cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
trypsinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trypsinate
trypsinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Modified by reaction with trypsin
mindware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mind + -ware, coined by psychologist David Perkins.
Senses: glosses: The mental knowledge and procedures that a person uses to solve problems or make decisions.
nothing personal
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Indicates that one's remark is not directed at the interlocutor specifically, but is a general remark, and thus not intended to offend.
grumbletonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡɹʌm.bəlˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌɡɹʌm.bəlˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: grumbletonians
Etymology: From grumble + -tonian, analyzable as -ton + -ian. (as in Princetonian, Newtonian, etc).
Senses: examples: text: He was often dis-guſted, and thought a Grumble-tonian; but there was no getting an inſight into his Proceedings. He’d be counted ſometimes (behind the Curtain) a High-Flyer, and Tory-rory-Ranter; yet, by his natural In-ſtinks, he inclined to be of the Low-Party: Some ſay he was of no Side, but between both.
ref: 1722, The Rump Examin’d; with It’s Secrets Discover’d, and laid open, A. Moore, page 18:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Originally a member of the 17th-century Country Party; later a member of the opposition.
grumbletonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grumbletonian
idiologus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idiologi
Etymology: From Latin idiologus.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The chief financial officer in Egypt when it was part of the Roman Empire.
hydronautics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hydro- (“water”) + -naut (“travel”) + -ics (“a practice, field of knowledge or skill”).
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation
Derived terms: hydronautical
onglets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onglet
minorative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪnəɹeɪtɪv/
Forms: form: minoratyve
Etymology: From the late-Middle French minoratif, minorative (“that diminishes or lessens”, of a medicine “mildly laxative”; as a noun “a mild laxative”), from minorer (“to diminish the importance [of]”). Equivalent to minorate (“diminish”, “lessen”) + -ive. Compare the post-Classical (i.e. 9th C.) Latin minōrātīvus.
Senses: glosses: That diminishes or attenuates
examples: text: Clysters sometymes do supplye the rowme of minoratyve medicines.
ref: 1543, Bartholomew Traheron (translator), Joannes de Vigo (author), The Most Excellent Workes of Chirurgerye, book IX, addendum, page 225
text: Nothing but minorative apozems should be ordered.
ref: 1747, Jean Astruc (author; translator unknown), Academical Lectures on Fevers, page 112
glosses: Gently laxative.
raw_tags: of a medicine
minorative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪnəɹeɪtɪv/
Forms: form: minoratives
form: minoratyve
Etymology: From the late-Middle French minoratif, minorative (“that diminishes or lessens”, of a medicine “mildly laxative”; as a noun “a mild laxative”), from minorer (“to diminish the importance [of]”). Equivalent to minorate (“diminish”, “lessen”) + -ive. Compare the post-Classical (i.e. 9th C.) Latin minōrātīvus.
Senses: examples: text: When […] wee feare lest nature faint before perfect concoction, we may sometimes use a gentle minorative.
ref: 1633, James Hart, Κλινική; or, The Diet of the Diseased, book III, chapter xiv, page 284
text: Others give minoratives more frequently.
ref: 1747, Jean Astruc (author; translator unknown), Academical Lectures on Fevers, page 232
glosses: A gently laxative medicine.
Related terms: minorand
minorate
minoration
surface street
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surface streets
Senses: glosses: A street that is not a freeway and has at-grade intersections with other surface streets.
Bordieuan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bordieuan
form: most Bordieuan
Etymology: From Bourdieu + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002), French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher.
inscribeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: inscribe + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inscribe
macrolevel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrolevels
Etymology: From macro- + level.
Senses: examples: text: at the macrolevel
text: on the macrolevel
text: This study attempts to describe what is happening at the macrolevel and how it affects individual cases.
related: word: macro-level
antonyms: microlevel#Noun
glosses: A level of analysis that concerns large-scale and highly multivariable phenomena or factors.
related: word: macro-level
antonyms: microlevel#Noun
glosses: A level of analysis that concerns large-scale and highly multivariable phenomena or factors.
A macroscopic level.
related: word: macro-level
antonyms: microlevel#Noun
glosses: A level of analysis that concerns large-scale and highly multivariable phenomena or factors.
A macroeconomic level.
related: word: macro-level
antonyms: microlevel#Noun
glosses: A level of analysis that concerns large-scale and highly multivariable phenomena or factors.
A macrosocial, macroeconomic, and macropolitical level.
macrolevel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more macrolevel
form: most macrolevel
Etymology: From macro- + level.
Senses: examples: text: more macrolevel
text: very macrolevel
text: This study attempts to describe the macrolevel dynamics and how they affect individual cases.
text: The factors that you mentioned are true, but they're very macrolevel. Can you talk about microlevel concerns for today's discussion?
related: word: macro-level
antonyms: microlevel#Adjective
glosses: At such a level.
related: word: macro-level
antonyms: microlevel#Adjective
microlevel#Adjective
microscopic#Adjective
glosses: At such a level.
