bilby has looked up 19246 words, created 203 lists, listed 22531 words, written 22938 comments, added 722 tags, and loved 49 words.
Comments for bilby
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Bilby is, as usual, a lode of useful information. I once went skiing in Chamonix, where les Guides des Alpes are universally admired, but I failed to understand the sense of their characteristic cries.
They're famed for feats of derring-do
But guides of the Alps are scholars too.
It's knowledge they seek
When they call from a peak
And plaintively ask, "Beaudelaire, he who?"January 11, 2015
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Bonsoir Monsieur Bilby,
Where are you, actuellement?
I am back in Paris, being forced to write about such big fat frauds as Charles "Mr Spleen" Baudelaire.
But in two more weeks I shall be free, free as a bird!
Now I need to go favourite the word "wentletrap".
Adieu !January 10, 2015
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Where did "Community" go? Is it just my computer?
December 24, 2014
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Have I ever told you how much I like your bagpipes list?
December 15, 2014
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Are you in Bogota? I was just there! Ships passing in the cliché.
November 8, 2014
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and I you with a waistband of tittering finches. Don't disillusion me!
November 6, 2014
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Happy belated selfie day, old bean.
November 6, 2014
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...for of Afghan chutney is her soul compact
April 2, 2014
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Is there a way to search by tag?
March 27, 2014
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March 27, 2014
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oh, he do
March 14, 2014
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a) that's exactly right
b) I think of you as the only near-whitey invited ^-^March 12, 2014
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didn't you have a list called "Drinky-time, or the most happy of hours" or some such? Maybe it was someone else...
March 12, 2014
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Meow.
February 20, 2014
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Bilby, I wish you a happy new year. I am grateful for the comments you have given me. I have been slow to respond mostly because I could not figure out how to do it. I have been looking for an ongoing thread I could reply to but I have failed to find it, so now I have visited your dashboard. This seems rather roundabout, like exiting the house and ringing the doorbell again before replying, but it is all I can manage for the moment.
January 1, 2014
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Thanks for jomo. It's perfect.
December 16, 2013
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Bonsoir, bilby! Un salut de Paris à toi et à tous les marsupiaux, même les moins jolies.
RenardSeptember 22, 2013
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marky
Sorry, this user profile is LAME.September 13, 2013
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BILBY
September 13, 2013
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Any thoughts for us about ry's question over on wurly?
May 8, 2013
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No no. Only we hopping long-ears are designated chocolatiers to outback frontiers. Cheers!
April 1, 2013
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Thanks, Easter Bilby. Do all marsupials carry chocolate in their pouches?
April 1, 2013
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happy zombie jesus day, peter gone rabid day to you too BILBY
March 31, 2013
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Happy Easter everyone! Help yourself!
March 31, 2013
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meowz
March 31, 2013
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Happy Easter Bilby is a sweet tooth fairy.
March 30, 2013
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Good lord, bilby -- hello!
March 20, 2013
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I noticed a town of Bilby in Jamaica on a topographic map today.
March 13, 2013
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I'm so glad you finally have a trilby, bilby!
February 3, 2013
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Trilby's match
What a thrill it must be!
Is it a crowning achievement?
How can you match it?
You are off on the right foot!February 3, 2013
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At a yard sale this morning. I bought a trilby. Just thought y'all would be very happy to know that.
February 2, 2013
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*purrrrrs*
January 23, 2013
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Bilby, bilby, bill
be. Bilby be. Bilby bee.
Bilby bilby be.January 15, 2013
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Hello buddy!
Old civil engineers had to work to master societal motif. Oh me oh my.
Hello nursery!
Hello sultry garlic?
Evil garlic.
Here's Praetor Isisof's dismantling tree...
Hello Praetor Isisof!
Hello exaggerating need...
What a functional seed...
Bye Praetor Isisof - you need an overhearing fee!
Apparently legal secretaries like to say hello to architects.
Hello cowboy!
Hi damned lagoon...
Hi rhythmic bagel.
Good bye bagel.January 15, 2013
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Hi bilby, how's it going you fertile mat cutter, you roaming invigorator, you cybernetic theologian of pifflecorn?
