cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ultraphone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultraphones
form: ultrophone
Etymology: From ultra- + phone.
Senses: examples: text: Amalfi wondered if the Hruntans understood English; not that he was worried about the present interchange being overheard—the giant planet would block that most effectively, since the Utopians used ordinary radio rather than ultraphones or Dirac communicators—but it was of the utmost importance, if Hazleton's scheme was to be made workable, that the Hruntans should have heard and understood the warning the Earth police had issued to the city.
ref: 1955, James Blish, Earthman, Come Home (Cities in Flight; 1), New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, published 1958, page 29:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A telephone capable of transmitting communications faster than the speed of light.
ultraphones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultraphone
snake`lowbar`case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snake_case
Senses: examples: text: Some evidence shows that coders are better able to read code (their code and code written by others) when using snake_case, not camelCase naming.
ref: 2018, Camille McCue, Sarah Guthals, Helping Kids with Coding For Dummies®, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 130:
text: While both camelCase and snake_case are perfectly valid syntax in Java, the development community functions better when everyone adopts the same style convention.
ref: 2020, Jeanne Boyarsky, Scott Selikoff, OCP Oracle Certified Professional Java SE 11 Programmer I: Study Guide, Exam 1Z0-815, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 49:
text: We were incorporating third-party Python libraries for some of our projects, leading to a mix within our codebase of our own CamelCase format with the externally preferred snake_case style.
ref: 2020, Titus Winters, Tom Manshreck, Hyrum Wright, Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time, O’Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of snake case.
ultrophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultrophones
Senses: examples: text: That gives us seven hundred married and unmarried men, and three hundred girls, more than the entire Bad Blood Gang. Every one is equipped with belts, ultrophones, rocket guns and swords, and all fighting mad.
ref: 1928 August, Philip Francis Nowlan, “Armageddon 2419 A.D.”, in Amazing Stories, volume 3, number 5, page 444, column 2:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ultraphone.
ultrophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultrophone
ultradrive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultradrives
Etymology: From ultra- + drive.
Senses: examples: text: Politically, the assistance Marius provided was subtle and invaluable, allowing Ethan to build alliances within the Council and among the Clerics of the Orchard Palace, propelling him to a position where he could put himself forward for election with a great deal of confidence. Included with that was the offer of ultradrives for the Pilgrimage ships, a gift that would generate a near-certain success.
ref: 2008, Peter F. Hamilton, The Temporal Void, London: Macmillan, →ISBN, pages 358–359:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A spaceship drive capable of travelling faster than the speed of light.
ultradrives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultradrive
brunatre
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From French brunâtre.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Brown.
Rajoy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rajoys
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
trufandom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trufan + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: In my research for Torcon, I was frequently frustrated because little information was readily available on the Fifties. They were the Golden Years of trufandom, when people were friendlier and writing was wittier—or so nostalgic fans assured those of us doomed to live in the Fallen Age of the 1970's.
ref: 1977, Susan Wood, “Propellor Beanie”, in Algol, volume 15, number 1, page 38:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The state of being a trufan.
trutranses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trutrans
tru-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From true.
Senses: examples: text: tru- + fan → trufan
text: tru- + trans → trutrans
glosses: True, genuine.
Related terms: tru
trucel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trucels
Etymology: From tru- + cel.
Senses: examples: text: Trucels exist on a spectrum with truecels at one extreme, incels (those who are involuntarily celibate but may have had a physical interaction with the opposite sex) in the middle, and nearcels on the other extreme.
ref: 2020, Vanja Zdjelar, "Alone together: Exploring community on an incel forum", thesis submitted to Simon Fraser University, page 58
glosses: Alternative form of truecel.
trucels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trucel
xenological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From xeno- + -logical.
Senses: examples: text: "I don't think they'll be in any mood to trade xenological theory, Oma. They might not be so lenient with us now we've put up a fight."
ref: 2017, Eric Brown, Binary System, Oxford, Oxforshire: Solaris, →ISBN, page 226:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Relating to xenology ("the study of alien life").
addressal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: addressals
Etymology: From address + -al.
