cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
trolley problem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trolley problems
Etymology: Coined by American philosopher Judith Thomson. The problems usually involve deciding whom to save from an approaching trolley that can be diverted but not stopped.
Senses: examples: text: By the late ‘90s, trolley problems had fallen out of fashion. Many philosophers questioned the value of the conclusions reached by analyzing a situation so bizarre and specific.
ref: 2015 October 9, Lauren Cassani Davis, “Would You Pull the Trolley Switch? Does it Matter?”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A type of thought experiment in ethics and psychology, involving ethical dilemmas of whether to sacrifice one person to save a larger number.
Related terms: trolleyology
Heinz dilemma
trolley problems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trolley problem
talk a big game
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: talks a big game
form: talking a big game
form: talked a big game
form: talked a big game
Senses: examples: text: That’s one way to understand Apple’s empty message about privacy. Tim Cook talks a big game, but at the end of the day, his company is allowing the surveillance-capitalism atrocities it claims to oppose.
ref: 2019 January 31, Ian Bogost, “Apple’s Empty Grandstanding About Privacy”, in The Atlantic:
text: You think you're so fucking cool? Huh? / You think you're so fucking tough? / You talk a lotta big game for someone with such a small truck
ref: 2019, 100 gecs, “money machine”, in 1000 gecs:
glosses: Synonym of talk a good game.
synonyms: word: talk a good game
passoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passoids
Etymology: From pass + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: easy to say as a passoid
ref: 2020 May 4, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
text: I find it very interesting that "hons" (ugly masculine men) and "passoids" have so much animosity
ref: 2022 July 27, @MalesOfReddit, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2023:
text: i don't usually block chasers, but if any tgirl calls me a youngshit or a passoid it's on sight
ref: 2022 November 4, @kateisdeflate, Twitter, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2023:
text: Our FedEx delivery person is a voice passoid
ref: 2022 November 9, @FemboyLifestyle, Twitter, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2022:
text: I used to really hate being tall, but now that I've been on E for a while and am a bit of a passoid I've realized that being a tall queen is hot shit and I am totally here for it. I love being a 6'3 blonde bitch.
ref: 2023 January 28, @Cassandra_Nya, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2023:
antonyms: hon
qualifier: 4chan /lgbt/ slang
glosses: A transgender person who is passing.
Derived terms: gigapassoid
youngshit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: youngshits
Etymology: Compound of young + shit.
Senses: examples: text: Yes and it's also no youngshits. Leave.
ref: 2016 September 1, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
text: no it hasn't, it's just that this board is full of youngshit passers, hence the need for this thread
ref: 2016 September 26, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
text: me trying to rizz up the beautiful youngshit at the party tn
ref: 2022 October 23, @WIFEMODER, Twitter:
text: i don't usually block chasers, but if any tgirl calls me a youngshit or a passoid it's on sight
ref: 2022 November 4, @kateisdeflate, Twitter, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2023:
text: It's ok I'm proud of being a midshit and not a youngshit
ref: 2023 January 27, @kimchicel, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
text: i would be the youngest youngshit to exist istg
ref: 2023 February 2, @VICTIMTR4P, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
qualifier: 4chan /lgbt/ slang
glosses: A transgender person who began transitioning at a young age.
twinkhon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪŋk.hʌn/
Forms: form: twinkhons
Etymology: From twink (“young, attractive, slim male”) + hon (“a trans woman who does not pass”).
Senses: examples: text: >cool twinkhon with bad acne and a stunning boy bod
ref: 2016 September 9, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
text: when did mtfg become such susanite hugbox? ugly masc dudes and twinkhons calling each other beautiful- i mean does no one here own a mirror?
ref: 2016 November 10, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
text: just found an old photo of me on a thread of "best twinkhons" so yea you could say I'm pretty famous
ref: 2020 October 23, @SomeBWord, Twitter, archived from the original on 23 Oct 2020:
text: friendly reminder: twinkhons are god's favorite creatures and they deserve the world
ref: 2022 June 11, @sinistrist, Twitter, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2022:
text: that feel when literally one inch of jaw bone decides whether im a twinkhon or a gigapassoid
ref: 2022 October 15, @WalkingInRuins, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
text: why is every trans woman in media a twinkhon autist
ref: 2022 October 18, @Real_tttt_takes, Twitter, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2022:
text: having a twinkhon moment
ref: 2022 December 13, @bulldozerpussy, Twitter:
text: do i pass as a twinkhon?
ref: 2023 January 30, @fatherfatherf, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
qualifier: 4chan /lgbt/ slang
glosses: A trans woman who looks like a femboy or effeminate man.
gigapassoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigapassoids
Etymology: From giga- + passoid (“a transgender person who is passing”).
