cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Sumbawan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sumbawans
Etymology: From Sumbawa + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Sumbawa.
Sumbawans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sumbawan
Sumba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Indonesian island.
Derived terms: Sumba boobook
Sun Yat-senism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The politics of Sun Yat-sen (1866–1925), Chinese revolutionary statesman.
Sun Yat-senist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sun Yat-senists
Senses: glosses: A proponent of Sun Yat-senism.
Sun Yat-senists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sun Yat-senist
Swan River daisy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swan River daisies
Senses: glosses: Brachyscome iberidifolia, an annual herb of Western Australia.
Gaylorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Gaylor + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: It’s almost as though the organizers plucked a handful of nice humans off the internet and closed tab on literally everything else, a welcome break. Gaylorism in general is Very Online—born on Tumblr, increasingly huge on TikTok.
ref: 2023 August 31, Frankie de la Cretaz, “Postcard from Camp Gaylore”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: The belief in the Gaylor fan theory.
Syrian bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Syrian bears
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dubb.
synonyms: word: dubb
Syrian brown bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Syrian brown bears
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dubb.
synonyms: word: dubb
Syrian bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Syrian bear
Syrian brown bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Syrian brown bear
rag-doll
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rag-dolls
form: rag-dolling
form: rag-dolled
form: rag-dolled
Senses: examples: text: Blood and snot was still flying as we rag-dolled the lads up the stairs and out onto the street.
ref: 2003, Julian Davies, Terry Currie, quoting Steve Wraith, Bouncers: Their Lives in Their Own Words, Milo Books, →ISBN:
text: ‘I’m going to the movies,’ Amelia said blandly, and I could see that she was deliberately rag-dolling her body, making herself inert.
ref: 2003, Richard Yaxley, The Rose Leopard, University of Queensland Press, →ISBN:
text: When he surfaced, she grabbed him again, this time “rag-dolling” her trainer violently by shaking him back and forth with her powerful neck muscles.
ref: 2012, David Kirby, Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 287:
text: Hunter throws a drink in Goldust's face and hits a Pedigree, then the currently still unnamed Chyna comes in and destroys Marlena, rag-dolling her around in a tremendous visual.
ref: 2014, James Dixon, Arnold Furious, Lee Maughan, Rick Ashley, Bob Dahlstrom, The Raw Files: 1997, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 21, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of ragdoll.
rag-dolls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rag-doll
rag-dolling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rag-doll
rag-dolled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rag-doll
Syrian hamster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Syrian hamsters
Senses: glosses: Synonym of golden hamster.
synonyms: word: golden hamster
Syrian hamsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Syrian hamster
Syro-Aramaic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Syro- + Aramaic.
Senses: glosses: The Syriac language.
Tagakaolo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kalagan (“Austronesian language”).
synonyms: word: Kalagan
extra: Austronesian language
Isamal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A dialect of Kalagan spoken in Samal.
Lupon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A dialect of the Kalagan language.
Taizé
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A monastic order in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, France.
Tashi Lama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tashi Lamas
form: Tesho Lama
form: Teshu Lama
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Panchen Lama.
synonyms: word: Panchen Lama
Tashi Lamas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tashi Lama
Tasmanian myrtle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tasmanian myrtles
Senses: glosses: Synonym of myrtle beech.
synonyms: word: myrtle beech
Tasmanian myrtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tasmanian myrtle
OK'er
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OK'ers
Etymology: From OK + -er.
Senses: examples: text: No matter how technical and seemingly unrelated to any literary use some bibliographical investigation is, all of it is sometime applied. And even if a bibliographer were never anything else, he would justify his existence and his technical studies by serving as the OK’er of basic documents.
ref: 1949 Summer, Fredson T. Bowers, “Bibliography and the University”, in The Library Chronicle of the Friends of the Library of the University of Pennsylvania, volume 15, number 2, page 45:
text: In Rochester “Sanky” Mullen was secretary of the school board and the OK’er of ordinary requisitions. He had a reputation for being a bit tough to get requisitions by.
ref: 1979, Frederick G. Nichols, Frederick G. Nichols’ Memoirs, 1878–1954: The Early View of Business Education, St. Peter, Minnesota: Delta Pi Epsilon, Inc., →ISBN, page 59:
text: By reputation, no publication is more carefully assembled than The New Yorker, and none applies its own standards so fastidiously. In a fascinating recent essay entitled “Holy Writ,” longtime proofreader Mary Norris notes that at no other magazine is there a position called “page OK’er.”
ref: 2015 March 1, Dante Ramos, “Don’t sweat, the commas”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 287, number 60, page K5:
glosses: Alternative form of okayer (“one who OKs something”).
