cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Kondo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Kondos
form: Kondoing
form: Kondo-ing
form: Kondoed
form: Kondoed
form: Kondo'd
form: Kondo'd
form: Kondo-ed
form: Kondo-ed
form: Marie Kondo
form: Marie-Kondo
Etymology: * (surname): From Japanese 近藤 (Kondō).
* (verb): After Marie Kondo (近藤 麻理恵), Japanese organizing consultant and author.
Senses: examples: text: Waiting for kettle to boil … So I Kondoed my recipe books
ref: 2015 February 26, Jennifer Maloney, Megumi Fujikawa, “Marie Kondo and the Cult of Tidying Up”, in The Wall Street Journal:
text: The Psychological Benefits Of 'Kondoing' Your House
ref: 2015 March 12, Lindsay Holmes, “The Psychological Benefits Of 'Kondoing' Your House”, in The Huffington Post:
text: 'Kondoed fridge before shopping delivery' and 'It seems mundane but I’ve Kondo’d some deodorant that I didn’t like the smell of.'
ref: 2015 February 10, Molly Young, “Gurus: Marie Kondo Will Change Your Life: Or at least your living space.”, in New York Magazine:
text: 'How "Kondo-ing" my closet brought joy to my life', 'I Kondo’d my refrigerator last night', 'Dawson’s closet before and after Kondo-ing', and 'The first thing I Kondo’d was my books'
ref: 2015 March 23, Mackenzie Dawson, “How ‘Kondo-ing’ my closet brought joy to my life”, in New York Post:
text: Kondoing requires clothing to be folded in a particular way and certain corners of Pinterest overflow with images of diligently arranged underwear drawers.
ref: 2016 March 11, Ally Garrett, “Decluttering isn’t always so simple for plus-size women”, in stuff:
text: Many people have heard of the movement that has folks asking if items in their closets “spark joy” or not. Begun by Marie “KonMari” Kondo, the “Kondoing” method of sparking joy has inspired people to go through their closets and discard or donate those items that don’t spark a sense of joy in their lives.
ref: 2016 June 14, Paula Mooney, “Spark joy in your closet with a web-designed DIY luxury makeover”, in The Examiner:
text: The spelling has not quite settled down. Because the name ends in a vowel, we see both “Kondo-ing” and “Kondoing,” as well as “Kondo-ed,” “Kondoed” and “Kondo’d.”
ref: 2019 January 17, Ben Zimmer, “Kondo-ing: A Guru of Organizing Becomes a Verb”, in The Wall Street Journal:
glosses: To tidy up using the methods advocated by Marie Kondo, especially keeping only those things that tokimeku (spark joy).
Kondo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kondos
Etymology: * (surname): From Japanese 近藤 (Kondō).
* (verb): After Marie Kondo (近藤 麻理恵), Japanese organizing consultant and author.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Derived terms: Kondo effect
workshares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of workshare
sinseollo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 신선로(神仙爐) (sinseollo).
Senses: examples: text: There is pulkogi, strips of beef charcoal-roasted over a brasier at the table after marinating in a complex mixture of soy sauce, seasme^([sic]) and spices; sinseollo, a regal casserole of vegetables, eggs and meats, also cooked at table […]
ref: 1977, Korea Annual:
text: Finally, there is the high priest of Korean soups, sinseollo (royal hot pot), which used to be enjoyed only in the royal court.
ref: 2015, Yun Jin-ah, K-FOOD: Combining Flavor, Health, and Nature, page 64:
text: The restaurant also served higher-end dishes such as sinseollo, a soup of seafood, meat, and vegetables.
ref: 2015, Savoring Gotham: A Food Lover's Companion to New York City:
glosses: An elaborate Korean dish of meatballs, pancakes, mushrooms and vegetables cooked in a rich broth.
regreeting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regreet
regreeted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of regreet
e-economy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-economies
Etymology: From e- + economy.
