cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
jiggle key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jiggle keys
Senses: glosses: Synonym of jiggler (“a key that has been partially ground down so that it will open many locks”).
synonyms: word: jiggler
extra: a key that has been partially ground down so that it will open many locks
jiggler key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jiggler keys
Senses: glosses: Synonym of jiggler (“a key that has been partially ground down so that it will open many locks”).
synonyms: word: jiggler
extra: a key that has been partially ground down so that it will open many locks
lip-reader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lip-readers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lipreader.
common bearded dragon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common bearded dragons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of eastern bearded dragon.
synonyms: word: eastern bearded dragon
common bearded dragons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of common bearded dragon
lip-readers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lip-reader
jiggler keys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jiggler key
jiggle keys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jiggle key
baler twine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baler twines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of haywire.
synonyms: word: haywire
baler twines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baler twine
dual-capable aircraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dual-capable aircrafts
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
synonyms: word: DCA
glosses: Any type of aircraft that can perform both conventional and nuclear missions.
dual-capable aircrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dual-capable aircraft
zero rates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of zero rate
zero rating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of zero rate
zero rated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of zero rate
goes haywire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go haywire
going haywire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of go haywire
went haywire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go haywire
gone haywire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go haywire
record-breaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: record-breakers
Senses: glosses: Someone or something that exceeds the highest previously achieved recorded level in an activity or category.
record-breakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of record-breaker
stock of record
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stocks of record
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A stock held by a registered stockholder on a given date.
record sleeve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: record sleeves
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A close-fitting, protective outer covering of a vinyl record.
record sleeves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of record sleeve
written record
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: written records
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A written document containing a piece of information or a description of an event that is recorded on paper.
bokbunja
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 복분자 (bokbunja)
Senses: glosses: A Korean raspberry bush (Rubus crataegifolius)
glosses: Wine made from the Korean raspberry.
Related terms: taxonomic: Rubus coreanus
word: Korean black raspberry
police record
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: police records
Senses: topics: criminology
human-sciences
law
sciences
glosses: A file held by the police, containing a record of the past crimes of which someone has been suspected of or convicted.
glosses: Synonym of criminal record.
synonyms: word: criminal record
Derived terms: excerpt from police record
plainclothespersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plainclothesperson
plainclothespeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plainclothesperson
police records
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of police record
written records
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of written record
consumer-grade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: coordinate_terms: industrial-grade
glosses: Of or pertaining to a product, substance or chemical that is designed for use by consumers for their personal or household use.
g values
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of g value
attorney record
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attorney records
Senses: examples: text: A new attorney file is created by adding the corresponding case record to every attorney record. The attorney records for which there is no case record are dropped.
ref: 1970, Mitre Corporation, Automobile Accident Litigation - A Report of the Federal Judicial Center to the Department of Transportation, page 335:
topics: law
glosses: The documentation or information that an attorney maintains about a case or client, such as case files, correspondence, evidence, notes, etc.
glosses: Synonym of attorney of record.
synonyms: word: attorney of record
attorney records
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of attorney record
the gods smile on someone
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: the gods smile upon someone
form: the gods smile down on someone
form: the gods smile down upon someone
Senses: examples: text: Yet if [Dustin] Johnson's day was misery complete, then [Graeme] McDowell's was the very essence of joy. "I just can't explain how I feel right now. I said before the round started that if the golfing gods smile on me I might win this trophy. And they did," he said afterwards.
ref: 2010 June 10, Lawrence Donegan, “Graeme McDowell stays strong to take US Open title”, in The Guardian:
text: "A month later, he reappeared. ‘Hey! How are you? Sorry about the lack of contact. That virus was nasty. Fancy that second date?’ HOORAH THE DATING GODS HAVE SMILED UPON ME, I thought.[…]"
ref: 2019 October 23, Hayley Quinn, Paisley Gilmour, “An essential guide to 'zombieing' - the dating trend that's worse than ghosting”, in Cosmopolitan:
text: Every four years since the 1970s, the political gods have smiled upon Iowa, endowing its residents with uncommon power to set the course of national politics as the first nominating contest.
ref: 2020 February 4, Matt Flegenheimer, Sydney Ember, “Waiting Years for This Night, Then Hours for an Iowa Winner”, in The New York Times:
text: As an association, we demonstrate near-Olympic sang-froid. As I write, the gods are smiling upon us, but in the past decade – not to mince words – two of our number have got divorced, one of us checked into rehab, and all of us have had distressful troubles with teenage kids.
ref: 2020 August 22, Robert McCrum, “For ever and a day: why we turn to Shakespeare at times of crisis”, in The Observer:
glosses: Someone experiences good fortune, success, or well-being.
goiter belt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goiter belts
Senses: glosses: A region with low iodine in the soil, leading to high prevalence of goiter; especially the northern US.