gypo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gypos
Senses: examples: text: Talk to almost any European today—that is, an accepted European. “Those bloody gypos,” says an Englishman. “Filthy, lazy beggars and thieves,” says a Belgian. “Kidnappers,” says a Frenchman. Even according to some gypsiologists, the Roma are not essentially a nomadic or “wandering” people; […]
ref: 1979, New Delhi, volume 2, page 57:
text: "[…] that you're closing down a logging operation, when you look out there in the woods and there's gypos running around like pissants on a honey tree, that there's no logging out there. Let's move these people. In fact, if these people have got to become gypsies of the industry and move around and log because you shut their jobs off and they've got to go to work for Brand X Logging, then at least let us contract and do it for a major employer where our seniority and our benefits are still intact."
ref: 1983, Proceedings of the Forty-First Annual Convention of the Western Council of Lumber, Production and Industrial Workers, page 75:
text: Sure enough the Scots and the gypsies had introduced each other and it looked like me and Paul had a riot on our hands. Johnny, the other lad, had to stay on the door, as is standard practice. There was a ruck of about twenty blokes punching and kicking seven bags of shit out of each other, so me and Paul got amongst it as best we could. I pulled the gypos back, sovereign rings and all, while Paul weighed into the kilt-wearing warriors.
ref: 2003, Julian Davies, Terry Currie, quoting Steve Wraith, Bouncers: Their Lives in Their Own Words, Milo Books, →ISBN:
text: Some people live in caravans all the time, I say to Ronnie. / Yeah, the gypos, he says. / When they knocked all the old houses down on Kates Hill the gypsies came and lived there. […] Some people doh think the same as us. Some people am different to us. Don’t worry about it. / Like the gypos? / Don’t you dare say gypos! I doh want to hear you saying that word! […] You can call them gypsies. I don’t want you repeating what you hear other people say. / She says this all the time. / Actually, I have heard my dad call them gypos when he was washing the car, talking to a neighbour of ours called Mick, but I think I’d better not mention it.
ref: 2012, Anthony Cartwright, How I Killed Margaret Thatcher, Tindal Street Press, →ISBN:
text: “[…]And any fucking gypo, foreigner, anyone, just kill them,” said the voice.
ref: 2023 November 26, Rory Carroll, Lisa O'Carroll, “‘Remember who we are’: riots, race, and the end of the ‘Irish welcome’”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of gippo.
gypos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gypo
Taungthus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pa'O.
synonyms: word: Pa'O
TDEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TDE
tetrachlorodiphenylethane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane.
synonyms: word: dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane
Tehuantepecer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tehuantepecers
Senses: glosses: A violent mountain-gap wind that travels through the Chivela Pass in southern Mexico, across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
Tehuantepecers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tehuantepecer
Tenetehara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An ethnic group of Brazil.
Tenetehara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A group of Tupi-Guarani languages.
Tesho Lama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tesho Lamas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tashi Lama.
Teshu Lama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Teshu Lamas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tashi Lama.
Darzens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Darzens condensation
Darzens halogenation
Darzens reaction
Darzens tetralin synthesis
cross-crawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A movement pattern (as walking, crawling, or most swim strokes) in which one’s arms and legs move in opposition, e.g., the left arm and right leg move forward while the right arm and left leg move backward.
handfights
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of handfight
handfight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: handfights
form: handfighting
form: handfought
form: handfought
Etymology: From hand + fight.
Senses: examples: text: The big blond handfought the blockers, drifted with the interference, forced the play wide.
ref: 1949, Caary Paul Jackson, Rose Bowl All-American, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, page 78:
text: The general impression left by his account was of a handfought, skilfully contrived victory.
ref: 1972, Louis Green, Chronicle into History: An Essay on the Interpretation of History in Florentine Fourteenth-Century Chronicles (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History), Cambridge University Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 125:
text: A city man, fists flailing, charged Arigh Arghun’s son, who was not much more than half as big. There was a flurry of arms and legs—Marcus could not see all that went on, because he was trading punches with a man who reeked of wine—and the Videssian thudded to the ground. He lay still; whatever Arigh’s handfighting technique was, it worked well.
ref: 1987, Harry Turtledove, An Emperor for the Legion (The Videssos Cycle; 2), Del Rey Books, →ISBN, page 229:
text: Now maybe you think handfighting a couple of punks in an alley’s okay, or shooting them down like you did Fineagh Steel awhile back, but we’ve all got to play the cards we’re dealt.
ref: 2010, Charles de Lint, “Berlin”, in Jonathan Strahan, Marianne S. Jablon, editors, Wings of Fire, Night Shade Books, →ISBN, page 384:
text: They worked from the clinch against the ringposts and Daniel handfought to get the Thai Plum, one hand clasped over the other behind the other man’s neck, and there he pinched his elbows together and ragdolled Jung Woo, stepped wide and flung him across the canvas, pulled him back to where knees could be landed if they’d been thrown.
ref: 2017, Kevin Hardcastle, In the Cage, Biblioasis, →ISBN:
glosses: To fight using hands.
handfighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of handfight
handfought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of handfight
husstuss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhʌs.tʌs/
Forms: form: husstusses
Etymology: From an ironic pronunciation of HSTS, initialism of homosexual transsexual.
