cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
meat-wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meat-wagons
Senses: examples: text: They are not even meat-wagons. They are open trucks, specially fitted up with a roof and sides and seats and windows and lamps.
ref: 1916, New Zealand Parliament. House of Representatives, Australia Parliament House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, page 250:
text: Forty years later a similar appeal led to the establishment of a Harlem public market on a site previously "indifferently supplied" by "meat-wagons" that visited on an occasional basis.
ref: 2006, Roger Horowitz, Putting Meat on the American Table: Taste, Technology, Transformation, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of meat wagon.
A wagon for transporting meat.
examples: text: “Flag your diapers over here to the Vocapex studio and bring along a meat-wagon. I'll be waiting for you on Stage Three. Yolande Adaire just got herself opened like a book.”
ref: 2014, Robert Leslie Bellem, Dan Turner Hollywood Detective, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of meat wagon.
An ambulance.
examples: text: Sergeant Spola eased himself up from the back seat of his police meat-wagon.
ref: 2013, Mario Reading, The Antichrist Trilogy, →ISBN:
text: In the stifling atmosphere of the meat-wagon, Bill attempted conversation with the taciturn guard. 'This will be my third visit to Sing Sing. '
ref: 2014, David Barry, Willie the Actor, →ISBN:
text: First time in a meat-wagon. Gave it out I was at risk. Only time I ever went in a meat-wagon on that, all the other times it was society was at risk. They reckoned.
ref: 2015, Jeremy Cameron, Vinnie Got Blown Away, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of meat wagon.
A police vehicle for transporting prisoners.
examples: text: The professor took pity on him. “Of course, of course. I have no further use for the remains. Inspector?” “Nah, get him out of here.” The meat-wagon boys got busy, and Benedetti went on.
ref: 2012, William L. DeAndrea, The Hog Murders, →ISBN:
text: The blood had faded, and the meat-wagons had hauled away the entrails and the amputations, and the souvenir-hunters had long since picked over and pocketed the buttons, the buckles, the odds and ends of battle, but the black guns were still here and their spare rounds still neatly stacked near the limbers, ....
ref: 2013, John Sanford, A Man Without Shoes, →ISBN:
text: To one side, the remaining meat-wagon was operating its mechanical scoop and shovelling the bits and pieces of the Tittering into the refrigerated interior of the morgue vehicle.
ref: 2015, Stephen Marley, Dread Dominion, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of meat wagon.
A vehicle for transporting the dead.
foraminiferology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From foraminifer + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The study of the Foraminifera, especially in paleontology.
Derived terms: foraminiferological
foraminiferologist
foraminiferological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From foraminiferology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to foraminiferology.
foraminiferologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foraminiferologists
Etymology: From foraminiferology + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: For the next 60 years, industrial exploration and development played a major role in maintaining a large presence of foraminiferologists in California.
ref: 2013, A.J. Bowden, Landmarks in Foraminiferal Micropalaeontology: History and Development:
glosses: A scientist, especially a paleontologist, who studies the Foraminifera.
Related terms: foraminiferology
dudn't
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: "There ya's for ivver wrong, Abraham," said Job ; "dudn't Gideon Cuyp bury awe feeve er 'em? dudn't he strip 'em? dudn't he strip th' co-at o'er feeve er th' bodies? ..."
ref: 1864, Black Moss, page 100:
text: Na, na, lassie, ah dudn't meaan teh ang-er theh!" said Robin soothingly, as he threw his arm round her, and comforted her.
ref: 1894, Belgravia, volume 84, page 380:
text: You dudn't use to go wud the gipsies, you dudn't use to go to raaces — and now you do both, surelye.
ref: 1921, Sheila Kaye-Smith, Green Apple Harvest, page 33:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of didn't.
examples: text: I said, “But what about all the sixteen years since Olene and Gus have been married? Olene's worked like a field hand, besides havin' one baby after another? Dudn't that count for anything?” “No, miss, it dudn't.”
ref: 2001, Pat Perkins Twedt, From the Daybook of Picky Sinclair, page 173:
text: Love dudn't work. That's what my mother told me: "Love dudn't work!”
ref: 2003, Heather Woodbury, What Ever: A Living Novel, page 149:
text: “Anyway, the prisoner dudn't speak English and she dudn't speak German.
ref: 2013, Sonny Allen, The Paper Boy, page 253:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of doesn't.
Related terms: cudn't
wudn't
portsweep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: portsweeps
Etymology: From port + sweep.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A portscan that connects to numerous host computers in search of a specific open port rather than scanning a single computer for any open port.
portsweeps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portsweep
make mincemeat of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes mincemeat of
form: making mincemeat of
form: made mincemeat of
form: made mincemeat of
Senses: examples: text: The company motto, as appearing on all letters and fliers during most of their existence, is 'We make mincemeat of flimsy reality'.
ref: 2001, John Rudlin, Olly Crick, Commedia Dell'arte: A Handbook for Troupes, →ISBN, page 117:
text: With all she had seen, and been through, she could make mincemeat of that little scumbag.
ref: 2004, Philip Newman, Language Stone, →ISBN, page 339:
text: But the government's leading watchdog agency itself made mincemeat of those arguments.
ref: 2011, Martin D. Weiss, The Ultimate Money Guide for Bubbles, Busts, Recession and Depression, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of make mincemeat out of.
aviator sunglasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Originally developed in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb for pilots to protect their eyes while flying.
