cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
swizzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swizz
swizzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of swizz
swizzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swizz
mangia cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mangia cakes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mangia-cake.
Amun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːmən/
ipa: /ˈɑːmuːn/
Forms: form: Ammon
form: Amon
form: Amen
Etymology: From Coptic ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (amoun), from Egyptian jmn (“the god Amun”). The variant forms Ammon and Amon are from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), from the same Egyptian source. The variant Amen is from Ȧmen, Lepsius’s obsolete 19th century transcription of the original Egyptian word.
Senses: examples: text: The hornèd patriarch of the sheep,
 Like Egypt's Amun roused from sleep,
 Shook his sage head with gesture mute,
 And emphasized with stamp of foot.
ref: 1866, John G. Whittier, Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An Egyptian wind deity associated with the town of Thebes; later (post-16th century BCE) the creator deity, often depicted with curling ram horns.
wikipedia: Karl Richard Lepsius
Related terms: ammonia
ammonite
cornu ammonis
Amun-Ra
Jupiter Ammon
Tutankhamun
Zeus Ammon
copper group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Group 11 of the periodic table, comprising copper, silver, gold and roentgenium
muster up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: musters up
form: mustering up
form: mustered up
form: mustered up
Senses: examples: text: I mustered up all my remaining willpower.
text: Nobody save myself so much as turned to look after him; nor, it grieves me to confess, could even I contrive to muster up any tolerable interest, even by all that the warlike spirit, formerly manifested within that now decrepit shape, had wrought upon our globe.
ref: 1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “P.'s Correspondence”, in Mosses from an Old Manse:
glosses: Look within oneself to summon a particular positive quality, such as strength, energy or courage.
musters up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of muster up
mustering up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of muster up
mustered up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of muster up
summon up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: summons up
form: summoning up
form: summoned up
form: summoned up
Senses: examples: text: I summoned up all my remaining willpower.
glosses: To look within oneself to find and put into action a particular positive quality, such as strength, energy or courage.
Synonyms: summon
muster up
muster
work up
summons up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of summon up
summoning up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of summon up
summoned up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of summon up
non-native speakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-native speaker
Sauerland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Sauerland
Etymology: Borrowed from German Sauerland.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Merz is a product of the Sauerland in Germany’s wealthy west, a region that defines his politics and persona. During his campaign, he ran on the slogan “More Sauerland for Germany,” evoking the region’s image as a heartland of the country.
ref: 2025 May 6, Jim Tankersley, Christopher F. Schuetze, “Who Is Friedrich Merz, Germany’s New Chancellor?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A region of Westphalia, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Mensheviks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Menshevik
Morbi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Morvi
Senses: glosses: A city and district in Gujarat, India.
antispin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + spin.
Senses: examples: text: Does the antispin axle produce lateral instability on slippery roads? Our tests (see photos) proved that the standard axle offers higher stability at or near standstill.
ref: 1969 November, Popular Science, volume 195, number 5, page 123:
glosses: Preventing spin (of a component).
red heat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of being red-hot.
glosses: The temperature of something that is red-hot.
arbitrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From arbitral + -ly.
Senses: examples: arbitrally-determined compensation
glosses: By means of arbitration.
tim-whiskeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tim-whiskey
unknowledgeably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unknowledgeably
form: most unknowledgeably
Etymology: From unknowledgeable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without knowledge; in ignorance.
deipnosophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From deipno- (“dinner-”) + -sophy.
Senses: glosses: debate or small talk at the dinner table
Related terms: deipnosophist
waverings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wavering
navmesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: navmeshes
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Well, navmeshes are efficient. The data structure required to store one is compact and can be searched very quickly.
ref: 2005, Mat Buckland, Programming Game AI By Example, page 335:
text: This place-centric notion can be very helpful when creating navigating character AI because we can match the navmesh representation to our own intuitive view of the world[…]
ref: 2011, Pedro A. González Calero, Artificial Intelligence for Computer Games, page 41:
glosses: navigation mesh
navmeshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of navmesh
navigation mesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: navigation meshes
Senses: examples: text: We used a navigation mesh to describe the paths that can be followed by computer-controlled characters in our video game.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A data structure used in artificial intelligence applications to aid agents in pathfinding through large spaces. It is a collection of two-dimensional convex polygons.
Synonyms: navmesh
Related terms: meadow map
navigation meshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of navigation mesh
dicktard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dicktards
Etymology: From dick + -tard.
