cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
strutty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more strutty
form: most strutty
Etymology: From strut + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling, or moving with, a strutting motion.
stubborn disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The extremely low number of control plants infected by stubborn disease suggests that natural spread of stubborn in the vicinity of the experiments is much slower than that reported for psylla-borne greening in South Africa (Schwarz, 1964).
ref: 1966, Israel Journal of Botany - Volumes 15-17, page 131:
glosses: A disease of citrus trees characterized by stunted growth and misshapen fruit, caused by Spiroplasma citri.
of someone's dreams
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Ideal, perfect, (attributive) dream.
Related terms: in one's dreams
of someone's life
stumpland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stumplands
Etymology: From stump + land.
Senses: glosses: Terrain having stumps of trees as a dominant feature.
stumplands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stumpland
stwy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stwys
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of stairway.
stwys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stwy
subassemble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subassembles
form: subassembling
form: subassembled
form: subassembled
Etymology: From sub- + assemble.
Senses: glosses: To put together a subassembly.
subassembled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subassemble
subassembles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subassemble
of someone's life
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Visiting the Galapagos was the experience of my life.
glosses: Being the best or the most remarkable or memorable.
Related terms: time of one's life
of someone's dreams
time of life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: You're 70 years old, Dad. Imagine learning hang-gliding at your time of life!
glosses: A person's (approximate) age, as a guide to what they might be expected to be doing.
Related terms: lifetime
time of one's life
of a certain age
subassembler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subassemblers
Senses: glosses: One who assembles a subcomponent.
subassemblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subassembler
subessential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subessential
form: most subessential
Etymology: From sub- + essential.
Senses: examples: text: There were other things pressing, but look how subessential—continuing to read the pulp novel on the bed stand, droning through the video game on the computer, phoning the new restaurant to ask the time of the early-bird special, […]
ref: 2020, David Lee, Why Am I Why I Am?:
glosses: Less than essential; unimportant.
subinguinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + inguinal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Beneath the groin.
sexworthiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sexworthy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being sexworthy; one's suitability as a sexual partner.
subintegumental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + integumental.
Senses: glosses: Beneath the integument.
subsieve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsieves
Etymology: From sub- + sieve.
Senses: glosses: A secondary or subsidiary sieve for further subdividing already sieved material.
subsieves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsieve
subsclerotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + sclerotic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Beneath the sclera.
is oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of be oneself
being oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of be oneself
was oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of be oneself
been oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of be oneself
succinchlorimide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In cats under amytal anesthesia the intravenous infusion of a 1 per-cent solution of succinchlorimide produced a progressive fall in blood pressure.
ref: 1944, Public Health Reports, volume 59, numbers 1-26, page 545:
glosses: A heterocyclic chlorine compound with chemical formula C₂H₄(CO)₂NCl.
debends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of debend
death save
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: death saves
Senses: examples: text: He slapped the flippers, racking up points, the feeling of invincibility swelling as he pulled off a perfect death save.
ref: 2013, Tom Mendicino, KC, at Bat:
text: A “death save,” for example, involves thrusting the entire machine against an already drained ball, nudging it via a series of clever angles back into play.
ref: 2017, Adam Ruben, Pinball Wizards:
qualifier: pinball
glosses: A maneuver in which the player roughly shifts the entire machine in an attempt to bring the ball back into play when it is almost certain to drain otherwise.
death saves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of death save
shipwrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shipwracks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of shipwreck.
shipwracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shipwrack
suklat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A kind of broadcloth made in the Punjab.
suggest itself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: suggests itself
form: suggesting itself
form: suggested itself
form: suggested itself
Senses: glosses: To be apparent as a solution or course of action.
bahanchod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bahanchods
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of behenchod.
bahanchods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bahanchod
bringing in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bring in
Moss Vale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Apparently from the surname Moss.
Senses: glosses: A town in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
Sulung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Puroik language.
Puroik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A tribe of the hill-tracts of Arunachal Pradesh in India.
