cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bilirubinometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bilirubin + -o- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The measurement of the amount of bilirubin in the blood.
PeeCee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PeeCees
Etymology: A respelling along the lines of eye dialect, perhaps further intensified by spelling association with peewee.
Senses: glosses: PC (personal computer)
pirogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pirog
Zapata mustache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zapata mustaches
Etymology: Named for Emiliano Zapata, hero of the Mexican Revolution, who wore such a mustache.
Senses: glosses: A large mustache with ends that curve downward.
wikipedia: Emiliano Zapata
Related terms: Zapatista
greits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of greit
greited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of greit
PeeCees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PeeCee
foundation degree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foundation degrees
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A vocational qualification in higher education, intended to give comprehensive knowledge in a subject to enable the holder to go on to employment or further study in that field.
foundation degrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foundation degree
CertHE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Abbreviation of certificate of higher education.
DipHE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: diploma of higher education
full-frame
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Having an image sensor of the same size as 35mm film, i.e. 36 × 24 millimetres.
raw_tags: of a camera
examples: text: With a further fall in memory costs, it is likely that full-frame stores could be incorporated in receivers before the end of this
ref: 1985, EBU Review. A, Technical, Volumes 209-214:
glosses: Of, or related to unclipped and unresized image or video.
Steiger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Steigers
Etymology: * As a German surname, variant of Steger.
* Also as a German occupational surname for a foreman or mine inspector, and for someone who lived near a steep road, from Steiger (“foreman”, literally “one who ascends”) (see below).
* Also as a German surname, from the placename Steige in Alsace or Steige in Baden-Württemberg, these names themselves related to the word meaning to climb or ascend.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
wikipedia: Steige
Steigers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Steiger
official scorers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of official scorer
magister juris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An academic degree in law awarded by some universities.
unmarvellous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmarvellous
form: most unmarvellous
Etymology: From un- + marvellous.
Senses: glosses: Not marvellous.
unmarvelous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmarvelous
form: most unmarvelous
Etymology: From un- + marvelous.
Senses: glosses: Not marvelous.
unmarvelling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + marvelling.
Senses: glosses: Not marvelling.
unmarveling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + marveling.
Senses: glosses: Not marveling.
unritzy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unritzy
form: most unritzy
Etymology: From un- + ritzy.
Senses: glosses: Not ritzy.
unblitzed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + blitzed.
Senses: glosses: Not having been blitzed.
gisaeng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gisaengs
form: gisaeng
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kisaeng.
gisaengs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gisaeng
japanzee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: japanzees
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of chimpanzee.
japanzees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of japanzee
koolakamba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koolakambas
form: koolokamba
Etymology: Based on indigenous words in the region of the Ovengi River of West Central Africa. Allegedly, kooloo mimics the creature's unique vocalization, and kamba is a Commi word meaning speak.
Senses: glosses: A purported hybrid species of chimpanzee and gorilla.
koolakambas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koolakamba
clavilux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: claviluxes
Etymology: Coined by the musician and inventor Thomas Wilfred (1889-1968), from Latin clavis (“key”) and lux (“light”).
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A mechanical device for projecting lumia (an art form consisting of light patterns).
claviluxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clavilux
quaking asp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quaking asps
form: quaking-asp
Senses: examples: text: Having decimated groves of cedar, quaking asps, weeping willows, poplars, and fruit trees on the last day of January, Alva C. Griest of the Seventy-second Indiana believed he "was doing wrong all the time we were at it."
ref: 1997, B. Franklin Cooling, Fort Donelson's Legacy, page 233:
glosses: The quaking aspen.
TWENEX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of twenty + TENEX, the latter (derived from ten extended) being an earlier operating system for the same machine.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The TOPS-20 operating system for the PDP-10 mainframe computer.
wikipedia: TENEX
ah well
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: ah, well
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oh well.
synonyms: word: oh well
aw well
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oh well.
synonyms: word: oh well
clutchmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clutchmates
Etymology: From clutch + mate.
Senses: glosses: One born in the same clutch of eggs.
clutchmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clutchmate
dragonbone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragonbones
Etymology: From dragon + bone.
Senses: topics: fantasy
glosses: The bone of a dragon.
dragonbones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dragonbone
e-democratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From e- + democratic or e-democrat + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to e-democracy.
gargantuanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gargantuan + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: For some writers, the flowering of chamber music around 1910 represents a reaction against the gargantuanism cultivated so vigorously in the previous century.
ref: 2004, Stephen Hefling, Nineteenth-Century Chamber Music:
glosses: The state or condition of being gargantuan.
cibarial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈbɛə.ɹi.əl/
ipa: /sɪˈbɛ.ɹi.əl/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəl
Etymology: From cibarium + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The presence of the cibarial armature, for example, is an efficient tool for damaging microfilariae as they pass through the pharynx.
ref: 2001, Fernando Simón, Claudio & Genchi, Heartworm infection in humans and animals, →ISBN, page 71:
glosses: Pertaining to the cibarium.
