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vendingmachine commented on the word muliebrity
I forgot the name of the guy who does pronunciations here, but he says it so fast that I can barely understand it. This word is a puzzler. Help.
August 7, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word fodientia
I know it's fashionable to go solo, but there's always a spot for you in almost Solveig.
August 5, 2022
bilby commented on the word superb parrot
For example, could/should I have been the superb bilby and not the greater bilby? Easy mistake to make.
August 5, 2022
bilby commented on the word superb parrot
Does superb actually mean anything in the scientific sense or was the person doing the naming just hella impressed?
August 5, 2022
bilby commented on the list quaintnesses
broud
August 5, 2022
bilby commented on the word smoothbore
Tucker Carlson :-/
August 5, 2022
bilby commented on the list just-cause-i-like-em-s
likam :-/
August 5, 2022
bilby commented on the word stenhuggarite
Aww, I randomed a hug!
August 5, 2022
bilby commented on the word ennuyée
Lol bilby wtf dawg dats NUIA idek.
August 5, 2022
bilby commented on the word ennuyée
Because it's Friday I'm going to provide a helpful abbreviation for your texting conversations: NUIE.
August 5, 2022
bilby commented on the word love tree
Well, hang me in your love tree baby.
August 5, 2022
bilby commented on the word partrich
Found in a partri?
August 5, 2022
bilby commented on the word clancy
"In my wild erratic fancy visions come to me of Clancy
Gone a-droving 'down the Cooper' where the Western drovers go;
As the stock are slowly stringing, Clancy rides behind them singing,
For the drover's life has pleasures that the townsfolk never know."
- A.B. Patterson, Clancy of the Overflow
August 5, 2022
bilby commented on the word pygarg
Ah, the infamous Deuteronomy menu.
August 5, 2022
bilby commented on the list quaintnesses
miswive
August 5, 2022
bilby commented on the word dirigible
This got me thinking about hot air balloons. A mode of 'transport' with no brakes, no steering, where you're standing in a flammable basket with a roaring gas flame. I'm surprised it ever got off the ground.
August 5, 2022
bilby commented on the word fodientia
My new indie pop band is Only The Aardvarks, thank you.
August 5, 2022
bilby commented on the word Smarta
Big opportunity missed here.
August 5, 2022
bilby commented on the word fuzzy sock vacation
Are the socks grippy and fuzzy, or do we get to make some kind of fashion choice? Nurse Ratchet please advise.
August 5, 2022
alexz commented on the list who-farted-75HJ2Pth_NrRur5yC-Ob6
who cut the cheese?
August 4, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word OF
OF can be short for OnlyFans.
August 4, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word fuzzy sock vacation
@vendingmachine a euphemism used online. also grippy sock vacation: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=grippy%20sock%20vacation
August 4, 2022
vendingmachine commented on the word death doula
Someone who helps the terminally ill plan for their final days.
--Certified end-of-life doula
August 4, 2022
vendingmachine commented on the list who-farted-75HJ2Pth_NrRur5yC-Ob6
leaving the backdoor open
August 4, 2022
vendingmachine commented on the word fartner
friend + partner
August 4, 2022
vendingmachine commented on the list ugliest-words-ever
I've heard many people include the word "moist."
August 4, 2022
vendingmachine commented on the word fuzzy sock vacation
Huh?
August 4, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word skripper
Algorithm-avoidant stripper. Also skrippa.
August 4, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word noods
Nudes. Naked photos.
August 4, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word PAWG
phat ass white girl
August 4, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word Delco
A clipped compound of Delaware County = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
August 4, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word murdur
People definitely spell murder this way now, but I can't tell if it's for fun, to avoid algorithm bans on saying murder, or just because they liked the SNL murdur durdur sketch, which was making fun of Delco (Philly) accents from Mare of Easttown. https://youtu.be/qaKZi6p6sxg
August 4, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word check-spring
If we don't, I nominate you to make one for us. (Actually, even if we do, I still nominate you to make your own for our amusement.)
August 4, 2022
bilby commented on the word crib death
Generally known these days as SIDS, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
August 4, 2022
bilby commented on the word herring-hog
Neither herring nor hog, 0 for 2.
August 4, 2022
bilby commented on the word check-spring
Do we not have a spring list?
August 4, 2022
bilby commented on the list gesundheit
fnese
August 4, 2022
bilby commented on the word cowan
So are there batty conspiracies about cowans as well?
August 4, 2022
vendingmachine commented on the word amyosthenia
A want of muscular strength...
August 4, 2022
vendingmachine commented on the word rufescent screech owl
This is random word search gold.
August 4, 2022
vendingmachine commented on the list things-we-supect-are-collected-by-ruzuzu-SYb-wiljc4sQNMz89j1-P
A random word search that landed on "mauve, lots of mauve" brought this list to my attention.
August 4, 2022
vendingmachine commented on the list things-we-supect-are-collected-by-ruzuzu-SYb-wiljc4sQNMz89j1-P
Why was it unnecessary to guess who compiled this list? Bilby. What a no-brainer.
August 4, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word bars-gemel
See gemel.
August 3, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word hayz
Not what I was expecting.
August 3, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list crustaceans
I just got gnathostegite as a random word.
August 3, 2022
bilby commented on the word asshelmet
Trying to define and explain insults is hard work :-/
August 3, 2022
bilby commented on the word wampum
Also seawan.
August 3, 2022
bilby commented on the word dust-point
*points*
August 3, 2022
bilby commented on the word gru-gru
You say gru-gru, I say gri-gri.
August 3, 2022
bilby commented on the word hound dog
Compare horn dog.
