cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ho kua bo ho jiak
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˌhoː˨˦ ˈkʰwɑː˦˨ boː˨˩ ˌhoː˨˦ ˈt͡s˭jɑʔ˦˧]
Etymology: From Hokkien 好看無好食 /好看无好食 (hó-khòaⁿ bô hó-chia̍h, literally “good to look at, not good to eat”).
Senses: examples: text: Sure, they turn heads. But what is it like riding one of these scooters with a sidecar? When I first saw one of Mr Johnny Chen’s creations online, I thought “ho kua bo ho jiak” (Hokkien slang which means all style and no substance) […]
ref: 2014 May 17, Kevin Chin, The Straits Times, Singapore, Life! Motoring, page 2:
glosses: Superficial; incompetent or having no substance despite appearances, skin-deep; portraying oneself as greater than one actually is; all style and no substance.
glosses: Unpalatable despite having great presentation.
raw_tags: of food
Related terms: jiak kentang
jialat
Arnage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune near Le Mans, Sarthe department, Pays de la Loire, France.
glosses: A hamlet between Ellon and Maud, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9538).
Arshak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Armenian.
Artemius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name
Related terms: Artyom
Artyom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Артём (Artjóm).
Senses: glosses: A male given name, variant of Artemius.
Auchnagatt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Buchan, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9341).
Askaryan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Askaryan effect
Askaryan radiation
fig-leaved goosefoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fig-leaved goosefoots
Senses: synonyms: figleaf goosefoot
glosses: A flowering plant of species Chenopodium ficifolium, native to the Irano-Turanian floristic region.
Assuristan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Asuristan.
Asurestan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Asuristan.
Asorestan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Asuristan.
Asoristan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Asuristan.
starostynskyi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: stăʀôstĭnʹskĭy
enpr: stärŏstĭnʹski
ipa: /starɔːˈstɪnskɪj/
ipa: /stɑːɹɒsˈtɪnski/
Forms: form: starostynsky
form: starostynsʹkyj
Etymology: Transliteration of Ukrainian старости́нський (starostýnsʹkyj), a relational adjective from ста́роста (stárosta, “starosta”).
Senses: examples: text: The courts of elders, starostynsky, were the earliest, as has been mentioned. They were competent to hear cases of servitude princes, boyars and minor nobility, and held sessions in the towns and castles, and in the residencies of the starosty. With the creation of the office of the voyevoda, governor, these officials, subordinate to the elders, began to preside over the starostynsky courts, along with the starosty, while the derzhavtsi, the holders, were called to judge in business and economic matters.
ref: 1984, Микóла Льво́вич Фреїшин-Чирóвський [Nicholas L. Fr.-Chirovsky], “The political structure and the government of the Lithuanian-Rusʹ Commonwealth” (chapter two, pages 37–57), in The Lithuanian-Rusʹ Commonwealth, the Polish Domination and the Cossack-Hetman State (An Introduction to Ukrainian History; volume II), New York: Philosophical Library, →ISBN, →LCCN, The Judiciary (pages 51–54), page 53:
english: Nicholas L. Fr.-Chirovsky
translation: Nicholas L. Fr.-Chirovsky
text: Obviously the matter was investigated in the magistrate’s court, and, evincing controversy, was passed on to the starostynsʹkyj court, as to a higher authority.
ref: 2004, Ната́лія Є́мець [Natalia Jemetz], transl., edited by Dennis Soltys, The Ukrainian City in the XV to mid-XVII Centuries: Traditions and legal customs as a historical source — a historical monograph, Toronto: The Basilian Press, translation of Українське місто від XV до середини XVII ст. Звичаєво-правова атрибутика як історичне джерело. Історична монографія [Ukrajinsʹke misto vid XV do seredyny XVII st. Zvyčajevo-pravova atrybutyka jak istoryčne džerelo. Istoryčna monohrafija] by Васи́ль Петро́вич Ма́рочкін [Vasyl P. Marochkin] (in Ukrainian), →ISBN, page 47:
english: Vasyl P. Marochkin
roman: Ukrajinsʹke misto vid XV do seredyny XVII st. Zvyčajevo-pravova atrybutyka jak istoryčne džerelo. Istoryčna monohrafija
translation: Vasyl P. Marochkin
text: Access to social and administrative services can be facilitated through local authorities at the starostynskyi okruh level, which helps residents obtain the necessary services without traveling to distant locations.
ref: 2024 November, Danish Refugee Council, “Civil status, access to remedies and justice” (pages 16–18), in DRC Quarterly Protection Monitoring Report: Ukraine (July–September 2024), page 16:
glosses: Belonging to or administered by a starosta or starosty.
starostynsky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of starostynskyi.
starostynsʹkyj
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of starostynskyi.
