cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sequential analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: statistical analysis where the sample size is not fixed in advance but rather data are evaluated as they are collected and further sampling is stopped in accordance with a pre-defined stopping rule as soon as significant results are observed
sequential reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a chemical reaction in which the product of each stage becomes the substrate of the next
red-velvet cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-velvet cakes
Senses: examples: text: It seems that some of the Wilson’s relatives were guests in a famous New York hotel where they, too, enjoyed the red-velvet cake and expressed the desire for the recipe.
ref: 1961 March 3, “Just Rambling with MILLIE”, in The Banner-Democrat, volume 73, number 40, Lake Providence, La., front page, column 1:
text: Then a sit-down dinner is set to include three courses, with a choice of two or more selections for each course: warm vichyssoise or crispy egg with chorizo, peas and black garlic; Moroccan lamb stew or duck (with olives and foie gras) or spaghetti puttanesca; and, for dessert, brown-butter cake or baklava or red-velvet cake.
ref: 2017 September 28, M.M. Cloutier, “Costa, Williams Sonoma partner for charity dinner”, in Palm Beach Daily News, volume 121, number 259, page A2, column 6:
text: There would be turkey. Ham. Macaroni and cheese. Collard greens. Potato salad. And, of course, red-velvet cake — Norman’s favorite dessert. […] At the party, there was red-velvet cake.
ref: 2018 January 7, Krista Torralva, “Deputy’s mom finds comfort in God, family”, in Orlando Sentinel, pages A1 and A8:
text: Martine’s Pastries, 1039 Industry Road, has lots of special sweets, including a box with six mini cakes, French macarons, Valentine’s-themed cookies and red-velvet cakes.
ref: 2018 February 2, Janet Patton, “Foodie events on the calendar include many specials for Valentine’s Day”, in Lexington Herald-Leader, volume 36, number 31, page 6C, column 1:
text: An excellent baker, she loved baking cakes, pies and candy, especially a red-velvet cake for her brother.
ref: 2019 August 16, “Elizabeth Ann Sexton Taylor”, in Asheville Citizen Times, volume 150, number 228, page 8A:
text: Suppose that you are on a diet, but have to decide whether to have a slice of red-velvet cake at a party some random Saturday.
ref: 2021, Erik Angner, A Course in Behavioral Economics, third edition, Red Globe Press, →ISBN, page 196:
text: We all enjoyed pizza before cutting the red-velvet cake.
ref: 2022 July 15, Kathleen Twombly, “Highland News”, in Hiawatha World, volume 113, number 44, page A8, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of red velvet cake.
red-velvet cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red-velvet cake
jenminpi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 人民幣 /人民币 (rénmínbì), Wade–Giles romanization: jên²-min²-pi⁴.
Senses: examples: text: The Bank of China, which handles Peking's foreign currency transactions and recently established a correspondent relationship with the Chase Manhattan Bank, acted with uncharacteristic imprecision during the dollar crisis last month.
On one day it revalued China's currency, the jenminpi (or renminbi depending on which transliteration system you use) by 4.9 per cent against the Hong Kong dollar and the following day it devalued it by almost the same percentage.[…]
But while the flip‐flop caused Chinese banking officials some embarrassment it did not affect local confidence in the jenminpi or the bank itself.
ref: 1973 August 3 [1973 August 2], Ian Stewart, “Currency Crosscurrents Hit Bank of China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 May 2024, page 37:
text: China’s currency, the jenminpi, has remained stable; the Chinese assert that it is the "world’s most stable currency." This is generally conceded to be the result of the care with which the Chinese economy and its tight budget are managed.
ref: 1974, “Asia and the Pacific”, in Yearbook on International Communist Affairs 1974, Stanford, Cali.: Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 428:
text: The banks would be permitted to handle financial remittances, letters of Credit, and deposits in all currencies other than the New Taiwan dollar and mainland China's jenminpi [renminbi].
ref: 1993 May 4 [1993 May 3], “Taipei Eases Restrictions With Mainland Banks”, in Daily Report: China, number 93-084, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Taipei Voice of Free China, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 57, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of renminbi.
spasticated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spasticated
form: most spasticated
Etymology: From spastic + -ated.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of spastic.
synonyms: word: spastic
ropemaxx
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹoʊp.mæks/
rhymes: -oʊpmæks
Forms: form: ropemaxxes
form: ropemaxxing
form: ropemaxxed
form: ropemaxxed
form: ropemax
Etymology: From rope (in reference to its use in suicide by hanging) + -maxx (suffix forming verbs relating to maximizing one's beauty or some other attribute); ironically offered as an alternative to other solutions for one's lack of beauty, such as looksmaxxing, when it is deemed that redeeming one's appearance is impossible and the only way to fix it would be to kill oneself, praying to be reincarnated in a more attractive body.
