cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cloak-and-daggery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: cloak-and-dagger + -y
Senses: examples: text: [Richard] Moore's climb to the pinnacle of British cloak-and-daggery is a measure of the curious intimacy that sits alongside the ancient enmities that have often described Anglo-Irish relations.
ref: 2025 August 15, Philip Stephens, “Ireland's ‘British question’”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 1:
glosses: Espionage, secrecy.
inside line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inside lines
Senses: examples: text: Ilona Maher, whose social media fame has spread word about the game and propelled this tournament to a new audience, made a brief indent on an inside line, but otherwise England's defence forced the visitors into retreat.
ref: 2025 August 22, Mike Henson, “England open World Cup with 11-try win over USA”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
driving maul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: driving mauls
Senses: examples: text: England's last line-out in World Cup rugby had been stolen by New Zealand in a dramatic conclusion to the final three years ago, but the driving maul remains a potent weapon and flanker Sadia Kabeya was decisive as England fired up the steamroller once more.
ref: 2025 August 22, Mike Henson, “England open World Cup with 11-try win over USA”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
stripmall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stripmalls
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of strip mall.
second row
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second rows
Senses: examples: text: The United States shot back as second row Erica Jarrell-Searcy shrugged off Breach in midfield and showed superb pace to scamper in.
ref: 2025 August 22, Mike Henson, “England open World Cup with 11-try win over USA”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: lock (either of two players in the second row of the scrum)
Coordinate terms: back row
front row
tight five
one-way traffic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
ghost project
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghost projects
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A government project that exists on paper but has little to no presence in real life; likely has alleged anomalies due to corruption
dust plug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dust plugs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A plastic accessory which is inserted into a port to prevent dust from getting inside.
Bhateja
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bhatejas
Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਭਠੇਜਾ (bhaṭhejā).
Senses: glosses: a Punjabi surname, used by Jāṭs.
Bhatejas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bhateja
yoogle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yoogles
Etymology: From yield (“return, profit, income”) + -oogle, inspired by googol (10^100).
Senses: examples: Some traders describe the pursuit of infinite yield as chasing the Yoogle.
topics: business
cryptocurrency
finance
glosses: A neologism denoting abundant or near-infinite returns, especially in digital finance and DeFi contexts.
yoogle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yoogles
form: yoogling
form: yoogled
form: yoogled
Etymology: From yield (“return, profit, income”) + -oogle, inspired by googol (10^100).
Senses: examples: I’m yoogling my assets across different DeFi platforms.
glosses: To increase yield or optimize returns in decentralized finance.
examples: He spent years yoogling his trades, looking for the big win.
glosses: To pursue high-risk, high-reward investment strategies.
Related terms: yield
HODL
DeFi
Googol
not the sharpest pencil in the box
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
synonyms: word: not the sharpest knife in the drawer
Ervalla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement in Örebro municipality, Örebro county, Sweden.
Sm’algya̱x
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Jeremy Pahl recommitted to learning his ancestral language after moving home to Kxeen, also known as Prince Rupert, B.C. Five years later, he says he catches himself thinking, and dreaming, in Sm'algya̱x. The Ts'msyen musician says it's become his first language when he's writing. He's now set to release his first album recorded entirely in Sm'algya̱x this summer, with the first single dropping on May 31.
ref: 2023 May 31, Kate Partridge, “Ts'msyen musician set to release album in Sm'algya̱x after years of studying endangered language”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 31 May 2023:
synonyms: Coast Tsimshian
glosses: Variant of the Tsimshian language spoken in northwestern British Columbia and southeastern Alaska.
hyperdoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪpəˈdɒɹɪk/
Forms: form: more hyperdoric
form: most hyperdoric
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπερδώριος (huperdṓrios). By surface analysis, hyper- + Doric.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Having artificial, phonological hyperadaptations that imitate and exaggerate the distinctive features of Doric Greek in an unetymological fashion, sometimes intentionally for stylistic effect.
raw_tags: of an Ancient Greek term
Derived terms: hyperdoricism
hypermess
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hypermesses
form: hypermessing
form: hypermessed
form: hypermessed
Etymology: From hyper (“paraphilia involving large, exaggerated body parts, or excessive amount of expelled substances”) + mess.
Senses: glosses: To make soiled by defecating in an excessive or abnormal amount.
glosses: To defecate excessively.
hypermess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypermesses
Etymology: From hyper (“paraphilia involving large, exaggerated body parts, or excessive amount of expelled substances”) + mess.