January 15, 2013
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PARKING:
"But Tomsky also gives readers good reasons to be on their best behaviour at hotels. Raise your voice and you may get key bombed. That's where Tomsky, a front desk agent, programs your room key in a way that virtually ensures you will be locked out at some point in your stay."
- AP, How to get the best treatment at hotels, theage.com.au, 14 Jan 2013.January 15, 2013
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December 13, 2012
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Around which pants?
November 25, 2012
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Around these here parts, they call me Noel Renard.
November 24, 2012
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Baubles? Trinkets? I knew it! He really is the Santa Fox!
November 23, 2012
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So, seriously, how was Trieste?
And I am crestfallen at the thought that I might not get a copy of that poetry 'zine. That I was promised. I'm only claiming what is rightfully mine. I suspect you are just holding out for some kind of quid pro quo. Which, fair enough, just say the word and I will be happy to send some kind of Parisian bauble or trinket winging your way.
But I'm damned if I'm gonna post my street address here on Wordnik, and you have the vice of being nowhere else contactable, to my knowledge.
It's an impasse.
Happy Thanksgiving.November 22, 2012
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I shall report on the status of fuflunnage in Trieste. Perhaps it was what kept old James Joyce there.
October 1, 2012
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I hear there are many kinds of coffee in Trieste (though my source claims it's hard to find kopi luwak).
No word on the quality of the fufluns.October 1, 2012
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I am, as they say around these here parts, *desolated*. But I understand that rolig is undoubtedly an infinitely more charming dinner companion than my miserable self. Given my druthers, I'd be dining nightly in Ljubljana and Trieste myself, instead of ...
Well, no, actually. No, I wouldn't....
But, de toute façon, safe travels, o leather-eared one. You do know that the big Swiss chocolate cartels have outlawed chocolate bilbies within Swiss borders, right?October 1, 2012
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When will you be coming to Europe? You could have dinner with sionnach in Parigi. I will be having dinner with Son of Groucho week after next -- why not you? I am also trying to convince Prolagus to make the trip north from his Sardine fortress.
September 29, 2012
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Wassup, bilbykins? Are you coming to Europe, mebbe?
September 26, 2012
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first words spoken were a palindrome
madam Im adamAugust 24, 2012
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oh hai.
*purrs*June 25, 2012
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*goes to war zone*
*scans everbody*
*apoligizes and robs a bakery*
Sorry 2 Fuflunder upJune 21, 2012
Comments by bilby
bilby commented on the word blowing from a gun
That's a macabre description, though fascinating. I presume anyone who witnessed such an event could not lightly forget it, hence the hauntingly precise accounting for trajectories of body parts.
February 25, 2015
bilby commented on the list call-any-vegetable
This is where an Australian chimes in to say, "That's not a vegetable. This is a vegetable."
February 23, 2015
bilby commented on the list birds--9
The user reesetee has a lot of bird lists.
February 23, 2015
bilby commented on the word mick
Means to make fun of someone.
February 23, 2015
bilby commented on the word giuggiola
joo-JOH-la, bearing in mind the first syllable is very short.
February 22, 2015
bilby commented on the word wordnikwiki
It's a love nest for two dyslexic kiwis.
February 21, 2015
bilby commented on the user vendingmachine
LDC - longform digital crepuscule
February 21, 2015
bilby commented on the user BlancheClark
SPAM
February 19, 2015
bilby commented on the word kninja
Is good.
February 19, 2015
bilby commented on the word retweet
When losing a raging Twitter war, some choose to beat a hasty retweet.
February 19, 2015
bilby commented on the word agapanthus tub-hauler
If I had to live in a vendingmachine, I probably wouldn't fit.
February 19, 2015
bilby commented on the word agapanthus tub-hauler
See live baiting during them cold Nebarksa winners.
February 18, 2015
bilby commented on the word live baiting
On the ubran fringes there're certainly clumps of agapanthus around that have escaped from home gardens. Australia has a lot of similar climate zones here so the plant does well.
February 18, 2015
bilby commented on the user ElliotHargreaves
SPAM
February 18, 2015
bilby commented on the word live baiting
If I could find you video of the joyous gambol of antechinus in the agapanthus, it would be yours.
