cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
moonship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moonships
form: moon ship
form: moon-ship
Etymology: From moon + ship.
Senses: examples: text: The space agency has requested the Lockheed Missiles & Space Co. to develop a method for controlling trace contaminants inside a spacecraft. […] Unlike the Earth's atmosphere, the air inside a moonship doesn't get cleaned by rains or winds.
ref: 1969 November, Arthur Fisher, “Science Newsfront: Last-minute news and notes to keep you up-to-date”, in Popular Science, volume 195, number 5, pages 22–24:
text: Other kits were for making aeroplanes, one a scale model of the Scandinavian Air Lines Douglas D.C.-8 which was expected to make the first flight from Britain to Los Angeles in April 1960. There was also a moonship of a type which the firm said will eventually reach the moon: all of which goes to show that sometimes toys precede the actual event and are not necessarily mementoes which come afterwards.
ref: 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 144:
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
literature
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A spaceship designed for travelling to the Moon.
moonships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moonship
deluxer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of deluxe: more deluxe
deluxest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of deluxe: most deluxe
deluxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deluxe
whitelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From whiteless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: But there is also, on occasion, an under-oxygenated air of fantasy, a shimmering mirage of whitelessness and Asian self-sufficiency.
ref: 1999, Eric Liu, The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker, page 71:
text: Full disclosure: I’m white, and I’ve been intrigued, unhealthily or not, for decades by the whitelessness of Georgetown basketball.
ref: 2010 January 27, Dave McKenna, “Cheap Seats Daily: Hoyas Women’s Basketball Has a Feeling of Whitelessness?”, in Washington City Paper:
text: Herb was initially overcome by Jakarta ('The impressions of noise, chaos, tremendous crowdedness and I suppose whitelessness were perhaps the strongest, and I felt something of a stranger') and faced with the familiar conundrum ('again the sensation of the thousands of hungry people all around –happy looking often, pluckily cheerful but in fact hungry –is strange and upsetting'), but he quickly slipped into the volunteer lifestyle with relish, borrowing a bike from Soewarto, a friend from Kempen, and spending a lot of his time with volunteers, including Lance Castles and John Gare.
ref: 2011, Jemma Purdey, From Vienna to Yogyakarta:
glosses: The absence of white people.
examples: text: It is Blackless, hence it shares that very quality, Blacklessness, with Whiteness; and it is Whiteless, hence it shares Whitelessness with Blackness .
ref: 1999, Alfonso de Toro, Fernando de Toro, Jorge Luis Borges: Thought and Knowledge in the XXth Century, page 180:
text: And the lines "whitelessness" shares the contradictory property with the black spot: it is "whiteless."
ref: 2004, Floyd Merrell, “Neither "True" nor "False" nor Meaningless: Meditation on the Pragmatics of Knowing Becoming”, in John R. Shook, Paulo Ghiraldelli, Jr., editors, Contemporary Pragmatism, page 70:
text: So, the white line implies Blacklessness and the black background implies Whitelessness – that is,once the white line, a continuum, has emerged from blackness, also a continuum, and the two continua engage in an “inter-penetrative” (Buddhist term) process.
ref: 2014, Torkild Thellefsen, Bent Sorensen, Charles Sanders Peirce in His Own Words:
glosses: The absence of the color white.
kachow
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Popularized by Disney's Cars film series.
Senses: glosses: an expression of excitement or happiness, similar to hooray
bonefolder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bonefolders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bone folder.
Trieux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Trieuxes
form: Trieuxs
form: Dutrieux
form: DuTrieux
form: duTrieux
form: Du Trieux
form: du Trieux
Etymology: From French Trieux.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French
Synonyms: Truax
Truaxe
Truex
Derived terms: Truax
Truaxe
Truex
under-oxygenated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more under-oxygenated
form: most under-oxygenated
Senses: examples: text: But there is also, on occasion, an under-oxygenated air of fantasy, a shimmering mirage of whitelessness and Asian self-sufficiency.
ref: 1999, Eric Liu, The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker, page 71:
text: Most of us chronically recycle impure, under-oxygenated blood through our bodies day after day, year after year.
ref: 2005, Constance Grauds, Doug Childers, The Energy Prescription, page 56:
text: More generally, combustion in highly under-oxygenated environments of hydrocarbon molecules produces solid C and that of molecules containing halogen X atoms (with X = F, Cl, Br or I), produces HX compounds, or even COX2, when the medium is highly oxygenated.
ref: 2023, Jacques Chaineaux, The Mechanisms of Explosions, page 26:
glosses: Alternative form of underoxygenated.
underoxygenated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underoxygenated
form: most underoxygenated
Etymology: From under- + oxygenated.
