ruzuzu

ruzuzu has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 860 lists, listed 40295 words, written 10675 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 2778 words.

Comments by ruzuzu

ruzuzu commented on the word Robson rotation

Vote for me! Obviously! My platform includes shoes, places to wait for trains, and, according to the Century Dictionary, "In physical geography, a shallow sea-bottom near a continent; a continental shelf: as, the Patagonian platform."

April 5, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word phronesis

Bilby, you should add it to the list: best-of-qms-f3E-ECnAs3S

March 26, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the list acceptable-proper-names-in-scrabble-pHSNGIBeNewAK3vF6I5kj

Oh, fun--I have a list like this, too, but yours is more official. See scrabble-names.

March 11, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the list historical-military-terms-of-interest

Such a great list. I just arrived here after looking up arquebus.

March 5, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word dariol

See dariole.

February 21, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word unwoof

I'm guessing this is about weaving. It would be easier to pull out the woof (or weft) than it would be to change out the warp.

February 15, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word side-oats

Even if we do, I nominate you to make one!

February 14, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word cod-banger

Ha! I do, too.

February 8, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word billy-roller

Yes, please--I nominate you to create it, tankhughes.

February 6, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word hornpout

Good one! Thanks, bilby.

February 1, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word hornwood

How interesting! Wood led me to the etymologies on wode.

February 1, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the list wonder-a3re49t-FE_myEJtQsmfZ

These are great!

February 1, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the list johnny-appleseed

I just got deuzan as a random word.

January 26, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word bromyrite

Bro. Amirite?

January 26, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the list utensil-strength

This list is delightful.

January 25, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the list mathematonymy

This is my new favorite list.

January 25, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word snickersnee

Got it! Thanks, bilby.

January 24, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word stallinger

I quit stalling, I swear!

January 24, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word roussette

I thought a fruit bat was a flying fox.

January 18, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word closed compound

It would be funny to spell it without the space.

January 10, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word ennui

Have you ever heard of the "Bunnicula" books? The titular character is allegedly a vampire rabbit--but he's a vegetarian (he only sucks the juice out of vegetables).

I know there's a lot of tension in the world of bunny-bilby relations, but maybe a shared love of hummus could be a place to start.

January 10, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word scabbard-plane

Added. Thanks, bilby!

January 8, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word banjorine

I hear Tangerine Banjorine has a rider about orange M&Ms.

January 5, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the user nordicwalker

Welcome to Wordnik!

January 5, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word sunk-band

*starts rummaging around for the theremin*

December 28, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word Jubula

We definitely need an "Owl or Liverwort" list. Bilby, I nominate you to create it.

December 27, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word sunk-band

Shipwrecked Solveig?

December 27, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word brass farthing

Thank you!

December 21, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word brass farthing

Brackets around brass razoo, please.

December 20, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the user oluwashina

Mmmm. Fufluns.

December 20, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word parmesan

Also see Parmesan.

December 11, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word Parmesan

Also see comments on parmesan.

December 11, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list phraseologue---confabular-locutions

This is my new favorite list.

December 1, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word hoopy

Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is.

November 29, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the user bilby

Me too. Do you have room for some fufluns?

November 21, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word sheepmeat

There is! https://www.wordnik.com/lists/-meat-words-HGBQRrdMiFY

November 6, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word sheepmeat

I'd never heard of this! Do we suppose there's a meat list around here somewhere? Mincemeat, lunchmeat, etc.?

November 6, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list daffyd-demands-a-recount

This is my new favorite list.

November 6, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word mouth jail

Be careful! I'm reminded of Charles Darwin--but he tried to do this with a beetle he was collecting. He wrote, "I will give a proof of my zeal: one day, on tearing off some old bark, I saw two rare beetles and seized one in each hand; then I saw a third and new kind, which I could not bear to lose, so that I popped the one which I held in my right hand into my mouth. Alas it ejected some intensely acrid fluid, which burnt my tongue so that I was forced to spit the beetle out, which was lost, as well as the third one." (As seen here: http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F1497&pageseq=1&viewtype=text )

November 2, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word Tribulus

You should add it to madmouth's love-across-kingdoms list!

October 27, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the user isnotnull

I like your lists.

October 20, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word piepowder

I love this! You should add it to mollusque's "not edible" list.

