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vendingmachine commented on the word kainotophobia
Not to be confused with the fear of changing one's underwear.
May 26, 2018
oroboros commented on the word kainotophobia
Fear of change according to The Phrontistery.
May 26, 2018
qms commented on the word sgraffito
It’s boring to be incognito,
Celebrity, though, gets my veto.
Expose with great care
The parts you will share;
You should be a work of sgraffito.
May 26, 2018
madmouth commented on the word adamantane
Cf. kikiriki
May 26, 2018
alexz commented on the word blinkenlights
From a 1960's joke. (from books search)
"Is easy schnappen der Springenwerk, blowenfusen und poppencorken mit spitzensparken. 1st nicht fur gerwerken by das Dummkopfen. Das rubber- necken sightseeren keepen hands in das pockets. Relaxen und watch das Blinkenlights."
Wikipedia has blinkenlights going back to the 50's and IBM
May 26, 2018
ErnestBafflewit commented on the word assassinlessnessesiciousness
As they say in the Highlands: a good boak will set you right.
May 25, 2018
bilby commented on the word assassinlessnessesiciousness
I need to rid myself of this.
Disassassinlessnessesiciousness .
May 25, 2018
ErnestBafflewit commented on the word assassinlessnessesiciousness
n. An simple pleasure taken in a plurality of contexts in which assassins are absent.
n. A suspiciously inauspicious obsession with successive sibilant syllables.
May 25, 2018
bilby commented on the word ammazzacaffè
Italian: coffee murderer!
May 25, 2018
the_maori commented on the word ammazzacaffè
n. "a small glass of liqueur usually consumed after coffee to dull its taste or the caffeine effect" (Wikipedia)
May 25, 2018
the_maori commented on the word cosmogyral
adj. "Whirling round the universe." (OED)
May 25, 2018
qms commented on the word necrology
A Christmas card list has a quality
At first of good cheer and frivolity.
By decades that column
Grows more and more solemn
And ossifies into necrology.
May 25, 2018
alexz commented on the word gnight
g'night
May 25, 2018
MaryW commented on the word theranostic nanomedicine
Fabrice Jotterand & Archie A. Alexander, Managing the “Known Unknowns”: Theranostic Cancer Nanomedicine and Informed Consent, in Sarah J. Hurst, ed., Biomedical Nanotechnology: Methods and Protocols (New York: Humana Press, 2011), p. 414May 24, 2018
MaryW commented on the word theranostic
Fabrice Jotterand & Archie A. Alexander, Managing the “Known Unknowns”: Theranostic Cancer Nanomedicine and Informed Consent, in Sarah J. Hurst, ed., Biomedical Nanotechnology: Methods and Protocols (New York: Humana Press, 2011), p. 414May 24, 2018
MaryW commented on the word theranostics
Fabrice Jotterand & Archie A. Alexander, Managing the “Known Unknowns”: Theranostic Cancer Nanomedicine and Informed Consent, in Sarah J. Hurst, ed., Biomedical Nanotechnology: Methods and Protocols (New York: Humana Press, 2011), p. 414May 24, 2018
bilby commented on the word adamantane
Pleasing number of a's in this word.
May 24, 2018
bilby commented on the word Rougned Odor
As of May 2018, a professional baseballer with the Texas Rangers.
May 24, 2018
bilby commented on the word Dan van Holst Pellekaan
As of May 2018, Energy Minister in the government of South Australia.
May 24, 2018
qms commented on the word recess
The lumberjacks lay down their peaveys
And gypsies dispose of their tea leaves.
Good sense is forsaken
And liberties taken
While Erin consorts with the Kiwis.
May 24, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word AGWBARH
annoying girl with braces and red hair.
May 24, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word metaltooth
Noun. Slang A bracist slur against people with braces. Like the n-word, but for those with braces as opposed to those with a lot of melanin.
May 24, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word bracial
Adj. Of or pertaining to braces.
May 24, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word bracism
Noun. Discrimination against people with braces. See racism.
May 24, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word shithole
@scarequotes
It already seems like forever ago, and it's only May 25th today.
May 24, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word JATWISH
Just Another Third World Islamic Sh*t Hole
May 24, 2018
bilby commented on the list twitter-loves
This bot sure hoovers up a lotta words!
May 24, 2018
bilby commented on the word head-first
Yeah, glitch in the way AHD definitions are fetched.
