cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fritessaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch fritessaus, from frites (“French fries”) + saus (“sauce”).
Senses: examples: text: Patat (french fries) are served with fritessaus (mayonnaise).
ref: 2007, George McDonald, Anto Howard, Essential Amsterdam, Heathrow, F.L.: AA Publishing, →ISBN, page 12:
text: Good stuff such as smoked-onion relish, green-tomato chow chow, and bacon-and-blue-cheese aioli. And don't forget the fritessaus.
ref: 2013 January 25, Anne Marie Panoringan, quoting Scott Brandon, “Coming Soon!”, in Gustavo Arellano, editor, OC Weekly, volume 18, number 22, Orange County, C.A.: Kurtis Barton, page 23:
text: In Holland, "they fuckin' drown" their French fries in mayonnaise, as the whole world knows after watching Pulp Fiction – but that is only half the story. In some parts of the Netherlands, fritessaus – a sweeter form of mayonnaise – is more popular.
ref: 2015 November 9, Philip Oltermann, “How do you like your chips?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2023:
text: Dutch food is one of the best-kept secrets. Albert Heijn is a good source for basics like […] mayonnaise-like fritessaus in a tube.
ref: 2016 July 8, Karen Burshtein, “The Top Attraction on Your Next Vacation? It Might Be the Food Store”, in Vogue, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2020:
text: The Netherlands speciality is fritessaus – a type of mayonnaise and basically joy in a pot. Love it. Obviously, we couldn't get fritessaus in the UK, but the point is: if you want to do Amsterdam but in London, all you need to do is get stoned, look at some flowers, get a McD's and then have a nap.
ref: 2020 July 21, Ryan Bassil, “Holidays in the UK Near London: How to Have a European Mini Break at Home”, in VICE, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2022:
text: In Holland it is called 'fritessaus' (fries sauce) and is sweeter and usually has less fat than an American mayo.
ref: [2022 June 9, Caroline Bologna, “The Best Dipping Sauces For French Fries That Aren't Ketchup”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2022:
glosses: A Dutch condiment similar to mayonnaise, often served on French fries.
IRCC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
glosses: Initialism of Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council.
Related terms: CIC
INS
UKVI
USCIS
USCIS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The three agencies under the Department of Homeland Security – USCIS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection – have been operating under acting leadership. But Friday’s Senate vote, which was was^([sic]) 47-34, now provides USCIS with a confirmed leader.
ref: 2021 July 30, Priscilla Alvarez, “Senate confirms Biden’s pick to serve as US Citizenship and Immigration Services director”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Related terms: CIC
INS
IRCC
UKVI
Shh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SHH
form: shh
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of SHH (“sonic hedgehog”); Abbreviation of sonic hedgehog.
OSSTF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation.
Related terms: ATA
AUPE
BCTF
CAUT
CUPE
ETFO
OECTA
ONA
OPSEU
AUPE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Alberta Union of Provincial Employees.
Related terms: ATA
BCTF
CAUT
CUPE
HSAA
OECTA
OPSEU
OSSTF
BCTF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of British Columbia Teachers' Federation.
Related terms: ATA
AUPE
CAUT
CUPE
NUPGE
OECTA
OPSEU
OSSTF
OPSEU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /oʊpiˈsiju/
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Ontario Public Service Employees Union.
Related terms: ATA
AUPE
BCTF
CAUT
CLC
CUPE
CUPW
OECTA
OFL
OSSTF
-cest
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Rebracketing of incest.
Senses: glosses: A suffix combined with a noun or surname to create a word for incest or an inappropriate relationship involving the referent(s).
glosses: A suffix for relationships between participants in the same (usually close-knit) activity (see castcest, classcest, clubcest, coursecest, friendcest, teamcest, workcest) or residents of the same complex (see dormcest, floorcest, hallcest, housecest).
Ajami Iraq
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Persian Iraq.
synonyms: word: Persian Iraq
Arabian Iraq
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Region west of Persian Iraq.
Minhaj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Minhajs
Etymology: From Arabic منهج (“method, order, way”).
Senses: glosses: A surname
Dudayev
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dudayevs
form: Dudaev
form: Dudajev
Etymology: From Russian Дудаев (Dudajev); Transliteration of Russian Дудаев (Dudajev). From Chechen [Term?]
