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qms commented on the word connate
The beasts have convened to debate:
Should jackal or louse bear the weight,
Or lizard take blame
Sparing others the shame
That Donald and they be connate.
January 18, 2019
alexz commented on the word hair ice
Video explainer of hair ice spotted in my local news https://globalnews.ca/news/4855862/no-its-not-hair-unusual-ice-formations-turn-up-on-vancouver-island/?utm_source=Article&utm_medium=MostPopular&utm_campaign=2014
January 17, 2019
qms commented on the word jean dimmock
carburetor
January 17, 2019
ruzuzu commented on the word jean dimmock
alogical?
January 17, 2019
qms commented on the word faunistic
One weather chat characteristic
Is rather a linguistic missed trick:
Why rain dogs and cats
Not pigeons and bats,
A figure more aptly faunistic?
January 17, 2019
bilby commented on the user MichaelHarris259
No.
January 17, 2019
bilby commented on the word tombac
*looks sideways at jean dimmock*
January 17, 2019
alexz commented on the word tombac
Laurtal Yanni
January 16, 2019
ruzuzu commented on the word tombac
Mottled tarmac.
January 16, 2019
qms commented on the word tombac
Doomed cromlech
January 16, 2019
ruzuzu commented on the word tombac
Cy Twombly
January 16, 2019
qms commented on the word stound
His voice and his pictures surround,
Like a pair of assailants they pound.
They stab and they wound
And leave us in stound
Then kick us when we’re on the ground.
January 16, 2019
bilby commented on the word tombac
toum batch
January 16, 2019
ruzuzu commented on the word casemate-truck
"A heavy low carriage mounted on three wheels, the forward wheel being pivoted to facilitate changes of direction: used for transporting cannon and ammunition within the galleries of permanent works."
--from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
January 15, 2019
ruzuzu commented on the word windage
"The play between the spindle of the De Bange gas-cheek and its cavity in the breech-screw: it is expressed in decimal parts of an inch, and is measured by the difference between the diameters of the spindle and its cavity."
--from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
January 15, 2019
alexz commented on the word ducco
Spotted as a form of doggo speak on twitter
Also ducc
January 15, 2019
ruzuzu commented on the word fomite
Also see fomes.
January 15, 2019
ruzuzu commented on the word tombac
emetic ipecac
January 15, 2019
alexz commented on the word wdym
textspeak for 'what do you mean'
January 15, 2019
qms commented on the word nobby
Could a name for “enforcer of law” be
More cozy than plain British “bobby?”
See “peeler” that was
Supplanted because
The cockneys considered it nobby.
January 15, 2019
qms commented on the word tombac
Thumb thwack
January 15, 2019
bilby commented on the word tombac
bum tack
January 15, 2019
qms commented on the word tombac
rampant poppycock
January 14, 2019
ruzuzu commented on the word tombac
Montserrat Caballé.
January 14, 2019
qms commented on the word tombac
Carpal dog snot
January 14, 2019
alexz commented on the word tombac
larval COM port
January 14, 2019
ruzuzu commented on the word tombac
Portal tomcat.
January 14, 2019
qms commented on the word tombac
Vorpal wombat
January 14, 2019
alexz commented on the word tombac
Mortal Compote
January 14, 2019
ruzuzu commented on the word lewth
Forsooth.
January 14, 2019
qms commented on the word cephalalgia
I’ve rhymed my long weary way
Five years without missing a day.
Now rest on nostalgia
Or choose cephalalgia,
The price the obsessive must pay?
January 14, 2019
bilby commented on the word lewth
Strewth!
January 14, 2019
alexz commented on the word battlestation
Spotted as a marketing term for a computer desk setup for gaming
Also, Star Wars
January 14, 2019
knitandpurl commented on the word haver
"Then again she liked the idea of herself up in the air with her compound eyes, hovering, havering, gathering data."
Crudo by Olivia Laing, p 10
January 13, 2019
qms commented on the word lewth
High sentiments can’t hide the truth
That much of our lives is uncouth.
We desperately muddle
And struggle to huddle
Like penguins in search of some lewth.
January 13, 2019
bilby commented on the word tombac
Mortal tombac.
January 12, 2019
knitandpurl commented on the word miotic
""We're not hurting anyone," Beth said, still rocking, but with a new composure, her lips wiped, her eyes miotic, blue."
"Show Recent Some Love" by Sam Lipsyte, p 65 of the November 19, 2018 issues of the New Yorker
January 12, 2019
Gammerstang commented on the word skeinast
Old Icelandic: To get a scratch, to get a slight wound
January 12, 2019
qms commented on the word tombac
Reality’s under attack,
Each speech a stinging gob smack.
His gilt is amazin’;
It seems as if brazen
But even his brass is tombac.
January 12, 2019
alexz commented on the word full stack developer
snarky comment left under full stack
January 12, 2019
alexz commented on the word full stack
full stack developer.