Macroscopic.
related: word: macro-level
antonyms: microlevel#Adjective
microlevel#Adjective
microeconomic#Adjective
glosses: At such a level.
Macroeconomic.
examples: text: "We are dealing with macrolevel uncertainty that filters down to the state level, the local level, and then down to the household level," said Corey Williams, the chairman of the Common Council finance committee. "We are trying to minimize the uncertainty at the household level."
ref: 2025 August 9, Tim Craig, “Fewer trash pickups, more potholes: This city is bracing for a shaky economy. Syracuse, New York, is the latest city to see its budget slashed as leaders nationwide are rattled by Trump’s tariff policies and slowing housing markets”, in Washington Post, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2025:
related: word: macro-level
antonyms: microlevel#Adjective
microlevel#Adjective
microsocial#Adjective
microeconomic#Adjective
micropolitical#Adjective
glosses: At such a level.
Macrosocial, macroeconomic, and macropolitical.
Related terms: word: macro
word: micro
macrolevels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrolevel
mesolevel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesolevels
Etymology: From meso- + level.
Senses: glosses: A mesoscopic level.
mesolevels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesolevel
Faircloughian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Faircloughian
form: most Faircloughian
Etymology: From Fairclough + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Discourse analysis, and especially Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) in the Faircloughian tradition […] is usually qualitative in nature, although a recent development towards using methods derived from corpus linguistics to support CDA has given it quantitative aspects, too […]
ref: 2013, Sebastian M. Rasinger, Quantitative Research in Linguistics: An Introduction, page 14:
glosses: Of or relating to Norman Fairclough (born 1941), sociolinguist.
tribalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tribality
kingslayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kingslayers
Etymology: From king + slayer.
Senses: topics: fantasy
glosses: One who kills a king.
Synonyms: regicide
Related terms: regicidal
kingslayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kingslayer
nonassault
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + assault.
Senses: examples: a reduction in nonassault crimes
glosses: Not an assault.
postanarchist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more postanarchist
form: most postanarchist
Etymology: From post- + anarchist.
Senses: glosses: Relating to postanarchism.
postanarchist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postanarchists
Etymology: From post- + anarchist.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of postanarchism.
postanarchists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postanarchist
postanarchism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postanarchisms
Etymology: From post- + anarchism.
Senses: glosses: An anarchist philosophy that employs poststructuralist and postmodernist approaches.
postanarchisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postanarchism
poststructuralisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poststructuralism
aid-de-camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aids-de-camp
Senses: glosses: Dated form of aide-de-camp.
aids-de-camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aid-de-camp
aideth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: aid + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aid
assisteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: assist + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of assist
umbella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: umbellae
Senses: glosses: Synonym of umbel.
synonyms: word: umbel
Amalekite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Amalekites
Etymology: From Amalek + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A descendant of the Biblical Amalek.
Amalekites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Amalekite
herding dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of herding dog
vindicateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: vindicate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vindicate
mortifieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: mortify + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mortify
Slimlandia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Through a sprawling empire of more than 200 companies – he has said he has "lost count" exactly how many – which encompass banking, retail, airlines, mining, printing, construction, restaurants and particularly telecoms, he has developed an economic stranglehold on his native country so vice-like that a new word – Slimlandia – had to be created to describe it.
ref: 2010 March 12, Tom Leonard, “Meet Carlos Slim, the richest man in the world”, in The Daily Telegraph:
glosses: Mexico, in which much of the economy and daily life is controlled by tycoon Carlos Slim Helú.
Sherlocky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sherlocky
form: most Sherlocky
Etymology: From Sherlock + -y.
Senses: examples: text: "Yes, now what was all that about? You were so damn Sherlocky yesterday all of a sudden. We'd been doing the thing together all the time, and you'd been telling me everything, and then suddenly you become very mysterious and private and talk enigmatically--is that the word?--about dentists and swimming and the 'Plough and Horses,' and--well, what was it all about? You simply vanished out of sight; I didn't know what on earth we were talking about."
ref: 1922, A. A. Milne, chapter XXII, in The Red House Mystery:
text: My nephew was reading a story, a tale of the Sherlocky sort; its pages were startling and gory, and blood was dispensed by the quart.
ref: 1925 June 18, Walt Mason, “Rippling Rhymes”, in The Calgary Daily Herald:
text: […] We would have, if you weren't such a Sherlocky snoop. I suppose you'll tell me next you found our private clubroom."
ref: 1967, Louisa R. Shotwell, Adam Bookout, The Viking Press, published 1967, page 236:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Synonyms: Holmesish
Sherlockish
Sherlock Holmesish
Sherlock Holmesy
Related terms: Watsonish
chill girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chill girls
Etymology: chill (“easygoing”) + girl.
