genethliac:
ge·neth·li·ac juh-neth-lee-ak Show IPA
adjective Astrology .
of or pertaining to birthdays or to the position of the stars at one's birth.
Origin:
1575–85; < Latin genethliacus < Greek genethliakós, equivalent to genéthli ( os ) pertaining to one's birth (derivative of genéthlē birth) + -akos -ac
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/genethliac
A thagomizer is the distinctive arrangement of four to ten spikes on the tails of stegosaurid dinosaurs. These spikes are believed to have been a defensive measure against predators.1 The name was coined by cartoonist Gary Larson in a 1982 comic strip, and has been used in research and education since then.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer
1. a satire or lampoon, especially one posted in a public place.
verb:
1. to assail in a pasquinade or pasquinades.
On the outer wall of the building, there was a vicious pasquinade of the deposed despot.
-- D.V. Bernard, Intimate Relations with Strangers, 2007
In the course of his career, Dosoo had written fourteen books that included political commentaries on India, a slight obloquy on New York, an autobiography, and a pasquinade of Bombay society.
-- Leila Hadley, Give Me the World, 2003
In Rome in 1501 a sculpture was disinterred and placed in Palazzo Orsini. The sculpture was nicknamed Pasquino, and once a year Romans posted humorous verses to the sculpture. Over time these satirical poems became named pasquinades because of the name of the statue. The statue is still in Rome with pasquinades on its base.
Michael Scott Racist:
A Michael Scott Racist is a generally well-intentioned person who tries so hard to be politically correct and to demonstrate that they are not racist that they show themselves to actually be racist. Named for Steve Carell's character on The Office who made a habit of being this.
Oscar: Both my parents were born in Mexico. And they moved to the United States a year before I was born. So I grew up in the United States. My parents were Mexican.
Michael Scott: Wow. Wow. That is... That is a great story. That's the American dream right there, right? Um, let me ask you, is there a term besides "Mexican" that you prefer? Something less offensive?
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
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
bacon tetris
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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
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).
coffee face
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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?
Porn Mode:
A mode available in modern web browsers that doesn't store any session information.
Porn Mode Coming to Firefox
Basically Google Chrome Incognito.
Parents: "You haven't whacked off for a week! We're proud of you."
Son: "Actually, I've been using Incognito on Google Chrome so you can't see all the porn I've been masturbating to in my internet history."
Parents: "..."
Son: I love Porn mode
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Porn%20Mode&defid=3337345
noisome:
adjective
1.
offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
2.
harmful or injurious to health; noxious.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English noy (aphetic variant of annoy) + -some1
Related forms
noi·some·ly, adverb
noi·some·ness, noun
Can be confused: 1. full, fullness, fulsome, noisome (see usage note at fulsome) ; 2. noisome, noisy.
Definition of antinomy
noun (plural antinomies)
a contradiction between two beliefs or conclusions that are in themselves reasonable; a paradox.
Origin:
snafu:
sna·fu sna-foo, snaf-oo Show IPA noun, adjective, verb, sna·fued, sna·fu·ing.
noun
1.
a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation: A ballot snafu in the election led to a recount. Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up. Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
adjective
2.
Rare. in disorder; out of control; chaotic: a snafu scheme that simply won't work.
verb (used with object)
3.
Rare. to throw into disorder; muddle: Losing his passport snafued the whole vacation. Synonyms: confuse, mess up, bungle.
Origin:
1940–45; s(ituation) n(ormal): a(ll) f(ucked) u(p); sometimes euphemistically construed as f(ouled u(p)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/snafu
in·cuse in-kyooz, -kyoos Show IPA adjective, noun, verb, in·cused, in·cus·ing.
adjective
1.
hammered or stamped in, as a figure on a coin.
noun
2.
an incuse figure or impression.
verb (used with object)
3.
to stamp or hammer in, as a design or figure in a coin.
Origin:
1810–20; < Latin incūsus past participle of incūdere to indent with a hammer, equivalent to in- in-2 + cūd- beat (akin to hew) + -tus past participle suffix
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/incuse?s=t
aeolian:
\ ee-OH-lee-uhn \ , adjective;
1.
(usually lowercase) of or caused by the wind; wind-blown.
