cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
folk medicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfəʊk ˈmɛd(ɪ)s(ɪ)n/
ipa: /ˌfoʊk ˈmɛdəs(ə)n/
Forms: form: folk medicines
form: folk-medicine
Etymology: From folk (“believed or transmitted by the common people; not academically correct or rigorous”) + medicine.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: complementary medicine, integrative medicine, traditional medicine
text: He learned medicine and surgery "from executioners, bathkeepers, gypsies, midwives, and fortune tellers and incidentally acquired an unusual knowledge of folk-medicine and a permanent taste for low company."
ref: 1935 September 2, “Medicine: Chemotherapy”, in Time, retrieved 08 Jun 2014:
text: Aromatherapy is a big business, and its roots run deep in folk medicine.
ref: 2008 March 11, Eric Nagourney, “Nostrums: Aromatherapy Rarely Stands Up to Testing”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 Jun 2014:
synonyms: indigenous medicine
glosses: Traditional medical practices developed and used by non-physicians, typically involving customary homespun techniques and medicinal remedies derived from native plants.
examples: text: A folk medicine traditionally used to treat depression is as effective as standard anti-depressant drugs and has fewer side-effects, according to a new study.
ref: 1996 August 2, Liz Hunt, “Flower-power remedy proves equal of anti-depressant drugs”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 08 Jun 2014:
glosses: A particular medicinal remedy used in such traditional medical practices.
Related terms: herbal medicine
medicine man
medicine woman
nostrum
indigenous medicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indigenous medicines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of folk medicine.
synonyms: word: folk medicine
folk-medicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: folk-medicines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of folk medicine.
non-physician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-physicians
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonphysician.
spit takes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spit take
spit-takes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spit-take
formulise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: formulises
form: formulising
form: formulised
form: formulised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of formulize.
mollydook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mollydooks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mollydooker.
molly-dooker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: molly-dookers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mollydooker.
mollyduker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mollydukers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mollydooker.
misty-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misty-eyed
form: most misty-eyed
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dewy-eyed.
synonyms: word: dewy-eyed
drightins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drightin
Lord knows
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Lord knows, I can't change.
ref: 1974, Ronnie Van Zant et al., “Freebird”, in (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd):
text: My lover is dead, my property and his are gone lord knows where?
ref: 1991 August 10, Richard C. Engler, “Keep Writing Those Letters”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 4, page 3:
glosses: Alternative form of God knows.
heaven only knows
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: 1989, Paul Kennerley for Emmylou Harris's Bluebird, "Heaven Only Knows"
I guess that's how it's meant to be, but
Heaven only knows.
glosses: Alternative form of God knows, in sense of something unknown to mortal men.
Lord only knows
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: London has, heaven knows, enough homeless waifs, born the Lord only knows where, and brought up the Lord only knows how; but the London article is no more like the Parisian than chalk is like cheese.
ref: 1882, David Ross Locke, Nasby in Exile, xix. 287:
glosses: Alternative form of God knows, in sense of something unknown to mortal men.
Lord's Day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lord's Days
form: Lord’s Day
form: Lord’s day
form: Lord's day
form: Lordsday
Etymology: A calque of Ecclesiastical Latin diēs Dominicus, either directly or as a later development of Old Norse dróttinsdagr (“Lord's day”)
Senses: examples: text: All officers in command of Her Majesty’s ships shall cause public worship of Almighty God to be solemnly, orderly and reverently performed in their respective ships, and shall take care that prayers and preaching, by the chaplains of those ships, be performed diligently and that the Lord’s Day be observed.
ref: 1957, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Part I, section 1”, in Naval Discipline Act 1957, page 1:
glosses: Sunday, the first day of the week, particularly as the Christian Sabbath.
Synonyms: Christian Sabbath
First Day
first-day Sabbath
Sabbath
Related terms: word: Jewish Sabbath
word: Muslim Sabbath
english: Isaiah 58:13: (i.e., the biblical seventh-day Sabbath); International Standard Version (ISV); New English Translation (NET)
translation: Isaiah 58:13: (i.e., the biblical seventh-day Sabbath); International Standard Version (ISV); New English Translation (NET)
word: LORD’s holy day
english: from Hebrew
translation: from Hebrew
word: Shabbat
english: from Yiddish
translation: from Yiddish
word: Shabbes
word: Seventh Day
word: seventh-day Sabbath
word: Christmas Day
word: holy day
word: Jesus Day
Lord's Days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lord's Day
Lord's day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lord's days
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lord's Day.
Lord's days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lord's day
God the Father
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See god and father.
