cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Gollumesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Gollumesque
form: most Gollumesque
Etymology: From Gollum + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: Just then Newo noticed something scuttle across Labertha’s stomach. It was sort of small and wiry with a slightly oversized head, Gollumesque if you will.
ref: 2003, Charlie Hamilton James, The Matewix, London: HarperCollinsEntertainment, page 182:
text: He was quivering in the corner, a nasty, scrawny, Gollumesque type creature, scared, spitting, snarling, panting, knowing I was on the attack, a cornered beast!
ref: 2009, Ben Gander, OCD & ME, Gander Publications, page 141:
text: Crouching down like some maniacal Gollumesque creature, I scrape with a stone the Four Binding Elements (as Lissa called them), basically four triangles, each containing a circle on the cement of the footpath.
ref: 2010, Trent Jamieson, Death Most Definite, Orbit, page 191:
glosses: Resembling Gollum, a monster from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy world of Middle-earth.
hobbitesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hobbitesque
form: most hobbitesque
Etymology: From hobbit + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: This lack of a new generation of these Hobbitesque living sculptures becomes more serious as the older ones die or are removed for whatever reason and are not replaced.
ref: 2005, Dan Dagget, Gardeners of Eden: Rediscovering Our Importance to Nature, Thatcher Charitable Trust, page 97:
text: The separate entrance to the bedrooms is hobbitesque. It leads to four rooms, all leading in turn to a mystical spiral staircase.
ref: 2008, Ecoescape: Ireland, Markham Publishing, page 30:
text: It [Homo floresiensis] dominated conversation at our little bash: how this hobbitesque species could have existed as recently as 12,000 years ago, their skeletons like Homo erectus, but their bodies and brains tiny.
ref: 2015, T.R. Richmond, What She Left, Penguin Books, page 300:
glosses: Resembling hobbits (small fictional humanoid) or their homes built into the sides of hills.
NLEB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NLEBs
Senses: examples: text: In winter, NLEBs use caves and mines as hibernacula.⁹⁴ Suitable habitat for the NLEB is present within the Proposed Route.
ref: 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 98:
glosses: Initialism of northern long-eared bat.
NLEBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NLEB
EQB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EQBs
Senses: examples: text: Although there is no state or federal standard for transmission line EF exposures, the EQB developed a standard of a maximum EF limit of 8 kV/m at one meter (3.28 feet) above ground; the Commission has adopted this standard.
ref: 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy, page 72:
glosses: Initialism of environmental quality board.
Delafield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Dahlgren Township, Hamilton County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Jackson County, Minnesota.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city and town in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
Kulai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district of Johor, Malaysia.
glosses: A town, the capital of Kulai district, Johor, Malaysia.
cover oneself in glory
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: covers oneself in glory
form: covering oneself in glory
form: covered oneself in glory
form: covered oneself in glory
form: cover oneself with glory
Senses: examples: text: Barack Obama, the World's Greatest Orator (™all news organisations), didn't exactly cover himself in glory when the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson asked him a question about who was to blame for the financial crisis.
ref: 2009 April 2, John Crace, “The question that flummoxed the great orator”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: The debate moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News, did not cover himself in glory either.
ref: 2020 September 30, David Smith, “Donald Trump ensures first presidential debate is national humiliation”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To make a good impression.
raw_tags: in the negative
is a bear Catholic
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: is the bear Catholic
Etymology: A combination of the two rhetorical questions is the Pope Catholic? and does a bear shit in the woods?. Compare does the Pope shit in the woods?.
Senses: examples: text: Ginny: Do you want me? / Isaac: Yes. I want you very much. You don’t need to ask that. / Ginny: You really want me? / Isaac: Is a bear Catholic? / Ginny: What are you talking about? / Isaac: It’s a variation on the old saw—here’s the whole thing. Is a bear Catholic? Does the Pope shit in the woods?
ref: 1977, Bill Hotchkiss, “January 1, 1975”, in Fever in the Earth, Newcastle, Calif.: Blue Oak Press, →ISBN, chapter 10 (Numunana Lives in the Inyo), page 234:
text: ludlow: “‘Rosebud’ in the third race at Pimlico.” (I’m so tired of Russian food, I could eat a horse.) / me: “This little piggy went to market.” (Before I left home, I went by the Piggly Wiggly supermarket and picked up a couple of cans of pork and beans for the trip. Want some?) / ludlow: “Is a bear Catholic?” (In the name of God, yes.)