Senses: glosses: The act of addressing (in various senses).
readdressal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: readdressals
Senses: glosses: The act of readdressing (either sense)
main-character syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Kreider ends his essay by poignantly identifying “the mortifying ordeal of being known.” Over the past year, that sentiment has become so pervasive that “not wanting to be perceived” has quickly become a staple trend across social platforms. It’s joined the ranks of what could be considered the “being perceived” antithesis, the concept of having main-character syndrome, where you act as though you’re the lead in your own movie and everyone else is simply an extra in your narrative.
ref: 2021 June 7, Nana Baah, “The Pandemic Let Us Exist Without Being Perceived. Some Don’t Want That to End”, in Vice, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2021:
text: This is mainly a playlist for people with main-character syndrome (gotta love Gen Z for coining that one), aka people who envision themselves as the protagonist in the movie of their life.
ref: 2022, Stassi Schroeder, “End of an Era: Au Revoir, Vanderpump”, in Off with My Head: The Definitive Basic B*tch Handbook to Surviving Rock Bottom, Gallery Books, →ISBN, section “Fifteen Songs for Rock Bottom”, page 79:
text: Being triaged might not feel much better than being ghosted if you have an urgent question for your boss, client or colleague — I’ve been on that side of the interaction, too. But it’s at least more realistic, relatable and human. I’ve found that it forces me to confront my own main-character syndrome — the idea that we all play a starring role in the movie that is our life, with everyone else merely the supporting cast.
ref: 2022 February 23, Erica Dhawan, “Feel Free to Ignore Some Texts and Emails. We All Understand.”, in The New York Times, section A, page 23:
text: ‘I just wanted you to know how you made me feel is all.’ ‘Yeah, but that’s the problem – you have major main-character syndrome. You act like you’re this big deal living in London, that your feelings are the only thing that matter. Whenever you call me, you bang on about work, when your job sounds cushty to me – or it’s about Kian and how you’re obsessed with him. You only ask about me as an afterthought.’
ref: 2023, Sara Jafari, People Change, Penguin Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of main character syndrome.
ethels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethel
autumning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autumn
autumned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autumn
Llangurig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh llan + Saint Curig.
Senses: glosses: A village and community on the River Wye in Powys, Wales, historically in Montgomeryshire (OS grid ref SN9079).
wikipedia: Curig
no-noes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of no-no
box numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of box number
box nos.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of box no.
box stalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of box stall
braaams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of braaam
BRAAAMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BRAAAM
ragoûting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ragoût
ragoûted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ragoût
brachial arteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brachial artery
brachymorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brachymorph
créquiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of créquier
-copter
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: The clipped form copter predates it, which raises the question of compounding versus affixing, but regardless, it is now widely reanalyzed as a suffix derived from helicopter.
Senses: glosses: referring to a vehicle that works with one or more vertical rotors similar to that of a helicopter
Related terms: word: copter
word: heli
english: and derivatives therefrom
translation: and derivatives therefrom
word: heli-
green violet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green violets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of green-violet.
goat's-milk cheeses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goat's-milk cheese
verificators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of verificator
Microsloth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Microsoft + sloth.
Senses: examples: text: For example, hackers enjoy playing with and manipulating well known words and phrases: Microsoft becomes "Microsloth", while Internet Explorer mutates into "Internet Exploiter" in hacker language.
ref: 2002, Joseph I. Zajda, Society and the Environment, James Nicholas Publishers, page 262:
glosses: Microsoft.
Synonyms: Micro$oft
orh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ɔ̞˧˨]
ipa: [ɔ̞˨]
note: dragged out, sarcastic or when the speaker finally understands something
ipa: [ɔ̞ːː˧˦˧]
Etymology: From Hokkien, Cantonese, and Mandarin 哦 (ò).
Senses: examples: text: We are basically aunties on the “orh hor” bandwagon who name and shame.
ref: 2019 April 25, Gemma Iso, quoting Kethlyn Gayatiri Koh, “Netizen ‘defends’ Nicholas Lim and says “Why do people enjoy playing God, in deciding what is enough?””, in theindependent.sg:
qualifier: mildly dismissive
glosses: Oh, OK; expression of understanding or acknowledgment.
Related terms: orh hor
orh nee
demi-lion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demi-lions
Senses: examples: text: The crest consists of a demi-lion rampant gules (red) holding between its paws a wheel argent similar to those included in the arms.
ref: 1957 February 24, “B.T.C. Armorial Bearings”, in Railway Magazine, page 81:
glosses: Alternative spelling of demilion.
demi-lions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demi-lion
plainers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plainer
pawnie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pawnies
Senses: examples: text: But a moment's reflection told Donny that a rag-and-bone man or a pawnie wasn't likely simply to fill his backyard with such stuff.
ref: 2011, Katie Flynn, Rainbow's End:
text: The pawnie raised his eyebrows. 'Okay, say fifteen. Anyone stupid enough—'
ref: 2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN:
text: Could've got something for them at the pawnie, couldn't you?