Senses: glosses: A Chechen surname
hop fields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hop field
heteroqueerness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From heteroqueer + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Robert Heasley has begun to address the notion of heteroqueerness as it pertains specifically to the male subject. His paper focuses on a typology of men who perform queer masculinities and also identify as straight.
ref: 2015, Jamie Lee Coull, "Faux Queens: an exploration of gender, sexuality and queerness in cisfemale drag queen performance", thesis submitted to Curtin University, page 45
text: On this occasion, I will bring to the fore one example related to the homo-trans*- revolution sequence, and its flipside in the concealment of “homonormativity”, and another that expresses the hetero-cis-repression series and occludes the potential of heteroqueerness.
ref: 2017, Moira Pérez, "The Sex-Gender Revolution Series", Revista Estudos Feministas, Volume 25, Number 2, May-August 2017, page 437
text: She [Roberta Mock] defines queer as the ‘politics of the liberation of desire’ (2003, 23) and I would contend that heterosexual women who actively express a lack of desire to reproduce performing heteroqueerness.
ref: 2018, Kate Fox, “How stand-ups construct and are constructed by the 'Northernness Effect'”, in Comedy Studies, volume 9, number 1, page 28:
glosses: The state of being heteroqueer.
Ibaadhi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ibaadhis
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Ibadi.
adrenalinogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From adrenaline + -o- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: Hazard R, Boissier JR, Giudicelli JF (Fac Med Paris, Paris, France) Comparison of changes of adrenalinogenic actions of potassium ions, rubidium, and cesium under the influence of direct pharmacological agents Arch Int […]
ref: 1972, National Library of Medicine (U.S.). Toxicology Information Program, Drug Interactions; an Annotated Bibliography with Selected Excerpts: 1967-1970, U.S. Government Printing Office:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Creating adrenaline.
get up in someone's grill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets up in someone's grill
form: getting up in someone's grill
form: got up in someone's grill
form: gotten up in someone's grill
form: got up in someone's grill
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of get on someone's grill.
Holy Loch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A bay or sea loch off the Firth of Clyde, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS1681).
adrenalinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From adrenaline + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Duration of treatment and observation on adrenalinic eosinopenia varied from sixty - five to three hundred and thirty days.
ref: 1951, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology:
text: Hyperaemia attains a maximum in denervated tissues owing to suppression of the adrenalinic mediator.
ref: 1959, Romanian Medical Review:
text: upper limit free of any apparent manifestations, and a lower limit expressed by a slight generalized hyperexcitability, discrete adrenalinic mydriasis which discloses the existence of a slight stimulation of the suprarenal capsule.
ref: 1963, Abstracts of Reports, Symposia, Discussions and Free Communications:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to adrenaline.
Shiodome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shēōʹdōmā
Etymology: From Japanese 汐止(しおどめ) (shiodome).
Senses: examples: text: On June 10, the Prince left for Taihoku, leading the entire strength in his command, and arrived at Shiodome after dark, where he passed the night.
ref: 1938, Hideo Naito, Taiwan: A Unique Colonial Record 1937-38, 国際日本協会 [Kokusai Nippon Kyokai], →OCLC, page 30:
english: Kokusai Nippon Kyokai
translation: Kokusai Nippon Kyokai
text: Principal communities: Approximately 30 per cent of the population of the gai is in Shiodome, which is the most populous town between Keelung and Taihoku City.
ref: 1944 November 1, Civil Affairs Handbook: Taiwan (Formosa), Taihoku Province, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, →OCLC, page 181, column 1:
text: Inferior coke is available in Taiwan at Choso-kei, Shiodome, and Itahashi.
ref: 1950 March 27, “Iron and Steel”, in Foreign Commerce Weekly, volume XXXVIII, number 13, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30, column 2:
glosses: Synonym of Xizhi: the Japanese-derived name
synonyms: word: Xizhi
extra: the Japanese-derived name
raw_tags: in reference to Japanese Taiwan
equity language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equity languages
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A language style that proscribes the use of all kinds of possibly offensive terms.
sleep flowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sleep flower
Wellesley effect
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Observed at Wellesley College.
Senses: examples: text: Similar, if milder, versions of the same are reported in some (but not all) studies of humans, ranging from the Wellesley effect, discussed in the introduction, to heterosexual women preferring the smell of high-testosterone men.
ref: 2017, Robert Sapolsky, Behave, Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of McClintock effect.
synonyms: word: McClintock effect
wikipedia: Wellesley College
Nash Mills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish and small suburb on the southern outskirts of Hemel Hempstead, Dacorum borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0704).
foot-jaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foot-jaws
Etymology: From foot + jaw.
Senses: synonyms: gnathopodite
glosses: A limb of a crustacean, insect, or other arthropod, that acts as an accessory mouth-part.
foot-jaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foot-jaw
capricorn beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capricorn beetles
Senses: glosses: A type of longhorn beetle, genus Cerambyx.
Briars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
youngify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: youngifies
form: youngifying
form: youngified
form: youngified
Senses: glosses: To make young or youthful, especially in appearance.