ref: 1989, Lewis Grizzard, “The Russians Out in the Code”, in Chili Dawgs Always Bark at Night, New York, N.Y.: Villard Books, →ISBN, chapter 12 (International Relations), page 168:
text: “Take on final supplies. Stock up. Top off the fuel tanks, the water tanks, and stock the food lockers—” / “And la cerveza locker, sí, Juan?” Ireland laughed. / “Is a bear Catholic, Rámon? The cerveza locker? The cerveza locker? This ain’t gonna be an easy trip, not easy, no, but we’re going to be living good.” John raised a beer and we touched cans.
ref: 1993, Robert Mason, chapter 12, in Chickenhawk: Back in the World: Life After Vietnam, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, part 2 (The Scam), page 106:
glosses: Obviously! Rhetorical question in response to a question where the answer is an emphatic yes.
is the bear Catholic
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: 10:00 pm — IS PARIS BURNING? Is the Bear Catholic? Does a pope shit in the woods?
ref: 1971 November 18, “Space In”, in Space City!, volume III, number 24, Houston, Tex.: Lyman Padde Educational Project, →OCLC, page 28, column 4:
text: “Look, you want to pay for a drink from these suckers, or run up to my room for a shot of Jack Daniel’s?” / “Is the bear Catholic?” / When Nordgren poured them each a second drink, they agreed wholeheartedly that there was no point in returning to the ordeal of the meet-the-pros party.
ref: 1983, Karl Edward Wagner, “Neither Brute Nor Human”, in Why Not You and I?, New York, N.Y.: Tom Doherty Associates, published September 1987, →ISBN, page 102:
text: He [Richard Pryor] suggests we seal our bond further and tell our worst secrets. “Do you have one, Jenny?” / “Is the bear Catholic?” / I sure do have one, and it’s given me almost a solid year of sleepless nights and has me sweating bullets of shame.
ref: 1991, Jennifer Lee, “[1978] February”, in Tarnished Angel: Surviving in the Dark Curve of Drugs, Violence, Sex, and Fame: A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Thunder's Mouth Press, →ISBN, page 132:
text: “So, I tell Tim you want the tickets then?” / “Is the bear Catholic?” replied Torquil.
ref: 1996, Linda Jaivin, Rock ’n’ Roll Babes from Outer Space, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Books, published 1998, →ISBN, page 138:
glosses: Alternative form of is a bear Catholic.
danger triangle of the face
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […]made by the corners of the mouth with the apex between the eyes—the danger triangle of the face.
ref: 1938, Merit Badge Series, volumes 66–81:
text: Photograph of a 12-year-old girl illustrating the danger triangle of the face. Veins in this area communicate with the superior ophthalmic veins which drain into the cavernous sinus posterior to the orbit.
ref: 1980, Keith L. Moore, Clinically Oriented Anatomy, Williams & Wilkins, page 1061:
text: Be cautious about carrying out any manipulative procedure on localized infections in the danger triangle of the face – between the nasolabial fold and upper lip; there is a danger of organisms entering the facial venous system, travelling retrogradely to the cavernous sinus, and causing septic thrombosis.
ref: 2007, R. M. Kirk, Marc C. Winslet, Essential General Surgical Operations, Elsevier Health Sciences, page 56:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The area of the face from the bridge of the nose to the corners of the mouth, in which infections can more easily spread to the brain due to venous connections.
Synonyms: danger triangle
nasolabial triangle
triangle of death
trenything
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: Blend of tren + anything.
Senses: glosses: Only used in trenything is possible
bloodybelly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Compound of bloody + belly
Senses: glosses: Only used in bloodybelly comb jelly
struldbrugg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: struldbruggs
Senses: examples: text: In retrospect, 2020 was the aberration, the rearguard action of a struggling regime and its struldbrugg ruler.
ref: 2025 January 10, Peter Thiel, “A time for truth and reconciliation”, in Financial Times:
glosses: Alternative form of Struldbrug.
struldbruggs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of struldbrugg
Haslangerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Haslangerian
form: most Haslangerian
Etymology: From Haslanger + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Sally Haslanger (born 1955), American philosopher.
struldbrug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: struldbrugs
Senses: examples: text: Popular science and even academic conferences discuss the possibilities of human beings living for hundreds of years or longer, but some of us remember the terrible fate of Jonathan Swift’s immortal struldbrugs on the island of Luggnagg, in Gulliver’s Travels, condemned to live on with diminished faculties into extreme old age.
ref: 2016 October 29, Margaret Drabble, “Margaret Drabble: ‘I am not afraid of death. I worry about living’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Struldbrug.
struldbrugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of struldbrug
Walford, Letton and Newton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish (served by Border Group Parish Council) in north Herefordshire, England, that includes the named places.
keeshka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keeshkas
Senses: glosses: Uncommon spelling of kishke.
keeshkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keeshka
Homomonument
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Homomonument
Senses: glosses: A memorial of three pink granite triangles in the centre of Amsterdam, commemorating people who have been persecuted for being homosexual.
oblongitudinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oblongitudinal
form: most oblongitudinal
Senses: glosses: Oblong in shape.
