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kalayzich commented on the list breast-GvyqvycTzhnZvAvaG4F08
keeping abreast
June 1, 2024
ry commented on the word trismegistic
Wow this is a fun one. Cf. Hermes Trismegistus
June 1, 2024
josephyuzb commented on the word innocent
good
June 1, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word boatercycle
Boatercycle, a portmanteau of boat and motorcycle.
May 31, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word floatercycle
Floatercycle, a portmanteau of float and motorcycle.
May 31, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word ladycation
Ladycation, a portmanteau of lady and vacation.
May 31, 2024
alexz commented on the word grippy sock jail
a slang term for the psych ward, as a patient.
The grippy socks keep you from slipping, and your feet from contacting nasty hospital floors.
May 31, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word medical misogyny
The systemic bias, discrimination, and mistreatment of women in healthcare settings.
The healthcare system has largely been made by men, for men.
As a result, the male body has been treated as the biological default. This healthcare gender prejudice has left gaping knowledge gaps around how illness and pain impact women.
https://360info.org/made-by-men-for-men-why-medicines-gender-bias-matters/
May 30, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word binner
Binner, a portmanteau of bed and dinner.
May 30, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word fecal artist
... he is a rather skilled fecal artist.
May 30, 2024
kalayzich commented on the list persimmon-I5W5h6Gb4fuZgfyCZHBQq
P.1. to be a huckleberry to (also over) someone's persimmon
P.2. to pass one's persimmon
P.3. to shake down (also bring down, rake (up), walk off with) the persimmon(s)
P.4. the longest pole knocks the persimmon
P.5. that's (the ripe) persimmon
P.6. it's no use taking four bites at a persimmon
May 30, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word flancake
Flancake, a portmanteau of flan and pancake.
May 30, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word profersonal
Profersonal, a portmanteau of professional and personal.
May 30, 2024
bilby commented on the word jimsonweed
Well, close friends of Jim have known this for a long time.
May 29, 2024
bilby commented on the word short statured person
Modern alternative to derogatory midget and somewhat loaded dwarf.
May 29, 2024
bilby commented on the list banana-OHlBVHUJ1FA-xWseKqcCt
Bananas in Pyjamas
May 29, 2024
bilby commented on the word Bush Week
"What is it, Bush Week?" is an Australian expression used when something is poorly organised or underwhelming.
May 29, 2024
bilby commented on the list im-bushed-TPI9Kn08wQXn6EOB579qC
Bush Week
May 29, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word prenale
Prenale, a portmanteau of prequel and finale.
May 28, 2024
kalayzich commented on the list banana-OHlBVHUJ1FA-xWseKqcCt
Why did the banana go out with the prune?
Because he couldn’t find a date.
Why did the banana have to go to the hair salon?
Because she had split ends.
May 28, 2024
tuyen commented on the user tuyen
like
May 28, 2024
bilby commented on the list something-strange-pz6Zzj5dJzVRQjw1amlQf
Who 're you gonna call?
May 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word discountenance
So, not the face you make when you got a bargain.
May 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word bukkum-wood
Both alternatives have two sets of double letters.
The double-letter tree :-)
May 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word screwed-work
Not prostitution :-/
May 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word dangle-monkey
See dangles.
May 28, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word monsoon percolator
Monsoon refers to a simple percolator invented by Chameleon Glass. Similar to the trap under your sink, the monsoon percolator relies on gravity and the surface tension of water to create a passage for air/smoke to be drawn through water for cooling and filtration. Because it is enclosed, the water remains inside the percolator until you want to remove it for cleaning. Knock offs refer to it as a Spbubbler (Spill Proof Bubbler) or Spoon Bub.
The Monsoon was originally designed as a vaporizer attachment for musician/visual artist Pakelika during the summer tour of KMK in 2003. It can be seen in his hands on the back cover of Koast to Koast. Pak had severe asthma and required mobile filtration that did not overtly look like a bong because KMK was routinely stopped and searched at almost every state line while on tour. He asked Chameleon to design this apparatus for his use.