DiNucci
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DiNuccis
Senses: glosses: A surname
falls at the last hurdle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fall at the last hurdle
falling at the last hurdle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fall at the last hurdle
fell at the last hurdle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of fall at the last hurdle
fallen at the last hurdle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of fall at the last hurdle
skattywampus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Larry's hair was all skattywampus. My mom and dad have pictures. Those pictures would probably be humorous to look at now.
ref: 2009, Larry King, My Remarkable Journey, New York, N.Y.: Weinstein Books, →ISBN, page 204:
glosses: Alternative form of catawampus (“in disarray”).
Wilman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
palliativist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palliativists
Etymology: From palliative + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: This small team formed the background for pediatric palliative care in Poland, not only locally, but they also aroused both professional (meaning among adult palliativists, pediatric oncologists and pediatricians in general) and public awareness.
ref: 2012, Marek W. Karwacki, “Pediatric Palliative Care in Poland”, in Caprice Knapp, Vanessa Madden, Susan Fowler-Kerry, editors, Pediatric Palliative Care: Global Perspectives, Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media, →ISBN, page 258:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A physician who specializes in palliative care.
palliativists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palliativist
Rednal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb next to Longbridge, Birmingham, West Midlands, extending into Cofton Hackett parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0076).
glosses: A hamlet in West Felton parish, north Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3627).
O'Cullane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cullane
form: O'Collins
Etymology: Anglicization of Irish Ó Coileáin, derived from Irish Coileáin, itself derived from coileán (“pup, youth, trickster”), Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”), possibly of non-Indo-European origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname
Cofton Hackett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0075).
scelerophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the stem of Latin scelus + -o- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: She added that if someone is experiencing a high degree of distress because of scelerophobia and their social and occupational functioning is being affected, she recommends seeing a medical provider or mental health professional.
ref: 2023 September 26, Abby Roch, “My house was broken into. Now I have developed a fear of thieves called scelerophobia.”, in Business Insider:
glosses: The fear of crime, burglars or thieves.
Related terms: scelerophobe
pseudodysphagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + dys- + -phagia.
Senses: examples: text: Patients with pseudodysphagia are usually anxious and concerned about not being able to eat.
ref: 1991, Robert Kellner, Psychosomatic Syndromes and Somatic Symptoms, American Psychiatric Pub, →ISBN, page 64:
glosses: The fear of swallowing or choking.
Gurahonț
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Gurahonț.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Arad County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Gurahonț, Arad County, Romania.
Șăulia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Șăulia.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Mureș County, Romania.
cellery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: TAKE ſome Heads of Cellery, pick and blanch them.
ref: 1733, Vincent La Chapelle, The Modern Cook, volume II, London: […] the Author, and sold by Nicolas Prevost, […], page 301:
text: […] have ready some cellery cut ſmall and boiled tender, a handful of ſpinach ſtewed and ſqueezed very dry, put them into the ſoup, and boil it up ten minutes; […]
ref: 1788, Richard Briggs, The English Art of Cookery, According to the Present Practice; Being a Complete Guide to All Housekeepers, on a Plan Entirely New, London: […] G. G. J. and J. Robinson, […], page 60:
text: Mr. Elton was still talking, still engaged in some interesting detail; and Emma experienced some disappointment when she found that he was only giving his fair companion an account of the yesterday’s party at his friend Cole’s, and that she was come in herself for the Stilton cheese, the north Wiltshire, the butter, the cellery, the beet-root and all the dessert.
ref: 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter X, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 188:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of celery.
natural life sentence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natural life sentences
Senses: examples: text: Justice Kennedy's opinion toyed with the notion that for adolescents, a natural life sentence is on the same proportionality plane as a death sentence.
ref: 2016, Peter Hodgkinson, The International Library of Essays on Capital Punishment, volume 1, Routledge, →ISBN:
topics: law
synonyms: LWOP
glosses: A life sentence without the possibility of parole, commutation, etc.
Hajnówka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Polish Hajnówka.
Senses: glosses: A town in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland.
close the loop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: closes the loop
form: closing the loop
form: closed the loop
form: closed the loop
Etymology: Evidently by loose extension from control theory proper, regarding closed-loop control ("close the loop": "announce that enough feedback has been collected to successfully plan the system's next action"). Possibly influenced by the computer programming sense of "loop," in which program control will flow forever around an infinite loop until something is done to break (or exit) that loop.
Senses: examples: text: Can you close the loop on this discussion by getting input from marketing and making a decision?
qualifier: corporate jargon
glosses: To follow up; to tie up loose ends; to resolve.
wikipedia: closed-loop control
Related terms: closed loop
endless loop
infinite loop
in the loop
loop in
open-loop
circle back
close out
come full circle
antilunar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -uːnə(ɹ)
Etymology: From anti- + lunar.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: opposite to the moon (from the Earth)
frog in a well
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fool with a limited outlook. (This entry is a translation hub.)
de-extincted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of de-extinct
de-extincts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of de-extinct
de-extincting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of de-extinct
MGU H
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MGU Hs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of MGU-H.