Senses: examples: text: [Chill girls naturally] have tons of dude friends, they're not invested in the person they're casually sleeping with, and they like sports and beer.
ref: 2014 October 19, Anna Breslaw, “What Happens When the Chill Girl Falls in Love”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: A girlfriend considered by her boyfriend to be self-sufficient, "low-maintenance" and "chilled out".
examples: text: We can talk about sex in front of her, don’t have to get the door for her. You know, she’s a chill girl. She’s a bro.
ref: 2012 March 7, Katie Rogers, “On Stealth Feminism”, in The Cipher, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016:
text: Since Chill Girl is not actually an avatar of Women, she does not have the power to hand out get out of saying-crap-about-women-jail-free cards. It’s not secret!not-sexist because your girlfriend laughed.
ref: 2013 April 2, “Feminism and the Chill Girl”, in Sidkettle's Blog, retrieved 22 Oct 2013:
text: But lady MRAs take being a chill girl to a whole new level.
ref: 2013 October 15, Eseld Bosustow, “Lady MRAs: What's going on with THAT?”, in Coquettish Colloquies, retrieved 22 Oct 2013:
glosses: A woman who thinks feminist identity politics are unimportant or unnecessary.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see chill, girl.
chill girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chill girl
Sherlockish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sherlockish
form: most Sherlockish
Etymology: From Sherlock + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Curt chuckled. "You sound so important and Sherlockish! […]
ref: 1938 March 11, Sophie Kerr, “There's Only One”, in The Massena Observer, page 4:
text: It's starting to come together nicely, and Meyer's character is starting to ring truer, although perhaps a bit to^([sic]) Sherlockish.
ref: 2001 June 12, thurmans, “Re: Bye Bye Black Sheep - Chapter 9”, in alt.fan.travis-mcgee (Usenet):
text: Or another attempt on Berezovsky's life stopped by sherlockish Scotland Yard.
ref: 2007 July 20, Vladimir Makarenko, “Re: Kreml Sends 80 Year-old Bombers To Scare UK”, in soc.culture.baltics (Usenet):
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Synonyms: Holmesish
Sherlocky
Sherlock Holmesque
Sherlock Holmesish
Sherlock Holmesy
Related terms: Watsonish
Holmesish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Holmesish
form: most Holmesish
Etymology: From Holmes + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: But can they have accepted Edmund Wilson's verdict that all detective fiction is only Holmesish imitation, and elected to go back to Square One?
ref: 1964, Books and Bookmen, volume 10, page 71:
text: The environmental dimensions of energy production and consumption are, in fact, rarely out of the news — although one sometimes needs a Holmesish dedication to ferret out the evidence.
ref: 1978 June 1, John Elkington, “Fuelling the EIA flame”, in New Scientist:
text: One reply to this is to say that we should count "Holmes might not have been a detective" as true just in case each Holmesish individual has a counterpart that is not a detective.
ref: 1990, Gregory Currie, The Nature of Fiction, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 140:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Synonyms: Sherlockish
Sherlocky
Sherlock Holmesque
Sherlock Holmesish
Sherlock Holmesy
Related terms: Watsonish
Sherlock Holmesy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sherlock Holmesy
form: most Sherlock Holmesy
Etymology: From Sherlock Holmes + -y.
Senses: examples: text: And he wore a Sherlock Holmesy kind of cap with a swarm of salmon flies upon it, that to my boyish fancy was more splendid than a crown.
ref: 1951, Roland Pertwee, The River God, page 7:
text: "Don't try to get all Sherlock Holmesy on me, Hicks. Sherlock Holmes wasn't always right. […]
ref: 2004, Graham Masterton, The Devil in Gray, Leisure Books, →ISBN, page 225:
text: I dont^([sic]) know, he says, all Sherlock Holmesy in a cloud of smoke.
ref: 2006, T. Lipshitz, Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes, Dutton, →ISBN:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Synonyms: Holmesish
Sherlockish
Sherlocky
Sherlock Holmesque
Sherlock Holmesish
Related terms: Watsonish
Sherlock Holmesish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sherlock Holmesish
form: most Sherlock Holmesish
Etymology: From Sherlock Holmes + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: "When I found the letters with a name which matched the initials I felt very Sherlock Holmesish. […]
ref: 1959, Emilie Loring, With This Ring, Bantam, page 41:
text: Sir Berkeley stroked his beard and looked Sherlock Holmesish.
ref: 1976, Betty Beaty, Love and the Kentish Maid, Harlequin, published 1976, →ISBN, page 131:
text: […] the mystery bash's hostess sported a pearl necklace with an appropriately Sherlock Holmesish magnifying glass pendant, […]
ref: 2011, Delia Rosen, One Foot in the Gravy, Kensington Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 16:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
Synonyms: Holmesish
Sherlockish
Sherlocky
Sherlock Holmesque
Sherlock Holmesy
Related terms: Watsonish
ships that pass in the night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ships in the night
form: ships passing in the night
form: ships that passed in the night
Etymology: From a poetic metaphor by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882).
