Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. conversation To gently waffle or muse on a subject which one clearly knows little about.
- n. cricket Such a shot
- n. A cylindrical shaped pre-production plastic pellet used in manufacturing and packaging.
Examples
“A nurdle is the curvy dollop of toothpaste used by many toothpaste manufacturers to depict their product.”
Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal
“A nurdle is a tiny plastic pellet plastic industries use to mold into the plastics we know today such as toys, storage containers, water bottles and yogurt tubs.”
“Burt Flickinger III, managing director of consultancy Strategic Resource Group, who adds that the word "nurdle" has been used for decades but who coined it is a mystery.”
“A further confession of terminological ignorance: the IPKat has never heard of the term "nurdle", which apparently means "a small amount of toothpaste akin to what consumers would use brushing their teeth.”
“I want to breathe in every nurdle and give thanks for every slower bouncer.”
“In a statement, the company said Glaxo created the "highly distinctive" tricolored nurdle design over two decades ago, and has used it ever since.”
“A picture of a nurdle is important because the oral care aisle is so crowded, said”
“Colgate also said Glaxo had filed a new broader trademark application for the nurdle design that wasn't restricted to any particular colors.”
“Use of the nurdle became widespread when toothpastes transitioned from a white paste to colored gels back in the 1970s, said”
“A pair of toothpaste makers have squared off in court over a marketing icon, the "nurdle.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘nurdle’.
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Against Nature
Inspired by the creepy decadence of Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans.
katzenklavier, pasilalinic-sympa..., the jewel-encrust..., bird's nest soup, ghost net, bottom trawling, coal industry, cat juggling, rattlesnake roundup, fishing, dancing bear, defoliant and 89 more...
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cricket
everything cricket
batswomen, batswoman, batsmen, batsman, backlift, bail, beamer, blockhole, bodyline, bosie, bouncer, boundary and 471 more...
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simply silly and oft ludicrous
words that amuse, are not (yet?) real or simply tickle you in a strange way
nincompoop, funemployed, phantasmagoria, flabbergast, hippopotomonstros..., nurdle, nitwit, staccato brain fa..., synapse epilepsy, inconceivable, inconceivable, paraprosdokian and 1 more...
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Kapok Vest and Other Floaty Words
List of words and things buoyant.
kapok vest, balsa wood, pumice, buoy, lifebuoy, dan, soap bubble, styrofoam, oil, foam, cloud, smoke ring and 44 more...
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No end of plastic
frisbee, hula-hoop, cellulosic, plasticky, fictile, lego, gutta-percha, bakelite, Parkesine, polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, celluloid and 39 more...
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Logodaedalus' Lexical Locutionary
Discombobulating the illiterate since the middle of the last century.
adiaphora, agitprop, alliteration, apophthegm, autarky, bête noire, bezoar, biorhythm, braggadocio, canaille, confabulate, confrère and 332 more...
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i don't like cricket, i love it
Words without which cricket could not be.
keeper, stumper, bad light stopped..., wicket keeper, rain stopped play, sight screen, bodyline, leg bye, duck, duckworth-lewis, t20, one-day game and 245 more...
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bintalshamsa's list
My Favorite Words
weltschmerz, perspicacity, idée fixe, invigilator, salubrious, tchotchke, ex nihilo, invidious, malapropism, naïve, sardonic, elide and 1401 more...
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It Has a Name??
Yes. Yes it does.
aglet, armsaye, scroop, rowel, ferrule, rasceta, chanking, philtrum, frenulum, keeper, agelast, punt and 285 more...
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looked up
Words I've come across while reading and looked up in the dictionary.
deesis, pendentive, revetment, aedicule, stemma, patera, ephod, entrepot, corbel, exedra, volute, archivolt and 1406 more...
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Desserts of Random Palavery
Another of my Random Palavery lists, still an eclectic listing of terms that catch my eye and ear. It can't be helped. I am, (as a former partner phrased it) a word-bird.
chablis, ervy, keek, armiger, argand lamp, arblast, milch-cow, cow-calf units, durrus, tom noddy, low-bell, cargo cult and 139 more...
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froseph's list
saritorial, pogrom, synecdoche, metonymy, tonsorial, prophylactic, ozymandias, nepenthe, tonsorial, tranche, allodium, allodial and 156 more...
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persnickety parlance
behoove, ebullient, insouciant, insipient, froth, quandary, quixotic, tendril, maktub, furrow, furl, anastrophe and 1076 more...
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silly, silly words
besnotted, skedaddle, humdinger, pamplemousse, pantalones, underpants gnomes, underoos, herpes zoster, possums, meat slurry, sausage, peevish and 256 more...
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ringman's Words
squidger, squop, nurdle, bristol, boondock, gromp, crud, doubleton, simpleton, bridge, bucket, lunch and 1 more...
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35 more words I like, started 11/20/08
rapscallion, pipsqueak, nurdle, squinch, typography, cross-hatch, contraption, frangipani, puny, explosive, cascades, treacherous and 16 more...
Tweets
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knitandpurl "Driving on the M25, coming over the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge, fumbling for your coin to pay the road toll, nurdling into the right lane, brings out the stories."
London Orbital by Iain Sinclair, p 13 of the Penguin paperback edition Jan 21, 2012
reesetee As Cordycerps mentioned, read The World Without Us and you'll never think of these doodads as harmless little bits again. May 1, 2009
hernesheir n. A small manufactured pellet of raw plastic resin form which an immense variety of plastic items is produced. Also called a "mermaids tear".
100 billion kilograms are shipped around the world each year. Go to any beach, look closely on your hands and knees among the wrack and tide marks, and you'll begin to find these ubiquitous pollutants among the hundreds of other pieces of plastic trash that have found their way into the worlds oceans.
Nurdles attract poisonous chemicals already in the seas, such as DDT and PCB's; these poisons may enter our food supply via fish that mistake them for food. Apr 24, 2009
shevek These definitions are very disappointing. Nov 30, 2008
cordycerps There is much to learn about nurdles and their increasing appearance and representation in beach sands around the world far from their source. Read the world without us" by Alan Weisman Nov 24, 2008
chained_bear Wikipedia offers this additional definition, which isn't nearly as fun as the word itself sounds:
"A nurdle, also called a pre-production plastic pellet or plastic resin pellet, is a pellet typically under 5mm in diameter. Nurdles are a large contributor to marine debris and can cause starvation to marine wildlife, as well as other environmental hazards. A nurdle may be called a mermaid's tear, a term which may also refer to pollution in the form of degraded plastic.
"Nurdles that escape from the plastic production process into waterways or oceans have become a significant source of ocean and beach pollution, frequently finding their way into the digestive tracts of various marine creatures."
Feb 26, 2008
gangerh In cricket 'to nurdle' is used to describe a batsman's stroke when he nudges or manoeuvres the ball into a gap in the field. The term implies that the batsman is in control of the ball and that he successfully scores, probably a single run. Feb 26, 2008
mummalucks What is the name given to a person who enjoys staying in hotels?
Feb 26, 2008
mummalucks What is the meaning of nurdle?
Feb 26, 2008