Related terms: oblongitude
ocelliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ocelliform
form: most ocelliform
Senses: glosses: Shaped like an ocellus.
ocque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ocques
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oka (“weight unit”)
ocques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ocque
octogild
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A pecuniary compensation for an injury, amounting to eight times the value of the thing.
octoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] octoon short, less than half the length of the metapodeon; ennaton much longer than the octoon; decaton as long as the ennaton; […]
ref: 1846, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology, Francis Walker, List of the Specimens of the Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum (page 85)
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The eighth segment of an insect.
ennaton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] octoon short, less than half the length of the metapodeon; ennaton much longer than the octoon; decaton as long as the ennaton; […]
ref: 1846, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology, Francis Walker, List of the Specimens of the Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum (page 85)
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The ninth segment of an insect.
decaton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] octoon short, less than half the length of the metapodeon; ennaton much longer than the octoon; decaton as long as the ennaton; […]
ref: 1846, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology, Francis Walker, List of the Specimens of the Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum (page 85)
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The tenth segment of an insect.
metapodeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] octoon short, less than half the length of the metapodeon; ennaton much longer than the octoon; decaton as long as the ennaton; […]
ref: 1846, British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology, Francis Walker, List of the Specimens of the Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum (page 85)
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The seventh segment of an insect.
odorators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of odorator
oilmonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oilmongers
Etymology: From oil + monger.
Senses: glosses: One who sells oil.
oilmongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oilmonger
Okonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An electrical insulation material made from the residue produced by distilling ozokerite.
Kilgoreite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)aɪt
Forms: form: Kilgoreites
Etymology: From Kilgore + -ite (demonymic suffix), after Kilgore, Texas + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: The proud Kilgoreites weathered the boomtown chaos with remarkable resilience during the East Texas oil rush.
ref: 2007, Kenny Franks, The Birth of the Oil Industry in Texas:
glosses: A native or resident of Kilgore, Texas, USA.
Hypernyms: Texan
American
Kilgoreites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kilgoreite
Serbonian Bog
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Serbonian Bog
form: Sirbonian Bog
Etymology: Semantic loan from Latin Sirbonis Lacus, from Ancient Greek Σιρβωνίδος λίμνη (Sirbōnídos límnē).
Senses: glosses: A wetland in Egypt, famed for falsely appearing to be solid land.
examples: text: A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog […]
 Where armies whole have sunk.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: A wetland in Egypt, famed for falsely appearing to be solid land.
An inextricable situation.
dolly tub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dolly tubs
Senses: examples: text: And when he came into the scullery, he found her there, with the little wringer fixed on the dolly-tub, turning blissfully at the handle […].
ref: 1915, D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow, Vintage, published 2011, page 122:
glosses: A wash tub.
at outs
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Because she despised inwardly the coarsely working nature of the mistress. Therefore she was always at outs with authority.
ref: 1915, D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow, Vintage, published 2011, page 91:
glosses: At variance, at odds; on unfriendly terms.
Related terms: on the outs
olams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of olam
caliphatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From caliphate + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Support for the caliphate.
Related terms: caliphatist
woke supremacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From woke + supremacy, modelled after white supremacy.
Senses: glosses: The ideology that holds that woke views are superior to all others.
glosses: A situation in which woke views are esteemed while others are not tolerated.
Related terms: woke supremacist
GBooks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gbooks
form: gbooks
Senses: examples: text: I now have every single Orison Swett Marden book Google Books contains. The new ones today were a huge surprise. And still GBooks doesn't have ALL of his books.
ref: 2021 August 4, @mikecane, Twitter:
text: Google has made some very annoying changes to GBooks, which they shouldn't have done. It eats time.
ref: 2023 November 16, @mikecane, Twitter:
text: Sampled AI definitions from Mistral-7b – base model completions of "A good definition of artificial intelligence is…".
My favorite so far: "the collective attributes of being human". That phrase is also apparently completely new (no hits on Google, GBooks, GScholar, or JSTOR).
ref: 2024 March 21, @mm_jj_nn, Twitter:
glosses: Abbreviation of Google Books.
woke supremacist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woke supremacists
Etymology: From woke supremacy + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An advocate or proponent of woke supremacy.
woke supremacists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woke supremacist
Fartown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Presumably from far + town.