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 25:
glosses: A pawnbroker.
pawnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pawnie
catman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catmen
Etymology: From cat + man.
Senses: topics: fantasy
coordinate_terms: catgirl
catboy
glosses: A man having physical characteristics of a cat.
past-masters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of past-master
mat reps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mat rep
surf mats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surf mat
🆌
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: parking area
🆍
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: service area
🅊
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: HDTV
🅋
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: multi-view television
🅍
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: surround-sound
🅎
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: pay-per-view
🅐
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: airport
🅕
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: ferry
🅛
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: light rail
🅤
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: underground rail
🅹
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: junction
🅻
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: leisure center
🆋
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: interchange (ramp)
🆙
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Forms: form: 🆙︎
Senses: glosses: update
Hale End
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the borough of Waltham Forest, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3991).
🆑
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Forms: form: 🆑︎
Senses: glosses: clear
🄬
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: vinyl disk (record)
🄭
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: synonyms: 🄫
glosses: compact disk
Han-ch'eng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 漢城 (Hànchéng), Wade–Giles romanization: Han⁴-chʻêng².
Senses: examples: text: They go from one Westerner’s house to another, stating in the most abusive language that if these Westerners do not leave Korea immediately, they will be killed in due course. All the Westerners in Han-ch’eng [Seoul] are greatly frightened.
ref: 1969 [1893 April 6], Yüan Shih-k’ai, quotee, “Li Hung-chang: The Eastern Learning Society”, in Dun J. Li, editor, China in Transition, 1517-1911, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 210:
text: The capital of the kingdom was at Han-ch’eng (漢城), called Seoul in English.
ref: 1985 June, Chi-yun Chang, “Confucianism in Eastern Nations”, in Chinese Culture: A Quarterly Review, volume XXVI, number 2, Taipei: Chinese Culture University Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7:
text: We did not expect Japan to take the unjustifiable course of sending troops to Korea too, and her troops, which had not been invited by the Korean government, nevertheless occupied its capital Han-ch’eng [Mancheng] [Seoul].
ref: 1998, “Asia, 1700-1914”, in World Civilizations: Sources, Images, and Interpretations, 2nd edition, volume II, McGraw Hill, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 182:
glosses: Synonym of Seoul: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
synonyms: word: Seoul
extra: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name
strap in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: straps in
form: strapping in
form: strapped in
form: strapped in
Senses: synonyms: belt up
glosses: To fasten a seatbelt
'scutcheon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'scutcheons
Senses: examples: text: [A]n Ineſcutcheon is properly the Charge of a Shield, and born vvithin a 'Scutcheon or Shield, […]
ref: 1724, John Guillim, chapter VII, in A Display of Heraldry. […], 6th edition, London: […] T. W. for R. and J. Bonwicke and R. Wilkin, […] [a]nd J. Walthoe and Tho[mas] Ward, […], →OCLC, page 49, column 1:
text: Or wherefore, else, O tattered and diminished ’Scutcheon that hung upon the time-worn walls of thy princely stairs, Blakesmoor! have I in childhood so oft stood poring upon thy mystic characters—thy emblematic supporters, with their prophetic “Resurgam”—till, every dreg of peasantry purging off, I received into myself Very Gentility?
ref: 1833, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “Blakesmore in H⁠——⁠shire”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, pages 6–7:
text: Does that huge tome show some blot / In the Earl’s ’scutcheon come no longer back / Than Arthur’s time?
ref: 1843, Robert Browning, “A Blot in the ’Scutcheon. A Tragedy.”, in Poems […], new edition, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], published 1849, →OCLC, act II, page 31:
text: We've been found to be the greatest gentlefolk in the whole county—reaching all back long before Oliver Grumble's time—to the days of the Pagan Turks—with monuments, and vaults, and crests, and 'scutcheons, and the Lord knows what all.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter III, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume I, London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC, phase the first (The Maiden), page 32:
glosses: Alternative form of scutcheon.
'scutcheons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 'scutcheon
Théza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town and commune of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia.