Senses: glosses: An excessive or abnormal amount of excrement, especially as the result of hypermessing.
hypermesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypermess
hypermesses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hypermess
hypermessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hypermess
hypermessed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hypermess
hypermessy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypermessy
form: most hypermessy
Senses: glosses: Exessively or abnormally soiled with excrement.
raw_tags: of undergarments
glosses: Prone to hypermessing; prone to causing a hypermess.
raw_tags: of a person
hyperwet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperwet
form: most hyperwet
Etymology: From hyper- (“intensely, extremely”) + wet.
Senses: examples: text: The hyperwet evergreen forest has no dry season.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Very wet.
hyperwet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hyperwets
form: hyperwetting
form: hyperwet
form: hyperwet
form: hyperwetted
form: hyperwetted
Etymology: From hyper (“paraphilia involving large, exaggerated body parts, or excessive amount of expelled substances”) + wet.
Senses: glosses: To urinate an excessive or abnormal amount, such as into a diaper.
hyperwet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperwet
form: most hyperwet
Etymology: From hyper (“paraphilia involving large, exaggerated body parts, or excessive amount of expelled substances”) + wet.
Senses: glosses: Exessively or abnormally soaked with urine, especially as the result of hyperwetting.
raw_tags: of clothing
hyperwetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hyperwet
hyperwetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hyperwet
hyperwets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hyperwet
diapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diapies
Etymology: From diaper + -y (“diminutive suffix”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of diapie.
diapee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diapees
Etymology: From diaper + -ee (“diminutive suffix”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of diapie.
diapees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diapee
present simple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: present simples
Senses: glosses: Synonym of simple present.
synonyms: word: simple present
present indefinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: present indefinites
Senses: glosses: Synonym of simple present.
synonyms: word: simple present
present simples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of present simple
present indefinites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of present indefinite
Jonsered
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement in Partille municipality, Västra Götaland county, east of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Järna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement in Södertälje municipality, Stockholm county, Sweden.
synonyms: Dala-Järna
glosses: A settlement in Vansbro municipality, Dalarna county, Sweden
cmiiw
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of CMIIW.
dippage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪpɪdʒ/
rhymes: -ɪpɪdʒ
Senses: glosses: The act of dipping.
Åby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement in Norrköping municipality, Östergötland county, Sweden.
glosses: A settlement in Växjö municipality, Kronoberg county, Sweden.
play doggo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pleɪ ˈdɒɡəʊ/
ipa: /plɪ ˈdɔɡoʊ/
ipa: /-ˈdɑ-/
rhymes: -ɒɡəʊ
Forms: form: plays doggo
form: playing doggo
form: played doggo
form: played doggo
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: play dead, play possum
glosses: Synonym of lie doggo (“to lie quiet and still in order to avoid detection”)
synonyms: word: lie doggo
extra: to lie quiet and still in order to avoid detection
AVCAT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of avcat.
k00ked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more k00ked
form: most k00ked
Senses: glosses: Leetspeak spelling of cooked.
Purim spiels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Purim spiel
Preemption
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the American spelling of pre-emption.
Senses: glosses: A township and census-designated place therein, in Mercer County, Illinois, United States.
Tagalophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tagalophones
Senses: glosses: A Tagalog speaker.
Taksin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Thai ตากสิน (dtàak-sǐn).
Senses: glosses: King Taksin the Great, a certain king which ruled over the Thonburi Kingdom in modern-day Thailand.
disco bunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disco bunnies
form: disco-bunny
form: discobunny
Senses: examples: text: He was a disco bunny hanging out with musicians and decorators and people with money. I can still see him—silk shirt unbuttoned down just far enough, he’s having a good hair day. He has all the right connections.
ref: 1994, Susan Bergman, chapter 9, in Anonymity: The Secret Life of an American Family, Warner Books, page 154:
text: Now here’s a confession: I was a disco bunny in my youth, I was International Mr. Leather in 1986 (and therefore guilty, guilty of The Cult of Masculinity), and today I am happily married (for twenty two years) to another queer radical.
ref: 1998 January 24, Scott Tucker, “Suburbia as Utopia: The Destiny of Gay Men?”, in Gay Community News, volume 23, numbers 2-3, pages 42-43:
text: Phil said, “Well, consensual pig farming is one thing, but getting involuntarily stabbed to death by your trick is definitely something else. A lot of the disco bunnies are scared shitless. Especially out at Trucky’s. Blount is the one who did it, isn’t he?”
