cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
gynandrosporous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gyn- + andro- + spore + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: In Œdogonium, varies as are the conditions between monœcious, gynandrosporous, and diœcious, under which the essential elements concerned in the reproduction present themselves, there seems to be still less difference, on the whole, in form and size of the spermatozoid and the oogonium themselves, than in the other cases adverted to.
ref: 1865, William Archer, “Observations on the Genera Cylindrocystis (Meneghini), Mesotænium (Näg.), and Spirotænia (Breb.), (= Palmoghlœa, Kütz. pro maxima parte), mainly induced by a paper by Dr. J. Braxton Hicks, F. R. S., F. L. S., on the Lower Forms of Algæ”, in Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Dublin, for the Sessions 1862-63, 1863-64, 1864-65, (Inclusive.), volume IV, Dublin: […] M. H. Gill, page 268:
text: This variety differs from the type variety Oe. kozminskii Prescott. var. kozminskii (Prescott, 1944,1951) by its smaller size, gynandrosporous habit and by the strongly capitellate vegetative cells.
ref: 1965, Pakistan Journal of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, page 178:
text: The features of the oogonial opening and the possible existence of dwarf males point towards relationship with O. rothii N. Pringsheim ex Hirn, which, however, is gynandrosporous.
ref: 1984, Acta Botanica Fennica, page 94:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having reproductive organs with both male and female functions.
idioandrosporous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From idio- + andro- + spore + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: By far the greatest number of the species are gynandrosporous—one only as yet observed, B. polyandra, Cleve, being idioandrosporous.
ref: 1874, The Journal of Botany, British and Foreign, new series, volume III (volume XII of the entire work), London: Ranken & Co., page 373:
text: They differ, however, chiefly in having an idioandrosporous habit, a greater size, frequently long seriate oogonial chains, and the oospore usually not quite filling the oogonium.
ref: 1936, Rhodora, page 69:
text: In idioandrosporous species the androspore is chemically attracted to the female filament (Rawitscher-Kunkel & Machlis, 1962).
ref: 1987, G. Robin South, Alan Whittick, An Introduction to Phycology, Blackwell Scientific Publications, published 1996, page 139:
glosses: Having androspores formed on filaments without oogonia.
Challoner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Challoners
Etymology: Occupational surname for a maker or seller of blankets, from Middle English chaloun (“blanket”) + -er.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation.
deep-space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Bradley swore a mighty deep-space oath and braced himself against certain annihilation.
ref: 1934 April, E. E. "Doc" Smith, “Triplanetary”, in Amazing Stories, volume 8, number 12, page 54, column 1:
text: The Citadel is an ancient deep-space station, presumably constructed by the Protheans.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel Codex entry:
glosses: Alternative form of deep space.
Baiji
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and district in Saladin governorate, northern Iraq.
Beech Forest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town in the Shire of Colac Otway, Victoria, Australia.
in-toeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: pigeon toe
pigeon toe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being pigeon-toed
waistwrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waistwraps
Etymology: From waist + wrap.
Senses: glosses: A wrapper (loose robe) worn around the waist.
lefturd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lefturds
Etymology: Blend of left + turd.
Senses: examples: text: There you go, confusing lefturds with inconvenient truths.
ref: 2009 February 16, Harold Burton, “Bill is Fourth Best President of All Time”, in talk.politics.misc (Usenet), retrieved 02 Feb 2022:
text: LefTurd Ass-Wipe Rag Huffington Post Admits That Blue Dog DemocRATS Have Killed Obama-Gestapo Care
ref: 2009 August 15, Obama-Gestapo Care Is Dead, “LefTurd Ass-Wipe Rag Huffington Post Admits That Blue Dog DemocRATS Have Killed Obama-Gestapo Care”, in alt.politics.media (Usenet), retrieved 02 Feb 2022:
text: Translated to: I do not need warrant or sanction but "Lefturd Retards" (whatever this means) need it from me.
ref: 2010 April 17, Zerkon, “What The Lefturd Retards Have Yet to Learn”, in alt.philosophy (Usenet), retrieved 02 Feb 2022:
text: Betcha that Jobs guy collects food stamps like the rest of the lefturds.
ref: 2010 April 22, mrbawana2u, “Apple boycotts foxgate”, in alt.global-warming (Usenet), retrieved 02 Feb 2022:
text: Of course the fact that McVeigh was an atheist is totally lost on you lefturds. Don't you recognize the professional work of a fellow colleague?