United Netherlands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the United Netherlands
Senses: examples: text: Theſe Words are Written round the Cupola of this Building, Pio, Felici, Inclyto, Triumphanti, Patriæ Patri Gulielmo III. Gubernatori P. C. J. P. Reſtauratori Belgii Fœderati, Liberatori Angliæ, Servatori Scotiæ, Pacificatori Hiberniæ, Reduci: To the Pious, Happy, Renowned William III. Triumphant, Father of his Country, Stadtholder and Reſtorer of the United Netherlands, Redeemer of England, Preſerver of Scotland, Quieter of Ireland, now return’d home.
ref: 1691, An Accurate Relation of the Entertainment of His Most Sacred Majesty William III. King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland; Hereditary Stadtholder of the United Netherlands, &c. at the Hague. […], London, page 18:
text: The United Netherlands, (in Latin called Belgium fœderatum,) which we here particularly ſpeak of, form the northern part of the Netherlands, and including the Generalitélandes, border to the ſouth on Auſtrian Flanders and Brabant, to the eaſt on the upper quarters of the dutchies of Gelders and Cleve, the biſhopric of Munſter, the County of Bentheim, and the principality of Eaſt Frieſland, and to the north and weſt on the northern ſea; forming a territory of about ſix hundred and twenty-five ſquare geographical miles.
ref: 1762, A[nton] F[riedrich] Busching, “Introduction to the United Netherlands”, in [Patrick Murdoch], transl., A New System of Geography: In Which Is Given, a General Account of the Situation and Limits, the Manners, History, and Constitution, of the Several Kingdoms and States in the Known World; […], volumes III (Containing, Italy, Sardinia, Naples, Sicily, England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, United Netherlands, and Swisserland), London: […] A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC, § 3, pages 449–450:
text: A COLLECTION OF STATE-PAPERS, Relative to the Firſt Acknowledgment of the Sovereignty of the United States of America, And the Reception of their Miniſter Plenipotentiary, by their High Mightineſſes the States General of the United Netherlands.
ref: 1782, “an American” [pseudonym], A Collection of State-Papers, […], London: […] John Fielding, […]; John Debrett, […]; and John Sewell, […]:
text: Inspired by these remonstrances, the Queen once more emptied the vials of her wrath upon the United Netherlands.
ref: 1860, John Lothrop Motley, History of the United Netherlands: From the Death of William the Silent to the Synod of Dort, volume II, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, page 519:
glosses: The United Provinces of the Netherlands, the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, or the Dutch Republic, a confederation that existed from 1579 until the Batavian Revolution in 1795; a predecessor state of the present-day Netherlands.
MVPer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MVPers
form: MVP'er
Etymology: From MVP + -er.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of MVP (“most valuable player”).
synonyms: word: MVP
extra: most valuable player
Ah Longs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ah Long
Arles-sur-Tech
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and commune of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia.
chantard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chantards
Etymology: Modeled after /b/tard. From 4chan and "chan"-named imageboards. Blend of chan + bastard and retard
Senses: qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: A participant on the 4chan online imageboard and forum
glosses: By extension, a participant on online forums and imageboards
Coordinate terms: /b/tard
vip
tard
anon
Bernd
vipper
with-hold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: with-holds
form: with-holding
form: with-held
form: with-held
form: with-holden
Senses: examples: text: Her loathly viſage viewing with diſdaine,
Eftſoones I thought her ſuch, as ſhe me told,
And would haue kild her; but with faigned paine,
The falſe witch did my wrathfull hand with-hold:
So left her, where ſhe now is turnd to treen mould.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 30:
text: Revenge and Malice were as two violent oppugners on the one ſide, but Honeſty, Religion, Feare of God, with-held him on the other.
ref: 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Of the Will”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 1, section 1, member 2, subsection 11, page 44:
text: Surely you cannot be ignorant, that the ſinfulneſs of fine apparel lies chiefly in the expenſiveneſs. In that it is robbing God and the Poor; it is defrauding the fatherleſs and widow; it is waſting the food of the hungry, and with-holding his raiment from the naked, to conſume it on our own luſts.
ref: 1796 [1743], John Wesley, An Earnest Appeal to Men of Reason and Religion, 8th edition, London: […] G. Whitfield, […], page 212:
glosses: Obsolete form of withhold.
with-holds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of with-hold
with-holding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of with-hold
with-held
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of with-hold
CBDC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CBDCs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
finance
government
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of central bank digital currency.
pseudoexperience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoexperiences
Etymology: From pseudo- + experience.
Senses: glosses: A simulated or inauthentic experience.
pseudoexperiences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoexperience
soleno-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σωλήν (sōlḗn, “channel, syringe”).
Senses: glosses: Having a tube, a duct or a pipe
glosses: Having a cavity by which something can pass, like venom
Yuzpe method
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Yuzpe regimen.
synonyms: word: Yuzpe regimen
Yuzpe regimen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yuzpe method
Etymology: A medical eponym; it is named for the physician whose publications about it (in the medical literature) are widely cited (A. Albert Yuzpe, born 1938).