Senses: examples: text: How do I know if i'm a true husstuss or just a meta-attracted autogynephile?
ref: 2022 July 7, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
text: A correspondent has advised me of a new slang word,“husstuss,” which refers to HSTS, the abbreviation for homosexual transsexual. As I predicted, the next iteration would be “hussies.”
ref: 2022 October 6, Ray Blanchard, Twitter:
text: Does any other husstuss feel like they're not worthy of being loved because they don't pass[?]
ref: 2023 August 17, u/ICastGuid4nc3, Reddit, r/4tran4:
text: Islam has traditionally been husstuss-positive but it has always shunned agps as all sensible belief systems should.
ref: 2023 September 29, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
qualifier: 4chan /lgbt/ slang
glosses: A trans woman who is sexually attracted to men.
Derived terms: husstussie
Related terms: huss
Middle West
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Middle West
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Midwest.
synonyms: word: Midwest
husstusses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of husstuss
husstussies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of husstussie
440-yard dash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 440-yard dashes
Senses: topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: 440
glosses: A sprint race over 440 yards (402.336 m), corresponding to a quarter mile.
440
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 440s
Senses: examples: text: She ran a blazing-fast 440.
text: The “Boy Coach,” admitting to 32 years after nine seasons as mentor for west coast athletes, follows not the book that says the shot should be hurled a certain way and that a sprinter should run a certain number of 440s a week to develop stamina.
ref: 1929 July 4, Harry L. Borba, “The Superman of Track”, in The Vernon Daily Record, volume 4, number 209, Vernon, Texas, page 6:
topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A 440-yard dash.
examples: text: He runs a supercharged 440.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Any of a certain family of large V-8 engines by Chrysler with a nominal displacement of 440 cubic inches.
Related terms: 4-4-0
weightman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weightmen
form: weight man
form: weight-man
Etymology: From weight + -man.
Senses: examples: text: Because track is in every sense a sport for the individual, Templeton gives his attention to the individual weight[-]man, sprinter and hurdler rather than to the class competing in any certain event.
ref: 1929 July 4, Harry L. Borba, “The Superman of Track”, in The Vernon Daily Record, volume 4, number 209, Vernon, Texas, page 6:
topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An athlete who competes in any of the field events that involve throwing a weight for distance (such as discus throw, hammer throw, and shot put).
Dick Johnson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Vice-President Richard Mentor Johnson.
Senses: glosses: A township in Clay County, Indiana, United States.
wikipedia: Richard Mentor Johnson
fortifiest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of fortify
fortifieth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fortify
fortifiedst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of fortify
neubrutalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neobrutalism
Senses: examples: text: Neubrutalism can be easily identified by a few particular traits. Immediately noticeable are the solid clashing colours; large bold text in quirky fonts immediately tells you where you are and what you can do there.
ref: 2022 July 26, Maria Teneva, “Neubrutalism style in UX: a twist on the dominant modern minimalist”, in Medium, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2023:
text: Background color: In Neubrutalism, we can use multiple colors (other than white and light gray on light mode and dark colors on the dark theme) for the background color! We can use very vibrant colors, and vintage and muted colors.
ref: 2023 February 12, Sepideh Yazdi, “How can I design in the Neo Brutalism style?”, in Medium:
text: Neubrutalism (a.k.a. neo-brutalism) takes recent website trends to the next level—it retains its edge while also combining the unusual style with more modern animation, illustration, and text standards.
ref: 2023 December 21, Hermione Wright, “What Is the Neubrutalism Web Design Trend?”, in Envato Elements, archived from the original on 29 Feb 2024:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
web-design
glosses: A modern Web user interface style inspired by brutalism.
neobrutalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + brutalism.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
web-design
glosses: Alternative form of neubrutalism.
bp.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Richard, bp. Feb. 24, 1617; d. June 3, 1662; m. Hepsibah Ford
ref: 2009, Leon Clark Hills, History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters, volume 1, Genealogical Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 89:
glosses: Synonym of bapt. (“baptised”).
synonyms: word: bapt.
extra: baptised
from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of from the river to the sea.
synonyms: word: from the river to the sea
cem.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of cemetery.
base-born
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of baseborn.
dau.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dau (“daughter”).
