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Comments for tankhughes
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Sorry about the condiment incident.
October 28, 2015
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Bilby has been known to talk to himself, but this time he was talking to me. My comment page is experiencing a 404 bad ketchup gateway moment.
April 27, 2015
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who's my little paleoverbologist? <3
May 12, 2011
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Your tags are amazing. I adore the periodic symbol words.
November 7, 2010
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We're up to a thousand different consonant-vowel patterns now, tagged convowel.
March 5, 2010
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Have you figured out how many different consonant-vowel patterns are possible? I've found representatives for a couple of dozen more patterns. Your tag for descriptive missed the last vowel (assuming it's yours).
I've tagged vowel patterns in lots of words over the last couple of years. See the list descriptions for Panvocalics, Panvocalic euryvocalic, Monovocalics, and Double diphthongs etc. Let me know if you find any errors with my tags.
OneLook might help your search for other patterns, such as words with bh.
February 16, 2010
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Wow, thanks! Right now I have the time to contribute here and it amuses me. Thanks for the heads up on the error, I'm definitely human. I have a blog that, among other things, tracks the silly tags I've been adding on wordnik: http://tankhughes.blogspot.com/search/label/wordnik
February 14, 2010
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Hi Bri,
Love the consonant-vowel tagging! You've covered a lot of ground. I've been adding a few of the odder patterns. There's an extra c in your tag for down.
February 14, 2010
Comments by tankhughes
tankhughes commented on the word spoonie
Someone with fewer spoons, or who is out of spoons in Spoon Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_theory
November 30, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word floptokers
https://floptok.fandom.com/wiki/Floptok Floptok a subset of TikTok videos about flop era. Floptokers are people who post about that content. Related to Stan Twitter.
November 28, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Texaboo
Like the opposite side of a weaboo (a white/American person who loves Japanese culture). A Japanese person obsessed with American culture https://www.reddit.com/r/NonPoliticalTwitter/comments/183p769/til_that_texaboos_are_a_thing/
November 28, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word healthism
https://www.instagram.com/p/C0MbC-urlTR/
yourdietitianbff: šļø You heard it here first: healthism and eugenics are very much IN for 2024 /sarcasm
November 28, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word poor little meow meow
https://fanlore.org/wiki/Poor_Little_Meow_Meow
Origin from 2017 video of man finding a cat he thought was dead but was just sleeping. Used to describe sad/tragic/pathetic people or fictional characters.
BattinsonĀ (Robert Pattinson in 2022's "The Batman"), the Bruce Wayne persona is considered to be a poor little meow meow by fans. Commonly used on Tumblr and Twitter.Ā Ā https://www.tumblr.com/handwrittenhello/708345004816515072/poorest-little-meow-meow-harry-du-bois-disco
November 26, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word slick back
a 2023 TikTok trending dance originally called jubislide in 2022Ā https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/jubi-slide-jubislide
November 22, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list terms-that-are-examples-of-the-term
Related: Many alphabets are named for the first few letters of that alphabet. https://www.wordnik.com/lists/names-for-alphabets
November 16, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list abbreviations-that-start-in-the-middle
Rudely, some people wanted a list of the ones that are JUST the middle, not also the end. For me, the onset is what matters.
But the just-the-Oreo-cream ones are fridge, Liza, flu, rizz (maybe, origin disputed)
November 16, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word verse
"No power in the 'verse can stop me" - Firefly https://www.reddit.com/r/firefly/comments/bzq40a/the_original_no_power_in_the_verse_can_stop_me/
November 16, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word witch ball
Not a sport.
November 16, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word fox-snake
Oh for fox-snake!
November 15, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word pain sponge
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Pain-sponge
From at least 2012, but popularized by the TV show Succession
https://youtu.be/bmj0RA9QLJc?si=EkYFomr04cwc-BX1&t=274
November 14, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word DEI
diversity, equity, inclusion. Many companies have DEI initiatives to be more inclusive to non-white non-male employees in different aspects of work life. https://www.edapp.com/blog/10-dei-topics/
November 14, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word mathiness
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/sam-altman-artificial-intelligence-openai-profile.html
Sept 25, 2023
In terms of diction, the math lingo lent a veneer of surety. Mathiness, a term coined in 2015 by Nobel Prizeāwinning economist Paul Romer, describes mathematical language used not to clarify but to mislead. āThe beauty of mathematical language is its capacity to convey truths about the world in glaringly simple terms ā E = MC2,ā Noah Giansiracusa, a math and data-science professor at Bentley University, told me. āI read his tweet over and over and still donāt really know how to parse it or what exactly heās trying to say.ā
November 14, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word pizza
At the wonderful lemur exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo (https://www.sfzoo.org/lipman-family-lemur-forest/), they have little treehouses with heat lamps inside them so the lil lemurs can stay warm on chilly coastal days. We saw lemurs napping right under the heat lamps, looking like a convenience store slices of pizza. So from that day, one specific white and black ruffed lemur was named Pizza, who we invited to come home with us (but politely declined). And also now all lemurs are known as pizza.
November 14, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word entiltment
You think you're so great that you're entilted/entitled to a shed of your own?
November 13, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word black bamboo
This definition sounds like a poem: noun "small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black"
November 6, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Miette
Miette is a cat who wishes their mother to go to jail for 1000 years for her crimes of gently moving her out of the way. "you KICK miette? you kick her body like the football? oh! oh! jail for mother! jail for mother for One Thousand Years!!!!"