In myth, it's someone who knows everything from the bare metal to the application level.
January 12, 2019
alexz commented on the word elim
gaming shortening for elimination
January 12, 2019
alexz commented on the word elims
gaming short version of eliminations
January 12, 2019
mezzanine commented on the word stand like greyhounds in the slips
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/191850.html
January 12, 2019
mezzanine commented on the word fall to wrack and ruin
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/rack-and-ruin.html
January 12, 2019
mezzanine commented on the word wrack and ruin
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/rack-and-ruin.html
January 12, 2019
MaryW commented on the word fog computing
Fog Computing, Wikipedia (visited Jan. 11, 2019Fox Computing, Technopedia (visited Jan. 11, 2019)January 12, 2019
MaryW commented on the word femtocell
Femtocell, Wikipedia
Femtocell, Technopedia
January 12, 2019
Scotsmanic commented on the list riding-on-the-metro
In Glasgow, the underground is known as the 'clockwork orange.'
https://visit-glasgow.info/history-and-people/glasgow%E2%80%99s-clockwork-orange/
January 11, 2019
qms commented on the word maslin
From cold northern seas to the Tasman,
And islands perfumed with sweet jasmine,
O’er endless bleak fetches
The transported wretches
Survived on slim hope and coarse maslin.
January 11, 2019
alexz commented on the word resos
spotted again as restaurant reservations.
The twitter examples also have it being a shortening of Resolutions (computer plus new year's)
January 11, 2019
ruzuzu commented on the word lenok
"Lenoks (otherwise known as Asiatic trout or Manchurian trout) are a genus, Brachymystax, of salmonid fishes native to rivers and lakes in Mongolia, Kazakhstan, wider Siberia (Russia), Northern China, and Korea."
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lenok&oldid=853445221
January 10, 2019
ruzuzu commented on the word mellophone
Dude.
January 10, 2019
ruzuzu commented on the word almost Solveig
Anyone have a mellophone I can borrow?
January 10, 2019
rolig commented on the word sooterkin
Seconded.
January 10, 2019
qms commented on the word sipple
An infant who’s fierce for the nipple
Once grown may be given to tipple
And if so accursed
Must manage his thirst,
Not guzzle but daintily sipple.
January 10, 2019
bilby commented on the user ashok1811
Good idea ashok.
January 10, 2019
ashok1811 commented on the user ashok1811
Only for hobby
January 10, 2019
boobook commented on the word amel
re my previous comment: in the example from Dunham's book, the word amel seems to be used metaphorically, as a synonym for lustre, or sheen, rather than referring specifically to enamel.
January 10, 2019
boobook commented on the word amel
None of the examples given actually relate to the English word amel, so, here is a relevant example. "Swafurlam admired his sword and its splendid accoutrements, the curious richness of the workmanship, the yellow gloss of the gold, the blue amel of the steel, the straps of scarlet leather, and the buckle studded with precious stones."
From: A History of Europe During the Middle Ages, Volume 2, Samuel Astley Dunham, 1833, page 319.
January 10, 2019
qms commented on the word mellophone
That's cool, man. Pas de problemo.
January 9, 2019
bilby commented on the word mellophone
Sorry, due to government shutdown all visitors, limericks, cats and jazzbears must leave the park.
January 9, 2019
reginaldo commented on the user reginaldo
I'm Brazilian and learning about api
January 9, 2019
qms commented on the word mellophone
Though legal, leave pot well alone;
It made my backyard Yellowstone.
There Old Faithful spat
And frightened the cat
While a bear played a fine mellophone.
January 9, 2019
bilby commented on the word galea
Nope, not explaining.
January 8, 2019
sicarol commented on the word à perte de vue
French: "as far as the eye can see"; within sightline
January 8, 2019
qms commented on the word galea
There once was a youth in Australia
Who slept in odd paraphernalia -
Wore armor to bed,
To cushion his head
A pillow was stuffed in his galea.
January 9, 2019
aminah0001@gmail.com commented on the word mira
I personally do not have an issue with the word mira. When I looked into it its feminine form for latin word meaning "wonder" "wonderful"; Sanskrit feminine form for "ocean" "sea" "limit" "boundary"; also in Hebrew it is a derivative of Miriam, as well as the feminine equivalent to "meir" meaning "light". Its good to know vocabulary can be so versatile. But hey, that's just me out many others whom disagree, but to each is own. Love the game overall😊.
January 8, 2019
alexz commented on the word electron guzzler
spotted as an old version electric car, or an electric car which is inefficient.
January 8, 2019
bilby commented on the word sooterkin
Best use of nates so far in 2019.
January 8, 2019
qms commented on the word sooterkin
The Dutch have odd habits, by Jove!
And sooterkin shows us a trove:
Just why should Dutch ladies
Be toasting their nates
Or want to sit over a stove?