Fourier coefficient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fourier coefficients
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A coefficient arising from the Fourier transform of a function or signal.
Fourier coefficients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fourier coefficient
stocks of record
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stock of record
peace camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peace camps
Senses: glosses: A peace camp is a form of physical protest camp that is focused on anti-war and anti-nuclear activity. Protesters usually set up tents near the site they are targetting.
Zaqistani
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Zaqistani
form: most Zaqistani
Etymology: From Zaqistan + -i.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, he considers their slightly psychotic mentalities to be the defining characteristic of Zaqistani citizens to begin with.
ref: 2015 October 29, Mike Abu, “A Trip to Zaqistan, One Man’s ‘Sovereign Nation’ in the Middle of the Utah Desert”, in VICE:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the micronation of Zaqistan.
Zaqistani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zaqistanis
Etymology: From Zaqistan + -i.
Senses: examples: text: If you catch him with a typewriter (or if you personally provide him with one), he can secure you a Zaqistan passport or citizenship papers, giving you membership in an international community of Zaqistanis.
ref: 2023 December 7, Thomas Crone, “Get to know the Republic of Zaqistan, a micronation enclaved in Utah's west desert”, in Salt Lake City Weekly:
glosses: A native or resident of Zaqistan.
Zaqistanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zaqistani
white women's tears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white women tears
form: white woman tears
Senses: examples: text: A few weeks ago, I had lunch with a childhood friend. White girl from the Southside of Chicago, she's now a professor here in NE. Our friendship ended at 18. Why? White woman tears. I told her she made me feel like a charity case and it hurt her feelings.
ref: 2018 April 17, Shay Stewart Bouley (@blackgirlinmain), Twitter:
text: Picture it: a white woman feels challenged or uncomfortable about something a Black person said or did. Instead of using her words, she cries. Instantly, no matter what the initial catalyst of the situation is, she ends up being appeased, pacified and pampered. Lawd knows we’ve all seen virtual white woman tears shut down conversation, even if she was the instigator of conflict. […]
ref: 2018 April 17, “About the Weary Weaponizing of White Women Tears”, in Awesomely Luvvie:
text: This attempt to separate the personal and political is central to white women’s tears as a strategic device. We demand to be treated as ‘just a person’ who should be granted the benefit of the doubt, who exists outside racialised structures and power relations even as our actions perpetuate them.
ref: 2021 February 24, Alison Phippshttps, “White tears, white rage: Victimhood and (as) violence in mainstream feminism”, in European Journal of Cultural Studies, volume 24, number 1, Springer, →DOI, →ISSN, page 85 of 81–93:
synonyms: white lady tears
white tears
glosses: A display of tears or unhappiness from a white woman that brings attention to her feelings and sense of victimhood in response to criticism by black women.
Related terms: crocodile tears
Novax
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Novak + no vax, in reference to Djokovic's opposition to COVID-19 vaccines, which led to him being forced to skip many tournaments in 2022.
Senses: examples: text: You cannot blame Novax for turning out bad, when he has a nationalist nutjob father. A man who admires Black Hand, the mob who started WWI by killing Archduke Ferdinand.
ref: 2022 January 5, Jenny Craig, “Re: Djokovoc^([sic])”, in aus.politics (Usenet):
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: Novak Djokovic (born 1987), Serbian professional tennis player.
wikipedia: COVID-19 vaccine
Novak Djokovic#Opposition to COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Yongzhou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yo͝ongʹjōʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 永州 (Yǒngzhōu).
Senses: glosses: A prefecture-level city of Hunan, China.
the house down
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: down the house
Etymology: Probably an ellipsis of bring the house down (“to garner enthusiastic or wild applause or laughter”).
Senses: examples: text: Hello-tis, it's Jorgeous! This spicy Latina dancing diva started drag at the age of 16 and never looked back. A fierce performer who was born to do drag, Jorgeous is looking to dance the house down boots all the way to the top.
ref: 2021 December 2, Raffy Ermac, “Meet the Sickening Queens of 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 14”, in Out:
text: [see title]
ref: 2024 June 12, Jess Reynolds, “47 pics from D.C.'s Capital Pride Parade 2024 that are boots the house (and Senate) down queer joy”, in Out:
text: A musical theatre queen that can sing and “crochet” the house down, Saki [Yew] is eager to compete in the Rusical and girl-group challenge as “it shows off what I was trained to do”.