WikiProjects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WikiProject
Chappism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chap + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: You see, old chap, this is it: the pipe smokers' relay, the Chap Olympics, sport's ultimate trial of Chappism.
ref: 2007 July 15, Adam Lusher, “The rise and rise of the Chap Olympics”, in The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020:
text: Among the craft stalls we meet 20-something Jack, who arrived at the scene in his teens via the leisurely world of dandyism, itself an offshoot of the Chappism mini-movement (think waxed moustaches and wilfully archaic diction).
ref: 2018 August 14, Francisco Garcia, “We Went to a Steampunk Meet-Up to See How They're Getting On in 2018”, in VICE, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2023:
glosses: A fashion movement or aesthetic inspired by British men's culture and clothing from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, especially as promoted in the lifestyle magazine The Chap.
Related terms: chap-hop
Chappist
Chappist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Chappist
form: most Chappist
Etymology: From chap + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The song was an example of the Chap Hop sound, mixing a hip hop musical approach with Chappist (named after The Chap magazine that calls for the return of the dandy way of life) or Steampunk subcultures while exploring stereotypical English obsessions like tea, cricket and the weather.
ref: 2012, Brian J. Robb, Steampunk: An Illustrated History of Fantastical Fiction, Fanciful Film and Other Victorian Visions, Minneapolis, M.N.: Voyageur Press, →ISBN, page 174:
glosses: Relating to Chappism.
Chappist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chappists
Etymology: From chap + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: But for a moment yesterday, good manners and an upright deportment rose again as the "Chappists", complete with pipes, brogues and gold-topped canes, took a leisurely stroll through the thoroughfares of the capital, indulging in "some languid sauntering and synchronised doffing", as Victor Darkwood, co-founder of The Chap periodical, put it.
ref: 2003 October 17, Patrick Barkham, “Chaps’ assault on banality founders on tide of apathy”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2021:
text: As those middle-aged anarchists, the Chappists, tell us, we should all engage in random acts of common courtesy.
ref: 2004, Magnus C. Granath, Searching for the Promised Land: Basildon and the Pursuit of Happiness, Bexleyheath, Kent: GoldStar Books, →ISBN, page 97:
glosses: One who practices Chappism.
Chappists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chappist
wicker-works
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wicker-work
Forgi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔɹ.dʒi/
Forms: form: Forgis
form: forgi
Etymology: Clipping of Forgiato. Popularized by the 2019 song "Ballin'" by Mustard (featuring Roddy Ricch) which included the lyrics "I put the new Forgis on the Jeep".
Senses: examples: text: Bitch I'm Jeezy, the one you've been waiting for / And them Forgis is off-set, don't they look like they skatin ho?
ref: 2011 December 20, “Waiting”, in TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition, performed by Young Jeezy:
text: Forgis Audis, I was SKRRT, out the club
ref: 2014 October 31, “IDGAF”, in Young Millionaire, performed by Soulja Boy:
text: Offset and Quavo new toys!! both forgis
ref: 2015 January 1, @Migos, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2023:
text: Forgis on everything
ref: 2020 November 29, @CodyNogowski24, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2023:
text: One thing ive learned from the recent $uicideboy$ projects: ¶ Scrim is very proud of his Forgi wheels
ref: 2022 December 17, @TaunT_Tweets, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2023:
glosses: A car wheel made by the premium wheel company Forgiato Wheels.
wikipedia: Roddy Ricch
Forgis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Forgi
Edomex
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Edoméx, a contraction of Estado de México (“State of Mexico”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Mexico (“the state of Mexico”).
synonyms: word: Mexico
extra: the state of Mexico
volleyball player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: volleyball players
Senses: synonyms: volleyballer
glosses: A person who plays volleyball, especially professionally.
normiesphere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the normiesphere
Etymology: From normie + -sphere.
Senses: examples: text: You will have to venture beyond the normiesphere to find the dankest memes.
text: Wojacks have entered the normiesphere.
ref: 2020 December 22, @Telvanni_Sera, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2023:
text: Scott was early on his call that Trump would win. And he's early now on his call that the normiesphere is going to, sooner or later, realize that they were completely lied to, just like he was lied to.
ref: 2023 January 24, @highbeamsunrise, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2023:
text: Call me a gatekeeper or whatever but this is why I hate shit I like getting mainstream enough to hit the normiesphere but honestly, I rather not give that site any clicks whatsoever.
ref: 2022 May 18, u/Woofingson, “CBR Being Massive Idiots Again. . .”, in Reddit, r/Gundam, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2023:
text: When a nebulously worded joke tweet enters the normiesphere and you decide the juice isn't worth the squeeze.
ref: 2022 December 9, @HarmlessYardDog, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2023:
text: These clips are never shared in the normiesphere. No one cares and if you show them the clip, you become the villain and then they start talking about how this is not tied to a group, ect
ref: 2022 December 18, u/chrisZk, “Israeli reporter gets sexually harassed in public while reporting the World Cup in France”, in Reddit, r/ActualPublicFreakouts, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2023:
glosses: The domain of normies; the general awareness of individuals who are not deeply involved with Internet culture.
aguas frescas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agua fresca
PDF file
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pi di ɛf faɪl/
Forms: form: PDF files
Etymology: From the phonetic resemblance between pedophile and PDF file (an electronic document in Portable Document Format).
