cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Kung Hei Fat Choi
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: note: unaspirated
ipa: /kʊŋ heɪ̯ fat t͡ʃɔɪ̯/
ipa: /ɡʊŋ-/
note: unaspirated
ipa: [kʊŋ ˌheɪ̯ ˌfat ˈt͡ʃoɪ̯]
Etymology: From Cantonese 恭喜發財 /恭喜发财 (gung¹ hei² faat³ coi⁴). Compare Tagalog Kung Hey Fat Tsoy.
Senses: synonyms: Kiong Hee Huat Chai
Gong Xi Fa Cai
glosses: Happy Chinese New Year
kittels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kittel
kusso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kousso.
kosso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kousso.
Gong Xi Fa Cai
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: Kung-Hsi Fa-Tsai
form: Kung-Hsi Fa-Ts'ai
form: Kung Shi Fa Tsai
form: Kong Shi Fa Chai
form: Kong Shi Fa Tsai
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 恭喜發財 /恭喜发财 (Gōngxǐ fācái).
Senses: synonyms: Kung Hei Fat Choi
Kiong Hee Huat Chai
glosses: Happy Chinese New Year
greentext
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: grēnʹtĕkst
ipa: /ˈɡɹiːn.tɛkst/
Forms: form: greentexts
Etymology: From green + text. So named for the fact that on 4chan, a line of text is rendered green when preceded with the > character.
Senses: examples: text: >be me
>writing a greentext for a usage example on Wiktionary
>
>slowly going insane
text: Thus, we have not covered patterns that were just emerging as we finished our manuscript, such as the discussion of urban legends and misinformation in the Ask Reddit section of reddit^([sic]), the greentext stories on 4chan, or the numerous references to urban legends on Bustle.
ref: 2019 August 12, William Aspray, James W. Cortada, From Urban Legends to Political Fact-Checking: Online Scrutiny in America, 1990-2015, Springer, →ISBN, page 78:
text: These are anecdotes written in short, concise sentences that use the 4chan platform's 'greentext' formatting code, which is a function built into the site's forum software that renders any text preceded by an angled, right-facing bracket green in colour.
ref: 2021 January 14, Lawrence May, Digital Zombies, Undead Stories: Narrative Emergence and Videogames, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 208:
text: Voicing contempt for the human lives that may have been lost, six responses on the thread react to this tweet in a similar fashion: with images of laughing, or with 4chan greentext that uses the > character to express sarcasm and contempt in the form of mock sympathy for those lost or displaced in the shipwreck.
ref: 2022 September 23, Donna M. Goldstein, Kristen Drybread, Corruption and Illiberal Politics in the Trump Era, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:
glosses: A short anecdotal story written on the website 4chan, often written in the present tense and an imperative mood, without an explicit subject. Each line tends to be concise and starts with >.
wikipedia: 4chan
Related terms: green-ink brigade
Swedish Sign Language
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Swedish + sign language.
Senses: synonyms: word: SSL
alt: abbrev
glosses: A sign language commonly used in Sweden.
greentexts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: grēnʹtĕksts
ipa: /ˈɡɹiːntɛksts/
Senses: glosses: plural of greentext
Radić
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Radićs
Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Радић.
Senses: glosses: A Serbo-Croatian surname from Serbo-Croatian
underticket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + ticket.
Senses: examples: text: First, there was the embarrassment of the election of 1890, and the recognition by many voters (including several Republican leaders) that the election had been stolen, at least from the candidates for the underticket.
ref: 1986, Connecticut History, page 103:
text: Thus the governor was able to take charge of his party, win the primary for himself and his lieutenant governor, and control the underticket.
ref: 1998, Sarah McCally Morehouse, The Governor as Party Leader: Campaigning and Governing, page 157:
text: Apart from the lieutenant governor's race (incumbent John Daley won by almost 16,000 votes), the underticket offices were closely contested.
ref: 2003, Samuel B. Hand, The Star That Set: The Vermont Republican Party, 1854-1974:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The elections for minor positions that are on the same ballot as elections for positions that receive more press coverage and attention.
going back in time
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go back in time
splutterest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of splutter
spluttereth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of splutter
action sermon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: action sermons
Senses: examples: text: The Action Sermon is quite simply, then, the eucharistic sermon.
ref: 2008, Duncan B. Forrester, Doug Gay, Worship and Liturgy in Context, scm Press, page 88:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Α sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church, especially that preached right before communion.
