cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
jig show
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jig shows
Senses: glosses: A minstrel show.
heat dome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heat domes
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A condition of extreme heat caused when the atmosphere traps hot air as if bounded by a lid or cap.
Plombières-lès-Dijon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune near Dijon, Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
inside leg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inside legs
Senses: coordinate_terms: outside leg
glosses: A clothing measurement for trousers/pants, taken from crotch to ankle.
fulfillment center
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fulfillment centers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fulfilment centre.
clubhouse leader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clubhouse leaders
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The player with the lowest score among those who have finished the round, while other competitors are still playing.
Related terms: clubhouse lead
clubhouse lead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clubhouse leads
Senses: topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The position held by the clubhouse leader.
Lantenay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
glosses: A commune in Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
yarnstormer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yarnstormers
Etymology: From yarnstorm + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Four members of the original Yarn Corps are still active yarnstormers at the time of writing. Two have hung up their yarnstorming hats, and one is mysteriously missing in action.
ref: 2011, Lauren O'Farrell, Knit the City: A Whodunnknit Set in London, Chichester, West Sussex: Summersdale Publishers Ltd., →ISBN, page 120:
glosses: One who yarnstorms; a yarn bomber.
yarnstormers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yarnstormer
yarnstorms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yarnstorm
yarnstorms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yarnstorm
yarnstorming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Four members of the original Yarn Corps are still active yarnstormers at the time of writing. Two have hung up their yarnstorming hats, and one is mysteriously missing in action.
ref: 2011, Lauren O'Farrell, Knit the City: A Whodunnknit Set in London, Chichester, West Sussex: Summersdale Publishers Ltd., →ISBN, page 120:
glosses: Synonym of yarn bombing (“a form of graffiti or street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn”).
synonyms: word: yarn bombing
extra: a form of graffiti or street art that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn
yarnstorming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of yarnstorm
yarnstormed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yarnstorm
yarn bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of yarn bomb
yarn bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yarn bomb
yarn bombed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yarn bomb
half inch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half inches
form: half-inch
Senses: examples: text: The average woman in the early 1960s was 5ft 3in and 140lb. Now, women are a half-inch taller and about 30lb heavier, on average.
ref: 2018 December 20, “Americans are getting fatter but not taller, study finds”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2022:
glosses: A length of half of an inch.
Related terms: word: half-inch
half inches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half inch
Pisstified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pisstified
form: most Pisstified
Senses: glosses: Being pissed off and mystified at someone's stupidity at the same time
invited to the cookout
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: So when a white person puts aside prejudice, stands up against racism, and uses their whiteness for good, someone on Twitter will announce that they are “invited to the cookout.”
ref: 2020 July 7, The REAL Meaning Of "Invited To The Cookout" In African American Culture:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Of an outsider, supportive and understanding of African Americans to such an extent as to be considered an ally.
get rounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets rounds
form: getting rounds
form: got rounds
form: got rounds
Senses: examples: text: I'm proving them wrong when I'm making these songs. I'm gunna get rounds. Ima blow g.
ref: 2022 March 15, JJ Denny, If i had a verse on Lil Tjay- “In My Head”:
glosses: To succeed; to cook.
nontransistorized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + transistorized.
Senses: glosses: Not transistorized.
Thomery
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.
Montargis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and commune in Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
Chaitin's algorithm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Devised by Gregory Chaitin.
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A bottom-up graph coloring register allocation algorithm that uses cost/degree as its spill metric.
keep one's voice down
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more keep one's voice down
form: most keep one's voice down
Senses: glosses: To hush or speak; softly or quietly.
socksies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sock + -sies.
Senses: examples: text: BUT HIS SOCKSIES WILL NEVER BE SPATS / Roy: You say Winks is ultra-collegiate? / Clyde: Yeh. He shows a complete reaction from plain collegiateness. He’s even wearing garters again.—Ohio Sun Dial.
ref: 1924 November 15, I. M. Becile [pseudonym], “Wit and Half-Wit”, in Maurice Ellington, editor, The Centenary Conglomerate, volume 15, number 7, Shreveport, La.: Centenary College, page 4, column 3:
text: Midges and flies, / Midges and flies / Crawl up my nose, / Down my bra, in my eyes, / They’re driving me crazy, / These flysies and midges. / They’re into my socksies / And into my britches.
ref: 1992, Thelma Barlow, “Coping with Pests and Diseases”, in Organic Gardening with Love, London: Robson Books Ltd, published 1994, →ISBN, page 145:
text: Now I’ll get his little shoes . . . Now his socksies . . .
