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tankhughes commented on the list contest-winner-words-that-actually-got-popular-9vivPkKN-NieFQ12dfVV4
phubbing was a 2013 creation for the Australian dictionary MacQuarie: https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/phubbing-words-we%27re-watching
free bird is a Boomer redefinition of empty nester that was an answer to a reader query on BetterAfter50.com. (I think - research in progress) https://betterafter50.com/re-defining-the-empty-nest/
scofflaw was a 1924 contest about prohibition violators sponsored by wealthy liquor hater Delcevare King from Massachussetts.
March 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word ycomen
If you listen carefully to the soundtrack of The Wicker Man (first version) they are singing Summer Is Ycomen In at the end.
March 27, 2024
drawdy commented on the user steven
Steven, did you attend Southside Jr high in 1985?
March 27, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word contrectative
pertaining to handling or personally dealing with a thing
March 27, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word coangustation
making one thing straight (or narrow) with another
March 27, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word cauntercotte
a kind of ecclesiastical vestment (OED)
March 27, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word caterbrawl
a kind of dance; a particular kind of "brawl" (OED)
March 27, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word catharm
a purging or purgation (OED)
March 27, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word caury-maury
a kind of coarse, rough fabric (OED)
March 27, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word bybbey
...a kind of herb (found in an old dictionary of English plant names)
March 27, 2024
bilby commented on the word dizzard
Also disard.
March 27, 2024
bilby commented on the word phronesis
Good call zu-keeper.
March 27, 2024
kalayzich commented on the list collins-dictionary-new-words-2023-FayWxH5OwCBD5n41R9fF8
TATP triacetone triperoxide
March 26, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word phronesis
Bilby, you should add it to the list: best-of-qms-f3E-ECnAs3S
March 26, 2024
bilby commented on the user bilby
My stats say I have looked up 0 words and I suspect that's an undercount. Sayin'.
March 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word treacle-wormseed
Two vegan hot dogs please, one with ketchup, one with treacle-wormseed.
March 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word treacle-wormseed
Parses to just mustard I think.
March 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word wild river
Not sure if it's relevant but in Tasmania (Australia) we have the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park.
March 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word exundating
You've tried dating with mixed results, right, but have you tried exundating?
March 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word hero call
On the river?
March 26, 2024
loveofdeath commented on the user olga
The most beautiful, amazing woman to ever exist in the entire creation of anything and everything.
March 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word naartjie
Ideal for your Rare Fruit or Biting Insect? list.
March 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word lithopedion
If a bit ewww.
March 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word lithopedion
Feels like it would be devastating when used metaphorically.
March 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word phronesis
Great qms limerick below. Banger.
March 25, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word Jython
Jython, a portmanteau of Java and Python.
March 25, 2024
fastoto commented on the user fastoto
LINK DAFTAR FASTOTO
March 25, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word function
History of function as a funnier version of party: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C45yWkVgV-_/
March 25, 2024
allen228 commented on the user allen228
Allen
March 24, 2024
madmouth commented on the word yachtsmanship
yachtsmanyacht
March 23, 2024
bilby commented on the word meeking
Uffa, someone's been verbing meek?
March 22, 2024
bilby commented on the word groove-fellow
Hey funky cat, send me a coal bucket, you dig?
Coming 'round like a merry-go, groove-fellow!
March 22, 2024
kalayzich commented on the list collins-dictionary-new-words-2023-FayWxH5OwCBD5n41R9fF8
17 letters agribusinesswoman /agribusinesswomen
March 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word stonks
In meme culture, this means stocks. Related terms: GameStop, to the moon, tendies etc.
March 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word aquastat
These things are probably quite common yet it's the first time I've heard this word.
March 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word verbal statues
In Australia what was once known as the jabiru is now the black-necked stork. Apparently the name comes from the Tupi–Guaraní language and means 'swollen neck'. I have no idea how the name arrived in northern Australia.
But supposedly the objection was that the jabiru proper is the only bird in the genus Jabiru so it wasn't acceptable for a bird from another genus like the Australian black-necked stork to have the name as well.
Yeah too late, in a way, there's already a town called Jabiru in the Northern Territory, named after you-know-what.