Senses: examples: text: And aboue all thynges: ye muſt geue moſte humble and hartie thankes to God the father, the ſonne, and the holy ghoſt, for the redempcion of the worlde...
ref: 1549, The booke of the common prayer and adminiſtracion of the Sacramentes, and other rites and ceremonies of the Churche: after the vſe of the Churche of England:
topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
theology
synonyms: Our Father
Heavenly Father
coordinate_terms: God the Son
Son of God
;
God the Holy Ghost
God the Holy Spirit
glosses: The person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to the God of Abraham and the Jewish scriptures and considered the creator of mankind and Father of Jesus Christ.
Related terms: godfather
crys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryses
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of kris.
crys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Some are acute for the Lob; which is, going into a Shop to have a Guinea or Pistole chang'd, and the Change being given, the bringer of the Gold telling it over, Palms Two or Three Shillings, then returning the Money, says there wants so much, which the Shop-keeper telling over again, and finding short, very innocently crys 'tis true, and makes up the Summ.
ref: 1703, Hell Upon Earth, page 4:
glosses: Obsolete form of cries.
syllabaric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From syllabary + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to or being a syllabary.
Related terms: alphabetic
hagelslag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Dutch hagelslag.
Senses: examples: text: There are also many types of sweet spreads. Dutch children are especially fond of hagelslag, small strands of milk or plain chocolate that are scattered onto white bread and butter.
ref: 1993, Christopher Hunt, “Food and drink”, in Focus on Holland, new edition, London: Evans Brothers Limited, →ISBN, page 12, columns 1–2:
text: When Karina Hof left her native New Amsterdam in 2003, she thought it would be just for a year. Two master’s degrees, two half-marathons, and too many boxes of hagelslag later, she’s still covering the Lowlands.
ref: 2011, “About Our Writers”, in Niels Carels, Karina Hof, Steve Korver, Steven McCarron, Ann Maher, Tim Skelton, Amsterdam & the Netherlands, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Fodor’s Travel Publications, →ISBN, →ISSN, column 1:
text: This is not a recipe, but an exercise in true happiness. Toast your bread and butter generously whilst it is still hot. Sprinkle with a thick layer of hagelslag (the De Ruijter brand is the best) and eat immediately.
ref: 2016, Michael Zee, “Ontbijt: A Dutch Breakfast”, in SymmetryBreakfast: Cook, Love, Share, London: Bantam Press, →ISBN, section 11 (Not Quite Continental: Norway, Italy, Austria, Algeria, Spain, The Netherlands, Denmark), page 203:
glosses: Small, oblong, sweet-tasting chocolate granules, which are sprinkled on slices of buttered bread or rusks.
Knickerbocker Glory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Knickerbocker Glories
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly originated in reference to Knickerbocker as a generic term for New Yorkers or from the Knickerbocker Hotel in the city.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of knickerbocker glory.
wikipedia: Knickerbocker Hotel
Knickerbocker Glories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Knickerbocker Glory
Knickerbocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Knickerbockers
Etymology: From Diedrich Knickerbocker, the pseudonym adopted by Washington Irving for his 1809 A History of New York, probably for the Knickerbackers of Schaghticoke, New York, descended from the Dutch immigrant Harmen Jansen van Bommel(l), who went variously by the names van Wy(y)e, van Wyekycback(e), Kinnekerbacker, Knickelbacker, Knickerbacker, Kinckerbacker, Nyckbacker, and Kynckbacker. The surname is of uncertain etymology, being variously explained as a corruption of Wyekycback, Dutch knacker (“cracker”) + German Bäcker, Dutch bakker (“baker”), or Dutch knicker (“marble (toy)”) + German Bäcker, Dutch bakker.
Senses: glosses: A New Yorker, particularly a scion of its old Dutch families
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player for the New York Knicks
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player for the New York Knickerbockers
Derived terms: Father Knickerbocker
Knickerbocker Glory
knickerbocker glory
Knickerbockers
knickerbockers
knickers
Knickerbockers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See Knickerbocker.
Senses: glosses: plural of Knickerbocker; New Yorkers, particularly descendants of its original Dutch settlers
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The formal name of the New York Knicks, a team in the National Basketball Association
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A short-lived 19th-century baseball team in New York
Derived terms: Knicks
slock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
Forms: form: slocks
Etymology: Cognate with German Schluck (“a draught; a gulp”), Dutch slok (“a draught; a gulp”).
Senses: examples: text: A slock of wine.
text: Nothing like a slock of cake on a chilly evening, is there?
ref: 1935, Howard Lindsay, She Loves Me Not: A Comedy in Two Acts: Dramatized from Edward Hope’s Novel, French’s standard library edition, New York, N.Y.; Los Angeles, Calif.: Samuel French, Inc., →OCLC, act I, scene II.B, page 15:
glosses: A draught; a gulp.
slock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
Forms: form: slocks
form: slocking
form: slocked
form: slocked
Etymology: Cognate with German Schluck (“a draught; a gulp”), Dutch slok (“a draught; a gulp”).