Senses: glosses: A method of emergency contraception that uses a combination of ethinylestradiol and levonorgestrel. It works by preventing fertilization of an egg.
catch a stray
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: catches a stray
form: catching a stray
form: caught a stray
form: caught a stray
form: catch strays
Etymology: catch (“to be hit by”) + a + stray (“stray bullet”)
Senses: examples: text: Jayda goes at it with Teanna Trump and Lil Baby catches a stray.
ref: 2020 December 18, @MXCKdotCom, Twitter, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2022:
text: Nobody in the history of hip hop catch more strays than Tito Jackson.
ref: 2021 June 2, @thoughtfulbae, Twitter, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2021:
text: nigga caught a stray in his own restaurant 😂😂😂😭😭😭
ref: 2021 December 5, @WhatDJTweets, Twitter, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2023:
text: Dominican niggas catching so many strays omg. fuck em tho
ref: 2022 January 7, @Jussdin_, Twitter, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2023:
text: The way 1D caught a stray here???
ref: 2023 March 21, @iramadisonthree, Twitter:
text: Florida catching strays from abroad...
ref: 2023 May 6, @RexChapman, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 May 2023:
text: Dad caught a crazy stray
ref: 2023 May 8, @janedcw, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 May 2023:
glosses: To be unexpectedly and casually insulted in a seemingly unrelated discussion or argument.
catches a stray
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of catch a stray
catching a stray
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of catch a stray
caught a stray
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of catch a stray
Heffer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
cannot help
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cannot help
form: could not help
Senses: examples: text: He never greatly cared for the society of what are called good people. If any of these were scandalised (and offences were sure to arise), he could not help it.
ref: 1833, [Charles Lamb], “Preface. By a Friend of the Late Elia.”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page ix:
text: "Well, my love, that is all very true," replied Louisa, colouring with the consciousness of being a great monopolist; "but I cannot help fearing more pain will arise to you eventually than the pleasure is worth;[…]"
ref: 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 214:
text: Yarmouth […] looked rather spongey and soppy, I thought, as I carried my eye over the great dull waste that lay across the river; and I could not help wondering, if the world were really as round as my geography-book said, how any part of it came to be so flat.
ref: 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, “I have a Change”, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 21:
text: even their arch-enemy the gamekeeper is beginning reluctantly, but gradually, to acquiesce in the general belief of their innocence and utility, I cannot help indulging the hope that this bird will eventually meet with that general encouragement and protection to which its eminent services so richly entitle it.
ref: 1904, Edward Verrall Lucas, chapter 2, in Highways and Byways in Sussex:
text: It may be that the jury in this case have misapplied the rule laid down by this Court, but not in favour of the defendants. I cannot help thinking they might well have held the watercourse to be the true boundary line between the two properties.
ref: 1913, Sir Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, The Revised Reports:
glosses: Alternative form of can't help.
could not help
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of cannot help
vibroblade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vibroblades
Etymology: From vibro- + blade.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps the last sound they heard was each other's laughter; or perhaps it was the hum of vibroblades in the seconds before death.
ref: 2010, John Meaney, Absorption, London: Gollancz, →ISBN, page 129:
topics: literature
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synonyms: vibroknife
glosses: A weapon or tool with a rapidly vibrating blade.
vibroblades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vibroblade
vibroknife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vibroknives
Etymology: From vibro- + knife.
Senses: examples: text: Beneath my jacket, I tugged the vibroknife from its sheath in the small of my back and activated the motor. With my free hand I pressed down hard on the dead man's spine and started cutting.
ref: 2003, Richard Morgan, Broken Angels, London: Gollancz, →ISBN, page 75:
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glosses: Synonym of vibroblade (“a weapon or tool with a rapidly vibrating blade”).
synonyms: word: vibroblade
extra: a weapon or tool with a rapidly vibrating blade
vibroknives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vibroknife
can't help but
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: can't help but
form: couldn't help but
Senses: examples: text: Nevertheless, now that his latest fantasy epic has confirmed my nonexpectations, I can't help but wonder why Willow has been getting such a drubbing from the same reviewers who responded to the early Lucas mega-hits with such enthusiasm.
