cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
thrombomodulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Modulation of thrombosis.
thrombomodulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to thrombomodulation.
thromboneurosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of postphlebitic syndrome.
synonyms: word: postphlebitic syndrome
thrombovasculitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Inflammation of the thrombovascular system.
α-antithrombin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The predominant form of human antithrombin.
alpha-antithrombin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of α-antithrombin.
β-antithrombin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of α-antithrombin that does not require heparin.
beta-antithrombin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of β-antithrombin.
L-antithrombin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A latent form of antithrombin.
archive box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archive boxes
Senses: glosses: A strong cardboard box with lid and handles, used for the long-term storage of physical documents.
archive boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archive box
tinglies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The tinglies are much more intense. You have a lot more energy and you still have the euphoria.
ref: 1994, Jerome Beck, Marsha Rosenbaum, Pursuit of Ecstasy: The MDMA Experience, page 65:
text: The tinglies don't even embody feelings of love, anyway. The tinglies are pure adrenaline. Don't get me wrong, I'm not hating on the tinglies. Everyone enjoys them, including myself.
ref: 2011, Lo Bosworth, The Lo-Down, page 162:
glosses: A tingling sensation.
bullet-screen games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bullet-screen game
anhydrothrombin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An anhydro form of thrombin.
Springfieldite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Springfieldites
Etymology: From Springfield + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Springfieldian (“inhabitant of Springfield”).
synonyms: word: Springfieldian
extra: inhabitant of Springfield
Springfieldites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Springfieldite
antiprothrombic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antiprothrombin.
autoprothrombin I
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of proconvertin.
synonyms: word: proconvertin
factor VII
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of proconvertin.
synonyms: word: proconvertin
des-gamma-carboxyprothrombin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An abnormal form of prothrombin lacking vitamin K-dependent modifications.
des-gamma carboxyprothrombin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of des-gamma-carboxyprothrombin.
des-γ-carboxyprothrombin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of des-gamma-carboxyprothrombin.
dysprothrombinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysprothrombinemias
Senses: glosses: The dysfunction of prothrombin in the blood.
dysprothrombinaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysprothrombinaemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dysprothrombinemia.
Seric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Seric
form: most Seric
Etymology: From Latin Sēricus, from Ancient Greek Σηρικός (Sērikós), from Σῆρες (Sêres, “Seres”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Equivalent to Seres + -ic. Doublet of Serican.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Chinese or Northern Chinese, in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China.
synonyms: word: Chinese or Northern Chinese
word: in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China
Related terms: Serian
Serica
Serican
dysprothrombinaemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dysprothrombinaemia
dysprothrombinemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dysprothrombinemia
dysprothrombinemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to dysprothrombinemia.
metatheatrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more metatheatrically
form: most metatheatrically
Senses: glosses: In a metatheatrical manner.
metatheatricality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metatheatricalities
Senses: glosses: The quality of being metatheatrical.
metatheatricalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metatheatricality
metatheater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of metatheatre.
autoreflexivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From autoreflexive + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being autoreflexive.
autoreflexively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more autoreflexively
form: most autoreflexively
Senses: glosses: In an autoreflexive manner.
hyperprothrombinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An abnormally high level of prothrombin in the blood.
hyperprothrombinemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to hyperprothrombinemia.
autoreflexive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autoreflexive
form: most autoreflexive
Etymology: From auto- + reflexive.
Senses: examples: text: One might describe what happens between Columbus's first letter and the postconquest narratives of Francisco López de Gómara or Bernal Díaz del Castillo as the European imposition of meanings onto American society — rendering allegorical what was encountered as autoreflexive — and the consequent loss of the indigenous perspectives that might challenge that construction of the New World.
ref: 1999, Roland Greene, Unrequited Conquests: Love and Empire in the Colonial Americas, page 13:
text: The personal pronouns combine with postposition =gon and the two enclitics =nang 'alone' and =wuk 'by strength of' in autoreflexive expressions (more at §7.1.2). These can in some cases be interpreted as oblique verbal arguments rather than adverbial phrases […]
ref: 2017, Hannah Sarvasy, A Grammar of Nungon: A Papuan Language of Northeast New Guinea, page 161:
glosses: Occurring in such a way that the agent performing an action is inherently utilized.
