cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hydroxylellestadite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral containing calcium, silicon, oxygen, sulfur and hydrogen
calcioancylite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: ancylite containing calcium.
keythongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keythong
calciobiotite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: biotite containing calcium.
calciocarnotite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of tyuyamunite.
synonyms: word: tyuyamunite
calciomotite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of tyuyamunite.
synonyms: word: tyuyamunite
calciocatapleiite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: catapleiite containing calcium
Eugenean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Eugenian.
Eugenean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eugeneans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Eugenian.
icl
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Christmas really fell off icl, like I used to be gassed for it back in primary school days as well
ref: 2019 December 23, A ☪️🇱🇰 (@almarsh_), Twitter:
related: word: ICL
glosses: Initialism of I can't lie.
hemipneustic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) and πνευστικός (pneustikós).
Senses: examples: 1977 O.W. Richards & R.G. Davies Imms' general textbook of entomology pub. Methuen
Hemipneustic Respiratory Systems... are prevalent among insect larvae and are derived from the holopneustic type through one or more pairs of spiracles becoming non-functional.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: in tracheal systems, having at least one functional pair of spiracles fewer than than the ten open pairs in holopneustic tracheal systems; hemipneustic systems occur for example, in the larvae of some Lepidoptera.
LOR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LORs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of letter of recommendation.
examples: text: When I repeated this idea to my LOR, he mentioned that he saw it in "Da'as Torah", written by R' Yerucham Levovitz, the mashgiach of Mir.
ref: 2000 April 24, Micha Berger, “Moshe's Song”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet):
glosses: Abbreviation of local Orthodox rabbi.
peripneustic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From περι- (peri-, “peri”) and πνευστικός (pneustikós).
Senses: examples: 1977 O.W. Richards & R.G. Davies Imms' general textbook of entomology pub. Methuen
Peripneustic... spiracles in a row along each side of the body. In typical examples the prothoracic and abdominal spiracles are open, that of the metathorax being closed. This condition is found in the terrestrial larvae of the orders Neuroptera, Mecoptera, Lepidoptera, of many Hymenoptera Symphyta, and of many Coleoptera...
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of one of the categories of hemipneustic tracheal systems, in which the spiracles are in incomplete rows along each side of the body, as in the holopneustic arrangement, but with slightly fewer pairs of spiracles.
lamdan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lamdanim
form: lamden
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew למדן (lamdan), partially via Yiddish למדן (lamdn).
Senses: examples: text: I'm not such a lamdan that I can learn halacha from the Gemara.
ref: 1996 May 2, Warren Burstein, “Question on love affairs and illegitimate children”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet):
glosses: One who is learned in Jewish law.
plane joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plane joints
Senses: synonyms: arthrodia
glosses: A synovial joint that allows only gliding movement.
arcjet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arcjets
Senses: glosses: A rocket engine that uses an electric arc for propulsion.
mazapilite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of arseniosiderite.
synonyms: word: arseniosiderite
LKFS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For years, going back to the golden age of broadcast television and into the pay-cable era, audio engineers had to deliver sound levels within an industry-standard LKFS, or their work would get kicked back to them.
ref: 2023 June 6, Devin Gordon, “Why Is Everyone Watching TV With the Subtitles On?”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 09 Jun 2023:
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: Initialism of loudness, K-weighted, relative to full scale.
advance the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: advances the ball
form: advancing the ball
form: advanced the ball
form: advanced the ball
Senses: examples: text: Osweiler finished the game 22 for 41 for a measly 131 yards. He was sacked just once but spent the evening throwing short, ineffective passes that did little to advance the ball.
ref: 2016 October 25, Matt Bonesteel, “The Texans have a Brock Osweiler problem”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2019:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To move the ball closer to the goal.
raw_tags: of ball games
examples: text: Mr. Horn said he could not be happier these days. "Comfort and trust and stuff like that are important concepts in a work environment," he said. "To the extent there are politics involved in any company it doesn't further advance the ball, the work of the studio. I have maintained that all these people who have left are talented and made valuable contributions. But at some point it's got to be about the team."
ref: 2003 September 7, Dylan Stableford, quoting Alan F. Horn, “Warner Brothers' Chamber of Secrets”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2021:
text: And so what we need to do is to deal with this issue comprehensively. We have a broken and lawless system in the United States of America. And the piecemeal approach that majority leader Frist has taken along with the Republican leadership of the Congress isn't going to advance the ball.
ref: 2006 September 26, 'Day to Day', GOP Looks for Immigration Win Before Elections (radio), spoken by Ken Salazar, via NPR:
text: You know, Scott, you could make the argument that if in the middle of this they score a bipartisan deal on healthcare, it might not be to either party's liking. But it would be a way to advance the ball. Wall Street could respond to that very favorably, tax cuts or no tax cuts.
ref: 2017 October 17, Neil Cavuto, Your World With Neil Cavuto (television production), spoken by host, via Fox News:
text: In a press conference on Capitol Hill, Jeffries thanked the outgoing leadership. "From the very beginning of our arrival in the Congress, we stand on their collective broad shoulders building upon the incredible work that they've done, excited about the opportunities to advance the ball for everyday Americans as we move forward into our future," Jeffries said.
ref: 2022 November 30, Dylan Stableford, quoting Hakeem Jeffries, “Hakeem Jeffries elected to lead House Dems, will become 1st Black party leader in Congress”, in Yahoo! News, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2023:
topics: government
politics
glosses: To make progress towards some shared or ultimate goal.