Senses: examples: text: And while his signature starched collar and fingerless gloves are yet to make an appearance, his looks are already topped off with another of his soon-to-be trademarks: a pair of dark aviator sunglasses.
ref: 2024 June 3, Caitlin Chatterton, “‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld:’ A flattering sketch of a controversial designer”, in CNN:
glosses: A style of sunglasses with dark, often reflective lenses and very thin metal frames.
Synonyms: aviators
aviator glasses
aviator shades
nonpupillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pupillary.
Senses: glosses: Not pupillary.
moonbatty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more moonbatty
form: most moonbatty
Etymology: From moonbat + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Holy cow! You ARE drinking the kool-aid! Please...step...away...from...the...moonbatty...websites...like...DU...and...Kos!!!
ref: 2008 October 27, Gisele, “5th Season Stargate Atlantis - Outsiders - 5 star poll - SPOILERS AHOY !”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):
text: Organic farming, like all things moonbatty, flatters the moral vanity of liberals. Also like all things moonbatty, it is pernicious - even according to liberal values
ref: 2014 May 17, BurfordTJustice, “Organic Farming Makes No Sense”, in uk.politics.misc (Usenet):
text: It looks like, because they're so moonbatty at the EPA, that Trump's going to, have to, fire at the EPA all the way down to the steno pool.
ref: 2017 January 31, Travel, “Fun With T-Rump's Speech”, in rec.gambling.poker (Usenet):
text: Seattle lawyer Matthew Metz sat in his office Friday morning, clicking through hundreds of online comments indirectly calling him, or his ideas, loony, “moonbatty” and commie-style meddling in the American way.
ref: 2017 September 29, Danny Westneat, “He knows it's crazy, but this Seattle guy is pushing a total ban on gas cars”, in Seattle Times:
glosses: Crazy or wacky, especially in one's left-wing ideas.
Related terms: moonbat
moonbattery
perestroikas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perestroika
T-Charge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T-Charges
Etymology: Short for toxicity charge.
Senses: examples: text: The world's toughest emission standard, the £10 Toxicity Charge (T-Charge) to help tackle London's lethal air pollution and get older more polluting cars off the roads has today (Monday 23rd October 2017) been introduced by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
ref: 2017 October 23, “GLA - Mayor’s new £10 ‘T-Charge’ starts today”, in Transport for London:
text: Like the current ULEZ emissions standards, the T-Charge targeted car, van, lorry, coach and bus drivers in vehicles deemed to produce higher levels of exhaust emissions, but the standards were much less stringent, meaning that fewer drivers had to pay.
ref: 2019 November 7, “What is the London T-Charge?”, in Buy a Car, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2020:
glosses: A surcharge from 2017 to 2019 on top of the normal congestion charge for motor vehicles in London, England, and applicable only to older vehicles that generate more pollution.
Related terms: ULEZ
sum totals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sum total
complain queen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: complain queens
Senses: examples: text: Complain – Mcdonald’s new Flurry Flavour – Chendol (TOO SWEET AHHH!) I know Chendol should be sweet and all – but this is just way too much. I did not manage to finish the whole cup as much as I wanted to (not cheap, leh!)… McFlurry actually has a great potential – but I just feel it can be better if the sweetness can be reduce...Posted by SG Complain Queen’s rants at 10:00.
ref: 2017 September 9, Catherine Jaevans, “Singapore’s Complain Queen”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), retrieved 01 Nov 2017:
text: Pasir Ris woman files six complaints in eight years against neighbours. On March 9, she called the police, claiming that several children from the flat above had placed dead bees outside her unit. In the last eight years, ... had filed six complaints at the Community Mediation Centre (CMC), so much so that those neighbours have dubbed her as the “complain queen” of Pasir Ris, reported Lianhe Wanbao.
ref: 2012 March 22, Rennie Whang, “Pasir Ris neighbor fought with three neighbours”, in The New Paper, retrieved 02 Nov 2017:
text: Watwheels: Women in my mum’s generation are much stronger and tougher dan today’s complain queens. Imagine they had to endure non-aircon and bumpy bus-rides either sitting or standing to reach their destinations.
ref: 2008 July 4, “Another complain Queen on MRT!”, in MyCarForum of SgCarmart, retrieved 02 Nov 2017:
text: hoganrock: Who's the number 1 Complain King/Queen here? Are you a Complain King/Queen? What do you usually complain about?
ref: 2004 May 29, “'Are you a Complain King/Queen? – SgForums.com (Singapore)”, in SGFORUMS, retrieved 23 Oct 2017:
text: Are we really complain kings and queens? Some academic from New Zealand said that we are a nation of moaners in Straits Times. Sure, we complain about lots of stuff, but everyone does it, not just Singaporeans. I don't think it's fair. Besides what else can we do...its not easy living here...the prices are sky-rocketing, everything is expensive , from owning a box of space in the air to the cars on the streets, and the govt is not helping. And I don't think we moan, we are just giving feedback. Some people think we're being petty cos we have a good life. So should we just keep our dissatisfaction to ourselves? What's wrong with complaining any.
ref: 2000 October 5, squig...@my-deja.com, “Are we really complain kings and queens?”, in soc.culture.singapore (Usenet), retrieved 01 Nov 2017:
glosses: A woman who is constantly dissatisfied and always grumbles or reports faults of others to authorities or the media, with or without ill intentions.
