cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Population I
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: population I
Etymology: Proposed by astronomer Walter Baade in 1944.
Senses: examples: text: We generally place stars into one of three populations based on their metallicity. Population I stars like the Sun are metal heavy. They are younger stars and tend to be found in the spiral arms of the Milky Way.
ref: 2019 December 11, Brian Koberlein, “The Stars In Our Galaxy Are More Varied Than We Thought”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2022:
text: Most stars, such as the sun, are third-generation "Population I" stars that contain relatively heavy elements such as iron, nickel, carbon and oxygen.
ref: 2021 May 21, Tom Metcalfe, “An ancient star casts new light on the birth of the universe”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2022:
text: The brightness of these galaxies could be attributed to such stars, which would be much hotter and brighter than subsequent Population II stars and Population I stars, such as our sun, both of which fill our modern-day universe.
ref: 2022 December 6, Jonathan O'Callaghan, “Astronomers Grapple with JWST’s Discovery of Early Galaxies”, in Scientific American, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2022:
topics: astrophysics
glosses: A population or group of stars formed relatively late in the history of the Universe, characterized by having a high metallicity.
wikipedia: Walter Baade
Derived terms: word: Pop I
population I
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Population I.
pillies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilly
Pop I
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The cycle of stellar birth and recycling continued, until about 10 billion years ago, Pop I stars began to form. Our Sun is a Pop I star, and the metals found inside it and our solar system can all be traced back to the same type of supernovae that spread dust (and metals) throughout A2744_YD4.
ref: 2017 March 8, Alison Klesman, “This is where stardust comes from”, in Astronomy Magazine, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2021:
glosses: Clipped compound of Population I.
pilly willy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilly willies
Etymology: From pill, the form in which drugs are often taken.
Senses: glosses: Erectile dysfunction as a result of consuming recreational drugs.
glosses: A penis that cannot achieve erection for this reason.
Related terms: whiskey dick
pilly willies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilly willy
Kumaoni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An ethnic group of Uttarakhand in northern India.
glosses: The Indo-Aryan language of these people.
pandoros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pandoro
Paneth cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Paneth cell
Z-movie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Z-movies
Etymology: By extension from B-movie. Compare Z-list.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A very low-budget motion picture, especially one with poor production values.
Z-movies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Z-movie
stops traffic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stop traffic
stopping traffic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stop traffic
stopped traffic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stop traffic
Pandemian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pandemic (“relating to Aphrodite Pandemos”).
synonyms: word: Pandemic
extra: relating to Aphrodite Pandemos
panaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panax
pampeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pampean
Tøyen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Oslo, Norway.
parlies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of parly
parlying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of parly
parlied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of parly
Karsgaard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Ambassador David A. Karsgaard is a graduate of the University of Manitoba and British Columbia . As member of the Canadian Foreign Service , he has served as Second Secretary in New Delhi , Counsellor in Bonn and[…]
ref: 1997, Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore), Humanitarian Action and Peace Keeping Operations: Debriefing and Lessons ; Report and Recommendations of the International Conference Singapore, February 1997, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, →ISBN:
text: [At] night some of the hospital staff came caroling to Dr. Karsgaard's house.
ref: 2010 06, Phyllis Irwin, Dr. Memsaab: Stories of a Medical Missionary Mom, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 16:
text: Carrie Karsgaard draws on Andreotti and de Souza's 2008 work in decolonizing education to critique curriculum from the currently very popular Free the Children organization. Karsgaard points out the colonial patterns visible,[…]
ref: 2018 August 16, Global Citizenship, Common Wealth and Uncommon Citizenships, BRILL, →ISBN, page 3:
text: We benefited for several seasons from the help of Sorina Spanou (co-field director 2001–2003), Andrew McCarthy, Phil Karsgaard and Ben Blakeman (supervisors). We are also grateful to Michelle Gamble who supervised bioarchaeology[…]
ref: 2019 July 31, Edgar Peltenburg, Diane Bolger, Lindy Crewe, Figurine Makers of Prehistoric Cyprus: Settlement and Cemeteries at Souskiou, Oxbow Books, →ISBN:
text: Karsgaard and MacDonald, for example, emphasise their conceptual framework and findings in one paper but give the details of their complex set of operations elsewhere (Karsgaard and MacDonald, 2020; Karsgaard et al., 2018).
