cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pidge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪdʒ/
ipa: /pədʒ/
rhymes: -ɪdʒ
Forms: form: pidges
Etymology: Clipping of pigeon.
Senses: glosses: A pigeon.
pidged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pidge
pidges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pidge
pidges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pidge
pidging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pidge
Shabbat shalom
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: Shabbat shalom !
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם (shabát shalóm).
Senses: glosses: Used to express good wishes on or before the Jewish sabbath.
Related terms: shavua tov
St Catz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University slang
glosses: Contraction of St Catharine's, referring to St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: Contraction of St Catherine's, referring to St Catherine's College, Oxford.
Derived terms: Catz
croggle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɒɡ.əl/
rhymes: -ɒɡəl
Forms: form: croggles
form: croggling
form: croggled
form: croggled
Etymology: Blend of crush + goggle, or blend of crush + boggle. Coined by Dean Grennell.
Senses: examples: text: CROGGLE (Grennell) Roughly meaning shocked into momentary physical or mental paralysis; a portmanteau-word, apparently, combining "crushed" and "goggled", and usually passive or reflexive in application.
ref: 1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, Croggle:
text: Hope you're no longer croggled by all the mundanes in 'Frisco.
ref: 1988, Sharyn McCrumb, Bimbos of the Death Sun:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: To shock so much as to cause brief paralysis; to stun; to startle.
examples: text: Other than croggle at its naïveté, I'm not sure how to respond to this. Making source code public does not increase the number of vulnerabilities, only the awareness of them by the general public.
ref: 2000, Bruce Schneier, Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World, →ISBN:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: To be shocked or stunned in this fashion.
Derived terms: becroggle
crogglement
croggles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of croggle
croggling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of croggle
croggled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more croggled
form: most croggled
Senses: examples: text: CRY came today, but I really wasn't as croggled as I usually am when CRY comes, because I got a visit from a real WKF last night (this being the 10th). You, of course, know Ellis Mills?
ref: 1962 June, Tom Armistead, “Tom Armistead Meets Ellis Mills”, in Cry of the Nameless, number 161, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2004:
text: I was so croggled I did not know what to say.
ref: 2009, Kelly James Patrick, “Mr. Boy”, in The Mammoth Book of Best Short Science Fiction Novels, →ISBN, page 233:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Shocked into temporary paralysis; nonplussed; bemused; bewildered.
croggled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of croggle
sharting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shart
sharting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 'Blood and trouser coughing, sounds like an awesome title for a song,' she said, humming a few bars. 'Trouser what-ing?' 'Similar to sharting.' 'Sharting?' 'Sharting – when you half fart and half shit.'
ref: 2011, Bella Vendramini, Naked in Public:
text: Here's our two cents about this theory: People with IBS are fully aware of the phenomenon of sharting. (If you haven't heard the word before, it's a colorful combination of our two favorite IBS words: shitting and farting.)
ref: 2011, Carolyn Dean, L. Christine Wheeler, IBS For Dummies:
glosses: The act or process of the verb shart.
sharted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shart
uncrashworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncrashworthy
form: most uncrashworthy
Etymology: From un- + crashworthy.
Senses: glosses: Not crashworthy.
neurotoxicologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From neurotoxicological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of neurotoxicology.
Pawtucket
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəˈtʌkɪt/
Etymology: From Narragansett pautokot /pɔtəkət/ ("at the river's falls"). Compare the name of the Massachusetts city of "Fall River".
Senses: synonyms: the Bucket
glosses: A large city in Providence County, Rhode Island.
Pawtucket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəˈtʌkɪt/
Forms: form: Pawtuckets
form: Pawtucket
Etymology: From Narragansett pautokot /pɔtəkət/ ("at the river's falls"). Compare the name of the Massachusetts city of "Fall River".
Senses: glosses: A member of a confederation of Eastern Algonquian-speaking Native Americans in present-day northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire.
unbuoyant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbuoyant
form: most unbuoyant
Etymology: From un- + buoyant.
Senses: glosses: Not buoyant.
unbuoyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + buoyed.
Senses: examples: text: Above may the Soul spread wing, spurn body and sense beneath her;
Below she must condescend to plodding unbuoyed by æther.
ref: 1883, Robert Browning, “Solomon and Balkis”, in Jocoseria, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 31:
glosses: Not buoyed (up); not kept afloat or aloft.
examples: text: Between the two islands there is an anchorage that is entered from the northeast, unbuoyed, but not difficult to get into.
ref: 1926, Neville Shute, chapter 4, in Marazan, London: Cassell:
glosses: Not buoyed; not marked by a buoy or buoys.
unflagrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unflagrant
form: most unflagrant
Etymology: From un- + flagrant.
Senses: glosses: Not flagrant.
premium economy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A class of airline travel between economy and business class.
KatyCat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: KatyCats
form: Katycat
Etymology: From Katy + cat, as a play on kitty cat.