Senses: examples: text: This concept assumes that all underoxygenated blood in the arteries comes from a true shunt, a passage through the lungs with no oxygenation.
ref: 1983, William E. Neville, Intensive Care of the Surgical Cardiopulmonary Patient, page 182:
text: We speculate that applying pressure to an underoxygenated sample of YBa₂Cu₃O_(7-y) with oxygen defects may reduce the time that the sample needs to be annealed at room temperature to cause a given T_c increase.
ref: 1992, J.S. Schilling, S. Klotz, “The Influence of High Pressure on the Superconducting and Normal Properties of High Temperature Superconductors”, in Donald M Ginsberg, editor, Physical Properties Of High Temperature Superconductors III, page 123:
text: Researchers are reporting what I've long suspected—that most people are underoxygenated all day long.
ref: 2007, Robert K. Cooper, Leslie L. Cooper, Flip the Switch, Lose the Weight, page 72:
text: Very obvious diacetyl flavor may indicate other problems, such as extremely warm fermentation temperatures, unhealthy yeast, underoxygenated wort, or bacterial contamination.
ref: 2008, Marty Nachel, Homebrewing For Dummies, page 322:
text: Excessive irrigation may lead to root hypoxia (underoxygenated) or anoxic (no oxygen) conditions (Vartapetian et al., 2014) resulting in physiological stress responses in the plant.
ref: 2021, James E. Faust, John Dole, Cut Flowers and Foliages, page 281:
antonyms: overoxygenated
glosses: Having insufficient oxygen.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: anemic, enervated
text: Louis by this time was eighteen, of medium height, as thin as all overworked, underfed, underoxygenated Lycée boys, with large gray eyes that were rarely raised, a long pale face, a long thin nose, a small thin-lipped mouth.
ref: 1916, Gertrude Atherton, “The Sacrificial Altar”, in Harper's Monthly Magazine, volume 133, page 333:
text: The moments when a maturing Swain retreated from Jeremy Irons' embrace into a girly giggle were as chilling as any horror-movie scene, but also a funny blast of fresh air in Lyne's underoxygenated morality play.
ref: 1999, Entertainment Weekly: Year Book, page 33:
text: He finds, not “demigods” but “ a combative group of exhausted, drunken, broken, petty, partisan, scheming, squabbling, bloviating, sensory-deprived, underoxygenated, fed-up, talked-out, overheated delegates so distraught they threatened violence, secession.
ref: 2013, The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy:
text: 'Right now, you look very ... underoxygenated,' Perdu heard Max Jordan's voice say.
ref: 2015, Nina George, The Little Paris Bookshop:
text: Possibly her sheer pretentiousness, or that she knew everything about everything, or maybe because she treated her reporters like underoxygenated platypies.
ref: 2015, Cathy Lubenski, Trashy Chic:
glosses: Lacking vitality; lackluster.
underoxygenated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From under- + oxygenated.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underoxygenate
diachronously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From diachronous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Using the literature of human and medical genetics, the results of a synchronous citation study of obsolescence over a 19-year period were compared with the results of a diachronous citation study. If the first two years of synchronous data are excluded, the rate of obsolescence measured synchronously is statistically equivalent to the rate of obsolescence measured diachronously.
ref: 1987, E. Ray Stinson, F.W. Lancaster, “Synchronous versus diachronous methods in the measurement of obsolescence by citation studies”, in Journal of Information Science, volume 13, number 2, →DOI:
text: The Pyrenees represents an orogen that developed diachronously, from east to west, between the Late Cretaceous and Miocene.
ref: 2011, A. L. Whitchurch, A. Carter, H. D. Sinclair, et al., “Sediment routing system evolution within a diachronously uplifting orogen: insights from detrital zircon thermochronological analyses from the South-Central Pyrenees”, in American Journal of Science, volume 311, number 5, →DOI, pages 442–482:
text: We propose that multiple Great Unconformities developed diachronously and represent regional tectonic features rather than a synchronous global phenomenon.
ref: 2020, RM Flowers, FA Macdonald, CS Siddoway, R Havranek, “Diachronous development of Great Unconformities before Neoproterozoic Snowball Earth”, in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, volume 117, number 19, →DOI, →PMID, pages 10172–10180:
glosses: In a diachronous manner; carried out or occurring with diachrony.
Coordinate terms: synchronously
Related terms: diachronically
synchronically
AuDHD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɔː diː ˌeɪtʃ ˈdiː/
ipa: /ˌɑ diː ˌeɪtʃ ˈdiː/
Etymology: Blend of autism + ADHD.