Senses: glosses: To swallow, gulp.
slock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
Forms: form: slocks
form: slocking
form: slocked
form: slocked
Senses: glosses: To poach (a servant) from another household.
Derived terms: slocking stone
slock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
Forms: form: slocks
Etymology: Blend of sock + lock.
Senses: glosses: An improvised weapon consisting of a padlock placed in a sock, common in prison environments.
slock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
Forms: form: slocks
form: slocking
form: slocked
form: slocked
Etymology: Blend of sock + lock.
Senses: glosses: To strike with a slock.
slock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
Forms: form: slocks
form: slocking
form: slocked
form: slocked
Etymology: Coined or popularized by Tim Wells, who is widely known among hunters for this style of hunting.
Senses: glosses: To hunt (wild game) with preindustrial tools such as spears, blowguns, slingshots, arrows, crossbows, or others.
comparand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comparands
Etymology: From Latin comparandum; By surface analysis, compare + -and.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
human-sciences
linguistics
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: comparandum
glosses: A thing to which something is compared.
simple Englishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simple English
noze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊz
Forms: form: nozes
Etymology: Eye dialect spelling of nose.
Senses: glosses: Eye dialect spelling of nose.
knock someone over with a feather
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɒk ˈsʌmwʌn ˈəʊvə(ɹ)wɪð ə ˈfɛðə(ɹ)/
ipa: /nɑk ˈsʌmwʌn ˈoʊvɚ wɪð ə ˈfɛðɚ/
Forms: form: knocks someone over with a feather
form: knocking someone over with a feather
form: knocked someone over with a feather
form: knocked someone over with a feather
form: knock someone down with a feather
Senses: examples: text: She hardly, she said, believed her own senses. You might have knocked her down with a feather. She did not know whether she stood on her head or her heels.
ref: 1838 February 17, “Review of Books. Hood’s Own. No. 1. Baily.”, in The Idler, and Breakfast-table Companion; a New and Fashionable Weekly Journal of Literature, Fine Arts, Music, Amusement, Exhibitions, Varieties, Satire, and the Stage, volume II, numbers 7 (nos. 50 and 51), London: Published for the proprietor by George Denney, at the office, 7, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, →OCLC, page 50, column 2:
text: "I thought you might see what she's up to if she is up to something, and I'm pretty sure she is." / "You could knock me over with a feather," Jane said. "Well! Yes, it does sound as though she's up to something I'd be inclined to say. But you can't be sure with an odd one like Sue. Might be a touch of harmless craziness."
ref: 1977, Joe Ashby Porter, chapter 50, in Eelgrass (A New Directions Book [New Directions Paperbook]; [438]), New York, N.Y.: New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, pages 102–103:
text: Fat cat art collectors shelled out thousands of dollars for works by a popular new painter named DaVinci, and hoity-toity critics called him the king of the canvas – till the world learned that DaVinci is a duck! […] "And when all those snooty people found out they'd been bamboozled by a bird, you could have knocked them over with a feather."
ref: 1990 November 27, Laurel Bowie, quoting Ossie Martins, “That’s just ducky!: Artist exposed as a QUACK!”, in Weekly World News, number 18259, New York, N.Y.: American Media, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 24:
text: Reflecting on being told he was to referee the 1991 World Cup final, the former flanker [Derek Bevan] told Radio Wales, "I couldn't believe it. They talk about knocking you over with a feather, I was in a dream for the rest of the day.[…]"
ref: 2016 May 8, Simon Thomas, “Bevan blows the whistle for full time on officiating career”, in Wales on Sunday:
glosses: To greatly surprise or astonish someone.
Thao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /θaʊ/
Forms: form: Thao
form: Thaos
form: Sao
Senses: glosses: A member of an aboriginal people of central Taiwan.
Thao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /θaʊ/
Forms: form: Sao
Senses: glosses: An Austronesian language spoken by the Thao people.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Thao terms
paganophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paganophiles
Etymology: From pagan + -o- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: One who likes or supports pagans.
avian ingestion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: avian ingestions
Senses: examples: text: The aircraft suffers an engine failure as a result of the avian ingestion and the two pilots, one of whom appears to be a student, eject moments before the aircraft hits a ploughed field.
ref: 2006 February 1, “VIDEO: US Air Force F-16 pilots eject after bird strike”, in flightglobal.com, retrieved 09 Jun 2014:
text: Bird strikes, also referred as Avian ingestion when sucked into the plane's engine, commonly occur during takeoff and landing.