Tschirnhausen cubic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tschirnhausen cubics
form: Tschirnhaus' cubic
Etymology: Named after Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651–1708), German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher. The name was first used in a 1900 paper by R. C. Archibald.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A plane curve defined, in its left-opening form, by the polar equation r=a sec ³(θ/3) where sec is the secant function.
wikipedia: Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus
TVM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TVMs
Senses: examples: text: In a very welcome move, ticket vending machines (TVMs) on the route have now added a phrase that explains it well. It lists all the London Terminals to which the ticket may be used, then adds the sentence: "The last rail leg of the journey must be on National Rail services."
ref: 2022 November 2, Barry Doe, “Better information on ticket machines”, in RAIL, number 969, page 61:
glosses: A ticket vending machine.
TVMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TVM
Wylesol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wylesols
Etymology: Variant of Wylezol.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Wylezol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wylezols
form: Wylesol
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Wyleżoł.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Yarker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A community in Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
debit note
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: debit notes
Senses: topics: accounting
business
finance
coordinate_terms: credit note
glosses: A commercial document issued by a seller in order to adjust upwards the amount of an invoice already issued.
Stone Mills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
Zoombomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Zoombombs
form: Zoombombing
form: Zoombombed
form: Zoombombed
form: Zoom bomb
form: Zoom-bomb
form: zoombomb
Etymology: From Zoom + bomb (“to attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing”). A reference to the Zoom video conference program, which became popular at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Compare Zoombombing.
Senses: examples: text: The company says the new version of Zoom, which was released April 27, makes it harder for meetings to be Zoombombed with passwords and waiting rooms, which require passwords and a host to admit an attendee, being default settings.
ref: 2020 May 14, Kelly Tyko, “California church files class action lawsuit against Zoom after bible class 'Zoombombing'”, in USA TODAY:
text: They are being Zoombombed by the Woman in White.
ref: 2022, N. K. Jemisin, The World We Make, Hachette, →ISBN:
glosses: To disrupt a video conference, often involving large numbers of trolls joining and displaying obscene material.
Derived terms: Zoombomber
Related terms: Zoombombing
Zoombomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zoombombs
form: Zoom bomb
form: Zoom-bomb
form: zoombomb
Etymology: From Zoom + bomb (“to attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing”). A reference to the Zoom video conference program, which became popular at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Compare Zoombombing.
Senses: examples: text: We did encounter an unwanted 'Zoombomb' during one of our sessions so we moved our latest performances to a different platform.
ref: 2020 March 20, Tressie Lieberman (quoted), Taylor Lorenz, “'Zoombombing': When Video Conferences Go Wrong”, in The New York Times:
text: Ensuring our associates are able to cheer each other on from wherever they are drives connection and positivity throughout our organization. Even small things like Zoom bombs, coffee connects and a central place to get information goes a long way.
ref: 2022 October 26, Raul Villar Jr. (quoted), Joe McKendrick, “Corporate Culture In An Era When Employees Are No Longer Around”, in Forbes:
synonyms: Zoombombing
glosses: An instance of Zoombombing.
Zoombombs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Zoombomb
Zoombombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zoombomb
Zoombombed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Zoombomb
Zoom bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Zoom bombs
form: Zoom bombing
form: Zoom bombed
form: Zoom bombed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zoombomb.
Zoom bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zoom bombs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zoombomb.
Zoom bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Zoom bomb
Zoom bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zoom bomb
Zoom bombing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Zoom bomb
Zoom bombing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zoom bombings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zoombombing.
Zoom bombed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Zoom bomb
Zoom-bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Zoom-bombs
form: Zoom-bombing
form: Zoom-bombed
form: Zoom-bombed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zoombomb.
Zoom-bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Zoom-bomb
Zoom-bombing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Zoom-bomb
Zoom-bombing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zoom-bombings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zoombombing.
Zoom-bombed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Zoom-bomb
Zoom-bombings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zoom-bombing
Zoom bombings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zoom bombing
Zoombomber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zoombombers
form: Zoom bomber
form: Zoom-bomber
Etymology: From Zoombomb (“to disrupt a video conference”) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Some feel the fear of getting visually or auditorily violated by a "Zoombomber."
ref: 2020 May 8, Violet Blue, “How to secure your video calls like a pro”, in Engadget:
text: While an administrator swiftly kicked the "Zoom bomber" out, an elderly white man took the reins and played the same racist track.
ref: 2021 December 2, Kana Ruhalter, “'Zoom Bomber' Plays Racist Track on Loop in Washington School Board Meeting”, in Daily Beast:
synonyms: Zoom raider
glosses: Someone who participates in a Zoombombing; a person disrupting a video conference call.
