cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
mid-century modern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: MCM
glosses: A design movement in interior, product, graphic design, architecture, and urban development that was popular in the United States and Europe from roughly 1945 to 1969, characterized by clean, simple lines without decorative embellishments.
wikipedia: Tulip chair
middle article
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle articles
Senses: topics: journalism
media
glosses: A light essay of less seriousness than editorial matter.
middle articles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of middle article
middlebrowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of middlebrow.
synonyms: word: middlebrow
chrome yellows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chrome yellow
Chromebits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chromebit
chrome orange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chrome oranges
Senses: glosses: A mixed oxide with the chemical formula Pb₂CrO₅, formerly used as an orange pigment.
chrome oranges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chrome orange
Middle White
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Middle Whites
Senses: glosses: A domestic pig of a British breed originating in Yorkshire, and derived from the Large White and the now-extinct Small White.
Small White
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Small Whites
Senses: glosses: A domestic pig of a British breed developed in the early 19th century by cross-breeding the traditional Old Yorkshire, a large white pig, with imported Chinese pigs.
Large White
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Large Whites
Senses: synonyms: Yorkshire pig
glosses: A domestic pig of a breed originating in Yorkshire.
middletone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middletones
Etymology: From middle + tone.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of midtone.
synonyms: word: midtone
middletones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of middletone
midnight appointment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midnight appointments
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The appointment of a new person to a role by the existing holder of the role, very shortly before leaving office.
midnight appointments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midnight appointment
mierkat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mierkats
Senses: glosses: Dated form of meerkat.
mierkats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mierkat
migratory divorce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: migratory divorces
Senses: glosses: The situation in which a person leaves his or her own state to obtain a residence for the purpose of divorce in another.
migratory divorces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of migratory divorce
installment plan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: installment plans
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hire purchase.
synonyms: word: hire purchase
installment plans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of installment plan
Milesian tale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Milesian tales
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A genre of fictional story prominent in ancient Greek and Roman literature: a short story, fable, or folk tale featuring love and adventure, usually of an erotic or titillating nature.
Milesian tales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Milesian tale
Pacific sauries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pacific saury
minces words
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mince words
minced words
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mince words
minirecession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minirecessions
Etymology: From mini- + recession.
Senses: glosses: A minor economic recession.
minirecessions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minirecession
minitrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minitracks
Etymology: From mini- + track.
Senses: glosses: A minor track (themed set of talks at a conference).
minitracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minitrack
Bahrainization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bahrainisation
Etymology: From Bahrain + -ization.
Senses: glosses: Increasing the proportion of Bahrainis, as opposed to foreign workers, in Bahrain's workforce.
Related terms: Bahrainize
Bahrainisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Bahrainization.
miracular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more miracular
form: most miracular
Senses: glosses: Relating to miracles; miraculous.
mirbane oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oil of mirbane.
synonyms: word: oil of mirbane
miscell.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of miscellaneous.
miscl.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of miscellaneous.
crime waves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crime wave
Bahrainize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Bahrainizes
form: Bahrainizing
form: Bahrainized
form: Bahrainized
form: Bahrainise
Etymology: From Bahrain + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To increase the representation of Bahrainis, as opposed to foreign workers (in a workforce or company in Bahrain).
Related terms: Bahrainization
Bahrainizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Bahrainize
Bahrainizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Bahrainize
Bahrainized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Bahrainize
Bahrainise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Bahrainises
form: Bahrainising
form: Bahrainised
form: Bahrainised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Bahrainize.
Bahrainises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Bahrainise
Bahrainised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Bahrainise
Bahrainising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Bahrainise
Moazagotl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Moazagotl
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: An orographic lenticular cloud formed by the foehn wind on the northern (lee) side of the Riesengebirge mountains in Silesia.
mock-heroics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mock-heroic
Remchingen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Enzkreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, south-east of Karlsruhe.
Mond gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Discovered by Ludwig Mond.
Senses: glosses: A cheap coal gas formerly used for industrial heating purposes, produced along with ammonia by the combustion of coal with air and steam.
Beardy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Beardys
form: Beardies
Senses: glosses: A surname
Monmouth cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Monmouth caps
Senses: glosses: A round knitted woollen cap associated with the town of Monmouth in South East Wales.
Monmouth caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Monmouth cap
monostichic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From monostich + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to a monostich.
moongazer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moongazers
Etymology: From moon + gazer.