2.
pertaining to Aeolus, or to the winds in general.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/aeolian?s=t
smartphone face:
n. A drooping jawline and saggy jowls caused by neck muscles that have been shortened from constantly looking down at a smartphone or similar device.
http://www.wordspy.com/words/smartphoneface.asp
logomachy:
lo·gom·a·chy loh-gom-uh-kee Show IPA
noun, plural lo·gom·a·chies.
1.
a dispute about or concerning words.
2.
an argument or debate marked by the reckless or incorrect use of words; meaningless battle of words.
3.
a game played with cards, each bearing one letter, with which words are formed.
lo·gom·a·chy loh-gom-uh-kee Show IPA
noun, plural lo·gom·a·chies.
1.
a dispute about or concerning words.
2.
an argument or debate marked by the reckless or incorrect use of words; meaningless battle of words.
3.
a game played with cards, each bearing one letter, with which words are formed.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Logomachy?s=t
Facebook facelift
n. Cosmetic surgery designed to improve how a person looks in photos posted to social networking sites.
Examples of usage at site.
http://www.wordspy.com/words/Facebookfacelift.asp
autochthonous:
au·toch·tho·nous (ô-tkth-ns) also au·toch·tho·nal (-th-nl) or au·toch·thon·ic (ôtk-thnk)
adj.
1. Originating where found; indigenous: autochthonous rocks; an autochthonous people; autochthonous folktales. See Synonyms at native.
2. Biology Originating or formed in the place where found: an autochthonous blood clot.
References in classic literature:
If any of the autochthonous idlers asked him what he called himself, he replied shortly, "an engineer.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/autochthonous
delanceyplace.com 5/6/13 - the invention of the alphabet
In today's selection -- the invention of the first alphabet -- a much simpler system of writing using only 20 to 30 characters as compared to the thousands required in a hieroglyphic system -- unleashed an era in which broad literacy and abstract ideas were possible to an unprecedented degree. Though it is popularly believed the alphabet came from the Phoenicians, this invention pre-dated them and may have come from the Egyptians:
"In February, 1905, after exploring the Middle East for more than two decades, British archeologist Flinders Petrie and his wife arrived at an old turquoise formation in the western Sinai at Serabit el-Khadim, which had been mined as recently as fifty years before by a retired English major and his family. There, although he and others did not realize it for years, Petrie made the most important discovery of his career.
"At the mine the Petries came upon a large collection of statues and inscriptions. Most were expertly carved and bore standard hieroglyphic or hieratic writing, almost certainly produced by the mine's Egyptian overseers.
"His observant wife Hilda also found some rocks bearing cruder inscriptions. On closer inspection, they noted that this writing included only about thirty or so different symbols that were not recognizably hieroglyphic or hieratic -- both hieroglyphic and hieratic writing used about a thousand symbols. Further, these simpler inscriptions always coincided with primitive, non-Egyptian statues; the writing appeared to flow from left to right, also unlike the well-known hieroglyphic, hieratic, or later Phoenician and Hebrew alphabets.
"Petrie dated the inscriptions to approximately 1400 BC. He clearly recognized them as an alphabet, and one that preceded by about five hundred years the earliest known Phoenician writing, heretofore felt to be the first alphabet. ...
"It fell to an Egyptologist, Alan Gardiner, to realize that the Petries had actually stumbled across the origin of the alphabet, or something very close to it. Linguists had long known that Latin script -- the everyday alphabet of today's Western world -- evolved from Greek letters, which had themselves derived from Phoenician, as did Hebrew. ...
"Over the millennium following the alphabet's invention around 1500 BC, the simple phonemic lettering system Petrie discovered made possible the first stirrings of mass literacy that would unleash much of the subsequent political and social ferment of human history.
"On the basis of archaeological and linguistic evidence, most authorities believe that the proto-Semitic inscriptions the Petries first found at Serabit derived from Egyptian hieratic or hieroglyphic writing. While the precise origin of the proto-Semitic alphabet will never be known, the Serabit inscriptions suggest that it was probably invented somewhere in the Sinai or Canaan by non-Egyptian Semites who had come there from somewhere in the Levant to work as miners for the Egyptians.
