Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A goose of the genus Chen; a snow-goose.
Wiktionary
- n. US, Canada, dialects Either of two North American wild geese of the genus Chen, the snow goose (white wavy) or the blue goose (blue wavy).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.), Canadian, & Local U. S. The snow goose.
Etymologies
- According to one theory, from Cree. An alternative etymology, perhaps a folk etymology, attributes the name to their peculiar, wavy flight. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I havnt watched enough of Caprica to discern what their energy source is but I presume it is some sort of Hand wavey, Fusiony sort of power.”
“And then it gets a bit new wavey and then the chorus starts with its screaming and its "whoa-oh ooooh"s and some karaoke beats.”
“Sometimes I've found his science to be a bit hand-wavey e. g.”
“The album includes the new-wavey "I Like Girls," the relentless "Remarkably Insincere," and the Knack-meets-AC/DC-esque "Adaptable (Anything for You).”
“They posted a hand-wavey, excuse making bit about why the 700p is so late with fixes for (some of) the problems that have plagued it from the very beginning.”
“August 19, 2009 at 4:13 pm twittering turtlols umbragj unicorms vurtuohsoh violinistses wavey waddermelolins xzawsted xylofones”
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“August 19, 2009 at 4:16 pm twittering turtlols umbraj unikorms vurtu-oh-soh violists wavey waddermelolins xzawsted xylofones”
I WANNA SEE! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“January 12, 2008 at 6:11 am better lait an wavey than nebber!”
then i was like… WHOAAA - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
“If I select ÄúStart or Install UbuntuÄù it will go through the process of loading then a black screen comes up with a couple coloured wavey lines at the top of the screen and stuck there forever.”
“Usually I think of corrugated iron or steel or aluminum, as being the sine wavey sort of medal.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wavey’.
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gangster
random gangster lingo and street slang with extra absurdities.
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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Bibulosity
Adjectives meaning, or approximating to 'drunk'
Pissed, Ratted, Merry, Tipsy, Legless, Blootered, Mortal, Inebriated, addled, tiddly, stewed, roistered and 39 more...
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Twitter faves
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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gonk, nerking, guap, gimp, fabulous, dabble, fabilicious, tragic, zooted, hey, cheekini, nugget and 457 more... -
Flightful Forays
trips from El Nido
vireo, tanager, scaup, lark, killdear, falcon, cormorant, becard, avocet, accipiter, peregrine, remex and 135 more...
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A few of my favorite definitions from...
I'm especially fond of ones written by Charles Sanders Peirce.
theodolite, illusion, buckie, frank, abstract-concrete, semidiagrammatic, object-object, vortex-filament, dod, parrock, cobler, weather-box and 354 more...
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