ref: 2011 April 28, “Caribbean Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing after Bird Strike of its Engine”, in Trivester News, retrieved 09 Jun 2014:
text: These animals normally hit the plane's windshield or get sucked by the engine, in which case authorities label the incidents as avian ingestion.
ref: 2012 June 5, Erik Pineda, “ATSB Reports of Increasing Birdstrikes in Australia”, in International Business Times, Australia, retrieved 09 Jun 2014:
text: The risk of avian ingestion or any damage to aircraft and airside facilities could result in costly delays due to downtime for repairs.
ref: 2014, “Airport Bird Strike Hazards & Airfield Bird Management”, in NBC Bird & Pest Solutions, UK, retrieved 09 Jun 2014:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Collision between a bird and an aircraft in motion, especially a jet airplane, in which the bird enters a running engine.
Synonyms: bird ingestion
Hypernyms: bird strike
bird ingestion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bird ingestions
Senses: glosses: Avian ingestion.
Eurogame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eurogames
form: eurogame
Etymology: From Euro- + game. The term was coined by Dave Howell in 1995 while he was working at Wizards of the Coast, as an alternative to the then-standard term German game.
Senses: examples: text: In America, where classics like Monopoly dominate, Eurogames still have an avidly geeky following.
ref: 2008 August 28, “German recreation: An affinity for rules?”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2021:
text: No other Eurogame has had the same impact that Settlers [of Catan] had.
ref: 2014, James Stubbs, “Traditional Board Games: From Ameritrash to Eurogames”, in Julie Scordato, Ellen Forsyth, editors, Teen Games Rule!: A Librarian's Guide to Platforms and Programs, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 83:
synonyms: German game
German-style board game
German-style game
coordinate_terms: Ameritrash
glosses: A style of board game originating in Germany, characterized by simple rules, short to medium playtimes, indirect player interaction, abstract physical components, emphasis on strategy over luck or conflict, and economic themes.
wikipedia: The Settlers of Catan
Wizards of the Coast
Related terms: spielfreak
eurogame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eurogames
Senses: examples: text: The game [Settlers of Catan] achieved a huge success: it received the “Game of the Year” award of the German game critics, and it was the first “eurogame” to become widely popular outside Germany, […]
ref: 2010, István Szita, Guillaume Chaslot, & Pieter Spronck, "Monte-Carlo Tree Search in Settlers of Catan", in Advances in Computer Games: 12th International Conference, ACG 2009, Pamplona, Spain, May 11-13, 2009, Revised Papers (eds. H. Jaap Van den Herik & Pieter Spronck), Springer (2010), page 72
text: Costikyan specifically describes eurogames as a genre that “prizes strategy and planning,” yet, perhaps surprisingly, it is rare to find examples of eurogames that do not contain some element of chance.
ref: 2012, Stewart Woods, Eurogames: The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 112:
text: Magnum Sal is a eurogame about exploration of a salt mine (second oldest still operating salt mine in the world).
ref: 2012 August, ACD Distribution, page 18:
glosses: Alternative form of Eurogame.
eurogames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eurogame
Eurogames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eurogame
budges up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of budge up
budging up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of budge up
budged up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of budge up
Shinju
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
fucked-upest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: fuckedupest
Etymology: From fucked-up + -est.
Senses: glosses: superlative form of fucked-up: most fucked-up.
cableways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cableway
monestrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mon- + estrous.
Senses: examples: text: The dog, wolf, and fox are monestrous, the fox and wolf having one and the dog two cycles in a year.
ref: 1977, Solomon Zuckerman, Barbara J. Weir, editors, The Ovary: Volume 2 Physiology, 2nd edition, →ISBN:
text: Males of monestrous species also exhibit a cycle, being sexually active only during the females' estrus.
ref: 2005, Robert Hine, The Facts on File Dictionary of Biology, 4th edition, →ISBN, page 129:
text: Most wild carnivorous mammals are monestrous.
ref: 2013, William O. Reece, Functional Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals, →ISBN, page 477:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a mammal, such as the dog, that only enters into heat once during each of its normal breeding cycles.
desrick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desricks
Etymology: Originally an Appalachian and North Carolinian dialectal term.
Senses: examples: text: The camp building has a few notable quirks: […] a door cut straight from the wall, a wide sliding barn door between porch and dining room, outbuildings that look like Appalachian desricks, […]
ref: 2009, Derek Brereton, Campsteading, →ISBN:
glosses: A roughly built cabin or shanty.
blue falcon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue falcons
Etymology: From the same initial letters as "buddy-fucker."