October 20, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list meal

This is fantastic! Arrived here after looking up gobbetmeal.

October 19, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list things-that-were-hidden-by-the-snow

Not yet, bilby, but I'm sure more will surface.

August 29, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list devil-made-me-do-it-NqJ7AatOFhTk5JItRypE8

Fantastic. Would you consider deviled eggs?

August 29, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list parts-is-parts-_SLSr1hK8WXM9SFIUorAT

This is fun.

August 29, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word snark

LitHub suggests the "contemporary debate over the use of the word snark began in 2003," when in "the inaugural issue of The Believer, Heidi Julavits defined snark as “a scornful, knowing tone frequently employed to mask an actual lack of information.”"
See here: https://lithub.com/on-one-of-the-most-influential-essays-of-the-21st-century-of-snark-and-smarm/

August 27, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word columbite-tantalite

Also see coltan.

July 27, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word 7457

I just learned that 7457 Veselov is an asteroid or minor planet named after Vyacheslav Afanasievich Veselov.

July 26, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word myster

I can't believe this hasn't been listed!

July 25, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list clothing-missing-parts

It's a miss-tery! Har har.

July 25, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list clothing-missing-parts

How did I miss this one? *favorited*

July 24, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list how-you-put-the-clothing-on-buJ8h89twxhulFeCpvnRk

This is a fantastic list.

July 24, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word Order of the Three Stars

In Riga, Latvia, the Brīvības piemineklis or Freedom Monument (1935), features a sculpture of a woman holding up three stars. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Monument

July 12, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word tapekini

"Bikini for a tapeworm" would be an excellent title for an album or song (perhaps sung to the tune of Christina Aguilera's "Genie In A Bottle.")

July 12, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list belistful

I've returned to this list after looking up bemuse, which led to behead and befrumple, which led me right back here.
To my shame, I must admit that I still haven't finished reading any version of Rabalais.

June 23, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word behead

I'm amused by comparing behead and decapitate. Or is bemused? Demused?

June 23, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list belist

You might also enjoy the belistful list.

June 23, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list things-i-wish-i-knew-more-about-7drAlcNcpDIX3mOmTeJHz

Paldies! Paldies!

June 16, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list things-i-wish-i-knew-more-about-7drAlcNcpDIX3mOmTeJHz

Also, I don't say it enough, but I'm glad you're here, vm.
You too, tankhughes.

June 15, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word beg the question

Also see comments over on begs the question.

June 15, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list logical-fallacies

Also see that-would-be-illogical and things-i-wish-i-knew-more-about-7drAlcNcpDIX3mOmTeJHz.

June 15, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list things-i-wish-i-knew-more-about-7drAlcNcpDIX3mOmTeJHz

Ooh. I'll be sure to yoink a few of these for my logical-fallacies list.

June 15, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list slaphappy

My new favorite list!

June 14, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word filly

Huh. There's actually some interesting stuff over on colt--especially when you look at the old Century Dictionary definitions. (Always a pleasant surprise when the Century isn't being creepy.)
And don't get me started on gelding.

June 12, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word deaerator

I was just reading this:
During World War II, American auto manufacturers played a major role in assembling the famed "Arsenal of Democracy" that helped defeat the Nazis. This arsenal included tens of thousands of tanks called the M4, more popularly known as Shermans. After the war, auto manufacturers went back to building cars for the families that won the war. Over the ensuing decades, those cars have gotten gradually larger. Today, those pickup trucks and SUVs, which account for the majority of vehicles sold in the U.S. and intended to peacefully transport families and loved ones, are almost as big as the tanks they used to build.
From https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkbxzg/american-cars-are-now-almost-as-big-as-the-tanks-that-won-wwii

June 9, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the user dasinmd

I like your lists.

June 9, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word fruit batty

See comments on iroquois and fruit bat.

April 20, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list mathematics--6

Thank you, vm. Your suggestion of cohomology is appreciated--and not just because it is iroquoisy or fruit batty. (I'd watched an episode of NCIS recently that mentioned homology and cohomology.) But your vote of confidence in me is even more appreciated. I'm fond of everything you add to this site, too!

April 20, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word ux.

See comments on ux.

April 20, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word ux

I think it's short for uxor.