Senses: synonyms: moonwatcher
glosses: A person who observes the Moon; a lunar astronomer.
moonwatcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moonwatchers
Etymology: From moon + watcher.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of moongazer.
synonyms: word: moongazer
moongazers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moongazer
moonwatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moonwatcher
monument plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monument plant
Ayoreo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An indigenous people of the Gran Chaco.
Ayoreo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Their Zamucoan language.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Ayoreo terms
Morotoco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ayoreo.
synonyms: word: Ayoreo
Morotoco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ayoreo.
synonyms: word: Ayoreo
Gran Chaco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Gran Chaco
Etymology: Borrowed from Paraguayan Spanish Gran Chaco, from Spanish gran (“large; great; grand”) + Spanish chaco (“hunting ground”), a calque of Quechua Hatun Chaku.
Senses: synonyms: Chaco Plain
Dry Chaco
glosses: A sparsely populated, hot and semiarid lowland natural region of the Río de la Plata basin, divided among eastern Bolivia, western Paraguay, northern Argentina, and a portion of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul.
Morocco red
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Morocco reds
Senses: synonyms: Moroccan red
glosses: A brownish-red pigment or color.
Morocco reds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Morocco red
Moroccan red
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Moroccan reds
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Morocco red.
synonyms: word: Morocco red
Moroccan reds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Moroccan red
morphomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: morphine addiction
morphomaniac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morphomaniacs
Senses: glosses: A person who has a morphine addiction.
morphomaniacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morphomaniac
kafeel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kafeels
Etymology: Arabic
Senses: glosses: An employment sponsor in the kafala system.
kafeels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kafeel
psychopannychy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of psychopannychism.
synonyms: word: psychopannychism
melomyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melomys
mosaic-tailed rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mosaic-tailed rats
Senses: glosses: Any of various rodents of the genus Melomys.
mosque swallow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mosque swallows
Senses: glosses: The swallow Cecropis senegalensis.
mosque swallows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mosque swallow
Mössbauer spectroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A spectroscopic technique based on the Mössbauer effect.
mosquito netting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mosquito nettings
Senses: glosses: Mosquito nets, or the material used to make them.
mosquito nettings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mosquito netting
mossy cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mossy cells
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A kind of excitatory cell in the hilus of the dentate gyrus within the brain, thought to play a preparatory role in data retrieval.
mossy cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mossy cell
Königstein im Taunus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A spa town in Hochtaunuskreis district, Hesse, Germany.
Hebb's postulate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Hebb's rule.
synonyms: word: Hebb's rule
Taoiseachs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taoiseachs
Senses: glosses: plural of Taoiseach
Taoisigh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtiːʃi/
ipa: /ˈtiʃi/
Forms: form: taoisigh
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish taoisigh.
Senses: glosses: plural of Taoiseach
multiplication dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiplication dances
Senses: glosses: A novelty dance that begins with one man and one woman dancing together, and is extended at frequent intervals by every dancer taking a new partner from those who are not yet dancing.
multiplication dances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiplication dance
multitubercular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multitubercular
form: most multitubercular
Etymology: From multi- + tubercular.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of multituberculate.
synonyms: word: multituberculate
Pilavjian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pilavjians
form: Pilavdjian
Etymology: From Armenian Փիլավճյան (Pʻilavčyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Kanayan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kanayans
Etymology: From Armenian Կանայան (Kanayan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Kanayans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kanayan
Pilavjians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pilavjian
transmissiometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transmissiometers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of transmissometer.
transmissiometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transmissiometer
transmissometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The use of the transmissometer.
transmissometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the transmissometer.
protosyllables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protosyllable
protosyllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proto- + syllabic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a protosyllable.
Proto-Teutonic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From proto- + Teutonic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Proto-Germanic.
synonyms: word: Proto-Germanic
Provence rose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Provence roses
Senses: synonyms: cabbage rose
May rose
glosses: The hybrid rose Rosa × centifolia.
Provence roses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Provence rose
unproxied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + proxied.
Senses: glosses: Not proxied.
unprovokingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unprovokingly
form: most unprovokingly
Etymology: From unprovoking + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: That lady was with her in her last illness, and it was discovered after her death, that the whole of her large fortune was bequeathed to the interesting mother and daughter whose characters she had heard so unprovokingly assailed.
ref: 1829, Virginia Cary, Christian Parent's Assistant, Or, Tales, for the Moral and Religious Instruction of Youth, page 196:
glosses: Without giving provocation.
