cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Diana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈænə/
rhymes: -ænə
Forms: form: Dianas
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin Diāna, short form of Latin Dīāna, derived by syncope from Old Latin Dīvāna, equivalent to dīvus + -āna; roughly akin to Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”) + Proto-Indo-European *-néh₂.
Originally an Old Italic divinity of light and the moon; later identified as the Roman counterpart to Greek goddess Artemis. Cognate of Attic Greek Διώνη (Diṓnē), similarly syncopated from older Ancient Greek Διϝωνη (Diwōnē), whence via Latin Diōne is derived English Dione used in various ways across astronomy, chemistry, biology, and as a given name. From the same root Proto-Indo-European *dyúh₃onh₂- also potentially cognate to English June via Latin Jūnō.
Senses: glosses: A Diana monkey.
glosses: A Diana fritillary.
Related terms: Cynthia
Delia
Minerva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈnɜː.və/
ipa: /mɪˈnɝ.və/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)və
Forms: form: Minervas
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Minerva.
Senses: examples: text: In many works of this ſpecies, the hero is allowed to be mortal, and to become wiſe and virtuous as well as happy, by a train of events and circumſtances. The heroines, on the contrary, are to be born immaculate; and to act like goddeſſes of wiſdom, juſt come forth highly finiſhed Minervas from the head of Jove.
ref: 1798, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, “Author’s Preface”, in W[illiam] Godwin, editor, Posthumous Works of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. […], volume I, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […]; and G[eorge,] G[eorge] and J[ohn] Robinson, […], →OCLC:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts, especially crafts and in particular weaving. She is the Roman counterpart of Athena.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 93 Minerva, a main belt asteroid.
glosses: Wisdom.
Coordinate terms: sense: Eternal Virgin Goddesses
word: Athena
sense: Eternal Virgin Goddesses
word: Belisama
sense: Eternal Virgin Goddesses
word: Artemis
sense: Eternal Virgin Goddesses
word: Diana
sense: Eternal Virgin Goddesses
word: Hestia
sense: Eternal Virgin Goddesses
word: Vesta
Related terms: minerval
Minerva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈnɜː.və/
ipa: /mɪˈnɝ.və/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)və
Forms: form: Minervas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Minerva.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
durable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʊɹəbəl/
ipa: /ˈdjʊəɹəbəl/
ipa: /ˈdʒʊəɹəbəl/
Forms: form: more durable
form: most durable
Etymology: From Middle English durable, from Old French durable, from Latin dūrābilis (“lasting, permanent”), from dūrō (“harden, make hard”).
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: persistent, long-lasting, lasting, hard-wearing; see also Thesaurus:lasting
text: I forged a durable relationship with my seatmate.
text: durable batteries
antonyms: word: undurable
word: nondurable
word: unlasting
word: ephemeral
word: transient
word: transitory
word: ;
word: consumable
word: perishable
word: ;
word: consumable
word: dureless
word: ephemeral
word: fleeting
word: nondurable
word: perishable
word: short-lived
word: transient
word: transitory
word: undurable
word: unlasting
glosses: Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring.
Derived terms: durability
durable good
durable medical equipment
durableness
durably
semidurable
superdurable
ultradurable
undurable
durable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʊɹəbəl/
ipa: /ˈdjʊəɹəbəl/
ipa: /ˈdʒʊəɹəbəl/
Forms: form: durables
Etymology: From Middle English durable, from Old French durable, from Latin dūrābilis (“lasting, permanent”), from dūrō (“harden, make hard”).
Senses: examples: text: In a frictionless world with perfect rental markets, there is an unambiguous cost associated with the use of a durable for a single period.
ref: 1989, Robert A. Pollak, The theory of the cost-of-living index, page 188:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A durable thing, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.
Etruria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈtɹʊə.ɹɪ.ə/
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Etrūria.
Senses: synonyms: Tyrrhenia
glosses: An ancient country in Italian Peninsula, located between the Arno and Tiber rivers, corresponding to modern day Tuscany in Western Italy; the home of Etruscans.
glosses: A former kingdom in Northern Italy, lasted between 1801 and 1807.
glosses: A suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8646).
Derived terms: Etrurian
Related terms: Etruscan
genitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Small wonder that the old medieval paintings of Genesis emphasize the genitals by covering them with fig leaves. Genesis is the story of the genitals.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 72:
glosses: Synonym of genitalia.
synonyms: word: genitalia
puberty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpjuː.bə.ti/
Forms: form: puberties
Etymology: From Middle English puberte, from Old French puberté, from Latin pūbertās (“the age of maturity, manhood”).
Senses: examples: text: Girls undergoing puberty show an increase in the total output of cortisol, which is related to stress, while boys show little increase.
ref: 2014, Lewis Wolpert, Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?, →ISBN:
glosses: A developmental phase brought about by the action of hormones as part of the maturing process. For humans, there are three in total.
glosses: A developmental phase brought about by the action of hormones as part of the maturing process. For humans, there are three in total.