Thomas Chapel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Kilgetty/Begelly community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1008).
Kilgetty/Begelly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A community (civil parish) in south Pembrokeshire, Wales, which includes the villages of Kilgetty and Begelly.
Begelly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A village in Kilgetty/Begelly community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1107).
diphyllic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diphyllic
form: most diphyllic
Senses: examples: text: The following example of structure formation in polymer systems is microphase separation in solutions or melts of block-copolymers, аs well as of micelles, lamellae and of other structures in solutions of lipid-like diphyllic molecules.
ref: 1989, Studia biophysica - Volumes 132-133, page 28:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: liking two substances, for example oil and water, surfactant.
examples: text: The first lateral lobe is diphyllic, having two nearly equal-sized secondary lobes. The second lateral lobe is monophyllic having a single secondary lobe which lies on the side toward the venter.
ref: 1933, The Geology of Texas - Issue 3701, Volume 3, page 308:
text: The suture line is characterized by the presence of diphyllic saddles, a feature better developed on LS1 and LS2.
ref: 1962, José Idamor Corvalán, Early Mesozoic Biostratigraphy of the Westgate Area, page 152:
text: However as Dr W.J. Arkell observed in his MS notes the distinction between a diphyllic and tetraphyllic lateral saddle depends on the relative development of the small terminal folioles, which are liable to vary and change with growth.
ref: 1997, Graeme Roy Stevens, The Late Jurassic Ammonite Fauna of New Zealand, page 19:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Having two phylloid lobes.
examples: text: This led to the view that it is one of two things - viz., either a diphyllic teratoma or a true teratoma.
ref: 1915, L. G. Gunn, “Carcinoma of the Prostate”, in Transactions of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland, page 377:
text: The most usual type is a solid tumor composed of soft, white, necrotic and hæmorrhagic tissue with a few cysts, or tiny lobules of cartilage; a thorough examination is necessary to prove a triphyllic or even a diphyllic structure.
ref: 1926, International Surgical Digest - Volumes 1-2, page 311:
text: Indeed, it is doubtful if this be so much as "diphyllic", since all the epithelia can be regarded as ectodermal if not epidermal: salivary glands associated with sebaceous glands (Fig. 165) and hair follicles (Fig 164) are common enough in the dermoid skin, and stomodaeal and therefore ectodermal in somatic ontogeny;
ref: 1937, George Hilaro Barlow, James P. Babington, Guy's Hospital Reports - Volume 17; Volume 87, page 67:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Containing tissue derived from two different germinal layers.
Related terms: monophyllic
triphyllic
tetraphyllic
turtle vine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turtle vines
Senses: glosses: A creeping succulent of the spiderwort family (Callisia repens).
basket plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basket plants
Senses: glosses: A leafy herb of species Callisia fragrans, of the spiderwort family, native to Mexico, and often cultivated as a houseplant.
ballistospory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having or using ballistospores.
hammer-headed shark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hammer-headed sharks
Senses: examples: text: In Yam, one of the Torres Straits Islands, two brothers named Sigai and Maiau were worshipped in a shrine under the form of a hammer-headed shark and a crocodile respectively.
ref: 1906, James George Frazer, Attis, Otis, Osiris, page 139:
glosses: The hammerhead shark
Piacentine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Piacenza + -ine, after Italian piacentino.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the city or province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Piacentine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Piacentines
Etymology: From Piacenza + -ine, after Italian piacentino.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city or province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Piacentines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Piacentine
telpuchcalli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telpuchcallis
form: telpuchcalli
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of telpochcalli.
cackle-fart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cackle-farts
Senses: examples: text: He grabbed the last four of yesterday's eggs and a fistful of oats mixed with dried peas, making a mental note to see Fern Thorburn this day for more cackle-farts
ref: 2017, Tale Monger, Blood Line - Secrets:
synonyms: cackle fruit
cackleberry
glosses: A chicken's egg.
if I ever saw one
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: There's a messed-up face if I ever saw one.
glosses: Synonym of if ever there was one.
synonyms: word: if ever there was one
canarisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canarism
canarism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canarisms
Senses: glosses: Unique elements of the Spanish language spoken in the Canary Islands.
carboborates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carboborate
carboborate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carboborates
Etymology: From carbo- + borate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical compound containing both carbonate and borate
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical compound containing anions with boron linked to carbon.
VEC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VECs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of valued environmental component.
VECs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VEC
nocturesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From noct- + -uresis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Nocturnal enuresis: involuntary urination (urinary incontinence) at night, especially during sleep.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Nocturia (urinary frequency and/or urgency at night, prompting awakening and trips to the toilet).