Senses: examples: text: Don't remember the account but he was just like u but more annoying, one day he left and never came back, probably ropemaxxed
ref: 2023 June 10, u/Hot_Spray5309, “she is the cutest girl ever”, in Reddit, r/teenagers, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2023:
text: I am interested in applying to CS and engineering. I am interested in sciences but I don't want to end up getting rejected from med/opto school and ropemaxxing. Please comment my chances for the below schools.
ref: 2023 July 26, u/WinterJacob, “What are my Chances for CS and Engineering”, in Reddit, r/OntarioGrade12s, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2023:
text: t50 negative canthal tilt weak jawline prey eyes is it time to ropemaxx?
ref: 2023 August 2, u/Some-Top4572, “is it over for me?”, in Reddit, r/Mewing, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2023:
text: this is what happens when you don't mew it's over littlest bro ropemaxx
ref: 2023 August 5, @ishouIdkms, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2023:
qualifier: incel slang
glosses: To commit suicide.
Synonyms: commit suicide
ropemax
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ropemaxes
form: ropemaxing
form: ropemaxed
form: ropemaxed
Etymology: From rope + -max.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ropemaxx.
angel-food cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angel-food cake
angel-food cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angel-food cakes
Senses: examples: text: Maria Jane was bent on having an angel-food cake, and Susan Ann was equally determined on a fruit cake. We spent all day Monday planning who to invite, and what we would have. Mrs. Early kindly offered to make the angel-food cake, as not one of us knew anything about it, and Miss Highflyer—she is a member of the cooking club—offered to make some lady fingers, also some Charlotte Russe, whoever she is.
ref: 1886 February, “Mrs. Drone Gives a Christmas Dinner”, in Home Record, volume 15, number 2, Leavenworth, Kan., front page, column 2:
text: Place a thin slice of angel-food cake in a sundae dish; over the cake put a small scoopful of vanilla ice cream and a ladleful of chopped maraschino figs, previously prepared in a fruit dish. Over all put another slice of angel-food cake, ½ ounce cherry syrup, a dash or two of claret flavor and a small quantity of crushed pineapple.
ref: 1914, Confectioners’ and Bakers’ Gazette, volume 36, page 25:
text: The architectural citrus parfait is a vertical composition of angel-food cake, Meyer-lemon sherbet, ruby grapefruit segments and coconut meringue.
ref: 2018 April 25, Phil Vettel, “Just getting re-established”, in Chicago Tribune, section 6, page 5:
text: Start off with a small angel-food cake, split and fill with whipped cream and sliced strawberries.
ref: 2019 January 23, Ethel G[reenwald] Hofman, “It’s tea time: Bring a bit of ‘Downton Abbey’ home”, in Palm Beach Jewish Journal, page 41, column 2:
text: Five dollars got you a slice of angel-food cake and a coffee or tea, and access to the many delicious treats baked by volunteers availabe^([sic]) for sale.
ref: 2019 May 2, The Castor Advance, volume 108, number 18, page A7:
text: If that’s not enough carbs to soothe your angst, the restaurant will throw in dessert — tiramisu, gelato or angel-food cake with strawberries — for an additional charge.
ref: 2020 March 27, Molly Gilmore, “Pellegrino’s and Lemon Grass keep the takeout food coming”, in The Olympian, volume 130, number 27, page 3W:
text: She curled in winters, golfed with Chip in summers and made outstanding apple pies, chocolate chip cookies and a heavenly angel-food cake with chocolate whipped cream topping.
ref: 2020 June 13, “MCKEEN, Edith Elizabeth (nee Lee)”, in Edmonton Journal, page D8:
text: I baked an angel-food cake and Kendra came later and got her birthday card and cake.
ref: 2020 July 30, Hellen Blakey, “Arno”, in Douglas County Herald, one hundred and thirty-fourth year, number 46, Ava, Mo., page A-four:
text: Gertrude was active in the local Catholic Daughters of America chapter, baking angel-food cakes for patients in area nursing homes.
ref: 2021 November 10, “Gertrude Trahan Robichaux”, in Daily World, volume 81, number 109, page 7A:
glosses: Alternative form of angel food cake.
ropemaxxing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Present participle of ropemaxx.
Senses: glosses: Suicide.
ropemaxxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Present participle of ropemaxx.
Senses: glosses: present participle of ropemaxx
scofflawry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scofflaw + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: The dangers of scofflawry vary wildly. The person who illegally spits on the sidewalk remains disgusting, but clearly poses less risk to others than the company that illegally buries hazardous chemical waste in an unauthorized location.
ref: 1983 January 24, Frank Trippett, “Essay: A Red Light for Scofflaws”, in Time:
glosses: A habitual disregard for minor laws or failure to respond to trivial courts summonses.