Related terms: word: complain king
pasturings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pasturing
complain queens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of complain queen
flèched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flèche
flèching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flèche
fleching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fleche
fleched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fleche
gongylidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gongylidia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γογγύλος (gongúlos, “round”) + -idium.
Senses: glosses: A hyphal swelling of fungus which is cultivated by certain ants.
gongylidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gongylidium
binnable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bin + -able.
Senses: glosses: Suitable for storage in a bin.
staphyla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staphylae
Senses: examples: text: Moller gives the first detailed description of the staphylae (“Kohlrabi bodies”) growing in the garden and in artificial culture.
ref: 2012, Henry Hermani, Social Insects, volume 4, page 351:
glosses: A cluster of gongylidia.
Thai disco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thai discos
Senses: examples: text: When I was 1st introduce to a Thai Club, I thought the whole idea of giving a Garland to a girl as tips was silly. Why do I want to pay $30 for a flower Garland just for the girl? Later I know it's because the girls get to trade it in for cash value. Depending on the venue, some takes a cut as much as 50% - even 70% of it.
ref: 2014 May 22, Smith Leong, “Thai Club Culture in Singapore”, in SMITHANKYOU, SMITHANKYOU, retrieved 02 Nov 2017:
text: He was banned from a Thai disco club after a spat with the club's manager.
ref: 2015 June 25, Rei Kurohi, “Man jailed for revenge attack with chopper”, in The Straits Times, Singapore: The Straits Times:
text: If you grew up in the early 2000s, your first experience with a Thai Disco probably came at the now defunct Club Nana at Magazine Road in Singapore. Amidst the varicolored lights, cigarette fumes, and wet floors, one could get a gentle introduction to the ubiquitous hang-flower-mechanics that are now a part of Singapore club culture. Since then, Thai Discos have sprouted up all over the island. From dodgy looking bars with frosted Dester Beer decals on the front door, to giant, bastardised symbols of Thai culture the likes of Club Neverland.
ref: 2016 November 24, RICE, “The Secret Business of Thai Disco Agents”, in Rice Media, Rice Media, retrieved 02 Nov 2017:
text: Similar to Thai discos – better known as siam dius – these flower joints are mainly entertainment venues that open through the night on most days of the week, not just the weekends. While hostesses at Thai discos are mainly of Thai origin, those working at flower joints come from a variety of countries such as Taiwan, China and Korea.
ref: 2017 May 14, Audrey Kang, “Singapore's 'flower joints': Where men buy sashes, garlands in return for ‘love’”, in Yahoo Lifestyle Singapore (blog), Singapore: Yahoo Lifestyle Singapore, retrieved 02 Nov 2017:
text: Tucked in the basement of the building is Diva Disco, a siam diu or Thai disco, where the majority of the patrons are Singaporeans. Singers entertain patrons with song and dance, sometimes in the form of a variety performance.
ref: 2017 June 22, Aaron Chan, “Singapore Talking: Thriving Thai-speaking community”, in The Straits Times, Singapore: The Straits Times, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2017:
text: He’s a musician in a Thai Disco, a “flower joint” where girls from poor neighbouring countries sing, dance and mingle for a garland or two. Garlands don’t come cheap, yet if you’ve been before, you’ll know that garlands fly off the rack very quickly.
ref: 2017 September 1, Mitchell Pereira, “The Singapore Thai Disco: A Glimpse Into The Different Facets Of A Siam Diu”, in Hype & Stuff, Hype & Stuff, retrieved 02 Nov 2017:
glosses: A Thai-themed nightclub with Thai hostesses.
Synonyms: siam diu
Thai club
Thai disco club
staphylae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staphyla
Thai discos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thai disco
gao lak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑʊ̯ ˈlʌk/
Forms: form: gao luk
form: gau lak
form: gau luk
Etymology: Borrowed from Teochew 侯栗 (gao⁶ lag⁸, “chestnut”).
Senses: examples: text: The economy now had a wide range of jobs, and society here welcomed a broad spectrum of ideas."........ get ready to sell gao lak/chestnuts for a living, maybe that's what he means.... :P
ref: 2003 June 4, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
text: I saw in the papers that there was this graduate frying "gao luk".
ref: 2004 February 3, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
text: In China, even buying gao lak or chestnuts from a street vendor is done via e-payment methods such as WeChat Pay and AliPay. This is one area Singapore is lagging behind, PM Lee noted.
ref: 2017 August 20, Lee Min Kok, “PM Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Rally speech: All you need to know in 3 minutes”, in The Straits Times:
text: Chestnuts roasted on wooden pushcarts. Gao lak probably fell out of fashion when littering laws came into effect and tossing the chestnut shells behind you as you walk would earn you a fine.
ref: 2015 April 14, Natalie Koh, “17 Nostalgic Street Snacks in Singapore that Bring Tears to Our Eyes”, in Tripzilla:Make it happen:
text: Kuali Baba: Today as I walked passed the gao lak seller, I almost thought I heard him chanting that.
ref: 2007 March 9, “'No more sweet potato boy – SgForums.com (Singapore)”, in SGFORUMS:
glosses: Roasted chestnuts.