April 20, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word affordance

GPT-3, its successor, GPT-4, and its cousins Bard, Chinchilla and LLaMA do not have bodies, and so they cannot determine, on their own, which objects are foldable, or the many other properties that the psychologist J.J. Gibson called affordances. Given people’s hands and arms, paper maps afford fanning a flame, and a thermos affords rolling out wrinkles.
Without arms and hands, let alone the need to wear unwrinkled clothes for a job, GPT-3 cannot determine these affordances. It can only fake them if it has run across something similar in the stream of words on the internet.
-- https://theconversation.com/it-takes-a-body-to-understand-the-world-why-chatgpt-and-other-language-ais-dont-know-what-theyre-saying-201280

April 7, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list medieval-clothing-2aoe7FQO5JFYqLrwXOcIF

What a great list!

April 3, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word smytrie

See comments on smyterie.

April 3, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word smyterie

Ah. A different version of the Century has it both ways (with smyterie listed first), and tells us it's "more properly smitery," from smite or smyte, "a bit, particle," and to see smit and smitch. It has the same quotation from Burns.
(See here: https://archive.org/details/cu31924091890644/page/5722/mode/2up?view=theater)

April 3, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word smyterie

That's interesting, vm. The OED has it spelled as "smytrie" (same definition) with an example quoted from "The Twa Dogs" by Robert Burns.

April 3, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word harry-gad

Also see harry-ruffian.

March 29, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word gad-crook

See gad-hook.

March 29, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word rautener

I didn't find anything for this in the OED, but the search did lead me to "rattener" (which also seems rascally).

March 29, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word blowout

Also see blow-out.

March 22, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word sand-draw

Nice one, vm! Compare blow-out.

March 22, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word Provora

Provora is a proposed supergroup of eukaryotes made up of predatory microbes, "devouring voracious protists". It was reported that ten strains were isolated and cultured in 2022. They are predators of other microorganisms.
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Provora&oldid=1138715908

March 20, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word potayto, potahto

Ooh. This looks ripe for some phony umbrage taking.
Ahem.
Umbrage! It should be potayto! potahto! to match exclamation! mark!

February 22, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list triple-homonyms

I nominate tankhughes to make that list. Slay... sleigh...?

February 10, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word racahout

Someone just listed racahout and glandiform. Please tell me an acorn list is in the works!

February 3, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word children's-bane

Also see water hemlock.

February 1, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word dog-leech

For the character created by P.D. James, see Adam Dalgliesh.

February 1, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the user turds

I like your lists!

January 31, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word barometz

Also see Vegetable Lamb of Tartary.

January 31, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word vegetable lamb

Also see Vegetable Lamb of Tartary.

January 31, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word googie

Also see lists and comments on Googie.

January 30, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word Googie

Also see comment on googie.

January 30, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word lorimer

Also see loremer.

January 26, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word ulloa's circle

See fogbow.

January 23, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list ithuriels-spear-qSnexndAoRMpjyf_H0NyL

You have such interesting lists!

January 23, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word turbine

I've been trying to figure out how I would normally say this (in the middle of nebraksa). I say "wind turbine" as if it rhymes with "turban," but if I were talking about a "turbine engine," then it would rhyme with the way Craig Morgan sings "combine" in the song "International Harvester."

January 20, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word Trust, but verify.

Trust, but verify (Russian: Доверяй, но проверяй, tr. Doveryay, no proveryay, IPA: dəvʲɪˈrʲæj no prəvʲɪˈrʲæj) is a rhyming Russian proverb. The phrase became internationally known in English after Suzanne Massie, an American scholar, taught it to Ronald Reagan, then president of the United States, the latter of whom used it on several occasions in the context of nuclear disarmament discussions with the Soviet Union.
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trust,_but_verify&oldid=1116727092

January 19, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word terce

Compare undern.

January 19, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list gums-and-resins

Would you consider copalin?

January 19, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word powder

Over on the word streak, vendingmachine added a comment about minerals which are "'too hard to powder easily.'"
But now that I'm here, all I can think about is this definition from the Century: "To sprinkle with salt, spices, or other seasoning; hence, to corn; pickle."

January 13, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word poss

I just got posser as a random word.

January 10, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list edible-fabrics-maKxgyBzsvbUXyegouwza

And I thought about leg-of-mutton sleeve, but that seems more like a style than just the fabric itself.

January 10, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word cheese cloth

See cheesecloth.