Senses: glosses: A pedophile.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see PDF, file.
PDF files
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PDF file
purging cassia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purging cassias
Senses: glosses: A golden shower tree (Cassia fistula).
pool chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pool chairs
Etymology: From pool + chair.
Senses: examples: text: ... affixed to the two side bars of the seat as an extension thereof and said side contact means contacting the side of the swimming pool to hold the seat of the pool chair away from the side of the pool.
ref: 1988 February 29, Todd. R Simmon, “Chair for use in swimming pools”, in United States Patent and Trademark Office, editor, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patents, volume 1103, number 2, United States Department of Commerce, General and Mechanics, page 752:
text: Tegra stood drying off her arm while looking for Jenine in the crowded pool area. She gave up and positioned herself on the reclining pool chair.
ref: 2009 August 31, Yvette T. Sexton, Rescue Me, Xlibris US, →ISBN, page 119:
text: But if you plan on leaving the pool area for more than 30 minutes, we think it's within the rights of other hotel guests to gently remove your towel from the pool chair and claim it as their own.
ref: 2023 August 22, Constantina Demos, “No, it’s not okay to claim a pool chair with your towel at a hotel”, in Delicious:
glosses: A sunlounger.
pool chairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pool chair
endocommensalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endocommensalism
Serbocentrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: * Serbo- + -centrism
Senses: glosses: The practice of viewing the world from a Serbian perspective, with an implied belief, either conscious or subconscious, in the preeminence of Serbian culture.
Related terms: Serbocentric
DRM-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From DRM + -free.
Senses: glosses: Without DRM.
Tieguanyin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tieguanyin
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鐵觀音 /铁观音 (tiěguānyīn).
Senses: examples: text: The Tieguanyin tea of Anxi and Tahongpao tea of Wuyi Mountain are well known at home and abroad.
ref: 1980 January 21, “Fujian's Vice Governor Writes on Economic Prospects for 1980's”, in FBIS Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 14:
text: Use a covered tea bowl for brewing Tieguanyin tea.
ref: 2010, Li Hong, translated by Yilise Lin, Brewing Tea: Appreciating Chinese Tea, Beijing: China Intercontinental Press, →ISBN, page 15:
text: I drink Tieguanyin most nights. Occasionally I'll switch up the tea I drink, but the Iron Goddess of Mercy is the one I continually return to.
ref: 2013, Adam Ellis, Books of Adam: The Blunder Years, Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: A variety of oolong tea originating in Anxi, Fujian, China.
insurrecter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insurrecters
Etymology: From insurrect + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The Insurrecter-in-Chief and his accomplices who are being subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection are crying “executive privilege” and stonewalling a full accounting of what actually led to that awful day. Never mind that executive privilege isn’t an ironclad lockbox that wipes away all criminal and undemocratic activity by a former president and his cronies.
ref: 2021 November 17, Mark Fiore, “Trump-Branded Executive Privilege”, in Mark Fiore's Political Animation:
glosses: An insurrectionist.
insurrecters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insurrecter
downtrods
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of downtrod
give name to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives name to
form: giving name to
form: gave name to
form: given name to
Senses: examples: text: […] who may proceed against such Malignants where the Laws are wholy silent, and neither have given name to their fault, nor prescribed any punishment?
ref: 1644, John Barwick, Certain Disquisitions and Considerations, Oxford, page 27:
text: 1711, letter signed ‘T.’ in Joseph Addison and Richard Steele (eds.), The Spectator, No. 145, 16 August, 1711, in The Works of Joseph Addison, New York: Harper, 1850, Volume 1, p. 218,
The skirt of your [men’s] fashionable coats forms as large a circumference as our [women’s] petticoats; as these are set out with whalebone, so are those with wire, to increase and sustain the bunch of fold that hangs down on each side; and the hat, I perceive is decreased in just proportion to the head-dresses. We [women] make a regular figure, but I defy your mathematics to give name to the form you [men] appear in.
text: 1977, Audre Lorde, “Poetry Is Not a Luxury” in Sister Outsider, Trumansburg, NY: Crossing Press, 1984, p. 36,
[…] it is through poetry that we give name to those ideas which are—until the poem—nameless and formless, about to be birthed, but already felt.