Senses: glosses: An economy based on e-commerce.
e-economies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-economy
Pythonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pythonists
Etymology: From Python + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Pythonists and Perlers probably doesn't feel that Ruby (on or off Rails) is sufficiently different from what they're currently doing to warrant stepping down the expert ladder.
ref: 2005 February 7, David Heinemeier Hansson, “Re: Is compatibility important for us?”, in comp.lang.ruby (Usenet):
text: We Pythonists have always prided ourselves in being the best example of an end-to-end, batteries-included delivery system that could create anything imaginable for the desktop user.
ref: 2008, Dana Moore, Professional Python Frameworks: Web 2.0 Programming with Django and Turbogears:
text: If you're a Python guru, you can look for ideas to apply your craft to penetration testing, or if you are a newbie Pythonist with some penetration testing chops, then this module serves as a perfect ending to your search for some hands-on experience in pentesting.
ref: 2016, Christopher Duffy, Mohit,, Cameron Buchanan, Terry Ip, Andrew Mabbitt, Benjamin May, Dave Mound, Python: Penetration Testing for Developers, Packt Publishing Ltd
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: Pythoneer
Pythonista
glosses: A programmer who uses the Python programming language.
examples: text: Am I the only Pythonist out here who thinks "Always Look On the Bright Side of Life" is not half as hilarious as "The Galaxy Song"? Must be that twist ending at the end...
ref: 1991 April 21, Robert Jung, “Doogie Adams (was Re: 5th Hitchhiker, Python etc.)”, in alt.fan.monty-python (Usenet):
text: The Prairienet site is also home to the alt.fan.monty-python Homepage,which you should definitely check out if you're a Pythonist.
ref: 1996 April 24, Michelle T. Street, “Re: Cathouse”, in alt.comedy.british (Usenet):
text: Yes those are two classics as well, often mumble those at weirdly appropriate moments (aka when no one but myself and another Pythonist will hear them!)
ref: 2000 October 23, Charles Daniels, “Re: time travel”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet):
glosses: A fan of the British comedy troupe Monty Python.
Pythonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pythonist
facefuck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: facefucks
form: facefucking
form: facefucked
form: facefucked
form: face fuck
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Late Latin faciēs
Late Latin facia
Old French facebor.
Middle English face
English face
Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-
Proto-Germanic *fukkōną
Old English *fuccian
Middle English *fukken
English fuck
English facefuck
From face + fuck.
Senses: examples: text: He gagged as David thrust his hips forward, forcing his big, cut cock deep in Ed’s mouth, the weight of his body pinning Ed to the ground. He started to face fuck him, Ed gagging on the cock as it pounded the back of his throat.
ref: 2013 October 8, Gay Erotic Fiction, “Basic Training”, in Tumblr:
glosses: To thrust one's penis into the mouth or throat; to irrumate.
facefuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: facefucks
form: face fuck
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Late Latin faciēs
Late Latin facia
Old French facebor.
Middle English face
English face
Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-
Proto-Germanic *fukkōną
Old English *fuccian
Middle English *fukken
English fuck
English facefuck
From face + fuck.
Senses: examples: text: As soon as I was as naked as he was, he dropped to his knees and took my cock into his mouth up to the hilt. God bless the gay man’s gag-free throat, I thought as I started to rock my hips into a righteous face fuck.
ref: 2007, Michael Lassell, “Privacy, Please!”, in The Mammoth Book of New Gay Erotica, Constable & Robinson Ltd, published 2012, unnumbered page:
glosses: The act or an instance of thrusting the penis into the mouth or throat.
facefucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of facefuck
facefucking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of facefuck
facefucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of facefuck
facefucks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of facefuck
Goreans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gorean
MFS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of myxofibrosarcoma.
MFS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: file systems
glosses: Initialism of Macintosh File System.
myxofibrosarcoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myxofibrosarcomas
Etymology: By surface analysis, myxo- + fibro- + sarc- + -oma.
Senses: synonyms: MFS
glosses: A kind of malignant histiocytoma that is often myxoid and fibrous.
Related terms: fibroma
fibrosarcoma
myxoid
sarcoma
myxofibrosarcomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myxofibrosarcoma
myxamoebas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myxamoeba
myxoflagellates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myxoflagellate
myxoflagellate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myxoflagellates
Etymology: From myxo- + flagellate.
Senses: glosses: A swimming peritrichous organism of the Myxogastria that develops in moist environments and usually has two flagella.
myxofibrosarcomatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: These are often seen scattered in a background of cells with high-grade undifferentiated pleomorphic or myxofibrosarcomatous pattern.
ref: 2015, Michael Ola Idowu, Molecular Oncology Testing for Solid Tumors: A Pragmatic Approach:
glosses: Being or relating to a myxofibrosarcoma.
mumak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mumakil
Etymology: Introduced by J. R. R. Tolkien in the form mûmak.
Senses: examples: text: If you see a mumak and do not have a way of killing it before it gets near you, run.
ref: 2008, rpresser, “YAASP”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet):
topics: fantasy
fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A creature resembling a huge elephant.
wikipedia: J. R. R. Tolkien
mumakil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mumak
undismal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undismal
form: most undismal
Etymology: From un- + dismal.
