healthspan

From health + span, modelled after lifespan.

We now have a glimpse of a future which could include the ultimate conquest of frailty, disease and disability that occurs frequently with aging. […] In short, our goal is not just a longer lifespan but an extended "healthspan," helping a greater number of older Americans lead vigorous, more productive lives with less vulnerability to chronic disease.

1988 May 11, “Opportunities for Aging Research in the Fiscal Year 1989 Budget”, in Advances in Aging Research: Hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session […] (Serial No. 100-21; S. Hrg. 100-972), Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 18:

[M]illions of Americans are currently spending large amounts of time and money on interventions that they hope will increase their "healthspans"—their periods of healthy life.

1990, David E. Harrison, “Introduction and Predictions”, in David E. Harrison, editor, Genetic Effects on Aging II, Caldwell, N.J.: The Telford Press, →ISBN, page 6:

The evidence is clear. Four life-style factors are linked to a shortened healthspan: (1) eating a poor diet, particularly one high in fat, (2) not getting enough exercise, (3) drinking too much alcohol too often, and (4) smoking. In short, people with these habits become limited and die before their time.

1995, Elizabeth Vierck, “How to Live Longer, Healthier”, in Health Smart: Your Personal Plan to Living Longer and Healthier, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, →ISBN, pages 15–16:

[I]nterest in human biology has actually increased among the general population. This is primarily due to medical discoveries that increase not only lifespan but also healthspan, or the number of years that people live disease free.

2004, Michael Windelspecht, “Series Foreword”, in David Petechuk, edited by Michael Windelspecht, The Respiratory System (Human Body Systems), Westport, Conn.; London: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page xi:

The better the care we offer and the more customized it is to the needs of the specific pet, the longer our patients will live and the greater their healthspans will be.

2021, Nan Bass, “Opportunities for Pet-specific Care”, in Lowell Ackerman, editor, Pet-specific care for the Veterinary Team, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, section 1 (Overview), page 23, column 2:

The lifespans and healthspans of Drosophila reared with WJf, WJDf, GSf, or GSDf were compared with those of Nf-reared Drosophila […] In previous studies, the healthspan of Drosophila was defined at the point at which 50% of the individuals had locomotor ability[…]. Although the healthspan of Nf-reared Drosophila was only 11.9 days, those of GSf-, GSDf-, WJf-, or WJDf-reared Drosophila were extended to 15.6 days (69.6% up), 18.2 days (98.2% up), 15.6 days (69.6% up), or 13.5 days (46.7% up), respectively[…].

2023 January, Linh Xuan Mai [et al.], “An Alkaline Protease-digestion of Silkworm Powder Enhances Its Effects over Healthspan, Autophagy, and Mitochondria Function in a Rotenone-induced Drosophila Model”, in Gorazd Drevenšek, Gang Wang, Mona E. Aboutabl, Zoltan Sarnyai, editors, Nutritional Approaches for Prevention and Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases (Frontiers in Nutrition), Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland: Frontiers Media, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 128:

The length of time in one's life where one is generally in good health.

terveysikä

length of time in one’s life where one is generally in good health


scassapalle

it-noun

scassapalle m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of scassa (“to ruin, to wreck”) + palle (“balls, testicles”), modeled on rompipalle.

it-verb-obj

(vulgar, slang) a very boring or annoying person; a pain in the ass


treasure trail

As he says good-bye, he puts both arms over his head and stretches big, causing his shirt to lift up a few inches, exposing the sexiest abs and treasure trail I've ever seen.

2006, Karyn Bosnak, 20 Times a Lady, Harper, →ISBN, page 73:

(slang) A vertical line of hair that extends up along the middle of a person's (usually a man's) abdomen from pubic hair to navel.


tündérkonty

tündérkontyok (plural)
tündérkonty (nominative singular)
tündérkontyok (nominative plural)
tündérkontyot (accusative singular)
tündérkontyokat (accusative plural)
tündérkontynak (dative singular)
tündérkontyoknak (dative plural)
tündérkonttyal (instrumental singular)
tündérkontyokkal (instrumental plural)
tündérkontyért (causal-final singular)
tündérkontyokért (causal-final plural)
tündérkonttyá (singular translative)
tündérkontyokká (plural translative)
tündérkontyig (singular terminative)
tündérkontyokig (plural terminative)
tündérkontyként (essive-formal singular)
tündérkontyokként (essive-formal plural)
tündérkontyban (inessive singular)
tündérkontyokban (inessive plural)
tündérkontyon (singular superessive)
tündérkontyokon (plural superessive)
tündérkontynál (adessive singular)
tündérkontyoknál (adessive plural)
tündérkontyba (illative singular)
tündérkontyokba (illative plural)
tündérkontyra (singular sublative)
tündérkontyokra (plural sublative)
tündérkontyhoz (allative singular)
tündérkontyokhoz (allative plural)
tündérkontyból (elative singular)
tündérkontyokból (elative plural)
tündérkontyról (delative singular)
tündérkontyokról (delative plural)
tündérkontytól (ablative singular)
tündérkontyoktól (ablative plural)
tündérkontyé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
tündérkontyoké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
tündérkontyéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
tündérkontyokéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
tündérkontyom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
tündérkontyaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
tündérkontyod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
tündérkontyaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
tündérkontya (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
tündérkontyai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
tündérkontyunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
tündérkontyaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
tündérkontyotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
tündérkontyaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
tündérkontyuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
tündérkontyaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Zantedeschia aethiopica
Zantedeschia aethiopica#Translingual


stinkstone

en-noun

stinkstone (countable and uncountable, plural stinkstones)

(mineralogy) One of the varieties of calcite, barite, and feldspar that emit a foetid odour on being struck.


draggle-tail

From draggle (“to make wet and muddy by dragging along the ground”) + tail. Implying that such a person's gown trailed in the mire or along the ground.

compound

For yee shall not onely see the Damoiselles (Gentlewomen) and them of the better sort, but euery poore Chapperonnieze (draggletayle) euen to the Coblers daughter, that can Dance with good measure, & Arte, all your Quarantes, Leualties, Bransles, & other Dances whatsoeuer […]

1604, Robert Dallington, The View of Fraunce, London: Symon Stafford:

It was a long canting monologue, which ended with, "And a lady is just what you are not — you don't even wear under-drawers, you draggle-tail!" Whereupon in her fury she lifted her skirts and showed me that she did wear underdrawers.

2010, Alexander Granach, Herbert Lewis, From the Shtetl to the Stage: The Odyssey of a Wandering Actor, page 133:

(chiefly archaic) A slut or slattern; a slovenly woman.


draggle-tail

You notice that across the lawn the coppice looks not so wind-beaten and draggletail as it did a while ago.