"Did the first simplified alphabetic script really originate in the mines at Serabit? After Flinders' excavations there, archaeologists uncovered, at several other sites in Palestine, more primitive inscriptions that look alphabetic and possibly predate the Serabit inscriptions by as much as a century or two. More recently, an American research team has uncovered proto-Semitic inscriptions at Wadi el-Hol, several hundred miles south of Serabit el-Khadim, on the Nile; they suggest that the Egyptians may have in fact invented the script to better communicate with their Semitic workers/slaves.
one of two Wadi el-Hol inscriptions
"Another intriguing candidate for 'inventor of the alphabet' is the Midianites, a Sinai people who mined copper and who could have derived it from the writing of their Egyptian overseers in the same way as did the miners of Serabit. ...
"The rise of monotheism was during the same period and the temporal and geographic connection between the alphabet and monotheism in Egypt-Palestine during the middle of the second millennium may be more than coincidence. What might tie them together? The notion of a disembodied, formless, all-seeing, and ever-present supreme being requires a far more abstract frame of mind than that needed for the older plethora of anthropomorphized beings who oversaw the heavenly bodies, the crops, fertility, and the seas. Alphabetic writing requires the same high degree of abstraction and may have provided a literate priestly caste with the intellectual tools necessary to imagine a belief system overseen by a single disembodied deity. Whatever the reason, Judaism and the West acquired their God and their Book."
author: William J. Bernstein
title: Masters of the Word
publisher: Grove Press
date: Copyright 2013 by William J. Bernstein
pages: 44-49
http://www.delanceyplace.com/index.php
misandry:
Misandry (pron.: /mɪˈsændri/) is the dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against men (i.e. the male sex).12 (snip)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misandry
Twerk:
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The rhythmic gyrating of the lower fleshy extremities in a lascivious manner with the intent to elicit sexual arousal or laughter in ones intended audience
Hey Girl, lets Twerk on the dance floor.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Twerk&defid=6851230
gut-bucket:
"Gutbucket" redirects here. For Liberty Records sampler album, see Gutbucket (album).
Electric "inbindi" bass which is amplified by a public address system
The washtub bass, or "gutbucket", is a stringed instrument used in American folk music that uses a metal washtub as a resonator. Although it is possible for a washtub bass to have four or more strings and tuning pegs, traditional washtub basses have a single string whose pitch is adjusted by pushing or pulling on a staff or stick to change the tension.
The washtub bass was used in jug bands that were popular in some African Americans communities in the early 1900s. In the 1950s, British skiffle bands used a variant called a Tea chest bass, and during the 1960s, US folk musicians used the washtub bass in jug band-influenced music.
Variations on the basic design are found around the world, particularly in the choice of resonator. As a result there are many different names for the instrument including the "gas-tank bass", "barrel bass", "box bass" (Trinidad), "bush bass" (Australia), "babatoni" (South Africa), "tingotalango" (Cuba), "tulòn" (Italy), "laundrophone" and others.
The hallmarks of the traditional design are simplicity, very low cost and do-it-yourself construction, leading to its historical association with lower economic classes. These factors also make it quite common for modern-day builders to promote modifications to the basic design, such as adding a finger board, pedal, electronic pickup, drum head, or making the staff immovable.
(snip)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gut-bucket
Slang term for ones stomach
Girl im gunna fill you gut bucket up with so much of my tasty man batter, it will explode.
or Gutties: Neighborhood slut; A female that has had sex with nearly everyone in your neighborhood. (see hood-rat)
Here comes a pack of gutties! Anyone got condoms for these Gut Buckets?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gut-bucket
catfiising:
n. The elaborate fabrication of an online identity to trick a person into a romantic relationship.
—catfish v., n.
Example Citations:
And while what happened to Manti Te'o is bringing the term to light, we shouldn't talk about catfishing like it's a new thing. Ever since there's been an Internet, there's been a fat guy in an undershirt pretending to be a hot model. Social media only makes the lie more believable and more noticeable.
—Scott Kleinburg, "Don't be the next Te'o," Chicago Tribune, January 24, 2013
Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson was unsympathetic to their claims, finding that their conduct was objectionable enough to warrant censure by the university. She specifically calls them out for "catfishing" their victim.
—Kashmir Hill, "'Catfishing' Gets Its First Legal Mention," Forbes, April 26, 2013
Earliest Citation:
Did you hear how Dave got totally catfished last month?! The fox he thought he was talking to turned out to be a pervy guy from San Diego!