Senses: examples: text: [H]e sat down and we got into conversation. There wasn't time to talk much. . . . We got along famously. But—oh, well, it was just another case of ships that pass in the night.
ref: 1922, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 4, in The Girl on the Boat:
text: We very seldom work together on The Archers, we're rarely in the same episodes, so often we're ships that pass in the night.
ref: 1996 January 7, Isabel Wolff, “Arts & Entertainment: How We Met—Charles Collingwood and Judy Bennett”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 19 Oct 2013:
text: They may have passed each other in the lobby or on the elevator of the building they worked in, but as far as I know, they never had the opportunity to even say hello. They were like two ships that passed in the night.
ref: 2008, MaryRose Occhino, The Sign of the Dove, →ISBN, page 135:
text: At one point, Gerry McIlroy had two jobs, putting in a 100-hour week as a cleaner and barman, while his mother Rosie worked a night shift in a factory. . . . Rosie and Gerry were like ships that passed in the night.
ref: 2011 July 15, Kim Bielenberg, "18 holes with the Holywood hero," Independent (Ireland) (retrieved 19 Oct 2013)
qualifier: simile
glosses: Two or more people who encounter one another in a transitory, incidental manner and whose relationship is without lasting significance; two or more people who almost encounter one another, but do not do so.
examples: text: [T]he central figures in the action seem vaguely unrelated to one another, like ships passing in the night.
ref: 1966 February 9, James Reston, “Ships Passing In The Night”, in St. Petersburg Times, retrieved 19 Oct 2013, page 14A:
text: "Education and business used to be like two ships that passed in the night," said Delaware Gov. Pierre duPont.
ref: 1984, Susan C. Farkas, Changes & Challenges: City Schools in America, →ISBN, page 129:
text: In "Episode"—the opening dance—choreography, music, performances and underlying apparent themes looked like ships passing in the night. Nothing connected until a solo danced by a prowling, sensual Christopher Bonomo.
ref: 1998 October 26, Jennifer Dunning, “In Performance: Dance”, in New York Times, retrieved 19 Oct 2013:
text: Ordinarily the missionaries' religion and the slaves' religion were like two ships that pass in the night.
ref: 1999, Janet Duitsman Cornelius, Slave Missions and the Black Church in the Antebellum South, →ISBN, page 68:
text: As a connoisseur of enigmatic titles . . . the Gouldian title that gives me most pleasure is a joint paper, "Clams and brachiopods: Ships that pass in the night," in a learned journal.
ref: 2009 February 14, Richard Dawkins, "The Science Show: Interpreting Darwin's theory" (transcript of interview), abc.net.au (Australia) (retrieved 19 Oct 2013)
glosses: Things which have no significant connection or commonality.
ships that passed in the night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ships that pass in the night.
ships passing in the night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: You'll never get my mind right / Like two ships passing in the night
ref: 2003, “In My Bed”, performed by Amy Winehouse:
glosses: Alternative form of ships that pass in the night.
ships in the night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ships that pass in the night.
Watsonish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Watsonish
form: most Watsonish
Etymology: From Watson + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: "You don't really want it explained," he said, smacking him on the knee; "you're just being Watsonish. It's very nice of you, of course, and I appreciate it."
ref: 1922, A. A. Milne, chapter XI, in The Red House Mystery:
text: I would have settled for a Watsonish role. I don't have to be the main character.
ref: 1991, Kathryn Lasky, Double Trouble Squared, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, →ISBN, page 159:
text: This element is also picked up by Thomas Aquinas (whose philosophy sometimes has a Watsonish quality in relation to Aristotle, whom he calls simply “The Philosopher”).
ref: 2012, Philip Tallon, “Watsons, Adlers, Lestrades, and Moriaties: On the Nature of Friends and Enemies”, in Philip Tallon, David Baggett, editors, The Philosophy of Sherlock Holmes, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 66:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the character Dr. Watson from the Sherlock Holmes stories.
Synonyms: Dr. Watsonish
Watsonian
Related terms: Holmesish
poison hemlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poison hemlocks
Etymology: From poison + hemlock.
Senses: synonyms: devil's bread
glosses: European hemlock Conium maculatum, an extremely poisonous plant in the carrot family, Apiaceae.
glosses: A lethally poisonous drink made from the plant.
turcopole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turcopoles
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek τουρκόπουλοι (tourkópouloi, “sons of Turks”), from Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos) + -πουλος (-poulos).
Senses: examples: text: Thus in March 1460, the council ordered the restoration of a turcopole removed from office by the lieutenant turcopolier in a manner not in accordance with the statutes, while some sixteen years later the master and council ruled that the lieutenant turcopolier had wrongly removed a turcopole of Paravibilinos whose horse had damaged vines and other possessions.
ref: 2005, Gregory O'Malley, The Knights Hospitaller of the English Langue 1460-1565, page 307:
text: However, the local half-caste soldiers, the Turcopoles, second-generation poor and orientalized Latins known as poulains, Venetian and Genoese merchants and newly arrived knights needed the taverns and pleasures of any military town.
ref: 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 270:
glosses: A mounted archer locally recruited by the Christian states during the Crusades.