Related terms: chestnut
ice shoves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice shove
Perico
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island of El Salvador.
scandalizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌskændəˈlaɪzəbəl/
Forms: form: more scandalizable
form: most scandalizable
Etymology: From scandalize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be scandalized.
apiolic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound with chemical formula C₁₀H₁₀O₆.
say word one
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: says word one
form: saying word one
form: said word one
form: said word one
Senses: glosses: To say a single word; to speak at all.
vindictive protectiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by researchers Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt.
Senses: examples: text: Ready for another term? Try vindictive protectiveness. In essence, in the name of emotional wellbeing, students can eliminate anything they do not want to think about, read about, or be challenged about. And penalize those who would expose them to it. How? In the name of "offense".
ref: 2017, James Emery White, Meet Generation Z:
text: “Vindictive protectiveness,” they write, “prepares [students] poorly for professional life, which often demands intellectual engagement with people and ideas one might find uncongenial or wrong. […]
ref: 2017, Erwin Chemerinsky, Howard Gillman, Free Speech on Campus:
text: And more than the last, this movement seeks to punish anyone who interferes with that aim, even accidentally. You might call this impulse vindictive protectiveness. It is creating a culture in which everyone must think twice before speaking up, […]
ref: 2017?, Joel Best, American Nightmares: Social Problems in an Anxious World (page 151)
glosses: A tendency to protect people from perceived injury (such as criticism) by responding with hostility to whoever is held responsible for causing said injury.
Related terms: persecution complex
unvindictive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unvindictive
form: most unvindictive
Etymology: From un- + vindictive.
Senses: glosses: Not vindictive.
dysgranular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dys- + granular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Exhibiting a poorly defined or incipient granular layer.
deathmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From death + making.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
social-sciences
glosses: The process of causing individuals to die, as by withdrawing health care, carrying out abortions, etc.
Diamond-Blackfan anemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The condition was first noted by Hugh W. Josephs in 1936, but is named for the pediatricians Louis K. Diamond and Kenneth Blackfan, who described it in 1938.
Senses: glosses: A congenital erythroid aplasia that usually presents in infancy.
Townsend deprivation index
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: First described by sociologist Peter Townsend in 1988.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A measure of material deprivation within a population, based on four variables: unemployment, non-car ownership, non-home ownership, and household overcrowding.
paper general
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpeɪpə ˈdʒɛn(ə)ɹəl/
ipa: /ˈpeɪpɚ ˈdʒɛnəɹəl/
Forms: form: paper generals
Senses: examples: text: To distract undue public scrutiny of the paper general, SAF officers – regular and otherwise -- were instructed to use their military rank before their names.
ref: 2003 September 25, Ah Seow, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
text: now, the cheebye-kia paper general (parasite-puppet) is parroting the old mother-f. so, is the mother-fugging paper general smart?
ref: 2011 July 4, decoy, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
text: Whenever Singaporeans talk about the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), the focus on our military leader's lack of real combat experience never fail to arise. Moreover, with the mediocrity of our paper generals on display for all to see, there is little wonder why Singaporeans doubt their capabilities.
ref: 2014 February 13, “The Unseen Singapore #20: Singapore's War Veterans”, in The Unseen Singapore:
text: What’s worse about our system is that all the generals do not have any combat experience. These paper generals have been fast-tracked because of their stellar academic results and nothing else.
ref: 2015 January 7, “Paper Generals Should Be Left Out Of Politics”, in Rilek1Corner:
text: So instead of calling out the nitty-gritty of political blunders by pinning the blame on the military, it’s time we look at the bigger picture and judge our paper generals on actual policy work.
ref: 2017 October 4, Benjamin Lim, “It Makes Perfect Sense that Generals Become Ministers”, in Yahoo Lifestyle:
glosses: A person who, upon completion of a government scholarship to study in a university, is promoted to a high rank in the military despite the lack of combat experience.
how do you like that
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Well, how do you like that? He cancelled on us again!
glosses: Said in surprise or disappointment.
Related terms: how do you like them apples?
how's that for
internet brigade
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪntənɛt bɹɪˈɡeɪd/
ipa: /ˈɪn(t)əɹˌnɛt bɹɪˈɡeɪd/
Forms: form: the internet brigade
form: (PAP) IB
Senses: examples: text: Anyway, I wouldn't be surprised if you're just another one of the PAP internet brigade.
ref: 2008 October 21, jeff goh, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
text: This so-called “PAP Internet Brigade” was also accused of creating multiple monikers in various internet forums such as the once-popular Sammyboy Alfresco Coffeeshop forum and disrupting threads critical of the PAP by engaging in flame wars, personal attacks, defamatory statements, and impersonations.
ref: 2009 January 11, “Has the PAP Internet Brigade lost its teeth?”, in Sgpolitics, archived from the original on 29 May 2016:
text: Some of these comments could be done deliberately by people in the "Internet brigade" with the sole intention of creating trouble for Alex Au.
ref: 2013 January 5, TheInquirer, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
text: The papist Leegime has an internet brigade that wrack havoc on the internet. They disrupt discussion, sending virus to critics, downing websites critical of the government and very often posting rubbish and plain lies.