1903, W. G. Collingwood, “The Fésole Club Papers: Chapter X: Infinity”, in The Parents' Review, volume 14, number 10, page 781:

—words spliced to form
draggletail phrases
met by brittle conjunctions–
We two are poorly bound

1982, Joseph Sherman, “The little black ant and the little blue heron”, in Lords of shouting: Poems, page 70:

Dirty, draggletail, it was nevertheless an important street […]

1982, Ruth Park, Playing Beatie Bow, page 68:


snake rake

A lock-picking tool in the form of a thin, flat length of metal with a wavy section at one end, designed to jostle the pins of a low-quality lock into a position allowing it to be unlocked.


swingebuckler

There was I, and little John Doit of Staffordshire, and black George Barnes, and Francis Pickbone, and Will Squele, a Cotswold man; you had not four such swinge-bucklers in all the Inns-of-court; and, I may say to you, we knew where the bona-robas were.

c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

(obsolete) A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer.


Malfunction Junction

Attested in military publications from the early Cold War years. Perhaps popularized, and widened in sense, by the 1973 Schoolhouse Rock! segment "Conjunction Junction".

The center of the new city was on the Clark Fork River, one and one half miles from what would become Malfunction Junction, along the newly built military road (now an interstate highway) and what became a railroad line,[…]

2003, James Gifford, Gabrielle Zezulka-Mailloux, editors, Culture + the State: Landscape and Ecology, CRC Studio, →ISBN, page 152:

(US, informal) A traffic jam, or any location noted for such congestion.


mulga wire

en-noun

mulga wire (countable and uncountable, plural mulga wires)

/ˈmʌlɡə ˌwaɪə/

/ˈmʌlɡə ˌwaɪ(ə)ɹ/

/ˈmɐlɡə ˌwaɪə/

From mulga (“any of a number of small acacia trees, especially Acacia aneura, forming dense scrub in dry inland areas of Australia; (by extension) the outback”) + wire (“telecommunication wire or cable”), possibly modelled after bush telegraph.

compound

(Australia, historical) A system for long-distance communication used by Aboriginal Australians, chiefly using smoke signals; also, a message or signal sent using such a system.

savumerkit

system for long-distance communication used by Aboriginal Australians, chiefly using smoke signals; a message or signal sent using such a system


ముఖ్యమంత్రి

te-noun

ముఖ్యమంత్రి • (mukhyamantri) ? (plural ముఖ్యమంత్రులు)

mukhyamantri (romanization)
ముఖ్యమంత్రులు (plural)

Sanskritic karmadhāraya compound of ముఖ్య (mukhya) + మంత్రి (mantri). Compare Kannada ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ (mukhyamantri), Malayalam മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി (mukhyamantri), Hindi मुख्यमंत्री (mukhyamantrī).

cog

മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി


cuentacuentos

es-noun

cuentacuentos m or f by sense (plural cuentacuentos)

Verb-object compound, composed of cuenta (“to tell”) + cuentos (“stories”), a calque of English storyteller.


parteaguas

Verb-object compound, composed of parte (“to divide, to split”) + aguas (“waters”). Compare German Wasserscheide and Italian spartiacque (literally “water-divide”).


gagne-petit

fr-noun

gagne-petit m or f by sense (plural gagne-petit)

(obsolete) (travelling) grinder, knife-grinder


μπαινοβγαίνω

head

μπαινοβγαίνω • (bainovgaíno)

el-verb

μπαινοβγαίνω • (bainovgaíno) (past μπαινοβγήκα)

bainovgaíno (romanization)
μπαινοβγήκα (past)

μπαι‧νο‧βγαί‧νω

Dvandva compound of μπαίνω (baíno, “to enter”) + βγαίνω (vgaíno, “to go out”)

compound

Οι κότες μπαινοβγαίνουν από το πορτάκι.

The hens come and go through the little door.


scratchback

(UK, dated) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting persons.


pity party

[…] I was having a pity party today and needed to whine a little, that's all. I'm over it now. All I needed was someone to listen.

1995, Judy Baer, Sarah's Dilemma, Bethany House Publishers, →ISBN, page 22:

(informal, derogatory) An instance of feeling sorry for oneself or seeking pity from other people.


兄弟姐妹

ㄒㄩㄥ ㄉㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄇㄟˋ

сюнди цземэй

/ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯⁵¹/

/hɪŋ⁵⁵ tɐi̯²² t͡sɛː³⁵ muːi̯²²/

/hɪŋ⁵⁵ tɐi̯²² t͡sɛː³⁵ muːi̯²²⁻³⁵/

/hiaŋ⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ⁽ᵗ⁻⁾niɛ²⁴² t͡sia³³⁻⁵⁵ mui²¹³/

/ɕioŋ⁵⁵ di³³ t͡ɕi³³ me⁴⁴/

/ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ti⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯⁵¹/

/hɪŋ⁵⁵ tɐi̯²² t͡sɛː³⁵ muːi̯²²/

/hɪŋ⁵⁵ tɐi̯²² t͡sɛː³⁵ muːi̯²²⁻³⁵/

/ɕioŋ⁵⁵ di³³ t͡ɕi³³ me⁴⁴/

你有兄弟姐妹嗎？

你有兄弟姐妹吗？

(collective) elder brother, younger brother, elder sister and younger sister; brothers and sisters; siblings


plastpåse

plastpåse (indefinite nominative singular)


netnews

Usenet software has gotten much better over time to cope with the ever increasing aggregate flow of netnews[…]

1995, Mark Harrison, The Usenet handbook: a user's guide to Netnews:

In the UNIX tradition categories of netnews groups are structured hierarchically.

2003, Mark G. Sobell, A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux 8, page 399:

(Internet) Electronic messages distributed by means of newsgroups, such as on Usenet.


tragafuegos

es-noun

tragafuegos m or f by sense (plural tragafuegos)

Verb-object compound, composed of traga (“to swallow”) + fuegos (“fires”).


Augean stables

en-noun

Augean stables pl (normally plural, singular Augean stable)

From Augean (“pertaining to Augeas”) + stables. Augeas was a legendary king of Elis in Greek mythology who owned 3,000 divine cattle which produced a huge amount of dung in stables that had not been cleaned for over 30 years. The cleaning of the stables was the fifth of the twelve Labours of Hercules, which Hercules achieved by rerouting the Alpheus and Peneus rivers through them.

compound

Yea, as yee loue your ovvne life, peace, vvelfare; Rouze vp your ſpirits, avvaken your Chriſtian courage, and ſet your ſelues heartily againſt the traitorly ſinnes of theſe times, vvhich threaten the bane of all theſe. Cleanſe yee theſe Augean''' ſtables of our drunken Tauernes, of our profane ſtages, and of thoſe blinde Vaults of profeſſed filthineſſe, VVhoſe ſteppes goe dovvne to the chambers of Death; yea, to the deepe of Hell.

1613 April 3 (Gregorian calendar), Jos[eph] Hall, “An Holy Panegyrick. A Sermon Preached at Paules-Crosse, vpon the Anniuersary Solemnity of the Happie Inauguration of Our Drad Soueraigne Lord, King Iames, March 24. 1613.”, in A Recollection of Such Treatises as Haue Bene heretofore Seuerally Published and are Nowe Reuised, Corrected, Augmented. […], London: […] [Humfrey Lownes] for Arthur Iohnson, Samuel Macham and Laurence Lisle, published 1615, →OCLC, page 711:

Let us ſhevv our Duty to this our great and benevolent Sovereign; let us endeavour to alleviate his Cares, and him of all ungrateful Burthens; let us take upon our ſelves the heavy and long Labour of cleanſing the Augean''' Stables, and of cutting off all the Hydra's Head at once.

