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.
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.
a radio friendly verson of f-ing or freakin
"You mean I actually have frikkin sharks with frikkin laser beams attached to their frikkin heads" - Dr. Evil. http://youtu.be/Pozlp_wnkRk?t=24s
seen posted by VMWare on LinkedIn.. and it has nothing to do with Craniometry. I like it when old words get a new meaning.
"VMware
“…But I think there's a sense that there's change in the air. And that change is around horizontalization and that change is around software-consuming functionality. We can call it whatever we want. To me, this is the realization of network virtualization.” -Martin Casado, Chief Architect of...more http://ow.ly/kUL6o"
This is one of those words where dictionaries fail users. If you have to look up Theropod, it really doesn't help that the dictionary uses words like " saurischian" "Theropoda" - (nothing like a recursive definition) "Jurassic" "Cretaceous" : "bipedal locomotion, large jaws, and short forelimbs" - finally, after all the jargon they use plain english to describe a T-Rex.
qnx is the name of the embedded operating system which uses a micro kernel. It's used in several embedded systems, but most famously it's used in the Blackberry devices.
"In 1994, a team was put together at GSFC to build a
cluster consisting only of commodity hardware (PC’s)
running LINUX, which resulted in the first Beowulf cluster
(later renamed Wiglaf). It consisted of 16 100Mhz 486DX4-
based PC’s. The PC’s were connected with 2 hub-based
Ethernet networks tied together with channel bonding
software so that the 2 networks acted like one network
running at twice the speed. This demonstration cluster
showed that one could utilize commodity hardware to build a
very cost effective, moderately fast computing platform. The
next year a 16 PC cluster, Beowulf II, Hrothgar, based on
100Mhz Pentiums was built and was about 3 times faster, but
also demonstrated a reliability comparable to the previously
mentioned MasPar MP-2"
The wooden nutmeg is apparently the precursor to the wooden nickel.
Seen in print in 1824
The Telescope - Volumes 1-2 - Page 164
books.google.ca/books?id=lGZGAAAAYAAJ
1824 - Read
"An individual in Belmont county, has sold within the last six or eight weeks, seed to the amount of nearly 8300, and we have been informed that some of the wooden nutmeg folks have seized the opportunity of speculating, but instead of ..."
the article mentions a previous 'wooden nutmeg' scam to be outdone by fake tobacco seed scams.
LinkedIn Open Networker.
Someone who accepts all LinkedIn requests , and has thousands of connections.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/sulemaan-ahmed/when-should-you-reject-linkedin_b_3162233.html?utm_hp_ref=tw "Some take a different approach, where they accept LinkedIn invites from anyone located anywhere. For them, size and scale matters and they even have a self-appointed acronym: LIONS (LinkedIn Open Networkers). I'll admit it right now: I'll never be a LION, and don't ever plan to have over 2,000 LinkedIn connections. But why not be LinkedIn LION? It's a pretty fancy term isn't it? "
- Sulemaan Ahmed - Huffington Post April 2013.
another citation
The National Cyclopedia of American Biography: Current volume - Volume 2 - Page 110
books.google.ca/books?id=r-vXAAAAMAAJ
1891 - Snippet view - More editions
"This was accomplished by delivering to any such person a wooden nickel at the time of each visit to the bank. When each customer had accumulated twenty wooden nickels, he could present them at the bank and receive $1.00 in exchange."
Here we go... late 16th century.. french Anagramme.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=4A6qaY-NwjoC Ode sur l'anagramme du nom de tresnoble et tresuertueuse dame, Eleonor de Robertet, femme & compaigne de ... François de Mandelot... (Google eBook)
André Rossant, Coste
0 Reviews
1578 - 8 pages
Eleonor de Robertet
is an anagram of
L'or de Bonte te redore.
a quick search shows this word is already on the net so I'm not coining it... is it an instant grammarian? An instagram grammarian? A funny way of saying instagrammer? :)
"SLAC @SLAClab 9h
Is "macroscopicity" even a word? "Synopsis: Quantum-ness Put on the Scale" http://bit.ly/104mzQn via @APSPhysicsEd"
it appears yes, it is a word, used in science.
Soviet Physics: Solid state - Volume 3, Part 1 - Page 27
Google Results:
books.google.ca/books?id=OdHyAAAAMAAJ
1961 - Snippet view - More editions
Furthermore, as in the case of dislocations these difficulties can sometimes be overcome by using the macroscopicity of the number of captured electrons. In actual fact, if the charge of the holes per unit of dislocation length is small compared ...
A lot of blogs and message boards automatically add 'nofollow' to user submitted links to help prevent spammers from benefitting from blog spam.
OpenStreetMap implemented 'nofollow' and it reduced comment spam a bit, but the dumber spammers out there will continue to waste their time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow
A Twitter concept plus the concept of the movie Inception (movie about dreams within dreams within dreams, where things get recursive.)
Ricky Gervais on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart - April 17, 2013.
"Today, on the the way here in the car, I tweeted, 'If no-one retweets this, I will give ten thousand pounds to charity' Hundreds of tweets, right. I said, I said, 'You're not listening. OK. If not one person retweets this, I'll give 15,000 dollars to charity.' right. 500 retweets . And then other people are going, 'Your followers are all idiots!', so I'm retweeting THAT! It's. It's like twitception, it's amazing."
These are ridges on the bottom of a bicycle fork which prevent a loose wheel from slipping out of a fork.
People 'file their lawyer tabs' in that they file down the ridges to they can change wheels faster, but this results in a front fork which can eject a loose front wheel.
from the 'examples' section.
" “Made popular by the late DJ Screw, and by legendary rap ground Three 6 Mafia, 'purple drank', aka 'sizzurp' is considered a recreational drug made by mixing medicated cough syrup containing codeine with soda and Jolly Rancher candy to enhance the taste.” Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post "
- The Royal Canadian Legion - a group of people who have been in the Canadian Military.
- The Legion Hall - the building which houses the Legion club, and has social events as well as alcoholic drinks.
As much as Microsoft want's Bing to be a common verb, not many people are saying they 'binged the answer', but there are some citations (2) of that, according to Google.
In donut making, the 'bread' style donuts are cut out in ring shapes and allowed to rise in a proofing oven. The inner 'holes' are seperated out and allowed to rise as little ball shapes and then deep fried.