ref: 2011 July 24, Frank Bascomb, “Tea Party admirer kills 92 people in Norway”, in alt.politics.democrats.d (Usenet), retrieved 02 Feb 2022:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: leftard
leftoid
moonbat
antonyms: rightard
rightoid
righturd
wingnut
glosses: A person with left-wing political views.
lefturds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lefturd
hate strikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hate strike
Lipsyte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lipsytes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Lipsytes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lipsyte
McLarty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McLartys
Etymology: Variant of McLafferty.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Kranses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Krans
Fingerman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fingermans
Etymology: From Yiddish פֿינגער (finger, “finger, toe”) + מאַן (man, “man”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Yiddish.
Scorziello
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Scorziellos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Scorziello.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Barriger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Barrigers
Etymology: Probably a variant of Barringer.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Kerekes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kerekeses
Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian Kerekes.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
no word of lie
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of no word of a lie.
Hadramitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɑ.drəˈmɪ.tɪk/
rhymes: -ɪtɪk
Forms: form: Hadramautic
form: Hadhramautic
Senses: glosses: Relating to the ancient people of Hadhramaut
Hadramitic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɑ.drəˈmɪ.tɪk/
rhymes: -ɪtɪk
Forms: form: Hadramautic
form: Hadhramautic
Senses: glosses: An extinct Old South Arabian language once spoken in Hadhramaut
Shehri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Modern South Arabian language spoken in southern Oman
Qatabanic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Qatabanian
Agaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A people of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Agaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language family, a subfamily of Cushitic, spoken by the Agaw people.
Schroeck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schroecks
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
blows one's nose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blow one's nose
blowing one's nose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blow one's nose
blew one's nose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of blow one's nose
blown one's nose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of blow one's nose
ichthyonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɪk.θi.əˌnɪm/
Forms: form: ichthyonyms
Etymology: From ichthy- + -o- + -nym.
Senses: hypernyms: zoonym
glosses: A name for a fish.
ichthyonyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ichthyonym
shoe-lace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoe-laces
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shoelace.
shoe-laces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoe-lace
chain-mail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chain mail.
route slip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: route slips
Senses: glosses: A small piece of paper outlining the route taken by a motorcycle rider, bushwalker, etc.
topics: health
medicine
sciences
glosses: A brief single-sheet form that provides details of a patient.
route slips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of route slip
Sidamic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language family, a subfamily of Cushitic, spoken in Ethiopia
Kuliak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language family, a subfamily of Nilo-Saharan, spoken in northeast Uganda.
fiddles around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fiddle around
fiddling around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fiddle around
fiddled around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fiddle around
morose delectations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morose delectation
e-bus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-buses
form: e-busses
Etymology: From e- + bus, as with e-bike and various other such terms.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of electric bus.
e-busses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-bus (alternative spelling of e-buses).
e-buses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-bus (alternative spelling of e-busses).
Gellibrand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in the Shire of Colac Otway, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A river in Victoria. Both town and river were named after Joseph Gellibrand.
an-cap
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more an-cap
form: most an-cap
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ancap (“anarcho-capitalist”).
an-cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: an-caps
Senses: examples: text: An-caps don't think anarchists who believe in collectivism are true anarchists, since they argue that some form of central authority would be necessary to enforce it.
ref: 2017, Jamie Bartlett, chapter 8, in Radicals, William Heinemann, →ISBN, footnote:
glosses: Alternative form of ancap (“anarcho-capitalist/-capitalism”).
an-caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of an-cap
Scorziellos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Scorziello
Longstaffs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Longstaff
Colletts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Collett
Challoners
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Challoner
Colney Hatch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkəʊni ˈhætʃ/
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England, at the north end of Colney Hatch Lane (OS grid ref TQ2791).
bungeed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bungee
bungeeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bungee
brainchilds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brainchild
brainchilds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of brainchild
brainchilding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brainchild
brainchilded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brainchild
righturd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: righturds
Etymology: From right + turd.