Aand locals like me who lived in the NT for 25 years just liked the name jabiru better so continue to use it.
March 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word verbal statues
Bird names are a bin fire anyway.
March 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word verbal statues
In an article about decolonizing bird names - not calling them the name of the white European ornithologist associated with them - they refer to these names as verbal statues, monuments to colonizers new to the area.
"The Bird Names for Birds movement argues that these names are like “verbal statues” and that the moment has come for the birding community to take a long, hard look at the institutions and systems that perpetuate white colonial ideals."
https://birdsconnectsea.org/2021/08/19/names-are-power-lets-talk-about-decolonizing-bird-names/
March 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word on the doors
An Australian expression that equates roughly to 'while campaigning'. It refers to doorknocking but in reality includes conversations political canvassers have at markets, on the street, by phone, etc.
"The feedback I’m getting out there on the doors is very positive. We’ve had a huge campaign in terms of announcing the policies that are actually going to address some of the issues, the biggest issues in Tasmania at the moment: the cost of living crisis, the health crisis and the housing crisis." - Dean Winter, https://tasmaniantimes.com/2024/03/winter-after-10-years-of-liberals-its-time-for-change/
March 21, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word bryaceous
Haha. I forgot just how funny you are...
March 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word bryaceous
All you fake mosses out there have been warned.
March 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word cheeseweed
Serve on crackerweed for the ultimate wild-foraged canape.
March 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word cachalot
I suppose they do cachalot of squid.
March 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word lation
Hey, possible name for your autonomous self-driving taxi start-up.
March 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word tomium
Once a rare element named after a famous scientist, Tom, in a powerful windstorm it was blown right off the atomic table out the window into the yard where a bird snaffled it. The rest, as they say, is history.
March 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word inverted arch
I've come across a_holes and eye holes so we might as well have U-holes.
March 20, 2024
apollo.asuna commented on the user apollo.asuna
2¢ 😂😘
March 20, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word croffle
Blend of croissant and waffle. Like cronut I guess? https://addybean.com/recipe/breakfast/gluten-free-and-vegan-croffles-croissant-waffles/
March 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word inverted arch
An inverted arch is just a U-shaped hole.
March 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word chawdron
Slop some chawdron in yer cauldron.
March 19, 2024
aysu commented on the user aysu
Bag
March 19, 2024
giuseppejosefine commented on the word foot passenger
Alright!
March 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word tammar
The common name of the animal is derived from the thickets of the shrub locally known as tamma (Allocasuarina campestris) that sheltered it in Western Australia according to the Department of Environment and Conservation - https://web.archive.org/web/20110225064720/http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/component/option%2Ccom_docman/task%2Cdoc_download/gid%2C133/Itemid%2C/
March 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word foot passenger
What if the passenger is a double amputee?
March 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word golliwog
The rhyming slang definition is interesting with nowadays dog racing being considered a cruel form a animal exploitation in most civilised countries*.
A racist caricature as rhyming slang for an abomination, hoo-boy.
March 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word yachtsmanship
A bit like a catamaran. A yacht on each side and a sman in the middle.
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word yachtsmanship
But isn't a yacht a kind of ship? Might as well say yachtsmanyacht.
March 18, 2024
miltonkster commented on the list my-list-ow3pqYhpPtxHip3Bm6Nn1
Podría
March 18, 2024
miltonkster commented on the user miltonkster
ashamed
March 18, 2024
miltonkster commented on the user miltonkster
might
March 18, 2024
miltonkster commented on the user miltonkster
even
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word upsert
Apart from anything else it reminds of yucky stuff like upskirt.
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word upsert
I'm glad this has not escaped from the whiffy confines of geekdom.
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word impitoyable
Yes, pitylessly is the way to drink wine.
March 18, 2024
alexz commented on the word prison pony
a zebra
March 17, 2024
alexz commented on the word danger zebra
A zebra is a prison pony
March 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word picket-fence pony
See danger zebra.
March 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word danger zebra
What's a zebra then? Picket fence pony? Pedestrian crossing of the savannah?