Related terms: turcopolier
turcopolier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turcopoliers
Senses: examples: text: Although this was straightforward enough in theory, in practice there was considerable scope for conflict between the turcopolier, his subordinates and other authorities, most notably the master, whose subjects the villagers and hence the guards of Rhodes were, but also including those castellans and senior brethren who held authority over the islands' villages
ref: 2005, Gregory O'Malley, The Knights Hospitaller of the English Langue 1460-1565, page 307:
glosses: A knight who is in charge of a group of turcopoles.
mallrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mallrats
Senses: examples: text: This is what passed for fun for suburban small-town mallrats in the 1970s, and I can still weep at the joy I felt when the illuminated Sam's sign was in sight.
ref: 2009 May 21, Geoff Pevere, “Why the best of T.O. has yet to be written”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Alternative spelling of mall rat.
positive punk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: So called because it lacked the nihilistic aggression of the wider subculture. Coined by English journalist, author and musician Richard Cabut in 1983.
Senses: glosses: Gothic rock.
southern fairy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: southern fairies
Senses: glosses: Someone from southern England, stereotyped as effete and pretentious.
Coordinate terms: northern monkey
northern monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northern monkeys
Senses: glosses: Someone from northern England, stereotyped as uncouth and uncivilized.
Coordinate terms: southern fairy
niggercide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niggercides
Etymology: From nigger + -cide.
Senses: examples: text: […] our niggerboys play niggercide, playboys know to go toe to toe, 'cos ain't no logos, dem dem boys dem lovely boys won't nevah mattah, […]
ref: 2008, Vanessa Place, La Medusa, page 398:
text: Wranglers told ABC News the incident is being investigated as a niggercide.
ref: 2017 March 1, Rick Mathers, “Has our esteemed President”, in alt.politics (Usenet):
text: Niggercide, AIDS, and ebola, comprise the Great White Hope. Niggercide is the leading cause of death among Americoons.
ref: 2017 May 27, Ophelia, “Nigger Phrases”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet):
glosses: The killing of a black person.
Related terms: niggacide
Oudin coil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oudin coils
Etymology: Named after Paul Marie Oudin.
Senses: glosses: A modified Tesla coil used to produce high voltage arcs and discharges.
wikipedia: Oudin coil
Synonyms: Oudin oscillator
Oudin resonator
black metaller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black metallers
Etymology: From black metal + -er.
Senses: glosses: A fan of black metal music.
death metaller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: death metallers
Etymology: From death metal + -er.
Senses: glosses: A fan of death metal.
thrash metaller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrash metallers
Etymology: From thrash metal + -er.
Senses: glosses: A fan or performer of thrash metal.
gothabilly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gothabillies
Etymology: Blend of goth + rockabilly.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical genre combining rockabilly and gothic rock, and its associated subculture (style of clothing, etc).
examples: text: To understand the Gothabilly style, take the aforementioned descriptions and add a dash of darkness. Gothabillys add makeup to the ensemble and stick to darker shades of clothing—like black!
ref: 2007, Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 27:
glosses: A member of this subculture.
ZOG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɒɡ/
ipa: /zɑɡ/
rhymes: -ɒɡ
Forms: form: Zog
form: zog
Senses: examples: text: After defeating ZOG for the time being the trio split again to find more allies in their war.
ref: 2020 May 3, Julien Morein, “Murdoch Murdoch: A Case Study in Threats to Ontological Security in Far-Right Propaganda”, in Arcadia University, page 21:
qualifier: conspiracy theories
glosses: Acronym of Zionist occupation government.
Derived terms: Zogbot
zogchow
zogged
Zognald
zogslop
monophthongisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monophthongisations
Etymology: From monophthong + -isation.
Senses: glosses: British standard spelling of monophthongization.
Southern drawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Southern drawls
form: southern drawl
form: Southern brawl
form: southern brawl
Senses: examples: text: And mama, every Saturday
I can hear your southern drawl a thousand miles away, saying...
ref: 2020 April 3, Chappell Roan, Dan Nigro, “Pink Pony Club”performed by Chappell Roan:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The diphthongization or triphthongization of the vowels /æ/, /ɛ/ and /ɪ/ into [æj(ə)], [ɛj(ə)] and [ɪj(ə)], occurring in English spoken in the Southern United States.
chainlink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chainlinks
form: chain-link
form: chain link
Etymology: From chain + link.
Senses: glosses: Wires woven in a zig-zag pattern to form a mesh.
wikipedia: chainlink
Synonyms: wiremesh
Related terms: chainlinked
serial killer van
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serial killer vans
form: serial-killer van
Etymology: From the idea that such a van might be suited to abducting somebody.
Senses: glosses: A windowless van.