ref: 2022 September 24, Gillian Rose, Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to Researching with Visual Materials, SAGE, →ISBN:
glosses: A surname
Related terms: Korsgaard
broad hints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broad hint
patripotestal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
antonyms: matripotestal
glosses: In which the male side holds the authority.
matripotestal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
antonyms: patripotestal
glosses: In which the female side holds the authority.
Chinese dumplings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinese dumpling
combs one's hair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of comb one's hair
combing one's hair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of comb one's hair
combed one's hair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of comb one's hair
commits adultery
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of commit adultery
committing adultery
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of commit adultery
committed adultery
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of commit adultery
crane operators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crane operator
peartest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of peart: most peart
pearter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of peart: more peart
peartly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more peartly
form: most peartly
Etymology: From peart + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a peart manner.
pavéd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pavé
pavéed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pavé
pavéing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pavé
pelorized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pelorised
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Exhibiting the abnormality called pelorism.
pelorised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pelorized.
Greasby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large village near Upton, Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2587).
deaf persons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deaf person
deaf people
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deaf person
death threats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of death threat
declarations of love
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of declaration of love
dies prematurely
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of die prematurely
dying prematurely
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of die prematurely
died prematurely
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of die prematurely
aquablation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈækwəˌbleɪʃn̩/
/ˈɑːkwəˌbleɪʃn̩/
Forms: form: aquablations
Etymology: Blend of aqua- + ablation.
Senses: examples: text: [Objective:] To assess the safety and feasibility of aquablation in a first-in-man study. Aquablation is a novel minimally invasive water ablation therapy combining image guidance and robotics (AquaBeam^®) for the targeted and heat-free removal of prostatic tissue in men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
ref: 2016 June, Peter Gilling, Rana Reuther, Arman Kahokehr, Mark Fraundorfer, “Aquablation – image-guided robot-assisted waterjet ablation of the prostate: initial clinical experience”, in BJU International, volume 117, number 6, →DOI, →ISSN, page 923:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A surgical technique used for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia, involving the ablation of prostatic tissue with a high-velocity saline stream with the use of robotic assistance and real-time ultrasonic guidance.
pentstemon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentstemons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of penstemon.
pentstemons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentstemon
does the impossible
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of do the impossible
doing the impossible
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of do the impossible
did the impossible
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of do the impossible
done the impossible
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of do the impossible
court of public opinion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courts of public opinion
Senses: examples: text: In the court of public opinion, the burden of proof clearly rests on the side of the Government to show that Microsoft has done anything illegal.
ref: 1998 June 25, Steve Lohr, Marjorie Connelly, “Most Approve Of Microsoft, A Poll Shows”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 24 May 2022:
text: After ending Great Britain's 79-year wait for the Davis Cup, Andy Murray revealed that he discovered a ghost town when he visited the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton a couple of months ago, and his verbal volley has pushed the Lawn Tennis Association into a vulnerable position in the court of public opinion.
ref: 2015 December 1, Jacob Steinberg, “Roehampton must face facts after new tennis breed fails to flourish”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2018:
text: I had been acquitted in a court of law, but sentenced to life by the court of public opinion as, if not a killer, then at least a slut, or a nutcase, or a tabloid celebrity.
ref: 2021 July 31, Amanda Knox, “Who Owns Amanda Knox?”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2022:
synonyms: court of world opinion
glosses: The news media and the public at large, seen as being able to deliver a judgement on someone in the manner of a judge.
courts of public opinion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of court of public opinion
minimally invasive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Angioplasty is a minimally invasive endovascular procedure used to widen narrowed or obstructed arteries or veins.
