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alexz commented on the word Celtic Curse
hereditary hemochromatosis HHC - too much iron in your body.
September 24, 2016
alexz commented on the word trailing millennial
time to start labeling the next generation.
September 24, 2016
mohsin12027 commented on the list manhattan-gre-essential---advanced---distinct-magoosh
thanks
September 24, 2016
qms commented on the word metate
The gaucho at end of the day
Reclines with his gourd of maté.
His hammock will swing,
His gaucha will sing
To the beat of mano and metate.
September 24, 2016
mohsin12027 commented on the list magoosh-vocab-basic
thanks
September 24, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word Swainson's crow
The Swainson's crow (Euploea swainson) is a species of nymphalid butterfly in the Danainae subfamily. It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word Carter's little liver pills
Carter's Little Liver Pills (Carter's Little Pills after 1959) were formulated as a patent medicine by Samuel J. Carter of Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1868.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word Christi's big-eared bat
Christi's big-eared bat (Plecotus christii) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is endemic to Egypt.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word Pirlot's big-eared bat
Pirlot's big-eared bat (Micronycteris homezi) is a species of bat endemic to Venezuela.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word Robert's snow vole
Robert's snow vole (Chionomys roberti) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Russian Federation, and Turkey.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word Jackson's fat mouse
Jackson's fat mouse (Steatomys jacksoni) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Ghana and Nigeria.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word Kreb's fat mouse
Krebs's fat mouse (Steatomys krebsii) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word Bookbinder's soup
Bookbinder's soup is a type of soup pioneered in the United States in 1893 when Samuel Bookbinder created Old Original Bookbinder's restaurant in Philadelphia.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the list persons-thing
erin- Caradja's plague and Caragea's plague add as Caradja and Caragea. Apparently, the 's messes up the works.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word Caradja
Caragea's plague or Caradja's plague (Romanian: Ciuma lui Caragea) was a bubonic plague epidemic that occurred in Wallachia, mainly in Bucharest, in the years 1813 and 1814. It coincided with the rule of the Phanariote Prince John Caradja.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word Caragea's plague
Caragea's plague or Caradja's plague (Romanian: Ciuma lui Caragea) was a bubonic plague epidemic that occurred in Wallachia, mainly in Bucharest, in the years 1813 and 1814. It coincided with the rule of the Phanariote Prince John Caradja.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word Poinsot's spirals
Poinsot's spirals
September 23, 2016
qms commented on the word emargination
The stock of his gun, so it's said,
He notched for each man he shot dead;
What meaning then place on
The emargination
That pocked the headboard of his bed?
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word Curschmann's spirals
Curschmann's spirals refers to a microscopic finding in the sputum of asthmatics which are spiral shaped mucus plugs from subepithelial mucous gland ducts or bronchioles. These may occur in several different lung diseases.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word Old Possum's book of practical cats
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939) is a collection of whimsical poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology, published by Faber and Faber. It is the basis for the musical Cats.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word Père David's rock squirrel
Père David's rock squirrel (Sciurotamias davidianus), also known as the Chinese rock squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to China, where it is found widely in rocky habitats in the eastern and central parts of the country.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word Döbereiner's lamp
Döbereiner's lamp, also called a "tinderbox" ("Feuerzeug"), is a lighter invented in 1823 by the German chemist Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the list persons-thing
Great list, alexz. I love how you think.
September 23, 2016
MidnightNurse commented on the word vaguaries
misspelling of vagaries
September 23, 2016
alexz commented on the word scrotox
spotted on late night television.... nope.
word made an appearance in 2010 as a SNL spoof.
September 23, 2016
alexz commented on the word
The 'soft hyphen' character.
you'd put it in a long word where you want it to break aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb
September 23, 2016
alexz commented on the word ־
maqaf , a hebrew hyphen
September 23, 2016
alexz commented on the word -
it turns out the maqaf has an entry in unicode and it's ־
The difference between ־ (maqaf) and - (hyphen-minus) is that it shows up in the right hand side of textboxes.
־ so it would affect rendering on a computer screen depending on computer.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word snow-grooming machine
"The Austrian team doctor collided with another skier and was knocked under a snow-grooming machine, which crushed him instantly."