The process of sexual development that produces secondary sex characteristics and makes a person capable of reproducing sexually.
examples: text: As shown in Figure 14.4 of the textbook, children reach puberty at different ages in different countries; within those nations, children living in cities tend to reach puberty earlier than those living in rural areas.
ref: 2009, The Development of Children Study Guide, →ISBN, page 241:
glosses: The age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The period when a plant begins to flower.
Meronyms: sense: process of adolescence
word: thelarche
sense: process of adolescence
word: pubarche
sense: process of adolescence
word: growth spurt
sense: process of adolescence
word: menarche
sense: process of adolescence
word: gonadarche
sense: process of adolescence
word: adrenarche
Derived terms: delayed puberty
precocious puberty
puberty blocker
puberty inhibitor
second puberty
puberulent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more puberulent
form: most puberulent
Etymology: From the Latin puberulentus, see puber (“downy, adult”), -ulentus (“abounding in”).
Senses: glosses: Covered in soft, downy hairs.
Related terms: puberty
pubescent
pubescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pjʊˈbɛs(ə)nt/
rhymes: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more pubescent
form: most pubescent
Etymology: From Middle French pubescent, from Latin pubescens (“to become hairy, downy, or an adult”).
Senses: examples: text: 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi
[…] the pubescent male brain isn't noted for its consistent engagement with reality […]
text: The 18-year-old [Justin] Bieber can’t quite pull off the “adult” thing just yet: His voice may have dropped a bit since the days of “Baby,” but it still mostly registers as “angelic,” and veers toward a pubescent whine at times.
ref: 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2020:
glosses: At or just after the age of puberty.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Covered with down or fine hairs.
Synonyms: word: nuptial
word: pubescent
Hyponyms: word: marriageable
word: nubile
Derived terms: mid-pubescent
peripubescent
postpubescent
prepubescent
pubescent oak
Related terms: word: puberty
word: pubescence
word: impuberal
word: peripubescent
word: postpubescent
word: prepubescent
word: of age
word: teenager
word: estral
word: productive
pubescent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pjʊˈbɛs(ə)nt/
rhymes: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: pubescents
Etymology: From Middle French pubescent, from Latin pubescens (“to become hairy, downy, or an adult”).
Senses: glosses: A person going through puberty.
Related terms: puberulent
dumbshit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dumbshits
Etymology: From dumb + shit.
Senses: examples: text: "You wanna be a dumbshit, I don't care."
ref: 1968, Faith Sale, New writing: the Book-of-the-Month Club--College English Association award, volumes 1-2, page 107:
glosses: A stupid person.
dumbshit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dumb + shit.
Senses: examples: text: "If you know me, perhaps you can tell me why I'm calling you?" "Would I be dumbshit enough to tell you? ...
ref: 1962, Isaac Asimov, editor, The Hugo winners: volumes 1-2, page 626:
glosses: (of a person) Stupid, or prone to making mistakes.
gnocchi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjɒ.ki/
ipa: /ˈnɒ.ki/
enpr: nyōʹkē
ipa: /ˈnjoʊ.ki/
ipa: /ɡ(ə)ˈnoʊ.ki/
ipa: /ɡ(ə)ˈnɑk.t͡ʃi/
rhymes: (UK) -ɒki
rhymes: (US) -oʊki
Forms: form: gnocchi
form: gnocchi
form: gnocchis
form: gnocco
Etymology: From Italian gnocchi, plural of gnocco (“dumpling”, literally “lump”), related to nocchio (“knot (in wood)”), a borrowing from Lombardic knohha (“knuckle, bone, knot”), from Proto-Germanic *knukô (“bone”), *kneukaz (“tuber, knuckle”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnew- (“knot, bundle”). Cognate with Middle High German knoche (“bone, knot”) (modern German Knochen), Middle Dutch knoke (“knuckle, knob, knot”), Swedish knoge (“knuckle”). More at knuckle.
Senses: examples: text: Dip each gnocco into the flour, shaking off excess. Carefully lower the gnocchi, one at a time, into the simmering water. Cook a few at a time since they must not touch each other while cooking. The gnocchi will be cooked when they rise to the surface; this should take 2 to 3 minutes, depending on the gnocchi.
ref: 1978, Nika Hazelton, The Regional Italian Kitchen, M. Evans and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 129:
text: Test one gnocchi by placing it in a large pot of rapidly boiling lightly salted water.
ref: 1999, Thomas Keller, The French Laundry Cookbook, Artisan, →ISBN, page 119:
text: Silky, feather-light and with an other-worldly texture, home-made gnocchi is one of the most spoiling things you can make for someone, yet it is surprisingly simple to put together, especially when just for two.
ref: 2017, Thomasina Miers, Home Cook: Over 300 Delicious, Fuss-Free Recipes, London: Guardian Books; Faber & Faber Ltd, →ISBN, page 159:
glosses: Italian pasta-like dumpling(s) made of potato or semolina.
Synonyms: word: macaroni
doohickey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈduhɪki/
Forms: form: doohickeys
form: dohickey
form: do-hickey
form: doo-hickey
form: do-hinky
form: doohinky
Etymology: First attested 1914, of uncertain origin, probably from doodad + hickey.