ref: 2003, Richard Stevenson, chapter 3, in Death Trick, Southern Tier Editions, page 29:
text: One man recalled that the gay bars and clubs were an important draw for him to the area, stating that “of course it was the bars, the bars and the discos and everything. ... Not that I was a disco bunny. That was gay life.”
ref: 2009, Amanda K. Baumle, D’Lane Compton, Dudley L. Poston Jr., chapter 4, in Same-Sex partners: The Social Demography of Sexual Orientation, SUNY Press, page 89:
text: I resisted disinhibition probably because I was trying to get serious about being an art critic right at the time I became a disco bunny. I fought the effect of the drugs I took. I thought at the disco.
ref: 2016, Douglas Crimp, chapter 6, in Before Pictures, University of Chicago Press, page 192:
topics: LGBT
glosses: A (typically young) gay man who frequently clubs or discos.
examples: text: "And he's having an affair, too," Lawton said. "Little bitty girl, size six. Disco bunny is how I picture her."
ref: 1999, James W. Hall, chapter 24, in Body Language, St. Martin's Paperbacks, page 265:
text: And hes splashed all over the front pages of the tabloids this morning, arm in arm with some smiling disco bunny with a silicone chest and whitened teeth. She looks about twelve, I can’t stand it. Her voice was wobbly, close to tears.
ref: 2001, Laura Lockington, chapter 6, in Capers in the Sauce, Century, page 110:
text: I was determined to stand there until she came out and took it back, that she was through with me and was gonna go out with that lame disco bunny Julie Milton, the cool chick with the hip polyester clothes, who probably read The Joy of Lesbian Sex and cut to the chase instead of standing there staring at the unexpected vision of breasts.
ref: 2002, Lynn Breedlove, Godspeed, St. Martin's Press, page 48:
glosses: A woman who frequents clubs and or discos.
Related terms: badge bunny
barracks bunny
beach bunny
bridge bunny
buckle bunny
gym bunny
puck bunny
rope bunny
ski bunny
slope bunny
snow bunny
sun bunny
circuit queen
disco-bunny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disco-bunnies
Senses: examples: text: Though most women in these two venues are locals on a night out, good-time party-girls or disco-bunnies — who may or may not be looking for male company. But either way, it’s always the man who’s buying at least the drinks.
ref: 1997, David Brazil, chapter 2, in No Money, No Honey!: A candid look at sex-for-sale in Singapore, Angsana Books, page 40:
text: London’s largest gay venue is something of a dump these days, but that doesn’t bother the hordes of disco-bunnies who congregate to dance to poppy tunes and sing to Saturday PAs. Friday’s Camp Attack is a must for Kylie fans.
ref: 2005, Time Out Group, chapter 5, in Time Out: London Guide, Fourteenth Edition, Ebury Publishing, page 297:
text: Joe opened his eyes. Men were everywhere, clusters, couples, hopeful glancing loners. The problem was though, even the prettiest, campiest disco-bunny was still basically, disappointingly, guy-shaped. Closing his eyes wouldn’t help, not if he had seen him in the first place.
ref: 2010, Gerard Stembridge, chapter 3, in Counting Down, Penguin Books, page 36:
topics: LGBT
glosses: Alternative spelling of disco bunny.
NYSC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Any NYSC member wey dey interested need to send in entry ontop social media: Instagram and Twitter.
ref: 2019 March 27, “How NYSC corpers fit get di free laptops and phones wey EU wan dash dem”, in BBC News Pidgin (in Nigerian Pidgin):
english: Any NYSC member who is interested needs to send in an entry on social media: Instagram and Twitter.
translation: Any NYSC member who is interested needs to send in an entry on social media: Instagram and Twitter.
bold_translation_offsets: 4
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glosses: Initialism of National Youth Service Corps.
main meal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: main meals
Senses: glosses: The largest and most substantial meal of the day, usually featuring a primary dish or main course that serves as the focus of the meal. It is often a sit-down occasion, typically eaten in the evening or midday.
NUP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine said on Monday he supported the protest which he clarified was “organized by the young people of Uganda” and not his NUP party.
ref: 2024 July 22, Nimi Princewill, “Uganda’s President Museveni warns citizens they are ‘playing with fire’ over planned protests”, in CNN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of National Unity Platform.