Senses: examples: text: Toph has AuDHD, Autism and ADHD mashed together. Besides all of the self-explanatory things these two factors entail, folks with this diagnosis have a different way of thinking. In Toph's own words, her "autistic brain has to learn by observation" as she does not pick up on social cues the way folks outside the spectrum do. She learns them by observing patterns.
ref: 2022 July 6, Robertas Lisickis, Monika Pašukonytė, “"I've Been Asking My Male Friends To Do Something – Watch If The First Response To Everything A Woman Tells You Is To Refute, Say No, Or Something Negative"”, in Bored Panda, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2022:
text: Antekeier said that the ADHD medication that she takes has helped her immensely in school and with socializing, and accepts it now as a part of her autism. In her bio on TikTok, where she posts advocacy and information about her diagnosis, she self-describes as having "audhd."
ref: 2022 December 26, Jake Johnson, “A woman with autism was misdiagnosed for years — here are 3 subtle signs she now realizes went unnoticed”, in Insider, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2022:
text: In AuDHD, special interest may change more rapidly than for those who are only autistic, Neff said. "It may last only a couple of months, but the intensity of the special interest remains the same," she added.
ref: 2023 April 25, Laura Newberry, “Autism and ADHD often go hand-in-hand. What's it like to have 'AuDHD'?”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2023:
glosses: The combination of autism and ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).
Derived terms: AuDHDer
BRCA1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌbrækəˈwʌn/
Forms: form: BRCA1s
Senses: examples: text: I have always told them not to worry, but the truth is I carry a “faulty” gene, BRCA1, which sharply increases my risk of developing breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
ref: 2013 May 14, Angelina Jolie, “My Medical Choice”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: Angelina Jolie gene
word: Jolie gene
glosses: A human tumor suppressor gene associated with breast cancer.
◌͟◌
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Ties together the pronunciation-key digraphs a͟i and c͟h.
Black Wave
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Black Wave
Etymology: Calque of Serbo-Croatian cȓnī vȃl.
Senses: examples: text: Still, the moviemaking style which began with the so called “Black Wave” of the Yugoslav cinema in the 1960s and 1970s, led by Dušan Makavejev and Želimir Žilnik, has many common traits, especially at the level of the humoresque,[…]
ref: [2014, Doru Pop, Romanian New Wave Cinema: An Introduction, McFarland, →ISBN, page 155:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A Yugoslav film movement of the 1960s and 1970s, characterized by its dark humor and critical examination of the socialist society at the time.
Jiang Su
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 江蘇 /江苏 (Jiāng Sū).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jiangsu.
name plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: name plates
Senses: examples: text: The 4-6-0s are named after governors of the Gold Coast, and carry a curved metal name plate over the middle splasher.
ref: 1948 November and December, W. S. Darby, “The Gold Coast Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 367:
glosses: Alternative form of nameplate.
name plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of name plate.
Disneyphilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Disney + -philia.
Senses: examples: text: All the other shoppers were mousepeople, too, each one a nightmarish assemblage of disparate organs, the hideous creation of some demented vivisectionist, some latter-day Dr. Moreau with Disneyphilia and a sharp scalpel.
ref: 1987 July, Vance Aandahl, “Deathmatch In Disneyland”, in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 73, number 1 (whole 434), →ISSN, page 149, column 1:
text: Arlene and Irwin Isaacs, psychotherapists from Fort Lauderdale, gush with Disneyphilia. “We believe that Walt Disney was a visionary person who had certain spiritual revelations of how the world should be, and we’d love to live in the middle of it.”
ref: 1995 December 10, “Celebration — it’s a small town, after all”, in The Sacramento Bee, volume 278, section “Forum”, page 6:
text: Brazil: Disneyphilia is so rampant that the Magic Kingdom issued etiquette kits to Orlando-bound Brazilians.
ref: 1996 December 30/1997 January 6, “Globoculture Creep: From Beijing to Rio, from São Paolo to Shiraz, American pop style finds a home away from home”, in Newsweek, volume CXXIX, number 1, page 72:
text: Among them were folks who made a point of not identifying as Disneyphiles, and who vocally berated those who were infantilized as “Disney nuts” or mindwashed “Disnoids.” Predictably, it was among the most highly educated and professional residents that the scorn for Disneyphilia was most pronounced.
ref: 1999, Andrew Ross, “Our Much-Rumored Life”, in The Celebration Chronicles: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Property Values in Disney’s New Town, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 110:
text: Finally, it would be no fun working on a book like this if I couldn’t share my Disneyphilia with my wife, Alice, and daughter, Jessie.
ref: 2000, Leonard Maltin, The Disney Films, Disney Editions, →ISBN:
text: Different selections from Dress Shop, created by Disney Parks Merchandise, match the level of Disneyphilia of the customers.
ref: 2017 April 28, Dewayne Bevil, “Dress Shop makes snazzy Disney duds”, in Orlando Sentinel, page D8:
glosses: The love of The Walt Disney Company.
Related terms: Disneyphile
can-kicking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: can-kickings
Senses: glosses: The act of kicking a can down the road.
glosses: The act or habit of avoiding or postponing a decision or action.