Zoombombers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zoombomber
Zoom bomber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zoom bombers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zoombomber.
Zoom bombers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zoom bomber
Zoom-bomber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zoom-bombers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zoombomber.
Zoom-bombers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zoom-bomber
Zoom raid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zoom raids
form: Zoomraid
Senses: examples: text: Since this article’s publication, Reddit has shut down the message boards where Zoom raids were discussed.
ref: 2020 April 3, Taylor Lorenz, Davey Alba, “'Zoombombing' Becomes a Dangerous Organized Effort”, in New York Times:
synonyms: Zoombombing
glosses: An unwanted disruptive intrusion by a large amount of trolls into a video conference call.
Derived terms: Zoom raider
Related terms: Zoom raiding
Zoom raids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zoom raid
Zoomraid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zoomraids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zoom raid.
Zoomraids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zoomraid
Zoom raiding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zoomraiding
form: Zoom-raiding
Senses: examples: text: As Zoom's user base has grown in recent weeks, reports of "Zoombombing," or "Zoom raiding," have spread across the internet.
ref: 2020 April 7, Taylor Lorenz, New York Times:
synonyms: Zoombombing
glosses: The practice of engaging in a Zoom raid; unwanted disruptive intrusion by a large amount of trolls into a video conference call.
Related terms: Zoom raid
Zoomraiding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zoom raiding.
Zoom-raiding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zoom raiding.
Zoom raider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zoom raiders
Senses: synonyms: Zoombomber
glosses: A participant in a Zoom raid; a person disrupting a video conference call.
Zoom raiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zoom raider
opaquened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of opaquen
opaquens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of opaquen
opaquening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of opaquen
Bois Brule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French bois (“wood”) + brûle (“burnt”), from the verb brûler.
Senses: glosses: A township in Perry County, Missouri, United States. Associated names are Bois Brule Bottom and Bois Brule Creek (Cinque Hommes Creek tributary)
glosses: A river in Wisconsin, United States, also known as the Brule River; in full, the Bois Brule River.
baby-catcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby-catchers
form: babycatcher
Senses: glosses: An obstetrician.
glosses: A midwife.
babycatcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: babycatchers
Etymology: From baby + catcher.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of baby-catcher.
nose deaf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nose deaf
form: most nose deaf
form: nosedeaf
form: nose-deaf
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nose blind (“lacking the sense of smell”).
synonyms: word: nose blind
extra: lacking the sense of smell
nosedeaf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nosedeaf
form: most nosedeaf
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nose deaf.
nose-deaf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nose-deaf
form: most nose-deaf
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nose deaf.
mishaves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mishave
mishaved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mishave
without fear or favor
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: From the beginning of the Republic, the American people have rightly expected our courts to resolve disputes about their rights and duties under law without fear or favor to any party—the Executive Branch included.
ref: 2021, Buffington v. McDonough (U.S. Supreme Court No. 21–972), Justice Gorsuch dissenting from the denial of certiorari
glosses: Alternative form of without fear or favour.
Yeoman Warders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Yeoman Warder
websurfs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of websurf
slow-roll
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slow-rolls
form: slow-rolling
form: slow-rolled
form: slow-rolled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slow roll.
banana phone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banana phones
Etymology: From the similarity in shape to a banana.
Senses: examples: text: This concept puts the curve back on the iPhone 5 with a silhouette that's reminiscent of a banana phone.
ref: 2012, “Best iPhone 5 concept photos”, in CNet:
text: The device looks similar to the Nokia 8110 “banana phone” immortalized in The Matrix.
ref: 2018, “Curved iPhone mockups look like Nokia’s famous ‘banana phone’”, in Cult of Mac:
text: Hajek's vision is somewhat reminiscent of the Nokia 8100—a.k.a. the banana phone—which was prominently featured in the first Matrix movie.
ref: 2018, “Curious renders envision a curved "banana" iPhone”, in Phone Arena:
glosses: A telephone, typically a mobile phone, with a curved shape to accommodate the wearer's facial profile.
dispelment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dispelments
Etymology: From dispel + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The act of dispelling.
interpretory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From interpret + -ory.
Senses: glosses: interpretative
XOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of XO
maypoler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maypolers
Etymology: From maypole + -er.