Senses: examples: text: How much falling will the dollar do Righturds?
ref: 2005 March 15, The Pretzel, “How much falling will the dollar do Righturds?”, in alt.impeach.bush (Usenet), retrieved 03 Feb 2022:
text: Apparantly King George has forgotten bin Laden. He even said once that bin Laden wasn't a priority. But still crickets from you Righturds. So do the American people know more than the King? Hint: Rhetorical question.
ref: 2007 July 20, Corky K, “Zombies on Parade”, in seattle.politics (Usenet), retrieved 03 Feb 2022:
text: Its good to see you righturds are living in the here and now instead of some weird fifty year old fantasy world.
ref: 2009 June 20, the_pc_jellllybean!!.!!!!, “Zombies on Parade”, in alt.politics (Usenet), retrieved 03 Feb 2022:
text: The Righturds don't want to use tax money for Social services benefiting American citizens and bash Obama at every turn when he does.
ref: 2013 May 4, Moder@tor, “Ok Righturds, try 'splainin this....”, in seattle.politics (Usenet), retrieved 03 Feb 2022:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: rightard
rightoid
wingnut
antonyms: leftard
leftoid
lefturd
moonbat
glosses: A person with right-wing political views.
righturds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of righturd
Zuckermann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zuckermanns
form: Zuckerman
Etymology: From German Zuckermann.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zuckerman; A surname from German.
Related terms: Cukier
Cukierman
Cukiermann
Zucker
Zuckerberg
Zuker
Zukerberg
Zukerman
Zukermann
Mâcons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mâcon
dodecandrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A small protein that inhibits the action of ribosomes
untransinfected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + transinfected.
Senses: glosses: Not transinfected
Cukierman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cukiermans
form: Cukiermann
Etymology: From Polish Cukierman, from German Zuckermann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Related terms: Cukier
Zucker
Zuckerberg
Zuckerman
Zuckermann
Zuker
Zukerberg
Zukerman
Zukermann
resistograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resistographs
Senses: glosses: A device that measures resistance to drilling
neurotransformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurotransformations
Etymology: From neuro- + transformation.
Senses: glosses: neurological transformation
agé
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: agés
form: agéing
form: agéed
form: agéed
Etymology: Probably from Latin age, imperative of Latin agere.
Senses: qualifier: Scots law
glosses: To act for another (as a law agent or solicitor).
Mascon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Mascon, from Medieval Latin Masconis, a syncopated form of Madasconis and Matisco, probably from Gaulish matus (“bear”) (from Proto-Celtic *matus, commonly understood as a euphemistic derivation from *matis (“good”)) and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (“-ish: forming adjectives”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Mâcon.
synonyms: word: Mâcon
Mascon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mascons
Etymology: Borrowed from French Mascon, from Medieval Latin Masconis, a syncopated form of Madasconis and Matisco, probably from Gaulish matus (“bear”) (from Proto-Celtic *matus, commonly understood as a euphemistic derivation from *matis (“good”)) and a suffix equivalent to -iscus (“-ish: forming adjectives”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Macon.
synonyms: word: Macon
Mascons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mascon
hatin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: I am thankful every day for you listening and supporting and even when you’re hatin’!
ref: 2021 March 26, Greg Simms Jr., quoting Ryan Drake, “Meet Ryan Drake, the DJ who’s spinning urban hits in Dayton”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 144, number 164, section “Go!”, page 3:
text: “We’re all about love. And you shouldn’t be hatin’. You know what you should be doing? You should be dancing.”
ref: 2021 August 12, Pete Grathoff, quoting Dave Grohl, “In KC, Foo Fighters have a message for Westboro Baptist Church”, in The Kansas City Star, volume 141, number 329, page 7B:
text: “What I like about this council is that we can disagree, be we don’t get hatin’ each other,” [Charles T.] Cephas [Sr.] said to applause.
ref: 2021 December 16, Mike Detmer, “Rev. Cephas sworn in as Hurlock mayor”, in The Star Democrat, volume 220, number 83, page A3:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of hating.
long title
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long titles
Senses: topics: law
coordinate_terms: short title
collective title
glosses: The formal, official title of an act (or other piece of legislation); such titles are rarely (if ever) used in practice, and in some cases consist of hundreds of words.
wikipedia: Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act 2021
Local Government Act 1972
Patriot Act
Synonyms: title
long titles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long title
pick-me boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔɪ
Forms: form: pick-me boys
Etymology: From the phrase pick me + boy; possibly arose as a counterpart to pick-me girl.