So a timbit tastes like a mini donut. Having been to Australia and eating TimTams once, timtams are like a chocolate/sugary treat.
I'm proud to say that I've been awarded the Canadian Heritage TimBit award for documenting these over 600 words for ice and snow. I was snowed in for 7 weeks, and had this list to occupy my time during those darkest days of winter.
k. Most of these words are found by clicking a lolcat'ism, and seeing the tweets associated with these. The 'examples under "kitteh", "kthxbai", "bunneh" reveal more lolcat'isms than I ever expected.
Ironically, it has Enoch going 100 years into the future, to where we currently are, and we're now documenting these exact words.
'From page 234 of "Inglish Littracher 1890-1900" bi T. K. Nupton,
publishd bi th Stait, 1992.
Fr egzarmpl, a riter ov th time, naimed Max Beerbohm, hoo woz
stil alive in th twentith senchri, rote a stauri in wich e pautraid an
immajnari karrakter kauld "Enoch Soames"--a thurd-rait poit hoo beleevz
imself a grate jeneus an maix a bargin with th Devvl in auder ter no wot
posterriti thinx ov im! It iz a sumwot labud sattire, but not without vallu
az showing hou seriusli the yung men ov th aiteen-ninetiz took
themselvz. Nou that th littreri profeshn haz bin auganized az a departmnt
of publik servis, our riters hav found their levvl an hav lernt ter doo their
duti without thort ov th morro. "Th laibrer iz werthi ov hiz hire" an that
iz aul. Thank hevvn we hav no Enoch Soameses amung us to-dai!
"Since this -shall I call it Stylomania, seized my family, the whole house has been metamorphosed in the strangest manner. My old friends have deserted me and why? Because I can't give them a plain dinner as I used to do, a joint and a pudding, and a bottle of the right old fort, a kind of diet which, as one of them used to say, was what a man could eat and understand - but forsooth. I must now have a dozen dishes with strange names, and three or four kinds of wine that don't deserve that name at all, a change of plates at every mouthful, till dinner has become both a fatigue and a riddle - and ail this, because I am over-persuaded to do things in style; "
I first saw this word on the BikeSnob blog. This blog has several new words created every week.
" Fred presents his USA Cycling license when he buys a Zippp Spud Wankery Firecrap Crabon wheelset with drug testing surcharge built into the already ridiculous price:" http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.ca/2013/03/this-just-in-riding-bike-makes-you.html
Zipp makes a "Carbon Clincher FireCrest Road Bike Wheelset Cycling Wheels" which is selling for 2000 dollars on eBay.
So "Firecrap" is a word that pokes a little fun at the Firecrest name.
Zipp named the Firecrest after a bird for it's aerodynamic properties.
dibs on googolzillion
edit - removed link to the 'infinity scrapers' site, as it may be a list of made up words (ie, web pages can be created by anyone, and a wikia page can be edited by anyone)
you type a word in the search box, and select search... in my case I searched for monkey
on that word's page, below the etymology and stuff, is the lists that the word will be on.
At the bottom of the list of lists is a faint 'new list'.
Click the 'new list'
Then you get a Name field for the new list's name, and a description.
These can be edited later if you need to update the description.
looking at a Hindi word list, mortar and cement is in English and Hindi. Looking at the etymology for these 2 words, would these have Indian roots? Or would they just have a common root from another source?
Lexicon Technicum x. 1725 John Harris.
a technical dictionary. This book contains Isaac Newton's theory of the moon. (in the moon section) Contains all the science and arts terms of the day. Also has nice pictures. http://books.google.ca/books?id=0GdEAAAAcAAJ The definition on Earthquakes is quite good: spoiler alert - Ocean Rising was totally predicted back then.
For Researchers, you may want to look up Bill Casselman's book on Canadianism's.
http://www.booksforbusiness.com/reference/canadian-words-sayings/ I came by his book looking up Newfoundland food, found scrunchings, and looking up scrunchings had some of his books.
This would be a Lying Liberal, and by Liberal, we mean someone in the Liberal political party, and not the "left wing person with no shame" definition.
In Canada, we make fun of our politicians.
Edit - the US has their own definition of Lieberal as well, for the lying left wingers.
Freshmans week at an Ontario University. The week consists of social events, teambuilding exercises, some hazing, partying, and orientation tours of the campus.
In Canada, It's an internship for 4 or 8 months which is paid. The student is required to write up a work term report on a project completed during the term for academic grades.
It's a group of people who's eyes were saved by their safety eyewear.
The company newsletter called it the Wise Owl Club, and features of the damaged eyewear.
You can be a machinist or a mechanic and get struck in the face with a projectile. Underground workers could get hit by fragments of rock.
The owl is famous for it's large eyes.
A search on Google books shows would of in print in 1922, so it's almost a hundred years old now.
To me, the Googlefight results are a way of quantifying the relative use of a phrase. I feel that when the usage becomes 1:1, it's no longer an uncommon way of spelling, and that the language has evolved, much to the dismay of 'strict grammarians' who cling to their Strunk and White.
"There are many Languages not reduced to any Rules of Grammar to this Day ; and before Mr Alex Gill Ben Johnson and Dost Wallis few undertook any Thing of this Nature for the English Tongue ; and one may almost dare to affirm the same of the German and other Languages of Europe and indeed it is a difficult Task to confine a living Language to Fetters and Chains which will assert its Liberty in Spight of Criticks and Grammarians "
alexz commented on the word dilbit
Seen on the Colbert Report - dilbit is Diluted Bitumen.
May 22, 2013
alexz commented on the word RTC
abvreviation for Road Traffic Collision.
Seen in a news story where a driver ran over a cyclist then tweeted about it.
http://jalopnik.com/woman-brags-about-hitting-cyclist-discovers-police-als-509059331
May 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word DFL
abbreviation for Dead F'ing Last. To show up last in a race.
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
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
alexz commented on the word g'joob
Ran into "Goo goo g'joob" on the net.
May 19, 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
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
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
alexz commented on the word dekotora
The decorated Japanese trucks.
May 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word Glasshole
bumped into this word today.