Derived terms: autoreflexively
autoreflexivity
Related terms: autoreflective
autoreflexion
Serian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˈsɪɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɪɹiən
Forms: form: more Serian
form: most Serian
form: Serean
Etymology: From Seres + -ian, from Latin Seres (“the ancient northern Chinese”), from Ancient Greek, possibly from the Old Chinese word for silk.
Senses: examples: text: Serian forests... Serian clothing... Serian insect...
glosses: Synonym of Chinese or Northern Chinese, chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China and its role as the origin of silk.
synonyms: word: Chinese or Northern Chinese
word: chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China and its role as the origin of silk
Derived terms: Serian worm
Serian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˈsɪɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɪɹiən
Forms: form: Serians
form: Serean
Etymology: From Seres + -ian, from Latin Seres (“the ancient northern Chinese”), from Ancient Greek, possibly from the Old Chinese word for silk.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Chinese or Northern Chinese, chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China.
synonyms: word: Chinese or Northern Chinese
word: chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China
Related terms: Seric
Serica
Serican
Serian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˈsɪɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɪɹiən
Forms: form: Serians
form: Serean
Etymology: From Seres + -ian, from Latin Seres (“the ancient northern Chinese”), from Ancient Greek, possibly from the Old Chinese word for silk.
Senses: examples: text: On the easternmost edge of the world were the Serians, who made silk and bartered it in silence.
ref: 1996, Lawrence Norfolk, The Pope's Rhinoceros, page 38:
glosses: Synonym of Chinese or Northern Chinese, chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China.
synonyms: word: Chinese or Northern Chinese
word: chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China
Serian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˈsɪɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɪɹiən
Etymology: From Seri + -an.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A proposed language family including Seri, more often considered an isolate or a member of the Hokan family.
hypoantithrombinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An abnormally low level of antithrombin in the blood.
hypothrombinemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to hypothrombinemia.
intrathrombic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Within a thrombus.
Worsborough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Worsbrough, England.
pin setting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pinsetting.
rhinestoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rhinestone
Shengsi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 嵊泗 (Shèngsì).
Senses: examples: text: On 25 April at about 1600 hours [0800 GMT], the fishing boat (Shengfeng) No. 12 belonging to the Hsinhuatai Company of Keelung, Taiwan Province, blinded by fog, hit a reef and sank in the waters near the Choushan Islands, Chekiang Province. Rescue was organized by fishermen of Shengssu County, Choushan Islands, Chekiang Province, and all of the 10 crew members of the fishing boat (Shengfeng) No. 12 were brought to safety.
ref: [1973 May 16 [1973 May 14], “Fishermen Rescue Crew of Sinking Taiwan Boat 25 Apr”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 95, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking to Taiwan, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: International Affairs, page A 5:
glosses: A county of Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
Daishan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dīʹshänʹ
rhymes: -æn
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 岱山 (Daìshān).
Senses: examples: text: A statement released Sunday by the government of Daishan county in Zheijiang province said it first received a notice on Sept. 9 that crew members on board the ship that was undergoing repairs had fallen ill and tested positive for the coronavirus.
ref: 2020 September 13, “Asia Today: India cases climb to 4.75M as recovery improves”, in AP News, sourced from New Delhi, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2024:
glosses: A county of Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
Dinghai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dǐngʹhīʹ
rhymes: -aɪ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 定海 (Dìnghǎi).
Senses: examples: text: He recently spoke at a conference denouncing the destruction of Dinghai, an old town on Zhoushan island, near Shanghai, best known as the real object of British covetousness during the Opium War (Hong Kong was actually a mistake).
ref: 2001 April 20, Jonathan Napack, “A Firebrand Agitates to Preserve China's Memory”, in The New York Times, sourced from International Herald Tribune, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2024, Style:
glosses: A district of Zhoushan, Zhejiang, China.
Yungchuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 永川 (Yǒngchuān) Wade–Giles romanization: Yung³-chʻuan¹.