Senses: examples: text: “Back the fuck off, dicktard. The lady don't want your company.”
ref: J. Rose Allister, Disowned Cowboys (page 78)
text: “Since Thanksgiving, the advertising industry has spent over $1 billion to influence what American dicktards, asswipes, and cock-knobs will put under their Christmas trees,” Merrill Lynch retail analyst Barbour Scott said.
ref: 2011, The Onion Presents: Christmas Exposed:
glosses: Term of abuse.
dicktards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dicktard
chalazoderma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chalaza + -o- + -derma.
Senses: glosses: A rare connective tissue disorder in which the skin becomes inelastic and hangs loosely in folds.
Synonyms: cutis laxa
dermatolysis
dermatomegaly
Related terms: pachydermatocele
dermatomegaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dermato- + -megaly.
Senses: glosses: chalazoderma
dermatolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dermato- + lysis.
Senses: glosses: chalazoderma
advertique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌad.vəˈtiːk/
ipa: /ˌæd.vɚˈtik/
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: advertiques
Etymology: Blend of advertisement + antique
Senses: examples: text: These miscellaneous advertising items, often called advertiques, were generally useful in nature and were saved as a result.
ref: 1977, Cecil Munsey, Illustrated Guide to Collectible Bottles, page 267:
text: Any item with the name of the firm that gave it away on it is an advertique. Souvenir spoons, tin trays, trade cards,[…]
ref: 1979, Marguerite Ashworth Brunner, How to sell your collectibles, antiques, and crafts at a profit, page 29:
text: They hold a historical library of printed and audiovisual materials, research and reference collections of advertisements in various media, display items, slides for presentations, manuscripts materials, and artifacts and advertiques.
ref: 1988, Stanley C. Hollander, Terence R. Nevett, Ronald A. Fullerton, Historical perspectives in marketing, page 211:
text: Another one-of-a-kind advertique, this example is in excellent condition.
ref: 1990, William C. Ketchum Jr, The new and revised catalog of American antiques, page 508:
glosses: Any antique promotional gift item.
advertiques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of advertique
unantiquated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unantiquated
form: most unantiquated
Etymology: From un- + antiquated.
Senses: glosses: Not antiquated.
Famiclone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Famiclones
Etymology: Blend of Famicom + clone.
Senses: examples: text: You may also see very unauthorized Famiclones — third-party, unlicensed NES joysticks, sometimes with an attached light gun and not as many games as the packaging says.
ref: 2005, Simon Carless, Gaming Hacks, page 34:
text: Like keyboard-based Famiclones today, these early home computers were also commonly connected to a TV display[…]
ref: 2009, James Derek Lomas, The social movement laboratory:
topics: video-games
glosses: Any electronic hardware designed to replicate the Family Computer/Nintendo Entertainment System video game console.
Famiclones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Famiclone
famelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fameless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Lack of fame; obscurity.
choanae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkoʊ.əˌni/
Senses: glosses: plural of choana
choana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkoʊ.ən.ə/
Forms: form: choanae
Etymology: Borrowing from New Latin choana, from Ancient Greek χοᾰ́νη (khoắnē, “funnel”), from χέω (khéō, “to pour”) + -ᾰ́νη (-ắnē, suffix for utensil names).
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: infundibulum, pelvis, cornu
glosses: A funnel; a funnel-shaped opening.
examples: text: The choanal glands of caecilians open at the margin of the choanae, whereas those of salamanders open deep within the choanae at the margin of the olfactory epithelium.
ref: 1986, William E. Duellman, Biology of Amphibians, page 409:
text: Zuckerkandl (1893) gives far and away the greatest measurements for the choanae; Hopmann (1895) reported that in man the choana has a mean height of 27 mm, and a mean width of 13 mm (Merkel, 1896); in women it measures 25 x 12mm. These values agree closely with our findings.
ref: 1989, Johannes Lang, translated by P. M. Stell, Clinical Anatomy of the Nose, Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses, page 103:
text: Inside of this area it is possible to identify clearly two parallel echonegative zones, which belong to the nasal cavities (choanas) and are placed on both sides of a medial structure, considerably echogenic, which corresponds to nasal bridge (Fig. 2.12.)
ref: 2006, José María Carrera, Asim Kurjak, Donald School: Atlas of Clinical Application of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, India: Jaypee Brothers, page 14:
text: The bony rim of the posterior choana is located by passing the 4-mm microdebrider blade through the posterior ethmoids and into the nasopharynx. The tip of the microdebrider blade is pushed against the mucosa just above the bony choanae on the anterior face of the sphenoid.
ref: 2008, Peter-John Wormald, Endoscopic Sinus Surgery, 2nd edition, page 111:
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
zootomy
synonyms: internal nostril
posterior naris
posterior nasal aperture
glosses: A pair of apertures towards the back of the nasal cavity, opening into the nasopharynx.