Senses: examples: text: I mean everyone's going to leave this God forsaken general at some point and be replaced by other bdd gigapassoids so yea life goes on
ref: 2021 June 12, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
text: I just got asked if I was pregnant today lmao. I am a fucking gigapassoid lmao
ref: 2022 April 9, @AmooliaGang, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2023:
text: The poster child for being a gigapassoid thinks that red states would have loved letting people transition if only the rude nonbinaries weren't so loud and this is an opinion I'm supposed to treat like it's serious?
ref: 2022 August 23, @Devon_OnEarth, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2023:
text: Every day on twitter is another day getting mogged by gigapassoids and youngshits
ref: 2022 August 29, @princessyntheia, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2023:
text: that feel when literally one inch of jaw bone decides whether im a twinkhon or a gigapassoid
ref: 2022 October 15, @WalkingInRuins, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2023:
text: *gigapassoid voice* ugh I'm so masculine
ref: 2023 January 3, @girlofswords, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2023:
antonyms: gigahon
qualifier: 4chan /lgbt/ slang
glosses: A transgender person who passes extremely well.
seahorse dad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seahorse dads
Etymology: In reference to seahorse biology, in which the male of the species gives birth to the young.
Senses: examples: text: I hope, among other things, that this album will inspire birth workers and future seahorse dads (AKA gestational fathers). I know how meaningful images like this could have been for me before my first pregnancy and how meaningful it is for me to see images of fellow birthing trans and nonbinary people to this day.
ref: 2020 August 3, Yuval Topper-Erez (quoted) Morgan Brinlee, “This Trans Dad's Home Birth Photos Beautifully Capture The Raw Emotion Of Labor”, in Romper:
text: Calling himself a "seahorse dad" – as in seahorses it is the male that gives birth – Bennett, who is due on November 5 and is recording his pregnancy on Instagram, has stopped the hormone treatment he began in the summer of 2014, to start a family.
ref: 2020 September 27, Daniel Smith, “How pregnant transgender man dubbed a 'seahorse dad' stopped hormone treatment to start a family”, in WalesOnline:
text: The couple is also excited to start a family, with Elvis looking forward to becoming a "seahorse dad" — a male-identifying person who can have children.
ref: 2022 November 7, Emily Lefroy, “He stuck by his man — and married weeks after he came out as trans”, in New York Post:
glosses: Synonym of birthing father.
synonyms: word: birthing father
seahorse dads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seahorse dad
Gilbert Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Thomas Gilbert (sea captain).
Senses: synonyms: Gilberts
glosses: A chain of islands and atolls forming the main part of Kiribati, historically part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.
wikipedia: Thomas Gilbert (sea captain)
cocktail glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocktail glasses
Senses: glosses: A type of glass with a long stem and an open inverted cone bowl, used for serving straight-up cocktails.
cocktail glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocktail glass
oldshit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oldshits
Etymology: From old + shit.
Senses: examples: text: Oldshit here. Transitioned at 25.
ref: 2017 November 3, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
text: it's a joke about how 4chan trans people have a lot of internalised transphobia and self image issues to the point that they consider an "oldshit" (a trans person who started transitioning later in life) to be someone whos 19.
ref: 2022 May 11, @actually_sam_a, Twitter, archived from the original on 11 May 2022:
text: The trans community has a huge problem with romanticizing youth in a really unhealthy way. Calling anyone who isn't an actual child an "oldshit" isn't good for our mental health.
ref: 2022 August 3, @RiverthebigFxg, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2022:
text: when the other oldshits and I get together
ref: 2022 August 27, @notfcknsoryu, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2022:
text: I mean hell I'm an oldshit hon barely holding on by a thread. Idk how these other trans women do it.
ref: 2022 December 18, u/KatarinatheCat, “oldshit bitterhon doesn't want youngshits to exist”, in Reddit, r/4tran, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2022:
text: except there's a near 100% chance you've seen way more oldshit passoids but never had any clue they were trans. survivorship bias once again
ref: 2023 January 10, u/real_autogynephile2, “Saw an oldshit passoid at work”, in Reddit, r/ttttrans, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2023:
text: notice how it's always bitter oldshits who have a problem with minors transitioning lol
ref: 2023 January 12, @princemoder, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
synonyms: lateshit
qualifier: 4chan /lgbt/ slang
glosses: A transgender person who began transitioning at a relatively late age (after puberty is fully complete).
midshit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midshits
Etymology: Compound of mid + shit.