Senses: glosses: Not dismal.
unbluing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unblue
unblueing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unblue
interlinkingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From interlinking + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to interlink.
interlinkage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interlinkages
Etymology: From inter- + linkage.
Senses: glosses: linkage together
interlinkages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interlinkage
catvertising
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of cat + advertising.
Senses: glosses: advertising that features one or more cats
keratinaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more keratinaceous
form: most keratinaceous
Etymology: From keratin + -aceous.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of keratinous.
synonyms: word: keratinous
ludship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ludships
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of lordship.
Related terms: m'lud
ludships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ludship
Kashonda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
urvas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urva
San Juan Islands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Pacific Northwest archipelago of 172 islands of the state of Washington, United States off the southeast coast of Vancouver Island and north of Puget Sound.
Related terms: Pig War
San Juan County
Iranianisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Iranianism
Iranianate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Iranianate
form: most Iranianate
Etymology: From Iranian + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Iranian in style or character.
Iranicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Iranian + -icity or Iranic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Iranianness
fainters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fainter
Dubai City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dubai, to distinguish it from the emirate of the same name
olykoeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of olykoek
pixyishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pixyish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being pixyish.
pixieness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pixie + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being pixyish.
pixiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pixie + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being pixyish.
Spigelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Spigelius + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Adriaan van den Spiegel, or Adrianus Spigelius (1578–1625), Flemish anatomist.
Derived terms: Spigelian fascia
Spigelian hernia
Spigelian line
Spigelian lobe
bouting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊtɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bout
bouted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bout
jusqu'auboutist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jusqu'auboutists
Etymology: From French jusqu'auboutiste, from jusqu'au bout, "to the very end".
Senses: glosses: One who believes in following something through to the very end.
balaklava
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balaklavas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of balaclava
yikkering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The cubs seized them and turned away, yikkering;
glosses: present participle and gerund of yikker
yikkered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yikker
alaaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alaap
alaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alap
rubber johnnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rubber johnny
Oroville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The town in California was originally called Ophir City, but the name was changed to Oroville when the first post office opened in 1854, from Spanish oro (“gold”) + -ville.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Butte County, California, United States.
glosses: A city in Okanogan County, in north-central Washington, United States.
ergatocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ergatocrats
Senses: glosses: A supporter of ergatocracy.
ergatocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ergatocrat
Gravesend
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌɡreɪvzˈɛnd/
Senses: glosses: An ancient town situated on the Thames Estuary in north-west Kent, England, and the administrative centre of Gravesham borough (OS grid ref TQ6474).
billsticking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bill + sticking.
Senses: examples: text: The nuisance caused by freelance billsticking, and the more serious threat of Parliamentary action, prompted some of the leading billposters to consider joint measures in defence of their interests.
ref: 1957, William Edward David Allen, David Allens: the history of a family firm, 1857-1957, page 134:
glosses: Synonym of billposting.
synonyms: word: billposting
problemist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: problemists
Etymology: From problem + -ist.
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: One who composes chess problems for other players to attempt to solve.
problemists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of problemist
harder than Chinese math
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Suggesting complex mathematics written in the unfamiliar Chinese script.
Senses: glosses: Very difficult.
glosses: Very hard (in the sense of physical rigidity).
Pirc Defence
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪəts dɪˈfɛns/
ipa: /ˈpɪɹts dɪˈfɛns/
Etymology: Named after the Slovenian grandmaster Vasja Pirc.
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
games
glosses: An opening characterised by Black responding to 1.e4 with 1...d6 and 2...Nf6, followed by ...g6 and ...Bg7, while allowing White to establish an impressive-looking centre with pawns on d4 and e4.
wikipedia: Vasja Pirc
Nurse Ratcheds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nurse Ratched
Chandlerisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chandlerism
MTE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Multicultural Toronto English.