Longside
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Buchan, between Mintlaw and Peterhead, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NK0347).
glosses: A parish in Bourke Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
long-toed water beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long-toed water beetle
Inverugie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Inver- + Ugie; situated near the mouth of the River Ugie at Peterhead.
Senses: glosses: A small village north-west of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NK1048).
lophule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lophules
Derived terms: protolophule
Ugie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Buchan, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, which reaches the North Sea at Peterhead.
glosses: A town in Joe Gqabi district municipality, Eastern Cape province, South Africa, named after the Scottish river.
Derived terms: Inverugie
bare-faced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbeə(ɹ)feɪst/
Forms: form: more bare-faced
form: most bare-faced
Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of barefast (compare shamefast); or from bare + faced.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of barefaced.
Derived terms: bare-faced liar
bare-faced lie
bare-facedly
bare-facedness
Lonmay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Buchan, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NK0158).
cashed up bogan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cashed up bogans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cashed-up bogan.
cashed-up bogans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cashed up bogan
Astore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and district of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Rathen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, Saxony, Germany.
glosses: A small village in Buchan, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NK0060).
BAppSc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BAppScs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Bachelor of Applied Science.
Bachelor of Applied Science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bachelors of Applied Science
form: BAppSc
form: BAS
form: BASc
Senses: glosses: An undergraduate degree focused on applied sciences.
Bachelors of Applied Science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bachelor of Applied Science
BAppScs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BAppSc
BBBG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BBBGs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of battleship battle group.
BBBGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BBBG
BBSaG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BBSaGs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of battleship surface action group.
BBSaGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BBSaG
URG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of underway replenishment group.
Related terms: RAS
UNREP
UNREP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of underway replenishment.
Babinet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Babinet projection
Babinet's principle
Baer-Babinet law
fivequel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fivequels
Etymology: Blend of five + sequel; compare threequel and fourquel.
Senses: glosses: The chronologically fifth part of any series of works, especially a series of films.
fivequels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fivequel
Bago Region
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A region in southern Myanmar.
Rosehearty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal village and historic burgh in Buchan, west of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9367).
treat with kid gloves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: treats with kid gloves
form: treating with kid gloves
form: treated with kid gloves
form: treated with kid gloves
Senses: examples: text: Unlike Bing, GPT-4 usually flat-out refused to take the bait when I tried to get it to talk about consciousness, or get it to provide instructions for illegal or immoral activities, and it treated sensitive queries with kid gloves and nuance.
ref: 2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023:
glosses: Synonym of handle with kid gloves.
synonyms: word: handle with kid gloves
lead to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leads to
form: leading to
form: led to
form: led to
Senses: examples: text: The shock led to a change in his behaviour.
text: The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber. Other liquids produced in the refining process, too unstable or smoky for lamplight, were burned or dumped.
ref: 2013 August 3, “Yesterday’s fuel”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8847:
synonyms: bring
bring about
bring on
cause
effect
effectuate
generate
induce
ingenerate
make
occasion
result in
secure
set off
stir
stir up
touch off
trigger
glosses: To be a cause of.
examples: text: I led the horse to the barn.
text: The path leads to a pond.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lead, to.
result in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: results in
form: resulting in
form: resulted in
form: resulted in
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mean (“to result in, to bring about”).
synonyms: word: mean
extra: to result in, to bring about
there is something in the water
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: It used to a be a restaurant/bar that closed after the pandemic – as did about 14% of restaurants in central London – but it was a vegan one, suggesting there is something in the filtered tap water.
ref: 2025 February 14, Morwenna Ferrier, “‘Butter is a perception’: inside the UK’s first plant-based Michelin-starred restaurant”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Slowly, slightly, faith is trickling back, at least into Britain. There's something in the water. Religion is civilised table talk.
ref: 2025 May 31, Tanjil Rashid, “Finding their religion”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 9:
glosses: Alternative form of there must be something in the water.
storage unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: storage units
Senses: glosses: A space or compartment, usually rented, that is used to store personal or business items.
topics: furniture
lifestyle
glosses: A type of cupboard, typically with doors and shelves, used for organizing and storing various items within a home or office.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A device or medium that stores data and information for long-term or permanent use.
storage units
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of storage unit
don't-careishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: don't-carishness
Etymology: From don't-careish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of not caring; carelessness.
don't-carishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of don't-careishness.
mindy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈmɪndi]
rhymes: -ɪndi
Forms: form: mindies
form: mindi
form: mindey
Etymology: Borrowed from Somali mindí.