Derived terms: choanal
choanate
choanoid
choano-
choan-
Related terms: choanite
odditorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odditoriums
Etymology: Blend of odd + auditorium; mainly used by the Ripley's Believe It or Not! franchise.
Senses: examples: text: […] and we found passageways with queer, quaint gables, and in a draper's shop, and in constant daily use, we came upon an ancient and beautiful oak staircase really fit for a palace, and we happened upon an "odditorium," […]
ref: 1917, Robert Shackleton, Touring Great Britain, page 182:
text: Today the syndicated daytime talk show is the straight-line mainstream descendant of the odditoriums and dunk-the-fool attractions of a century ago.
ref: 1998, Robert Abelman, Reaching a critical mass, page 39:
text: Ripley's has odditoriums across the United States, but the Key West location features many exhibits unique to our island.
ref: 2002, Christopher Shultz, David L. Sloan, Quit Your Job and Move to Key West: The Complete Guide, page 55:
text: His shop had been an odditorium, its crowding walls filled to the ceiling with unfathomable, strangely charismatic products like Bay Rum and styptic pencils that would seal up cuts […].
ref: 2016, Alan Moore, Jerusalem, Liveright, page 27:
glosses: A shop or museum exhibiting unusual curiosities.
wikipedia: Ripley's Believe It or Not!
odditoriums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of odditorium
Pennsyltucky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pennsatucky
Etymology: Blend of Pennsylvania + Kentucky
Senses: glosses: The rural and exurban part of the state of Pennsylvania outside the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia metropolitan areas, more specifically the mountainous central region.
Ruthanasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Ruth + euthanasia, in reference to the National Party's Minister of Finance, Ruth Richardson.
Senses: examples: text: Rogernomics has been succeeded by Richardson's Ruthanasia.
ref: 1991, New Statesman Society, volume 4:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The period of free-market economic reform conducted during the first term of the fourth National government in New Zealand, from 1990 to 1993.
wikipedia: Ruth Richardson
Mexifornia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Mexico + California
Senses: examples: text: He spent a few months with me in Mexifornia[…]
ref: 1975, Alfred Bester, The computer connection, page 11:
text: This was demonstrated by references to California as Mexifornia, complaints about hearing Spanish in stores and restaurants, and seeing, "so few white people in Wal-Mart" (CP6).
ref: 2008, Jennifer Ingraham Bryant, Vigilance on the Border, page 95:
text: the millions of illegal alien barbarians in Mexifornia
ref: 2005, Samuel Heath, The American Poet: Weedpatch Gazette for 2005, page 210:
glosses: Derogatory name for California: a state of the United States, viewed as increasingly Mexican in population and culture, especially due to illegal immigration.
Related terms: Mexifornication
argumentary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more argumentary
form: most argumentary
Etymology: From argument + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: There are different sorts of sermons — the argumentary, the dogmatic, the postulary, the persuasive, the punitive, the combative, "in orthodox blows and knocks," the logical, and the poetic; but this specimen belonged to none of these […]
ref: 1856, James Bradley Finley, William Peter Strickland, Autobiography of Rev. James B. Finley, page 322:
glosses: argumentative; based on argument
spacistor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spacistors
Etymology: Blend of space + transistor?
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A kind of transistor developed in the 1950s.
spacistors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spacistor
Delmarva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Delaware (“Del”) + Maryland (“mar”) + Virginia (“VA”)
Senses: coordinate_terms: DMV#Proper noun
glosses: A large peninsula on the east coast of the United States, occupied by most of Delaware and portions of Maryland and Virginia; separated from the mainland by Chesapeake Bay.
zebrules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zebrule
zebrinny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zebrinnies
Etymology: Blend of zebra + hinny
Senses: examples: text: His zebra-horse hybrids, or zebrules, and his horse-zebra hybrids, or zebrinnies, are not marked like their Burchell-zebra parent, but resemble in both cases the Somali zebra, which is the most primitive of all its kind.
ref: 1900, The Annual Register of World Events, volume 141, page 113:
text: They will also interbreed with horses, producing zebrules (Plate 137) or zebrinnies.
ref: 1955, Ivan Terence Sanderson, Living mammals of the world, page 223:
glosses: The offspring of a male horse and a female zebra.
Related terms: zorse
zebrinnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zebrinny
Rubinomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Rubin + -nomics, named after Robert E. Rubin, former US Secretary of the Treasury.
Senses: examples: text: Drawing from classical economics, Rubinomics mistakenly asserts that saving drives investment.
ref: 2007, New York University. Institute of Economic Affairs, Challenge, volume 50, page 44:
glosses: The economic policies of US President Bill Clinton, emphasizing the effect that balancing the government budget has on long term interest rates.
unclotted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unclotted
form: most unclotted
Etymology: From un- + clotted.
