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Wordnik is billions of words, over a billion example sentences, 7,631,804 unique words, 245,115 comments, 191,895 tags, 121,645 pronunciations, 123,431 favorites and 1,470,129 words in 38,799 lists created by 109,323 Wordniks.
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AEVQUINTANILLA commented on the user AEVQUINTANILLA
i dont know
i only to start at study english
May 21, 2013
AEVQUINTANILLA commented on the user AEVQUINTANILLA
i dont know
i only to start at study english
May 21, 2013
Distraction_Dragon commented on the list fun-words
This list makes me happy.
May 21, 2013
michaelt42 commented on the word malebolgian
Sounds a bit different to the Rift Valley.
May 21, 2013
ryan7geoff commented on the user ryan7geoff
A second generation dentist with a sincere desire to serve his patients, Dr. Bard Levey has created a practice in which quality always comes first.
www.youramazingsmile.com
May 21, 2013
ry commented on the word plis
dolan pls
May 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word UMAD
a form of "u mad" or"you mad"
look up the "you mad bro" meme
May 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word umad
"you mad"?
May 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word plis
alternate of pls which is short for please
May 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word pwnzor
someone who 'pwns'
May 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word plox
annoying version of pls, which is short for 'please'
from the examples : "get me a cute lil puppy plox??""
May 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word wheelbrow
"English" English for a fender on a bike.
May 20, 2013
replysurbhi81 commented on the list magoosh1
Aphorism, Axiom, Maxim, Precept, Dictum, Apothegm, Saying, Adage, Proverb, Truism, Byword, Saw mean same for aphorism
May 20, 2013
alexz commented on the word slablet
a generic , and slightly demeaning reference to, a slab shaped computing tablet.
May 20, 2013
alexz commented on the word slab
seen slabs used to refer to those flat rectangular smart phones in general.
May 20, 2013
alexz commented on the word fondleslabber
Someone who uses a fondleslab.
seen at The Register.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/20/model_footage_ipad/
May 20, 2013
ry commented on the list ill-drink-to-that
thanks for the addition, danama.
May 20, 2013
bilby commented on the word codware
Hear that, Jethro?
May 20, 2013
vanderpink commented on the list identify-the-word-ie-nik--2013
Normally I would not consider joining any clamouring masses, but the Eurovision contest is over and I am looking for something new to amuse me. Shall we begin?
May 20, 2013
erinmckean commented on the user replysurbhi81
hi bilby so it seems we had a y2k-type error in our all-time comments total, we're missing a place at the end. :-) It's on the fixit list.
May 20, 2013
qroqqa commented on the word codware
Put not youre handes in youre hosen youre codware for to clawe.
—wise advice; source given by the OED as:
a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 135
May 20, 2013
marky commented on the list birds--6
cool list!
May 20, 2013
bilby commented on the user replysurbhi81
I don't understand why the scoreboard on the community page says this user has listed 9335 words (in the past week) while here it says his/her all-time total is 6726.
May 20, 2013
laginto commented on the word United Nations Organization
UN, United Nations, UNO, United Nations Organization
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims include promoting and facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, political freedoms, democracy, and the achievement of lasting world peace.
UN.org
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN
May 20, 2013
laginto commented on the word UNO
UN, United Nations, UNO, United Nations Organization
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims include promoting and facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, political freedoms, democracy, and the achievement of lasting world peace.
UN.org
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN
May 20, 2013
laginto commented on the word UN
UN, United Nations, UNO, United Nations Organization
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims include promoting and facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, political freedoms, democracy, and the achievement of lasting world peace.
UN.org
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN
May 20, 2013
biocon commented on the word trophus
Trophus is a masticatory apparatus in Rotifera.
May 19, 2013
alexz commented on the word g'joob
Ran into "Goo goo g'joob" on the net.
May 19, 2013
laginto commented on the word United Nations
UN, United Nations, UNO, United Nations Organization
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims include promoting and facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, civil rights, civil liberties, political freedoms, democracy, and the achievement of lasting world peace.
UN.org
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN
May 19, 2013
laginto commented on the word UNESCO
UNESCO
abbr. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations. Its purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, and culture in order to further universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and human rights along with fundamental freedom proclaimed in the UN Charter.
