cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cactophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cactophiles
Etymology: From cacto- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: Other insects are cactophiles, including Homoptera such as the cactus dodger (Cacama valvata) […]
ref: 1985, Hot Deserts and Arid Shrublands, Part 1, page 163:
text: Phyllostomus discolor is an opportunistic cactophile that occasionally visits flowering columnar cacti in the Venezuelan Andes (Sosa and Soriano, 1996) .
ref: 2002, Nancy B. Simmons, “Phylogeny and Convergence in Cactophilic Bats”, in Theodore H. Fleming, Alfonso Valiente-Banuet, editors, Columnar Cacti and Their Mutualists: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation, page 89:
text: Although not all cactophiles live in deserts, they and their host plants tend to inhabit dry regions.
ref: 2003, Journal of Experimental Biology, volume 206, number 7, page 1185:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An animal which lives in or feeds on cacti.
examples: text: As a group they present all of the challenges in collecting, classifying, and culturing cacti which the most ardent cactophile can desire.
ref: 1984, Del Weniger, Cacti of Texas and Neighboring States: A Field Guide, page 159:
text: I'm a cactophile yet my favorite plant (I define favorite as the one plant that will make me cry should it ever leave me for the great botanists in the sky) is a Haemantha albiflos.
ref: 2005, Cactus and Succulent Journal, volume 77, numbers 1-6, page 56:
text: Googly eyes are often added to this plant as a novelty. One look at it captures the imagination of every cactophile.
ref: 2020, John Bagnasco, Bob Reidmuller Jr., Succulents: Choosing, Growing, and Caring for Cactuses and Other Succulents, page 112:
glosses: A person who is especially fond of cacti.
Related terms: cactophilic
cactophily
sad trombone
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From a plaintive trombone (or sometimes trumpet) sting played during game shows to indicate a player losing.
Senses: examples: text: Last week the Wall Street Journal reported LP sales surged 49 percent last year and that factories are struggling to keep pace, but in the end, vinyl sales represent only 2 percent of U.S. music sales (*sad trombone*).
ref: 2014, Tim McMahan, “All About Survival and Spotify”, in The Reader, 25 December - 31 December 2014, page 11:
text: Any time a player's token lands on the top of a chute, the token must "slide" down to the final square where that chute is pictured (sad trombone).
ref: 2019 January 31, “Chutes and Ladders: Legislative Bill Edition”, in City Weekly, page 10:
text: And then you never hear from that person again. (Wah-wah...sad trombone.)
ref: 2019, Jeff Shore, Follow Up and Close the Sale: Make Easy (and Effective) Follow-Up Your Winning Habit, page 5:
glosses: Used to indicate failure or disappointment.
Synonyms: boowomp
wah-wah
womp womp
Related terms: world's smallest violin
sick lit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sick-lit
form: sicklit
Etymology: sick + lit (“literature”), as a play on chick lit.
Senses: examples: text: Despite being another installation in what has been coined the "sick-lit" genre (think Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper) […]
ref: 2013 October, Ali Millington, “Book Review: The Fault In Our Stars”, in City OnTopic, page 20:
text: Often called "ten-hankie-novels" or "tearjerkers," teen sick-lit utilizes a characteristic formula that combines an illness plotline with a romance plotline.
ref: 2014, Julie Passanante Elman, Chronic Youth: Disability, Sexuality, and U.S. Media Cultures of Rehabilitation, page 94:
text: This compelling debut will undoubtedly be consigned to the 'sicklit' genre, but don't expect any heartrending descriptions of teens fading heroically from the lives of everyone who encounters them.
ref: 2015 September, Lynndy Bennett, “Kids to Young Adults”, in Gleebooks Gleaner, page 10:
glosses: Literature focusing on an ill character or characters.
Gileadean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Gileadean
form: most Gileadean
Etymology: From Gilead + -ean.
Senses: examples: text: Strictly speaking, it was not a manuscript at all when first discovered, and bore no title. The superscription “The Handmaid’s Tale” was appended to it by Professor Wade, partly in homage to the great Geoffrey Chaucer; but those of you who know Professor Wade informally, as I do, will understand when I say that I am sure all puns were intentional, particularly that having to do with the archaic vulgar signification of the word tail; that being, to some extent, the bone, as it were, of contention, in that phase of Gileadean society of which our saga treats.
ref: 1985, Margaret Atwood, “Historical Notes”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 313:
text: It is certainly no accident that Offred emphasizes the large collection of books she observes in her first secret unofficial visit to the Commander's study, thus linking books directly with this serious transgression of Gileadean law.
ref: 1995, M. Keith Booker, A Practical Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism, page 262:
text: To equate the Gileadean repression of Offred's voice with Pieixoto's reconstruction of it is to narrow the set of possible meanings too much.
ref: 1998, John Whalen-Bridge, Political Fiction and the American Self, page 180:
text: The central preoccupation of the Gileadean society is human reproduction, because most members are sterile or infertile due to the build-up of toxic wastes and nuclear fallout.
ref: 1999, Virginia Olessen, Revisioning Women, Health and Healing: Feminist, Cultural, and Technoscience Perspectives, page 234:
glosses: Of, related to, or characteristic of the fictional theocratic dystopian nation of Gilead in Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale.