Senses: examples: text: <18
 if you're old enough to post here you're a midshit at minimum
ref: 2019 December 28, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
text: born too soon to be a boomerhon, born too late to be a qt youngshit. born just in time to be a boring midshit, forever trapped in androgyny
ref: 2021 October 14, @petrichoror, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2023:
text: No under 10 is youngshit, under 15 is midshit, under 18 is oldshit, 18+ is boomerhon
ref: 2021 November 9, @justjulia777, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2023:
text: Ok, so I'm a midshit officially, but I started drinking like 3-4 cups of spearmint tea to reduce androgens every day when I was 14, so can I be an honorary youngshit?
ref: 2022 March 19, @Hypercortical, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2023:
text: This was one of the reasons I didn't continue to identify as trans for like 4 years. I could have been a "midshit" trans lady by now if people weren't saying this shit all the time
ref: 2022 March 19, @Watchman_5, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2023:
text: I started at 16 and idk I've been called a midshit and also told to kms for calling myself a midshit and also that I'm an oldshit.
ref: 2022 May 26, @NegevVT, Twitter, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2023:
qualifier: 4chan /lgbt/ slang
glosses: A transgender person who began transitioning at a relatively young age, but after puberty.
honfidence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhʌnfɪdəns/
Etymology: Blend of hon (“a trans woman who does not pass”) + confidence.
Senses: examples: text: what's the secret, anons? is it because they don't give a fuck? i guess it's all about HONfidence after all...
ref: 2018 December 21, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
text: u dont need honfidence, u pass
ref: 2022 May 27, @estrogenizedboy, Twitter, archived from the original on 27 May 2022:
text: i tweet like i have more followers than i do not just because my old account has a lot of followers but because i am practicing honfidence for when i need it most
ref: 2022 June 12, @estradiolnihil, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2022:
text: I am like actually so stupid that I was going to get my ears pierced next week LOL. I am so glad whatever honfidence that had developed was nipped in the bud before I was gonna embarass^([sic]) myself even more. god I hate looking like this. it hurts so much
ref: 2022 June 17, @ellie_fail, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
text: i have no idea how i managed to girlmode last year without throwing myself off a cliff honfidence is real y'all
ref: 2022 December 11, @LillianaFuture, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
text: All the cool tgirls are doing it I gotta have a little honfidence
ref: 2023 January 10, @epistemophagy, Twitter:
text: I'm jealous of her honfidence
ref: 2022 January 31, @Fembub, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2023:
qualifier: 4chan /lgbt/ slang
glosses: The apparently irrational confidence possessed by hons (non-passing trans women) in their appearance.
opration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oprations
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of operation.
gigahon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigahons
Etymology: From giga- + hon (“a trans woman who does not pass”).
Senses: examples: text: >tfw you will always be a 5'11 gigahon
ref: 2016 October 3, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
text: thought i saw a gigahon on the timeline, expanded the picture to get a better look, it was a screencap of dana scully from an x-files episode.
ref: 2021 November 27, @0xCAFEBEEF, Twitter, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2021:
text: the majority of transphobia is because whenever someone hears about transgender people, they picture 50 year old gigahons
ref: 2022 March 7, @0xCAFEBEEF, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2023:
text: Transphobes are so scared of not being able to tell someone is trans. Theyll keep lying to themselves and using gigahons and no hrt aidens as examples because they don't want to admit that trans people can be indistinguishable from cis people and they definitely can't always tell
ref: 2022 June 13, @floppmz, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
text: it's also funny how the picture they used for the "hon" could easily be a cis woman (a pretty one at that) and the "gigahon" is just your average older british woman. please stop using terfy and sexist rhetoric about women's bodies and appearance to fuel your weird self hatred
ref: 2022 July 23, @twinkmoding, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
antonyms: gigapassoid
qualifier: 4chan /lgbt/ slang
glosses: An extremely masculine trans woman.
cream in one's coffee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: You're the cream in my coffee. You're the salt in my stew. You will always be my necessity. I'd be lost without you.
ref: 1928, “You're the Cream in my Coffee”, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown (lyrics), Ray Henderson (music):
text: As for sideburns, the attraction was lost on me even in the 50s, but big, anachronistic muttonchops on hippy boys were the cream in my coffee in the 60s.
ref: 1992 July 4, Frank R.A.J. Maloney, “90210”, in soc.motss (Usenet):
glosses: Something that one relishes.
manmode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From man + mode.