February 18, 2015
bilby commented on the word live baiting
Wordnik - the world's go-to site for bunny stampede support in your hour of need.
February 17, 2015
bilby commented on the list stay-with-me
How did you remember to put them on this list?
February 17, 2015
bilby commented on the word juggs
See jougs.
February 17, 2015
bilby commented on the word live baiting
Ya can't catch meee!
Umm, seriously, we are currently having a live baiting scandal in Australia. The animals used as bait - as captured by hidden cameras - include piglets, rabbits and native possums.
The documentary is available here, although some footage is so sick I'm reluctant to recommend viewing it: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/2015/02/16/4178920.htm
February 17, 2015
bilby commented on the word rumpus
Good word. Came looking for etymology.
February 17, 2015
bilby commented on the list long-lost-words
What's the word?
February 16, 2015
bilby commented on the word live baiting
The practice of using live animals to train greyhounds for racing. Typically involves encouraging a greyhound to chase and kill a small animal bound to a moving lure.
February 16, 2015
bilby commented on the word Ask Dr. Stool
I liked this bit at the start of one of the FAQ answers:
Loose stools have many causes (see "Soft Serve").
February 16, 2015
bilby commented on the word wyd
Seems like it could be a Welsh word for a broad valley of inbred miners that had the life ripped out of it by Thatchernomics.
February 16, 2015
bilby commented on the word glass-paper
Honey I Borked The Front Page.
I did have an emphasis code in that comment but it theN applied itsel' to all the comments on this page and on the Community aka front page. Editing the comment gives you no way to check whether the code is correct because it's invisible. I was only able to 'fix' the problem by deleting the comment entirely. COST ME ANOTHER TWO CENTS TO REPOST COMMENT!
February 15, 2015
bilby commented on the word glass-paper
Not to be confused with ass-paper, which is preferably not abrasive.
February 15, 2015
bilby commented on the word haptics
Might increase the chance of eyedropping with Worcestershire sauce.
February 15, 2015
bilby commented on the word nutriaship
Come here and I'll give you a damn good caulking, vendysnozz.
February 14, 2015
bilby commented on the word You can't drive a car made out of drawings
No, but the maintenance costs are attractively low.
February 13, 2015
bilby commented on the word nutriaship
What a load of -ship.
February 13, 2015
bilby commented on the word portmantoh
When foot is in mouth, yes.
February 12, 2015
bilby commented on the word portmantoh
A madeupical portmanteau that doesn't grab you.
February 12, 2015
bilby commented on the word proof of life
"Jordan is willing to exchange Sajida al-Rishawi for the Jordanian pilot. At this point we want to emphasize that we have asked for proof of life from Daesh (ISIS) and we have not received anything yet," Jordanian government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani said.
- Israel National News, 29 Jan 2015.
February 12, 2015
bilby commented on the word nutricious nutrias
I have one, but given point 3 I had it desexed. And I could certainly never eat it. I'm proud of my newly-neutered non-nutricious nutria.
February 12, 2015
bilby commented on the word erinmckean
I had some Bad Gateway the other day. And believe you me, I much prefer Good Gateway.
February 11, 2015
bilby commented on the user vendingmachine
I'm sure ruzuzu will be along any minute looking for food pellets.
February 11, 2015
bilby commented on the user vendingmachine
Do you have anything for two cents?
February 11, 2015
bilby commented on the user vendingmachine
You know, you're still my favourite vending machine.
February 11, 2015
bilby commented on the user vendingmachine
What's in the vending machine? The usual bile, or can we now get canned vitriol for a dollar?
February 10, 2015
bilby commented on the word proof of life
In ransom jargon, something sent by a kidnapper to demonstrate that the hostage is still alive.
February 10, 2015
bilby commented on the word aerugo
Alack, I was hoping for a rhyme with Victor Hugo.
February 10, 2015
bilby commented on the word unlastic
See inelastic.
February 10, 2015
bilby commented on the word tip
Folk etymology on steroids.
February 10, 2015
bilby commented on the word googs and soldiers
Not currently in use.
February 10, 2015
bilby commented on the word memaw
Any etymological speculation?
February 5, 2015
bilby commented on the word Sutherland of snow
Is there any particular reason why Donald Sutherland?