1721 February 1 (Gregorian calendar), “Cato” [pseudonym], “Political Letters to the Author of the Lond[on] Journal, from Jan. 14. to Feb. 18.”, in The Political State of Great Britain, volume XXI, London: […] [F]or the author [Abel Boyer], and sold by T. Warner […], and A. Rocayrol, […], published 11 March 1721 (Gregorian calendar), →OCLC, page 156:

Some perſons imagine, and argue, as if a conſolidation of the Legiſlatures vvould correct the vices and cure the corruption of Parliament, […] as if they conſidered the Britiſh Senate the choſen ſpot, the conſecrated temple of genuine and unſullied freedom, and that of Ireland no better than the Augean ſtable, vvhich no time or labour could cleanſe of its filth and free from its impurities. But, my friends and countrymen, you have too much underſtanding to be deluded by ſuch monſtrous and abſurd poſitions, vvhich have ſuch little foundation, either in fact or in a knovvledge of human nature.

1799, “A Freeholder” [pseudonym], A Letter to the Electors of Ireland, on the Projected Measure of an Union. […], Dublin: […] J. Moore, […], →OCLC, pages 9–10:

We have assembled to discuss those principles of government—principles which have been subverted to the purposes of the present administration. […] We have seen the effect of some of the measures of the administration at Washington, and it is high time, my fellow-citizens, that the Augean stable there was cleansed. […] The Augean stable at Washington has had a number of animals in it for nearly twelve years, without being cleaned out. [Laughter.]

1840 October 5, General [Pierre] Van Cortlandt, “Meeting at Auburn, N.Y.”, in A[nthony] B[anning] Norton, The Great Revolution of 1840. Reminiscences of the Log Cabin and Hard Cider Campaign, Mount Vernon, Oh., Dallas, Tex.: A. B. Norton & Co., published 1888, →OCLC, page 341:

'What an Augean stable!' he muttered to himself. 'Where does one begin? With the masses? Educate the masses?' He shook his head. 'Not a chance there. It would take centuries. A handful of men at the top. Or even one man with vision – an enlightened dictator. People are scared of the word nowadays. But what kind of democracy can exist side by side with so much corruption and ignorance? Perhaps a half-way house – a sort of compromise.'

1960, Chinua Achebe, chapter 5, in No Longer at Ease (African Writers Series), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Heinemann Educational Publishers, published 1987, →ISBN, page 40:

Augean stables are everywhere under the Congress Raj—whether in agriculture or elsewhere. Only a few days back there was a huge fraud in the CHS dispensaries.

1972 August 23, Dahyabhai V. Patel, “The Insecticides (Amendment) Bill, 1972”, in Parliamentary Debates: Rajya Sabha: Official Report (Rajya Sabha), volume LXXXI, number 16, New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Secretariat, →OCLC, column 248:

For him [Glenn Brown], daft, culturally sanctioned gesturalism is an Augean stable, and he the Hercules whose duty it is to disinfect it. At this time, for example, he mounted an attack on the ultimate in post-war expressionism. Unfortunately, his version of a chimpanzee painting remains unfinished.

1993 October 10, Stuart Morgan, “Confessions of a Body Snatcher: Glenn Brown”, in Frieze, London: Frieze Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-11, page 52:

The legacy of State-based political machines—I need to win an election despite them. And then I can clean out the Augean stables: abolish the National Executive for what they did to Cookie, and abolish the primacy of the State branches.

2004 April 27, Mark Latham, “2004 Pre-election”, in The Latham Diaries, Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 283:

The military administration wasted little time in getting down to the business of cleaning up the Augean Stable. The constitution was suspended. All political appointees lost their job. They were all hounded into detention, collectively accused of corruption.

2012 May, Dan Agbese, “The Augean Stable”, in Ibrahim Babangida: The Military, Politics and Power in Nigeria, London, Abuja, Nigeria: Adonis & Abbey, →ISBN, page 177:

(figuratively) A place or situation characterized by corruption or moral decay.


reuzenrad

nl-noun

reuzenrad n (plural reuzenraderen or reuzenraden, diminutive reuzenradje n)

reuzenraderen (plural)
reuzenraden (plural)
reuzenradje (diminutive neuter)


ajiaceite

From exocentric compound of ajo (“garlic”) + aceite (“oil”).

compound

a liquid mixture of ground garlic and cooking oil


gaisced

gaisced (masculine nominative singular stem)
gaisced (dual masculine nominative stem)
gaiscid (masculine nominative plural stem)
gaiscid (masculine singular stem vocative)
gaisced (dual masculine stem vocative)
gaiscedu (masculine plural stem vocative)
gaisced (accusative masculine singular stem)
gaisced (accusative dual masculine stem)
gaiscedu (accusative masculine plural stem)
gaiscid (genitive masculine singular stem)
gaisced (dual genitive masculine stem)
gaisced (genitive masculine plural stem)
gaisciud (dative masculine singular stem)
gaiscedaib (dative dual masculine stem)
gaiscedaib (dative masculine plural stem)
gaisced
ngaisced

Irish: gaisce

desctree

⇒ Middle Irish: gaiscedach
Irish: gaiscíoch
Scottish Gaelic: gaisgeach

Dvandva compound of gae (“spear”) + scíath (“shield”).

compound

(abstract) valor, prowess, feats of arms, skill at arms


cuentagotas

Verb-object compound, composed of cuenta (“to count”) + gotas (“drops”); compare French compte-goutte.


hot hand

(idiomatic, basketball) Used in reference to a player who makes a series of successful shots in a game.


往復

/wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹/

/wɔːŋ¹³ fʊk̚²/

/ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚⁴/

/ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔk̚²⁴/

/ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚¹²¹/

/ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚⁴/

/ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚⁴/

/wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹/

/wɔːŋ¹³ fʊk̚²/

/ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚⁴/

/ɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔk̚²⁴/

/ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚¹²¹/

/ɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚⁴/

/ɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔk̚⁴/


wipkip

nl-noun

wipkip f (plural wipkippen, diminutive wipkipje n)

wipkippen (plural)
wipkipje (diminutive neuter)

From wippen (“to move up and down”) + kip (“chicken”).

compound

(informal) spring rider, spring rocker (playing device)


sellsword

One such warrior was Kothar, cast up by the sea in the northlands of his world, a sellsword and a mercenary, a wencher after the women of his day, a freebooter and a thief, at times, whose sword Frostfire was a magic sword.

1969, Gardner Francis Fox, “Prologue”, in Kothar: Barbarian Swordsman, reprinted in The First Kothar the Barbarian MEGAPACK, Wildside Press, published 2016, →ISBN:

Your profession always charges high and never guarantees their work. No sellsword would stay alive if he demanded a sorcerer's terms.

