at the bar, the wingman provides support by telling ladies what an awesome guy you are, and intercepting the lady's friends who interfere with a pick-up attempt.
From the usage, it seems to refer to Hasidic people.
I think it's the more popular version of spelling Hassidim Googlefight and Google Ngram trends seem to agree on this.
For the Mars Rover team, it refers to features created by the wind.
'At first glance, it might seem obvious that it was through the action of flowing water (fluvial), but the Curiosity team needs to rule out the possibility that these rocks were deposited by the wind (aeolian) or by some kind of surge, such as the fast-moving clouds of gas and rock that will often plummet down the sides of particular types of volcano (a pyroclastic surge).
The Reg and it's fondness and overuse of this word aside, the term podule predates the ARM based chips in the definition above, it also refers to PCMCIA modems in the 90's, books.google.ca/books?id=cPNIAQAAIAAJ
Airplane parts in the 20th century, - books.google.ca/books?id=etQ9AQAAIAAJ
module of a ship - books.google.ca/books?id=6aPxAAAAMAAJ
'pod' architecture in the 70's books.google.ca/books?id=SdtOAAAAYAAJ
Morons from Outer Space (1985) had space podules.
Virgin Galactic's Spaceship2 has podules
podule popup hotel rooms - mini hotels on a trailer.
car catacombs - better known as a scrap yard.
Used by Jon Stewart on the Daily Show June 5 2013 when describing New Jersey
".. Historic cartacombs and amber waves of pizza..."
totally contrived
This usually refers to someone who boobytraps a trail making it dangerous for other users.
In general, it's a person who is on a mission to prevent other trail users from using a trail either from personal conflict or through making alterations to the trail to the detriment of the other users.
2003 citation - North Shore bulletin boards http://bb.nsmb.com/archive/index.php?t-24529.html "Trail Nazi has struck"
There may be an early citation in the 1996 Mountain Bikers Almanac - Inc Grant Wolf -
OED says 'ew' goes back to 1978. A quick Google search says it's in 1949 Dr. Seuss's - Bartholomew and the Oobleck.. but I don't have a copy of that book. I think it's worth checking this book for the word 'eww'.
Anyways, the OED needs to watch some movies.
http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0021168/quotes "Richard: Eww. A tragic relation to begin with. I only hope he's not one of those method actors that who scratches and mumbles and pauses a lot, thereby destroying the impeccable rhythm of the author's prose. " 1964
When I was in University in Ontario, it was the drinking of 100 beers in 100 minutes. This is dangerous as it's drinking over 12 beers in an hour and a half.
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 "
alexz commented on the list fight-scene-words
allons-y! - Doctor Who.
food fight! - Animal House
on my mark ; fire ; launch photon torpedoes; - Star Trek
Jun 18, 2013
alexz commented on the word Abenomics
Refers to the Japanese economy under Shinzo Abe. http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21579464-third-arrow-reform-has-fallen-well-short-its-target-time-shinzo-abe-rethink-not
Jun 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word barfbag
oh, air travel.
Jun 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word McBarge
The McBarge was the floating McDonalds restaurant at Expo 86 in Vancouver. It's been forgotten since.
News story on the McBarge http://globalnews.ca/video/638112/remember-mcbarge/
Jun 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word armrest
on an airplane, it's a battle zone of the elbows to see who gets the armrest.
Jun 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word red eye
in air travel, it's an overnight flight.
An example is a flight that leaves Vancouver at 11PM, flies for 5 hours to Toronto to arrive at 7 AM.
Jun 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word table tray
the small flip down tray which drops down from the back of the seat in front of you which you are expected to eat an in-flight meal on.
Jun 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word unreclinable
on an airplane, the worst seat in cattle class is sometimes the back middle unreclinable seat at the back of the plane, near the smelly toilets.
Jun 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word wingman
at the bar, the wingman provides support by telling ladies what an awesome guy you are, and intercepting the lady's friends who interfere with a pick-up attempt.
Jun 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word call button
a button for a passenger or patient to call a stewardess or health car provider.
Jun 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word cattle-class
the deplorable and cramped conditions in the 'coach class' section of an airplane.
Jun 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word carry-on bag
A bag designed to fit into the small storage spaces of an airplane. A carry-on bag is carried onto the plane by a passenger and not checked in.
Jun 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word airport code
a 3 or 4 letter sequence specific to a particular airport.