—sbacker, "catfish," Urban Dictionary, July 22, 2010
Notes:
This term comes from a 2010 documentary called Catfish, about a man who falls for a woman whose online persona turns out to be a fake. The origin of the term is given an oddly positive spin in the film:
They used to tank cod from Alaska all the way to China. They'd keep them in vats in the ship. By the time the codfish reached China, the flesh was mush and tasteless. So this guy came up with the idea that if you put these cods in these big vats, put some catfish in with them and the catfish will keep the cod agile. And there are those people who are catfish in life. And they keep you on your toes. They keep you guessing, they keep you thinking, they keep you fresh. And I thank god for the catfish because we would be droll, boring and dull if we didn't have somebody nipping at our fin.
—Vince Pierce, "Catfish," Relativity Media, January 22, 2010
http://www.wordspy.com/words/catfishing.asp
echelon:
Lexical Investigations: Echelon
a treatment of the word, featuring an illustration which I would call a stile.
http://hotword.dictionary.com/echelon
Looked at Community,got a clue.
My most profound apologies.
Do not hesitate to pass on anything you feel I need to know about posting customs. Such as, how are the example quotes to right side of definitions entered (if not in community?).
Thank you for your patience.
Penrose stairs:
Escher-type stairs. Illustration in article.
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1.1 Etymology
1.2 Noun
1.2.1 Synonyms
1.2.2 Translations
1.3 External links
Penrose stairs.
Etymology edit After a drawing by Lionel Penrose and Roger Penrose.
Penrose stairs (plural Penrose stairs)
An impossible loop of endlessly ascending and descending stairs, or an optical illusion appearing to depict such a loop.
Penrose staircase
Penrose steps
impossible staircase
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genethliac:
ge·neth·li·ac juh-neth-lee-ak Show IPA
adjective Astrology .
of or pertaining to birthdays or to the position of the stars at one's birth.
Origin:
1575–85; < Latin genethliacus < Greek genethliakós, equivalent to genéthli ( os ) pertaining to one's birth (derivative of genéthlē birth) + -akos -ac
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/genethliac
May 23, 2013
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A thagomizer is the distinctive arrangement of four to ten spikes on the tails of stegosaurid dinosaurs. These spikes are believed to have been a defensive measure against predators.1 The name was coined by cartoonist Gary Larson in a 1982 comic strip, and has been used in research and education since then.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer
May 23, 2013
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rope out:
As referenced by numerous meteorologists; the diminution of a tornado funnel,
May 21, 2013
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pasquinade \pas-kwuh-NEYD\, noun:
1. a satire or lampoon, especially one posted in a public place.
verb:
1. to assail in a pasquinade or pasquinades.
On the outer wall of the building, there was a vicious pasquinade of the deposed despot.
-- D.V. Bernard, Intimate Relations with Strangers, 2007
In the course of his career, Dosoo had written fourteen books that included political commentaries on India, a slight obloquy on New York, an autobiography, and a pasquinade of Bombay society.
-- Leila Hadley, Give Me the World, 2003
In Rome in 1501 a sculpture was disinterred and placed in Palazzo Orsini. The sculpture was nicknamed Pasquino, and once a year Romans posted humorous verses to the sculpture. Over time these satirical poems became named pasquinades because of the name of the statue. The statue is still in Rome with pasquinades on its base.
May 21, 2013
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Michael Scott Racist:
A Michael Scott Racist is a generally well-intentioned person who tries so hard to be politically correct and to demonstrate that they are not racist that they show themselves to actually be racist. Named for Steve Carell's character on The Office who made a habit of being this.
Oscar: Both my parents were born in Mexico. And they moved to the United States a year before I was born. So I grew up in the United States. My parents were Mexican.
Michael Scott: Wow. Wow. That is... That is a great story. That's the American dream right there, right? Um, let me ask you, is there a term besides "Mexican" that you prefer? Something less offensive?
Kate: I'm not racist. I love all races, but especially Asians because although they're not great drivers, they really know how to run a buffet.