Senses: examples: text: What does this doohickey do?
text: Customers will ask for "gizmos" and "what-cha-ma-call-its" and "doohickeys," and make crude drawings on paper bags of what it is they think they need.
ref: 1981 October 27, William E. Geist, “HUNTING FOR DOOHICKEYS”, in The New York Times:
text: Besides, the show has invented a doohickey that makes it possible for Dr. Manhattan to exist as Calvin, a stable and supportive husband and father with no memory of his life as Jon Osterman, who can live out those 10 years as something close to a human being.
ref: 2019 December 8, Scott Tobias, “‘Watchmen’ Season 1, Episode 8 Recap: Chicken or Egg?”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: word: Sorted by number of Google hits
word: widget
word: hickey
word: gizmo
word: thingy
word: gimmick
word: thingie
word: jigger
word: gismo
word: gubbins
word: whatsit
word: thingamajig
word: doodad
word: whatchamacallit
word: doohickey
word: thingo
word: thingamabob
word: thingummy
word: whatsis
word: thingumajig
word: thingumabob
word: whatchacallit
word: Sorted alphabetically
word: affair
word: bazinga
word: bizzo
word: dealie
word: dealy
word: dinglehopper
word: dingus
word: dohickey
word: dojigger
word: dongle
word: doo-hickey
word: doober
word: doodah
word: doofer
word: doohickus
word: doohinkey
word: doohinkus
word: doojigger
word: doovalacky
word: foobar
word: foo
word: frammis
word: frobnitz
word: gadget
word: geegaw
word: gewgaw
word: gingambob
word: gingumbob
word: hodad
word: hootenanny
word: jawn
word: jimbang
word: jobber
word: jobby
word: joint
word: junk
word: kajigger
word: kludge
word: MacGuffin
word: oojamaflip
word: rigamajig
word: shebang
word: stuff
word: thingabob
word: thingamabobber
word: thingamafuck
word: thingamajigger
word: thingamajiggy
word: thingmabob
word: thingmajig
word: thingmy
word: thingummabob
word: thingummajig
word: thingummyjig
word: thingum
word: thingymabob
word: thingymajig
word: thing
word: ting
word: whachacallit
word: whachamacallit
word: whaddayacallit
word: whatchamahoozie
word: whatdyecallem
word: whatdoyoucallit
word: whatnot
word: whatsaname
word: whatsitsname
word: whiff-whaff
word: whosiewhatsit
word: whosit
word: wossisname
word: wossname
word: wotsit
word: yoke
word: yokibus
glosses: A thing (used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one does not know or cannot recall)
mean the world to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: means the world to
form: meaning the world to
form: meant the world to
form: meant the world to
Senses: examples: text: He meant the world to her.
synonyms: mean everything to
mean the whole world to
glosses: To be loved or cared about a great deal by.
examples: text: Your respect and kind words mean the world to me.
glosses: To be of great importance to someone.
scrunchie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɹʌnt͡ʃi/
rhymes: -ʌntʃi
Forms: form: scrunchies
form: scrunchy
Etymology: From scrunch + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Burns: Simpson! You'll rue the day you took a pie tin, made two holes for eyes, and tied a rubber band around the back! / Homer Simpson: It's not a rubber band, it's a Scrunchie!
ref: 2004, “Simple Simpson”, in The Simpsons, season 15, episode 19 (television production):
text: When he had it all caught in one hand, he said, “What do I put around it?” “A scrunchie.” “A whatie?” “Scrunchie. Don't tell me you don't have a scrunchie.” “I don't even know what the hell a scrunchie is.” “It's what you use to hold up ponytails. Duh.”
ref: 2012, Linda Howard, To Die For, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: The burgundy scrunchie that held her brown ponytail matched the trim of her Esprit socks.
ref: 2013, Benjamin Nugent, Good Kids, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
synonyms: gogo
glosses: A small elasticated ring of fabric placed around long hair to hold it in place behind the head.
happy slapping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: happy slappings
Senses: coordinate_terms: patterning
glosses: The practice of physically attacking (originally, slapping), and often verbally abusing, a person and photographing or filming the attack using a camera phone, the recording sometimes being sent to others to further humiliate the victim.
Related terms: happy slap
happy slapper
camera phone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camera phones
form: camera-phone
form: cameraphone
Senses: glosses: A cellular phone that has a built-in camera.
Related terms: smartphone
featurephone
Irving
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɜː.vɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɝ.vɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪŋ
Etymology: Variant of the Scottish habitational surname Irvine, probably from a Celtic word cognate with Welsh ir, yr (“fresh”) + afon (“river”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, often used by English-speaking Jews to anglicize Israel.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and village in Montgomery County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Benton County, Iowa, named after Washington Irving.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Barry County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Duluth, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet in Chautauqua County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Dallas County, Texas, possibly named after Washington Irving.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Irvingite
undeserving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌndɪˈzɝvɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪŋ
Forms: form: more undeserving
form: most undeserving
Etymology: From un- + deserving.