Derived terms: precibarial
flightline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flightlines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flight line.
flightlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flightline
siew dai
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈsjuː˨˦ ˌt˭aɪ˨]
Forms: form: siu dai
Etymology: From Chinese, though ultimate source language unascertained. Apparently 少底, literally "less base", from 少 (“less”) + 底 (“base; bottom”) in Cantonese pronunciation, referring to the condensed milk, used for sweetening, that sits at the bottom of the cup. In Cantonese this would be pronounced siu² dai², but the compound has not been traced in Cantonese.
Senses: examples: text: Ordering a cup of Kopi C Siew Dai (Coffee with evaporated milk and less sugar) makes you feel very Singaporean.
ref: 2007, iwatch_ueat, “Tong Ya coffee: super crispy kaya toast!”, in ishootieatipost, retrieved 01 Apr 2016:
text: But nothing beats that cup of kopi-o siu dai from the nearby kopitiam uncle who knows you best.
ref: 2009, Dominic, “Hello, Google!”, in blog.gothere.sg, retrieved 01 Apr 2016:
text: “I like coffee better.” He smiled. “Kopi-O siew dai.
ref: 2012, Low Kay Hwa, I Believe You:
text: Before he opens it, he asks what I would like to drink, then shouts out to a woman stirring a cup of Milo vigorously: “One kopi peng siew dai, and one teh si for me.”
ref: 2015, Wong Kim Hoh, “Former kopi boy's still full of beans”, in The Straits Times (Singapore), retrieved 01 Apr 2016:
glosses: Less sweet (as a preference when ordering coffee or tea).
Related terms: C
di lo
gah dai
gau
kosong
O
peng
po
cocozelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocozelles
Senses: examples: text: Cocozelle, which are mostly grown in Italy, are longer and thinner than zucchini and slightly bulbous at the flower end.
ref: 2008, Russ Parsons, How to Pick a Peach: The Search for Flavor from Farm to Table, →ISBN:
text: There are smaller marrows, the French courgettes, and the Italian cocozelles, also the 'Vegetable Spaghetti', but these are eaten small and immature, often cooked by recipes of the 'wrap in bacon, place a clove of garlic in the middle, soak in wine overnight then fry in butter and season with red peppers before serving with brandy sauce' type.
ref: 2011, Lawrence D. Hills, Grow Your Own Fruit and Vegetables, →ISBN:
glosses: A variety of squash with dark green skin mottled by lighter green or yellow.
cocozelles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocozelle
clitty litter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originally the punch line of a dirty joke (punning off of kitty litter), this has now passed into slang usage.
Senses: examples: text: 'What're these big-ass panties doing on my rail?' demanded Britney in the dressing room, 'Where's the name tag . . . These have clitty litter in them! Ugh!'
ref: 2010, Immodesty Blaize, Tease, →ISBN, page 453:
glosses: A dried white discharge sometimes found in a woman's underwear.
rerub
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rerubs
form: rerubbing
form: rerubbed
form: rerubbed
Etymology: From re- + rub.
Senses: glosses: To rub again.
rerubbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rerub
rerubs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rerub
rerubbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rerub
dicky-birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dicky-bird
bo liao
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌboː˨ˈljaʊ˨˦/
Forms: form: more bo liao
form: most bo liao
form: bo-liao
form: boh liao
Etymology: From Hokkien 無聊／无聊 (bô-liâu, “bored; boring”).
Senses: examples: text: This guy damn bo-liao. As though I got time to entertain you.
ref: 1996, Leong Siew Mei, “Government system should be more tightly controlled”, in soc.culture.singapore (Usenet), retrieved 01 Apr 2016:
text: I had a friend who would SMS me the most bo liao messages. I’m glad it’s stopped now.
ref: 1999, Steven Tan, “Petition against M1 charging for SMS”, in soc.culture.singapore (Usenet), retrieved 01 Apr 2016:
text: Can’t they do something more meaningful? Doing such things is called ‘bo liao‘ (nothing better to do).
ref: 2013, Airstrike, “13 school websites defaced by hacker who signed off as 'Jack Riderr'”, in Stomp (Singapore), retrieved 01 Apr 2016:
text: Having to manage that part is rather ‘bo liao’ and I felt my limited energy can be better served somewhere.
ref: 2015, Derek Lim, “Random thoughts: Too iron teeth in my work?”, in thefinance.sg, retrieved 01 Apr 2016:
glosses: Boring.
Isaian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Isaian
form: most Isaian
Etymology: From Isaiah + -an.
Senses: synonyms: Isaianic
glosses: Of or relating to the Biblical Isaiah.