Senses: examples: text: I was so cold and so glad to be off that boat that I skipped like some garland-bearing maypoler.
ref: 2011, Wendy Delsol, Frost, page 278:
glosses: One who dances around the maypole.
maypolers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maypoler
Pinchback
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pinchbacks
Senses: glosses: A surname
Related terms: Pinchbeck
995
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The telephone number for firefighting and emergency ambulance service in Singapore.
zincware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zincwares
Etymology: From zinc + -ware.
Senses: glosses: Articles made from zinc.
zincwares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zincware
dambusting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dam + busting.
Senses: glosses: The destruction of dams by dropping bombs on them from aircraft.
Related terms: dambuster
NAMALT
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: coordinate_terms: AWALT
glosses: Initialism of not all men are like that.
penny candy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penny candies
Senses: glosses: Candy, historically sold by the piece at one penny each, now usually sold in bulk by weight.
Related terms: penny chew
Ballybofey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbælibəˈfeɪ/
note: locally
ipa: /ˌbælbəˈfeɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology: Alteration of Irish Bealach Féich (literally “Fiach’s pass”).
Senses: glosses: A town in County Donegal, Ireland.
a barking dog never bites
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of barking dogs seldom bite.
a barking dog seldom bites
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of barking dogs seldom bite.
penny candies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penny candy
bird's nest swing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bird's nest swings
Senses: glosses: A large circular swing in a children's playground, the seat consisting of a solid outer ring with a central area of webbing or netting, and able to accommodate several people at the same time.
bird's nest swings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bird's nest swing
songword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: songwords
Etymology: From song + word.
Senses: examples: text: Jones being a man with an effortless knack for melody and arrangement made him as important, even if his lyrics never matched the best of Strummer's street-poet songwords.
ref: 2014, Sean Egan, The Clash: The Only Band That Mattered, page 8:
text: Some people have a very impertinent view of the Aboriginal songwords. The greatest impertinence is that they don't bother to read what the Aborigines themselves sing.
ref: 2022, Barbara Williams, In Other Words: Interviews with Australian Poets, page 40:
glosses: Synonym of lyric (“the words of a song or other vocal music”).
synonyms: word: lyric
extra: the words of a song or other vocal music
songwords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of songword
Commentator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Commentators
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of commentator (medieval legal scholar)
Commentators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Commentator
Konfrontasi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Indonesian konfrontasi, from Dutch confrontatie.
Senses: glosses: the armed conflict fought between Indonesia and British-backed Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) from 1963 to 1969 in response to the British allies formation of Federation of Malaysia (conclusion of British Malaya, British Sarawak, British North Borneo, and British Singapore)
bluebugging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Bluetooth + bugging
Senses: qualifier: computer security
glosses: The practice of secretly installing a back door on a mobile phone and then remotely monitoring conversations by means of Bluetooth technology.
Related terms: bluejacking
bluesnarfing
Glossator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Glossators
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of glossator (medieval legal scholar)
Glossators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Glossator
glossatorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Etymology: From glossator + -ial.
Senses: examples: text: The accumulated glossatorial learning of a century and a half was confusing, in the wealth of its details and in the variety of juridical opinions, to the practitioners in the courts.
ref: 1926, Harold Dexter Hazeltine, “Roman and Canon Law in the Middle Ages”, in J. R. Tanner et al., editors, The Cambridge Medieval History, volumes 5, Contest of Empire and Papacy, page 738:
text: It is highly revealing that Accursius in the famous passage to which Baldus refers here, and which denies the validity of the Donation, expressly rejects a solution in accordance with the facts (a quintessentially Glossatorial attitude) […]
ref: 1987, Joseph Canning, The Political Thought of Baldus de Ubaldis, page 50:
glosses: Of, relating to, or characteristic of glossators.
glossatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of glossatorial.
synonyms: word: glossatorial
CICAD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CICADs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Concise International Chemical Assessment Document.