glosses: To express (something) in words; to identify by name.
examples: text: The ensign of the Duke [of York] was a white rose, that of Henry a red. This gave name to the two houses, whose contentions were now about to drench the kingdom with slaughter.
ref: 1764, Oliver Goldsmith, An History of England, London: J. Newbery, Volume 1, Letter 23, p. 174:
text: 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, London: Ward, Lock, Introduction, p. xii,
the author must now offer some notices of the individual who gives name to these volumes
text: The new leaders moved their capital to Kamakura, an isolated town near present-day Tokyo, giving name to the era, the Kamakura period (1185-1333).
ref: 1999, Marc Peter Keane, “Gardens”, in David Scott, editor, Simply Zen, London: New Holland, page 88:
glosses: To lend one's or its name to (something); to be the source of the name of (something).
examples: 1568, The Bishops’ Bible, London, Table setting out the genealogy of Adam,
And Adam gaue name to the woman, which was made of his ribbe (while he was a sleepe) and called her EVA, as he gaue name to al other creatures.
synonyms: name#Verb
glosses: To give a name to (a person or animal).
Quimbanda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kimbanda
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Quimbanda.
Senses: glosses: An Afro-Brazilian religion.
Coordinate terms: Umbanda
Candomblé
macumba
yersen
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yoursen (“yourself”).
knockbuster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knockbusters
Etymology: Blend of knockoff + blockbuster.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mockbuster.
synonyms: word: mockbuster
knockbusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knockbuster
at bank
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: at the bank
Etymology: From at + bank (“ground at the top of a shaft”).
Senses: examples: text: This case would, no doubt, excite the attention of all professional men, and they would, he thought, ventilate the flues more extensively than they had done hitherto; but it had staggered him as to whether it was advisable to place the boilers underground or at bank. Unless the pits were very deep, he thought the boilers should be placed at bank, and the steam conveyed underground.
ref: 1861, North of England Institute of Mining Engineers, Transactions, volume 9, page 170:
text: We are using compressed air for hauling and pumping in a coal seam at a depth of 900 feet from the surface, and strange to say the pressure gauge attached to the air receiver at bank reads 90 pounds pressure per square inch above the pressure of the atmosphere, whereas, the pressure gauge attached to an air receiver in the mines reads higher than that at the bank.
ref: January 1895, “Solutions to Questions which Appeared in the November Number and for which Prizes Have Been Awarded.”, in The Colliery Engineer and Metal Miner, volume 15, number 6:
text: He had in his hands the balance sheet of that society, which covered Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, and the ironstone mines of Cleveland, and included in its membership the whole of the men at work down the mines and a very large number of those working at bank, the total number of members being nearly 123,000.
ref: 1897 May 25, John Wilson, “Liability of Certain Employers to Workmen for Injuries”, in The Parliamentary Debates, 4th series (House of Commons), volume 49, United Kingdom, page 1314:
topics: business
mining
glosses: On the surface; at or around the mine entrance.
Thingy
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: He reminds me of Thingy from that film.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of thingy (“a person whose name one cannot recall”).
dec'd
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Mary Van Schoonhoven, dec'd.... .. [$]1,500.00
ref: 1893, Presbyterian Church (USA), “Miscellaneous Gifts”, in Reports of the Missionary and Benevolent Boards and Committees to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, number 23, Presbyterian Board of Publication, page 312:
text: Robt. Cartewright binds himself for the use of Elizabeth Chivers, daughter of Tho. Chivers dec'd. April 13, 1664.
ref: 1950, Marcus Shivers, Shivers Genealogy, Dalcassian Publishing Company, page 294:
text: Joseph O'Brien, 1933. Korea, Japan. Dec'd 1990.
ref: 2010, Thomas K. Sullivan, One Happy Old Priest, Xlibris US, →ISBN, page 513:
glosses: Abbreviation of deceased.
Related terms: english: died
translation: died
word: d.
english: died
translation: died
word: ob.
husb.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of husband.
glosses: Abbreviation of husbandry.
chr.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: genealogy
glosses: Abbreviation of christening.
Related terms: english: baptised
translation: baptised
word: bapt.
slobification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From slob + -ification.
Senses: examples: text: Nike sweatshorts and “Just Do It” tank tops have become de rigueur as the slobification of America continues apace.
ref: 1995, Grand Royal, page 129:
text: In an impassioned rant in the New York Post last week, writer Elisabeth Vincentelli berated the ‘slobification’ of modern society.
ref: 2015, King and Allen:
text: Or hear what Mr. Shier has to say about this new slobification he sees – sloppy sweatpants, ripped T-shirts and any number of footwear styles, from Crocs to Birkenstocks to fuzzy slippers, all worn with socks.
ref: 2023, “There’s been a ‘slobification’ of dress codes since the pandemic, and it needs to stop”, in The Globe and Mail:
glosses: The act of becoming a slob.
pretty police
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pretty (“effeminate”) + police.
