alexz I always picture the faller with their head aimed roughly in the direction of the fall when take a header is used, whether protecting it or not; for instance, a sot passes out while leaning on the railing of a pier and takes a header into the water.
ian.squire.92, I think you are looking for the third definition in the Wiktionary entry under cheese. Any tense would be perfectly permissible in Scrabble, except maybe cheesen.
came across this in an old Guardian UK article and find it's been attended to by assiduous wiktionarists. The gratifyingly droll phrase beware of deepities is the subheading beginning the paragraph in the article
I just started adding a bunch of words then realized the scope of my undertaking. *ule*ular*ute etc. return a plethora of words that could be added to this list...
a meme-ish phrase used when one has reached a milestone or accomplished something noteworthy. Derived from video games in which the player works through a hierarchical sequence or tree of goals; "unlocking" one allows further progress through the game, access to more difficult achievements, and often new powers, abilities, etc.
from Wikipedia:
A term coined by researchers in Cornell University's Social Media Lab that describes small/innate lies which are usually sent electronically, and are used to terminate conversations or to save face. For example sending an SMS to someone reading "I have to go, the waiter is here" when you are not at a restaurant is an example of a butler lie.
http://birnholtz.hci.cornell.edu/paper0940-hancock.pdf
seeing this word caused the phrase plumbum oscillans to dredge itself up from the back of some rattling, rusted file cabinet of my brain. at first i could not remember a thing about it.
(probably pseudo-) Latin for "swinging the lead"; British doctors' slang for malingering, or seeking a sick note to take time off work. I believe I saw this a while back in an old Eric Partridge slang dictionary. It may originally have been a British armed forces' slang term, equivalent to the U.S. goldbricking
I'm a fan of the origin of this phrase; it's an attribution to Julius Caesar (usually "alea iacta est"), supposedly stated as he gave the command to his army to begin crossing the river Rubicon, enter Roman territory, and thereby irrevocably commit to civil war. Thus also the phrase cross the Rubicon.
a bizarre new addition to corpspeak lexicon?
Today in a meeting one of my coworkers said "Let's gestate this," as some kind of coda, tabling a discussion.
Also: twitter spambots seem to have this word in heavy rotation at the moment: see Tweets
from wikipedia:
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their mistakes.
so basically two consecutive palindromes (lexical or not) that can be concatenated to produce an acceptable word eg debedded. In fact, the simple plural of most single-word noun palindromes would be a circular palindrome: madams, ewes, rotators
can be a transitive verb:
-To assault or attack, as a target or location, by means of drone(s).
"That feeling...gripped me when my village was droned just days ago." -- Farea al-Muslimi, Yemeni journalist, before a US Senate subcommittee, 2013-04-23
great find! I am recalled of a twitter parody account called DEVOPS BORAT, rife with esoteric jokes and broken English. I find it hilarious but perhaps that's just me.
"The surface of last scattering refers to the set of points in space at the right distance from us so that we are now receiving photons originally emitted from those points at the time of photon decoupling."
from Cosmic microwave background radiation on wikipedia
I find this a remarkable phrase on several levels
carlosG commented this on his list, but I wanted to also have it here because I like it a lot:
zOMG:
zOMG is a variant of the all-too-popular acronym "OMG", meaning "Oh My God".
The "z" was originally a mistake while attempting to hit the shift key with the left hand, and type "OMG"
Also used in all-caps, 'ZOMG' is generally used in a sarcastic manner, more often than not a humiliating fasion. It is also used as a device for stating the obvious.
"zOMG! you r teh winz!!one!!eleven!"
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=zomg
exclamation point is definitely more common here in California. I couldn't speak for all the hill people, desert dwellers and fancy-pants east coasters around. I say we squash the beef and all start calling it the ecphoneme! (found that in an unretraceable "Related Words" meander from here).
yes, medical device user documentation can be surprisingly pregnant with eldritch menace, I find. I imagine it's different if you are a doctor or technician. "Ho hum, another day, another cirrhotic stigmata"
I find myself agreeing with pterodactyl. There is something irksome about two or four bangs.
...also, gotta love these algorithms—America is listed as a synonym above.
I will accept it as a real word/construction when in non-formal writing its usage vs. the standard usage exceeds an arbitrary ratio...say 24:1. Which I give even odds of happening by 2050.
I define this from my personal experience. In many cases synonymous with the "San Francisco Burrito", this is a large portable meal(s) consisting of meat, cheese, rice, beans, salsa (hot sauce, pico de gallo, or both), sour cream and certain optional ingredients (frequently lettuce, minced cilantro, or guacamole), wrapped in a large (usually 14-inch) tortilla, further wrapped in two layers of aluminum foil. It typically weighs 0.5 - 1 kg, contains >1500 calories, and by many is—indeed can only be—eaten in intervals over the course of a day. It is most often purchased from a taqueria or taco truck. Several Mexican-American chain restaurants, notably Chipotle, have adopted versions into their menus.
metaphor describing a tendency or urge to do the wrong thing under a given set of circumstances, for no other reason than that it is possible to do so. cf. shoulder angel, shoulder devil.
possibly coined by Poe in his short story (1845) of the same name. Also used by Neal Stephenson in the Baroque Cycle books.