Related terms: drop the ball
keep the ball rolling
advances the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of advance the ball
advancing the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of advance the ball
advanced the ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of advance the ball
kinyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kinyanim
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew קִנְיָן.
Senses: examples: text: An abstract kinyan has absolutely no validity in halacha. A kinyan has to stipulate how much, what and where. Thus, the Lieberman clause requiring the couple to "accept the authority of the Conservative bet din" is meaningless in halacha and invalid.
ref: 2001 July 23, BAC...@vms.huji.ac.il, “Need the strictest rabbi I can find.”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):
glosses: A legal agreement.
Ma On Shan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: mäʹônʹ sänʹ
Etymology: From Cantonese 馬鞍山 (maa⁵ on¹ saan¹).
Senses: examples: text: The poster below, on a wall in the Ma On Shan district in northeastern Hong Kong, seems to liken front line protesters to the protagonists of a battle scene in a Renaissance oil painting.
ref: 2019 October 11, Mike Ives, “At Hong Kong Protests, Art That Imitates Life”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2019, Asia Pacific:
glosses: An area and town in Sha Tin district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
examples: text: The next morning we looked over to where we had been the day before: on Ma On Shan’s buttress-like spurs and its 702-metre summit. The saddle between the two highest points, for which Ma On Shan (Horse Saddle Mountain) is named, stood out.
ref: 1995, Edward Stokes, “Sai Kung Peninsula”, in Hong Kong's Wild Places: An Environmental Exploration, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 95, column 1:
glosses: A peak in Sha Tin district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
glosses: A village of Sha Tin Rural Committee, Sha Tin district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Synonyms: sense: village
word: Ma On Shan Tsuen
Related terms: Ma'anshan
Hang Hau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 坑口 (haang¹ hau²).
Senses: examples: text: The journey to Hang Hau took much longer than Paul had expected, and the longer he spent on the metro, the clearer it became to him what he had let himself in for, Hang Hau, of all places.
ref: 2015, Jan-Philipp Sendker, translated by Christine Lo, Whispering Shadows, Polygon Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 187:
text: “It’s very touching,” said Alice Lo, a 24-year-old web designer who lives with her mother in the Hang Hau neighborhood.
ref: 2019 September 2, Felix Tam, Marius Zaharia, Donny Kwok, Tom Westbrook, Thomas Peter, “Hong Kong neighborhoods echo with late night cries for freedom”, in Robert Birsel, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2019:
text: The Transport Department said at 1.08am that it had ended the temporary one-lane-two-way traffic arrangement on Clear Water Bay Road near Wing Lung Road in Hang Hau, where a slope about 30 metres long (98 feet) and 40 metres deep had collapsed.
ref: 2024 May 6, Jeffie Lam, “Hong Kong’s Clear Water Bay Road fully reopens after landslide forced lane closure amid weekend downpour”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 May 2024, Transport:
glosses: An area of Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
glosses: A village of Hang Hau Rural Committee, Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
glosses: A rural committee in Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Sai Kung North
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Partial calque of Cantonese 西貢北 /西贡北 (“Sai Kung North”).
Senses: examples: text: In the Sai Kung North area, four nearby islands are associated with an old legend about a noted courtier of the early Ming period who fell foul of his imperial master.
ref: 2001, James Hayes, “Hong Kong and Shenzhen: Xinan (New Peace) County”, in South China Village Culture, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 10:
glosses: An area of Tai Po district, New Territories, Hong Kong, occupying the northern part of Sai Kung Peninsula.
examples: text: When I arrived in the District Office at Tai Po, Rural Committees had recently been set up for Sha Tin and Sai Kung North.
ref: 2001, Denis Bray, “The Heung Yee Kuk and Reservoirs”, in Hong Kong Metamorphosis, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 95:
text: They blamed the rigid land zoning policy, which restricts infrastructure development, for forcing many remote villages to become deserted.