CICADs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CICAD
Dumpson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
dumping on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dump on
dumps on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dump on
dumped on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dump on
plasma globe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plasma globes
Senses: examples: text: A particularly cool example of a plasma is one of those “Eye of the Storm” plasma globes.
ref: 2020, Don Lincoln, The Large Hadron Collider, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 198:
synonyms: light globe
glosses: A spherical plasma lamp.
plasma globes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plasma globe
LGBTQI+
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He stayed with friends and even spent a few nights in a hotel when had nowhere else to go. In September 2019, he moved into a flat with three other gay asylum seekers through Le Refuge, an organisation supporting isolated LGBTQI+ youth.
ref: 2020 August 5, Francesca Spinelli, “Meet David: born in France, raised in Belgium, facing removal to the DRC”, in The Guardian:
text: Immense respect and many thanks to Olumide Popoola for founding and running the Futures in the Making and Future is Back projects for LGBTQI+ writers, your vision and fortitude are invaluable.
ref: 2022, Leon Craig, “Acknowledgements”, in Parallel Hells, Sceptre, →ISBN:
synonyms: LGBTIQ+
glosses: Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, queer/questioning, intersex etc..
LGBTQA+
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The popular musician has been accused many times of "queerbaiting" –a term for a marketing technique in which a person hints at but does not depict same-sex romance or other LGBTQA+ representation.
ref: 2022 August 24, “Harry Styles hits back at 'queerbaiting' accusations in new Rolling Stone interview”, in The New Zealand Herald:
glosses: Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, queer/questioning, allied/asexual/aromantic/agender etc..
Jæren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Jæren.
Senses: glosses: A region of Rogaland, Norway.
LGBTA+
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: “If you truly believe what you preach ... why do you insist that anyone who is an ally or champion of the LGBTA+ community be silenced and hidden in our buildings?” Schwartz said.
ref: 2022 May 11, Maddie Hanna, “Central Bucks parents protest removal of Pride flags and other actions they say are hostile to LGBTQ students”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
glosses: Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, allied/asexual/aromantic/agender etc..
LGBTI+
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The Australian men’s national team released a video on Thursday morning with 16 players delivering their message line by line, raising concerns about the “suffering” of migrant workers and the inability in Qatar of LGBTI+ people “to love the person that they choose”.
ref: 2022 August 26, Natasha May, Mike Hytner, “Socceroos make collective statement to speak out about Qatar’s human rights record”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, intersex etc..
LGBTQ2A+
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The centre is receiving free kits as part of a national distribution pilot called Test Now, a program run by the Community-Based Research Centre in Vancouver, seeking to improve testing access for LGBTQ2A+ people.
ref: 2021 June 18, Zak Vescera, Gillian Francis, “HIV self-tests hard to come by in Saskatchewan”, in The StarPhoenix:
glosses: Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, queer/questioning, two-spirited, allied/asexual/aromantic/agender etc..
postglossator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postglossators
Etymology: From post- + glossator.
Senses: examples: text: It would seem uncontroversial in an age of humanist philology to claim that the Corpus Juris Civilis in its pristine form and with its historical sense restored to it would be more authoritative than first the gloss, second the postglossators’ additions to the gloss, and finally the elucubrations of subsequent generations of jurists on the postglossators’ additions.
ref: 1992, Ian Maclean, Interpretation and Meaning in the Renaissance: The Case of Law, →ISBN, page 94:
topics: law
glosses: A legal scholar of the late Middle Ages, in the period after the glossators; a commentator.
postglossators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postglossator
LGBTIQ+
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Anna Bernasochi, suicide prevention manager at Switchboard Victoria, said the release of the data – a recommendation of the royal commission into mental health – was the first step in improving the understanding of suicides in LGBTIQ+ communities.
ref: 2022 October 13, Benita Kolovos, “Victoria’s 208 LGBTQ+ suicides to be outlined for the first time in new report”, in The Guardian:
text: “Why are we bystanders when countries such as Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and Namibia introduce anti-homosexuality laws that seek to erase LGBTIQ+ people?” Letsike asked in June at the South African Aids conference.
ref: 2023 August 7, Mia Malan, “A pandemic is not just a disease – it’s a political, social and economic crisis fuelled by inequality”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: LGBTQI+
glosses: Initialism of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, intersex, queer/questioning etc..
bicarpellary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: bi- + carpellary
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: dicarpellary
glosses: Having two carpels.
Beenham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU5968).
organostannane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organostannanes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of organotin.
synonyms: word: organotin
Flackwell Heath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large village in Chepping Wycombe parish, Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8989).
StVZO
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: initialism of Straßenverkehrs-Zulassungs-Ordnung, literally a reference to German's traffic code, but frequently used to refer to vehicle light marketing outside Germany
beat panels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beat panel
contra proferentem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin contra proferentem.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A doctrine of contractual interpretation providing that, where a term is ambiguous, the preferred meaning should be the one that works against the interests of the party who provided the wording.
mojaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mojari
deely bobber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deely bobbers
form: deely bopper
form: deeley bobber
form: deeley bopper
Etymology: Originally a trademark, suggested by the wife of product marketer John Minkove; it had been her schoolfriend's placeholder name for an unspecified object (thus perhaps from dealie).