Transient lunar phenomonon (TLP): refers to short-lived lights, colors, or changes in appearance of the lunar surface. Claims of short-lived phenomena go back at least 1000 years, with some having been observed independently by multiple witnesses or reputable scientists. Nevertheless, the majority of transient lunar phenomena reports are irreproducible and do not possess adequate control experiments that could be used to distinguish among alternative hypotheses.
"‘guacolate’ has been looked up 497 times" and appears as a related word under capsaicin (along with paedophile and tyrannosaurus). According to Google, it may be some kind of chocolate-avocado cake recipe.
A cultivar of capsicum annuum, under widespread cultivation in South Asia, bearing as fruit a small, very pungent hot pepper, commonly used in cuisine of the cultures in this area. A.k.a. phrik khi nu, Thai chili pepper, cabe rawit in Indonesia, Thai dragon, boonie pepper and other names.
yay thanks! I added some more. There are def. a lot of historical nations and archaic names out there, but I tried to limit it to the ones that could be considered poetic.
I added Legionnaires' disease because it's lexically pretty unique—a possessive medical eponym named for a group rather than an individual—and found that there are a bajillion possessive-eponymic diseases named for their describers/discoverers (which is presumably one reason sionnach disallowed names on x's y.... Anyway, if anyone wants to add them here, go ahead, but there are a lot.
Edit: there is also a metric f***ton of scientific laws, natural phenomena, and logical paradoxes named in this way. The listers at Wikipedia have done this job already.
Oh that is excellent. Another every potential list is an existing list specimen! Well that one disqualifies proper nouns...nor shall I spoliate it the less. thanks!
I had noticed this too. I thought it might be related to Google's recent efforts to "personalize" search by ranking certain results based on your search and browsing history. alexz, do you have a Google account with which you were logged in, when you noticed those results?
kǔdīng chá, "bitter spikeleaf tea," a Chinese infusion with folk-medicinal uses, made with any of various plant species. One of the most commonly used is the holly species ilex kudingcha, which may explain the invigorating and focusing effects attributed to the drink, being that three other holly species (ilex paraguariensis or yerba mate, its close relative ilex guayusa, and yaupon holly) are known to contain caffeine.
cassine or cassina were names given by early European colonists of North America to drinks brewed from caffeine-containing yaupon holly as substitutes for coffee and tea. See also black drink.
commonly drunk in Tibet. Black tea leaves are brewed in boiling water for an extended period; the resulting tea preparation is then transferred to a vessel also containing yak butter and salt, and mixed therewith.
a coffee preparation very popular in Senegal, to the point of being referred to as the "spiritual beverage" of the country. The coffee beans are roasted with the addition of grains of Selim a.k.a. Guinea pepper, and sometimes cloves; then is ground and brewed in the normal filter method.
"Thai iced tea", a popular tea drink in Thailand and the U.S.; strongly brewed black tea (traditionally Ceylon tea) with additional ingredients, usually orange blossom water, star anise, crushed tamarind, sugar and condensed milk or cream.
fair enough Messer alexz, changed. bilby, essentially that is correct, however, I found recently that in fact, either spelling is acceptable in en_US (for the color, not the surname of course), gray being only the more common.
See comment on kopi jawa. I saw it on Wikipedia so it must be true!!
In my poking around today, several times I saw the phrase coffee liqueur used as though it is the regular descriptor for that class of drinks, so...I'm not sure. caffè Borghetti is a thing.
Wikipedia has: "The Indonesian phrase Kopi Jawa refers not only to the origin of the coffee, but is used to distinguish a style of strong, black, and very sweet coffee."
yes, and dated, and inaccurate...real Mexican breakfasts are generally heavy on the tortillas and beans, sometimes with eggs, various soups, and on Sundays, the hangover-curing menudo.
Edit: the flickr content reminds me that fried plantains, chorizo, avocado, roasted chiles, and various aguas frescas are common/traditional elements as well.
Oh I see, clever boots. Specific preparations, yes. Avoiding straight synonyms for coffee. I was thinking about chocolate coated espresso beans, yeah, anything you find like that seems cool.
So monsignor bilby, my question is can you say "I'm drinking kopi luwak (god help me)?" or must you say "I'm drinking coffee made from kopi luwak (when will this nightmare be over)."
alexz! Thanks for your additions. Mountain Dew, Pepsi and Coke all have caffeine, but soda, pop and soda pop are words describing any soft drink regardless of caffeinatedness, so maybe those shouldn't go here.
hmm good point, I don't know. Basically what I want here is names of specific drinks and possibly methods/accoutrements of brewing. So unless someone starts feeding civets coffee grounds and then getting them to drink a lot of water...
ry commented on the word your problem is that you lack structure, said he, donning his welder's mask
trying to figure out the poetic meter of this sentence. does it have one? anyone know this stuff?
your prob′ lem is that′ you lack struc′ ture said he′
don′ ning his weld′ ers mask′
May 24, 2013
ry commented on the word taking a header
alexz I always picture the faller with their head aimed roughly in the direction of the fall when take a header is used, whether protecting it or not; for instance, a sot passes out while leaning on the railing of a pier and takes a header into the water.