January 10, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list edible-fabrics-maKxgyBzsvbUXyegouwza

I did have a piece of Texas sheet cake yesterday, but I'm not sure that should count either.

January 10, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list edible-fabrics-maKxgyBzsvbUXyegouwza

I just added chiffon on its own, then I had immediate regrets because I saw you'd already added chiffon cake. Delete mine if you like!

January 10, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list edible-fabrics-maKxgyBzsvbUXyegouwza

What a delicious idea for a list!

January 10, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word covered

Is it bad that the first thing this reminded me of is ketchup couverture?

January 10, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word osoberry

Versus bearberry.

January 9, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word balloon bomb

During World War II the Japanese built some nine thousand hydrogen-filled, paper balloons to carry small bombs to North America, hoping to set fires and inflict casualties. The first was launched November 3, 1944. The balloons rose to about 30,000 feet, where winds aloft transported them across the Pacific Ocean.
On February 22, 1945, Kenneth Hamilton, living on a nearby ranch, observed a balloon floating eastward. It looked like "an orange ball with the sun shining on it. . . . As we were watching, it turned into a cloud of smoke and went to the ground." The balloons carried timing devices to release the bombs and then destroy the envelope. Alliance Army Air Field officials recovered a valve and pieces of shroud lines where the balloon came down.
Parts of five balloon bombs were recovered in Nebraska from a total of 285 balloon bomb incidents reported across North America. Although the balloon bombs proved ineffective as military weapons, they caused six fatalities and a few minor fires in the United States. Only after the war was their story revealed.
-- from a Nebraska Historical Marker near Ellsworth, Nebraska (as described here: http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Nebraska_Historical_Marker:_Japanese_Balloon_Bombs)

January 9, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the list take-a-letter--maria

I like this list. Would you consider adding missive and zeppelin mail?

January 9, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word continuousarity

In my dream this New Year's Day, "continuousarity" was the same as consanguinity. Wonder what that portends.

January 1, 2023
ruzuzu commented on the word azure

See comment on azured for its use in heraldry.

December 28, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word azured

"So they made these tools sometimes hollowed, — that is, in outline merely, which lightened them instantly, — and sometimes azured — that is, crossed by horizontal lines, as in the manner of indicating " azure " in heraldry."
-- From Bookbindings Old and New: Notes of a Book-Lover, With an Account of the Grolier Club of New York by Brander Matthews. (1895)

December 28, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word cosmic microwave background radiation

Also see CMB and cmb.

December 27, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word cmb

See cosmic microwave background radiation.

December 27, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list math-mutation-rQqOuxgmYYezH7njGHtCz

This is great! Would you consider induction and monad?

December 21, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word dumb-waiter

Compare dinner-wagon.

December 14, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word lorel

See losel.

December 14, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word krai

Also see kray.

December 5, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word seynt

See seint or saint.

December 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list subdivision-name-words--hzHH8t4nfFSlz-cgcqQ4

Oh, man. This list is great.

December 1, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word contrastive focus reduplication

See comment on rhubarb rhubarb.

November 30, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word turbidity

See cite on blue wall.

November 30, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word blue wall

/Film's Ben Pearson talked with Chris White, Weta's VFX supervisor on "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," about how he and his team used the idea of a "blue wall" when creating Talokan. The phrase is a diving term and essentially means, in White's words, "that there's so much, what we call 'turbidity,' or so much stuff in the water that things just kind of appear out of nowhere, and it's slightly claustrophobic."

From https://www.slashfilm.com/1120681/black-panther-wakanda-forever-used-a-blue-wall-to-create-a-sense-of-unease-around-namor-exclusive/

November 30, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word harmonic thrush

See the definition on whistle.

November 16, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word seat

See more at Seat.

November 16, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list horse-colors-oTNnYX5KRVWJQyjNKgcHg

It isn't showing up as an open list for me. That happens to my lists every once in a while, too.

November 16, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list horse-colors-oTNnYX5KRVWJQyjNKgcHg

Would you accept piebald?

November 15, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word papmeat

See pap.

November 7, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list defenders-of-the-stratosphere

This is a fun list!

October 31, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word boo-jee

Compare bourgie and bougie.

October 31, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word al·um

See alum.

October 28, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word stibium

Cf. kohl.