Jeremian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Jeremian
form: most Jeremian
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Jeremianic.
synonyms: word: Jeremianic
kryptogenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sapogenin found in Trillium erectum.
Related terms: kryptogenamine
gargantuanness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gargantuan + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: It makes the heart quail, just thinking of the gargantuanness of the task.
ref: 2012, Fernanda Eberstadt, Isaac And His Devils:
glosses: The quality of being gargantuan.
Chio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Chio, from Latin Chios, from Ancient Greek Χίος (Khíos).
Senses: examples: text: CHIO, Chios, Xio, or Scio, an Aſiatic iſland, lying near the coaſt of Ionia, in Natolia or Leſſer Aſia, about one hundred miles weſt of Smyrna. It is called by the Turks Sakiſaduci, and is about one hundred miles in circumference; being chiefly inhabited by Chriſtians of the Greek church, who are ſaid to have three hundred churches in the iſland... Chio is alſo the capital of the above iſland, ſituated on the eaſt coaſt...
ref: 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 192
glosses: Synonym of Chios.
synonyms: word: Chios
Chio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chios
Etymology: From Cantonese 昭 (ciu1). This surname is mostly found in Macau.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Cantonese.
monodesmosidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + -desmosidic.
Senses: examples: text: Saponins with a single sugar chain are referred to as monodesmosidic.
ref: 1996, Gary Stacey, Plant-microbe interactions, volume 2, page 101:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to a saponin with a single sugar chain.
Coordinate terms: bisdesmosidic
tridesmosidic
bisdesmosidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + -desmosidic.
Senses: examples: text: As a result of further studies, ester triterpenoid saponosides with a bisdesmosidic structure were isolated from S.virgaurea.
ref: 2013, Y.P.S. Bajaj, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants XI, page 391:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to a saponin with two sugar chains.
Coordinate terms: monodesmosidic
tridesmosidic
ruscogenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical compound found in the rhizome of butcher's broom.
neoruscogenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + ruscogenin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical compound found in the rhizome of butcher's broom.
visiting scholar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: visiting scholars
Senses: topics: education
glosses: A scholar from an institution who visits a host university to teach, lecture or perform research on a particular topic.
Hyponyms: visiting fellow
visiting lecturer
visiting professor
visiting researcher
visiting scholars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of visiting scholar
mic drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mic drops
form: mic-drop
Senses: examples: text: No mic drop in history will ever be as thoroughly scrutinised as the one performed by Barack Obama during his final White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening. Historians hundreds of years from now will refer to his “Obama out” in the same breath as the Emancipation Proclamation and “Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”
ref: 2016 May 2, Stuart Heritage, “‘Obama out’: a brief history of mic drops”, in The Guardian:
text: Many crypto bros try to silence skeptics with the same mic drop: “Have fun staying poor.”
ref: 2022 March 31, David Yaffe-Bellany, “Ben McKenzie Would Like a Word With the Crypto Bros”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: An instance of dropping the mic.
mic drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mic drops
form: mic dropping
form: mic dropped
form: mic dropped
form: mic-drop
Senses: glosses: Synonym of drop the mic.
synonyms: word: drop the mic
ragpick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɹæɡpɪk/
Forms: form: ragpicks
form: ragpicking
form: ragpicked
form: ragpicked
Etymology: Back-formation from ragpicking.
Senses: glosses: To scavenge through refuse.
Related terms: ragpicker
ragsorting
ragpicked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ragpick
ragpicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ragpick
ragpicking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: ragsorting
glosses: The work of a ragpicker.
ragpicks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ragpick
scazontes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scazon
reremember
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reremembers
form: reremembering
form: reremembered
form: reremembered
form: re-remember
Etymology: From re- + remember.
Senses: glosses: To remember again.
suspends one's disbelief
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of suspend one's disbelief
suspending one's disbelief
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of suspend one's disbelief
suspended one's disbelief
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of suspend one's disbelief
willing suspension of disbelief
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: willing suspensions of disbelief
Senses: glosses: A suspension of disbelief.
sitting toilets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sitting toilet
Romanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Romani
Getae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin Getae, from Ancient Greek Γέται (Gétai).
Senses: glosses: A Dacian tribe inhabiting the regions of the lower Danube.
Related terms: Get
Getic
Ngawun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in Queensland.
smart steaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Derived from slow steaming, with smart.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The optimisation of ship speed with respect to competing targets to reduce fuel usage while maintaining good customer service.
slow steaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The practice of deliberately operating a ship at a speed slower than its design speed in order to achieve a reduction in total fuel usage.
synchromodal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: synchro-modal
Etymology: From synchro- + modal.
Senses: glosses: Of freight operations: dynamically planned and scheduled in real time.