CDIC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: banking
business
glosses: Initialism of Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation.
glosses: Initialism of Canada Development Investment Corporation.
Related terms: FDIC
Glup Shitto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Glup Shittos
Etymology: From a September 2020 post by Tumblr user gomjabbar lampooning hardcore Star Wars fans and Star Wars character names: "every time a new Star War^([sic]) movie or show is announced all the fans are like 'OMG Glup Shitto is back 😭😭😭'". The name Shitto was presumably constructed from shit + -o, referring to the supposed poor quality of such characters.
Senses: qualifier: Star Wars fandom slang
glosses: Any minor Star Wars character or one who features primarily in Extended Universe media unknown to casual fans.
examples: text: When it works well, Mank feels like the inheritance and renovation of a range of craft competencies and attentions. And when it does not work well, it is the classical Hollywood nerd’s version of Glup Shitto. “OMG Ben Hecht is back!” Sometimes it does both at once.
ref: 2021 May 9, J. D. Connor, “Put Some 'Mank' on It”, in Los Angeles Review of Books:
text: 'The Book of Boba Fett' is a good example of this joke containing a few grains of truth. Boba Fett was, after all, the original Glup Shitto. He turned up in all of maybe three major scenes in 'The Empire Strikes Back' and 'Return of the Jedi', died by accident, and was written off in the movies.
ref: 2022 June 1, Brian Lloyd, “This week's 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' sees the return of a familiar helmet”, in Entertainment.ie:
text: I also questioned what characters might show up in this series, and while we haven’t seen a true Glup Shitto yet, we do get a reference to Quinlan Vos, a Jedi from the “Star Wars” novels who then appeared in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”
ref: 2022, Brandon Raglow, "Review | Episode three of ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ brings the Jedi master face to face with a certain former Padawan", The Pitt News (University of Pittsburgh), 8 June 2022
glosses: A character in any work of fiction who is similarly unknown to casual fans.
Related terms: english: hypothetical nostalgic video game or cartoon character
translation: hypothetical nostalgic video game or cartoon character
word: Scrimblo Bimblo
hydrodrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrodromes
Etymology: From hydro- + -drome.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Synonym of hydrofoil (“boat using hydrofoils”).
synonyms: word: hydrofoil
extra: boat using hydrofoils
Coordinate terms: english: type of aircraft; aircraft composed of aeroplanes (airfoils)
translation: type of aircraft; aircraft composed of aeroplanes (airfoils)
word: aerodrome
Related terms: aerodrome
aquadrome
astrodrome
cosmodrome
drome
hydro
hydrodynamics
hydrofoil
hydronautics
hydroplane
Tuguegarao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʊ.ɡɛ.ɡɐˈɾaʊ̯/
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Tuguegarao, of Ibanag origin.
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of the province of Cagayan and the region of Cagayan Valley, Luzon, Philippines.
Turner Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after John and Robert Turner, the first two settlers in the area.
Senses: glosses: A former town in Alberta, Canada, merged with Black Diamond in 2023 to form Diamond Valley
Diamond Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * (town in Alberta): Blend of Black Diamond + Turner Valley, names of the two towns that were merged to form the new municipality in 2023.
Senses: glosses: A town in Alberta, Canada; previously the towns of Black Diamond and Turner Valley
glosses: A locality in Queensland, Australia.
go woke, go broke
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Ellipsis of When you go woke, you go broke.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of get woke, go broke.
Tumblr sexyman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʌm.blɚ ˈsɛk.siˌmæn/
Forms: form: Tumblr sexymen
Etymology: From Tumblr, referencing the microblogging platform and social network, and sexy + man.
Senses: examples: text: The most iconic Tumblr sexymen of all Tumblr sexymen: The Onceler. Oh my god did the Onceler take Tumblr by its neck and wring it until it died horribly. I have never seen such a trend.
ref: 2021, Belle, "Tumblr Sexymen: A Never-Ending Cycle of Questionable Taste", LOCO Mag, 2 August 2021
text: “Timothee Chalamet Willy Wonka is what happens when a Hollywood focus group tries to create a Tumblr sexyman,” another remarked, referencing the famous 2010s blogging site.
ref: 2021, Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, quoted in Andrew Court, "Twitter slams Timothée Chalamet’s ‘sexification’ of Willy Wonka", New York Post, 11 October 2021
text: Congratulations, Lucifer Morningstar, on joining the esteemed ranks of Tumblr Sexymen like Alastor, The Once-ler, Bill Cipher of "Gravity Falls," Waluigi, King Dice of "Cuphead," and for some reason, Sans from "Undertale."
ref: 2022 December 1, BJ Colangelo, “Why Animation Fans Are Going Wild For Hazbin Hotel's King Of Hell Read More”, in Slash Film:
topics: lifestyle
synonyms: sexyman
glosses: A male fictional character (often conventionally unattractive or non-human) with a particularly devoted fanbase on Tumblr.
wikipedia: Papyrus (Undertale)
Sans (Undertale)
Undertale
Related terms: english: hypothetical nostalgic video game or cartoon character
translation: hypothetical nostalgic video game or cartoon character
word: Scrimblo Bimblo
flat-sit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flat-sits
form: flat-sitting
form: flat-sat
form: flat-sat
Etymology: By analogy to babysit.