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: minimal invasive
glosses: Requiring only a small incision into the body, thereby reducing wound healing time, associated pain, and the risk of infection.
raw_tags: of a surgical procedure
court of world opinion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courts of world opinion
Senses: examples: text: Addressing this problem should be considered an Israeli national defense priority, as Israel needs American Jewish support to defend itself in the court of world opinion, in Congress, fighting boycotts worldwide and to resist journalistic and organizational attacks that aim to delegitimize its very existence.
ref: 2017 July 10, Eric R. Mandel, “Is Jewish unity an Israeli national-security issue?”, in The Jerusalem Post, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2022:
text: In seeking to disentangle responsibility for Saturday's attack on the Saudi oil installations, which was claimed by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels but blamed by Riyadh and Washington on Iran itself, the court of world opinion has to bear in mind many of those coming forward to give evidence could, in David Cameron's phrase, be reasonably described as occasionally "leaving the truth at home".
ref: 2019 September 19, Patrick Wintour, “Saudi oil attack shines light on geopolitical truth and lies”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2022:
text: Davos, the Alpine resort where the world's business and political elite meet annually, served as a stark reminder of just how far Russia had fallen in the court of world opinion.
ref: 2022 May 23, Yana Dlugy, “The War Comes to Davos”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2022:
glosses: Synonym of court of public opinion.
synonyms: word: court of public opinion
courts of world opinion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of court of world opinion
framework directives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of framework directive
eternalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eternalization
peptizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peptizers
Etymology: From peptize + -er.
Senses: glosses: A chemical agent that peptizes.
peptizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peptizer
goes abroad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go abroad
going abroad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go abroad
went abroad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go abroad
gone abroad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go abroad
goes to work
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go to work
going to work
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go to work
went to work
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go to work
gone to work
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go to work
peregrins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peregrin
Perfectus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Perfecti
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of perfectus.
perineums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perineum
perigyny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The quality of being perigynous.
perkish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more perkish
form: most perkish
Etymology: From perk + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of perky (“lively”).
synonyms: word: perky
extra: lively
pertake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pertakes
form: pertaking
form: pertook
form: pertaken
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of partake.
pertakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pertake
pertaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pertake
pertook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of pertake
pertaken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of pertake
pesaunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pesaunts
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of peasant.
pesaunts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pesaunt
pezants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pezant
petillant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pétillant.
stock-jobber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stock-jobbers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stockjobber.
phantasying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of phantasy
phaelonion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phelonion.
phelonions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phelonion
stock-jobbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stock-jobber
phrasemongered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of phrasemonger
phrasemongering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of phrasemonger
physes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physis
physalia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physalias
Senses: glosses: Any organism of the genus Physalia.
physalias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physalia
nailbrushed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nailbrush
nailbrushing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nailbrush
phrasemongerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phrasemongerers
Etymology: From phrasemonger + -er.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of phrasemonger.
synonyms: word: phrasemonger
phrasemongerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phrasemongerer
Goodlake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Macintyre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
pavaning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pavane
pavaned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pavane
dhoob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of doob (“type of grass”).
histories of ideas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of history of ideas
interior ministers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interior minister
lives with one's wife's family
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of live with one's wife's family
living with one's wife's family
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of live with one's wife's family
lived with one's wife's family
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of live with one's wife's family
love stories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of love story
ministers of state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minister of state
ministers of justice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minister of justice
makes flexible
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make flexible
making flexible
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make flexible
made flexible
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make flexible
orange trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orange tree
BBStro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BBStros
Etymology: Blend of BBS + intro
Senses: examples: text: I haven't seen those BBStros, are they good?
ref: 1996 May 11, Tom Kalland, “The Gathering 1996”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):
text: I found that little BBStro last week in cdrom.com and wondered, how it was done.
ref: 1996 June 12, Marcus May, “Dune BBS intro: how is it done ?”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):
text: does anyone know where there is a large selection of these mods? they will most probably be used in future bbstros but mostly for my own enjoyment...
ref: 1996 July 5, scoopx, “OldAmigaGameMusic”, in comp.sys.amiga.games (Usenet):
text: there was this guy who made this site for cracktros and bbstros, but i don't remember the url, maybe he can post it again?
ref: 2000 October 12, ritz[rvl], “Some questions”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):
topics: computing
demoscene
engineering
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An intro created to publicize a bulletin board system.