May 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word TARFU
Totally And Royally F'd Up. or Things Are Really F'd Up.
also seen in WW2's Snafu film series. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISUaeLzVMH0
May 12, 2013
alexz commented on the word frikkin
a radio friendly verson of f-ing or freakin
"You mean I actually have frikkin sharks with frikkin laser beams attached to their frikkin heads" - Dr. Evil. http://youtu.be/Pozlp_wnkRk?t=24s
May 12, 2013
alexz commented on the word freakin
short for freaking
May 12, 2013
alexz commented on the word snafu
@CarlosG From 1942 to 45, there was a cartoon reel which had a character named 'Private Snafu'.
http://tiahblog.blogspot.ca/2011_03_01_archive.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Snafu
The first episode had
Situation
Normal
All
... pause...
Fouled
Up
animated in the title. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3fK5SdmJn0
May 12, 2013
alexz commented on the user carletonpaz
I hate spammers with the fury of a thousand suns.
May 11, 2013
alexz commented on the word horizontalization
seen posted by VMWare on LinkedIn.. and it has nothing to do with Craniometry. I like it when old words get a new meaning.
"VMware
“…But I think there's a sense that there's change in the air. And that change is around horizontalization and that change is around software-consuming functionality. We can call it whatever we want. To me, this is the realization of network virtualization.” -Martin Casado, Chief Architect of...more http://ow.ly/kUL6o"
May 11, 2013
alexz commented on the word tarheel
seen on the Colbert Report - May 9, 2013
May 9, 2013
alexz commented on the word holy moley
wonder about the history of this
May 9, 2013
alexz commented on the word Filthydelphia
slang/slur for Philadelphia
nice visual...
May 8, 2013
alexz commented on the word promposal
seen on the Colbert Report , May 7, 2013
May 8, 2013
alexz commented on the list unenthusiastic-interjections
"yeah" - Office Space. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b4n1CDuR64
May 6, 2013
alexz commented on the word door prize
what cyclists call a car door swung open in front of them.
May 5, 2013
alexz commented on the word T-Rex
short for Tyrannosaurus Rex
May 5, 2013
alexz commented on the word theropod
This is one of those words where dictionaries fail users. If you have to look up Theropod, it really doesn't help that the dictionary uses words like " saurischian" "Theropoda" - (nothing like a recursive definition) "Jurassic" "Cretaceous" : "bipedal locomotion, large jaws, and short forelimbs" - finally, after all the jargon they use plain english to describe a T-Rex.
May 5, 2013
alexz commented on the word Jeffersonian
pop culture, the Science headquarters in the TV series Bones.
c. 2013
May 4, 2013
alexz commented on the word lawyer-approved
I think "lawyer approved" means that lawyers will profit heavily from lawsuits.
seen in a 'Pirate Joes' lawsuit article.. http://bc.ctvnews.ca/shopkeeper-sued-for-re-selling-trader-joe-s-products-in-canada-1.1266429#ixzz2SHb7nQHe
May 3, 2013
alexz commented on the word Sars
see SARS
May 3, 2013
alexz commented on the list carlos-words--1
I think your list is fine CarlosG.
May 2, 2013
alexz commented on the word bug-eye
I like the photos that go with this word.
May 2, 2013
alexz commented on the word lmgtfy
let me google that for you
May 1, 2013
alexz commented on the word Anglo-Canadian
An English speaking Canuck.
May 1, 2013
alexz commented on the word congratsturbating
coined by Jon Stewart on the Daily Show - April 29 2013.
May 1, 2013
alexz commented on the word procrasturbating
Procrastination and STOPITORYOUWILLGOBLIND.
seen on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart - April 29, 2013.
May 1, 2013
alexz commented on the word QNX
the QNX operating system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QNX
May 1, 2013
alexz commented on the word qnx
qnx is the name of the embedded operating system which uses a micro kernel. It's used in several embedded systems, but most famously it's used in the Blackberry devices.
May 1, 2013
alexz commented on the word paleofantasy
Paleofantasy was used in last week's Quirks and Quarks show on CBC where they discussed the myth of the Paleo diet.
May 1, 2013
alexz commented on the word COW
in 1994, referred to Cluster of Workstations. Nobody uses this term any more.
Apr 30, 2013
alexz commented on the word Beowulf cluster
First use of Beowulf Cluster in computing: 1994
Looking up the earliest use of 'Beowulf Cluster'.
1 earkt find is 1995 http://books.google.ca/books?id=xSFPAQAAIAAJ
"1995 IEEE Aerospace Applications Conference: Proceedings : February 4--February 11, 1995, Snowmass at Aspen, Colorado, Volumes 1-2"
The Beowulf project was started in 1994 at NASA
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/hpcc/insights/vol7/beowulf.htm
http://esto.nasa.gov/conferences/estc-2002/Papers/A6P6(Dorband).pdf
"In 1994, a team was put together at GSFC to build a
cluster consisting only of commodity hardware (PC’s)
running LINUX, which resulted in the first Beowulf cluster
(later renamed Wiglaf). It consisted of 16 100Mhz 486DX4-
based PC’s. The PC’s were connected with 2 hub-based
Ethernet networks tied together with channel bonding
software so that the 2 networks acted like one network
running at twice the speed. This demonstration cluster
showed that one could utilize commodity hardware to build a
very cost effective, moderately fast computing platform. The
next year a 16 PC cluster, Beowulf II, Hrothgar, based on
100Mhz Pentiums was built and was about 3 times faster, but
also demonstrated a reliability comparable to the previously
mentioned MasPar MP-2"
Apr 30, 2013
alexz commented on the word LI
abbreviation for LinkedIn
Seen in articles about linked in, and in the twitterverse.
Apr 30, 2013
alexz commented on the list linkedin-lexicon
This older article discusses some of the LinkedIn lingo.
http://imonlinkedinnowwhat.com/2008/07/31/im-a-lion-hear-me-roar/
Apr 30, 2013
alexz commented on the word cop shop
also slang in Canada.
Apr 30, 2013
alexz commented on the word hebetude
étudiant
"student" to French
Apr 30, 2013
alexz commented on the word hebetude
the *tude abides http://www.wordnik.com/search/*tude
Apr 30, 2013
alexz commented on the word wooden nutmeg
The wooden nutmeg is apparently the precursor to the wooden nickel.