May 28, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word dangles
I misread dangle-money as dangle-monkey.
May 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word lash-pole
Pawel - a pale, Polish beanpole - used a preppy pal's pulley to pull an ash lash-pole across a creased cross-pole coarsely.
May 27, 2024
bilby commented on the word hygrometry
Hmmm. I think we need to explore the potential here for moist avoidance.
May 27, 2024
bilby commented on the word dangles
whichbe's definition reminds me of at least two US presidential candidates :-/
May 27, 2024
bilby commented on the word dangles
For a musical interlude see dangle-money.
May 27, 2024
bilby commented on the word Iriomote cat
So Iriomote is a remote island?
May 27, 2024
bilby commented on the word nutpick
Not a dance craze.
May 27, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word fridge magnet
Really? This is a British insult?
noun UK, slang A stupid person.
May 26, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word bozone
Bozone, a portmanteau of bozo and ozone.
May 26, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word restockpile
Restockpile, a portmanteau of restock and stockpile.
May 26, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word spubbler
Spubbler, a portmanteau of spoon and bubbler.
May 26, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word wubbler
Wubbler, a portmanteau of water pipe and bubbler.
May 26, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word chubbler
Chubbler, a portmanteau of chillum and bubbler.
May 26, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word highdea
Highdea, a portmanteau of high and idea.
May 26, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word desperationship
Desperationship, a portmanteau of desperate and relationship.
May 26, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word groovitude
Groovitude, a portmanteau of groovy and attitude.
May 26, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word suspicuous
Suspicuous, a portmanteau of suspicious and conspicuous.
May 26, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word whorf
Whorf, a portmanteau of whore and dwarf.
May 26, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word gnathonize
to act the sycophant
May 25, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word slutstitute
Slutstitute, a portmanteau of slut and prostitute.
May 25, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word nopefully
Nopefully, a portmanteau of nope and hopefully.
May 25, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word smothercate
Smothercate, a portmanteau of smother and suffocate.
May 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word greyhound shelving
A term used by end-greyhound-racing advocates: the practice of counting as 'adopted' dogs that languish in kennels for months or years in order to make adoption figures look good.
May 25, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word chocolate bilbies
The campaign to replace the Easter bunny with the bilby got going in the 1990s.
Proceeds from the sales of chocolate bilbies have helped kickstart some major conservation projects to help bring the animal back from the brink.
But the chocolate bilby is yet to take over from the bunny as the Australia's Easter mascot.
In 2019 Cadbury announced it would stop making chocolate bilbies citing a significant decline in demand.
Last year however, Darrell Lea starting making them again after an eight-year hiatus.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-08/easter-chocolate-bilby-vs-bunnies/102190198
May 24, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word Easter Bilby
The first documented use of the Easter Bilby concept was in March 1968 when a 9-year-old girl Rose-Marie Dusting, wrote a story, "Billy The Aussie Easter Bilby," which she published as a book 11 years later. The story helped catalyse the public's interest in saving the bilby. In 1991, Nicholas Newland from the 'Foundation for Rabbit-Free Australia' also developed the idea of the Easter Bilby to raise awareness about the environmental damage that feral rabbits cause and to replace the Easter Bunny with true native wildlife.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Bilby
May 24, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word potato chaser
All I got was a Loch Ness Monster wannabe with my random search... Nahuelito.
May 24, 2024
bilby commented on the word chilicoyote
Surely when the Coyote brothers - Wil E. and Chil I. - team up they will finally catch that pesky road runner.
May 24, 2024
bilby commented on the word chilicoyote
Here was me hoping for a piquant baddie in a new Warner Brothers cartoon.
May 23, 2024
bilby commented on the word try
I confess I did not have Erin marked as a rugby fan!
May 23, 2024
erinmckean commented on the word try
The AHD definition for the "rugby play" sense is out of date -- a try in rugby union is worth 5 points, and in rugby league a try is worth 4 points. In wheelchair rugby, a try is worth 1 point, unless it's wheelchair rugby league, in which case it's worth 4 points. Try_(rugby) from Wikipedia
May 22, 2024
bilby commented on the word startling
When a starling lands in a cup of T.