May 24, 2013
ry commented on the word cheesed
ian.squire.92, I think you are looking for the third definition in the Wiktionary entry under cheese. Any tense would be perfectly permissible in Scrabble, except maybe cheesen.
May 24, 2013
ry commented on the word deepity
came across this in an old Guardian UK article and find it's been attended to by assiduous wiktionarists. The gratifyingly droll phrase beware of deepities is the subheading beginning the paragraph in the article
May 24, 2013
ry commented on the word take something as read
by far the most common usage of this phrase is "to take it as read that...(something is the case)"
also commonly mis- or alternately-phrased as take it as written or sometimes take it as writ
May 23, 2013
ry commented on the word survenue
this is one of those "there's a name for that" kind of words.
(Is there an adjective that? Something that means "having a detailed meaning"?)
May 22, 2013
ry commented on the word plis
dolan pls
May 21, 2013
ry commented on the list ill-drink-to-that
thanks for the addition, danama.
May 20, 2013
ry commented on the list words-in-which-u-is-pronounced-yu
I just started adding a bunch of words then realized the scope of my undertaking. *ule *ular *ute etc. return a plethora of words that could be added to this list...
May 17, 2013
ry commented on the word achievement unlocked
a meme-ish phrase used when one has reached a milestone or accomplished something noteworthy. Derived from video games in which the player works through a hierarchical sequence or tree of goals; "unlocking" one allows further progress through the game, access to more difficult achievements, and often new powers, abilities, etc.
May 17, 2013
ry commented on the word make a big production of
to infuse some undertaking or event with great efforts, weighty gestures, and/or elaborate histrionics
May 15, 2013
ry commented on the word kanpai
乾杯, a toast in Japanese: "drain the glass"
May 15, 2013
ry commented on the user feedback
good morrow all
i found a way—i think—for you to remove terms added to your open lists by others. see my comment up in here: http://support.wordnik.com/wordnik/topics/cant_delete_other_users_words_on_own_list
May 15, 2013
ry commented on the word sangrail
alternate/archaic spelling of sangreal
May 15, 2013
ry commented on the word couac
funnily enough, I have fond memories of producing this sound, back in the fifth grade.
also: not listed?!
May 15, 2013
ry commented on the word Chinese gooseberry
thus tag it, then
May 14, 2013
ry commented on the word butler lie
from Wikipedia:
A term coined by researchers in Cornell University's Social Media Lab that describes small/innate lies which are usually sent electronically, and are used to terminate conversations or to save face. For example sending an SMS to someone reading "I have to go, the waiter is here" when you are not at a restaurant is an example of a butler lie.
http://birnholtz.hci.cornell.edu/paper0940-hancock.pdf
May 13, 2013
ry commented on the list lies--1
so this is _mostly_ a list of acts or types of verbal deception.
see also:
Fubbery and Blaflum
Pants on fire
Not Quite The Real Thang
Misdirector's Cut
Loaded Dice
May 13, 2013
ry commented on the user serean
I've not.
May 11, 2013
ry commented on the word plumbum
seeing this word caused the phrase plumbum oscillans to dredge itself up from the back of some rattling, rusted file cabinet of my brain. at first i could not remember a thing about it.
May 10, 2013
ry commented on the word plumbum oscillans
(probably pseudo-) Latin for "swinging the lead"; British doctors' slang for malingering, or seeking a sick note to take time off work. I believe I saw this a while back in an old Eric Partridge slang dictionary. It may originally have been a British armed forces' slang term, equivalent to the U.S. goldbricking
May 10, 2013
ry commented on the word the die is cast
I'm a fan of the origin of this phrase; it's an attribution to Julius Caesar (usually "alea iacta est"), supposedly stated as he gave the command to his army to begin crossing the river Rubicon, enter Roman territory, and thereby irrevocably commit to civil war. Thus also the phrase cross the Rubicon.
May 10, 2013
ry commented on the word smrad
Slovak, "stink"
May 8, 2013
ry commented on the user serean
Howdy.
May 8, 2013
ry commented on the list unenthusiastic-interjections
merci mille fois, chezmoi, I have added it.
May 7, 2013
ry commented on the word wurly
do bilbies inhabit these?
May 7, 2013
ry commented on the word wurked
this is notable for the fact that the definition not only states nothing about the word but seems entirely unrelated. Perhaps just a bug though.
May 7, 2013
ry commented on the word gestate
a bizarre new addition to corpspeak lexicon?
Today in a meeting one of my coworkers said "Let's gestate this," as some kind of coda, tabling a discussion.
Also: twitter spambots seem to have this word in heavy rotation at the moment: see Tweets
May 3, 2013
ry commented on the word said no one ever
A nullified attribution intended to convey the absurdity of a statement.