Senses: glosses: A northern suburb of Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE1418).
John Henryism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From John Henry + -ism, named after the folklore character.
Senses: glosses: The use of overwork as a coping mechanism by black men in response to fatigue from social pressures and stresses.
recreation halls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recreation hall
abdominal etching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ab etching
Senses: qualifier: comestic surgery
glosses: A type of liposuction in which fat is removed from the abdominal region to make it look more defined.
OMFS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of oral and maxillofacial surgery
onomantia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of onomancy
onomantical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more onomantical
form: most onomantical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of onomantic
oocystic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oocyst + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to an oocyst.
migratory grasshopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: migratory grasshoppers
Senses: glosses: A acridid of species Melanoplus sanguinipes, found throughout parts of North America.
migratory grasshoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of migratory grasshopper
migratory locust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: migratory locusts
Senses: glosses: A locust of species Locusta migratoria, the most widespread out of all locusts.
migratory locusts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of migratory locust
migratory thrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: migratory thrushes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of American robin
synonyms: word: American robin
migratory thrushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of migratory thrush
North American robin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: North American robins
Senses: glosses: Synonym of American robin
synonyms: word: American robin
North American robins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of North American robin
operalogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: operalogues
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A simplified film version of an opera.
operalogues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of operalogue
alectryomantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn), ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr, “a rooster”) + -mantic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to alectryomancy.
ophioid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ophioid
form: most ophioid
Senses: glosses: Snakelike.
botanomantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From βοτάνη (botánē, “herb, pasture”) + -mantic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to botanomancy.
cephalomantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cephalo- + -mantic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to cephalomancy.
chartomantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “leaf of paper”) + -mantic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to chartomancy.
cledonomantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κληδών (klēdṓn, “an omen”) + -mantic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to cledonomancy.
crystallomantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From crystallo- + -mantic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to crystallomancy.
glyphomantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From glyph + -o- + -mantic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to glyphomancy.
gyromantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gyro- + -mantic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to gyromancy.
hieromantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hiero- + -mantic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to hieromancy.
logomantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From logo- + -mantic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to logomancy.
numeromantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From numero- + -mantic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to numeromancy.
onomatomantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From onomato- + -mantic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to onomatomancy.
osteomantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From osteo- + -mantic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to osteomancy.
plastromantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plastron + -mantic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to plastromancy.
rhapsodomantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥαψῳδός (rhapsōidós) + -mantic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to rhapsodomancy.
theriomantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From therio- + -mantic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to theriomancy.
oophor-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /oʊˈɒfəɹ-/
/ˈoʊəfəɹ-/
Etymology: See oophoro-.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oophoro- (before a vowel)
oophoro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /oʊˈɒfəɹoʊ-/
Forms: form: oophor-
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from oophoron.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: ovario-
related: word: oo-
word: ovi-
word: ovo-
word: ;
word: salpingo-
word: salping-
word: tubo-
word: ;
word: utero-
word: metro-
word: metr-
word: hystero-
word: hyster-
glosses: Ovary; ovarian.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
oophoropexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /oʊˈɒfəɹoʊˌpɛksi/
Forms: form: oophoropexies
Etymology: By surface analysis, oophoro- + -pexy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Surgical fixation of a displaced ovary by suturing to the abdominal wall.
Ophiuchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ophiuchids
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A meteor of a meteor shower appearing to originate from Ophiuchus.
Ophiuchids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ophiuchid
oophorocystectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /oʊˈɒfəɹoʊˌsɪstˈɛktəmi/
rhymes: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: oophorocystectomies
Etymology: By surface analysis, oophoro- + cystectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Excision of an ovarian cyst.
TGI
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: DeMaio's problem with the resolution is in part related to the section calling out various anti-LBGTQ+ bills, which reads: "The aforementioned anti-LGBTQ+ bills disproportionately target TGI people and include efforts to prohibit access to lifesaving gender-affirming health care, […]
ref: 2025 June 26, Mandy Taheri, “Gay California Lawmaker Blasts 'Inflammatory' Pride resolution”, in Newsweek:
glosses: Initialism of transgender, gender diverse and intersex.
Cissna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Under former President Donald Trump, USCIS was led by a string of acting officials after L. Francis Cissna left in 2019 – most notably immigration hardliner Ken Cuccinelli who gained attention for his push for Trump policies and frequent press engagements.
ref: 2021 July 30, Priscilla Alvarez, “Senate confirms Biden’s pick to serve as US Citizenship and Immigration Services director”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname.