Przhevalsky's horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Przhevalsky's horses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Przewalski's horse.
Przhevalski's horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Przhevalski's horses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Przewalski's horse.
road bicycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: road bicycles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of road bike.
synonyms: word: road bike
pseudostatement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudostatements
Etymology: From pseudo- + statement.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An unverifiable statement.
examples: text: If the label of a BEGIN pseudostatement is missing, the preceding and following cards are tested for clues: […]
ref: 1972, Bary W. Pollack, Compiler Techniques, page 287:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A construct resembling a statement that is not a true statement.
pseudostatements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudostatement
road bicycles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of road bicycle
psychol.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of psychology.
Cattawade
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Brantham parish, Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1033).
psychopannychistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to psychopannychism.
psyllic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of tritriacontanoic acid.
synonyms: word: tritriacontanoic acid
Giroulx
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Giroulxs
form: Giroulxes
Etymology: From French Giroulx.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French
Related terms: Girou
Giroul
Giroux
ptbl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of portable.
pussy wants a corner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of puss in the corner (“children's game”).
synonyms: word: puss in the corner
extra: children's game
kitty wants a corner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of puss in the corner (“children's game”).
synonyms: word: puss in the corner
extra: children's game
pussy whips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pussy whip
pussy whipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pussy whip
LCB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LCBs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of lactophenol cotton blue.
glosses: Initialism of liquor control bureau.
glosses: Initialism of licensed customs broker.
coordinate_terms: control logic
glosses: Initialism of logic control block.
coordinate_terms: control block
glosses: Initialism of logical control block.
coordinate_terms: logic controller
glosses: Initialism of logic controller block.
sow the seeds of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sows the seeds of
form: sowing the seeds of
form: sowed the seeds of
form: sown the seeds of
Senses: examples: text: I welcome the deal, but hope the continuing disagreements about modernisation do not sow the seeds of the next dispute.
ref: 2023 April 5, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Pay deal a positive result”, in RAIL, number 980, page 3:
glosses: To carry out a certain action which will eventually bring about a particular result.
raise someone's shackles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: raises someone's shackles
form: raising someone's shackles
form: raised someone's shackles
form: raised someone's shackles
Senses: examples: text: His remark about her hair had raised her shackles. "You didn't object to spending an occasional night in a comfortable bed so don't try to shift the dwindling cash onto my whims. What's put you in such a bad mood?"
ref: 2001 02, Geri Crowder, The Cat's-Eye, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 138:
text: A far-off howl raised his shackles. A second howl joined the first. The rogues had found prey.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Eliza Crowe, Pick Your Monster, Kim McDougall, →ISBN:
text: Anything that even smelled of tradition or orthodoxy aroused absolute skepticism in him; actually, it raised his shackles instantly. Ashok had learned to hide the intensity of these feelings under a kindly and caring demeanor.
ref: 2011 August 1, Latika Mangrulkar, Life Happens, and Death Too: Stories and Poems, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 73:
text: and rarely did it raise his shackles, but he didn't particularly care for Red's touch, as flattering as he supposed it was. But this wasn't flattery, Red was working.
ref: 2014 September 22, Kristy McCaffrey, The Dove: Historical Western Romance, K. McCaffrey LLC, →ISBN:
text: He would be expecting news, but she was wary of sharing the past Christmas celebration for fear it would raise his shackles.
ref: 2015 February 25, Jill Martin Bouteillier, Return to Sable, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:
text: But that one statement alone raised his shackles. “Why?”
ref: 2016 October 1, Rowena Candlish, Worth the Wait (A Novella), Rowena Candlish, →ISBN:
glosses: Misconstruction of raise someone's hackles.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see raise, shackle.
heptasyllable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heptasyllables
Etymology: From hepta- + syllable.
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: line of verse with seven syllables
Coordinate terms: monosyllable
disyllable
trisyllable
tetrasyllable
pentasyllable
sexisyllable
octosyllable
enneasyllable
decasyllable
endecasyllable
dodecasyllable
polysyllable
Related terms: heptasyllabic
enneasyllable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enneasyllables
Etymology: From ennea- + syllable.