Senses: examples: text: the undeserving poor
text: I'm one of the undeserving poor: thats what I am. […] If theres anything going, and I put in for a bit of it, it's always the same story: "You're undeserving; so you cant have it." But my needs is as great as the most deserving widow's that ever got money out of six different charities in one week for the death of the same husband. I dont need less than a deserving man: I need more.
ref: 1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act II, page 138:
antonyms: deserving
glosses: Considered unworthy of reward.
Derived terms: undeserving poor
etext
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etexts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of e-text.
EDTA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of ethylenediaminetetracetic acid or ethylenediaminetetraacetate.
ethylenediaminetetracetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛ.θɪ.liːnˈdaɪ.ə.miːn.tɛ.trəˌsiː.tɪk ˈæ.sɪd/
Forms: form: EDTA
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A white crystalline acid, C₂H₄(N(CH₂COOH)₂)₂, (and its sodium salt), a strong chelating agent with many industrial and analytical uses.
Synonyms: edetic acid
Coordinate terms: word: ethylenediaminetetracetate
word: ethylenediaminetetraacetate
english: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
translation: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
word: edetate
fleeceable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fleeceable
form: most fleeceable
Etymology: From fleece + -able.
Senses: glosses: able to be fleeced; naive and gullible
stronger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɹɒŋɡə/
ipa: /stɹɔŋɡɚ/
ipa: /ˈstɹɑŋɡɚ/
rhymes: -ɒŋɡə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Middle English strongere, strengere (“stronger”), from Old English strongra, strengra (“stronger”), from Proto-Germanic *strangizô (“*stronger”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *strangaz (“strong”), equivalent to strong + -er. More at strong.
Senses: examples: text: As a result, New Zealand locomotive design is a curious blend of English and American practice; certainly the American influence has always been much stronger than in Australia.
ref: 1954 August, J. B. Snell, “The New Zealand Government Railways—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 558:
glosses: comparative form of strong: more strong
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the former entails the latter, but the latter does not entail the former.
examples: text: Compared to the previous semester, my grades now are a lot stronger.
glosses: Better.
rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭngz
ipa: /ɹɪŋz/
rhymes: -ɪŋz
homophone: wrings
Senses: glosses: plural of ring
rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭngz
ipa: /ɹɪŋz/
rhymes: -ɪŋz
homophone: wrings
Senses: topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A gymnastics apparatus and discipline consisting of two rings suspended from a bar.
topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A gymnastics apparatus and discipline consisting of two rings suspended from a bar.
Ellipsis of still rings.
qualifier: post-mid century
glosses: A traditional Irish game of throwing rings onto hooks.
Synonyms: sense: gymnastics apparatus
word: still rings
Derived terms: lord of the rings
rings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rĭngz
ipa: /ɹɪŋz/
rhymes: -ɪŋz
homophone: wrings
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ring
bits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bĭts
ipa: /bɪts/
rhymes: -ɪts
Senses: glosses: plural of bit
bits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bĭts
ipa: /bɪts/
rhymes: -ɪts
Senses: examples: text: It seemed less awkward then stripping her the right way, as he didn't care to see her bits, and though he couldn't help but see a few things while slipping her into a long shirt, he felt like he did rather well considering[…]
ref: 2016, Brandy Gaye, Goddess Particle, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 55:
text: Orange Dog
The orange dog licks your face
 Showing that she loves you
 Right after she licked her bits
 Giving them a good clean
 But her wagging tail and smile
 Are enuff[…]
ref: 2021 June 22, Nick Armbrister, Major Insomnia Corporal Sleep, nick's poetry books:
text: “The accent really took over when I started watching the show,” she said. “It blew the accent the fuck up, and everyone was obsessed with their cute little sayings, like ‘doing bits’.” (For the uninitiated, that means getting intimate but not having sex.)
ref: 2023 May 15, Alaina Demopoulos, “Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British accents?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Genitals.
examples: text: You think you’re real now you’ve got a couple sticks? My favourite younger, he got stabbed in my bits. And if he died fam, I promise I’d have quit.
ref: 2013 April 8, “Off the Record”, in Topic of Discussion, performed by Yungen:
text: I told the youts in my bits. Don’t ever lose if I win.
ref: 2016 April 7, “Youniverse”, in FYO, performed by Avelino (rapper):
text: PRESIDENT T: I don’t wanna talk no crud in bars. Maybe ‘cuz, in my bits, I’m actually someone.
ref: 2016 November 16, “Thug Life”, in T on the wing, performed by President T and Tupac Shakur:
text: JAEKAE: Free all my G’s, they got locked for licks. Five minutes of fame and I’m hittin’ for six. Past seven, eight, nine, and you’re in my bits.
ref: 2020 January 9, “1AM”, in Nasty, performed by Jaekae, Kida Kudz:
glosses: Neighbourhood; hood; manor; ends.
Derived terms: bitsy
bitzer
boy bits
dangly bits
do bits
girly bits
ladybits
pink bits
daughters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɔːtəz/
ipa: /ˈdɔ.tɚz/
ipa: /ˈdɑ.tɚz/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation, General American) -ɔːtə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: plural of daughter
bridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪz/
rhymes: -ɪdʒɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of bridge
bridges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒɪz/
rhymes: -ɪdʒɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bridge
entendre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entendres
Etymology: Extracted from double entendre, corresponding to French entendre (“to understand, to mean”); doublet of intend.