Related terms: comodal
intermodal
multimodal
Tarquinios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tarquinio
buay tank
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbwe˨ ˈtæŋk/
ipa: [ˌbwe˨ ˈtɛŋk̚˦]
Etymology: From Hokkien 袂 (bōe, “cannot”) + Singapore Colloquial English tank (“to withstand”).
Senses: examples: text: This boy damn act cute, I buay tank.
ref: 2011 October 29, “Udders”, in Ultimate Killjoy (blog), retrieved 26 Mar 2016:
text: Sorry I really buay tank my eyes are closing, head spinning I need to sleep haha.
ref: 2014 May 20, “little taste of heaven -”, in Sabrina (blog), retrieved 26 Mar 2016:
text: Lonely mudpie for lonely people. Going to watch Ah Boys to Men at 6:05pm. Really buay tank the loneliness here.
ref: 2015 February 18, “冰冷的除夕夜”, in dreamexplorer (blog), retrieved 28 Mar 2016:
text: Oh well, cheers to a better day ahead. I’m freezing now. I buay tank, I need to go hide in my blanket now.
ref: 2015 March 7, “Seoul Student Exchange in Sogang University First 2 Days of School”, in Seoul Student Exchange at Sogang University: 26 February – 20 June 2015 (blog), retrieved 29 Mar 2016:
text: Singapore’s star awards – the most shameless show. Buay tank how they shamelessly give awards to themselves for being the best. Please. If you are the only one running in the race, and you get champion, may I know what’s there to be happy about?
ref: 2015 April 26, aiology (blog), retrieved 30 Mar 2016:
glosses: Unable to deal or to handle something or someone; unable to put up with a situation or person much longer.
Related terms: buay tahan
Huntigowk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: April Fools' Day
Related terms: hunt the gowk
limpeh
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈlɪm˨˦.peː˨]
Forms: form: lim peh
form: limpei
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 恁爸／林北 (lín-pē, “I; me”, literally “your father”), specifically Singapore Hokkien 恁爸 (lím-pē, “I; me”, literally “your father”).
Senses: examples: text: Limpeh run faster than you, hor.
translation: I ran faster than you.
english: I ran faster than you.
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text: Limpeh always see those AH BENGS drive the CiBIC SiR (Ah-re) around with their big spoiler and so many uglweee stickers.
ref: 1999 October 29, Ken Tan, sg.marketplace:
text: Lim peh tell you something – dis year mindef kaciau lim peh, disrupt lim peh eh work flow, now still owing lim peh some marney due to some technicality.
ref: 1999 November 23, Sophus Lefouque, sg.marketplace:
text: Yes, you are very right, you are very sharp! Limpeh like your idea!
ref: 2002, Jack Neo, I Not Stupid, spoken by Mr Khoo (Richard Low), Singapore: Mediacorp Raintree Pictures:
text: Lim peh ask you last time study hard become scorer, win scorer ship go Harvoc University, you nebber lisen.
ref: 2011 January 11, Singrish King, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
text: Limpeh is honoured that my blog has been recently featured by the king of all Singaporean bloggers – Mr Brown.
ref: 2011 November 7, LIFT: Limpeh Is Foreign Talent:
text: Welcome to economics 101 with Limpeh. Allow me to break down the concept of round-tripping to you in the most simple way in my kitchen.
ref: 2013, williamlaukl@gmail.com, "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/%22limpeh%22/ot-email-group/nIK7LscVJM8/MmcxrQBJ2IUJ", ot email group, 18 September 2013
text: Come over to limpeh, come over to limpeh. Do you understand what limpeh is saying? If yes say yes, if no say no. Don’t tell limpeh "yes no yes no".
ref: 2013, ShiGGa Shay, “Limpeh (ft. Tosh Rock)”, in LimPeh (feat. Tosh Rock) - Single:
qualifier: condescending; chiefly men's speech; condescending; chiefly men's speech
glosses: A reference to oneself in the third person, taking on the stance of a superior. Literally, "your father".
misogynize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misogynizes
form: misogynizing
form: misogynized
form: misogynized
Etymology: From misogyny + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Professor Weems can be placed within all of the approaches, as her work not only looks at the reclaiming of the black women from within the texts in a liberative form, but also rejects those scriptures that dehumanize and misogynize women.
ref: 2000, Joe Aldred, Sisters With Power, page 119:
text: If you fail me I shall misanthropize, misogynize, misobrephize, shut myself up in a cell(ar).
ref: 2012, Fiona MacCarthy, The Last Pre-Raphaelite:
glosses: To treat in a misogynistic manner.
liberative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more liberative
form: most liberative
Etymology: From liberate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: Professor Weems can be placed within all of the approaches, as her work not only looks at the reclaiming of the black women from within the texts in a liberative form, but also rejects those scriptures that dehumanize and misogynize women.
ref: 2000, Joe Aldred, Sisters With Power, page 119:
glosses: Relating to, or causing, liberation; freeing.
misogynizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misogynize
misogynized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misogynize
misogynizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misogynize
firecracker flower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firecracker flowers
Senses: glosses: The ornamental plant Crossandra infundibuliformis.
glosses: The ornamental plant Dichelostemma ida-maia.
firecracker flowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firecracker flower
Fenglish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Farsi + English
Senses: examples: text: We laugh in Persian, and this is always the language for jokes, which sometimes causes difficulties for American girlfriends. But if we take a closer look, things are more complicated, as diglossia – Penglish or Fenglish – is spreading […]
ref: 2015, Fariba Adelkhah, The Thousand and One Borders of Iran: Travel and Identity:
glosses: A language that combines Farsi and English.