Related terms: scofflaw
Hochkirch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊk.kɪɹk/
other: /hɔk.kɝk/
Etymology: From German Hochkirch.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Bautzen district, Saxony, Germany.
angel's food cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angel's food cakes
Senses: examples: text: Angel’s Food Cake. For sale at Podesta, Malatesta & Co.’s, 252 Main street.
ref: 1879 May 29, The Memphis Evening Herald, volume IV, number 127 (whole 565), Memphis, Tenn., page [4], column 3:
text: Again, as we sat on the terrasse of the Café de Paris, where he was eating a large slice of angel’s food cake and drinking coffee, I mentioned that I was broke.
ref: 1989, Harold Norse, Memoirs of a Bastard Angel, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 396:
text: Oldest daughter Virginia recalled with pride that her mother’s angel’s food cakes and her fudgelike penuche were special favorites at charity bake sales and raffles for church and schools.
ref: 1997, Ed Cray, “A Certain Amount of Respect”, in Chief Justice: A Biography of Earl Warren, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, part I (The Last Progressive), page 61:
text: He casually flipped the page and found a slice of angel’s food cake sitting in a puddle of raspberry sauce.
ref: 1998, Anthony Bruno, Double Espresso, Forge, →ISBN, page 96:
text: “If you want a slice of angel’s food cake, you’ll have to finish your greens,” came the call from parents.
ref: 1999, John T. Edge, “Sweet and Sacred”, in A Gracious Plenty, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 266:
glosses: Alternative form of angel food cake.
angel's food cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angel's food cake
angel's-food cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angel's-food cakes
Senses: examples: text: An Atchison woman decided to give a Dutch lunch for her husband and a half-dozen men friends / So she bought three pint bottles of beer, half a loaf of rye bread, two angel’s-food cakes and a box of chocolates.
ref: 1909 March 30, “Her “Dutch Lunch.””, in The Journal, volume XXX, number 95, Logan, Ut., page five:
text: REGULARLY SELLING AT $3.50 TO $4.50 A SUIT! Imagine! As good news as though your neighbor had brought in an old-fashioned angel’s-food cake and sat it on the kitchen table.
ref: 1918 August 14, The State Journal, Lansing, Mich., page 5:
text: A mammoth angel’s-food cake was artistically decorated by the emblematical candles.
ref: 1930 October 21, “Friends Honor Woman on Her 92nd Birthday”, in Chattanooga Daily Times, volume LXI, number 310, Chattanooga, Tenn., page 13, column 5:
glosses: Rare form of angel food cake.
angel's-food cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angel's-food cake
one-man army
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: one-man band
text: By this time in my military life cycle it had become clear I was neither a One-Man Army or Superman.
ref: 1978, A. S. Newman, United States Army Combat Forces Journal, volume 28, Association of the United States Army, page 68:
text: During the past two decades, he's become a one-man army for drawing inspiring lessons from the cavalry's role in Yosemite and taking them to a global public—not only by telling the army story but also, even more impressively, by making that story his own.
ref: 2020, Harvey Meyerson, Beth L. Bailey, Nature's Army: When Soldiers Fought for Yosemite, University Press of Kansas, →ISBN, page 31:
text: Adept at legal lexicon and local government policies, and wielding the weapon of the RTI Act, the self-designated one-man army claims to be able to single- handedly hold the state and developers to account, fighting their collusive abuses.
ref: 2023, Malini Ranganathan, David L. Pike, Sapana Doshi, Corruption Plots, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 68:
glosses: A single person who performs a task typically performed by a group.
Related terms: you and whose army
deckling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deckle
Löbau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈloʊ.baʊ/
Etymology: From German Löbau.
Senses: glosses: A town in Görlitz district, Saxony, Germany.
f**kworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more f**kworthy
form: most f**kworthy
Senses: glosses: Censored spelling of fuckworthy.
f**kable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more f**kable
form: most f**kable
Senses: glosses: Censored spelling of fuckable.
ropemaxxes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ropemaxx
ropemaxxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ropemaxx
Königswartha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Königswartha.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Bautzen district, Saxony, Germany.
giant kelp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Macrocystis pyrifera, a widespread kelp.
rock goose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rock geese
Senses: glosses: The kelp goose.
kelp pigeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kelp pigeons
Senses: glosses: A snowy sheathbill (Chionis albus).
snowy sheathbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowy sheathbills
Senses: synonyms: mutt
glosses: A seabird of species Chionis albus, of the southern hemisphere.
layer-cake federalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The official, Jonathan Lindley, explained that in old, “layer-cake federalism” Government agencies channeling money to the states were stacked one on the other like the layers of a cake.
ref: 1967 March 16, Lou Panos, “Inside Baltimore”, in The Evening Sun, volume 114, number 127, Baltimore, Md., page D1, column 2:
text: The classical view of layer-cake federalism presumed that each level of government specialized by function.
ref: 1984, Donald F. Kettl, “The Maturing of American Federalism”, in Robert T. Golembiewski, Aaron Wildavsky, editors, The Costs of Federalism: Essays in Honor of James W. Fesler, Transaction Books, →ISBN, page 74:
text: Think about it: It takes extraordinarily less effort to say Fair Share would force you into a union, force you to pay dues or use those dues for political activities, than it does to be on the defending side arguing the nuances of what collective bargaining and layer-cake federalism mean to average voters.
ref: 2009 January 2, Jesse Tangkhpanya, “Fitting tribute to a new year”, in Iowa City Press-Citizen, page 9A, columns 5–6:
text: An example of layer-cake federalism is recreation programs such as athletics or instructional programs.
ref: 2013, David Emanuelson, Leisure Services Financial Management, Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 139:
text: Still, the ideals of layer-cake federalism and institutional congruity retain their initial appeal, promising democratic accountability, allocative efficiency and transparency for the citizens. Is the real-life marble-cake federalism thus just a second-best solution to the non-attainable ideal of layer-cake federalism?
ref: 2018, Nathalie Behnke, Sabine Kropp, editors, Ten Years of Federalism Reform in Germany: Dynamics and Effects of Institutional Development, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of layer cake federalism.