UNESCO.org
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO
May 19, 2013
laginto commented on the word PG
PG, Persian Gulf
abbr. The Persian Gulf (PG) is located in Western Asia between Iran (Persia) and the Arabian Peninsula. It is an extension of the Indian Ocean. Historically and internationally known as the Persian Gulf, this body of water is sometimes controversially referred to as the Arabian Gulf or The Gulf by most Arab states, although neither of the latter two terms are recognized internationally. The name Gulf of Iran (Persian Gulf) is used by the International Hydrographic Organization. The Persian Gulf has many good fishing grounds, extensive coral reefs, and abundant pearl oysters.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf
May 19, 2013
bilby commented on the user neildyer27
SPAM
May 19, 2013
CarlosG commented on the list carlos-words--1
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the springtail appendage, see Furcula (Collembola).
This stylised bird skeleton highlights the furcula
The furcula ("little fork" in Latin) or wishbone is a forked bone found in birds and some other animals, and is formed by the fusion of the two clavicles. In birds, its primary function is in the strengthening of the thoracic skeleton to withstand the rigors of flight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furcula
May 19, 2013
CarlosG commented on the list carlos-words--1
bezan;
bezzant , bezzant or byzant
noun
1.
Also, bezzant. the gold solidus of the Byzantine Empire, widely circulated in the Middle Ages.
2.
Also, byzant. (in Romanesque architecture) any of a number of disklike ornaments, similar in form to the classical patera, used especially on the faces of archivolts.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bezant?s=t
May 19, 2013
ZenBonobo commented on the user ZenBonobo
I arrived by way of Reddit (BentNotBroken) and the word veldt.
May 18, 2013
alexz commented on the word kibosh
From Charles Dickens aka 'Boz'
http://books.google.ca/books?id=QTYYAAAAYAAJ 1837 "Put the Kye-bosh on her, Mary" p. 85
according to this book
http://books.google.ca/books?id=K18XAAAAYAAJ page 220, in the footnotes,
it comes from the name of an Irish Weapon
"Put the Gai- Bolga on him" they think it's an Americanism, but it's really from a Dickens book.
Wiki article about the Belly impaling weapon. Gae-Bolga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1e_Bulg
May 18, 2013
Ludovica commented on the word nightmare custard pie
After thinking about it, I think I got it. It conveys the feeling of slapstick comedy within a nightmare inspired in some people by the sight of a gay parade...
From Tom Burke as quoted by David Skinner
Don’t misunderstand, they aren’t your traditional Hilton rubes, this Pasadena burgher and the little woman, they have viewed with compassion the Louds and wouldn’t be caught dead in New York in madras shorts or cameras on straps like talismans, but this, this, it does give them pause and they freeze at the curb like Lot’s wives, hit full-face by the nightmare custard pie of it . . . .
May 18, 2013
BennoMekimi commented on the word kibosh
Given kibosh's early-19th c. entry into English, I wager its provenance from Arabic's kurbash - whip, riding crop, lash. Heritage gives the following as well: '1836, kye-bosk, in slang phrase put the kibosh on, of unknown origin, despite intense speculation. Looks Yiddish, but origin in early 19c. English slang seems to argue against this. One candidate is Ir. caip bháis, caipín báis "cap of death," sometimes said to be the black cap a judge would don when pronouncing a death sentence, but in other sources identified as a gruesome method of execution "employed by Brit. forces against 1798 insurgents" Bernard Share, "Slanguage, A Dictionary of Irish Slang".'
May 18, 2013
danama commented on the word taradiddle
For shame, oroboros! You’ll have us all turning scarlett.
May 18, 2013
danama commented on the word şerefe
Turkish: Cheers! (lit.: “honor”)
May 18, 2013
neildyer27 commented on the user neildyer27
Building an MLM business takes work. You've got to fill your pipeline with new leads from every available channel and we deliver paying customers.
www.mlmleadsstink.com
May 18, 2013
oroboros commented on the word taradiddle
Hanky panky at the old ancestral home?
May 18, 2013
bilby commented on the word spiff
Seems to be conflation with spiv.
May 18, 2013
CarlosG commented on the list carlos-words--1
crack is whack
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=crack%20is%20whack&defid=2021509
May 17, 2013
alexz commented on the word achievement unlocked
Team Fortress 2 used the phrase 'achievement unlocked' since c. 2008.
I think Portal was one of the earliest games that used this.
May 17, 2013
alexz commented on the word GoogaMooga
The Great GoogaMooga
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/a-curious-costbenefit-analysis-of-a-park-fund-raiser/
May 17, 2013
ry commented on the list words-in-which-u-is-pronounced-yu
I just started adding a bunch of words then realized the scope of my undertaking. *ule *ular *ute etc. return a plethora of words that could be added to this list...