Related terms: Penglish
Pinglish
Hawkesian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hawkesian
form: most Hawkesian
Etymology: From Hawkes + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to John Hawkes (novelist) (1925–1998), postmodern American novelist.
Poissonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Poissonian
hills of beans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hill of beans
love grasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of love grass
nuthacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuthack
salvee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salvees
Senses: examples: text: In an ideal world, every meeting of salvor and salvee would result in a freely negotiated contract for salvage services priced at a competitive level.
ref: 2003, Robert Force, Martin J. Norris, The Law of Seamen, Volume 1:
glosses: One whose property is at risk and needs to be salvaged.
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of salvo.
Coordinate terms: salvor
salvees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salvee
semiproductivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From semi- + productivity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being semiproductive.
semiproductively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From semiproductive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a semiproductive manner.
overchew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -uː
Forms: form: overchews
form: overchewing
form: overchewed
form: overchewed
Etymology: From over- + chew.
Senses: glosses: To chew too much.
overchewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overchew
overchews
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overchew
overchewing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overchew
semiauxiliary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + auxiliary.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of a verb: functioning rather like an auxiliary verb, but not considered to be a full member of that class.
semiauxiliary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semiauxiliaries
Etymology: From semi- + auxiliary.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A verb that functions rather like an auxiliary verb but is not considered to be a full member of that class.
semiauxiliaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semiauxiliary
shuts down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shut down
shutting down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shut down
contact highs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contact high
crampish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crampish
form: most crampish
Etymology: From cramp + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: The Mesinger Cavalry Saddle is made like a horse saddle — it prevents you from slipping and avoids that crampish hold of the hands on the handle-bar.
ref: 1909, Motorcycle Illustrated, Volume 4:
text: She was feeling kind of crampish, so she went downstairs to lie down until dinner time.
ref: 1949, John Harold Johnson, Negro Digest, volume 8:
text: If you're feeling crampish, indulge in Indian food.
ref: 2000, Sharon Faelten, Women's Wisdom: 3,577 Tips, Facts & Advice Every Woman Must Know about Her Health and Lifestyle:
glosses: Somewhat crampy.
cupcaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cupcake
cupcaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cupcake
floorpan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floorpans
Etymology: From floor + pan.
Senses: glosses: A large sheet-metal stamping, often incorporating smaller welded stampings, that forms the floor of a large vehicle and the position of its external and structural panels.
floorpans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floorpan
onomasiologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From onomasiological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an onomasiological manner or context.
antiturkey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + turkey.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing an antibody that reacts with the immunoglobins found in turkeys.
growth hormones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of growth hormone
CARIN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Camden Assets Recovery Interagency Network.
CARIN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of competition among relations in nominals.
day-biter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: day-biters
form: day biter
Senses: examples: text: Aedes is a well know^([sic]) day-biter (although it can bite at night too) and is best known as the carrier of the yellow fever and dengue viruses.
ref: 2005, Dom Colbert, MCQs in Travel And Tropical Medicine: A Primer of Travel Medicine:
glosses: An insect, especially a mosquito, that bites during the day.
day-biters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of day-biter
night-biter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /naɪt ˈbaɪtə/
ipa: /naɪt ˈbaɪtɚ/
Forms: form: night-biters
form: night biter
Senses: examples: text: The anopheles associated by experience with malaria are, in the main, house-haunters and night-biters, and at night their victim mainly spends his time in a house, circumstances which make it likely that the house is important in the transmission of malaria.
ref: 1931 March 6, Clayton [Arbuthnot] Lane, Housing and Malaria: A Critical Summary of the Literature Dealing with the Subject (Series of League of Nations Publications; 3), Geneva: League of Nations Health Organisation, →OCLC, page 34:
text: She [the mosquito] may be a night-biter or a day-biter. She may give an alarm: a hum made by the beating of her wings. Or she may be absolutely silent.
ref: 1954 June, Gardner Soule, “How to fight mosquitoes”, in Popular Science, volume 164, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Popular Science Publishing Company, →ISSN, page 112:
text: He argued that since these embryos are so much more numerous in the blood at night than in the daytime, the insect must probably be a night-biter, and with this in mind he began to examine the commonest night-biting insect he knew, the mosquito Culex fatigans.