Related terms: kick the can down the road
fail out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fails out
form: failing out
form: failed out
form: failed out
Senses: glosses: To be forced to leave a school or university because of unsatisfactory grades.
mouth feel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mouth feels
Senses: examples: text: He said he had never been pleased by meat substitutes but, after chewing a bit, gave it full marks for its “mouth feel”, saying it was just like meat and that the bite felt like a conventional hamburger.
ref: 2013 August 6, Alok Jha, “First lab-grown hamburger gets full marks for 'mouth feel'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative form of mouthfeel.
optioneering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Morphologically option + -eer
Senses: glosses: in-depth consideration of various alternatives to find the best or preferred option
HGNC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: This week, the HGNC published new guidelines for gene naming, including for “symbols that affect data handling and retrieval.”
ref: 2020 August 6, James Vincent, “Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates”, in The Verge:
glosses: Initialism of HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee.
Disneybounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Disneybounders
form: DisneyBounder
Etymology: After the blog DisneyBound, + -er.
Senses: examples: text: A Disneybounder might wear a yellow skirt, blue top, red bow and apple pin as a quiet shout-out to Snow White or go all-green with a feathered fedora to represent Peter Pan.
ref: 2015 May 18, Dewayne Bevil, “Disney fans display devotion”, in Sun Sentinel, volume 56, number 23, page 3B:
text: In time, Disneybounders began wearing their costume-related dress to work and social occasions beyond the theme parks.
ref: 2019, Therèsa M. Winge, Costuming Cosplay: Dressing the Imagination, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
text: When a Disneybounder designs an outfit, they decide which elements are most important to that character and the Disneybounder’s representation of it on the Disney stage.
ref: 2022, Rebecca Rowe, “To Act Like a Kid or Not to Act Like a Kid: Disneybounding in the Parks”, in Sabrina Mittermeier, editor, Fan Phenomena: Disney, Intellect, →ISBN, part 2 (The Disney Theme Parks and Their Fans):
text: As a Disneybounder myself, my best advice is to have fun with it. That might sound cliché, but it’s true. Don’t stress about not looking like a carbon copy of your favorite character or princess.
ref: 2023 March 1, Casey Clark, “Disneybounding lets you dress up as your favorite Disney characters”, in The Daily Journal, volume 149, number 51, page 5B:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: One who incorporates The Walt Disney Company–themed elements in their fashion.
Related terms: Disneybound
Disneybounding
Disneybounders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Disneybounder
DisneyBounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DisneyBounders
Senses: examples: text: Marshal Knight, a 19-year-old Disney World annual-pass holder from Tampa, Fla., mostly sees DisneyBounders in groups of teenagers or college students at the theme parks, he said. His first attempt was Cruella De Vil.
ref: 2015 June 2, Dewayne Bevil, “Made ya look!: ‘DisneyBounding’ encourages adult fans heading to the iconic theme parks to wear age-appropriate, subtle ‘costumes’ channeling favorite characters, from Ariel to Aladdin”, in Star-Telegram, 110th year, number 38, Forth Worth, Tex., page 3C:
text: While many DisneyBounders have embraced bounding when visiting the Disney parks, the trend has spread beyond a day at Disneyland.
ref: 2022, Emily Zemler, “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo: Fashion”, in Disney Princess: Beyond the Tiara: The Stories + The Influence + The Legacy, Epic Ink, →ISBN, page 112:
text: Kay’s blog also has a presence on Instagram where it continues to thrive today, the platform allowing participation by other DisneyBounders.
ref: 2022, Dori S. Koehler, “I Am Disney Bound: Costuming as Psycho-Spiritual Practice”, in Priscilla Hobbs, editor, Interpreting and Experiencing Disney: Mediating the Mouse, Intellect, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of Disneybounder.
DisneyBounders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DisneyBounder
HUGO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Human Genome Organisation.
black land
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: black lands
form: black landing
form: black landed
form: black landed
Etymology: Back-formation from black landing (“illegal fishing trawl in excess of fishing quotas”).
Senses: glosses: To illegally trawl fish in excess of fishing quotas.
black lands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of black land
black landed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of black land
black landing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black landings
Senses: glosses: An illegal fishing trawl in excess of fishing quotas.
black landing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of black land
black landings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black landing
◌᷵
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Marks a vowel as a schwa.
topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A partially or optionally reduced vowel, e.g. fa᷵‧tal′i‧ty, de᷵‧pend′, pro᷵‧pose′, for′mu᷵‧late.
demodularization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of demodularizing.
remodularization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remodularizations
Senses: glosses: The process of remodularizing.
remodularizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remodularization
remodularize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: remodularizes
form: remodularizing
form: remodularized
form: remodularized
Etymology: From re- + modularize.
Senses: glosses: To modularize again or anew.
demodularize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demodularizes
form: demodularizing
form: demodularized
form: demodularized
Etymology: From de- + modularize.