Puroik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: Sulung
glosses: The language of these people.
sumac wax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sumac waxes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Japan wax.
synonyms: word: Japan wax
sumac waxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sumac wax
trail hitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trail hitters
Senses: examples: text: In the final count, Billy Sunday's 1918 Chicago revival attracted 49,165 converted trail-hitters, placing the city third, behind New York and Boston, in the number of revival converts.
ref: 2013, Thekla Ellen Joiner, Sin in the City: Chicago and Revivalism, 1880-1920, page 219:
glosses: One who converts to a revivalist form of Christianity.
Related terms: hit the trail
Sundayism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sundayisms
Etymology: From Sunday + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The conservative Christian evangelism of Billy Sunday (1862–1935), American baseball player and influential evangelist.
glosses: A statement uttered by Billy Sunday.
trail hitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trail hitter
Sundayisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sundayism
bunkshooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunkshooters
Etymology: From bunk + shooter.
Senses: glosses: A person who talks nonsense; a liar or teller of tall tales.
bunkshooters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunkshooter
bullcrapper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bullcrappers
Etymology: From bullcrap + -er.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bullshitter.
synonyms: word: bullshitter
bullcrappers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bullcrapper
Yerrinbool
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
eyewire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eyewires
Etymology: From eye + wire.
Senses: glosses: The rim that surrounds a lens in a pair of spectacles.
eyewires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eyewire
sundriesman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sundriesmen
Etymology: From sundries + -man.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sundryman.
synonyms: word: sundryman
sundriesmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sundriesman
sunflower moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunflower moths
Senses: glosses: Any of various moths whose larvae are pests on sunflowers:
An American sunflower moth (Homoeosoma electellum).
glosses: Any of various moths whose larvae are pests on sunflowers:
A Eurasian sunflower moth (Homoeosoma nebulella).
glosses: Any of various moths whose larvae are pests on sunflowers:
Any of species Heterocampa cubana, found in Cuba and Florida.
sunflower moths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sunflower moth
sunflower beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunflower beetles
Senses: glosses: The leaf beetle Zygogramma exclamationis, a pest on sunflower crops.
sunflower beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sunflower beetle
OCG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OCGs
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of organised crime group.
Vogelkop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Vogelkop
Etymology: From Dutch Vogelkop.
Senses: glosses: The Bird's Head peninsula.
Derived terms: Vogelkop bowerbird
Vogelkop superb bird of paradise
OCGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OCG
superduty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + duty.
Senses: examples: text: a superduty fire-clay brick
glosses: Extremely heavy-duty.
supvrs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supvr.
supts.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supt.
supv.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supvs.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of supervisor.
supvs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supv.
surfacely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From surface + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Each of these positions can be felt deeply or surfacely.
ref: 2002, A. K. Mehta, Acupuncture for Everyone, page 33:
text: Surfacely, the Forms-as-thoughts possibility is turning out, it would appear, a “solution” to this first infinite regress difficulty only by throwing the argument into an even more insidious and absurd infinite regress.
ref: 2011, John W. McGinley, The Seventh Chamber, page 125:
qualifier: nonstandard or non-native speakers' English
glosses: On the surface; superficially.
adorkability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˌdɔɹ.kəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
Etymology: From adorkable + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being adorkable.
overdivide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overdivides
form: overdividing
form: overdivided
form: overdivided
Etymology: From over- + divide.
Senses: synonyms: oversplit
glosses: To divide too much, or into too many groups or categories.
overdivided
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overdivide
overdivides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overdivide
overdividing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overdivide
overdivision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overdivisions
Etymology: From over- + division.
Senses: glosses: The act or result of overdividing.
overdivisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overdivision
overdoings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overdoing
assist.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: assist. surg.
glosses: Abbreviation of assistant.
Related terms: asst.
surg.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of surgical.
surg.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surgs.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of surgeon.
glosses: Abbreviation of surgery.
surgs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surg.
surgeon-dentist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surgeon-dentists
Etymology: From Dvandva compound of surgeon + dentist.
Senses: glosses: A dental surgeon.