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/miette
November 1, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word mouth jail
My boyfriend thinks that some birbzĀ are TOO small. And that for their crime of small, they should be placed in mouth jail (because they could fit in your mouth).
I can almost imagine the sensation of gently holding a small birb in my mouth because of this law, like a felt spherical Christmas ornament who fluffs up every so often against the roof of my mouth.
I live a very good life to be able to step out of the car, see a small borbĀ hopping around in the bushes nearby, and have a partner who confidently declares MOUTH JAIL!
Feels very Miette-adjacent.
November 1, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word glizzy
Glizzy has meant gun, then penis and hot dog. https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-meaning-of-glizzy-the-gen-z-slang-term-and-its-memes-explained
A more complete history with citations in the 2021 WOTY Among the New Words discussion PDF here: https://read.dukeupress.edu/american-speech/article/97/2/197/315013/Among-the-New-Words
October 30, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Tribulus
turkey-blossom leads to this entry. So turkey-blossom is a plant.
October 27, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word crytyping
October 24, 2023 https://www.tumblr.com/shorthistorian/732275766796189696
"and of course. cherry on top. 20-year-old account holders are crytyping on the site events neoboard about how mean and cruel it is to make rare stamps part of the prize pool, because their entire identity hinges on being part of the neopian bourgeoisie, and they are having MELTDOWNS over their assets being devalued until they're part of the lowly proletariat."
October 27, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word calm luh fit
2022/2023 slang. a calm low-effort casual outfit, then used ironically for an outfit with intention and effort, then used to describe a surreal AI snow bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnugqgG9c0o
October 24, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word piepowder
What the HEDCK is this definition talking about? pie powder?
Me answering me an hour later:Ā
October 19, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word glassholes
https://www.theverge.com/23920102/meta-quest-3-in-public-privacy-recording-glassholes Meta glasses, like Google Glass.
October 17, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word rediscern
Not in the Scrabble dictionary, but sometimes players do not challenge words because it's not worth the chance it's valid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZdiSggMUsg
October 12, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word girl math
x math is like x dinner, popular in 2023 https://pleated-jeans.com/2023/10/05/girl-math-memes-funny/
October 7, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word x dinner
from girl dinner, boy dinner, dad dinner, etc.
October 6, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word x math
girl math, boy math, corporate math, etc
October 6, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word delulu
https://medium.com/educreation/is-present-day-english-delulu-b08c52df0f94
October 5, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
Forum question: How does Spot keep sunglasses on his face without a nose?
Comment answer: My brother in Christ, youāre talking about the movie in which a guy got bitten by a radioactive spider and didnāt die instantly
https://www.reddit.com/r/IntoTheSpiderverse/comments/170kg6l/comment/k3lih87/
October 5, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word twink
2023 definition of a twink: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx_kbdkOWV2/Ā also includes variants demon twink and twunk.
October 5, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word delulu
Shortening of delusional https://www.tumblr.com/aropride/729310702412742656/i-dont-know-if-my-tone-is-getting-lost-or-if
Can be an adjective "i'm delulu" or noun "it's a delulu"
October 5, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word busting
Post Malone uses busting as a positive adjective in this Last Meal interview at least twice:
https://youtu.be/ciktYlmFbfc?si=Q637Snd0xG8Jf2Cq&t=1100 Once at the beginning minute when talking about the smell of all the good food in the room, once after looking at his own RosƩ brand in the light and declaring it to look positively busting. I assume it comes from "bout to bust" changing from meaning specifically sexy to generally good.
Pretty sure this is separate from bussin but could be wrong. Could be a jocular overpronunciation of bussin.
September 29, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Millennial Rage
https://twitter.com/shand_kathy/status/1662261785741893632 "āThe millennial rage comes fromĀ seeing how much better things could beā. And this was just the start of the conversation ā¦@SydWritersFest #SydneyWritersFestival #okboomer"
September 29, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word millennial zoom
millennial zoom - manually zooming in a video by double-touching the screenĀ
September 29, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word let him cook
Said when someone's in the middle of making something and others should be patient to see their vision come together - like a music producer live on Twitch. (Bishu says it a lot, probably somewhere in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNwsBe2Iqso)
September 28, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word we're so back
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/its-so-over-were-so-back
September 27, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word canon event
Canon / AU talk has been in fandom culture for a long time, but the May 2023 movie "Across the Spiderverse" specifically talks about canon events and it's leaking into daily discourse.
https://x.com/staciemontero/status/1706070021695218013
https://twitter.com/anythingbott/status/1675235602063564800
https://twitter.com/TheJCGreen/status/1664107888917331969
https://twitter.com/valkyriephd/status/1638871801035116545 (pre-movie)
September 25, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word theyby
theyby - a gender-neutral baby https://www.reddit.com/r/TooAfraidToAsk/comments/16r0u4h/why_are_we_changing_non_gendered_words_to_end_in_x/
September 25, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
my brother in christopher: https://www.tumblr.com/rinielle/729275745337245696/its-rude-to-reblog-things-from-people-you-arent
An anonymous commenter on Tumblr trying to shame someone for reblogging a post but not following the account it's from (which is not a cultural taboo on Tumblr you can be shamed for).