ref: 1965, Charles Wilcocks, “Transmission of Disease by Arthropods: Worms, Protozoa, Viruses, Bacteria”, in Medical Advance, Public Health and Social Evolution (The Commonwealth and International Library, Liberal Studies Division), Oxford: Pergamon Press, →OCLC, page 160:
text: [S]ome species of fish are night biters and some are not. Black sea bass are good night biters.
ref: 1977, Charlie [J. Charles] Davis, Hook Up: A Complete Guide to Southern California Ocean Sportfishing, Seattle, Wash.: Outdoor Empire Pub., →ISBN, page 110:
text: There are 3 main kinds of disease-transmitting mosquitoes: Anopheles, Culex, and Aedes. […] Anopheles are night biters and breed in clean water; Anopheles mosquitoes carry malaria and some filariasis.
ref: 2000, Mary Vanderkooi, Village Medical Manual: A Layman's Guide to Health Care in Developing Countries, 5th edition, volumes I (Principles and Procedures), Pasadena, Calif.: William Carey Library, →ISBN, page 198:
text: In the Philippines, the principal malaria vector is Anopheles minimus var. flavirostris, a night-biter which breeds in slow-flowing, partly shaded streams that abound in the foothill areas.
ref: 2008, Vicente Belizario Jr., “Epidemiology of Malaria in the Philippines”, in Gisela P. Padilla Concepcion, Eduardo A. Padlan, Caesar A[ya-ay] Saloma, editors, Selected Essays on Science and Technology for Securing a Better Philippines, volume I, Diliman, Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, →ISBN, page 210:
text: In Honiara all the ward lights in the hospital were turned on at sunset and stayed on all night—an attempt to keep the night biter at bay: a practice that was only partially effective.
ref: 2015, Dick Galbraith, Curim Sickness Belong Eye, Corpus Christi, Tex.: Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Co., →ISBN, page 171:
glosses: An animal, especially an insect such as a mosquito, that bites during the night.
night-biters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night biters
Senses: glosses: plural of night-biter.
endocentricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From endocentric + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being endocentric.
pipe-and-slipper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pipe-and-slippers
Etymology: From the idea of a man relaxing at home, wearing slippers and smoking a pipe.
Senses: examples: text: […] the comforts of a pipe-and-slipper existence.
ref: 1946, The American Magazine, volume 141, page 57:
text: At fifty-one Bill has become a pipe-and-slipper suburban squire who actually prefers to play the piano or organ in the company of a few friends to sitting around sports plazas punishing the bottle.
ref: 1947, Esquire, volume 28, page lviii:
text: Steel girders were now rising to impossible heights where once there had been the cozy old standing stones doing their business in a pipe-and-slipper sort of way, which they had done for thousands of years without fuss […]
ref: 2012, Alan Richardson, The Fat Git, page 109:
text: I knew she liked a good time when I married her. She was always the life and soul of the party. Trouble was, I was a pipe and slipper man and she couldn't stand it […]
ref: 2016, Rosie Goodwin, Crying Shame:
glosses: Fond of, or relating to, domestic comforts; inclined to remain peacefully at home.
Okinawan habu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Okinawan habus
Senses: glosses: Any member of either of two species of venomous pit viper found on the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
Protobothrops flavoviridis (syn. Trimeresurus flavoviridis).
glosses: Any member of either of two species of venomous pit viper found on the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.
Ovophis okinavensis.
kernel pair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kernel pairs
Senses: topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A couple of morphisms which constitute the pullback of a given morphism along itself.
Calare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Wiradjuri Kalari (“Lachlan River”).
Senses: glosses: An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.
ah neh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑː(˨)ˈnɛː(˨˦)/
Forms: form: ah nehs
form: ahneh
form: ah-neh
form: anneh
Etymology: Semantic extension from Tamil அண்ணன் (aṇṇaṉ, “elder brother”), reanalysed as a term prefixed by Hokkien 阿 (a, “stereotyping prefix”). Compare Ah Beng, Ah Lian, Ah Long, etc.