ref: 1988 June 10, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “May the Formula Be With You”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2020:
text: “I hate being the youngest and the only gold-star lesbian. It's so cliché. Like some of you, I've thought about giving the other side a try. You really can't help but wonder what it's like.[…]”
ref: 2005 March 24, Linda Wagner, Faithful to My Heart, West Conshohocken: Infinity Publishing, →ISBN, page 48:
text: There's an old joke that I used to hear occasionally on British television shows: "It's not theft—it's socialism!" I couldn't help but think of it repeatedly as I read this paper on self-organizing institutional arrangements among pirates, which bears some disturbing similarities to an hours-long anarcho-capitalist bull session.
ref: 2008 February 15, Megan McArdle, “Piracy: a symphony of spontaneous order”, in The Atlantic:
text: 'Glasses are so two thousand and late,' he says. 'Is it a deal-breaker?' I ask. 'No, but would you do it as a favour to me?' I couldn't help but be affected by the passion in his voice, so albeit reluctantly I booked an appointment with ...
ref: 2010, Harry Hill, Livin' the Dreem: A Year in My Life, Faber & Faber, →ISBN, page 124:
text: So I can't help but think this idea has bled over into society, where both white and nonblack people of color (NBPOC) have bought into it.
ref: 2020, Anika Gupta, How to Handle a Crowd: The Art of Creating Healthy and Dynamic Online Communities, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
text: The point is virality—content so outlandish that people can’t help but talk about it.
ref: 2020 April 7, Sophie Gilbert, “The Most-Watched Show in America Is a Moral Failure”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Alternative form of cannot but.
couldn't help but
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of can't help but
weirdist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weirdists
Etymology: From weird + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: [Scott] Lynch provides plenty of historical and cultural information reminiscent of new weirdists Steven Erikson and China Miéville, if not quite as outré.
ref: 2006 May 22, “The Lies of Locke Lamora (review)”, in Publishers Weekly, Lincolnshire, I.L.: PWxyz, LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 May 2023:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Someone who creates or enjoys weird fiction ("a macabre subgenre of speculative fiction").
weirdists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weirdist
could not help but
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of cannot help but
ranuncula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: They proceed either singly from the wings of the leaves, or termination of the branches, as in pæony, globe ranunculus, marshmarigold, mouse-tail, fennel-flower, and some species of ranuncula and anemonie; or terminate the[…]
ref: 1770, Colin Milne, A Botanical Dictionary: Or, Elements of Systematic and Philosophical Botany:
text: [...] and no one that I am acquainted with now makes use of it. It is a caustic difficult to manage, and presents no advantages over the others. Caustics derived from the vegetable kingdom, such as certain varieties of ranuncula, certain of the euphorbiaceæ, *colchicum root, &c., have been tried.
ref: 1856, Alfred Velpeau, A Treatise on the Diseases of the Breast and Mammary Region, page 560:
glosses: Synonym of ranunculus (“buttercup”).
synonyms: word: ranunculus
extra: buttercup
can't but
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: can't but
form: couldn't but
Senses: examples: text: 18th c, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope (later lines), Imitation of Horace, 1852, Charles Knight (collator), Half-hours with the Best Authors, Volume 4, page 188,
But here a grievance seems to lie, / All this is mine but till I die; / I can't but think 'twould sound more clever, / To me and to my heirs forever.
text: […] the man of letters can't but love the place which has been inhabited by so many of his brethren, […]
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, “The Knights of the Temple”, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC, page 290:
text: I'd weave through the throng — scanning for empties to return while flirting, sniffing out kids smoking grass and sharing smokes with Ivor and Carl on the door. With a name like Carl you can imagine a six-foot tall and wide bouncer, but Ivor...I couldn't but help to think of the name as belonging to a skinny Welshman getting sand kicked into his face. His name didn't do him justice — this guy was almost as big as Carl and probably faster with his fists.
ref: 2004, David W. Scott, The Disillusioned: A Story of Our Times, Fraser Books, →ISBN, page 204:
glosses: Alternative form of cannot but.
couldn't but
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of can't but
smoke diver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Secondly, the fire detectors will immediately call the fire extinguishing crew who have at their disposal smoke diver equipment and extinguishing material.
ref: 1952, Ingeniørvidenskabelige skrifter, page 62:
text: He wasn't just satisfied to be a firefighter, he [became a] smoke diver as well. He also wanted to be a fire chief.
ref: 2006, Hazel Hoffman Wall, Cracker Girl:
text: This was one of three drills experienced firefighters from across the nation had to complete Tuesday as part of a weeklong training course to become certified as smoke divers.
ref: 2012 November 14, Joy Lukachick Smith, “Rigorous Smoke Diver training challenges firefighters in Dalton”, in Chattanooga Times Free Press:
text: A smoke diver is considered an “interior attack firefighter” specially trained to carry out rescues and extinguish flames while wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus.
ref: 2020 July 23, Mark Webber, “Smoke Diver: Gruner completes challenging course in emergency response and disaster training”, in The Republic:
glosses: A firefighter with breathing apparatus who enters smoke-filled rooms and buildings (to search, rescue, and extinguish).