Tooro
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɔːrəʊ/
rhymes: -ɔːrəʊ
Forms: form: Toro
Etymology: Borrowed from Tooro Tooro.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Tooro Kingdom, the Tooro people, or their language.
Tooro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɔːrəʊ/
rhymes: -ɔːrəʊ
Forms: form: Tooros
form: Tooro
form: Toro
Etymology: Borrowed from Tooro Tooro.
Senses: synonyms: Mutooro
glosses: A member of the ethnic group of Uganda who speak the Tooro language.
Tooro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɔːrəʊ/
rhymes: -ɔːrəʊ
Forms: form: Toro
Etymology: Borrowed from Tooro Tooro.
Senses: synonyms: Rutooro
glosses: A Great Lakes Bantu language spoken by the Tooro people.
synonyms: Tooro Kingdom
Kingdom of Tooro
glosses: A subnational kingdom in Uganda, comprised of all of Uganda's Tooro sub-region.
Related terms: word: Wiktionary’s coverage of Tooro terms
sense: international standards
word: language code for ttj
word: ttj ⁠
bogla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boglas
Senses: glosses: An egret.
Borglike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Borglike
form: most Borglike
Etymology: From Borg + -like.
Senses: examples: text: But I was fighting my bail on principle. A city can’t expect its residents to glean its code through Borglike assimilation.
ref: 2004 October 29, Carol McAlice Currie, “Unposted laws make downtown seem unwelcoming”, in Statesman Journal, volume 152, number 214, Salem, OR, page 1C:
glosses: Characteristic of the Borg, an alien group that appear as recurring antagonists in the Star Trek fictional universe.
wikipedia: Borg
Thies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
canthal tilt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canthal tilts
Etymology: Popularized during the 2010s in incel forums. The term gained further popularity in mid-2023 on TikTok after a user created a filter that draws a line showing one's canthal tilt.
Senses: examples: text: The lateral canthal position is normally 2 mm superior to the medial canthal position (i.e., a positive canthal tilt). A negative lateral canthal tilt may indicate descent of the lateral canthus from disinsertion, laxity, or the presence of a prominent eye.
ref: 2008 January, Andrew P. Trussler, Rod J. Rohrich, “MOC-PS^(SM) CME Article: Blepharoplasty”, in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, volume 121, number 1S, →DOI, page 2:
text: When viewing the eye en face, the lateral canthus should rest superior to the medial canthus. This canthal tilt varies between males and females. In men, it is approximately 2 mm, yet in females this difference is up to 4 mm. This canthal tilt is considered aesthetically pleasing and contributing to a perception of alertness.
ref: 2010, Basil M Hantash, Hayes B Gladstone, “An algorithm and review of blepharoplasty and canthopexy”, in Expert Review of Dermatology, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, page 480:
text: Despite the fact that he is universally fancied by almost every woman on the internet, Timothee Chalamet's negative canthal tilt would land him firmly in "prey" territory.
ref: 2023 June 7, Ruchira Sharma, “Women Want One Thing in Men, and It's 'Hunter Eyes'”, in VICE, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2023:
text: Some have said that "it is over" for people who have negative canthal tilts.
ref: 2023 August 5, Mary Connelly, “What is a canthal tilt?”, in The US Sun, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2023:
text: As SurfiaMD's video points out, though, human diversity is beautiful, and there is no perfect recipe for good looks. What people find attractive is as varied as people themselves are, and it doesn't make a ton of sense to explain all your problems by analyzing your canthal tilt. In all likelihood, it has very little to do with whether you're getting laid or not.
ref: 2023 August 7, Joseph Allen, “Some Incels Are Bummed About Their Canthal Tilt and Talking About It on TikTok”, in Distractify, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2023:
qualifier: chiefly medicine or incel slang
glosses: The tilt of a line drawn from the outer corner (the lateral canthus) to the inner corner (the medial canthus) of one's eyes; a lower inner corner is referred to as a positive tilt while a lower outer corner is referred to as a negative tilt.