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: line of verse with nine syllables
Coordinate terms: monosyllable
disyllable
trisyllable
tetrasyllable
pentasyllable
sexisyllable
heptasyllable
octosyllable
decasyllable
endecasyllable
dodecasyllable
polysyllable
Related terms: enneasyllabic
putting across
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put across
puts across
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put across
putresced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of putresce
putrescing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of putresce
pymt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pymts
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of payment.
pymts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pymt
qrtly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of quarterly.
qrly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of quarterly.
quadrienniums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadriennium
qtly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of quarterly.
fumper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fumpers
form: fumpering
form: fumpered
form: fumpered
Senses: examples: text: 'But I did like him,' I said frantically to clear my head so I could be reasonable. I'm talking about now. It's only recently that I've come to . . . to . . .' I fumpered around, not willing to say it outright.
ref: 1977, Judith Rossner, Attachments, Sevenoaks, Kent: Coronet Books, →ISBN, page 165:
glosses: Alternative form of fumfer.
fumpers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fumper
fumpering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fumper
fumpered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fumper
phumpher
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: phumphers
form: phumphering
form: phumphered
form: phumphered
Senses: examples: text: "Uh, look, Ralf, I hope you won't take this too personally, but ..." he phumphered nervously.
ref: 2009, Norman Spinrad, He Walked Among Us, New York, N.Y.: Tom Doherty Associates, published 2010, →ISBN, page 294:
glosses: Alternative form of fumfer.
phumphers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of phumpher
phumphering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of phumpher
phumphered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of phumpher
cuckery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cuck + -ery.
Senses: glosses: cuckoldry
jutjaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jutjaws
Senses: glosses: Parascorpis typus, a perciform fish found on the eastern coast of southern Africa.
KHV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: KHVs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of koi herpes virus.
qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: Initialism of kissless hugless virgin or kissless handholdless virgin.
Related terms: KHHV
KHVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of KHV
KHHV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: KHHVs
Senses: examples: text: And there's James, a 31-year-old British incel from County Down with a history of social anxiety, paranoia and depression. He identifies as KHHV – incel shorthand for a "kiss-less, handhold-less, hug-less virgin".
ref: 2019 July 12, Tomé Morrissy-Swan, “My life as a British incel, and how I removed myself from the misogynistic movement”, in The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2023:
text: We meet James, a "kissless, hugless, handholdless virgin" (or KHHV in incel parlance) from County Down, Northern Ireland, who says he's an incel because his insecurities, anxiety, mental health problems and troubled upbringing stood in the way of his ability to form relationships with women.
ref: 2019 July 14, Natalie Gil, “Inside The Secret World Of Incels – The Men Who Want To Punish Women”, in Refinery29, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2019:
text: The dejection can be overwhelming: "i dont want sex i dont ask for anythign [sic] from women i wish that a girl would hug me thats my biggest dream that someone would be in love with a piece of shit like me," a KHHV reported a few weeks ago on an incel forum.
ref: 2022 June 13, Miles Klee, “The Kissless Hugless Handholdless Virgin”, in MEL Magazine, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2023:
qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: Initialism of kissless hugless handholdless virgin.
Related terms: KHV
KHHVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of KHHV
acemisia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ace (“asexual”) + -misia, coined as an alternative to acephobia.
Senses: examples: text: […]acephobia (fear), or transmisia/homomisia/bimisia/queermisia/acemisia (hatred) to describe the embedded cultures of churches and institutions […]
ref: 2021 June, Michael Shepherd, “LGBTQ+ Inclusion: An Appeal to Stone-Campbell Movement Ideals”, in Hope International University, Fullerton, California: Disciples of Christ Historical Society, page 1:
glosses: Hatred of asexual people and/or human asexuality; prejudice against people on the asexual spectrum.
Synonyms: acephobia
handholdless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From handhold + -less.
Senses: examples: text: We meet James, a "kissless, hugless, handholdless virgin" (or KHHV in incel parlance) from County Down, Northern Ireland, who says he's an incel because his insecurities, anxiety, mental health problems and troubled upbringing stood in the way of his ability to form relationships with women.
ref: 2019 July 14, Natalie Gil, “Inside The Secret World Of Incels – The Men Who Want To Punish Women”, in Refinery29, archived from the original on 20 Jul 2019:
qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: Usually of a man: having never held hands with a member of the opposite sex.
examples: text: One false move and I'm down the slope on a mudslide, a gangly pebble in a debris flow, over a short, straight, handholdless twenty-foot drop into the flood, and whisked away into nothingness.
ref: 2007, Greer K. Chesher, Zion Canyon: A Storied Land, Tucson, A.Z.: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 37:
glosses: Lacking a handhold ("a projection that one may hold onto for support").