Related terms: oral surgeon
dental surgeon
surgeon-dentists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surgeon-dentist
requitest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of requite
sussultorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sussultorial
form: most sussultorial
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sussultatory.
synonyms: word: sussultatory
swamp angel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swamp angels
Senses: examples: text: “[…] Let's eat lunch before the swamp angels find us.”
“Mosquitoes,” Marian translated for her.
ref: 2013, Donald R. Wilson, The Bucket Flower, page 88:
glosses: A mosquito.
examples: text: On the 17th, the Parrot ^([sic]) "swamp angels" were moved to a position nearer Coosawhatchie bridge, […]
ref: 1873, Henry Hall, James Hall, Cayuga in the Field, page 218:
text: The two story brick house lay in ruins but had been fortified with Parrot rifles or 'swamp angels' that spewed forth their eight inch shot and shell at the Union lines, one thousand yards due east of it.
ref: 2009, S. A. Carter, The Dark Side of the Mountain, page 372:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A Parrott rifle.
swamp angels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swamp angel
Parrott rifle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Parrott rifles
Etymology: Named after its inventor, Robert Parker Parrott.
Senses: synonyms: word: swamp angel
glosses: A type of muzzle-loading rifled artillery weapon used extensively in the American Civil War.
Parrott rifles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Parrott rifle
eight-hooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eight-hooters
Senses: glosses: The barred owl.
swamp partridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swamp partridges
Senses: glosses: Synonym of swamp francolin.
synonyms: word: swamp francolin
swamp partridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swamp partridge
swamp francolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swamp francolins
Senses: synonyms: swamp partridge
glosses: Ortygornis gularis, a francolin native to the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India and Nepal.
swamp francolins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swamp francolin
AFO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AFOs
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of authorised firearms officer.
AFOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AFO
sweep-chimney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweep-chimneys
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chimney sweep.
synonyms: word: chimney sweep
sweep-chimneys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweep-chimney
dragon worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragon worms
Senses: glosses: Synonym of guinea-worm.
synonyms: word: guinea-worm
dragon worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dragon worm
girl math
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by the New Zealand radio show Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley, whose segment "Girl Math" went viral on TikTok in August 2023. The segment features a caller who has made a large purchase, and the producers work together to use girl math to "prove" that the caller has actually made a bargain.
Senses: examples: text: Samantha Jane, 28, from Toronto took to TikTok to share the concept of 'girl math' - which she says helps her to make financial decisions. She said girl math is a 'fun logic' and not a 'silly trend'.
ref: 2023 August 10, Bridie Pearson-Jones, “Do YOU do 'girl math'? Woman explains anything under $5 is 'basically free' and sale purchases don't count – and people agree they do the same to justify their spending habits”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2023:
text: The thing about girl math is that it makes sense – to me at least. Returning an item of clothing feels like I've made money. Paying back a friend with a forgotten £14 sitting on my Monzo feels like I'm quids in. The mental gymnastics required to justify 'little treat' purchases is something that comes easily to me and, because of that, girl math does also.
ref: 2023 August 14, Morgan Fargo, “What is girl math? Meet the TikTok trend justifying big purchases and 'little treat' spending”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2023:
text: Some examples of girl math may not be as savvy. "Cash is not real money, so if I buy something with cash, it is free," one explainer video states. According to a 2023 paper in the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research that looked at over 118,000 real-world purchases, consumers prefer to pay in cash when they want to forget what they bought because "cards create a paper/electronic trail that aids memory retrieval."
ref: 2023 August 17, Monica Torres, “What Is 'Girl Math'? The Viral TikTok Trend, Explained”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2023:
text: Contrary to what girl math might suggest, women aren't the only ones dishing out big bucks. Men are statistically as likely to splurge as women, according to a Deloitte report from April. And when they do, they shell out the most money—almost 40% more globally and in the U.S.
ref: 2023 August 19, Paige Hagy, “'Girl math,' the TikTok trend where young women justify their spending, isn't a lifestyle or a delusion—it's proof that Gen Z is starting to believe 'money isn't real'”, in Fortune, New York, N.Y.: Fortune Media Group Holdings, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2023:
glosses: Logically and mathematically dubious reasoning said to be used by women to justify expensive purchases, which inevitably concludes that the purchase in question is "basically free" or even makes a profit.
examples: text: Girl's math and Boy's math are different on another level
ref: 2024 February 20, @robinlim3939, YouTube Shorts:
glosses: A form of (possibly fallacious) logic specifically used by girls or women.
