nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: lot lizard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The term was popularized by the 2000 novel Sarah, a fictional account of the life of a truck-stop prostitute. 1. A prostitute at a truck stop. Labels: US, slang Example: Maybe he's doin' a run to Shakey Town where some lot lizard checks his dip stick. Example: […] the most famous "lot lizard", or truck stop whore, in the business. 2. A girl who loiters at any location that can be described as a lot, looking for a sexual encounter. Labels: US, broadly, slang Example: In discussing the “lot lizards” who hang out in car lots Lisa comments: This will amaze you. A lot of professional athletes have bought car lots, used dealerships. There [are] girls that hang out in car lots. Example: Then there are the lot lizards: Locals attracted to the danger and anonymity of a carny sexual encounter. 3. A poor and uneducated person. Labels: derogatory Example: The art of selling Attractive homes and interest rates don't help a retailer/builder much, however, if salespeople treat customers like “lot lizards." Example: And Larry across from them — fuckin' dumbo, that guy, a regular lot lizard. 4. A salesperson at an automobile dealership. Labels: US, slang Example: Carl Sewell, CEO of Sewell Village Cadillac in Dallas and other automobile dealerships, tells the story of how Sewell Village "lot lizards” significantly improved their performance. Example: Managers can be fine-tuned individuals, molded and bred from managerial schools, but more often they have worked their way up from "lot lizard." 5. A customer at an automobile dealership to whom a vehicle is difficult to sell. Labels: US, slang Example: A 'lot lizard' was somebody who walked the sales lot and looked at every car and still didn't buy. Example: Do these ads actually move their lipstick-colour cars to the tirekickers and lot lizards and lay downs and strokers? 6. A snowboarder or skier who tailgates in the parking lot of a ski resort. Labels: US, slang
Word: mahogany gaspipe Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A nonsense phrase, to describe what the Irish language sounds like to Anglophones. 1. a representation of how the Irish language sounds to a non-speaker; gobbledegook. Labels: Ireland, dated, slang Example: It is completely false to suggest that Irish was ever the natural or the native language of this city of Dublin, or of any of our other cities. I always think that Dubliners' attitude to the Irish language is summed up in four words: “Tá sé mahogany gas-pipe”. Example: "Thaw shay mahogany gas-pipes" is a venerable native witticism. It is the facetious Gaelic sally of a person without Gaelic. Suitably mouthed, it sounds frightfully Irish. Leaguers resent it as a sneer.
Word: mahogany gaspipe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A nonsense phrase, to describe what the Irish language sounds like to Anglophones. 1. A Gaeilgeoir. Labels: Ireland, dated, slang Example: I’ve been watching you for the last ten minutes and damn the thing you’ve done except yap, yap, yap the whole time. The Chief or the Governor or any of them could have been watching you. They’d have thought it was a bloody mothers’ meeting. What with you and my other bald mahogany gas pipe here.
Word: cuckoldly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From cuckold + -ly. 1. Like or as a cuckold. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cuckoldly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cuckold + -ly. 1. Possessing the qualities of a cuckold. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:cuckoldly. 2. Contemptible; foolish, inept Labels: obsolete Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:cuckoldly.
Word: majoritarian democracy Part of Speech: noun 1. A political system in which representatives are elected through winning votes of the majority of people.
Word: maldevelopment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French maldéveloppement, introduced as a human and social development term in France in the 1990s, to replace the words malformation or développement anormal. The word can be broken down as mal- (“ill”) + development. 1. The state of an organism or an organisation that did not develop in the "normal" way (used in medicine, e.g. "brain maldevelopment of a fetus"). 2. Under the philosophy of sustainable development, poor economic, human or social development.
Word: Malika Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مَلِكَة (malika, “queen”). 1. A female given name from Arabic, the female version of the title Malik ("King" in Arabic). Example: Malika Harris places a candle down for her sister Nia Wilson at a makeshift memorial outside the MacArthur Bay Area Rapid Transit station, Monday, July 23, 2018, in Oakland.
Word: Manchestrian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Manchester Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Manchestrian From Manchester + -ian. 1. One who lives in the British city of Manchester.
Word: Manchestrian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Manchester Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Manchestrian From Manchester + -ian. 1. Of or relating to the city of Manchester.
Word: mazal tov Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of mazel tov. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mechanic arts Part of Speech: noun 1. In the 19th century, engineering and other mechanical fields of expertise (comparable to performing arts and the fine arts). Labels: archaic, plural, plural-only 2. Weaving, blacksmithing, war, navigation, agriculture, hunting, medicine, and the ars theatrica. Labels: archaic, plural, plural-only
Word: Rappai Part of Speech: name Etymology: Christians coined this word from the name of Saint Raphael. 1. A male given name from Malayalam used in India. Example: Rappai says he has other things to worry about apart from food.... Rappai - the man with the giant appetite - has been warned by medics to curb his food intake.