Senses: examples: text: The colourful pop queen entertains KatyCats with hits from her third studio album Teenage Dream at Jakarta's Sentul International Convention Centre.
ref: 2012 January, Travel 3sixty (AirAsia in-flight magazine), page 25 (image caption):
text: The timely releases of each single has even caused a divide between Perry's KatyCats and Gaga's Monsters (the artists' respective fan bases), […]
ref: 2013 September 4, Moriba Cummings, “Is The ‘Applause’ Louder Than The ‘Roars’?”, in The Maroon Tiger, volume 88, number 1, Morehouse College, page 11:
text: So whether you are a die-hard Little Monster or a loyal KatyCat, or you are just looking for some good new pop music to dance to now that winter is coming, I recommend enjoying “PRISM” AND “ARTPOP.”
ref: 2013 November 18, Michael Conroy, “A Tale of Two Princesses”, in The De Paulia, volume 98, number 9, DePaul University, page 19:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A fan of American singer-songwriter Katy Perry (born 1984).
Katycat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Katycats
Senses: examples: text: This new documentary shows Katy Perry's genuine affection for her followers — she does daily meet-and-greets — so it is no surprise that “Part of Me” is geared toward pleasing her Katycats.
ref: 2012 July 8, “‘Katy Perry: Part of Me’”, in Metro, Philadelphia, page 9:
text: There's a very dedicated fanbase of Katycats waiting for this album […]
ref: 2013 October 2, Ashley Winward, “Ashley's Top 5: Anticipated Releases”, in The Charger Bulletin, volume 95, number 5, University of New Haven, page 15:
text: Despite playing two sell-out gigs at the Odyssey in front of tens of thousands of her screaming, adoring Katycats, LADY GAGA has taken a side swipe at the I Kissed A Girl singer, accusing her of stealing her style.
ref: 2014 May 11, Kim Kelly, “Katy's Far Too Ladylike”, in Belfast Telegraph, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2016:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of KatyCat.
KatyCats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of KatyCat
Katycats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Katycat
Lovatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ætɪk
Forms: form: Lovatics
Etymology: Blend of Lovato + fanatic.
Senses: examples: text: Her performances on this tour have been affirming but unpredictable, and the Lovatics — the name for her throngs of fans — totally relate.
ref: 2011 November 23, Kent Szlauderbach, “Teenage Dream”, in The Pitch, volume 31, number 20, page 17:
text: While making small talk with the audience, Demi's greetings were reciprocated with loud screams from the Lovatics.
ref: 2013, oan Kwek, “A Special Night with Demi Lovato”, in ArtJam, number 33, Nanyang Technological University Cultural Activities Club, page 31:
text: This is the fourth album for Demi, which she has dedicated to all her Lovatics.
ref: 2013 August, “Demi - Demi Lovato”, in TeenZone Magazine, number 117, page 48:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A fan of American actress and singer Demi Lovato.
Lovatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lovatic
WKF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WKFs
Etymology: Abbreviation of well-known fan.
Senses: examples: text: CRY came today, but I really wasn't as croggled as I usually am when CRY comes, because I got a visit from a real WKF last night (this being the 10th). You, of course, know Ellis Mills?
ref: 1962 June, Tom Armistead, “Tom Armistead Meets Ellis Mills”, in Cry of the Nameless, number 161, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2004:
text: If that neofan develops into a WKF or even a Big Name Fan, they soon acquire recruits of their own. So advice and guidance flow down the Pyramid and egoboo flows up the Pyramid.
ref: 2005 July, Arnie Katz, “Fandom is a Pyramid Scheme”, in Implications, number 1, page 15:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A famous member of fandom; a celebrity fan.
Synonyms: BNF
Selenator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˌliˈneɪtɚ/
ipa: /sɪˌliːˈneɪtə/
Forms: form: Selenators
Etymology: From Selena (Gomez) + -ator.
Senses: examples: text: For local Beliebers, Little Monsters and Selenators, it's a dream come true.
ref: 2011 November 4, “Just wait 'til we get a load of Selena…”, in Belfast Telegraph:
text: WHAT will the Beliebers and Selenators say about this? It seems JUSTIN BIEBER, 19, and SELENA GOMEZ (or Selieber as we call them here at VIP) are back together.
ref: 2013 April 28, Kati Hind, “Beliebe They Are Back On”, in The People, London, England, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2016:
text: “Selenators”, her faithful followers, cannot wait to see what she does next.
ref: 2013 October 1, Aly Doyle, “Selena Gomez”, in Raiders Digest, Regis Jesuit High School, Aurora, Colorado, page 12:
glosses: A fan of American actress and singer Selena Gomez (born 1992).
white water lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white water lilies
Senses: glosses: Nymphaea alba, of Europe and North Africa
glosses: Nymphaea lotus, of East Africa and Southeast Asia
glosses: Nymphaea pubescens, of South Asia and Southeast Asia
glosses: Nymphaea nouchali, of South and Southeast Asia and Northern Australia; the national flower of Bangladesh.
uberfan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uberfans
form: uber fan
form: über fan
form: uber-fan
form: über-fan
form: überfan
Etymology: From uber- + fan.