ref: 2001, R[ichard] M[orton] Koster, “Action”, in Glass Mountain, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, section [4], page 132:
text: Well I’m going there this minute / to the Gramma who is in it / and the Doozie who is barking / and I’m bouncing bouncing bouncing / and I’m flipping off my shoesies / and I’m rolling down my socksies / and I’m sighing / and I’m singing / and I’m . . . / THERE!
ref: 2010, Barbara Joosse, Sleepover at Gramma’s House, New York, N.Y.: Philomel Books, →ISBN:
text: “Biloxi’s in her socksies!” teased Viveca. “Lost her shoe, now what’ll she do?”
ref: 2013, Miriam Glassman, Call Me Oklahoma!, New York, N.Y.: Holiday House, →ISBN, page 57:
glosses: Socks.
Related terms: sockie
sockie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sockies
Etymology: From sock + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: THAT WAS SOME LINE DRIVE, CHARLIE BROWN… IT KNOCKED YOUR SHOESIES AND YOUR SOCKIES RIGHT OFF! MAYBE WE SHOULD COUNT TO SEE IF YOU STILL HAVE ALL YOUR TOESIES…
ref: 1979, Charles M[onroe] Schulz, Look Out Behind You, Snoopy: Selected Cartoons from Here Comes the April Fool, Volume 1 (Peanuts), New York, N.Y.: Fawcett Crest, published April 1982, →ISBN:
text: “Forget about the damn bucket.” She reached out, grabbed her boot out of his hand. / “Don’t forget your little sockie,” he said, and handed her the sock. / “I’ll sock you!” She snatched the sock away.
ref: 2002, Edward Lee, chapter 8, in Monstrosity, Abingdon, Md.: Cemetery Dance Publications, →ISBN, section II, page 181:
text: Jack was more than willing to find some footwear in my apartment. I didn’t care what shoes he selected, as long as they were from the same pair, and I had stipulated that. Shoes are an important part of my mental health. I know that sounds ridiculous, but you try standing up to the police in your sockies and see how you do.
ref: 2008 April, Mary Jane Maffini, The Cluttered Corpse (Charlotte Adams; 2), New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 82:
text: “Down.” Janessa stretched toward the floor, both hands outreached. / “Not yet.” Ashley kissed her daughter’s cheek. “The floor has to dry. Otherwise your sockies will get wet.”
ref: 2010, Karen Kingsbury, chapter 13, in Take Three (Above the Line; 3), Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, →ISBN, page 151:
glosses: A sock.
Related terms: socksies
give two fucks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives two fucks
form: giving two fucks
form: gave two fucks
form: given two fucks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of give a fuck
synonyms: word: give a fuck
archbitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archbitches
Etymology: From arch- + bitch, influenced by archwitch.
Senses: examples: text: Well of course the Archbitch Diana had set him up to it; Paul didn't have either the imagination or the balls to ask it all by himself.
ref: 1991, Gila Berkowitz, The Brides, St. Martin's Press, page 327:
text: Her smile was pure Schadenfreude. “It was all one in the beautiful eye of the Archbitch, his mother. She’s the one who ruined Rory; encouraged him to think that women were there for his use and pleasure, the way men are for her. […]”
ref: 2000, Vera Cowie, chapter 12, in No Bed of Roses, Severn House Publishers, page 200:
text: "Who's Gwyn?"
"The archbitch from my dorm. I've told you about her."
ref: 2007 July 24, Susan Palwick, Shelter, Tor Books, page 175:
glosses: A very bitchy person.
Colapinto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Italian Colapinto
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian
Qezelbashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Qezelbash
Qyzylbashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Qyzylbash
back history
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back histories
Senses: glosses: Synonym of backstory.
synonyms: word: backstory
bone-straight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bone-straight
form: most bone-straight
Senses: glosses: Completely straight.
raw_tags: of Afro-textured hair
Montbard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and commune in Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
nah mean
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: [nɘːɘˈmĩ]
ipa: [nɑːɑˈmĩ]
Forms: form: nah ah mean
Etymology: A contraction of knowwhaddamean, itself a contraction of do you know what I mean; from *kno’ what Ah mean, an AAVE variant, which became *kno’ wha’ ah mean > *kno’ ’a’ ah mean, then finally *kna’ ah mean, which is spelled nah ah mean or nah mean, the former of which represents the actual pronunciation more faithfully, but is less commonly used (especially so by AAVE speakers themselves, who prefer the latter form). Equivalent to kn[ow] [wh]a[t] Ah mean.