John: You're a Michael Scott Racist.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Michael%20Scott%20Racist&defid=7058085
May 21, 2013
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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
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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
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crack is whack
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=crack%20is%20whack&defid=2021509
May 17, 2013
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bacon tetris
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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
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Unpalatable: A Plateful of Similar Words
http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/unpalatable-a-plateful-of-similar-words/
May 16, 2013
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Sprinkle your vocabulary with 'happicles'
http://esciencecommons.blogspot.com/2012/04/sprinkle-your-vocabulary-with-happicles.html
May 16, 2013
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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
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coffee face
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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
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Porn Mode:
A mode available in modern web browsers that doesn't store any session information.
Porn Mode Coming to Firefox
Basically Google Chrome Incognito.
Parents: "You haven't whacked off for a week! We're proud of you."
Son: "Actually, I've been using Incognito on Google Chrome so you can't see all the porn I've been masturbating to in my internet history."
Parents: "..."
Son: I love Porn mode
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Porn%20Mode&defid=3337345
May 13, 2013
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The modern history of swearing: Where all the dirtiest words come from
http://www.salon.com/2013/05/11/the_modern_history_of_swearing_where_all_the_dirtiest_words_come_from/
May 12, 2013
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noisome:
adjective
1.
offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
2.
harmful or injurious to health; noxious.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English noy (aphetic variant of annoy) + -some1
Related forms
noi·some·ly, adverb
noi·some·ness, noun
Can be confused: 1. full, fullness, fulsome, noisome (see usage note at fulsome) ; 2. noisome, noisy.
Synonyms
1. fetid, putrid, rotten, stinking, mephitic.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/noisome?s=t
May 12, 2013
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antinomy:
Syllabification: (an·tin·o·my)
Pronunciation: /anˈtinəmē/
Definition of antinomy
noun (plural antinomies)
a contradiction between two beliefs or conclusions that are in themselves reasonable; a paradox.
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense 'a conflict between two laws'): from Latin antinomia, from Greek, from anti 'against' + nomos 'law'
http://oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/antinomy
May 12, 2013
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deskfast:
Blend of desk and breakfast.
Noun edit
deskfast (plural deskfasts)
Breakfast eaten at work, particularly while sitting at a desk. quotations ▼
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deskfast
May 12, 2013
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snafu:
sna·fu sna-foo, snaf-oo Show IPA noun, adjective, verb, sna·fued, sna·fu·ing.
noun
1.
a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation: A ballot snafu in the election led to a recount. Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up. Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
adjective
2.
Rare. in disorder; out of control; chaotic: a snafu scheme that simply won't work.
verb (used with object)
3.
Rare. to throw into disorder; muddle: Losing his passport snafued the whole vacation. Synonyms: confuse, mess up, bungle.
Origin:
1940–45; s(ituation) n(ormal): a(ll) f(ucked) u(p); sometimes euphemistically construed as f(ouled u(p)
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/snafu
May 12, 2013
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incuse:
in·cuse in-kyooz, -kyoos Show IPA adjective, noun, verb, in·cused, in·cus·ing.
adjective
1.
hammered or stamped in, as a figure on a coin.
noun
2.
an incuse figure or impression.
verb (used with object)
3.
to stamp or hammer in, as a design or figure in a coin.
Origin:
1810–20; < Latin incūsus past participle of incūdere to indent with a hammer, equivalent to in- in-2 + cūd- beat (akin to hew) + -tus past participle suffix
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/incuse?s=t
May 11, 2013
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atheophobia:
Noun edit
atheophobia (uncountable)
Fear or hatred of atheism or atheists quotations ▼
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/atheophobia
May 11, 2013
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cymotrichous:
Adjective edit
cymotrichous (not comparable)
(anthropology) Having wavy hair. quotations ▼
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cymotrichous
May 10, 2013
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Delazify :
Prying one's fat ass off the couch to get shit done. Ending (temporarily or permanently) one's sedentary lifestyle & actually doing shit.
Dude, delazify your ass & clean this shit hole up!
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Delazify&defid=6399444
May 10, 2013
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aeolian:
\ ee-OH-lee-uhn \ , adjective;
1.
(usually lowercase) of or caused by the wind; wind-blown.