Related terms: girl dinner
drakelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drakelets
Etymology: From drake + -let.
Senses: examples: text: The copulatory organ looks like a pinkish root tip and its presence denotes a drakelet. In the cloaca of a ducklet no such organ can be seen.
ref: 1932, The Harper Adams Utility Poultry Journal, volume 17, page 553:
synonyms: drakeling
coordinate_terms: ducklet
duckling
glosses: A male duckling.
drakelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drakelet
pachadi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: raita (condiment)
CHAPLE syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: CHAPLE stands for "CD55 deficiency with hyperactivation of complement, angiopathic thrombosis, and severe protein-losing enteropathy".
Senses: glosses: A rare genetic disorder of the immune system, caused by mutations of the complement regulator CD55 gene, and characterized by severe protein-losing enteropathy leading to hypoproteinemia.
chapli kabab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chapli kababs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chapli kebab.
chapli kababs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chapli kabab
dram. pers.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of dramatis personae.
undercounter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Beneath a counter.
glosses: Under-the-counter.
himselves
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: From him + -selves.
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: herselves
text: It was infuriating, because Carpenter was only ninety or two hundred and seventy degrees away, but without the right gadgetry or guaranteed stone-cold reliable method of cheating (damn Mr Tanner's mum to goblin hell for taking the bloody thing from him, just when he really, really needed it) he had no hope whatsoever of establishing contact between himselves.
ref: 2005, Tom Holt, Earth, Air, Fire and Custard, London: Orbit Books, →ISBN, pages 173–174:
text: Mr D P Roberts, however, describes himself or himselves as a radical libertarian revolutionary and a "centre of trust" for all Silk Road's otherwise decentralised operations.
ref: 2013 August 21, “Why is the man behind the Silk Road drugs website speaking to the press?”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2015:
text: When Clayton Stern entered the Hall of Mirrors he saw a number of himselves sneering back at him.
ref: 2014, Doug Sacrison, The Gelatin Coast, →ISBN, page 348:
glosses: Him; used to indicate the referent as an entity with more than one self.
Aristotelian unity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aristotelian unities
Senses: glosses: Synonym of classical unity.
synonyms: word: classical unity
dramatic unity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dramatic unities
Senses: glosses: Synonym of classical unity.
synonyms: word: classical unity
Aristotelian unities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aristotelian unity
Trissinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Trissinian
form: most Trissinian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Gian Giorgio Trissino (1478–1550), Venetian Renaissance humanist, poet, dramatist, diplomat, grammarian, linguist, and philosopher.
armt.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armts.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of armament.
armts.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armt.
herselves
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: From her + -selves.
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: himselves
text: She had a vision of two of herselves, living in different universes. A world had once existed with one Novena in it; it still must exist, she must still be there, yet here she was.
ref: 2000, Sandra Shea, The Realm of Secondhand Souls, Boston, M.A.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 40:
text: Most of herselves felt variations on her present anxieties, but a few were filled with strange emotions changing too fast to identify. Concentrating on one of these improbable futures was like trying to barehandcatch an oiled gecko, And yet... Leandra couldn't resist mentally chasing these bright futures.
ref: 2016, Blake Charlton, Spellbreaker, London: HarperVoyager, →ISBN, page 21:
text: Where did it all go wrong, she wondered, easing out of bed, uncertain of what to do with herselves, uncertain of which self was her self and which self was someone else.
ref: 2023 April 24, Catherine Lacey, “Congratulations on Your Loss”, in Slate, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2023:
glosses: Her; used to indicate the referent as an entity with more than one self.
ars nova
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin ars nova (literally “new art”). Compare art nouveau.