Senses: glosses: Not clotted.
nonclotted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + clotted.
Senses: glosses: Not clotted.
negativenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of negativeness
smark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smarks
Etymology: Blend of smart + mark
Senses: glosses: A fan of professional wrestling who is aware that the matches are scripted but enjoys them nonetheless.
smarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smark
catteloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cattelo
cattalo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæt.əl.əʊ/
ipa: /ˈkæt.ə.loʊ/
Forms: form: cattalos
form: cattaloes
Etymology: Blend of cattle + buffalo
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cattelo.
cattalos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cattalo
cattaloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cattalo
teensploitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From teen + -sploitation (from exploitation film). From 1980s.
Senses: examples: text: We sat down to watch a teensploitation slasher flick.
text: With 1955's Blackboard Jungle—the first film to traffic heavily in youth rebellion and sex, the twin pillars of any teenager's existence—a brilliant, if obvious, new genre of film was born: teensploitation, movies about teenagers made for teenagers but watched by everybody.
ref: 1999 February, Bill Sienkiewicz, “Forever Young”, in SPIN, SPIN Media, page 64:
text: 1999, Edmond Grant, The Motion Picture Guide: 1999 Annual (The Films of 1998), CineBooks, page vii,
Adrian Lyne's LOLITA was more notable for the terror it struck in controversy-shy American distributors than for its content, reducing taboo subject matter to a teensploitation film with a literary pedigree.
text: The influence of Rebel Without a Cause is difficult to underestimate.^([sic]) Despite what appeared to be just another entry in the burgeoning teensploitation trend, the film distinguished itself for a variety of reasons.
ref: 2005, Rob McInnes, Timothy Shary, Teen Movies: American Youth on Screen, Columbia University Press (Wallflower), page 21:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A genre of exploitation films, starring teenage actors with teen-oriented plots involving drugs, sex, alcohol or crime.
fieldnote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fieldnotes
Etymology: From field + note.
Senses: examples: fieldnotes from a visit to a South American tribe
glosses: A note taken while working "in the field", i.e. in a real-world situation.
fieldnotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fieldnote
videolibrary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videolibraries
Etymology: From video + library.
Senses: glosses: A library that stocks video material.
videolibraries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videolibrary
sexpat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sexpats
Etymology: Blend of sex + expat
Senses: examples: text: They weren't all just sexpats and drifters and former disgraced officers or old bartenders, none of which he should have mentioned.
ref: 2010, Erich R. Sysak, Water Heart:
glosses: An expatriate who engages in sex tourism.
Related terms: lovepat
sexpats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexpat
antiscripturally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more antiscripturally
form: most antiscripturally
Etymology: From antiscriptural + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an antiscriptural manner.
didcap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: didcaps
Etymology: Blend of DID (short for damsel in distress) and vidcap.
Senses: glosses: A vidcap depicting a damsel in distress.
didcaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of didcap
dubtitle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dubtitles
Etymology: Blend of dub + subtitle
Senses: glosses: A subtitle that transcribes the new alternative or original dialogue spoken on a dubbed soundtrack, rather than translating the original dialogue. This is different to closed captioning.
dubtitles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dubtitle
Russlish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Russian + English
Senses: examples: text: Each spoke the other's language fluently, but they usually talked Russlish to ensure that idioms and shaded meanings were correctly transmitted. Because few people would understand Russlish, their conversation is reported here in English.
ref: 1988, G. Harry Stine, Operation High Dragon, page 14:
glosses: Runglish; a blend of Russian and English
bracketology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bracket + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The practice of predicting and analyzing sports tournament brackets.
Related terms: bracketologist
digipeater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digipeaters
Etymology: Blend of digital + repeater
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
radio
glosses: A digital repeater.
digipeaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digipeater
manorexic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more manorexic
form: most manorexic
Etymology: Blend of man + anorexic
Senses: glosses: Male and anorexic; suffering from manorexia.
manorexic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manorexics
Etymology: Blend of man + anorexic
Senses: glosses: A male anorexic.
glassies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glassy
Hunglish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Hungarian + English
Senses: glosses: A variety of English incorporating Hungarian words or constructions.
Janglish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Japanese + English, with intended pun on jangle (“sound discordantly”); coined by English author James Kirkup in 1966.