Senses: examples: text: I was born in a poor peasant family in Yungchuan County, Szechuan Province. For generations my family worked as farmhands for a landlord.
ref: 1976, Chen Chao, “TO SHOW "BENEVOLENCE" TO THE ENEMY IS TO BETRAY THE PEOPLE”, in Workers, Peasants and Soldiers Criticize Lin Piao and Confucius [工农兵批林批孔文选], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 93:
english: 工农兵批林批孔文选
translation: 工农兵批林批孔文选
text: On 22 August, 20,000 armymen and people of Chiangchin Prefecture and Yungchuan County held a celebration rally at which (Wang Hai-ting), first secretary of Yungchuan County CCP Committee, presided and (An Fa-hsiao), first secretary of Chiangchin Prefectural CCP Committee, and (Juan Kuang-chao), commissar of Chiangchin Military Subdistrict, made speeches.
ref: 1977 August 25 [1977 August 24], “Szechwan Rallies Hail 11th Congress, CCP Plenum”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 165, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengtu Szechwan Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Southwest Region, page J 4:
text: Fan Yuan-yen came from Sungchi township of Yungchuan county in Szechuan. Yungchuan was a prosperous commercial and agricultural city on the north bank of the Yangtse River, a hundred kilometers southwest of Chungking.
ref: 1978, Yuan-yen Fan, Testimony for 800 Million Suffering People, →OCLC, page 35, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of Yongchuan.
have the sun in one's eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has the sun in one's eyes
form: having the sun in one's eyes
form: had the sun in one's eyes
form: had the sun in one's eyes
Senses: glosses: To have difficulty seeing because of bright sunlight shining directly at one's eyes.
examples: text: "What happened to the old man?" he said.
"He got the sun in his eyes."
"I don't believe it. The old man really drunk? He don't get drunk."
ref: 2004, James Lee Burke, The Lost Get-Back Boogie, page 182:
glosses: To be drunk.
Related terms: in someone's eyes
spun a yarn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spin a yarn
Yapanese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of yap (“chat excessively”) + Japanese, a language perceived as being difficult or foreign to English speakers.
Senses: examples: text: Bro has got a PhD in Yapanese 💀
text: Bro was speaking Yapanese idk what he expected
ref: 2023 July 27, u/PinheadLarry_, “God forbid I have an actual conversation on this app”, in Reddit, r/Tinder, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2024:
text: this professor is fluent in yapanese..
ref: 2023 December 5, @abey_cd11, Twitter, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2024:
text: nigga spoke a whole lot of yapanese just to say Caitlin Clark is better and more valuable, I'm cryin dawg
ref: 2023 December 21, @imspenser_6, Twitter, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2024:
text: She's fluent in yapanese. Talking just to talk
ref: 2024 March 14, u/lilpumpski, “Doctors and baristas should be paid the same”, in Reddit, r/medicalschool, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2024:
glosses: Incomprehensible and meaningless speech; nonsense, waffle.
Related terms: double Dutch
it's all Chinese to me
it's all Greek to me
Norton, Cuckney, Holbeck and Welbeck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire, England, which includes the named places.
coffeespoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffeespoons
Senses: examples: text: Among the valuable gifts received are a set of gold coffeespoons from Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Depew, cousins of the bride, silver pepper cruets and bonnet-pins of diamond and moonstones from Mrs. Hegeman of New York aunt of the bride, and from Senator Leland Stanford a silver breakfast set.
ref: 1890 May 8, “Gen. Rosecrans’ Daughter Married. Miss Lily Rosecrans Becomes the Wife of Gov. Toole of Montana.”, in The Chicago Tribune, volume L, Chicago, Ill., page 1, column 3:
text: In the number of the parties five were finally decided upon, while for the prizes which were to be first and second for gentlemen, first and second for ladies, it was judged best to have books—it seemed rather more dignified to play for “The Prince of India” and “Through Colonial Doorways” than for a coffeespoon or pair of candlesticks.
ref: 1895 January, Ada Marie Peck, “Our Whist Club”, in Good Housekeeping: […], volume XX, number 1, Springfield, Mass.: Clark W. Bryan Company, […], page 11, column 1:
text: The reason more teaspoons are needed is because if one were having an afternoon tea it is necessary to have plenty of teaspoons, and even with the use of coffeespoons you would have but three dozen spoons, an insufficient supply for a number of guests.
ref: 1909 June 25, “Visiting in Town and Country: Forms and Usages to be Observed”, in The La Crosse Tribune, volume V, number 321, La Crosse, Wis., page 14, column 3:
text: The small talk is characterized by short contributions from all the participants, sometimes simultaneously, that can be seen as improvisations on themes that are immediately available and generated by the circumstances of the situation. Interviewers ask the applicants about their journeys, their ease in finding the place, there is talk about the number of coffeespoons to go round or about the weather.