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word twilight shadowing
James Oberg explained many UFO sightings on the Internet. Most of them belong to one of three groups:
super-high plumes – rocket or missile plumes, especially lit by Sun on a dark sky;
space dandruff – ice flakes, fragments of insulation, etc. flying alongside a space vehicle, especially seen on backward-facing camera;
twilight shadowing – objects that move from shadow into sunlight in space appear as if coming from behind the clouds or from beyond the edge of the Earth.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word super-high plumes
James Oberg explained many UFO sightings on the Internet. Most of them belong to one of three groups:
super-high plumes – rocket or missile plumes, especially lit by Sun on a dark sky;
space dandruff – ice flakes, fragments of insulation, etc. flying alongside a space vehicle, especially seen on backward-facing camera;
twilight shadowing – objects that move from shadow into sunlight in space appear as if coming from behind the clouds or from beyond the edge of the Earth.
September 23, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word space dandruff
James Oberg explained many UFO sightings on the Internet. Most of them belong to one of three groups:
super-high plumes – rocket or missile plumes, especially lit by Sun on a dark sky;
space dandruff – ice flakes, fragments of insulation, etc. flying alongside a space vehicle, especially seen on backward-facing camera;
twilight shadowing – objects that move from shadow into sunlight in space appear as if coming from behind the clouds or from beyond the edge of the Earth.
September 23, 2016
alexz commented on the word pokerrito
blend of poke (Hawaiian sushi bowl) and burrito
September 23, 2016
alexz commented on the word inspo
inspiration
September 23, 2016
alexz commented on the word yeup
yup
yep
September 23, 2016
alexz commented on the word crockenbush
version of croque-en-bouche or croquembouche
September 22, 2016
alexz commented on the word crockbush
eye dialect version of croque-en-bouche or croquembouche
September 22, 2016
saintfrancisdesales commented on the user saintfrancisdesales
cup of tea
September 22, 2016
hugovk commented on the word ghost driver
ghost driver, n.
The Guardian, 22 September 2016:
September 22, 2016
qms commented on the word catena
In New Pagan lit's strange arena
They work for an antique patina.
They'll quote and they'll cite
By wizard and rite
To build up a mystic catena.
September 22, 2016
heypacksees commented on the word brochette
Confusing this for a croquette can lead to a very disappointing birthday dinner.
September 22, 2016
alexz commented on the word BeiDou
The name of China's GPS satellite constellation and system.
September 21, 2016
iderp commented on the word iboss
this browser blocker is enabled at my school and it doesnt let me get onto Steam to download games because it contains "prohibited forums content". so stupid. thats notifications
September 21, 2016
alexz commented on the word GNSS
Global Navigation Satellite System
2016 - refers to all the various GPS constellations.
BeiDou, GLONASS, GPS, Galileo.
September 21, 2016
ruzuzu commented on the word affinity
Cf. avidity.
September 21, 2016
ruzuzu commented on the word avidity
"In physical chemistry, a constant by means of which can be expressed the distribution of a base between two acids each sufficient to neutralize the whole of the base, or conversely; that is, the relative energy with which the acids tend to seize their shares of base: a term employed to avoid the use of the word affinity."
-- from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
September 21, 2016
fakeymcfakeypants commented on the word vair
Also, 'the vertical thickness of the connecting strokes of lowercase letters' Fonts & Encodings
September 21, 2016
fakeymcfakeypants commented on the word vair
In typography, 'vertical dimension of hairlines' Interactive Evolution of Fonts
September 21, 2016
bhuukoo commented on the word badprett
"badprett"
(noun)
It refers to a person who seems to be innocent but crafty.
E.g. : "I don't like Jack. He is such a badprett."
September 21, 2016
TinTinnaphop commented on the word tsulove
Tsulove
Made up from Tsunami + Love
Meaning,Something need to be happen but when it happen it will have someone destroy.
Tsunami hard to happen but when it happen will destroy someone that same LOVE.
From:TinTinnaphop
Tin2000tin@gmail.com
September 21, 2016
SebastianWeide commented on the user SebastianWeide
yea
September 21, 2016
qms commented on the word sabretasche
A hussar must dress with panache
From spurs to his sash and mustache;
And he must afford
A damascene sword
Adorned with a fine sabretache.
September 21, 2016
upatankar commented on the user upatankar
A suggestion. Since most of your words are out of the ordinary, it stands to reason that many are also difficult to pronounce. It would help if you added a link to how the word is pronounced! Take today's word for example : I have only a vague understanding of how to pronounce sabretache!