Senses: glosses: A variety of English incorporating Japanese words or constructions; English heavily influenced by Japanese grammar or pronunciation.
wikipedia: James Kirkup
Synonyms: Engrish
Japlish
gymnatorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gymnatoriums
form: gymnatoria
Etymology: Blend of gymnasium + auditorium
Senses: glosses: A room, as in a school, combining the functions of gymnasium and auditorium.
gymnatoriums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gymnatorium
gymnatoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gymnatorium
buffeteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buffeterias
Etymology: Blend of buffet + cafeteria
Senses: glosses: A cafeteria where food is served from a buffet.
buffeterias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buffeteria
occulture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈkʌlt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
Etymology: Blend of occult + culture First used in Rapid Eye magazine by Simon Dwyer. Later used by Professor Christopher Partridge.
Senses: examples: text: UFO religions drink deeply from the waters of occulture, while, at the same time, seeking to reconcile their ideas with a contemporary secular and scientific worldview.
ref: 2005, Christopher Partridge, The Re-enchantment of the West, volume 2, →ISBN, page 167:
text: With the term occulture I refer to a diverse milieu of spirituality that formed around esoteric discourses, as character­ized by Nina Kokkinen in her disserta­tion about occulture and modern spiritual­ity in turn­ of­ the­ century Finnish art, and its three notable artists Hugo Simberg (1873–1917), Akseli Gallen­-Kallela and Pekka Halonen (1865–1933) (Kokkinen 2019: 44).
ref: 2020, Mikko Välimäki, “Decadence and occulture: Oscar Parviainen’s art”, in Approaching religion, volume 11, number 1, →DOI, page 99:
text: Conspirituality, in fact, helps describe some of the dynamics and one of the “contexts” in which Italian Pagan conspiracy-believing is embedded—one that, at a more general level, is characterized by what Christopher Partridge (e.g., 2004; 2005; 2014) defined as occulture.
ref: 2021, Giovanna Parmigiani, “Magic and Politics: Conspirituality and COVID-19”, in Journal of the American Academy of Religion, →DOI, page 12:
glosses: The appropriation by a subculture of occult themes (New Age, etc.) in opposition to the dominant culture.
Derived terms: occultural
Related terms: conspirituality
Polglish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Polish + English
Senses: glosses: A variety of English incorporating Polish words or constructions.
animutation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăn'-ĭ-myo͞o-tāʹ-shən
ipa: /ˌænɪmjuˈteɪʃən/
ipa: /ˌænəmjuˈteɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: animutations
Etymology: Blend of ani(mation) + mutation.
Senses: examples: text: Think you’re cool sayin’ “All Your Base”? / Get that Xiao Xiao outta my face / You gotta be kidding me with that crap / Animutation’s where it’s at
ref: 2003 April 5, Neil Cicierega, “Hyakugojyuuichi 2003”, in Clown Circus, performed by Lemon Demon:
text: It's no fun to watch animutations when the music doesn't even line up! I think this is a performance issue; […]
ref: 2003 October 29, Greg Courville, “Flash Player”, in alt.linux (Usenet):
text: Animutation is satire, irony, and social criticism packed into one.
ref: 2009, Marcel Danesi, “I-power: Pop Culture in the Age of the Internet”, in X-rated! The Power of Mythic Symbolism in Popular Culture, New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, →DOI, →ISBN, page 109:
text: "Potter Puppet Pals: The Mysterious Ticking Noise" was created by Neil Stephen Cicierega, an American comedian, filmmaker, and musician. He is also the creator of a genre of Flash animation known as animutation.
ref: 2011, Greg Jarboe, “Month 2: Create Content Worth Sharing”, in YouTube and Video Marketing: An Hour a Day, 2nd edition, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, →ISBN:
glosses: A form of Internet-based computer animation characterized by unpredictable montages of pop culture images set to music; (countable) an instance of this.
animutations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of animutation
antiantibodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiantibody
Rothschildian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rothschildian
form: most Rothschildian
Etymology: From Rothschild + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Rothschild family, a European banking dynasty.
black copper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: tenorite
glosses: A mineral form of cupric oxide
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Copper with iron and sulfur impurities due to insufficient smelting.
skullets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skullet
Enronomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Enron + economics, after Enron, a company that collapsed through accounting fraud.
Senses: examples: text: Alas, we are reduced to desperately seeking Toto, in need of someone to go behind the curtain and tell us that the wizard's name is enronomics.
ref: 2007, George M. Frankfurter, Theory and Reality in Financial Economics, page 122:
text: Well, we do understand economics. We just do not understand Enronomics. The majority party unfortunately is forcing down the throats of consumers in this country Enronomics. They are allowing Enron to continue to pillage and burn the West Coast.
ref: 2009, Congressional Record, V. 150, Pt. 9, June 2, 2004 to June 16 2004:
text: And, in the financial sector, this weakening continued as a blind eye was turned to the parallels between 'Enronomics' and the use of leveraged debt to engage in the creation and trading of exotic financial products.
ref: 2011, Mollie Painter-Morland, René ten Bos, Business Ethics and Continental Philosophy, page 111:
glosses: creative accounting, or accounting fraud
accusours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accusour
Toner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
quho
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of who.