Related terms: hunter eyes
prey eyes
Burtnett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Burtnetts
Etymology: Probably an altered form of Burnett.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
canthal tilts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canthal tilt
high-falutin'
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more high-falutin'
form: most high-falutin'
Senses: examples: text: But if it is going to offer the convenience of dash-and-dart parking, it needs to retime 30-minutes spots more often. ¶ Anything less is an invitation for drivers to pester the courts with their high-falutin’ principles.
ref: 2004 October 29, Carol McAlice Currie, “Unposted laws make downtown seem unwelcoming”, in Statesman Journal, volume 152, number 214, Salem, OR, page 1C:
glosses: Alternative form of highfalutin.
lateral canthus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lateral canthi
form: lateral canthuses
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: medial canthus
text: She was working on Wúràọlá’s eyes, tracing a line towards her lateral canthus.
ref: 2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 293:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The outer corner of the eye.
Related terms: canthal tilt
lateral canthuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lateral canthus
medial canthus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medial canthi
form: medial canthuses
Senses: examples: Coordinate term: lateral canthus
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The inner corner of the eye.
Related terms: canthal tilt
medial canthuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medial canthus
Burtnetts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Burtnett
canthuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canthus
medial canthi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medial canthus
lateral canthi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lateral canthus
Evrard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Evrards
Etymology: Borrowed from French Évrard.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Fougere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fougeres
Etymology: Borrowed from French Fougère.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Fougeres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fougere
Evrards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Evrard
prey eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: hunter eyes
text: On TikTok alone, videos tagged with "hunter eyes" have attracted a total of 49.6m views. Men on the least desirable side of this beauty spectrum, according to these communities, have "prey eyes", and these doe-eyed schmucks are thought to look weak and unassertive.
ref: 2023 June 7, Ruchira Sharma, “Women Want One Thing in Men, and It's 'Hunter Eyes'”, in VICE, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2023:
qualifier: especially incel slang
glosses: Eyes which are relatively round and have a negative canthal tilt, said to be less attractive to women.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see prey, eyes.
Granholm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Granholms
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Granholm, an ornamental surname composed of the elements gran (“spruce”) + holm (“islet”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
Jaskowiak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jaskowiaks
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Jaśkowiak.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Gowings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gowing
Granholms
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Granholm
Jaskowiaks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Jaskowiak
looksmax
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: looksmaxes
form: looksmaxing
form: looksmaxed
form: looksmaxed
Etymology: From looks + -max.
Senses: examples: text: Unhappy with how they look, thousands of young men are joining anonymous message boards such as Lookism.net to dissect their looks and exchange detailed tips on looksmaxing — their term for enhancing their appearance.
ref: 2018 July 24, Jesselyn Cook, “Inside Incels’ Looksmaxing Obsession: Penis Stretching, Skull Implants And Rage”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 01 Apr 2019:
text: Generally, the ideology prevalent on incel forums falls in line with this conceptualization: the only way to truly see the reality of interpersonal relationships is to accept and, eventually, get over the fact that physical attractiveness is the sole criterion of a person’s value, and thus men considered ugly or effeminate will never find a sexual or romantic partner. This painful realization can be dealt with by looksmaxing, that is attempting to alter one’s appearance to adhere to the standards of male physique portrayed as ideal in the media […]
ref: 2020, Małgorzata Waśniewska, “The Red Pill, Unicorns and White Knights: Cultural Symbolism and Conceptual Metaphor in the Slang of Online Incel Communities”, in Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, editor, Cultural Conceptualizations in Language and Communication (Second Language Learning and Teaching), Springer, →ISBN, page 68:
text: However, many insist that, for truecels, looksmaxing does not actually improve one’s status: “Gymcelling doesn't work. We all know that. You need good genes to succeed at gymcelling, and if you have such genes you'll never need to gymcel anyway because women will be naturally attracted you and you'd have been getting validation for as long as you were getting pubes,” says OrangeFez2311.
ref: 2020, Joshua A. Segalewitz, "'You Don’t Understand... It’s Not About Virginity': Sexual Markets, Identity Construction, and Violent Masculinity on an Incel Forum Board", thesis submitted to the University of Dayton, page 25
text: On the rightmost end of the spectrum are factions like Incels, those pale, misanthropic creatures who contend that feminism has spelled their downfall on the sexual marketplace and who have responded with either “blackpilling” (accepting one’s fate) or “looksmaxing” (using extreme plastic surgery to carve oneself into an Adonis).
ref: 2021, Barrett Swanson, Lost In Summerland, Counterpoint, published 2023, →ISBN:
text: It doesn’t matter how much I looksmax, I’m so plain it’s like my face is a mask.
ref: 2023, Greg Buchanan, Consumed, Orion Fiction, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of looksmaxx.
PROP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of propylthiouracil.
Hisaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hisaws
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Hoos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hooses
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Hoos.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Hisaws
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hisaw
Kanakas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kanaka
Hrivnak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hrivnaks
Etymology: Borrowed from Slovak Hrivňák.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Slovak.
Huhtas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Huhta
Hrivnaks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hrivnak
Hanauer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hanauers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Hanauer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Grissinger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Grissingers
Etymology: Variant of Griesinger.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Grissingers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Grissinger
Hanauers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hanauer
McNeer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McNeers
Etymology: Variant of McNair.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Studholmes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Studholme
McNeers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McNeer
yottaparsecs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yottaparsec
Sawrey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sawreys
Etymology: Habitational surname from a minor place near Hawkshead, in Cumbria, from Old Norse saurar, plural of saurr (“mud, dirt”).