1982, Robert Lynn Asprin, “Exercise in Pain”, in Storm Season, →ISBN:

The sellsword scrambled backward, checking each blow, stepping lithely over rock and root, his eyes never leaving his foe. He was quicker, Catelyn saw; the knight's silvered sword never came near to touching him, but his own ugly grey blade hacked a notch from Ser Vadis's shoulder plate.

1996, George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire), Bantam Books (2011), →ISBN, pages 367–368:

Bandit: It's those fool villagers...They think they can buy a bunch of sellswords to chase us away.

2005, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, "Chapter 1: The Battle Begins", developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube


nightwork

From night + work. Compare Dutch nachtwerk, German Nachtwerk.

I don't know why it is the hours fly with such a strange celerity in the monotony and solitude of such nightwork.

1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

‘Under journalist cover we bring her into play, give her Chinese newspapers to translate, send her on little errands, involve her, complete her education and train her in nightwork.’

1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 183:


drabble-tail

From drabble (“to make wet and dirty by dragging through the mud”) + tail.

Whose tinsel robes of tawdry language trail, Slatterns in fine attire, a drabble tail; Whose monft'rous thoughts, diminutive and vile, Seem pigmy pages to a giant style;

1785, The Beauties of the Brinsleiad, page 22:

If the rubber piled up to the ceiling she would simply move to another room. His disgust with such slatternly, drabbletail customs of India rose to the surface as he slapped twenty-rupees in the crack-salesman's light-colored palm. The girl winked at the pimp as he slipped out to the hallway.

1979, Dale Riepe, The Owl Flies by Day, page 40:

Lad-loupin molls an gadabouts, / fellow-fond an sly, / flappy-skets an drabble-tails / oo'll bleed a bloke bone-dry: […]

1985 July, Blake Morrison, “The Ballad of the Yorkshire Ripper”, in London Review of Books, volume 7, number 12:

I am told he is come back from his travels, bringing a drabble[-]tail with him, a wench from Baltimore […]

1989, Patrick O'Brian, Fortune of War, page 147:

No Latin prayers or laughing drabble-tail whores.

1998, Mark Anthony Jarman, “Skin a Flea for Hide and Tallow”, in 19 Knives, published 2008, page 71:

A couple of hundred papist drabble-tails, found begging for quarter with whorish mouths, are heaped by some wagons, where his men eye them hungrily.

2014, Antonia Senior, Treason's Daughter:

They're hard, often brutal, sometimes vicious to their wives, their 'drabbletails' (girlfriends), and one another.

2018, Clancy Sigal, The London Lover: My Weekend that Lasted Thirty Years:

A draggle-tail; a prostitute or promiscuous woman.

Jinx said to Bubber [a male character]– "Aw go 'haid, drabble[-]tail. Ain' nobody studyin' yo' family."

1994, Rudolph Fisher, The Walls of Jericho, page 14:

the drunken drabbletail Dublin drab

2002, Seamus Deane, Angela Bourke, Andrew Carpenter, The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing - Volume 5, page 1607:

The mule didn't budge. "Gol-danged son of a splinter-cat!! Hee-yah...Hee-yah!" The man then resorted to a blow with a heavy, stick.^([sic]) "In all my born days I never seen such a ornery, blamed drabbletail!" he yelled.

2002, Beverly Mai, Kate of Kentucky: Land of Blood and Plenty, page 158:

"That's as well, you low-arsed pair o' drabble-tails. I wants to see you behind a plough this afternoon. […]"

2016, Julian Stockwin, chapter 2, in The Powder of Death:

An untidy person; a general term of contempt.

Ngarara went in, and mistaking the post for Ruru, encircled it with the drabbletail of her dress.

1876, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, page 117:

Probably she got it on hire from some cheap costume dealer in the Brunnen Strasse or some such locality. It was a perfect drabbletail, and looked hideous.

1886, Julius Stinde, The Buchholz Family: Sketches of Berlin Life - Volume 1, page 86:

A drabble tail a trample — an empty coddle cap

1996, John Clare, Eric Robinson, David Powell, John Clare: Poems of the Middle Period, 1822-1837: Volume V, page 752:

A mess; something bedraggled or cheaply made.


drabble-tail

What was ailing this ordinarily competent musical flock that they should have languished into such a straggly, drabbletail gathering of barnyard fowl?

1993, Nancy Kay Webb, “Community Concert”, in Ridge Review, volume 10, page 42:

Most of the inhabitants were white women, noted Tom Osborn, with lots of dirty, half-naked children hanging onto their skirts. When Osborn asked a drabbletail group gathered in front of a stick-chimney shanty to account for their husbands, two or three acknowledged the men were away soldiering; another claimed to be an old maid.

1999, Michael Golay, A Ruined Land: The End of the Civil War, page 101:


wacky tabaccy

"You better cut back on that wacky tabaccy," I cautioned.

2012, Daniel Davidson, The Scammers, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 173:


wacky tobaccy

I stepped inside and the odor of wacky tobaccy lingered in the air.

2006, K. J. Larsen, Liar, Liar, Poisoned Pen Press, published 2010, →ISBN, page 144:


whacky tabaccy

Rooting about in her parachute bag she hauled out the neck of a Jack Daniel's bottle stuffed with what smelt like some high-grade whacky tabaccy.

2012, Zinaid Meeran, Tanuki Ichiban, Jacana Media, →ISBN, page 138:


whacky tobaccy

What asks R. B. P. is marihuana? Then rymie-wymies his own answer: Whacky tobaccy

[1939 October 23, Matt Weinstock, “Town Talk”, in Daily News, Los Angeles, page 23:

He lit a stick of whacky tobaccy and took a solid hit.

1989, Daniel G. Baldyga, A Sailor Remembers: His Voyage from Darkness Into Light, Mystic House, →ISBN, page 63:


勝敗

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (勝敗):
* → Japanese: 勝敗(しょうはい) (shōhai)
* → Korean: 승패(勝敗) (seungpae)
* → Vietnamese: thắng bại (勝敗)

/ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ paɪ̯⁵¹/

/sɪŋ³³ paːi̯²²/

/ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ paɪ̯⁵¹/

/sɪŋ³³ paːi̯²²/

不計勝敗

不计胜败


nutty slack

Mr. Nabarro asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the calorific value of nutty slack currently being marketed to domestic consumers, ration-free, by the National Coal Board, compared with normal house coals; what quantity of nutty slack is to be available, in total, during the present coal-winter; the market response to date; how much nutty slack it is estimated will be sold this winter; and whether nutty slack is to be a permanent, ration-free feature of our domestic fuel economy.