Related terms: smoke diving
tri-V
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tri-V
form: tri-v
form: trivee
form: trivvy
Etymology: From tri- + TV.
Senses: examples: text: Moki and Ukatonen weren't supposed to go out without Eerin or Analin, so they spent most of the day watching the Tri-V or listening to Analin and Eerin talk about them. It was fun at first, seeing themselves on the Tri-V, but they only showed the same few pictures and words.
ref: 1999, Amy Thomson, Through Alien Eyes, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 85:
topics: literature
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synonyms: tri-vid
tri-D
trideo
tridim
threevee
glosses: A system capable of recording or displaying three-dimensional video.
Tri-V
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of tri-V.
tri-v
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of tri-V.
trivee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trivees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tri-V.
trivees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trivee
trivvy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tri-V.
tri-vid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tri-vids
Etymology: From tri- + vid(eo).
Senses: examples: text: There should have been women in silver suits taking in a show at the tri-vids before indulging in a spot of lunch, the kind that came in three-course pills, great big subservient robots trailing behind them. Instead there was a brown man in overalls collecting rubbish with a long stick outside an adult cinema, and the cars were halted, bumper-to-bumper, beside a traffic light that seemed to be stuck permanently on red.
ref: 2011, Lavie Tidhar, Osama: A Novel, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Solaris, published 2012, →ISBN, page 233:
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glosses: Synonym of tri-V (“a system capable of recording or displaying three-dimensional video”).
synonyms: word: tri-V
extra: a system capable of recording or displaying three-dimensional video
tri-vids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tri-vid
trideo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trideos
Etymology: From tri- + vi(deo).
Senses: examples: text: Getting Karissa back to her cabin had been fairly easy, encountering only a few passengers along the way, who were too surprised by the chance encounter to ask for autographs or personal trideos with the star, especially as Grant kept her moving with a firm hand on her elbow.
ref: 2017, Veronica Scott, “Star Cruise: Songbird”, in Embrace the Romance: Pets in Space 2, →ISBN, page 381:
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synonyms: tridim
glosses: A three-dimensional video.
examples: text: His father had been Prime Minister for the last twelve years. There had been puff pieces about Randal on the trideo since he was a child.
ref: 2011, J. Wesley Bush, Knox's Irregulars, →ISBN, page 78:
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glosses: Synonym of tri-V (“a system capable of recording or displaying three-dimensional video”).
synonyms: word: tri-V
extra: a system capable of recording or displaying three-dimensional video
trideos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trideo
Offchurch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Recorded as Offechirch in 1139, Offa's church; Offa is believed to be Offa of Mercia.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Eathorpe, Hunningham, Offchurch and Wappenbury Joint Parish Council) east of Leamington Spa in Warwick district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP3565).
wikipedia: Offa of Mercia
tridim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tridims
form: tri-dim
Etymology: From tri- + dim(ensional).
Senses: examples: text: By the time they got to the Wrapateria the line of kids snaked down the block. The usual jokers were taking tri-dims of the crowd and playing them back to each other.
ref: 2005, Karen Haber, Crossing Infinity, New York, N.Y.: ibooks, →ISBN, page 51:
topics: literature
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glosses: Synonym of trideo (“a three-dimensional video”).
synonyms: word: trideo
extra: a three-dimensional video
examples: text: I entered theaters where the happy lotus eaters sat slumped in their massage chairs, transfixed by the glowing tridim images—and capered down the aisles. No one grumbled at me.
ref: 1963, Robert Silverberg, “To See the Invisible Man”, in Earth in Transit, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., published 1976, page 59:
topics: literature
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glosses: Synonym of tri-V (“a system capable of recording or displaying three-dimensional video”).
synonyms: word: tri-V
extra: a system capable of recording or displaying three-dimensional video
tri-dim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tri-dims
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tridim.
tridims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tridim
tri-dims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tri-dim
hoeish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hoeish
form: most hoeish
form: hoish
Etymology: From hoe + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Like a ho (whore).
tri-Ds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tri-D
tri-dee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tri-dees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tri-D.
tridee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tridees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tri-D.
tri-dees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tri-dee
tridees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tridee
tri-di
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tri-dis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tri-D.