Jun 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word baggage cart
A cart that you put your suitcases and bags on, typically at an airport.
Jun 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word de-icer
a chemical used to remove ice from an airplane or a car locks - typically propylene glycol for airplanes, and alcohol based chemicals for cars.
Jun 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word non-rev
An airline term for 'non revenue'. Airline staff fly for free, so their trips are non-revenue.
Travellers are called 'non-revs'
Jun 15, 2013
alexz commented on the word Hasidim
the lower case version of this word is listed.
From the usage, it seems to refer to Hasidic people.
I think it's the more popular version of spelling Hassidim
Googlefight and Google Ngram trends seem to agree on this.
http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=hasidim%2Chassidim&year_start=1800&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=
http://googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=hasidim&word2=hassidim
early citations of this word go back to 1656 - according to a Google book search, and was used in the French and Latin texts as well.
1672 Citation : The Court of the Gentiles http://books.google.ca/books?id=nnBJCHZjzXMC p. 155
Jun 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word FDNY
Fire Department of New York
Jun 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word nannyopolis
This word seen on The Colbert Report referring to New York City and how you can't get a large pop. June 12 2013.
From nanny state and metropolis.
Jun 14, 2013
alexz commented on the word skeuomorphism
Save the skeomorph! http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22840833
Jun 13, 2013
alexz commented on the word wowza
wowza or wowsa.. I think the first is more common.
Jun 12, 2013
alexz commented on the word lamp black
a cursory check with googlefight hints that more people use the term "lamp black" over "lampblack"
http://googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=%22lamp+black%22&word2=%22lampblack%22
Jun 11, 2013
alexz commented on the word ADB
Apple Desktop Bus - 1986 to 1998. Apple's serial connection to it's mice devices.
Jun 10, 2013
alexz commented on the word Think Different
This goes back to Apple's 1984 Macintosh commerical.
Jun 10, 2013
alexz commented on the word three fingered salute
Also a Mac User'ism for Command-Control-Power
For PC users, it's Control-Alt-Delete
Jun 10, 2013
alexz commented on the word Three Fingered Death Grip
Also refers to pressing Command-Control-Power on a Mac.
Jun 10, 2013
alexz commented on the word Vulcan Nerve Pinch
slang for Apple users hitting Command-Control-Power at the same time.
Also refers to Star Trek's Spock disabling enemies with one hand pressed to the neck.
Jun 10, 2013
alexz commented on the word death grip
for the iPhone critics, it refers to Apple users holding their phones wrong which caused reception issues in the iPhone4
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/01/death_grip_research/
Jun 10, 2013
alexz commented on the word Newton
for the 'Apple' reference, the Newton was a Personal Digital Assistant PDA circa 1987-1998
Jun 10, 2013
alexz commented on the word WWDC
World Wide Developers Conference
Jun 10, 2013
alexz commented on the word downstaters
to be added to list of Americanisms
Jun 9, 2013
alexz commented on the word katty corner
southern US version of kitty corner
Jun 9, 2013
alexz commented on the word kitty corner
Northern US and Canada
Jun 9, 2013
alexz commented on the word It's mines
local version of "it's mine"
"... And never ever "it's mines." I am a native Californian who teaches in California and had never heard anybody say, "It's mines," until I taught in Littlerock or Palmdale or Lancaster, CA. ..." - Carolnoel on LinkedIn.
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130609130800-5670386-do-you-call-it-soda-or-pop?trk=tod-home-art-mini_2
Jun 9, 2013
alexz commented on the word yinz guys
you guys
Jun 9, 2013
alexz commented on the word sweettea
This is all one word in the South Eastern USA.
Jun 9, 2013
alexz commented on the word Chesterfield
Canadians still call a couch a 'Chesterfield' even if it's not that brand name.
Jun 9, 2013
alexz commented on the word the Yukon
In general, everyone calls Yukon "The Yukon" even though it's technically like calling Canada 'The Canada', France 'The France' or USA 'The USA'
Jun 9, 2013
alexz commented on the word sodapop
Here's an article which maps out Soda versus Pop
Crayfish versus Crawfish versus Crawdad
Y'all versus You versus You All
Coleslaw versus Slaw
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130609130800-5670386-do-you-call-it-soda-or-pop?trk=tod-home-art-mini_2
What is interesting is the comments in that article - in New Zealand, it's called Fizzy.