Senses: examples: text: Michael: We're gonna use this [hip-hop magazine] to hip you up, starting with your speech, all right?
Michael: I highlighted some very important words that I want you to incorporate into your language. (shows page)
Junior: Nah -- nah ha mean -- na -- na ha mem?
Michael: No, it's not Hebrew.
Junior: Okay.
Michael: It's Ebonics. It's "nah mean?". It means, "you know what i mean?".
ref: 2002 October 23, Don Reo, Damon Wayans, Damien Dante Wayans, “Claire's New Boyfriend” (10:55–11:10 from the start), in Andy Cadiff, director, My Wife and Kids, season 3, episode 6, spoken by Michael Kyle and Michael Jr. (Damon Wayans and George Gore II):
text: My see nah mean
You mean nah say
Nah' mean nah'm sayin' when I'm kickin' this game
Hot streak these words nowhere flip it the same
Concede indeed Jean frickin' the same
My speak nah mean
ref: 2005, The Herbaliser, “Nah Mean Nah’m Saying”, in Jake Wherry, Ollie Teeba (music), Take London ft. Jean Grae:
text: He ain't gonna know what hit him, nah mean?
ref: 2007, 52:33 from the start, in Rob Schneider, director, Big Stan, spoken by Nazi Inmate (Kevan Paul Hewett), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:
text: You know how he used to say it
Nah mean?
B-r-r-ing, warm up
ref: 2014, J. Cole, “Blowin Smoke”, in Revenge of the Dreamers:
text: Real money getters around here nah mean
Nah mean I used to think it was the first million that was the hardest
You heard ?
ref: 2020 November 19, Gustavo Guaapo, “Built Different (Outro)”, in Playa's Karma:
text: Pull up to the scene, nah mean
Black and brown boys looking clean, nah mean
A dolla and a dream, nah mean
A bunch of kings, hanging out in Queens, nah mean
ref: 2021 May 18, “BNBB Freestyle”, Guy Furious, DJ Komari (music)performed by Anik Khan ft. KIN:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Contraction of do you know what I mean?
stream orchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stream orchids
Senses: synonyms: chatterbox
glosses: The orchid Epipactis gigantea.
Gwangyang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Korean 광양(光陽) (gwang'yang).
Senses: glosses: A port city in South Jeolla Province, South Korea.
Beidane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Beidanes
form: Beidane
form: Baydan
form: Beydan
form: Bidan
Etymology: Arabic بيضان
Senses: glosses: In Mauritania, a lighter-skinned or white Moor, in contrast to a Haratin.
dread talk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dreadtalk.
non-union Mexican equivalents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-union Mexican equivalent
tradish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tradish
form: most tradish
Senses: qualifier: among Native Americans
glosses: Traditional; relating to Native American traditions.
nonvented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + vented.
Senses: glosses: Not vented.
Iouanalao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Saint Lucia.
Hewanorra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Saint Lucia.
strategic depth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strategic depths
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The distances between the front lines or battle sectors and the combatants' industrial core areas, capital cities, or heartlands.
strategic depths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strategic depth
kindergartenish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kindergartenish
form: most kindergartenish
Etymology: From kindergarten + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a kindergarten; childish.
nonventable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ventable.
Senses: glosses: Not ventable.
nonvendible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: non- + vendible
Senses: glosses: Not capable of being vended.
reimpound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reimpounds
form: reimpounding
form: reimpounded
form: reimpounded
Etymology: From re- + impound.
Senses: glosses: To impound again.
reimpoundment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reimpoundments
Senses: glosses: The act of impounding again.
Gitxaala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kitkatla.
Kitkatla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gitxaala
Senses: glosses: One of the oldest First Nations, traditionally inhabiting territories now occupied by the Canadian province of British Columbia.
directmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: directmates
Etymology: From direct + mate.
Senses: examples: text: Problem 1’s stipulation of “Mate in 2” indicates that it’s a directmate and White must mate by the second move. […] Though not all directmates are successful in incorporating them, you should keep in mind the possibility of such counter-intuitive first moves.
ref: 2024 December 21, Rocky64, “An introduction to composed chess problems”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2025:
topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A kind of chess problem in which White, moving first, must checkmate Black within a specified number of moves against any defence.
moremover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moremovers
Etymology: more + mover
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A kind of directmate chess problem in which the solver must attain checkmate within a specified number of moves, that number being greater than three.
seriesmover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seriesmovers
Etymology: From series + mover.
