineal bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pineal body
bursting point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Third class carriages have wooden seats and centre corridors; they are always crammed to bursting point.
ref: 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
text: "HS2 is based on the West Coast Main Line bursting at the seams. Both that and the East Coast Main Line are at bursting point for capacity.
ref: 2020 June 3, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: HS2 progress: "volume of activity is growing"”, in Rail, page 11:
glosses: The point at which capacity is exceeded and something cannot take any more.
glosses: The point at which emotional self-control is lost.
MAPP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of methylacetylene propadiene propane.
Related terms: sense: methylacetylene propadiene propane
word: MAP
sense: methylacetylene propadiene propane
word: MPS
FBOT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FBOTs
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of fast blue optical transient.
Hyponyms: LFBOT
Wyborn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wyborns
form: Wybourne
form: Wyburn
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Wīġbeorn, which is composed of the elements wīġ (“war, battle”) and beorn (“man, warrior”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
fast blue optical transient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fast blue optical transients
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: a very short duration bright flash in the visible spectrum; thought to be caused by a type of supernova
Synonyms: word: FBOT
Hyponyms: english: luminous fast blue optical transient
translation: luminous fast blue optical transient
word: LFBOT
Coordinate terms: gamma-ray burst
supernova
Derived terms: word: FBOT
alt: LFBOT
word: luminous fast blue optical transient
laserist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laserists
Etymology: From laser + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A laser light show artist
injustice collector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: injustice collectors
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A person who practices injustice collecting.
Synonyms: grievance collector
wound collector
Related terms: injustice collecting
injustice collection
injustice collecting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A condition, where one remembers and itemizes slights, imagined or real.
Synonyms: grievance collecting
injustice collection
wound collecting
Related terms: injustice collection
injustice collector
injustice collection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: injustice collections
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of injustice collecting.
synonyms: word: injustice collecting
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The list of injustices an injustice collector collects through injustice collecting.
Synonyms: grievance collection
wound collection
Related terms: injustice collecting
injustice collector
viruscide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viruscides
Etymology: From virus + -cide.
Senses: examples: text: A new viruscide that sticks to surfaces for up to 30 days has been applied to all Southern, Thameslink, Great Northern and Gatwick Express trains, as well as at stations and staff areas.
ref: 2020 June 3, “Network News: GTR introduces powerful viruscide”, in Rail, page 14:
glosses: Alternative form of viricide.
viruscides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viruscide
Ah Kong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˌɑː˧ ˈk˭ɔŋ˦]
ipa: [ˌɑː˨ -]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 阿公 (a-kong).
Senses: glosses: Grandfather
glosses: The government
cal.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cals.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of calorie.
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Clipping of calibre.
glosses: Alternative form of cal.
Derived terms: sense: calorie
word: Kcal
sense: calorie
word: kcal
misclimb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪm
Forms: form: misclimbs
form: misclimbing
form: misclimbed
form: misclimbed
Etymology: From mis- + climb.
Senses: examples: text: Or show you restless, miswandering, misclimbing ones new and easier footpaths?
ref: 1909, Friedrich Nietzsche, translated by Thomas Common, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, →ISBN:
text: Hey, dilly, dilly, They thought you were a Lily 'Cause they misclimbed your botanical tree. But don't resort to Valiums You botanists, for Alliums Are in the Amaryllis family.
ref: 1981, Marilyn Singer, The Fanatic's Ecstatic Aromatic Guide to Onions, Garlic, Shallots, and Leeks, page 180:
text: This certainty stems from my acquaitance and freindship with him, of course, like a tree sprung from the earth up there in my woodlot; and even before this new journey of his begins, I can surely misclimb — out on a limb myself — and wonder: What's that crazy fellow going to do next?
ref: 2013, Wilhelm Raabe, Wilhelm Raabe: ‘The Birdsong Papers’, page 66:
text: it, water-clear, claps itself over the freedom that climbed with me, that misclimbed too high, on which one of the heavens gorged itself, that I let vault above the worddrenched image orbit, blood orbit.
ref: 2014, Paul Celan, Breathturn into Timestead: The Collected Later Poetry, page 27:
glosses: To make a mistake while climbing; to climb too far or in the wrong direction.
misclimbs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misclimb
misclimbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misclimb
misclimbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misclimb
nigori
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 濁(にご)り (nigori).