Gileadean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gileadeans
Etymology: From Gilead + -ean.
Senses: examples: text: If I may be permitted an editorial aside, allow me to say that in my opinion we must be cautious about passing moral judgement upon the Gileadeans.
ref: 1985, Margaret Atwood, “Historical Notes”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 314:
text: Not surprisingly, the Gileadeans immediately distanced themselves from this act by blaming the massacre on Islamic extremists.
ref: 2010, J. Brooks Bouson, editor, Critical Insights: The Handmaid’s Tale, Salem Press, →ISBN, page 61:
text: The classification of the Gileadeans, for example, is explicitly based on the biblical story of Jacob, Rachel, and Bilhah (Genesis 30:1–3), with the Commanders officially assuming the role of Jacob, the Wives thereby being given the role of Rachel, and the Handmaids that of Bilhah.
ref: 2017, Maria Christou, “Food in Margaret Atwood’s Dystopias”, in Eating Otherwise: The Philosophy of Food in Twentieth-Century Literature, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 123:
text: Both Gileadeans and contemporary want-to-be parents foster genetic information as the imperative condition to define the baby belonging to its family, its identity, and, in consequence, familiar relationships.
ref: 2023, Esther Muñoz-González, Posthumanity in the Anthropocene: Margaret Atwood’s Dystopias (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature), Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: An inhabitant of the fictional theocratic dystopian nation of Gilead in Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale.
crowdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crow + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: A villain - but not according to the book of crowdom.
ref: 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 68:
glosses: The world of crows; crow society.
ducklet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ducklets
Etymology: From duck + -let.
Senses: examples: text: Immediately there was a spurt of water, the flash of a quickening body - and that was the ducklet as he dived away to join his mates!
ref: 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 148:
glosses: A small duck or duckling.
examples: text: The copulatory organ looks like a pinkish root tip and its presence denotes a drakelet. In the cloaca of a ducklet no such organ can be seen.
ref: 1932, The Harper Adams Utility Poultry Journal, volume 17, page 553:
glosses: A small duck or duckling.
A young female duck.
synonyms: duckling
coordinate_terms: drakelet
drakeling
qualifier: strictly
ducklets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ducklet
Commagenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːniən
Forms: form: more Commagenian
form: most Commagenian
Etymology: From Commagene + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Commagene.
Commagenian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːniən
Forms: form: Commagenians
Etymology: From Commagene + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Commagene.
Ambedkarism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ambedkar + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The philosophy and principles of Indian jurist, politician and social reformer Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.
Related terms: Ambedkarite
Ambedkarian
senatories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of senatory
thermometrician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermometricians
Etymology: From thermometric + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A person who specializes in thermometry; someone who measures temperature.
thermometricians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermometrician
little ringed plover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little ringed plovers
Senses: glosses: A small plover, Charadrius dubius
Related terms: ringed plover
K-beauty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From K- (“Korean”) + beauty.
Senses: examples: text: The popularity of K-beauty has led South Korea to hold an annual K-Beauty Expo, which is the largest exhibition for the Korean beauty supply industry (Fig. 21.5).
ref: 2017, Jiseon Ahn, Ki-Joon Back, Jungkun Park, “Trends in Medical Tourism in South Korea”, in Frederick J. DeMicco, editor, Medical Tourism and Wellness: Hospitality Bridging Healthcare (H2H), unnumbered page:
text: However, the success of K-beauty brands should not be linked merely to celebrity endorsements.
ref: 2019, You-il Lee, Richard Lee, The Korean Economy: From Growth to Maturity, unnumbered page:
text: Learning to respect, love and care for your skin is the essence of K-beauty!
ref: 2019, Lilin Yang, Leah Ganse, Sara Jimenez, The Korean Skincare Bible: The Ultimate Guide to K-beauty, unnumbered page:
glosses: Cosmetic products and practices originating in South Korea.
Sophenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːniən
Forms: form: more Sophenian
form: most Sophenian
Etymology: From Sophene + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Sophene.
Sophenian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːniən
Forms: form: Sophenians
Etymology: From Sophene + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Sophene.
Osroenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːniən
Forms: form: more Osroenian
form: most Osroenian
Etymology: From Osroene + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Osroene.