Senses: examples: text: That’s right, Gen Z has turned the spotlight onto "pick me boys." These are the guys who, yep you guessed it, claim they’re “not like other guys”. Except, unlike "pick me girls", "pick me boys" don’t appear on our movie screens. No. These boys make their cameos primarily on Snapchat. And, according to TikTok, they all follow the same script.
ref: 2021 March 2, Catie Powers, “TikTok Is Calling Out Toxic "Pick Me Boys" And We're So Here For It”, in Girlfriend:
text: 'Pick me boys' are a completely different story. The aim is similar – trying to make themselves stand out from other men – but their approach varies entirely. 'Pick me boys' self-deprecate and fish for compliments as a form of flirting.
ref: 2021 December 24, Alice Porter, “What Is A ‘Pick Me Boy’ – & How Do You Spot One?”, in Refinery29:
glosses: A man who claims or acts as if he is unlike most other men, in order to gain attention from women.
collective title
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collective titles
Senses: topics: law
coordinate_terms: short title
long title
qualifier: formerly Hong Kong
glosses: A title given to a collection of related acts (or other pieces of legislation) to facilitate citation.
wikipedia: Hong Kong Letters Patent 1917
Obscene Publications Acts
Offences against the State Acts 1939–1998
Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1989
collective titles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collective title
Consolidated Fund Act
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Consolidated Fund Acts
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A stock short title used for an Act of Parliament that authorises HM Treasury to issue funds out of the consolidated fund.
Related terms: Appropriation Act
Consolidated Fund Acts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Consolidated Fund Act
come to rest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes to rest
form: coming to rest
form: came to rest
form: come to rest
Senses: examples: text: They were all doomed to be disappointed, however, for the errant engine decided at Stanley junction to spend the remainder of its crowded hour of freedom on the Aberdeen line, and finally came to rest, short of breath, in the dip between Ballathie and Cargill, near the bridge over the Tay.
ref: 1941 October, “Notes and News: A Highland Runaway”, in Railway Magazine, page 469:
text: It will be recalled that the engine (No. 6157 of the "Royal Scot" class) overturned down a bank and, together with its tender, came to rest in a field of mangolds.
ref: 1946 March and April, C. R. L. Coles, “Re-Railing the Locomotive at Bourne End”, in Railway Magazine, page 95:
glosses: To stop moving.
Hozomeen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊ.zəˌmin/
Etymology: From Salishan, perhaps specifically Thompson [Term?].
Senses: examples: text: […] and after that first time suddenly realizing “It’s me that’s changed and done all this and come and gone and complained and hurt and joyed and yelled, not the Void” and so that every time I thought of the void I’d be looking at Mt. Hozomeen (because chair and bed and meadowgrass faced north) until I realized “Hozomeen is the Void—at least Hozomeen means the void to my eyes”—Stark naked rock, pinnacles and thousand feet high protruding from hunch-muscles another thousand feet high protruding from immense timbered shoulders, […]
ref: 1965, Jack Kerouac, Desolation Angels, page 3:
glosses: A mountain in Washington, United States.
Appropriation Act
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Appropriation Acts
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A stock short title used for an Act of Parliament that authorises HM Treasury to issue funds out of the consolidated fund, and which also appropriates those funds for particular use.
Related terms: Consolidated Fund Act
Appropriation Acts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Appropriation Act
came to rest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of come to rest
Representation of the People Act
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Representation of the People Acts
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A stock short title used for legislation relating to the electoral system.
Related terms: Representation of the People Acts
Representation of the People Acts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A collective title for a particular collection of Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the electoral system; not merely equivalent to every Representation of the People Act.
Related terms: Representation of the People Act
Representation of the People Acts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Representation of the People Act
melomanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melomane
lekky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lecky.
short of breath
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: They were all doomed to be disappointed, however, for the errant engine decided at Stanley junction to spend the remainder of its crowded hour of freedom on the Aberdeen line, and finally came to rest, short of breath, in the dip between Ballathie and Cargill, near the bridge over the Tay.
ref: 1941 October, “Notes and News: A Highland Runaway”, in Railway Magazine, page 469:
text: The sun is the same in a relative way / But you're older / Shorter of breath / And one day closer to death
ref: 1973, “Time”, in The Dark Side of the Moon, performed by Pink Floyd:
glosses: Short-winded; panting; breathless; in a state of breathlessness.
Related terms: shortness of breath
school teacher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: school teachers
Etymology: From school + teacher.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of schoolteacher.
school teachers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of school teacher
Fingermans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fingerman
Barrigers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Barriger
Kerekeses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kerekes
fox moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fox moths
Senses: glosses: A moth found in Western Europe to Central Asia, taxonomic name Macrothylacia rubi.
revengeances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revengeance
Holloways
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Holloway
conservaloon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conservaloons
Etymology: Blend of conservative + loon.