2.
pertaining to Aeolus, or to the winds in general.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/aeolian?s=t
May 10, 2013
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smartphone face:
n. A drooping jawline and saggy jowls caused by neck muscles that have been shortened from constantly looking down at a smartphone or similar device.
http://www.wordspy.com/words/smartphoneface.asp
May 10, 2013
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Jargon Watch: NIMPS:
Not In My Public Street
New York co-op sues Bike Share program for ruining their property values
http://www.treehugger.com/bikes/new-york-co-op-sues-bike-share-program-ruining-their-property-values.html
May 9, 2013
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whangdoodle:
whang·doo·dle hwang-dood-l, wang- Show IPA
noun Slang.
a fanciful creature of undefined nature.
Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; nonsense formation; see whang2 , doodle
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/whangdoodle
May 9, 2013
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glasseslike:
adj. Resembling eyeglasses, particularly with respect to a wearable computing device. Also: glasses-like.
http://www.wordspy.com/words/glasseslike.asp
May 9, 2013
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logomachy:
lo·gom·a·chy loh-gom-uh-kee Show IPA
noun, plural lo·gom·a·chies.
1.
a dispute about or concerning words.
2.
an argument or debate marked by the reckless or incorrect use of words; meaningless battle of words.
3.
a game played with cards, each bearing one letter, with which words are formed.
lo·gom·a·chy loh-gom-uh-kee Show IPA
noun, plural lo·gom·a·chies.
1.
a dispute about or concerning words.
2.
an argument or debate marked by the reckless or incorrect use of words; meaningless battle of words.
3.
a game played with cards, each bearing one letter, with which words are formed.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Logomachy?s=t
May 7, 2013
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Facebook facelift
n. Cosmetic surgery designed to improve how a person looks in photos posted to social networking sites.
Examples of usage at site.
http://www.wordspy.com/words/Facebookfacelift.asp
May 7, 2013
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autochthonous:
au·toch·tho·nous (ô-tkth-ns) also au·toch·tho·nal (-th-nl) or au·toch·thon·ic (ôtk-thnk)
adj.
1. Originating where found; indigenous: autochthonous rocks; an autochthonous people; autochthonous folktales. See Synonyms at native.
2. Biology Originating or formed in the place where found: an autochthonous blood clot.
References in classic literature:
If any of the autochthonous idlers asked him what he called himself, he replied shortly, "an engineer.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/autochthonous
May 7, 2013
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delanceyplace.com 5/6/13 - the invention of the alphabet
In today's selection -- the invention of the first alphabet -- a much simpler system of writing using only 20 to 30 characters as compared to the thousands required in a hieroglyphic system -- unleashed an era in which broad literacy and abstract ideas were possible to an unprecedented degree. Though it is popularly believed the alphabet came from the Phoenicians, this invention pre-dated them and may have come from the Egyptians:
"In February, 1905, after exploring the Middle East for more than two decades, British archeologist Flinders Petrie and his wife arrived at an old turquoise formation in the western Sinai at Serabit el-Khadim, which had been mined as recently as fifty years before by a retired English major and his family. There, although he and others did not realize it for years, Petrie made the most important discovery of his career.
"At the mine the Petries came upon a large collection of statues and inscriptions. Most were expertly carved and bore standard hieroglyphic or hieratic writing, almost certainly produced by the mine's Egyptian overseers.
"His observant wife Hilda also found some rocks bearing cruder inscriptions. On closer inspection, they noted that this writing included only about thirty or so different symbols that were not recognizably hieroglyphic or hieratic -- both hieroglyphic and hieratic writing used about a thousand symbols. Further, these simpler inscriptions always coincided with primitive, non-Egyptian statues; the writing appeared to flow from left to right, also unlike the well-known hieroglyphic, hieratic, or later Phoenician and Hebrew alphabets.
"Petrie dated the inscriptions to approximately 1400 BC. He clearly recognized them as an alphabet, and one that preceded by about five hundred years the earliest known Phoenician writing, heretofore felt to be the first alphabet. ...
"It fell to an Egyptologist, Alan Gardiner, to realize that the Petries had actually stumbled across the origin of the alphabet, or something very close to it. Linguists had long known that Latin script -- the everyday alphabet of today's Western world -- evolved from Greek letters, which had themselves derived from Phoenician, as did Hebrew. ...
"Over the millennium following the alphabet's invention around 1500 BC, the simple phonemic lettering system Petrie discovered made possible the first stirrings of mass literacy that would unleash much of the subsequent political and social ferment of human history.