Osroenian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːniən
Forms: form: Osroenians
Etymology: From Osroene + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Osroene.
Adiabenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːniən
Forms: form: more Adiabenian
form: most Adiabenian
Etymology: From Adiabene + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Adiabene.
Adiabenian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːniən
Forms: form: Adiabenians
Etymology: From Adiabene + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Adiabene.
Coele-Syria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsiːliˈsɪɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɪɹiə
Forms: form: Coele Syria
form: Coelesyria
form: Coelosyria
form: Celesyria
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Coelē Syria, from Ancient Greek Κοίλη Συρία (Koílē Suría). Literally “Hollow Syria”.
Senses: glosses: An ancient Hellenistic region in modern Syria, referring to the Beqaa Valley between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains.
glosses: A former province of the Late Roman Empire, in existence from 198 to c. 400 AD.
Derived terms: Coele-Syrian
Coele-Syrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsiːliˈsɪɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɪɹiən
Forms: form: more Coele-Syrian
form: most Coele-Syrian
Etymology: From Coele-Syria + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Coele-Syria.
Coele-Syrian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsiːliˈsɪɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɪɹiən
Forms: form: Coele-Syrians
Etymology: From Coele-Syria + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Coele-Syria.
save the drama for your mama
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: save the drama for your momma
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme. First use appears c. 1992. See cite below.
Senses: examples: text: They are gonna get all the play / But when it comes to me, save the drama for your momma
ref: 1992, Lawrence A. Stanley (editor), Rap, The Lyrics, page 162:
text: asks you for ID and the best you can do is your library card, save the drama for your mama and leave quietly.
ref: 1999, Gabe Fied, Inside New York, page 279:
text: This corny thing I saw on TV just kind of came to me, so I'm all, "Save the drama for your mama."
ref: 2002, Dana Johnson, Break Any Woman Down And Other Stories, page 92:
text: I'm just telling you the criminal court version. You can just save the drama for your mama. Because I don't want to hear it.
ref: 2005, Nane Quartay, The Badness, page 207:
text: Save the drama for your mama. In fact, spare your mama, too. Nobody likes drama. If you see something going down—tongues wagging, people complaining, plots hatching—stay out of it.
ref: 2010, Erin Bried, How to Build a Fire And Other Handy Things Your Grandfather Knew, page 92:
glosses: Refrain from inciting drama (rumor, lying, or an exaggerated reaction to life events).
glosses: Synonym of suck it up (with the implication that one's mother is not present to care about one's feelings).
synonyms: word: suck it up
extra: with the implication that one's mother is not present to care about one's feelings
pitchmeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitchmeters
form: pitch meter
Etymology: From pitch + -meter.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
transport
synonyms: pitchometer
glosses: A device, encompassing a clinometer, used for measuring the pitch of a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft.
examples: text: This consisted, in essence, of a tape recorder for playing model utterances, a pitchmeter to extract, in real time, the fundamental frequency (pitch) of the model utterances and that of the student and a computer for comparing the output of the student with that of the model.
ref: 1976 August, E. F. James, “The Acquisition of Prosodic Features of Speech Using a Speech Visualizer”, in International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, volume 14, number 3, →DOI, page 227:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A device used for measuring the pitch of sounds or human voice.
pitchmeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pitchmeter
pitchometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitchometers
Etymology: From pitch + -o- + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: For years, repairing a prop has involved the use of pitch blocks, similar to specially shaped anvils, and pitchometers. Placed under propeller blades, pitch blocks give the prop repairman a surface against which to restore the blade to factory shape and angle. The repaired blade is then checked with a pitchometer to determine how close to specification it is.
ref: 2001 January, Dudley Dawson, “Spin Control: When damage needs repair, place your props in good hands”, in Yachting, volume 189, number 1, page 38:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A pitchmeter, especially on a ship.
examples: text: A batter's best hope for hitting one of these 90 mile-per-hour missiles that reached the plate in just less than a second was his 200 mph swing. Speeds were then measured by electronic “pitchometers”; in 1946 Bob Feller's fastball could be timed at 98.6 mph.
ref: 1983, David Quentin Voigt, American Baseball, volume III: From Postwar Expansion to the Electronic Age, University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, published 1992, →ISBN, page 71:
text: A “pitchometer” was installed on the scoreboard to time the pitchers. According the baseball rules a pitcher had to throw a pitch within 20 seconds after he received the ball from the catcher when there was nobody on base.
ref: 2003, John E. Peterson, The Kansas City Athletics: A Baseball History: 1954–1967, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 210:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A device used in baseball to measure the speed of a pitch or the time a pitcher spends between pitches thrown.
pitchometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pitchometer
Agecroft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Pendlebury, Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8001).
memory institution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: memory institutions
Senses: glosses: A library, museum or similar organization serving as an archive of knowledge.
memory institutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of memory institution
Pendlebury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban town in the Metropolitan Borough of Salford, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7901).