"Thank god it's Monday," said no one ever.
from urbandictionary.com
(copied from carlos-words--1)
May 2, 2013
ry commented on the word hedgehog
the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing
May 1, 2013
ry commented on the word Dunning-Kruger effect
from wikipedia:
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which unskilled individuals suffer from illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average. This bias is attributed to a metacognitive inability of the unskilled to recognize their mistakes.
May 1, 2013
ry commented on the word theronym
from The Scarcliff Dictionary of Branding
theronym
Posted on December 30, 2007 by Brent
A brand name derived from the name of an animal.
Ford Mustang sports car
Chicago Bears American football team
May 1, 2013
ry commented on the word m'am
variant of ma'am
Apr 30, 2013
ry commented on the word circular palindrome
dudette
Apr 30, 2013
ry commented on the word circular palindrome
so basically two consecutive palindromes (lexical or not) that can be concatenated to produce an acceptable word eg debedded. In fact, the simple plural of most single-word noun palindromes would be a circular palindrome: madams, ewes, rotators
Apr 30, 2013
ry commented on the list science-fact-or-fiction
metadex? tabuloplex? hyperlist?
Apr 25, 2013
ry commented on the word gray goo
see grey goo
Apr 25, 2013
ry commented on the list science-fact-or-fiction
lots of folks have sciency-fictiony (I just made that up) lists just like this one. Here are the ones I have been raiding:
Artificial Intelligence
Humanoids
Blinded with Science
Technical Terms for Fictional Concepts
akmed13's Words
[Open] Scientifictional
Criswell Predicts
Science Fiction Double Feature
They Came From Outer Space!
technobabble
Star Trek and Star Wars
words... of the FUTURE
nanomenclature
Transhumanity
this modern world
and deinonychus' dazzling Pure science
plus a couple others I can't find now.
thanks everyone!
(that said, a lot of these were not otherwise listed, very surprisingly so in some cases)
Apr 25, 2013
ry commented on the word drone
can be a transitive verb:
-To assault or attack, as a target or location, by means of drone(s).
"That feeling...gripped me when my village was droned just days ago." -- Farea al-Muslimi, Yemeni journalist, before a US Senate subcommittee, 2013-04-23
Apr 24, 2013
ry commented on the word devop
great find! I am recalled of a twitter parody account called DEVOPS BORAT, rife with esoteric jokes and broken English. I find it hilarious but perhaps that's just me.
Apr 23, 2013
ry commented on the list phrases--cool
I am tidally locked in childlike wonder to this list. whole oceans of choice words and hidden gems in unlimited detail! You've a rare talent.
Apr 17, 2013
ry commented on the word surface of last scattering
"The surface of last scattering refers to the set of points in space at the right distance from us so that we are now receiving photons originally emitted from those points at the time of photon decoupling."
from Cosmic microwave background radiation on wikipedia
I find this a remarkable phrase on several levels
Apr 17, 2013
ry commented on the list thresholds
“There are things known and there are things unknown and in between are the doors of perception.” Aldous Huxley
Apr 10, 2013
ry commented on the word Legionnaire's
I pretty much agree, especially in terms of usage vs. convention...I mainly wanted to have a link to where the entry is found
Apr 9, 2013
ry commented on the word rock and roll
also used as an interjection, meaning "let us begin"
Apr 9, 2013
ry commented on the word Ion
your fathers name was Ion as in Beam? or Lon as in Cheney?
Apr 9, 2013
ry commented on the word Legionnaire's
notwithstanding ALL the examples, I believe the proper form is Legionnaires' disease
Apr 9, 2013
ry commented on the word zOMG
carlosG commented this on his list, but I wanted to also have it here because I like it a lot:
zOMG:
zOMG is a variant of the all-too-popular acronym "OMG", meaning "Oh My God".
The "z" was originally a mistake while attempting to hit the shift key with the left hand, and type "OMG"
Also used in all-caps, 'ZOMG' is generally used in a sarcastic manner, more often than not a humiliating fasion. It is also used as a device for stating the obvious.
"zOMG! you r teh winz!!one!!eleven!"
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=zomg
Apr 8, 2013
ry commented on the word Ion
This is a contraction of "I don't". See tweets at right. Commonly heard, but I did not realize people had started spelling it phonetically as such.
Apr 8, 2013
ry commented on the word exclamation mark
exclamation point is definitely more common here in California. I couldn't speak for all the hill people, desert dwellers and fancy-pants east coasters around. I say we squash the beef and all start calling it the ecphoneme! (found that in an unretraceable "Related Words" meander from here).
Also, it looks like frogapplause as well feels somewhat strongly about this phrasing!!!
Apr 5, 2013
ry commented on the word could knock a buzzard off a gut wagon
Southern U.S. colloquial: jarringly fetid.
Apr 5, 2013
ry commented on the list medtech
yes, medical device user documentation can be surprisingly pregnant with eldritch menace, I find. I imagine it's different if you are a doctor or technician. "Ho hum, another day, another cirrhotic stigmata"
Apr 3, 2013
ry commented on the user aning098
up,up,down,down,left,right,left,right,b,a,start
Apr 3, 2013
ry commented on the word exclamation mark
I find myself agreeing with pterodactyl. There is something irksome about two or four bangs.