tri-dis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tri-di
Fonzio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fonzios
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Fonzo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fonzos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Fonzo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
urban fantasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urban fantasies
Senses: topics: literature
media
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glosses: A subgenre of fantasy which takes place a contemporary urban setting.
examples: text: More recently, Amanda Hocking, author of young adult paranormal romance and urban fantasies, self-published nine of her own novels, several of which made the New York Times best-seller list.
ref: 2012, Andrea Lunsford, Lisa Ede, Beverly J. Moss, Carole Clark Papper, Everyone's an Author, New York, N.Y.; London: W. W. Norton and Company, →ISBN, page 666:
topics: literature
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glosses: An individual work in this genre.
urban fantasies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urban fantasy
mutie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muties
Senses: examples: text: Manuel waded through rivulets of the dirty water. It steamed away or gurgled into cracks. Some muties were so addled that they kept slurping at the runoff even though the hunt was storming past, the thumps and snaps of men firing clear in the air.
ref: 1983, Gregory Benford, Against Infinity, New York, N.Y.: Avon Eos, published 1998, →ISBN, page 108:
topics: literature
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glosses: A mutant.
three-dee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-dees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 3D.
threedee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: threedees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 3D.
three-dees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three-dee
threedees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of threedee
three-D
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 3D.
three-D
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-Ds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 3D.
3 D
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 3D.
3Ds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 3D
future war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Other late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century novelists utilized thinly disguised Edison-surrogates in a range of future war books.
ref: 1997, Brooks Landon, Science Fiction After 1900: From the Steam Man to the Stars, New York, N.Y.: Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, page 44:
topics: literature
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glosses: A subgenre of science fiction which involves warfare and how it might be conducted in the future.
neurolink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurolinks
Etymology: From neuro- + link.
Senses: examples: text: The clone soldiers were given basic cognitive advancement via neurolinks while they were still in the tanks.
ref: 2010, Alex Irvine, Iron Man: Virus, London: Titan Books, →ISBN, page 32:
topics: literature
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glosses: A technology that allows the human brain to communicate directly with a computer.
neurolinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurolink
organlegger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organleggers
form: organ-legger
Etymology: Blend of organ + bootlegger (“an illegal trader of goods, especially of alcohol”).
Senses: examples: text: Owen lay dead in the bloody snow, his noble body gashed and punctured in many places, and soaked in his own gore. And that was how the organleggers found him.
ref: 2004, Simon R[ichard] Green, Deathstalker Return, New York, N.Y.: Roc Books, →ISBN, page 404:
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glosses: Someone who illegally harvests and sells human organs.
organleggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of organlegger
Bonchurch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Recorded as Bonecerce in 1086 (DB). Bon- is thought to be short for Saint Boniface.
Senses: glosses: A suburban coastal village in Ventnor parish, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ5778).
wikipedia: Saint Boniface
prespace
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + space.
Senses: examples: text: "No way to tell now," Miram admitted. "Lots of space junk around the second planet, though. Could be native, an example of a prespace culture making the transition, but the debris could also be the results of a mining operation or something else I have no frame of reference for."
ref: 2016, Evan Currie, Warrior King, Seattle, O.R.: 47North, →ISBN, page 233:
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glosses: Of a civilization: having yet to develop space travel.
prespace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prespaces
Etymology: From pre- + space.
Senses: examples: text: To speak of "the space of three dimensions" (represented abstractly as a coordinate grid), or "space occupied by matter posihoned within it," is to speak about the product aspect. The process aspect is the "prespace" of transition in presencing.
ref: 1994, Daniel Athearn, Scientific Nihilism: On the Loss and Recovery of Physical Explanation, Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 325:
text: Our prequantum space — prespace — is essentially larger than the ordinary classical space.
ref: 2005, Metod Saniga, Rosolino Buccheri, Avshalom C Elitzur, Endophysics, Time, Quantum And The Subjective:
text: At the logically extrapolated but empirically unverifiable beginning of the cosmic process, only the field domain existed, in a primordial state. This was a spatially and temporally unbounded sea of fluctuating virtual energies: the prespace of the actualized universe.
ref: 2008, Ervin László, Quantum Shift in the Global Brain: How the New Scientific Reality Can Change Us and Our World, Rochester, V.T.: Inner Traditions, →ISBN, page 113:
text: They considered spacetime itself as part of an explicate order that is connected to an implicate order that they called prespace.
ref: 2016, Brother Abaris ·, The Illuminist Army:
glosses: Any of various theoretical states of physical existence that precede or underlie three-dimensional space.
Related terms: prespaced