Senses: glosses: To make no longer modular.
remodularized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of remodularize
remodularizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of remodularize
remodularizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of remodularize
demodularized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of demodularize
demodularizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of demodularize
demodularizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of demodularize
DisneyBound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DisneyBounds
Senses: examples: text: Disney World stores sell merchandise that could be considered DisneyBound materials, particularly at fashion-forward outlets such as the Tren-D store at Downtown Disney.
ref: 2015 June 2, Dewayne Bevil, “Made ya look!: ‘DisneyBounding’ encourages adult fans heading to the iconic theme parks to wear age-appropriate, subtle ‘costumes’ channeling favorite characters, from Ariel to Aladdin”, in Star-Telegram, 110th year, number 38, Forth Worth, Tex., page 1C:
text: Instead, fans participate in DisneyBound by dressing in a way that “suggests” the character without “replicating” the character.
ref: 2019, Susan Veness, Walt Disney World Hacks: 350+ Park Secrets for Making the Most of Your Walt Disney World Vacation, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 116:
text: When you mix-and-match outfit components based on their solid colors, this is known as color blocking. In casual or DisneyBound cosplay, this technique is used by wearing everyday clothes that match the color, style, or patterns of your favorite characters’ outfits.
ref: 2021, Amy Ratcliffe, A Kid’s Guide to Fandom: Exploring Fan-Fic, Cosplay, Gaming, Podcasting, and More in the Geek World!, Running Press Kids, →ISBN:
text: DisneyBound, or bounding, involves creating an outfit inspired by your favorite character in a casual way—unlike cosplay, which is a costume. […] Unlike cosplay, DisneyBound allows for more flexibility from its wearer because it’s everyday clothes.
ref: 2022, Emily Zemler, “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo: Fashion”, in Disney Princess: Beyond the Tiara: The Stories + The Influence + The Legacy, Epic Ink, →ISBN, page 112:
text: As part of an analysis of the DisneyBound practice, Nettie A. Brock surveyed a sample of DisneyBounders. […] In to an article published by the Huffington Post [which uses Disneybounds], Kelsey Borresen writes, / DisneyBounding is a subtler, more fashion-forward way for fans to show their love for Disney. Instead of wearing full-on costumes as cosplayers do, DisneyBounders dress up in stylish, everyday outfits (known as DisneyBounds) that are simply inspired by a particular character. (2017: n.pag.) […] The process of creating and wearing a DisneyBound outfit moves from imitation and illusion to deep and often indescribable identification with the archetypal images of Disney’s brand.
ref: 2022, Dori S. Koehler, “I Am Disney Bound: Costuming as Psycho-Spiritual Practice”, in Priscilla Hobbs, editor, Interpreting and Experiencing Disney: Mediating the Mouse, Intellect, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of Disneybound.
DisneyBound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: DisneyBounds
form: DisneyBounding
form: DisneyBounded
form: DisneyBounded
Senses: examples: text: “I have DisneyBounded Merida, Minnie Mouse, Buzz Lightyear. … I have two different Ariel ones,” said [Elyssa] Kivus, 27. “I really like meeting the character when you’re DisneyBounding as that character,” she said.
ref: 2015 June 2, Dewayne Bevil, “Made ya look!: ‘DisneyBounding’ encourages adult fans heading to the iconic theme parks to wear age-appropriate, subtle ‘costumes’ channeling favorite characters, from Ariel to Aladdin”, in Star-Telegram, 110th year, number 38, Forth Worth, Tex., page 1C:
text: Anyone can DisneyBound as any character, regardless of gender, and it can be as simplistic or elaborate as one wants.
ref: 2022, Emily Zemler, “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo: Fashion”, in Disney Princess: Beyond the Tiara: The Stories + The Influence + The Legacy, Epic Ink, →ISBN, page 112:
text: As we continue to participate with our ritual, our stories are renewed. This is true of the way Disney fans cosplay and DisneyBound. When a character captivates a fan, they are drawn into the archetypal power of a story. […] As early as 2014, I personally witnessed fans DisneyBounding characters such as Pinocchio and Donald Duck at the parks in Anaheim.
ref: 2022, Dori S. Koehler, “I Am Disney Bound: Costuming as Psycho-Spiritual Practice”, in Priscilla Hobbs, editor, Interpreting and Experiencing Disney: Mediating the Mouse, Intellect, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of Disneybound.
hot boiled beans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A traditional game in which an object is hidden and somebody attempts to find it, with the observers calling "hot" when the seeker is close and "cold" when the seeker is far from the object.
taffy pulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taffy pull
ropeladders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ropeladder
multirespondent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + respondent.
Senses: glosses: Involving more than one respondent.
interrespondent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + respondent.
Senses: glosses: Between respondents.
intrarespondent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + respondent.