ref: 2014 June 8, Harry, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
text: It is known that there are a bunch of people whom we know as the PAP Internet Brigade (IB) who act as insurgents to spread the PAP’s propaganda and attack the opposition and activists online (this was reported in The Straits Times in 2007).
ref: 2016 July 7, Ng E-Jay, “Internet brigade continue to game Facebook's algorithm to get activists banned and censored”, in The Independent (Singapore):
text: Like China, the Singapore government activated a team of internet brigade to defend Lee Hsien Loong’s embarrassing interview featured on BBC Facebook page.
ref: 2017 March 1, “Government hires internet brigade to defend Lee Hsien Loong on BBC Facebook”, in States Times Review, Singapore: States Times Review, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2017:
text: Saying ‘PAP IB’ is the most common and fastest insult. The moment you disagree, you become a PAP IB.
ref: 2021 August 7, “IN FOCUS: ‘Boomer, snowflake, oppie, pappie’ - unpacking the growing social media polarisation in Singapore”, in Channel NewsAsia, Singapore: Chanmel NewsAsia, retrieved 21 Dec 2023:
glosses: internet trolls and propagandists supporting the governing People's Action Party (PAP)
Synonyms: Web Brigades
build-to-order
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: BTO
Senses: examples: text: 2007, Jose Hong, The Straits Times (Singapore), Smart showers to be fitted in 10,000 BTO flats from next year, 10 Oct (online).
The installation of smart shower systems in 10,000 new Build-To-Order (BTO) Housing Board flats will begin early next year, national water agency PUB said yesterday.
text: Firstly, at that time MBT said that it was built because they based on projection of demands and not based on the build-to-order process.
ref: 2010 May 6, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
text: A build-to-order flat is the cheapest public housing type in Singapore, but entails a long waiting time, as its name suggests.
ref: 2016, Andrew Robertson, Michael Tilbury, editors, The Common Law of Obligations: Divergence and Unity, page 71:
text: 2017, Cara Wong, The Straits Times (Singapore), BTO first, propose later: Young couples don’t regret applying for flat first, 4 June (online).
With an average wait of three to four years for the completing of a Build-To-Order (BTO) flat – often the most affordable option for young couples – planning far ahead has long been the norm.
glosses: Of or relating to a public housing system whereby flats are built according to demand.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: build-to-order.; custom built
Related terms: BTO
to order
stick one's dick in crazy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sticks one's dick in crazy
form: sticking one's dick in crazy
form: stuck one's dick in crazy
form: stuck one's dick in crazy
Etymology: From crazy as in a crazy person and dick (slang for penis).
Senses: coordinate_terms: let crazy stick its dick in you
glosses: To have sex with an individual deemed insane.
raw_tags: of a man
double-marking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of a language: such that the grammatical marks showing relations between the constituents of a phrase tend to be placed on both the heads (or nuclei) of the phrase in question, and on the modifiers or dependents.
beta orbiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beta orbiters
Senses: examples: text: ... who, despite his money, spends most of his time as beta orbiter to a woman named Daisy whom he met in Army training. Gatsby spends his money on lavish parties he doesn't attend at a house he bought across from Daisy's ...
ref: 2018, Felix Biederman, Matt Christman, Brendan James, Will Menaker, Virgil Texas, The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 216:
topics: lifestyle
seduction-community
sexuality
glosses: A person who accommodates or mingles with others in the hope of eventually getting sex.
mukim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mukims
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay mukim, from Arabic مُقِيم (muqīm).
Senses: glosses: A level of administrative division used in Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, and Singapore.
non-inscrit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-inscrits
Etymology: From French non (“not”) inscrit (“registered”).
Senses: examples: text: A non inscrit can produce amendments but he cannot be a rapporteur.
ref: 1972, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Papers by Command:
text: Lastly, a pair of moves that are invisible in Table 17-4 involves one non-inscrit who affiliated with the Gaullist group only to return to the ranks of the non-inscrits one week later.
ref: 1986, Philip E. Converse, Roy Pierce, Political Representation in France, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 548:
text: The vice-presidents are members, along with the chairs of the six permanent commissions, the rapporteur général of the finance commission, the presidents of the political groups (including a delegate representing the non-inscrits) [...]
ref: 2009, P. Smith, The Senate of the Fifth French Republic, Springer, →ISBN, page 178:
topics: government
politics
glosses: An independent politician.
raw_tags: in France and UK
examples: text: Finally there is the group of the 'Non Inscrits', which traditionally has been dominated by extreme-right members.
ref: 2009, Jacques Thomassen, The Legitimacy of the European Union After Enlargement, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 26:
text: What she meant, of course, was that she was fed up with being a 'non inscrit' member and would like to be accepted into our group.
ref: 2011, Nigel Farage, Flying Free, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:
text: The EFDD therefore captures the complex dynamics at work within the Parliament where there are now many Eurosceptic MEPs, in the EFDD, the European Conservative Reform Group (ECR), the ENF, and among the non-inscrit, but the diverse nature of that scepticism and disagreements over many policy areas make it very difficult to maintain harmony within and across such eclectic groupings for a full five-year parliamentary term.
ref: 2016, Michelle Cini, Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan, European Union Politics, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 162:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A member of a party which is not part of a European political group.
tsepinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tsepinites
Etymology: Named after Anatoliy Ivanovich Tsepin (Анатолия Ивановича Цепина; b. 1946) + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of related minerals in the vuoriyarvite group
tsepinite-Ca
glosses: Any of a group of related minerals in the vuoriyarvite group
tsepinite-K
glosses: Any of a group of related minerals in the vuoriyarvite group
tsepinite-Na
glosses: Any of a group of related minerals in the vuoriyarvite group
tsepinite-Sr
soy boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soy boys
form: soyboy
Etymology: Etymology tree
Chinese 醬油 /酱油obor.