May 24, 2018
jodi commented on the word Gladstone bag
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladstone_bag
May 24, 2018
qms commented on the word quodlibetical
Conversing in mode quodlibetical
My contrary friend is heretical.
In subsequent talks
He’s more orthodox
To savor all joys antithetical.
May 24, 2018
alexz commented on the word HSTS
HTTP Strict Transport Security
May 24, 2018
qms commented on the word bezil
See bezel.
May 24, 2018
alexz commented on the word GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation
May 24, 2018
alexz commented on the word yasss
There's a YouTube video which explains the difference between yaaas and yasss.
watch?v=6ZrYUOBshcE . 'The Origin of "Yas Queen" | Iris'
"Steven London explains the origins of "Yaaass Queen!"
May 24, 2018
bilby commented on the word Neæra
Does æ count as one letter or two in a palindrome?
May 23, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word Lowell Mill Girls
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_Mill_Girls
May 23, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word bezil
That part of a ring in which the stone is fixed.
https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/bezil/
May 23, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word yanny
May 23, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word horror
"horror movie" pronounced quickly sounds very much like "whore movie".
May 23, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word vending machine that steals your money
kleptomaniacal Heronian automatic contrivance
May 23, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word assassinlessnesses
Noun. Plural form of assassinlessness.
May 23, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word assassinlessness
Noun. The state or quality of being assassinless.
May 23, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word assassinless
Adj. Devoid of assassins; lacking an assassin.
May 23, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word progresslessnesses
Noun. Plural form of progresslessness.
May 23, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word progresslessness
Noun. The state or quality of being progressless.
May 23, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word lovingkindness
noun Tender regard; mercy; favor; a scriptural word.
"My lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him."
Psalms 89:1.
http://www.kingjamesbibledictionary.com/Dictionary/lovingkindnesses
May 23, 2018
bilby commented on the word pest-house
A place where people with contagious diseases were confined.
May 23, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word leightsar
Pronounced like lazar. It is a meadowmonarch.
May 23, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word meadowmonarch
The monarch of a meadow.
May 23, 2018
bilby commented on the word vending machine that steals your money
Quite.
May 23, 2018
bilby commented on the user Prolagus
Hello Prolagus.
May 23, 2018
bilby commented on the word bitter crystallizable volatile principle
See theine.
May 23, 2018
bilby commented on the word eidolon
Sing to the tune of Eidelweiss.
May 23, 2018
bilby commented on the word cateran
Give the man a loon-slatt.
May 23, 2018
bilby commented on the word yasss
There's a town called Yass in New South Wales, Australia.
May 23, 2018
qms commented on the word cateran
On lonely roads nothing is rarer than
That stranger should prove a samaritan,
So pray he’s a blellum
Or at worst a skellum
But never a prey hunting cateran.
May 23, 2018
bilby commented on the list privateraws
SPAM
May 23, 2018
alexz commented on the word yasss
I'm starting to see yasss in 2018 more frequently than yaaas in 2016.
May 23, 2018
bilby commented on the word jostle
Go on, read yarb's comment in the context of the etymology.
May 22, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the word mark
"A significant note, character, sign, token, or indication; a determinative attestation. In logic, to say that a thing has a certain mark is to say that something in particular is true of it. Thus, according to a certain school of metaphysicians, “incognizability is a mark of the Infinite.”"
--from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
May 22, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the list curry-zone
Any time!
May 22, 2018
bilby commented on the list curry-zone
Seems like more standard forms are bhindi, ghobi and baingan bharta. Thank you for sharing your lunch with me :-)
May 22, 2018
bilby commented on the word dandy
Female equivalent is / was dandizette.
May 22, 2018
bilby commented on the word well-heeled
It's a nice effort, bless 'em.
May 22, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the word well-heeled
That's some etymology.
May 22, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the list curry-zone
I went to a restaurant yesterday that offered bhendi masala, aloo govi, and baigan vartha.
May 22, 2018
qms commented on the word ultramundane
It‘s no term of slighting disdain;
Like “out of this world” it’s no stain.
Without taint of “boring”
But downright adoring,
It’s good to be ultramundane!
May 22, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word musicophile
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/musicophile
May 21, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word demisemihemidemisemiquaver
256th note in music
May 21, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word stinketh
"Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days."
John 11:39 KJV
May 21, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word Africa
https://www.countries-ofthe-world.com/countries-of-africa.html
May 21, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word mothereffer
n. A bowdlerization of motherfucker.