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Old Norse.
Related terms: Far Sawrey
Near Sawrey
zettaparsec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zettaparsecs
Etymology: From zetta- + parsec.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An astronomical unit of distance equal to 10²¹ parsecs.
Synonyms: Zpc
zettaparsecs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zettaparsec
Hawkshead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hawksheads
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD3598).
glosses: A habitational surname.
Related terms: Hawkhead
Hawksheads
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hawkshead
Sawreys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sawrey
Godlees
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Godlee
ronnaparsec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ronnaparsecs
Etymology: From ronna- + parsec.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An astronomical unit of distance equal to 10²⁷ parsecs.
Synonyms: Rpc
ronnaparsecs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ronnaparsec
quettaparsec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quettaparsecs
Etymology: From quetta- + parsec.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An astronomical unit of distance equal to 10³⁰ parsecs.
Synonyms: Qpc
quettaparsecs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quettaparsec
devil's-food cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devil's-food cake
vat jade green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vat jade greens
Senses: glosses: A particular green anthraquinone vat dye.
vat jade greens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vat jade green
gravity suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gravity suits
Senses: glosses: A G-suit
ring plover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ring plovers
Senses: glosses: A ringed plover
whipped-creamy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: whipped-creamier
form: more whipped-creamy
form: whipped-creamiest
form: most whipped-creamy
form: whipped creamy
Etymology: From whipped cream + -y.
Senses: examples: text: […] but they’re too whipped-creamy for ord’-nary housekeepin’. I keep my flour in a beer-keg, […]
ref: 1917, The Green Book Magazine, volume 18, page 684:
text: In short, he was as sensitive to color and what you can do with color as Salvador Dali, who said, “I dream of a film designed only in blacks and whites, and the whole spectrum of grays in between, but shot on color stock.” This would result in the silkiest and most velvety of blacks and the frostiest and whipped-creamiest of whites.
ref: 1975, Herman G. Weinberg, “Introduction”, in Stroheim: A Pictorial Record of His Nine Films (Dover Books on Photography, Cinematography and Related Areas), New York, N.Y.: Herman G. Weinberg, →ISBN, page xiii, column 1:
text: In my mind, the winning technique/proportion is whatever one is most whipped-creamy in fluffiness, most buttery in flavor.
ref: 2015 October 6, Melissa Clark, “In ‘Zahav,’ Michael Solomonov Explores Israeli Food”, in Amanda Hesser, editor, The Essential New York Times Cookbook: The Recipes of Record, 10th anniversary edition, W. W. Norton & Company, published 2021, →ISBN:
synonyms: whip-creamy
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of whipped cream.
examples: text: […] a yard of light green water, adorned with what appeared to be saucers of whipped cream. […] He glared at the absurd whipped-creamy water and staggered under it to the hall, where Bell serenely directed its location.
ref: 1910, Josephine Daskam Bacon, The Biography of a Boy, page 33:
text: And then he wheeled over that beautiful pastry cart and we topped off the whole thing with the biggest, juiciest, whipped-creamiest napoleon in the entire city of Washington.
ref: 2002 August 9, Wallace J. Gordon, “Fort Meade”, in Soldier* (*Rifleman by Training, Clerk-Typist by Accident. In North Africa, Italy, and Austria), [Bloomington, Ind.]: 1stBooks, →ISBN, page 240:
text: Shosanna takes a whipped-creamy bite of strudel.
ref: 2009, Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds: A Screenplay, Weinstein Books, →ISBN:
synonyms: whip-creamed
whip-creamy
whipped-creamed
glosses: With whipped cream.
whipped-creamed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whipped-creamed
form: most whipped-creamed
Etymology: From whipped cream + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Herr Meyerhaas got up, photographed the sunset with a special conversion filter, and walked back into the bar, where the lady with the hat was enjoying a very whipped-creamed cake.
ref: 1960, Frederic Morton, The Witching Ship, New York, N.Y.: Random House, page 115:
text: The Marlene sitting before me, taking a sip of her heavily whipped-creamed caramel macchiato was the complete opposite.
ref: 2008, Dwayne S. Joseph, Home Wrecker, Urban Books, LLC, →ISBN:
text: It’s because Italians don’t eat on the run. They don’t grab a huge whipped-creamed coffee drink and then rush to their next location.
ref: 2010, Teresa Giudice, Heather Maclean, Skinny Italian: Eat It and Enjoy It—Live La Bella Vita and Look Great, Too!, Hyperion, →ISBN:
synonyms: whip-creamed
whip-creamy
whipped-creamy
glosses: With whipped cream.
avocado toasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avocado toast
Assad curse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Assad curse
form: Assad must go curse
Etymology: According to Know Your Meme, the curse was first mentioned in a tweet posted by @iadtawil on May 6, 2016. Assad remained in power during the Syrian Civil War from 2011 until late 2024, when he was overthrown.