October 28, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word pretendianism

"As a scholar who writes and teaches about American Indian cultural appropriation, I believe that scrutinizing |Sacheen| Littlefeather’s claim to Native identity is necessary. “Pretendianism” – the act of falsely claiming American Indian heritage – does real harm, and the case of Littlefeather may shed light on why people make such claims, and how they get away with it."
From "Sacheen Littlefeather and ethnic fraud – why the truth is crucial, even it it means losing an American Indian hero" by Dina Gilio Whitaker (http://theconversation.com/sacheen-littlefeather-and-ethnic-fraud-why-the-truth-is-crucial-even-it-it-means-losing-an-american-indian-hero-193263)

October 28, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word gainchare

Compare gainshire.

October 27, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word gainshire

Compare gainchare.

October 27, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list fictional-acronyms

This is great!

October 19, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word oppressest

O! Look! A delicious food pellet!
*pressssss*

October 11, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word saltier

Also see saltire.

October 7, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list antiwords-ReFxVvX-Gvibuy2mJlimO

I'll keep an eye out for more. Such fun!

October 7, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list antiwords-ReFxVvX-Gvibuy2mJlimO

Would semordnilap count?

October 4, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list antiwords-ReFxVvX-Gvibuy2mJlimO

I adore this list.

October 4, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list in-whale-fishing-ZBADfYxFaFExVk1fHkNWn

Your wish, my command, &c.

September 29, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word oil-derrick

Also see Samson post.

September 28, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word snorkelwort

Gratiola amphiantha.

September 19, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word Gratiola amphiantha

Also known as "snorkelwort."

September 19, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word azimuthally symmetric

See comment on azimuthally.

September 14, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list exocentric-verb-noun-compound-agent-nouns-WRckVSASMK6FJoCrfVqJh

You might also like the agentive-exocentric--v-n-n-compounds list by tankhughes.

September 14, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word pelleting

Oh, look! A delicious food pelleting!

September 14, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word pelleting

*press*

September 14, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word spiroylous acid

There is spiroylic, though.

September 7, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word spiroylous acid

That's fascinating. I'm not seeing anything in the OED or the 1895 version of the Century (see, e.g., http://www.micmap.org/dicfro/introduction/century-dictionary).

September 7, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word murderhobo

Thanks, tankhughes. I used to play once a week, and I feel you've perfectly described each member of my former group. They eventually decided they'd rather get together to play Star Fleet Battles--and while I appreciate the idea of using a map of hexes instead of squares, I found having to stop and consult the rules in the middle of every battle was a bit tiresome. (When my friends play, they jokingly refer to themselves as space lawyers.)

September 7, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word definitionless

Thanks, alexz. I knew there had to be something.

September 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word definitionless

Ceci n'est pas une pipe.

September 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word murderhobo

Dungeons and Dragons is a collaborative game based on storytelling. Each player is responsible for describing the actions of one character. The person running the game for them each session (the Dungeon Master) is like an omniscient narrator and provides each of the players with the setting--what the townspeople are doing, what the merchants might have for sale, what information innkeepers might have if the players' character were to simply ask, what random encounters might happen (based on the roll of the dice), including whether there are any monsters nearby that they could fight. Murderhobos don't care about any of the details--their characters just kill whatever or whomever they encounter.
Edit: Maybe that's not a good translation. A murderhobo is a character that deals with every novel situation in the game by defaulting to death or destruction because it's all a fantasy world and they can do whatever they want there. It could just be the strategy of one player, or it could be the whole group. The hobo part comes from the fact that the characters tend to wander from place to place looking for adventure (or things to kill).

September 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word definitionless

There should be a name for this sort of thing. Lexicographer's paradox?
Edit: Maybe it would be funnier to avoid defining it, though.

September 1, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list can-we-get-along

Quiet enjoyment?

August 31, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word bandgap

I don't remember that ever happening on an almost Solveig tour, but boy were there some close calls with brown M&M's.

August 31, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word thaumatography

Thanks tankhughes, this is fun! Some other words that show up near it in the Century are thaumasite, thaumatogeny, and thaumatrope.

August 29, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word back-line

What do we think the definition from the Century means? ("See to haul back.") Is it like haul up or haul off?

August 26, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list ruzuzus-big-ass-list

Bilby, I will indeed accept bumbastus--but only because of the first three letters.