Word: receptive language Part of Speech: noun 1. The ability to comprehend information and understand spoken language (or sign language). It may include understanding of the vocabulary and concepts presented, short-term memory and sequencing information. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Anubis Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Anūbis, from Ancient Greek Ἄνουβις (Ánoubis), from Egyptian jnpw, i-n:p-w-E16 Pronunciation: /əˈnjuːbɪs/ 1. In the mythology of ancient Egypt, the god of the dead and tombs, commonly depicted with the head of a jackal. Labels: Egyptian
Word: reverse link Part of Speech: noun 1. In radio communications, the link from a mobile user to a fixed base station. If the link includes a communications relay satellite, the reverse link will consist of both an uplink (mobile station to satellite) and a downlink (satellite to base station).
Word: shelfware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English shelf Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) Old English sōfte Middle English softe English soft Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English softwarebf. English -ware English shelfware From shelf + -ware. 1. A piece of software that has never been used at all since its creation. Labels: uncountable 2. A piece of software created for the sole purpose of being immediately shelved. Labels: uncountable 3. Software purchased but not used. Labels: uncountable
Word: irregular verbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of irregular verb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supermetaphor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English metaphor English supermetaphor From super- + metaphor. 1. A grounding fact; a correspondance between the underlying truth and our ideas and constructions based on that truth. Example: In this way he promotes landscape into a supermetaphor, in order to expose a general tendency towards equalization. Example: Each legal order stands on a grounding fact, a superfact or a supermetaphor, as I would call it, which determines the specific interpretive standpoint or perspective that characterizes the adopted type of projection. 2. An overarching metaphor; a metaphor that encompasses several sub-metaphors. Example: The third chapter focuses on the theme of alcohol, which is a sort of "supermetaphor" of poetic distillation, encompassing all the other metaphors. Example: This is a case of supermetaphor called metalepsis by Quintilian and transumptio by Geoffrey of Vinsauf. The images echo one another. 3. A metaphor that is particularly widespread or dominant. Example: "Mother" as supermetaphor for "man's projection of the ideal" is dealt a final blow by McBride's organized exposition of the alternative: female parents and male parents — "because no one sex and no one person should be responsible for... Example: BCCI suddenly bloomed as a sort of supermetaphor for the INTRODUCTION: THE DEVIL'S PAYMASTER. 4. A metaphor about metaphors. Example: Driven by the demands of undergraduate teaching, Morgan wanted to translate Sociological Paradigms into a work that would appeal not only to academics and students of organization but also to practitioners. In pursuit of this aim, he alighted upon what we might characterize as a super-metaphor: the idea that “all theories are metaphorical.”
Word: turf war Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The phrase may have originated as a reference to the game of American football where two teams confront each other on a field of grass or turf. Pronunciation: /ˈtɚf woɹ/, /ˈtɜːf wɔː/ 1. A dispute over territory between rival gangs. 2. A fight or confrontation between two divisions or parties for access to resources or capital. Labels: idiomatic Example: It's a fascinating distinction, and one that also has the neat effect of moving the debate on from the contentious territory of the SF/litfic turfwar into that of value-neutral literary theory.
Word: typhoon fifth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The name derives from the practice of acquiring a large bottle in preparation for sitting out a typhoon. 1. An 1800-ml bottle of spirits, especially sake. Labels: slang
Word: podologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English podology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English podologist From podology + -ist. 1. A podiatrist or chiropodist
Word: face the music Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin uncertain; possible sources which have been suggested include the following: * A performer on a stage facing the music from the orchestra pit when confronting a possibly hostile audience. * The historical act of a soldier who was dishonourably discharged from military service being paraded in front of other soldiers to the sound of a drum or music. * A soldier facing the noise of battle (music being military slang for the sound of gunfire or other ordnance). Pronunciation: /ˌfeɪs ðə ˈmjuːzɪk/, /ˌfeɪs ðə ˈmjuzɪk/ 1. To accept or confront the unpleasant consequences of one's actions. Labels: idiomatic Example: As for that husband of yours, I don't think much of him, and I tell you so candidly. Running away and leaving you to face the music. Example: Hudson personally would not face the music at that meeting and the business could hardly proceed for groans and hisses and cries of "Hudson! Hudson! Why is Hudson not here?" and so the ungrateful shareholders to whom Hudson had generously paid dividends out of their own capital cast out Hudson bag and baggage, including therein the agreement with the Newmarket Railway.