Japanese 醤油
Japanese そやbor.
Dutch sojabor.
English soy
Proto-West Germanic *bōjō
Old English *bōia
Middle English boye
English boy
English soy boy
From the idea that men who prefer soy to dairy and meat are weak and feminine, and that the naturally occurring phytoestrogen in soy feminizes men; see Soybean § Phytochemicals on WikipediaWikipedia for more.
Senses: synonyms: word: cuck
word: beta
word: man child
word: bading
word: big girl's blouse
word: cockney
word: cot-quean
word: cupcake
word: dudelet
word: fakaleiti
word: fairy
word: femboy
word: gentleman
word: ginch
word: girl's blouse
word: girlyman
word: janegirl
word: jessie
word: nancy
word: nancyboy
word: nancy pants
word: pansy
word: Percy
word: poof
word: poofter
word: posy sniffer
word: pretty boy
word: puss-gentleman
word: quiche-eater
word: sissy
word: softling
word: soy boy
word: swish
word: twink
word: zenana
antonyms: word: hunk
english: a strong man
translation: a strong man
word: macho
word: Chad
word: effeminate man
word: milksop
word: soy boy
glosses: An effeminate or unmasculine man.
Related terms: word: soy
word: soy banter
word: soyface
word: soy face
word: soyjak
word: soy out
race detractor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: race detractors
Etymology: From race + detractor.
Senses: examples: text: 2002, Francisco Valdes & Jerome McCristal Culp & Angela P. Harris, "Battles Waged, Won, and Lost: Critical Race Theory at the Turn of the Millennium" (introduction), in Francisco Valdes & Jerome McCristal Culp & Angela P. Harris (eds.), Crossroads, Directions and A New Critical Race Theory, Temple University Press, →ISBN, page 5.
Rather than become distracted or disheartened by the attacks of critical race detractors, this book shows that generations of scholars and activists have kept busy advancing CRT's original agenda and extending its antisubordination reach and insights.
text: When race is restricted to the biological viewpoint, two opposite positions are encountered: (1) race detractors, who believe race is a pure social concept and has no biological reality and (2) race realists (Malik, 2012), who believe race has some biological reality, is not only a mere vision of the mind, and could be a usual proxy for biomedical studies.
ref: 2016, Michel Tibayrenc, “The Race/Ethnic Debate: An Outsider's View”, in Michel Tibayrenc, Francisco J. Ayala, editors, On Human Nature: Biology, Psychology, Ethics, Politics, and Religion, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 635:
antonyms: race realist
glosses: One who considers human races, or socially current typologies of human races, social constructs without sound foundations in biology.
examples: text: That is the pet formula of pseudo-scientific race detractors. The Negro has sufficiently proved — and this number of Survey Graphic is only further proof — that, given opportunities, he can rise to any heights.
ref: 1925 March, Winthroop D. Lane, “Ambushed in the City”, in Survey Graphic: Harlem, Mecca of the New Negro, volume VI, number 6, page 693:
text: Race detractors argued that no amount of effort or change of circumstance could enhance the intellectual capacity of blacks.
ref: 1974, Robert L. Harris, The Free Black Response to American Racism, 1790-1863, Northwestern University, page 153:
text: Women are cited for their dedicated church work and their business acumen, an ability that race detractors felt Black women lacked.
ref: 2000, Joanne K., Grant Harrison, The Life and Times of Irvine Garland Penn, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 97:
glosses: One who believes black people are racially inferior in intellectual ability.
race detractors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of race detractor
vadai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈvɑːdaɪ/
Forms: form: vadais
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil வடை (vaṭai). Compare cognates Hindi वड़ा (vaṛā) and Malayalam വട (vaṭa).
Senses: glosses: A type of fritter made from lentils or gram flour.
mai tu liao
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈmaɪ˦˨ tʰuː˨˦ ˈljaʊ˦˨]
Etymology: From Hokkien 莫躇了 (mài thû liáu, “don't hesitate”).
Senses: examples: text: So "mai tu liao"! Come and write news stories about Singapore once more, we promise not to gazette your publication and limit your circulation too often!
ref: 2002, 6 January, Dionne, Google Groups: soc.culture.singapore [internet]
text: What’s amazing right from the start of this mail is that, we don’t have to provide any account no, or mailing address and the money or cheque will reach you eventually. Quick before I take all the money. So send to as many as you can! Mai tu liao!
ref: 2006, 25 September, Huu Vinh Nyugen, Google Groups: Dien - Dien Tu K96 [internet]
text: 2016, 1 August, , Jetstar Asia takes Singlish to the skies - not a joke this time, AsiaOne
The airline is telling passengers on flights to Singapore on National Day to let them know if they want Singlish on their flights. So if you happen to be on a flight to Singapore that day, mai tu liao!
text: 2017, 31 January, Celine Tan, Local Enough For You? What To Buy At New Designer Pop-Up, 庄Zhuang, 8 Days
The pop-up will be there till April. Mai tu liao!
glosses: Do not hesitate; take action immediately.
over against
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: Now, brothers, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “Do not go beyond what is written.” Then you will not take pride in one man over against another.
ref: 1984, The Holy Bible, New International Version, Zondervan, →ISBN, 1 Corinthians 4:6:
glosses: In comparison to.
examples: text: Then he took his place over against the wall.
ref: 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXVII, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 272:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see over, against.
litty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more litty
form: most litty
Etymology: From little + -y.