MTE
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: My thoughts exactly: an expression of agreement.
potlach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potlaches
Senses: examples: text: That night there was a grand wedding and a potlach; so that for two days to follow there was no fishing done by the village.
ref: 1900 April 7, Jack London, “The Wife of a King”, in The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC, page 162:
glosses: Alternative spelling of potlatch.
potlach
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: potlaches
form: potlaching
form: potlached
form: potlached
Senses: examples: text: The chief was permitted to meet his many creditors and return the goods he had received at previous feasts on the distinct understanding, however, that no gifts were to be "potlached" i.e., donated with the usual custom of having them returned.
ref: 1885 November 2, I[srael] W[ood] Powell, “[Report on Indian Affairs in the Province of British Columbia]”, in Dominion of Canada: Annual Report of the Department of Indian Affairs for the Year Ended 31st December, 1885. […], Ottawa: […] Maclean, Roger & Co., […], published 1886, →OCLC, page 120:
text: After giving them a feed and potlaching some grub for their back trip, we paid the Indians off, after making arrangements with them to return at a certain date.
ref: 1908 February, F. M. Kelly, “Over the Backbone of Vancouver Island”, in Frank H. Mayer, editor, Western Field: The Sportsman’s Magazine of the West, volume 12, number 1, San Francisco, Calif.: The Western Field Company, →OCLC, page 37, column 1:
text: Natives were potlaching during the best of the run. No occasion here for any shortage if no salmon were caught, as the Nulato River has a big run of trout and whitefish.
ref: 1920 May 4, Charles Steinhauser (witness), To Prohibit Fishing for Salmon in the Yukon River. Part 2: Hearings before the United States House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Subcommittee on Fish and Fish Hatcheries, Sixty-Sixth Congress, Second Session, on May 4, 1920, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 20:
text: While girls are married as soon as they mature, the men marry much later, for custom dictates that a man to be eligible for marriage must have potlached at least once and preferably three times. This rule is gradually breaking down, but even now public opinion frowns on early marriage by young men.
ref: 1959, Robert A. McKennan, The Upper Tanana Indians (Yale Publications in Anthropology; no. 55), New Haven, Conn.: Department of Anthropology, Yale University, →OCLC, page 118; quoted in Marie-Françoise Guédon, “Life Cycle”, in People of Tetlin, Why are You Singing? (Mercury Series, Ethnology Division Paper; no. 9), Ottawa: National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada, 1974, →OCLC, page 186:
text: When they describe, for example, payment of cattle for a bride in East Africa, offering a gift in India to earn spiritual merit, exchanging favors between compadres in Middle America, giving a ceremonial necklace in return for an arm shell in the Trobriand kula ring, and potlaching each other by Kwakiutl chiefs, ethnographers are assuming the operation of some reciprocal principle.
ref: 1980, Harumi Befu, “Structural and Motivational Approaches to Social Exchange”, in Kenneth J. Gergen, Martin S. Greenberg, Richard H. Willis, editors, Social Exchange: Advances in Theory and Research, New York, N.Y.: Plenum Press, Springer Science+Business Media, published 2012, →DOI, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of potlatch.
potlaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potlach (alternative spelling of potlatches).
glosses: plural of potlache
potlaches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of potlach (alternative spelling of potlatches).
gambler's fallacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gambler's fallacies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Monte Carlo fallacy.
synonyms: word: Monte Carlo fallacy
chuck-a-luck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chuck-luck
form: chuckle-luck
Senses: glosses: A game of chance in which players bet on combinations of three dice.
Synonyms: birdcage
sweat-cloth
Related terms: crown and anchor
fashionwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fashion + -wear.
Senses: glosses: Fashionable clothing.
boardwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From board + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: We were hard-pressed to find anyone who actually skis in these designer duds, but someone's buying the stuff: Hilfiger's ski and boardwear line grosses around $25 million per year […]
ref: 1997, Skiing, volume 50, number 4:
text: The new stuff merges ski and snowboard looks, but it's more sporty and happy, not as rebellious as boardwear.
ref: 1999 December, Skiing, page 42:
text: It also includes articles about equipment and boardwear for kids.
ref: 2003, Bob Woods, Snowboarding, page 23:
glosses: Clothing to be worn while snowboarding.
glosses: Clothing to be worn while surfing.
leverpostej
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈleɪvə(ɹ)pɒsˌtaɪ/
Etymology: From Danish leverpostej.
Senses: glosses: A Scandinavian food made from coarsely ground pork liver and lard, seasoned and baked.
cembras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cembra
Siletz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Native American tribe from Oregon.
Siletz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Oregon.
Puyallup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pjuːˈæləp/
ipa: /pjuːˈɔːləp/
Forms: form: Puyallups
form: Puyallup
Senses: glosses: A member of a Native American tribe from western Washington state.
Puyallup
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pjuːˈæləp/
ipa: /pjuːˈɔːləp/
Senses: glosses: A city in Washington, United States, named after the aforementioned tribe.
glosses: A river in Washington, United States.