September 21, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the list grammar-police---find-the-correct-dash-in-this-lineup
How many dashes equals a 50-yard dash? (Look at me, asking a Canadian)
September 21, 2016
alexz commented on the word four-em dash
spotted in Practical Printing - 1884
https://books.google.ca/books?id=J7syAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA7&dq=four-em+dash
September 21, 2016
alexz commented on the word three-em dash
a longer version of the two-em dash
⸻
September 21, 2016
alexz commented on the word two-em dash
a longer em-dash ⸺
spotted in a 19th century book - The Moderator
https://books.google.ca/books?id=vVDnAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA198&dq;="em+dash"
'They are formerly much more used than now, especially in abusive or satrical articles as "K⸺g C⸺s, L⸺d B⸺m"'
September 21, 2016
alexz commented on the word 一
Radical 1
A horizontal line in Chinese Calligraphy
September 21, 2016
TinTinnaphop commented on the word Tsulove
Tsulove
TinTinnaphop
Made up from Tsunami + Love
Meaning,Something need to be happen but when it happen it will have someone destroy.
Tsunami hard to happen but when it happen will destroy someone that same LOVE.
September 21, 2016
bhoomza123 commented on the word Taire
"Taire" which is the combination of table and chair. For example, I said 'Can I have a tire please' instead of 'Can I have table and chair please'
September 21, 2016
lmw_wml commented on the word Fansophile
Fansophile (n/adj.)
It refers to a person who likes to fantasise about impossible situations.
E.g. "Ploy is such a fansophile. She likes to think about being the queen."
September 21, 2016
lmw_wml commented on the user lmw_wml
Fansophile (n/adj.)
It refers to a person who likes to fantasise about impossible situations.
E.g. "Ploy is such a fansophile. She likes to think about being the queen."
September 21, 2016
knitandpurl commented on the word phreatic
"I remembered the phreatic, throat-like shape from years ago; and the smell – heavy and stagnant – of something I could never quite identify."
Rising Ground by Philip Marsden, p 7 of the University of Chicago Press hardcover
September 21, 2016
bhoomza123 commented on the user bhoomza123
I created the word "Taire" which is the combination of table and chair. For example, I said 'Can I have a tire please' instead of 'Can I have table and chair please'
September 21, 2016
minnie1002 commented on the word hidesetter
(n ) refers to a person who likes to hide their feelings
September 21, 2016
minnie1002 commented on the word hideset
(v ) refers to a situation when people hide their feelings.
September 21, 2016
flix4u commented on the user flix4u
A list of what?
September 20, 2016
alexz commented on the word dramady
Drama/comedy
September 20, 2016
oroboros commented on the word with
An autantonym: for - "I'm with you on that." v. against - "Got into a fighting with my wife."
September 20, 2016
fakeymcfakeypants commented on the word xR
"Let’s focus on those last three examples, augmented, mixed and virtual reality, or xR for short." Tech Ladies
September 20, 2016
qms commented on the word mouchoir
Curmudgeons will always get cranky
At toffs who won't call it a hanky:
"To call it a mouchoir
Is Frenchified bushwa,
But snot rag does fine, very frankly."
September 20, 2016
kalayzich commented on the list scrabblese
2.4 Shuffling Tiles
Each player has the right to shuffle the tiles within the tile bag before the game starts
September 20, 2016
TankHughes commented on the word carcature
Misspelling of caricature.
September 20, 2016
madmouth commented on the word binchie
cf. Binch, a delicious mass-produced Korean cookie
September 20, 2016
madmouth commented on the word lazeative
verily, bland portmanteaux are the whimper to the 21st century's end
September 20, 2016
madmouth commented on the word Cantopop
warning: liable to appear at the end of even the grittiest thrillers.
September 20, 2016
TankHughes commented on the word zythologist
"A zythologist is a true beer connoisseur who can share many interesting facts about an immensely complex and sophisticated beverage, its ingredients and the roles they play in the brewing process."
-Annhauser_Busch site. Se also: zythology
September 19, 2016
TankHughes commented on the word zyxnoid
"noun (ZIKS noid) Any word that a crossword puzzler makes up to complete the last blank, accompanied by the rationalization that there probably is an ancient god named Ubbbu, or German river named Wfor, and besides, who’s going to check?"
http://sniglets.sanjeev.net/zyxnoid/ sniglets
September 19, 2016
cobaltkat commented on the word Burmese
my husband made the picture section of Burmese. he is in the 2016 blackbeard fest holding our Albino Burmese. so cool!
September 19, 2016
qms commented on the word caffa
Mustafa, who ruled once in Jaffa,
Insisted his women wear caffa.
A lip-hugging veil
To be worn without fail
Was known as Mustache of Mustafa.