August 26, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word lamp-case

No, but I'll take this as the signal to start.

August 26, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word acronym

I like that the American Heritage Dictionary notes that this has a "usage problem." I wonder how many other usage problems are out there.
*wanders off to make a list*

August 25, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list begtodiffer-com-words-dealing-with-the-problem-of-abbreviated-names

This is a fun list. Also see the list by tankhughes found here: abbreviations-into-acronyms-QGBtAKUtfn64-q-17Y0TZ.

August 25, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word discriminal

Also see dragon's-tail.

August 24, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word longtermism

Let's say you're hiking, and you drop a piece of glass on the trail. Eventually someone will walk along the trail and might cut themselves on the glass.
You'd be really sorry to hear if it happens to someone you know in a week. But what if the victim lived thousands, even millions of years in the future?
Philosopher William MacAskill, 35, likes to bring up this scenario to drive home a point: "If you're thinking about the possibility of harming someone, |it doesn't| really matter that person will be harmed next week or next year, or even in a hundred or a thousand years. Harm is harm."
That's MacAskill's argument behind longtermism, a term he coined to describe the idea that humans have a moral responsibility to protect the future of humanity, prevent it from going extinct — and create a better future for many generations to come. He outlines this concept in his new book, What We Owe the Future.
From "How can we help humans thrive trillions of years from now? This philosopher has a plan" by Malaka Gharib (https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/08/16/1114353811/how-can-we-help-humans-thrive-trillions-of-years-from-now-this-philosopher-has-a)

August 24, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word chilodipterus

See Paroncheilus affinis.

August 24, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word topology

One of the Century definitions ("The art or method of assisting the memory by associating the objects to be remembered with some place which is well known.") reminds me of a memory palace.

August 15, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word star jelly

Also see nostoc.

August 15, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word nostoc

"The name Nostoc was coined by Paracelsus and is a combination of the English nostril and German Nasenloch "nose hole, nostril", likely due to appearance of many species colonies being similar to nasal mucus."
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nostoc&oldid=1098615823

August 15, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word Nostoc

See nostoc.

August 15, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word boops boops

See Boops boops.

August 15, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word Boops boops

Also see comments on boops boops.

August 15, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word Benjamin Peirce

See comment on idempotent.

August 9, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word idempotent

From the Wikipedia page for Benjamin Peirce: "In algebra, he was notable for the study of associative algebras. He first introduced the terms idempotent and nilpotent in 1870 to describe elements of these algebras, and he also introduced the Peirce decomposition." (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_Peirce&oldid=1079065220)

August 9, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word loxodrome

Cf. lemniscate.

August 8, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word fodientia

I know it's fashionable to go solo, but there's always a spot for you in almost Solveig.

August 5, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word check-spring

If we don't, I nominate you to make one for us. (Actually, even if we do, I still nominate you to make your own for our amusement.)

August 4, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word bars-gemel

See gemel.

August 3, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word hayz

Not what I was expecting.

August 3, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list crustaceans

I just got gnathostegite as a random word.

August 3, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list lock-me-up

Ooh! An open list!

August 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word gimbal lock

See comments on quaternion.

August 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list dewdew-drops

Bulla?

August 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ

May 35?

August 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list not-gonna-fly-Nnyhv4qDQD5cWLDxfRymr

I think it's great (which probably says something about my own lists).

August 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word steller

I'm reminded of the joke about a grasshopper that walks in to a bar. The bartender says, "Hey, we have a drink named after you," and the grasshopper says, "You have a drink named Steve?"

August 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list things-we-supect-are-collected-by-ruzuzu-SYb-wiljc4sQNMz89j1-P

You know me too well.

July 28, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word fogging

That's fun, Bilby. What era is that from?

July 28, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list topological-verb-adjectives

What a fun list!

July 27, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the user adirgeforher

I like your lists.

July 27, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word why did ruzuzu cross the road

Why did ruzuzu cross the road? To create an open list.

July 27, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list why-did-the---cross-the

That sounds like a perfectly valid reason to cross the road, tankhughes.

July 27, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word genus cerastium

"Chick-weed" makes me think of Twelfth Night: "Give me thy hand, And let me see thee in thy woman’s weeds."

July 27, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the user brokeneye

I like your lists.