Synonyms: pedo van
crapstain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crapstains
Etymology: From crap + stain.
Senses: glosses: An irritating person.
brown note
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brown notes
Senses: glosses: A hypothetical sound frequency that would cause a person to lose control of their bowels and defecate.
judgy-pants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: judgy-pants
Etymology: From judgy + -pants.
Senses: examples: text: Parenting is hard enough without having judgy-pants people interfering.
ref: 2011, Colleen Bezeau, "Editor's Note", Okanagan Child, Summer 2011, page 5
text: Well, at least one kid might not suck, I think, ever the judgy-pants snob-a-rina, silently snarking in the third row.
ref: 2011 October 26, Dani Katz, “An Un-Sucky Surprise”, in Santa Fe Reporter:
text: I don't want to be an awful judgy-pants about this, obviously.
ref: 2013 June 30, Lauren Laverne, “Lauren Laverne on style: flat shoes”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An excessively judgmental person.
private international law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: international private law
Etymology: The sense of this word order is that it is private law that typically applies between various nationals, rather than international law of a private character.
Senses: glosses: The law of a state that decides the law of which state is applied to legal relationships in civil and commercial matters that contain foreign elements.
Synonyms: rule on the conflict of laws
conflict of law rule
collision law
spitshine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spitshines
form: spit shine
Etymology: From spit + shine.
Senses: glosses: A shoeshine where a liquid, traditionally saliva, is used.
spitshine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spitshines
form: spitshining
form: spitshined
form: spitshined
form: spit shine
Etymology: From spit + shine.
Senses: glosses: To clean with a spitshine.
fireshine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fire + shine.
Senses: glosses: The shine or glow of fire.
half-landing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-landings
Senses: glosses: A small landing between two flights of stairs that connect adjacent floors of a building.
smartwatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smartwatches
Etymology: From smart + watch. Compare smartphone.
Senses: glosses: A wristwatch with electronic functionality beyond timekeeping.
examples: text: Before too long, secure public key cryptosystems will make routine personal communications 100% secure. You'll use E-mail and digital voice, but since it's easy, you'll use security all the time. Your key will probably be stored in a smartcard or smartwatch that you carry with you. ... Will they have to do lightning raids on people they suspect to grab their computers while they are still on with the keys in ram? Rip your smartwatch off your wrist to get your code?
ref: 1991 March 22, Brad Templeton, “How will the police react to secure communications?”, in comp.org.eff.talk (Usenet), message-ID <1991Mar22.084413.25223@looking.on.ca>:
text: In Sydney, Australia, test trials are under way of a "smart watch" that can one day reduce the need for wallets and purses. ... Barnes stressed the trial with CTA is one of a number Swatch is undertaking with different suppliers to better adapt smart watches to local conditions and learn their potential.
ref: 1997 August 20, Stewart Taggart, “Swatch Tests Smart-Watch Uses”, in Wired, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2000:
text: I certainly hope Newton is not going to die, it is far superior to Windows CE. In fact I hope Apple will license the OS to all the makers of smartphones, smart cars, smart watches, smart ovens, etc.
ref: 1997 October 29, Joop Kaashoek, “Re: more on the Newton future...”, in comp.sys.newton.misc (Usenet), message-ID <jck-2910971347340001@mg136-191.ricochet.net>:
text: Smartwatch buffs eagerly awaiting the arrival later this month of their Palm OS-based Fossil Wrist PDA are going to be disappointed.
ref: 2003 June 2, Tony Smith, “Fossil puts back Palm Wrist PDA launch to 2004”, in The Register, retrieved 23 Oct 2013:
text: It's all in the wrist: E-ink smartwatch Pebble bags $2m
ref: 2012 April 13, Bill Ray, “It's all in the wrist: E-ink smartwatch Pebble bags $2m”, in The Register, retrieved 23 Oct 2013:
hypernyms: mobile device
wearable
coordinate_terms: smart band
glosses: A mobile device worn on the wrist with a touchscreen display.
dragonking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹæɡənkɪŋ/
Forms: form: dragonkings
Etymology: From dragon + king.
Senses: topics: fantasy
human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A king with the ability to control dragons.
high fantasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪ ˈfæntəsi/
Forms: form: high fantasies
Senses: examples: text: Fantasy fiction has been categorized and described in different ways. One classification divides fantasy into two major types:¶ low fantasy, which takes place in the primary world (our world);¶ high fantasy, which takes place in alternative worlds.
ref: 2008, Nikki Gamble, Sally Yates, “Fantasy and Realism”, in Exploring Children's Literature, →ISBN, page 120:
text: A term used by Lloyd Alexander in a 1971 essay on “High Fantasy and Heroic Romance" and subsequently developed by Kenneth J. Zahorski and Robert H. Boyer in an attempt to develop a terminology with which to deal with genre materials. In Zahorski and Boyer's taxonomy, high fantasy consists entirely of fiction set in second worlds, while the low fantasy with which it is immediately contrasted consists of fiction set in the primary world, into which magical objects and entities are introduced piecemeal (ie. intrusive fantasy).