BBStros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BBStro
garial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɛəɹi.əl/
ipa: /ˈɡɛɹi.əl/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Forms: form: garials
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of gharial.
garials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garial
CBBSes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CBBS
gleggest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gleg: most gleg
glegger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gleg: more gleg
square on
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Don't Look Up aims too high for its scattershot barbs to consistently land, but Adam McKay's star-studded satire hits its target of collective denial square on.
ref: 2021, Critics Consensus, Don't Look Up:
text: I was square on time for my appointment at the Lafayette Coney Island and I wanted to be late.
ref: 2013 November 18, Loren D. Estleman, The Detroit Novels Volume One: Edsel, Stress, and Motown, Open Road Media, →ISBN:
glosses: accurately, correctly.
glutenines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glutenine
golps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golp
Afrolatino
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Afrolatino
form: most Afrolatino
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Afro-Latino.
Afrolatino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Afrolatinos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Afro-Latino.
Hagiosoritissa
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Agiosoritissa
Senses: glosses: Showing the Virgin Mary without child, slightly from the side, and with both hands raised in prayer.
Hagiosoritissa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Agiosoritissa
Senses: glosses: A depiction of the Virgin Mary as such.
Agiosoritissa
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hagiosoritissa.
Agiosoritissa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hagiosoritissa.
gooner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡuː.nə/
ipa: /ˈɡu.nəɹ/
rhymes: -uːnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: gooners
Etymology: See Gooner.
Senses: qualifier: footballing slang
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Gooner.
gooner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡuː.nə/
ipa: /ˈɡu.nəɹ/
rhymes: -uːnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: gooners
Etymology: From goon (“to enter a trance-like state after masturbating and edging for a long period of time”) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: I am likely both too repressed and too vanilla to ever be a gooner of any distinction, but the term speaks to the existence of a community of men for whom masturbation is a serious and important aspect of their sexuality.
ref: 2018 July 18, John Sherman, “Why Some Guys Like Jerking Off Together”, in BuzzFeed News, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2022:
text: Instead, a gooner remains “deeply in the bliss of masturbation,” Christfister continues, submitting themselves to an unrelenting cycle of tease and denial.
ref: 2020 November 21, Michael Stahl, “The Psychedelic Science of 'Gooning' — Or Masturbating Into a Trance”, in MEL Magazine, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2022:
text: By ruining orgasms along the way, a gooner can extend the overall length of their masturbation session.
ref: 2022 October 3, Lauren Beller, “G is for Gooning”, in Medium, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2022:
text: The gooner goons to reach the “goonstate”: a supposed zone of total ego death or bliss that some liken to advanced meditation, the attainment of which compels them to masturbate for hours, or even days, at a time.
ref: 2025 November 24, Daniel Kolitz, “The Goon Squad: Loneliness, porn’s next frontier, and the dream of endless masturbation”, in Harper's Magazine, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: goonette
glosses: An individual who practices gooning (a form of masturbation that involves edging for a long period of time).
examples: text: "nier automata is a gooner game" you have never played past ending a
ref: 2024 April 3, @NiroOfBhaal, Twitter:
text: This designs really good when you don’t have a gooner in your ear telling you how much they wanna fuck it
ref: 2024 April 24, @Primekelly414, Twitter:
text: when you're childproofing a gooner's phone, remember to block apps like shein, youtube and amazon. they'll go desperately searching for underwear reviews or bra ads just to see an inch of the female form.
ref: 2024 April 28, @bratti_xx, Twitter:
glosses: An individual addicted to sexual or sexualized content.
gooners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gooner
wh-in-situ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by American linguist Joseph Aoun in 1981.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The occurrence of a wh-word in its typical syntactic position when forming a wh-question.
lacquerista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lækəˈɹiːstə/
ipa: /lækəˈɹɪstə/
ipa: /lækɚˈistə/
ipa: /lækɚˈɪstə/
rhymes: -iːstə
rhymes: -ɪstə
Forms: form: lacqueristas
Etymology: From lacquer + -ista. Piecewise doublet of lacquerist.