Sai Kung North rural committee chairman Li Yiu-ban said: “It’s a waste of our scarce land resources.”
ref: 2019 October 16, Kang-chung Ng, “How an abandoned village deep in a Hong Kong country park, inaccessible by road and poorly served by ferries, could be saved”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2019, Hong Kong economy:
glosses: A rural committee in Tai Po district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
that girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Who is 'that girl'? 'That girl' isn't just healthy, she's professionally successful and looks her best at every moment. She wakes up every morning at 5.30am so she can seize the day and her nails are always uniform, manicured and eternally chip-free.
ref: 2021 July 12, Ruchira Sharma, “Who Is 'That Girl' & Why Is TikTok Obsessed With Her?”, in Refinery29, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2023:
text: There's a lot that's been done and said about "that girl." Thousands have even attempted the self-care coup for a day to test whether it's all just internet hype or if there's actually any merit to its claims that following a carefully curated routine can lead to real results. In keeping with this spirit of the internet, I decided to transform into "that girl" for a week.
ref: 2021 September 9, Shamani Joshi, “I Tried To Be TikTok's 'That Girl' for a Week”, in VICE, archived from the original on 15 May 2023:
text: This was not the stuff of Architectural Digest or even social media, which is typically flooded with so-called aspirational content: spotless homes, "that girl" morning routines and a "clean girl aesthetic" defined by green juices and neat to-do lists.
ref: 2023 March 8, Callie Holtermann, “More People Are Embracing 'Cluttercore' as Messy Rooms Go Viral on TikTok”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 May 2023:
qualifier: TikTok aesthetic
glosses: A notional girl representing an aesthetic promoting healthy eating, self-care, organized routines, and productivity.
Related terms: that guy
Sha Tau Kok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 沙頭角 /沙头角 (saa¹ tau⁴ gok³).
Senses: examples: text: Eight British soldiers inadvertently drove across the Chinese frontier yesterday, were held for several hours and released early today, a Government spokesman said.
The incident occurred at the village of Sha Tau Kok, which straddles the border between Hong Kong's mainland New Territories and China.
ref: 1971 May 19, Reuters, “8 BRITISH SOLDIERS WANDER INTO CHINA”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2024, page 11:
text: Far East Consortium International Ltd has beat four other bidders including Sino Land and Wang On Group and won a tender for a piece of land in a restricted border area in Sha Tau Kok for HK$143 million ($18.44 million) or HK$1,104 per square feet.
ref: 2013 October 18, “PRESS DIGEST -Hong Kong - Oct 18”, in Reuters, sourced from Hong Kong, Ming Pao Daily News, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2024, Business:
glosses: A town in North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
glosses: A rural committee in North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Ta Kwu Ling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 打鼓嶺 /打鼓岭 (daa² gu² leng⁵).
Senses: examples: text: In Ta Kwu Ling, the residents no longer let their children play in the stream that runs through their village, let alone drink from it.
ref: 2013 June 29, Ada Lee, “Ta Kwu Ling villagers blame landfill for 'polluted' stream”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2024, Hong Kong:
text: Tao is not just a butcher, he is one of a dying breed. He is a local pig farmer and has been raising pigs on his farm in Ta Kwu Ling for more than 30 years.
ref: 2016 January 24, Achlys Xi, Karen Yu, Zoe So, “Local meat disappearing from Hong Kong tables”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2024:
text: On Tuesday morning, more than 100 officers wearing protective gear went to North East New Territories Landfill in Ta Kwu Ling, about a 15-minute drive from mainland China, to search for the missing body parts with excavators and shovels.
ref: 2023 February 28, Kanis Leung, “Police look for evidence for slain Hong Kong model’s case”, in AP News, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2023:
glosses: An area of North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
glosses: A rural committee in North district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Related terms: Ta Ku Ling
Shap Pat Heung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 十八鄉 /十八乡 (sap⁶ baat³ hoeng¹).
Senses: examples: text: Chan Wai-ming, a villager in the Shap Pat Heung district, told Reuters he was forced off a plot now held by Henderson Land.
ref: 2019 January 11, James Pomfret, Farah Master, “Corrected: Hong Kong's rural hinterland could hold key to chronic land crunch”, in Gerry Doyle, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 11 Jan 2019, World News:
glosses: An area of Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
examples: text: The decision means he would eventually have to surrender his chairmanship of the Shap Pat Heung rural committee, which ensures him a seat at the governing body of the influential rural organisation Heung Yee Kuk, a government-recognised advisory group representing New Territories villagers.
ref: 2018 April 29, Ng Kang-chung, “Long-time Hong Kong leader of rural villagers decides not to seek re-election”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2018, World:
glosses: A rural committee in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Kam Tin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 錦田 /锦田 (gam² tin⁴).