Puyallups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Puyallup
Makahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Makah
Quinault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Quinaielt
Senses: glosses: A group of Native American peoples from western Washington in the United States.
glosses: Ellipsis of Quinault Indian Nation.
Related terms: Olympic Peninsula
Quileute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Quillayute
Senses: glosses: A Native American people in western Washington state.
Suquamish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Lushootseed-speaking Native American people, located in present-day Washington in the United States.
dysphony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dys- + -phony.
Senses: glosses: Dated form of dysphonia.
phallometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phallometers
Etymology: From phallo- + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: “Galileo’s Middle Finger” is many things: a rant, a manifesto, a treasury of evocative new terms (sissyphobia, autogynephilia, phall-o-meter) and an account of the author’s transformation “from an activist going after establishment scientists into an aide-de-camp to scientists who found themselves the target of activists like me” — and back again.
ref: 2015 April 17, David Dobbs, “‘Galileo’s Middle Finger,’ by Alice Dreger”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2015:
glosses: An instrument for measuring the penis.
Related terms: phallometric
phallometry
phallometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phallometer
phallometrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From phallometric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in terms of, phallometry.
argamannu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒈠𒉡 (argamannu).
Senses: examples: text: The least frequently used dye was argamannu, which was also red and probably produced a shade of blue-purple, although different from that of takiltu.
ref: 2006, Stefan Zawadzki, Garments of the Gods: Studies on the Textile Industry and the Pantheon of Sippar According to the Texts from the Ebabbar Archive, Volume 1:
glosses: A red-purple dye.
glosses: A cloth of this color, often woolen.
Synonyms: argaman
foretokens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foretoken
foretokens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of foretoken
in-law suite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: in-law suites
Etymology: From in-law + suite; from the primary users of such suites, i.e., in-laws.
Senses: glosses: A division of a housing unit for use by relatives or friends of the primary residents, who would then usually share an entrance, and some shared space; but would be able to live separately, unlike boarders or roommates. There is no additional sound and fire separation as would be found in a multi-unit dwelling of separate apartments. The suite would contain at the least, sleeping, eating and bathing facilities.
Synonyms: granny suite
Coordinate terms: income suite
in-law suites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of in-law suite
anomalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anomalists
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An advocate of anomalism
anopisthograph
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From an- + opisthograph.
Senses: topics: biology
epigraphy
geography
history
human-sciences
literature
media
natural-sciences
palaeography
paleogeography
paleography
paleontology
publishing
sciences
glosses: Written on one side only.
Derived terms: anopisthographic
anostosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊsɪs
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Failure of bone formation, or atrophy of bones
Related terms: osteo-
antennula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antennulae
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antennule.
New Hebrides
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌnjuː ˈhɛbɹɪdiz/
Forms: form: the New Hebrides
Etymology: After the Hebrides in Scotland.
Senses: glosses: A group of islands in the Pacific, now forming the state of Vanuatu.
Derived terms: New Hebridean
Related terms: New Hebrides Condominium
schizoaffective disorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schizoaffective disorders
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Melanie met with Annabelle and delivered her diagnosis: Benny was in the prodromal phase of schizoaffective disorder, and she was recommending that they stop the Ritalin and start him on an antidepressant for the mood disorder and an antipsychotic to treat the auditory hallucinations.
ref: 2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 102:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: A mental disorder in which symptoms of schizophrenia and an affective disorder, such as depression or bipolar disorder, occur concurrently.
mood disorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mood disorders
Senses: glosses: An affective disorder.
plunge in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪn
Forms: form: plunges in
form: plunging in
form: plunged in
form: plunged in
Senses: glosses: To start a new endeavor enthusiastically and wholeheartedly, though possibly without experience.
Synonyms: dive in
plunge into
noun modifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noun modifiers
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of noun adjunct.
synonyms: word: noun adjunct
antiacarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛəɹiən
Etymology: From anti- + acarian.
Senses: glosses: That counters mites of the genus Acarus.
acarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /əˈkɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: acarians
Etymology: From translingual Acari + -an.
Senses: glosses: Any mite or tick of the subclass Acari
Derived terms: antiacarian
foretokeneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of foretoken
central business districts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of central business district
steaks Diane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steak Diane
foodscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foodscapes
Etymology: From food + -scape.