February 5, 2015
bilby commented on the word Eleventy
A political nickname for Australian politician Joe Hockey, federal Treasurer since September 2015. Because he can't count.
February 4, 2015
bilby commented on the word Mermaid Ray
Ray Stevens, state government member for Mermaid Beach, Queensland, Australia. Famous for his chicken dance in the lead up to the 2015 state election, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W6ROXJEGpI
February 4, 2015
bilby commented on the word zuzu, zuzuer, zuzuest
Surely it's about time we denied rumours that there are rumours to be denied.
February 4, 2015
bilby commented on the word apple-catchers
Australian slang - unglamorous underwear or pants.
"Ours were brown apple-catchers until the mid 80s. Thank God for the spandex revolution."
- @AnabelleU123
The context of that conversation was netball uniforms, particularly the bottoms.
February 4, 2015
bilby commented on the word snowkling
I only came here to see if there was a Tweet where this word appeared as a typo.
*sigh*
February 4, 2015
bilby commented on the word NET
Negative Emission Technologies.
"It then extended this to consider how much carbon could be taken out of the atmosphere from Afforestation, Agricultural Soil Carbon Sequestration, Biochar, Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), Direct Air Capture (DAC), Ocean Liming, Enhanced Weathering, and Ocean Fertilisation. They found that these ‘Negative Emission Technologies’ or NETs could offset between a cumulative total of around 120 gigatonnes of CO2 equivalent between now and 2050. This would only manage to extend the allowable carbon budget by 11-13% consistent with keeping warming below 2 degrees with a 50% to 80% probability."
- Tristan Edis, Business Spectator, 2 Feb 2015.
February 4, 2015
bilby commented on the word zuzu, zuzuer, zuzuest
Don't be such a wee doubting Thomas,
This obsession is more like a promise:
Should Zuzu pass my way
I'll forge every byway
To shower fair damsel with hummous.
February 4, 2015
bilby commented on the word eventize
Ack, a drive-by verbing.
January 30, 2015
bilby commented on the user Irondogger01
Welcome. Why not make a snowmobile list?
January 30, 2015
bilby commented on the word Radial Outward Firing Igniters
See indeed ROFI.
January 30, 2015
bilby commented on the word ROFI
This is very Sailormoon. I'm almost rolling on the floor igniting.
January 30, 2015
bilby commented on the word palinode
Odious odes? Whassaworldcomingto?
January 30, 2015
bilby commented on the word siren
Well spotted.
January 28, 2015
bilby commented on the word transient
zuzu, zuzuer, zuzuest, voila!
January 27, 2015
bilby commented on the word newgradulations
Tit what?
January 27, 2015
bilby commented on the word peryearn
Oh it's not as if it hasn't been done before around here, including by me. Just that the current crop seem to indicate that The Dismalarity is nigh.
January 27, 2015
bilby commented on the word transient
gru, gruer, gruest
thus grammar be cut and sluiced
and come the toll of high noon
you'll be singing our tune:
zuzu, zuzuer, zuzuest
January 26, 2015
bilby commented on the word peryearn
We currently have a flood of contestants wishing they were in Urban Dictionary.
January 26, 2015
bilby commented on the word Bubbaville
Compare Bubbleville.
January 26, 2015
bilby commented on the word Bubbleville
Ah, in the great and frankly baffling linguistic tradition of using near indistinguishable pairs for supposedly crucial distinctions.
January 26, 2015
bilby commented on the word textversate
We can only hope.
January 26, 2015
bilby commented on the word corrade
Nice work.
January 23, 2015
bilby commented on the word RUD
See turbine disc liberation event.
January 17, 2015
bilby commented on the word mad map
Wow.
January 16, 2015
bilby commented on the word RUD
Haha. Sounds like a QANTAS euphemism.
January 16, 2015
bilby commented on the word glass
See glassworks.
January 16, 2015
bilby commented on the user Imawordsmith
Similarly, craft can also be a verb. Much beloved of food wankers in this sense.
January 16, 2015
bilby commented on the word drone boarding
For real? I only ever do this while tap dancing on a basketball and handgrinding selected Peruvian coffee beans as I mentally translate Mayakovsky into Cocos Malay pantoums.