Senses: examples: text: Asked what he liked about Reggie Miller, Knicks uberfan and Miller foil Spike Lee told The New York Times […]
ref: 2006 January, Andrew Putz, “The Eight Annual Airball Awards”, in Indianapolis Monthly, page 130:
text: Between the specially packaged, vinyl-only review copies that were seeded out to influential press that winter (including bloggers and gushy uberfans, as well as the usual glossy rag tastemakers and industry-friendly hacks), […]
ref: 2004, Chris Handyside, Fell in Love with a Band: The Story of the White Stripes, St. Martins Press, →ISBN, page 209:
text: […] the one constant which pops up so charmingly every-so-often is that Visnja is an unapologetic U2 uberfan.
ref: 2007, Dave Fanning, "Forward", in Višnja Cogan, U2: An Irish Phenomenon, Pegasus Books (2008), page x
glosses: An extremely enthusiastic fan.
Synonyms: megafan
stan
superfan
trufan
uberfans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uberfan
Ximeneans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ximenean
Swiftie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: swĭft′ē
ipa: /ˈswɪft.iː/
ipa: /ˈswɪft.i/
ipa: /ˈswəft.iː/
ipa: /ˈswɪfʈ.iː/
rhymes: -ɪfti
Forms: form: Swifties
form: Swifty
Etymology: From Swift + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Today was the day, and it hadn't fully hit me till that very moment when the doors opened and I was rushing to the front of the stage and standing amongst the thousands of fellow Swifties.
ref: 2012 April, Ina Esclamado, “Taylor Swift”, in Cord Music Magazine, page 26:
text: Even for devoted Swifties, it's hard to deny that her surrealist nightmare of a Grammy performance was a definite miscalculation.
ref: 2013 February 14, Sean Keeley, “Grammys: the good, the bad and the ugly”, in The Heights, volume 94, number 8, Boston College, page B4:
text: “RED” makes you think of Taylor Swift, so maybe we can get some confused Swifties to buy our album.
ref: 2013, Colin Orthmann, "Party Animals", Sound, Phrase & Fury, Volume 1, Issue 5, September/October 2013, page 35
text: Fresh off a frantic election cycle, the former Fetterman campaign social media producer — and dedicated Swiftie — takes time to shake it off.
ref: 2022 December 17, Judith Newman, “John Fetterman’s TikTok Whisperer”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: An enthusiastic fan of American singer-songwriter and actress Taylor Swift.
Derived terms: Swiftiedom
Related terms: Tom Swifty
Selenators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Selenator
haplologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haplology
deus ex machinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Namely all sorts of local deus ex machinas are required to make the system work.
ref: 1976, Arthur S. Iberall, S. Z. Cardon, Systems Models for Transportation Problems, page 60:
text: Yet most twentieth-century narratives using the Oedipus myth lack these assurances and reassurances. There are no prophecies, no visionaries, no deus ex machinas.
ref: 1993, Debra Moddelmog, Readers and Mythic Signs: The Oedipus Myth in Twentieth-century Fiction, page 113:
text: Things that really annoy me are Deus Ex Machinas or endings that keep you guessing, but actually unconcerned about the problem (not) solved.
ref: 2009, Piet Wenings, Readers' Poll Results comments, in Interface, volume 222
text: That's one of my favorite deus ex machinas, these bloody eagles always show up with immaculate timing, rescue the heroes and defeat the bad guys.
ref: 2017, T. H. Cooney, Beyond the Box:
glosses: plural of deus ex machina
Blackjack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Blackjacks
Etymology: From the card game blackjack, also called twenty-one, which is one of two pronunciations of 2NE1's name (the other being "to anyone").
Senses: examples: text: The queens of K-pop, 2NE1, are gearing up for their world tour in March and Blackjacks could not be more excited!
ref: 2014, Julie Carlson, "2NE1 Comeback", Hallyu Magazine, Issue #11, Winter 2014, page 41 (approx.)
text: It’s this sort of brash ethos that resonates with Blackjacks (as 2NE1’s fans are known).
ref: 2014, Chester Chin, "2NE1 in concert: Sassy and fierce", The Star (Malaysia), 29 May 2014
text: Most of these 'Blackjacks' have waited five years since 2NE1's debut to finally see the girls (CL, Bom, Dara, Minzy) perform a full show in Malaysia.
ref: 2014, Lainey, "2NE1 Gives Their All For Malaysia", Campus Plus, Issue 91, July 2014, page 58
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of the South Korean girl group 2NE1.
wikipedia: 2NE1
common moorhen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A member of the species Gallinula chloropus.
