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• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word anyweird

  Anyweird, a portmanteau of anyway and weird.

  April 25, 2024

• zenseiderz commented on the list cosmic-horrors

  You nailed so many of them!

  April 25, 2024

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word toadpole

  Toadpole, a portmanteau of toad and tadpole.

  April 25, 2024

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word matchelor

  Matchelor, a portmanteau of match and bachelor.

  April 25, 2024

• kllc commented on the user kllc

  malak bouharou

  April 25, 2024

• kllc commented on the user kllc

  khalil chahi

  April 25, 2024

• vendingmachine commented on the list victorian-cemetery-symbolism-OoVLgWk7jSgkkQv6YXng6

  Birds in Flight: graves of children, eternal life.

  Dove: holy spirit, purity, devotion, divine spirit. When shown with an olive sprig it means hope or promise.

  Dog: loyalty.

  Lamb: child’s grave, purity and innocence.

  Lion: courage, resurrection.

  Arms Outstretched: the plea for mercy.

  Hands: symbol of leaving.

  Hands, clasped: marriage, close bond between individuals, farewell or last good-bye. The person who died first holds the other’s hand.

  Hands, holding an open book: the embodiment of Faith.

  Hands, joined hearts: marriage.

  Hand, pointing downward: mortality or sudden death.

  Hand, pointing upward: confirmation of life after death, heavenly reward.

  Hands, praying: connote devotion, asking God for eternal life.

  Latin Cross: eternity or never-ending existence.

  Cross: eternity or never-ending existence.

  Angels: guardians of the dead, symbolizing spirituality.

  Flying Angel: rebirth.

  Weeping Angel: grief, mourning an untimely death.

  Bible: religious lay person or a cleric.

  Book: faith, knowledge (commonly a double page spread).

  Cherubs: graves of children.

  Column, broken: early grief, end of life, sorrow, life cut short too soon. Usually represents the loss of the family head.

  Columns, with archway: heavenly entrance.

  Drapery, over anything: sorrow, mourning.

  Obelisk: marks a family plot.

  Scroll: symbol of life and time, life that is unfolding, past and future hidden, honor and commemoration.

  Stones, shaped like tree stumps: woodman of the world.

  Sun Setting: death.

  Sun Shining/Rising: renewed life.

  Urn: mourning.

  Urn, draped: death, often of an older person.

  Calla Lily: symbolizes marriage.

  Daffodil: death of youth, desire, deep regard.

  Dogwood: Christianity, triumph of eternal life.

  Fern: sincerity, sorrow.

  Flower: frailty of life.

  Ivy: memory, immortality, friendship, fidelity, faithfulness, undying affection, eternal life.

  Grapes: represent Christ.

  Grapes and Leaves: Christian faith.

  Holly: foresight.

  Laurel Leaves: special achievement, distinction, success, triumph.

  Lily: majesty, innocence, purity and resurrection.

  Oak Tree: hospitality, stability, strength, honor, eternity, endurance, liberty.

  Rose: love, beauty, hope, unfailing love. Whether a rose is a bud, flower or somewhere in between indicates how old the person was at time of death.

  Tree: tree of life.

  Tree, severed branch: mortality.

  Vine: the sacraments, God’s blood, God.

  Weeping Willow: nature’s lament, a symbol of sorrow and mourning.

  Wheat: resurrection, bread and wine, fertility.

  Wheat, sheaves: the aged.

  April 25, 2024

• vendingmachine commented on the word cemetery rules

  It shall be unlawful to operate a motor vehicle within the cemetery at a speed in excess of fifteen (15) miles per hour; all vehicles shall be restricted to the cemetery roads and shall drive and park on the right side. No undue noise shall be permitted by vehicles traveling through the cemetery and only licensed drivers may operate vehicles within the cemetery grounds.

  
  

  Double burial is allowed.
  

  
  

  No drinking, picnicking or participation in any sporting event of game activities shall be permitted within the grounds.

  All persons are reminded that the grounds are sacredly devoted to the burial of the dead and that the provisions and penalties of the law as provided by State Statute and City Code, shall be strictly enforced in all cases of wanton injury, disturbances or disregard of these rules.

  April 25, 2024

• vendingmachine commented on the word purchase of unused grave

  Purchase of Unused Grave (by City) is $76.