Senses: examples: text: Stupid cats tryna lick ma packs
3 mindeys on are a waste, that's fact
3 mindey on are a waste, that's facts
And I got guys down on my own
And I don't give a sh*t if it's bait
If I back my blade, I might tickle your bone
ref: 2025 December 5, Bonez X Bitz, “Trips”, 2:00:
synonyms: jook
jooker
ching
ying
bassy
rambo
pokey
poker
chete
shank
nank
splash
splasher
cheffer
wetter
glosses: Knife.
mindey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mindeys
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mindy (“knife”).
mindeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mindey
mindis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mindi
mindies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mindy
do n't
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of don't.
snowmantled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: snow-mantled
Etymology: From snow + mantled, and the verb mantle.
Senses: examples: text: This is well to the north of the Alps, of course, and the absence of snowmantled mountain summits doubtless is one reason for the neglect, though the bold rocky massif of the Santis and the jagged parallel range of the Churfirsten, on the southern edge of the region, are an excellent substitute.
ref: 1956 January, 'Mercury', “The Railways of North-East Switzerland”, in Railway Magazine, page 18:
glosses: Covered in snow.
gypsum plaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of plaster of Paris.
synonyms: word: plaster of Paris
castle-builder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: castle-builders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of castlebuilder.
castle-builders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castle-builder
Los Feliz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish los Féliz, named after the Féliz family who owned Rancho Los Feliz.
Senses: examples: text: “The fact is, they stopped playing alternative female voices on the radio,” Ms. Manson added, sitting in her favorite cafe in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles this April.
ref: 2025 June 2, Lizzy Goodman, quoting Shirley Manson, “Shirley Manson, the Unexpected Godmother of Rock”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2025:
glosses: A neighborhood of Los Angeles, United States.
wikipedia: Rancho Los Feliz
bar clams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bar clam
digging bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digging bar
Atlantic surf clams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Atlantic surf clam
castle-wick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of castlery.
synonyms: word: castlery
castleship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of castlery.
synonyms: word: castlery
girls' girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: girls' girls
Senses: examples: text: Shirley is a girls’ girl in the truest, best sense. She is conscious of encouraging and supporting other female artists, queer artists, artists of color, and that has always been really moving to see, as a fan and as another woman in the industry.
ref: 2025 June 2, Lizzy Goodman, quoting Lauren Mayberry, “Shirley Manson, the Unexpected Godmother of Rock”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Jun 2025:
glosses: Alternative form of girl's girl.
castellet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: castellets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of castlet.
castellets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castellet
Gossau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.
glosses: A municipality in Hinwil district, Zürich canton, Switzerland.
Sulgen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Weinfelden district, Thurgau canton, Switzerland.
tone deafness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tone-deafness.
SEIU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: We believe that it's a concern when you have federal agents that act without regard to those rights," said Luis Fuentes, the SEIU USWW Regional Vice President.
ref: 2025 June 9, Mónica De Anda, “SEIU President David Huerta released from custody on $50k bond following arrest during ICE raid”, in KABC-TV:
text: David Huerta, president of SEIU California and SEIU-USWW, was serving as a community observer during an Ice raid in Los Angeles, and was arrested by federal agents over allegations of interfering.
ref: 2025 June 9, Michael Sainato and Chris Stein, “Labor unions around US demand release of union leader arrested in LA protest”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Initialism of Service Employees International Union.
balustic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian balustico. Compare English baluster.
Senses: examples: text: Sotto lequale triúphale ſeiughe era laxide nel meditullo, Nelqle gli rotali radii erano infixi, deliniamento Baluſtico, graciliſcenti ſepoſa negli mucronati labii cum uno pomulo alla circunferentia.
ref: “Triumphus”, in Hypnerotomachia Poliphili (in Italian), 1499
glosses: shaped like a balustre, the flower of a wild pomegranate.