Seen in print in 1824
The Telescope - Volumes 1-2 - Page 164
books.google.ca/books?id=lGZGAAAAYAAJ
1824 - Read
"An individual in Belmont county, has sold within the last six or eight weeks, seed to the amount of nearly 8300, and we have been informed that some of the wooden nutmeg folks have seized the opportunity of speculating, but instead of ..."
the article mentions a previous 'wooden nutmeg' scam to be outdone by fake tobacco seed scams.
Apr 30, 2013
alexz commented on the word IDK
On LinkedIn, it's the 'I don't know this person' response to a connection request.
Apr 29, 2013
alexz commented on the word LIONS
LinkedIn Open NetworkerS .. see link at LION comments.
Apr 29, 2013
alexz commented on the word LION
LinkedIn Open Networker.
Someone who accepts all LinkedIn requests , and has thousands of connections.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/sulemaan-ahmed/when-should-you-reject-linkedin_b_3162233.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
"Some take a different approach, where they accept LinkedIn invites from anyone located anywhere. For them, size and scale matters and they even have a self-appointed acronym: LIONS (LinkedIn Open Networkers). I'll admit it right now: I'll never be a LION, and don't ever plan to have over 2,000 LinkedIn connections. But why not be LinkedIn LION? It's a pretty fancy term isn't it? "
- Sulemaan Ahmed - Huffington Post April 2013.
Apr 29, 2013
alexz commented on the word wooden nickels
Don't take any wooden nickels.
I suspect that this saying evolved from "Don't take any wooden nutmegs" from page 3 of Punch Magazine c. 1884
http://books.google.ca/books?id=8eZbAAAAQAAJ
another citation
The National Cyclopedia of American Biography: Current volume - Volume 2 - Page 110
books.google.ca/books?id=r-vXAAAAMAAJ
1891 - Snippet view - More editions
"This was accomplished by delivering to any such person a wooden nickel at the time of each visit to the bank. When each customer had accumulated twenty wooden nickels, he could present them at the bank and receive $1.00 in exchange."
Apr 29, 2013
alexz commented on the word slash
In 'text speak' Slash is used to change the topic. As seen on a ted talk.
http://www.ted.com/talks/john_mcwhorter_txtng_is_killing_language_jk.html
Apr 28, 2013
alexz commented on the word Honey-Do
Tweeted by Chris Hadfield on Apr 27, 2013. I've heard this phrase before.
"honey do" refers to chores that your wife wants you to do.
https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/328403799993634816
Apr 28, 2013
alexz commented on the word landfill android
an Android handset made so cheaply, it will soon end up in a landfill. -the Register.
Apr 27, 2013
alexz commented on the list carlos-words--1
thanks for posting brinicle - added to list of ice and snow.
Apr 26, 2013
alexz commented on the word anagram
Here we go... late 16th century.. french Anagramme.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=4A6qaY-NwjoC
Ode sur l'anagramme du nom de tresnoble et tresuertueuse dame, Eleonor de Robertet, femme & compaigne de ... François de Mandelot... (Google eBook)
André Rossant, Coste
0 Reviews
1578 - 8 pages
Eleonor de Robertet
is an anagram of
L'or de Bonte te redore.
Apr 25, 2013
alexz commented on the word The Cleve
a nickname for Cleveland. Wikipedia agrees, not like that's a legit source.
Apr 25, 2013
alexz commented on the word devop
Today, I discovered the word Devop, as 2 people at a conference had that as a job title.
"I'm a Devop at a studio that does network infrastructure"
"linux admin/ devops guy."
In looking this new term up, I found an article about devops
http://www.itworld.com/development/121703/the-new-type-programmer-devop
Part developer, part sysop.
bonus points - devop isn't on Urbandictionary yet.
Apr 23, 2013
alexz commented on the word instagrammarian
a quick search shows this word is already on the net so I'm not coining it... is it an instant grammarian? An instagram grammarian? A funny way of saying instagrammer? :)
are there instagrammarnazi's?
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word l4l
instagram - like for like
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word instagrammar
instagram grammar
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word Instagrameras
instagram and cameras - from Wired magazine article on Instagram. April 2013
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word follow
instagram and twitter usage - to subscribe to a person's pictures, status updates, tweets.
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word BBG
instagram tag: best bunch of girls
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word jj
instagram usage: stands for Josh Johnson, a popular photographer. circa 2013
see: http://connect.dpreview.com/post/1415592769/what-is-jj-tag-on-instagram
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word instago
an instagram tag left by the instago iphone app. a contrived term. circa 2013.
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word IGers
another form of 'instagrammer' , someone who uses instagram.
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word food porn
instagrammar - pictures of food
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word cloudporn
instagrammar - pictures of clouds
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word picstitch
instagram - the name of an iphone app that makes mosaic images.
When you see the word instatitch, you get a mosaic of pictures.
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word iphonesia
instagram: this means they're posting from Indonesia
edit iPhone + Indonesia
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word s-o
instagram - short for "shoutout"
This should look like s forwardslash s s/s
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word statigram
a photo from your desktop pc.
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word KIK
a mistyped LOL from having your left hand off one key to the left.
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word FOTD
"face of the day"
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word OOTD
"outfit of the day"
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word OOMF
"one of my friends"
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word SFS
instagram: shoutout for shoutout
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word nofilter
a picture created with no filters.
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word Igers
instagrammers , people who use instagram.
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word Iger
Instagrammer - someone who instagrams or uses instagram
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word bfflll
best friends for life life life
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word #tbt
means Throwback Thursday
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word IG
also means Instagram
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the list instaglotton--1
Some sources - wikipedia, and the Instagrammar (Instagram Dictionary) video on Youtube. 8QmuV5bMfaw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QmuV5bMfaw
it seems that vid was reciting these instagram terms http://www.arikhanson.com/2012/12/11/the-ultimate-instagram-hash-tag-cheat-sheet/
and the following search: "what does" and "mean on instagram"
Also, this site lists the top 100 used tags.
http://web.stagram.com/hot/
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word cryptocurrency
Word seen on a Wired article about Bitcoin.
In the Bitcoin example, cryptocurrency is a currency that relies on Cryptography for its value.
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word &
found an early form of & in Sir Isaac Newton's math book which handles infinite series.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=z-RJAAAAMAAJ
page xiii
circa 1745.