July 25, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list seals-8MLRJ_pGUWZovaajZa9W9

Ah, man. Sorry. I guess the list is sealed.
In the meantime, you can send me suggestions. (I'll do some experiments to see whether this has something to do with how I'm creating these lists.)

July 25, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list abbreviations-into-acronyms-QGBtAKUtfn64-q-17Y0TZ

Oh! That's a good one, w. I've also heard people say "I,D" for id. (cf. ibid).

July 22, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word blemmatrope

I hadn't, but I will now.

July 20, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word colter

Hm. Ploughshares cut into swards.

July 20, 2022

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tsukum commented on the user ruzuzu

I just noticed for the first time your kind comment on my profile!! Thank you!! I like your lists! They've served as many an inspiration for me.

March 29, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the user ruzuzu

Yum! Thanks.

May 17, 2016
bilby commented on the user ruzuzu

Hey zuzu, hummus detected at botryoidal!

May 17, 2016
ry commented on the user ruzuzu

so myriad led to banzai via tags and I added that...therefore banzai, ruzuzuzuzuzu

July 20, 2015
ruzuzu commented on the user ruzuzu

Thank you, bilby. As you know, I'm also fond of misheard-numa-numa-lyrics.

June 22, 2015
bilby commented on the user ruzuzu

This made me think of you: http://www.metrolyrics.com/song-ml-video-cea.html
It was probably the bananaphone.

June 18, 2015
markusloke commented on the user ruzuzu

I only just recently noticed that there's a comments section! Yikes! Anyways, unreal-laurens-friend-finder is up and running and needs contributions! So many exclamation points!

June 16, 2015
ruzuzu commented on the user ruzuzu

Eek! TankHughes, I'm glad I was able to point out that list to you, but I'm sorry to contribute to the demise of another. May I console myself with the thought that you'll eventually replace it with a new list for our amusement?

April 23, 2015
TankHughes commented on the user ruzuzu

I'd respond to you on my list... BUT I DELETED IT! *shock* It made more sense to add my 4 to tbtabby's Location Slang list instead. I'm happy someone else has made a large list that I can legitimately add Canadian tuxedo and Mexican wave to.

April 21, 2015
qms commented on the user ruzuzu

Thank you for your kind comment of December 15, ruzuzu. It pains me to have overlooked your comment for so long but, in the absence of the Community page, I seem to have been looking in the wrong places for evidence of activity. I had begun to fear that I was the only one still visiting regularly.

When I last communicated with Erin she wrote that she had a fix for the Community page but was having difficulty getting it installed on the server. I think it is possible we will not have the Community page back until after the holidays. I hope people will not have lost the habit of visiting.

I hope your holidays are happy ones.

December 22, 2014
ruzuzu commented on the user ruzuzu

Nope. Just dry pita pocket editions.

August 11, 2014
bilby commented on the user ruzuzu

Hey babe, read any good hummus books lately?

August 10, 2014
ruzuzu commented on the user ruzuzu

Thanks, bilby. I needed that.

July 21, 2014
bilby commented on the user ruzuzu

Can you ask around for me then? I'm sure they come from Riga.
*chortle chortle chortle*

July 18, 2014
ruzuzu commented on the user ruzuzu

I'm really only a half-Lat. I have no idea what a marole is.

July 18, 2014
bilby commented on the user ruzuzu

What is a marole? I thought I might as well ask a Latvian.

July 18, 2014
mollusque commented on the user ruzuzu

I don't know of a list for obsolete and disused science terms. Maybe time to start one?

May 11, 2014
marky commented on the user ruzuzu

some more of my random freak out lists!
https://www.wordnik.com/lists/things-that-freak-me-out
https://www.wordnik.com/lists/trees--2
https://www.wordnik.com/lists/art-forms-that-freak-me-out

March 28, 2014
madmouth commented on the user ruzuzu

I vote we name the inherent sound of fun ruzuzurrus

March 19, 2014
Prolagus commented on the user ruzuzu

And so do I!
But I don't understand how we are supposed to find this █████ comment box on one's profile.

February 21, 2014
bilby commented on the user ruzuzu

Hi ruzuzu. Bovine traces detected over at jomo.

December 13, 2013
napoleonic commented on the user ruzuzu

Hey ruzuzu, I have tripled the length of your calculator words list - hope you like it!

