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bilby commented on the word yachtsmanship
A bit like a catamaran. A yacht on each side and a sman in the middle.
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word yachtsmanship
But isn't a yacht a kind of ship? Might as well say yachtsmanyacht.
March 18, 2024
miltonkster commented on the list my-list-ow3pqYhpPtxHip3Bm6Nn1
Podría
March 18, 2024
miltonkster commented on the user miltonkster
ashamed
March 18, 2024
miltonkster commented on the user miltonkster
might
March 18, 2024
miltonkster commented on the user miltonkster
even
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word upsert
Apart from anything else it reminds of yucky stuff like upskirt.
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word upsert
I'm glad this has not escaped from the whiffy confines of geekdom.
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word impitoyable
Yes, pitylessly is the way to drink wine.
March 18, 2024
alexz commented on the word prison pony
a zebra
March 17, 2024
alexz commented on the word danger zebra
A zebra is a prison pony
March 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word picket-fence pony
See danger zebra.
March 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word danger zebra
What's a zebra then? Picket fence pony? Pedestrian crossing of the savannah?
March 17, 2024
alexz commented on the word danger zebra
meme name for a Tiger
March 16, 2024
alexz commented on the word 🪩🐔
"Disco Chicken"...
aka The Peacock
March 16, 2024
bilby commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
You've just been hiding because England can't win the Ashes to Ashes, eh.
March 16, 2024
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
Hello bilby - just noticed your question from a few years back. I always considered this an open list. Seems that status slipped away sometime. I have re-openstatused it.
March 15, 2024
gangerh commented on the word schrodinger's cat on a hot tin roof
listed by gangerh but created by vendingmachine
March 15, 2024
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
Why, thank you vendingmachine! 'tis a while since I visited the Community, tho' Wordnik is still my go to dictionary look-up. Am delighted that you love the Sweet Tooth Fairies. You may like to know that I have now found time to write their book. It's entitled 'A SATISFYING POP OF ABSURDITY' - a phrase coined by erinmckean in her column in The Boston Globe. It will contain many illustrations depicting a selection of STFs. As for 'schrodinger's cat on a hot tin roof', that's brilliant!
March 15, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word strawbango
Strawbango, a portmanteau of strawberry and mango.
March 15, 2024
bilby commented on the word azipod
Presumably an audio show about these would be an azipodcast.
March 15, 2024
bilby commented on the word shelter
I feel like I'm punching down a bit here given this is quite a modest little two syllable word but I just don't like the way it sounds.
March 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word shield
Same root as shelter.
March 14, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word kick it in the dick
Hannah Conna mentioned she has a UK boyfriend, maybe it's from him.
March 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word forthrist
I could really forthrist a fresh orange juice right about now.
March 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word kick it in the dick
I have never heard it in Australia. Mind you, I haven't been to this kind of show in about the last 5 years.
March 14, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word kick it in the dick
On Drag Race: UK vs the World 2, Australian drag qheen Hannah Conda has been encouraging other performers by saying "you're gonna kick it in the dick!" like "fuck em up! you got this!" A good luck blessing. Kinda like merde for ballerinas. Not sure if it's Australian or UK slang. Found it in a stand-up comedy vocab slang post from Dec 2016: https://medium.com/@bokla/the-comedy-urban-dictionary-89933a54515b
March 14, 2024
kaym commented on the user kaym
Hi everyone I am here to learn new words, make word lists, and be here if you need a definition of a word.
March 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word saggar
Also seggar.
March 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word snippy
A preppie but snippy hippie papprazzi chappie snapped happy clappers happily clapping claptrap.
March 13, 2024
nuke95 commented on the user nuke95
tyring daily to be better
March 13, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word leaflute
Leaflute, a portmanteau of leaf and flute.
March 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word zero morpheme derivation
The most important and unique feature of English (I think).
You can just change words without a paper trail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPq0-8dyl8I
Nouns to verbs without -ify or -ate, verbs to nouns without -tion or -er
Parts of Speech? Gender? No thank you. Don't need em.
Allows for nuance in synonym implications amd levels of formality, infinite loanwords, great for flexibility and wordplay. But! Has few signposts for new learners - a bad feature for the current lingua franca.
March 12, 2024
alexz commented on the word nice weather for ducks
I refer to rainy days as "It's a good day to be a duck"
March 12, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word nice weather for ducks
Related: a John Mulaney bit about an eccentric boss "Too Old To Be a Duckling": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJxrnbmdm9s
March 12, 2024
bilby commented on the word resegmentation
Spelling should be reseg-ment-ati-on.