Derived terms: KHHV
KHV
antbed parrot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antbed parrots
Senses: glosses: Any parrot of the genus Psephotus (or Psephotellus) that dig nestholes in termite mounds.
Derived terms: antbed parrot moth
antbed parrots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antbed parrot
antbed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antbeds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ant-bed.
antbeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antbed
antbed parrot moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antbed parrot moths
Senses: glosses: A moth of species Trisyntopa scatophaga (family Oecophoridae), which lays its eggs inside nestholes of antbed parrots.
antbed parrot moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antbed parrot moth
NYSD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
synonyms: SDNY
glosses: Initialism of New York Southern District; the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of North Yorkshire and South Durham. A cricket league, the North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League in England, UK.
NYSD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NYSDs
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of New York State senate district; An electoral district in the New York State Senate, for the state senate of the State of New York.
PM2.5
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: All seven cities saw an increase in air pollution during January-May. Readings assessed showed an average concentration of hazardous airborne particles - known as PM2.5 - up by as much as 14.8% in Taiyuan, the provincial capital, and by 16.3% in Shuozhou.[…]
According to the latest data, average rates of PM2.5 in 337 cities nationwide stood at 44 micrograms per cubic meter in the first five months of the year, unchanged from 2018, with 118 cities reaching the national standard of 35 micrograms or below.
ref: 2019 June 20, David Stanway, “China coal hub Shanxi slams seven cities for pollution spike in 2019”, in Sherry Jacob-Phillips, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2019, Environment:
glosses: Initialism of particulate matter 2.5, a pollution measurement of particles with a maximum diameter of 2.5 µm.
nesthole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nestholes
form: nest-hole
form: nest hole
Etymology: From nest + hole.
Senses: glosses: A hole, either naturally occurring or excavated, in a tree, rockface, termite mound, etc., which is used as a nest.
nestholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nesthole
meridian termite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meridian termites
Senses: glosses: magnetic termite
meridian termites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meridian termite
red-eye gravy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-eye gravies
form: redeye gravy
Senses: examples: text: Some folks put a slice of ham and a ladle-full of red-eye gravy on them. Red-eye gravy comes from the juices of cooked ham boiled with coffee or water. Red-eye gravy gets its name from the red, greasy "eye" that forms on top[…]
ref: 2003 August 25, Adam McClellan, Uniquely Tennessee, Capstone Classroom, →ISBN, page 30:
text: In Louisiana, a variation of red-eye gravy is made with slow-cooked beef, and the coffee will, as likely as not, contain chicory. A Texan variant of Louisiana red-eye might be sweetened with honey instead[…]
ref: 2019 February 8, Gary Allen, author of Sausage: A Global History, Sauces Reconsidered: Après Escoffier, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 120:
text: "However, I do enjoy the flavor of red-eye gravy made with ham drippings."
ref: 2021 August 2, Highlander, One Wore Gray One Wore Blue: An Appalachian Grandmother’s Favorite Generals, Archway Publishing, →ISBN:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A thin sauce found in Southern US cuisine, made from the drippings of pan-fried country ham mixed with black coffee.
red-eye gravies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red-eye gravy
spinifex termite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinifex termites
Senses: glosses: A species of termite, Nasutitermes triodiae, endemic to spinifex grasslands of the Northern Territory, Australia, which builds very large termite mounds.
spinifex termites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinifex termite
cathedral termite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cathedral termites
Etymology: So called as they build impressively large termite mounds (cathedral mounds).
Senses: glosses: spinifex termite
cathedral termites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cathedral termite
termite mound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: termite mounds
Senses: coordinate_terms: anthill
glosses: A tough and durable standing structure rising from the ground, built by a termite colony from mud, plant parts, and termite saliva and faeces.
termite mounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of termite mound
cathedral mound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cathedral mounds
Senses: glosses: A type of large termite mound built be a colony of the spinifex termite.
cathedral mounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cathedral mound
spinifexbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinifexbirds
Etymology: From spinifex + bird.
Senses: glosses: A species of locustellid grassbird, Poodytes carteri, endemic to spinifex grasslands of outback Australia.
spinifexbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spinifexbird
locustellid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the passerine family Locustellidae.