Senses: examples: text: We had a term in the military for a soldier who was not a good Battle Buddy. He was a "Blue Falcon." That rather odd name is an attempt to clean up a much more graphic term. The initials for Blue Falcon, "BF", were originally the first letters of a term I'll refrain from printing here. Let's just say that the "B" stood for "Buddy" and the "F" stood for a classic word of profanity. A BF was someone who screwed his buddies. We just called them Blue Falcons.
ref: 2013, Jeff Rose, Soldier of Finance: Take Charge of Your Money and Invest in Your Future, AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn, →ISBN, page 26:
text: To them, he's a Blue Falcon, a derogatory euphemism for "buddy-fucker." Blue Falcons are great soldiers when the commander's watching. But they'll screw you in a heartbeat when nobody else is around.
ref: 2007, David Axe, Army 101: Inside ROTC in a Time of War, Univ of South Carolina Press, page 31:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A supposed comrade whose actions harm his friends, often but not always, for his own benefit.
Related terms: shipmate
battle buddy
backstabber
blue falcons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue falcon
Ameritrash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmɛɹ.ɪˌtɹæʃ/
Etymology: Blend of American + trash. The board game sense was originally used by Eurogame fans to deride American-style board games, but was later adopted by fans of these games.
Senses: examples: text: These individuals, either by birth or marriage, have acquired trust fund wings, which permit them to defy the law of economic gravity that rules everyone else. They are Ameritrash.
ref: 1986 December, Ellis Weiner, “The Last Working Stiff”, in Spy, page 50:
text: Ameritrash heiress and, now, reality-TV star Paris Hilton coming on to mock her Internet sex tape was funny, until Fallon's winking performance pushed the dialogue past sly innuendo and into sophomoric overkill.
ref: 2003 December 8, Steve Johnson, “An 'SNL' to make you wish you lived in Iowa”, in Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2015:
text: Late at night in these neighborhoods, you find the Ameritrash, the club-happy, E-popping, pacifier-sucking people who live in a world of gold teeth caps, colorful scarfwear, […]
ref: 2004, David Brooks, On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 19:
synonyms: Americunt
Amerilard
glosses: American people viewed as stupid or contemptible.
Ameritrash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmɛɹ.ɪˌtɹæʃ/
Etymology: Blend of American + trash. The board game sense was originally used by Eurogame fans to deride American-style board games, but was later adopted by fans of these games.
Senses: examples: text: The cleverest and most prolific inventors, such as Reiner Knizia (who lives in England) are nerdy superstars. Euro (also “German-style”) games must not be confused with “Ameritrash” games, which generally involve high drama and employ plastic pieces, though arguing over what the difference is seems to be gamers' second-favourite pastime.
ref: 2008 August 28, “German recreation: An affinity for rules?”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2021:
text: It's worth noting that Ameritrash games seem to have the most in common with modern video games: heavily thematic experiences with a big focus on production values.
ref: 2012, Keith Burgun, Game Design Theory: A New Philosophy for Understanding Games, CRC Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 55:
text: Ameritrash players like to play games with lots of dice, blind luck and space marines fighting zombies.
ref: 2012, Scott Rogers, Swipe This!: The Guide to Great Touchscreen Game Design, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 231:
text: Risk and Monopoly are the poster children of Ameritrash.
ref: 2014, James Stubbs, “Traditional Board Games: From Ameritrash to Eurogames”, in Julie Scordato, Ellen Forsyth, editors, Teen Games Rule!: A Librarian's Guide to Platforms and Programs, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 72:
qualifier: board games
glosses: A genre of board games predominant in the United States, characterized by a high degree of luck, longer playtimes, player conflict, and highly developed, often dramatic themes, especially involving war or adventure.
Related terms: Eurogame
heart starter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heart starters
Etymology: From heart + starter.
Senses: glosses: A defibrillator.
examples: text: Drunken people did not make good witnesses […], disappearing for hours at a time down the pub for more heart-starters when they should have been sitting like solid citizens in the court room.
ref: 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 155:
glosses: An alcoholic drink, especially one taken early in the day.
Original Six
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Original Six
Senses: topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: The six oldest National Hockey League franchises still in existence (Blackhawks, Bruins, Canadiens, Maple Leafs, Rangers and Red Wings)
science fictional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more science fictional
form: most science fictional
form: science-fictional
Etymology: From science fiction + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to science fiction
Synonyms: scientifictional
Derived terms: sfnal
SFnal
sfnal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sfnal
form: most sfnal
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of SFnal.
Wedel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Pinneberg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
needlegrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: needlegrasses
Etymology: From needle + grass.