Synonyms: European moorhen
European moorhen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European moorhens
Senses: glosses: A member of the species Gallinula chloropus.
Synonyms: common moorhen
Shawol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shawols
Etymology: From Korean 샤월 (syawol), shortening of Korean 샤이니 월드 (syaini woldeu, “SHINee World”), from 샤이니 (syaini, “SHINee”) and 월드 (woldeu) (from English world).
Senses: examples: text: A few lucky Shawols standing close to the stage were able to snap exclusive Polaroid pictures and fancams of the boys as they collected their gifts.
ref: 2011, Jaelle Hwang, “SHINee's First Concert in Singapore”, in Hallyu Magazine, number 1, page 29:
text: “I'm a major Shawol [SHINee fan],” Lajba said.
ref: 2013, Lauren Tussey, "The Fashion Prodigy", The Network (Marian High School, Omaha, Nebraska), Volume 57, Issue 5, January 2013, page 10
text: Shawols will be lulled by the 24 songs including SHINee's hit songs like Replay, Lucifer, Sherlock […]
ref: 2014, "Shinee World Tour 3 Live in Jakarta", AsiaNews Magazine, 20 June 2014 - 26 June 2014, page 71 (approx.)
qualifier: South Korean idol fandom
glosses: A fan of the South Korean boy band SHINee.
wikipedia: SHINee
Sone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sones
form: SONE
Etymology: From Korean 소원(所願) (sowon, “wish”), a reference to the 2009 Girls' Generation song, "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)."
Senses: examples: text: The band is known as SNSD (acronym of Korean name So Nyuh Shi Dae). SNSD fans are called Sone^([sic]) and, yes, I am a Sone.
ref: 2012 February 7, Sithikorn Wongwudthianun, “[ftp://202.60.207.28/BP/2012/02_BKP_Feb2012/07022012/BK070212L02.pdf Yes, I am a Sone]”, in The Bangkok Post, page 2:
text: Their six-track EP, 'Mr.Mr' comes packed with electro and R&B infused songs that SONEs (as SNSD Girls' Generation fans are lovingly called) can dance and sing along to.
ref: 2014, Lainey, Mr.Mr. review, Campus Life, Issue #89, May 2014, page 60
text: Way to go SONEs, the fan chants during the dance break was^([sic]) so rad!
ref: 2014 May, Johanna Teo, Chew Hui Ling, “Girls Generation Uncovered!”, in Teenage, number 305, page 45:
qualifier: South Korean idol fandom
glosses: A fan of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation.
wikipedia: Girls' Generation
Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) (song)
SONE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SONEs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sone.
Smiler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Smilers
Etymology: The singer was born Destiny Hope Cyrus but nicknamed Smiley (later Miley) by her parents because she often smiled as a baby; hence smile + -er.
Senses: examples: text: When she rose to the throne of the iTunes charts with her single “Royals”, she was met with some hateful tweets from Smilers (aka Miley Cyrus fans).
ref: 2013, Erin McAuliffe, "Lorde's 'Pure Heroine'", The Observer (University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College), Volume 47, Issue 26, 1 October 2013, page 8
text: Smilers can expect tweets revolving around Miley's dogs, hit new album Bangerz and selfies with her classic tongue pose.
ref: 2014, "People to add to your timeline in 2014", The Vidette (Illinois State University), Volume 126, Number 63, 16 January 2014, page 14
text: The singer, who missed Jingle Ball because of bad weather in the Big Apple, invited thousands of Smilers — the not-so-clever nickname given to her adoring acolytes — to attend the afternoon soundcheck before her sold-out show at TD Garden.
ref: 2014 April 2, “‘Miserable’ Miley Cyrus mourns her pet during Boston soundcheck”, in The Boston Globe:
glosses: A fan of American singer and actress Miley Cyrus.
Grobanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Grobanites
Etymology: From Groban + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps one for diehard 'Grobanites' rather than those new to the fold.
ref: 2011 June, Mark Wreford, “Re-Tunes”, in Re, number 14, page 52:
text: "All That Echoes" was named one of Billboard's Best Bets for 2013 and features an edgier sound that is pushing Groban's music to new genres and reaching the pleased ears of both seasoned Grobanites* and brand new Groban fans.
ref: 2013 March, Riesa Pascal, “16 Reasons to Buy 'All That Echoes'”, in Orlando Style, volume 10, number 3, page 46:
text: Critics admire his power and restraint; Grobanites, as they're called, like the way their hearts slow-motion explode into pink butterfly candy confetti when he sings to them.
ref: 2013 September, “[Initiate Grobanite Love Protocol]”, in Desert Companion, page 57:
glosses: A fan of American musician Josh Groban.
Glambert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Glamberts
Etymology: Blend of glam + Lambert.