January 16, 2015
bilby commented on the user robinsonja15
Alack.
January 15, 2015
bilby commented on the word puttee
I tought I taw a bad pun!
January 14, 2015
bilby commented on the word wort spurt
See maltcano.
January 12, 2015
bilby commented on the word maltcano
That's our yarb.
January 12, 2015
bilby commented on the user sionnach
I'm visiting Canberra, Yogi's wayward Australian cousin. Here it only rains rain unlike the way it rains croissants in Paris. I think Baudelaire's finest achievement was being what people say when they yodel. I'm sorry you're going to be free soon. I hate freedom.
xxx
B
January 11, 2015
bilby commented on the word kibosh
Standard-bearer for the People's Republic of Folk Etymologies, dis one.
January 10, 2015
bilby commented on the word teatox
Leave that ox alone.
January 10, 2015
bilby commented on the word bilby
*waits*
January 8, 2015
bilby commented on the word grazibood
Had to check that at the top of the page it still said Wordnik and not Urban Dictionary.
January 8, 2015
bilby commented on the word Grexit
Capital!
January 1, 2015
bilby commented on the word emergency assembly point
I know what happens when I press the "headdesk" button, and that's a great comfort to me.
December 30, 2014
bilby commented on the word Wordnik Safety Warden
See community.
December 30, 2014
bilby commented on the word Grexit
Dear qms, the world's corpus of Grexit limerick literature is, simply put, a bad gateway.
December 30, 2014
bilby commented on the word emergency assembly point
Now is a good time to familiarise yourself with the nearest exit.
December 30, 2014
bilby commented on the word community
But I presume you're asking for the purpose of public order. So.
December 30, 2014
bilby commented on the word community
I'm not sure we need brackets when Wordnik Safety Warden is written on your helmet in extremely sensible lettering.
December 30, 2014
bilby commented on the word community
I'm very disappointed that ruzuzu, as Wordnik Safety Warden, didn't marshall us to emergency assembly point.
December 30, 2014
bilby commented on the word hell cannon
Yes, smacks of rogue backbenchers.
December 29, 2014
bilby commented on the word moosemilk
Or moose milk, supposedly a Canadian term for bootleg whiskey.
December 26, 2014
bilby commented on the word hell cannon
"Syrian rebels using improvised mortar bombs made of cooking gas canisters killed 311 civilians between July and December this year, a monitoring group said on Friday, condemning the use of the wildly inaccurate weapons.
Two-thirds of the deaths, or 203 people, were in the northern city of Aleppo where the so-called hell cannons have been fired on government-held districts of Syria's second city."
- Reuters, 12 Dec 2014, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/12/us-mideast-crisis-attacks-idUSKBN0JQ17I20141212?utm_source=twitter
December 23, 2014
bilby commented on the word playboy
Wouldn't have been my first definition.
December 5, 2014
bilby commented on the user deboweb
I'm a mango-eating poet with a penchant for electric bicycles. I hope we'll get along.
December 5, 2014
bilby commented on the word fa**ot
That too!
December 4, 2014
bilby commented on the word fa**ot
The faffot was a prototype fuflun that, frankly, resembled a mutant rock cake dipped in bligewater. Hence we prefer not to mention our wee fa**ot misadventure.
December 4, 2014
bilby commented on the list hence-called
Hence called and didn't leave a message.
December 2, 2014
bilby commented on the word strass
Next time someone cuts in front of me I shall say: "I deign to thwart thy leverage of precedence!"
December 2, 2014
bilby commented on the user fugenxuk
SPAM
December 2, 2014
bilby commented on the user FuGenXIndia
SPAM
December 2, 2014
bilby commented on the word casina
Most probably a misspelling of casino. That goes for Spanish and Italian too.
December 2, 2014
bilby commented on the user fuzzynutz
I hate dogs.
December 2, 2014
bilby commented on the word Transmilenio
A bus rapid transit system in Bogota, Colombia.
November 29, 2014
bilby commented on the word delantal
Spanish - apron.
November 29, 2014
bilby commented on the word zill
I'm sure The Common People of Wordnik will fully subscribe to the image of qms in tight black vinyl whipping pesky obscurantia into digestible five-line verse.