  --Found on cityofls.net website (Schedule of Fees)

  April 25, 2024

• bromleygarden commented on the user bromleygarden

  Hello everyone I'm Sam Hogan, the owner of Bromley Garden Buildings, situated in United Kingdom! Our company offers Garden shed, summer house, Multi-building, Garden Buildings and garden shed installation services Staffordshire. With our expertise in installation, you can be sure that your garden building will be installed correctly and efficiently. We offer a range of sizes https://www.bromleygardenbuildings.uk/

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  April 25, 2024

• edensgate commented on the user edensgate

  why

  April 25, 2024

• bilby commented on the word postils

  Didn't Jesus have 12 of these?

  April 24, 2024

• bilby commented on the word rooster tail

  From a coroner's report into the death of three idiots:

  "21. The three were seen by several people between 12 noon and 12.30pm coming into the beach at Boat Harbour. The boat was run up onto the beach. Photographs taken by a tourist show the boat leaving the Boat Harbour Beach at 12.42pm.

  22. A witness described seeing the boat also leave the Boat Harbour region with a “huge rooster tail”, that is to say a large volume of water being caused by the angle of the outboard engine. A rooster tail is ordinarily caused by an engine being poorly trimmed."

  - Simon Cooper, 'Coroner's findings following the investigation into the death (Without Inquest) of Dixon, Isaiah Solomon; Thomas, Bree-Anna Mary Jennifer; Courto, Thomas James', 23 April 2024.

  The full tale of woe is here: https://www.magistratescourt.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/757461/Dixon,-Thomas-and-Courto-SJC-WEB.pdf

  April 23, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the word tenderqueer

  play off of genderqueer? found in reddit post as a dismissive insult to drag performer Dawn. https://www.reddit.com/r/dragrace/comments/1carofu/is_this_true/

  April 23, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ

  frick = fuck

  shippy = shitty

  https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5_2fj4Pans/

  April 22, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the word dawnest

  Dawn + honest. Written as dawnest or Dawnest

  A particular brand of reading that is offered up as constructive criticism. Popularized by the drag artist Dawn throughout her run on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16.

  Often used in the phrase "Can I be Dawnest?" as a coy introduction to a cutting remark.  https://twitter.com/XunamiMuse/status/1762248219621212599

  https://twitter.com/ssimplyysam/status/1778414456050975212
  

  
  

  April 22, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the word soy boy

  spelling variant soy-boiz used ironically when talking about cancelling trees for liberal tendencies: https://www.instagram.com/p/C536UiXPsCp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

  April 22, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ

  Examples of emoji censorship of audio captions (Clips from Conan O'Brian Hot Ones episode)

  salute emoji = erect

  chicken emoji = clucking

  https://youtube.com/shorts/dNUrqQXpvj0?si=qA_AFTkih7ezt5m2

  April 22, 2024

• summerblooms commented on the user summerblooms

  Parafear = a fear of a particular experience that happened to someone else.

  Aprilain = the flowing of dandelline seeds trough the air in a group.

  Lavender-Heart = a person who is nice, innocent, or a person who belives theres good in everything and only sees the pozitive aspects; can also be used to refer to light-hearted people.

  Litrogenic = a person who only reads books of a certain genra.

  Colseptic = fear of a certain color.

  Stiffel = the sound that a cloth, usualy silk, when its brushed against anything.

  April 22, 2024

• kalayzich commented on the list collins-dictionary-new-words-2023-FayWxH5OwCBD5n41R9fF8

  jamon iberico we have jamon as adj and serrano

  April 22, 2024

• aayush_gamer commented on the user aayush_gamer

  hi

  April 22, 2024

• kalayzich commented on the list collins-dictionary-14th-phrasesabbreviations-etHRg5rzTEI7TiRQTDGUB

  bilby

  /ˈbɪlbi/ (say 'bilbee)

  noun (plural bilbies)

  either of the rabbit-eared bandicoots of the genus Macrotis, of the regions west of the Australian Great Dividing Range: 1. the greater bilby, Macrotis lagotis; dalgite.