Senses: examples: text: “I think long time,” replied the Chinaman. “See plenty litty mat lice; too muchy plenty litty mat lice; sixty ton, litty mat lice. I think all-e-time: perhaps plenty opium plenty litty mat lice.”
ref: 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lloyd Osbourne, “The Cargo of the ‘Flying Scud’”, in The Wrecker, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, […], →OCLC, page 236:
text: Missee Klitty got Jelly on litty string.
ref: 1895, George B. Myles, The Winning Hand; Or, The Imposter: A Comedy, in Four Acts, page 12:
text: Then I will send you some litty brix by him. He says he is not able to carry much but he would take a litty sack full if I would fix it. I will send you some sweet cakes and a few light cakes and a litty buter, and a few apples and a pair of socks, and your litty girls wants to send you a sweet potato but I dont no if I can get them in my sack.
ref: 1983, The Weft, 1658-1979: A Genealogical Record, page 376:
text: Those litty bitty potatoes browned on all sides, heavy on the pepper; snap beans seasoned with rind; yellow squash sprinkled with vinegar and sugar
ref: 2014, Toni Morrison, Beloved, →ISBN, page 17:
glosses: Little.
Derived terms: litty-bitty
litty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From little + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Keep Joss-house a litty on the larbourd-bow. Steady as you go.
ref: 1859, Jack Ariel, John Davis, Jack Ariel; or, Life on board an Indiaman:
text: I will send you some sweet cakes and a few light cakes and a litty buter, and a few apples and a pair of socks, and your litty girls wants to send you a sweet potato but I dont no if I can get them in my sack.
ref: 1983, The Weft, 1658-1979: A Genealogical Record, page 376:
text: He dealt warily with traders, whom he classified in three groups: "'He cheat a litty" — "He cheat plenty" — and "I think he cheat too much.'"
ref: 2003, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson (edited by Roslyn Jolly), The Cruise of the Janet Nichol Among the South Sea Islands, →ISBN, page 28:
glosses: A little bit.
litty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more litty
form: most litty
Etymology: From lit + -y.
Senses: examples: text: ...and her pink vrock, and her pink zun-bonnet, and her pink bows all over her, and her pink parasol, and her pink this, and her pink that, skipped up beside her, so litty as a linnet.
ref: 1923, John Read, Cluster-o'-vive: stories and studies of old-world Wessex, page 130:
text: The zilver-weed upon the green, Out where my sons an' daughters played, Had never time to bloom between The litty steps obwoy an' maid.
ref: 2014, Bernard Richards, Alastair Fowler, Brian Richards, English Verse 1830 - 1890, →ISBN, page 35:
text: Or when the wind, a-springen keen Vrom eastern slopes, did fling about The snow, or overlay the tree An' ground wi' hoar-vrost grey, Sis, sis, our litty steps did sound, A-trippen on the vrosty ground.
ref: 1962, William Barnes, Poems - Volume 1, page 529:
qualifier: Dorset
glosses: Lively and nimble.
synonyms: lit
glosses: Excellent, extremely fun.
deviateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: deviate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deviate
ennog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ennogs
Etymology: Alteration of entry.
Senses: examples: text: If bored of the shootie's in the ennog, we'd go down the backie and have a shootie ther^([sic]) using garage doors which faced each other as the goals.
ref: 2007 May 2, "Alf Garnett!" (username), “Re: Best Scouse Abbreviations”, in Red and White Kop Liverpool FC Forum, retrieved 02 Nov 2017:
text: The ennog ! Played footy in ours many times and climbed over many walls to recover the ball to the annoyance of neighbours !
ref: 2017 September 3, Roy Hardy, Twitter, retrieved 02 Nov 2017:
text: I remember once my Nan legged it through the ennog to have words with my uncle Cyril
ref: 2017 October 21, Wendy Bowker, Twitter, retrieved 02 Nov 2017:
qualifier: Liverpool
glosses: An alley situated between terraced houses.
Synonyms: alley
ennogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ennog
negatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: negatisms
Etymology: From negate + -ism.
Senses: glosses: negativism
budgetings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of budgeting
najaasah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic نَجَاسَة (najāsa).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
antonyms: tahaarah
glosses: ritual impurity
Related terms: najis
litty-bitty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more litty-bitty
form: most litty-bitty
form: litty bitty
Etymology: From little bit + -y.