Senses: examples: text: Aspiring lacqueristas and seasoned manicurists can browse through websites like Pinterest, TrendHunter and Tumblr for the latest nail art tutorials.
ref: 2013 April 25, Evin Billington, “Trend watch”, in The Ithacan, volume 80, number 27, Ithaca College, →OCLC, page 14:
text: Deluxe manicures, soak n' scrub pedicures and expert lacqueristas.
ref: 2020 October/November, Emerald Coast Magazine, Tallahassee: Rowland Publishing, →OCLC, page 72:
glosses: A nail polish aficionado.
lacqueristas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lacquerista
Albeth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
prout de jure
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: Scots law
glosses: Of a court case, allowing all evidence.
gendèr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gendèrs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gender (“an Indonesian musical instrument resembling a xylophone, used in gamelan music”).
gendèrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gendèr
Snottsdale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Snotsdale
Etymology: Blend of snot + Scottsdale.
Senses: examples: text: Spoken like a true resident of Snottsdale..........you eastsiders need to get a clue.
ref: 2003 April 21, Irv, “Moving to Phoenix”, in az.general (Usenet), retrieved 22 Dec 2022:
glosses: Scottsdale, Arizona.
pseudosyncope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)uːdoʊˌsɪŋkoʊpi/
Etymology: From pseudo- + syncope.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A condition clinically similar to syncope but not truly syncopal in nature, being caused psychogenically; thus, apparent fainting but without concomitant hemodynamic and electroencephalographic changes.
near-syncope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of presyncope.
synonyms: word: presyncope
shadow blister effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shadow blister effects
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A visual phenomenon in which a shadow bulges as it approaches another.
blahaj
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbloʊhaɪ/
ipa: /ˈblɑˌhɑʒ/
ipa: /ˈblɑˌhɑ/
ipa: /bləˈhɑ(d)ʒ/
ipa: /ˈbləʊhaɪ/
ipa: /ˈblɑːˌhɑːʒ/
ipa: /ˈblɑːˌhɑː/
rhymes: -əʊhaɪ
rhymes: -ɑːhɑːʒ
rhymes: -ɑːhɑː
Forms: form: blahajs
form: blahaj
form: blahajar
form: blåhaj
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish blåhaj (“blue shark”).
Senses: glosses: A plush toy in the form of a shark, especially one manufactured by the Swedish company IKEA.
Coordinate terms: teddy
teddy bear
guestens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of guesten
guestening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of guesten
guestened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of guesten
e-fu noodle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-fu noodles
Etymology: Partial calque from Cantonese 伊府麵／伊府面 (ji1 fu2 min6).
Senses: synonyms: yi mein
glosses: A kind of flat Cantonese egg noodles that is made by deep-frying.
e-fu noodles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-fu noodle
north of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: We have a programme where north of half a billion pounds has been wasted, and has already gone through three programme directors before yourself, and five senior responsible owners.
ref: 2011, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts, The failure of the FiReControl project: fiftieth report of session 2010-12, report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence, The Stationery Office, →ISBN, page 10:
text: The holo display leapt up, shaping itself this time into the form of an asari seated at a desk. A little on the stocky side, deeper blue skin than most, average ageless beauty, although Cora knew she was somewhere north of six hundred years old.
ref: 2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 5, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 98:
text: Population 39,693 (just north of 115,000 today), Cheltenham has been overtaken by Gloucester in terms of headcount.
ref: 2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 56:
text: “[…] Nigel used the word ‘invasion’ for a long time and got a huge amount of stick but…north of 160,000 men arriving on our beaches, the majority of them fighting-age men, I don't know what else you call that,” he says, referring to the total number of men, women and children who have arrived by small boat in the past seven years.
ref: 2025 August 2, Anna Gross, quoting Zia Yusuf, “Lunch with the FT: Zia Yusuf”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 18:
text: In an interview with CNBC on Tuesday, he insisted that he has “the best poll numbers I’ve ever had,” claiming that his approval was north of 70 percent.
ref: 2025 August 7, Jonathan Lemire, “Things Aren’t Going Donald Trump’s Way”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: More, higher or greater than.