September 24, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word dariacore
a music genre https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dariacore
September 23, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word justificaketion
An example of sandwich blending? sandwich words?
prerizzstoric, self-himprovement, rethuglican, redorkulous, autobidography, blawgs, anticipicaketion
Ben Zimmer post from 2006Ā https://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002780.html
September 21, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word light work
Something people say to encourage people. Can appear in faith-based encouragement or in gym workouts.
Song from 2016 - https://youtu.be/ULC2C3VjO-o?si=htArp-WaohYoCLcN "I call it housework, cause it's light work."
September 20, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
an extended biblical metaphor joke about this phrase: https://www.tumblr.com/gay-cripply-scientist/728848199009337344
September 19, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word cripplepunk
https://www.tumblr.com/cripple-woe/728467852208881664/i-made-up-a-way-to-explain-fatigue?source=share #cripplepunk is in the hashtags
September 19, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word cemeterrarium
YouTuber Rachel Maksy just made a cemeterrarium on her channel from things she bought at a thrift store: https://youtu.be/Ifal13pYQ6M?si=0ek-nzZ3Dq0l-B1S&t=1012
September 18, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word send it
The British gymnast Nile Wilson says this 20 seconds into this video and it also appears on screen (video from Dec 2021): https://youtu.be/XdxPuA8xxw0?si=FcDNC5nDPTkzPPR7
September 15, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word send it
I've heard this a lot in rock climbing - going hard, or flashing a boulder problem - getting through the whole thing at once, maybe with a dynamic move. It's also used in other extreme sports.
But now I'm hearing coworkers using it, talking about hammering in a nail (literally) with full confidence, or making the choice for a group to leave after waiting for a few minutes for a maybe to join.
Dictionary.com says it comes from rock climbing slang, but was popularized through a snowmobile stunt video:Ā https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/send-it/
September 8, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word symblepharon
This is SO SPECIFIC.
September 7, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word -pilled
red-pilled and blue-pilled have existed for a while, but other variations exist.
Example: Instagram of Capybaras roaming around a zoo supervised being "walkpilled"
September 7, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word lapsed Catholic
Something in my brain wants to create a lapped catalytic joke about a sinner in a slow racecar. But I think it's too many bridges too far for even me, the former creator of TankHughes "punchline only" comics.
August 31, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word chubsucker
Do we have a list of "sounds filthy, but isn't" ?
August 31, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word memoryholed
https://www.tumblr.com/shorthistorian/726579372999524352?source=share
"The finale so successfully erased the show from public consciousness, that when people tried to come up with a name for the "extremely popular show with finale so bad that people just immediately stop talking about it" phenomenon, people called it... the Game of Thrones Effect. HIMYM got memoryholed so hard that people forgot it even existed"
August 25, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word deduster
dust as a verb is a contranym.
you can dust your furniture to remove dust. (v1)
you can dust your cake to add dusty decoration to it. (v2)
De-dust means to remove dust in a specific industrial way, so it's both a synonym to dust (v1) and an antonym to dust (v2).
August 24, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word please call Stella
The first words of a nonsense paragraph invented to try to capture all of the possible vowels that any speaker might use in different accents. It's not perfect, but it's the standard and we have a lot of recordings that use it: https://accent.gmu.edu/browse_language.php?function=detail&speakerid=145
Full paragraph: Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the store: Six spoons of fresh snow peas, five thick slabs of blue cheese, and maybe a snack for her brother Bob. We also need a small plastic snake and a big toy frog for the kids. She can scoop these things into three red bags, and we will go meet her Wednesday at the train station.
August 24, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word memory activism
Describes a festival meant to keep history, and specifically the memory of a destroyed city, alive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanport_Mosaic_Festival
August 24, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word school air
boyfriend air, school air https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cv--dbxLcgV/
August 24, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word boyfriend air
boyfriend air, school airĀ https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cv--dbxLcgV/
boyfriend air makes your skin/makeup/health better by being around your boyfriend.
August 23, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word girl dinner
Playful usage by internet dad: https://twitter.com/NickCho/status/1694083380986658920
August 23, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list celebrities-with-english-occupational-surnames-GuJD2FvMRUtBeyqvVACW_
POTTERS: Bowles, Turner
CLOTH FINISHERS: Callendar
MAKERS OF LOOM EQUIMENT: Rucker
WOOL MERCHANTS: Packard
THE SILK BUSINESS: Mercer
MAKERS OF CLOTHING: Chaucer, Hozier, Mantle, Taylor
SHIRT AND UNDERWEAR MAKERS: Camus
BLANKET, QUILT, and MAT MAKERS: Blanchett
PRODUCERS OF RAWHIDE: Skinner
LEATHER MAKERS: Barker. Tewers
SADDLEMAKERS: Sellers
GLOVEMAKERS: Glover
SHOEMAKERS: Corden, Sutter
THE FUR BUSINESS: Pill
PEASANT-FARMERS: Apple, Bean, Bee, Bonds, Bundy, Fielder, Fielding, Fields, Frank, Franklin, Fry, Freeman, Hides, Plant, Tilly
THE DAIRY BUSINESS: Cheese, Day, Milk
CATTLE TENDERS: Best, Booth, Bullock, Byers, Coward, Folds, Heard, Herd
THE MEAT BUSINESS: Bacon, Butcher, Kellogg
SWINEHERDS: Grice, Hogg
CARETAKERS OF HORSES: Marshall, Stoddard
MILLERS: Miller
SIEVE MAKERS: Bolt
BAKERS: Baker, Peele, Spicer
SHIPBUILDERS: Keller
MERCHANTS: Chapman, Merchant, Plummer, Ullman
INNKEEPERS: Harbour
BEVERAGE MAKERS: Brewster
COOPERS: Cooper, Tubman
BASKET MAKERS: Peck
CABINETMAKERS: Carver, Turner
WHEEL AND WAGON MAKERS: Cartwright, Wainwright
(Groups 63-115)
August 22, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word -ngus
Post today on r/linguisticshumor: "Why is the suffix "-ngus" considered inherently funny? I noticed it in a lot of memes."