ref: 2024 September 12, Sam Damshenas, “‘A new direction for the franchise’: Drag Race UK stars on “mind-blowing” season 6”, in Gay Times:
synonyms: word: the house
word: above a bit
word: absolutely
word: abundantly
word: all too
word: but good
word: completely
word: eminently
word: ever so
word: exceedingly
word: excessively
word: extremely
word: greatly
word: highly
word: in spades
word: main
word: mightily
word: murrain
word: passing
word: positively
word: pretty
word: quite
word: right
word: simply
word: sore
word: specially
word: strongly
word: swith
word: truly
word: vastly
word: very
word: very much
word: way
word: way too
word: wicked
qualifier: drag slang
glosses: Used as an intensifier: very, to a great degree; exceptionally.
hornweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hornweeds
Senses: glosses: A common name for Ceratophyllum demersum
Derived terms: red hornweed
plume alum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: halotrichite
orclike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more orclike
form: most orclike
Etymology: From orc + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Common Darkspawn are bad enough, but this band is led by a powerful specimen that can speak human language, something the orclike creatures can’t normally do.
ref: 2010 June 5, Justin Hoeger, “Dragon Age: Origins sequel picks up where first one left off”, in Winnipeg Free Press:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an orc.
barefoot shoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barefoot shoes
Senses: glosses: A minimal shoe that approximates the feeling of being barefoot while still protecting the sole.
AHR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of assisted human reproduction.
ready like Freddy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Your co-reporter, AMOS FOSTER, and his family is fresh back to work from a two-week vacation and "ready like Freddy."
ref: 1971, Chicago Transit Authority, Transit News - Volumes 24-25, page 9:
text: Bountin said eagerly, "Ay! man, I'm ready like Freddy".
ref: 1996, Doris Jean Austin, Martin Simmons (editors), Streetlights - Illuminating Tales of the Urban Black Experience, page 186:
text: I had my trumpet in my lap and showed it to him. Man, I was ready like Freddy.
ref: 2001, Quincy Jones, Q - The Autobiography of Quincy Jones, page 64:
glosses: Alternative form of ready as Freddy.
case file
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: case files
form: casefile
Etymology: From case + file.
Senses: examples: text: All the correspondence regarding the case can also be filed directly in the case file, thus making it possible to have a complete history of the case at hand whenever the case is being looked up.
ref: 1896, New York. State School, Rome, Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Rome State Custodial Asylum At Rome, N.Y., Issues 1-12, page 62:
text: he had gone into the case, seen the case file, and knew that the coroner and police investigations had identified the drowned child of so many years age as her son.
ref: 1957, Gwendoline Butler, Coffin on the Water, page 62:
text: A typical case file contains the following types of documents: agreement to arbitrate, correspondences regarding the selection of arbitrators, digest of case, transcript of proceedings of the arbitration board, exhibits, award, and related correspondence.
ref: 1974, Mary-Jane M. Dowd (editor and compiler), Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the National Mediation Board Record Group 13, page 33:
topics: law
medicine
sciences
glosses: A file detailing a legal or medical case.
Related terms: casebook
case files
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of case file
wheels-up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the fact that aeroplane wheels are tucked up once securely in the air.
Senses: examples: text: The President is departing Pittsburgh and is now wheels-up on his way to Philadelphia.
glosses: In the air.
raw_tags: of plane travel
ΘΔ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ΘΔs
form: theta-delta
Etymology: Formed with the letter combination Θ (theta) + Δ (delta). According to one creator of the symbol, the theta letter represents therians, and the delta letter represents change.
Senses: glosses: A therianthrope.
zaratan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zaratans
Etymology: Ultimately from Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān, “crab”), possibly via Spanish zaratán.
Senses: examples: text: […]turtle known as zaratans. Living for millennia, these slow-moving gentle giants dine exclusively on sea […] a zaratan's shell grows ever more complex as it ages.
ref: 2019 June 18, Lindsay Cibos-Hodges, Jared Hodges, Draw Baby Beasties: Create Little Dragons, Unicorns, Mermaids and More, Penguin, →ISBN, page 86:
text: […] turtle—a zaratan. On the zaratan's back were hundreds of tiny green frogs nestled in the seaweed, with bat wings and long reptile tails.
ref: 2019 October 8, Megan Linski, Alicia Rades, Hidden Legends, The Air Omen, Crystallite Publishing:
text: […] from the colossal zaratan that cruises the seas to the gigantic roc that rules the skies or the deadly basilisk that haunts the ruins of ancient cities.
ref: 2023 September 7, Emily Hawkins, A Natural History of Magical Beasts, →ISBN, page 54:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: In Arabic folklore, an extremely large (sea) turtle, the shell of which resembles an island.
Related terms: aspidochelone
fastitocalon
zaratans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zaratan
Kidapawan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɪ.d̪ɐˈpaː.wɐn̪/
Senses: glosses: A city in Cotabato, Philippines.
gOx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of GOX (“gaseous oxygen”).
Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Hochelaga + Maisonneuve. From French Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, from being created out of the merger of Maisonneuve village into Hochelaga district, when the village was agglomerated into the city of Montreal.
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough, city of Montreal, island of Montreal, region of Montreal, province of Quebec, Canada; a former district of Montreal.
Derived terms: Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Tal al-Rabi'
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tal Al-Rabi'
form: Tel Al-Rabi'
form: Tel al-Rabi'
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic تَلّ اَلرَّبِيع (tall ar-rabīʕ): a calque of Hebrew תֵּל אָבִיב (tel 'avív).
Senses: examples: text: [Farfour's grandfather:] The land is called Tel Al-Rabi'. But unfortunately, the Jews called it "Tel Aviv" after they occupied it.[…]¶ [Farfour's grandfather:] Farfour, I am very tired. I feel that I am about to die. I feel very close to the land of Tel Al-Rabi'. I hope you will protect it.
ref: 2007 June 29, “Farfour, Hamas' Mickey Mouse Character, Is 'Martyred' in the Final Episode of the "Pioneers of Tomorrow" Children Show on Hamas TV”, in MEMRI TV, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2024:
text: “Why did [Doueiri] forget that this city was founded on the ruins of an Arab village called Tel Al-Rabi’, which was ethnically cleansed of its original inhabitants in 1949? Can he deny having ignored the tragedy which still impacts the original inhabitants of Tel Al-Rabi’ and Jaffa?” read a statement issued by the campaign.
ref: 2013 March 14, Elhanan Miller, “The Lebanese film that was ‘too Israeli’ for the Oscars”, in The Times of Israel, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2024:
glosses: A supposed settlement in Palestine, which some Palestinians allege was forcefully renamed and converted into the city of Tel Aviv by Israeli settlers.
examples: text: Tel Aviv is referred to in the film by its Arabic name, Tal al-Rabi.
ref: 2010 September 14, Khaled Abu Toameh, “Gaza-made film shows Israel’s destruction by Palestinians”, in The Jerusalem Post, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2023:
text: We passed through Atlit, Tirat Haifa, Al-Tantura, Caesarea (Qisarya), Hadera (Al-Khudeira), Herzliya, Netanya, Tel Aviv (Tel Al-Rabi’), Jaffa, Yibna, Al-Majdal, Asqalan, Bayt Jibrin, and Al-Dahiriya to Beersheba (Bir Al-Sabi’).[…]We went to the great mosque where we prayed then visited Mosque of Hassan Beik located between Jaffa and Tal Al-Rabi’ (Tel Aviv) and Al-A’ajami Square where we stopped at a café to sip some coffee.
ref: 2021 October 12, Dr. Mohamed Haj Khalil, translated by Ali Taha, 'Ayn Al-'Asal, Fulton Books, →ISBN, pages 60—61:
glosses: Synonym of Tel Aviv.
synonyms: word: Tel Aviv
raw_tags: used by Muslims and Arabs
Dronyk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dronyks
Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Ukrainian.
vaniloquies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaniloquy
glosses: plural of vaniloquie
vaniloquie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vaniloquies
Senses: examples: text: much Babling. Dicacity, Vaniloquie.
ref: [1623, H[enry] C[ockeram], “much Babling”, in The English Dictionarie: or, An Interpreter of Hard English VVords. […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Edmund Weauer, […], →OCLC, 2nd part […], signature A3, verso:
text: The writings, ſay they, of Theodorus being in all things conſonant to the vaniloquie of Neſtorius, are together with his, deſervedly rejected by the Councell of Epheſus, utpote anathemate quod adverſus Neſtorium factum eſt procedente etiam adverſus eos, qui ante illum ſimilia illi ſapuerunt: the Anathema which was pronounced againſt Neſtorius proceeding alſo againſt thoſe, who before Neſtorius thought the ſame which he did. […] And after this, thoſe other words of Proclus, written to Iohn Biſhop of Antioch, wherein he calleth the doctrines of Theodorus; or thoſe chapters which were collected out of his bookes, vaniloquie, monſtriloquie, Iudaicall impietie: […]
ref: a. 1625, Rich[ard] Crakanthorpe, edited by Geo[rge] Crakanthorpe, Vigilius Dormitans. Romes Seer Overseene. Or A Treatise of the Fift Generall Councell Held at Constantinople, Anno 553. under Iustinian the Emperour, in the Time of Pope Vigilius: […], London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Robert Mylbourne […], published 1631, pages 69–70 and 73:
text: Thirdly, returning to others againe, he complaineth of them, as proceeding to more ungodlineſſe, for they ſhall goe on to more ungodlineſſe; that is, they that uſe prophane vaniloquies.