January 7, 2019
alexz commented on the word 👏🏽
In 2018, this was commonly used as the SHOUT 👏🏽 CLAP
Where a phrase was to be read as if it were in all caps with a tempo.
As in
NEXT 👏🏽 YEAR 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 WILL 👏🏽 BE 👏🏽 EMOJI 👏🏽 OF 👏🏽 THE 👏🏽 YEAR
January 6, 2019
fbharjo commented on the word elote
corn-on-the-cob
January 6, 2019
fbharjo commented on the word guajolote
turkey
January 6, 2019
qms commented on the word theophany
Some credit strange creatures from space
Or think that a ghost haunts the place
But don’t often see
The theophany
Made plain in a babe’s smiling face.
January 6, 2019
lukasiwicz commented on the user lukasiwicz
I originally subscribed to Wordnik quite a while ago, but for at least the past year and a half stopped receiving your Word of the Day transmissions, though I hadn't canceled my subscription. Any idea what happened? In any event, I am herewith re-establishing contact.
January 5, 2019
qms commented on the word beanfeast
The suffering drones who are seen least
Will say that their boss is a mean beast
But turns a fine fellow
When workers grow mellow
At the annual company beanfeast.
January 5, 2019
qms commented on the word swage
The poets of old made a song
With anvil and hammer and tong,
Now rap’s all the rage
That’s stamped by a swage
So writers need never be strong.
January 4, 2019
alexz commented on the word chine
Coquitlam BC has a neighbourhood called Harbour Chines
January 3, 2019
annarose commented on the user annarose
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January 3, 2019
qms commented on the word chine
The barbering tar would opine,
“The hardest to shave’s the jawline.
The prow of the chin
Is easy as sin
But not the damned barnacled chine.”
January 3, 2019
Prolagus commented on the word yes we have no bananas
Yes We Have No Bananas (1923) is now in the public domain! I'm surprised nobody seems to be celebrating.
January 3, 2019
ricoj commented on the user ricoj
word smith :)
January 2, 2019
alexz commented on the word LTM
In computer gaming it is Limited Time Mode
January 2, 2019
qms commented on the list autantonyms
See ferial, which means pertaining to a holiday or pertaining to any day of the week which is not a holiday.
January 2, 2019
qms commented on the word ferial
The day of the week’s immaterial
Official, mundane, or ethereal.
You’re sure to be vexed
Without some context
When told the occasion is ferial.
Ferial is one of those words that supports opposite meanings. There are at least three lists that try (more or less strictly) to collect these:
autantonyms, self-antonyms, contranyms.
January 2, 2019
vendingmachine commented on the word social echo
PR Newswire coined the term “Social Echo” to describe “the powerful reverberation around brands that occurs through the millions of conversations in the social networks and communities where people gather today.”
In PR Newswire’s view, “A brand’s Social Echo has enormous power to shape reputation, influence mass opinion and drive growth. Social Echo has equal – and perhaps even greater – power to stop a brand dead in its tracks.”
They go on to say that…
“Marketers and communicators who understand this are actively engaged in listening to their Social Echo and in finding ways to participate in the conversations that comprise their Social Echo. Importantly, they are also gleaning real-time insights to apply back to their brands in every area – customer care, product development, brand positioning and messaging, innovation and more.
Read more at https://www.business2community.com/social-media/how-is-your-social-echo-0453783
January 2, 2019
alexz commented on the word ☕⏰
Spotted emoji phrase for teatime
January 1, 2019
qms commented on the word year-day
It may be all rumor and hearsay
But true in a chillingly weird way:
The Kremlin’s thick walls
Hide banquets and balls
On Donald’s inaugural year-day.
January 1, 2019
hugovk commented on the word dropshipper
dropshipper, n.
The New York Times, 27 November 2018:
December 31, 2018
hugovk commented on the word dropshipping
dropshipping, n.
The New York Times, 27 November 2018:
December 31, 2018
hugovk commented on the word post-millennial
post-millennial, n.
Mike Brown, 20 November 2018:
December 31, 2018
hugovk commented on the word Slack strike
Slack strike, n.
Slate Union, 16 November 2018:
December 31, 2018
hugovk commented on the word greyware
greyware, n.
The Register, 10 November 2018:
December 31, 2018
hugovk commented on the word funbux
funbux, n.
The Register, 10 November 2018:
December 31, 2018
hugovk commented on the word e-gentrification
e-gentrification, n.
The New York Times, 8 November 2018:
December 31, 2018
hugovk commented on the word e-carceration
e-carceration, n.
The New York Times, 8 November 2018:
December 31, 2018
hugovk commented on the word logline
logline, n.
The Guardian, 30 October 2018:
December 31, 2018
hugovk commented on the word anti-elite
anti-elite, adj.
Pete Paphides, 21 October 2018:
December 31, 2018
hugovk commented on the word ghost phone
ghost phone, n.
The Register, 16 October 2018:
December 31, 2018