https://www.reddit.com/r/linguisticshumor/comments/15xcwcv/why_is_the_suffix_ngus_considered_inherently/
August 21, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word wolf cut
Not a mullet, but not not a mullet. Haircut trend.Ā https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwLLm6nu_bU/
August 21, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word heartbreak feels good in a place like this
Another usage: by Holiday Barbie 1996 (Aabria Iyengar) during a DnD one-shot campaign after Dentist Barbie has axed a troll doll to death, and they're all dancing (because it's a charity stream and people can donate for them to do that) and contemplating death and where souls go when you die: https://youtu.be/IHe55yVQa3k?t=5565 From a PixelCircus livestream, released July 25, 2023.
August 19, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word unpaid Will Ferrell internship
At some point, was watching a show with a friend and an actor looked a bit like Will Ferrell. But not just discount Will Ferrell, or store-bought off-brand Will Ferrell... even lower quality than that. We riffed that he was in an unpaid Will Ferrell internship, and I love that phrase every time I remember it.
August 16, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word slempy
When you're too sleepy to describe yourself sleepy. I'm slempy.
August 16, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list ez-visigoth-surnames-UTTNf4OUxNRePXzvJVMp6
Further research:
MuƱoz means hill.
Ortiz? Same as Ortez. Son of Orti, meaning brave/fortunate.
Flores means flowers. Is Florez the same or is it son of Floro? Torres means towers. Is Torrez the same or is it son of Torro?
August 16, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list ez-visigoth-surnames-UTTNf4OUxNRePXzvJVMp6
These patronymic surnames also be written as -iz or -es, but I'm sticking to just -ez for now.
If you take the -ez off (which means 'son of), and add an -o, you get a man's name.
Alvarez -> Alvaro
Gonzalez -> Gonzalo
Iniguez -> Inigo
Marquez -> Marco
Ramirez -> Ramiro
Ruiz is from a shortened version of Roderick (like Rodriguez).
Some don't add an -o.
Guitierrez becomes Guiter/Guiterre, meaning Walter. Ibanez is just IbƔn.
August 16, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word heartbreak feels good in a place like this
This is a quote from the 2021 Nicole Kidman AMC ad that is encouraging people, post-2020, to return to movie theaters. The ad is beloved(?) and derided, but this particular quote seems to have a life of its own. And they're making another Nicole Kidman AMC ad so it may come up again even more.
The original line was "Somehow, heartbreak fesls good in a place like this" but the somehow is not necessary.
Non-movie examples from 2023 Twitter:
https://twitter.com/goodsoop_/status/1689392348613238784
https://twitter.com/miklausroyale/status/1690556438060417025
https://twitter.com/musical_myles/status/1688397023731744768
https://twitter.com/AlexMusibay/status/1688205286656315392
Bonus: the NHL mascot Gritty dressed as Barbie and went to see Oppenheimer and also quoted Nicole Kidman: https://twitter.com/GrittyNHL/status/1683231253590319104
Original ad: https://youtu.be/KiEeIxZJ9x0
August 15, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Kenergy
A lot of Ken- blends came from the Barbie movie press tour, but I think Kenergy is the one with staying power. https://www.tumblr.com/nessa007/723462587313963008/ryan-goslingi-wouldnt-dare-ken-splain-the-barbie
August 12, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word shoulder devil
I feel the urge to ask new user laxus for their credit card, but that would not be welcoming or a true reflection of the site. But... it's an intrusive thought, an antisocial call of the void.
August 10, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word scorigami
Scorigami was invented by sports writer Jon Bois in a Youtube video, and now a site exists that tracks the phenomenon of unique NFL scores that are created by the unique addition of 2,3,6,7 points added at a time: https://nflscorigami.com/
August 8, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list edible-fabrics-maKxgyBzsvbUXyegouwza
Velveeta is not the same thing as velvet, but it's not really cheese either, so I think it belongs here.
August 7, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list mathematical-phrases-in-common-parlance-ELBa_XDVyMmPUrgA2JZaw
Related: a mathematical love song: https://youtu.be/SEbzTe0CzT8
August 3, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Bosha
The Lom, the Rom, and the Dom? New to me! Subsets of Roma people. Thanks #RandomWord
August 2, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list celebrities-with-english-occupational-surnames-GuJD2FvMRUtBeyqvVACW_
I've done groups 63-115. Note to come back once I finish the book.