Senses: examples: text: Ethnic food, to this extent, must be regarded as a foodscape. A notion of foodscape reveals how movements of ethnic food are intertwined with the different movements of ethnic groups, financial capital, and business […]
ref: 2002, Warren James Belasco, Philip Scranton, Food Nations: Selling Taste in Consumer Societies, page 215:
text: Gilroy is a foodscape because its identity as a place is marketed to and often recalled among a diverse public by its association with a particular food item.
ref: 2010, Pauline Adema, Garlic Capital of the World, page 4:
text: We understand the foodscape as a dynamic social construction that relates food to places, people, meanings, and material processes.
ref: 2014, Josee Johnston, Shyon Baumann, Foodies: Democracy and Distinction in the Gourmet Foodscape, page 3:
glosses: A metaphorical landscape of foods and their production methods and cultural associations.
foodscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foodscape
honey drizzler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honey drizzlers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of honey dipper (“kitchen tool used to drizzle honey”).
synonyms: word: honey dipper
extra: kitchen tool used to drizzle honey
banh mi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːn miː/
/ˈbɑːŋ miː/
Forms: form: banh mi
form: banh mis
form: bánh mì
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese bánh mì (“bread; sandwich”).
Senses: examples: text: You will think this is a produce store or market, but never would you guess that inside, sweet Vietnamese ladies will make you a banh mi to rival all banh mis, and that noodle soups and plate lunches can be pumped out of here like nobody's business.
ref: 2011, Grace Keh, Food Lovers' Guide to San Francisco, →ISBN:
glosses: A Vietnamese sandwich, typically served on a baguette, and somewhat resembling a submarine sandwich.
Synonyms: Vietnamese sandwich
honey drizzlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honey drizzler
Bessant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Boxall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
feminerd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feminerds
Etymology: Blend of feminist + nerd.
Senses: examples: text: The rise of the Internet poured gasoline on the fire, creating spaces for feminerds to come out of the woodwork and share their passions.
ref: 2012, Rob Salkowitz, Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture: What the World’s Wildest Trade Show Can Tell Us About the Future of Entertainment, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 82:
text: This 'boys' club' attitude that girls can't be geeks is still a major stumbling block for feminerds and girls who want to break into geek culture.
ref: 2012, Jessica Bickford, "No girls allowed", The Carillion (University of Reginia), Volume 55, Issue 2, 2 August 2012 - 5 September 2012, page 14
text: Bored with assumptions that women and girls who participate in nerd culture are somehow faking it—or worse, that they are only doing it to appease their geeky boyfriends—feminerds are turning up the volume to air their grievances with widespread sexism in geek communities.
ref: 2014 October 21, Whitney Beyer, “Women fight to be nerd”, in Vanguard, volume 69, number 11, Portland State University, page 18:
glosses: A feminist nerd, especially a woman.
feminerds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feminerd
bladejob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bladejobs
Etymology: From blade + job.
Senses: topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: An act of blading, or intentionally cutting to provoke bleeding.
bladejobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bladejob
smiteful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more smiteful
form: most smiteful
Etymology: From smite + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: The authors of the Old Testament were people like us and struggled with their own human desires about the kind of God they would like to have, a God, perhaps, whose power would be sympathetic to me and 'smiteful' to those unsympathetic to me.
ref: 2002, Mark Allen, First Holy Communion, Burns & Oates, →ISBN, pages 8–9:
text: Although there is no evidence that Taylor's is a vengeful, smiteful god, either.
ref: 2010, Karl E. Smith, Meaning, Subjectivity, Society: Making Sense of Modernity, Brill (2010), page 203 (footnote)
text: And one hopes the tornado passes overhead and does not touch us; one prays and wonders why God would particularly care to spare us and hopes, again, that all His reasons for not doing so, though perhaps justified, will not matter and that He will not be as smiteful and as bloodthirsty as He ordinarily appears when one hears of His activity once a week on Sunday.
ref: 2013, John Pritchard, Sailing to Alluvium, NewSouth Books, →ISBN, page 315:
glosses: Inclined toward smiting.
Imogine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Non-standard spelling of Imogen.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Celtic languages.
marblework
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From marble + work.
Senses: glosses: artistic work done in marble
antianaphylaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + anaphylaxis.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: desensitization to antigens
antiasthenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiasthenic
form: most antiasthenic
Etymology: From anti- + asthenic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: That counters asthenia
gagman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gagmen
Etymology: From gag + -man.
Senses: glosses: A writer or performer of gags.
Mohegans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mohegan
eggheadedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more eggheadedly
form: most eggheadedly
Etymology: From eggheaded + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in an eggheaded manner
rapportage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈpɔːtɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ɹəˈpɔɹtɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ɹəˈpɔɹtəd͡ʒ/
Etymology: From French rapportage, from rapport + -age.