  2. Also, SA, pinkie. the lesser bilby, Macrotis leucura, now thought to be extinct; yallara.

  Yuwaalaraay bilbi

  © Pan Macmillan Australia 2024

  April 21, 2024

• kalayzich commented on the list collins-dictionary-new-words-2023-FayWxH5OwCBD5n41R9fF8

  ack interjection used to express alarm or dismay

  aro a person with no romatic feelings toward others- aros

  avi an avatar in social media or online gaming-avis

  baw Scot a ball or testicle- baws

  fam short for family -fams

  fav favorite- favs

  owo interjection slang an expression of surprise used in text messaging and social media

  uwu interjection slang an expression of admiration for something that is considered cute used especially in text messaging and social media

  April 21, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word bibliographe

  bibliographer

  April 21, 2024

• kalayzich commented on the list collins-dictionary-new-words-2023-FayWxH5OwCBD5n41R9fF8

  ceratopsid has been removed- a dinosaur

  April 21, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the word -pilled

  "Based and hanukkia-pilled."

  https://twitter.com/boom_tentpeg/status/1781669621566685462

  April 20, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the word be SO FR RN

  be SO FR RN: be so for real right now

  April 20, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word goatmilker

  1611–1911

  goat-milker, n.

  The nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus; (a.k.a. goatsucker, n.)

  April 20, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word fol's yellow

  Fool's Gold paint color

  April 20, 2024

• bilby commented on the word freesia

  Like many flowers it can serve as a girl's name, as with the famous Siberian stripper Freesia Bitzov.

  April 20, 2024

• bilby commented on the word concrete juice

  See GNU definition on gutta-percha.

  April 20, 2024

• bilby commented on the word gutta-percha

  See also pachonta.

  April 20, 2024

• bilby commented on the word eumitosis

  Like, um, dividing the European Union between western and former eastern bloc countries?

  April 20, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the word solidarity spring

  https://www.tumblr.com/shutyourmoustache/748237292558319616/college-students-have-kicked-off-solidarity "COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE KICKED OFF SOLIDARITY SPRING!!! 🇵🇸FREE PALESTINE!!!🇵🇸 "

  April 20, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word dwarmy

  faint, languid

  April 19, 2024

• bilby commented on the list animals

  Hi. Lists are either open, or collaborative, or closed.

  open - anyone can add to the list

  collaborative - named users can add

  closed - only the list creator can add

  In the cased of closed, it's often the practice here that users make suggestions. Like:

  How about xxxx, would that fit?

  April 19, 2024

• petaler commented on the list animals

  Can I add more animals from here: https://www.wordsdetail.com/animals-that-start-with-a/

  Or I need to create my own list?

  April 19, 2024

• zimpa commented on the list ★

  More start symbols: https://www.madeintext.com/star-symbols/

  April 19, 2024

• bilby commented on the word undesexed

  Wrong because of the double negative. Right because, well, her point was that the dishlicker was supposed to have been desexed according to racing 'industry' regulations, but hadn't been. And stylistically undesexed is surely preferable to the unwieldy alternative 'that had not been desexed'.

  April 19, 2024

• bilby commented on the word undesexed

  An activist said this about an ex-racing greyhound today and it sounded right but also wrong. I'll see if I can find the transcript.

  April 19, 2024

• bilby commented on the word natte

  FWIW I feel natte is nattier than nat.

  April 18, 2024

• bilby commented on the word cafe bird

  Spotted on Twitter:

  "You can report any bird species - we welcome reports of new behaviours, anywhere across Australia: Big City Birds app or website https://spotteron.com/bigcitybirds/info

  Please report the cafe birds you see sneaking a free-feed at cafes, restaurants, etc 😉 @BigCityBirds1" - https://x.com/Wingtags/status/1780839872594583944

  April 18, 2024

• bilby commented on the word skibidi

  Also very Ned Flanders.

  April 18, 2024

• bilby commented on the word amphibious turducken situation

  Some day I may have to account for what I have done on this site over the years and I will plead the Fifth.

  April 18, 2024

• bilby commented on the word amphibious turducken situation

  See hellbender.

  April 18, 2024

• bilby commented on the word hellbender

  Alright then you long-eared louse factory.

  dog in river = water dog

  hellbender = water dog

  alligator = hellbender = water dog.

  QED.

  April 18, 2024

• bilby commented on the word hellbender

  Show your workings.

  April 18, 2024

• bilby commented on the word hellbender

  Now if there was an amphibious turducken situation where a dog paddling in the river was eaten by a hellbender, which was eaten in turn by an alligator, would not that parse as:

  'Water dog eaten by water dog eaten by water dog'?

  April 18, 2024

• bilby commented on the word hellbender

  "...Also called alligator, and water dog."

  April 18, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the word skibidi

  https://www.instagram.com/reel/C53mHsGCKvC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

  Sound of fictional toilet from meme. Sound comes from scat singing vocalizations.