Related terms: greater than
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Zincalo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Gypsy.
Related terms: zingaro
stud-muffinly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stud-muffinly
form: most stud-muffinly
Etymology: From stud muffin + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: While retaining a forcefully inoffensive quality, the term “dads” is now almost a badge of honor, a bold proclamation that it is still possible to be a really cool, really happening guy long after one’s stud-muffinly days have ended.
ref: 2000 July 5, Joe Queenan, “‘Dads’ isn’t your father’s magazine”, in The Palm Beach Post, volume 92, number 102, page 1D:
text: But the day after that, and this was before Kim had even noticed Finn and his stud-muffinly qualities, I got a note in my mail cubby.
ref: 2005, E. Lockhart [pen name; Emily Jenkins], The Boyfriend List, Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 66:
text: Her choice of supermarket may also have something to do with the omnipresence of that adorable, rugged, stud-muffinly security guard with the deliciously threatening MATRIX-style.
ref: 2019, Ansi Verwey - von Fleckenstein, Bounce Back Babes: 26 Word Portraits of Real Women, Tredition, →ISBN:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a stud muffin.
Pokédex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pokédexes
Etymology: Blend of Pokémon + index, adapted from Japanese ポケモン図鑑 (Pokémon Zukan, “Pokémon illustrated encyclopedia”).
The English version was introduced in the dub of the pilot episode of the Pokémon anime, originally aired in September 8, 1998.
Senses: examples: text: They're all able to make up new punny names based on their altmode without being told what they turn into--presumably their computers might even recognize the scanned Beast Mode immediately, like a Pokedex; "You've scanned a cheetah. Cheetahs are really fast."
ref: 2012 June 5, Onslaught Six, “Does Beast Wars Deserve a Revisit?”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet):
text: Entomologists use catalogues and checklists to record species, such as the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) online database. The ALA includes data like a Pokédex does, including species distribution and collection information.
ref: 2021, David Shaw, Jasmine Fellows, Puzzles and Projects, CSIRO PUBLISHING, →ISBN, page 5:
glosses: A fictional electronic encyclopedia with information about Pokémon.
wikipedia: Pokémon (TV series)
Pokémon, I Choose You!
Derived terms: Dexit
Pokédexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pokédex
cheese single
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheese singles
Etymology: Probably from the brand Kraft Singles, from single (“individual”).
Senses: examples: text: Like a cheese single, there can be only one. Down with your monarchy of mass-produced hamburgers.
ref: 2006, Jarod Kintz, E-mails from a Madman: Namdam a Morf Sliame:
text: You can order a standard breakfast from the menu, which is three pieces of bread and a cheese single, jam, a pasty, honey, butter and a cup of coffee.
ref: 2021, Aku-Petteri Korhonen, Trekking over the Alps, page 52:
text: Sally and Lynn sat at the butcher block table in the kitchen and fixed tuna salad sandwiches with a cheese single and a pickle on wheat bread.
ref: 2022, David Rachlin, Billy Backside and Other Stories:
glosses: A prepackaged individual slice of processed cheese.
wikipedia: Kraft Singles
cheese singles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheese single
Abertam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A traditional Czech hard cheese made from sheep milk.
daddiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of daddy: most daddy
ethenones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethenone
Silurians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Silurian
Silurist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Silurists
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Silurian (“a member of the Silures, an ancient tribe of Britannia”).
synonyms: word: Silurian
extra: a member of the Silures, an ancient tribe of Britannia
Silurists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Silurist
one-rabbits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of one-rabbit
one-rabbited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of one-rabbit
one-rabbiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of one-rabbit
quaternising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of quaternise
quaternises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of quaternise
infraluminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more infraluminal
form: most infraluminal
Etymology: From infra- + luminal.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of subluminal.
synonyms: word: subluminal
pseudodog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudodogs
Etymology: From pseudo- + dog.
Senses: glosses: Something that resembles but is not a dog.