Derived terms: locustellid warbler
clitoral prepuce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clitoral prepuces
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of clitoral hood.
synonyms: word: clitoral hood
hang-arounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hang-around
hang-glided
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hang-glide
hang-glides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hang-glide
hanging valleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hanging valley
sin-binned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sin-bin
short i's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short i
long i's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long i
on the brew
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: "What do the Catholics do for work?"
"Go on the brew. You know the stayet. The Relief. Then they hang around the bars and the bookie shops. There's nothin' else they can do."
ref: 1969, New York Magazine, volume 2, number 11, page 31:
text: Lost her job like so many others. It's hard to get jobs in retail these days, there's a lot of shops closing down. Senga's signed on the brew, but hopefully something will come up.
ref: 2017, Lynda Collins, Jo Zebedee, M. Rush, Ghosts in the Glass and Other Stories, page 216:
glosses: On the dole; receiving unemployment benefit.
on the bung
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: […] and on the way back home on the train, drinking white wine out of plastic cups, I had to take a call from someone whose sewage system had gone on the bung.
ref: 2021, Doddie Weir, Stewart Weir, Doddie's Diary:
glosses: Not working properly; kaput.
short arm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: short arms
Senses: examples: text: Take my short arm, señor. Ram it in by the clipboard pound. Cocks harnessed in rows of notebinder rings.
ref: 1991, Clark Coolidge, The Book of During, page 14:
text: Over the next three years my “short-arm” was indeed displayed “in the middle of the night” for sadistic, perverted medical people […]
ref: 2008, Art Hellyer, The Hellyer Say, page 61:
glosses: The penis.
short arms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of short arm
notebinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: notebinders
Etymology: Blend of notebook + binder
Senses: examples: text: nother had helped her father manufacture plastic notebinders since college.
ref: 1994, Linda Resnick, Kerry H. Pechter, A Big Splash in a Small Pond, page 95:
text: She swiveled back around to her desk and without looking at him, began to write in the notebinder.
ref: 2009, Shawanda L. Brooks, Move That Mountain, page 141:
glosses: A notebook with flexible rings allowing pages to be moved around as in a binder.
notebinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of notebinder
Shawanda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
co-ruler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-rulers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coruler.
co-rulers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of co-ruler
human-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more human-like
form: most human-like
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of humanlike.
multi-racial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multi-racial
form: most multi-racial
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of multiracial.
re-brand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-brands
form: re-branding
form: re-branded
form: re-branded
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rebrand.
fanny rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fanny rats
Senses: examples: text: Jay had also been worried that he was going to look like a melt following me around like a lovesick puppy, and he wanted to be seen as more of a fanny rat.
ref: 2016, Vicky Pattison, Nothing But the Truth: My Story:
text: “I certainly do not mean to imply that James is a fanny rat for royals,” he clarified.
ref: 2017, Sierra Rose, Redeeming The Billionaire Playboy:
glosses: A womanizer.
fanny rats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fanny rat
line guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of line gun
linear densities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linear density
linear relatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linear relative
linear spans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linear span
mini-guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mini-gun
noon guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noon gun
noob cannons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noob cannon
slowtards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slowtard
fanny merchant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fanny merchants
Senses: examples: text: To cut a long story short, Howard looked like an intrepid explorer with an all-year tan but in actual fact he was just a chap who stayed at home and wore pan-stick: in other words, a fanny merchant.
ref: 2001, Val G. Lee, The Comedienne, page 65:
text: He was a “cultured left back” (translation-he could play but was a bit of a fanny merchant) and he could hit a shot.
ref: 2012, Paul Larkin, Poles 'N' Goals and Hesselink, page 67:
text: Right now he's calling me a 'fanny merchant' as he pins me to the wall in the Dublin Airport Hotel and lets me know exactly what he thinks of the Liverpool way just hours after a game at Lansdowne Road.
ref: 2016, Jason McAteer, Blood, Sweat and McAteer: A Footballer's Story:
glosses: An effeminate and ineffectual man.
fanny merchants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fanny merchant
slum guns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slum gun
slugabugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slugabug
slug moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slug moth
tard wranglers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tard wrangler
tardeadas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tardeada
white steenbrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white steenbras
teen dramas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teen drama
Bible punchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bible puncher
bibliokleptomaniacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bibliokleptomaniac
bibrows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bibrow
Bible-bashers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bible-basher
Bible-punchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bible-puncher
bicameral minds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bicameral mind
bibliovores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bibliovore
bicamerists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bicamerist
dimethylsulfone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylsulfones
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dimethyl sulfone.