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A chess puzzle in which one side makes a series of moves without reply to achieve a stipulated aim, and check may not be given except on the final move.
serieshelpmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serieshelpmates
Etymology: series + helpmate
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A type of helpmate chess puzzle in which Black plays a series of moves without reply after which White plays one move to checkmate Black.
Related terms: seriesmate
seriesmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seriesmates
Etymology: series + mate
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: A type of seriesmover chess puzzle that is a directmate with White playing a series of moves without reply to checkmate Black.
Related terms: serieshelpmate
pandemmy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Risky read considering I could have lost a loved one during the pandemmy, but ... yeah, I was single , so maybe you're right.
ref: 2024 May 28, Erik J. Brown, The Only Light Left Burning: The astounding sequel to All That's Left in the World, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
glosses: a pandemic, especially the COVID-19 pandemic
Zagori
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Ζαγόρι (Zagóri).
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Epirus, Greece.
Nisyros
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νίσυρος (Nísuros)
Senses: glosses: A Greek island in the Dodecanese.
JSL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Japanese Sign Language.
examples: text: Since the predictions of Hypothesis A do not differ according to the learner's L1, column (c) conflates the responses of Japanese- and Spanish-Speaking L2 learners in the ESL experiment, and conflates the responses of English- and Chinese-speaking L2 learners in the JSL experiment.
ref: 1993 October 28, Margaret Thomas, Knowledge of Reflexives in a Second Language (Language Acquisition and Language Disorders), John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 175:
glosses: Initialism of Japanese as a second language.
DiCrapio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: DeCrapio
Etymology: Blend of DiCaprio + crap.
Senses: examples: text: _PLEASE SHUT UP ABOUT
LEO......no more......you can talk about Matt Damon all you like, i think he'd
be a good Anakin, but Retardo DiCrapio need not be mentioned again! STOP THE
MADNESS!!!
ref: 1999 June 6, BeTranced, “Leo In EPII...NOOOOO!!!!!!”, in rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc (Usenet):
text: I'm TELLING you, mocking DiCrapio throughout makes the movie SO much funner.
ref: 2007 August 22, Acolyte of Glorious La Parka~ loves being a dick, “(POWL) Loud upstairs neighbors-advise?”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):
text: Good one. And DiCrapio is sure putting the pounds. He's a regular
fat-boi now.
ref: 2016 July 23, CRNG, “Scammer Di Caprio hops from his helicopter into a gas-guzzling private jet as he leaves Saint Tropez”, in alt.politics.scorched-earth (Usenet):
glosses: Leonardo DiCaprio, viewed as being crappy.
DeCrapio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: I did see the reference regarding what Dave would like to do with Decrapio. I wasn't quite sure how to take it, except that when the girls he was talking to said that they didn't believe in casual sex, he rambled back that he wasn't talkin' casual....he said he was serious, and that he'd love to f*** Decrapio. Further thoughts, anyone??
ref: 1998 June 17, Carol, “Dave's woman”, in alt.music.dave-matthews (Usenet):
text: It should
show DeCrapio walking off a movie set saying something like, "Hi! I'm
Leonardo DeCrapio, famous film star. Millions of dopey teenybopper girls
idolize me......."
ref: 1998 July 13, P.J. Gladnick, “Leonardo DeCrapio Anti-Drug Commercial?”, in alt.showbiz.gossip (Usenet):
text: Oh, and the people being singled out were laughing like crazy, like deCrapio.
And Jessica Harper who was sitting next to him. What the Hell was she doing
there? And Scorcese who was saying to his table "It's true! It's true!!"
ref: 2020 January 6, anim8rfsk, “Discontent Among the Glitterati at Not Being Taken Seriously by the Host”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative form of DiCrapio.
desert locust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desert locusts
Etymology: desert + locust
Senses: glosses: Schistocerca gregaria, a species of bird grasshopper from Africa known to cause large swarms and bring famines from eating crops.
Brad Shitt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Brad Pitt + shit.
Senses: examples: text: My friend Mike told me to go watch "Seven" (starring Brad Shitt)
because he thought it would be a good movie. I said okay.
ref: 1995 September 26, Tony Faradjian, “"Seven" homophobic”, in bit.listserv.gaynet (Usenet):
text: GL is trying to continue his saga not run
a day care. Brad Shitt & Leo DeCRAPrio could not handle the awsome
challenge of being in a Star Wars film. They are the type of actors who do
would do it for the fame and dough only and then try to plug 20CF or GL for
more cash to do the second film if they are still needed.
ref: 1998 December 27, Steve, “Leo Dicaprio for the older Annakin role...”, in alt.fan.starwars (Usenet):
text: I want to know how the hell they get brad shitt as Thor> No fucking
way.. Maybe as Dr. Blake!! Thor isnt a skinny shit.. he's a Hoss bah
god!!
ref: 2008 May 26, LongRodSilver, “HHH Not Wanted in Thor”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):
glosses: Brad Pitt (born 1963), American actor.