Senses: examples: text: I actually wanna record one of my songs for the Youtubs^([sic]) but I don't know if I'm ready to come out on Youtube and I don't wanna record in MaNmOdE it's a crisis 😩
ref: 2021 March 3, @CaptAmazo, Twitter, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2021:
text: Gotta spend Friday afternoon with my family in manmode tho, rip
ref: 2022 June 24, @MsTransKafka, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2022:
text: christmas manmode (my mom asked for hair advice)
ref: 2022 December 25, @HORMONEABUSER, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
glosses: The state of presenting as a man, regardless of one's actual gender identity, especially of a trans woman.
raw_tags: in transgender slang
manmode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: manmodes
form: manmoding
form: manmoded
form: manmoded
Etymology: From man + mode.
Senses: examples: text: okay, i get it, the new haircut sucks, back to manmoding for me
ref: 2022 March 9, @0xCAFEBEEF, Twitter, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2022:
text: manmoding at work (tragic)
ref: 2022 October 4, @xaviersonline, Twitter:
text: i dont boymode, i manmode
ref: 2022 October 29, @barkriza, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
glosses: To present as a man, regardless of one's actual gender identity, especially of a trans woman.
raw_tags: in transgender slang
Derived terms: manmoder
Related terms: man mode
manmodes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of manmode
manmoding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of manmode
manmoded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of manmode
boomerhon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boomerhons
Etymology: Compound of boomer + hon (“a trans woman who does not pass”).
Senses: examples: text: there was another poster before with a boomerhon dad that had that happen.
ref: 2018 June 22, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
text: I really hope the reddit boomerhons are right about getting shorter on hrt. even just going down to 5'7 from 5'8 I would be really happy
ref: 2021 February 11, @mid_gf, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
text: boomerhons will not rest until everyone looks just as busted as them
ref: 2022 March 10, @T4TCLUSSY, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
text: seeing another boomerhon in public ruins my whole day tbh
ref: 2022 December 14, @estrogenizedboy, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
text: can we just go one day where an old boomerhon doesn't claim to have periods for no reason other that delusion, just one day? please?
ref: 2023 January 4, @0xCAFEBEEF, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2023:
qualifier: 4chan /lgbt/ slang
glosses: A trans woman who looks like an old man.
Related terms: oldshit
Kanem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A region of Chad, once the site of the Kanem Empire.
pooner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpuː.nə/
ipa: /ˈpuː.nəɹ/
rhymes: -uːnə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pooners
Etymology: From poon (“poontang; vagina”) + -er. Possibly inspired by boomer derivatives such as coomer and doomer.
Senses: examples: text: How will pooners recover?
ref: 2021 February 22, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
text: Dude..., could you have picked a less attractive name? Lmfao. If I were a pooner I'd say my name is Thor or Magnus.. not FUCKING FRODO
ref: 2021 November 23, @DryOldHooker, Twitter, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022:
text: sorry but the barney mf literally looks like a pooner caricature
ref: 2022 June 24, @AmarylisRetard, Twitter, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2022:
text: someone said i was larping as a pooner because of this
ref: 2022 October 12, @ARYANFAGGOT, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
text: you cannot unironically look like a pooner cartoon and then complain about misgendering
ref: 2023 January 1, @transmedbiomed, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
text: pooners when they have to cut their hair, remove their piercings and take testosterone to pass
ref: 2023 May 8, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
text: Pooners pass poorly in general and have a harder time fitting in with what society expects of a man.
Of course no one knows this because pooners are fucking invisible
ref: 2023 May 14, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
coordinate_terms: hon
troon
qualifier: 4chan /lgbt/ slang
glosses: A trans man who does not pass; a clocky trans man.
heighthon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heighthons
Etymology: From height + hon (“a trans woman who does not pass”).
Senses: examples: text: >tfw 5'10 (literally 98 percentile for white women and 99.9999 percentile for non-white women)
 >tfw 11 US women's shoe size (like 99 percentile for ALL women)
 Forever a heighthon/foothon.
ref: 2017 April 11, anonymous author, 4chan, /lgbt/:
text: random old lady i passed on the street: "hey do you play basketball?" "no, why?" "because you’re so tall, you look like you’d be good at it!" i hate being a heighthon
ref: 2021 September 23, @petrichoror, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
text: idk how bad my face looks tbh, im trying to fix my face but im a heighthon, im 6'3 💀💀
ref: 2022 June 7, @AyumuKasugaFan, Twitter, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2022:
text: 5'6 is the average for cis woman. u r bdd. meanwhile im an actual heighthon(174cm)
ref: 2022 June 29, @silly_boymoder, Twitter:
text: Tfw I will never be a 5'3 cisoid woman who has her bf grab things for her. Doomed to be a heighthon and get the spices from the top rack myself
ref: 2023 February 1, @AmooliaGang, Twitter, archived from the original on 05 Jul 2023:
text: Nah she's implying anyone over 6' is a heighthon.
ref: 2023 February 2, @epistemophagy, Twitter:
qualifier: 4chan /lgbt/ slang
glosses: A trans woman who is clockable due to being significantly taller than a typical cis woman.