Senses: glosses: Any of several genera of Poaceae grasses:
Achnatherum spp.
glosses: Any of several genera of Poaceae grasses:
Aristida (threeawns)
glosses: Any of several genera of Poaceae grasses:
Hesperostipa
glosses: Any of several genera of Poaceae grasses:
Nassella
glosses: Any of several genera of Poaceae grasses:
Stipa (feathergrasses)
glosses: Any of several genera of Poaceae grasses:
Triraphis
Derived terms: Thurber's needlegrass
14-18
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: '14-'18
Etymology: From the years in which the war was fought, 1914 to 1918.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of World War I.
synonyms: word: World War I
'14-'18
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 14-18.
paracords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paracord
funeral potatoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Commonly served as a side dish at traditional after-funeral dinners.
Senses: glosses: A casserole of hash browns or cubed potatoes, cheese, and onions, in a creamy soup or sauce.
Synonyms: Mormon funeral potatoes
Mormon potatoes
party potatoes
bug-out bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bug-out bags
Senses: synonyms: get home bag
go bag
glosses: A portable kit containing items needed for short-term survival.
rappie pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rappie pies
Etymology: From French patates râpées, grated potatoes.
Senses: glosses: A kind of casserole from southwest Nova Scotia or Acadia, made from potatoes that are grated, squeezed through a cheesecloth, and covered with a meaty broth.
geometrography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From geometry + -o- + -graphy.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The study of geometrical constructions.
Derived terms: geometrographic
geometrographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From geometrography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to geometrography.
Pekin duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pekin ducks
Senses: glosses: Either of two breeds of domestic duck used primarily for egg and meat production.
corporatocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more corporatocratic
form: most corporatocratic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to corporatocracy.
corpocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more corpocratic
form: most corpocratic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to corpocracy.
antievasion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + evasion.
Senses: glosses: Preventing evasion.
vortioxetine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -oxetine (“fluoxetine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular atypical antidepressant.
Mia Maids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mia Maid
matrixed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From matrix + -ed.
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Using matrix management.
raw_tags: of an organisation
chin omelette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chin omelettes
form: chin omelet
Senses: examples: text: Pretty good suck and fuck with anal and a nice "Chin Omelette" faical.^([sic])
ref: 2002 June 20, Jdentertn [username], “Dvd Review - THE GIFT (Vivid)”, in rec.arts.movies.erotica (Usenet):
text: I gave the ho a chin omelette
ref: 2003 November 7, Fletcher Beatty, “Re: Today's Ebonics Word”, in rec.music.phish (Usenet):
text: And what do you think the discerning consumer who purchases a title called 'Chin Omelettes 6' wants to see? A chin omelette? Very good! Now, tell me what use is a pop shot of the girl's chest, over her head entirely or, worst of all, all her hair, when the title of the production is 'Chin Omelettes 6?'
ref: 2006, Bill Breedlove, “Drowning in the Sea of Love”, in Candy in the Dumpster, Dark Arts Books, published 2011, →ISBN:
glosses: The result of a man ejaculating on another person's chin.
matrix management
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of organizational management in which people with similar skills are pooled for work assignments and may have more than one manager.
maha bharata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mahabharata.
maha-bharata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mahabharata.
Maha bharata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mahabharata.
Maha-bharata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mahabharata.
Maha Bharata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mahabharata.
Maha-Bharata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mahabharata.
mahābhārata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mahabharata.
mahā bhārata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mahabharata.
mahā-bhārata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mahabharata.
Mahā bhārata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mahabharata.
Mahā-bhārata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mahabharata.
Mahā-Bhārata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mahabharata.
ussie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌ.si/
rhymes: -ʌsi
Forms: form: ussies
form: usie
Etymology: From us + -ie, by analogy with selfie.
Senses: examples: text: “I've never taken a selfie before, but I've definitely taken an ussie. […]
ref: 2013, Chris S. Yoon, "#Ussies", The Prospector (Cupertino High School, Cupertino, California), Volume 55, Number 1, 27 September 2013, page 8
text: An ‘ussie’ or a ‘groupie’ taken, at the 86th Academy Awards, by the host Ellen DeGeneres and featuring 12 Hollywood celebrities broke all records for being re-tweeted.
ref: 2014 April 14, Mona Sinha, “Me, myself”, in The Hindu:
text: I’ve snapped a few pictures while using the backward-facing camera on my smartphone, but most of those shots have been “ussies” which are pictures of yourself next to someone else.
ref: 2014 October 10, Gwen Rockwood, “Selfie psychology”, in Marshfield Mail:
glosses: A photographic group portrait, especially one taken manually (not using a timer, tripod etc.) with a small camera or mobile phone by a member of the group.
wikipedia: Notre Dame de Paris
Paris
Synonyms: groupie
tubulo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: tubul-
Senses: qualifier: ISV combining form
glosses: tubule or microtubule
Coordinate terms: tubo-
salpingo-
syringo-
tubul-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: tubulo-
Senses: glosses: ISV combining form denoting relationship to tubules or microtubules
brambling finch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brambling finches
Senses: glosses: The brambling, Fringilla montifringilla.
trapper hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trapper hats
Senses: synonyms: trooper hat
glosses: A type of winter hat with earflaps, derived from the Russian ushanka.
toshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tosh in its countable senses.
toshes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tosh
toshest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of tosh: most tosh
toshing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tosh
toshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tosh
mumblage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mumble + -age.