St. Fiden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: […] then the line crosses the gorge of the Steinach on a high embankment, and with it the Swiss Federal climbing up from Rorschach, and joins the latter after another short tunnel, in the station of St. Fiden, the eastern suburb of St. Gallen.
ref: 1956 January, 'Mercury', “The Railways of North-East Switzerland”, in Railway Magazine, page 20:
glosses: An eastern suburb of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
wikipedia: St. Fiden
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blobslop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blob slop
Etymology: blob + slop ("slop" meaning content that is considered low-quality), coined in 2024 on Twitter (now X). The term first gained traction in a July 2024 post by Twitter user @hood_sanctuary.
Senses: glosses: A genre of webcomics, primarily seen on Twitter, characterized by simplistic, monochromatic, blob-like humanoid characters used to depict clichés and tropes in popular media.
glosses: Any simplistic or low-effort internet artwork perceived as repetitive or lacking originality.
Related terms: CalArts style
bean mouth
Wojak
foxeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foxehs
Etymology: Affectionate corruption of foxie, equivalent to fox + -eh.
Senses: examples: text: […] mine [avatar] is the foxeh from the cutesey and simple platformer game Seasons After Fall.
ref: 2019 February 23, Kitfox, Frontier.co.uk:
text: I didn't choose the foxeh life, the foxeh life chose me.
ref: 2021 May 1, randomfox, Reddit.com:
text: There is a scottish fox that I know,[…]He is a foxeh I'm extremely glad to know,
ref: 2021 September 23, Bleese, Bleese.net:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fox.
Related terms: kitteh
doggeh
fops
fopsy
foxxo
voice training
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ellipsis of transgender voice training or gender-affirming voice training.
Senses: examples: text: More directly, voice therapies, both nonsurgical and surgical, can help a transgender person change their vocal characteristics, aligning them with their gender identity. Voice training is less costly and invasive than a throat operation, making it a more common starting point.
ref: 2022, Z Paige L'Erario, “Voice Training Is a Medical Necessity for Many Transgender People”, in Scientific American, →DOI:
glosses: Transgender or gender-affirming voice therapy; the process of altering one's voice, through practice, to align with one's gender identity.
voice training
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Ellipsis of transgender voice training or gender-affirming voice training.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of voice train
voice train
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: voice trains
form: voice training
form: voice trained
form: voice trained
Etymology: Back-formation from voice training.
Senses: glosses: To undertake voice training.
voice trains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of voice train
voice trained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of voice train
vicepresidential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vice presidential.
grinching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grinch
grinched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grinch
sawtooth goldenweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Hazardia squarrosa, a Californian shrub.
telegraphweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: silk-grass goldenaster (Heterotheca grandiflora)
fernleaf lavender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Lavandula multifida, a Mediterranean herb.
fleshy lupine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Lupinus affinis, an herb of the US Pacific.
DYKTTATUOB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, the ninth studio album by singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, released on March 24, 2023.
The lead single of this album with the same name.
hurricane glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hurricane glasses
Etymology: The glass was originally used to serve hurricane cocktails, and is shaped similarly to some hurricane lamps.
Senses: glosses: A tall, curvy glass, similar to a tulip glass, used to serve certain alcoholic drinks.
wikipedia: hurricane lamp
tri-unitarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of triunitarianism.
Tri-unitarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of triunitarianism.
Tri-Unitarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of triunitarianism.
leads the way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lead the way
leading the way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lead the way
led the way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lead the way
off-casts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of off-cast
off-casting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of off-cast
Kleopatrai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Κλεοπάτραι (Kleopátrai).
Senses: glosses: plural of Kleopatra
KPCB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Initialism of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, former name of the US venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins.
split-toe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: They may chafe the tops of your toes, so you will also need to wear some soft split-toe socks underneath, stocked here at Japanese-style department stores or even at the major chain drugstore.
ref: 1988, Audrey Sutherland, Paddling Hawai'i, page 44:
text: The design detail dates back to the 15th century, when split-toe socks were worn with thonged sandals, and its use by western fashion houses has sometimes been subject to questions over cultural appropriation.
ref: 2020 October 30, Lauren Cochrane, “The return of split-toe footwear leaves fashion world cloven”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
qualifier: footwear
glosses: Covering individual toes or groups of toes separately.