Senses: examples: text: Henderson Land Development, the city’s third-biggest private landowner, said on Friday that it was considering offering 100,000 square feet of farmland in Kam Tin, New Territories, to the government for seven years to build temporary housing to accommodate 10,000 residents.
ref: 2019 October 5, Georgina Lee, “Henderson Land to loan 100,000 sq ft of farmland to Hong Kong government for temporary housing”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2019, Business/Companies:
text: A new rail link connecting Kam Tin in Yuen Long with Kowloon Tong was among six major infrastructure projects confirmed by Chief Executive John Lee in his first Policy Address on Wednesday.
ref: 2022 October 19, Peter Lee, “Hong Kong Policy Address: New rail link among 6 major infrastructure projects, public transport subsidy extended”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2024, Hong Kong:
text: If you have time to go farther afield, the artist invites you to visit Kam Tin. Away from the bustle and grind of the main city, the district is made up of small villages including Kat Hing Wai, a walled village built in the middle to late 1400s.
ref: 2023 March 22, Christy Choi, “Hong Kong Locals on Where to Eat, Drink and Play During Art Basel”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2023, Travel:
glosses: An area of Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
glosses: A rural committee in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
San Tin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 新田 (san¹ tin⁴).
Senses: examples: text: A labour shortage and construction problems were blamed for the delayed debut of the mall in San Tin in the New Territories, import and export sector lawmaker Wong Ting-kwong said on Monday.
ref: 2015 November 30, Jeffie Lam, “Proposed Hong Kong border shopping centre meant to lure mainland China visitors delayed again”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2016, Hong Kong economy:
glosses: An area of Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
glosses: A rural committee in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Related terms: Xintian
Pat Heung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 八鄉 /八乡 (baat³ hoeng¹).
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Aitken assisting at Mass at a church in Pat Heung, in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Mr. Aitken said he had immersed himself in the city’s Roman Catholic community as a way of feeding a spiritual hunger.
ref: 2017 September 9, Mike Ives, “Ex-Inmate Takes to Hong Kong’s Airwaves, and Prisoners Tune In”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2017, Asia Pacific:
text: They were then driven to a hillside near Tai Wo Tsuen village in the New Territories’ Pat Heung area, where they were pushed into a shipping container that had been turned into an office and used to store construction materials.
ref: 2021 December 9, “Hong Kong police arrest man over toddler, domestic helper kidnap attempt at Cyberport”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2021, Hong Kong:
text: Ocean Park has adopted a 35kg crocodile which was found in Pat Heung on Sunday. The 1.9 metre croc was transferred by the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department to the park in Aberdeen that evening, with vets suggesting the animal is around four years old.
ref: 2023 May 2, Tom Grundy, “1.9 metre crocodile found in Hong Kong village seized and transferred to Ocean Park”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2024, Hong Kong:
glosses: An area of Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
glosses: A rural committee in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Ping Shan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 屏山 (ping⁴ saan¹).
Senses: examples: text: Three particularly interesting study libraries in the New Territories date from the 19th century. Of these, the Kun Ting study library at Ping Shan near Yuen Long is the best of its type in Hong Kong.
ref: 1991, Sally Rodwell, “Settlement by the British”, in Historic Hong Kong: A Visitor's Guide, Hong Kong: Odyssey Guides, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 88–89:
glosses: An area of Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
examples: text: The road fences were removed six years ago to give trucks access to a one-acre car park, located near Fung Chi Village in Yuen Long. The majority of the land on which the car park operates is managed by Ping Shan Rural Committee Vice-chairman Tang Tat-sin.
ref: 2016 November 1, Ellie Ng, “Gov’t allowed Wang Chau car park to keep illegally built entrance amid rural resistance – report”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2023, Hong Kong:
text: The former Tat Tak School in Ping Shan was founded in 1931 as one of the New Territories’ first educational institutions, and the site has been the source of some of Hong Kong’s oldest ghost stories.
ref: 2023 August 28, Ashlyn Chak, “5 Hong Kong ghost stories and creepy tales, from the phantom of Bride’s Pool to the girl on the tracks at Yau Ma Tei MTR station”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2023, Arts & Culture:
glosses: A rural committee in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Ha Tsuen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 廈村 /厦村.
Senses: examples: text: These landlords lived in Ha Tsuen but had extensive interests in shops, businesses, and factories outside their home village. The landlord-merchants described here rank well below the national elite of Qing or Republican times.
ref: 2018, Joseph W. Esherick, Mary Backus Rankin, Chinese Local Elites and Patterns of Dominance, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 242:
text: “We understand that we need to scale down our operation in these industrial buildings, but these buildings are not even ready in time,” said Mat Ching Chi-wai, director of a 100,000 sq ft (9,290 square metres) logistics company at Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long.
ref: 2022 December 7, Edith Lin, “Hong Kong authorities reassure brownfield operators they may use sites for free until ‘actual eviction day’”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2022, Hong Kong economy:
glosses: An area of Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
examples: text: The elected village representatives constitute the Ha Tsuen Rural Committee and they elect their own committee and chair-man.
ref: 1976, Hong Kong Law Reports:
text: Last week Kam’s truck was in Ha Tsuen, a remote village in northwest Hong Kong, close to the border with China.