Word: ottavino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ottavino. 1. A miniature virginal, pitched one octave higher than the larger version.
Word: optimate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin optimātēs, masculine plural form of optimās (“best, noblest”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒptɪmeɪt/ 1. A member of the patrician ruling class in republican Ancient Rome; an aristocrat, a noble. Labels: historical Example: The elaboration of her sateen costume (somewhat dirty and torn now) showed that she was an optimate. Example: Over the same decade, the upper stratum of Visigothic society, the optimates gradually lost their influence.
Word: drifters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drifter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dissuasive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French dissuasif. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsweɪzɪv/ 1. Tending to dissuade, or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory. Example: When Nkem stepped forward to ask him a question, he made a dissuasive gesture with his gun, making Nkem jump back immediately.
Word: dissuasive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French dissuasif. Pronunciation: /dɪˈsweɪzɪv/ 1. That which dissuades; a disincentive. Example: Among other particulars which constituted the unfitness of things in Mr Square's opinion, danger and difficulty were two. The difficulty therefore which he apprehended there might be in corrupting this young wench, and the danger which would accrue to his character on the discovery, were such strong dissuasives, that it is probable he at first intended to have contented himself with the pleasing ideas which the sight of beauty furnishes us with.
Word: dissuasively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dissuasive Middle English -ly English -ly English dissuasively From dissuasive + -ly. 1. In a dissuasive manner.
Word: BB gun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the size of buckshot originally fired from this type of gun. 1. A gun that shoots BB-size pellets, typically using compressed air, or sometimes just a compressed spring.
Word: jobsworths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jobsworth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: regretting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of regret Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: regretting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is regretted. Example: And for all I then declined / O the regrettings infinite / When the night-processions flit / Through the mind!
Word: showboating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of showboat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: showboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *skawwōną Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn Old English scēawian Middle English schewen English show Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰóydos Proto-Germanic *baitaz Proto-West Germanic *bait Old English bāt Middle English bot English boat English showboat From show + boat. Pronunciation: /ˈʃoʊˌboʊt/ 1. A river steamboat having a resident theatre. Labels: US Example: And Agnes Moorehead henpecks with stern persistence as Parthy, the captain's loving wife. The sets, which include a full-sized showboat with belching double stacks and sternwheel, are in the best Metro tradition, which means as sumptuous as sumptuous can be. Example: Mr. Sterling was born in Baltimore on June 24, 1915, to Jack Sexton and Edna Cable, veteran performers in vaudeville, showboats and stock companies. 2. A person, often an athlete or performer, who behaves in an ostentatious, flashy manner to attract attention or admiration; a showoff. Labels: US, broadly, informal Example: Well, I was a little upset at first. I mean, obviously people are going to think I'm a showboat, and a little bit of a prick. Example: After the President fired his FBI director in early May, he dismissed Comey as “a showboat,” “a grandstander” and a “nut job.”
Word: showboat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *skawwōną Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn Old English scēawian Middle English schewen English show Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰóydos Proto-Germanic *baitaz Proto-West Germanic *bait Old English bāt Middle English bot English boat English showboat From show + boat. Pronunciation: /ˈʃoʊˌboʊt/ 1. To show off. Labels: US, ambitransitive, informal Example: Out: Trash talk, dirty play, crybabying, showboating and players who can't be bothered to show up for games or keep their shoes on. Example: Their duel had something often lacking in this memorable era of men’s tennis: an edge, as Kyrgios showboated and intentionally smacked balls at Nadal’s body, ignoring the glares that Nadal sometimes fired back.
Word: adulter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin adulter. 1. An adulterer, especially a male one. Labels: archaic
Word: adulter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin adulterō. 1. To commit adultery. Labels: archaic 2. To pollute something; to adulterate. Labels: archaic
Word: disinclined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English inclined English disinclined From dis- + inclined. Pronunciation: /dɪs.ɪŋˈklaɪnd/ 1. Not inclined; having a disinclination; being unwilling, reluctant. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is not surprising that the real scholar or expert and the practical man of affairs often feel contemptuous about the intellectual, are disinclined to recognize his power, and are resentful when they discover it.