Senses: examples: text: And if she was absurd, so was the house and its cast. Essie watched it, mainly through the rapportage of Mrs. Harradson, namely the house.
ref: 2010, Wyndham Lewis, Self Condemned, →ISBN:
glosses: The reporting of social news, especially by an eyewitness.
examples: text: There was, of course, an element of what they now call rapportage in Papa's work. He picked up material from the country folk round about in rather odd ways, and as a result he seems to have gained something of a preternatural character in their regard.
ref: 2001, Michael Innes, Appleby's End, →ISBN:
glosses: Information of a social nature that has been reported.
read 'em and weep
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: I've got a full house. Read 'em and weep, boys.
glosses: Used to express confidence when showing a winning poker hand.
examples: text: Today's BellaHater Award goes halfsies to Zephyr Addler and Mercedes Sanchez! Zephyr 4 sticking it 2 Bella by tongue wrestling with TLC. Way 2 Go! And Mercedes 4 outing them. Poor Bella! What's a girl 2 do? Suffer bitch! You've made everybody else's life hell and what comes around goes around, so read 'em and weep . Yer not the only mean girl in town.
ref: 2009, Heather Swain, Me, My Elf & I, →ISBN:
glosses: Used as a taunt when outperforming or one-upping rivals.
Related terms: take that
eat your heart out
cuntbreath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cunt + breath.
Senses: glosses: An annoying or contemptible person.
ALPR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ALPRs
Senses: examples: text: California-based Vigilant […] has partnered with a range of governments in Texas, California, and Georgia to provide their police with a suite of ALPR systems to use on patrol, along with access to Vigilant's database.
ref: 2021, Kate Crawford, chapter 6, in Atlas of AI […] , →ISBN:
text: "Surveillance networks based on ALPR technology can track people’s movements retroactively with a simple search query," he wrote.
ref: 2023 July 24, Chris Eberhart, “NY police used AI to track drivers on highways as attorney questions legality”, in Fox News:
topics: government
law-enforcement
synonyms: ANPR
glosses: Initialism of automated/automatic license plate recognition.
examples: text: We don’t find every use of ALPRs objectionable. For example, we do not generally object to using them to check license plates against lists of stolen cars, for AMBER Alerts, or for toll collection, provided they are deployed and used fairly and subject to proper checks and balances, such as ensuring devices are not disproportionately deployed in low-income communities and communities of color, and that the “hot lists” they are run against are legitimate and up to date.
ref: 2023 February 13, Chad Marlow & Jay Stanley, “How to Pump the Brakes on Your Police Department’s Use of Flock’s Mass Surveillance License Plate Readers”, in ACLU:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of automated/automatic license plate reader.
Related terms: english: license plate recognition
translation: license plate recognition
word: LPR
propulsors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of propulsor
composite types
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of composite type
anticardium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticardia
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The epigastrium, especially the part almost in front of the heart.
anticonfessional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticonfessional
form: most anticonfessional
Etymology: From anti- + confessional.
Senses: glosses: contrary to any religious denomination
pandita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panditas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pandit.
Candelaria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Candelaria.
Senses: glosses: A ranchería in Tasquillo municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico.
examples: text: In the highlands of Guatemala there is a dirt and stone road that runs from the pueblo of San Martin Jilotepeque to the village of Candelaria.
ref: 1996, Mary Richardson Miller, The Women of Candelaria, San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, page 9:
glosses: A village in Chimaltenango department, Guatemala.
glosses: A town in Cuscatlán department, El Salvador.
Related terms: Candelaria de la Frontera
prosecuting attorney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosecuting attorneys
Senses: synonyms: prosecutor
antonyms: defense attorney
defence counsel
hypernyms: attorney
lawyer
barrister
solicitor
counsel
counselor
<
person
coordinate_terms: plaintiff's attorney
glosses: A public officer charged with carrying on the prosecution or representing the state in criminal proceedings and, in some jurisdictions, instituting or representing the state in civil or administrative proceedings.