  April 18, 2024

• kalayzich commented on the list collins-dictionary-new-words-2023-FayWxH5OwCBD5n41R9fF8

  ack

  aro

  avi

  baw

  fam

  fav

  owo

  uwu

  April 17, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word pollarding

  To cut back the upper trunk and branches of (a tree); to make a pollard of. Also figurative.

  April 17, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word yardarms

  Either of the two ends of a yard; esp. that part of either end which is outside the sheave-hole. Often used for the yard as a whole.

  April 17, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word tuna tower

  A tuna tower is a part of a boat. On modern sportfishing vessels, it acts similarly to a crow's nest on old sailing ships.

  April 17, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word trade winds

  a wind blowing steadily towards the equator from the northeast in the northern hemisphere or the southeast in the southern hemisphere, especially at sea. Two belts of trade winds encircle the earth, blowing from the tropical high-pressure belts to the low-pressure zone at the equator.

  April 17, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word storm sails

  a sail used in stormy weather, of smaller size and stronger material than the corresponding one used in ordinary weather.

  April 17, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word scuppers

  Nautical. Chiefly plural. An opening in a ship's side on a level with the deck to allow water to run away.

  View entry

  April 17, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word head seas

  A sea in which forward progress is hindered by waves or currents coming from directly in front.

  View entry

  April 17, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word finger pier

  finger pier, n.

  (a) A short, narrow pier projecting into the sea and used as a docking place for vessels; (b) a long, covered walkway projecting from an airport…

  April 17, 2024

• bilby commented on the word infringe

  The Australian Border Force, the immigration blackshirts who need apparently need a pseudo-military name, have transitived this verb as meaning 'to impose a penalty'.

  I do not like it.

  "ABF Superintendent Vesna Gavranich said large amounts of currency crossing the border both inbound and outbound can be a sign of criminal activity.

  “We are aware of organised crime groups attempting to depart Australia with undeclared excess cash in support of well-established money laundering networks," said Superintendent Gavranich.  

  “The ABF is committed to removing funds from the pockets of organised crime groups, and restricting their ability to cause harm to our communities."

  “If you need to move significant amounts of cash across our border, to avoid heavy penalties you must simply declare it."

  ABF infringed the man $3,756, which he paid before boarding his flight."

  - https://www.abf.gov.au/newsroom-subsite/Pages/Passenger-fined-over-undeclared-currency.aspx

  April 17, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word phalacrocoracine

  cormorants

  April 16, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word orygine

  Resembling an antelope of the genus Oryx

  April 16, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word noctilionine

  related to bats

  April 16, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word myrmecine

  Of or belonging to the subfamily Myrmicinae of stinging ants. Also more generally: of or relating to ants; = formic, adj.

  April 16, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word laridine

  laridine, adj.

  Having the characters of the gull family.

  April 16, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word lampyridine

  1895–

  lampyrid, n.

  An insect belonging to the Lampyridæ, a family of Coleoptera which includes the glow-worms and fire-flies.

  April 16, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word hippocampine

  seahorses

  April 16, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word gruine

  cranes

  April 16, 2024

• dogdoc commented on the word dacelonine

  Kingfishers

  April 16, 2024

• shelikeswords commented on the list gramograms-words-that-sound-like-letters

  And one from my childhood - oil - especially when said fast :-)

  April 16, 2024

• bilby commented on the word nang

  Prompted to post this after I rode over one on my bike today, close to the city centre of Hobart. And my first thought was what a brutal little word is nang.

  April 16, 2024

• bilby commented on the word nozzie

  See nang.

  April 16, 2024

• bilby commented on the word nang

  "A dangerous gas and its canisters, designed for whipping cream and linked to two deaths and hundreds of hospitalisations, is being offered for delivery across Queensland.

  Nangs — also known as nozzies, bulbs, and whippets — are small bulbs that contain nitrous oxide. The gas in the small canisters is often misused as a recreational drug. People ingest the dangerous product for a 20-30 second high in which the user may feel euphoric and relaxed."

  - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-27/business-offers-to-deliver-dangerous-nitrous-oxide/100718828

  April 16, 2024

• bilby commented on the word steam-crack

  Okay then. I feared this was the ye old railway equivalent of plumber's crack.

  April 16, 2024

• alexz commented on the word moo-woo

  Thank you for the Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu flashback

  April 16, 2024

• alexz commented on the word oroblanco

  so... Gold and White, or Black and Blue?

  #theDress

  April 16, 2024

• bilby commented on the word quaigh

  A variant is quaich.

  April 16, 2024

• bilby commented on the word quaigh

  Pronouned quaff or queff methinks.