Related terms: shoulderhon
4XL
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: A large size of clothing, larger than 3XL; XXXXL.
frog jumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frog jump
frog jumps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of frog jump
frog jumping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of frog jump
frog jumped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of frog jump
kanto girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kanto girls
Etymology: From kanto boy, but the latter term was replaced with girl as a female equivalent, whereas the former term was originally from Japanese 官庁(かんちょう) (kanchō, “government office”), borrowed in the Philippines during WW2 according to Potet (2016), but it was eventually replaced with Tagalog kanto (“corner, especially of two streets”), which was reinterpreted to refer to an "office corner".
Senses: glosses: An office girl.
Related terms: kanto boy
kanto lingo
yosi boy
takatak boy
rugby boy
call boy
call girl
office girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: office girls
Etymology: From office + girl, as a female equivalent to office boy.
Senses: glosses: A junior female clerk employed in a professional office to perform odd jobs, such as running errands or making copies.
Related terms: office boy
office lady
office wife
kanto girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kanto girl
office girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of office girl
kanto lingo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Tagalog kanto (“street corner”) + lingo. See also Tagalog salitang-kalye.
Senses: glosses: Street talk; street slang.
Related terms: call boy
call girl
kanto boy
kanto girl
rugby boy
takatak boy
yosi boy
street talk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From street + talk.
Senses: examples: text: That is what I mean by street talk. All such coarse, vulgar words, especially the rough tone and manner, you hear on the street. They belong to those boys who have never been taught any better, and to those men, who, though knowing better, yet do not care anything about the better way. But my boy should never use street talk.
ref: 1907, The Children's Friend, volume 6, Deseret News, page 208:
glosses: Speech seen as vulgar and improper, especially that associated with uneducated and low-class people; slang.
Related terms: street cred
street smarts
muscle spindle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muscle spindles
Senses: examples: text: In conclusion, it must be emphasized that although we now know something of the detailed structure of the muscle spindle, and the functional properties of its component parts, the exact role or roles it plays in voluntary or reflex muscle ovements are still a matter for further speculation and experiment
ref: 1974, Felix Beck, John Benjamin Lloyd, The Cell in Medical Science, page 536:
glosses: A stretch receptor within the body of a skeletal muscle that detects changes in the length of the muscle.
woodbalm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodbalms
Senses: glosses: Lepechinia calycina, an herb native to California.
Angleton grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dichanthium aristatum, a grass used as forage.
Christmas grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Themeda arguens, a tropical grass of Asia and the Pacific
jarfly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɑɹ.flaɪ/
Forms: form: jarflies
Senses: glosses: A cicada
pinhole grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Bothriochloa insculpta, a grass of tropical and subtropical Eurasia
jarflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɑɹ.flaɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of jarfly
paddle grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ischaemum polystachyum, a common grass of the Pacific Islands.
lucuntu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ischaemum timorense A grass of tropical Asia and the West Pacific.
yellowshow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A tropical American herb of the genus Amoreuxia.
buttercup tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buttercup trees
Senses: glosses: Either of two trees, Cochlospermum religiosum and Cochlospermum vitifolium, of India and Latin America respectively.
tsao ko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese 草果 (cǎoguǒ).
Senses: glosses: A plant, Lanxangia tsaoko, of Chinese and Vietnamese highlands, the fruit of which used medicinally and in cooking.
Silifke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /sɪlɪfkeɪ/
/silɪfkə/
Etymology: From Turkish Silifke and Ottoman Turkish سلفكه (Silifke), from Byzantine Greek Σελεύκεια (Seleúkeia, “Seleucia”), from Ancient Greek Σέλευκος (Séleukos, “Seleucus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”) in honor of its founder Seleucus I Nicator. Doublet of Seleucia.
Senses: glosses: A town in Mersin Province, Turkey.
glosses: A district of Mersin Province, Turkey, around the town.
Synonyms: Seleucia
Seleucia ad Calycadnum
Seleucia-on-Calycadnus
Seleucia on the Calycadnus
Seleucia Trachea
Seleucia Tracheotis
Seleucia Cilicia
Seleucia in Cilicia
Seleucia Isauria
Seleucia in Isauria
blind boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blind box
conyo boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈko.ɲo bɔɪ/
Forms: form: conyo boys
form: coño boy
form: konyo boy
Etymology: From Tagalog konyo (“affluent Anglophone person”) + boy.