...also, gotta love these algorithms—America is listed as a synonym above.
Apr 3, 2013
ry commented on the word run tell dat
"run and tell that" = "proceed to alert given authority figure(s) if you wish; I am unconcerned" = IDGAF
Apr 2, 2013
ry commented on the word mollywop
to beat down; to kick someone's ass. Also describes a single, forceful blow to the head. cf. maul, wallop
Mar 28, 2013
ry commented on the list ✖-locutions
this is great
✖⊚✖⊚
Mar 28, 2013
ry commented on the word googolplexigong
a large number, 10 to the power of 10 to the power of 100.
Mar 27, 2013
ry commented on the list inedible-bugs
humbug
Mar 25, 2013
ry commented on the list lets-talk-about-sex
venery
Mar 25, 2013
ry commented on the list kickassery
cf. Words that kick serious ass.
Mar 25, 2013
ry commented on the word entropic doom
Science fiction author Stephen Baxter's descriptions of this state are vivid and trenchant. Can't remember the book(s) they were in, though.
Mar 22, 2013
ry commented on the list words-i-will-use-to-sound-awesome
beautiful, beautiful. thank you dreaday, and bilby for pointing me to this
Mar 22, 2013
ry commented on the list animal-ine--1
check this one out
Mar 22, 2013
ry commented on the list here-i-dreamt-i-was-an-archetype
my (embarrassing) list contemporary-character-classes is tangentially related to this
Mar 22, 2013
ry commented on the word pick your poison
variant of what's your poison
Mar 21, 2013
ry commented on the word the night is still young
defined under the night is young by Wiktionary although I believe this construction is much more common
Mar 21, 2013
ry commented on the word coulda woulda shoulda
see could have, would have, should have
Mar 21, 2013
ry commented on the word to pull the plug
see pull the plug
Mar 20, 2013
ry commented on the list stuffie-just-do-it
backflips
Mar 20, 2013
ry commented on the word please advise
corporate jargon for "what the fuck" — as endearingly defined on urbandictionary.com
Mar 20, 2013
ry commented on the word Frosh
see frosh
Mar 15, 2013
ry commented on the list big-lizards
crocodiles and alligators, oh my, has all the crocodilians.
Mar 15, 2013
ry commented on the user ry
i've fallen off the "top listers" sidebar. woe.
Mar 13, 2013
ry commented on the word pissing match
see pissing contest
Mar 13, 2013
ry commented on the word &c.
I use it as often as I can (to wit, as remains below the annoyance threshold of my coworkers and clients)
Mar 13, 2013
ry commented on the word should of
I will accept it as a real word/construction when in non-formal writing its usage vs. the standard usage exceeds an arbitrary ratio...say 24:1. Which I give even odds of happening by 2050.
Mar 11, 2013
ry commented on the word tupinambis
See teju
Mar 11, 2013
ry commented on the word tejus
A lizard, Tejus rufescens or Tejus teguexin. See teju
Mar 11, 2013
ry commented on the word heloderma
"of large size and most repulsive aspect"...oh Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, you old roustabout, you.
Mar 11, 2013
ry commented on the word gihugant
cf. hunormous
Mar 11, 2013
ry commented on the list my-god--its-full-of-stars
Proper names of specific stars probably don't belong here but may also be of interest
Mar 11, 2013
ry commented on the word painted lady
I always thought this was an archaic euphemism for a prostitute. Can't find any citations right now though.
Mar 1, 2013
ry commented on the word super burrito
I define this from my personal experience. In many cases synonymous with the "San Francisco Burrito", this is a large portable meal(s) consisting of meat, cheese, rice, beans, salsa (hot sauce, pico de gallo, or both), sour cream and certain optional ingredients (frequently lettuce, minced cilantro, or guacamole), wrapped in a large (usually 14-inch) tortilla, further wrapped in two layers of aluminum foil. It typically weighs 0.5 - 1 kg, contains >1500 calories, and by many is—indeed can only be—eaten in intervals over the course of a day. It is most often purchased from a taqueria or taco truck. Several Mexican-American chain restaurants, notably Chipotle, have adopted versions into their menus.
Mar 1, 2013
ry commented on the word soil
no I agree. It makes me think of the phrase soil oneself. Ew. Even though I find the phrase in one's own filth somehow hilarious.
Feb 26, 2013
ry commented on the list strangely-exigent-phrases
bilby, you may then enjoy the strange output of Horse_ebooks on Twitter, whence it was taken.
Feb 25, 2013
ry commented on the word mephitine
cf. mephitic
Feb 18, 2013
ry commented on the word გვფრცქვნი
It should be noted that this is Georgian
Feb 18, 2013
ry commented on the word feck+all
see fuck all
Feb 18, 2013
ry commented on the list 50-word-psycho-thriller
this is awesome
Feb 12, 2013
ry commented on the word zonam perdidit
Latin, "he has lost his purse".
Feb 12, 2013
ry commented on the word gummint
Ah, see I'd seen it with different spelling(s), now I'm thinking it must have been in older works. Mark Twain maybe.
ngram
Feb 12, 2013
ry commented on the user Ibcrow
bzzzt, try again.