ref: 2020 April 19, “Hong Kong’s piano van: Music lessons go mobile to beat virus”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2023:
text: Tang also disclosed that the manager of Yau kung^([sic – meaning Kung]) Tong, a family concern operating the number one oyster farm in Deep Bay, had lodged a complaint with the Ha Tsuen Rural Committee against members of a Chinese commune from across the bay who had taken over more than one-third of the farm.
ref: 2023, Angelina Chin, Unsettling Exiles: Chinese Migrants in Hong Kong and the Southern Periphery During the Cold War, Columbia University Press, →ISBN:
glosses: A rural committee in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Related terms: Ha Tsuen Shi
Ha Tsuen Heung
soft grunge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The aesthetics and subgenres of taste in that era spanned beyond the world of indie music and soft grunge. Soft grunge is currently the most popular in the 2020s. The aesthetic was a 'softer' version of grunge brought together with aspects of earlier emo aesthetics and the then modern silhouette of high-waist skinny jeans or pleated skirts and crop tops or T-shirts, with the biggest influences being the mid to late '90s (think slip dresses, oversized flannel shirts, chokers and ripped jeans).
ref: 2021 October 13, Sadhbh O'Sullivan, “Welcome To The Age Of Newstalgia”, in Refinery29, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2023:
text: In short, I was trying to be the perfect 2014 Tumblr girl, emulating our collective soft-grunge idols like Effy Stonem from Skins and Aria Montgomery from Pretty Little Liars.
ref: 2022 February 1, Maria Santa Poggi, “The 2014 Tumblr Girl Is Back”, in Vogue, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 May 2023:
synonyms: 2014 Tumblr girl
qualifier: Tumblr aesthetic
glosses: An aesthetic style inflenced by grunge and other 1990s clothing styles, and associated with pop punk, emo, and alternative rock music.
Cheung Chau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 長洲 /长洲 (coeng⁴ zau¹).
Senses: examples: text: One morning, I took the ferry to Cheung Chau, a speck of land southwest of Hong Kong Island. There it was even easier to forget that just six miles away, barricades were being set up in anticipation of a major protest in Mong Kok.
ref: 2019 November 19, Sebastian Modak, “We Put Hong Kong on the 52 Places to Go List. Things Got Complicated.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2019, Travel:
text: Hong Kong’s iconic bun festival attracted tens of thousands of visitors to Cheung Chau on Wednesday, a public holiday marking Buddha’s Birthday.
ref: 2024 May 16, Kyle Lam, “HKFP Lens: Hong Kong’s bun festival draws crowds to Cheung Chau”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 17 May 2024, HKFP Lens:
text: The first thing crowds saw Wednesday as they poured from the Cheung Chau island ferry onto a wide, waterfront promenade was a temporarily vegetarian McDonald’s. “Adhering to the rituals of the Bun Festival,” a small printed sign read, explaining that the restaurant would temporarily offer a McVeggie burger and products without meat, dairy or eggs.
ref: 2024 May 20, Andrew Genung, Billy H.C. Kwok, “The race up a Hong Kong tower covered in 40 feet of steamed buns”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 May 2024, Travel:
glosses: An island of Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
glosses: A market town of Cheung Chau Rural Committee, Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
glosses: A rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Tai O
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 大澳 (daai⁶ ou³).
Senses: examples: text: A short ride down the hill by bus is the fishing village of Tai O, once the source of most of the colony's salt, now surrounded by abandoned salt pans through which white herons carefully pick their way. With its houses on stilts over the numerous narrow creeks running through the town, Tai O seems untouched by Hong Kong's frenzied commercialism.
ref: 1991 October 13, Simon Elegant, “Hong Kong's Other Islands”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2024, Travel:
text: Villagers of flood-prone Tai O have begun preparations for what could be one of the strongest storms to hit Hong Kong since records began.
ref: 2018 September 15, Jennifer Creery, “Residents of flood-prone Tai O brace for Super Typhoon Mangkhut as some choose to stay put”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2024, Hong Kong:
glosses: A fishing town in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
glosses: A rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Mui Wo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 梅窩 /梅窝 (mui⁴ wo¹).
Senses: examples: text: At the top of the fourth ridge the whole of Silvermine Bay (Mui Wo) opened up with its arc of white sand and wooden sampans bobbing near the shore.
ref: 1988 April 16, David Yeadon, “HONG KONG MEMORIES IN A MIST THE SERENE PLEASURES OF THE OUT ISLANDS”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2024:
text: 'After waiting for the government for the past several years, we've decided to take charge and help the area ourselves by organising more events to highlight the beauty of Mui Wo,' Wong says.