IGG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Uganda grapples with widespread government corruption with an estimated Sh. 10 trillion ($2.7 billion) in public funding diverted each year, according to its anti-graft body, the Inspectorate of Government (IGG).
ref: 2024 July 22, Nimi Princewill, “Uganda’s President Museveni warns citizens they are ‘playing with fire’ over planned protests”, in CNN:
glosses: Abbreviation of Inspectorate of Government.
bio-ink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bio-inks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bioink.
bio-inks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bio-ink
dho-gazza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dho-gazzas
Senses: topics: falconry
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
related: word: dho-gaza
glosses: A mist net, loosely suspended between poles, and accompanied by bait, for trapping hawks.
harp trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harp traps
Senses: glosses: A bat trap consisting of a strung frame and a collection bag: the bat flies into the strings and falls into the bag.
-sequy
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Forms: form: -sequies
form: -sequie
Etymology: Extracted from Latin compounds such as obsequium, exsequia.
Senses: qualifier: forming nouns
glosses: follow
Derived terms: exsequy
obsequy
GMDC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation.
embrained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more embrained
form: most embrained
Senses: examples: text: "...Interest in making the individual embodied, embedded, embrained, encultured and encoded experience come to the fore"
ref: 2021, Johanne Kirkeby, Visualizing Text: A Cognitive Study of the role and function of Visualization for the Reading Experience:
qualifier: Cognitive Psychology
glosses: experienced via the brain qua organ
rolledst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of roll
Tkaronto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Mohawk tkaronto (“where trees stand in water”).
Senses: examples: text: While the Don Valley holds a special place in Tkaronto's Indigenous history, the lobby of the Independent Order of Foresters (IOF) in Don Mills is as unlikely a place as any to find a marker of a remarkable chapter in Indigenous history.
ref: 2021 August 12, Enzo DiMatteo, “Hidden Tkaronto: 10 places connected to the city’s Indigenous history”, in NOW Toronto, Toronto, Ont.: NOW Communications Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2025:
text: This book would not exist without my community, who carried me over the many years it took to write it. I wrote this book mostly in Tkaronto.
ref: 2023, Janika Oza, “Acknowledgments”, in A History of Burning, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 388:
glosses: Alternative form of Toronto: the capital city of Ontario, Canada and largest city Canada
Avigail
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל (avigáyil, “Avigail”, literally “my Father's joy” or “fountain of joy”).
Senses: examples: text: And although it doesn’t mean acting like an infant again, it does require recognizing that many of the thoughts and behaviors you’d like to change come from lingering feelings of childhood traumas or your inner child, said Dr. Avigail Lev, a licensed clinical psychologist at the Bay Area CBT Center in San Francisco.
ref: 2025 April 28, Madeline Holcombe, “It might be time to ‘reparent’ yourself. Here’s how to get started”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Abigail.
LGBQ+
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Most LGBQ+ students (52%) have also recently experienced poor mental health and more than one in five attempted suicide in the past year.
ref: 2023 February 13, Deidre McPhillips, “Teens, especially girls, are experiencing more violence, suicidal thoughts and mental health challenges, CDC survey finds”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer/Questioning plus The "plus" is inclusive of other groups, such as asexual, intersex, etc.
shirtie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shirties
Etymology: From shirt + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: An’ that’s how we finds him, hangin’ on like grim death, him and his little shirtie.
ref: 1912 December 24, Mike Donnelly, quotee, “Negro Boy Picked Up in Tree, 100 Miles at Sea: Was Swimming When Storm Came—‘Worth Saving for He Always Says “Sir”’”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, night edition, volume 65, number 126, St. Louis, Mo., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 6:
text: Эх, если б узнал это старый барин! Он не посмотрел бы на то, что ты чиновник, а, поднявши рубашонку, таких бы засыпал тебе, что б дня четыре ты почесывался.
ref: 1916, Nicolay Gogol, translated by Thomas Seltzer, act II, scene I, in The Inspector-General: A Comedy in Five Acts […] (The Borzoi Plays; 4), New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →OCLC, page 37:
roman: Ex, jesli b uznal eto staryj barin! On ne posmotrel by na to, što ty činovnik, a, podnjavši rubašonku, takix by zasypal tebe, što b dnja četyre ty počesyvalsja.
text: I bought only George a present, something so different, so unusual, that he couldn’t possibly go through life without one. It was a little shirt on its own little hanger with this verse on the front: ‘When your handkerchief is clean, Put it it where it can be seen, But when your handkerchief is dirty, Put it in this little shirtie.’
ref: 1999, Helen Butcher, “Not far from Liverpool”, in The Treacle Stick, Warwick, Warwickshire: QuercuS, →ISBN, page 138:
glosses: Diminutive of shirt.