Senses: examples: text: Like Lon Chaney, this mind’s mummy lives—but beneath how many wrappings of multiple entendres?
ref: 1970, Eugene Wildman, Montezuma’s Ball, Chicago, Ill.: The Swallow Press Inc., →LCCN, page 82:
text: “Come on baby let’s ride / slide on into your four-wheel-drive and ride,” the singer urges, conveying more entendres than two.
ref: 1986, San Francisco Focus, volume 33, page 105, column 2:
text: Still, in pursuit of said Phantom Nympho, much fun had been had – and more entendres doubled than you could shake a stick at.
ref: 1992, Julie Burchill, Sex & Sensibility, London: Grafton, →ISBN, page 38:
text: Though he decries “egghead philosophers who try to tell us what we are,” even [Vince] McMahon notes a historical connection surrounding the evolution of WWF plot lines. In the 1980s, echoing the Cold War, it was mostly a matter of good guys versus bad guys. “Black and white, pretty simple,” he says. “But now we’re into more entendres, different shadings.”
ref: 1999 November–December, Joel Drucker, “King of the Ring: Let the Critics Snipe; Pro Wrestling Honcho Vince McMahon Will Tell You, ‘We’re About What People Want’”, in Cigar Aficionado, volume 7, number 6, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2020, page 135, column 2:
text: […] and double-, triple-, multiple-entendres of its very title already begin to dramatize, and with the effect of seeming to replicate the very miscarriage of ‘dialectic’ itself that is the crux of the book’s indictment of ‘enlightenment’.
ref: 2009, Steven Helmling, Adorno’s Poetics of Critique (Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy), Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN:
text: Ono Komachi was a prominent and gifted poet in her day. She was able to weave emotional intensity, multiple entendres, and metaphors together to form elegant poetry.
ref: 2010, The British Tradition (Prentice Hall Literature), Michigan teacher’s edition, volume 2, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 804:
text: Survivor had been developed as Survive by Charlie Parsons. When I’d talk to people about it, they thought it sounded like a military thing or an athletic test of skill and strength. But it’s really a psychological and social experiment. “Survivor” had more entendres.
ref: 2019, Allen Salkin, Aaron Short, quoting Conrad Riggs, The Method to the Madness: Donald Trump’s Ascent as Told by Those Who Were Hired, Fired, Inspired—and Inaugurated, New York, N.Y.: All Points Books, St. Martin’s Publishing Group, →ISBN:
glosses: A meaning, especially one that is implied rather than explicitly stated.
tantric sex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A slow, sustained form of sexual intercourse founded on Indian mysticism.
Related terms: white tantra
red tantra
black tantra
stillborn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɪlbɔː(ɹ)n/
Forms: form: still-born
Etymology: From English still + born. First attested in 1597.
Senses: examples: text: Queen Anne, before Elizabeth, bore a still-born son.
ref: 1768, Horace Walpole, Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard III:
text: 1978, Holy Bible (New International Version), Job 3:16,
Or why was I not hidden in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day?
synonyms: word: deadborn
antonyms: word: quickborn
glosses: Dead at birth.
examples: text: This, gentlemen, is a list of the joint-stock companies created last year. . . . Of these some were stillborn, but the majority hold the market.
ref: 1859, Charles Reade, chapter 11, in Love Me Little, Love Me Long:
text: His lips framed themselves to whistle the first bars of a popular song, but the sound died stillborn.
ref: 1915, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 18, in The Highgrader:
synonyms: unfruitful
glosses: Ignored, without influence, or unsuccessful from the outset; abortive.
stillborn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɪlbɔː(ɹ)n/
Forms: form: stillborns
form: still-born
Etymology: From English still + born. First attested in 1597.
Senses: examples: text: About 35% of stillborns are discovered to have major structural anomalies by chromosomal studies and autopsy findings.
ref: 2016, Alok Sharma, A Practical Guide to Third Trimester of Pregnancy & Puerperium:
glosses: A baby that is born dead.
infantry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnfəntɹi/
Forms: form: infantries
Etymology: From Middle French infanterie, from older Italian, possibly from Spanish infantería (“foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry”), from infante (“foot soldier”), originally "a youth", either way from Latin īnfāns (“child”); see there for more.
Senses: synonyms: footfolk
glosses: Soldiers who fight on foot (on land), as opposed to cavalry and other mounted units, regardless of external transport (e.g. airborne).
glosses: The part of an army consisting of infantry soldiers, especially opposed to mounted and technical troops.
glosses: A regiment of infantry.
examples: text: The next summer there was a crop of blackberries in the woods. I took wife and babies, supplied with lunch and horse feed; […] Wife took command of the infantry and I of the transportation. We were both soon calling loudly for assistance.
ref: 1887, Transactions of the Iowa State Horticultural Society, page 142:
glosses: Infants; children.