Feb 11, 2013
ry commented on the word Russell's teapot
I kind of admire the plucky little devil.
Feb 11, 2013
ry commented on the word imp of the perverse
metaphor describing a tendency or urge to do the wrong thing under a given set of circumstances, for no other reason than that it is possible to do so. cf. shoulder angel, shoulder devil.
possibly coined by Poe in his short story (1845) of the same name. Also used by Neal Stephenson in the Baroque Cycle books.
Feb 7, 2013
ry commented on the word Enneadecaeteris
Ancient Greek, "nineteen years"; see Metonic cycle.
(cf. ennead)
Feb 7, 2013
ry commented on the word transient lunar phenomenon
Transient lunar phenomonon (TLP): refers to short-lived lights, colors, or changes in appearance of the lunar surface. Claims of short-lived phenomena go back at least 1000 years, with some having been observed independently by multiple witnesses or reputable scientists. Nevertheless, the majority of transient lunar phenomena reports are irreproducible and do not possess adequate control experiments that could be used to distinguish among alternative hypotheses.
Feb 7, 2013
ry commented on the list wordnik-puzzle--ictus-aromas
it's probably not tui sarcomas
Feb 6, 2013
ry commented on the word bagpipe
According to Eric Partridge (who I am disinclined to doubt) this was once a term for a strange sex act involving the armpit.
Feb 6, 2013
ry commented on the word Hangtown fry
A type of omelette popularized in California during the gold rush of the 1850s, containing bacon and oysters.
Feb 5, 2013
ry commented on the word guacolate
"‘guacolate’ has been looked up 497 times" and appears as a related word under capsaicin (along with paedophile and tyrannosaurus). According to Google, it may be some kind of chocolate-avocado cake recipe.
Feb 5, 2013
ry commented on the word phrik khi nu
see bird's eye chili
Feb 5, 2013
ry commented on the word mouse shit chilies
bird's eye chilies. One translation of the Thai phrik khi nu.
Feb 5, 2013
ry commented on the word bird's eye chili
A cultivar of capsicum annuum, under widespread cultivation in South Asia, bearing as fruit a small, very pungent hot pepper, commonly used in cuisine of the cultures in this area. A.k.a. phrik khi nu, Thai chili pepper, cabe rawit in Indonesia, Thai dragon, boonie pepper and other names.
Feb 5, 2013
ry commented on the word prik ki nu
see bird's eye chili
Feb 5, 2013
ry commented on the word prik kee noo
see bird's eye chili
Feb 5, 2013
ry commented on the word Thai chili
also phrik khi nu; the bird's eye chili, very common in Thai and other southeast Asian cuisine
Feb 5, 2013
ry commented on the word bird's eye pepper
the bird's eye chili pepper
Feb 5, 2013
ry commented on the list genus-capsicum
this guy has a database of cultivars (with pictures!) that puts my piddling list to shame.
Feb 5, 2013
ry commented on the word suborb
I want to go there
Feb 4, 2013
ry commented on the word piri-piri
see African bird's eye
Feb 4, 2013
ry commented on the word African bird's eye
an African cultivar of c. frutescens, also known as the piri-piri pepper.
Feb 4, 2013
ry commented on the word African devil pepper
see African bird's eye
Feb 4, 2013
ry commented on the word scoville
see Scoville scale, Scoville heat unit
Feb 4, 2013
ry commented on the word shear thickening
adjective describing the action (increase in viscosity) of a dilatant fluid under shear strain. See also non-Newtonian fluid.
Feb 4, 2013
ry commented on the list fantastic-places
Ruritania
Westeros, Winterfell from the Ice and Fire books
Fillory from The Magicians
Arbre from Anathem
Feb 2, 2013
ry commented on the word busy beaver function
see comment at busy beaver
Feb 1, 2013
ry commented on the word 25 eels to the stick
see stick (of eels)
Feb 1, 2013
ry commented on the user MilkMan915
Hi
Feb 1, 2013
ry commented on the word omphalelcosis
a pic will make u puke.
Feb 1, 2013
ry commented on the word stick (of eels)
unagi kabayaki is served in a soy-sauce-based glaze which is (delicious and) sticky. 25 eels to the stick hm?
Feb 1, 2013
ry commented on the list archaic-placenames
yay thanks! I added some more. There are def. a lot of historical nations and archaic names out there, but I tried to limit it to the ones that could be considered poetic.
Helvetica should probably be Helvetia on this list. Or perhaps Confœderatio Helvetica
kinda holding off on Transylvania and Bohemia...sort of too obvious.
Jan 31, 2013
ry commented on the word Ruritania
an imaginary, but not metaphorical place. Is there a list for that?
Jan 30, 2013
ry commented on the list remarkable-wikipedia-categories
this list of hydrodynamic instabilities named after people?