shirties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shirtie
staghorn moss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A moss of species Lycopodium clavatum.
stbd.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of starboard
stge.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of stage
stinking ash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A tree of species Acer negundo.
stinking chamomile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A plant of species Anthemis cotula
stop-off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stop-offs
Senses: examples: text: Located 260km (161 miles) west of Vienna, Fucking has in recent years become a popular stop-off point for tourists, particularly from English-speaking countries, who snap pictures of themselves by the signposts at the entrance and exit to the village and post them on social media.
ref: 2020 November 26, Philip Oltermann in Berlin, “Fugging hell: tired of mockery, Austrian village changes name”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2021:
glosses: Alternative form of stopoff
shirt collar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shirt collars
form: shirt-collar
form: shirtcollar
Senses: examples: text: Gibson Lee is the last remaining manufacturer of paper disposable shirt collars in North America.
ref: 1981 September 23, R.S. Jackson, “Disposable Collars, a Fashionable Option”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015:
text: In general, you should be able to slip your finger in between your neck and shirt collar.
ref: 2001 October 12, Jeannine Stein, “Hot Under the Collar About Shirt Sizes”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2025:
text: Awkwardly tall for his little red sports car, he was boyish in manner, with heavy, black-rimmed glasses and shirt collars folded over the jacket in the style of FR Leavis, an early hero.
ref: 2005 December 20, John Harris, “David Gerard”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2016:
glosses: The collar of a shirt.
shirt collars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shirt collar
shirt-collar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shirt-collars
Senses: examples: text: Years ago when I was acquainted with a gentleman very much of the old school, — an elderly gentleman, who wore a thick cravat, and whose starched shirt-collars threatened continually to saw off his ears.
ref: 1867 January, Charles Dawson Shanly, “Capillary Freaks”, in The Atlantic Monthly, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Oct 2013:
text: The shirt-collar may seem a very trifling subject to meditate on. But them have been readable meditations on broomsticks one, at least, and that was written by a certain Dr. [Jonathan] Swift, of Laracor, at the request of the ladies of Dublin Castle, who longed to have something moral in the style of Hon. Robert Boyle; […]
ref: 1874 November 22, “Meditations on Shirt-Collars. How They Turned Up at First, and How They Turned Down at Last.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2025:
text: In the past, draft day fashion often looked as though it had been inspired by some old-fashioned city slicker or the explicit desire to avoid looking like a spit-shined, suit and tie guy. Today, guys struggled with choosing the right tie. Their shirt-collars often didn’t fit well.
ref: 2015 June 26, Robin Givhan, “No, freshly minted NBA player, you’re not as sharp as Russell Westbrook. Not yet.”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2015:
glosses: Alternative form of shirt collar.
shirt-collars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shirt-collar
shirtcollar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shirtcollars
Senses: examples: text: The slight breeze lifted the points of his shirtcollar.
ref: 1968, Christopher Leach, chapter 9, in Kate’s Story, New York, N.Y.: Four Winds Press, published 1972, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 125:
text: He threw open the door abruptly. A stranger stood, hat in hand, on the threshold—a short, rotund man whose neck formed a roll over the back of his shirtcollar, and who was as unmistakably German as Mester had been American.
ref: 1976, Alec Redwood, “Two Visitors”, in Mad Dogs and Englishmen, London: Robert Hale & Company, →ISBN, section II, page 10:
text: Virgil Carruthers had not led them to expect it, and Carruthers himself, seated across the table from Wade and Suzanne, sweated and ran his forefinger around the inside of his shirtcollar, grinning in helpless apology whenever Suzanne shot him a cold glance of acknowledgement.
ref: 1980 February, Michael T[homas] Hinkemeyer, chapter 4, in The Harbinger, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, pages 40–41:
glosses: Alternative form of shirt collar.
shirtcollars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shirtcollar
Moons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Moon
full Moon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: full Moons
Senses: examples: text: Historically, Easter was defined as occurring during the first Sunday after the first full Moon after the vernal equinox. However, several systems evolved because the events related to Easter as described in the Bible were not based on a specific calendar date but occurred with reference to the time of the Jewish-Passover and its associated full Moon.
ref: 2012, Nick Kanas, “Time and the calendar”, in Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography (Springer-Praxis Books in Popular Astronomy), 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Springer; Chichester, West Sussex: Praxis Publishing, →ISBN, chapter 3 (European cosmology), section 2 (European astronomy during the early Middle Ages), page 68:
text: Dardry could remember when, seen though Pluto’s dusty blue sky, the Sun was a point not much brighter than the Earth’s full Moon.