Senses: examples: text: As to the mumblage on "race", since there exists no well defined meaning of the word, depending on how one defines it, one can imagine a group which will prove one's point, whichever one wishes to prove.
ref: 2001 April 18, KPJ (kpj@sics.se), "Re: Made in China," mail archive at extropians.weidai.com (retrieved 10 June 2014)
text: Mostly idiotic mumblage about how Paul McCartney was dead and had been replaced by a robot.
ref: 2005 May 8, Citizen Arcane, ""Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine"," CitizenArcane.com (retrieved 10 June 2014)
text: We are in the cross-hairs of a customer who has accepted our original flawcharts and mumblage (which I pursued with bewilderment), so for my own conscience I would like to complete the project with something that is 'right.'
ref: 2006 Jan. 16, Richard Cleis (rcleis at mac.com), "[plt-scheme] Diagrams," lists.racket-lang.org (retrieved 10 June 2014)
text: If all you've been given is some mumblage about "portability", ask the dipstick who's telling you to do this to provide you with solid numbers.
ref: 2007 Sept. 20, John Bode, "C/C++ guidelines," velocityreviews.com (retrieved 10 June 2014)
text: Most of the other legalese mumblage is about patent protection and so on.
ref: 2008 January 3, Richard Teer, “RE: avr-lib-c-extentions^([sic]) library”, in Discussion of development of avr-libc / comments.gmane.org, retrieved 10 Jun 2014:
text: I get some vague mumblage about charging more for folks who major in things that aren’t something such as anthropology, arts or theater.
ref: 2012 December 15, “Cheap Sheepskin”, in Blog: Simple Country Physicist, retrieved 10 Jun 2014:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Mumbled or imprecise remarks, especially remarks which are trivial or unreliable.
Synonyms: muttering
younger sister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: younger sisters
Senses: synonyms: little sister
kid sister
coordinate_terms: younger brother
older brother
older sister
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see younger, sister. (This entry is a translation hub.)
younger brother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: younger brothers
Senses: synonyms: little brother
baby brother
kid brother
coordinate_terms: younger sister
older brother
older sister
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see younger, brother. (This entry is a translation hub.)
syntacticize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: syntacticizes
form: syntacticizing
form: syntacticized
form: syntacticized
form: syntacticise
Etymology: From syntactic + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make syntactic.
Derived terms: syntacticization
syntacticizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of syntacticize
syntacticizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of syntacticize
syntacticized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of syntacticize
syntacticise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: syntacticises
form: syntacticising
form: syntacticised
form: syntacticised
form: syntacticize
Etymology: From syntactic + -ise.
Senses: glosses: To make syntactic.
Derived terms: syntacticisation
syntacticises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of syntacticise
syntacticising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of syntacticise
syntacticised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of syntacticise
elder brothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elder brother
younger brothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of younger brother
toshly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more toshly
form: most toshly
Senses: examples: text: Row't toshly up, an' franket.
ref: 1788, E. Picken, Poems & Epist., section 176:
glosses: Alternative form of tosh, tightly, cleanly, neatly
Lingua Franca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See lingua franca.
Senses: examples: text: There were ſeveral of his Prieſts and Lawyers preſent, (as I conjectured by their habits) who were commanded to addreſs themſelves to me, and I ſpoke to them in as many Languages as I had the leaſt ſmattering of, which were High and Low Dutch, Latin, French, Spaniſh, Italian, and Lingua Franca; but all to no purpoſe.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Emperor of Lilliput, Attended by Several of the Nobility, Come to See the Author in His Confinement. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part I (A Voyage to Lilliput), page 30:
text: ...the Lingua Franca, or bastard Italian, spoken at Genoa, Trieste, Malta, Constantinople, Smyrna, Alexandria, and all Mediterranean seaport towns. The ingredients of this imported Cant are many. Its foundation is Italian, with a mixture of modern Greek, German, (from the Austrian ports,) Spanish, Turkish, and French.
ref: 1864, J.C. Hotten, The Slang Dictionary, section 22:
text: ...tusheroon and its C.20 variant tossaroon (2s. 6d.) are manifest corruptions of Lingua Franca MADZA CAROON.
ref: 1961, Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang:
synonyms: Mediterranean Lingua Franca
glosses: Sabir, the Italian-based pidgin that served as a common language of Mediterranean trade around the 11th-19th centuries.