Morgon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔːɡən/
Forms: form: Morgons
Etymology: From French Morgon.
Senses: examples: text: And so we went through the cold beef (Scottish forequarter spit-roasted) and chocolate mousse with a good Morgon and curacao.
ref: 1987, Stuart Evans, Seasonal Tribal Feasts, page 166:
text: Morgon is full-bodied and high in alcohol content (sometimes surpassing 14%), and has a little more tannin than the typical Beaujolais.
ref: 2001, John Fisher, The Evaluation of Wine, page 198:
text: I like Morgon – powerful, dark and fleshy, with black rather than red fruit, it reminds me of walking into a deep cavern – and I think Julienas (masculine, earthy and granitic) and Chiroubles (the highest, and delicate, like birdsong) are under-rated.
ref: 2010 July 10, Victoria Moore, The Guardian:
glosses: A type of red wine from the Beaujolais region.
Morgons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Morgon
cement copper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cement coppers
Senses: glosses: A precipitated form of copper created by the action of copper sulfate solution on iron
robochef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: robochefs
Etymology: From robo- + chef.
Senses: examples: text: These robochefs in the better apartment buildings really knew how to broil a sirloin.
ref: 1968, William R. Burkett, Sleeping Planet, page 163:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A machine that prepares and dispenses meals.
Synonyms: autochef
robochefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of robochef
robopet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: robopets
Etymology: From robo- + pet.
Senses: glosses: A robot marketed as a pet.
Related terms: cyberpet
robopets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of robopet
robolawyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: robolawyers
Etymology: From robo- + lawyer.
Senses: examples: text: Software engineers are working on developing legal expert systems that use large databases to respond to legal queries — robolawyers?
ref: 2002, John J. Bonsignore, Before the law: an introduction to the legal process, page 319:
text: This is not Dr Zeleznikow's first venture into the field of robolawyer software.
ref: 2006, The Economist, volume 378, numbers 8467-8470, page 24:
text: As we saw in the last chapter, one day, we may talk to the Internet on our wall screens and converse with the friendly face of a robodoc or robolawyer.
ref: 2012, Michio Kaku, Physics of the Future:
glosses: A computer system that dispenses legal advice.
robolawyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of robolawyer
antiadaptationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiadaptationists
Etymology: From anti- + adaptationist.
Senses: glosses: One who rejects adaptationism.
antiadaptationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiadaptationist
dentiloquist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dentiloquists
Etymology: From Latin dens (tooth) + Latin loqui (to speak).
Senses: examples: text: To add to my mumbling complaint, (for, you must know, I have been quite a dent'''iloquist,) I have an only sister on a visit to me, who has been alarmingly ill for some time.
ref: 1834, letter from John Fawcett to Charles Matthews dated 10 March 1834, re-printed in Anne Jackson Mathews, Memoirs of Charles Mathews, Comedian, Volume IV, Richard Bentley (1839), page 183
text: Ventriloquists are almost, though not completely, dentiloquists.
ref: 1992, Peter Bowler, The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words, David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc., →ISBN, page 19:
glosses: Someone who speaks through clenched teeth.
misadapt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misadapts
form: misadapting
form: misadapted
form: misadapted
Etymology: From mis- + adapt.
Senses: examples: to misadapt to one's environment
glosses: To adapt in the wrong way.
Related terms: maladapt
misadaptation
misadapting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misadapt
misadapts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misadapt
misadapted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misadapt
maladapt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: maladapts
form: maladapting
form: maladapted
form: maladapted
Etymology: From mal- + adapt.
Senses: glosses: To adapt badly; to exhibit maladaptation.
maladapting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of maladapt
maladapts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of maladapt
anticonduit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + conduit.
Senses: examples: text: A captive, located in a qualified treaty country with an anticonduit provision, may reinsure with another reinsurer located in a taxable country. Therefore the anticonduit provisions would be violated, and the exemption would be lost.
ref: 2010, Brian Dooley, International Taxation in America:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Prohibiting conduits.
Cadillac plan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cadillac plans
Etymology: From the Cadillac automobile, representing American luxury.
Senses: glosses: Any unusually expensive health insurance plan.
Cadillac plans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cadillac plan
Malinowskian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Malinowskian
form: most Malinowskian
Etymology: From Malinowski + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Bronisław Malinowski (1884–1942), Polish anthropologist.
dentiloquists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dentiloquist
antidollar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antidollar
form: most antidollar
Etymology: From anti- + dollar.