Senses: examples: text: So I surmise that the popular popster will bring the Glamberts out en masse when he performs here on his Glam Nation tour, […]
ref: 2010 July 14, Amy Atkins, “Adam Lambert at the Morrison Center”, in Boise Weekly:
text: [Adam Lambert:] That's part of the fun for the Glamberts; they've given themselves permission within that community to be kind of insane.
ref: 2012 June, Chris Azzopardi, “The Trouble with Adam Lambert”, in GayCalgary Magazine, number 104, page 47:
text: “Clearly, Adam Lambert was the highlight of the week. It was truly an honor to have such an A-lister want to be a part of our Pride. We had 'Glamberts' staking out their front-row positions at 8 a.m. that morning. […]
ref: 2013, Jason Parsley, "Adam Lambert Talks Love & Life", The Mirror, Volume 2, Issue 2, Summer 2013, page 40
glosses: A fan of American singer Adam Lambert.
phan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phans
Etymology: From Thai พาน (paan).
Senses: glosses: An ornamental tray with a pedestal, common in Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos.
phan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phans
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Phan (fan of the band Phish)
the law is an ass
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: the law is a ass
form: the law is an arse
Senses: examples: text: Ere he shall lose an eye for such a trifle... For doing deeds of nature! I'm ashamed. The law is such an ass.
ref: 1654, attributed to George Chapman but probably Henry Glapthorne, Revenge for Honour:
text: "If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, squeezing his hat emphatically in both hands, "the law is a ass—a idiot."
ref: 1838, Charles Dickens, chapter 61, in Oliver Twist:
text: I'm not one of those who think the Law is an ass, no, there's a great deal of common sense in the Law of England.
ref: 1917, Henry De Vere Stacpoole, chapter 29, in The Man Who Lost Himself:
text: Mr Bell said: "The law is an ass. It is a shocking situation when a dangerous criminal can walk free by evading recapture for a month."
ref: 1994 May 14, James Cusick, “Loophole gives knifeman freedom”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 18 Jul 2014:
text: [N]o matter the legal definitions that guided them, it seems impossible that someone’s young son, guilty of nothing, should die while his killer walks. Adages become such for a reason: The law is an ass.
ref: 2013 July 16, Kathleen Parker, “Unanswered questions in Trayvon Martin case”, in Washington Post, retrieved 18 Jul 2014:
glosses: The law, as created by legislators or as administered by the justice system, cannot be relied upon to be sensible or fair.
the law is a ass
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of the law is an ass.
Durannie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Durannies
Etymology: From Duran + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: These followers of Duran Duran's contemporaries, Japan, regarded themselves as being the intellectual superiors of Durannies and formed the more dignified-sounding Japan Appreciation Society.
ref: 1990, Punch, volume 299, page 55:
text: It's been more than a decade since they've been considered teen idols, but Duran Duran singer Simon Le Bon and ex-bass player John Taylor were still able to inspire hysteria from a packed audience of aging Durannies during a one-off semi-reunion at Manhattan nightspot Joe's Pub in November.
ref: 2000 February, Spin, page 32:
text: I was a Durannie and I had you on the inside of my bedroom door, didn't I, Simon?
ref: 2009, Caitlin Davies, Friends Like Us, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 42:
glosses: A fan of the English rock band Duran Duran.
sempai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛmpaɪ/
Forms: form: sempais
form: sempai
Senses: examples: text: One boy in a boarding school emphasizing athletics says that his dorm mates tend to work problems out physically: “We often fight, and they often make me cry. . . . Even though I was told I’d only last in the dorm for three months, and others are dropping out, I’m still here—but the sempai are frightening.” In his school, the sempai have a special way of tormenting younger students, making them “do performance.”
ref: 1993, Merry White, The Material Child: Coming of Age in Japan and America, Free Press, →ISBN, page 96:
text: Within the dojo in general, sempai are expected to bring along those under them. They may push and prod and challenge their kohai to succeed and improve.
ref: 2006, Dave Lowry, In the Dojo: A Guide to the Rituals and Etiquette of the Japanese Martial Arts, Weatherhill, →ISBN, page 173:
text: Whereas kohai are often expected to obey their sempai at some cost to their personal welfare, sempai assume a corresponding obligation.
ref: 2015, Koichi Togashi, Amanda Kottler, Kohut’s Twinship Across Cultures: The Psychology of Being Human, Routledge, →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: Alternative form of senpai.
Wholigan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Wholigans
Etymology: Blend of who + hooligan.