ref: 1631, Iohn Mayer, A Commentarie upon All the Epistles of the Apostle Saint Paul, Being Fourteene. […], London: […] John Haviland for John Grismond, […], page 541:
text: It is not therefore to be called Matheſis but Matæologie, not skill in Aſtrologie, but Vaniloquie, to go about by the ſtarres to foretell humane actions and events.
ref: 1640, John Gerhard, translated by Ralph Winterton, “Wherein are contained Theologicall Aphorismes concerning the Creation, and Angels”, in The Summe of Christian Doctrine, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Roger Daniel, […] to be sold by William Hope, […], page 44:
text: The Second Particular Forſaken in Vaniloquie; Viz. Complement. […] THus when his Reaſon into Light was brought, / And from its dark Eclipſe to clearneſs wrought / Having firſt learn’d himſelf thus to deny / Of Gentile talk, and all Vaniloquie, / Lo! this Young Heir, born to a large poſſeſſion, / Leaves all to fellow Chriſt in ſtrict Profeſſion, / And in New-life, with dayly Sin-denyal, / Bears his firſt Croſs in many a tempting tryal.
ref: 1676, J[ohn] Mason, Mentis Humanæ Metamorphosis; sive Conversio. The History of the Young Converted Gallant. Or Directions to the Readers of That Divine Poem, Written by Benjamin Keach; Intituled Warre with the Devil. […], London: […] F. L. for B. Harris […], pages 17 and 22:
glosses: Archaic spelling of vaniloquy.
razor eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A metaphor referring to the sharpness of a razor.
Senses: examples: text: In the evening’s other works, “P-Funk,” “Continuum,” “March of the Antmen” and “Students of the Asphalt Jungle,” Mr. [Rennie] Harris shows his razor eye for threading virtuosic moves — the back flips, the aerials, the head spins, oh my! — into a tapestry of elegantly fluid popping and locking or simple walking patterns.
ref: 2014 January 31, Gia Kourlas, “For a Silky Hip-Hop Romeo, a Juliet of His Own Making”, in The New York Times:
text: Over the course of the award season, with a razor eye on every single look that showed up, we collated our nominees in categories such as Best Tuxedo, or Best Footwear. Now that the season is over, it’s time to hand out the accolades.
ref: 2024 March 31, Nina Miyashita, “All the best fits from the entire 2024 awards season, according to GQ”, in GQ Australia:
glosses: Keen eyesight; sharp insight.
Tal Al-Rabi'
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tal al-Rabi'.
Tel Al-Rabi'
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tal al-Rabi'.
Tel al-Rabi'
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tal al-Rabi'.
tongue technology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A to the G to the U to the STD. Hongkongeul bonaeneun. My tongue technology
ref: 2016 August 15, “Agust D”, performed by Suga:
glosses: The ability to rap quickly.
sweetened the pill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sweeten the pill
golden bandicoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden bandicoots
Senses: glosses: Any of species Isodon auratus of short-nosed bandicoots, endemic to much of northern, central, and western Australia, but now principally found in northern Australia.
inland snake-eyed skink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inland snake-eyed skinks
Senses: glosses: Any of species Cryptoblepharus australis of arboreal skink, ndemic to inland and Central Australia.
putting into context
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put into context
cuntbrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuntbrains
Etymology: From cunt + brain
Senses: glosses: An extremely stupid person; an idiot.
cuntbrains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuntbrain
recursive compound words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recursive compound word
schoolsick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more schoolsick
form: most schoolsick
Etymology: From school + sick. Modeled after homesick.
Senses: examples: text: In a Bible study at a National Deaf Church Conference (NDCC) in 2000, when asked if they ever got ‘homesick’, most of the Deaf people there responded that they never got homesick, but they did get ‘schoolsick’ in the holidays when away from the Deaf community of the residential schools.
ref: 2007, Hannah Lewis, Deaf Liberation Theology, Ashgate Publishing, page 34:
text: ‘I can’t do anything right,’ said Ma as if it were his fault and, ‘If only the holidays were over and I was back at school,’ he told Will.
‘I’ve heard of people being homesick,’ said Will, ‘never schoolsick,’ but Doone could not smile.
ref: 2013, Rumer Godden, Thursday's Children: A Virago Modern Classic, Hachette Digital:
text: But I did get my Matriculation, with honours in English, French, Latin and History, and in the process I spent quite simply two of the happiest years of my young life. […] My mother liked to tell — though I cannot remember the incident — that at the beginning of the holidays following my second term she found me weeping in my room. On being asked what was wrong, I apparently wailed “I’m schoolsick! Nothing’s happening here!”.
ref: 2020, Nina Ann Smith, It's Odd, The Things One Remembers, FriesenPress, page 17:
text: Lewis (2016) described this feeling among students who were stuck at home during holidays as “schoolsick” as opposed to “homesick.” Deaf schools hold a special place in the hearts of many Deaf people.