Senses: examples: text: It has been handled up to now by a double device: the U.S. government gives away enough American goods to meet part of this demand, while the rest of it is suppressed by other governments' antidollar restrictions on their peoples' trade and currency.
ref: 1954 January 4, LIFE, page 47:
text: Protest songs bore nuances of an antidollar culture. To the rhythm of "Dry Bones," protesters recounted "The Connection" between "power," a "nuke plant," a "utility, " and "money."
ref: 2006, John Wills, Conservation Fallout: Nuclear Protest at Diablo Canyon, page 99:
text: The antidollar campaign being waged overseas is picking up momentum as German, Swiss, and Japanese central banks move to stem the tremendous strength of the U. S. currency.
ref: 1980, The Business Week, numbers 2626-2634, page 103:
text: This is all part of an antidollar diversification strategy.
ref: 2011, Steven Drobny, The Invisible Hands:
glosses: Opposing the dollar, especially that of the United States.
antidiversification
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antidiversification
form: most antidiversification
Etymology: From anti- + diversification.
Senses: glosses: Opposing diversification.
antitemplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antitemplates
Etymology: From anti- + template.
Senses: qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: A macromolecule that acts against a template.
antitemplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antitemplate
antioption
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antioption
form: most antioption
Etymology: From anti- + option.
Senses: examples: cotton and grain antioption bills
topics: business
finance
glosses: Opposing options.
finnan haddie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finnan haddies
form: finnie haddie
Etymology: Perhaps from the hamlet of Findon, Aberdeenshire, or the village of Findhorn at the mouth of the River Findhorn in Moray.
Senses: glosses: Cold-smoked haddock, representative of a regional method of smoking with green wood and peat in north-east Scotland.
finnan haddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finnan haddie
antishort
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + short.
Senses: examples: antishort bushing
glosses: Preventing a short circuit in electrical equipment.
spear penny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spear + penny, a calque translation of the Welsh ceiniog baladr, from ceiniog (“penny”) + paladr (“shaft"; "spear”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A fine under medieval Welsh law levied on related male landowners when the immediate kin of a murderer proved incapable of paying galanas
piepowder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaɪpaʊdə/
ipa: /ˈpaɪˌpaʊdɚ/
Forms: form: piepowders
form: piepoudre
Etymology: From the following:
* Late Middle English pe-poudre, pipouder (“(noun) itinerant; travelling merchant, peddler; court of piepowders; (adverb) summarily”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman pepoudrous, pié poudrous (“having dusty feet; an itinerant”) [and other forms] (compare Middle French pyé pouldreux (“travelling merchant”) (Poitou) (modern French pied poudreux (“one who cannot pay”) (obsolete))), from pé, pié (“foot”) + poudrous, poudrus (“dusty”); pié is derived from Old French pié (“foot”) (modern French pied), from Latin pedem, the accusative singular of pēs (“foot”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“to step; to walk; to stumble; to fall”); while poudrous, poudrus (modern French poudreux (“dusty”)) is from Old French poudre (“dust; powder”) (from Latin pulverem, the accusative singular of pulvis (“dust; powder”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“dust; flour”)) + -ous (a variant of -us (suffix forming adjectives)); and
* Late Middle English pe-poudrus, pypoudrus (“for itinerants or travelling merchants”, adjective), from pe-poudre (see above).
Cognates
Late Latin pede pulvericatus, pede-pulverosus, pes pulverizatus (“itinerant; travelling merchant”)
Senses: glosses: Chiefly in court of piepowders, etc. (sense 2): a traveller, particularly one on foot; a wayfarer; specifically, a travelling merchant.
topics: law
glosses: In full court of piepowders (also court of piepowder) or piepowder court: an ancient court in England held in conjunction with a fair or a market to administer summary justice over occurrences therein such as disputes between merchants and acts of theft and violence; they were presided over by the mayor and bailiffs of the borough, or by the steward if the fair or market was held by a lord.
piepowders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piepowder
piepoudre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piepoudres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of piepowder.
piepoudres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piepoudre
keyboard smash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keyboard smashes
Senses: examples: text: Schlachthofbronx – no, that wasn’t a keyboard smash of excitement at seeing M.I.A. Live, that was just the name of her support act, […]
ref: 2010 November 15, Tabitha Thorlu-Bangura, “Gigs this week 15.11.10”, in Leeds Student:
text: All of my attempted heartfelt, nod-worthy and Amen-pulling sentences get interrupted with keyboard smashes. "The Pirates, for the first time in two decades, came so close to a winning season they jksdfj welkfjaf;lkjawe;flk awef;lkwejfj--"
ref: 2012 October, Virginia Montanez, “Oh the Humanity!”, in Pittsburgh Magazine:
text: In fact, half the time the lyrics are distinctly English, other times Rønnenfelt’s accent makes it sound like he’s attempting to enunciate a keyboard smash.
ref: 2013, Kate Clark, "Iceage holds nothing back on sophomore album", The North Wind (Northern Michigan University), 21 February 2013
synonyms: keysmash
glosses: A seemingly random and unintelligible string of characters, as produced by smashing a keyboard.