  April 16, 2024

• bilby commented on the word colporrhagia

  Ok, who favourited this?

  April 16, 2024

• bilby commented on the word lectica

  Maybe we can revive this for inflatable furniture.

  April 16, 2024

• bilby commented on the word oroblanco

  Aaand don't forget that all colours are more vivid than just colors :-/

  April 16, 2024

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word funaway

  Funaway, a portmanteau of fun and runaway.

  April 16, 2024

• bilby commented on the word oroblanco

  I mean if you said, 'She was wearing a raspberry mini-skirt', the listener's assumption would probably be that you meant raspberry-coloured. As opposed to raspberry-scented, made of raspberries, etc. I guess 'featuring a raspberry pattern' would also compute. Context matters. If it was 'She was wearing a raspberry mini-skirt that complemented her cream blouse' there's even less doubt that the fruit is the colour.

  April 16, 2024

• bilby commented on the word oroblanco

  Arguably lots: lime, tangerine, etc.

  Though I asked an AI bot and it said starfruit, wth?

  April 16, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the word oroblanco

  oroblanco means gold-white.

  orange is another fruit. Are there other fruits that are just colors?

  April 15, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the word aux

  the aux cord in a car that people use to play music through a car. There are "when your friends give/hand you the aux cord" memes. on aux pass the aux

  auxiliary cord

  Starting to be an obsolete mode as phones can now connect to modern cars through Bluetooth and not a physical cord, but still a way for passengers to talk about who is DJing a trip.

  https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5yeYljCV5y/

  April 15, 2024

• bilby commented on the word moo-woo

  "These sequences look to me like moo-woo: the oft-repeated and oft-debunked story that cows can protect the atmosphere. It’s as if environmentalists had made a film about artisanal coal mining, told heroic stories about the workers, and allowed their viewers to believe that coal mined this way is good for the planet." - George Monbiot, 'There’s no such thing as a benign beef farm – so beware the ‘eco-friendly’ new film straight out of a storybook', 15 April 2024. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/15/beef-farm-eco-friendly-film-documentary-livestock

  April 15, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the word baddie

  https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5i-d9pgdj8/

  April 15, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the word gagged

  gagged to enter straight white girl slang like slay did in 2022? https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5vt6JViotl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

  April 15, 2024

• bilby commented on the word tank slapper

  I was thinking this might have a military meaning.

  April 15, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the word gentle bossing

  https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5s2kedN8Dw/ Gentle bossing as an antidote to micromanaging, unrelenting demands that drain energy, infantilization, and lack of trust in a power dynamic (at work, in families, etc.)

  April 14, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the word slash

  slash as a new conjunction: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5lg1UxA2wW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

  not quite or or and, but it connects two clauses. slashfic

  April 13, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the word thobe

  Man tries on matching thobes with his cat: https://www.tumblr.com/tiktoksthataregood-ish/747387729468407808

  April 13, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ

  https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5tnUlJP1zO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

  "My sister in Christ. Is he kind?"

  April 13, 2024

• srinivas1234 commented on the user srinivas1234

  awesome feeling

  April 13, 2024

• tankhughes commented on the word scromiting

  Scromiting as a symptom of smoking too much weed over time?

  https://youtube.com/shorts/qXL0zOJGsEI?si=PDb2I2G2S6Txf1UH

  April 13, 2024

• bilby commented on the word headfirst

  From a Twitter thread about nicknames:

  "A Scotsman called Rob Slater whose clocking-in card bore the name R.Slater. His nickname among his workmates was 'Heed First'." - https://twitter.com/OldCountryGirl4/status/1778341846453833811

  April 13, 2024

• hallucinator commented on the word subjorancement

  The property of being subjoranced is called subjorancement. This word is hallucinated by certain AI models trained to decode keyboard swipe gestures to words.

  April 12, 2024

• kalayzich commented on the list collins-dictionary-new-words-2023-FayWxH5OwCBD5n41R9fF8

  is there a case for the comparative of fleek?

  Digital Etiquette: Everything you wanted to know about ...books.google.com.au › books

  Victoria Turk · 2019

  FOUND INSIDE

  ... fleekest selfies with just about anyone – friends, followers, strangers, and that weird kid from high school who still likes all your Facebook posts. Online communities date back to the beginning of the internet. It started with things ...

  April 11, 2024

• bilby commented on the word skiascopy

  Ok so not applicable to groundhogs?

  April 10, 2024