Senses: examples: text: It was just to take care of these “litty-bitty” things that would make those existing funds available
ref: 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, →ISBN, page 406:
text: I'll tell you a litty-bitty short one 'bout an old Irishman.
ref: 1986, Ronald L. Baker, Jokelore: Humorous Folktales from Indiana, →ISBN, page 127:
text: Frieda looked at Luper for a minute, then she said, “Come here, give me your litty-bitty thumb and I'll kiss it all better for you.”
ref: 2008, Richard Rydon, The Omega Wave, →ISBN, page 149:
text: Retailing was not where the money was. That was litty-bitty money.
ref: 2013, Barry Broadfoot, Next Year Country, →ISBN:
glosses: Very small.
litty bitty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more litty bitty
form: most litty bitty
Senses: examples: text: She wants you to put one of your turds in that litty bitty box!
ref: 2012, Dudley Sykes, The Lynching of Malcolm Brown, →ISBN:
text: Then a litty bitty word or two spoken softly would.
ref: 2012, L.See, All of Ya'll Aren't From the North, →ISBN:
text: Those litty bitty potatoes browned on all sides, heavy on the pepper; snap beans seasoned with rind; yellow squash sprinkled with vinegar and sugar.
ref: 2014, Toni Morrison, Beloved, →ISBN, page 17:
glosses: Alternative form of litty-bitty.
analogue clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: analogue clocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of analog clock.
Sobek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊbɪk/
/ˈsoʊbək/
Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian s-b-k:I3 (sbk).
 Doublet of Suchus.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An ancient Egyptian deity associated with the crocodile.
Sobek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊbɪk/
/ˈsoʊbək/
Forms: form: Sobeks
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Sobek.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Singaporean English
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Singapore English.
synonyms: word: Singapore English
semivirgin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + virgin.
Senses: examples: text: Portland is doing something unprecedented here, extending tracks into virgin or semivirgin land. It's much as New York extended the subway and elevated train lines into Queens and Brooklyn in the early part of this century.
ref: 2010, Alex Marshall, How Cities Work: Suburbs, Sprawl, and the Roads Not Taken:
text: The calm-looking River Jong and the semi-virgin forests surrounding the school were next to be explored.
ref: 2012, Francis Saa-Gandi, The Life of a Village Child: An Autobiography of a Medical Doctor:
glosses: Almost pristine or untouched.
glosses: Almost a pure virgin; having had a sexual experience but not actual sexual intercourse.
Chinese traditional medicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of traditional Chinese medicine.
mao shan wang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaʊ˦ ˈʃan˦ ˈwaŋ˨˦/
Etymology: From Malay musang (“civet cat”), via Mandarin 貓山王 /猫山王 (māoshānwáng).
Senses: examples: text: To make sure a seller isn't passing off a lesser durian as a Mao Shan Wang, look for prominent seams radiating from the base of the durian.
ref: 2008, July 13, Rebecca Lynn Tan, How to pick a durian, The Straits Times, page 4
text: Prized for its bright yellow, bittersweet flesh, Mao Shan Wang was a best-selling durian this year.
ref: 2008, 5 September, Tan Hsueh Yun, PURR-FECTLY YUMMY, The Straits Times, page 21
text: There are several different types of durian, with names such as Mao Shan Wang (Cat Mountain King), Hong Xia (Red Prawn), Mon Thong (Golden Pillow), or simple numbers such as D24, D1, D13 and D100.
ref: 2009, Marianne Rogerson, In Singapore: 60 Fabulous Adventures in the City, Times Printers Pte Ltd, page 157:
text: The coveted Mao Shan Wang, or Cat Mountain King, is a premium breed known for its creamy and sticky texture and bittersweet taste.
ref: 2010, 1 August, Kelvin Lim, The Durian Express, The Sunday Times, page 10
text: A popular variety like Mao Shan Wang (Musang King), which sold for as little as $12 per kg earlier this month, now costs at least $16 a kg.
ref: 2016, 30 August, Melissa Lin, Durian prices up as harvest peak ends, The Straits Times, page B4
text: Mr Shui, who has been in the business for more than 30 years, brings in about 10 durian varieties from both Johor and Penang – including the highly sought-after Mao Shan Wang.
ref: 2017, 9 July, Lee Si Xuan, Durian Doldrums, The Sunday Times, page A4
glosses: A premium variety of durian, characterized by its bright yellow flesh, bittersweet taste and creamy texture.
Synonyms: cat mountain king
musang king
civet king
butter durian
rajah kunyit
delay no more
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Deliberate Hobson-Jobson of Cantonese 屌你老母 (diu² nei⁵ lou⁵ mou⁵⁻², “fuck your mother”).
Senses: examples: text: Delay no more sea tiger! Sea tiger eat shit la!
ref: 1997 August 31, hk.talk.sex (Usenet):
text: Delay No More to All who Against the Korea Team!!
ref: 2002 June 26, alt.sports.soccer.worldcup2002 (Usenet):
text: how dare you thing yourself god? Yes, you are the god of your own world. Delay no more.
ref: 2004 October 11, hk.politics (Usenet):
text: The G.O.D. emporium on Hollywood Road joined in the local action by dressing its window mannequins in t-shirts that read, "Delay no more: Supporting local culture" and "Delay no more: Save local markets."
ref: 2012, Kwok-bun Chan, editor, Hybrid Hong Kong, Abingdon: Routledge, →ISBN:
qualifier: minced oath
glosses: Fuck you.
Related terms: diu lei
cohesive device
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cohesive devices
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
glosses: A word, expression or method in a text or utterance that connects related ideas and messages.
cohesive devices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cohesive device