May 21, 2018
Logophile77 commented on the word jimmy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwTyOAsP4lI
http://lang-8.com/485099/journals/1706106
"I think it means "pry open" or "break open"."
""Jimmy" is a slang term. A native speaker would use it to describe how use a a key that doesn't quite fit into a lock. This means that the key must be moved around a bit inside the lock until it lines up correctly (and allows you to unlock the door.) In other words, "you have to jimmy the lock."
More generally, some people could use it to describe a door that is too big for the frame and needs to be forced slightly to open; "In the Summer all the wood in this place swells up, so you will have to jimmy the door.""
May 21, 2018
qms commented on the user squisch
A noble aspiration. Good luck.
May 21, 2018
squisch commented on the user squisch
wannabe-lexicographer
May 21, 2018
qms commented on the word soroche
Up high in the Andes the folks say
The chewing of coca is ok.
It’s sovereign cure
For pains of the poor
And proof against dreaded soroche.
May 21, 2018
khunsa commented on the word abhorrent
loathsome, disgusting
May 21, 2018
khunsa commented on the word abjure
To renounce or reject upon oath,
May 21, 2018
khunsa commented on the user khunsa
abasement
May 21, 2018
alexz commented on the word laze
Wiktionary seems to have a 'Neutral Point of View' theme which neutralizes half of the meaning of a word and blandifies it to something a committee agrees on.
May 21, 2018
bilby commented on the list venus--2
Some of us here are good at worrying.
May 21, 2018
bilby commented on the word laze
To be fair there are some definitions above that pretty much describe the formation of this type of portmanteau.
May 21, 2018
alexz commented on the word laze
'Laze -- a mashup of "lava" and "haze" -- is a nasty product formed when hot lava hits the ocean, sending hydrochloric acid and volcanic glass particles into the air'
- Spotted on CNN https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/20/us/hawaii-kilauea-volcano-lava-flow/index.html
May 20, 2018
alexz commented on the word afaict
"as far as I can tell" . AFAICT
May 20, 2018
biocon commented on the word murican
murican is a derogatory term that describes someone, usually uneducated and politically conservative, who evinces unsophisticated, jingoistic behavior. Generally synonymous with hick, redneck, cracker.
May 20, 2018
alexz commented on the word 996
Refers to working conditions in China: 9am to 9pm 6 days a week
May 20, 2018
qms commented on the word cuadrilla
The shy matador’s bright idea
For wooing the haughty Maria
Was a sweet serenade
For that tease of a maid,
Backed up by his loyal cuadrilla.
May 20, 2018
alexz commented on the word expunction
I, prefer, the, Shatner comma
May 20, 2018
alexz commented on the word bowl food
Spotted in the BBC Royal Wedding news
'Bowl food is larger than a canapé and around a quarter of the size of a main course.
It is served in miniature or hand-sized bowls and comes ready to eat with a small fork.
The idea behind a bowl food menu is so guests can stay standing up and mingle while they eat. It has been described by caterers as an option which allows guests to "keep on talking".
'
May 20, 2018
oroboros commented on the word bigmitt
A confidence game involving dishonest card play, according to NPR's Says You!.
May 19, 2018
qms commented on the word expunction
I think a serial comma is fussy, foolish and redundant.
May 19, 2018
bilby commented on the word serial comma
See also ha ha ha.
May 19, 2018
knitandpurl commented on the word fipple
"The book's cover features a painting by the nineteenth-century artist Jean Léone Gérôme titled The Snake Charmer. A blue-tiled wall, an audience of armed men, a fipple flute player, and a naked boy whose back is to us. A large, thick snake is coiled around the boy's muscular body."
Too Much and Not the Mood by Durga Chew-Bose, p 34
May 19, 2018
bilby commented on the word expunction
What, is, your, problem?
May 19, 2018
qms commented on the word serial comma
See comments at expunction.
May 19, 2018
qms commented on the word expunction
A comma should serve a clear function
Not pester a healthy conjunction.
At the end of a list
It need not exist.
I call for its lasting expunction.
See serial comma.
May 19, 2018
myrobinson commented on the user myrobinson
thanks
May 19, 2018
alexz commented on the word pawfficer
Spotted in the news. A police cat
May 18, 2018
bilby commented on the list fore
*blows on knuckles*
May 18, 2018
ruzuzu commented on the list fore
That's the risk (and joy) of open lists (and why open list is my middle name.)
But, to my shame and horror, I just realized that bilby must have already added foredeck to this list ages ago. I'll still keep searching for fore words, though.
May 18, 2018