Wan Tung-yat, who heads the South Lantao Rural Committee, says: 'We've got to do this ourselves.'
ref: 2009 November 6, Ben Sin, “Village voices”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2024:
text: The winter of poor air had also forced my partner, Zamira, and me to relocate from our apartment in Sai Ying Pun, an aging urban district in Western Hong Kong where we had been living since arriving in the city, to a flat in a village house in Mui Wo, a rural town on the coast of Lantau Island.
ref: 2012, Timothy Choy, “Air's Substantiations”, in Kaushik Sunder Rajan, editor, Lively Capital: Biotechnologies, Ethics, and Governance in Global Markets, Duke University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 123:
text: Residents of Mui Wo on Lantau Island took to Silvermine Bay Beach on Sunday to protest land reclamation plans, saying that the project will damage the environment and line the pockets of developers.[…]
At 6am on Sunday, 17 Mui Wo residents gathered on the beach and held up a banner reading: “Oppose the East Lantau Metropolis plan.” A joint demonstration was also held the same day on Lamma Island and Sai Wan, in support of Mui Wo residents.
ref: 2018 October 22, Jennifer Creery, “In Pictures: Mui Wo residents take to the beach in protest of Lantau reclamation plan”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2024, Hong Kong:
text: To reach Mui Wo, a small town on Lantau Island, you take a ferry from central Hong Kong, and after a 30-minute ride arrive at a small square with a car park and bus stops blackened by fumes.
ref: 2019 November 22, Ilaria Maria Sala, “After the Protests: How Will Hong Kong Vote?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Nov 2019, Opinion:
glosses: A town in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
glosses: A rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
furniture poverty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: People affected by furniture poverty often get caught in a cycle; they're up against a wide range of barriers to securing stable income. Compared to rent, utilities, and food, furniture just isn't a priority. But the cost of going without it is great, too: it can lead to insecurity, social exclusion and isolation. Furniture poverty is more than a state of financial hardship – there's an emotional and physical toll that comes along with it.
ref: 2018 April 11, Brian Scudamore, “Donating used furniture can turn your 'junk' into a better future for someone in need”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, O.N.: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2023:
text: There are no official figures for the number of people living in furniture poverty, but research done before the pandemic by the charity Turn2us suggested 4.8 million were without at least one essential household appliance such as a cooker or a fridge, and the problem is getting worse.
ref: 2022 February 20, Hilary Osborne, “Furniture poverty: the price of moving in to an empty house”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2022:
text: Chief executive Marion Kenyon said furniture poverty should be talked about in the same way as other cost-of-living issues.
ref: 2023 March 6, “Furniture poverty as key as food poverty - charity”, in BBC News, archived from the original on 30 May 2023:
glosses: The state of being unable to afford basic items of furniture.
Tung Chung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cantonese 東涌 (dung¹ cung¹).
Senses: examples: text: Tung Chung Station is the terminus of the Tung Chung Line and was conceived as an integral part of the Tung Chung New Town.
ref: 2002, “TUNG CHUNG STATION: TUNG CHUNG, LANTAU, HONG KONG”, in The city in architecture, The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 110:
text: Mainland Chinese tourists visited Tung Chung in large numbers on Sunday via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, sparking complaints from residents.
Shops and restaurants in Tung Chung, the area closest to the bridge’s pier, were filled with tourists, as residents raised concerns about overcrowding. According to government figures, 102,919 people entered or left Hong Kong via the bridge on Sunday.
ref: 2018 November 5, Kris Cheng, “Sunday tourist influx via new mega bridge sparks complaints from Tung Chung residents”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2024, Hong Kong:
text: But for the residents of the quiet Hong Kong suburb of Tung Chung, the initial fanfare following the opening of the world’s longest sea bridge last month has quickly given way to frustration.
ref: 2018 November 23, Amy Qin, Tiffany May, “For Some in Hong Kong, New Bridge Has a Downside: ‘That Kind of Tourist’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2019, ASIA PACIFIC:
text: As a young boy, Cheung remembers, he looked up to the police officers in his neighborhood of Tung Chung. But on Friday, he joined thousands of demonstrators at the police headquarters in downtown Hong Kong to call for a formal investigation into their use of tear gas and rubber bullets days earlier.
ref: 2019 June 21, Rebecca Tan, “He watched the Hong Kong protests from his Virginia apartment and decided he had to join”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2019, Local:
glosses: An area and town in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
glosses: A rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Lantao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Lantau.
South Lantao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: South Lantau
Senses: examples: text: 'After waiting for the government for the past several years, we've decided to take charge and help the area ourselves by organising more events to highlight the beauty of Mui Wo,' Wong says.
Wan Tung-yat, who heads the South Lantao Rural Committee, says: 'We've got to do this ourselves.'
ref: 2009 November 6, Ben Sin, “Village voices”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2024:
text: “Through participation in ecology-based sustainable recreational and educational programmes/activities/facilities, visitors can experience the [sic] nature and distinguishing features of different attractions, enjoy a diverse range of leisure and recreational experiences, [and] enhance their understanding on the natural resources and historical culture of South Lantau,” the paper claimed.
ref: [2024 May 28, Tom Grundy, “Public views sought on gov’t plan to develop South Lantau with F&B, sports and recreation ‘eco’ facilities”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 29 May 2024, Hong Kong:
glosses: A rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Peng Chau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: pǐngʹ jouʹ
Etymology: From Cantonese 坪洲 (ping⁴ zau¹).