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: pendleburyi
flying rod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flying rods
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:flying rod.
glosses: A linear phenomenon caught on camera but not seen by the eye, suggested to be flying insects, cryptids, or invisible UFOs.
flying rods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flying rod
telecording
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telecordings
Etymology: Blend of tele- + recording.
Senses: examples: text: The tendency is towards more and more pre-recorded material, employing either telecording or video recording, and whatever one's views may be towards this trend it is more often than not a necessity in the field of agrarian information.
ref: 1962, EBU Review: Programmes, Administration, Law, volume 71, page 24:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Telerecording.
Cattle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
walks the plank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of walk the plank
walking the plank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of walk the plank
walked the plank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of walk the plank
ecoarchitect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecoarchitects
Etymology: From eco- + architect.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A person who specializes in ecoarchitecture.
ecoarchitects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecoarchitect
microarchitect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microarchitects
Etymology: Back-formation from microarchitecture. Equivalent to micro- + architect.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A person who designs a microarchitecture.
microarchitects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microarchitect
bisexy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bisexy
form: most bisexy
Etymology: Blend of bisexual + sexy.
Senses: examples: text: From reception, I was ushered up by some young secretary, cropped and trousered and sexy, perhaps even bisexy—who could tell? I wouldn't have put Sappho past her, […]
ref: 2000, Paul Golding, The Abomination, page 317:
text: Lestat's Coffee House. Yep, the name's a nod to one of the bisexy bloodsuckers in Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, […]
ref: 2001, Access Guide to Gay USA, page 325:
text: So it would be, like, hella Julie Cooperish of us to suggest that the show is desperately trying to revive its shockingly slumpy sophomore season by sending boozy Marissa (Mischa Barton, right) into the bisexy arms of Alex (Olivia Wilde)?
ref: 2005 March 15, “O. C. Oh, puh-leeze”, in The Advocate, page 22:
glosses: Bisexual in an appealing manner; equally sexually attractive to men and women.
pandamic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: One Reason the Pandamic might be Extra Challenging for Autistic Adults
ref: 2020 April 2, Christine Motokane, “One Reason the Pandamic might be Extra Challenging for Autistic Adults”, in White Tiger Karate:
glosses: Misspelling of pandemic.
outyard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outyards
Etymology: From out- + yard (“enclosed area designated for a specific purpose”).
Senses: examples: text: There may be thirty to fifty supers in every outyard, and we have only about half an hour to get them off the hives, stacked and covered before the bees get really cross about what we are doing.
ref: 1983, Sue Hubbell, A Country Year: Living the Questions, Boston, MA: Mariner Books, published 1999, →ISBN, page 69:
text: Nowhere was this more evident than when we moved four of her beehives to the outyard.
ref: 2020, Dave Doroghy, Show Me the Honey: Adventures of an Accidental Apiarist, page 49:
topics: agriculture
beekeeping
business
lifestyle
glosses: A temporary location with better sources of pollen to which a hive is moved during times when the plants in the normal location of the hive have dried up.
Related terms: beeyard
outyard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outyards
form: outyarding
form: outyarded
form: outyarded
Etymology: From out- + yard (“unit of length equal to 3 feet”).
Senses: examples: text: Although Oklahoma outyarded the Jays 339 to 155, Kansas fought magnificently and earned its 13-13 tie. Royal's punting had begun to jell. He kicked four out-of-bounds against the Crimson and Blue.
ref: 1984, Harold Keith, Forty-Seven Straight: The Wilkinson Era at Oklahoma, Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 28:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To gain more yards than.
outyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outyard
outyards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outyard
outyarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outyard
outyarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outyard
travelpreneur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: travelpreneurs
Etymology: From travel + -preneur.
Senses: glosses: An entrepreneur in the field of travel services.
travelpreneurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of travelpreneur
agraphias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agraphia
mustachial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of moustachial.
hydrogenously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hydrogenous + -ly.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: In the presence of hydrogen.
yurting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From yurt + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The recreational activity of camping in a yurt.
Minster-on-Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish on the Isle of Sheppey, Swale borough, Kent, England, which includes the village of Minster.
bubbles in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bubble in
bubbling in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bubble in
bubbled in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bubble in
PEGI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛɡi/
homophone: Peggy
homophone: peggy
rhymes: -ɛɡi
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: Acronym of Pan European Game Information (“a video-game content rating system”).
forestification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From forest + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of turning an area into a forest.
unflushable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + flushable.