March 12, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word funpetition
Funpetition, a portmanteau of fun and competition.
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word rink rash
(roller derby, slang) Skin injury caused by abrasion against the floor of the rink.
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word road rash
(colloquial) skin and bone injury caused by abrasion with road surfaces. See gravel rash. Coordinate term: rink rash.
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word tumbleweed moment
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word nicker nut
The rounded seed of the nicker tree.
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word nido soup
(Philippines) bird's nest soup (Chinese soup made from edible bird's nest)
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word niche market
A relatively small and specialist, yet profitable, market.
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word nice weather for ducks
Rainy weather.
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word kick wheel
(ceramics) A wheel or disc used to throw pots, turned by kicking or pushing a heavy stone or concrete base with the foot. See pottery wheel.
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word khoikhoi apron
(medicine, pathology) Elongated labia, a feature of certain Khoikhoi and other African women who develop, naturally or though artificial stretching, relatively elongated labia minora.
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word kicks-and-giggles
See also shits-and-giggles.
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word kicks-and-giggles
Amusement without any serious purpose; fun.
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word baby listening
A service, offered by some hotels, of the use of a baby monitor in a guest's room.
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word autorickshaw
See also tuk-tuk.
March 12, 2024
bilby commented on the list words-with-letters-in-alphabetical-order
Raise you bellow.
March 12, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list acceptable-proper-names-in-scrabble-pHSNGIBeNewAK3vF6I5kj
Huh. The page won't expand the 5-letter and 6-letter word list to show me the 26 names alphabetically after patty and murphy. Must return to this project later or find an internet friend to help me bypass the error message I'm getting.
March 11, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the list acceptable-proper-names-in-scrabble-pHSNGIBeNewAK3vF6I5kj
Oh, fun--I have a list like this, too, but yours is more official. See scrabble-names.
March 11, 2024
mangal commented on the list words-with-letters-in-alphabetical-order
hippo is not a word with letters in alphabetical order. My favourite word is below.
Dirty is also in alphabetical order? Are there no longer in words?
March 11, 2024
bilby commented on the word sirloin
"The word surloin or sirloin is often said to be derived from the fact that the loin was knighted as Sir Loin by Charles II, or (according to early 19c. English dictionary writer Charles Richardson) by James I. Chronology makes short work of this statement; the word being in use long before James I was born. It is one of those unscrupulous inventions with which English 'etymology' abounds, and which many people admire because they are 'so clever.' The number of those who literally prefer a story about a word to a more prosaic account of it, is only too large." - Walter W. Skeat, 'An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language', 1882
March 11, 2024
bilby commented on the word abaci
Who knew?
March 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word hog's haw
See pomette bleue.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word brain cloud
(informal) The temporary inability to think properly, or to remember something
Synonym: brain fog.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word bracelets of fortune
(palmistry) Lines going around the wrist, associated with Neptune.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word pearl-clutchy
(idiomatic, informal, derogatory) Prim, prudish, or easily offended.
Synonym: pearl-clutching.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word ahimsa silk
A form of silk made more humanely than by traditional methods, without killing the creatures that create the silk. Synonym: peace silk.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word butt chug
See alcohol enema.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word alcohol enema
An act of consuming alcohol via the anus in order to induce intoxication.
Synonym: butt chug.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word Alabama rot
A vasculopathy caused by E. coli that affects greyhounds.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word kicky-wicky
(dated, endearing) Spouse.
c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies … (First Folio), London: ... Isaac Iaggard, and Edward Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, Act II, scene iii:
Parolles: He wears his honour in a box, unseen
That hugs his kicky-wicky here at home
Spending his manly marrow in her arms
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word hog-corn ratio
The number of bushels of corn equal in value to 100 pounds of live hogs, used by farmers to decide whether it is more lucrative to sell their corn or to feed hogs with it and sell those.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word hog-whimpering
hog-whimpering (comparative more hog-whimpering, superlative most hog-whimpering)
(UK, slang) Extremely drunk, to the point of incoherence.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word goblin mode
(slang, neologism) The state of being unapologetically lethargic, slovenly, and prone to odd and self-indulgent behavior.
From modern fantasy depictions of goblins as filthy, brutish, cave-dwelling creatures, a departure from older folkloric depictions first used by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Hobbit (1937). The term is first attested on Twitter in 2009, but gained popularity in 2022.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word go bitchcakes
go bitchcakes (third-person singular simple present goes bitchcakes, present participle going bitchcakes, simple past went bitchcakes, past participle gone bitchcakes)
(slang, vulgar) To go crazy; to get extremely angry; to flip out.