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Male police officers disguised as gay men who instigated sexual encounters with gay men as an excuse to arrest them for soliciting sex.
T-break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T-breaks
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of tolerance break.
cellular shade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛl.jə.lɚ ˌʃeɪd/
Forms: form: cellular shades
Etymology: From cellular + shade. From the cellular structure of the pleated fabric.
Senses: examples: text: c) a pleated, cellular shade fabric extending between said head rail and said bottom rail, said cellular shade fabric having, when said shade is drawn, a honeycomb cross-section defined by a plurality of polygonal shapes vertically stacked one on top the other[…]
ref: 1998, United States. Patent and Trademark Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patents, page 1035:
text: Another ingenious invention is the cellular shade that is raised from the bottom up. Cellular shades can be used to block sunlight from penetrating the lower parts of windows in late spring and early fall.
ref: 2011 July 1, Dan Chiras, The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy: Achieving Energy Independence through Solar, Wind, Biomass and Hydropower, New Society Publisher, →ISBN:
text: Readily available are cellular shades that open like an accordion (Fig. 13.9d). When the inside of the cells is covered with a radiant barrier and the edges have side seals, a cellular shade can have an R-value up to 5 (RSI-0.9), which is very good for a window covering.
ref: 2021 October 26, Norbert M. Lechner, Patricia Andrasik, Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Strategies Towards Net Zero Architecture, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 483:
glosses: Synonym of accordion blind.
synonyms: word: accordion blind
mockbust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mockbusts
form: mockbusting
form: mockbusted
form: mockbusted
Etymology: A back-formation from mockbuster.
Senses: examples: text: It boggles my mind that no one has made a movie called Amityville Terror by now. It just seems like the perfect way to mockbust The Amityville Horror. In any event, one is on its way courtesy of Uncork’d Entertainment, and we have your first look!
ref: 2016 April 1, Steve Barton, “Spooky First Look at the Amityville Terror”, in Dread Central:
text: KING OF THE LOST WORLD was clearly designed to "mockbust" the big-budget KING KONG of 2005. But it seems that the producers at The Asylum company were a little more cautious than usual, because on occasion the owners of the franchise built upon the 1933 KONG have become litigious.
ref: 2023 January 3, Gene Phillips, “KING OF THE LOST WORLD (2005)”, in NATURALISTIC! UNCANNY! MARVELOUS!:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: To create a mockbuster.
mockbusts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mockbust
mockbusting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of mockbust
mockbusted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mockbust
-post
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From post.
Senses: examples: text: agenda + -post → agendapost (“post promoting a political agenda”)
text: Mike + -post → Mikepost (“post about someone named Mike (a politician, fictional character etc.)”)
text: shit + -post → shitpost (“low-effort post”)
glosses: Forming nouns that denote a type of Internet post.
examples: text: horny + -post → hornypost (“to make lustful posts”)
text: sad + -post → sadpost (“to make sad posts”)
text: vague + -post → vaguepost (“to make vague posts”)
glosses: Forming verbs that denote making a type of Internet post.
Chaoxianzu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 朝鮮族 /朝鲜族. The term "Chaoxianzu (朝鲜族)" is derived from "Joseon (朝鲜; Chaoxian)," the name of an ancient Korean dynasty, and was established during the Ethnic Recognition Project (民族识别工作) carried out by the Chinese government from 1949 to 1953. Before this initiative, the group was commonly referred to as "Joseonin (朝鲜人; Chaoxianren)" in Mandarin.
Senses: glosses: Ethnic Koreans of Chinese nationality.
Synonyms: sense: from Korean
word: Chosonjok
word: Joseonjok
foodstagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foodstagram
foodstagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of foodstagram
foodstagrammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of foodstagram
double-jabs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of double-jab
double-jabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of double-jab
frontal nudity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of full frontal nudity.
QnA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QnAs
form: QNA
form: Q'n'A
form: Q 'n' A
form: Q n' A
form: Q 'n A
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Q and A.
Q'n'A
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Q'n'As
form: QNA
form: QnA
form: Q 'n' A
form: Q n' A
form: Q 'n A
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Q and A.
azamacrolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azamacrolides
Senses: glosses: A macrolide that contains one or more nitrogen atom
tetraazamacrocyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a tetraazamacrocycle.
polyazamacrocycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyazamacrocycles
Senses: glosses: Any macrocycle that contains solely nitrogen-donor groups.