May 22, 2024
bilby commented on the word color TV
Almost as good as colour TV.
May 22, 2024
bilby commented on the word potato chaser
I just randomed an ethnic slur, how's your day going?
May 22, 2024
bilby commented on the word comminuible
One of those it-has-a-name? words.
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word feuilletonist
a writer of regularly appearing critical or familiar essays or of a column
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word oblomovian
characterized by sloth or lassitude
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word kerygmatic
belonging to or of the nature of preaching
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word trismegistic
mysterious, occult; metaphysical
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word dictionatical
authorized or approved by the dictionary
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word frampold
sour-tempered, cross, disagreeable, peevish
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word paneulogism
universal or indiscriminate praise
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word lockrum
a pack of gibberish; nonsense
May 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word delve
ChatGPT-generated papers use "delve" more often than normal human use, so we may see an increase of its use generally in society. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7PF_C4ACDK/
It also overuses commendable and meticulous. Future search terms for teachers looking for student copypasta.
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word gregger
a rattle noisemaker
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word gregicide
involving the slaughter of the common people
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word castrophenic
relates to the belief that one's thoughts are being stolen
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word smirr
fine rain; drizzle
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word frobnicate
to manipulate or adjust; to tweak the controls
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word anozinize
to interdict or obstruct
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word kidon
an assassin
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word strack
straight and by the book
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word fnord
1) a word held to be invisible to the conscious mind, but
subliminally causing a sense of angst when encountered
2) a word defined as having no definition
3) anything jarringly out of context (intentional or not)
May 22, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word huckled
arrested; manhandled; broadly: handled
May 22, 2024
bilby commented on the word unthawed
An incorrect usage, good gawd!
Using unthawed when shoulda used thawed
If you don't get it right
Then alexz just might
Send you to meet your sweet Lord
May 22, 2024
alexz commented on the word unthawed
I've been seeing people use 'unthawed' as thawed. As in to make not frozen.
Most recent sighting - Daily Show's Jordan Klepper's 'Useful Tools' video.
Other sightings... the examples listed at Wordnik.
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word iktsuarpok
repeatedly going outside to see if someone is coming
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word trepverter
Trepverter – Literally, ‘staircase words’, trepverter is a witty comeback you think of only after it’s too late.
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word karelu
Karelu – The mark left on the skin from wearing something tight, such as jeans, socks, or a bra.
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word tingo
Tingo – Continuously borrowing items from a neighbor’s house and not returning them, thereby gradually stealing everything from them one-by-one until there is nothing left.
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word buttonholer
buttonholer - a person who holds someone in a long conversation against their will
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word attaccabottoni
Attaccabottoni – a chatty person who corners you to tell you long, meaningless stories, in endless detail about their life.
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word elmosolyodni
Elmosolyodni – A kind of smile that forms when something isn’t especially funny, but you can’t help but smile anyway.
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word schlimmbesserung
Schlimmbesserung – Something that was meant to be an improvement, but actually makes things worse.
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word yaourt
Yaourt – The need to sing along to a song even though you don’t know the lyrics. Instead, you use nonsensical noises that vaguely resemble the lyrics of a song.
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word bérézina
A sense of panic associated with a huge defeat.
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word jaskaa
Jaksaa – A severe absence of enthusiasm to do something. When you just don’t have enough strength, will power to do something or can’t be bothered.
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word besa
pledge of honor that means to keep a promise by honoring your word
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word resfeber
the mixture of anxiety and anticipation before a trip or journey begins
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word dormiveglia
the space that stretches between sleeping and waking
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word draíocht
magic, enchantment, that which is unseen
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word egregore
the collective group mind or group thoughtform
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word gezellig
Having company with a pleasant, friendly ambiance. A place with a warm, friendly, cozy vibe; and upbeat feeling about the surroundings.
May 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word gumusservi
moonlight shining on water
May 21, 2024