September 19, 2016
deinonychus commented on the word angel insect
I don't know what the insects of the order Zoraptera did to earn this name, but I hope it was performing miracles.
September 19, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word jaw
From Twitter: "you have a southern jaw". What is a southern jaw?
September 19, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word orthognathic
orthognathic surgery = jaw surgery (a procedure performed by an oral surgeon.)
September 19, 2016
kalayzich commented on the list wow-plays-in-scrabble
To realise that some frustrations are species of joy is to become open to kinds of value other than the straightforwardly utilitarian.Jeremy Khoo
September 19, 2016
kalayzich commented on the word lucksacking
I'm frustrated because I'm looking at the board and I can't seem to see anything good. I'm frustrated because I'm getting lucksacked. I'm frustrated because I'm not lucksacking. I'm frustrated because I'm not good enough and I need to get better.Jeremy Khoo
September 19, 2016
kalayzich commented on the word lucksacked
I'm frustrated because I'm looking at the board and I can't seem to see anything good. I'm frustrated because I'm getting lucksacked. I'm frustrated because I'm not lucksacking. I'm frustrated because I'm not good enough and I need to get better.Jeremy Khoo
September 19, 2016
alexz commented on the word Cantopop
Blend of Cantonese and Pop music
September 19, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word humblebrag
"Every Aussie I've met, along with many commenters on different Gawker sites have humblebragged about how perfect Australia is compared to the US. "I can't believe X happens in America; Australia has/does Y." Is it not possible to comment on an issue on an American site without also mentioning your own country's superiority?"
--FACTually (http://factually.gizmodo.com)
September 19, 2016
klchsk commented on the word beyonsay
beyonsay (Adj) : Came from 'beyond' and 'say.'
Refers to : a situation when one don't have words to describe something.
Example : "Beyonce's show last night was beyonsay!"
September 21, 2016
kalayzich commented on the word makeables
in the trade business what is the different between makeables and technicals?
September 19, 2016
vendingmachine commented on the word (((echoes)))
Neo-Nazis, anti-Semites and white nationalists have begun using three sets of parentheses encasing a Jewish surname — for instance, (((Fleishman))) — to identify and target Jews for harassment on blogs and major social media sites like Twitter. As one white supremacist tweeted, "It's closed captioning for the Jew-blind."
The origins of the symbol ((())) can be traced to a hardcore, right-wing podcast called The Daily Shoah in 2014. It's known as an "echo" in the anti-Semitic corners of the alt-right — a new, young, amorphous conservative movement that comprises trolls fluent in internet culture, free speech activists warring against political correctness and earnest white nationalists. Some use the symbol to mock Jews; others seek to expose supposed Jewish collusion in controlling media or politics. All use it to put a target on their heads.
To the public, the symbol is not easily searchable on most sites and social networks; search engines strip punctuation from results. This means that trolls committed to uncovering, labeling and harassing Jewish users can do so in relative obscurity: No one can search those threats to find who's sending them.
The symbol comes from right-wing blog the Right Stuff, whose podcast The Daily Shoah featured a segment called "Merchant Minute" that gave Jewish names a cartoonish "echo" sound effect when uttered. The "parenthesis meme," as Right Stuff editors call it, is a visual pun.
--tech.mic
September 18, 2016
Peem5959 commented on the word napass
It is derived from the word Nap, Pass and Class. It refers to a person who always takes a nap in class and still passes the exam. As an example, “Jack is such a napass. He always sleep in class and still got an A.” We hope and look forward to receive feedback from your organization.
September 18, 2016
qms commented on the word waney
Some lumberjacks, when it is rainy,
Make tabletops - rustic and grainy.
It's work they can get
When weather is wet
And uses what's knotted and waney.
September 18, 2016
alexz commented on the word ^
in tweets, it represents someone's initials of the poster in an organization.
ie. ^ab
September 18, 2016
alexz commented on the word .@
on twitter, it's a 'public reply' visible to everyone.
September 18, 2016
alexz commented on the word ccs
cubic centimeters. milliliters
September 17, 2016
alexz commented on the list i-be-speaking-spanglish
Franglish
September 17, 2016
alexz commented on the word Swenglish
Swedish/English
September 17, 2016
alexz commented on the word Foucault's Pendulum
pendulum made by Foucault to demonstrate the rotation of the earth.
September 17, 2016
fakeymcfakeypants commented on the word potio-section
"‘Potio-section, as everybody knows, is the art of slicing soup."
September 17, 2016