Related terms: barefoot shoe
tabi
ball-player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball-players
Senses: examples: text: Ball-players always conclude their Diverſion at Cards.
ref: 1768 March 5, a Christian, “To the Committee for Conducting the Free-Press”, in The Public Register: or, Freeman’s Journal, volume V, number 55, Dublin: […] Committee [for Conducting the Free-Press], […], published 12 March 1768, →OCLC, page 217, column 3:
text: [T]he ſaid William Williams is about five Feet, nine Inches, and a Half high, ſlender ſtrait, and well-made, about 28 Years of Age, with […] large and hard Hands, and ’tis ſuppoſed one Hand is larger than the other, as he was a great Ball-Player: […]
ref: 1770 January 29, “A Murderer”, in The Glocester Journal, volume XLVIII, number 2488, Gloucester: […] R[obert] Raikes, →OCLC, page [2], column 1:
text: Aleksandar Pavlovic, still only 20, is held in huge regard in Bavaria but is a ball-player rather than a ball-winner.
ref: 2024 July 9, Gillian Kasirye, “What will Joao Palhinha bring to Bayern Munich?”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2024:
glosses: Alternative form of ball player.
ball-players
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ball-player
big asks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big ask
WSWS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: One of those injured by the immigration Gestapo spoke to WSWS reporter Kimie Saito, his head wrapped in white bandages stained with blood.
ref: 2025 June 7, Jacob Crosse, “Protests continue in Los Angeles in response to fascist immigration raids”, in World Socialist Web Site, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2025:
glosses: Initialism of World Socialist Web Site.
baseball-player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baseball-players
Senses: examples: text: The band to take the place of the baseball-players as they become fatigued and fall out.
ref: 1866 July 19, Utica Fossil Baseball Club, quotee, “An Extraordinary Game at Syracuse”, in The Daily Pantagraph, volume X, number 149 (2884 overall), Bloomington, Ill.: Steele, Briggs & Co., published 1 September 1866, →OCLC, page [2], column 2:
text: The sawing began at 10.25; all hands rested thirty minutes, and lunched at 12 o’clock. The Independents completed their last stick in three hours and ten minutes.—The Fenians got through next. Then the baseball-players, […]
ref: 1867 November 11, Daily Evening News, volume IX, number 137, Fall River, Mass.: Almy, Milne & Co., →OCLC, page [4], column 1:
text: Bob Gibson was the major-league baseball-player who once played for the Globetrotters.
ref: 1985 January 30, Darrell Simmons, “Sportsbeat”, in The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga., →OCLC, page 2-B, column 5:
text: A baseball-player who operates on a higher level than the rest
ref: 1995 March 18, “Pink Sportsword”, in Manchester Evening News, number 39,101, Manchester, →ISSN, →OCLC, “The Pink” section, page 19, column 1:
glosses: Alternative form of baseball player.
baseball-players
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baseball-player
deliberative body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deliberative bodies
Senses: topics: government
politics
hyponyms: parliament
council
committee
assembly
glosses: A body of people who deliberates; a formal group of people who collectively considers and makes decisions.
fappy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: făp′ē
ipa: /ˈfæp.iː/
ipa: /ˈfæp.i/
ipa: /ˈfɛp.iː/
ipa: /ˈfap.i/
ipa: /ˈfap.iː/
rhymes: -æpi
Forms: form: fappier
form: more fappy
form: fappiest
form: most fappy
Etymology: From fat (“overweight”) + happy (“fortunate”). First attested in 2002.
Senses: examples: text: Sam looked at Mrs. Verghese. She did seem rather round. Sam did some quick thinking. "Verghese aunty, I think you should be fappy."
"Pardon?" said Mrs. Verghese.
"Fappy. Fat plus happy equals fappy," said Sam proudly. "How's that Ma?"
ref: 2002 July 27, Deepika Davidar, “Word games”, in The Hindu, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2004:
text: I actually returned to WW [Weight Watchers] after a 10 month hiatus recently. I met someone lovely who became my bf and I got Fappy (fat + happy) but really more Fazy, basically.
ref: 2013 May 9, SassyFatFriend, “My daily points are 38. That’s a lot. I actually […]”, in Lose the Fat, Keep the Sass (blog), Tumblr, archived from the original on 10 Jun 2025:
text: The once buffed up Tatum was the first to say that he's "fat and happy" today as he is enjoying some "down time" after working for two years straight. His wife even has a name for his new look and demeanor combined. He is "fappy," which is short for "fat and happy," he explained.
ref: 2014 February 7, Roz Zurko, “Channing Tatum is one 'fappy' fellow: Tells Ellen why he's so 'fat and happy'”, in examiner.com, archived from the original on 02 Aug 2014:
antonyms: tappy
glosses: Overweight and fortunate with one's life.