"On the basis of archaeological and linguistic evidence, most authorities believe that the proto-Semitic inscriptions the Petries first found at Serabit derived from Egyptian hieratic or hieroglyphic writing. While the precise origin of the proto-Semitic alphabet will never be known, the Serabit inscriptions suggest that it was probably invented somewhere in the Sinai or Canaan by non-Egyptian Semites who had come there from somewhere in the Levant to work as miners for the Egyptians.
"Did the first simplified alphabetic script really originate in the mines at Serabit? After Flinders' excavations there, archaeologists uncovered, at several other sites in Palestine, more primitive inscriptions that look alphabetic and possibly predate the Serabit inscriptions by as much as a century or two. More recently, an American research team has uncovered proto-Semitic inscriptions at Wadi el-Hol, several hundred miles south of Serabit el-Khadim, on the Nile; they suggest that the Egyptians may have in fact invented the script to better communicate with their Semitic workers/slaves.
one of two Wadi el-Hol inscriptions
"Another intriguing candidate for 'inventor of the alphabet' is the Midianites, a Sinai people who mined copper and who could have derived it from the writing of their Egyptian overseers in the same way as did the miners of Serabit. ...
"The rise of monotheism was during the same period and the temporal and geographic connection between the alphabet and monotheism in Egypt-Palestine during the middle of the second millennium may be more than coincidence. What might tie them together? The notion of a disembodied, formless, all-seeing, and ever-present supreme being requires a far more abstract frame of mind than that needed for the older plethora of anthropomorphized beings who oversaw the heavenly bodies, the crops, fertility, and the seas. Alphabetic writing requires the same high degree of abstraction and may have provided a literate priestly caste with the intellectual tools necessary to imagine a belief system overseen by a single disembodied deity. Whatever the reason, Judaism and the West acquired their God and their Book."
author: William J. Bernstein
title: Masters of the Word
publisher: Grove Press
date: Copyright 2013 by William J. Bernstein
pages: 44-49
http://www.delanceyplace.com/index.php
May 6, 2013
CarlosG commented on the list carlos-words--1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Did you know...
From Wikipedia's newest content: 6 May `13
... that Pussy is advertised as "100% natural"?
May 6, 2013
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misandry:
Misandry (pron.: /mɪˈsændri/) is the dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against men (i.e. the male sex).12
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misandry
May 5, 2013
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enchiridion:
Handbook or Manual
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Enchiridion
May 4, 2013
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Twerk:
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MAY 3
The rhythmic gyrating of the lower fleshy extremities in a lascivious manner with the intent to elicit sexual arousal or laughter in ones intended audience
Hey Girl, lets Twerk on the dance floor.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Twerk&defid=6851230
May 4, 2013
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Straight Dope Message Board > Main > In My Humble Opinion (IMHO)
Have you met someone who didn't know a really well-known pop or historical reference?
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=685952
May 3, 2013
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gut-bucket:
"Gutbucket" redirects here. For Liberty Records sampler album, see Gutbucket (album).
Electric "inbindi" bass which is amplified by a public address system
The washtub bass, or "gutbucket", is a stringed instrument used in American folk music that uses a metal washtub as a resonator. Although it is possible for a washtub bass to have four or more strings and tuning pegs, traditional washtub basses have a single string whose pitch is adjusted by pushing or pulling on a staff or stick to change the tension.
The washtub bass was used in jug bands that were popular in some African Americans communities in the early 1900s. In the 1950s, British skiffle bands used a variant called a Tea chest bass, and during the 1960s, US folk musicians used the washtub bass in jug band-influenced music.
Variations on the basic design are found around the world, particularly in the choice of resonator. As a result there are many different names for the instrument including the "gas-tank bass", "barrel bass", "box bass" (Trinidad), "bush bass" (Australia), "babatoni" (South Africa), "tingotalango" (Cuba), "tulòn" (Italy), "laundrophone" and others.