ref: 2009, Brian Stableford, “HIGH FANTASY”, in The A to Z of Fantasy Literature, →ISBN, page 198:
text: High fantasy of the George RR Martin kind hinges on world-building. When there really is a whole world to build, and not just a historical period or a particular country, world-building does not take a few paragraphs in a short story; it takes chapters.
ref: 2015 May 20, Natasha Pulley, “Fantasy cannot build its imaginary worlds in short fiction”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A subgenre of fantasy fiction set in a secondary world or fantasy world as opposed to the primary world or real world.
examples: text: High fantasy is a complex, philosophical form of literature that focuses on themes such as the conflict between good and evil.
ref: 1997, Barbara Stoodt, “Make-Believe”, in Children's Literature, →ISBN, page 195:
glosses: A subgenre of fantasy fiction that focuses on universal events, instead of just those directly associated with the main characters.
glosses: A work in this subgenre.
high fantasy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪ ˈfæntəsi/
Forms: form: more high fantasy
form: most high fantasy
Senses: examples: text: Some children are much more inclined than others to engage in fantastical pursuits, such as pretending or having an imaginary companion (Taylor, 1999). Such a high fantasy orientation (FO) could have great potential relevance to children’s beliefs in fantastical figures.
ref: 2004 June, Tanya Sharon, Jacqueline D. Woolley, “Do monsters dream? Young children’s understanding of the fantasy/reality distinction”, in British Journal of Developmental Psychology, volume 22, number 2, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2015, page 295:
text: Jerome Singer (1973) divided a group of children aged six to nine years into high-fantasy and low-fantasy groups on the basis of their frequency of playing pretend games as contrasted with other kinds of play
ref: 2014, Candida Clifford Peterson, “Preschoolers”, in Looking Forward Through the Lifespan, →ISBN, page 237:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Having a rich fantasy life; including having imaginary companions and playing pretend games.
hard science fiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by American critic P. Schuyler Miller in 1957.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A subgenre of science fiction that focuses on technical detail and scientific accuracy.
Hypernyms: science fiction
soft science fiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: After hard science fiction, attributed to Peter Nicholls.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A subgenre of science fiction that focuses on the nature of its speculative societies or that employs pseudoscience.
wikipedia: Peter Nicholls (writer)
Hypernyms: science fiction
419 scammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 419 scammers
Etymology: From 419 scam + -er or 419 + scammer.
Senses: glosses: A person who carries out a Nigerian scam.
faggod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faggods
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of faggot.
gayfag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gayfags
Etymology: From gay + -fag.
Senses: qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: A homosexual, faggot
SLI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SLIs
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of specific language impairment.
topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of street-level imagery.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: SLA
SLO
glosses: Initialism of service level indicator.
SLI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Scalable Link Interface.
specific language impairment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: specific language impairments
form: SLI
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A disorder where a person's language skills are retarded or abnormally poor for unknown reasons.
Related terms: aphasia
headcarry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: headcarries
form: headcarrying
form: headcarried
form: headcarried
Etymology: From head + carry.
Senses: glosses: To carry on one’s head.
isegoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἰσηγορία (isēgoría).
Senses: glosses: equality of all citizens in freedom of speech, specially in public assemblies.
glosses: the right of each citizen of a city (or other unit) to speak in public and address that city.
Synonyms: word: isogoria
word: isegory
Related terms: isonomia
isonomy
isotomia
isotomy
scambaiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scam + baiting.
Senses: glosses: The practice of posing as a potential victim of a scam, in order to waste the scammer's time and resources.
wikipedia: scambaiting
lithp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪθp/
rhymes: -ɪθp
Forms: form: lithpth
Etymology: Respelling of lisp, as a person with a lisp would pronounce it.
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of lisp, representing lisped English.
bayhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪˌhɛd/
Forms: form: bayheads
Etymology: From bay + head.
Senses: examples: text: A hammock or a "bayhead" (a cypress swamp) offers the next most favorable conditions, but a soil of nearly pure muck or vegetable detritus, of a fine floury texture, does not resist drouth as well as does the sandy flatwoods soil.
ref: 1897, S. Powers, Strawberry Cuture:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
synonyms: baygall
glosses: A swamp habitat dominated by bay laurels.
examples: text: Two lowlands lie at the bayhead, one at either end and separated by a steep shore. Utasutsu Bay is separated from Naibo Bay by the volcanic cone on Poronetsu Peninsula. Depths are 60 feet within 1,500 yards of land, and there is a sandy beach at the bayhead.
ref: 1943, United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Kurile Islands ..., page 60:
text: The open-bay environment in Corpus Christi Bay is more saline than within Nueces Bay, indicating an open-bay environment located distal from the bayhead delta within Corpus Christi Bay and restricted or interdistributary bay located behind the main distributaries of the active bayhead delta in Nueces Bay.
ref: 2008 January 1, John B. Anderson, Antonio B. Rodriguez, Response of Upper Gulf Coast Estuaries to Holocene Climate Change and Sea-level Rise, Geological Society of America, →ISBN, page 127:
text: A specific feature of the northern coast of Estonia is the largely intermittent nature of the local wave climate. As different from the classical examples of bay beaches, the bayhead beaches here are only partially sheltered from intense waves. Very high waves occasionally penetrate into such bays […]
ref: 2011 April 15, Jan Harff, Svante Björck, Peer Hoth, The Baltic Sea Basin, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 262:
glosses: The portion of a bay located farthest inland, farthest from the body of water the bay is confluent with.