May 17, 2013
fakeymcfakeypants commented on the word beep-beep-beep
much better than two beeps
May 17, 2013
marky commented on the user gulyasrobi
thanks for contributing on my 'solutions' list http://www.wordnik.com/lists/solutions
May 17, 2013
tusseymountain commented on the word stard
Lewis and Clark shortened "starboard" to "Stard."
May 17, 2013
ry commented on the word achievement unlocked
a meme-ish phrase used when one has reached a milestone or accomplished something noteworthy. Derived from video games in which the player works through a hierarchical sequence or tree of goals; "unlocking" one allows further progress through the game, access to more difficult achievements, and often new powers, abilities, etc.
May 17, 2013
bilby commented on the list words-in-which-u-is-pronounced-yu
Duke is fine in my dialect (Australian).
May 17, 2013
bilby commented on the list torture
Accepted with grace.
May 17, 2013
pterodactyl commented on the list words-in-which-u-is-pronounced-yu
Hi Ru2013! Some of these words have the "y" sound in some dialects but not in others. In my American dialect, "duke" does not have the "y" sound, but in a British dialect, it does. See the comments below for more. :-)
May 16, 2013
biocon commented on the list a-fork-or-split
A belated thanks to fbharjo for ramification.
May 16, 2013
replysurbhi81 commented on the list gre2
difference between elusiveness and mysteriousness is mysterious is higher form of elusiveness
May 16, 2013
replysurbhi81 commented on the list gre2
difference b/w trenchant and poignant
May 16, 2013
marcospatton commented on the user marcospatton
Hello, my name is Marco Antonio.
I'm Brazilian.
nice to meet you.
May 16, 2013
Ru2013 commented on the list words-in-which-u-is-pronounced-yu
I really appreciate the existence of this list! You have no idea. However, some of these words are not long u pronounced yu, but are instead the variant vowel sound long oo as in flute or rude. Duke for instance doesn't have the y when pronounced.
May 16, 2013
Ru2013 commented on the user Ru2013
I was looking on the long u word list pronounced yu and I noticed some words that are actually long oo; such as duke. One does not hear the y after a d. It's my 2 cents.
Thanks
R.
May 16, 2013
dhuber commented on the word anecdata
Here's a usage (final paragraph): http://scientopia.org/blogs/proflikesubstance/2013/05/16/on-review-repetition/
There it's being used as per: http://www.wordspy.com/words/anecdata.asp
"Anecdotal evidence used as data in an attempt to prove a hypothesis or make a forecast."
May 16, 2013
kiki.lee commented on the word ditzelfritz
A person who is a scatterbrain.
May 16, 2013
Szilagyi commented on the user Szilagyi
Thank for your possibility
May 16, 2013
CarlosG commented on the list carlos-words--1
bacon tetris
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MAY 16
The act of arranging bacon strips on a frying pan in the most efficient way possible given the dimensions of your pan. The goal is to maximize the number of bacon strips on the heating surface without leaving any part of any strip uncooked.
I have 100 square inches of bacon and only 36 square inches of frying pan area. Time to play bacon tetris.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bacon%20tetris&defid=7053033
May 16, 2013
rolig commented on the word pahljača
This is the Slovene word for a fan (the old kind of folding fan people, women especially, or rather, ladies) would use to cool themselves on hot days. I like the way it sounds. It sounds cool (in both sense of the word): the puff of pah- with the release of -ljača.
May 16, 2013
leaden commented on the word spiff
“Wiktionary
. . .
n. countable, dated A well-dressed man
n. countable A bonus or other remuneration, . . . .
n. countable, colloquial, Jamaica a hand-rolled marijuana cigarette; a joint
. . .
v. to reward (a salesperson) with a spiff.”
Could you be more specific, please?
May 16, 2013
replysurbhi81 commented on the list gre2
overstates is different from elucidation,
overstates means too general
May 16, 2013
CarlosG commented on the list carlos-words--1
Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/unpalatable-a-plateful-of-similar-words/
May 16, 2013
CarlosG commented on the list carlos-words--1
Sprinkle your vocabulary with 'happicles'
http://esciencecommons.blogspot.com/2012/04/sprinkle-your-vocabulary-with-happicles.html
May 16, 2013
alexz commented on the word 801
circa 2013.
This refers to replacing your party leader 1 minute after polls close after the election.
In British Columbia, the polls close at 8 pm, and votes counting starts at 8:01 pm.