Terrell rotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Terrell rotations
Senses: qualifier: relativity
glosses: The visual distortion (resembling a rotation) that a passing object travelling at a significant fraction of the speed of light exhibits.
nuclear umbrella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear umbrellas
Senses: glosses: A guarantee by a nuclear weapons state to defend a non-nuclear allied state.
nuclear umbrellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuclear umbrella
Euroversal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Euroversals
Senses: examples: text: The basis for the Euroversals in this section is Table 15, which lists those sixteen interclausal relations for which more than 80% of all those European languages which predominantly or exclusively make us of adverbial subordinators as defined in this study possess at least one (multi-word, one-word, or even monomorphemic) adverbial subordinator which can express the given relation as its exclusive or (one of its) primary meaning(s).
ref: 2011 May 9, Johan van der Auwera, Adverbial Constructions in the Languages of Europe (Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT]), Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 539:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A characteristic shared among most or all European languages.
Related terms: Standard Average European
Euroversals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Euroversal
suppletivism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suppletivisms
Etymology: From suppletive + -ism.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A suppletive form.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The use of a suppletive form.
interclausal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: inter- + clausal
Senses: glosses: Between clauses.
Ripano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Romance language spoken in Ripatransone noted for its gender system and agreements.
bitstarve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bitstarves
form: bitstarving
form: bitstarved
form: bitstarved
form: bit-starve
Etymology: bit + starve
Senses: examples: text: This is why bit-starved transmission streams yield a very blocky appearance. They reveal the blocky structure because the fine detail is lost and that prevents the edges of the macroblocks from merging into one another perfectly.
ref: 2005, Cliff Wootton, A Practical Guide to Video and Audio Compression: From Sprockets and Rasters to Macroblocks, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 206:
text: I had Dish for years, ditched them when they couldn't get me HD equipment in
a timely manner and insisted on charging me $3 if I didn't hook my equipment
to a phone line. WTF! Went to Comcast, gave me a great deal. But, they got
bought by TW, and I am not impressed so far, so when my smokin deal runs
out, I will likely try DTV, though they bitstarve the shit out of their HD
content, and I watch 90% HD.
ref: 2006 November 24, Venger, “NFL turns back on 52 million cable viewers”, in alt.sports.football.pro.dallas-cowboys (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To cause something to have compression artifacts (esp. blocking) by using too small a bitrate.
bitstarves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bitstarve
bitstarving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bitstarve
bitstarved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bit-starved
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bitstarve
bitstarved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bitstarved
form: most bitstarved
form: bit-starved
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Exhibiting compression artifacts (esp. blocking) due to too small a bitrate.
bit-starve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bit-starves
form: bit-starving
form: bit-starved
form: bit-starved
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bitstarve.
bit-starves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bit-starve
bit-starving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bit-starve
bit-starved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bit-starve
bit-starved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bit-starved
form: most bit-starved
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bitstarved.
beef salpicao
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbif sɐlˈpiː.kaʊ̯/
ipa: /ˌbiːf sɐlˈpiː.kaʊ̯/
Forms: form: beef salpicaos
form: beef salpicao
Etymology: From beef + Philippine Spanish salpicao, the latter term is a Philippine Spanish pronunciation spelling form of Spanish salpicado (“sprinkled”), past participle of salpicar (“to sprinkle”). Compare Tagalog salpikaw.
Senses: glosses: A Filipino dish of grilled beef (sirloin or ribeye) cubes sprinkled with grounded black pepper and minced garlic
prosub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosubs
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: fansub
text: The program will again be an all-subtitled selection of fansubs and prosubs, and will include:[…]
ref: 1994 October 18, Len Lekx, “Toronto-area Anime”, in rec.arts.anime (Usenet):
text: Highly unusual. Then again, some fansubs are better than the prosubs
ref: 1998 January 1, Johann Chua, “Neon Genesis Evangelion”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
text: The second reason is to clear the fansubs from the distribution channel, thus creating a market for the prosubs. If the prosubbers can't sell their work, then they'll go out of business.
ref: 2002 June 21, Rob Kelk, “Regarding: Fansubs”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
glosses: Professionally translated subtitle.
prosubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosub
Usenettian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Usenettian
form: most Usenettian
Senses: examples: text: Pffft! We don't debate whether American beer's an oxymoron or not -- that's just you :). The rest of the civilised Usenettian world already knows it is!
ref: 2001 November 2, Zoë, “Re: Warning to Rob and the rest of RMMP.”, in rec.music.makers.percussion (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative form of Usenetian.