Related terms: pseudocat
pseudodogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudodog
lupophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lupophone
axiophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axiophytes
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant of special interest to botanists.
axiophytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of axiophyte
multiparagraph
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + paragraph.
Senses: glosses: Consisting of more than one paragraph.
relimn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: relimns
form: relimning
form: relimned
form: relimned
Etymology: From re- + limn.
Senses: glosses: To limn or depict anew.
relimned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of relimn
relimns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of relimn
relimning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of relimn
pornhwas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pornhwa
TIPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TIP
Quad Citian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Quad Citians
form: Quad-Citian
Etymology: From Quad Cities + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Finally, as a Quad Citian, I would like to stress that, while the compact is designed to produce efficiencies in the delivery of a limited number of public services, it symbolizes more than dollars and cents concerns.
ref: 1990 February 7, Jim Leach, quotee, Quad Cities Interstate Metropolitan Authority Compact: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 3118 and S. 1485 (Serial No. 53), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 20:
text: The Draught House and Night People together “provided a place for young Quad Citians to go, and created a sort of unifying force of young people that reflected the nation's love affair with rock ’n roll, especially during a time of tremendous conflict for young Americans such as the Vietnam War,” the paper said.
ref: 2016, Jonathan Turner, A Brief History of Bucktown: Davenport’s Infamous District Transformed, The History Press, →ISBN, page 83:
text: Today, Fairmount Cemetery is the final resting place of thousands of Quad Citians who built their lives in the region.
ref: 2021, Michael McCarty, John Brassard Jr., Eerie Quad Cities, The History Press, →ISBN, page 38:
glosses: A resident of the Quad Cities.
Quad Citians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Quad Citian
closeish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: closish
Etymology: From close + -ish.
Senses: examples: a closeish friend
glosses: Somewhat close.
public square
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: public squares
Senses: examples: text: “The infrastructures of places like Mastodon and TikTok, which are wildly different from one another, of course, are too segmented to create the feeling of a truly public square,” Jackson says.
ref: 2022 November 18, Jason Parham, quoting Sarah J. Jackson, “There Is No Replacement for Black Twitter”, in Wired, →ISSN:
text: For Musk it looked like an easy win in his effort to make Twitter the public square, especially one that attracts rightwing blowhards and steal a march on Fox News.
ref: 2023 May 25, David Smith, “Failure to launch: Twitter glitches deal double blow to Elon Musk and Ron DeSantis”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Synonym of town square.
synonyms: word: town square
public squares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of public square
TEIs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TEI
tegumentations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tegumentation
TGFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TGF
t'garns'ls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of t'garns'l
THRs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of THR
Styler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stylers
Etymology: From Styles + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Ok, so Harry Styles (and his pet chicken) might have had something to do with the influx of Directioners and Stylers hungry for battered and deep-fried salvation but the Florence-based house’s output has helped it become the hottest brand of today.
ref: 2018 July 2, Steve Salter, “gucci’s latest campaign celebrates collectors, hoarders and obsessives”, in i-D, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
text: The mag won’t drop for another two weeks but the Stylers are beyond excited about seeing a topless Harry – and at getting a sneak peek of the interview.
ref: 2019 August 21, “Lov-ing it”, in Daily Star:
text: CALLING ALL STYLERS! How much do you know about Harry? Take this quiz to find out!
ref: 2022, Dolores Andral, What You Never Knew about Harry Styles (Behind the Scenes Biographies), Capstone Publishers, →ISBN, page 6:
text: Stylers swooned over the Grammy winner cuddling a cute fan-to-be between takes of making his “As It Was” music video […]
ref: 2022 May 30, “Harry Styles hangs with a baby”, in People:
text: World No.11 [Andrey] Rublev is such a Styler he has twice been to see the British superstar in concert at Madison Square Garden.
ref: 2022 September 5, Neil McLeman, “Cam’s clash of Styles”, in Daily Star:
text: Doesn’t HS bestride the pop world like a colossus in a sequined jumpsuit/sheer pussy-bow blouse/boa? / He does. New dates in 2023 for the 28-year-old’s ‘Love on Tour’ have been leapt upon by his legions of ‘Stylers’. […] Surely the Stylers aren’t going to desert poor Harry… are they? / Not yet, but [Timothée] Chalamet’s star is in the ascendant. And Gen Z are so fickle. Is there really room on the red carpet for more than one man in a backless halterneck?
ref: 2022 October 2, Anna Pursglove, “The Harry Styles backlash”, in You (The Mail on Sunday):
synonyms: Harrie
glosses: A fan of English singer, songwriter, and actor Harry Styles (born 1994).