Senses: examples: text: Typical Chicken Little conservaloon logic is the slippery slope. The logic goes like this: Since the courts wouldn't let the conservaloons "rescue" the shell of Terry Schiavo, that means on the horizon, if and when any of us reach 80 our police state gummint will euthanize us and send our carcases to the soylent green factory.
ref: 2005 May 10, jls, “Re: Police State ... less than five years..”, in alt.appalachian (Usenet), retrieved 03 Feb 2022:
text: Hitler and Prescott Bush were conservaloonz.
ref: 2007 September 15, Woodsman, “HITLER WAS A SOCIALIST - Modern Leftism - Its similarities to Hitler and his "highly respected (policies ) by many of the Muslims of his day"”, in alt.politics.usa.republican (Usenet), retrieved 03 Feb 2022:
text: You have no facts. Truth is not a friend to conservaloons like you. Reality favors liberals.
ref: 2010 June 20, Iarnrod, “Great Orators of The Democratic Party”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet), retrieved 03 Feb 2022:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: conservatard
conservaturd
cuntservative
rightard
rightoid
righturd
wingnut
antonyms: leftard
leftoid
lefturd
libtard
libtoid
moonbat
radlib
shitlib
glosses: A conservative.
conservaloons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conservaloon
Kalal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kalals
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Kálal.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
Hykes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hykeses
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech Hykeš.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Czech.
Hykeses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hykes
Kalals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kalal
Jasek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jaseks
Etymology: Borrowed from either Czech Jašek or Polish Jasek.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ivanoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ivanoff
Jaseks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Jasek
megatropolises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megatropolis
lightning crotch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Wondering if and when lightning crotch might strike was not at all helpful. Mamas-to-be, don't read that stuff.
ref: 2019 October 8, Samantha Seneviratne, The Joys of Baking: Recipes and Stories for a Sweet Life, Running Press Adult, →ISBN:
text: YOU HAVE "LIGHTNING CROTCH"! In the last days of pregnancy, particularly as your baby's head lowers into your pelvis, you may find yourself experiencing a new and specific crotch ache, especially after periods of standing, walking,[…]
ref: 2020 February 4, Beth Newell, Jacqueline Ann May, There's No Manual: Honest and Gory Wisdom About Having a Baby, Penguin, →ISBN, page 59:
text: Lightning crotch is a sharp or shooting pain that you may feel in your vagina, rectum, or pelvis. The sudden pain is normal and may indicate that you are getting close to delivery (though it may occur at any time leading up to labor).
ref: 2020 December 15, Amanda Shapin Michelson, Pregnancy Hacks: 350+ Easy Hacks for a Happy and Healthy Pregnancy!, Adams Media, →ISBN, page 112:
text: Pelvic pain during pregnancy is called lightning crotch because it feels like your pelvis has been struck by lightning. As much as I love heeled shoes, I hate lightning crotch more, and it was worth taking a break from my favorite [heels].
ref: 2021 September 21, Amy Hammer, How to Grow a Baby: A Science-Based Guide to Nurturing New Life, from Pregnancy to Childbirth and Beyond, Shambhala Publications, →ISBN, page 31:
glosses: The condition, late in pregnancy, of having intense pain shoot through one's pelvic region, especially due to the baby's head lowering and bumping into one's pelvis.
re-written
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of re-write
Imig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Imigs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Imig.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Hemmingsen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hemmingsens
Etymology: Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Hemmingsen, patronymic from Hemming.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Hemmingsens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hemmingsen
Imigs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Imig
Helvie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Helvies
Etymology: Variant of Helvey.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Helvies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Helvie
Guarisco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Guariscos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Guarisco.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Guariscos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Guarisco
Hims
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Him
churchites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of churchite
Grall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gralls
Etymology: Borrowed from French or German Grall.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Gensel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gensels
Etymology: Borrowed from German Gensel.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Gensels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gensel
Gralls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Grall
McHeffey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McHeffeys
Etymology: Variant of McAfee.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
poltergoose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poltergeese
Etymology: Blend of poltergeist + goose or geese.