Derived terms: infanteer
infantry fighting vehicle
infantryman
infantryperson
infantrywoman
light infantry
line infantry
marine infantry
mechanized infantry
motorized infantry
mounted infantry
naval infantry
noninfantry
Related terms: infant
downtown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aʊn
Forms: form: further downtown
form: farther downtown
form: more downtown
form: furthest downtown
form: farthest downtown
form: most downtown
Etymology: From down + town.
Senses: examples: text: John walked every day to his downtown job.
text: “Human flesh got stuck to me,” he recalls now, as we sit in the ambulance control centre in downtown Karachi.
ref: 2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of, relating to, or situated in the central business district.
downtown
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aʊn
Forms: form: further downtown
form: farther downtown
form: more downtown
form: furthest downtown
form: farthest downtown
form: most downtown
Etymology: From down + town.
Senses: examples: text: You need to go downtown four blocks.
text: When you're alone and life is making you lonely / You can always go downtown
ref: 1964, Tony Hatch, “Downtown”, performed by Petula Clark:
glosses: In or towards the central business district.
examples: text: That shot came from way downtown!
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Outside the three-point line, or generally far from the basket.
Derived terms: go downtown
downtown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aʊn
Forms: form: downtowns
Etymology: From down + town.
Senses: synonyms: word: city center
word: town centre
word: central business district
word: city
glosses: The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.
synonyms: word: axe wound
word: badly packed kebab
word: bearded clam
word: beaver
word: beef curtains
word: burger
word: chocha
word: clam
word: cooch
word: coochie
word: coochy
word: cookie
word: coot
word: cooter
word: crack
word: cunny
word: cunt
word: fanny
word: foo-foo
word: front bottom
word: fur burger
word: fur pie
word: gash
word: gee
word: girl penis
word: hair pie
word: ham sandwich
word: honey hole
word: it
word: kebab
word: kitty
word: ladybits
word: minge
word: minnie
word: moocha
word: mooshoo
word: mott
word: muff
word: muffin
word: na-na
word: nonny
word: nooky
word: noonie
word: old hat
word: pee flap
word: pee-pee
word: pink
word: poontang
word: prat
word: pudendum muliebre
word: punani
word: pussy
word: quaint
word: quiff
word: quim
word: roast beef
word: scut
word: slit
word: slot
word: snatch
word: treasures
word: tuppence
word: twat
word: twinkle
word: vadge
word: vagina
word: vajay
word: va-jay-jay
word: vulva
word: wee-wee
word: axe wound
word: bearded clam
word: beaver
word: berk
word: bonne bouche
word: box
word: bun
word: bush
word: cavern
word: clunge
word: coin slot
word: cooch
word: coochie
word: cookie
word: cooter
word: cooze
word: crack
word: crevice
word: cunny
word: cunt
word: fanny
word: fish lips
word: foo-foo
word: front bottom
word: front bum
word: front hole
word: gash
word: ginch
word: girl
word: Grand Canyon
word: honeypot
word: hoo-ha
word: innie
word: juice box
word: kebab
word: kitty
word: la-la
word: love box
word: love tunnel
word: minge
word: minnie
word: monosyllable
word: moocha
word: muff
word: muffin
word: nonny
word: pee-pee
word: penis fly trap
word: pink
word: pink bits
word: poontang
word: pump
word: punani
word: pussy
word: quim
word: sausage wallet
word: sheath
word: slit
word: snapper
word: snatch
word: squish mitten
word: stench trench
word: strange
word: sugar walls
word: tuppence
word: trap
word: twat
word: twinkle
word: vadge
word: vag
word: vagina
word: vaginer
word: va-jay-jay
word: vertical smile
word: Virginia
word: vulva
word: wee-wee
word: whisker biscuit
word: wizard's sleeve
glosses: The human genitalia.
synonyms: word: Big H
word: boy
word: brown sugar
word: brown
word: bujj
word: diacetylmorphine
word: diamorphine
word: dog food
word: dope
word: henry
word: heroin
word: horse
word: H
word: junk
word: muck
word: mud
word: ron
word: scag
word: smack
word: spider
word: sugar
word: whiteboy
word: white lady
word: yam yam
glosses: heroin.
Derived terms: downtowner
Related terms: uptown
oldtown
microscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mīʹkrə-skōp'
ipa: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌskəʊp/
ipa: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌskoʊp/
Forms: form: microscopes
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós)
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti
Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai
Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
Proto-Hellenic *-os
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)
Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós)
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)
Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ium
Latin mīcroscopiumlbor.
Italian microscopiobor.
English microscope
From New Latin microscopium and Italian microscopio, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I look at”), equivalent to micro- + -scope.
Senses: examples: text: That he might ascertain whether any of the cloths of ancient Egypt were made of hemp, M. Dutrochet has examined with the microscope the weavable filaments of this last vegetable.
ref: 1837, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, volume 23, page 222:
text: Elsewhere, professionals could enthuse over new precision instruments capable, for instance, of measuring weights down to a tenth of a milligram, or over a host of self-registering thermometers and barometers, microscopes, typewriters, calculators and all sorts of technical and musical devices, including automatic concertinas, edeophones, auto-harps, bigophones and other long-forgotten objects.
ref: 1978, Jan Romein, The Watershed of Two Eras: Europe in 1900, page 303:
glosses: An optical instrument used for observing small objects.
glosses: Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).