Senses: examples: text: You may have heard an old crank in a big house ranting about appliances and unflushable toilets the other day.
ref: 2020 January 3, Timothy Egan, “The Case for a One-Term Joe”, in The New York Times:
glosses: That cannot be flushed.
raw_tags: of a toilet
examples: text: The Sydney water team are hoping that by showing families the 'unflushable' and 'unsinkable' items, that the environment will be a lot better off.
ref: 2021 December 23, ElizaMcPhee, “Kids' toys, jewellery and a BRICK: The bizarre things Sydneysiders tried to flush down their toilet - wih flushed wet wipes costing $8MILLION a year”, in Daily Mail Australia:
glosses: Not designed to be disposed of by flushing down the toilet.
raw_tags: of a product
glosses: That remains in the toilet bowl despite flushing.
raw_tags: of an item
unflushable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unflushables
Etymology: From un- + flushable.
Senses: examples: text: Recently, I asked Moffat about the "unflushables" gag -- which leads to one of the funniest jokes in the British show -- and he said flatly, "That was not taken out by me."
ref: 2003 September 7, Adam Sternbergh, “Selling Your Sex Life”, in The New York Times Magazine:
glosses: An item that cannot be flushed.
ciliatology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ciliate + -ology.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The scientific study of ciliates (protozoa of the phylum Ciliophora).
Related terms: ciliatologist
ciliatologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ciliatologists
Etymology: From ciliatology + -ist or ciliate + -ologist.
Senses: glosses: A scientist who specializes in ciliatology.
ciliatologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ciliatologist
Saunderton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement in Bledlow-cum-Saunderton parish, Buckinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SP7902).
glosses: Another settlement and railway station in the same parish (OS grid ref SU8198).
-desis
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: other: /-ˈɒdɪsɪs/
other: /-ˈɒdɪsɪs/
other: /-oʊˈdiːsɪs/
ipa: /-ˌdɪs.ɪs/
ipa: /-ˈdiːsɪs/
rhymes: -ɒdɪsɪs
rhymes: -iːsɪs
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέσῐς (désĭs, “binding together”), from δέω (déō, “to bind, tie, fasten”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, nominal suffix).
Senses: examples: text: arthrodesis, pleurodesis
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Binding, fusion.
as we know it
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: the end of the world as we know it
glosses: In something's current form, which is familiar to the speaker and listener.
Derived terms: TEOTWAWKI
Related terms: as is
as it stands
myodesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒdɪsɪs
Forms: form: myodeses
Etymology: From myo- + -desis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The securing of a muscle or tendon to the bone via sutures passed through small holes drilled in the bone.
Gomorrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəˈmɔːˌɹaɪt/
ipa: /ɡəˈmɔɹˌaɪt/
rhymes: -ɔːɹaɪt
Forms: form: Gomorrites
Etymology: From Gomorrah + -ite.
Senses: synonyms: Gomorran
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Gomorrah.
Gomorrites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gomorrite
dehub
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dehubs
form: dehubbing
form: dehubbed
form: dehubbed
form: de-hub
Etymology: From de- + hub.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To restructure flights or terminate operations at (an airport) in such a way that it ceases to be an airline hub.
dehubs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dehub
dehubbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dehub
Bledlow-cum-Saunderton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England.
arber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arbers
Etymology: From arb + -er.
Senses: topics: business
finance
gambling
games
glosses: One who engages in arbitrage; an arbitrageur.
arbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arber
Bledlow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Bledlow-cum-Saunderton parish, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP7702).
ecocinema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eco- + cinema.
Senses: examples: text: The academic scholarship on both Wildboyz and Green Porno has been virtually nonexistent heretofore […]. When it comes to Wildboyz, one could attribute this treatment to the program’s youthful intended audience or its general lack of sophistication. But those same features have not stopped ecocritics, ecocinema scholars, or other academics from writing about children’s environmental programming, environmentally themed animation, […]
ref: 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 77:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A branch of filmmaking and film criticism dealing with the representation of the environment in film.
Related terms: ecocinematic
ecofilm
ecocinematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eco- + cinematic.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Of or pertaining to ecocinema.
geomantically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From geomantic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of geomancy.
unfuses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unfuse
unfusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unfuse
postalar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + alar.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Behind the wings.
premental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛntəl
Etymology: From pre- + mental.
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: In front of the mentum.
Skevington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Skevington's daughter
dyscravia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Aviah Gvion and Naama Friedmann. Deliberate corruption of dysgraphia, by devoicing of [g] to [k] () and voicing of [f] () to [v].
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
medicine
sciences
glosses: A subtype of dysgraphia that is characterized by voicing substitution errors in writing.
dentophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dentophobes
Etymology: From dento- + -phobe.