August 1, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list celebrities-with-english-occupational-surnames-GuJD2FvMRUtBeyqvVACW_
Fictional people with English occupational surnames:
Silas Marner
Harry Potter
Sophie Hatter
Professor Layton
Mrs. Buttersworth
Polly Pocket
Mr. Hooper (hanging with)
Mr. Roper (Three's Company landlord)
Don Draper
Sally Bowles
Occupational surnames as first names: Steadman, Satchel Paige, Chandler Bing, Taylor Swift
August 1, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word bugs and bunnies
Heard this in reference to environmental concerns "What about the bugs and bunnies part?": https://www.reddit.com/r/environmental_science/comments/a77pi3/did_you_guys_know_that_environmental_engineers/
August 1, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word crispy R
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmQiCZBi0go A version of an R in kr gr clusters (at least) where the tongue seems to be more curved back to the roof than a typical American r.
Per Trixie Mattel in this video: "Sarah Michelle Gellar does it. I think it's a North Atlantic whatever thing."
July 28, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list how-you-put-the-clothing-on-buJ8h89twxhulFeCpvnRk
The antithesis of this list is, of course, tear away pants
July 28, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
"my brothersister in christ" https://www.tumblr.com/carnadelions/718138849332789248/absolutely-love-it-when-people-are-like-why-do-you
July 28, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word michaelmass
There are some citations for Michaelmass on the capitalized page, but no definition.
July 28, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Citizen Doctor Abraham Mehermblur
My favorite DnD NPC ever. https://youtu.be/mesxOPMO4f8?t=115
July 27, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word global boiling
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jul/27/scientists-july-world-hottest-month-record-climate-temperatures
Eek
In a speech in July, UN Chief called this the era of global boiling:Ā https://www.huffpost.com/entry/un-climate-hell_n_650afb19e4b0805755c762d7
July 27, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list how-you-put-the-clothing-on-buJ8h89twxhulFeCpvnRk
What are duffles, yarb?
July 27, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list how-you-put-the-clothing-on-buJ8h89twxhulFeCpvnRk
snapback? drawstring? Not sure if they counts.
July 27, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word enshitification
see also enshittification and enshitify https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1550457808222552065 Coined/popularized by Cory Doctorow in 2022?
July 23, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word enshitify
enshitify https://aus.social/@ajsadauskas/110762848273603019 see also enshittification
July 23, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word enshittification
enshittification. See also enshitification andĀ enshitify https://lingo.lol/@grvsmth/110763836102433078
July 23, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list how-you-put-the-clothing-on-buJ8h89twxhulFeCpvnRk
What are all the ways clothing is closed up? Buttons, zippers, elastic, knots, snaps, laces, straps, belts, velcro. I know I'm missing some.
July 21, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word God-Wink
wilhelmina. Good news! Wordnik includes a definition for God wink from Wiktionary - it's just on the entry written with a space instead of a hyphen: God wink
July 18, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word rad-hard
radiation-hardened electronics https://www.baesystems.com/en-us/definition/what-are-radiation-hardened-electronics
July 17, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word eyebombing
Putting googly eyes on objects in the real world to induce pareidolia and whimsy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3O7t4R5Gxw
July 2, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word memory-foaming
A new metaphor about the experience of autistic people pleasing / fawning. https://www.tumblr.com/drdemonprince/720844239224897536/autistic-memory-foaming?source=share
June 22, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Juneteenth
Happy Juneteenth! a great holiday, a great blend.
June 19, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list things-i-wish-i-knew-more-about-7drAlcNcpDIX3mOmTeJHz
I <3 the names of fallacies.
June 15, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word filly
Hey deadwoodcarl, and welcome. Trans rights are human rights, gender is not a binary, and language changes all the time.
To respond to your specific comment: the definitions on this site clearly show their sources, some of which are historical and out of date, none of which are created by Wordnik. The intention of dictionaries is not to police or litigate usage, but to reflect how terms are actually used. Sometimes people use filly to mean a young horse, regardless of that horse's gender, so one dictionary source (GCIDE) chose to represent that usage. Part of why Wordnik pulls from many sources is to give a broader perspective about how terms are perceived by different sources over time. I hope that answers your question.
June 11, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word deathpill
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1450398/joe_biden_and_desantis_are_the_two_ends_of_the/ "We have to deathpill woke moralists"
June 9, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word potato-stones
Edible?
June 1, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word deaerator
No offense taken! Tank is strong. Tank can take a hit. For proof, please consider Patton in its entirety, or the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade tank battle.
May 31, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word loglikelihood
Reminds me of Guy Smiley or Scam Likely.
May 31, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word deaerator
Blech, what a gross clump of vowels, flanked by yet another A.
May 30, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word hallucinations
Including this as a potential word of the year in regards to creations by AI - particularly visual output by MidJourney. It's not realistic enough to be a deepfake, it's dreamlike, it's a hallucination. Also can apply to fake reference lists - hallucinated citations.
https://lookalikes.substack.com/p/today-i-asked-chatgpt-about-the-topic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucination_(artificial_intelligence)
May 26, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word upheaval
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom video game has the hero running through a destroyed kingdom that has been affected by an event called the Upheaval. In the last game, a similar event happened called the Calamity. My guess is that this word is being primed by all the people playing the game and that it will show up with greater frequency this year than normal.
May 25, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word memoize
I truly thought this was a typo for memorize but it's not.
May 22, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word unhoused
vendingmachine Your annoyance at the term feels misguided. Ultimately the problem is the problem, not the word. Yes, unhoused can be used by people as a self-righteous identifier to appear more empathetic while not doing anything (like correcting someone telling their story, instead of listening to the message) but adding a new term to the mix can help refresh the conversation and is not inherently worthless or harmful.