ref: 1991, Martha Komter, Conflict and Cooperation in Job Interviews: A Study of Talk, Tasks and Ideas (Pragmatics & Beyond New Series; 15), Amsterdam; Philadelphia, Pa.: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 55:
text: “[…] You got any coffee?” / “No,” Funnybear says, “But I’ve got plenty of coffeespoons.” / “So?” / “So, I’ve been collecting plasticware for my solo show. I’ve got a garbage bag full of them now. I can measure out my life and yours with them.”
ref: 2006, Wred Fright, The Pornographic Flabbergasted Emus, Williamston, Mich.: ULA Press, →ISBN, page 106:
glosses: Alternative form of coffee spoon.
coffeespoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffeespoon
bedroom nation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bedroom nations
Etymology: From bedroom + nation, as a clipping of micronation.
Senses: examples: text: At first he wanted to call it Seltsam ('silly', in German), but instead settled on The Kingdom of Talossa, "talossa" [author's italics] being Finnish for "inside the house," the perfect name for a bedroom nation.
ref: 2005, Robert Ben Madison, Ár Päts: The Classic History of the Kingdom of Talossa 1979-2005, 3 edition, Preßeu Støtanneu, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025, page 8:
text: While there has never been a macronational bedroom nation, some exclaves have been barely larger.
ref: 2006 March 24, r, “World's smallest enclave?”, in Micro-Nations.com (MNO), archived from the original on 10 Aug 2008:
text: Not counting a secessionist bedroom-nation I had as a kid (briefly allied with Sander Dieleman’s Pacary), my first introduction to micronations as this sector understands them was in the spring of 2003.
ref: 2014 February 28, “An Interview with a Micronationalist (3): Kaiser Mo'll”, in The Micras Observer, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2025:
text: PS, we will not accept house,online, or bedroom nation you must have an actual territory that could one day become an actual recognized nation
ref: 2018 January 28, u/Cooey_11, “Looking for members!!”, in Reddit, r/micronations, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2023:
qualifier: generally derogatory
glosses: A micronation located solely in a bedroom (or, less strictly, any room).
bedroom nations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedroom nation
nonthrombin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not relating to thrombin.
postthrombectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: After thrombectomy.
Cuscatancingo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in San Salvador department, El Salvador.
preprothrombin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A precursor of thrombin.
prothrombinogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of proconvertin.
synonyms: word: proconvertin
prothrombokinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of proconvertin.
synonyms: word: proconvertin
thrombocytolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antihemophilic factor A.
synonyms: word: antihemophilic factor A
autoprothrombin II
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Christmas factor.
synonyms: word: Christmas factor
profibrinolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of plasminogen.
synonyms: word: plasminogen
prothrombinogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the prothrombinogen.
prothrombinopenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hypoprothrombinemia.
synonyms: word: hypoprothrombinemia
prothrombinopenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to prothrombinopenia.
pseudothrombus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudothrombi
Senses: glosses: A figure that resembles a thrombus on scans.
Giddy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
thrombangiitis obliterans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thromboangiitis obliterans.
bumblebird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bumblebirds
Etymology: From bumble + bird.
Senses: examples: text: A brick fireplace sat dark at one end. Doors led off to other rooms, and the floor-to-ceiling windows were openable to the outside where the large bumblebirds buzzed over the bushes.
ref: 1986, Richard Mueller, Jernigan's Egg, page 128:
text: That same afternoon, a brightly colored male bumblebird arrived with a gouge in his back. Something with a sharp beak had tried to eat him for lunch and failed.
ref: 2020, Charlotte Llewelyn-Wells, David Guymer, Robbie MacNiven, KeyForge: Tales From the Crucible: A KeyForge Anthology, page 193:
glosses: Hummingbird.
bumblebirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bumblebird
transthrombus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Through a thrombus.
sonoelastogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sonoelastograms
Senses: glosses: An image produced by sonoelastography.
El Paisnal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in San Salvador department, El Salvador.
photoelastography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of elastography that uses light to visualize the stress and strain in tissue.
sellaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sellary
headterm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headterms
Etymology: Analogous to headword, from head + term.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: (terminology), (terminography) A term used as the title of a section, particularly in a terminological dictionary.