Senses: glosses: A cloudy variety of saké (rice wine).
misclock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪsklɒk/
ipa: /mɪsˈklɒk/
Forms: form: misclocks
Etymology: From mis- + clock.
Senses: examples: text: When misclock occurs, it is recorded as an audio datum and an alarm is given.
ref: 1978, Journal of the Radio Research Laboratories:
text: After each phase crossing there is a chance of a misclock being produced by jitter induced phase reversal at subsequent clocking edges.
ref: 2002, The 2002 45th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, page 562:
text: We will present a model to determine this minimum difference frequency given the acceptable risk of a misclock.
ref: 2002, I Shankar, SA Morris, CG Hutchens, “A novel frequency measurement technique for quartz microbalance systems and other resonator-based sensor systems”, in Proceedings: 2nd ISA/IEEE Sensors for Industry Conference:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An error in the synchronization or coordination of the sequence or timing of actions by a device.
misclock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪsklɒk/
ipa: /mɪsˈklɒk/
Forms: form: misclocks
form: misclocking
form: misclocked
form: misclocked
Etymology: From mis- + clock.
Senses: examples: text: This glitch can misclock the DMA state controller and indirectly mess up the memory unit in use.
ref: 1977, Conference Proceedings: Computer Faire, page 288:
text: We didn't get past the start. It was misclocked opened and we got too much lox flow in the main chamber early.
ref: 1995, SSME Post Test Diagnostic System: Systems Section, page 57:
text: This occurred despite an alignment pin design feature to prevent misclocking. It occurred despite a sensitivity test of the system a few days before liftoff to confirm live activity and correct polarity of all of the rate gyros.
ref: 2001, Walter Edward Hammond, Design Methodologies for Space Transportation Systems, page 696:
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To cause or produce a misclock.
examples: text: How else could they misclock one of the disappearance intervals by more than a month?
ref: 1993, Robert Paul Metzger, Transforming Texts: Classical Images in New Contexts, page 46:
glosses: To clock incorrectly; to mistime.
misclocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misclock
misclocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misclock
misclocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misclock
misclocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misclock
sideface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidefaces
Etymology: From side + face.
Senses: examples: ref: 1998, Colin Beech, The Redhead: A Collector's Guide to Shading the Stamps of the One Penny Red George V., Sideface Issues of Australia, 1914-1922, British Society of Australian Philately, page Title:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A definitive stamp with the portrait facing to the side of the stamp.
signature authority
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Some small banks still use this model, but larger institutions tend to entrust a single individual with signature authority, at least to a certain loan dollar amount.
ref: 1996, Andrew Turnauer, Navigating the Mortgage Maze, page 124:
topics: business
glosses: The authority of an employee acting unilaterally to commit an employer to a contract.
examples: text: As a first level manager my signature authority is $500.
topics: business
glosses: The maximum value of such contract.
examples: text: Officers or employees who file an FBAR to report signature authority over an employer’s foreign financial account don’t need to personally keep records on their employer’s accounts.
ref: 2019, “Understand how to report foreign bank and financial accounts”, in Internal Revenue Service:
topics: law
glosses: Control over a financial account with ones signature.
protological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From protology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: Our task, in what must necessarily be a longer section than those previous, will be first to explore the eschatological dimension of the protological image, then to show how these dual dimensions of protology and eschatology ground Irenaeus' focus on history and salvation as 'recapitulation'.
ref: 2009, M. C. Steenberg, Of God and Man: Theology as Anthropology from Irenaeus to Athanasius, →ISBN:
glosses: Of or relating to protology.
Derived terms: protologically
Related terms: protology
protologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more protologically
form: most protologically
Etymology: From protological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a protological manner.
glosses: Concerning protological matters.