Senses: examples: text: 2001 8 August, Leo, soc.culture.singapore
Blame the Ah-Neh race again, just like what they did to the former president who is now in Canada.
text: some 'ah-neh' stole my hp! not tt i'm a racist but i saw this indian or dunno bhangra walking near me on the way to the mrt stn and din realise tt i lost my hp till i got on the train at jurong east to look for it.
ref: 2006 August 24, Susan Ong, pesspgde_05/06_yr2:
text: Well, the locals who contributed to the current prosperity of Singapore, who sacrificed their most productive years to serve the army, who allowed their kampong homes to be acquired by the government, etc etc, are being slowly sidelined in favor of the foreigners -- ah nehs, ah bengs, ah pinoys and others.
ref: 2010 October 19, The Cynic, soc.culture.singapore:
text: My SIL had the POLICE visiting her home bcos of ah neh wash. Apparently the ah neh is an overstayer. And the police track all the ah neh's HP contacts and got to her house. Luckily BIL was clever and said they were enquiring only but never engage ah neh service.
ref: 2011 November 11, Hiphiphoray, MyCarForum:
text: 2013 31 January, ColdBlooded, soc.culture.singapore
But what will happen when these ahnehs flee Singapore when they are asked to do NS?
text: We dont owe the ah neh a career or life here. They come in with their discriminatory practices and think the sinkies owe them these privileges.
ref: 2013 March 10, JAFCO, AsiaOne Forum:
text: Oh, and if you hear people (like your colleagues for example) refer to "that ah neh", they could be referring to you. It's a derogatory term.
ref: 2015, deuter72, REDDIT:
text: "Upsize or not?" The crew member asked, but the Ah neh still give that blur look, so the crew member decide for him.
ref: 2015 May 11, Farhan, All Singapore Stuff:
glosses: An Indian man, especially a migrant worker.
to one's name
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: My uncle gambled away his fortune, and now he hardly has a penny to his name.
text: She calls herself a novelist, but she only has a few short stories to her name.
glosses: Belonging to one.
coneheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coneheaded
form: most coneheaded
form: cone-headed
Etymology: From cone + headed.
Senses: examples: text: They were interrupted by the loud guffaws and table slapping at the next booth, one coneheaded bald man with a pyramid of maple cream doughnuts, the other with a Godzilla hunk of coffee cake.
ref: 2006, Lou Allin, Murder, Eh?: A Belle Palmer Mystery:
glosses: Having a cone-shaped head.
cone-headed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cone-headed
form: most cone-headed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coneheaded.
ten-year series
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛn ˈjəː ˈsiːɹiːz/
Forms: form: ten-year series
form: 10-year series
form: TYS
Etymology: From ten + year + series.
Senses: examples: text: Ronald is looking for someone who has a 10-year series of H.S.C. questions on pure and applied mathematics (from 1955-65) to lend or to sell.
ref: 1970, “The Straits Times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 11:
text: For example, the traditional 10-year-series, a compilation of past year examination questions, now comes in all shapes and sizes.
ref: 1993, Ng Wei Joo, Tan Seow Hon, “The Straits Times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page Insight 26:
text: The 10-year series is a compilation of 10 years of GCE O and A-level examination questions and model answers, which students use to "spot" and mug for questions in their own examinations.
ref: 1996, Evelyn Yap, “The Straits Times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page Life 3:
text: They are not worried - because questions are designed in such a way that the answers will not be found in any of the textbooks, classnotes or 10-year series.
ref: 2000, Sandra Davie, “The Straits Times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page Review 36:
text: The "ten-year series" is a phrase used in local parlance to denote assessment books collating Cambridge examinations from previous years. Students use the ten-year series as practice exams for the real thing.
ref: 2005, Yu-Mei, “When a ten-year series is not enough”, in Too Many Thoughts:
text: She said: 'Before the new syllabus was introduced, I think students relied heavily on TYS to get good grades. They're like mock exam papers and they prepare the students for the real thing, and the questions are quite similar.'
ref: 2009, Liyana Othman in Pearly Tan, “The New Paper”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 13:
text: On top of the 10-year series and the thick booklet of other schools' exam papers we were assigned to do, I requested to get more English papers to practice my composition writing and comprehension skills.
ref: 2015, Yonas Ngaturi, “Tuition was not so bad”, in Youth SG, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2015:
text: Students are more exam-smart today. During my school days, there was no 10-year series. We just studied everything from textbooks, learned everything and enjoyed learning.
ref: 2016, Sim Kian Ho, “SPIRIT”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 1, page 56:
glosses: A compilation of national examination questions from past years.
Ames room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ames rooms
Etymology: Invented by American ophthalmologist Adelbert Ames, Jr. in 1934.
Senses: glosses: A distorted room designed to be viewed through a pinhole, using a trick of perspective to create an optical illusion so that people standing in opposite corners appear to be of very different sizes.