March 17, 2024
alexz commented on the word danger zebra
meme name for a Tiger
March 16, 2024
alexz commented on the word 🪩🐔
"Disco Chicken"...
aka The Peacock
March 16, 2024
bilby commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
You've just been hiding because England can't win the Ashes to Ashes, eh.
March 16, 2024
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
Hello bilby - just noticed your question from a few years back. I always considered this an open list. Seems that status slipped away sometime. I have re-openstatused it.
March 15, 2024
gangerh commented on the word schrodinger's cat on a hot tin roof
listed by gangerh but created by vendingmachine
March 15, 2024
gangerh commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
Why, thank you vendingmachine! 'tis a while since I visited the Community, tho' Wordnik is still my go to dictionary look-up. Am delighted that you love the Sweet Tooth Fairies. You may like to know that I have now found time to write their book. It's entitled 'A SATISFYING POP OF ABSURDITY' - a phrase coined by erinmckean in her column in The Boston Globe. It will contain many illustrations depicting a selection of STFs. As for 'schrodinger's cat on a hot tin roof', that's brilliant!
March 15, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word strawbango
Strawbango, a portmanteau of strawberry and mango.
March 15, 2024
bilby commented on the word azipod
Presumably an audio show about these would be an azipodcast.
March 15, 2024
bilby commented on the word shelter
I feel like I'm punching down a bit here given this is quite a modest little two syllable word but I just don't like the way it sounds.
March 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word shield
Same root as shelter.
March 14, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word kick it in the dick
Hannah Conna mentioned she has a UK boyfriend, maybe it's from him.
March 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word forthrist
I could really forthrist a fresh orange juice right about now.
March 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word kick it in the dick
I have never heard it in Australia. Mind you, I haven't been to this kind of show in about the last 5 years.
March 14, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word kick it in the dick
On Drag Race: UK vs the World 2, Australian drag qheen Hannah Conda has been encouraging other performers by saying "you're gonna kick it in the dick!" like "fuck em up! you got this!" A good luck blessing. Kinda like merde for ballerinas. Not sure if it's Australian or UK slang. Found it in a stand-up comedy vocab slang post from Dec 2016: https://medium.com/@bokla/the-comedy-urban-dictionary-89933a54515b
March 14, 2024
kaym commented on the user kaym
Hi everyone I am here to learn new words, make word lists, and be here if you need a definition of a word.
March 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word saggar
Also seggar.
March 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word snippy
A preppie but snippy hippie papprazzi chappie snapped happy clappers happily clapping claptrap.
March 13, 2024
nuke95 commented on the user nuke95
tyring daily to be better
March 13, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word leaflute
Leaflute, a portmanteau of leaf and flute.
March 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word zero morpheme derivation
The most important and unique feature of English (I think).
You can just change words without a paper trail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPq0-8dyl8I
Nouns to verbs without -ify or -ate, verbs to nouns without -tion or -er
Parts of Speech? Gender? No thank you. Don't need em.
Allows for nuance in synonym implications amd levels of formality, infinite loanwords, great for flexibility and wordplay. But! Has few signposts for new learners - a bad feature for the current lingua franca.
March 12, 2024
alexz commented on the word nice weather for ducks
I refer to rainy days as "It's a good day to be a duck"
March 12, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word nice weather for ducks
Related: a John Mulaney bit about an eccentric boss "Too Old To Be a Duckling": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJxrnbmdm9s
March 12, 2024
bilby commented on the word resegmentation
Spelling should be reseg-ment-ati-on.
March 12, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word funpetition
Funpetition, a portmanteau of fun and competition.
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word rink rash
(roller derby, slang) Skin injury caused by abrasion against the floor of the rink.
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word road rash
(colloquial) skin and bone injury caused by abrasion with road surfaces. See gravel rash. Coordinate term: rink rash.
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word tumbleweed moment
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word nicker nut
The rounded seed of the nicker tree.
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word nido soup
(Philippines) bird's nest soup (Chinese soup made from edible bird's nest)
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word niche market
A relatively small and specialist, yet profitable, market.
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word nice weather for ducks
Rainy weather.
March 12, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word kick wheel
(ceramics) A wheel or disc used to throw pots, turned by kicking or pushing a heavy stone or concrete base with the foot. See pottery wheel.
March 12, 2024