August 3, 2022
bilby commented on the word accountant
Plot twist: I worked at the Pancake Parlour for a while, probably my first proper job. I was a dishwasher.
August 3, 2022
bilby commented on the word accountant
I knew a girl who used to say she worked at the Pancake Parlour, which was a well-known Melbourne (Australia) pancake restaurant. It was her code for massage parlour, which was the term used at the time for illegal brothels. I sensed at the time - it was about 1987 - from the way she said it that others also used the Pancake Parlour label, or indeed pizza parlour.
August 3, 2022
bilby commented on the word steller
Good joke.
August 3, 2022
bilby commented on the list lock-me-up
I do not remember making this list. Perhaps it occurred that time I was abducted by aliens.
August 3, 2022
vendingmachine commented on the list lock-me-up
I wish more wordnikkers would leave their lists open. I can't say all of my lists are open-- but the majority are. This is a community and it's nice to have input from others. Like ruzuzu.
August 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list lock-me-up
Ooh! An open list!
August 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word gimbal lock
See comments on quaternion.
August 2, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word accountant
This job title is used by sex workers (and others who don't want to talk about their jobs or can't for censorship/safety reasons). https://youtu.be/psCTNvhF9cE
August 2, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word fuzzy sock vacation
Time spent in a psych ward.
August 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list dewdew-drops
Bulla?
August 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
May 35?
August 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list not-gonna-fly-Nnyhv4qDQD5cWLDxfRymr
I think it's great (which probably says something about my own lists).
August 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word steller
I'm reminded of the joke about a grasshopper that walks in to a bar. The bartender says, "Hey, we have a drink named after you," and the grasshopper says, "You have a drink named Steve?"
August 2, 2022
bilby commented on the list specific-excrement
See also acoprosis for specific non-excrement :-/
August 2, 2022
bilby commented on the word anatifa
I would also like to see a thoracic cirriped punching Richard Spencer in the head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVCg8FmPlC8
August 2, 2022
bilby commented on the word living space
Surely a calque of lebensraum.
August 2, 2022
bilby commented on the word astralin
Sanction it!
August 2, 2022
bilby commented on the word obmutescent
No comment.
August 2, 2022
bilby commented on the word scherif
I schot the scherif.
August 2, 2022
bilby commented on the word cow tipping
*rolls hippogriff*
August 2, 2022
alexz commented on the word cow tipping
I thought Australia didn't tip
August 1, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word change course
I would think change course would refer to changing the ship's direction, not your location on a ship. #RandomWord
August 1, 2022
bilby commented on the word writh's
Yeah nah.
August 1, 2022
bilby commented on the list not-gonna-fly-Nnyhv4qDQD5cWLDxfRymr
Behold, one of my worst list ideas ever. I think the technical term is sottisier.
August 1, 2022
bilby commented on the word homage-jury
The kind of definition you can read a few times and still not really understand.
August 1, 2022
bilby commented on the word lol
The suffix for beta-blockers is -lol, often -olol although sometimes -alol is also used.
Examples: atenolol, metoprolol, propranolol, primidolol, etc.
August 1, 2022
bilby commented on the word boudoir
Not fair that only ladies get a pouting room.
August 1, 2022
bilby commented on the word rotalidea
i'm sorry, I haven't had time to put my perforate foraminifers in order.
August 1, 2022
bilby commented on the word cow tipping
In any case, if you were going to do this why resort to cows when you could tip a hippogriff?
August 1, 2022
bilby commented on the word devastitation
Ooh, this is so ugly.
August 1, 2022
bilby commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
PEBKAC?
August 1, 2022
bilby commented on the word Hwfa Gwyn
Chief Financial Officer for Hybrid Air Vehicles. Pronounced Hoofer.
August 1, 2022
bilby commented on the word cow tipping
Are there enough fictional pastimes for a list? Thinking back to John Clarke's farnarkling.
August 1, 2022
bilby commented on the word square rig
Do not place in round well.
August 1, 2022
bilby commented on the word steller
This is where someone helpfully suggests the bilby should be named after me. Go on.
August 1, 2022
bilby commented on the word steller
If I were going to choose an animal to be named after me, I suspect it would not be a sea cow.
August 1, 2022
bilby commented on the list el-diablo-de-profundo
printer's devil
August 1, 2022
buttock commented on the user buttock
Where's the full list then? Just want a full word list.
July 31, 2022
vendingmachine commented on the word ookpik
Still one of my favorite words...
July 31, 2022
bilby commented on the word stallage
'Dung of cattle or horses, mixed with straw' is not obsolete, it's on Fox News every night :-/
July 31, 2022
patricia20130523 commented on the user patricia20130523
hello
July 31, 2022
vendingmachine commented on the word stallage
Even stallage is taxed. I like how the word can mean a location AND straw-mixed dung.
July 31, 2022
bilby commented on the word huckery
huckery duckery schlock
bilby tried on a smock
the smock was so cute
on a marsupial hirsute
huckery duckery schlock
July 30, 2022
bilby commented on the word monocœlia
What what what.
July 30, 2022
bilby commented on the user wordnikette
Wow, good bloodlines!
July 30, 2022
bilby commented on the word HIMARS
As of July 2022, USA-donated HIMARS are being used by Ukraine in the war against Russia.
July 30, 2022
bilby commented on the word HIMARS
Acronym for a specific kind of moveable weapons system developed in the 1990s, usually truck-mounted, the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System
July 30, 2022
bilby commented on the word arty
Military slang for artillery.
July 30, 2022
bilby commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
Very interesting. Reminds me a bit of underworld slang.
July 30, 2022
alexz commented on the word necrobotics
Spotted in the media - using dead spiders as robotic grippers.
July 29, 2022