1953 February 2, Gerald Nabarro, Member of Parliament for Kidderminster, “Nutty Slack”, in Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): House of Commons Official Report (House of Commons of the United Kingdom), volume 510, London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, columns 1460–1461:

(British, historical) A cheap fuel consisting of slack (“coal dust”) and nuts (“small lumps of coal”); unlike other solid fuels it was not rationed during the period after World War II.


cock rock

Ellen performs with incredible force and strength. Her guitar style is unique and very special, and her slide work could probably destroy any number of male institutions, particularly the one that says women can't play electric guitar, plus the feminist myth that all electric music is cock-rock. Ellen could probably squash the main proponents of cock-rock under her thumb-pick.

1979 August 18, Maida Tilchen, Ellie McIlwaine, “The Diversity of Women's Music”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 5, page 9:

People have this image of us. They think we're cock rock. It's time to rein it in a bit. We're not going, Wahey! and pouring champagne on girls' tits.

2004, Dave Black, The Darkness "Talking":

Since first tossing its cartoonish, good-time cock-rock to the masses in the early ’00s, The Darkness has always fallen back on this defense: The band is a joke, but hey, it’s a good joke. With Hot Cakes—the group’s third album, and first since reforming last year—the laughter has died. In its place is the sad wheeze of the last surviving party balloon slowly, listlessly deflating.

2012 August 21, Jason Heller, “The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review)”, in The Onion AV Club:

(informal) A style of rock music performed by male bands, emphasizing aggressive sexuality.


tizenéves

tizenéves (nominative singular)
tizenévesek (nominative plural)
tizenéveset (accusative singular)
tizenévest (accusative singular)
tizenéveseket (accusative plural)
tizenévesnek (dative singular)
tizenéveseknek (dative plural)
tizenévessel (instrumental singular)
tizenévesekkel (instrumental plural)
tizenévesért (causal-final singular)
tizenévesekért (causal-final plural)
tizenévessé (singular translative)
tizenévesekké (plural translative)
tizenévesig (singular terminative)
tizenévesekig (plural terminative)
tizenévesként (essive-formal singular)
tizenévesekként (essive-formal plural)
tizenévesben (inessive singular)
tizenévesekben (inessive plural)
tizenévesen (singular superessive)
tizenéveseken (plural superessive)
tizenévesnél (adessive singular)
tizenéveseknél (adessive plural)
tizenévesbe (illative singular)
tizenévesekbe (illative plural)
tizenévesre (singular sublative)
tizenévesekre (plural sublative)
tizenéveshez (allative singular)
tizenévesekhez (allative plural)
tizenévesből (elative singular)
tizenévesekből (elative plural)
tizenévesről (delative singular)
tizenévesekről (delative plural)
tizenévestől (ablative singular)
tizenévesektől (ablative plural)
tizenévesé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
tizenéveseké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
tizenéveséi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
tizenévesekéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)

a tizenéves fiam


Space Race

The informal competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to launch unmanned satellites, send people into space and land them on the Moon.


crève-la-faim

From crever de faim. See also crever la dalle for a closer transitive use.


table talk

This then, is my hope: if at least one of us does not talk bridge at the table, the table talk will eventually be lessened.

2002, Roselyn Teukolsky, How to Play Bridge with Your Spouse and Survive, →ISBN, page 186:

"Did you see that?" Paula pointed a lit cigarette. “No table-talk!” Alex snarled.

2002, David Fiore, Darkling I Listen, →ISBN, page 192:

One of the rules of the game is NO TABLE TALK, which means you don't want to bring moves to other players' attention that might benefit them or prevent them from making a damaging one.

2007, Joan Butman, Table Talk: Food for Thought That's Easy to Swallow!, →ISBN, page 1:

(games) Conversation that illicitly conveys information or suggestions to another player.


drama llama

/ˈdɹɑːmə ˈlɑːmə/

Drama is consuming. It destroys relationships. It opens a door for gossip, lying, and jealousy and is a big, fat time-sucker. The Scripture above says it all! You and I both know when the drama llama, has not just paid a visit, but also made herself right at home. It is time to evaluate your life—starting with yourself—and kick that Llama out the door.

2011, Gillian M. Henriques, Toshana N. Sledge, Tina Turner, Marcy Bomhak, Hers to Treasure: 100 Devotional/Journal from Sisters in Christ (Women's Fellowship), Bloomington, Ind.: WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 173:

"Aw, Mom. Don't be a drama llama." / "Excuse me?" / "You know, don't make a fuss about nothing." / "But why a llama?" / "Because a drama llama throws drama around like a llama spits. Everywhere!"

2012, Mary Griggs, Crash Stop, Tallahassee, Fla.: Bella Books, →ISBN:

It was certainly true that Lewie was no ordinary llama. Other llamas didn't spend their days singing and dancing and acting! Even his parents, Mama and Papa Llama, had to admit that Lewie was a bit of a Drama Llama.

2013, Rose Impey, Llama Drama – In It To Win It! (Awesome Animals), HarperCollins Children's Books, →ISBN:

I try not to pay too much attention to the drama-llamas and gossip.

2015, Dena Celeste, Her Master's Gift (The Edge), Klawock, Ak.: Decadent Publishing, →ISBN, page 19:


scapegallows

From scape (archaic for escape) + gallows.

compound

archaic for <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">escape</i>

[…] And remember this, 'scapegallows,' said Ralph, menacing him with his hand, 'that if we meet again, and you so much as notice me by one begging gesture, you shall see the inside of a jail once more […]

1838–1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:

(colloquial, dated) A criminal who has narrowly escaped being hanged.


Rotschopf

de-noun

Rotschopf m (strong, genitive Rotschopfes or Rotschopfs, plural Rotschöpfe)

Rotschopfes (genitive)
Rotschopfs (genitive)
Rotschöpfe (plural)
Rotschopf (nominative singular)
Rotschöpfe (definite nominative plural)
Rotschopfes (genitive singular)
Rotschopfs (genitive singular)
Rotschöpfe (definite genitive plural)
Rotschopf (dative singular)
Rotschopfe (dative singular)
Rotschöpfen (dative definite plural)
Rotschopf (accusative singular)
Rotschöpfe (accusative definite plural)


長短

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tyːn³⁵/

/tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tə⁵⁵⁴/

/tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² te⁵³/

/tŋ̍²³⁻³³ te⁴¹/

/tŋ̍¹³⁻²² te⁵³/

/tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ te⁵³/

/tɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ to⁵²/

/ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ tyːn³⁵/

/tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² tə⁵⁵⁴/

/tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² te⁵³/

/tŋ̍²³⁻³³ te⁴¹/

/tŋ̍¹³⁻²² te⁵³/

/tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ te⁵³/

/tɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ to⁵²/

(literary or Teochew) in any case; at any rate; whatever happens; no matter what


masterman

1975 Daily Tel. 15 Sept. 17/1: "The main problem is the difficulty in finding a masterman to be apprenticed to; nearly all mastermen are already training apprentices."