Cuccinelli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌkuːtʃɪˈnɛli/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Cuccinelli.
Senses: examples: text: Under former President Donald Trump, USCIS was led by a string of acting officials after L. Francis Cissna left in 2019 – most notably immigration hardliner Ken Cuccinelli who gained attention for his push for Trump policies and frequent press engagements.
ref: 2021 July 30, Priscilla Alvarez, “Senate confirms Biden’s pick to serve as US Citizenship and Immigration Services director”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Italian.
urpy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more urpy
form: most urpy
Etymology: From urp + -y.
Senses: examples: text: "'I'm urpy again.'
"'Touch of the flu?'
"'I don't know, there are no other symptoms.'
'"Maybe you should go to the doctor.'
"'Over a little bit of nausea?' she asked."
ref: 2008, Donald James Parker, More than Dust in the Wind, Sword of the Spirit Publishing, page 95:
text: "'Blood makes me urpy,' she admitted."
ref: 2013, Jane Yolen, Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories, Open Road Media:
text: "'Do we really need to describe how to kill and pluck a chicken?' Evi said.... She was actually feeling a little giddy and urpy."
ref: 2022, Terri Martin, High on the Vine: Featuring Yooper Entrepreneurs Tami & Evi Maki (Cousins, Thrice Removed), Gnarly Woods Publications, page 72:
glosses: Experiencing minor feelings of digestive discomfort, such as nausea or gassiness; mildly queasy.
with foal
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of in-foal
synonyms: word: in-foal
with calf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more with calf
form: most with calf
Senses: glosses: Synonym of in-calf
synonyms: word: in-calf
opiism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of opiumism
in lamb
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: ewes in lamb
related: word: in-lamb
hypernyms: with young
coordinate_terms: in calf
in-calf
in-foal
in kid
with calf
with foal
glosses: Pregnant with a lamb.
raw_tags: of a ewe
Orangism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: orange + -ism
Senses: glosses: Support for the House of Orange.
Related terms: Orangist
deltacism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From delta + -cism (phenomenon related to a specific phoneme).
Senses: glosses: faulty pronunciation of the consonant /d/
rectanglelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rectanglelike
form: most rectanglelike
Etymology: From rectangle + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a rectangle.
short as Mal Meninga's political career
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Australian rugby league coach and former player Mal Meninga announced he would run as a conservative independent candidate in the Molonglo electorate in the 2001 Australian Capital Territory general election. After being asked why he was standing for election in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), he pulled out mid-sentence, after approximately 28 seconds of being interviewed.
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very short or brief.
wikipedia: 2001 Australian Capital Territory general election
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Mal Meninga
Molonglo electorate
shorter than Mal Meninga's political career
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Alternative form of short as Mal Meninga's political career
Mal Meninga moment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mal Meninga moments
Etymology: Australian rugby league coach and former player Mal Meninga announced he would run as a conservative independent candidate in the Molonglo electorate in the 2001 Australian Capital Territory general election. After being asked why he was standing for election in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), he pulled out mid-sentence, after approximately 28 seconds of being interviewed.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Gaffes where a speaker is unable to answer an obvious question.
wikipedia: 2001 Australian Capital Territory general election
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Mal Meninga
Molonglo electorate
Mal Meninga moments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mal Meninga moment
Meninga moments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Meninga moment
Meninga moment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Meninga moments
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mal Meninga moment
Diddy party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Diddy parties
Senses: glosses: Any of the various parties hosted by rapper and music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs from the 1990s onwards.
glosses: A party involving sexual activity; an orgy.
Diddy parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Diddy party
bulb horn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulb horns
Senses: synonyms: clown horn
glosses: A small horn, containing a reed, operated by squeezing a rubber bulb.
clown horn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clown horns
Etymology: From the horn's honk sound being used in performances by circus clowns.
Senses: examples: text: Radio suspended between Texas longhorn handlebars, feathers, hood ornaments, and clown horn adorning his three-speed bike, this eccentric native of Burkheim has pedaled to Portugal and back and may join you for a few kilometers of cycling and storytelling.
ref: 1994, Nadine Slavinski, Germany by Bike: 20 Tours Geared for Discovery:
text: Harpo wore a blonde curly wig and pretended to be mute, “speaking” with only a clown horn.
ref: 1998, Enid Howarth, Jan Tras, Daily Imperfections: 364 Surprising and Delightful Ways to Celebrate the Imperfect You:
text: He could hear the beach traffic out on the boulevard, the clown horn of a motorcycle or truck.
ref: 1999, Christian Hansen, Thomas E. Kennedy, Glimmer Train Stories, #30:
text: Nevin blew his nose. It sounded like a clown horn.