May 17, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word combinatorial
Good word to say.
Double dactly like lexicographical https://youtu.be/J4VzuWmN8zY?t=65
May 7, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word subtilely
This is less subtle.
May 5, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word yetling
Cute!
May 2, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word deeps
This is a word. It's a plural of deep. It's probably not in M-W's Collegiate or New World Dictionary. It is a playable Scrabble word though: https://scrabble.merriam.com/finder/deeps
It could use a tag like "non-standard" or "archaic" or "fantastical" since it seems it's mostly used to describe fictional caves or extreme deep-sea creatures and monsters that are "from the deeps." It's also used in the KJV translation of Psalms.
May 1, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word metal wood
oxymoron?
April 30, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word firmth
WHAT. depth length widthĀ warmth
April 30, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Brand
capital B Brand
https://www.tumblr.com/shorthistorian/715614494439669760Ā "not to be a Brand"
April 26, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
https://www.tumblr.com/seldo/715618504312750080
Elno Morks
April 26, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Twitter Blue
Twitter end times drama.
https://www.tumblr.com/adverseflyer909/715430544708632576/starting-a-compilation
https://www.tumblr.com/animentality/715410408241020928/dril-is-a-legend
Blue checks originally verified a celebrity account vs an impersonation.
Musk made them something people could pay for for clout.
This weekend, Twitter started giving celebrities blue checks without paying for it.
The celebrities are not happy about it because it implies they support Musk.
Famous anonymous tweeter @dril was verified after suggesting that everyone blocks anyone with a blue check.
Every time they change their username (normally "wint", @dril stays the same), their blue check is removed, so as punishment, @dril receives a blue check, then changes their name to remove it, then someone at Twitter gives them a blue check again.
April 25, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word innlike
The B&B reminded me of a tavern... in like an innlike way.
April 20, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word FONSI
Ayyyyyyyyyyyyyhttps://www.energy.gov/nepa/listings/findings-no-significant-impact-fonsis
April 19, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word dying
These are some good definitions. Good job, lexicographers of the past.
April 14, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word my x era
Entering my villain era, my redemption era, my top era, etc.
This was around in 2022, but was prominently used in RuPaul's Drag Race Season 15, further bringing into the cultural zeitgeist.
My congenial era:Ā https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZBi4bJSLV0
April 13, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word skin hunger
The need for touch
April 11, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word buttered noodles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxt0AEoANJk
April 11, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word samefoods
Foods that are always considered desirable and safe to eat when nothing else sounds good (especially by autistic people who are sensory avoiders - classic example is buttered noodles.)
April 11, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word soft hiking
Hiking where the point is to be in nature instead of an emphasis on pushing yourself for exercise goals.
April 11, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Millennial Rage
A new genre of tv/movies like Beef, Emily the Criminal, On the Count of Three, Palm Springs, Ingrid Goes West, Sissy, Search Party, and The Bear.
April 11, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word hydropical
oOOOOOo look at the pretty Visuals!
April 10, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word thitch
I think it's called a phonological gap? It's a viable set of sounds/letters, but for whatever reason, no concept currently uses that vessel.
April 9, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word direct registering
This is how cats only make one set of prints - their back feet step perfectly into the impressions of their front foot steps.
April 9, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word This Barbie is X
As a promotion for the upcoming Barbie movie, there are now templates where people fill in pictures of themselves, famous people, or memes with a "This Barbie is X" or "This Barbie Xes" captions on top like the promotional material posters. https://www.vulture.com/2023/04/barbie-movie-cast-posters-real-dolls.html
April 8, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word strewing
This is a strategy used in unschooling practices and with PDA autism to provide potential activities for someone who would say no if you asked them without visual cues that it was already available to start. https://www.unschoolingmom2mom.com/strewing
April 3, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Lagenlook
Fashion style. German for "layered look." Somewhat similar to Japanese mori girls.
March 31, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Mayo sapien
modern comical term for white people ( like Napkin American or wypipo)
March 30, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word corecore
Post-modern Dada collage videos on TikTok?
March 27, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word lambastic
See lambast and lambaste.
March 22, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word anti-drop
The drop is an EDM term for the part of an electronic-inspired song that comes after building up tension.
Modern pop songs often build up tension with their pre-chorus to mimic this aspect of EDM, but now there are also songs that intentionally build up lots of dense production in the pre-chorus and then have a sparse chorus. That's called an anti-drop. This YouTuber uses it, and has a clip of musician Charlie Puth using the term in reference to his own song: https://youtu.be/ZWhmkpdgj74
March 15, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word heterofatalism
Term coined by Indiana Seresim to describe the pessimism that straight straight, bi, and pansexual women feel at being attracked to straight men - the hopelessness that comes from being attracted to your oppressor. (definition from @chillipolyamory TikTok in March 2023)
March 14, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word grivation
Related: isogriv
March 14, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word milk ingestion pathway
https://mepas.pnnl.gov/mepas/formulations/exposure/2.0/2_7/2_7.html
March 14, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word tenting
Pants also tent. As in pitch a tent.
March 9, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word serpentine
I mostly hear this in reference to drafting (like fantasy football drafts) where they do a serpentine draft to give first player advantage but not too much advantage. Where it goes 1 2 3 4 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 4 3 2 1 etc.