Related terms: asdfghjkl
galley-worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galley-worms
form: galley worm
form: galleyworm
Etymology: Probably so called because the numerous legs along the sides move rhythmically like the oars of a galley.
Senses: glosses: A chilognath myriapod of the genus Julus and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a kind of millipede.
galley-worms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galley-worm
spear-penny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spear penny.
keyboard smashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keyboard smash
ambiloquent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ambiloquent
form: most ambiloquent
Senses: glosses: Speaking ambiguously.
stiff neck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stiff necks
Etymology: From stiff + neck.
Senses: glosses: Discomfort or pain when trying to turn or move the neck.
Related terms: stiff-necked
wigs out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wig out
wigging out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wig out
antireversion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + reversion.
Senses: glosses: Preventing reversion (of the flow of a fluid, a change in chemical properties, etc.).
sheelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheeling
avoidables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avoidable
colting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of colt
colted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of colt
unavoidables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unavoidable
lady's finger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladies' fingers
Senses: synonyms: ladies' fingers
glosses: Okra; an edible capsules of Abelmoschus esculentus.
glosses: Kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria).
synonyms: ladyfinger
glosses: A small cake of about the dimensions of a finger.
glosses: A long, slender variety of potato.
glosses: One of the branchiae of the lobster.
moguled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.ɡəld/
ipa: /ˈməʊ.ɡʌld/
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.ɡəld/
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.ɡʌld/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mogul
moguled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.ɡəld/
ipa: /ˈməʊ.ɡʌld/
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.ɡəld/
ipa: /ˈmoʊ.ɡʌld/
Forms: form: more moguled
form: most moguled
Senses: glosses: Covered with moguls (skiing bumps).
subtitular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + titular.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or appearing in, a subtitle.
cheese puffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheese puff
cheezie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: cheesy
Forms: form: cheezies
Etymology: From the name of the Canadian cheese puff brand Cheezies (derived from cheesy), produced by W.T. Hawkins Ltd, through trademark erosion.
Senses: examples: text: A table beside it was crowded with empty cola bottles and half-eaten bags of chips and cheezies.
ref: 1994, Margaret Buffie, The Warnings, Kids Can Press, published 1994, →ISBN, page 125:
text: Within seconds, the air was thick with flying potato chips, cheezies and other odds and ends.
ref: 2006, Michele Martin Bossley, Swiped, Orca Book Publishers, published 2006, →ISBN, page 6:
text: Day-glo orange cheezies are highly processed and practically nutrient-free—the diet equivalent of entertainment television.
ref: 2007, Annemarie Tempelman-Kluit, Healthy Mum, Happy Baby: How to Feed Yourself When You're Breastfeeding Your Baby, Random House Canada, →ISBN, pages 60–61:
glosses: A cheese puff.
Synonyms: cheese curl
cheese doodle
cheesy puff
cheezies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheezie
cheesy puff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheesy puffs
Senses: examples: text: She would only eat meals if she were distracted by looking at books whilst chasing cheesy puffs around her tray. If she opened her mouth to laugh, chew the book or actually managed to get her little fingers to grip a cheesy puff, then I'd nip in with a swift nutrient-piled spoon!
ref: 2003, Hilary Gardener, Andrea Bettridge, Sarah Groves, & Lyndsey Lawrence, The Fat Ladies Club 2: Facing the First Five Years, Penguin, published 2003, →ISBN, page 122:
text: “What happened to you?” she asked. “Did you fall into a bowl of cheesy puffs?
I grinned. “Uh, I eat a lot of carrots and mangoes . . . ?”
ref: 2010, Sandra Byrd, Through Thick & Thin, Tyndale, published 2010, →ISBN, page 139:
text: It took far, far longer than it should have, to bring up two packets of cheesy puffs.
ref: 2011, Jane Lovering, Star Struck, Choc Lit Limited, published 2011, →ISBN:
glosses: A puffed corn snack, coated with a mixture of cheese or cheese-flavored powders.
Synonyms: word: cheese curl
word: cheese doodle
word: cheese puff
word: cheezie
cheesy puffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheesy puff