Senses: examples: text: My girl's dad is a Who fan but she never really was interested until she started dating me. Now I've turned her into a Wholigan. :-)
ref: 2001 November 18, Sameer Barua, “Re: um. am i the only girl in here?”, in alt.music.who (Usenet):
text: Bass players, or any musicians really, will appreciate the mechanics far more, but I suspect any moderate to desperate-level Wholigan will want this DVD in his collection, it's a lovely reminder of that awesome talent who was taken from us years too soon.
ref: 2006 June 21, DGDevin, “John Entwistle: Bass Master Class DVD”, in alt.music.who (Usenet):
text: The Japanese Wholigan may rate “Out in the Street” as her favorite Who hit.
ref: 2014, Mike Segretto, The Who FAQ, Backbeat Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A fan of the English rock band The Who.
unaccommodatingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnəˈkɒmədeɪtɪŋnəs/
Etymology: From unaccommodating + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Certainly 'Martha', 'Cornelius Katie' and 'Llwyd' are agreed in their determination to illustrate the harsh unaccommodatingness of life to children.
ref: 1986, Richard Poole, Richard Hughes: Novelist, page 113:
text: I want to feel your capacity to resist me, your unaccommodatingness.
ref: 2012, Katherine Angel, Unmastered, Penguin, published 2014, page 36:
glosses: The quality or fact of being unaccommodating; intractability.
center forwards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of center forward
Cetinje
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality of Montenegro; the former capital of Montenegro, from 1878-1918.
unencounterable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + encounterable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be encountered.
encounterable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From encounter + -able.
Senses: glosses: That may be encountered.
Derived terms: unencounterable
nurturement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nurturements
Etymology: From nurture + -ment.
Senses: glosses: nurture; the act of nurturing
nurturements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nurturement
bifidogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bifidogenic
form: most bifidogenic
Senses: glosses: Promoting Bifidobacterium growth.
bifidogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The promotion of Bifidobacterium growth.
sulphosuccinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphosuccinates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sulfosuccinate.
sulphosuccinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulphosuccinate
printwheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: printwheels
form: print wheel
form: print-wheel
Etymology: From print + wheel.
Senses: glosses: In early printers, a disk bearing impressions of characters around its rim; these are struck against the page to produce text.
printwheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of printwheel
post town
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: post towns
Senses: examples: text: Post towns rarely correspond exactly to administrative boundaries and their associated physical features.
glosses: A locality for the purpose of classifying postal mail by delivery area.
entering tones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of entering tone
acridophagus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acridophagi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀκρίς (akrís) + -phagy.
Senses: glosses: One who eats grasshoppers and locusts.
Related terms: acridophagous
Acridophagi
black-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more black-eyed
form: blacker-eyed
form: most black-eyed
form: blackest-eyed
form: blackeyed
Senses: glosses: Having a black eye.
examples: text: This morning Keegan looks blacker-haired and blacker-eyed than ever before. The cold has plucked extra color into his cheeks and nose, and his outsized ears are flower-pot red.
ref: 1966, Paul West, chapter 16, in Alley Jaggers, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 212:
text: Equally intolerable to her family was her desire, when the time came, to go with the blackest-eyed teenage boy in the tabor.
ref: 1995, Isabel Fonseca, “Out of the Mouth of Papusza: A Cautionary Tale”, in Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 4:
text: The black pup sits there, listening, watching. Momma looks at him. “If you aren’t the blackest-eyed dog I’ve ever seen,” she says. “We'll start calling you Blacky.[…]”
ref: 2014, Harold E. Grice, “Born Young”, in California Country Boy, book I (Born Young: 1933 to 1937), Pacific Grove, Calif.: Park Place Publications, →ISBN, page 7:
glosses: Having the iris of a black color.
examples: black-eyed pea
black-eyed Susan
glosses: as a part of a phrase
red-eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red-eye
red-eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of red-eye
police man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: police men
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of policeman.
police men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of police man; alternative form of policemen
otome game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: otome games
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 乙(おと)女(め)ゲーム (otome gēmu, literally “girl game”).
Senses: examples: text: The otome games are marketed heavily toward female gamers, something generally uncommon with video game marketing. As of this writing, several game developers have invested in localizing otome games originally released only in Japan into English.
ref: 2017, Amy M. Green, Matthew Wilhelm Kapell, Storytelling in Video Games: The Art of the Digital Narrative:
glosses: A story-based video game in which the player attempts to establish a romantic relationship between the female player character and one of several male characters.
techonomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of technology + economic, with -o- interfix to ease pronunciation.
Senses: examples: text: The most advanced models of neoreactionary social order on earth work like this (Hong Kong and Singapore), combining resilient ethnic traditions with super-dynamic techonomic performance, to produce an open yet self-protective, civilized, socially-tranquil, high-growth enclave of outstanding broad-spectrum functionality.
ref: 2014, N.N., IQ shredders:
glosses: involving both technology and economics as constituents
sufficive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sufficive
form: most sufficive
Etymology: From suffice + -ive.
Senses: glosses: sufficient
out-Byzantined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of out-Byzantine
ghastfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ghastfully
form: most ghastfully
Etymology: From ghastful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a ghastful manner.
ghastfulness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ghastful + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being ghastful.
unglutinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unglutinous
form: most unglutinous
Etymology: From un- + glutinous.
Senses: glosses: Not glutinous.