March 9, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word PDA autism
PDA or Pathological Demand Avoidance is a subtype of autism where any demands (external, internal, self-made, anything) are potentially interpreted as threats to autonomy, threatening the person's sense of control, which their anxiety desperately grasps onto to navigate a neurotypical world. Others may view it as disrespect towards authority, but can also stem from activities they like, or bodily needs like food, bathroom, and sleep from themselves. It's not obstinance for attention, but a response to a threat to survival. https://www.pdasociety.org.uk/what-is-pda-menu/about-autism-and-pda/
March 8, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word distinct anxiety
distinct anxiety, also called autism-distinct anxiety, is a form of anxiety related to disturbances in the comfort of an autistic person - being disconnected from their schedule, stims, interests, safe foods, preferred sensory environment, etc. Has something to do with amygdala size. https://neurosciencenews.com/amygdala-autism-anxiety-20054/
March 8, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word nepo baby
nepotism baby
The term has been around, but Jamie Lee Curtis has been using it. Just heard it again in the first 10 minutes of the Ruined podcast episode from March 7. 2023: Possession (1981). https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/23/entertainment/jamie-lee-curtis-nepo-baby/index.html
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/02/jamie-lee-curtis-loves-being-a-nepo-baby-awards-insider
March 7, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Engpanish
lightbird25 It looks like Engpanish takes its sentence structure (grammar) totally from English, and adds the literal translation of individual endings of Spanish words onto the English sentence. Is that correct?
March 7, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word troons
A derogatory term for trans people. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Troon
March 6, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word zoochosis
I've heard this could apply to humans en masse since 2020.
https://digitalcitizen.ca/2019/08/19/do-humans-suffer-from-zoochosis/
March 5, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word it
"it" used to be spelled "hit" (OE) but lost the h because it's so often in an unstressed place. (In reference to the list I added this to called Abbreviations that Start in the Middle.)
March 4, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word practicable
Practical, as able to be put into practice as possible.
March 2, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word disposition
Not disposal. Used for nuclear waste. https://www.energy.gov/ne/spent-fuel-and-waste-disposition
March 2, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word dispositioning
Not disposal. Used in reference to nuclear waste. https://www.energy.gov/ne/spent-fuel-and-waste-disposition
March 2, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word gendy nooch
Short for gender neutral. Heard in a Feb 2023 TikTok. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRWJhGB8/
March 2, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word recession-core
As heard in a Feb 2023 TikTok, people pretending that they're stretching dollars, making bread and growing food because it's trendy, not because they're poor.
March 2, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Amen break
The Amen break is a famous drum beat taken from a section of the 1969 song Amen, Brother. It is a foundational sample beat in house and jungle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amen_break
February 26, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word ephebo-labor
When it's teen labor instead of child labor? https://www.reddit.com/r/WorkReform/comments/11awn0x/think_of_the_children/
February 24, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word tough cookie
I think there's an existing "sounds edible but isn't" list somewhere that this should be on.
Edit: found it, added it
February 22, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word practical
Is the phrase "to the extent practical" an example of a post-positive adjective like surgeons general?
February 22, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word twink death
When young gay men called twinks age out of being a twink and there's no specific label they transition to (like cub, otter, bear, daddy, etc.)
February 17, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word gray rock method
A strategy used by people in abusive situations to be non-responsive so that the abusive person will lose interest when no one falls for their inflammatory bait. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/grey-rock also called gray rocking, grey rocking, and the grey rock method because of UK/AmE spelling differences.
February 13, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word easy water
This term easy water is one of my favorite videos on the internet - a parrot orders groceries (mostly strawberries) from an Alexa. https://youtu.be/IvnW89osj0g
[big tofu' is another good one, but somehow, saying easy water like a robot woman comes up more often in my daily life.
February 10, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word crowberry
Presumably crows eat these?
February 10, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word resenteeism
https://www.reddit.com/r/WorkReform/comments/10xzz5x/apparently_resenteeism_is_the_new_buzzword_to/
February 10, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list triple-homonyms
Not to be confused with a list of triple homicides.
February 10, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word kin keeping
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinkeeping
February 9, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word sparklewashing
"Perhaps the choice is a form of atonement for company founder Cecil Rhodesās unabashed imperialism, for the blood diamond scandals, and for the ongoing exploitation of miners. Call it sparklewashing."
https://wordworking.medium.com/all-that-glitters-diamonds-and-the-cultivation-of-desire-c7b8dcf7c82e
Like whitewashing or greenwashing.
February 8, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word cool touch bottom
A lot of electric kettles have a bullet point list on their boxes with a list of features. Often, one of them is "cool touch bottom", that you won't burn yourself if you touch the bottom of the kettle.
February 8, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list retronyms
I don't think it's quite solidified, but with AI-generated text/art, human-created/human-generated is a recent concept that will eventually go on this list.
January 31, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word cursive
Cursive is also a term for a particular indie pop singing style in the 2000s/2010s. https://www.acelinguist.com/2021/05/dialect-dissection-indie-voicecursive.html
January 30, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word UFSAR
Updated FSAR, AKA, an Updated Final Safety Analysis Report. People seem to say this acronym as letters, and not as "OOF-sar", even though that would sound pretty fun and save time.