Senses: glosses: To live in and take care of someone's flat while they are away.
Synonyms: apartment-sit
sleepershark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleepersharks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sleeper shark.
fasho
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I was like Aite, fasho, putting my hands up.
ref: 2022, Sean Thor Conroe, Fuccboi, Hachette, →ISBN:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of for sure, representing African-American Vernacular English.
fasho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fashos
Senses: examples: text: In the 1970s and 1980s, groups of adolescents, more often male than female, in strange attires, and with names such as skinheads, “fashos,” hooligans, bovver brigades, psychos, bootboys, and psychobillies, caused amazement and even shock in the streets of Britain, Germany, and other European countries.
ref: 1997, Walter Laqueur, Fascism: Past, Present, Future, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125:
synonyms: fash
glosses: A fascist.
Stepaside
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village, a southern suburb of Dublin, Ireland.
glosses: A hamlet in St Stephen-in-Brannel parish, mid Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9454).
glosses: A village in Amroth community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1307).
glosses: A small village south-west of Newtown, Powys, Wales (OS grid ref SO0889).
YouNower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: YouNowers
Etymology: From YouNow + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Some YouNowers stoke their viewership by energetically bopping through each session like a rolling Q&A, with each answer giving rise to more questions.
ref: 2014 October 12, Michael Andor Brodeur, “Me TV: Live broadcasters find their audience online”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 286, number 104, page N20:
text: The 24-year-old [Dan Howell] is also a presenter on the BBC Radio 1 show, Dan and Phil, with fellow YouNower Phil Lester.
ref: 2015 October 16, Katrina Clarke, “YouNow’s most popular broadcasters”, in Toronto Star:
text: Early November 2015 I met someone who I am very proud to call a brother, a friend and family and goes by the name of Drew Malino a very talented and inspirational YouNower/ Youtuber.^([sic])
ref: 2016, Juan Contreras, Advice from the Heart, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
text: FORMER Coventry Music Museum Artist of the Month, Emma McGann has been nominated for a Shorty Award in the YouNower of the Year category.
ref: 2016 February 12, Pete Chambers, “Emma is up for top award”, in Coventry Telegraph:
text: In the Middle East, top ‘YouNowers’ are currently raking in thousands of dollars. KSA-based user Abodybad broadcasts an average of six times per week to over 250,000 fans. […] “In the USA we have seen a number of our top YouNowers earning enough to make broadcasting a full time job.[…]” said Candace Tossas, International Markets Manager. Here we speak to three Middle Eastern YouNowers about their experience.
ref: 2016 July 10, David Light, “Want to earn $10K per month doing what he does?”, in Khaleej Times:
text: max: We were with Zach Clayton (BruhitsZach), who won the award for YouNower of the Year.
ref: 2017, Max Mills; Harvey Mills, Max and Harvey (in a Book), Puffin Books, →ISBN, page 68:
text: I see nothing wrong with Musers or YouNowers.
ref: 2018, Meridith Valiando Rojas, quoting Trevor Moran, Selfie Made: Your Ultimate Guide to Social Media Stardom, Wednesday Books, →ISBN:
text: YouTubers became YouTubers because they spent most of their time learning how to grow an engaged YouTube audience. Instagrammers became Instagrammers because they spent most of their time mastering Instagram. YouNowers became YouNowers . . . well, you get the point.
ref: 2019, Ari Herstand, How To Make It in the New Music Business: Practical Tips on Building a Loyal Following and Making a Living as a Musician, 2nd edition, Liveright Publishing Corporation, →ISBN:
glosses: A broadcaster on the broadcasting service YouNow.
YouNowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of YouNower
Amroth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A coastal village and community in south-east Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1607).
candaulist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candaulists
Etymology: After Candaules, a Lydian king, + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who exposes his female partner, or images of her, to other people for their voyeuristic pleasure.
wikipedia: Candaules
Twitcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Twitchers
Etymology: From Twitch + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The Twitchers interact with their audiences in multiple ways in order to create communities.
ref: 2022, Natalia Quintas-Froufe, Ana González-Neira, “First Studies of the Migration of Television Content to Twitch in Spain”, in Álvaro Rocha, Daniel Barredo, Paulo Carlos López-López, Iván Puentes-Rivera, editors, Communication and Smart Technologies: Proceedings of ICOMTA 2021 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies; 259), Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., →ISBN, page 371:
text: Some messages warn against not being fooled, and that YouTubers or Twitchers should be somewhat absolved because “it’s their job” (C2), with the “dirty rotten system” (C2) to blame in which “EA decides who get what” (C2). […] Players post messages stressing the differences between themselves and streamers, with “regular folks are forced to earn … wins in fut champs” (C1; C3) while YouTubers or Twitchers “get given wins by their viewers” (C1; C3).
ref: 2022, Piotr Siuda, Mark R. Johnson, “Microtransaction Politics in FIFA Ultimate Team: Game Fans, Twitch Streamers, and Electronic Arts”, in Raiford Guins, Henry Lowood, Carlin Wing, editors, EA Sports FIFA: Feeling the Game, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, part 2 (Midfield), pages 99 and 102:
text: Popular Twitchers (live streamers) build and cultivate devoted communities of fans where hundreds and even thousands log on to watch their broadcasts of whatever it is they want to share with the world.
ref: 2023, Adam Collins, Jason Harlacher, Effective Bullying Prevention: A Comprehensive Schoolwide Approach, The Guilford Press, →ISBN, page 203:
glosses: A streamer on the video livestream service Twitch.
Twitchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Twitcher
Wisemans Bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wiseman's Bridge
Senses: glosses: A coastal hamlet in Amroth community, south-east Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1406).
Wiseman's Bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Wisemans Bridge.
trash boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trash boys
form: trashboy
Senses: examples: text: As such, we arrive at the conclusion that Ms. Roberson will most likely continue to pseudo-date exclusively trash boys.
ref: 2015 August 21, Blythe Roberson, “McKinsey Project Report On My Dating Life”, in New Yorker:
text: We are a nation with internal conflict between Nazi-fetish trash boys on one side and identity politics anarchists on the other.
ref: 2018 August 17, Daniel Barkhuff, “Amateur hour in the White House”, in The Baltimore Sun:
text: Now, I know Daemon’s going to do some bad things and that he’s not someone to praise, but also he’s my new trash boy of Westeros and I am so beyond happy about it.
ref: 2022 August 31, Rachel Leishman, “Matt Smith on ‘House of the Dragon’ Is the Internet’s Favorite New Trash Boy”, in The Mary Sue:
synonyms: fuck boy
glosses: A foul and contemptible man.
kefyr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kefyrs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kefir.
main character
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: main characters
Senses: examples: text: With his Jill Biden essay, Joseph Epstein became Twitter’s main character this month.
ref: 2020, Paul Farhi, "How the dusty old op-ed pages became the red-hot outrage-generating machine of 2020", The Washington Post, 28 December 2020 (image caption)
text: Unless you’re in the business of receiving hate clicks for profit, you never want to be the “main character” of Twitter.
ref: 2021 January 5, Dani Di Placido, “The Ballad Of ‘Bean Dad’ Shows The Cruel, Petty Side Of Twitter”, in Forbes:
text: And while Trump, at least, now faces a reckoning over his most consequential tweets via the January 6 hearings, one final way to understand Elon Musk as our new main character is to consider the internet that has incentivized the rise of both men.
ref: 2022 July 14, Delia Cai, “How Elon Musk Became the Internet’s New Main Character”, in Vanity Fair:
glosses: A person who becomes a focal point of discussion on a social media platform (particularly Twitter).
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see main, character.
Derived terms: main character syndrome
Related terms: protagonist
Reynalton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Kilgetty/Begelly community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0908).
hit-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hit-up
Steggles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
EverQuesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EverQuesters
Senses: glosses: plural of EverQuester/EverQuester
parametricality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From parametric + -ality or parametrical + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of parametricity (which is the more common term for the concept)
synonyms: word: parametricity
extra: which is the more common term for the concept
Soso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sosos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Raccoon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Putnam County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
Four townships, one each in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Raccoon Township.
Blockhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Blockheads
Etymology: From block + -head.
Senses: examples: text: McCartneymania seemed to be a chance for the parents of Blockheads, the kids who swarmed the New Kids on the Block last week, to do a little gawking of their own.
ref: 1989 December 7, David Silverman, “Harrison rejects McCartney’s tentative offer of a reunion”, in Chicago Tribune, 143d year, number 341, section 5, page 11:
text: During Danny [Wood]’s solo spot in a New Kids concert, which comes about three-quarters of the way into the show, you can see five to ten minutes of the breakdancing routine that made him famous on the streets of Boston—and when he’s feeling particularly limber, he’ll spin on his head. (Please, do not attempt to do this, Blockheads)!
ref: 1990, Anne M. Raso, New Kids on the Block Handbook, Modern Publishing, →ISBN, page 25:
text: There’s no doubt it has the right stuff to lure both Blockheads and those who didn’t grow up listening to Donnie Wahlberg’s New Kids on the Block or Mark [Wahlberg]’s Funky Bunch.