Senses: glosses: A male person who belongs to a wealthy or well off predominantly English-speaking family
examples: Coordinate term: conyo girl
synonyms: conyo
glosses: A wealthy male Anglophone person, often raised or living in a subdivision village (gated community)
conyo boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈko.ɲo bɔɪ/
Forms: form: conyo boys
form: coño boy
form: konyo boy
Etymology: From Spanish coño (“cunt; pussy”) + boy or Spanish de nuevo cuño (“(of a person) who has recently entered a profession, union or social class.”) + boy.
Senses: glosses: A Spanish mestizo.
Related terms: Conyo
valley boy
valley girl
conyo girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌko.ɲo ˈɡiɾl/
Forms: form: conyo girls
form: coño girl
form: konyo girl
Etymology: From Tagalog konyo (“affluent Anglophone person”) + girl.
Senses: glosses: A female person who belongs to a wealthy or well off predominantly English-speaking family.
examples: Coordinate term: conyo boy
synonyms: conyo
glosses: A wealthy female Anglophone person, often raised or living in a subdivision village (gated community).
conyo girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌko.ɲo ˈɡiɾl/
Forms: form: conyo girls
form: coño girl
form: konyo girl
Etymology: From Spanish coño (“cunt; pussy”) + girl or Spanish de nuevo cuño (“(of a person) who has recently entered a profession, union or social class.”) + girl.
Senses: glosses: A Spanish mestiza.
Related terms: Conyo
valley boy
valley girl
gunked up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gunk up
Bardgett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bardgetts
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Merkman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Merkmans
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Merkmann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Merkmanns
Etymology: Borrowed from German Merkmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Foveaux Strait
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /fəʊvəʊ.stɹeɪt/
Etymology: Named after Joseph Foveaux.
Senses: glosses: A strait between the South Island and Stewart Island, New Zealand.
wikipedia: Joseph Foveaux
spiderwisps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spiderwisp
micro-apartment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micro-apartments
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of microapartment.
micro-home
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micro-homes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of microhome.
micro-housing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of microhousing.
Aberbargoed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A town in Bargoed community, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1500).
thank you for coming to my TED Talk
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thanks for coming to my TED Talk.
irls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of irl
Gluesenkamp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gluesenkamps
Senses: glosses: A surname.
xyloretins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xyloretin
xylotetroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylotetrose
xylopentoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylopentose
xyloliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylolith
xylohexosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylohexoside
xyloglucosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xyloglucoside
xylofucogalactans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylofucogalactan
xylarinic acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xylarinic acid
XMAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of XMA
xfades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xfade
xfades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of xfade
xerox machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xerox machine
Fleur-de-lis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Blackwood community, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1596).
short shift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of short shrift.
IHSSs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IHSS
DSSs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DSS
DSSes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DSS
Cunninghame
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
gallification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɡɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology: From gall + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The production of galls.
English cadence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lɪʃ ˈkeɪ.dəns/
Forms: form: English cadences
Etymology: From English + cadence. Coined in the 20th century due to its popularity with composers of the English Renaissance of the late 15th to the early 17th centuries.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A perfect cadence characteristic of English Renaissance music, involving a flattened seventh note played against the dominant chord (containing a regular raised seventh); conventionally, the flattened seventh is played as part of a suspension on the penultimate beat, before resolving downwards to the sixth and then fifth of the final chord, while the raised seventh is held before resolving upward to the first; however, more complex variations are also possible.
wikipedia: English Renaissance
William Byrd
English cadences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of English cadence
Couderay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French courtes (“short”) + oreilles (“ears”), in connection with the ears of the Ojibwe people.
Senses: glosses: A town and village therein, in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States.
glosses: A tributary of the Chippewa River, Wisconsin, first named Riviere des Courte Oreilles (River of the Short Ears); in full, the Couderay River.
perfect cadence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perfect cadences
Etymology: From perfect + cadence.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: word: authentic cadence
word: closed cadence
glosses: A cadence involving the resolution of the dominant chord (V) to the root chord (I).
perfect cadences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfect cadence
boy group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boy groups
Senses: examples: text: Well, 2017 must have been a very happy year for k-pop fans because so many rookie boy groups debuted in the year.
ref: 2018, UK Jung, BTS: The K-pop Pioneer, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: girl group
glosses: Synonym of boy band.
synonyms: word: boy band
ka-blaow
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From ka- + blaow.