Senses: glosses: A novelty headband, popular in the 1980s, with two springy antenna-like protrusions topped with small pompoms or other ornaments.
deely bobbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deely bobber
South Hampstead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the borough of Camden, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2684).
Related terms: english: within the area
translation: within the area
word: Swiss Cottage
father-daughter day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: father-daughter days
Senses: glosses: A day designated for fathers and their daughters to spend time together and celebrate their relationship; often the second Sunday of October.
father-daughter days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of father-daughter day
antedater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antedaters
Etymology: From antedate + -er.
Senses: examples: text: This is the bit that frustrates antedaters: earlier evidence may be rejected if it doesn't seem to clearly and completely fit the earliest given sense.
ref: 2017, Kory Stamper, Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, page 195:
glosses: One who antedates something.
antedaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antedater
ghostsharks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghostshark
prabhu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prabhus
Senses: glosses: A lord.
zooting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of zoot
fork oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fork oils
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A lubricant for use on the fork of a motorcycle.
fork oils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fork oil
card assembly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: card assemblies
Senses: examples: text: These preliminaries being adjusted, our hero forthwith repaired to a card assembly, which was frequented by some of the most notable gossips in town […]
ref: 1751, Tobias Smollett, chapter 11, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, volume 3, London: Harrison, published 1781, page 310:
text: 1768, Abraham Tucker (as Edward Search), The Light of Nature Pursued, London: T. Jones, Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 16, p. 244,
We shall cease to measure others satisfactions by our own standard, or think nothing desirable to them which we would not choose for ourselves; but shall discern a variety of tastes adapted to the several conditions wherein men are placed […] There is as much mirth in the kitchin as the parlour, and as great diversion in a country fair or a cricket match as a card assembly or a ridotto.
text: […] sensible well informed people—where are they to be met with? that there are many such, I make no doubt, but, what avails it—a man, or woman, of superior understanding, makes no better figure—nay, I am apt to think, a worse figure at a public place, or, card assembly, than one who can only talk of the weather—the fashions, the opera, or the last new play—and, where does one meet any soul, but at places of this nature?
ref: 1786, Elizabeth Inchbald, Appearance Is Against Them, London: Thomas Jones, Letter 2, p. 31:
text: Balls, concerts, card-assemblies, and every species of amusement in their power, were constantly contrived for our entertainment.
ref: 1796, John Stedman, chapter 1, in Narrative of a Five Years’ Expedition,, volume 1, London: J. Johnson, page 27:
glosses: A social event, sometimes organized regularly, at which guests play card games.
Guelma
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of Guelma district and Guelma province, north-east Algeria.
glosses: A district of Guelma province, Algeria; in full, Guelma District.
glosses: A province of Algeria; in full, Guelma Province.
calamitist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calamitists
Etymology: From calamity + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An extreme pessimist or doomsayer.
calamitists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calamitist
Mentawais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Mentawai Islands Regency, an island chain off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
fare-dodging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fare dodging
Senses: examples: text: Having no [ticket] check on this train therefore means some people will end up travelling without a ticket. That isn't fare dodging, that's a staff deficiency.
ref: 2025 March 19, “Investment pays off in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 1031, page 56:
synonyms: fare evasion
glosses: The deliberate avoidance of paying for travel. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Related terms: fare-dodger
Maison-Carrée
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of El Harrach, Algeria.
El Harrach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Algiers, Algeria. Former name: Maison-Carrée.
Nereim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nereims
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Philippeville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Namur province, Belgium.
glosses: Former name of Skikda, Algeria.
Skikda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of Skikda district and Skikda province, north-east Algeria. Former name: Philippeville.
glosses: A district of Skikda province, Algeria; in full, Skikda District.
glosses: A province of Algeria; in full, Skikda Province.
hyperfluent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperfluent
form: most hyperfluent
Etymology: From hyper- + fluent.