Mirbeck's oak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mirbeck's oaks
Senses: glosses: Quercus canariensis, a kind of oak tree.
top-heavy with drink
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more top-heavy with drink
form: most top-heavy with drink
Etymology: US, late 19th century. Due to staggering walk when drunk; compare brick in one's hat.
Senses: examples: text: To have a brick in one’s hat, verb. phr. (American).—To be top-heavy with drink. For synonyms, see Drinks and Screwed.
ref: 1893, John Stephen Farmer, Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Vol. III—Fla. to Hyps.,, page 278:
text: Imagine yourself about to embark on the New York Limited Express for the eastern metropolis; the train made up of ten Pullman passenger, two baggage and one express cars; with an engineer top-heavy with drink, a conductor braced up to a degree of conviviality, the train-dispatchers along the line overworked and sleepy.
ref: 1910, Avery N. Beebe, “Enforced Sobriety”, in The World To-day, volume 19, page 1164:
text: Her sister, Sadie, on the other hand, is top-heavy with drink, drugs, and a serious overdose of eyeshadow. She has hopes of following — or staggering — in the footsteps of her sister.
ref: 1995 December 11, The New Yorker, page 110:
text: …including the climactic moment at the conclusion of the recording when George stepped forward (in the tradition of La Scala, Milan) to receive a bouquet but fell into the audience and was too top-heavy with drink to get back on-stage.
ref: 2007, John Chilton, Hot Jazz, Warm Feet,, page 124:
glosses: drunk
Synonyms: drunk
have a brick in one's hat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has a brick in one's hat
form: having a brick in one's hat
form: had a brick in one's hat
form: had a brick in one's hat
Etymology: See brick in one's hat.
Senses: examples: text: Seated at the same table with our Mr.—, was a gentleman, who, to use the current phrase, ‘had a brick in his hat.’
ref: 1846 November 24, “Magnelia Pedestria; or, Leaves from a Pedestrian’s Note Book”, in The Yale Literary Magazine, volume 12, number 1, page 33:
glosses: To be drunk.
spotted beebalm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spotted beebalms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spotted bee balm.
beebalm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beebalms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bee balm.
desert date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desert dates
Senses: glosses: Balanites aegyptiaca, a tree native to Africa and the Middle East.
neurose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: n(y)o͝o′rōs
ipa: /ˈn(j)ʊ.ɹəʊ̯s/
ipa: /ˈn(j)ʊ.ɹoʊ̯s/
ipa: /ˈn(j)ʊ.ɹəʉ̯s/
ipa: /ˈn(j)ʊ.ɹɐʉ̯s/
ipa: /ˈn(j)ʉ.ɹos/
ipa: /ˈn(j)ʊ.ɾoːs/
rhymes: -ʊɹəʊs
Forms: form: more neurose
form: most neurose
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”) + -ose. Doublet of nervose and nervous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Nerved.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having many nervures or veins.
neurose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: n(y)o͝o′rōs
ipa: /ˈn(j)ʊ.ɹəʊ̯s/
ipa: /ˈn(j)ʊ.ɹoʊ̯s/
ipa: /ˈn(j)ʊ.ɹəʉ̯s/
ipa: /ˈn(j)ʊ.ɹɐʉ̯s/
ipa: /ˈn(j)ʉ.ɹos/
ipa: /ˈn(j)ʊ.ɾoːs/
rhymes: -ʊɹəʊs
Forms: form: neuroses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”) + -ose. Doublet of nervose and nervous.
Senses: glosses: Neurosis.
Related terms: nervure
necrose
neurone
spredde
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of spread.
spredde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spreddes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of spread.
spredd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of spread.
spredd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spredds
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of spread.
unbinded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: unbound
unbinded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unbind
undercutted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of undercut
undergoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of undergo
undertaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of undertake
underwrited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underwrite
undoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of undo
upsetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upset
withdrawed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of withdraw
withholded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of withhold
withstanded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of withstand
writed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of write
sangak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sangaks
Etymology: From Persian سنگک (sangak).
Senses: glosses: An Iranian whole-wheat sourdough flatbread baked on a bed of small river stones in an oven.
innermostness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From innermost + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being innermost.
acridophagi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acridophagus
free groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of free group
pull-backs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pull-back
assistant professor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assistant professors
Senses: topics: education
glosses: An entry-level position in a university faculty, lower than an associate professor and a full professor.
Synonyms: word: Asst. Prof.
word: Asst Prof
word: subprofessor
Related terms: associate professor
instructor
professor
assistant professors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of assistant professor
abelianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: abelianizes
form: abelianizing
form: abelianized
form: abelianized
form: abelianise
Etymology: From abelian + -ize.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: to transform into an abelian group
Derived terms: abelianization
abelianized
abelianizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abelianize
abelianizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abelianize
abelianise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: abelianises
form: abelianising
form: abelianised
form: abelianised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of abelianize.
abelianises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abelianise
abelianising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abelianise
abelianised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of abelianized.
abelianised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abelianise
biinfinite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bi-infinite
Etymology: From bi- + infinite.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: doubly infinite
glosses: Infinite in both directions, having neither a first nor a last element.
bi-infinite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of biinfinite.