The hallmarks of the traditional design are simplicity, very low cost and do-it-yourself construction, leading to its historical association with lower economic classes. These factors also make it quite common for modern-day builders to promote modifications to the basic design, such as adding a finger board, pedal, electronic pickup, drum head, or making the staff immovable.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gut-bucket
Slang term for ones stomach
Girl im gunna fill you gut bucket up with so much of my tasty man batter, it will explode.
or Gutties: Neighborhood slut; A female that has had sex with nearly everyone in your neighborhood. (see hood-rat)
Here comes a pack of gutties! Anyone got condoms for these Gut Buckets?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gut-bucket
May 2, 2013
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catfiising:
n. The elaborate fabrication of an online identity to trick a person into a romantic relationship.
—catfish v., n.
Example Citations:
And while what happened to Manti Te'o is bringing the term to light, we shouldn't talk about catfishing like it's a new thing. Ever since there's been an Internet, there's been a fat guy in an undershirt pretending to be a hot model. Social media only makes the lie more believable and more noticeable.
—Scott Kleinburg, "Don't be the next Te'o," Chicago Tribune, January 24, 2013
Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson was unsympathetic to their claims, finding that their conduct was objectionable enough to warrant censure by the university. She specifically calls them out for "catfishing" their victim.
—Kashmir Hill, "'Catfishing' Gets Its First Legal Mention," Forbes, April 26, 2013
Earliest Citation:
Did you hear how Dave got totally catfished last month?! The fox he thought he was talking to turned out to be a pervy guy from San Diego!
—sbacker, "catfish," Urban Dictionary, July 22, 2010
Notes:
This term comes from a 2010 documentary called Catfish, about a man who falls for a woman whose online persona turns out to be a fake. The origin of the term is given an oddly positive spin in the film:
They used to tank cod from Alaska all the way to China. They'd keep them in vats in the ship. By the time the codfish reached China, the flesh was mush and tasteless. So this guy came up with the idea that if you put these cods in these big vats, put some catfish in with them and the catfish will keep the cod agile. And there are those people who are catfish in life. And they keep you on your toes. They keep you guessing, they keep you thinking, they keep you fresh. And I thank god for the catfish because we would be droll, boring and dull if we didn't have somebody nipping at our fin.
—Vince Pierce, "Catfish," Relativity Media, January 22, 2010
http://www.wordspy.com/words/catfishing.asp
May 2, 2013
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ommatidia:
om·ma·tid·i·um om-uh-tid-ee-uhm Show IPA
noun, plural om·ma·tid·i·a -tid-ee-uh Show IPA . Zoology .
one of the radial elements composing a compound eye.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ommatidia?s=t
High-tech camera acts like a bug's eye
http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/01/tech/innovation/bug-eye-camera/?hpt=hp_bn5
May 2, 2013
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echelon:
Lexical Investigations: Echelon
a treatment of the word, featuring an illustration which I would call a stile.
http://hotword.dictionary.com/echelon
May 2, 2013
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said no one ever:
An nullified attribution intended to convey the absurdity of a statement.
"Thank god it's Monday," said no one ever.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=said%20no%20one%20ever&defid=7038377
May 2, 2013
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virago:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/virago
May 2, 2013
CarlosG commented on the list carlos-words--1
Looked at Community,got a clue.
My most profound apologies.
Do not hesitate to pass on anything you feel I need to know about posting customs. Such as, how are the example quotes to right side of definitions entered (if not in community?).
Thank you for your patience.
May 2, 2013
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Supertrees:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardens_by_the_Bay#Supertrees
May 2, 2013
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The Meaning of ‘Squish’ and Other Fun-To-Say Political Slights
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/05/01/the-meaning-of-squish-and-other-fun-to-say-political-slights/
May 2, 2013
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superhydrophobic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhydrophobic
May 2, 2013
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Writing, by Plato
delanceyplace.com 5/1/13 - a new but suspect education technology
http://www.delanceyplace.com/index.php
May 2, 2013
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seiche:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/seiche
May 2, 2013
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Penrose stairs:
Escher-type stairs. Illustration in article.
Contents hide
1 English
1.1 Etymology
1.2 Noun
1.2.1 Synonyms
1.2.2 Translations
1.3 External links
Penrose stairs.
Etymology edit
After a drawing by Lionel Penrose and Roger Penrose.
Penrose stairs (plural Penrose stairs)
An impossible loop of endlessly ascending and descending stairs, or an optical illusion appearing to depict such a loop.
Penrose staircase
Penrose steps
impossible staircase
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Penrose_stairs
May 2, 2013