Shepherdswell with Coldred
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England, which includes the named places.
Coldred
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Shepherdswell with Coldred parish, Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2747).
Ilopango
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish Ilopango.
Senses: glosses: A town in San Salvador department, El Salvador.
glosses: A lake in El Salvador.
the more one learns about people, the more one likes one's pet
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of familiarity breeds contempt.
synonyms: word: familiarity breeds contempt
Swiftonomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From (Taylor) Swift + -onomics. Coined by reporter Augusta Saraiva in a 2022 article, although isolated use exists earlier (see quotations below).
Senses: examples: text: Swiftonomics: How Taylor Swift is Destroying the Music Business
ref: [2013 February 13, stu, “(post title)”, in thiswontendwell.com, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2013:
text: Skyrocketing demand, limited supply, price gouging and monopoly accusations. And a customer willing to pay almost anything. ¶ Welcome to Swiftonomics.
ref: 2022 November 23, Augusta Saraiva, “Welcome to 'Swiftonomics': What Taylor Swift Reveals About the US Economy”, in Bloomberg, New York, N.Y.: Bloomberg L.P., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 May 2023:
text: In Toronto, where the singer-songwriter will perform six shows at the Rogers Centre in November 2024, cultural and tourism experts say Swift could provide a much-needed boon to the city and a hospitality sector still recovering from the pandemic. But the "Swiftonomics," as the Swift-induced economic boost has been dubbed, could also bring some eye-watering price increases — and accusations of price gouging — for locals and tourists alike.
ref: 2023 August 9, Joshua Chong, “'Swiftonomics': Here's how Taylor Swift's Toronto concerts will impact the local economy”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, Ont.: Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2023:
text: Others concern themselves with Swiftonomics: where Taylor steps, businesses grow and bloom.
ref: 2023 September 30, Martha Gill, “When Taylor Swift reaps country-sized riches, other artists are squeezed out”, in The Observer, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2023:
glosses: The boost to local businesses caused by Taylor Swift concerts.
assume room temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: assumes room temperature
form: assuming room temperature
form: assumed room temperature
form: assumed room temperature
Senses: glosses: To die; to be killed.
Mejicanos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish Mejicanos.
Senses: glosses: A town in San Salvador department, El Salvador.
when you assume, you make an ass out of you and me
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: assume makes an ass out of you and me
form: assume makes an ass of you and me
Etymology: A spelling pun on you and the homophonic letter u in ass-u-me.
Senses: glosses: One should avoid assuming things about other people or different situations.
Related terms: make an ass of
Nejapa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish Nejapa.
Senses: glosses: A town in San Salvador department, El Salvador.
witch-doctor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: witch-doctors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of witch doctor.
witch-doctors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of witch-doctor
room-temperature I.Q.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: room-temperature I.Q.s
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of room-temperature IQ.
room-temperature I.Q.s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of room-temperature I.Q.
scrill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: skrill
Etymology: Apocopic form of scrilla (“money”).
Senses: examples: text: I have to work overtime to make the scrill I need to buy that car.
text: I'm more real than, I got more scrill than / Got more skill than them there / I'm a cash money millionaire
ref: 2002 July 23, “500 Degreez”, in 500 Degreez, performed by Lil Wayne:
text: Andre and JoMo sat counting scrill at the kitchen table.
ref: 2006, Renay Jackson, Crack City, Berkeley, C.A.: Frog, Ltd., →ISBN, page 102:
text: […] you should just MOVE BACK TO RIKKI'S, he told me his parents have been asking you to do that, well that's EXACTLY what you're gunna have to frickin do if you don't come up with no fuckin SKRILL.