The 801 group strove to replace the Liberal party leader, but were thwarted by the fact that the party won the election.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-liberals-801-group-burned-by-their-own-game-of-thrones/article11843012/
May 16, 2013
alexz commented on the word Wahoowa
Stephen Colbert @StephenAtHome 9h
Can I get a spellcheck on "wahoowa"?
MSWord thinks I'm trying to spell "washbowl"!
https://twitter.com/StephenAtHome/status/334751761082482688
May 16, 2013
alexz commented on the word repository
In Linux, it's a software source, similar to an app market, where you can download software packages from.
May 16, 2013
AnWulf commented on the word holen
holen ... past participle of hele, 'to cover, hide, conceal'.
May 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word dekotora
The decorated Japanese trucks.
May 15, 2013
AnWulf commented on the word heled
heled ... hele'd... hele + ed ... past tense of hele to cover, conceal, hide ... also hole and holen
May 15, 2013
ry commented on the word make a big production of
to infuse some undertaking or event with great efforts, weighty gestures, and/or elaborate histrionics
May 15, 2013
replysurbhi81 commented on the list gre2
illbehooves
May 15, 2013
rebeccawnuk commented on the list euphony--4
particularly tickled pink!
May 15, 2013
replysurbhi81 commented on the list gre2
enjoining is same as exhorting
May 15, 2013
ry commented on the word kanpai
乾杯, a toast in Japanese: "drain the glass"
May 15, 2013
thadguidry commented on the word OOTB
OOTB can also have the same meaning as the word: default
May 15, 2013
ry commented on the user feedback
good morrow all
i found a way—i think—for you to remove terms added to your open lists by others. see my comment up in here: http://support.wordnik.com/wordnik/topics/cant_delete_other_users_words_on_own_list
May 15, 2013
Jimmydiamond commented on the word Apotheosis
Philosophy gives the deity stature to the truly great by the position of Apotheosis.( deemed godlike)
May 15, 2013
replysurbhi81 commented on the list gre2
unworthy is morally reprehensible
May 15, 2013
alanl commented on the word fictitious entry
n. fake entry that is deliberately inserted in a reference work to detect wholesale plagiarism.
contrast with ghost word, the result of editorial error.
May 15, 2013
alanl commented on the word fakeitude
I'm rather surprised this word isn't here considering its origin.
May 15, 2013
alanl commented on the word fakeitude
n. informal the apparent artificiality of something. "(referring to the fictitious entry esquivalience)...Its inherent fakeitude is fairly obvious...” Erin McKean
May 15, 2013
ry commented on the word sangrail
alternate/archaic spelling of sangreal
May 15, 2013
ry commented on the word couac
funnily enough, I have fond memories of producing this sound, back in the fifth grade.
also: not listed?!
May 15, 2013
Slinky commented on the word louche
How droll: louche sounds very much like "roach". Both words give me a creepy feeling.
May 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word Glasshole
bumped into this word today.
May 14, 2013
replysurbhi81 commented on the list gre2
pedestrian,prosaic implies lacklustre,dull
May 14, 2013
ry commented on the word Chinese gooseberry
thus tag it, then
May 14, 2013
CarlosG commented on the list carlos-words--1
Silicon Valley's Favorite Word: "Delight"
Los Angeles Times tech reporter Chris O'Brien has discovered that the favorite word among techie types is "delight": "A squishy, subjective, hard-to-pin-down term. So daringly unquantifiable, so proudly immeasurable. And now, suddenly, all the rage in data-driven Silicon Valley." Read O'Brien's delightful piece here (http://www.latimes.com/news/columnone/la-fi-silicon-valley-delight-20130510-dto,0,1536200.htmlstory).
May 14, 2013
replysurbhi81 commented on the list gre2
besotted,inebriated,imbibed
May 14, 2013
CarlosG commented on the list carlos-words--1
coffee face
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MAY 14
That ugly ass face people have in the morning before they drink their coffee.
Concerned husband: Honey you look awful. Are you coming down with something?
Wife: No, it's just my coffee face. Brew some shit.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/
May 14, 2013
alanl commented on the word Chinese gooseberry
n. archaic kiwi fruit.
May 14, 2013
alanl commented on the word congee
The modern usage of this word, that is a rice porridge needs to be first (as is the case in noad2) and the leave to depart usages labelled with archaic.
May 14, 2013
replysurbhi81 commented on the list gaurav-gre
solvent means debt free
May 14, 2013
replysurbhi81 commented on the list gaurav-gre
ingenous means naive while ingenious plan means clever intelligent
May 14, 2013