Senses: coordinate_terms: ars antiqua
glosses: A musical style that flourished in the Kingdom of France and its surroundings during the Late Middle Ages, particularly between the preparation of the Roman de Fauvel (1310s) and the death of composer Guillaume de Machaut in 1377.
rui-be
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ruibe.
poor form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bad form.
synonyms: word: bad form
Ballmer Peak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined by American cartoonist, author and engineer Randall Munroe in 2007 in his webcomic xkcd, after Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft from 2000–2014.
Senses: examples: text: I think he's researching drug use and its relation with Ballmer's Peak.
ref: 2008 November 13, Domo, “Scoreboard Request for A10 bonus”, in uw.cs.cs241 (Usenet):
text: If the programmers writing autonomous vehicle software are in the Ballmer peak, will they get charged with DWI?
ref: 2016 June 1, krw, “Reflow soldering for dummies”, in sci.electronics.design (Usenet):
text: At a talk he later gave on wu-wei at Google, Slingerland made much the same point about intoxication. During the Q&A, someone in the audience told him about the Ballmer Peak—the notion, named after the former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, that alcohol can affect programming ability. Drink a certain amount, and it gets better. Drink too much, and it goes to hell. Some programmers have been rumored to hook themselves up to alcohol-filled IV drips in hopes of hovering at the curve's apex for an extended time.
ref: 2021 June 1, Kate Julian, “America Has a Drinking Problem”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2021:
glosses: A fictional level of drunkenness (originally stated to correspond with a BAC of 0.129–0.138%) said to confer one with superhuman programming ability.
wikipedia: Microsoft
Steve Ballmer
xkcd
bid up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bids up
form: bidding up
form: bid up
form: bid up
Senses: glosses: To raise the price of (an item at auction) by bidding.
baeckeol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Baeckea + -ol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A phenol found in Baeckea, related to aspidinol.
unodorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unodorous
form: most unodorous
Etymology: From un- + odorous.
Senses: glosses: Not odorous.
inlighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inlight
thineselves
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: From thine + -selves.
Senses: examples: text: Thou hast praised thineselves for self-giving as if thee, and thee alone, had created a bountiful harvest. I say to each and every one of thee; Hast thou forgotten the Supreme Creator?
ref: 1974 November 16, Goodman Ace, “Top of My Head”, in Saturday Review, volume 2, number 5, New York, N.Y.: Saturday Review/World, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 28:
text: Both, look to thineselves, for thou hast lost / thy footing and thy defense in one slick step's descent!
ref: 2005, Melanie Jackson, Divine Fire, New York, N.Y.: Love Spell, →ISBN, page 354:
text: "Mine love and gratitude to ye Fallen Angels, still marked with battle brine. Thine honor is restored. Ye require naught more than a bath to cleanse thineselves, as do all creatures great and small. I honor thee."
ref: 2015, S[ilvia] Acevedo, God Awful Loser, Milwaukee, W.I.: Three Points Publishing, →ISBN, page 335:
text: The Merc with the Mouth is BACK, BITCHES! Prepare thineselves for more over-the-top action, blood-soaked gore, and fourth-wall-breaking comedy than you can shake a stick at!
ref: 2023 June 23, Jack Doyle, “The 'Deadpool 3' Cast Is Melting Our Brains”, in The Mary Sue, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2023:
synonyms: thyselves
qualifier: pseudo-archaic
glosses: Yourselves; a plural of the archaic or pseudo-archaic pronoun thineself.
morpher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morphers
Etymology: From morph + -er.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A program or algorithm that carries out morphing animations.
topics: fantasy
literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A shapeshifter.
morphers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morpher
TPUSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: “We’re sorry for the mix-up and meant no disrespect to the White House or the President or the advance team,” the TPUSA source said.
ref: 2019 July 25, Betsy Klein, “Trump appears in front of doctored seal with Russian and golf imagery, TPUSA aide fired”, in CNN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Turning Point USA.
ballogan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The nipplewort.
postfeed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + feed.