May 13, 2013
fbharjo commented on the user ruzuzu

I haven't heard her perform. I did have a chance to listen to her read some of her poems. She did them more than justice!

April 16, 2013
fbharjo commented on the user ruzuzu

I knew she plays the sax. Have you read 'Crazy Brave' yet?
I wonder how many people realize the etymological significance of the title.
Playing the sax is 'crazy brave' of course.
The sax is the ultimate soul instrument with its long neck and throaty sound (see nephesh)
My niece Ramona has taught me that well!
She has 'crazy brave' in her blood, too.

April 16, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the user ruzuzu

Me? Why?
*retaliates with a volley of fufluns*

January 28, 2013
bilby commented on the user ruzuzu

Fonk you, ruzuzu.

January 28, 2013
bilby commented on the user ruzuzu

gallbladder!

December 13, 2012
Prolagus commented on the user ruzuzu

Spent the past half-hour reading your lists and almost choking on them. Love you!

December 5, 2012
mollusque commented on the user ruzuzu

Thanks for sharper ruzuzu!

November 8, 2012
dommy commented on the user ruzuzu

um............................... hi

October 4, 2012
word_turd commented on the user ruzuzu

"ruzuzu has looked up 87912 words"
OMG get a life u loser. seriously who looks up words and then comonts on them like...pfft

July 24, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the user ruzuzu

*yawn*

July 22, 2012
word_turd commented on the user ruzuzu

Ruzuzu you smell and your stupid and i think ur dumb 2 44s i mene wtf u evn @m a& u no wht i mee????????.....

July 22, 2012
deinonychus commented on the user ruzuzu

Thanks for the red admiral! By the way, I borrowed some of your spiders for my own little collection.

July 10, 2012
gulyasrobi commented on the user ruzuzu

Hi ruzuzu.
It took me a while to find this reply box.
Thank you for the welcome message.
Please feel free to comment on my lists or add words to them.
Robert

May 22, 2012
aishababe commented on the user ruzuzu

Hello,
Am a young single girl never married seeking true love for a long term relationship with marriage potentials,i am happy to contact you because you cut my interest! i will love us to be good friends or a lot more, you can contact me through.(aisha.arop@hotmail.com)so that i will send you my photos,till i hear from you, bye and kisses!
Miss Aisha

May 16, 2012
oroboros commented on the user ruzuzu

Huh! Can't even make the pronunciations play at "hot dog"....go figure. ACK!

April 25, 2012
oroboros commented on the user ruzuzu

So, the feedback page is otiose? 'Zu, are you able to create pronunciations? I'm having no luck at all. Is it broke? Can we access pronunciations of old?

April 25, 2012
Prolagus commented on the user ruzuzu

And I less than three you! Miss you guys. You know how it feels sometimes, though... I visit often but can't find anything to add to the conversation.
I really wish there was an easier way to follow threads. If you don't spend lots of time here, you have to open all links on the Zeitmunity page. There has to be a different way!

March 29, 2012
oroboros commented on the user ruzuzu

Thanks, 'zu. I probably would have found it eventually if I'd spent more time. Cheers!

March 16, 2012
erinmckean commented on the user ruzuzu

oh thank you, good catch!

February 1, 2012
dhuber commented on the user ruzuzu

Thanks! Start -geddon ready to add some words...
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/geddon--1

January 29, 2012
klezmusic commented on the user ruzuzu

Glad you liked my definition of Bulgar - I'm a total newbie. Don't know how to create a list, or what its purpose is, or how to use it, etc. Tips?

January 20, 2012
nayanlaldas commented on the user ruzuzu

hututu....??
search engine optimization service

January 15, 2012
pterodactyl commented on the user ruzuzu

What's all the fuss about <3' secret messages? Ah! I see! Can it really be as simple as hiding messages behind' hearts?

January 14, 2012
yarb commented on the user ruzuzu

Perhaps I'm <3' not' as smart as I think I am.

January 13, 2012
yarb commented on the user ruzuzu

Hmm.

January 13, 2012
yarb commented on the user ruzuzu

Dear ruzuzu,
You are <3' the opposite of' a terrible bore.
Yours with no <3' thing but' fondness,
Yarb.

January 13, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the user ruzuzu

Thanks, Pro!

January 13, 2012
Prolagus commented on the user ruzuzu

<3'<3'<3'

January 13, 2012