ref: 2011, Ray Villareal, Don't Call Me Hero:
glosses: Synonym of bulb horn.
synonyms: word: bulb horn
pole weapon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pole weapons
Senses: glosses: Synonym of polearm.
synonyms: word: polearm
Britneyesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Britneyesque
form: most Britneyesque
Etymology: From Britney + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: A Britneyesque microphone curled around her cheek. She lifted her perfectly plucked eyebrows in my direction as if to say, "Come closer. Let me help you."
ref: 2006, Mary Hogan, Susanna Sees Stars, Delacorte Press, page 14:
text: Sending up the conventions of the teen drama and the spy film, these young spies are, as the strapline says, ‘crime-fighting hotties with killer bodies.’ Seductively presented for the viewer as Britneyesque teens in tartan mini skirts, D.E.B.S. nonetheless demonstrates the cultural elasticity of the female spy in twenty-first-century media.
ref: 2007, Rosie White, Violent Femmes: Women as Spies in Popular Culture, Routledge, page 8:
text: Deconstructing Saban is a lot of work because he has a Britneyesque ability to attract attention, both good and bad.
ref: 2008, Ivan Maisel, The Maisel Report, Triumph Books, page 133:
glosses: Reminiscent of Britney Spears, a famous American singer.
Koiwai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 小岩井(こいわい) (Koiwai).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
nostrovia
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /nɒˈstrɒv.jə/
/nʌˈstrɒv.jə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian на здоро́вье (na zdoróvʹje), commonly misunderstood by English speakers to mean "cheers".
Senses: glosses: cheers (a toast)
lagoon city
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the lagoon city
Senses: examples: text: Some in the lagoon city are furious, others delighted, as celebrities descend for billionaire’s sort-of nuptials[.]
ref: 2025 June 27, Sam Jones, “Till Jeff us do part: divisive, star-studded Bezos wedding hits full swing in Venice”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Nickname for Venice: a port city in Veneto, in northeastern Italy.
kusoge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From romanisation of Japanese クソゲー kusogē.
Senses: examples: text: ""Kusoge" doesn't refer to a popular title that fails to live up to your high standard of quality."
ref: 2010 February 24, @variasuite, Twitter:
text: "kusoge fighters usually have the most broken characters in fg history"
ref: 2012 September 23, a beast who cant see beyond his own fist, Tumblr:
text: "Almost no one takes kusoge titles seriously because they are from an era before there was a standard for “polished” and “balanced” fighting games."
ref: 2021 February 9, De'Angelo Epps, “Fighting Game Players Should Have Side Games Like Kusoge”, in compete.playstation.com:
text: "For example, the most common kind of kusoge is just a genuinely absolutely terrible game."
ref: 2023 July 10, “Obscure Pixels - Kusoge”, in goto.game:
topics: video-games
glosses: unenjoyable or otherwise poorly-made video game.
Hathahater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hathahaters
form: Hatha-hater
Etymology: Blend of Hathaway + hater.
Senses: examples: text: @cameronMstewart @boxerhockey Can I jump in here guys? Because I also am usually a Hathahater. Surprised she's good after the trailers!
ref: 2012 July 26, @dustinharbin, Twitter, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2025:
text: Meanwhile, Les Misérables star Anne—who’s a shoo-in for Best Supporting Actress on Sunday night—drew the wrath of ‘Hathahaters’ for her contrived speech, which began: “Oh my gosh, this is happening.”
ref: 2013 February 22, Deirdre Reynolds, “Gong with the Wind”, in Irish Independent, metro edition, volume 122, number 46, Dublin: Independent News and Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40, column 1:
text: After her own Oscar acceptance speech, Anne Hathaway unleashed deafening Twitterverse noise from the “Hathahaters,” complete with #hathahaters hashtag. “It came true,” Hathaway said in her speech, referring to her lifelong dream of Hollywood success, but the emotional intent was way too cool for the words.
ref: 2014 August 5, Taylor Marsh [pseudonym; Michelle Marshall], “Hollywood to Sexy Baby and Girls”, in The Sexual Education of a Beauty Queen: Relationship Secrets from the Trenches, [Los Angeles, Calif.]: Padaro Press, →ISBN, page 69:
text: Hathaway hasn’t had it easy since playing Fantine in 2012’s “Les Misérables,” a film whose media tour sparked the creation of the so-called Hathahaters. They called out her earnest theater-kid personality, claiming the “perception of her irritating-ness is pretty widespread.”