Senses: glosses: Of a single respondent.
lexicalizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lexicalizers
Etymology: From lexicalize + -er.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: One who or that which lexicalizes.
lexicalizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lexicalizer
assistiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From assistive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being assistive.
pai gow poker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A variant of pai gow played with playing cards instead of dominos.
pahutukawas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pahutukawa
Pahvant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pahvants
form: Pahvant
Senses: glosses: A member of a band of Ute people who lived in present-day Utah.
Derived terms: Pahvant Valley plague
Pahvants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pahvant
relayings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relaying
DisneyBounding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: DisneyBounding isn’t limited to walk-around characters, either; the iconic elements of the attractions are fun to honor, too!
ref: 2019, Susan Veness, Walt Disney World Hacks: 350+ Park Secrets for Making the Most of Your Walt Disney World Vacation, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 116:
text: DisneyBounding doesn’t involve wearing wigs or carrying elaborate props like other cosplay types; instead, it’s all about color blocking and using accessories like jewelry or bags to mimic the look of a certain Disney character.
ref: 2021, Amy Ratcliffe, A Kid’s Guide to Fandom: Exploring Fan-Fic, Cosplay, Gaming, Podcasting, and More in the Geek World!, Running Press Kids, →ISBN:
text: In contrast to cosplay’s imitation of life, DisneyBounding offers a unique kind of illusion of life.
ref: 2022, Dori S. Koehler, “I Am Disney Bound: Costuming as Psycho-Spiritual Practice”, in Priscilla Hobbs, editor, Interpreting and Experiencing Disney: Mediating the Mouse, Intellect, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of Disneybounding.
DisneyBounding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of DisneyBound
Disneybounded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Disneybound
DisneyBounded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of DisneyBound
Disneybounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Disneybound
Disneybounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Disneybound
DisneyBounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DisneyBound
DisneyBounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of DisneyBound
delects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of delect
delecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of delect
delected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of delect
get the push
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets the push
form: getting the push
form: got the push
form: got the push
Senses: glosses: To be fired from one's job.
put the squeeze on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts the squeeze on
form: putting the squeeze on
form: put the squeeze on
form: put the squeeze on
Senses: glosses: To put pressure on someone (to do something).
kaomojis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kaomoji
bottom type
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottom types
Senses: examples: text: A new notion to many Java developers will be the idea that a class hierarchy can have common bottom types. These are types that are subtypes of all types. Scala's types Null and Nothing are both bottom types.
ref: 2017, Toby Weston, Scala for Java Developers: A Practical Primer, Apress, →ISBN, page 25:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
qualifier: type theory
glosses: The type that is a subtype of all other types.
Doehring
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Doehrings
Etymology: Borrowed from German Döhring, a variant of Döring.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Dietzen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dietzens
Etymology: Borrowed from German Dietzen.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Dietzens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dietzen
Doehrings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Doehring
Bouphonia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βουφόνια (bouphónia), from βοῦς (boûs) and φόνος (phónos, “slaughter”).
Senses: glosses: The annual sacrifice of an ox and mock trial of the slaughterer at the ancient Athenian Dipolieia.
Duerst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Duersts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Dürst.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
bottom types
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottom type
Dugue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dugues
Etymology: Borrowed from French Dugué, a common surname in Haiti.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Dugues
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dugue
Duersts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Duerst
Cubit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cubits
Etymology: From Middle English cubite (“cubit; elbow”), probably applied as a nickname for someone with strong or remarkable forearms.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the nickname.
Demyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Demyans
Etymology: (surname): Borrowed from Ukrainian Дем’ян (Demʺjan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Ukrainian.
glosses: A transliteration of a Russian male given name.
Demyans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Demyan
Cubits
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cubit
'spensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more 'spensive
form: most 'spensive
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of expensive.
spensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spensive
form: most spensive
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of expensive.
Famicoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Famicom
DiClemente
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DiClementes
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Di Clemente.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Devenney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Devenneys
Etymology: Variant of Devaney.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Devenneys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Devenney
DiClementes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of DiClemente
Decelles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Decelleses
Etymology: Borrowed from French Decelles.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Dresch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dresches
Etymology: Borrowed from German Dresch.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Dresches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dresch
Decelleses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Decelles
Earnheart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Earnhearts
Etymology: Variant of Earnhardt.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Coppolino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Coppolinos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Coppolino.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Domineys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dominey
Coppolinos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Coppolino
Earnhearts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Earnheart
Nsuta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Ashanti Region, Ghana.