ref: 2012, Bruce Wagner, Dead Stars: An Entertainment, New York, N.Y.: Blue Rider Press, →ISBN, page 470:
synonyms: word: scrilla
word: ackers
word: bees and honey
word: blunt
word: bones
word: brass
word: bread
word: bread and honey
word: Bugs Bunny
word: cake
word: cheddar
word: cheese
word: ching
word: clams
word: coin
word: cream
word: currency
word: dinero
word: dosh
word: dough
word: feds
word: fedi
word: finances
word: flizz
word: flow
word: funding
word: funds
word: gravy
word: gwop
word: gwolla
word: jack
word: legal tender
word: lolly
word: lovely jubbly
word: mazuma
word: means
word: money
word: moola
word: mozzarella
word: muck
word: oof
word: ooftish
word: paper
word: rhino
word: scratch
word: scrilla
word: shrapnel
word: simoleons
word: smackers
word: smackeroos
word: smackeroonies
word: spend
word: spondulicks
word: swag
word: wampum
word: wonga
word: yenom
qualifier: Bay Area; African-American Vernacular; Bay Area; African-American Vernacular
glosses: Money.
rainberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rainberries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of riberry.
synonyms: word: riberry
rainberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rainberry
gurp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gurps
form: gurping
form: gurped
form: gurped
Etymology: Possibly a blend of gulp + slurp.
Senses: examples: text: I crawl outta bed about 8 in the mornin' / Start gurpin' 8:30 today is my birthday / It's August 14th and I'm guzzling Rossi / I got me a 40 ain't nothin' gon' stop me
ref: 2004 March 8, “Come Gurp With Me”performed by Z-Man:
glosses: To get drunk.
gurps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gurp
gurping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gurp
gurped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gurp
small leaved lilly pilly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of riberry.
synonyms: word: riberry
cherry satinash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of riberry.
synonyms: word: riberry
cherry alder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of riberry.
synonyms: word: riberry
clove lilli pilli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of riberry.
synonyms: word: riberry
assumes room temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of assume room temperature
assuming room temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of assume room temperature
assumed room temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of assume room temperature
smeb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: smebs
form: smebbing
form: smebbed
form: smebbed
Senses: examples: text: Valet the Expedition / Boss be workin' then I smebbed
ref: 1999 July 13, “Alright Cool”, in Sneakacydal, performed by Keak da Sneak:
topics: dancing
hip-hop
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To drive, especially while drunk.
smebs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of smeb
smebbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of smeb
smebbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of smeb
Sherren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Panchimalco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish Panchimalco.
Senses: glosses: A town in San Salvador department, El Salvador.
glosses: A town in Morelos, Mexico.
god-grandmothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of god-grandmother
godgrandmothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of godgrandmother
scanless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scanless
form: most scanless
form: skanless
Etymology: A pronunciation spelling of scandalous.
Senses: examples: text: Both of us messed over my first wife a scanless. And she never told nobody. Plus, she didn't have nobody to tell.
ref: 1982, Alice Walker, The Color Purple, San Diego, C.A. […]: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers, →ISBN, page 229:
text: I felt so scanless "G" that me and Dreamer (don't get mad "G" we know we fucked up but at that time anger took over our minds) we broked his car windows and left it full of mud.
ref: 1995, Celeste Fremon, Father Greg & the Homeboys: The Extraordinary Journey of Father Greg Boyle and His Work With the Latino Gangs of East L.A., New York: Hyperion, →ISBN, page 252:
text: He wanted to get his fly honeys in and out on the QT, hide some of his assets, that kind of skanless behavior.
ref: 2011, Ice-T, Mal Radcliff, Kings of Vice, Forge Books, →ISBN, page 101:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Scandalous, shameful.
scanless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scanless
form: most scanless
Etymology: From scan + -less.
Senses: examples: text: For one who before cancer had lived his life with almost no thought of illness, I wondered more than once whether I wasn't overreacting by requesting too many CAT scans. Still, this would be the first in five months, the longest I had gone scanless since diagnosis.
ref: 2003, Neil Ruzic, Racing to a Cure: A Cancer Victim Refuses Chemotherapy and Finds Tomorrow's Cures in Today's Scientific Laboratories, Urbana, I.L.; Chicago, I.L.: University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 172:
text: Some weeks earlier than expected, now with blood on the floor, and scanless, and doctorless, Skaiala was about to have the child.
ref: 2019, Gavin Wood, Tin God, Azure Press, →ISBN, page 211:
glosses: Without being scanned.
examples: text: Here, we developed a technique based on patterned two-photon illumination to allow fast scanless imaging of GCaMP6 signals in the intact mouse brain at the same time as single-photon optogenetic inhibition with Archaerhodopsin. Using combined imaging and electrophysiological recording, we demonstrate that single and short bursts of action potentials in pyramidal neurons can be detected in the scanless modality at acquisition frequencies up to 1kHz.