Senses: glosses: A person afflicted by dentophobia; one who fears going to the dentist.
filmify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: filmifies
form: filmifying
form: filmified
form: filmified
Etymology: From film + -ify.
Senses: glosses: To adapt or incorporate into a film; to filmize.
orthosurgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ortho- + surgery.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Orthopedics or orthopedic surgery.
Related terms: orthosurgeon
orthosurgeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orthosurgeons
Etymology: From ortho- + surgeon.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An orthopedist or orthopedic surgeon.
Related terms: orthosurgery
diagnoze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of diagnose.
anthropocide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The death or murder of all humankind.
Fowkes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Tunnicliffe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
purple-headed yogurt slinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purple-headed yogurt slingers
Etymology: Popularized by the 1999 American comedy-drama film Varsity Blues.
Senses: synonyms: word: anaconda
word: baloney pony
word: bald-headed hermit
word: banana
word: birdie
word: bobby
word: boonga
word: cack
word: choad
word: choda
word: chode
word: chopper
word: cigar
word: cock
word: corey
word: crank
word: cucumber
word: custard launcher
word: D
word: dick
word: dicklet
word: diddle
word: diddly
word: dingaling
word: ding-a-ling
word: ding-dong
word: dinger
word: dingle
word: dingus
word: dingy
word: dink
word: dinkle
word: dipstick
word: dirk
word: disco stick
word: dog bone
word: dong
word: donger
word: Donkey Kong
word: doodle
word: dork
word: down
word: fire hose
word: fuckpole
word: gherkin
word: hairy canary
word: hammer
word: hog
word: hot dog
word: hot rod
word: hoo-hoo
word: hooter
word: it
word: jade stalk
word: jamoke
word: jigger
word: jimmy
word: jock
word: johnson
word: John Thomas
word: joint
word: Jonathan
word: joystick
word: kielbasa
word: knob
word: lad
word: langer
word: lingam
word: love muscle
word: love stick
word: love truncheon
word: love sausage
word: love wand
word: machine
word: magnum
word: Master John Goodfellow
word: male member
word: manhood
word: man-meat
word: meat
word: meat puppet
word: meat rod
word: meat scepter
word: meatstick
word: meat stick
word: member
word: membrum virile
word: nature's scythe
word: nob
word: old chap
word: old fellow
word: one-eyed trouser snake
word: organ
word: package
word: pecker
word: peen
word: pee-pee
word: pee-wee
word: pego
word: penis
word: Percy
word: peter
word: phallus
word: pickle
word: piece
word: piece of pork
word: pike
word: pillicock
word: pingas
word: pink cigar
word: pink oboe
word: pintle
word: pipe
word: pisser
word: piston
word: pizzle
word: plonker
word: pork sword
word: prick
word: pud
word: purple-headed yogurt slinger
word: putz
word: p-word
word: python
word: ramrod
word: rape tool
word: rod
word: root
word: rutter
word: salami
word: sausage
word: schlong
word: schmuck
word: sex tool
word: shaft
word: shlong
word: shmekl (qualifier
word: colloquial
word: Yiddish)
word: short arm
word: skin flute
word: snake
word: snausage
word: spitstick
word: stem
word: stretcher
word: sucker
word: swipe
word: tadger
word: tagger
word: tail
word: tallywhacker
word: tarse
word: thing
word: thingy
word: third leg
word: tic tac
word: todger
word: tool
word: trouser monkey
word: trouser snake
word: truncheon
word: tube steak
word: unit
word: virile member
word: wang
word: weapon
word: wee-wee
word: weenie
word: weeny
word: whang
word: wick
word: widgie
word: widdler
word: wiener
word: willie
word: willy
word: wingwang
word: winkle
word: winky
word: yard
word: ying-yang
glosses: A penis.
wikipedia: Varsity Blues (film)
Hinchcliffe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɪnt͡ʃklɪf/
Forms: form: Hinchcliffes
form: Hinchcliff
form: Hinchliffe
Etymology: Habitational surname from a minor place in West Yorkshire, from the unattested Old English word *henge (“steep”) + clif (“cliff”).
Senses: examples: text: The Harris campaign immediately seized on Hinchcliffe’s remarks about Puerto Rico. In a tweet posted after his introduction, Hinchcliffe wrote in response, “These people have no sense of humor.”
ref: 2024 October 28, Danielle Kurtzleben, “Off-color jokes, vitriol take over Trump Madison Square Garden rally”, in NPR:
glosses: A surname from Old English.
Derived terms: english: dim.
translation: dim.
word: Hinch
Cracknell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
whorendous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whorendous
form: most whorendous
Etymology: Blend of whore + horrendous.