Stylers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Styler
Bắc Hà dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bắc Hà dogs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A medium size spitz dog breed and one of Vietnam's Four Great National Dogs.
draw to a close
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws to a close
form: drawing to a close
form: drew to a close
form: drawn to a close
Senses: examples: text: As someone who had not previously gone in for fantasy or s/f, I surprised myself by regretting to see this quick-moving book draw to a close, and then was delighted to read on the publisher's promotional sheet that Silverglass is only "Number one in the Corson and Nyctasia series.".
ref: 1986 December 21, Linda Burnett, “Silverglass (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 23, page 10:
glosses: Alternative form of come to a close.
draw to an end
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: draws to an end
form: drawing to an end
form: drew to an end
form: drawn to an end
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of come to an end.
for beans
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Then he'd go and do some piss-ass thing that didn't count for beans and blow his horn.
ref: 1998, Fern Michaels, Vegas Sunrise, page 279:
text: Senator: Lie to me.
Foreman: Okay. It'll, uh, feel like a gentle massage.
Senator: House is a lousy teacher. You can't lie for beans.
ref: 2005 April 12, “Role Model” (26:50 from the start), in House, M.D., season 1, episode 17, spoken by Senator Gary Wright (Joe Morton):
glosses: Synonym of at all.
synonyms: word: at all
in malam partem
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in malam partem.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: in an unfavorable or evil manner
MSPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MSP
gatekeeperism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gatekeeper + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: That being said, they are also wary of 'gatekeeperism' within the movement that is overly critical of methods of public participation that might lack experience or engage in forms of online activism […]
ref: 2020, Matthew Farmer, Transnational LGBT Activism and UK-Based NGOs:
glosses: The attitudes, behaviours, and actions associated with being a gatekeeper (one who guards or controls access to a given area).
Related terms: overprotectivism
TOU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of terms of use.
Harmonizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Harmonizers
Etymology: See harmonizer.
Senses: examples: text: And the misses are still movin’ on! Look out, Harmonizers – they might be coming to a town near you!
ref: 2013, Hettie Bingham, Fifth Harmony, Franklin Watts, →ISBN:
text: When a Harmonizer decided to ask her friend to prom, she knew her promposal needed to be awesome. With a little help from Fifth Harmony, it turned out to be perfect.
ref: 2015 April 24, Taylor Pittman, “Fifth Harmony Use Their Charm To Help A Fan Pull Off The Perfect Promposal”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2022:
text: The pint-size singer stunned Harmonizers around the globe when she announced her shock split from Fifth Harmony in December.
ref: 2017 February 9, Lara Atson, “20 facts about Camila Cabello”, in You:
text: I presume that Harmonizers (that’s what the quartet’s fans are called) know that multi-platinum selling group’s third album, Fifth Harmony (via Syco/Epic Records), blasted to the top of the charts around the world upon its release in August last year. […] In addition to instant fan acclaim — and frenzy, as Fifth Harmony’s loyal Harmonizers immediately launched the album to the top spots on both Facebook and Twitter’s worldwide trending topics — critics have also praised the record, with USA Today hailing it as “the strongest work yet of the group’s career” and Rolling Stone calling it the group’s “most cohesive album yet.”
ref: 2018 March 3, Ricardo F[ua] Lo, “The quartet’s musical way of ‘Harmonizing’ with fans”, in The Philippine Star:
glosses: A fan of the American girl group Fifth Harmony.
Harmonizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Harmonizer
DORA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Defence of the Realm Act 1914.
EPDR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym for Engineering, Product, Design, and Research