Senses: examples: text: She took the gun, loaded it, handed it back to Stephen, who got behind a chicken, brought the gun up, aimed, and pulled the trigger, ka-blaow.
ref: 1998, Clyde Edgerton, Where Trouble Sleeps, page 151:
text: The Devil is here in form of all IN Control now
Stab me, wake me, kill me quick
Earth has gone KA-BLAOW!
ref: 2006, Jordan McGill, 10/7/06 in Beatdom: Issue One, Summer 2007, Beatdom, page 21
text: Ka-blaow! Don't worry, mouth -- that's just some hops. [...]
ref: 2009 December 1, @northern_brewer, Twitter:
text: I lost a whole spliff. Ka-blaow. All over the damn floor...
ref: 2013 July 2, @itsjohnwesley, Twitter:
text: I'd order an evacuation of the Arby's block, then order an airstrike on that same Arby's coordinates to ka-BLAOW it to smithereens
ref: 2018 May 17, @SnottieDrippen, Twitter:
glosses: Alternative form of blaow.
Related terms: blaow
boom
kaboom
Hálogi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Old Norse Hálogi (“tall flame”), a compound of hár (“high”) and logi (“fire, blaze”).
Senses: glosses: Another name for Logi.
Edgewater
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From edge + water.
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Perth in the City of Joondalup, Western Australia.
glosses: A community in the Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Jefferson County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Jefferson County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Dania Beach, Broward County, Florida.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Volusia County, Florida.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Miami, Florida.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A community area in Chicago, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Cleveland, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and unincorporated community therein, in Sawyer County, Wisconsin.
honkydom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honkiedom
form: honkeydom
Etymology: From honky (“white person”, ethnic slur) + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The realm or sphere of white people; whites collectively.
honkiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honkieness
form: honkeyness
form: honkyness
Etymology: From honky (“white person”, ethnic slur) + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being a white person.
Nicholases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nicholas
your words, not mine
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: —Do you think I'm stupid? —Hey, your words, not mine.
glosses: Used to facetiously agree with someone's self-deprecating statement.
Westaboos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Westaboo
prickishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From prickish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of prickery (“prickish behaviour”).
synonyms: word: prickery
extra: prickish behaviour
Dania Beach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named Dania until 1998; this name was the Medieval Latin name for Denmark, it was named for Danish farmers living there. Dania is still an unofficial synonym.
Senses: examples: .
synonyms: Dania
glosses: A city in Broward County, Florida, United States.
Orphist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Orphists
Senses: glosses: A member of the Orphism religious movement.
topics: art
arts
glosses: An artist working in the style of Orphism.
Orphists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Orphist
Willis-Ekbom disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of restless legs syndrome.
synonyms: word: restless legs syndrome
Wittmaack-Ekbom syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of restless legs syndrome.
synonyms: word: restless legs syndrome
tunnel running
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A kind of motor vehicle road rally for high-performance vehicles, emphasizing recreational driving in a group, especially through tunnels.
big red switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big red switches
Senses: glosses: Synonym of big red button.
synonyms: word: big red button
big red switches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big red switch
three-dog night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-dog nights
form: three dog night
Etymology: An Eskimo saying, used to indicate a low temperature during the night, and during very frigid temperatures, one would require three sled dogs in the igloo to keep oneself warm.
Senses: glosses: A very cold night.
Related terms: rafter snapper
three dog night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three dog nights
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of three-dog night.
three-dog nights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three-dog night
three dog nights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of three dog night
cockring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockrings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cock ring.
cockrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockring
cock-ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cock-rings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cock ring.
cock-rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cock-ring
Gallager
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gallagers
Etymology: Variant of Gallagher.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Galleher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gallehers
Etymology: Variant of Gallagher.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Galligher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gallighers
Etymology: Variant of Gallagher.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Gollaher
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gollahers
Etymology: Variant of Gallagher.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
sand-spit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand-spits
Senses: examples: text: May 29.—This morning we reached a sand-spit formed by a confluent stream, upon which the receding waters had left a wood-drift well suited for the streamer's use, having been forced by the jam of flood-tide high out of the current.
ref: 1877, R. Elton Smile [Elton Romeo Smilie], chapter I, in The Manatitlans; or a Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A., Buenos Ayres: Calla Derecho, Imprenta De Razon, page 14:
glosses: Alternative form of sandspit.
sand-spits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sand-spit
hood-wink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hood-winks
form: hood-winking
form: hood-winked
form: hood-winked
Senses: examples: text: A clear understanding of the language is absolutely necessary, for the inhabitants of the river towns are very apt to "fly" from a bad bargain when they find themselves caught and lightly held, so that the only safe way to secure them is to clip their wings and hood-wink them in black and white.