ref: 2018 June 11, Sonia Rao, “Anne Hathaway’s performance in ‘Ocean’s 8’ will even win over the Hathahaters”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2018:
text: As narcissistic actress Daphne Kluger in “Ocean’s Eight,” Hathaway cleverly parodies the affected personality her so-called Hathahaters believe she has. She makes the most out of the flimsy plot, filling out her prima donna character with campy temper tantrums and snappy comebacks.
ref: 2018 December 6, Sonia Rao, “The top 10 movie scene-stealers of 2018, from Awkwafina to Hugh Grant”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2018:
text: “It came true.” […] The wider world couldn’t abide these offenses: the earnest acknowledgment of a long-held dream, the suggestion she thought it could happen and prepared for the possibility, and a poor fashion choice. The self-titled “Hathahaters” spun into action, slamming her for being an overly enthusiastic, excited theater dork and “try-hard.”
ref: 2023 May 23, Elise Loehnen, “The Specter of Likability”, in On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good, New York, N.Y.: The Dial Press, →ISBN:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A hater of the American actress Anne Hathaway (born 1982).
Related terms: Hathahate
Hathahate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hatha-hate
Etymology: Blend of Hathaway + hate.
Senses: examples: text: I don't get the Hatha-hate. She's made some bad flicks but she's a solid actress when you put her in something decent. Like most actors.
ref: 2011 January 19, @DieRobinsonDie, Twitter, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2025:
text: @signor_sini The director of The King's Speech is going to cure you of Hathahate?
ref: 2012 December 1, @Tjinimin, Twitter, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2025:
text: Daphne pouts when things don’t go her way, and a simple mention of her Met Gala hosting duties is enough to send her into a tizzy. The often wide-eyed character is a clever parody of Hathaway’s perceived persona that doubles as a final nail in the Hathahate coffin.
ref: 2018 June 11, Sonia Rao, “Anne Hathaway’s performance in ‘Ocean’s 8’ will even win over the Hathahaters”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2018:
text: During her acceptance speech at ELLE’s 29th annual Women in Hollywood event on Tuesday, Armageddon Time actress Anne Hathaway gracefully addressed the infamous era known as Peak “Hathahate.” […] Read the full transcript of Hathaway’s inspiring speech below, touching not only on the legacy of Hathahate but the future she hopes to build for her children.
ref: 2022 October 18, Lauren Puckett-Pope, “Anne Hathaway Addresses ‘Hathahate’ and Her Self-Love Journey, 10 Years Later”, in Elle, New York, N.Y.: Hearst, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Oct 2022:
text: ANNE HATHAWAY aired her feelings about “Hathahate” in a rap battle with James Corden in 2016.
ref: 2022 October 21, Mary McNamara, “The ills of fan culture”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page E8, column 2:
text: One commenter suggested that “Hathahate” was driven in part by her acceptance speech for Les Miserables. “Her Oscar acceptance speech for Les Mis came across very ‘I expected this but I have to pretend I didn’t.’ BE HUMBLE! … I think that was a big part of it.”
ref: 2024 March 28, Mark Daniell, “Anne Hathaway thanks ‘angel’ Christopher Nolan for saving her career after Oscar hate”, in The Daily Gleaner, Fredericton, N.B.: Postmedia Network, →ISSN, →OCLC, page B7, column 4:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Hatred of the American actress Anne Hathaway (born 1982).
Related terms: Hathahater
Hathahaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hathahater
irritatingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From irritating + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: There is much clever character drawing, especially in the case of Mrs. Sirgood, the mother-in-law of the wavering wife. She is a masterpiece of feminine irritatingness, irritating even to read about, yet painfully true to life.
ref: 1905 May 1, The Keeper of the Review Bookshop [pseudonym], “The Review’s Bookshop”, in W[illiam] T[homas] Stead, editor, The Review of Reviews, volume XXXI, number 185, London, →OCLC, page 544, column 2:
text: The comet presently became annoyed and alarmed, especially as it seemed that the asbestos fibre had become lodged in its teeth with the irritatingness of a fishbone on one’s tongue.
ref: 1910 February 20, Stephen Chalmers, “The Truth About the Comet and About the Disappearance of Dr. Gook, Heer Flounder and the Truthful Author”, in The New York Times (Magazine section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2025, page 12, column 5:
text: We keep fairly cool up here—but you’ll have more or less to camp, help with the chores and all that. You won’t be particularly comfortable. And of course society is strictly limited. But you can always depart when you’ve had enough, and in the meantime it’s not bad. I will keep my irritatingness in bounds, I hope.
ref: 1924 July 3, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “To Witter Bynner”, in Aldous Huxley, editor, The Letters of D. H. Lawrence, New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press, published 1932, →OCLC, part 4 (December 1923–February 1930), page 620:
glosses: The quality of being irritating.