ref: 2017 January 5, Serena Bovetti, Claudio Moretti, Stefano Zucca, Marco Dal Maschio, Paolo Bonifazi, Tommaso Fellin, “Simultaneous high-speed imaging and optogenetic inhibition in the intact mouse brain”, in Scientific Reports, volume 7, London: Nature Portfolio, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:
text: Starbucks isn't the only retailer to test out scanless payment tech, of course. Amazon has been developing its own Just Walk Out technology that uses camera systems, an app and machine learning tech to determine what a customer bought at a store so they could just leave when shopping is complete.
ref: 2023 August 24, Sarah Perez, “Starbucks is experimenting with 'scanless checkout' for drive-through users”, in TechCrunch, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2023:
glosses: Not involving or requiring scanning.
skanless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skanless
form: most skanless
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scanless (scandalous, shameful)
sesame dot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sesame dots
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A Japanese typographic mark resembling a comma or dot, placed above or beside words to indicate emphasis. It exists in filled and empty variants.
Little Ilford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the borough of Newham, Greater London, England, between Manor Park and Ilford (OS grid ref TQ4385).
screwfacing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of screwface
screwfaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more screwfaced
form: most screwfaced
Etymology: From screwface + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: So why do so many bike messengers look so screwfaced and vexed, as if road rage and frustration were their permanent riding companions?
ref: 2017 September 7, David Phinn, “I am a messenger and I ride”, in NOW, Toronto, Ont.: NOW Communications Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2023:
synonyms: word: angry
word: annoyed
word: apoplectic
word: bad-tempered
word: berserk
word: big mad
word: blood-boiling
word: boiling mad
word: cheesed off
word: choleric
word: cross
word: enraged
word: fit to be tied
word: fuming
word: furibund
word: furious
word: fury
word: glimflashy
word: hopping mad
word: ill-natured
word: incensed
word: infuriated
word: irate
word: ireful
word: ired
word: irritated
word: little mad
word: livid
word: mad
word: mad as a bear with a sore head
word: pathetic
word: pissed off
word: p'd off
word: pissed
word: pissy
word: raging
word: ready to be tied
word: screwfaced
word: seething
word: spitting chips
word: splenetic
word: sore
word: steaming
word: up on one's ear
word: vexed
word: waxy
word: wode
word: wrathful
word: wroth
word: zowerswopped
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Having a screwface (an angry facial expression); angry, frustrated.
screwfaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From screwface + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of screwface
ionising radiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ionising radiations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ionizing radiation.
lilly pilly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lilly pillies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lilly-pilly.
lillipilli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lillipillis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lilly-pilly.
lillipillis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lillipilli
lilly pillies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lilly pilly
deals a good hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deal a good hand
dealing a good hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of deal a good hand
dealt a good hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deal a good hand
dealt a bad hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deal a bad hand
dealing a bad hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of deal a bad hand
deals a bad hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deal a bad hand
row in the same boat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rows in the same boat
form: rowing in the same boat
form: rowed in the same boat
form: rowed in the same boat
Senses: examples: text: If you wish to continue fighting amongst one another; if you wish to continue lying to and about each other; if you wish to continue believing rumors concerning one another, without knowing all the facts; if you wish to continue finding reasons to dissociate yourselves from others of a different race when, in fact, ALL OF US are prisoners rowing in the same boat; if you wish […]
ref: 1986 April 26, James E. Lewis, Vernon J. Grant, “Why Build Hatred When There Was None To Begin With?”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
glosses: To be in the same or similar situation.
Related terms: in the same boat
Cyfarthfa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A community and ward in Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Wales.
de Solenni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: de Solennis
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian
antherine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antherines
Senses: glosses: A light fabric made from wool and silk.
go supernova
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes supernova
form: went supernova
form: gone supernova
form: gone supernova
Senses: examples: text: The star might go supernova soon.
glosses: To explode in a supernova.
raw_tags: of a star
examples: text: Butter yellow (yes, the pastel between canary and beige) has been on the rise for the past few years, and we’ve seen it splashed across enough recent runways and style influencers to finally make a call: The soft, silky shade is about to go supernova.
ref: 2024 February 22, Jake Henry Smith, “Butter Yellow Will Be Everywhere This Year—Here’s How to Style It”, in Glamour:
synonyms: blow up
catch fire
take off
glosses: To become very popular or successful.
acculturation model
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A theory that highlights the crucial link between acquiring a second language and assimilating into the culture of the majority language.