Word: disinclined Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English inclined English disinclined From dis- + inclined. Pronunciation: /dɪs.ɪŋˈklaɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of disincline Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: saar Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /saːr/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of sir. Labels: India, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: The server did not look at him but watching the outer door he asked him "What do you want saar?" Example: "Yes saar. Yes, saar." he said, perspiring. "No saar. Not long. Yes, saar. At once, saar." 2. An Indian person. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur
Word: inroad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from in + road (“(obsolete) act of riding on horseback; hostile ride against a particular area, raid”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnɹəʊd/, /ˈɪnˌɹoʊd/ 1. An advance into enemy territory, an attempted invasion; an encroachment, an incursion. Labels: also, figuratively Example: […] That ſince that time he [Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus] was become the ſubject of King Henry [VIII] of England, his Majeſty's [James V of Scotland's] greateſt enemy; and was now the cauſe of all the Inroads made by the English into Scotland: […] Example: [A] child knowing the heate of fire, will as readely iudge of the perrill, as the wiſeſt Senatour, of the inroad of a borderer, or the politick captaine, of the vnequall encoũter with his enimy, […] 2. Often followed by in, into, or on: initial progress made toward accomplishing a goal or solving a problem. Labels: figuratively, plural-normally Example: Three weeks into it, I am finally beginning to make inroads on this project. Example: You must have been fairly surprised at Dr. Glaser's inroads into reprogramming the brain.
Word: inroad Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from in + road (“(obsolete) act of riding on horseback; hostile ride against a particular area, raid”). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnɹəʊd/, /ˈɪnˌɹoʊd/ 1. To make advances or incursions. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: [Y]ou muſt not expect him to go with you, inroading or making incurſions into Georgia; for he is an Armenian, true to his faith; and not a Georgian, falſe and diſtruſtful! Example: [T]his is the first war that has befallen in my time, and no inimy has yet inroaded far enough into the Colony, to be reached by an arm even longer than mine. 2. To make an inroad into (something). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: [Y]ea, the Saracens had lately waſted Italy, conquered Spain, inroded Aquitain, and poſſeſſed ſome iſlands in the mid-land-ſea. Example: The kyngdom of Heven be Chriſt, 'teys reſembled to this noble kyng / With riches inroded mercy for to lern, and to have compaſſion. / One of another, after goddes Faſſyon.
Word: salpa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin, from Latin salpa, from Ancient Greek σάλπη (sálpē, “a species of fish”). Doublet of salp. Pronunciation: /ˈsælpə/ 1. Alternative form of salp. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pakka Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of pukka. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: hot stamp Part of Speech: noun 1. An impression made in a hot metal forging.
Word: earlyish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-eri Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri Proto-Germanic *airi Proto-Germanic *airiz Old English ǣr Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Old English ǣrlīċe Middle English erly English early Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English earlyish From early + -ish. 1. Somewhat early Labels: not-comparable Example: Old Jermyn sat down in his favourite chair by one of the windows overlooking Pall Mall. It was earlyish, and the big room—empty and noiseless—and lined with books between its high windows, seemed to envelop old Jermyn with velvet arms. Example: From outside the music was thumping, it had been Big Band jazz and now it was earlyish rock ’n’ roll, such as Rachel and Gerald might conceivably have danced to twenty-five years ago.
Word: objectify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-kt Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntder. Latin iaciō Latin obiciō Latin obiectus Medieval Latin obiectum Old French objectbor. English object Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English objectify From object + -ify. Pronunciation: /əbˈd͡ʒɛktɪˌfaɪ/ 1. To make (something, such as an abstract idea) possible to be perceived by the senses. Labels: ambitransitive Example: It was the unknown, objectified at last, in concrete flesh and blood, bending over him and reaching down to seize hold of him. 2. To treat (something) as objectively real. Labels: transitive Example: The mystic objectifies a rich feeling in the pit of the stomach into a cosmology. 3. To treat (someone) as a mere (usually sexual) object; to sexually dehumanize (someone). Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: demean, fetishize Example: 1994 "Book review: Fire With Fire", backlash.comhttp://www.backlash.com/content/gender/1996/3-mar96/page23.html She talks about the fact that women objectify men just as much as men objectify women, and she even admits her culpability in doing so by talking about how sometimes she wishes she had a group of "nubile 17 year old soccer players" to keep her happy.
Word: cokernel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm Proto-Germanic *kurną Proto-West Germanic *korn Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-West Germanic *-il Proto-West Germanic *kurnil Old English cyrnel Middle English kirnel English kernel English cokernel From co- + kernel. 1. The coequalizer of f and the zero morphism from X to Y, denoted operatorname cokerf. 2. The coequalizer of f and the zero morphism from X to Y, denoted operatorname cokerf.
Word: rubious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ruby + -ous. 1. Ruby-colored. Labels: rare Example: Dianas lip Is not more ſmooth, and rubious: thy ſmall pipe Is as the maidens organ, ſhrill, and ſound, And all is ſemblatiue a womans part. Example: As Shaw became less of the rubious-bearded rebel and more of the Public Institution, reporter-hunted, bore-pursued, the partnership must have been hard work at times.