Jan 30, 2013
ry commented on the word nether-stock
netherstocks
Jan 30, 2013
ry commented on the list possessive-phrases
I added Legionnaires' disease because it's lexically pretty unique—a possessive medical eponym named for a group rather than an individual—and found that there are a bajillion possessive-eponymic diseases named for their describers/discoverers (which is presumably one reason sionnach disallowed names on x's y.... Anyway, if anyone wants to add them here, go ahead, but there are a lot.
Edit: there is also a metric f***ton of scientific laws, natural phenomena, and logical paradoxes named in this way. The listers at Wikipedia have done this job already.
Jan 30, 2013
ry commented on the list possessive-phrases
Oh that is excellent. Another every potential list is an existing list specimen! Well that one disqualifies proper nouns...nor shall I spoliate it the less. thanks!
Jan 30, 2013
ry commented on the list archaic-placenames
Any of these? Cipangu, Antioch, Abyssinia, Anatolia, Thule, Iberia, Khorasan, Arabia Felix
Jan 30, 2013
ry commented on the list possesive-phrases
bum's rush
edit: oh for Pete's sake, go here.
Jan 29, 2013
ry commented on the list possesive-phrases
hell's bells, fool's errand
Jan 28, 2013
ry commented on the word gelatin slug caterpillar
seen here.
Jan 28, 2013
ry commented on the word monkey slug caterpillar
enthralling, but I'm not sure what I'd do if I found it crawling on me :D
likewise with the gelatin slug caterpillar also posted on that site
Jan 28, 2013
ry commented on the word mate con malici
"mate with malice," a yerba mate drink spiked with aguardiente or pisco, consumed mainly in rural Chile
Jan 27, 2013
ry commented on the list weather-idioms
Those are good ones, Sr. z, thanks
Jan 27, 2013
ry commented on the list revolting-beverages
butter tea revolts me, but people in Tibet reportedly drink a ton of it. Should it go here?
Jan 27, 2013
ry commented on the word milquetoast
I wouldn't be surprised to find that the Watford library photocopier repair bill Emergency Action Commitee meeting planner assistant was a milquetoast
Jan 27, 2013
ry commented on the word Google
I had noticed this too. I thought it might be related to Google's recent efforts to "personalize" search by ranking certain results based on your search and browsing history. alexz, do you have a Google account with which you were logged in, when you noticed those results?
Jan 27, 2013
ry commented on the list butlers
fbharjo made this list approximately 104× better.
Jan 26, 2013
ry commented on the list worse-than-they-sound
ricin?
Jan 26, 2013
ry commented on the word Jamaica hop
an alcoholic mixed drink consisting of coffee liqueur, "white crème de cacao," and heavy cream.
Jan 26, 2013
ry commented on the word coffee brandy
1) a drink of instant coffee, water and sugar cooked together, combined then with vodka. 2) Allen's Coffee Brandy, a coffee liqueur popular in Maine.
Jan 26, 2013
ry commented on the word tempest in teapot
merely a cloud on the horizon. Or perhaps we're in the eye of the hurricane. Still, it's an ill wind that blows nobody good, and every cloud has a silver lining–we'll be right as rain. I guess just wait and see which way the wind is blowing. Maybe there's a rainy weather report around here somewhere.
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word tempest in teapot
shouldn't it be tempest in a teapot?
(google books ngram)
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word kuding
kǔdīng chá, "bitter spikeleaf tea," a Chinese infusion with folk-medicinal uses, made with any of various plant species. One of the most commonly used is the holly species ilex kudingcha, which may explain the invigorating and focusing effects attributed to the drink, being that three other holly species (ilex paraguariensis or yerba mate, its close relative ilex guayusa, and yaupon holly) are known to contain caffeine.
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word caffeine gum
caffeinated chewing gum available under various brand names.
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word cassina
see comments at cassine and yaupon holly.
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word yaupon holly
ilex vomitoria contains a certain amount of caffeine; thus its use in brewing black drink and, later by European settlers, cassine.
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word bun
My guess is that it's simply an attempt at metaphor that didn't really come off (metaphor misphire?)
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word cassine
cassine or cassina were names given by early European colonists of North America to drinks brewed from caffeine-containing yaupon holly as substitutes for coffee and tea. See also black drink.
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word guaraná
guaraná, distinct from guarana, is used in Brazil to denote any of the various guarana-infused soft drinks available there.
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word kaffekask
Swedish coffee drink; brännvin (i.e., vodka or possibly aquavit) with coffee added.
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word butter tea
commonly drunk in Tibet. Black tea leaves are brewed in boiling water for an extended period; the resulting tea preparation is then transferred to a vessel also containing yak butter and salt, and mixed therewith.
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word café Touba
a coffee preparation very popular in Senegal, to the point of being referred to as the "spiritual beverage" of the country. The coffee beans are roasted with the addition of grains of Selim a.k.a. Guinea pepper, and sometimes cloves; then is ground and brewed in the normal filter method.
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word café miel
an espresso with steamed milk, cinnamon, and honey. cf. melya
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word black tie
Also: a coffee drink consisting of a Thai iced tea with a double shot of espresso.