Ames rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ames room
boggest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bog: most bog
GSS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /dʒiː ɛs ˈɛs/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Government Statistical Service.
examples: text: In yesterday’s GSS supplement, we ran an article on Water Sculptures, a series of dance and music performance by Lifeskills & Lifestyle at People’s Association.
ref: 2001 June 9, Today, “Great Singapore Sale supplement amendments”, in NewspaperSG:
text: The offer price lasts till the end of the GSS so hurry. .
ref: 2009 July 8, Mr Brown, “Dahon Curve SL special offer”, in Mr Brown.com:
text: The total amount spent during the two-month GSS was US$1.4 billion this year, up US$1 million from the US$1.3billion in the same period last year.
ref: 2012 August 10, Rchia, “Shoppers spend $1.74b this GSS using their MasterCards”, in Asiaone.com:
text: Stay vigilant while shopping during GSS: Police.
ref: 2013 May 31, Natalie Kuan, “Stay vigilant while shopping during GSS: Police”, in The Straits Times, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2020:
text: But shoppers do not have to wait till the GSS starts to go bargain hunting.
ref: 2015 May 25, Rebecca Tan Hui Shan, “No need to wait for Great Singapore Sale: Guide to the sales already on at retailers around town”, in The Straits Times:
text: During the GSS, retailers here offer steep discounts, sometimes up to 70 per cent off their original prices.
ref: 2016, YourSingapore, “The Great Singapore Sale”, in YourSingapore.com:
glosses: Great Singapore Sale: An event organized annually by the Singapore Retailers Association to promote Singapore’s tourism industry, with stores and malls having price reductions.
guai lan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈk˭waɪ˦˨ lɑn˨]
ipa: /(ˈ)ɡwaɪ ˈlɑn/
ipa: /ˈkwaɪ-/
Forms: form: more guai lan
form: most guai lan
form: kwai lan
Etymology: Derived from Hokkien 怪𡳞 (koài-lān, literally “strange dick”).
Senses: examples: text: I'd say it's the "kwai lan" (gangster) look.
ref: 1999 May 23, “The Loanshark Look”, in The New Paper, Singapore:
text: you so guai lan for wat
ref: 2003 July 21, Z-Bone, “Triple X Carsticker”, in Google Groups:
text: damn guai lan..cannot take it..
ref: 2005 August 3, Joleen Lim, “guai lan”, in Blogspot, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2017:
text: Tribute to my “guai lan” friend!
ref: 2013 March 20, JeevS GOne, “Oppa Guai Lan Style (Oppa Gangnam Style Parady)”, in YouTube:
text: After all these years, the bugger still had the same kwai lan air he had even when he was fifteen.
ref: 2013 September 3, The Marijuana Chronicles, Singapore:
glosses: Hard to please or satisfy; irritating, loathsome.
truthly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more truthly
form: most truthly
Etymology: From truth + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The spirit of music serves such tragic insights because it speaks truthly to and of the disassociated emotions of the alienated mind and body that patriarchy psychologically inflicts on men and women.
ref: 2004, David A. J. Richards, Tragic manhood and democracy: Verdi's voice and the power of musical art:
glosses: In accordance with truth; honestly, without deceit; truthfully.
refragmentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refragmentations
Etymology: From re- + fragmentation.
Senses: glosses: fragmentation again
refragmentations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refragmentation
sia suay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsjɑː ˈsweɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: more sia suay
form: most sia suay
form: xia suay
Etymology: From Hokkien 瀉衰／泻衰 (sià-soe).
Senses: examples: text: Most of those who sing these songs are too drunk to be stopped. Sia suay (Hokkien for bringing shame to the entire clan) only.
ref: 1989 November 2, “From love songs to 'pai kia' tune. Karaoke is BIG business.”, in The Straits Times, Singapore:
text: Later so sia suay lah
ref: 2000 November 9, Daniel S, “Is YOUNG MING married???”, in Google Groups, Singapore:
text: GUys, cannot break up like this SO SIA SUAY!
ref: 2011 February 14, peebrain, “~FUNNY ~ 阿莲Ah Lianz break up with Ah Beng 阿成. On Valentine Day cos he nebber listen up!”, in YouTube Video, Singapore:
text: Xiaxue not so 'sia suay' after all?
ref: 2015 March 23, S M Ong, “Xiaxue not so 'sia suay' after all?”, in The New Paper, Singapore, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2015:
glosses: Causing embarrassment or disgrace to others.
sia suay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsjɑː ˈsweɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Forms: form: xia suay
Etymology: From Hokkien 瀉衰／泻衰 (sià-soe).
Senses: examples: text: Kenna hantam until nothing to say in the old thread then start a new one to get ppl oin your side without your old posts to sia suay you.
ref: 2007 November 21, Daniel S, “Only Queen's English.... in this forum..Singlish is banned ?!”, in Google Groups, Singapore:
text: Sending such ugly women to international pageants will "sia suay" Singaporeans.
ref: 2000 December 4, vignette, “Singapore Miss World SUCKS!!”, in Google Groups, Singapore:
text: In other words, I think what Mr Ha means is that Xiaxue had “sia suay” their industry.
ref: 2015 March 23, S M Ong, “Xiaxue not so 'sia suay' after all?”, in The New Paper, Singapore, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2015:
glosses: To disgrace; to cause embarrassment for others.
Related terms: english: embarrassing
translation: embarrassing
word: lau kui
limousine liberals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limousine liberal