Word: zoar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Zoar, mentioned in the Bible as the place where Lot fled with his wife and two daughters to escape death when Yahweh destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, from Biblical Hebrew צֹעַר (tso`ar, “insignificance, smallness”). Pronunciation: /ˈzəʊ.ɑː/, /ˈzoʊ.ɑɹ/ 1. A place of refuge; a sanctuary.
Word: zoars Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈzəʊ.ɑːz/, /ˈzɔʊ.ɑɹz/ 1. plural of zoar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: swiller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swill + -er. 1. A person who swills something
Word: sanctuaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sanctuary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hughie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hugh + -ie. Regarding rain, various etymologies have been proposed; see Send 'er down, Hughie!. 1. A diminutive of the male given name Hugh. 2. An imaginary god or higher power responsible for rain. Labels: Australia Example: As soon as they see me scurrying around picking up snorkels and flippers they know the Big Wet is on its way. The skies will open and Hughie will send it down. 3. Imaginary god who creates surf (waves, and associated conditions). Labels: humorous Example: 2006, DC Green, Surf Europe Pipe scowled. “Hughie... send us swell! Not just any swell, but a grand macking swell! In return, we pray you will accept this near-virginal surfboard sacrifice that we make in your name!”
Word: brown bomber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Refers to the colour of parking inspector uniforms worn for several decades in Sydney, Australia and other major cities. 1. A parking officer, employed to issue parking tickets (i.e. fines) to vehicles parked illegally or for longer than the permitted time. Labels: Australia, slang Example: 1971, John O'Grady, Dealing with Cops, from Aussie Etiket. Quoted in Aussie Humour, Macmillan, 1988, →ISBN, page 200. There is another kind called 'brown bombers'. They are very interested in parked cars. They put chalk marks on tyres and leave little notes, in envelopes, under windscreen wipers.
Word: brown bomber Part of Speech: noun 1. An American cocktail containing peanut liqueur.
Word: brown bomber Part of Speech: noun 1. A laxative. Labels: US, dated, slang
Word: of all people Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Especially; more than other people Labels: idiomatic Example: You of all people have most need of perfect love; because this alone casts out fear Example: What have you, of all people in the world, got to do with it?
Word: all hell breaks loose Part of Speech: phrase 1. The situation becomes chaotic or characterized by conflict or rage. Labels: idiomatic Example: Came not all hell broke loose? Example: I think it's kind of fun because, had Hillary Clinton spoken at the Democratic Convention, all hell would have broken loose.
Word: Hail Mary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Heil Marie. The extended figurative sense alludes to the notion of saying a prayer that the action will succeed. 1. A prayer, of established or conventional wording, calling for the intercession of the Virgin Mary. Example: “What did the priest, and all of you, keep on saying when we first went in?” / “Our Fathers, Hail Maries, and Glorias; couldn’t you hear?” asked Emily, laughing. / “No, I should think not, you rattled on so fast- What are Hail Maries and Glorias?” / “The Gloria you know well enough, my dear, because you say it in your church at the end of every psalm,” replied Miss Horton; “the Hail Mary is a prayer to our Blessed Lady,” and she repeated it. Example: And if I say ten Hail Marys / Leave a light on in Heaven for me 2. A risky last-ditch effort with great benefit but little chance of success; one whose success would require divine intervention; a Hail Mary pass. Labels: US, attributive, figuratively, usually Example: Hail Mary deal Example: There are hundreds of plays and combinations, plus a great two-player mode. This guide should tell you which plays work best and when to use them. Grab a hot-dog and take to the stands for a few Hail Marys followed by a quick Toss and Pass.
Word: Hail Mary Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English Heil Marie. The extended figurative sense alludes to the notion of saying a prayer that the action will succeed. 1. To pray by saying a Hail Mary. Labels: often, reflexive Example: He Hail Maryed himself to sleep every night and woke up Hail Marying in the morning, and to his amazement and delight it worked. Example: Sister Cecilia Hail Maryed herself and slid back in the room.
Word: twistle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of twissel (literally “double, forked”), from Middle English twisel, twisil, from Old English twisla (“confluence, junction, fork of a river or road”), from Proto-Germanic *twisilą (“fork, bifurcation”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwis- (“twice, in two”). Cognate with German Zwiesel (“fork”). Compare also Icelandic kvísl (“branch, a fork; fork of a river”). Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪsəl/ 1. A boundary stream. Labels: obsolete
Word: twistle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Related to twist. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪsəl/ 1. To twist. Labels: Scotland, transitive
Word: twistle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to twist. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪsəl/ 1. A wrench. Labels: Scotland
Word: shit faced Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of shitfaced. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dust bunnies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dust bunny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: off message Part of Speech: adj 1. publicly stating or supporting a policy counter to the official party policy.