Related terms: dadbod
embeefen
fat tax
Generation XL
globesity
gratitude research
happiness curve
man breast
obesogen
obesogenic
phantom fat
under-happy
fappy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: făp′ē
ipa: /ˈfæp.iː/
ipa: /ˈfæp.i/
ipa: /ˈfɛp.iː/
ipa: /ˈfap.i/
ipa: /ˈfap.iː/
rhymes: -æpi
Forms: form: fappier
form: more fappy
form: fappiest
form: most fappy
Etymology: From fap (“masturbation”) + happy (“fortunate”) or fap (“masturbation”) + -y (adjectival suffix). First attested in 2006.
Senses: glosses: In the mood to masturbate.
fappier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of fappy: more fappy
fappiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of fappy: most fappy
ST4T
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ST4T
form: most ST4T
Senses: glosses: Initialism of straight T4T: relating to heterosexual relationships between transgender people.
Related terms: transhet
in one's teens
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: At an age of a teenager.
laugh in someone's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: laughs in someone's face
form: laughing in someone's face
form: laughed in someone's face
form: laughed in someone's face
Senses: examples: text: Like the one that I heard of from Jeremy Sissons
 Who said he, he moved near the motorway
 'Cause it was good for commuting
 And I laughed in his face because I, I thought he was joking
ref: 2025, “Grown Ups”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), More, performed by Pulp:
glosses: To not take someone seriously.
zo-ology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zo-ologies
Senses: examples: text: The author of this work, James G. Needham, M. S., is an Illinois educator, being instructor in Zo-ology at Knox College , Galesburg.
ref: 1896, The Intelligence: A Semi-monthly Journal of Education, page 70:
text: Evolution and morphology are emphasized more in zo-ology than in botany.
ref: 1916, School Science and Mathematics:
glosses: Rare spelling of zoology.
Degersheim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.
HBMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HBM
Lichtensteig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Toggenburg, St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.
vibe-shift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vibe-shifts
Senses: examples: text: Their profiles reflect the vibe-shift that has occurred, […].
ref: 2025 May 31, Tanjil Rashid, “Finding their religion”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 9:
glosses: Alternative spelling of vibe shift.
vibe-shifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vibe-shift
punch pocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punch pockets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of punched pocket.
synonyms: word: punched pocket
punch pockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of punch pocket
reinforcement rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reinforcement ring
ring reinforcements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ring reinforcement
televisionlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From televisionless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Televisionlessness became part of our identity—distinguishing us as bohemian, or at last people at the intersection of “cosmopolitan” and “busy”.
ref: 2025 May 31, Jeremy Atherton Lin, “A TV refusenik changes his tune”, in FT Weekend, House & Home, page 2:
glosses: The state of living without a television.
Brunnadern
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Neckertal municipality, Toggenburg, St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.
warm wallet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warm wallets
Senses: examples: text: The warm wallet then distributes the incoming funds to either the hot storage wallet or cold storage wallet, depending on the exchange's need […].
ref: 2020, Lorne Lantz, Daniel Cawrey, Mastering Blockchain, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 136:
text: Bybit said the hack occurred when the company was making a routine transfer of Ethereum from an offline “cold” wallet to a “warm” wallet, which covers its daily trading.
ref: 2025 February 23, Joanna Partridge, “Hackers steal $1.5bn from crypto exchange in ‘biggest digital heist ever’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
coordinate_terms: cold wallet
glosses: A cryptocurrency wallet that can only send to predetermined addresses.
warm wallets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warm wallet
booster pack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bo͞o′stər păk′
ipa: /ˈbuː.stə ˌpak/
note: Received Pronunciation, conservatism
ipa: /ˈbuː.stə ˌpæk/
ipa: /ˈbu.stəɹ ˌpæk/
ipa: /ˈbʉː.stə ˌpæk/
ipa: /ˈbʉː.stə ˌpɛk/
ipa: /ˈbʉː.stɐ ˌpɛk/
ipa: /ˈbʉː.sta ˌpɛk/
ipa: /ˈbʉ.stəɹ ˌpak/
ipa: /ˈbuː.sʈəʳ ˌpak/
Forms: form: booster packs
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: An expansion deck of a trading card game.
booster packs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of booster pack
coward's castle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Parliament, wherein parliamentary privilege offers the protection from law suits to lawmakers and parliamentarians.
examples: text: Ida was looking for that coward's castle of hers on the far horizon.
ref: 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 276:
glosses: Any place or position where someone can hide or seek refuge.