Xinzhuang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shǐnʹjwängʹ
Forms: form: Hsinchuang
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新莊 (Xīnzhuāng).
Senses: examples: text: The New Taipei City Government’s development plans for Sinjhuang District (新莊) would see residents forced out of their homes, residents of the Wenzaizun (塭仔圳) area said yesterday, calling on the Ministry of the Interior to reject rezoning plans.
ref: [2016 March 18, Abraham Gerber, “Residents criticize Sinjhuang development plans”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2016, Taiwan News, page 4:
text: New Taipei Mayor Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) pledged to build the city's Xinzhuang District into a hub for Taiwan cinema at a ceremony to mark the inauguration of a new permanent base for the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI) Friday.
ref: 2022 January 7, Teng Pei-ju, “New Taipei mayor vows to build Xinzhuang into Taiwan film hub”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2022, Culture:
text: The northern section of the New Taipei MRT Circular (Yellow) Line is expected to be completed by 2031, facilitating travel between Lujhou (蘆洲) and Sindian (新店) districts, New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) said yesterday.
When the section from New Taipei Industrial Park Station in Sinjhuang District (新莊) to Jiannan Road Station in Taipei’s Zhongshan District (中山) is completed, people will be able to travel between Lujhou and Sindian without changing trains, Hou said during an inspection of the section’s depot, which is under construction.[…]
The Circular Line’s western section was opened in 2020. It runs between Dapinglin Station in Sindian and New Taipei Industrial Park Station.
ref: [2025 January 22, “MRT section to open in 2031: Hou”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2025, Taiwan News, page 2:
glosses: A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.
ordinary language
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ordinary languages
Etymology: ordinary + language
Senses: glosses: natural language
ordinary languages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ordinary language
stepteen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stepteens
Etymology: From step- + teen.
Senses: examples: text: This problem is part of a more general stepteen problem.
ref: 1988, William R. Beer, Relative Strangers: Studies of Stepfamily Processes, page 125:
text: Or it can go in an inward direction, and result in a compulsive over-conformity, in which a stepteen feels he must rigidly conform in order to safeguard his place in the family and the stability of the family itself.
ref: 1989, William R. Beer, Strangers in the House: The World of Stepsiblings and Half-Siblings, page 82:
text: Grilling your stepteen about sexual activity and drug use sabotages your relationship.
ref: 2007, Susan Wisdom, Jennifer Green, Stepcoupling: Creating and Sustaining a Strong Marriage in Today's Blended Family, page 155:
text: Focus on understanding your stepteen's feelings rather than complaining about behavior.
ref: 2020, Tanith Carey, What's My Teenager Thinking?: Practical child psychology for Modern Parents, page 141:
glosses: A teenaged stepchild.
Synonyms: sense: child of one's spouse but not one's own
word: stepbairn
sense: child of one's spouse but not one's own
word: stepchild
sense: child of one's spouse but not one's own
word: stepkid
sense: child of one's spouse but not one's own
word: step
sense: bereaved child
word: orphan
Hyponyms: stepdaughter
stepson
stepteens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stepteen
climate criminal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: climate criminals
Senses: examples: text: There's no prison (yet) for climate criminals, but if there was, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro would have a spider-infested cell all to himself.
ref: 2021 June 9, Jeff Goodell, “What to Do About Jair Bolsonaro, the World's Most Dangerous Climate Denier”, in Rolling Stone, New York, N.Y.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2023:
glosses: Someone whose actions contribute significantly to climate change.
climate criminals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of climate criminal
in-lawhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: in-law-hood
form: inlawhood
Etymology: From in-law + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: Rinky wondered how many times today Moni mashi had to narrate the story of her credibility to institute the fact the she was happy with Clara and was enjoying her in-law-hood quite as much.
ref: 2015, Sonali Bhattacharya, Safety Pin:
glosses: The state or condition of being an in-law.
Deghand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Deghands
Senses: glosses: A surname
DePottey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DePotteys
Senses: glosses: A surname
DePrimo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DePrimos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
applied semantics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The study and application of semantics.