(historical) A master craftsman, often employing apprentices or journeymen.


headhair

en-noun

headhair (usually uncountable, plural headhairs)

From Middle English *heed-heer, from Old English hēafodhǣr (“hair of the head, headhair”), equivalent to head + hair. Cognate with Dutch hoofdhaar (“headhair”), German Haupthaar (“headhair”), Danish hovedhår (“headhair”), Swedish huvudhår (“headhair”).

inh

[...] breakfasted before dressing, cleaned up; floors swept, dusted, things moved around and, replaced listened to the news on the radio, shaved carefully, going over the white stubble two times. "Funny how my headhair is dark, not one grey hair, you see, and how my beard, if I let it grow is all white. [...]"

[...] Brothers strut like generals spinning & tangling of hair entanglement of headhairs was among them [...]

1973, George Quasha, Jerome Rothenberg, America, a prophecy:

The midwife shaves the headhair of the child, takes it in a Phumk (vessel of Sal leave) and immerse in the water of Bonga-Pokhri.

1992, Buddhadeb Chaudhuri, Religion, Rituals and Festivals:

I could see my snipped-to-pieces and differentlengthed ^([sic]) headhair all over her knees.

If something else (gets in the ear) put the tips of the headhair in the ear as far as possible.

2009, Barbara Zipser, John the Physician's Therapeutics:


bluestripe

(zoology, chiefly attributive) Any of various fishes or other animals bearing a blue stripe.


gagne-pain

fr-noun

gagne-pain m (plural gagne-pain or gagne-pains)

gagne-pain (plural)
gagne-pains (plural)

From gagner (“to win, earn”) + pain (“bread”).

af

Aujourd’hui que mon gagne-pain / C’est de parler comme un turlupin

1958, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Le Pornographe”:


aculeatiflorus

la-adj

acūleātiflōrus (feminine acūleātiflōra, neuter acūleātiflōrum); first/second-declension adjective

acūleātiflōrus (canonical)
acūleātiflōra (feminine)
acūleātiflōrum (neuter)
acūleātiflōrus (masculine nominative singular)
acūleātiflōra (feminine nominative singular)
acūleātiflōrum (neuter nominative singular)
acūleātiflōrī (masculine nominative plural)
acūleātiflōrae (feminine nominative plural)
acūleātiflōra (neuter nominative plural)
acūleātiflōrī (genitive masculine singular)
acūleātiflōrae (feminine genitive singular)
acūleātiflōrī (genitive neuter singular)
acūleātiflōrōrum (genitive masculine plural)
acūleātiflōrārum (feminine genitive plural)
acūleātiflōrōrum (genitive neuter plural)
acūleātiflōrō (dative masculine singular)
acūleātiflōrae (dative feminine singular)
acūleātiflōrō (dative neuter singular)
acūleātiflōrīs (dative feminine masculine neuter plural)
acūleātiflōrum (accusative masculine singular)
acūleātiflōram (accusative feminine singular)
acūleātiflōrum (accusative neuter singular)
acūleātiflōrōs (accusative masculine plural)
acūleātiflōrās (accusative feminine plural)
acūleātiflōra (accusative neuter plural)
acūleātiflōrō (ablative masculine singular)
acūleātiflōrā (ablative feminine singular)
acūleātiflōrō (ablative neuter singular)
acūleātiflōrīs (ablative feminine masculine neuter plural)
acūleātiflōre (masculine singular vocative)
acūleātiflōra (feminine singular vocative)
acūleātiflōrum (neuter singular vocative)
acūleātiflōrī (masculine plural vocative)
acūleātiflōrae (feminine plural vocative)
acūleātiflōra (neuter plural vocative)

[äkuːɫ̪eäːt̪ɪˈfɫ̪oːrʊs̠]

New Latin; from acūleātus (“prickly”) + -i- + flōs (“flower”) + -us.


acuminatifolius

la-adj

acuminatifolius (feminine acuminatifolia, neuter acuminatifolium); first/second-declension adjective

acuminatifolia (feminine)
acuminatifolium (neuter)
acuminatifolius (masculine nominative singular)
acuminatifolia (feminine nominative singular)
acuminatifolium (neuter nominative singular)
acuminatifoliī (masculine nominative plural)
acuminatifoliae (feminine nominative plural)
acuminatifolia (neuter nominative plural)
acuminatifoliī (genitive masculine singular)
acuminatifoliae (feminine genitive singular)
acuminatifoliī (genitive neuter singular)
acuminatifoliōrum (genitive masculine plural)
acuminatifoliārum (feminine genitive plural)
acuminatifoliōrum (genitive neuter plural)
acuminatifoliō (dative masculine singular)
acuminatifoliae (dative feminine singular)
acuminatifoliō (dative neuter singular)
acuminatifoliīs (dative feminine masculine neuter plural)
acuminatifolium (accusative masculine singular)
acuminatifoliam (accusative feminine singular)
acuminatifolium (accusative neuter singular)
acuminatifoliōs (accusative masculine plural)
acuminatifoliās (accusative feminine plural)
acuminatifolia (accusative neuter plural)
acuminatifoliō (ablative masculine singular)
acuminatifoliā (ablative feminine singular)
acuminatifoliō (ablative neuter singular)
acuminatifoliīs (ablative feminine masculine neuter plural)
acuminatifolie (masculine singular vocative)
acuminatifolia (feminine singular vocative)
acuminatifolium (neuter singular vocative)
acuminatifoliī (masculine plural vocative)
acuminatifoliae (feminine plural vocative)
acuminatifolia (neuter plural vocative)

[äkʊmɪnät̪ɪˈfɔlʲiʊs̠]

New Latin; from acuminatus (“tapering to a point”) + folium (“leaf”).

compound

(New Latin) Having leaves that taper to a point


fjäderfä

fjäderfä (indefinite nominative singular)
fjäderfäs (genitive indefinite singular)
fjäderfäet (definite nominative singular)
fjäderfäets (definite genitive singular)
fjäderfän (indefinite nominative plural)
fjäderfäns (genitive indefinite plural)
fjäderfäna (definite nominative plural)
fjäderfänas (definite genitive plural)

(countable) a domestic fowl (individual bird counted as poultry)


acutiformis

la-adj

acūtifōrmis (neuter acūtifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

acūtifōrmis (canonical)
acūtifōrme (neuter)
acūtifōrmis (feminine masculine nominative singular)
acūtifōrme (neuter nominative singular)
acūtifōrmēs (feminine masculine nominative plural)
acūtifōrmia (neuter nominative plural)
acūtifōrmis (feminine genitive masculine neuter singular)
acūtifōrmium (feminine genitive masculine neuter plural)
acūtifōrmī (dative feminine masculine neuter singular)
acūtifōrmibus (dative feminine masculine neuter plural)
acūtifōrmem (accusative feminine masculine singular)
acūtifōrme (accusative neuter singular)
acūtifōrmēs (accusative feminine masculine plural)
acūtifōrmīs (accusative feminine masculine plural)
acūtifōrmia (accusative neuter plural)
acūtifōrmī (ablative feminine masculine neuter singular)
acūtifōrmibus (ablative feminine masculine neuter plural)
acūtifōrmis (feminine masculine singular vocative)
acūtifōrme (neuter singular vocative)
acūtifōrmēs (feminine masculine plural vocative)
acūtifōrmia (neuter plural vocative)