Senses: examples: text: The poltergeese
 their mischief done
are heading north
 to miss the sun.
ref: 1989, Roger McGough, “The Poltergeese”, in Nailing the shadow, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 85:
text: 'And this,' said Angie, 'is no ordinary dead goose. It's a dead goose that breaks things and chases people and pecks them where it hurts. A poltergoose.'
ref: 1999, Michael Lawrence, The Poltergoose, →ISBN, page 63:
text: We saw a whole flock of poltergeese! And some creepity crawlies!
ref: 2017 June 6, James Parks, Ben Costa, Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo Book 1: The Road to Epoli (Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo), Random House Children's Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, unnumbered page:
glosses: A ghost goose.
poltergeese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poltergoose
Orford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Orfords
Etymology: From Old English ōra (“bank, shore”) + ford (“ford”).
Senses: glosses: A number of places:
A suburb of Warrington, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ609902).
examples: text: Seals are flourishing about 50 miles farther south, too. In 2021, a group of grey seals established the first seal colony in nearby Suffolk and began breeding on a remote shingle beach at Orford Ness, now a National Trust site but once the location for cold war weapons-testing.
ref: 2024 December 26, Donna Ferguson, “‘Britain’s wildlife safari’: baby boom in Norfolk as seal colonies flourish”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A number of places:
A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM422499).
glosses: A number of places:
A township municipality in Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Estrie, Quebec, Canada.
glosses: A number of places:
A former township in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A number of places:
A town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States.
glosses: A number of places:
A coastal village in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, Tasmania, Australia.
glosses: A number of places:
A town in the Shire of Moyne, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: alt: back-formation from Orford, Suffolk
word: Ore
word: Port Orford cedar
Lundys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lundy
McHeffeys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McHeffey
Orfords
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Orford
Mildenhalls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mildenhall
metropolisses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Cities honored by Letters Patents from the Kings or Emperors, with the name and dignities of Metropoliſſes;
ref: 1655, S. W., Schism Dis-arm’d of the Defensive Weapons, Lent It by Doctor Hammond, and the Bishop of Derry, Paris: M. Blageart, page 144:
text: Which done, another Damſel comes and caſts about his Shoulders a magnificent embroider’d Mantle, worth the Metropoliſſes of three great Kingdoms.
ref: 1687, J. P., The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: And His Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. Now Made English According to the Humour of Our Modern Language. And Adorned with Several Copper Plates., London: Tho. Hodgkin, page 279:
text: All the Metropoliſſes of Provinces (beſides ſeveral others of equal Deſerts) are moſtly reckoned of the ſecond Rank, though poſſibly they do not always deſerve to be called ſo.
ref: 1693, Lawrence Eachard, The Gazetteer’s: or, Newsman’s Interpreter: Being a Geographical Index of All the Considerable Cities, Patriarchships, Bishopricks, Universities, Dukedoms, Earldoms, and Such Like; Imperial and Hance Towns, Ports, Forts, Castles, &c. in Europe, the second edition, London: […] Tho. Salusbury:
text: It was in this manner that the riches of India and Europe, accumulated upon the banks of the Nile, the Tigris, and the Euphrates, gave ſucceſſive exiſtence to the ſplendor of a thouſand metropoliſſes.
ref: 1792, [Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de] Volney, The Ruins: or, A Survey of the Revolutions of Empires, London: […] J. Johnson, page 59:
glosses: plural of metropolis
Airolo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Ticino canton, Switzerland.
Dorpian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dorpians
Etymology: From Dutch dorp (“village”) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of Schenectady, New York.