Jun 9, 2013
alexz commented on the word VAWT
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
- related to Aeolian
Jun 9, 2013
alexz commented on the word HAWT
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine -
related to Aeolian
also slang for 'hot' - in the physical attractiveness sense.
Jun 9, 2013
alexz commented on the word Aeolian
For the Mars Rover team, it refers to features created by the wind.
'At first glance, it might seem obvious that it was through the action of flowing water (fluvial), but the Curiosity team needs to rule out the possibility that these rocks were deposited by the wind (aeolian) or by some kind of surge, such as the fast-moving clouds of gas and rock that will often plummet down the sides of particular types of volcano (a pyroclastic surge).
"Aeolian. That's the one you always have to falsify on Mars because it's a windy planet," says Prof Grotzinger. '
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22402849
Jun 9, 2013
alexz commented on the list adjectives-ending-in-id
is it cheating to use z*id in the search terms to find odd words like zebroid xiphoid
Jun 9, 2013
alexz commented on the word ticketmaster
1. a ticket selling company that sells tickets to concerts and events .. spelled Ticketmaster.
2. A downtown eastside nickname for a police officer who gave out the most jaywalking tickets on the downtown eastside. http://themainlander.com/2013/06/07/vpd-arrest-kim-hearty-attempt-to-break-picket/
Jun 8, 2013
alexz commented on the word podule
The Register looks into the origins of the word 'podule', and it's not just pod plus module as silly wictionary thinks... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/06/07/podule_podule_podule/
The Reg and it's fondness and overuse of this word aside, the term podule predates the ARM based chips in the definition above, it also refers to PCMCIA modems in the 90's, books.google.ca/books?id=cPNIAQAAIAAJ
Airplane parts in the 20th century, - books.google.ca/books?id=etQ9AQAAIAAJ
module of a ship - books.google.ca/books?id=6aPxAAAAMAAJ
'pod' architecture in the 70's books.google.ca/books?id=SdtOAAAAYAAJ
Morons from Outer Space (1985) had space podules.
Virgin Galactic's Spaceship2 has podules
podule popup hotel rooms - mini hotels on a trailer.
Jun 8, 2013
alexz commented on the word schmeat
lab grown meat
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/06/06/technology-schmeat-in-vitro-meat-burger.html?cmp=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
Jun 8, 2013
alexz commented on the word Intrapreneur
One of my LinkedIn connections is an intrapreneur
Jun 8, 2013
alexz commented on the word swarmageddon
Just saw this word on Twitter describing cicadas.
Jun 7, 2013
alexz commented on the word Frankengrain
recently saw this word on the Colbert Report - June 5, 2013. This word has previously been used in the criticism of Frankenfoods
Genetically Modified Grain
from Frankenstein (A monster created by a Mad Scientist) and Grain
Jun 7, 2013
alexz commented on the word cartacombs
car catacombs - better known as a scrap yard.
Used by Jon Stewart on the Daily Show June 5 2013 when describing New Jersey
".. Historic cartacombs and amber waves of pizza..."
totally contrived
Jun 7, 2013
alexz commented on the word trail nazi
This usually refers to someone who boobytraps a trail making it dangerous for other users.
In general, it's a person who is on a mission to prevent other trail users from using a trail either from personal conflict or through making alterations to the trail to the detriment of the other users.
2003 citation - North Shore bulletin boards http://bb.nsmb.com/archive/index.php?t-24529.html "Trail Nazi has struck"
There may be an early citation in the 1996 Mountain Bikers Almanac - Inc Grant Wolf -
Jun 7, 2013
alexz commented on the list on-and-off
Clap On! Clap Off! The Clapper!
On Course. Off Course. /navigation
Jun 5, 2013
alexz commented on the word wasake
wasabi and sake according to Epic Meal Time' s Sushi Pizza episode. c. 2013
Jun 5, 2013
alexz commented on the word patent war
A long bitter fight between 2 companies over patent lawsuits. Recently - Apple and Samsung. Typical of tech companies.
Jun 5, 2013
alexz commented on the word eww
OED says 'ew' goes back to 1978. A quick Google search says it's in 1949 Dr. Seuss's - Bartholomew and the Oobleck.. but I don't have a copy of that book. I think it's worth checking this book for the word 'eww'.