Cantor sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cantor set
kth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /keɪθ/
rhymes: -eɪθ
Etymology: From k + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Occurring at position k in a sequence.
Related terms: nth
ith
lth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɛlθ/
Etymology: From l + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Occurring at position l in a sequence.
Related terms: nth
ith
Songjiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sung-chiang
form: Sungkiang
Etymology: The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 松江 (Sōngjiāng, literally “Pine River”).
Senses: examples: text: The explosion rocked the Riteng Computer Accessory Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Pegatron, in Shanghai’s Songjiang district.[…]
Wu told the AP in China: “Our hearts go out to the people who were hurt in Songjiang. We are working closely with Pegatron to understand the cause of this accident.”
ref: 2011 December 20, Hayley Tsukayama, “Report: Apple partner Pegatron under scrutiny after blast”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2011, Tech:
text: A statement issued Monday by the Shanghai government and posted on its Web site said that there were piglets in the river as well as adult swine weighing hundreds of pounds. Residents in the Songjiang district, the area southwest of downtown Shanghai where most of the pigs have been discovered, said this was not the first time they had seen dead pigs in the Huangpu.
ref: 2013 March 11, Edward Wong, “Thousands of Dead Pigs Found in Chinese River”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2013, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A district of Shanghai, China, located along the Grand Canal and formerly the principal city of the region.
glosses: Various other minor towns and villages of China.
glosses: Synonym of Song River, any of various minor rivers in China.
synonyms: word: Song River
word: any of various minor rivers in China
glosses: A former province in China. Capital: Mudanjiang.
superplasticiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superplasticisers
Etymology: From super- + plasticiser.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of superplasticizer.
superplasticisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superplasticiser
in Dickie's meadow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: in Dicky's meadow
Etymology: Uncertain. The first part may derive from the adjective dicky “troublesome”, later interpreted as a proper noun.
Senses: examples: text: "Now we are in Dickie's meadow, and how are you going to get us out?"
ref: 1984, Archie Camden, Blow by Blow: The Memories of a Musical Rogue and Vagabond, page 58:
glosses: in trouble, in a predicament, in a difficult situation
Synonyms: up the creek
up shit creek
up a gum tree
why aye
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wye aye.
exergues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exergue
peent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peents
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: glosses: The cry of the American woodcock, Scolopax minor.
peent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: peents
form: peenting
form: peented
form: peented
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: glosses: Of the American woodcock, to make its characteristic cry.
peenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of peent
peented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of peent
peents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peent
peents
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of peent
arm-chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arm-chairs
Senses: examples: text: A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
ref: 1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened, New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co., […], [1933], →OCLC, page 0016:
glosses: Dated form of armchair.
tea-tray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tea-trays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tea tray.
leaf aphid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leaf aphids
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of aphid that feed on leaves of a specific range of plants, not necessarily limited to those in their name or names.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Aphis fabae
word: beet leaf aphid
taxonomic: Rhopalosiphum maidis
word: cereal leaf aphid
word: corn leaf aphid
taxonomic: Rhopalosiphum maidis
word: corn-leaf aphid
taxonomic: Pineus pinifoliae
word: pine leaf aphid
money man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: money men
Senses: examples: text: I had the sufficient wits and instincts, if not the deep pockets, to a run a pro football team. I would obviously need a money man who would understand the value I would offer.
ref: 2011, Rick Horrow, When the Game is on the Line, page 159:
glosses: Alternative spelling of moneyman.
money men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of money man
how no
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: - I don't want to go out today.
- How no?
glosses: Why is that not true?
Synonyms: sense: why is that not true
word: how come
sense: why is that not true
word: why not
sense: why is that not true
word: why?
numericise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: numericises
form: numericising
form: numericised
form: numericised
Senses: examples: text: The only difference is that it was not necessary for him to theorise, represent them graphically or numericise them.
ref: 2005, Centro universitario europeo per i beni culturali di Ravello, EUR-OPA Major Hazards Agreement (translated by Ferruccio Ferrigni), Ancient Buildings and Earthquakes : the Local Seismic Culture Approach : Principles, Methods, Potentialities, page 44
glosses: Alternative form of numericize.
numericised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of numericise
numericising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of numericise
isointense
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + intense.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Having the same intensity as another object.
poodle shooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poodle shooters
Senses: examples: text: Key's in the ignition and I've got this damn "poodle-shooter" on you.
ref: 2007, Stephen Hunter, Point of Impact, page 287:
text: Nice little "poodle shooter" you got there, vampire.
ref: 2008, J.R. Ward, The Black Dagger Brotherhood: An Insider's Guide, page 291:
glosses: A carbine that discharges the 5.56 millimetre calibre cartridge.