I'll keep an eye out for earlier versions.
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word twotter
Urbandictionary has this as " DeHavilland Twin Otter (DHC-6) aircraft"
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word fashionista
An Atlantic article about the person who invented 'Fashionista'
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/04/i-apologize-for-inventing-the-word-fashionista-20-years-ago/275048/
Apr 21, 2013
alexz commented on the word stairmageddon
seen on 'The Office'. Season 9, Episode 19
the situation of the elevator not working must be equated to the end of the world.
Apr 19, 2013
alexz commented on the word macroscopicity
It's how 'big' something is on the quantum physics scale.
http://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.160403
The Stanford Linear Accellerator (SLAC) people tweeted : https://twitter.com/SLAClab/status/325301547238047744
"SLAC @SLAClab 9h
Is "macroscopicity" even a word? "Synopsis: Quantum-ness Put on the Scale" http://bit.ly/104mzQn via @APSPhysicsEd"
it appears yes, it is a word, used in science.
Soviet Physics: Solid state - Volume 3, Part 1 - Page 27
Google Results:
books.google.ca/books?id=OdHyAAAAMAAJ
1961 - Snippet view - More editions
Furthermore, as in the case of dislocations these difficulties can sometimes be overcome by using the macroscopicity of the number of captured electrons. In actual fact, if the charge of the holes per unit of dislocation length is small compared ...
Apr 19, 2013
alexz commented on the word nofollow
A lot of blogs and message boards automatically add 'nofollow' to user submitted links to help prevent spammers from benefitting from blog spam.
OpenStreetMap implemented 'nofollow' and it reduced comment spam a bit, but the dumber spammers out there will continue to waste their time. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow
Apr 19, 2013
alexz commented on the word twitception
A Twitter concept plus the concept of the movie Inception (movie about dreams within dreams within dreams, where things get recursive.)
Ricky Gervais on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart - April 17, 2013.
"Today, on the the way here in the car, I tweeted, 'If no-one retweets this, I will give ten thousand pounds to charity' Hundreds of tweets, right. I said, I said, 'You're not listening. OK. If not one person retweets this, I'll give 15,000 dollars to charity.' right. 500 retweets . And then other people are going, 'Your followers are all idiots!', so I'm retweeting THAT! It's. It's like twitception, it's amazing."
Apr 18, 2013
alexz commented on the list twitterverse
Twitter has a glosssary
Also, there are dictionaries of twitterisms.
http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/Twitter_Dictionary_Guide.asp
support.twitter.com/groups/31-twitter-basics/topics/104-welcome-to-twitter-support/articles/166337-the-twitter-glossary
Apr 17, 2013
alexz commented on the word lawyer tabs
These are ridges on the bottom of a bicycle fork which prevent a loose wheel from slipping out of a fork.
People 'file their lawyer tabs' in that they file down the ridges to they can change wheels faster, but this results in a front fork which can eject a loose front wheel.
Apr 17, 2013
alexz commented on the word boofhead
i like this word.
Apr 17, 2013
alexz commented on the word wheelbuilding
the act of assembling a bicycle wheel. typically adding a rim and spokes to a hub, and then adding a casette or freewheel, and disk brakes.
Apr 17, 2013
alexz commented on the word Gentri-verse
The Gentri-verse was coined in 2010.
Apr 16, 2013
alexz commented on the list redditum-vocabularum
I don't know what the deal is with 'bacon' or 'ents'
ok.. found out some of the meanings on Urban Dictionary and at http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeanders/2012/10/31/reddit-and-random-acts-of-pizza/
Apr 13, 2013
alexz commented on the word fixin
also, food items
from the usage examples
“And the McDonald's numbers include the burgers 'fixin's.”
Apr 13, 2013
alexz commented on the word blam
"blog spam"
Apr 13, 2013
alexz commented on the word spamdexing
indeed, spamdexing
Apr 12, 2013
alexz commented on the word 2 and 1
2 creams, 1 sugar.
The lexicon of Tim's has one ordering the number of creams and the number of sugars
Apr 12, 2013
alexz commented on the word Rihannaing
Women posing pantless to mimic Rihanna c. 2013.
http://ca.eonline.com/news/406703/rihanna-inspires-pantless-hockey-pride-in-new-photo-meme-called-what-else-rihannaing?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories
Apr 10, 2013
alexz commented on the word gyal
Caribbean slang for girls / gals
seeb in a Rihanna tweet - 2013
Apr 10, 2013
alexz commented on the word Legionnaire's
"proper form" is for prescriptivists.
http://youtu.be/tpeLSMKNFO4?t=1m53s
Apr 9, 2013
alexz commented on the word Legionnaire's
a short form of Legionnaire's disease
Apr 9, 2013
alexz commented on the word Portlander
someone from Portland Oregon.
Apr 9, 2013
alexz commented on the word nukular
if we have palinpropisms, then we can have bushpropisms. A funny way of spelling nuclear.
Apr 8, 2013
alexz commented on the word sizzurp
from the 'examples' section.
" “Made popular by the late DJ Screw, and by legendary rap ground Three 6 Mafia, 'purple drank', aka 'sizzurp' is considered a recreational drug made by mixing medicated cough syrup containing codeine with soda and Jolly Rancher candy to enhance the taste.” Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post "
Apr 8, 2013
alexz commented on the word duct-taped
describing something which is fastened with duct tape.
Apr 8, 2013
alexz commented on the word wheelsucking
drafting on a bike wheel sucking
Apr 8, 2013
alexz commented on the word wheel sucking
drafting on a bike behind another bike for the aerodynamic advantage
related term - wheel sucker
Apr 8, 2013
alexz commented on the word hopey-changey
from Carlos words, this would be a palinpropism
Apr 7, 2013
alexz commented on the word Easter Bunny
Before we had the Easter Bunny, it was called the Easter Hare.
according to wikipedia, the Germans called it the Osterhase (Easter Hare)
This 1789 song book depicts a picture of a Osterhase with a basket of eggs.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=Ae9CAAAAcAAJ
Apr 6, 2013
alexz commented on the word Easter egg
Easter eggs are found in the Lexicon Tetraglotton http://books.google.ca/books?id=PCtWAAAAYAAJ James Howell 1660
"I'le warrant you for an egg at Easter."
More about easter eggs and easter bunnies found here... http://books.google.ca/books?id=lU0BAAAAQAAJ
1870 Book about Easter Eggs. and the history.
Apr 6, 2013
alexz commented on the word easter egg
Easter eggs are found in the Lexicon Tetraglotton http://books.google.ca/books?id=PCtWAAAAYAAJ James Howell 1660
"I'le warrant you for an egg at Easter."
Apr 6, 2013
alexz commented on the word daddy long legs
It's a cellar spider... aka daddy longlegs
Apr 6, 2013
alexz commented on the word Bitcoin
a unit of online currency, which in 2013, is being traded for actual currency, and accepted by online businesses
Apr 6, 2013
alexz commented on the word ameliorate
just saw this word today http://m.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/06/silent_circle_private_email_expansion/ "None of them were serious, and all of them were fixed or ameliorated."
Apr 6, 2013
alexz commented on the word takedown
"Movie bosses demand Google take down takedown notices"
http://m.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/05/google_takedown_notice_links/
Apr 6, 2013
alexz commented on the word night crawlers
a further search engine search doesn't seem to have 'night crawler' used much for weather other than this CBC weather report.
Apr 6, 2013
alexz commented on the word biguous
Used on the TV Show 'The Big Bang Theory' April 4 2013.
as seen in the tweets ""Well now it's biguous, what you going to do about it?"
Apr 5, 2013
alexz commented on the word rain-maker
Also from the CBC, a rainmaker is a cloud that produces rain.
http://www.cbc.ca/vancouverweather/mt/2013/04/rain-round-1-over-round-2-starts-tonight-luckily-the-systems-are-mainly-night-crawlersapril-5th.html
from the examples listed, it's also a term used by CNN for a storm that drops rain.
Apr 5, 2013
alexz commented on the word night crawlers
From the CBC, a description of a night-time storm.
http://www.cbc.ca/vancouverweather/mt/2013/04/rain-round-1-over-round-2-starts-tonight-luckily-the-systems-are-mainly-night-crawlersapril-5th.html
from the tweets, it appears to also mean
'night people'.
and bugs that crawl in the night.
a quick Bing search, reveals night crawlers are earthworms. nightcrawler
Apr 5, 2013
alexz commented on the word multi-multiverse
A multiverse made up of multi-multiverses
ie, take a bubble multiverse, and each of those bubble multiverses will be a brane in a multi-multiverse.
as seen on Minute Physics video on multiverses http://youtu.be/Ywn2Lz5zmYg?t=3m30s
Apr 5, 2013
alexz commented on the word Legion
In Canada, the Legion refers to
- The Royal Canadian Legion - a group of people who have been in the Canadian Military.
- The Legion Hall - the building which houses the Legion club, and has social events as well as alcoholic drinks.
"He went down to the legion with the boys and bought a round."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Legion
Apr 5, 2013
alexz commented on the word dome
slang for a person's skull.
Apr 5, 2013
alexz commented on the word chrome
The Surreyjack lingo: chrome refers to Steel Reserve beer in a 40 oz bottle with a silver sticker.
Apr 5, 2013
alexz commented on the word Surreyjack
A slang term referring to a 'gangster' wannabe in Surrey BC.
This video "How to talk like a Surreyjack" actually accurately captures the Surreyjack lingo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enC5LPSP40g
I'll try to verify some of these localisms.
Apr 4, 2013
alexz commented on the word Insite
Short for Injection Site - a center where people can shoot up drugs using clean needles in a medically supervised site.
Apr 4, 2013
alexz commented on the word AGF
Vancouverism - Anti Gentrification Front - 2013
Apr 4, 2013
alexz commented on the word two thumbs up
I grew up with the Siskel and Ebert movie reviews on PBS and the good movies received a two thumbs up review.
Apr 4, 2013
alexz commented on the word deskclump
seen this on "The Office"
"Finally someone at my desk clump who gets me" - Dwight.
looking this up online shows 'desk clump' and 'desk-clump'
an island of desks in an open office
Apr 4, 2013
alexz commented on the word binged
As much as Microsoft want's Bing to be a common verb, not many people are saying they 'binged the answer', but there are some citations (2) of that, according to Google.
Apr 3, 2013
alexz commented on the word breaks
indeed bilby.
Taking your example, and extending it to a sentence form, it's clear that everyone has really been saying 'this is bulls hit'.
p.s. add quotes around phrases. :)
Apr 1, 2013
alexz commented on the word breaks
"my brakes failed" versus "my breaks failed" , the strict grammarians will find Google's statistics interesting.. http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=my+brakes+failed&word2=my+breaks+failed
spoiler alert "my breaks failed" wins by a ratio of 18 to 1.
Apr 1, 2013
alexz commented on the list words-for-ice
A timbit is a like a small bite of a donut.
In donut making, the 'bread' style donuts are cut out in ring shapes and allowed to rise in a proofing oven. The inner 'holes' are seperated out and allowed to rise as little ball shapes and then deep fried.
So a timbit tastes like a mini donut. Having been to Australia and eating TimTams once, timtams are like a chocolate/sugary treat.
Also, April Fools on the literary prize.
Apr 1, 2013
alexz commented on the list words-for-ice
I'm proud to say that I've been awarded the Canadian Heritage TimBit award for documenting these over 600 words for ice and snow. I was snowed in for 7 weeks, and had this list to occupy my time during those darkest days of winter.
Apr 1, 2013
alexz commented on the list i-can-haz-cheezeburgerisms
k. Most of these words are found by clicking a lolcat'ism, and seeing the tweets associated with these. The 'examples under "kitteh", "kthxbai", "bunneh" reveal more lolcat'isms than I ever expected.
"adn" seems to bring up a gold mine of words.
Mar 31, 2013
alexz commented on the list i-can-haz-cheezeburgerisms
It appears that lolcat'eze was predicted by T. K. Nupton / Max BeerBohm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_Soames
http://www.fullbooks.com/Enoch-Soames.html "Inglish Littracher 1890-1900
Ironically, it has Enoch going 100 years into the future, to where we currently are, and we're now documenting these exact words.
'From page 234 of "Inglish Littracher 1890-1900" bi T. K. Nupton,
publishd bi th Stait, 1992.
Fr egzarmpl, a riter ov th time, naimed Max Beerbohm, hoo woz
stil alive in th twentith senchri, rote a stauri in wich e pautraid an
immajnari karrakter kauld "Enoch Soames"--a thurd-rait poit hoo beleevz
imself a grate jeneus an maix a bargin with th Devvl in auder ter no wot
posterriti thinx ov im! It iz a sumwot labud sattire, but not without vallu
az showing hou seriusli the yung men ov th aiteen-ninetiz took
themselvz. Nou that th littreri profeshn haz bin auganized az a departmnt
of publik servis, our riters hav found their levvl an hav lernt ter doo their
duti without thort ov th morro. "Th laibrer iz werthi ov hiz hire" an that
iz aul. Thank hevvn we hav no Enoch Soameses amung us to-dai!
Mar 31, 2013
alexz commented on the word girl friday
sorry, today is caturday
Mar 30, 2013
alexz commented on the word limousine
The January 1927 Popular Mechanics - page 74 confirms that Limousine comes from the word Limousin, which is a region of France.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=sNgDAAAAMBAJ
Mar 30, 2013
alexz commented on the word swimaerobics
aka aqua aerobics, water aerobics, and swim aerobics
doing aerobic exercises in the water.
Mar 28, 2013
alexz commented on the word stylomania
August 1797 The Scots Magazine. Volume 59 page 531 http://books.google.ca/books?id=vj4oAAAAYAAJ
"Since this -shall I call it Stylomania, seized my family, the whole house has been metamorphosed in the strangest manner. My old friends have deserted me and why? Because I can't give them a plain dinner as I used to do, a joint and a pudding, and a bottle of the right old fort, a kind of diet which, as one of them used to say, was what a man could eat and understand - but forsooth. I must now have a dozen dishes with strange names, and three or four kinds of wine that don't deserve that name at all, a change of plates at every mouthful, till dinner has become both a fatigue and a riddle - and ail this, because I am over-persuaded to do things in style; "
Mar 28, 2013
alexz commented on the word meameamealokkapoowa oompa
From what I can tell, this word was invented by 1 person, and shows up on his website and a user editable wikia page.
The mathematician is listed on an anarchy website.
http://eng.anarchopedia.org/Jonathan_Bowers#Googol.2C_giggol_and_gaggol_groups
This Large Number has been deleted by wikipedia 4 times already.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=Meameamealokkapoowa_Oompa
This would be a great word for April 1st, if you know what I mean. :)
Mar 28, 2013
alexz commented on the word myriad
Greek number for 10,000 - Wolfram Alpha.
Mar 28, 2013
alexz commented on the word firecrap
I first saw this word on the BikeSnob blog. This blog has several new words created every week.
" Fred presents his USA Cycling license when he buys a Zippp Spud Wankery Firecrap Crabon wheelset with drug testing surcharge built into the already ridiculous price:" http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.ca/2013/03/this-just-in-riding-bike-makes-you.html
Zipp makes a "Carbon Clincher FireCrest Road Bike Wheelset Cycling Wheels" which is selling for 2000 dollars on eBay.
So "Firecrap" is a word that pokes a little fun at the Firecrest name.
Zipp named the Firecrest after a bird for it's aerodynamic properties.
Mar 27, 2013
alexz commented on the word marriage
The Universal Etymological Dictionary from 1675 uses the word 'marriage' in it's definitions of words, but doesn't define marriage
http://books.google.ca/books?id=CFBGAAAAYAAJ&q=marriage
So this whole 'marriage definition' problem is Nathan Bailey's fault.
Mar 27, 2013
alexz commented on the list really--really-large-numbers
well, the number bazillion is there....
has anyone seriously used any of the googolplexian numbers in a sentence?
asking Wolfram Alpha what the largest noninfinite number is, gives some transinifinite numbers... aleph-naught , aleph-one and the Beth numbers. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=largest+noninfinite+number
Also, Wolfram Alpha gives some results to 'what are some really really big numbers'. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=what+are+some+very+large+numbers
dibs on googolzillion
edit - removed link to the 'infinity scrapers' site, as it may be a list of made up words (ie, web pages can be created by anyone, and a wikia page can be edited by anyone)
before we add 'meameamealokkapoowa oompa ' , I noticed that wikipedia has deleted the entry 4 times already...http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=Meameamealokkapoowa_Oompa so , is this large number website and large number wikia entries a hoax? The term seems to only show up on user edited pages.
Mar 27, 2013
alexz commented on the list really--really-large-numbers
in your quest for obscure 'big numbers' you forgot the humble 'trillion'. :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_large_numbers
What about fanciful 'large numbers'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indefinite_and_fictitious_numbers
like Brazillion
Would you say that I have a Plethora of Pinatas?
Mar 27, 2013
alexz commented on the word pregzilla
saw this word on the TV show Seed, (CityTV) Season 1, episode 8, just before first commercial break.
It seems to mean a high maintenance pregnant woman.
"because I don't want you to be more of a pregzilla than you already are"
Mar 27, 2013
alexz commented on the list inedible-bugs
bugbear unless you shoot it and barbecue it.
Mar 26, 2013
alexz commented on the user Buzzjazz
In the monkey example, there's the word 'love' on the top right.
Mar 26, 2013
alexz commented on the user Buzzjazz
you type a word in the search box, and select search... in my case I searched for monkey
on that word's page, below the etymology and stuff, is the lists that the word will be on.
At the bottom of the list of lists is a faint 'new list'.
Click the 'new list'
Then you get a Name field for the new list's name, and a description.
These can be edited later if you need to update the description.
Mar 26, 2013
alexz commented on the word chrissakes
This word has been around for decades.
Mar 25, 2013
alexz commented on the list sci-fi-worthy
Time travel paradox
Mar 24, 2013
alexz commented on the list x-up-or-x-down
http://www.wordnik.com/search/*down to the rescue.
Mar 22, 2013
alexz commented on the list english-words-derived-from-hindi
looking at a Hindi word list, mortar and cement is in English and Hindi. Looking at the etymology for these 2 words, would these have Indian roots? Or would they just have a common root from another source?
Mar 22, 2013
alexz commented on the word thinking cap
All this talk of 'thinking caps'.