Blunkett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
semen virile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For promotion of the secretion of semen virile, an analeptic diet is recommended by one writer.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 9:
glosses: semen
aristidoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aristidoids
Senses: glosses: Any plant in the subfamily Aristidoideae.
Hatha-hate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I don't get the Hatha-hate. She's made some bad flicks but she's a solid actress when you put her in something decent. Like most actors.
ref: 2011 January 19, @DieRobinsonDie, Twitter, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2025:
text: A viral phenomenon, Hatha-hate is a by-product of her focused efforts to influence her voting peers by attending absolutely everything related to the movie. But those efforts turned on her, as internet commentariat begrudgery reared its seemingly forced affability can be grating – verge-of-tears awards acceptance speeches, snort-laughing at her own bad jokes and the all-round smart-but-plucky persona.
ref: 2013 February 23, Aisling O’Connor, “‘Hatha-hate’ only serves to prove that sexism is alive and well”, in Irish Independent, metro edition, volume 122, number 47, Dublin: Independent News and Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 28, columns 1–2:
text: Anne Hathaway is opening up about “Hatha-hate.” Hathaway faced harsh criticism after winning the Oscar for best supporting actress in “Les Misérables” in 2013, with people questioning her persona and calling her “annoying.”
ref: 2022 October 19, Brooke Steinberg, “Anne Hathaway: I no longer ‘live in fear’ of ‘Hatha-hate’ after Oscar criticism”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: Hathaway, who turned 41 in November, reflected on her early career and the so-called Hatha-hate she had to contend with after winning an Oscar for “Les Misérables” in 2013 — years after beloved roles in rom-coms and more serious turns in “Brokeback Mountain” and “The Dark Knight Rises.”
ref: 2024 April 30, Nardine Saad, “For Anne Hathaway, going five years without booze is a bigger milestone than ‘middle age’”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2024:
glosses: Alternative form of Hathahate.
Hatha-haters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hatha-hater
Hatha-hater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hatha-haters
Senses: examples: text: Even the Hatha-haters couldn’t slam the impeccable winter-white suit the actress donned for the NY premiere of her new film, “Song One” — nor could they complain when she showed up in this sexy chambray casual look at the AOL studios in NYC just days later.
ref: 2015 January 23, Lindsay Putnam, “Rihanna’s hot fuzz, while Katy and Kris cough up fur balls”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2015:
text: Hatha-haters to the left. Ever since Anne Hathaway’s relentless Oscar campaign (and eventual win) for 2012’s Les Misérables, a small but loud contingent of journalists and online commenters have fanned flames of vitriol for the overearnest actress.
ref: 2015 September 24, “We loved Anna Hathaway even before ‘Intern’”, in USA Today, volume 34, number 8, McLean, Va.: Gannett, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3D:
text: Anne Hathaway ably fights off the Hatha-haters as Daphne Kluger, a dingbat movie star used by Debbie and Lou as an unwitting eighth member of the crew; in a movie where everyone keeps it close to the vest, Hathaway knows to play it brassy and big.
ref: 2018 June 8, Ty Burr, “Heist film ‘Ocean’s 8’ struggles to pull it off”, in The Boston Globe, volume 293, number 159, Boston, Mass., →ISSN, →OCLC, page G7, column 3:
glosses: Alternative form of Hathahater.
water-purslan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water-purslans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of water-purslane.
water-purslans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water-purslan
water-purslanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water-purslane
transitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the participle stem of Latin transitāre + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Containing birth and death, potential with all the noise and transitation of life, the cathedral remained hushed […].
ref: 1915, D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow, Vintage, published 2011, page 186:
glosses: The act of transiting or passing; passage.
kallipygian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kallipygian
form: most kallipygian
Senses: examples: text: Throughout Greece, in temples dedicated to the goddess, her kallipygian beauty was stressed as a factor in her worship.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 29:
glosses: Alternative spelling of callipygian
lotus woman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lotus women
form: lotus-woman
Senses: examples: text: In Hindu sexology, the asoka plant, the lotus, and jasmine provoke venery. The lotus itself is associated with the Lotus-Woman, the Hindu feminine idol.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 37:
glosses: In Indian sexology, an idealised concept of woman associated with the lotus flower, embodying such qualities as purity, enlightenment, resilience, and spiritual growth.
lotus women
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lotus woman
lotus-woman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lotus-women
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lotus woman
lotus-women
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lotus-woman
non-abstractive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + abstractive.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonabstractive.