cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
San'ani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: San'anis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sanaani.
San'anis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of San'ani
Ṣanʻāʼ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sanaa.
Ṣanʻānī
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sanaani.
Ṣanʻānī
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Sanaani.
SIM swap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SIM swaps
Senses: synonyms: simjacking
qualifier: fraud
glosses: A social engineering scam in which a perpetrator takes over the phone number of a target.
SIM swap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: SIM swaps
form: SIM swapping
form: SIM swapped
form: SIM swapped
Senses: qualifier: fraud
glosses: To engage in a SIM swap scheme.
SIM swaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SIM swap
SIM swaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of SIM swap
SIM swapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of SIM swap
SIM swapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of SIM swap
cross-sectionality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross-sectionalities
Senses: glosses: Synonym of intersectionality.
synonyms: word: intersectionality
cross-sectionalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross-sectionality
intersectionalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to an intersectionalist.
chargeants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chargeant
dischargeant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dischargeants
Senses: examples: text: Every charge and discharge shall be verified by the affidavit of the chargeant and dischargeant respectively, unless the Court shall otherwise allow.
ref: 1904, Great Britain, Statutory Rules and Orders Other Than Those of a Local, Personal, Or Temporary Character, page 557:
topics: law
antonyms: chargeant
glosses: The person who is called on to discharge a charge placed by the chargeant.
dischargeants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dischargeant
Cmdre.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Cmdre.
Pacific Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The islands in the Pacific Ocean, consisting of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
Magellanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Magellan + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to, or named from, Magellan, the navigator.
Synonyms: Magellanic
Magellans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Magellan
behelmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From be- + helm + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of helmed (“wearing a helm”).
synonyms: word: helmed
extra: wearing a helm
behelmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From be- + helm + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of behelm
Faketoshi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of fake + Satoshi.
Senses: topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
glosses: Someone who falsely claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin.
backplated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From backplate + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: From the bottom of her backplated armor, slightly above her waist, was a thin short cape that streamed down to the back of her ankles. She also wore her hair in locks with a helmet that partially covered her face and with three openings[…]
ref: 2018 January 19, D. R. Simpson, Another World’S Kronicles Nomadic Warriors: The Age of Giants, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
text: I ignore it for now and finish strapping the last piece of ballistic armor to my shin, then move over to the […] boots trailing thin fabric sleeves, a stiff backplated torso with circular connection seals at the hips,[…]
ref: 2020 March 3, Chris Kluwe, Otaku, Tor Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Having or wearing a backplate.
going mad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go mad
gone mad
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go mad
going nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go nuts
going wild
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go wild
Lamboglia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lamboglias
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Lamboglia.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
homonymphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From homonym + -phobia.
Senses: examples: ref: 2007, Carter Nipper, “Homonymphobia”, in Forward Motion for Writers:
text: So homonymphobia should extend to experienced writers using sophisticated language. I remember the day I used the word discrete (distinct) when I meant discreet (prudent).
ref: 2010, Roy Peter Clark, The Glamour of Grammar:
text: "There," "their" and "they're" are homonyms. They sound exactly the same. It's no wonder people who are not visual learners might be homonymphobic.
ref: 2010 August 6, Monica Welch, “Sounds easy enough”, in Word Nymph:
text: Since I am now a fully paid up member of the club, good manners behove me to desist from my Kiwi homonym phobia and so I wander around repeating to myself: ‘sheared, shared; cheery, cherry; steer, stair; Elliot, Alliot; Beard, Baird.’ My life would be easier if only I could cease spelling words in my head. ‘Clarence, Clarance.’
ref: 2012, John Hicks, Pizzles in Paradise:
text: She writes: "Gay being homonymous with happy and carefree, who could not but wish for a gay marriage?" Surely the last thing we need is to risk raising the spectre of homonym-phobia in this debate?
ref: 2014 February 26, Maolsheachlann Ó Ceallaigh, “Homonyms and same-sex marriage (in Letters)”, in The Irish Times:
glosses: Alternative form of homonymophobia (“fear or aversion to the use of homonyms”).
marsh violet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marsh violets
Senses: examples: text: I can find marsh violets an inch high, pale pink and lace white with stamens as fine as fishing line and tiny petals stained by blood-dark veins.
ref: 2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 86:
glosses: A violet of species Viola palustris, that grows in marshes and bogland.
marsh violets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marsh violet
dog violets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog violet
High Abbotside
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish (served by Hawes and High Abbotside Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district.
Related terms: Low Abbotside
burning glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burning glasses
Senses: synonyms: burning lens
glosses: A large convex lens or concave mirror that can concentrate the sun's rays onto a small area, heating up the area and thus resulting in ignition of the exposed surface.
burning lens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burning lenses
Senses: synonyms: burning glass
glosses: A large convex lens or concave mirror that can concentrate the sun's rays onto a small area, heating up the area and thus resulting in ignition of the exposed surface.
goodifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goodification
white-breasted waterhen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white-breasted waterhens
Etymology: From white + breasted + waterhen.
Senses: glosses: Amaurornis phoenicurus, a species of waterhen found in tropical Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia.
Ainderby Steeple
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE3392).
aarF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A gene that is required to make coenzyme Q.
coenzyme Q
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: from coenzyme + Q for quinone
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A coenzyme used in bacteria and animals containing 5,6-dimethoxy-3-methylcyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione with an isoprene side chain.
Synonyms: ubiquinone
Derived terms: coenzyme Q10 (10 isoprene units)
actophorin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein that cuts actin filaments into monomers, found in Acanthamoeba.
Morton-on-Swale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3292).
coenzyme Q10
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From coenzyme Q + 10.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The coenzyme Q found in humans with 10 isoprene units on the side chain.
sulfonylating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sulfonyl + -ate (adjective-forming suffix) + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Causing sulfonylation.
hardlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hardlocks
Etymology: From hard + lock.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A situation where a game becomes unplayable or unresponsive due to a glitch, making further progress or action impossible.
hardlock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hardlocks
form: hardlocking
form: hardlocked
form: hardlocked
Etymology: From hard + lock.
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: To be in or cause a hardlock.
Related terms: softlock
hardlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hardlock
hardlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hardlock
Nieberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Niebergs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Nieberg.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Dierberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dierbergs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Dierberg.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
hardlocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hardlock
hardlocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hardlock
antiserotonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + serotonin + -ic.
Senses: glosses: That counters the effects of serotonin
Synonyms: antiserotonin
Professor's Cubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Professor's Cube
professional support lawyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of professional support lawyer
prochein amis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prochein ami
prop bets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prop bet
proper articles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proper article
proposition bets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proposition bet
proxy representatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proxy representative
rate constants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rate constant
rate equations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rate equation
rat-tail splices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rat-tail splice
rebel flags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rebel flag
realis moods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of realis mood
real rights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of real right
read lengths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of read length
reaction rate constants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reaction rate constant
rec leagues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rec league
reciprocity principles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reciprocity principle
recovery time objectives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recovery time objective
red apes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red ape
red circle rates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red circle rate
rectified linear units
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rectified linear unit
red flour beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red flour beetle
red oak trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red oak tree
red pillers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red piller
Red Pillers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Red Piller
red violets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red violet
red-currants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red-currant
sar tan se juda
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From Urdu سر تن سے جدا (sar tan seh judā, “separate the head from the body; beheading”), سر (“head”) + تن (“body”) + سے (se, “from”) + جدا (“separate”). Shortening of Urdu گستاخ رسول کی ایک ہی سزا سر تن سے جدا (Gustākh-e-Rasūl kī ek hī sazā, sar tan sē judā, “there is only one punishment for insulting the Prophet, cut the head from the body”).
Senses: examples: text: 2022, Firstpost.comhttps://www.firstpost.com/india/know-origin-of-sar-tan-se-juda-indias-anti-hindu-war-cry-after-nupur-sharmas-controversial-remark-on-prophet-muhammad-11024041.html
‘Sar tan se juda’ is not a new outcry in India. It was first used widely about 5 years ago, when Kamlesh Tiwari of Lucknow gave a statement about Pangbar Mohammad.
text: This came after protests led by Syed Abdahu Kashaf, an influencer and self-proclaimed social and civil rights activist, who has now defended using the "sar tan se juda" slogan.
ref: 2022, Indiatoday.inhttps://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/hyderabad-influencer-syed-abdahu-kashaf-sar-tan-se-juda-protest-bjp-mla-raja-singh-prophet-remark-1991562-2022-08-23
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A slogan calling for the killing of blasphemers against Islam.
aboutta
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of abouta.
'bouta
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of boutta.
'boutta
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of boutta.
turret farm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turret farms
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A battleship with an unusually-large number of main-battery turrets (generally five or more).
examples: text: Turning to get a better bead on Princess Royal, the Prinzregent Luitpold catches a full salvo from HMS Agincourts massive turret farm' and vanishes in a roar of water and flame. Nothing is left once the smoke has cleared.
ref: 2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 24:07 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2022:
text: […] and back in World War I, obviously, you had a lot of ships that either had amidships turrets, like the Iron Dukes, or ships that had big turret farms on the back, like Agincourt or the Wyomings, and, at that point, getting those aft guns around is obviously significantly more important than a single triple or something like that is in World War II[…]
ref: 2020 October 18, Drachinifel, 1:04:14 from the start, in The Drydock - Episode 116, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2022:
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: A battleship with an unusually-large number of main-battery turrets (generally five or more).
The main battery carried by such a battleship, or the major portion thereof.
turret farms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turret farm
flower chafer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flower chafers
Etymology: From flower + chafer.
Senses: glosses: Any scarabaeoid beetle in the subfamily Cetoniinae, of more than 500 genera.
dusky woodswallow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dusky woodswallows
Etymology: From dusky + woodswallow.
Senses: glosses: Artamus cyanopterus, a species of woodswallow.
nigcel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnɪɡsɛl/
Forms: form: nigcels
Etymology: Blend of nigger + incel. By surface analysis, nig + -cel.
Senses: examples: text: Nigcel is a play on the word incel, which stands for “involuntary-celibate.” This term refers to a subculture of men who are typically white males.
ref: [2020 November 19, Sade Spence, “What is a Nigcel?”, in StayHipp.com, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2021:
text: Nigcels were being described as a particular type of Black “man”. He, in the logic offered in the room, is one that could be rehabilitated out of their violent ideology. Nigcels are a radicalized Black man, not a “real” or “good” Black “man”.
ref: 2021 March 1, Misandrynoir, “Our Obsession with Redeeming Men”, in Medium, archived from the original on 03 Mar 2021:
text: They’re often characterized by resentment, misogyny, misanthropy, self-pity and self-loathing, racism, a sense of entitlement to sex, and the endorsement of violence against sexually active people.” I was becoming that, but the Black version. A Nigcel.
ref: 2021 March 11, Stanley Fritz, “I Almost Became an Nigcel Because I Couldn't Get a Girlfriend”, in Let's Not Be Trash, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2022:
text: After thousands & thousands of comments from nigcels objectifying & villainizing me I’ve come to the conclusion that I no longer have the capacity to have empathy for cis straight black men.
ref: 2021 September 13, Ann Brown, “What Is A Bullet Bag? Inside The New Liberal Smear Against Black Men”, in The Moguldom Nation, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2021:
qualifier: incel slang
glosses: A black person who is an incel.
nigcels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nigcel
deoccupy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deoccupies
form: deoccupying
form: deoccupied
form: deoccupied
form: de-occupy
Etymology: From de- + occupy.
Senses: examples: text: Estonia and Latvia also had more radical nationalist groups, known as Citizens Congresses, which advocated “deoccupying” the region by sending Russian migrants and their families back to Russia. Support for the Soviet regime was[…]
ref: 2021 June 22, Zsuzsa Csergő, Daina S. Eglitis, Paula M. Pickering, Central and East European Politics: Changes and Challenges, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 403:
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:deoccupy.
glosses: To remove an occupation from (a place).
Related terms: deoccupation
deoccupied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deoccupy
deoccupies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deoccupy
deoccupying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deoccupy
Gurgaon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hindi गुड़गाँव (guṛgā̃v).
Senses: synonyms: Gurugram
glosses: A city in Haryana, India.
mating marks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mating mark
presby-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, reanalyzed from presbyopia, ultimately from πρέσβυς (présbus, “elder, older”); more at presbyopia § Etymology; compare also presbyter § Etymology.
Senses: glosses: elder; old.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
presbyo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: See presby- § Etymology.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of presby-.
acu-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”).
Senses: glosses: hearing; sound.
Derived terms: presbyacusis
Related terms: acoustic
acousto-
acu-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin acus (“needle, pin”).
Senses: glosses: needle.
Related terms: acute
acuity
fridge logic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by TV Tropes in 2007. Based on the earlier icebox scene, a term coined by director Alfred Hitchcock for an illogical scene which, in his words, "hits you after you've gone home and start pulling cold chicken out of the icebox".
Senses: examples: text: Obviously the CIA wouldn't put their NOC lists on a system that could be remotely accessed that way no matter what kind of encryption they were using for them. So that's fridge logic for ya.
ref: 2010 October 7, David Johnston, “What Did You Watch? 2010-10-06 (Wednesday)”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet), retrieved 24 Aug 2022:
text: > These are pretty big plot points that are brushed aside.
They were things I didn't think about too hard while watching, but occurred to me while on the road today. I think the term for this is, quite appropriately, fridge logic :-)
ref: 2010 December 26, The Face of Po, “Baaaa... Humbug!”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet), retrieved 24 Aug 2022:
text: I've been reading Endtown since it was strictly a webcomic. It's a must-read for me. Though some might get thrown by the fridge logic (the aforementioned street lamps and such) and the deep archive (where most of the backstory is).
ref: 2011 July 16, Freezer, “For the Official RACS Gocomics.com Page: E”, in rec.arts.comics.strips (Usenet), retrieved 24 Aug 2022:
text: Fridge Logic can be defined* as the bit in a plot that you except when you watch it, but later (and thus named) when you go to the fridge and then think "What the... that's impossible"
ref: 2012 March 9, Reader in Invisible Writings, “If you know "Fridge Logic" welcome to "Brandy Logic" Courtesy of Sherlock and Holmes”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet), retrieved 24 Aug 2022:
text: I just reread the story, and Fridge Logic () struck. At the end, the protagonist is thinking about the future of the rescued passengers/crew:
> When you get there, sixty to seventy percent will die in the first three years. You will die in childbirth, be eaten by animals, bury two out of three of your babies, starve slowly when the rains don't come. If you live, it will be to break your back behind a plow, sunup to dusk. New Earth is Heaven, folks!
Now wait just a minute. They have the technology to travel through time, and spacecraft that are, if not superluminal, at least capable of a significant fraction of c. They can't export the technology the colonists would need to build a new world? They can't even prevent death in childbirth?
ref: 2014 March 23, D.F. Manno, “Fridge logic on "Air Raid"/"Millennium"”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), retrieved 24 Aug 2022:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: An initially overlooked detail in a story, which, upon further contemplation, is more nonsensical or unrealistic than originally assumed, often to the point of creating a plot hole.
wikipedia: Alfred Hitchcock
Derived terms: fridge brilliance
fridge horror
Related terms: plot hole
fridge horror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by TV Tropes in 2009, by analogy with fridge logic.
Senses: examples: text: > How would you like to live forever, cut into little pieces? Seem like if we were immortal that or something equivalent would be the common fate. There is the Greek myth of someone who was granted the boon of immortality and just kept getting older and older.
>
Different types of immortality have different potential drawbacks, true. You described the Oz immortality which was always a source of Fridge Horror.
ref: 2011 October 21, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor), “Arithmetic”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), retrieved 24 Aug 2022:
text: It's possible that his expedition, unknowingly, was traversing the southernmost portion of the globe Oz and its surrounding lands and seas occupy... now THERE'S a crossover fanfic of body horror AND fridge horror (pun intended, don't look at me like that, you'd do it too) waiting to be written.
ref: 2015 June 5, David DeLaney, “HPL upside down in antarctica in At the Mts of Madness?”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet), retrieved 24 Aug 2022:
text: One, we canonically know that that portal doesn't go to Fastrack/SH's Earth, but to the Earth of GPF (which also raises an issue of fridge horror, in that THAT Earth has been in stasis for months).
ref: 2021 February 13, Chrysi Cat, “Safe Havens 2-6”, in rec.arts.comics.strips (Usenet), retrieved 24 Aug 2022:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A seemingly innocuous detail in a story, which, upon further contemplation, carries disturbing undertones.
Related terms: fridge brilliance
fridge logic
Lamboglias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lamboglia
Niebergs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nieberg
Dierbergs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dierberg
Hayrapetyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hayrapetyans
form: Hairabedian
form: Hairapetian
form: Hayrapetian
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Հայրապետյան (Hayrapetyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Hayrapetian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hayrapetians
Etymology: Variant of Hayrapetyan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Hayrapetians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hayrapetian
Hayrapetyans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hayrapetyan
Weed Days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Weed Day
washhand-basin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washhand-basins
form: wash hand basin
form: wash-hand basin
form: washhand basin
Senses: glosses: Synonym of washbasin.
synonyms: word: washbasin
washhand-basins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washhand-basin
goddexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goddex
shockfics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shockfic
WHV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WHVs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of working holiday visa.
WHVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WHV
reduced row echelon forms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reduced row echelon form
reed relays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reed relay
regular black holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regular black hole
regular Joes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regular Joe
re-hearings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of re-hearing
Reich-wingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Reich-winger
renal casts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of renal cast
renal capsules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of renal capsule
renal cylinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of renal cylinder
RNA expression patterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RNA expression pattern
cookshed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cooksheds
Etymology: From cook + shed.
Senses: glosses: An outdoor building for cooking.
cooksheds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cookshed
bore sighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bore sight
bore sighted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bore sight
Crakehall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish (served by Crakehall with Langthorne Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district, which includes the villages of Great Crakehall and Little Crakehall.
GGT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of gamma-glutamyltransferase.
heart-healthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: heart-healthier
form: more heart-healthy
form: heart-healthiest
form: most heart-healthy
Etymology: From heart health + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The Mediterranean diet is rich in heart-healthy foods such as vegetables, grains, fish, fruit, olive oil, and nuts.
glosses: Tending to prevent premature heart disease.
Fermi problem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fermi problems
Etymology: Named after Enrico Fermi, known for his ability to deal with such problems.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: Fermi question
glosses: Any estimation problem designed to teach dimensional analysis or the approximation of extreme scientific calculations: often a back-of-the-envelope problem with limited data.
wikipedia: Enrico Fermi
Fermi problems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fermi problem
sciosophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sciosophic
form: most sciosophic
Etymology: From sciosophy + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The practical art of rain-making, for instance, is a form of sciosophic activity[.]
ref: 1927, D.S. Jordan, chapter II, in Higher Foolishness, page 66:
glosses: Of or relating to sciosophy.
sciosophist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sciosophists
Etymology: From sciosophy + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The theory of relativity [...] has just attracted much attention from the mathematicians and sciosophists alike[.]
ref: 1927, D.S. Jordan, chapter IV, in Higher Foolishness, page 97:
glosses: A practitioner of sciosophy.
sciosophists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sciosophist
Samoas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Samoa
Macip
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Macips
Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan Macip.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Catalan.
Bat-Signal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bat-Signals
form: Bat-signal
form: bat-signal
form: Bat Signal
form: bat signal
Etymology: From Bat- + signal: the extended (general) sense comes from the Bat-Signal, a searchlight-based distress signal in the DC Universe, used by Gotham City police to summon the superhero Batman.
Senses: examples: text: The power of that promise is part of why Trump's election win was like a Bat-Signal for hatemongers of all kinds.
ref: 2017, Naomi Klein, No Is Not Enough: Resisting the New Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need:
text: "Have you met my mom? She's like a Bat-Signal for jerks. I'm never falling in love, Kellan. Ever. It's so stupid."
ref: 2022, Alyne Hart, Glitter, page 15:
text: I honked the horn and flickered the lights as a bat signal for my mom to save me.
ref: 2022, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Who Do I Think I Am?: Stories of Chola Wishes and Caviar Dreams:
glosses: A thing which serves to attract or summon something.
wikipedia: Bat-Signal
Batman
DC Universe
Gotham City
Related terms: 🦇
bat-phone
dog whistle
Battinson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Batman + Pattinson, referencing actor Robert Pattinson.
Senses: examples: text: Enter Pattinson, the former "Twilight" heartthrob, who has done plenty of movies since, which hasn't prevented another flurry of hand-wringing over whether “Battinson” was really a good fit.
ref: 2019 June 16, Brian Lowry, “Batman movies' casting has a long history of bringing out fans' batty side”, in Gwinnett Daily Post, page A13:
text: […] and a look at the Battinson bod has has also hit the net.
ref: 2020 January 30, “The Batman Confirms Cast: Robert Pattinson, Colin Farrell, More”, in Pakistan Today, page 13:
text: We get a quick shot of Battinson taking down a thug using 1 hand, the Batmobile exhaust firing up and a vertical grapple upwards.
ref: 2020 September, Emmanuel Naicker, “The Biggest Highlights of DC Fandome”, in Alpha Magazine, page 9:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A nickname for the version of Batman portrayed by Robert Pattinson in the standalone film The Batman (2022).
wikipedia: Robert Pattinson
Coordinate terms: Batfleck
Spennithorne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (without a council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE1389).
Stapledon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stapledons
Etymology: Probably a variant of Stapleton.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Middleham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Middleham resists definition: it is a village because it covers a single parish; but local people prefer to think of it as a town, and its parish council has the status of a town council.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 282:
glosses: A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE1287).
exteacher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exteachers
Etymology: From ex- + teacher.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:exteacher.
glosses: Rare form of ex-teacher.
ex-teacher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ex-teachers
form: exteacher
Etymology: From ex- + teacher.
Senses: glosses: Former teacher.
antiglutamatergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiglutamatergic
form: most antiglutamatergic
Etymology: From anti- + glutamatergic.
Senses: glosses: That inhibits the physiological action of glutamate at a receptor site
Preston-under-Scar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: "Scar" is from Old Norse sker (“rock”); see scar.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0791).
luxoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named by Green in 1955 (probably inspired by luxate meaning dislocated + -oid)
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A gene which when mutated in mice produces skeletal abnormalities.
soy faces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soy face
VMT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VMTs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: vtable
vftable
glosses: Initialism of virtual method table.
VMT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of vehicle miles travelled.
Related terms: VKT
vftable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vftables
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Synonym of vtable.
synonyms: word: vtable
prud'-hommes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prud'-homme
Dominican Republican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Dominican Republic + -an.
Senses: examples: text: High construction design standards predominate in the Dominican Republican formal residential construction sector.
ref: 1980 April, Dominican Republic Shelter Sector Assessment, volume 1, page 53:
text: U.S. minister William Russell presents the Jimenes government with a note demanding that it dissolve the Dominican Republican Guard and allow the United States to form a new constabulary force with U.S. Marine officers.
ref: 2016, Eric Paul Roorda, Historical Dictionary of the Dominican Republic, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page xxx:
text: Discuss relevant topics and debate relevant issues in contemporary Dominican Republican society.
ref: 2020, April L. Jones, Rhonda M. Collier, “Implementing and Evaluating Culturally Responsive Teaching for Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Through Study Abroad Programs: Effective Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies Suitable for HBCUs”, in Lucretia Octavia Tripp, Rhonda M. Collier, editors, Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development), IGI Global, →ISBN, page 58:
synonyms: Dominican
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to the Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dominican Republicans
Etymology: From Dominican Republic + -an.
Senses: examples: text: He also helps Carlos understand his father cares about him and that he should feel proud for being a Dominican Republican.
ref: 1998, Barbara J. Thayer-Bacon, Charles S. Bacon, Philosophy Applied to Education: Nurturing a Democratic Community in the Classroom, Merrill, →ISBN, page 178:
text: Haitians have been described as being black, whereas those from Spanish-speaking regions, namely the Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and Dominican Republicans, have been described as being more heterogeneous.
ref: 2001, Surjit S. Dhooper, Sharon E. Moore, Social Work Practice with Culturally Diverse People, Sage Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 106:
text: Demonstrate integrated knowledge of the heritage, culture, social structures and accomplishments as well as a global perspective and integrated knowledge of the heritage, culture, social structures and accomplishments of Dominican Republicans through literature, history and music.
ref: 2020, April L. Jones, Rhonda M. Collier, “Implementing and Evaluating Culturally Responsive Teaching for Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Through Study Abroad Programs: Effective Culturally Responsive Teaching Strategies Suitable for HBCUs”, in Lucretia Octavia Tripp, Rhonda M. Collier, editors, Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development), IGI Global, →ISBN, page 58:
synonyms: Dominican
glosses: A person from the Dominican Republic.
Dominican Republicans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dominican Republican
Macips
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Macip
Stapledons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Stapledon
Crists
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Crist
Coxeter matrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Coxeter matrixes
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The n×n symmetric matrix with entries m_ij, which can be conveniently encoded by a Coxeter diagram.
Coxeter matrixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Coxeter matrix
Metoac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A group of Native Americans: the Munsee-speaking Lenape (west), Quiripi-speaking Unquachog (center) and Pequot-speaking Montaukett (east) American Indians on what is now Long Island in New York state.
Cregar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cregars
Etymology: Americanized form of Dutch Krijger or German Krieger.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Coard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Coards
Etymology: A variant of Cord.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Deshlers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Deshler
Cregars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cregar
Coards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Coard
Carperby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Probably from Old Irish Cairpre (a personal name) + Old Norse býr (“farm, settlement”).
Senses: glosses: A village in Carperby-cum-Thoresby parish, Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0089).
Caponigro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Caponigros
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Caponigro.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Coxeter graph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Coxeter graphs
Etymology: Named after Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A 3-regular graph with 28 vertices and 42 edges, one of the 13 known cubic distance-regular graphs.
Coxeter graphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Coxeter graph
Crusoes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Crusoe
Caponigros
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Caponigro
Burs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bur
Israelson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Israelsons
Etymology: Respelling of Danish and Norwegian Israelsen, or Swedish Israelsson. It could also be a Jewish Ashkenazi patronymic surname from the personal name Israel + -son.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Carperby-cum-Thoresby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England.
Houff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Houffs
Etymology: A variant of Huff, or an altered spelling of German Hauff.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Houffs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Houff
Israelsons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Israelson
Songye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Songyes
form: Songye
form: Songe
Senses: glosses: A member of a Bantu ethnic group from the central Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Songyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Songye
Himebaugh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Himebaughs
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Heimbach.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Grunert
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Grunerts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Grunert or Grünert.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Grunerts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Grunert
Himebaughs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Himebaugh
webnovel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webnovels
Etymology: From web + novel.
Senses: examples: text: It would be so much faster to have her read webnovels, but my sister isn't tech savvy and doesn't have a smartphone, so books it is.
ref: 2020 September 11, Sorahoshi, translated by Amber Tamosaitis, Past Life Countess, Present Life Otome Game NPC?!, Cross Infinite World, →ISBN:
text: A small subset of webnovels is light novels, which is a term that describes webnovels that have been picked up by a Japanese publisher.
ref: 2021 May 14, Monica Leonelle, Get Your Book Selling Wide, →ISBN:
text: Many novels, dramas, comics, and animated shows produced in China are based on popular webnovels.
ref: 2021 December 14, Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, Heaven Official’s Blessing (Tian Guan Ci Fu; volume 1), Seven Seas Entertainment, →ISBN:
text: Maybe not so much in Chinese webnovels, which are delightfully unrestrained and often run to hundreds of chapters, but in many other realms of writing, where an editor would have told the author to cut it out, or the author would have cut it out in anticipation of being told as much.
ref: 2022 January 4, Kali Wallace, “From Now on I’m Taking All of My Storytelling Lessons From This Wild Epic About Love, Loyalty, and Necromancy”, in Tor.com:
text: Because of the media mentioned above, as well as the growing Western popularity of breakout Chinese shows like The Untamed and Word of Honour (which were originally webnovels), which could be streamed on Netflix, wuxia and xianxia are both experiencing a cultural moment for English-speaking audiences.
ref: 2022 August 5, Linda Codega, “The Art of Prophecy Brings Martial War Artists to Their Knees”, in Gizmodo:
text: She will oversee all aspects of development across the studio’s growing slate of series adaptations from Webtoon’s global IP catalog and Wattpad webnovels.
ref: 2022 August 16, Peter White, “Sera Tabb Joins Wattpad Webtoon As Global Head Of TV & Company Launches Animation Division”, in Deadline Hollywood:
glosses: An online novel.
webnovels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webnovel
get the noggin joggin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets the noggin joggin'
form: getting the noggin joggin'
form: got the noggin joggin'
form: gotten the noggin joggin'
form: got the noggin joggin'
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme.
Senses: glosses: To get a person thinking; to encourage thought or cogitation.
cybernovel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybernovels
Etymology: From cyber- + novel.
Senses: glosses: A novel published on the Internet or in cyberspace, or in a hypertext format.
Related terms: webnovel
cybernovels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cybernovel
Massiah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Massiahs
Etymology: West Indian and Guyanese surname of unexplained origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Massiahs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Massiah
Martuses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Martus
Marohl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marohls
Etymology: Probably a derivative of German Marhold.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
McNeary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McNearys
Etymology: Variant of McNary.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
McNearys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McNeary
Marohls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Marohl
Marceaux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marceauxes
Etymology: Borrowed from French Marceaux.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Oppelt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Oppelts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Oppelt.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Oppelts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Oppelt
Marceauxes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Marceaux
pincer movements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pincer movement
Spearmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Spearman
Tellisford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English tæfle (“chess-board”), a term used in a topographical sense and perhaps implying a plateau, + ford (“ford”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Mandip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST8055).