Poo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town in eastern Asturias, near Llanes
glosses: A small town in eastern Asturias, near Cabrales
Poo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Thai ปู (bpuu, “crab, a nickname”).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Thai unisex given name ปู (bpuu).
galumpher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galumphers
Etymology: From galumph + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Hooper's dangerous galumpher, Babe Ruth, turns out to have been the leading defensive outfielder of the American League in 1919 with a fielding average of . 992. ( His fielding as a pitcher included two more errors and reduced his fielding ...
ref: 1975, Marshall Smelser, The Life that Ruth Built: A Biography, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 113:
text: It's uncanny.” I shrugged. “Mr. Wrexham usually complains I'm a galumpher.” He gave a tight smile and sat down in his battered chair, pouring the pink gin into a potted plant beside the window and helping himself to whisky from the decanter.
ref: 2011, Natasha Solomons, The House at Tyneford: A Novel, GoodReads:
glosses: Someone who galumphs
galumphers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galumpher
atypical autism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An autism spectrum disorder that does not meet the diagnostic criteria for either autism proper or Asperger's syndrome.
Anglistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anglistics
Etymology: Modification of German Anglistik, from Anglist (“Anglist”) + -ik (“-ics”).
Senses: examples: text: The history of our English department thus begins with one of the greatest names that Anglistics in America has to offer.
ref: 1927, Lawrence Counselman Wroth, editor, The Johns Hopkins Alumni Magazine: Published in the Interest of the University and the Alumni, volume 15, Johns Hopkins Alumni Association, page 116:
text: Regularly on the Continent, and widely in America as well, that part of Anglistics devoted to the editing of texts is called English philology.
ref: 1930, Kemp Malone, “The Terminology of Anglistics.”, in The English Journal, volume 19, number 8, →JSTOR, page 643:
qualifier: humanities
glosses: Synonym of English studies.
synonyms: word: English studies
Related terms: Anglistic
microdocumentary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microdocumentaries
Etymology: From micro- + documentary.
Senses: glosses: A very short documentary.
microdocumentaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microdocumentary
unpasted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + pasted.
Senses: glosses: Not pasted.
unbasted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
glosses: Not basted; not given long loose stitches.
unbasted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unbaste
unbasted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + basted.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Not basted.
peppadew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peppadews
Etymology: From a trademark, from pepper + dew.
Senses: examples: text: Pat the peppadews dry with paper towels. With a small spoon, fill the peppadews with goat cheese. Arrange the stuffed peppadews on the planks and drizzle with olive oil.
ref: 2010, Karen Adler, Judith Fertig, 25 Essentials: Techniques for Planking, page 43:
glosses: A kind of sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum baccatum.
peppadews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peppadew
white tin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Refined metallic tin.
glosses: β-tin, a body-centered tetragonal crystalline tin, an allotrope of tin
Related terms: english: raw tin ore
translation: raw tin ore
word: black tin
alt: α-tin
word: gray tin
roman: α-tin
alt: α-tin
word: grey tin
alt: the phase transition of white tin / β-tin to grey tin / α-tin
word: tin pest
alt: Sn
word: tin
Jolsonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Jolsonian
form: most Jolsonian
Etymology: From Jolson + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: In the Capitol and early Reprise eras, his top note would more likely be the high F he hits on "The Tender Trap," going down to the ultradeep, Jolsonian low G that concludes his show-stopping '60s treatment of "Ol' Man River."
ref: 1995, Will Friedwald, Sinatra! the Song is You: A Singer's Art, page 19:
glosses: Of or relating to Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson; c.1886–1950), American singer, film actor, and comedian.
blowing house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blowing houses
Senses: glosses: A building traditionally used for smelting tin in Cornwall and Devon, England, containing a furnace and a pair of bellows powered by an adjacent water wheel.
Synonyms: blowing mill
blowing houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blowing house
blowing mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blowing mills
Senses: glosses: Synonym of blowing house.
synonyms: word: blowing house
blowing mills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blowing mill
swanbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swanbills
Etymology: From swan + bill.
Senses: glosses: A style of corset, worn at the start of the 20th century, with a rigid straight busk at the front, forcing the torso forward and causing the hips to jut out at the rear.
swanbills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swanbill
nightlifes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Los Angeles has one of the liveliest and most exciting nightlifes in the world.
ref: 2010, Chris Carter, The Executioner, Book 2, →ISBN:
glosses: plural of nightlife
nightlives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nightlife
parentings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Thus, spiritual "emergence" has often been no continuous picnic, whether for the crying infant or the midlife adult, even with the best of childhood parentings.
ref: 1949, Stuart Sovatsky, Words from the Soul: Time, East/West Spirituality, and Psychotherapeutic Narrative, →ISBN:
glosses: plural of parenting
runtishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more runtishly
form: most runtishly
Etymology: From runtish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a runtish manner.