November 29, 2014
bilby commented on the word shaman
This is one of those words where I thought I might find a fascinating etymology, and didn't.
November 28, 2014
bilby commented on the word zill
I'm charmed by qms' verbal matrix
And prowess as a verse dominatrix
Just give him a chance
With a cymbal & dance
And he'll conjure a gem from his box-o'-tricks
November 28, 2014
bilby commented on the word antitriangle
I'd like one please. On toast.
Thank you.
November 27, 2014
bilby commented on the word shac-shac
Shac-shac shac-shac shac-shac your boogie, madmouth.
November 26, 2014
bilby commented on the word siku
The Peruvian panpipe.
November 25, 2014
bilby commented on the word shac-shac
Another name for the maraca.
November 25, 2014
bilby commented on the word abactinal
Nice try :-)
November 25, 2014
bilby commented on the word faithpalm
What God does when he sees how humankind is behaving.
November 25, 2014
bilby commented on the list occupational-hazards--1
plumber's crack? Mainly hazardous for innocent bystanders :-/
November 25, 2014
bilby commented on the word cooty
Also, of or pertaining to bandicoots. As in, for example, cooty notes: http://firstshoponthemoon.com/collections/christmas/products/cootynotes?utm_source=Letters+from+Dog&utm_campaign=e51ac598e0-November_201511_24_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_218ac51c30-e51ac598e0-119529781
November 25, 2014
bilby commented on the list fossil-words
It's hard to imagine that amok was ever much more in currency than it is at present. I'd classify it as a loan word that fits within a particular idiom and simply doesn't go any further. A bug on sticky paper, perhaps, rather than a fossil.
November 24, 2014
bilby commented on the list animals-that-can-be-used-as-verbs
fox! I like the list :-)
November 24, 2014
bilby commented on the word Snake Doctor
See also hellgrammite.
November 24, 2014
bilby commented on the word Snake Doctor
masterfire commented on the user masterfire
Well, I am sorry that I've not done much commenting or tagging, but here is something that might get a conversation going. It concerns dragonflies...or rather another name for them. I grew up in the 50s near Memphis, TN. We lived in the country. Back then and there my young ears heard dragonflies called what sounded like Snake Doctor. This is so ingrained in my brain that I call them that to this day. Yet, I have been wondering about it. I've not heard Snake Doctor any other place or time. I am wondering also if what I really heard was Snake Dotter? Dotter is a word but it is not associated with dragonflies in your references. Yet, country folk would say, "dotter" about something flickering around a pond or the farm yard. Therefore, at age five or six I must have heard "doctor" rather than "dotter." Whatever the case, I heard these words/sounds referring to dragonflies. My little imagination clung to the idea of the little fliers attending to sick snakes. But "dotter" makes more sense in the context of people born in the 19th century or early 20th. Either way "doctor" or "dotter" may be what I often heard. If I have done this right, perhaps I'll get a response from someone. Thanks!
November 22, 2014
November 24, 2014
bilby commented on the word shit
Not-quite-identical happens!
November 24, 2014
bilby commented on the word transpoosion
Hey guys, what's with the crappy puns?
November 23, 2014
bilby commented on the word shit
Surely the reverse dictionary entry for shit should be food.
November 21, 2014
bilby commented on the word shit
May I add that the punctuation error in the fourth line is not mine ;-)
November 21, 2014
bilby commented on the word shit
Reposted for posterity from a deleted user profile:
qms commented on the user jrp82746
The city has gained great fame for it.
As steel is made in PA's Pitt,
Detroit's famed for cars,
LA for it's stars,
So Fort Wayne's renowned for its shit.
November 21, 2014
bilby commented on the list transnational-food-babies
Cute! Looking forward to seeing the love child of Gabriel Gaté and the lady who fries those pink things by the side of the road in Quito.
November 21, 2014
bilby commented on the user jrp82746
What is this, Invasion Of The Dooty Snatchers?
November 21, 2014
bilby commented on the word Biblioburro
Awww! You've outdone yourself qms!
November 21, 2014
bilby commented on the word Biblioburro
No idea why he didn't call it Bilbioburro though.