New Latin; from acutus (“sharp, pointed”) + forma (“form, shape”).

compound

(New Latin) having a sharp / pointed form


acutiflorus

la-adj

acūtiflōrus (feminine acūtiflōra, neuter acūtiflōrum); first/second-declension adjective

acūtiflōrus (canonical)
acūtiflōra (feminine)
acūtiflōrum (neuter)
acūtiflōrus (masculine nominative singular)
acūtiflōra (feminine nominative singular)
acūtiflōrum (neuter nominative singular)
acūtiflōrī (masculine nominative plural)
acūtiflōrae (feminine nominative plural)
acūtiflōra (neuter nominative plural)
acūtiflōrī (genitive masculine singular)
acūtiflōrae (feminine genitive singular)
acūtiflōrī (genitive neuter singular)
acūtiflōrōrum (genitive masculine plural)
acūtiflōrārum (feminine genitive plural)
acūtiflōrōrum (genitive neuter plural)
acūtiflōrō (dative masculine singular)
acūtiflōrae (dative feminine singular)
acūtiflōrō (dative neuter singular)
acūtiflōrīs (dative feminine masculine neuter plural)
acūtiflōrum (accusative masculine singular)
acūtiflōram (accusative feminine singular)
acūtiflōrum (accusative neuter singular)
acūtiflōrōs (accusative masculine plural)
acūtiflōrās (accusative feminine plural)
acūtiflōra (accusative neuter plural)
acūtiflōrō (ablative masculine singular)
acūtiflōrā (ablative feminine singular)
acūtiflōrō (ablative neuter singular)
acūtiflōrīs (ablative feminine masculine neuter plural)
acūtiflōre (masculine singular vocative)
acūtiflōra (feminine singular vocative)
acūtiflōrum (neuter singular vocative)
acūtiflōrī (masculine plural vocative)
acūtiflōrae (feminine plural vocative)
acūtiflōra (neuter plural vocative)

[äkuːt̪ɪˈfɫ̪oːrʊs̠]

New Latin; from acūtus (“sharp”) + -i- + flōs (“flower”) + -us.


acutisepalus

la-adj

acūtisēpalus (feminine acūtisēpala, neuter acūtisēpalum); first/second-declension adjective

acūtisēpalus (canonical)
acūtisēpala (feminine)
acūtisēpalum (neuter)
acūtisēpalus (masculine nominative singular)
acūtisēpala (feminine nominative singular)
acūtisēpalum (neuter nominative singular)
acūtisēpalī (masculine nominative plural)
acūtisēpalae (feminine nominative plural)
acūtisēpala (neuter nominative plural)
acūtisēpalī (genitive masculine singular)
acūtisēpalae (feminine genitive singular)
acūtisēpalī (genitive neuter singular)
acūtisēpalōrum (genitive masculine plural)
acūtisēpalārum (feminine genitive plural)
acūtisēpalōrum (genitive neuter plural)
acūtisēpalō (dative masculine singular)
acūtisēpalae (dative feminine singular)
acūtisēpalō (dative neuter singular)
acūtisēpalīs (dative feminine masculine neuter plural)
acūtisēpalum (accusative masculine singular)
acūtisēpalam (accusative feminine singular)
acūtisēpalum (accusative neuter singular)
acūtisēpalōs (accusative masculine plural)
acūtisēpalās (accusative feminine plural)
acūtisēpala (accusative neuter plural)
acūtisēpalō (ablative masculine singular)
acūtisēpalā (ablative feminine singular)
acūtisēpalō (ablative neuter singular)
acūtisēpalīs (ablative feminine masculine neuter plural)
acūtisēpale (masculine singular vocative)
acūtisēpala (feminine singular vocative)
acūtisēpalum (neuter singular vocative)
acūtisēpalī (masculine plural vocative)
acūtisēpalae (feminine plural vocative)
acūtisēpala (neuter plural vocative)

[äkuːt̪ɪˈs̠eːpäɫ̪ʊs̠]

New Latin; from acutus (“sharp, pointed”) + sepalum (“sepal”).


acutidens

la-adj

acūtidēns (genitive acūtidentis); third-declension one-termination adjective

acūtidēns (canonical)
acūtidentis (genitive)
acūtidēns (feminine masculine neuter nominative singular)
acūtidentēs (feminine masculine nominative plural)
acūtidentia (neuter nominative plural)
acūtidentis (feminine genitive masculine neuter singular)
acūtidentium (feminine genitive masculine neuter plural)
acūtidentī (dative feminine masculine neuter singular)
acūtidentibus (dative feminine masculine neuter plural)
acūtidentem (accusative feminine masculine singular)
acūtidēns (accusative neuter singular)
acūtidentēs (accusative feminine masculine plural)
acūtidentia (accusative neuter plural)
acūtidentī (ablative feminine masculine neuter singular)
acūtidentibus (ablative feminine masculine neuter plural)
acūtidēns (feminine masculine neuter singular vocative)
acūtidentēs (feminine masculine plural vocative)
acūtidentia (neuter plural vocative)

[äˈkuːt̪ɪd̪ẽːs̠]

New Latin; from acutus (“sharp”) + dens (“tooth, tusk”).


correcaminos

Verb-object compound, composed of corre (“to run”) + caminos (“roads”).


cortaplumas

Verb-object compound, composed of corta (“to cut”) + plumas (“pens, feathers”).


cantamañanas

es-noun

cantamañanas m or f by sense (plural cantamañanas)

Verb-object compound, composed of canta (“to sing”) + mañanas (“tomorrows”).


descansabrazos

es-noun

descansabrazos m (plural descansabrazos)

Verb-object compound, composed of descansa (“to rest”) + brazos (“arms”).


escurreplatos

Verb-object compound, composed of escurre (“to drain”) + platos (“plates”).

dish rack, drying rack, dish drainer, drainboard


cortabolsas

es-noun

cortabolsas m or f by sense (plural cortabolsas)

Verb-object compound, composed of corta (“to cut”) + bolsas (“purses”).


espantasuegras

es-noun

espantasuegras m (plural espantasuegras)

Verb-object compound, composed of espanta (“to scare”) + suegras (“mothers-in-law”).


chotacabras

Verb-object compound, composed of chota (“to suckle”) + cabras (“goats”).


guardagujas

es-noun

guardagujas m or f by sense (plural guardagujas)

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to keep”) + aguja (“railroad switch”).


lavaparabrisas

es-noun

lavaparabrisas m (plural lavaparabrisas)

Verb-object compound, composed of lava (“to wash”) + parabrisas (“windshields”).


chupacirios

Verb-object compound, composed of chupa (“to suck”) + cirios (“long wax candles”).


friegaplatos

es-noun

friegaplatos m or f by sense (plural friegaplatos)

Verb-object compound, composed of friega (“to scrub”) + platos (“plates”).


lavacoches

Verb-object compound, composed of lava (“to wash”) + coches (“cars”).


matabichos

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + bichos (“bugs”).