Senses: examples: text: Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir has just been replaced by Ibrahim Assaf. Jubeir over the last 7 years repeated the Assad Must Go mantra in almost every interview he gave. The Assad curse finally caught up with him 😂
ref: 2018 December 27, @walid970721, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2023:
text: In 2017 Dutch Bert Koenders joined the club. Only one year after he had called upon the International Criminal Court (ICC) to put Assad on trial, his party, PvdA, dramatically lost the national elections, which forced him to resign as minister of Foreign Affairs and made him the laughing stock of Assad curse jokers on social media.
ref: 2020, Eric van de Beek, “Assad curse strikes again: Dutch official embarrassed”, in The Frontier Post, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2023:
text: Now israel? Damn the Assad curse knew no limit
ref: 2021 June 1, u/doucheshanemec24, “There is no stopping the Curse”, in Reddit, r/SyrianCirclejerkWar, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2023:
text: Zelensky has apparently imposed personal sanctions against Bashar Assad. Tempting the Assad curse, huh...
ref: 2023 March 18, @RWApodcast, Twitter, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2023:
glosses: A supposed curse causing anyone who criticizes Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to have their criticism backfire on them; especially, that a politician who says "Assad must go" will themselves be removed from power.
wikipedia: Know Your Meme
Syrian civil war
Twitter
Kershopefoot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɜrʃoʊpfʊt/
ipa: /ˈkɜːʃəʊpfʊt/
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Nicholforest parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in City of Carlisle district, on the border with Scotland (OS grid ref NY4782).
priodontine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /praɪəˈdɒnˌtaɪn/
ipa: /praɪəˈdɒntaɪn/
Forms: form: priodontines
Senses: glosses: The giant armadillo or any of its extinct relatives.
euphractine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /juːˈfɹæktaɪn/
Forms: form: euphractines
Senses: glosses: Any of the armadillos of the Euphractinae.
batagur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batagurs
Senses: glosses: A roofed turtle.
emydian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emydians
Senses: glosses: An emys tortoise.
hongerblom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑŋəɹblɑm/
ipa: /ˈhɒŋəblɒm/
Senses: glosses: Senecio arenarius, a South African ragwort with pink flowers.
Kangladesh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæŋ.ɡləˈdɛʃ/
ipa: /ˌkɑːŋ.ɡləˈdɛʃ/
rhymes: -ɛʃ
Etymology: Blend of Hindi कंगाल (kaṅgāl, “poor, pauper, destitute”) + Bangladesh.
Senses: glosses: Bangladesh.
Related terms: Kangla
Kangladeshi
Upper Lachlan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government area in the Southern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia; in full, Upper Lachlan Shire.
Sputnik weed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A seaweed of the species Codium fragile, also known as dead man's fingers.
N/D
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Gent. early 40’s, a N/S, N/D, from the Okanagan Valley, wishes to meet a lady 34 to 40 for social or leading to permanent relationship.
ref: 1982 December 11, “Classified Want Ads: Companions [personal ad]”, in The Vancouver Sun (The Weekend Sun), Vancouver, BC, page E6:
coordinate_terms: N/S
glosses: Initialism of non-drinker.
raw_tags: in personal ads
ronnabit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈrɑnəbɪt/
ipa: /ˈrɒnəbɪt/
Forms: form: ronnabits
Etymology: From ronna- + bit.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: One octillion (10²⁷) bits. SI symbol: Rb.
ronnabits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ronnabit
quettabit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkwɛtəˌbɪt/
Forms: form: quettabits
Etymology: From quetta- + bit.
Senses: examples: text: Given the scales on which technology has operated in the first quarter of the 21st century, from lasers that flash for just a few attoseconds to the total amount of digital data in the world pushing past 160 zettabytes, it feels as if we may have let things lie for too long. I don't know if the future will have quettabit computer networks or rontometer-scale wormholes, but I'm pretty sure the large and small of it will be hella weird.
ref: 2023 January 10, Adam Rogers, “Move over, megatons”, in Business Insider:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: One nonillion (10³⁰) bits. SI symbol: Qb.
quettabits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quettabit
superspread
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsuːpərˌsprɛd/
ipa: /ˈsuːpəˌsprɛd/
Forms: form: superspreads
form: superspreading
form: superspread
form: superspread
Etymology: Back-formation from superspreader.
Senses: examples: text: Superspreading was a phenomenon about which little is still known, but it had implications for preventive tactics. Some events, locations, and activities, and possibly people, appear to have superspread the virus.
ref: 2021, Peter Baldwin, Fighting the First Wave: Why the Coronavirus Was Tackled So Differently Across the Globe, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 159:
glosses: To spread (an infection) to a large number of people.
tsadhe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tsadhes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tsade.
mayB
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: mayb
Etymology: From maybe, the second syllable is pronounced like the name of the letter b. B is written in upper case to indicate that it must be pronounced separately.