ref: 2017 November–December, Larry Niven, “By the Red Giant’s Light”, in C[harles] C[oleman] Finlay, editor, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 133, numbers 5 and 6 (734 overall), Hoboken, N.J.: Spilogale, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 149:
text: The Moon also feeds our superstitions, believed by some to exert mysterious powers of influence on human behavior, especially during full Moon.
ref: 2022, Neil deGrasse Tyson, “Earth & Moon: Cosmic perspectives”, in Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization, New York, N.Y.: Holt Paperbacks, published 2024, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of full moon.
full Moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of full Moon
Linhe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: lǐnʹhŭʹ
Forms: form: Linho
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 臨河 /临河 (Línhé).
Senses: glosses: A district of Bayannur, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
Goodhand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Crohn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
GTranslate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gtranslate
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Google Translate.
GForms
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gforms
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Google Forms.
GCalendar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gcalendar
Senses: glosses: Synonym of GCal (“Google Calendar”).
synonyms: word: GCal
extra: Google Calendar
GSites
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gsites
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Google Sites.
GSheets
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gsheets
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Google Sheets.
GImages
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gimages
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Google Images.
GPhotos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gphotos
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Google Photos.
GMaps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gmaps
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Google Maps.
GDrive
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gdrive
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Google Drive.
GSearch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gsearch
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Google Search.
GScholar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gscholar
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Google Scholar.
GDoc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GDocs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Google Doc.
GDocs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gdocs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Google Docs.
GFlights
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gflights
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Google Flights.
goonslave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goonslaves
Etymology: From goon (“to masturbate for long periods of time without reaching climax”) + slave.
Senses: glosses: One who is addicted to gooning repeatedly, especially to a particular person, character or fetish; a frequent masturbator.
goonslaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goonslave
my dog ate my homework
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of the dog ate my homework
burns in hell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of burn in hell
burning in hell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of burn in hell
contagious magic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of sympathetic magic based on the concept that once two objects have made physical contact, they remain connected in some way, even when physically separated.
Aghadavoyle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, located between Meigh, Drumintee and Jonesborough (Irish grid ref J 0418).
wikipedia: Adavoyle railway station
spellbindings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spellbinding
deflatulent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- + flatulent.
Senses: examples: text: Tang-era writers credited sanlejiang with laxative and deflatulent properties.
glosses: Synonym of antiflatulent, preventing flatulence.
synonyms: word: antiflatulent
word: preventing flatulence
deflatulent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deflatulents
Etymology: From de- + flatulent.
Senses: examples: text: About thirty minutes after he took the deflatulent, his bowels grew noticeably more quiescent.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of antiflatulent, a drug that prevents flatulence.
synonyms: word: antiflatulent
extra: a drug that prevents flatulence
deflatulents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deflatulent
Bryonna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Brionna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
cat activation noise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cat activation noises
head_nr: 1
form: Cat Activation Noise
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: The trill sound made by cats.
fan-fucking-tastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fan-fucking-tastic
form: most fan-fucking-tastic
Etymology: Via expletive infixation, from fantastic + -fucking-.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fanfuckingtastic.
fan-fucking-tastic
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Via expletive infixation, from fantastic + -fucking-.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fanfuckingtastic.
Kellswater
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Kells Water, a local stream.
Senses: glosses: A locality west of Kells, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, in Sharvogues and Tullynamullan townlands (Irish grid ref J 0996).
wikipedia: Kells Water
twiglit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twiglits
Senses: glosses: An insult for a skinny or weak person.
inlots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inlot
Dashiqiao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: däʹshûʹchyouʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大石橋 /大石桥 (Dàshíqiáo).
Senses: synonyms: word: Yingkou
glosses: A county-level city of Yingkou, Liaoning, China, formerly Yingkou county.
dirty dances
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dirty dance
dirty danced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dirty dance
-lucent
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From translucent. Confer also lucent (“translucent”).
Senses: glosses: Transparent in radiometry or sonometry.
FCFS
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of first-come-first-served.
Sheskinshule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
genderflip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genderflips
form: gender-flip
Senses: glosses: Synonym of genderswap.
synonyms: word: genderswap
genderflip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: genderflips
form: genderflipping
form: genderflipped
form: genderflipped
form: gender-flip
Senses: glosses: Synonym of genderswap.
synonyms: word: genderswap
genderflips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genderflip
genderflips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of genderflip
genderflipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of genderflip
genderflipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of genderflip
Eurosnob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eurosnobs
Etymology: Euro- + snob.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A football fan from outside Europe who only follows European football and ignores their own local teams and leagues.
Eurosnobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eurosnob
TWYS
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of tag what you see.
haematolagnia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hematolagnia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek; equivalent to haemato- + -lagnia.
Senses: examples: text: Of particular interest was the supposed compulsion to kill for blood (to drink). It is thought that such compulsions are linked to a sexual deviation, such as haematophilia or hematolagnia (APA, 2002) or vampirism (Prins, 1985), but Haigh gave no indication of paraphilia of this kind and, indeed, seemed to have no interest in sex.
ref: 2014, Helen Gavin, Criminological and Forensic Psychology, page 306:
glosses: The love of blood; an attraction to blood in general, especially sexually.
Related terms: haematolagniac
haematophilia
Nabonidus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: năb′ō-nī′dəs
enpr: năb′ə-
ipa: /ˌnab.əʊ̯ˈnaɪ̯.dəs/
note: conservative
ipa: /ˌnæb-/
ipa: /-b.ə-/
ipa: /ˌnæb.oʊ̯ˈnaɪ̯.dəs/
ipa: /-b.ə-/
ipa: /ˌnæb.oʊˈnʌɪ̯.dəs/
ipa: /ˌnæb.əʉ̯ˈnɑe̯.dəs/
ipa: /-b.ə-/
ipa: /ˌnɛb.ɐʉ̯ˈnaɪ̯.dəs/
ipa: /-b.ə-/
ipa: /ˌnab.oˈnaɪ̯.dəs/
ipa: /ˌnab.oˈnʌi̯.dəs/
ipa: /ˌnab.oˈnəi̯.dəs/
ipa: /-b.ə-/
ipa: /ˌnab.o(ː)ˈnaj.ɖus/
rhymes: -aɪdəs
Etymology: From Akkadian 𒀭𒀝𒈾𒀪𒀉 (Nabû-naʾid, literally “May Nabu be exalted; Nabu is praised”) + -us.
Senses: glosses: The last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire; reign: 556–539 BCE.
Potteriana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Potter + -iana.
Senses: glosses: Things relating to Harry Potter (the character and the series).
Related terms: Potterhead
Potterian
Potterite
unmatronly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈmeɪtɹənli/
Forms: form: more unmatronly
form: most unmatronly
Etymology: un- + matronly.
Senses: glosses: Lacking a matronly quality; unwise, unwelcoming, and so on.
Global City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Bonifacio Global City.
Mall of Asia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of SM Mall of Asia.
Ocean Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Manila Ocean Park
carne norte guisado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From carne norte (“corned beef”) + Spanish guisado (“stew(ed)”).
Senses: synonyms: corned beef guisado
glosses: A Filipino dish made from shredded canned corned beef sautéed with onion.
double buddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: double body bread
yo-yo bread
lambingan bread
buddy-buddy
glosses: A sweet Filipino bread with ube and vanilla varieties and covered in desiccated coconut.
uposathas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uposatha
Buddhist sabbath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Buddhist sabbaths
form: Buddhist Sabbath
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Synonym of uposatha, a regular day of fasting, devotion, or other religious observance.
synonyms: word: uposatha
extra: a regular day of fasting, devotion, or other religious observance
Buddhist Sabbath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Buddhist Sabbaths
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Buddhist sabbath
Buddhist Sabbaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Buddhist Sabbath
Buddhist sabbaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Buddhist sabbath
tolutiloquence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin tolūtiloquentiabor.
English tolutiloquence
Borrowed from Latin tolūtiloquentia.
Senses: glosses: A way of speaking characterized by nimbleness and volubility.
coleopteriform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coleopteriform
form: most coleopteriform
Senses: glosses: Having the shape of a beetle.
Ndom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The squares of the numbers 1 to 10 are spelt out in the Ndom³ language, in arbitrary order: […] ³ The Ndom language belongs to the Trans-New Guinea family. It is spoken by about 1200 people on the isle of Kolopom (Pulau Kolepom, Pulau Kimaam or Pulau Dolok, formerly Frederick Hendrik Island) off the coast of the Indonesian half of New Guinea.
ref: 2007, Ivan Derzhanski, “Fifth International Olympiad in Theoretical, Mathematical and Applied Linguistics”, in International Linguistics Olympiad, page 3:
text: how about 100 then? for 100, I wanted to pay homage to the people who have been using seximal this entire time. specifically, I used the word for six sixes found in the Ndom language, "nif".
ref: (Can we date this quote?), jan Misali, “what to call the numbers”, in seximal.net:
glosses: A language spoken on Yos Sudarso Island, Papua, Indonesia.
vaseless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vase + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a vase.