November 20, 2014
bilby commented on the word Biblioburro
A mobile library where books are carried in a saddle on a donkey's back. The original Biblioburro was started by the inspirational Luis Soriano in Colombia.
November 20, 2014
bilby commented on the word kismetaphorest
Active pensioners enjoy living in the kismetaphoresthome.
November 20, 2014
bilby commented on the user kiernan889
Yes, we need answers. Though frankly not expecting great gobs of illumination from a spammer who trawls for dog shit.
November 20, 2014
bilby commented on the word pico y placa
A traffic restriction system implemented in Bogota, Colombia. It is based on banning cars with a particular final digit on the licence plate (placa) during peak hours (pico).
November 20, 2014
bilby commented on the word patacon
In Colombia, a snack made from squished plantain that is fried in oil then served with various sauces.
November 20, 2014
bilby commented on the word jean dimmock
patacon
November 19, 2014
bilby commented on the word pistanthrophobia
I read that as 'fear of thrusting people...'
Must get glasses fixed :-/
November 19, 2014
bilby commented on the word glacis
There once was a man from Caracas
Who tried hard to rhyme the word glacis
But try as he might
His attempts were pure shite
And gringo linguists thought he was crackers
November 18, 2014
bilby commented on the list and-then-there-were-none
This list could be a great piece of conceptual art.
November 18, 2014
bilby commented on the list elbow-words
I'm glad we have an elbow list.
*makes some elbow room*
November 18, 2014
bilby commented on the word olecranon
I wasn't familiar with this use of process.
November 18, 2014
bilby commented on the word glacis
I love this glacis to piecis.
November 17, 2014
bilby commented on the word glacis
Thank you for you precis of glacis.
November 17, 2014
bilby commented on the user Afnanmn1993
Uffa, I read that as 'every snuggle in your life...'
November 17, 2014
bilby commented on the word grip and grin
"Mike Bowers has been down shooting pool pictures for the Xi visit. Here’s a sample.
Might be just me but I did a small recoil at the grip and grin. More like a grimace from the prime minister."
- Katharine Murphy, The Guardian, 17 Nov 2014.
November 17, 2014
bilby commented on the user Cole_Lawlor
Hi Cole.
November 17, 2014
bilby commented on the user IzeyaZ
WTFBBQROFLMAO.
November 17, 2014
bilby commented on the word insominator
Oh, poor babies! I am so going around there to sing them a lullaby.
November 17, 2014
bilby commented on the word gliff
Prevalence of the wine label image appears to be due to an OCR error in reading cliff as gliff.
November 16, 2014
bilby commented on the word tsootsoqam
Words containing the root tsoots are cute.
November 16, 2014
bilby commented on the word tinkle under the sprinkle
If you feel like bleeding the lizard
It's not really a sanitary hazard
Just take aim at the drain
And let loose your refrain
To show you can whiz like a wizard
November 15, 2014
bilby commented on the word funnibut
Has all the elan of a Twitter word.
November 14, 2014
bilby commented on the word tinkle under the sprinkle
Note: does not apply to bath time.
November 14, 2014
bilby commented on the word never-spotted leopard
A big cat that is reportedly sighted but never found.
November 13, 2014
bilby commented on the word gallopade
*applause*
November 13, 2014
bilby commented on the word gallopade
For a quieter drink while dancing, try serenade. No added HFCS.
November 12, 2014
bilby commented on the user johnandrus
Hush, we Wordniks don't usually mention the P-word.
November 12, 2014
bilby commented on the list plans-for-the-weekend
*padded face hole*
November 12, 2014
bilby commented on the word virtucrat
Compare virtutroll.
*Holds up mirror to stephen378 for definition*
November 12, 2014
bilby commented on the word gallopade
You know the most entertaining kind of dance hall would be one with qms limericks about the various dances projected on a big screen, for us wallflowers to read while, ummm, you know.
November 12, 2014
bilby commented on the word gallopade
Obviously I need to go to more interesting dance venues.
Vamos a bailar?
November 12, 2014
bilby commented on the word wuzzle
Poor Martin, clearly a guzzletwit.
November 11, 2014
bilby commented on the user GoneOverWolf
Compare for example the page you created Pauciloquent with the pre-existing pauciloquent.