ref: 2023, Thomas K. Holcomb, “The Collision Between Culture and Disability”, in Introduction to Deaf Culture, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, page 361:
glosses: Missing one's school and friends very much when away.
examples: text: I believe that, if boys could be taught their mathematics, their reading, their business, in connection with the real thing, even those fellows who have abandoned the school because they were schoolsick would be awakened.
ref: 1913 April 24, “Associations”, in Manual Training Magazine, volume XIV, number 4, page 368:
glosses: Sick or tired of school.
house shrew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: house shrews
Senses: glosses: A shrew that makes its habitat in and around human houses, especially Suncus murinus, found in various parts of Asia, Africa, and some islands.
Derived terms: Asian house shrew
year zero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The new millennium only began in 2001 because there is no year zero!
glosses: a non-existing (but often assumed) year in between 1 BCE/BC and 1 CE/AD
examples: text: What was life in Rome like around the year zero?
glosses: the beginning of the Common Era/Christian Era
ethnosexism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from German Ethnosexismus, introduced by Gabriele Dietze 2016 in reference to the discourses around 2015–16 New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany. Equivalent to ethno- + sexism.
Senses: glosses: An intersectional form of discrimination pushing narratives where a sex or gender is constructed as disadvantaged due to ethnic background and geopolitical position.
wikipedia: 2015–16 New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany
Gabriele Dietze
Spilsbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
counterable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From counter + -able.
Senses: examples: text: It's very much counterable with perks, just bring Deliverance and don't get hooked first then go pull the person off the hook and unhook yourself at the last second. If done properly you waste 3 minutes of their time and they have basically nothing from the facecamp
ref: 2023 January 13, usesPython, BHVR:
glosses: That can be countered.
Derived terms: uncounterable
incelhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From incel + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: This is arguably linked to two things: declining tolerance for straight men’s behavior may have, on the one hand, caused this; the effect is misogynistic backlash in the form of rising incelhood.
ref: 2022 November 19, Amlan Sarkar, “A Straight Masculinity Crisis Is Underway — And It’s a Good Thing”, in The Swaddle:
synonyms: inceldom
incelism
glosses: The state of being an incel.
everythinged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of everything
everythinging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of everything
everythings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of everything
big tentism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big-tentism
Etymology: From big tent + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: “I am concerned about what I would regard as big tentism – this attempt to get everybody into the same fold. I think it is an attempt to create – in the nicest possible way – a one-party state.”
ref: 2007 September 25, Stephen Tall, “Vince hits out at Gordon’s ‘Big Tentism’”, in Liberal Democrat Voice:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The act of appealing to as many different groups, philosophies, and ideologies as possible.
big-tentism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From big-tent + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: By adopting big-tentism, conservatism has been allowed to degenerate into pseudo-conservatism, an ideology essentially the same as contemporary progressivism: embracing of every ideology and policy position whose inclusion is politically expedient.
ref: 2017 July 4, Matthew Penza, “The Problem with the Big Tent”, in The Princeton Tory:
glosses: Alternative spelling of big tentism.
Wheatfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Clinton County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township and town therein, in Jasper County, Indiana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Ingham County, Michigan.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Niagara County, New York.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Perry County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
glosses: A locality and civil parish (without a council) in South Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire, England.
Vettels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Vettel
Chikaming
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Berrien County, Michigan, United States.
re-parole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: re-paroles
Senses: glosses: A renewed parole.
-uresis
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek οὔρησις (oúrēsis), compare uresis.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of -uria.
Related terms: -uretic
-uria
uro-
urine
urethra
noct-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Latin nox (stem noct-).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nyct-.
face pubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From face + pubes. First use appears c. 1998. See cite below.
Senses: examples: text: Yeah, I know. He used to be gorgeous like in Who, Then, Now? And now he's still a hottie, but i'm not liking the little face pubes.
ref: 1998 December 30, KKoRnFIaKe, “Got The Life Video”, in alt.music.korn (Usenet):
text: With your bare hands mash the shit out of it until blended consistently, all the while trying not to get any of your greasy hair or shitty face pubes in it.
ref: 2010, Steve Seabury, Mosh Potatoes - Recipes, Anecdotes, and Mayhem from the Heavyweights of Heavy Metal, page 77:
text: So I won't issue commandants on wedding whiskers, but I will offer the reference chart on the next two pages to help you make the informed decision about Groomzilla's face pubes.
ref: 2012, Craig Bridger, Surviving Groomzilla: A Bride's Guide:
text: She was laughing at your deranged face pubes, you moron.