Broca's aphasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disorder where a sufferer is unable to use fluent grammar when speaking or writing, and utterances are almost always ungrammatical.
Synonyms: agrammatic aphasia
expressive aphasia
idiologi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of idiologus
igpay atinlay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Pig Latin spelling of pig Latin.
Senses: glosses: Pig Latin.
hayhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hayheads
Etymology: From hay + head.
Senses: glosses: A type of harvester head used to reap hay.
lactonazi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lactonazis
Etymology: From lacto- + nazi.
Senses: examples: text: We have a phrase for some of the more zealous advocates of the Le Leche League……LactoNazis. Which refers to a person who would advise risking dehydration rather than giving an infant formula.
ref: 1993 July 31, David Pollard, “______-NAZIS!”, in bit.listserv.uus-l (Usenet):
text: On the other hand, if you know nothing about the differences between artificial feeding and breastfeeding, or if you DO know the differences, and *choose* to feed your baby formula instead of breast milk, your guilt comes from YOUR OWN knowledge that breastfeeding is better. Not from "lactonazis" or "militants," but from your own mind.
ref: 1996 May 10, Van Piercy (quoting Heidi Murphy), “Guilt and formula: Heidi's LACTNET post”, in alt.parenting.solutions (Usenet):
text: I'm very happy out her^([sic]) in the far left of lactonazi land, and I couldn't be here without all of you!
ref: 1996 May 15, Dave & Colette, “Re: Guilt and formula: Heidi's LACTNET post”, in alt.parenting.solutions (Usenet):
glosses: An overzealous lactivist.
Hypernyms: lactivist
lactonazis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lactonazi
strawhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strawheads
Etymology: From straw + head.
Senses: glosses: A stupid person.
jivadaya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jiva daya
Senses: glosses: kindness to animals (or to all living things)
siege tower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siege towers
Senses: glosses: A siege weapon, consisting of a wheeled wooden tower with ladders inside, which was parked next to walls so assailants could safely scale them.
wikipedia: siege tower
staff sling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staff slings
form: staff-sling
Senses: glosses: A weapon consisting of a short sling at the end of a staff.
wikipedia: staff sling
cestrosphendone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cestrosphendones
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κεστροσφενδόνη (kestrosphendónē) via Latin cestrosphendone.
Senses: qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: An Ancient Greek sling used to fling darts.
wikipedia: kestros (weapon)
fucka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuckas
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of fucker, representing non-rhotic English.
Derived terms: muthafucka
crosscontaminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crosscontaminates
form: crosscontaminating
form: crosscontaminated
form: crosscontaminated
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cross-contaminate.
trawlwire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trawlwires
Etymology: From trawl + wire.
Senses: glosses: A cable connecting a trawl net to a trawler.
Klandom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Klan + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The whole body of Ku Klux Klan members.
untortoiselike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untortoiselike
form: most untortoiselike
Etymology: From un- + tortoiselike.
Senses: examples: text: Males make a very untortoiselike sound.
ref: 2011, Liz Palika, Turtles and Tortoises For Dummies:
glosses: Unlike a tortoise.
manface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manfaces
Etymology: From man + face.
Senses: glosses: A face with masculine features.
ratface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ratfaces
Etymology: From rat + face.
Senses: glosses: A human face with murine features.
Derived terms: ratfaced
kharja
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɹdʒə/
Forms: form: kharjas
form: kharjah
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic خَرْجَة (ḵarja, literally “final”).
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: The final refrain of a muwashshah.
ecoalarmist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecoalarmists
Etymology: From eco- + alarmist.
Senses: glosses: One who alarms others with environmental issues.
high island
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high islands
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: low island
glosses: An island of volcanic origin.
wikipedia: Ball's Pyramid
high island
low island
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: low islands
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: high island
glosses: An island of coral origin.
wikipedia: low island
Christicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christicides
Etymology: From Christ + -icide.
Senses: glosses: The killing of Christ.
glosses: One responsible for the death of Christ.
painy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪni
Forms: form: more painy
form: most painy
Etymology: From pain + -y.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Relating to, having, showing or causing pain.
Metal Age
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Metal Ages
form: metal age
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: An age characterised by the use of tools made from a specific type of metal.
Hyponyms: Copper Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age