ref: 2021 April 25, Cheryl V. Jackson, “Wahlburgers gives area another high-profile brand”, in The Sunday Star, volume 118, number 290, page 8A:
text: My sister Shonda and I were complete Blockheads growing up. If we heard “Step by Step” or “Please Don’t Go Girl,” it was ON.
ref: 2022, Chrishell Stause, Under Construction: Because Living My Best Life Took a Little Work, Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 149:
text: Blockheads and music fans gathered in force to fill the arena and “Bring Back the Time” (the name of the latest New Kids song, which features tourmates En Vogue, Salt-N-Pepa and Rick Astley).
ref: 2022 May 23, Tami Cupples-Hernandez, “‘Growing old together’: NKOTB Mixtape Tour 2022: A 2-hour pause on adulthood”, in The Monitor, volume 113, number 296, page 8A:
text: The 10,500 Blockheads’ shrieks got even louder when [Donnie] Wahlberg pulled up his shirt to show off six-pack abs on his 52-year-old body.
ref: 2022 June 15, Jon Bream, “New Kids on the Block show off the right stuff with Salt-N-Pepa”, in Star Tribune, volume XLI, number 72, page B2:
glosses: A fan of the American boy band New Kids on the Block.
Blockheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Blockhead
bat-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: See Bat- § Etymology.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Bat-.
Derived terms: Bat- § Derived terms
tear line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tear lines
Senses: examples: text: Where source-revealing information must necessarily be included, the Commission strongly recommends the use of a tear line. Those who need to know how the information was derived will have access to the information above the tear line, marked SECRET COMPARTMENTED ACCESS. Those who need to act on the information, but do not need to know the source of the information, will receive the generally protected information below the tear line, marked SECRET.
ref: 1994, Joint Security Commission, Redefining Security: A Report to the Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence. Unclassified., page 14:
glosses: In a classified intelligence report, the point at which the confidential version of a report ends (often marked by a series of dashes), and a sanitized version suitable for sharing with the public begins.
glosses: A perforated or printed dotted line along which paper may be torn or cut.
tear line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tear lines
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The meniscus of lacrimal fluid between the eyeball and eyelid.
marionette line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marionette lines
Senses: examples: text: Marionette lines — another kind of groove — form at the edges of the mouth and run down toward the chin. They look almost like a permanent frown.
ref: 2006, Loretta Ciraldo, 6 Weeks to Sensational Skin, page 196:
glosses: wrinkles starting at, and perpendicular to, both corners of the mouth, reminiscent of the hinged jaw of a marionette.
marionette lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marionette line
Frakes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Frakeses
Senses: glosses: A surname
Crusher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Crushers
Senses: glosses: A surname
oven dodger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oven dodgers
form: oven-dodger
Etymology: In reference to the cremation of Jews during the Holocaust, suggesting that the Jews alive today are those who avoided being killed in the Holocaust, or their descendants.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:oven dodger.
glosses: A Jewish person.
oven dodgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oven dodger
Kut
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Al Kut
form: Al-Kut
form: Kut al-Imara
form: Kutulamare
Etymology: From Arabic ٱلْكُوت (l-kūt).
Senses: glosses: A city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River.
music frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: music frogs
Senses: glosses: A frog of the genus Nidirana, native to Southeast Asia.
The Kingfish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After George "Kingfish" Stevens, character from American radio sitcom Amos 'n' Andy
Senses: glosses: byname of Huey Pierce Long
wikipedia: en:Amos 'n' Andy
stu'
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stu.
plank road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plank roads
Senses: glosses: A road paved with planks (or puncheons that resemble planks from above): sometimes (especially in previous centuries) an economically viable way to build a road passable by heavy wagons, large coaches, or motor trucks.
Coordinate terms: sense: thoroughfare paved with wood
word: boardwalk
sense: thoroughfare paved with wood
word: duckboards
sense: thoroughfare paved with wood
word: corduroy road
Related terms: english: a road to facilitate logging activity
translation: a road to facilitate logging activity
word: logging road
plank roads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plank road
Hellingly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish north of Hailsham, Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5812).
Hardham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Coldwaltham parish, Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0317).
Coldwaltham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ0216).
Stenoscript
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈstɛnəskrɪpt/
Etymology: From stenography; in full Stenoscript ABC Shorthand.
Senses: glosses: A system of English shorthand, written using traditional cursive characters with a few variations.
game jam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: game jams
Senses: glosses: An organized competition lasting a few days wherein people create a game from scratch (especially a video game), often having a set theme.
Related terms: game jammer
leadermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leaderman
Steimberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Steimbergs
Senses: glosses: A surname.