ref: 2013, Greg Means, MK Reed, Joe Flood, The Cute Girl Network - Volume 1, page 38:
text: I don't think I'll be fighting over them or their plastered face pubes.
ref: 2020, Kat Adams, Just Between Us:
synonyms: facial pubes
glosses: The facial hair of a man, especially if uneven or unkempt.
injurying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of injury
injuried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of injury
congestive cardiac failure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: congestive cardiac failures
Senses: glosses: Synonym of heart failure.
synonyms: word: heart failure
congestive cardiac failures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of congestive cardiac failure
male as norm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: feminism
government
grammar
human-sciences
ideology
linguistics
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: The principle that holds that grammatical and lexical devices such as the use of the feminine suffix -ess and the use of man to mean human, strengthen the perceptions that the male category is the norm, and that corresponding female categories are thus less important.
Lord rest his soul
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of God rest his soul.
synonyms: word: God rest his soul
aparthood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of Afrikaans apartheid, equivalent to apart + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: Aparthood clearly exists when it comes to Israel.
ref: 2021 November 5, Alex Benjamin, “Israel’s ‘aparthood’”, in The Times of Israel:
text: In the Afrikaans language it means “aparthood” or “apart-ness.”
ref: 2023 May 6, Amie Ferris-Rotman, “Afghan feminists began using the term shortly after the takeover. Now, it's spreading globally”, in New Lines Magazine:
glosses: apartheid
clowne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of clown.
cloyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of clown.
custom car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: custom cars
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
synonyms: custom vehicle
glosses: A passenger vehicle that has been altered to improve its performance, modify its aesthetics, or combine both.
custom cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of custom car
custom vehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: custom vehicles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of custom car.
synonyms: word: custom car
custom vehicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of custom vehicle
borszcz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of barszcz.
saves the furniture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of save the furniture
saving the furniture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of save the furniture
saved the furniture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of save the furniture
Casal necklaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Casal necklace
Pepperidge Farm remembers
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: An advertising slogan used by the bakery chain Pepperidge Farm in the 1980s, referenced in Season 5, Episode 3 of Family Guy.
Senses: glosses: Used to nostalgically reminisce or recall a happier time in the past.
glosses: Used to recall long-forgotten facts or events pertaining to the Internet and its many users.
Related terms: the Internet never forgets
Smoky Lake County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipal district in north-east Alberta, Canada.
tokiponido
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtəʊ.ki.pəʊˈniː.dəʊ/
ipa: /-pə-/
ipa: /ˌtoʊ.ki.poʊˈni.doʊ/
ipa: /-pə-/
rhymes: -iːdəʊ
Forms: form: tokiponidos
Etymology: Either from Toki Pona + -ido, by analogy with Esperantido, or borrowed from Esperanto tokiponido.
Senses: examples: text: But let’s fast-forward two decades and look at a couple of interesting tokiponidos (as these descendants are humorously termed) that were both proposed in mid 2020.
ref: 2022 March 28, Simon Davies, “Conlang Excursions 5: Making a Good Thing Better”, in ESF Connected:
text: at long last, i've completed my tokiponido, "toki pona with penultimate stress"! i'll post the docs shortly after
ref: 2024 February 9, @blazerlazer55, Twitter, archived from the original on 06 Sep 2024:
glosses: A constructed language derived from Toki Pona.
not for attribution
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: topics: journalism
media
synonyms: word: NFA
glosses: Indicating that a source must not be named.
Smoky Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Smoky Lake County, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: An alpine lake in Blaine County, Idaho, United States, located in the Smoky Mountains.
Derived terms: Smoky Lake County
make a case
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes a case
form: making a case
form: made a case
form: made a case
Senses: topics: law
glosses: To argue for a set of facts or arguments in support of one side in a legal case.
glosses: Synonym of make a case for.
synonyms: word: make a case for
hard cases make bad law
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An extreme case is a poor basis for a general law that would cover a wider range of less extreme cases.
topics: law
glosses: A general law is better drafted for the average circumstance.
put in mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts in mind
form: putting in mind
form: put in mind
form: put in mind
Senses: glosses: To encourage or inspire someone to follow a certain course of action.
slow burner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slow burners
Senses: glosses: Synonym of slow burn.
synonyms: word: slow burn
slow burners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slow burner
ready, willing, and able
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used to describe someone who is well-prepared and eager to do something.
on the ready
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Well-prepared or set to initiate.
fangirly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fangirly
form: most fangirly
Etymology: From fangirl + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Damian Shanahan introduced me to Steve R, and he and I had a good long chat about life, the beeb, our fellow St*n*c8tters, etc. I'd brought along a camera, but thought it would be a bit fangirly to ask for a photo with Steve.
ref: 1998 November 23, Susannah Tiller, “My fabulous time yesterday”, in alt.fan.stonecutters (Usenet):
text: Sara considered writing to tell him about it, but discarded the idea as overtly fangirly.
ref: 2007, Lucy A. Snyder, “Sara and the Telecats”, in Sparks and Shadows: Stories and Poetry, HW Press, page 106:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a fangirl; fangirlish.
eatingware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eating + -ware.