Word: inkblot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ink + blot. Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋkˌblɑt/ 1. A blot of ink. Example: A note from Deller with five pencil sketches attached of the new trade figures for Brittlekin -- two bloated looking children with inkblot eyes looking greedily at an enormous bar of peanut candy. 2. A dark, shapeless object. Labels: figuratively Example: In the morning he watched with unseeing eyes the headland come out a shapeless inkblot against the thin light of the false dawn, ... 3. Any of the pictures used as stimuli in the Rorschach test. Example: Look, I know that I have to do this, and I'll cooperate, and I'll look at your inkblots and everything, but I don't wanna talk about my life or my childhood or... anything, for that matter, actually.
Word: hott Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of hot (sexually attractive) Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard, slang
Word: engins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of engin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: effervescences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of effervescence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mexican breakfast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Supposedly because it is all that Mexicans can afford. 1. A breakfast consisting of a cigarette and a glass of water. Labels: US, idiomatic
Word: microcellular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + cellular. 1. Being composed of very small cells.
Word: anticlinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anticline + -al. 1. Inclining or dipping in opposite directions. 2. Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells. 3. Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°. Labels: physical 4. Consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline.
Word: anticlinal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anticline + -al. 1. An anticlinal fold. Example: But being chiefly sections of younger rocks than ours, the Austrian diagrams exhibit a more disturbed surface, so far as regards faults and slips, snapped anticlinals, upshoved synclinals, lapped folds, […]
Word: moonshee Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of munshi. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Then Your Committee examined Goneſhamdaſs, who was formerly Moonſhee, or Perſian Tranſlator, to Colonel Graham; [...] Example: The moonshees succeeded in that litigation, and the decree in their suit declared the lands to be part of the jote tenure, and limited the zemindar's claim to a title to assess them for rent.
Word: move the yardsticks Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The phrase originates from American football, where every ten yards of forward progress by the offense moves the yardsticks ahead to measure the next ten yards of progress. 1. To move the chains. 2. To make progress, as used in political and corporate venues to express proactive actions. Labels: idiomatic
Word: Muarrif Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Persian, معرف, a Muslim name. 1. A Persian surname. A Muslim name, meaning the praised one and one that is well known amongst his people.
Word: mutated contraction Part of Speech: noun 1. An etymological phenomenon when a new word or slang term develops from shortening and slightly altering a longer word. Example: Mutated contractions often form diminutive and pejorative terms, such as "Newfie" and "fundie".
Word: mystery ship Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the secret British Q-ships, also known as decoy vessels or special service ships, which served as submarine decoy vessels during World War I. Labels: dated
Word: name it, claim it Part of Speech: phrase 1. A catch phrase of the Christian Word of Faith movement, a statement of faith and affirmation.
Word: gesith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ġesīþ (“companion, fellow, comrade; companion or follower of an athel or king”), from Proto-West Germanic *gasinþ, from Proto-Germanic *gasinþô. Pronunciation: /jɛˈsiːθ/ 1. A companion to an athel or king in medieval England; a thegn; a comrade Labels: historical Example: Beowulf the son of the noble Ecgtheow became the gesith of King Hygelac, and, when he rose to be a chieftain, had lands, treasures, and gesiths of his own [...] Example: The gesith took him and had his wounds attended to.
Word: neo-McCarthyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- Irish Mac Carthaighbor. English McCarthy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English McCarthyism English neo-McCarthyism From neo- + McCarthyism. 1. political policies or ideology seen as a resurgence or continuation of McCarthyism after its heyday in the 1950s Labels: US, uncountable
Word: ritratto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ritratto. Doublet of retract, retrait, and retreat. 1. A picture; a portrait. Labels: obsolete Example: Here are the Ritrattoes of the Family; amongst others some by Titian, Giorgion, &c […] Example: A little beyond this Vestibule […] is what they call the Painter's Chamber, fill'd from Top to Bottom, with the Ritrattos of all the most famous Men in that Art […]
Word: bassi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of basso Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inexplorable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English explorable English inexplorable From in- + explorable. 1. That cannot be explored or discovered; inscrutable or unfathomable
Word: pantisocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-énts Proto-Indo-European *ph₂énts? Proto-Hellenic *pánts Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs) Ancient Greek παντ- (pant-) English pant(o)- English isocracy English pantisocracy From pant(o)- (“all-”) + isocracy. Pronunciation: /ˌpæntaɪˈsɒkɹəsi/ 1. A utopian social system in which every member participates equally in government. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We preached Pantisocracy and Aspheterism everywhere. These, Tom, are two new words, the first signifying the equal government of all, and the other the generalisation of individual property; words well understood in the city of Bristol. Example: Coleridge, too, had left Cambridge and was at Bristol, drawn thither by his newly formed friendship with Southey, lecturing, writing, dreaming of his ideal Pantisocracy on the banks of the Susquehannah and love-making.