Usenettian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Usenettians
Senses: examples: text: And here, it would seem, your view of Usenettians is just a microcosm of your view of people in general.
ref: 2001 March 8, Dr H, “Re: Your Usenet posts”, in alt.alien.visitors (Usenet):
glosses: Alternative form of Usenetian.
Usenettians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Usenettian
softcock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: softcocks
Etymology: soft + cock
Senses: examples: text: Working 80-hours weeks was all good. People in my Halls would call you a softcock if you did anything less.
ref: 2023 October 1, Michael Botur, Bloodalcohol, Next Chapter, →ISBN, →OCLC:
glosses: A weakling.
softcocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of softcock
mouse-colored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mouse-colored
form: most mouse-colored
Senses: examples: text: He had thrown off the seedy frockcoat, and now he was the Holmes of old in the mouse-coloured dressing-gown which he took from his effigy.
ref: 1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Empty House:
glosses: Having a dull brown or dull gray color.
Derived terms: mouse-colored antshrike
shitguzzler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shitguzzlers
Etymology: From cum + guzzler.
Senses: examples: text: First of all, I want to point out as I have many times before, that
fucking cockwad republican shitguzzler conservatives have nothing to do with
being a "SubGenius". A conservative pretending to be some kind of
afficionado of slack is like when rich yuppie corporate executives going to
Cowboy Camp trying to pretend to be Jessie James.
ref: 2001 June 16, fire_ant, “Discordians Beware Work Virus”, in alt.slack (Usenet):
text: FINAL WARNING, SHITGUZZLER. THE HOLE. NOW.
ref: 2001 November 20, Fester, “HEAR YE, DECREES FROM YOUR KING”, in alt.nerd.obsessive (Usenet):
text: Fuck you Stu, you shitguzzler. My son will outlive every one of you
here. Every single one of you. Suck on that.
ref: 2003 March 7, dE, “George Miller died”, in alt.comedy.standup (Usenet):
glosses: Term of abuse
Related terms: cum guzzler
shitguzzlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitguzzler
poor-quality
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: poorer-quality
form: poorest-quality
Senses: antonyms: high-quality
coordinate_terms: low-quality
medium-quality
glosses: Of a low or shoddy standard.
room temperature challenge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: room temperature challenges
Etymology: From the fact that one's body temperature reaches room temperature after death.
Senses: examples: text: When I first found you here, I could've sworn you were doing the room temperature challenge. Then ... BOOM, just like that you started breathing. Scared the shit outta me.
ref: 2024 March 31, Barbara Butterfield, Probable Cause, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC:
text: Nevertheless, with the cancer fairly advanced, have to accept that there is a decent chance I'll be taking the Room Temperature Challenge rather sooner than I would have liked.
ref: 2024 September 12, Simon Boas, A Beginner's Guide to Dying: 'Has anyone ever written a more inspirational paean to the joy of life?' Daily Mail, Swift Press, →ISBN:
glosses: A notional challenge where the goal is to die.
Related terms: floor temperature challenge
begintermediate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more begintermediate
form: most begintermediate
Etymology: Blend of beginner + intermediate
Senses: glosses: Between beginner and intermediate.
begintermediate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: begintermediates
Etymology: Blend of beginner + intermediate
Senses: examples: text: As a begintermediate, I have gotten the most (help/enjoyment) from the following:
ref: 1998 February 6, Art Hamster, “Top 10 Chess Books ?”, in rec.games.chess.misc (Usenet):
text: The Moz was a little bumpy - too bumpy for a begintermediate anyhow, and that was the old standby from last year when the fam came out.
ref: 2002 November 24, mwfr...@hotmail.com, “TR - Copper Mountain, Bever Creek, Vail (long)”, in rec.skiing.alpine (Usenet):
glosses: Someone whose skill level is begintermediate.
begintermediates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of begintermediate
shitcocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitcock
cone of death
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cones of death
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cone of uncertainty.
synonyms: word: cone of uncertainty
cones of death
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cone of death
Unruh effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Unruh effect
metamodernity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of metamodernism.
synonyms: word: metamodernism
critical brain hypothesis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: medicine
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The hypothesis that certain biological neuronal networks work near phase transitions.