Senses: examples: text: MayB I could kidnap him, bring him 2 my apartment, & have a cover charge 4 any1 wanting 2 C him
ref: 1997 April 13, Kanoo, alt.fan.brad-pitt (Usenet):
text: MayB ......i could B the 1 =o)
ref: 1998 September 28, DNAconflict, alt.teens.penpals (Usenet):
glosses: Abbreviation of maybe.
mayb
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From maybe, the second syllable is pronounced like the name of the letter b.
Senses: examples: text: […] but for some stupid reason, I thought mayb i could get Windows to access it faster if I checked the SCSI option in the properties from device manager.
ref: 2000 June 4, josephbradley71, “Help for CD-ROM”, in alt.os.windows95.crash.crash.crash (Usenet):
text: Sumbody should bring my sumden 2 eat.!!!!! mayb burger.king.!!
ref: 2012 June 22, -NENE♡♥, “Tweet”, in Twitter:
text: Mayb I will call him spaghetti Derek
ref: 2023 April 5, Sausage Neil, “Tweet”, in Twitter:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of mayB.
glosses: Clipping of maybe.
misspeculate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misspeculates
form: misspeculating
form: misspeculated
form: misspeculated
Etymology: From mis- + speculate.
Senses: examples: text: There is no reason why "aggrieved" persons should, by the contract law of damages, be put in a better position than they would have occupied had they performed; secondly, the agreed market and risk allocations should not be upset by the often unclear question of who was in breach; and thirdly, the law should not encourage those who misspeculate to escape obligation by claiming that the other person is, for some contrived reason, in breach.
ref: 2003, Richard E. Speidel, Ian Ayres, Studies in Contract Law, page 907:
text: Consequently, in the absence of faults, the trailing thread's branches never misfetch or mispredict and the trailing thread never misspeculates.
ref: 2011, Shubu Mukherjee, Architecture Design for Soft Errors, page 237:
text: Another example is a branch predictor that misspeculates with unusually high frequency [36, 37].
ref: 2012, Smita Krishnaswamy, Igor L. Markov, John P. Hayes, Design, Analysis and Test of Logic Circuits Under Uncertainty, page 12:
text: Any engine that speculates can also misspeculate and must provide means to detect and recover from that condition.
ref: 2013, John Paul Shen, Mikko H. Lipasti, Modern Processor Design: Fundamentals of Superscalar Processors, page 331:
glosses: To speculate incorrectly; to make or act on a false conjecture.
Derived terms: misspeculation
misspeculates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misspeculate
misspeculating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misspeculate
misspeculated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misspeculate
misspeculation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misspeculations
Etymology: From mis- + speculation or misspeculate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Damages paid by the settling tortfeasor which are greater than the pro rata amount can easily be attributed to his desire to avoid legal fees and bad press, or misspeculation about the merits and likely outcome of the case.
ref: 1992, Moot Court Casebook - Volume 16, pages 9-23:
text: Despite the band's legendary status there has often been confusion and misspeculation surrounding them and the other artistes under Warren Kendrick's guidance.
ref: 1993, Fuzz, Acid and Flowers: A Comprehensive Guide to American Garage, Psychedelic and Hippie Rock (1964-1975), page 179:
text: Because a misspeculation can lead to performance loss, there are many situations where, for hard-to-predict values or branch outcomes, it is better not to speculate at all rather than risk the penalty of a misspeculation.
ref: 2005, David Kaeli, Pen-Chung Yew, Speculative Execution in High Performance Computer Architectures, page 222:
text: Instead, instructions that are affected by misspeculations are re-executed with the latest set of source operands.
ref: 2012, Manoj Franklin, Multiscalar Processors, page 78:
glosses: An instance of misspeculating.
misspeculations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misspeculation
misspeed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misspeeds
form: misspeeding
form: missped
form: missped
Etymology: From mis- + speed.
Senses: examples: text: Is there anything in which the nurse has failed? the hostess come short? the huntress missped? the pretty waiter-girl blundered?
ref: 1874, Julie P. Smith, Ten Old Maids: And Five of Them Were Wise, and Five of Them Were Foolish, page 369:
text: I think a majority of collisions on the water arise from an officer, as the common thing is, misspeeding himself, or giving an order to port when he means to say starboard, or from a man at the helm who has been there for some time with nothing to do specially suddenly getting an order and shoving his wheel the wrong way.
ref: 1908, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Hearings, page 65:
text: "Weep for yourselves," he said, And our eyes are full of tears; But ' tis for our plans missped, Not for our wasted years.
ref: 1956, Henri Ghéon, The Mystery of the Finding of the Cross: A Play in Three Acts, page 86:
text: Now all my grief has come to naught, my plans have all missped; All that I see is injury and misery widespread.
ref: 1964, Juan Ruiz, Elisha Kent Kane, The Book of Good Love of the Archpriest of Hita, Jean Ruiz, page 143:
glosses: To fail in an attempt to speed something along.
misspeeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misspeed
misspeeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misspeed
missped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misspeed
Irakli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Georgian ირაკლი (iraḳli), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Georgian male given name ირაკლი (iraḳli), equivalent to Heracles.