November 10, 2014
bilby commented on the word wuzzle
Martin Chuzzlewit likes this!
November 10, 2014
bilby commented on the word jiao
Variant: chiao
November 10, 2014
bilby commented on the user fantacyxiao
Well done!
November 10, 2014
bilby commented on the word tinkle under the sprinkle
To pee while you're in the shower.
#multitasking
November 10, 2014
bilby commented on the word paquebot
Seems weird these days to come across any kind of -bot that is not a piece of software or autonomous device.
November 9, 2014
bilby commented on the list mating-ball-and-other-fun-configurations
Sorry for the farrago barrage barrage :-(
November 9, 2014
bilby commented on the user yarb
Yes, Bogota. And beyond, hikingly.
November 8, 2014
bilby commented on the user justinchen
Show me whatcha woeking with!
November 6, 2014
bilby commented on the word stucknaut
A person welded to the past, and perhaps not very aware of it. See also retronaut.
November 6, 2014
bilby commented on the word retronaut
Brackets please!
November 6, 2014
bilby commented on the user gh1965
*offers precursory glance*
November 6, 2014
bilby commented on the word mating ball
mating ball-and-chain
November 6, 2014
bilby commented on the word mating ball
Good sweet tooth fairy material, this.
November 6, 2014
bilby commented on the user thisthinksonme
Wittgenstein says hi, appears to wanna know if you're gonna hang out.
November 6, 2014
bilby commented on the word slimskin
*linguistically primed & ready for my next coffee date with an emaciated sea elephant*
November 6, 2014
bilby commented on the user madmouth
Thank you! Or should I say gracias from Bogota. Somehow I always pictured you with a duck balanced on your head.
November 6, 2014
bilby commented on the word flesh-brush
I'm not sure if we have a Wordnik Santa. Although, like Westminster, we have an Abbie.
November 1, 2014
bilby commented on the list any-words-list-its-open
Sextuple-u, oroboros.
October 31, 2014
bilby commented on the word flesh-brush
Of course.
October 31, 2014
bilby commented on the word doria
A Japanese food term for a casserole, gratin or pilaf style dish.
October 30, 2014
bilby commented on the word dicshunary
*sprays The Unabridged Wordniktionary with essence of catnip*
October 30, 2014
bilby commented on the word friendship
Same context: sandworm.
That's one of the saddest things I have ever discovered on Weirdnik.
October 30, 2014
bilby commented on the word heliograph
Excellent!
October 30, 2014
bilby commented on the list five-syllable--1
*high 5 syllables*
October 28, 2014
bilby commented on the list five-syllable--1
For optimal reflexivity, I think the list title should have been five-syllableness.
October 28, 2014
bilby commented on the word Levolution
I'm calling it. Congratulations, this is officially the most hideous sentence ever written on Wordnik:
"Levolution Levolution is the thermodynamically spontaneous process of creating a new, more ordered, naturally-occurring, dissipative system by changing a set of existing dissipative systems into a composite of complementary parts."
October 28, 2014
bilby commented on the user Isaacshalse
SPAM.
October 26, 2014
bilby commented on the user Banueloskandes
SPAM.
October 26, 2014
bilby commented on the word bulldog
Oh my, Century has it in for Canadia!
October 26, 2014
bilby commented on the list two-body-parts
Hmmm. Does a word like kneebone count?
October 25, 2014
bilby commented on the list fighting-words--1
Them's fightin' words!
October 25, 2014
bilby commented on the user Ciantarkarmina
SPAM
October 25, 2014
bilby commented on the list the-life-of-madmouth
b-thng lk Flckr, vry entrtng. Evn mmth gy hr, bckts f awsm.
October 21, 2014
bilby commented on the word Rhursday
Any idea why?
October 20, 2014
bilby commented on the word You Tuber
An online video site for potatoes.
October 20, 2014
bilby commented on the word diester
Makes me think of the kind of pretentious hipster who'd willingly die for a wimpy beard just so or that retro telephone table.
October 20, 2014
bilby commented on the list the-life-of-madmouth
It's almost time to bring out your Hallowe'en smoking jacket.
October 20, 2014