January 27, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word do-me
Podcast host recently talked about the Lion King and Nala's "do-me eyes." Better citation forthcoming.
January 27, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word dint
From The First Nuclear Era (1994) by Alvin Weinberg:
"I've always found physics to be difficult. I am not endowed with the ability to see immediately the essence of a physical phenomena. Yet by dint of hard work, I was able to complete my undergraduate physics examination at the top of my small class."
January 27, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word human-created
a retroynm now that AI-generated art/writing/journalism is a possibility because of its normalization by ChatGPT and DALL-E.
January 27, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word swoveralls
Overalls made of sweatpants material
January 26, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word knee-trembler
Got the plural of this as a #RandomWord. New to me.
Green's Dictionary has it as early as 1965 as a UK term.Ā https://greensdictofslang.com/entry/3vfhtqy#cp62q2i
January 26, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word turbine
In power plant talk, I've noticed people pronouncing turbine the way I would pronounce turban. I say the 2nd syllable more like it's an endive combine harvester from Irvine. Maybe a familiarity thing leading to erosion? American Heritage pronunciation (below) says it like them, Macmillan says it like me.
January 17, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Needle in a Timestack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needle_in_a_Timestack This is the name of a 2021 sci-fi time travel movie. It breaks up the atomicity of this phrase, but it doesn't make it funny, or poignant, hay doesn't rhyme with time, it's not a before and after, and it doesn't expand the metaphor into anything more thought-provoking. It's just fucking stupid. A timestack is nothing. This phrase is nothing. Who approved this.
Apparently it's the name of the short story from 1985 that the movie is based on. It continues to be a bad name.
January 12, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word paper plane
A paper plane is a cocktail developed in 2007, which is named after the M.I.A. song "Paper Planes" that came out that year
January 11, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list edible-fabrics-maKxgyBzsvbUXyegouwza
I'm also counting smaller textile parts here - string, yarn, cloth, twine, rope.
January 11, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list edible-fabrics-maKxgyBzsvbUXyegouwza
It's a short list, ruzuzu, I'm happy to have it padded out. I only knew of chiffon cake. A lot of cake textures on this list.
I keep thinking there's a lace-based food, but I can only think of Queen Anne's Lace and drug-laced foods.
January 10, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word rizz
Short for charisma
January 10, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Silk
Silk is a brand of soy milk.
January 10, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list edible-fabrics-maKxgyBzsvbUXyegouwza
Not sure sponge should count as a textile, but it's tactile.
January 10, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word shinny
I saw this used like shimmy, in the past tense "shinnied up the log to the shore" in a book from 1946. Not sure which is older or if they're related. At first I thought it was a printer typography error where 2 n's equal 1 m, but then we're still missing an m.
December 13, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word grandmillennials
https://impeccablenestdesign.com/blog/what-is-a-grand-millennial/ also written as grand millennials.
December 11, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word candididate
candi-di-date reminds me of the song Down by Marian Hill where she sings that words "down di di down" a lot. https://youtu.be/cc9Wvfbt5Ec
December 9, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word unmuted
Who knows how long I was unmuted for in this meeting? M O R T I F Y I N G. mortifying.
December 1, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word contrastive focus reduplication
I don't just like contrastive focus reduplication, I like like it.
https://www.haggardhawks.com/post/contrastive-focus-reduplication
December 1, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word rhubarb rhubarb
A rare example of reduplication that isn't contrastive focus reduplication as in "Do you like him or do you like-like him?" where repeating the word denotes that the core meaning is the one that you mean. "Did you take a subway train or a train train?"
November 29, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word rhubarb
Rhubarb is also used as stage whisper-type nonsense dialogue by background actors / ensemble to look like they're chatting but not saying anything. https://wordhistories.net/2022/01/28/rhubarb-theatre-nonsense/
November 29, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word shiksa
Different from the fragrant powder chiksa
November 28, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word chiksa
different from Yiddish shiksa
November 28, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word neurospicy
neurospicy means neurodivergent, from a post about facetious variants of autism - mild, spicy, extra hot like hot sauce.
November 23, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word Goncharov
A fake movie by Martin Scorsese, invented by a Tumblr user.
November 23, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word sol-gel process
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol%E2%80%93gel_process
November 22, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word need to sharpen the pencil
https://grahamchastney.com/2015/06/04/office-speak-sharpen-our-pencils/
November 21, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word -ussy
from pussy and bussy, -ussy can be a suffix for anything with a hole.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/yy1tde/hes_getting_dewgonged_straight_in_the_ashussy/
November 18, 2022
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
I found "elongated muskrat" in Tumblr tags about him.
November 17, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word pixels
Singer Rina Sawayama calls her fans pixels.
November 17, 2022
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
I also found a variant - MeLon the Husk https://twitter.com/JeffAndDonkeys/status/1592910796123934720
November 17, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word overpressure
No David Bowie or Freddie Mercury song about this one.
November 15, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word RatVerified
On Twitter, choosing to add a rat emoji to your profile name instead of hypothetically paying a subscription fee to have a blue verified checkmark under Elon Musk's new plan. https://www.newsweek.com/how-get-ratverified-twitter-fights-back-against-musks-blue-check-plan-1756456
It's with a hashtag, but starting with a hashtag breaks Wordnik links?
November 5, 2022
tankhughes commented on the word cafedrine
Seems like a blend, or caffeine + drug suffix.
November 3, 2022
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