Senses: glosses: After feeding.
postfeeding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + feeding.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: postmeal, postprandial, postcibal
text: postfeeding blood glucose levels
antonyms: prefeeding
premeal
preprandial
precibal
glosses: After feeding.
raw_tags: of infants or animals
Related terms: refeeding
Ah Lians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ah Lian
branded apps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of branded app
namesearches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of namesearch
namesearched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of namesearch
namesearching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of namesearch
ego-surfs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ego-surf
ego-surfed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ego-surf
ball snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball snakes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ball python.
synonyms: word: ball python
ball snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ball snake
banana boa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banana boas
Senses: glosses: The snake Boa imperator.
banana boas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banana boa
bandobust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandobusts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bundobust.
bandobusts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandobust
bang off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bangs off
form: banging off
form: banged off
form: banged off
Senses: glosses: To fire (a weapon or a shot); to ejaculate.
examples: text: I banged off a letter of complaint to the local newspaper.
glosses: To typewrite quickly.
examples: text: The loom may run well for half an hour, or longer, but as soon as the point of the cam comes in contact with the flat place on the cone a soft pick is the result, and the shuttle not being driven far enough into the box the loom bangs off on the next pick.
ref: 1914, “Cyclopedia of Textile Work”, in American School, Lansing, Ill., page 217:
text: If you use our waterproof bobbins you don't have any looms banging off because of filling yarn breaking on splintered, cracked and split bobbins.
ref: 1915, America's Textile Reporter, page 832:
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
weaving
glosses: Of an automated loom: to have the shuttle fail to follow its intended path and bang against other parts of the loom.
batoko plum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batoko plums
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Indian plum (“Flacourtia indica”).
synonyms: word: Indian plum
extra: Flacourtia indica
batoko plums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batoko plum
battered child syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shaken baby syndrome.
synonyms: word: shaken baby syndrome
battlecraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battlecraft
form: battlecrafts
Etymology: From battle + -craft.
Senses: glosses: The art of fighting battles; combat skill.
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A spacecraft or other vehicle used for combat.
battlecrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battlecraft
neither use nor ornament
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Implying that the subject has neither practical nor aesthetic value.
Senses: examples: text: Where is that lad? He's neither use nor ornament!
glosses: Useless.
raw_tags: of a person
SONIA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Acronym of Sterling Overnight Index Average.
bay cedars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bay cedar
docu-soap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: docu-soaps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of docusoap.
reciphers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recipher
reciphered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recipher
red herring prospectuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red herring prospectus
lovering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Does thee approve their lovering, friend Annie?
ref: 1897, John Arthur Fraser, Our Starry Banner, page 7:
text: In her own quaint way she enjoyed their "lovering," as she called it, almost as much as they did themselves.
ref: 1908, John Oxenham, Pearl of Pearl Island:
text: Their lovering had advanced by glance and touch alone
ref: 1919, John Galsworthy, Saint's Progress:
glosses: Courtship; wooing.
high-melting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more high-melting
form: most high-melting
Senses: examples: text: a high-melting alloy
glosses: Having a high melting point.
seatang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sea + tang. Compare German Seetang.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tang (“knotted wrack, a kind of seaweed”).
synonyms: word: tang
extra: knotted wrack, a kind of seaweed
Jinhua ham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jinhua hams
Senses: glosses: A specialty dry-cured ham from Jinhua, China, traditionally made from the hind legs of a certain breed of pig.
Jinhua hams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jinhua ham
snowy plover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowy plovers
Senses: glosses: A species of plover, Anarhynchus nivosus.
chimney-sweeps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chimney-sweep
chimney-sweep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chimney-sweeps
Senses: examples: text: […] he came home to find […] honest Swartz in her favourite amber-coloured satin, with turquoise-bracelets, countless rings, flowers, feathers, and all sorts of tags and gimcracks, about as elegantly decorated as a she chimney-sweep on May day.