Derived terms: atomic force microscope
bimicroscope
biomicroscope
colpomicroscope
compound microscope
cryomicroscope
cryo-transmission electron microscope
dissecting microscope
electromicroscope
electron microscope
endomicroscope
epifluorescence microscope
field emission microscope
fluorescence microscope
fluoromicroscope
interference microscope
light microscope
microscopal
microscope slide
microscopial
microscopic
microscopical
microscopist
microscopy
monochromated scanning transmission electron microscope
optical microscope
otomicroscope
petrographic microscope
phase contrast microscope
photomicroscope
reflecting microscope
scanning electron microscope
scanning transmission electron microscope
scanning tunneling microscope
simple microscope
solar microscope
spectromicroscope
stereo microscope
stereomicroscope
stimulated emission depletion microscope
supermicroscope
telemicroscope
transmission electron microscope
ultramicroscope
under the microscope
videomicroscope
X-ray microscope
Related terms: magnifying glass
telescope
microscope
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: mīʹkrə-skōp'
ipa: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌskəʊp/
ipa: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌskoʊp/
Forms: form: microscopes
form: microscoping
form: microscoped
form: microscoped
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.?
Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós)
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti
Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai
Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
Proto-Hellenic *-os
Ancient Greek -ος (-os)
Ancient Greek -ός (-ós)
Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós)
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)
Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ium
Latin mīcroscopiumlbor.
Italian microscopiobor.
English microscope
From New Latin microscopium and Italian microscopio, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I look at”), equivalent to micro- + -scope.
Senses: examples: text: It has a strong germicidal action, as can be verified by staining and microscoping the pus, the characteristic micro-organisms disappearing rapidly under its use.
ref: 1897, The Clinical Journal, page 200:
text: Wright (1959), using the standard and less laborious technique of microscoping the centrifuged deposit of a sample of urine, found that 21.6% of males attending life insurance examinations had more than 10 red blood cells per high power field (rbc/hpf).
ref: 2012, E.J. Zingg, D.M.A. Wallace, Bladder Cancer, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 79:
synonyms: microscopize
glosses: To examine with a microscope, to put under a microscope (literally or figuratively).
Rebecca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈbɛkə/
rhymes: -ɛkə
Forms: form: Rebeccas
form: Rebeccah
form: Rebekah
form: Rebekka
Etymology: The Vulgate (Latin) form of biblical Rebekah, from Hebrew רִבְקָה (Rivka, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).
Senses: examples: text: And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 9:10-12:
text: They would say, if 'twas Rebecca,
That she is a little Quaker.
ref: 1809, Charles and Mary Lamb, Poetry for Children: Choosing a Name:
text: "What's her name?" I asked. "Rebecca. Rebecca Valentine." The name Rebecca excited me. I had always wanted to meet a woman called Rebecca—and not Becky. (Rebecca, Ruth, Roxane, Rosalind, Frederika, Ursula, Sheila, Norma, Guinevere, Leonora, Sabina, Malvina, Solange, Deirdre. What wonderful names women had! Like flowers, stars, constellations…)
ref: 1949, Henry Miller, Sexus (The Rosy Crucifixion), Grove Press, published 1965, →ISBN, page 312:
text: Our daughter's name, Rebecca, summons up similar visions. Although our family is not Jewish, both names (David and Rebecca) have a Hebrew ancestry which, in the eyes of many beholders ( i.e. teachers ) invokes a vision of a family that values education.
ref: 1997, Robert T. Tauber, Self-fulfilling Prophecy, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 61:
glosses: A female given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew], in regular use since the Reformation.
Derived terms: word: Becky
word: Becca
word: Reba
word: Bex
english: pet forms
translation: pet forms
word: Bec
word: Rebecca purple
Rebecca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈbɛkə/
rhymes: -ɛkə
Forms: form: Rebeccas
form: Rebeccah
form: Rebekah
form: Rebekka
Etymology: The Vulgate (Latin) form of biblical Rebekah, from Hebrew רִבְקָה (Rivka, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”).
Senses: examples: text: Colonel George Rice Trevor testified that the Rebeccas attacked poor-houses as well as tollgates.
ref: 2019, Marsha R. Robinson, Disobedient Histories in Ancient and Modern Times, page 82:
glosses: One who protested in the Rebecca Riots; a Rebeccaite.
parachute flare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parachute flares
Senses: glosses: A flare that deploys a small parachute to slow down its descent.
depredation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɛpɹəˈdeɪʃən/
Forms: form: depredations
Etymology: From Middle French déprédation, from Latin depraedatio.
Senses: examples: text: An animal that produces only two to four young per year cannot suffer vast depredations on the adult population without drastic effects.
ref: 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 61:
text: Depredation of cultivated crops by elephants is widespread in both Africa and Asia.
ref: 2003, The Living Elephants: Evolutionary Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation, by R. Sukumar, page 299
glosses: An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
examples: text: Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had long known that his fragile supply and communication lines through Tennessee were in serious jeopardy because of depredations by Forrest's cavalry raids. (Battle of Brice's Crossroads)
text: Despite losing its overall roof to the depredations of the Luftwaffe in the Second World War, the main building survives in all its Gothic glory.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 74:
glosses: A raid or predatory attack.