Word: jumar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of the Swiss firm Jümar Pangit which manufactured it, in turn from the surnames of Adolf Jüsy and Walter Marti. 1. A device, used to clip on a rope, that tightens when weight is applied, thus allowing the rope to be climbed. Example: Jacob handed her the ATC belay device and jumar.
Word: jumar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the name of the Swiss firm Jümar Pangit which manufactured it, in turn from the surnames of Adolf Jüsy and Walter Marti. 1. To climb using this device. Labels: intransitive
Word: jumar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jumart. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: never change a running system Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: From the field of computing, likely from German never change a running system. 1. Do not change something while it is working (because there is a risk of breaking it). Example: That is, applying a specialised new policy to only improve a temporary capacity extension may be unsuitable (“Never change a running system!”). Example: This is the weakest point of the current practice: the deployment of complex systems on a heterogeneous, distributed platform is typically a nightmare, the required system-level testing is virtually unsupported, and maintenance and upgrading very often turn out to be extremely time consuming and expensive, de facto responsible for the slogan “never change a running system”.
Word: pantisocracies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pantisocracy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: never-never land Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of neverland. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Morocco is the never-never land of Africa. Captious readers of the war news may, in their comfortable zeal, think the term applicable to other regions of ... Example: Exit light / Enter night / Take my hand / We're off to never-never land
Word: newsfroup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a typographical error for newsgroup. 1. A newsgroup. Labels: Internet, humorous
Word: niblet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English nib Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English niblet From nib + -let. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪblət/ 1. A kernel of corn, usually from a can. Example: Jerry Seinfeld: She eats her peas one at a time.[…]I've seen her eat Corn Niblets. But she scooped them. Example: “Oh, look at those perfect little toes, so plump, like little niblets. Like little corn niblets.” “Maize.” “That's right, honey. Hot damn it, those things are beautiful! Gimme gimme gimme. Gimme just a little. Gimme just a -- Mmm.” “Ugh.” 2. A small piece of something, especially of snack food. Example: niblets of nuts Example: niblets of information
Word: Nica Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish nica. 1. Nicaraguan. Labels: not-comparable, slang
Word: Nica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish nica. 1. A Nicaraguan. Labels: slang Example: I got drunk with three Sandinista soldiers in a small town less than 10 miles from the Honduran border. I found it relatively easy to connect with gay Nicas in Managua.
Word: Nixon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Nick + -son, an alteration of Nickson, originally a patronymic meaning "son of Nicholas". Pronunciation: /ˈnɪk.sɪn/, /ˈnɪk.sən/ 1. An English surname transferred from the given name. 2. An English surname transferred from the given name. Example: Future California Assembly Leader Walter Karabian, the student body president in 1959, recalled how Ronald Ziegler and Dwight Chapin—two future Nixon aides—falsely accused him of being a member of a secret society as part of a campaign to make him appear elitist. 3. A township in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States, named after early settlers George, William and Morris Nixon. 4. A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States, named in honor of George S. Nixon, Nevada senator.
Word: Nixon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Nick + -son, an alteration of Nickson, originally a patronymic meaning "son of Nicholas". Pronunciation: /ˈnɪk.sɪn/, /ˈnɪk.sən/ 1. A drug of low quality and low potency passed off as a powerful, pure drug. Labels: slang
Word: economies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of economy Labels: form-of, plural Example: We need to make economies.
Word: non-science Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nonscience. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: nosh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish נאַשן (nashn), from Middle High German naschen (“nibble”) (which is also the parent of German naschen), from Old High German naskōn (“to nibble; parasite”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnaskwōn (“to weaken; make soft; tenderise”). Doublet of nesh. Pronunciation: /nɑʃ/, /nɒʃ/ 1. Food. Labels: UK, countable, slang, uncountable 2. A light meal or snack. Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable 3. Fellatio. Labels: Polari, countable, uncountable
Word: nosh Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Yiddish נאַשן (nashn), from Middle High German naschen (“nibble”) (which is also the parent of German naschen), from Old High German naskōn (“to nibble; parasite”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnaskwōn (“to weaken; make soft; tenderise”). Doublet of nesh. Pronunciation: /nɑʃ/, /nɒʃ/ 1. To eat a snack or light meal. Labels: intransitive, slang, usually, with-on Example: They were noshing on fruit. 2. To perform fellatio (on); to blow. Labels: Polari
Word: nosh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Abbrevation of no shit. Pronunciation: /nɑʃ/, /nɒʃ/ 1. An ironic response to a statement of the obvious. Labels: Australia, sarcastic, slang
Word: no shit, Sherlock Part of Speech: intj Etymology: A reference to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, suggesting that the interlocutor has just made an obvious deduction, which they see as a great one. 1. A retort to someone who has just said something obvious. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, vulgar Example: Near-synonyms: no shit, you don't say, you think Example: "No shit, Sherlock. Take another look, see how they come to be bent."