Derived terms: nsutite
Greenop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Greenops
Etymology: Variant of Greenup.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Werrett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Werretts
Etymology: Variant of Wherrett.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Werretts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Werrett
Greenops
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Greenop
BIPoC
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: BIPoC guests, likewise, can reimagine their chosen characters simply by Disneybounding as them (i.e. a Black Ariel).
ref: 2022, Rebecca Rowe, “To Act Like a Kid or Not to Act Like a Kid: Disneybounding in the Parks”, in Sabrina Mittermeier, editor, Fan Phenomena: Disney, Intellect, →ISBN, part 2 (The Disney Theme Parks and Their Fans):
text: In reality, the New Deal mainly targeted and benefited White families and White workers, largely excluding BIPoC workers.
ref: 2022, Trudi Lebrón, The Antiracist Business Book: An Equity Centered Approach to Work, Wealth, and Leadership, Row House Publishing, →ISBN:
text: Carnella, Natasha, Beth, and Lynne challenged us to consider ways to highlight the contributions of BIPoC authors that would also make these chapters easily available to a wide audience, explicitly inclusive of BIPoC readers. A second request had to do with financial profits the book might garner, asking that we consider donating a portion of any profits toward projects advancing BIPoC and LGBTQ justice.
ref: 2023, Rachel Kabasakalian-McKay, David Mark, “Introduction”, in Rachel Kabasakalian-McKay, David Mark, editors, Inhabiting Implication in Racial Oppression and in Relational Psychoanalysis (Relational Perspectives Book Series), Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of BIPOC.
BIPOCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BIPOC
Achimota
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Accra Metropolitan District, Greater Accra Region, Ghana.
mindwash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mindwashes
Etymology: From mind + wash.
Senses: examples: text: There are six picas to an inch… you can work out what that would be in metric if you’re really into government mindwash.
ref: 1985 October, Steve Rimmer, “Typesetting for Printer Owners”, in Computing Now!, volume 3, number 7, Moorshead Publications, page 9, column 1:
text: But if you say to somebody long enough that they can’t play, it becomes a mindwash.
ref: 1991, Tommy John, Dan Valenti, TJ: My Twenty-six Years in Baseball, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 139:
text: Please recall from last issue’s “Cypherpunx” story how that implies a bold step away from our current mess of national sovereignties, megacorp slaveowners, and mainstream media mindwash. […] Crafted from recycled electronic scraps, blinking LED circuits, see-thru plastic mesh, sunglasses and velcro, these masks might help the wearer to perceive beyond the media mindwash.
ref: 1993, FringeWare Review, number 2, →ISSN, pages 2:37 and 2:47:
text: The Moroder-tinged Automatic is as frantic as the ethereal Speechless is haunting, each using ambient breakbeats for equally effective mindwashes.
ref: 2001 April 14, Nick Lewis, “Wave Of Light By Wave Of Light”, in Edmonton Journal, page C3:
text: Under the old rules—the mindwash of terror my mother’s system of belief favored—curiosity was dangerous.
ref: 2004, Anna Cypra Oliver, Assembling My Father: A Daughter’s Detective Story, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 57:
text: She couldn’t speak for her friends, but she definitely didn’t feel up to performing a mindwash.
ref: 2020, Tera Lynn Childs, Myths, Mermaids, and Monsters, Fearless Alchemy, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of brainwash.
synonyms: word: brainwash
mindwash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mindwashes
form: mindwashing
form: mindwashed
form: mindwashed
Etymology: From mind + wash.
Senses: examples: text: The design, of course, is to mindwash the American people into the necessity of an armed international police force and a world court that would supersede and nullify our Constitution and Bill of Rights.
ref: 1962 April 9, Congressional Record, page A2726, column 3:
text: With the President of the United States threatening me with prison, with numerous attempts made to assassinate me and with the Jew-controlled press mindwashing the public into believing that I was a rabble-rouser and a dangerous man, where could I turn?
ref: 1972 April, Gerald L[yman] K[enneth] Smith, “I Confess”, in The Cross and The Flag, volume 31, number 1, Christian Nationalist Crusade, page 22, column 2:
text: In Iran, she’d first attempted to mindwash the Jehorkhim followers of the Imam; she’d succeeded only partially because she’d been able to learn their fears and devils.
ref: 1990, G[eorge] Harry Stine, Blood Siege (Warbots; 9), Pinnacle Books, →ISBN, page 225:
text: Among them were folks who made a point of not identifying as Disneyphiles, and who vocally berated those who were infantilized as “Disney nuts” or mindwashed “Disnoids.” Predictably, it was among the most highly educated and professional residents that the scorn for Disneyphilia was most pronounced.
ref: 1999, Andrew Ross, “Our Much-Rumored Life”, in The Celebration Chronicles: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Property Values in Disney’s New Town, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 110:
text: “They put adverts for posh, expensive cars up in poor neighbourhoods where people have no chance of ever affording them. I also want people to see that there is resistance, that people are attempting to engage and have a dialogue instead of accepting being mindwashed.”
ref: 2009, Steve Wright, Home Sweet Home: Banksy’s Bristol: The Unofficial Guide, Tangent Books, →ISBN, page 54:
glosses: Synonym of brainwash.
synonyms: word: brainwash
dose dumping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Crushing pills that were designed to be swallowed whole may lead to dose dumping.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The uncontrolled rapid release of a drug that was intended to be gradually released into the body.
cross-linking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cross-link
blones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blone
dictionaryese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪkʃəˌnəɹɪˈiːz/
ipa: /ˈdɪkʃ(ə)nɹɪˈiːz/
ipa: /ˈdɪkʃəˌnɛɹiˈiz/
rhymes: -iːz
Forms: form: dictionarese
Etymology: From dictionary + -ese (suffix denoting jargon used in a particular context).