metropolis's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 2. If they mean that theſe were then made Eccleſiaſtical Metropolis’s, it’s a fiction without, and againſt, Hiſtorical evidence, which tells us of a far later date of Metropolitical Churches. 3. If they mean that they were Metropolis’s only in a Civil ſenſe, and that the Apoſtles, in planting Churches there, purpoſed or ordained that afterwards Church-Power ſhould follow the Order of the Seats of Civil Power, I anſwer 1.[…]
ref: 1685, Richard Baxter, A Paraphrase on the New Testament, with Notes, Doctrinal and Practical, London: […] B. Simmons:
text: That he had never requeſted the Emperor to make his City a Metropolis; but it was the Cuſtom for the Emperor to make Metropolis’s, that it was not he that divided the Provinces, but the Council;[…]That the Biſhop of Conſtantinople should enjoy the ſame Prerogatives of Honour, and had right to Ordain in the Sees of the Metropolis’s, in the Dioceſes of Thrace, Aſia, and Pontus, such Perſons as ſhould be chosen by the Clergy, People, and Nobles;
ref: 1693, Lewis Ellies du Pin, A New History of Ecclesiastical Writers: Containing an Account of the Lives and Writings of the Primitive Fathers: A Judicious Abridgment and a Catalogue of All Their Works; with Censures Determining the Genuine and Spurious: and a Judgment upon Their Style and Doctrine: Also Their Various Editions. Together with a Compendious History of the Councils., volume the fourth, London: […] Edw. Jones, for Abel Swal and Tim. Childe, pages 234–235 and 242:
text: The ſecond concerns the Elections that are to be confirmed by the Pope, as, Metropolis’s, Cathedrals and Monaſteries, depending immediately on the Pope, and have the Privilege of a Canonical Election.[…]France is alſo divided by her Metropolis’s;
ref: 1694, The Great Historical, Geographical and Poetical Dictionary, London: […] Henry Rhodes:
glosses: plural of metropolis
MRN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MRNs
Senses: examples: text: The first encryption occurs after the doctor stimulates the RFID passive tag to acquire the patient's MRN, so the tag will encrypt and reply back the MRN to the doctors PDA for example. Then the doctor will decrypt the MRN and use it to[…]
ref: 2012 December 31, Surendra Sarnikar, Cases on Healthcare Information Technology for Patient Care Management, IGI Global, →ISBN, page 249:
text: The CA also generates a paper-based medical record and a medical record number (MRN) for the patient (a MRN is a unique, clinic-specific number allowing identity records to be linked to medical records). For patients who visited the[…]
ref: 2019 December 6, Management Association, Information Resources, Data Analytics in Medicine: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, IGI Global, →ISBN, page 1300:
glosses: Initialism of medical record number.
glosses: Initialism of magnetic resonance neurography.
owwer
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: ō'wər
rhymes: -əʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more owwer
form: most owwer
Etymology: Compare over
Senses: examples: text: Nut owwer het
translation: Not overly hot
english: Not overly hot
glosses: overly; too; enough
cading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cade
CIPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Acronym of Children's Internet Protection Act.
CIPA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
coordinate_terms: allodynia
glosses: Acronym of congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis.
Lower Beeding
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Horsham district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ2227).
Related terms: Upper Beeding
attakid
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈætəˌkɪd/
Forms: form: atta kid
form: atakid
form: thatta kid
form: thattakid
Etymology: Variant pronunciation of "That's the kid!", a cry of encouragement, especially to children.
Senses: examples: text: Attakid! That's the way to hit a home run!
glosses: Used to show encouragement or approval to a person.
attakid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈætəˌkɪd/
Forms: form: attakids
form: atta kid
form: atakid
form: thatta kid
form: thattakid
Etymology: Variant pronunciation of "That's the kid!", a cry of encouragement, especially to children.
Senses: glosses: A cry of "attakid"; an accolade.
Related terms: attaboy
attagirl
toxicoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From toxic + -oid.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Resembling a toxin but not the same.
Related terms: intoxicant
intoxicate
intoxication
toxic
toxically
toxicant
toxicity
toxicology
toxin
toxoid
queen-sized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of queen-size.
thromboangiitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thromboangiitides
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from thrombo- + angiitis = thrombo- + angi- + -itis.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Angiitis with a thrombotic component to its pathophysiology; (usually, more specifically) thromboangiitis obliterans.
thromboangiitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thromboangiitis (rare, plural count noun sense referring to types of the mass noun sense)
angi-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of angio- (before a vowel)
arthr-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arthro- (before a vowel)
'twa'n't
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: Then s’pose ’twa’n’t long afore he got tew likin’ her so well that he wanted her tew marry him,—honor bright, no sham, ner nothin’ privit’, but fair en square marriage,—en arter a good deal uv holdin’ back, en objectin’, en fearin’, she giv’ in tew this, tew;
ref: 1881 August, Susan B. Long, “Captain Put’s Novel”, in Lippincott’s Magazine, page 167:
text: I know’d then ’twa’n’t no time to try and save the silver;
ref: 1883 January, M. L. T., “Elisha Dodge’s Confession”, in London Society, volume XLIII, number CCLIII, page 87:
text: No, Mis’ Hildreth, ’twa’n’t that she’d aged sence I’d seen her; besides, ’twa’n’t more’n a matter of seven or eight years sence she was visitin’ her ma’s folks in Thornton.
ref: 1910 January, Mary Heaton Vorse, “Joshua’s Sotness”, in Good Housekeeping Magazine, volume L, number 1 (whole 375), page 46:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of 'twasn't.
furyou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furyou
Senses: glosses: A juvenile delinquent in Japan
poored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of poor
pooring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of poor
poors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poor
poors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of poor
market overt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Law French market overt, a calque of Anglo-Norman marché ouvert (“open market”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A rule in English law that overrode the general rule that the purported sale of stolen goods would not transfer ownership, if the goods were openly sold at a designated market between sunrise and sunset.
wikipedia: Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1994
smotherable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more smotherable
form: most smotherable
Etymology: From smother + -able.