Word: watchhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From watch + house. 1. A small prison attached to a police station, usually used on a temporary basis.
Word: one man and a dog Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of one man and his dog. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Guardian newspaper http://society.guardian.co.uk/publicvoices/story/0,,670358,00.html I came to Winchester, first as a summer volunteer digger, working for £2 a week and my keep, so I think I'm quite well paid now. Then I became part of the rescue archaeology service, which was one man and a dog - I was the dog.
Word: OOAK Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of one of a kind; widely used on the Internet by artists who make original items such as jewelry, dolls, weapons, art, clothing and other collectibles. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: open problem Part of Speech: noun 1. A problem that has been posed in a field of study such as mathematics or theoretical computer science, but whose answer is not yet known.
Word: outbye Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English outby, outbi, equivalent to out (adverb) + by (adverb). 1. In the direction away from the coal face. Labels: not-comparable Example: An upcast fault is when the seam is thrown up; to counteract this a "canch" of top stone must be taken down outbye over from the fault, and a "canch" of bottom stone taken up inbye over from the fault, then level up to the bottom of your "canch" at the foreside of the hitch outbye over until you have a regular gradient to the seam on the hitch. 2. A short distance away. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 3. Outside. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: aside from Part of Speech: prep 1. excluding; with the exception of 2. in addition to
Word: Packer whacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The name came about when Kerry Packer, a wealthy Australian media mogul, was resuscitated with a defibrillator in 1990 in Sydney after suffering a heart attack. After recovering, Packer donated a large sum to the New South Wales Ambulance Service in order to fit all of its ambulances with portable defibrillators. 1. A portable defibrillator. Labels: Australia, colloquial, informal Example: 2006, Taking heart, The Bulletin, Issues 6502-6509, page not known, Every NSW ambulance now carries the ultimate heart-starter, the Packer Whacker, thanks to a polo field drama and one man′s generosity. Example: It was no wonder the shipping insustry in Australia was flatlining under the Labor Party. You could not resuscitate the Australian shipping industry with a Packer whacker under Labor.
Word: as to Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /æz tuː/ 1. With reference or regard to. Example: As to your earlier question, I don't think I know the answer. Example: An argument as to what department is responsible. 2. According to; in a manner conforming or corresponding to; in proportion. Example: grading as to size and color
Word: Panzaism Part of Speech: name Etymology: A term used by the author Robert Sheckley in his work Mindswap (1966). 1. The act or habit of seeing or regarding the most extraordinary things as ordinary and rational. Labels: uncountable
Word: parcellation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English parcel Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English parcellation From parcel + -ation. 1. division into parcels; especially the dividing up of a large amount of land between the inhabitants of it so that each person receives an equal amount of land. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A map or annotation associating spatial locations (e.g., voxels) with parcel identities (e.g., anatomically or functionally circumscribed regions); the map or annotation that results from or delineates the results of parcellation (sense 1) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Parthenos Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek παρθένος (parthénos, “maiden”). 1. An epithet of various Greek goddesses, most commonly Athena.
Word: pencil whip Part of Speech: verb 1. To approve a document without actually knowing or reviewing what it is that is being approved. Labels: idiomatic 2. To complete a form, record, or document without having performed the implied work or without supporting data or evidence. Labels: idiomatic Example: Knowing the auditors were coming in just a week, we chose to pencil whip the quarterly inventory forms for the last year. Example: So, if you pencil-whipped that last survey, you've probably shot yourself in the foot, according to Stanley.
Word: pentalogy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From penta- + -logy. 1. A set of five works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as five individual works.
Word: due to Part of Speech: prep 1. Caused by; resulting from; because of. Example: Rising unemployment due to the economic downturn is spreading. Example: The carrier will be held financially responsible for any damage due to reckless handling. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see due, to. Example: The steamship was due to arrive in the Port of New York tomorrow. 3. (of a proof) from, written by Example: The proof we provide is a nice indirect proof due to Euclid.