Senses: examples: text: It would be foolish to overthink the similarities between Edward St. Aubyn and Patrick Melrose, the protagonist of his celebrated series of five wrenchingly sad, laceratingly witty novels. Certainly there are parallels — both come from aristocratic privilege, both had horrific childhoods and horrific heroin addictions, both speak in hyperfluent prose — but they go only so far.
ref: 2012 March 14, Sarah Lyall, “After 5 Books, a Measure of Peace”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Extremely fluent.
tampongate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Tampongate.
reanimatology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From reanimate + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Shvetsky, who works at a veterans’ hospital in Russia, is far from a typical sports doctor: His subspecialty in anesthesia is reanimatology, the science aimed at reviving people who are clinically dead, meaning that their blood has stopped circulating and they have stopped breathing.
ref: 2022 November 10, Juliet Macur, Gabrielle Paluch, “Kamila Valieva’s Doctor Has Long Worked in the Shadows of Sport”, in The New York Times:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The branch of medicine that deals with the resuscitation of critically ill patients.
hive of industry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hives of industry
Senses: examples: text: Algiers terminus has three platforms and a rather deserted air. [...] The docks, however, were a veritable hive of industry, and six old G.W.R. engines were helping with the shunting.
ref: 1944 January and February, Major J. C. F. Lloyd Williamson, “Ambulance Trains in Algeria and Tunisia”, in Railway Magazine, page 5:
glosses: Synonym of hive of activity.
synonyms: word: hive of activity
stick to one's last
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sticks to one's last
form: sticking to one's last
form: stuck to one's last
form: stuck to one's last
Etymology: Compare the proverb cobbler, keep to your last or shoemaker, stick to your last.
Senses: examples: text: But never one to stick to his last, James founded the Little Big Band in 1993, which launched him on nearly a decade of swing material. Recent years have found him venturing back into rock and he says, “I think it’s time to hit the blues again” when asked what’s around the bend.
ref: 2013 March 15, Richard Ouzounian, “Colin James: Blazing his own path for 25 years”, in Toronto Star:
text: Sir Martin made clear he intended to “stick to his last” by staying in an industry he knew well and enjoyed, and that he would not wait long before making his next move.
ref: 2018 May 8, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, “Martin Sorrell vows to ‘start again’ after WPP exit”, in Financial Times:
glosses: To stick to one's knitting (to concentrate on one's own tasks, affairs, area of expertise etc.).
hives of industry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hive of industry
Khersonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Kherson + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Khersonite
glosses: Of or relating to the city of Kherson, Ukraine.
Khersonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Khersonians
Etymology: From Kherson + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Russians claim they have come to “save” Khersonians from “Nazism”— Putin’s outrageous justification for invading our country. “There are over 100 nationalities living in our city. We don’t know what Nazism is,” Mayor Kolykhayev says.
ref: 2022 March 4, Iuliia Mendel, “My hometown, now occupied by Russia, is on the verge of a humanitarian disaster”, in The Washington Post:
synonyms: Khersonite
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Kherson, Ukraine.
Reghaïa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Rouïba district, Algiers province, Algeria.
precristid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precristids
Etymology: From pre- + cristid.
Senses: examples: text: C₁ with enlarged concave mesiolingual fossa, no lingual entocristid but a distinct vertical torus; long precristid; horizontally disposed lingual cingulum with no basal bulge of enamel or distobasal notch; small distal surface for C¹ occlusion.
ref: 2013, John G. Fleagle, Alfred L. Rosenberger, The Platyrrhine Fossil Record, page 218:
glosses: A cristid located on the anterior surface of a tooth.
Moshfegh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Moshfeghs
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Persian.
ranked choice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: ranked-choice ballot; ranked-choice voting
text: The results — on the 31-column spreadsheet that Ms. Quan held in her hands — testified to the power of finishing second in a ranked-choice election. […] Campaign strategists said Ms. Quan had taken advantage of a ranked-choice system that was used in Oakland for the first time.
ref: 2010 November 11, Zusha Elinson, Gerry Shih, “The Winning Strategy in Oakland: Concentrate on Being 2nd or 3rd Choice”, in The New York Times:
text: The election was the first in Alaska to utilize ranked-choice voting, a system adopted by the state’s voters in 2020. […] Ranked choice is more efficient than holding a runoff election, and its backers insist that it offers a better reflection of voters’ preferences.
ref: 2022 September 1, Adam Serwer, “Republicans Have Only Themselves to Blame for Their Alaskan Defeat”, in The Atlantic:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: preferential voting
ranked voting
glosses: Any voting system in which voters rank their candidates (or options) in order of preference on their ballots.
Hyponyms: alternative vote
Borda count
Copeland's method
instant-runoff voting
positional voting
Schulze method
single transferable vote
Related terms: ranked ballot
nephophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nepho- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: The love of clouds.
Related terms: nephophile
nephophobe
nephophobia
Boudouaou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Boumerdès province, Algeria. Former name: Alma.
glosses: A district of Boumerdès province, Algeria; in full, Boudouaou District.
Boumerdès
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of Boumerdès province, Algeria.
glosses: A district of Boumerdès province, Algeria; in full, Boumerdès District.
glosses: A province of Algeria; in full, Boumerdès Province.
repetoire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of repertoire.
demmie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demmies
form: demmy
Etymology: From the brand name Demerol + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: “Anyway, when he came out of Patsy's room, I grabbed him by the arm and said, ‘Gee whiz, doc, haven't you got a couple of pills for me—even demerol?’ ” / Willie broke off to explain. “That's a synthetic. We call them demmies. If you can't buy H or M, why, demmies will do the trick.”
ref: 1956, Jess Stearn, Sisters of the Night: The Startling Story of Prostitution in New York Today, New York: Julian Messner, Inc., page 59:
text: “Whatchu got, man?” / “Reds, bennies, dexies, yellow jackets, demmies.” / “Yeah, demmies're good shit, man. I pay you. Fuck. I got money. I'm hurting inside. Got beat up. Where my money?”
ref: 1998, Jeffery Deaver, The Coffin Dancer, New York, NY: Pocket Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 285:
text: In one of the longest lags between a drug's introduction and a new warning, Demerol, a widely used pain reliever, got a new warning in February 2003: It passes straight into mother's milk, […]. Demerol was introduced in the 1930s. It took 70 years to discover that Demmies pass unaltered into breast milk?
ref: 2004, Russ Kick, 50 Things You're Not Supposed to Know, volume 2, New York, NY: The Disinformation Company, →ISBN, page unknown:
glosses: Demerol, especially when used as a recreational drug.
demmies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demmie
Ménerville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Yvelines department, Île-de-France, France.
glosses: Former name of Thénia, Algeria.
Thénia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town, the capital of Thénia district, Boumerdès province, Algeria. Former name: Ménerville.
glosses: A district of Boumerdès province, Algeria; in full, Thénia District.
Tizi Ouzou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Tizi Ouzou district, Tizi Ouzou province, Algeria.
glosses: A district of Tizi Ouzou province, Algeria; in full, Tizi Ouzou District.
glosses: A province of Algeria; in full, Tizi Ouzou Province.
Demmie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Demmies
form: Demmy
Etymology: From Dem + -ie, from Democrat.
Senses: examples: text: Let the Demmies rail and shout, / And what is it all about, / When they prate of “tariff and reform?” / By their actions in the past / Well we know from first to last, / What the wonders are that they'd perform.
ref: 1888, “Hear the Joyful Song”, in The Tippecanoe Campaign Songster: Harrison and Morton; Sketch of Their Lives and Full Text of the Republican Platform, W. F. Shaw Co., page 17:
text: The cheapness of these so-called “great” men was shown when a Senate committee on Unemployment Insurance elected their chairman. Senator Wagner, a Demmy, presented the motion in the Senate that Unemployment Insurance be probed. He, together with Senators Hebert (R. I.) and Glenn (Ill.) were appointed on the committee in the order named.
ref: 1931 May, James P. Egan, “Comment on the National Show”, in Machinists' Monthly Journal, volume 43, number 5, Washington, D.C.: International Association of Machinists, page 300:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: Democrat
Dem
glosses: A member or supporter of the Democratic Party.
Demmies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Demmie
glosses: plural of Demmy
evidentials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evidential
Demmy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Demmys
form: Demmies
Senses: examples: text: H. G. was here lately, preaching political truths to the Green Mountain boys. Malicious ‘demmys’ did say he preached for hire, that he put money in his purse thereby, but I know that out of his purse came all his expenses, and never a cent went therein.
ref: 1849 December, C. D. Stuart, Esq., “Rambledom: in Four Chapters. Chapter First”, in The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, volume 34, number 6, New York: Samuel Hueston, page 490:
glosses: Alternative form of Demmie.
pentested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pentest
Fontez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fontezs
form: Fontezes
Senses: glosses: A surname
Related terms: Font
Fonte
Fontes
Fontes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fontes
form: Fonteses
Senses: glosses: A surname
Fontes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fonte
Related terms: Font
Fonte
Fontez
Fonts
Fonts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Font
Related terms: Fontes
Corts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cort
Related terms: Cortes
last roundups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of last roundup