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, “A Quarrel about an Heiress”, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 181:
text: The Cleansers—such as scavengers, nightmen, flushermen, chimney-sweeps, dustmen, crossing-sweepers, “street-orderlies,” labourers to sweeping-machines and to watering-carts.
ref: 1851, Henry Mayhew, “The Street-Folk”, in London Labour and the London Poor; […], volume I (The London Street-folk. Book the First.), London: [George Woodfall], →OCLC, page 4, column 2:
text: It is supposed to climb like the old chimney-sweeps, being found with its back braced against the side of the hollow.
ref: 1867, “F. R.”, “Notes on Trapping and Wood-Craft”, in S[ewell] Newhouse, edited by J[ohn] H[umphrey] Noyes and T. L. Pitt, The Trapper’s Guide; A Manual of Instructions […], 2nd edition, Wallingford, Conn.: […] Oneida Community. […] the Community Press, page 115:
glosses: Archaic form of chimney sweep.
Sanoujam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Manipuri ꯁꯥꯅꯧꯖꯝ (sānoujam).
Senses: glosses: A Meitei surname from Manipuri
Related terms: Kanglei
Meetei
Oinam
Sanoucha
Sanouja
Sanoujamba
Sanoujamcha
Thok
snowy plovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snowy plover
low-melting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more low-melting
form: most low-melting
Senses: examples: text: a low-melting alloy
glosses: Having a low melting point.
se-baptism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Baptism carried out by and for oneself.
Related terms: se-baptist
Yairipok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Manipuri ꯌꯥꯏꯔꯤꯄꯣꯛ (yāʼiripok).
Senses: glosses: A town in Manipur.
Related terms: Yairipok Thambalnu
Thambalnu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Manipuri ꯊꯝꯕꯥꯜꯅꯨ (thambālnu);
From Manipuri "Thambal" ("lotus flower") and "-nu" (feminine suffix).
Senses: glosses: A female given name of Meitei ethnic origin.
Related terms: Yairipok
Thambal
chimney-sweeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chimney-sweepers
Senses: examples: text: I like to meet a sweep—understand me—not a grown sweeper—old chimney-sweepers are by no means attractive—but one of those tender novices, blooming through their first nigritude, […]
ref: 1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “The Praise of Chimney-Sweepers”, in Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 249:
text: He has been in all situations and occupations of life, according to his own account; a potboy at Hampstead, a shoeblack, a chimney-sweeper, an East India Director, a kennel-raker, a gold-finder, an oyster-woman, a Jew cast-clothesman, a police justice, a judge, a keeper of Newgate, and, as he styles it, 'His Majesty's law iron-monger for the home department:' […]
ref: 1841, Thomas Cogswell Upham, Elements of Mental Philosophy Enbracing the Two Departments of the Intellect and the Sensibilities, page 449:
text: But what could Croatian chimney-sweeper Marko have been thinking by using a hand-grenade as a weight for his broom and then turning on his welding apparatus in the cleaning process?
ref: 2006 January 29, [Bill] Brownstein, “Man loses detonator roulette”, in The Gazette, page B2, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of chimney sweeper.
chimney-sweepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chimney-sweeper
scheme of things
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schemes of things
Senses: glosses: Synonym of grand scheme.
synonyms: word: grand scheme
schemes of things
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scheme of things
Sunbelts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sunbelt
shooting matches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shooting match
thick around the middle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: thicker around the middle
form: thickest around the middle
Senses: glosses: Obese.
thickest around the middle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of thick around the middle: most thick around the middle
thicker around the middle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of thick around the middle: more thick around the middle
Mittagong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
napalmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: napalmers
Etymology: From napalm + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who uses napalm.
napalmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of napalmer
schebang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schebangs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shebang.
sheebang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheebangs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shebang.
schebangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schebang
sheebangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheebang
Werai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A locality in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
third-personal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The various limitations to first-personal self-knowledge we considered, however, show that ample room for error is provided in figuring out our own mental states. This can be explained by noticing that we often acquire knowledge of our mental states in a third-personal way, even in our own case, as a result of observation of our behavior and of inference to the best explanation; […]
ref: 2018, Patrizia Pedrini, Julie Kirsch, Third-Person Self-Knowledge, Self-Interpretation, and Narrative, page 25:
coordinate_terms: first-personal
glosses: Relating to the third person.