Mediterranean lingua franca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The Mediterranean lingua franca never evolved into anyone's mother tongue, which is why there are very few written traces of it.
ref: 2008, Jean-Benoit Nadeau et al., The Story of French, section 34:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Mediterranean Lingua Franca.
tusheroon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tusheroons
Senses: examples: text: Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.
ref: 1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words:
glosses: Alternative form of tosheroon.
Derived terms: tush
tusheroons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tusheroon
tossaroon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tossaroons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tosheroon.
tossaroons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tossaroon
'ad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ’ad
Senses: examples: text: “’Ere y'are, the best rig-out you ever ’ad. A tosheroon [half a crown]^([sic]) for the coat, two ’ogs for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a ’og for the cap and scarf. That's seven bob.”
ref: 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXIX, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC, pages 214–215:
glosses: Aphetic form of had.
toshy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: toshier
form: toshiest
Etymology: From tosh + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The poor public […] is driven back to toshy novels about problems, written by cooks.
ref: 1902, H. Belloc, Path to Rome, section 163:
glosses: rubbishy, trashy; worthless
examples: text: And see how it's keepit sae toshy and clean.
ref: 1856, J. Ballantine, Poems, section 47:
glosses: Alternative form of tosh, clean, neat
toshier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of toshy: more toshy
toshiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of toshy: most toshy
plastiglomerate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plastiglomerates
Etymology: Blend of plastic + conglomerate. Coined by Patricia Corcoran and Charles Moore, who discovered the mineral formation containing plastics (synthetic polymer material).
Senses: examples: text: Plastiglomerates are a marker for Anthropocene rocks.
text: Santos and her team ran chemical tests to find out what kind of plastics are in the rocks called "plastiglomerates" because they are made of a mixture of sedimentary granules and other debris held together by plastic.
ref: [2023 March 16, Sergio Queiroz, “Brazilian researchers find 'terrifying' plastic rocks on remote island”, in Reuters:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of rock with plastic inclusions
plastiglomerates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plastiglomerate
Zhivar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ʒɪˈvɑː(ɹ)/
/zɪˈwɑː(ɹ)/
Senses: glosses: A village in Shalyar Rural District, Uraman District, Sarvabad County, Kurdistan Province, Iran.
light box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light boxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lightbox.
light boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of light box
'og
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'ogs
Senses: examples: text: “’Ere y'are, the best rig-out you ever ’ad. A tosheroon [half a crown]^([sic]) for the coat, two ’ogs for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a ’og for the cap and scarf. That's seven bob.”
ref: 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXIX, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC, pages 214–215:
glosses: Nonstandard spelling of hog, particularly in its slang sense of shilling.
'ogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 'og
Spidey sense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspaɪdi ˌsɛn(t)s/
Forms: form: Spidey senses
form: spidey sense
form: spider sense
form: Spidey Sense
form: Spidey-sense
form: spidey-sense
form: Spider Sense
form: Spider sense
form: Spidey-Sense
Etymology: From the superpower of the fictional character Spider-Man (introduced by Marvel Comics in August 1962), nicknamed Spidey, who is able to preternaturally sense danger before it can be perceived by other senses.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Spidey sense.
glosses: An intuitive feeling, usually of something being dangerous or risky; (more generally) instinct, intuition.
wikipedia: Marvel Comics
Spider-Man
Related terms: my spider sense is tingling
gaydar
sixth sense
Spidey Sense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spidey Senses
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Spidey sense.
spidey-sense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spidey-senses
Senses: examples: text: While we are all enticed by the roller-coaster ride that will come with owning a 21-year-old Ronald Acuna, most of our spidey-senses tell us that a safe player in the first round allows us to survive six months of injuries and ineffectiveness from some of our subsequent picks.
ref: 2019 February 27, Fred Zinkie, “Ranking the Safest First-round Picks in Fantasy Baseball Drafts”, in Yahoo! Sports, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2019:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Spidey sense.
spidey-senses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spidey-sense; alternative form of Spidey-senses
Spidey-senses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spidey-sense
Spidey senses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spidey sense; alternative form of Spidey-senses
Spidey Senses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Spidey Sense; alternative form of Spidey-senses
white hog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white hogs
Senses: glosses: The English shilling of 12 pence, as opposed to the Irish 'black hog' shilling of 13 pence
white hogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white hog
black hog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black hogs
Senses: glosses: The Irish shilling of 13 pence, as opposed to the English 'white hog' shilling of 12 pence
black hogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black hog
Spidey-Sense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Spidey-Senses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Spidey sense.