Anyways, the OED needs to watch some movies.
http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0021168/quotes
"Richard: Eww. A tragic relation to begin with. I only hope he's not one of those method actors that who scratches and mumbles and pauses a lot, thereby destroying the impeccable rhythm of the author's prose. " 1964
Jun 4, 2013
alexz commented on the word sonoluminescence
this word and the effect is the topic of today's Minute Physics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yHDeKFW8j8
Jun 4, 2013
alexz commented on the word Tar-jay
.. because Target is way better than Waldemart
Jun 3, 2013
alexz commented on the word Ottomania
"The Turkish leader's opponents lacked a unifying way to denounce his "Ottomania" and heavy-handed leadership. Until now. " - The Atlantic - June 1, 2013. http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/05/protests-show-turks-cant-tolerate-erdogan-anymore/276447/
Jun 1, 2013
alexz commented on the word crypotgamic
Means hidden, according to a Science Friday tweet..... crouching tiger, crypotgamic dragon.
I suspect this word is a typo error of cryptogamic which has many more citations.
May 31, 2013
alexz commented on the word No Fun City
The Wictionary definition is accurate.
May 31, 2013
alexz commented on the word Railtown
apparently, it is a new yaletown style neighbourhood in Vancouver.
May 31, 2013
alexz commented on the word CP
Canadianism: Canadian Pacific (railroad) or CPR
Physics: Charge Parity .. for Charge Parity Violation, or CP Violation.
May 31, 2013
alexz commented on the word Century Club
When I was in University in Ontario, it was the drinking of 100 beers in 100 minutes. This is dangerous as it's drinking over 12 beers in an hour and a half.
May 30, 2013
alexz commented on the word 7th inning stretch
baseball term...
May 28, 2013
alexz commented on the word sidewalk skiiing
In Saudi Arabia, it's driving a car down the road while balanced on 2 side wheels.
- from a BBC new article.
May 26, 2013
alexz commented on the word kree8iv
Changing the spelling of names. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22608832
this word seems to pop up around 2006 at this article about creative spellings, previously known as 'kreative'
http://www.babynamewizard.com/archives/2006/4/kayli-meet-jerrold
May 26, 2013
alexz commented on the word paddy wagon
The etymology of the word Paddy refers to the Irish people - either the Irish police officers, or the Irish customers who rode in the back.
May 26, 2013
alexz commented on the list words-9-15-letters-without-an-e
Fantastic!
May 26, 2013
alexz commented on the word Angie gene
Angelina Jolie's genetics which cause her to have a 90% chance of breast cancer.
May 25, 2013
alexz commented on the word powernap
business speak for taking a nap at work. you're not allowed to take a normal nap because that's sleeping on the job, but a 'powernap' is productive.
May 25, 2013
alexz commented on the word beg the question
I'm totally ok with the casual use of 'begs the question' .
I really don't see why sticklers get worked up over 3 words used in a non-technical context.
May 25, 2013
alexz commented on the word gromp
if this is a tiddlywink word, then why isn't there a definition?
May 25, 2013
alexz commented on the word cynodesme
a quick search reveals the word kynodesme
May 24, 2013
alexz commented on the word Maple Syrup Mafia
refers to Canadian tech companies doing well. seems to be a contrived word - coined by Ryan Holmes , Hootsuite.
Previous uses were a reference to a Maple Syrup Heist in Quebec/Ontario in 2012
Also, the name of Cifaretto's book about Crime in Canada.
books.google.ca/books?isbn=1621079651
May 24, 2013
alexz commented on the word bone shaker
late 1800's slang for a Velocipede
May 24, 2013
alexz commented on the word coming croppers
old timey English way of 'taking a header'
May 24, 2013
alexz commented on the word taking a header
thanks ry
It seems to be well defined at
http://books.google.ca/books?id=Kv6MljlmA48C&dq=taking%20a%20header&pg=PA103#v=onepage&q=taking%20a%20header&f=false
as a cyclist being flung forward over the handlebars.
In 1767, it is described as going head first into water.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=eDECAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA223&dq=take+a+header&hl=en&sa=X&ei=qhSgUcGIDsi1iwKHqYHgBA&ved=0CEMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=take%20a%20header&f=false
May 24, 2013
alexz commented on the word DMB
DMB = Dave Matthews Band
circa 2013
May 24, 2013
alexz commented on the word taking a header
"taking a header" is to fall down, or fall off your ride.
I think it requires having to protect your head as you crash.
May 24, 2013
alexz commented on the word turtling
In videogames, it refers to having a 100% defensive position or tactic.
Turtling is commonly seen in Team Fortress 2, on All - Engineer teams.
May 23, 2013
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