Senses: examples: text: For a concise dictionary the extent of the German vocabulary dealt with is commendable and fairly searching spot-checks in many fields have shown no serious gaps, but an English reviewer must be forgiven for commenting on the ‘dictionaryese’ of some of the English renderings.
ref: 1962, D. F. S. Scott, “Langenscheidts Handwörterbuch Deutsch–Englisch. Langenscheidt’s Concise Dictionary German–English. (Second Edition, Berlin 1960; pp. 672; published in England by Methuen; 17s. 6d.) [book review]”, in The Durham University Journal, volume LIV (New Series, volume XXIII), Durham, County Durham: Senate of the University of Durham, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2022, page 86:
text: 'Cause to die' is immediately recognizable as dictionaryese, which is to say that dictionaries do not, in general, honor the condition that definitions must be couched in the syntax of surface English.
ref: 1975, Jerry A[lan] Fodor, “The Structure of the Internal Code: Some Linguistic Evidence”, in The Language of Thought, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell Company, →ISBN, page 127:
text: Such an approach has two immediate advantages: it disposes of the need to present what is not fact as fact; and it goes some way to seeing off the need to employ dictionaryese, the crabbed and clipped prose-style that, in many reference-books, only ossifies its subject-matter.
ref: 1981, Justin Wintle, “Introduction”, in Justin Wintle, editor, Makers of Modern Culture, New York, N.Y.: Facts on File, →ISBN, page xvi:
text: Oxford American’s usage notes are among the best I’ve found: clear, consistent, sensibly prescriptive, and up-to-date (it’s the only dictionary to acknowledge that “nonplussed” is frequently misused to mean “unperturbed”). Its rendering of slang into dictionaryese—“shake one's booty” is defined as “dance energetically”—is a thing of beauty.
ref: 2003 December 4, YiLing Chen-Josephson, “Word Up”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2023:
text: If I were defining "hella" without using substitutability, I would probably come up with something long-winded and full of dictionaryese, like "to an excessive degree."
ref: 2017, Kory Stamper, “Surfboard: On Defining”, in Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, page 103:
text: <https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sodomy> runs down to "Sexual intercourse that is not the union of the genital organs of a man and a woman", but in dictionaryese that /could/ mean one specific sexual intercourse that they're choosing not to describe.
ref: 2019 January 14, Robert Carnegie, “Homosexuality is more acceptable to atheists, than theists”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):
synonyms: lexicographese
glosses: The style of language used in dictionary definitions, characterized by dry, straightforward, and occasionally awkward phrasing.
Singapoor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of Singapore.
defs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of def.
defs
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Possibly def + -s (“used in the formation of certain English adverbs”).
Senses: examples: text: "I agree she's defs picking on you," Molly began, and then fell suddenly silent, her gaze locked on a figure striding across the lawn.
ref: 2010, Alexandra Adornetto, Halo, New York, N.Y.: Feiwel and Friends, →ISBN, page 184:
text: Liar was the one thing making Mondays that little bit more satisfying since it started on ITV six weeks ago. But with last night's season finale, we're left feeling a bit empty. The good news is, there's DEFS going to be a series two. YAY.
ref: 2017 October 17, Ciara Sheppard, “Liar Season 2 is happening, but there's something we're really, really confused about...”, in Glamour, Greenwich, C.T.; […]: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2021:
text: Online forums were ablaze with discussion: "It's defs a puppy!" tweeted GeekyGal82. "Nah, look at it sideways and it's a croissant," replied The Brodester65, "It's a puppy!!!! I kill you!!!! I KILL YOU!!!!" tweeted EverybodyLuvsTheirMama. Tensions escalated fast
ref: 2019 August 16, Danny Katz, “Puppy or croissant? Another photo sets the internet (and world) ablaze”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney: Nine Entertainment, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2019:
text: The famous fam's matriarch appeared on The Ellen Show where she revealed that while she's not keen on being a full-time housewife, she's defs keen on being a 'friend'.
ref: 2020 September 25, Matt Galea, “There's A Good Chance Kris Jenner & Kathy Hilton Are Joining RHOBH As 'Friends' & My Nips Are Hard”, in Pedestrian, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2023:
synonyms: def
deffo
glosses: Definitely.
defs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of def
old hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of old hat