Senses: glosses: That which may be smothered.
busy loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: busy loops
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: busy wait
glosses: A loop that actively consumes CPU cycles while waiting for an event.
won't someone think of the children
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of think of the children.
thinks of the children
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of think of the children
thinking of the children
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of think of the children
thought of the children
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of think of the children
queen apple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queen apples
Senses: glosses: A class of early-ripening apples with red flesh; an apple of this class.
queen apples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of queen apple
hair elastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hair elastics
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hair tie.
synonyms: word: hair tie
DASH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: web development; video; web development; video
glosses: Acronym of Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP.
infracolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from infra- + colic = infra- + col- + -ic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Inferior to the colon, usually with reference to the transverse colon and the compartments of the peritoneal cavity.
Coordinate terms: paracolic
supracolic
supracolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from supra- + colic = supra- + col- + -ic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Superior to the colon, usually with reference to the transverse colon and the compartments of the peritoneal cavity.
Coordinate terms: infracolic
paracolic
Suzie Wongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Suzie Wong
Torona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An extinct Kordofanian language
Elo hell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Elo hells
form: elo hell
form: ELO hell
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: The supposed phenomenon where a rating range or skill group is atypically hard to escape from.
topics: video-games
glosses: A rating range where this phenomenon occurs.
Related terms: ladder
climb
rank
Elo
Elo hells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Elo hell
interprogram
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: interprogramme
Etymology: From inter- + program.
Senses: glosses: Between programs
interprogramme
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + programme.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of interprogram.
frame-perfect
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: frame perfect
Senses: examples: text: Immediate decision-making, twitch reactions, tight timings, microtemporal awareness and frame-perfect [4] performance characterize competitive play behaviors in fighting games, first-person shooters, MOBAs and real time strategy games.
ref: 2018 December, Matt Knutson, “Backtrack, pause, rewind, reset: Queering chrononormativity in gaming”, in Game Studies, volume 18, number 3, →ISSN, pages 1–15:
text: It also requires frame-perfect precision in execution, with particular inputs having to coincide with in-game timers and triggers.
ref: 2019, James Newman, “Wrong Warping, Sequence Breaking, and Running through Code Systemic Contiguity and Narrative Architecture in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Any% Speedrun”, in Journal of the Japanese Association for Digital Humanities, volume 4, number 1, Japanese Association for Digital Humanities, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 7–36:
text: Moment #37 is famous in Street Fighter 2, for instance, because its execution required virtually frame-perfect inputs, which very few players had the dexterity to perform. Another norm is that the sport be regimented and codified.
ref: 2021 May 20, Stephen Mumford, A Philosopher Looks at Sport (A Philosopher Looks At), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 60:
topics: video-games
glosses: Of an input, trick etc.: performed accurate to the duration of a single frame.
Related terms: pixel-perfect
frame perfect
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Some of GDQ’s greatest entertainment value comes from moments when the speedrunner displays unbelievable skill and precision through performing pixel perfect or frame perfect tricks.
ref: 2019, Stephen Tsung-Han Sher, Norman Makoto Su, “Speedrunning for Charity: How Donations Gather Around a Live Streamed Couch”, in Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, volume 3, number CSCW, ACM New York, NY, USA, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 1–26:
text: One example given by Ross was of trying to share a “frame perfect” trick for killing the first boss in Castlevania
ref: 2019, Barrett R Anderson, Adam M Smith, “Understanding user needs in videogame moment retrieval”, in Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, →DOI, pages 1–10:
text: ‘Frame perfect’ refers to inputs that must be entered between two frames of the game. Since the frame rate of many of the most popular speedrun games is around 30fps, this means that a frame perfect input must be within a 0.03 second window.
ref: 2021, Michael Hemmingsen, “Code is law: subversion and collective knowledge in the ethos of video game speedrunning”, in Sport, Ethics and Philosophy, volume 15, number 3, Taylor & Francis, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 435–460:
glosses: Alternative spelling of frame-perfect.
fizeek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Eye dialect spelling of physique.
anticollagen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + collagen.
Senses: glosses: That counters the spread of collagen