pillow queen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pillow queens
Senses: examples: text: "I am not a pillow queen, Marian. I don't think you want me to be, either."
ref: 2003 September 1, Karin Kallmaker, One Degree of Separation, Bella Books, →ISBN, →OCLC:
text: I'm probably exaggerating, but Leo gals are positioned to be the quintessential pillow queens who expect to be serviced first. And if she's not in the mood, neither are you, babe.
ref: 2010 July 13, Charlene Lichtenstein, HerScopes: A Guide to Astrology for Lesbians, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
glosses: A woman who only wants to receive sexual gratification during sex.
pillow queens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pillow queen
poop pipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poop pipe
service drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: service drops
Senses: glosses: A power line running from a utility pole to a building.
Khers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kher
Gestingthorpe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8138).
oligolingualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oligolingual + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The state of knowing few languages.
Related terms: oligolingual
Metidean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /mɛˈtɪdiən/
Forms: form: more Metidean
form: most Metidean
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Metidian.
white noddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white noddies
Senses: glosses: Gygis alba.
angel tern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angel terns
Senses: glosses: Gygis alba.
angel terns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angel tern
white noddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white noddy
Adrasteian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ædrəˈstiːən/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Adrastean.
Lawshall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL8654).
Amaltheian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /æməlˈθiːən/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Amalthean.
Thebean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /θiːˈbiːən/
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the city of Thebes in Egypt.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to Thebe in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the Jovian moon named for Thebe.
Himalian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /hɪˈmeɪliən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the nymph Himalia in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Jovian moon named for Himalia.
ridge road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ridge roads
Senses: qualifier: urban studies
glosses: A road or track, usually ancient, that runs along the ridge formed by a line of hills.
ridge roads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ridge road
Elarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɛˈlɛəriən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the princess Elara in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Jovian moon named for Elara.
CPH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CPHs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of county parish holding.
CPH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of critical period hypothesis.
Pasiphaëan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌpæsɪfeɪˈiːən/
/ˌpæsɪˈfiːən/
Forms: form: Pasiphaean
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the queen Pasiphaë or Pasiphae in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Jovian moon named for Pasiphaë.
Pasiphaean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Pasiphaëan.
Sinopean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /saɪnəˈpiːən/
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the city of Sinope (now Sinop) on the Black Sea.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to Sinope in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Jovian moon named for the mythological Sinope.
Sinopean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /saɪnəˈpiːən/
Forms: form: Sinopeans
Senses: examples: A colony of Sinopeans.
glosses: An inhabitant or citizen of Sinope.
Lysithean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /laɪˈsɪθiən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to Lysithea (a.k.a. Lysithoe) in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Jovian moon named for Lysithea.
Anankean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ænəŋˈkiːən/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the god Ananke in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Jovian moon named for Ananke.
birthing person
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birthing persons
form: birthing people
Senses: examples: text: Black trans/gender nonconforming birthing persons are more likely than cisgender women to seek a home birth, but they may face particular challenges in finding medical personnel who respect their identity and reproductive choices.¹⁶
ref: 2015 December 22, Julia Chinyere Oparah, Alicia D. Bonaparte, Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth, Routledge, →ISBN, page 160:
text: Dads can feel ignored or shunned from the grief experience, particularly in the hospital environment, which can feel entirely oriented towards the care of the woman or birthing person.
ref: 2020 November 5, Kay King, Why Baby Loss Matters (Pinter & Martin Why it Matters), Pinter & Martin Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC:
text: Even if you don't manage to make a difference in a particular scenario, it can make a bit difference to a woman or birthing person to know that they had you as an advocate, supporting them and their interests.
ref: 2023 March 14, Tania Staras, Communication in Midwifery - E-Book: Communication in Midwifery - E-Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 20:
glosses: a person who has the ability to give birth (or has had it)
birthing persons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birthing person
Ledean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈliːdiən/
other: /liːˈdiːən/
Forms: form: Ledian
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the queen Leda in Greek mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the irregular Jovian moon named for Leda.
you can't turn a hoe into a housewife
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: you can't turn a ho into a housewife
form: you can't turn a whore into a housewife
Senses: examples: text: They say you can't turn a hoe into a housewife. I wonder . . what silly ass nigga came up with that bullshit? Now, a hoe ass nigga probably can't turn a hoe into a housewife, but a real nigga could. See, commitment is in a woman's nature.
ref: 2012 June 26, Ronnie Bo, The Trap, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, Enlightment, page 55:
glosses: A sexually promiscuous woman is not a suitable candidate for a committed housewife.