Senses: examples: text: Far from the madding crowd of Hong Kong, though only 45 minutes away by ferry, is the island of Peng Chau, where you won't find peace and quiet either. But this weather-beaten little island (Peng Chau seems to get particularly pummeled by the later summer typhoons) offers an unhampered look at traditional Chinese sea-village life.
ref: 1985 December 8, William Schwalbe, “45 MINUTES FROM HONG KONG”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Section 10, page 19:
text: After leaving Kowloon, my first stop was tiny Peng Chau Island, where I had arranged to catch a boat for the crossing to Lantau.
ref: 1988 April 16, David Yeadon, “HONG KONG MEMORIES IN A MIST THE SERENE PLEASURES OF THE OUT ISLANDS”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2024, Lifestyle:
text: In the past seven months, Charlotte Leung See-lok has grown closer to her community, thanks to her efforts volunteering with Happy Ageing in Peng Chau, a project which assists elderly residents on the island.
ref: 2024 January 28, Kathryn Giordano, “Happy Ageing in Peng Chau connects elderly with volunteers, building intergenerational bonds and support”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2024, Hong Kong:
glosses: An island of Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
glosses: A market town of Peng Chau Rural Committee, Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
glosses: A rural committee in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
Related terms: Ping Chau
liminal space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liminal spaces
Etymology: From liminal (“of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold”) + space, due to originally focusing on "in-between" spaces such as hallways and stairwells.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, the most uncanny contemporary liminal spaces combine the familiarity of, say, a New York City tourist magnet with an unnatural emptiness. Then again, a liminal space can be somewhere you could imagine dreaming about or seeing on TV. It can be tinged with tragedy or just inexplicably sad in its ordinariness. Liminal spaces can be both comforting and discomforting, nostalgic and unsettling, intimate and unnatural.
ref: 2022 November 1, Jake Pitre, “The Eerie Comfort of Liminal Spaces”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2022:
qualifier: aesthetic
glosses: A depiction of an empty or abandoned place, often made to appear unsettling, surreal, or nostalgic.
examples: text: Michael Kinnan's sendup of "Titanic" explores the liminal space between tribute and affectionate satire.
ref: 2021 September 30, Elisabeth Vincentelli, “Review: In 'Never Let Go,' a Solo Performer's Heart Goes On”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2022:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see liminal, space.
Related terms: Backrooms
kenopsia
liminal spaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liminal space
conversational journaling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A method of maintaining a personal journal through interactive dialogue, often facilitated by artificial intelligence or digital platforms. It involves a back-and-forth exchange resembling a conversation.
Related terms: journaling
conversational journal
conversational journal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conversational journals
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A journal or diary, usually in digital form, that incorporates elements of interactive dialogue, often facilitated by artificial intelligence or digital platforms, allowing for a back and forth exchange resembling a conversation.
Related terms: conversational journaling
journal
Backrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbækˌɹuːms/
ipa: /ˈbækˌɹʊms/
ipa: /ˈbækˌɹums/
Forms: form: the Backrooms
Etymology: From backrooms. Coined by an anonymous poster on the 4chan /x/ board on May 12th, 2019 (see quotation below).
Senses: examples: text: If you're not careful and you noclip out of reality in the wrong areas, you'll end up in the Backrooms, where it's nothing but the stink of old moist carpet, the madness of mono-yellow, the endless background noise of fluorescent lights at maximum hum-buzz, and approximately six hundred million square miles of randomly segmented empty rooms to be trapped in ¶ God save you if you hear something wandering around nearby, because it sure as hell has heard you
ref: 2019 May 12, 4chan, /x/, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2024:
text: Threads are filled with talk of new levels that could sit above, below or beside the Backrooms, including pitch black tunnels and an abandoned hotel.
ref: 2022 March 29, Andrew Lloyd, “The Backrooms: How a Creepy Office Photo Became an Internet Bogeyman”, in VICE, archived from the original on 07 May 2023:
glosses: An online urban legend or creepypasta of a seemingly endless maze of empty hallways, often described as being inhabited by monsters and/or having multiple levels or floors.
wikipedia: 4chan
Related terms: liminal space
averah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: averot
form: averoth
form: averos
form: avera
form: aveira
form: aveirah
form: aveyrah
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew עֲבֵרָה ('averah).
Senses: examples: text: It's an averah to tell a lie, even if it would benefit us.
ref: 2009 June 18, Lizz Holmans, “Is Christianity, jealous and proud of it, petty, vindictive, unjust, unforgiving, racist, an ethnic cleanser urging His people on to acts of genocide & child abuse…”, in sci.skeptic (Usenet):
glosses: A sin.