Senses: synonyms: eatware
glosses: Items used for eating a meal, such as plates and cutlery.
eatware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eat + -ware.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of eatingware.
synonyms: word: eatingware
bispyribac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular herbicide.
puts in mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put in mind
putting in mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of put in mind
making a case
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of make a case
makes a case
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make a case
made a case
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make a case
tokiponidos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tokiponido
Le Buisson-de-Cadouin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
freewayless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From freeway + -less.
Senses: examples: text: PS: The average commute time in the freewayless City of Vancouver is 27 minutes, while outside of the City of Vancouver the average commute time is 31 minutes.
ref: 2012 July 12, Nathan Pachal, “TomTom Congestion Index Useless for Metro Vancouver”, in The South Fraser Blog:
text: In freewayless areas like the Northwest, traffic jams are comparatively fewer – encouraged by the lack of a highway, more people have been riding buses.
ref: 2019 February 7, Richard F. Weingroff, “The D.C. Freeway Revolt and the Coming of Metro: Part 5 - After the Court Revolt”, in Federal Highway Administration, page 61:
glosses: Without freeways.
ready or not
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Determined, regardless of readiness or preparedness.
benz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Clipping of benzedrine, originally a brand name for amphetamine. Possibly influenced by Benz (short for Mercedes-Benz), alluding to its high speed.
Senses: examples: text: Now from taking all this Benz and scrumpy and stuff, I wasn’t all that bright on remembering where I had been and what I was doing most of the time, and even when people spoke to me it took me about two minutes to register what they had said.
ref: 1961, Frank Norman, “A Parrot, a Juke-box and the Benz” (chapter 3), in Stand on Me: A true story of Soho with a glossary of slang, for those who need it, New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, Inc., →LCCN, page 30:
synonyms: benzie
glosses: The drug amphetamine, used recreationally for its stimulant effects.
benz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benz
Etymology: Clipping of benners, an alteration of tenners, plural of tenner (“a £10 banknote”).
Senses: examples: text: What's that smell in the chеst of drawers? / Young boy sellin' them benz and scores / Gotta get rich in desperate cause / Talk about drill, gotta mention moi
ref: 2024 September 5, Central Cee, Einer Bankz, Raye, “Moi”, performed by Central Cee and Raye, Columbia Records:
glosses: Clipping of benners (“a bag of cannabis worth £10”).
gets one's jollies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get one's jollies
getting one's jollies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of get one's jollies
got one's jollies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get one's jollies
glosses: simple past of get one's jollies
gotten one's jollies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get one's jollies
benners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benners
Etymology: Probably an alteration of tenners, plural of tenner (“a £10 banknote”).
Senses: examples: text: I'll give your gran a benners for a blowjob / Another ten for her clothes off / She's stiff like a robot / But there ain't nothing I won't want
ref: 2007 June 8, Ghetts, “Menace” (track 5), in Ghetto Gospel, performed by Ghetts:
glosses: Ten pounds; a £10 banknote.
examples: text: "On the phone you said you want a scores, you think I would come all the way here for a benners you prick!!!"
ref: 2014 February 13, @LIVA_GOTTA, Twitter:
text: You sold a benners now you think your^([sic]) the best weed man on road 😂
ref: 2015 October 17, @IAMGooseboy, Twitter:
text: I live a hood life but make it look nice / Come a long way from linking benners on my pushbike
ref: 2016 November 20, Trizzy Trapz, Kojo Funds, “Say My Grace”, performed by Trizzy Trapz ft. Kojo Funds:
synonyms: benz
coordinate_terms: scores
glosses: A bag of cannabis worth £10.
SCREAMING`lowbar`SNAKE`lowbar`CASE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SCREAMING_SNAKE_CASE
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of screaming snake case.
godmommy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: godmommies
form: godmummy
Etymology: From god- + mommy or godmom + -y.
Senses: glosses: Godmother.
godmommies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of godmommy
godmummy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: godmummies
form: godmommy
Etymology: From god- + mummy or godmum + -y.
Senses: glosses: Godmother.
godmummies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of godmummy
dfkm
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Lool man said 4?! We getting 3 [zoots] out of benners over here dfkm 🤣
ref: 2020 October 13, @SHBK4L, Twitter:
glosses: Initialism of don't fucking kill me: used to indicate surprise or amusement.
Related terms: english: don't kill me
translation: don't kill me
word: dkm
premechanized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: pre-mechanization