Neckertal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the river Necker + German Tal (“valley”).
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Toggenburg, St. Gallen canton, Switzerland, formed in 2009.
God of War
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Roman god Mars.
examples: text: They went up in the car to Monte Cristo, while eastward the moon's heralds, in crimson and gold, trumpeted the coming of the Queen of Love, and the God of War glared his threat of tomorrow westward[.]
ref: 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 290:
topics: astrology
astronomy
human-sciences
mysticism
natural-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The planet Mars.
Related terms: war god
Queen of Love
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Roman goddess Venus.
examples: text: They went up in the car to Monte Cristo, while eastward the moon's heralds, in crimson and gold, trumpeted the coming of the Queen of Love, and the God of War glared his threat of tomorrow westward[.]
ref: 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 290:
topics: astrology
astronomy
human-sciences
mysticism
natural-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The planet Mars.
moon-lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moon-lilies
Senses: examples: text: It was quite an expedition that Ida met, a kind of elfin's rout it looked in the moonlight, children and animals and a fairy-like presence with a face like a moon-lily, all scampering and squealing and whoofing and miauling in a merry game they were making of their progress.
ref: 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 291:
glosses: Any of various plants with flowers that open at night, as datura or cereus.
moon-lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moon-lily
soldier-girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soldier-girls
Senses: glosses: A female soldier.
examples: text: The bundle of rags with the semblance of a face had not been identified. Perhaps it never would be. Even if it were, who would connect it with a Yankee soldier-girl affectionately called Fairy Fay?
ref: 1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 294:
glosses: A girlfriend of a soldier.
soldier-girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soldier-girl
interinstitutionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˌɪntərɪnˌstɪˈtjuːʃənəli/
Forms: form: more interinstitutionally
form: most interinstitutionally
Etymology: From interinstitutional + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Happily now, the best sentiment of the best professors now organizing interinstitutionally to safeguard their own interests and those of their institutions, stand for a most wholesome and needed movement which is sure to prevail.
ref: 1914 May, Dr. G. Stanley Hall, “The Story of Clark University”, in Worcester Magazine, volume XVII, number 5, page 135:
text: (a) Each project shall be proposed and operated interinstitutionally, involving at least three two of the following educational agencies: school districts, community colleges, regional occupational centers and programs, nonprofit educational, counseling, or community agencies, eligible proprietary schools, the University of California, independent colleges and universities, or the State University and Colleges.
ref: 1976 January 19, California Leghislature 1975-1976 Regular Session: Assembly Bill No. 2773, page 3:
text: Since the MOE has no specific policy on defining, treating, and preventing school bullying, it coordinates interinstitutionally with the National Council for Boys, Girls and Adolexcents (CONNA), the government child protection agency.
ref: 2025 March 18, D. Brent Edwards Jr., Mauro C. Moschetti, Pauline Martin, Ricardo Morales-Ulloa, editors, Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean: Global Forces and Local Responses, Bristol University Press, page 123:
glosses: In a manner that involves or relates to two or more institutions; concerning interinstitutional relationships, interactions, or collaboration.
Related terms: collaboratively
mesode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛsəʊd/
ipa: /ˈmiːsəʊd/
ipa: /ˈmɛsoʊd/
ipa: /ˈmisəʊd/
Forms: form: mesodes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μεσῳδός (mesōidós); see meso-, ode.
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: Part of a lyric or choral ode which occurs between the strophe and antistrophe.
Coordinate terms: epode
mesodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesode
Dorchester on Thames
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Dorchester-on-Thames.
hyper-targeted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyper-targeted
form: most hyper-targeted
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hypertargeted.
Nesslau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality and village in Toggenburg, St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.
anti-grinch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /antiˌɡɹɪnt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɪntʃ
Forms: form: anti-grinches
Etymology: anti- + grinch. Coined by TV Tropes in 2016.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: A person who is overly enthusiastic about a holiday (ex. Christmas), but whose attempts to celebrate misplace or lack the intent of the holiday and inadvertently spoils it for others.
cleft habitus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of French habitus clivé, coined by French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher Pierre Bourdieu.