ref: 1877, R. Elton Smile [Elton Romeo Smilie], chapter I, in The Manatitlans; or a Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A., Buenos Ayres: Calla Derecho, Imprenta De Razon, pages 12-13:
glosses: Alternative form of hoodwink.
book-worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: book-worms
Senses: examples: text: Padre. "I have never been much of a book-worm, but it appears to me if man, as Dr. Baāhar says, represents vice and woman virtue, your college learning directly tends to the cultivation of a vicious course by keeping before the people the barbarous acts of the ancients derived from their own language, which gives the scholar a directing power, from a studied understanding of the corruptions practiced in past ages."
ref: 1877, R. Elton Smile [Elton Romeo Smilie], chapter I, in The Manatitlans; or a Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A., Buenos Ayres: Calla Derecho, Imprenta De Razon, page 11:
glosses: Alternative form of bookworm.
book-worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of book-worm
spear-head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spear-heads
Senses: examples: text: When surrounded they were still defiant, threatening all who approached with spear-heads attached to short staffs; these were finally struck out of their hands, but they still repelled peaceful overtures, making a formidable show of resistance with teeth and nails.
ref: 1877, R. Elton Smile [Elton Romeo Smilie], chapter I, in The Manatitlans; or a Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A., Buenos Ayres: Calla Derecho, Imprenta De Razon, page 16:
text: DG. 1 Spear-head, 19 in. long, with segmental and circular openings in the blade, found at Denhead, Coupar-Angus–G. Kinloch, 1832.
ref: 1892, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, “Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, Scotland”, in Catalogue of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, page 137:
text: Market Weighton, SE870 410
Two burials S of modern settlement. A female burial (P) was located in a rock-cut grave with an amber and glass necklace, a pair of massive developed cruciform brooches, a single cruciform brooch, a possible belt plate, two pairs of wrist-clasps, a horn ring, a pair of girdle hangers, and pots, indicating a C6th date. The adjoining grave was that of a male of C7th date. A knife, buckle, spear-head, and part of a seax accompanied the male burial.
ref: 2013, Sarah Semple, “Appendix 1”, in Perceptions of the Prehistoric in Anglo-Saxon England: Religion, Ritual, and Rulership in the Landscape, page 245:
glosses: Alternative form of spearhead.
spear-heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: When surrounded they were still defiant, threatening all who approached with spear-heads attached to short staffs; these were finally struck out of their hands, but they still repelled peaceful overtures, making a formidable show of resistance with teeth and nails.
ref: 1877, R. Elton Smile [Elton Romeo Smilie], chapter I, in The Manatitlans; or a Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A., Buenos Ayres: Calla Derecho, Imprenta De Razon, page 16:
text: BRONZE SPEAR-HEADS.
In Floor Case, South Side of First Floor.
[The spear-heads of bronze, which, like the socketed axes, belong to a time when casting over a core was practised, are often very fine examples of the founder's art.
ref: 1892, National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, “Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments, Scotland”, in Catalogue of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, page 137:
glosses: plural of spear-head
marlin-spike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marlin-spikes
Senses: examples: text: Bill, who was near at hand, relieved the padre from the danger of poisonous inoculation, before the teeth of the savage had penetrated the cloth, by the introduction of a marlin-spike with a decisive force that showed but little care for their preservation.
ref: 1877, R. Elton Smile [Elton Romeo Smilie], chapter I, in The Manatitlans; or a Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A., Buenos Ayres: Calla Derecho, Imprenta De Razon, page 16:
text: 2. First Tuck, No. 1 Strand:
(a) Insert marlin-spike from left to right under strands A, B, and C (see figure No. B-1), in main body of rope close to thimble. Give spike one complete revolution counter-clockwise, i.e., away from thimble.
ref: 1946, United States Navy Department Bureau of Ships, “Appendix B”, in Technical Bulletin No. 5: Instructions for the Design and Care of Wire Rope Installations, page 51:
glosses: Alternative form of marlinspike.
marlin-spikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marlin-spike
flood-tide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flood-tides
Senses: examples: text: May 29.—This morning we reached a sand-spit formed by a confluent stream, upon which the receding waters had left a wood-drift well suited for the streamer's use, having been forced by the jam of flood-tide high out of the current.
ref: 1877, R. Elton Smile [Elton Romeo Smilie], chapter I, in The Manatitlans; or a Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A., Buenos Ayres: Calla Derecho, Imprenta De Razon, page 14:
glosses: Alternative form of flood tide.
flood-tides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flood-tide