Senses: examples: text: Office97 is a whorendous resource pig. It contains many useless features that seem to be designed for no other purpose than to induce you to buy a high end machine.
ref: 1998 March 22, Byron Bodo, “Re: How to boost speed of the computer”, in microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion (Usenet):
text: On Twitter, Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons, favorited a tweet, which was later deleted, that referred to Ms. Harris as a “whorendous pick.”
ref: 2020 August 12, Annie Karni, Jeremy W. Peters, “Her Voice? Her Name? G.O.P.’s Raw Personal Attacks on Kamala Harris”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Horrendous, awful, terrible.
resource pig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resource pigs
Senses: examples: text: Office97 is a whorendous resource pig. It contains many useless features that seem to be designed for no other purpose than to induce you to buy a high end machine.
ref: 1998 March 22, Byron Bodo, “Re: How to boost speed of the computer”, in microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A resource hog.
rat-licker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rat-lickers
Etymology: From the urban myth that people in the Middle Ages licked rats to ward off the bubonic plague.
Senses: examples: text: > I'm the kind of person who prefers to stay indoors.
good to know you ain't no rat-licker: [link to the Urban Dictionary entry of “rat-licker”]
ref: 2020 August 17, Nikolai Kingsley, “Re: Find the edge of the 5km quarantine limit and stand on it”, in talk.bizarre (Usenet):
text: I think the solution to your dilemma is obvious. You need to go swap some hot, dank, virus-heavy air with an overly clingy group of rat lickers.
ref: 2020 December 25, “The Luv Doc: An Established Tradition: It's really hard to stab someone to death with an icicle”, in The Austin Chronicle:
text: Less open-minded critics branded it a “rat licker rally” warning others to beware of the “tin foil hat brigade”. Meanwhile, the protesters themselves disputed whether they were demonstrating against the vaccine passport or the vaccine itself.
ref: 2021 July 25, “Time to jab anti-vaxxers mass rallies”, in Sunday Mirror, London, page 12:
glosses: A person who refuses to take preventative measures during a disease outbreak (especially the COVID-19 pandemic).
resource hog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resource hogs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: resource pig
glosses: A process which consumes a large amount of system resources compared to its importance or function.
stick one's foot in one's mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sticks one's foot in one's mouth
form: sticking one's foot in one's mouth
form: stuck one's foot in one's mouth
form: stuck one's foot in one's mouth
Senses: glosses: To put one's foot in one's mouth.
stick one's foot in it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sticks one's foot in it
form: sticking one's foot in it
form: stuck one's foot in it
form: stuck one's foot in it
form: put one's foot in it
form: stick one's toe in it
form: put one's toe in it
Senses: examples: text: There’ll be little campaigning on the hustings this season. For a politician who cherishes the connect, social distancing could be politically fatal; but for Biden, it could be a gift. He’ll have fewer chances to get carried away as he speaks, to overhug, to stick his foot in it (and he’s done quite a bit of that already).
ref: 2020 August 15, Jeniffer Senior, “Learning to Love Joe Biden”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To put one's foot in it.
examples: text: This chili turned out fabulous! Joe really stuck his foot in it this time, didn't he?
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Used to indicate that something turned out delicious
raw_tags: of food
overhug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overhugs
form: overhugging
form: overhugged
form: overhugged
Etymology: From over- + hug.
Senses: examples: text: There’ll be little campaigning on the hustings this season. For a politician who cherishes the connect, social distancing could be politically fatal; but for Biden, it could be a gift. He’ll have fewer chances to get carried away as he speaks, to overhug, to stick his foot in it (and he’s done quite a bit of that already).
ref: 2020 August 15, Jeniffer Senior, “Learning to Love Joe Biden”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To hug excessively or too much.
overhugs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overhug
overhugging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overhug
overhugged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overhug
drinkmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From drink + making.
Senses: examples: text: Beer as a cocktail ingredient isn’t a revolutionary idea. It’s long played a part in drinkmaking. The original flips, concocted in the late 1600s, were made with beer, rum, sugar and whole egg, and served hot.
ref: 2020 August 14, Rebekah Peppler, “Beer Truly Is the Champagne of Cocktails”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2020:
glosses: The process of making alcoholic drinks, especially cocktails.
equiphile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equiphiles
Etymology: From Latin equus (“horse”) + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: Unless you’re the kind of equiphile who grew up with “Black Beauty” on your shelf, Nir’s personal horse stories can blend together — wait, was Amigo the red quarter horse with the fear of plastic bags, or the chestnut Appaloosa at the Upper West Side training academy?
ref: 2020 August 14, Ben Goldfarb, “Birds and Horses and Eels, Oh My! New Books About Animals”, in The New York Times:
glosses: One who loves horses.
Synonyms: hippophile
equiphiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of equiphile
unconstipated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + constipated.
Senses: glosses: Not constipated.
Chelmer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The river's name is a back-formation from Chelmsford.