horizon problem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
cosmology
natural-sciences
glosses: The cosmological fine-tuning problem of explaining the observed homogeneity of causally disconnected regions of space in the absence of a mechanism that sets the same initial conditions everywhere.
suppletivisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suppletivism
Ledian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈliːdiən/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ledean.
biscript
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: bi- + script
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: triscript
text: Biscript inscriptions, that is, those written in the same language repeated in different scripts, are found occasionally in various periods, though they are much less common than bilingual inscriptions (see 3.6).
ref: 1998 December 10, Richard Salomon, Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the other Indo-Aryan Languages (South Asia Research), Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, 2.5.4 Biscript inscriptions, page 70:
synonyms: biscriptal
biscriptual
glosses: Using two scripts (especially of monolingual text).
Wickam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
two slips of latinum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A play on two cents and its variants. From latinum, which was featured in many episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999) as a precious material used by Ferengi and others as a medium of exchange. Although a liquid in its natural state, it was enclosed for convenience in gold casings of standardized size, called slips.
Senses: examples: text: Hey, at least we don't have an embarrasing^([sic]) royal family here! And don't worry--Pat Buchanan cannot and will not last as a viable candidate. […] Just my two slips of latinum on THAT non-"Trek" matter...
ref: 1996 February 21, Philip Richard Yabut, “Re: Anyone else for the Star Fleet Academy story?”, in rec.arts.startrek.current (Usenet):
text: This has been rattling around in my head for a while; I think I'm ready to toss it out for inspection. […] My 2 slips of latinum... Comments and arguments very welcome, y'all...
ref: 1997 December 16, ASCEM, quoting Greywolf the Wanderer, “An Interesting Question, re Slash vs. Gay Fiction”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet):
synonyms: word: two slips
word: two slips' worth
word: two cents
extra: one's opinion or thoughts
qualifier: Star Trek fandom slang
glosses: Synonym of two cents (“one's opinion or thoughts”).
wikipedia: Ferengi
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
triscript
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: tri- + script
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: biscript
text: A cognitive shift particular to the Late Period, changing the nature of the triscript system beyond recognition, was the fact that the palaeographies and orthographies of demotic became so distinct from their hieratic palaeographic predecessors that they were no longer mutually comprehensible.²¹³
ref: 2021 December 6, Edward O. D. Love, Script Switching in Roman Egypt: Case Studies in Script Conventions, Domains, Shift, and Obsolescence from Hieroglyphic, Hieratic, Demotic, and Old Coptic Manuscripts (Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete – Beihefte), Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, →ISBN:
synonyms: triscriptal
triscriptual
glosses: Using three scripts (especially of monolingual text).
unichain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: uni- + chain
Senses: examples: text: unichain Markov chain
topics: mathematics
probability-theory
sciences
antonyms: multichain
glosses: Of a Markov chain, consisting of a single recurrent class plus a possibly empty set of transient states.
Second Amendment sanctuary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Second Amendment sanctuaries
Senses: synonyms: gun sanctuary
glosses: A locality in the United States that has adopted laws or resolutions to prohibit or impede the enforcement of certain gun control measures which are perceived to violate the Second Amendment.
Second Amendment sanctuaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Second Amendment sanctuary
gun sanctuary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gun sanctuaries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Second Amendment sanctuary.
synonyms: word: Second Amendment sanctuary
gun sanctuaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gun sanctuary
madarchod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: madarchods
form: maderchod
form: madharchod
form: madherchod
form: MC
form: mc
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi मादरचोद (mādarcod) / Urdu مَادَرْچود (mādarcod).
Senses: glosses: Motherfucker.
Related terms: behenchod
madarchods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of madarchod
maderchod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maderchods
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of madarchod.
maderchods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maderchod
ridgeboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ridgeboards
Etymology: From ridge + board.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ridgepole (“beam along the ridge of a roof”).
synonyms: word: ridgepole
extra: beam along the ridge of a roof
ridge tent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ridge tents
Senses: glosses: A type of tent that is typically comprised of three poles, two upright supporting poles and a pole along the top where the two sloping sides converge.
ridge tents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ridge tent
hear me outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hear me out
arse lift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arse lifts
form: arse-lift
form: arselift
Senses: examples: text: “I’m still thinking about having my bottom done. But it hasn’t been a good time to not sit on it for 2 weeks” - Chloe on her arse lift (TOWIE [The Only Way Is Essex])
ref: 2012 February 13, Jim Shelley, “Loving the Prisoners' Wives is not a crime”, in Mirror:
glosses: Synonym of butt lift.
synonyms: word: butt lift