dimethylsulfones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethylsulfone
dimethyl sulfones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethyl sulfone
foolio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfulioʊ/
Forms: form: foolios
Senses: examples: text: “What's he ever done to you?” […] “He's a vampire.” “So are you, foolio,” Doc said.
ref: 2011, Kristen Painter, Blood Rights:
text: Hey Foolio what's wrong, I see that look in your face.
ref: 2017, Kevin Jones, Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver:
glosses: A fool.
foolios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foolio
blood circles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blood circle
doggie fashion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of doggy fashion.
do-hickey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: do-hickeys
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of doohickey.
do-hickeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of do-hickey
Donalds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Donald
Donalds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
dooby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doobies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of doobie (“marijuana cigarette”).
dooties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dooty
dooverlacky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dooverlackies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of doovalacky.
dooverlackies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dooverlacky
non-planned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + planned.
Senses: examples: text: "The short-term contract comes with the expectation that AWC will continue to win back the confidence of passengers, with a particular focus on more reliable weekend services, continued reductions in cancellations, and improvements in passenger information during planned and non-planned disruption."
ref: 2023 April 5, Mel Holley, “Network News: Avanti contract extended, but 'still more work to do'”, in RAIL, number 980, page 6:
glosses: Alternative form of nonplanned.
drag-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From drag + -ass.
Senses: examples: text: We've fiddle-farted along behind that drag-ass outfit and eaten their dust all day. We've not been dancin' or to a picture show.
ref: 2008, Dorothy Garlock, Hope's Highway:
glosses: Tiresome; annoying.
body paint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: body paints
Senses: examples: text: This was part of Ms. Ovalles’s daily routine as a desnuda, a Spanish word meaning naked that has been embraced by the women who strut around the Times Square pedestrian plaza topless and covered in body paint to pose for photos in exchange for tips.
ref: 2015 August 14, Collen Wright, “The Desnudas of Times Square, Topless but for the Paint”, in The New York Times:
text: There's still a trace of body paint / On your legs and on your arms and on your face
ref: 2022, Alex Turner, “Body Paint”, in The Car (album), performed by Arctic Monkeys:
glosses: Paint applied directly onto a person's skin, often as a form of body art.
Related terms: body-paint
body painting
Stepfordesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Stepfordesque
form: most Stepfordesque
Etymology: From Stepford + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Stepfordian.
synonyms: word: Stepfordian
duck shoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duck shoots
Senses: examples: text: I was determined that the guilty party would not be gay. I am absolutely adamant about this for future books too. Gay people have been shit on by writers of imaginative literature too long — easy targets — and I won't participate in the duck-shoot.
ref: 1976 August 14, John Mitzel, Richard Hall, “The Whodunit Writer: Why He Dun It”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 7, page 7:
text: It was a duck shoot because all you had to do was buy a site with money from the bank, and sell it when the market had risen. There was never an 'if' in this statement because we all expected the market to rise.
ref: 2011, Simon Kelly, Breakfast with Anglo:
glosses: Something very easy; a piece of cake.
Related terms: like shooting fish in a barrel
sitting duck
duck shoots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duck shoot
body-paint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: body-paints
form: body-painting
form: body-painted
form: body-painted
Senses: examples: text: At this point, it’s an institution, with a coterie of recurring performers and its own crowd rituals — among them offers of “free hugs” body-painted on people’s chests. For all its clamor and its ritualized, channeled aggression, Warped is pretty wholesome.
ref: 2012 July 22, Jon Pareles, “Thundering Mosh Pits and All the Free Hugs a Teenager Would Want”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To paint (something) on a person's skin.
examples: text: In front of the fair Nischol, Rekha appeared dark. Such a heroine was considered unacceptable. ‘I was standing for an hour while someone body-painted me from head to toe. Because in those days, heroines were required to be fair. In the north they have this fairness hang-up. They painted all the junior artists white in all of D. Ramanaidu films,’³ Rekha said.
ref: 2016, Yasser Usman, Rekha: The Untold Story, New Delhi: Juggernaut Books, →ISBN, page 59:
glosses: To apply body paint onto the skin of (someone).
body paints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of body paint
body-painted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of body-paint
body-paints
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of body-paint
body-painting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of body-paint