Wingello
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Wingecarribee Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
I'll tell you what
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: I tell you what
Senses: examples: text: I'll tell you what: just for you, just for today, the price can be 20% off.
text: You might as well take him up on it and give the man his money, because you won't find another one that cheap anytime soon, I'll tell you what.
text: My lord, I'll tell you what;/ If my young lord your son have not the day,/ Upon mine honour, for a silken point/ I'll give my barony: never talk of it.
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Synonym of tell you what.
synonyms: word: tell you what
bedroom state
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bedroom states
Senses: examples: text: […]business executives from New York and Philadelphia make New Jersey a bedroom state.
ref: 1963, Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Organized Crime and Illicit Traffic in Narcotics: Part 1, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 327:
glosses: A U.S. state from which many residents commute across state lines to work in neighboring states with large cities.
Related terms: bedroom suburb
bedroom town
bedroom community
angel shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angel shots
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Synonym of chain shot.
synonyms: word: chain shot
examples: text: If you would like us to rescue you from him: Ask any of the bar staff or security for: “An Angel Shot.”
ref: 2020, Stephen B. King, Glimpse, The Angel Shot:
text: "I need to know if any of them took a specific drink order recently. An angel shot."
The manager raised an eyebrow. "Angel shot? Isn't that--"
Kelly nodded. In the bartending business, it was well known that an "angel shot" wasn't a real drink, but was instead a code word that women could use to signal that they were in trouble.
ref: 2023, Rylie Dark, Where You Go:
glosses: A fictional drink that a person can order to secretly indicate to bar staff that they need help.
Related terms: angel's dram
angels' share
angel shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angel shot
Yass Valley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government area in the Southern Tablelands region, New South Wales, Australia; in full, Yass Valley Council.
HHD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HHDs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of hybrid hard drive.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of home hemodialysis.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of hiatus hernia diafragmatica.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of headquarters and headquarters company.
HHD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Helena Historic District.
HHDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HHD
tree man disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of epidermodysplasia verruciformis.
synonyms: word: epidermodysplasia verruciformis
lift all boats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lifts all boats
form: lifting all boats
form: lifted all boats
form: lifted all boats
Etymology: From the proverb a rising tide lifts all boats.
Senses: examples: text: “The strong demand for labor has lifted all boats in the American economy and we are no exception,” Price said.
ref: 2000 July 26, Paul Shepard, “Report on black Americans both encouraging and sobering”, in Arlington Star-Telegram, volume 95, number 92, page 4A:
glosses: To benefit all participants; to have a wide-ranging positive effect.
bing chillings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bing chilling
occupationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃənɪzəm/
ipa: /ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃənɪzəm/
Forms: form: occupationisms
Etymology: From occupation + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Collaborationism.
Related terms: occupation
occupationist
maiding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maidings
Etymology: Blend of maiden + -ing, through misapprehension of maiden as a case of g-dropping.
Senses: examples: text: At this season o' the year valentines is exceedin prolific, and the arrival of the postman is eagerly watched for by many a maiding o' tender years.
ref: 1887 February 25, The Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express, Victoria, page 2, column 7:
text: How in the town of Coventree, a young chap he was fined, for kissing a maiding when she didn't feel inclined.
ref: 1900 January 26, The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express, page 22, column 4:
text: When on the quarter-deck was seen / A maiding fit to be a Queen[.]
ref: 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 84:
glosses: A young woman; representing a mispronunciation of the word maiden.
maidings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maiding
g-dropping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: In English, the act of pronouncing unstressed word-final /ɪŋ/ as [ɪn] or [ən], rendered by the omission of the letter g in spelling, such as jumpin' for jumping.
Related terms: h-dropping
Daily Mailers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Daily Mailer