Imarti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɑːrti/
Forms: form: Imartis
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi इमरती (imartī).
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A sweet popular in India made of urad flour and sugar syrup, similar to jalebi.
Imartis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Imarti
dadchelor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dadchelors
Senses: glosses: Clipping of dadchelor party.
dadchelors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dadchelor
Celtic tiger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Celtic tiger
Senses: examples: text: “Meet me behind the mall,” Taylor Swift once sang, with all of the American mystique that carries, but for Irish people, there is something distinctly soulless about an out-of-town shopping precinct in the post-recession era. It represents the hubris and corruption of the Celtic tiger bubble, and the struggles faced by Irish people in the years since it burst
ref: 2025 August 25, Emer McHugh, “The emblem of modern Ireland? Not fiddles and Guinness but a soulless shopping plaza”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Celtic Tiger
pay-per-install
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pay-per-installs
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: An online advertising model in which the advertiser pays the hacker (typically a criminal or botnet owner) whenever the malware with ads are installed and are clicked by a user.
Morris dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Morris dances
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of morris dance
Morris dances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Morris dance
caeremony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caeremonies
form: caeremonys
Senses: glosses: Early Modern form of ceremony.
caerimony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caerimonies
form: caerimonys
Senses: glosses: Early Modern form of ceremony.
caeremonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caeremony
caeremonys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caeremony
cæremonys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cæremony
caerimonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caerimony
caerimonys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caerimony
Spirgel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Spirgels
Senses: glosses: A surname
cerimony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerimonies
form: cerimonys
Senses: glosses: Early Modern form of ceremony.
cerimonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerimony
cerimonys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cerimony
brushtalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brushtalks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brush talk.
brush talks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brush talk
brushtalks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brushtalk
okruha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: okruhas
form: okruhy
Senses: glosses: A former administrative division of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic that existed between 1923 and 1930.
okruhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of okruha
bolani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bolanis
form: bolanee
form: bulani
form: bulanee
form: boulanee
Etymology: Borrowed from Dari بولَانِی (bōlānī).
Senses: examples: text: Saber got up, threw the last bit of bolani to the animal, rubbed his greasy hands together, then wiped his mouth with a corner of his shawl before sitting again.
ref: 2022 October 18, Masouma Kawsari, “Dogs are not to blame”, in Zubair Popalzai, transl., My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird. New Fiction by Afghan Women, Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN, unnumbered page:
text: Whether it's savoring a tender Kabuli palaw, enjoying the freshness of a bolani, or discovering the rich flavors of a qorma, exploring Afghan cuisine provides a delicious and insightful window into the heart of Afghan life and its enduring traditions.
ref: 2024 September 15, The complete travel guide for Afghanistan, YouGuide Ltd, →ISBN, 7.3. Dining and Afghan Cuisine, page 172:
glosses: A kind of Afghani flatbread with savoury filling.
wikipedia: bolani
bolanis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bolani
meandroi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meandros
Volkamer lemon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Volkamer lemons
Etymology: Named after German botanist Johann Christoph Volkamer.
Senses: glosses: A citrus hybrid of species Citrus volkameriana, cultivated for its edible fruit.
Volkamer lemons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Volkamer lemon
axleguard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: axleguards
Senses: examples: text: The motor bogies are built up from plates and rolled sections, and have cast-steel, one-piece axleguards, with manganese liners.
ref: 1956 December 24, “New Electric Trains for Mersey Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 850:
glosses: Alternative form of axle guard.
Skokomish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest coast.
Skokomish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A dialect of the Twana language.
Twana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A group of nine Coast Salish peoples in the western Puget Sound region along much of Hood Canal.
Twana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Skokomish
glosses: A Coast Salish language of the Salishan language family, spoken by these people.
axleguards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Plural of axleguard.
Pottery Barn rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pottery Barn rules
Etymology: Named after the American home furnishing chain Pottery Barn (though the chain does not have such a policy).
Senses: glosses: A policy by which a retail store holds a customer responsible for damage done to merchandise on display.
wikipedia: Pottery Barn
Related terms: you break it, you buy it
Pottery Barn rules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pottery Barn rule
roller-coaster ride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roller-coaster rides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rollercoaster ride
roller-coaster rides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roller-coaster ride