The earliest thinking cap I found was 1839 http://books.google.ca/books?id=XaXQAAAAMAAJ
The New Yorker, volume 7 page 317.
Mar 20, 2013
alexz commented on the list words-for-ice
Princeton has a list of the inuit words for snow.
http://www.princeton.edu/~browning/snow.html
Mar 20, 2013
alexz commented on the list words-for-ice
BBC article mentioned 'Ice Blades' on Europa, and penitents spelled as penitentes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21341176
Mar 20, 2013
alexz commented on the list list-of-dictionaries
Lexicon Technicum x. 1725 John Harris.
a technical dictionary. This book contains Isaac Newton's theory of the moon. (in the moon section) Contains all the science and arts terms of the day. Also has nice pictures. http://books.google.ca/books?id=0GdEAAAAcAAJ
The definition on Earthquakes is quite good: spoiler alert - Ocean Rising was totally predicted back then.
Mar 20, 2013
alexz commented on the word muiltivibrator
in electronics, it's related to a flip-flop circuit.
Mar 19, 2013
alexz commented on the list list-of-dictionaries
Dictionary of Newfoundland English - onlne - Government of Newfoundland.
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/
Mar 17, 2013
alexz commented on the word SkyTrain
New Zealand uses the Skytrain word to refer to an airline connection. Bangkok has a light rail transit system with the name.
Mar 16, 2013
alexz commented on the word dwy
dwy found in http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/azindex/pages/1472.html
Mar 16, 2013
alexz commented on the list canadianisms
There's a 'dictionary of newfoundland terms' presented by the Newfoundland government.
http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/azindex/a.html
For Researchers, you may want to look up Bill Casselman's book on Canadianism's.
http://www.booksforbusiness.com/reference/canadian-words-sayings/
I came by his book looking up Newfoundland food, found scrunchings, and looking up scrunchings had some of his books.
Another Bill's book.
http://openlibrary.org/works/OL581747W/Canadian_words_sayings
Wiki'edia's Canadian French differences.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_French_lexicon
interestings.
Mar 16, 2013
alexz commented on the word zipper
Zipper for the fastener goes back to 1911. Trade mark Reporter, Volume 32, page 485
http://books.google.ca/books?id=81IuAAAAIAAJ
Mar 16, 2013
alexz commented on the word SkyTrain
SkyTrain used to be a Canadian Only Canadianism, but other countries are adopting the elevated rail format.
Mar 16, 2013
alexz commented on the word Belus
Canadian Slang for partnerships between Bell and Telus communication companies.
also Bellus
To find citations of this, search for Belus Bell Telus
Mar 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word Lieberal
This would be a Lying Liberal, and by Liberal, we mean someone in the Liberal political party, and not the "left wing person with no shame" definition.
In Canada, we make fun of our politicians.
Edit - the US has their own definition of Lieberal as well, for the lying left wingers.
Mar 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word EngSoc
University of Waterloo's engineering Society
Mar 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word Frosh week
Freshmans week at an Ontario University. The week consists of social events, teambuilding exercises, some hazing, partying, and orientation tours of the campus.
Mar 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word Frosh
In Ontario, it is a Freshman, or 1st year student at University.
Mar 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word work term
a 4 or 8 month internship as part of a University co-op program.
Mar 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word co-op student
a student on a co-op work term.
Mar 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word co-op
In Canada, It's an internship for 4 or 8 months which is paid. The student is required to write up a work term report on a project completed during the term for academic grades.
Mar 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word crocbush
totally made up word,
means Croquembouche
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croquembouche
Mar 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word Lake Woebegon
This is a fictional town.
Mar 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word wobbegong
Sharks in Lake Woebegone confirmed.
Mar 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word Wise Owl Club
This is an industrial safety club where membership requires the person's vision to have been saved by safety eyewear.
Started in 1948 National Car and Foundry Company, St. Louis. and then sponsored by the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19781031&id=DydJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rgUNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1104,6858962
Mar 14, 2013
alexz commented on the list mining-terms
It's a group of people who's eyes were saved by their safety eyewear.
The company newsletter called it the Wise Owl Club, and features of the damaged eyewear.
You can be a machinist or a mechanic and get struck in the face with a projectile. Underground workers could get hit by fragments of rock.
The owl is famous for it's large eyes.
Found a citation for 'Wise Owl Club' going back to 1968, so it's an industry wide thing.
http://www.ijo.in/article.asp?issn=0301-4738;year=1968;volume=16;issue=4;spage=172;epage=175;aulast=Rajan
Mar 14, 2013
alexz commented on the list coal-mining-terms
totally need a canary in this list
Mar 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word appless
I think it's to have no apps.
Mar 14, 2013
alexz commented on the list mining-terms
I worked in a Nickel mine for a few co-op work terms, so I remember some words, and some words came back after reading the mining wiki.
Mar 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word beyond Hope
a Vancouverite's term for places east of Hope BC.
Mar 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word belly bender
this is an archaic word for ice which bends as you walk on it.
Mar 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word unicode
Unicode
Mar 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word gunnite
Similar to shotcrete
tweets sometimes spell this as gunite
Mar 13, 2013
alexz commented on the word would of
In using Google to compare 'would have gotten' to 'would of gotten' , I find that there's a 1:1 ratio in the use of Would Have compared to Would Of.
http://googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=would+of+gotten&word2=would+have+gotten
A search on Google books shows would of in print in 1922, so it's almost a hundred years old now.
To me, the Googlefight results are a way of quantifying the relative use of a phrase. I feel that when the usage becomes 1:1, it's no longer an uncommon way of spelling, and that the language has evolved, much to the dismay of 'strict grammarians' who cling to their Strunk and White.
Mar 13, 2013
alexz commented on the word living language
I came across this from 1731 page ii http://books.google.ca/books?id=okUBAAAAMAAJ
"There are many Languages not reduced to any Rules of Grammar to this Day ; and before Mr Alex Gill Ben Johnson and Dost Wallis few undertook any Thing of this Nature for the English Tongue ; and one may almost dare to affirm the same of the German and other Languages of Europe and indeed it is a difficult Task to confine a living Language to Fetters and Chains which will assert its Liberty in Spight of Criticks and Grammarians "
Mar 12, 2013