Synonym: go apeshit.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word ABC art
A minimalist style of visual art.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word buck moon
A full moon occurring in July... so called because the new antlers of a buck emerge around this time of year.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word bubble ass
(US, slang) A bubble butt.
2004, Bobby Heenan, Steve Anderson, Chair Shots and Other Obstacles:
"They'll find someone new with a bubble ass and a short dress."
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word bead lightning
A relatively rare form of cloud-to-ground lightning which appears to break up into a string of short, bright sections, and lasts longer than the usual discharge channel.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word beard itch
Itchiness of the skin underneath a beard.
2011, Don Pendleton, Assassin's Code, Toronto: Worldwide Library, page 108:
"Bolan knew through personal experience that by day three the beard-itch would become almost unbearable."
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word yam stick
A rod-shaped implement used by the aboriginal people of Australia to dig yam and as a combat weapon.
"She thrust her yamstick into the hard ground to reach the prized tuber."
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word eunuch flute
(music) A simple musical instrument consisting of a wooden tube with a hole in it, used like a modern kazoo.
2011, Christopher Welch, Six Lectures on the Recorder and Other Flutes in Relation to Literature:
Now there was in Shakespeare's time a pipe called the eunuch flute. It was not an instrument that could generate sound but only a contrivance for imparting to the voice a trembling or buzzing sort of tone not unlike that which children produce by means of a piece of paper folded over a comb.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word da bell
(slang) the best; great success
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word cyclical vomiting syndrome
A chronic condition of unknown etiology, characterized by recurring attacks of intense nausea, vomiting, and sometimes abdominal pain and headaches.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word cyanide fishing
The collection of live fish, generally for an aquarium, by spraying a sodium cyanide mixture into the water in order to incapacitate the fish.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word pelican crossing
(Britain) A pedestrian crossing with traffic-lights operated by pedestrians
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word toucan crossing
(Britain, regional) A pedestrian crossing equipped with traffic lights operated by the pedestrians, same as pelican crossing, but also allowing bicycles to cross.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word chamber lye
(now archaic, regional) Urine, especially as used for domestic or agricultural purposes. from 16th c.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word toe biter
(US) A large aquatic true bug with pincer-like front legs, Lethocerus americanus.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word toad eater
1881, Adam Woolbever, Treasury of Wisdom, Wit and Humor, Odd Comparisons and Proverbs, page 464:
A viceroy of Ireland asked one of his guests at a public dinner why there were no toads in Ireland? to which he replied, “because there are so many toad eaters."
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word toast water
A traditional drink made by soaking hard toast in water.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word oaf-rocked
oaf-rocked (comparative more/ oaf-rocked, superlative most/ oaf-rocked)
(UK, Yorkshire dialect, obsolete) Weak of intellect from infancy.
(UK, Yorkshire dialect, obsolete) Badly brought up; spoiled.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word obeah doctor lady
female practitioner of voodoo.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word obligate carrier
(genetics) An individual who may be clinically unaffected but who must carry a gene mutation based on analysis of the family history; this usually applies to disorders inherited in an autosomal recessive and X-linked recessive manner.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word obeah doctor
One who practices voodoo.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word oaken towel
(slang, archaic) A truncheon.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word objective piece
(archaeology) The initial piece of stone from which a tool is made.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word obedient plant
A flowering plant in the mint family, Physostegia virginiana, native to eastern North America and known for the way that individual flowers stay in the position they're moved to when pushed to one side or the other.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word gunpowder chicken
A spicy Asian dish of chicken cooked with dried chili peppers, spring onion, peanuts, etc.
March 10, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word stukkend
Afrikaans:
stukkend (attributive stukkende, comparative stukkender, superlative stukkendste)
broken
(slang) drunk
Audio: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stukkend
March 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word iktr
short for "I know that's right"
different from ikr: "I know, right?"
March 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word smth
short for something
not to be confused with smh (shaking my head) and smdh (shaking my damn head)
March 10, 2024
midearthgamer commented on the user midearthgamer
hm
March 9, 2024
mangal commented on the list alphaliterals
I made a list on words with letters with reverse alphabetical order.
https://www.wordnik.com/lists/words-with-letter-in-reverse-alphabetical-order-wtuQvwOvDbD6MiNK9RhzM
March 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word quassation
Saskia asked sassily to watch sad sasquatch quassation of cumquat crossisants.
March 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word quass
See also quassation.
March 9, 2024