Senses: glosses: A river in Essex, England, which flows through Chelmsford to the River Blackwater.
glosses: A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
long-hauler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long-haulers
Etymology: From long haul + -er.
Senses: examples: text: A run-down truck stop on an old tobacco highway. Long-haulers eating breakfasts in corners. A church group in the gift shop.
ref: 2010, David Goodwillie, American Subversive, New York, NY: Scribner, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: A truck driver who covers long distances to deliver goods, often being away from home for extended periods of time.
examples: text: The disease’s “long-haulers” have endured relentless waves of debilitating symptoms—and disbelief from doctors and friends. […] Yet support groups on Slack and Facebook host thousands of people like LeClerc, who say they have been wrestling with serious COVID-19 symptoms for at least a month, if not two or three. Some call themselves “long-termers” or “long-haulers.”
ref: 2020 June 4, Ed Yong, “COVID-19 Can Last for Several Months”, in The Atlantic:
text: Fourteen months later, battling chronic effects of the deadly coronavirus and saddled with permanent viral-induced asthma, she is labeled a long-hauler.
ref: 2021 July 27, Julie Kotsis, “‘I would just hate to see somebody go through this’; Young COVID-19 long hauler encourages others to get shot”, in Woodstock Sentinel-Review, Windsor, Ontario, page A3:
text: Stephanie Schroeder, 50, is a COVID-19 long-hauler who tells her story to encourage others to get the vaccine.
ref: 2021 August 11, Nedra Rhone, “OPINION: COVID long-hauler is now vaccine advocate”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
glosses: A COVID-19 patient who is suffering from the symptoms of the disease for a significantly longer period than the average.
Coordinate terms: sense: COVID-19 patient
word: long Covid
sense: COVID-19 patient
word: long-term Covid
sense: COVID-19 patient
word: long-haul COVID
sense: COVID-19 patient
word: ongoing covid
sense: COVID-19 patient
word: post-COVID-19 syndrome
sense: COVID-19 patient
word: post Covid
sense: COVID-19 patient
word: chronic Covid
long-haulers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long-hauler
Holcroft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Holcrofts
form: Hawcroft
Etymology: Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified settlement in Lancashire, from Old English hol (“hollow place”) + croft (“small enclosure”).
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Trumpophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Trump + -o- + -philia.
Senses: examples: text: For a macho candidate whose presidential pitch to female voters often amounts to “I love women”, Trumpophilia has set in with a shocking number of conservative women across this crucial bellwether, as his prospects for claiming the inaugural prize of the Republican nomination fight have climbed ever upward.
ref: 2016 January 22, Lucia Graves, “'We love you!' Conservative women turn blind eye to Donald Trump's slurs”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The love or admiration of Donald Trump (born 1946), the 45th and 47th president of the United States.
Related terms: Trumpophile
Trumpophobia
Trumpophobic
Trumpophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Trumpophobes
Etymology: From Trump + -o- + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: The White House's recent decision to dismantle President Obama's clean-air regulations offers fresh testament to the malevolence of the Trump Administration’s agenda, […] But, even among ardent Trumpophobes, fear and foreboding have been supplemented by wonderment at the White House’s string of gaffes.
ref: 2017 March 31, John Cassidy, “The Keystone Kops in the White House”, in The New Yorker:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A person who dislikes or fears Donald Trump (born 1946), current president of the United States.
Related terms: Trumpophile
Trumpophilia
Trumpophobia
Trumpophobic
Allenby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A former mining town in southern British Columbia, Canada.
Tuvan People's Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Tuvan People's Republic
Senses: glosses: the official name of Tannu Tuva (1921–1944)
spamfic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spamfics
Etymology: From spam + fic, the implication being that such fanfics flood newsgroups or archives.
Senses: examples: text: This was originally supposed to be just a quickie spamfic -- but as I wrote, many of the relationships expanded and took on lives of their own, as I started to almost believe that they were possible.
ref: 1998 June 8, Gary Kleppe, “[Ranma][Fanfic] Tangled Web”, in rec.arts.anime.creative (Usenet):
text: Not that most of what I write ISN'T silly, but it's usually not this short. I generally refer to this as my spamfic.
ref: 1999 June 14, Mordaxy, “[Ranma][Fanfic] "It's Too Perilous..."”, in rec.arts.anime.creative (Usenet):
text: It's gonna be a series of short spamfics that add up to a bigger collection called "Confession".
ref: 2000 March 27, Oliver Reyes, “[Ranma][FanFic] Secrets - Genma Saotome”, in rec.arts.anime.creative (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A short or quickly-written fanfic.
Synonyms: drabble
flashfic
Teitel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Teitels
Etymology: From German Teitel.
Senses: glosses: A Jewish surname.