See spox on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "Modification of the first syllable of spokesman or spokesperson.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "spoxes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "spox (plural spoxes)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "primarily used in headlines",
"word": "spokesperson"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Journalism",
"orig": "en:Journalism",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Mass media",
"orig": "en:Mass media",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Occupations",
"orig": "en:Occupations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "People",
"orig": "en:People",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
33,
37
]
],
"ref": "2018 September 14, Senate Telephone Directory: 2018, U.S. Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page 110:",
"text": "Offerdahl, Samantha PRESS SECY & SPOX SO-221",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2022 November 11, Lara Seligman, Alexander Ward, Matt Berg, Lawrence Ukenye, “DoD’s new spox gives us his first interview”, in National Security Daily, Politico, retrieved 23 May 2023:",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Abbreviation of spokesperson (primarily used in headlines)."
],
"id": "en-spox-en-noun-AkcQ2ikf",
"links": [
[
"journalism",
"journalism"
],
[
"spokesperson",
"spokesperson#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(journalism slang or informal) Abbreviation of spokesperson (primarily used in headlines)."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"informal",
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"journalism",
"media"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɒks/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒks"
},
{
"homophone": "Spocks"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈspəʊks/"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-spox.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/En-au-spox.ogg/En-au-spox.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/En-au-spox.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊks"
},
{
"homophone": "spokes"
}
],
"word": "spox"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Shortening of spokojnie.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "interjection"
},
"expansion": "spox",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"spox"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"spox"
]
}
],
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"pos": "intj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Polish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"OK, no problem; cool"
],
"id": "en-spox-pl-intj-u9NLqUS4",
"links": [
[
"OK",
"OK"
],
[
"no problem",
"no problem"
],
[
"cool",
"cool"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) OK, no problem; cool"
],
"related": [
{
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "spokojniutki"
},
{
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "spokojny"
},
{
"tags": [
"adverb"
],
"word": "spoczkins"
},
{
"tags": [
"adverb"
],
"word": "spoczko"
},
{
"tags": [
"adverb"
],
"word": "spoko"
},
{
"tags": [
"adverb"
],
"word": "spokojnie"
},
{
"tags": [
"adverb"
],
"word": "spokojniutko"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "pokój"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "spokojność"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "spokój"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "uspokojenie"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "uspokajać"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "uspokoić"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɔks/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔks"
}
],
"word": "spox"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Modification of the first syllable of spokesman or spokesperson.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "spoxes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "spox (plural spoxes)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "primarily used in headlines",
"word": "spokesperson"
}
],
"categories": [
"English abbreviations",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English informal terms",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English slang",
"English terms with homophones",
"English terms with quotations",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɒks",
"Rhymes:English/ɒks/1 syllable",
"Rhymes:English/əʊks",
"Rhymes:English/əʊks/1 syllable",
"en:Journalism",
"en:Mass media",
"en:Occupations",
"en:People"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
33,
37
]
],
"ref": "2018 September 14, Senate Telephone Directory: 2018, U.S. Government Printing Office, →ISBN, page 110:",
"text": "Offerdahl, Samantha PRESS SECY & SPOX SO-221",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2022 November 11, Lara Seligman, Alexander Ward, Matt Berg, Lawrence Ukenye, “DoD’s new spox gives us his first interview”, in National Security Daily, Politico, retrieved 23 May 2023:",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Abbreviation of spokesperson (primarily used in headlines)."
],
"links": [
[
"journalism",
"journalism"
],
[
"spokesperson",
"spokesperson#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(journalism slang or informal) Abbreviation of spokesperson (primarily used in headlines)."
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"informal",
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"journalism",
"media"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɒks/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒks"
},
{
"homophone": "Spocks"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈspəʊks/"
},
{
"audio": "En-au-spox.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/En-au-spox.ogg/En-au-spox.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/En-au-spox.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊks"
},
{
"homophone": "spokes"
}
],
"word": "spox"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Shortening of spokojnie.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "interjection"
},
"expansion": "spox",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"spox"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"spox"
]
}
],
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"pos": "intj",
"related": [
{
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "spokojniutki"
},
{
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "spokojny"
},
{
"tags": [
"adverb"
],
"word": "spoczkins"
},
{
"tags": [
"adverb"
],
"word": "spoczko"
},
{
"tags": [
"adverb"
],
"word": "spoko"
},
{
"tags": [
"adverb"
],
"word": "spokojnie"
},
{
"tags": [
"adverb"
],
"word": "spokojniutko"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "pokój"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "spokojność"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "spokój"
},
{
"tags": [
"noun"
],
"word": "uspokojenie"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "uspokajać"
},
{
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"word": "uspokoić"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Polish 1-syllable words",
"Polish colloquialisms",
"Polish entries with incorrect language header",
"Polish interjections",
"Polish lemmas",
"Polish terms spelled with X",
"Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Polish terms with audio pronunciation",
"Rhymes:Polish/ɔks",
"Rhymes:Polish/ɔks/1 syllable"
],
"glosses": [
"OK, no problem; cool"
],
"links": [
[
"OK",
"OK"
],
[
"no problem",
"no problem"
],
[
"cool",
"cool"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) OK, no problem; cool"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspɔks/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔks"
}
],
"word": "spox"
}
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