Koleszar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Koleszars
Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian Koleszár, itself from Slavic Kolesar.
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Hungarian surname Koleszár
examples: Matt Koleszar, b. 1981
glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
hexaazamacrocycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexaazamacrocycles
Senses: glosses: Any macrocycle that contains six nitrogen atoms.
triazamacrocycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triazamacrocycles
Senses: glosses: Any macrocycle that contains three nitrogen atoms.
octaazamacrocycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octaazamacrocycles
Senses: glosses: Any macrocycle that contains eight nitrogen atoms.
notes to self
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of note to self
trichloroisocyanuric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The warehouse that caught fire contained 99% trichloroisocyanuric acid (TCCA) – used to make chlorinated tablets to control bacteria and algae – and 99% dichloroisocyanuric acid (DCCA), which is used to make swimming pool shock – a treatment used to help break down contaminants.
ref: 2024 November 24, Chris Boyette, “Investigators release update on BioLab chemical plant fire probe”, in CNN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: TCCA
glosses: A white crystalline powder with a chlorine-like odor, used as a disinfectant and a reagent in organic synthesis.
abb-wools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abb-wool
gather oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gathers oneself
form: gathering oneself
form: gathered oneself
form: gathered oneself
Senses: examples: text: Chloe startled. It was only Dad, but she wasn’t expecting to see him up this early. She gathered herself for a moment.
ref: 2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: To collect oneself
protestard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protestards
Etymology: From protester + -tard.
Senses: examples: text: RT @givan2code: ok i think i'm officially bored with the whole #g20 protestards - good night
ref: 2009 September 25, @demko, Twitter:
text: my proposed solution for the UC tuition raise drama: round up the protestards, lower tuition for the ones that are left. entitled brats.
ref: 2009 November 21, @random_walker [Arvind Narayanan], Twitter:
text: My favorite part of going to planned parenthood to pick up my meds is blasting Jesus Saves by Slayer on the way out for the protestards.
ref: 2012 March 28, @elyssajo, Twitter:
text: Then all those anti-lockdown protestards will not be procreating their moronic DNA!
ref: 2020 May 6, anonymous author, “I hope COVID-19 causes male sperm count to plummet”, in alt.checkmate (Usenet):
glosses: A protester.
Little Berlin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Mödlareuth.
synonyms: word: Mödlareuth
toxemia of pregnancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toxemias of pregnancy
form: toxaemia of pregnancy
Senses: examples: text: Iatrogenic poisoning can result from the use of magnesium in the treatment of hypertension or of toxemia of pregnancy; deaths have been reported from the use of magnesium sulfate enemas in megacolon and from oral administration for purging.
ref: 1983, Richard E. Behrman, Victor C. Vaughan, III, Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, W. B. Saunders, →ISBN, page 249:
glosses: Synonym of preeclampsia.
synonyms: word: preeclampsia
widgeon grasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of widgeon grass
hen-wives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hen-wife
lawyer's wigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lawyer's wig
wig tree ferns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wig tree fern
riffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riffers
Senses: glosses: A musician who plays riffs.
groupdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Freedom at last from the confines of groupdom came in 1974, when Major passed an audition as a solo act for W.M.O.T Productions.
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 322:
glosses: The fact of being a group.
distrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Lacking in nutrients; not eutrophic.
xerify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: xerifies
form: xerifying
form: xerified
form: xerified
Etymology: From xer- + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: Severe fires xerify forest sites by consuming much of the forest floor and perhaps even organic matter in the mineral soil , as well as by exposing the site to greater solar radiation through canopy reduction. Conversion of mesic sites to xeric conditions[…]
ref: 1991, Fire and the Environment: Ecological and Cultural Perspectives : Proceedings of an International Symposium, Knoxville, Tennessee, March 20-24, 1990, page 17:
text: This band of denser vegetation prevents water and sediment from moving father down the slope. This effectively xerifies (dries out) and distrophicates (depletes nutrients in) the intervening spaces. Dominating chenopod shrubs can, because of salt pumping and alteration of wind and water erosion and infiltration, interact with shrink-swell physical processes associated with clay particles to form a unique microrelief.
ref: 1992, William Aaron Nierenberg, Encyclopedia of Earth System Science, volume 4, →ISBN, page 180:
text: […] while fire tends to xerify microsites, at least in the short run, by oxidizing humus from the forest floor and exposing the soil surface to greater insolation.
ref: 1996, Biodiversity and Coarse Woody Debris in Southern Forests: Proceedings of the Workshop on Coarse Woody Debris in Southern Forests: Effects on Biodiversity, Athens, GA, October 18-20, 1993, page 14:
glosses: To make xeric (dry).
xerifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of xerify
xerifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of xerify
xerified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of xerify