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word Thai iced tea
see cha-yen
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word cha-yen
"Thai iced tea", a popular tea drink in Thailand and the U.S.; strongly brewed black tea (traditionally Ceylon tea) with additional ingredients, usually orange blossom water, star anise, crushed tamarind, sugar and condensed milk or cream.
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word earl grey
fair enough Messer alexz, changed. bilby, essentially that is correct, however, I found recently that in fact, either spelling is acceptable in en_US (for the color, not the surname of course), gray being only the more common.
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word funmatsucha
what fun!
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the word kaisersmarm
what I see when I read kaisersmarrn in the trending words list. Every single time.
Jan 25, 2013
ry commented on the list 1001-ways-to-caffeinate
See comment on kopi jawa. I saw it on Wikipedia so it must be true!!
In my poking around today, several times I saw the phrase coffee liqueur used as though it is the regular descriptor for that class of drinks, so...I'm not sure. caffè Borghetti is a thing.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word café com cheirinho
"Coffee with scent," coffee with Portuguese (pomace-based?) aguardiente added.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word al fresco
in context of coffee brewing, this refers to preparing coffee in a pot or pan, often over a fire. cf cowboy coffee
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word espresso romano
espresso served with a piece of lemon rind, or slice of lemon, intended for application to the rim of the cup.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word cappuccino scuro
aka dry cappuccino, prepared with less than the normal amount of milk.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word cappuccino chiaro
cappuccino with greater than the normal amount of milk.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word wet cappuccino
a cappuccino chiaro.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word green eye
a triple-shot red eye.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word cowboy coffee
coffee prepared in a saucepan
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word caffé alla parigina
"Parisian coffee"; espresso with hot cocoa and cognac
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word caffé alla paragina
oops, fixed.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the list 1001-ways-to-caffeinate
I added kopi luwak but it's unclear whether kopi jawa is not also a style of preparation (in addition to generically referring to Javanese coffee).
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word oliang
A Thai iced coffee drink that also contains soybeans, corn and sesame seeds
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word melya
coffee with a teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa and some honey.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word kopi jawa
Wikipedia has: "The Indonesian phrase Kopi Jawa refers not only to the origin of the coffee, but is used to distinguish a style of strong, black, and very sweet coffee."
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word menudo
mexican tripe soup
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word mexican breakfast
yes, and dated, and inaccurate...real Mexican breakfasts are generally heavy on the tortillas and beans, sometimes with eggs, various soups, and on Sundays, the hangover-curing menudo.
Edit: the flickr content reminds me that fried plantains, chorizo, avocado, roasted chiles, and various aguas frescas are common/traditional elements as well.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the list 1001-ways-to-caffeinate
Oh I see, clever boots. Specific preparations, yes. Avoiding straight synonyms for coffee. I was thinking about chocolate coated espresso beans, yeah, anything you find like that seems cool.
So monsignor bilby, my question is can you say "I'm drinking kopi luwak (god help me)?" or must you say "I'm drinking coffee made from kopi luwak (when will this nightmare be over)."
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word clever boots
a clever person. Probably related to slyboots. See also boots.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the list 1001-ways-to-caffeinate
alexz! Thanks for your additions. Mountain Dew, Pepsi and Coke all have caffeine, but soda, pop and soda pop are words describing any soft drink regardless of caffeinatedness, so maybe those shouldn't go here.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word scandal broth
tea. so-called from the perception that gossip took place while drinking it.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word kan kohi
In Japan, canned coffee (缶コーヒー) drinks have been ubiquitous for many years, the first brands were marketed in the late 1960s.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word guillermo
espresso with lime
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the list 1001-ways-to-caffeinate
hmm good point, I don't know. Basically what I want here is names of specific drinks and possibly methods/accoutrements of brewing. So unless someone starts feeding civets coffee grounds and then getting them to drink a lot of water...
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word South Indian coffee
see comment at kaapi
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word kaapi
sometimes refers to a style of coffee called South Indian coffee, Indian shaken coffee, or meter coffee. Instant coffee with milk and sugar, poured from one glass to another until well-frothed.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word hammerhead
yet another red eye coffee variant.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word caffé alla paragina
"Parisian coffee"; espresso with hot cocoa and cognac
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word caffè del marinaio
sweetened espresso with rum + lemon peel
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word speedball
see also red eye
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word train wreck
Another name for the red eye coffee preparation.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word sludge cup
Name for a coffee drink. See comment at red eye
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word shot in the dark
Also a name for a coffee drink. See comment at red eye
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word depth charge
Also a coffee drink. See comment at red eye.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word dead eye
see comment at red eye
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word red eye
one of the more common names for that coffee drink which is made by adding an espresso shot to a cup of black coffee.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word caffè al pepe
espresso with pepper
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word mexican breakfast
jokingly defined either as a cigarette and a glass of water, or a cigarette and a cup of coffee.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word ca phe da
Vietnamese iced coffee with sweetened condensed milk, and sometimes with chicory. A.k.a. cafe da. Properly cà phê đá.
Jan 24, 2013
ry commented on the word cafe sua da
Vietnamese, "iced coffee with milk". See cafe da/ca phe da.
Orthographically, cà phê sữa đá.
Jan 24, 2013