Related terms: predation
predator
prey
furphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɜːfiː/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)fi
homophone: Furphy
Forms: form: furphies
form: furfie
Etymology: From Furphy (“a surname”).
The firm of Furphy and Sons (still in business today) manufactured and supplied water carts to the Australian Imperial Force in Egypt during World War I. Soldiers stood around these and talked, exchanging rumours and news. The manufacturer's name, which was emblazoned on the carts, was soon adopted for unreliable information or speculation.
Senses: examples: text: A number of the furphies and fads in relation to public-sector agricultural R&D relate to attempts to increase demand for farm products in various ways.
ref: 1996, Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey, Making Science Pay: The Economics of Agricultural R&D Policy, page 313:
ref: 1997, Edward Wybergh Docker, Lynette Ramsay Silver, Fabulous Furphies: 10 Great Myths from Australia's Past:
text: Gartrell and Faulkner also released Maurie Daly's letter, which was sent to us on Monday, to the media, putting the Liverpool furphies to rest.
ref: 2005, Mark Latham, The Latham Diaries, page 328:
glosses: A rumour, or an erroneous or improbable story.
wikipedia: Furphy and Sons
University of New South Wales Press
Synonyms: scuttlebutt
Andromeda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænˈdɹɒmɪdə/
ipa: /ænˈdɹɑmɪdə/
enpr: ăn-drŏm′ĕ-də
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Andromeda, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα (Androméda), Ἀνδρομέδη (Andromédē).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of Eritrea, rescued from her sacrifice to the sea monster Cetus by Perseus, who married her; mother of Perses, ancient king of Persia.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A constellation of the northern sky representing the "chained woman" Andromeda in Greek mythology, which is surrounded by the constellations of Cassiopeia, Perseus, and Pegasus, among others.
examples: text: The Milky Way once had a massive galactic sibling that was shredded and consumed by our closest neighbour, Andromeda, scientists have discovered.
ref: 2018 July 23, Hannah Devlin, “Discovered: Milky Way's long-lost galactic sibling”, in The Guardian:
text: Andromeda is a large, spiral galaxy like the Milky Way. It's between two and three million light years away. On a clear night in a dark place, you can see Andromeda with the naked eye.
ref: 2008, Roger Reid, Space (novel), Montgomery, AL: Junebug Books, page 41:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, located within the Andromeda constellation (see Andromeda Galaxy); M31.
Synonyms: word: Andromeda
Hypernyms: word: constellation
Meronyms: sense: constellation
word: Adhil
sense: constellation
word: Almach
sense: constellation
word: Alpheratz
sense: constellation
word: Mirach
sense: constellation
word: Nembus
sense: constellation
word: Titawin
sense: constellation
word: Veritate
Derived terms: sense: constellation
english: abbreviated form
translation: abbreviated form
word: And
sense: constellation
english: Latin genitive form
translation: Latin genitive form
word: Andromedae
sense: constellation
word: Andromedid
Related terms: Local Group
water-cooler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water-coolers
Senses: examples: text: Manufacturers of Fire and Thief Proof Chests, Refrigerators, Water-coolers, Filters, &c. Evans & Watson, […]
ref: 1845 July 11, The Daily Union, volume I, number 60, Washington City, page 238, column 6:
text: He has also in store Cortlan & Sons’ Improved Water-cooler, or Non-conductor of Heat. This is altogether the most convenient and economical water jar in use, and ought to be found in every counting-house and private family in the city.
ref: 1846 July 16, Fitzhugh Coyle, “Scott’s Patent Refrigerator”, in Alexandria Gazette, volume XLVII, number 168, Alexandria, Va., page [3], column 3:
text: Drinking vessels will not be used in taking medicine; nor will the taking of medicine at water-coolers be permitted.
ref: 1883, Signal Service regulations; quoted in Gary K. Grice, editor, The Beginning of the National Weather Service: The Signal Service Years (1870 - 1891) as Viewed by Early Weather Pioneers, National Weather Service, 1991, page 5, column 1:
text: You may say: how can we resist an enemy whose weapon is the very faucet at the sink, the very water-cooler we go to for relief in the factory or the office?
ref: 1972, John Brunner, The Sheep Look Up, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, page 382:
text: Doc - a 45 year old with a weight problem, a nicotine addiction, and a cynical attitude - lowers a shoulder-mounted Video camera and watches Joey walk to a water-cooler against a wall.
ref: 1991, Peter Atkins, Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (screenplay), via the Internet Movie Script Database, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2007, page 5:
text: Perhaps you have not noticed it, but there is a secret and growing brotherhood in our very midst. You might have overhead a group of its members at an amateur astronomy meeting somewhere, or perhaps just an innocent conversation over the water-cooler.
ref: 2006 May 23, Michelle Thaller, “The great eclipse of 2006”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 26 May 2006:
glosses: Alternative form of water cooler.