Devereau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Devereaus
Etymology: Variant of Devereaux.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Anglo-Norman.
Related terms: Deverau
Deveraux
Devereaux
Devereux
Devreux
Deverau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Deveraus
Etymology: Variant of Devereaux.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Anglo-Norman.
Related terms: Deveraux
Devereau
Devereaux
Devereux
Devreux
JO1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: JO1s
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
hypernyms: JO
jail officer
coordinate_terms: JO2
glosses: Abbreviation of jail officer, grade one (“prison guard”) The lowest grade of jail officers, the entry level jail officer.
topics: government
journalism
media
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
hypernyms: PO1
PO
petty officer
coordinate_terms: PO2
CPO
glosses: Abbreviation of journalist, petty officer, first class A journalist of the U.S. Navy holding the rating of first class petty officer, the highest class of regular petty officer.
hypernyms: JO
junior officer
coordinate_terms: JO2
glosses: Abbreviation of junior officer, 1, junior officer, grade one, junior officer, first class, or etc..
Related terms: JOI
jol
deep-laid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deep-laid
form: most deep-laid
Senses: examples: text: Captain Cuttle, in the exercise of that surprising talent for deep-laid and unfathomable scheming, with which (as is not unusual in men of transparent simplicity) he sincerely believed himself to be endowed by nature, […]
ref: 1848, Charles Dickens, chapter XVII, in Dombey and Son:
text: 'Then why did you make every preparation—turn the Republics into armed camps—prepare deep-laid plans for the invasion of our Colonies?'
ref: 1900, Winston Churchill, chapter X, in London to Ladysmith via Pretoria:
text: What worried him was the wire-cutting; he could not but believe that it was an important part of the deep-laid labour conspiracy.
ref: 1914, Jack London, The Strength of the Strong, The Dream of Debs:
synonyms: word: abstruse
word: behind the scenes
word: catlike
word: stealth
word: clandestine
word: cloak-and-dagger
word: concealed
word: confidential
word: covert
word: deep-laid
word: dern
word: disguised
word: furtive
word: huggermugger
word: hush-hush
word: inconspicuous
word: incognito
word: low profile
word: lurksome
word: lurky
word: mousy
word: obfuscated
word: off-the-books
word: on the down-low
word: on the sly
word: secret
word: secretive
word: slinky
word: sly
word: sneaky
word: stealthy
word: sub rosa
word: surreptitious
word: under-the-table
word: under the radar
word: under wraps
word: undercover
word: underground
word: unperceived
glosses: secret and carefully planned.
raw_tags: of schemes
witchcrafty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more witchcrafty
form: most witchcrafty
Etymology: From witchcraft + -y.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or resembling witchcraft.
possul
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈpɒsl̩/
Forms: form: passul
form: pasul
form: posl
form: posul
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish פּסול (posl), from Hebrew פָּסוּל (pasúl).
Senses: examples: text: You should not use your best friends as witnesses as they may be considered prejudiced and may possibly be considered posul as witnesses.
ref: 1990 December 13, David Suna, “MARRIAGE VIA INTERCOURSE”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet):
text: Perhaps you should avoid this Chabad house--by your standards their sefer torah is probably possul, since it's only been checked and fixed by a chalav stam drinker.
ref: 1994 July 25, Matthew P Wiener, “Why are Hasidim speaking for all Orthodox”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet):
text: I’ve seen many taleisim before, dose of Chayim and Yossel.
But as for your tallis, I must say, dis iz definitely possul.
I could vork on your tallis some more, but it really doesn’t pay.
If I vere you, I vould buy a new tallis, and throw dis old von avay.
ref: 1998 March 9, Gabriel Z. Wasserman, “Purim stuff”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet):
glosses: Invalid for ceremonial or official purposes.
Stoke D'Abernon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Manorial affix from the de Abernun family (Sir Roger D'Abernoun, according to Wikipedia).
Senses: glosses: A small village in Elmbridge borough, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1258).
dice roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dice rolls
Senses: examples: text: But Tsurigasaki Beach is no Teahupo’o in Tahiti – one of the world’s best breaks and the completely offshore venue for the 2024 Paris Olympics – and the decision to eschew recent advances in wave technology in favour of the ocean is something of a dice roll by the organisers.
ref: 2021 July 24, Mike Hytner, “Surf’s up: a watershed moment for boarders at the Tokyo Games”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Something unpredictable or unexpected.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dice, roll.
K'gari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Gabi [Term?].
Senses: examples: text: On Wednesday, hundreds of traditional owners gathered in the ancient forests of K’gari as rain drenched the sand, washing away the island’s colonial title.
ref: 2023 June 7, Eden Gillespie, “Fraser Island no more: K’gari’s official name change corrects a historic wrong”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Fraser Island.
Bonaparteans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bonapartean