Senses: examples: text: Bourdieu's idea of “cleft habitus”—a split between the world you come from and the one you enter—helps explain the resentment we see in Vance, who has written about feeling anxious over not knowing which fork to use at Yale […], and about being silently judged by people who seem to belong in a world he only pretends to understand.
ref: 2025 May 24, Nancy Kolff-Rodriguez, “The irony is it takes two Frenchmen to explain Maga”, in FT Weekend, Letters, page 8:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A sense of dislocation experienced when one's life conditions change drastically, for example through social mobility.
anti-grinches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-grinch
Unterwasser
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann municipality, Toggenburg, St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.
maamar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maamarim
form: ma'amar
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מַאֲמָר (ma'amár, “statement”).
Senses: examples: text: The classic Talmudic Bar Mitzvah speech in the 17ᵗʰ century lasted 30-60 minutes. Later on, this was replaced by a ma'amar lasting about 10 minutes favored by Ḥassidim. Toward the end of the 18ᵗʰ century, the ma'amar was replaced by a Dvar Torah in the vernacular.
ref: 2024, David Golinkin, “The Origin and History of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 50:
glosses: A lecture, dissertation, discourse.
edah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edot
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew עֵדָה
Senses: examples: text: As for other Sefardic and Oriental Jewish communities, space does not allow us to present separate sources for each Edah. I shall therefore give a composite description of their customs, and readers can consult the sources listed in the footnote.
ref: 2024, David Golinkin, “The Origin and History of the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ceremony”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 53:
glosses: A Jewish community.
Edot HaMizrach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Mizrahim collectively.
Related terms: edah
Ashkenazification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ashkenazi + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The adoption of Ashkenazi customs by non-Ashkenazi Jews.
Related terms: Ashkenazize
Ashkenazocentric
Ashkenazified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ashkenazified
form: most Ashkenazified
BYOL
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of bring your own liquor.
BYOL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of bring your own license (“a system by which software licenses can be used either on premises or in the cloud”).
intertrigines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intertrigo
jamwich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jamwiches
Etymology: Blend of jam + sandwich
Senses: coordinate_terms: cheesewich
crispwich
eggwich
hamwich
glosses: A jam sandwich.
jamwiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jamwich
interkineses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interkinesis
Wildhaus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann municipality, Toggenburg, St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.
varioversal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: varioversals
Etymology: From vari- + -o- + clipping of universal, equivalent to a blend of variety + universal with Latinizing -o-. Coined by Benedikt Szmrecsanyi and Bernd Kortmann (2009), apparently after earlier angloversal.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: areoversal
angloversal
qualifier: especially dialectology and language typology
glosses: A linguistic feature that is recurrent in language varieties with similar sociolinguistic backgrounds.
ZKP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ZKPs
Senses: examples: text: This issue of privacy in blockchain isn't new, and many ideas have been proposed, such as keeping the data off-chain and using zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) to prove we did the right computation (e.g., Aleo and Aztec) or using mixnets to anonymize transactions (e.g., Tornado Cash).
ref: 2023 May 26, Rand Hindi, “How Homomorphic Encryption Can Make Blockchain Private”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2023:
glosses: Initialism of zero-knowledge proof.
ZKPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ZKP
Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Toggenburg, St. Gallen canton, Switzerland, formed in 2010 from the old municipalities of Wildhaus and Alt St. Johann.
dieretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of diaeretic.
areoversal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: areoversals
Etymology: Blend of area + universal with Latinizing -o-. Coined by Benedikt Szmrecsanyi and Bernd Kortmann (2009), apparently after earlier angloversal.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: varioversal
angloversal
qualifier: especially dialectology and language typology
glosses: A linguistic feature that is recurrent in language varieties in a certain geographical area.
angloversal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angloversals
form: Angloversal
Etymology: From Anglo- + clipping of universal, or a blend of Anglophone (or other words with the same initial component) + universal. Coined by Christian Mair (2003) in German.
Senses: topics: dialectology
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: areoversal
varioversal
glosses: A nonstandard linguistic feature that is recurrent in different English varieties.
varioversals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of varioversal
areoversals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of areoversal
angloversals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angloversal
Angloversal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Angloversals
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of angloversal.
Angloversals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Angloversal
Alt St. Johann
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Wildhaus-Alt St. Johann municipality, Toggenburg, St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.