matasuegras

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + suegras (“mothers-in-law”).


matacucarachas

es-noun

matacucarachas m (plural matacucarachas)

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + cucarachas (“cockroaches”).


mondadientes

Verb-object compound, composed of monda (“to peel”) + dientes (“teeth”).


matahormigas

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + hormigas (“ants”).


limpiacristales

es-noun

limpiacristales m (plural limpiacristales)

Verb-object compound, composed of limpia (“to clean”) + cristales (“window panes”).


lavarropas

Verb-object compound, composed of lava (“to wash”) + ropas (“garments, clothing”).


portamonedas

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + monedas (“coins”).


portatrajes

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + trajes (“suits”).


portapapeles

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + papeles (“papers”).


quemacocos

Verb-object compound, composed of quema (“to burn”) + cocos (“brains (colloquial)”).


robacoches

es-noun

robacoches m or f by sense (plural robacoches)

Verb-object compound, composed of roba (“to rob, to steal”) + coches (“cars”).


robautos

Verb-object compound, composed of roba (“to steal, to rob”) + autos (“autos”).


sacacorazones

Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) + corazones (“hearts”).


rompecorazones

es-noun

rompecorazones m (plural rompecorazones)

Verb-object compound, composed of rompe (“to break”) + corazones (“hearts”).


sacabotas

Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) + botas (“boots”).


lustrabotas

Verb-object compound, composed of lustra (“to shine”) + botas (“boots”).


calientapollas

es-noun

calientapollas m or f by sense (plural calientapollas)

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

Verb-object compound, composed of calienta (“to heat up/excite”) + pollas (“cocks”).

es-verb-obj

—Bah, las tías son todas iguales. Unas calientapollas.

1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter VII, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 112:

(Spain, vulgar) cocktease, cockteaser, prickteaser


paragolpes

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to stop”) + golpes (“bumps, bangs”).


salvapantallas

es-noun

salvapantallas m (plural salvapantallas)

Verb-object compound, composed of salva (“to save”) + pantallas (“screens”).


prensapapas

Verb-object compound, composed of prensa (“to press”) + papas (“potatoes”).


sacabocados

Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) + bocados (“mouthfuls, bits (of something)”).

bocado<t:mouthfuls, bits (of something)><pl:1>

punch (device used to create holes in materials)


llepaculs

Verb-object compound, composed of llepa (“to lick”) + culs (“asses/arses”). Compare French lèche-cul.

ca-verb-obj

(derogatory) ass-licker, toady, sycophant, brown noser


sacaclavos

Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) + clavos (“nails”).


montacargas

Verb-object compound, composed of monta (“to lift (originally)”) + cargas (“loads”). Calque of French monte-charge.

(Latin America) forklift, lift truck, jitney, fork truck (a small industrial vehicle with a power-operated fork-like pronged platform that can be raised and lowered for insertion under a load, often on pallets, to be lifted and moved)


gisunfadar

From gi- + sunu + fadar. The word is an archaism: in early Germanic literature, only three other similar dvandva compounds are attested, inheritances from older language stages in which this method of compounding was still productive. They are Old English suhtergefæderan and suhtorfædran (Beowulf and Widsith, respectively), aþumsweoran (Beowulf), and Old High German sunufatarungo (Hildebrandslied).

Heliand l. 1176


duck decoy

A structure used to catch wildfowl, consisting of a central pond and radiating water-filled arms.


organ gun

/ˌɔːɡ(ə)n ˈɡʌn/

/ˌɔɹɡ(ə)n ˈɡʌn/

From organ + gun. The multiple barrels of the device were thought to resemble the pipes of a pipe organ.

The attempts to re-invest the artillery with its one-time superiority were directed in two channels: one aimed at perfecting shrapnel, which had been rather neglected up to this time (England, Prussia, Austria), while the other resurrected the mediaeval idea of the "barrel-organ gun," with a view of assembling a number of rifle barrels and of combining thereby the accuracy of the small arm with the moral effect of canister.

1911, William Balck, “VI. Machine Guns”, in Tactics, Volume 1: Introduction and Formal Tactics of Infantry, page 259:

(firearms, historical) A large, portable firearm normally supported by wheels, in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession; it was chiefly used from the 14th to the 17th century.

Bellifortis
Giuseppe Marco Fieschi
Konrad Keyser
Louis Philippe I
Musée des Archives Nationales

арга́н

portable firearm in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession


tragaluz

Verb-object compound, composed of traga (“to swallow”) + luz (“light”). Literally, “light swallower”.

El amplio tragaluz […] es invisible: se encuentra en la cuarta pared y […] proyecta sobre la estancia la sombra de su reja.

1967, Antonio Buero Vallejo, “El tragaluz [The Skylight]”, in Mariano de Paco, editor, Hoy es fiesta; El tragaluz (Letras hispánicas; 686), Cátedra, published 2011 June 6, →ISBN, Parte primera [First Part], page 190:

The large skylight […] is invisible: it is found on the fourth wall and […] projects the shadow of its grating onto the room.


ntt jwtt

Compound formed from ntt (“that which exists”) + jwtt (“that which doesn’t exist”), the nominalized feminine forms of ntj (relative adjective) + jwtj (negative relative adjective), in coordination.

af

what is and what is not; everything imaginable


salvabarros

Verb-object compound, composed of salva (“to save”) + barros (“muds”).


soplagaitas

es-noun

soplagaitas m or f by sense (plural soplagaitas)

Verb-object compound, composed of sopla (“to blow”) + gaitas (“bagpipes; nonsense”).


tapagrietas

Verb-object compound, composed of tapa (“to cover”) + grietas (“cracks”).


suplefaltas

Verb-object compound, composed of suple (“to supply, to substitute”) + faltas (“faults”).


salvaplatos

Verb-object compound, composed of salva (“to save”) + platos (“plates”).


trepamonos

Verb-object compound, composed of trepa (“to climb”) + monos (“monkeys”).


tomavistas

Verb-object compound, composed of toma (“to take”) + vistas (“views”).


trepatroncos

Verb-object compound, composed of trepa (“to climb”) + troncos (“tree trunks”).

treecreeper, better known as the agateador


sujetapapeles

Verb-object compound, composed of sujeta (“to hold, to secure”) + papeles (“papers”).


tiragomas

Verb-object compound, composed of tira (“to throw, to shoot”) + gomas (“rubber bands”).


soplapollas

es-noun

soplapollas m or f by sense (plural soplapollas)

Verb-object compound, composed of sopla (“to blow”) + pollas (“cocks, dicks”).


sacamantecas

Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) + mantecas (“fats, lard”) (one story was that the sacamantecas kidnapped children to make an ointment from their fat).


sacamuelas

es-noun

sacamuelas m or f by sense (plural sacamuelas)

Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) + muelas (“molars”).


tirachinas

Verb-object compound, composed of tira (“to throw”) + chinas (“pebbles”).


soplamocos

Verb-object compound, composed of sopla (“to blow”) + mocos (“mucus, boogers”).


mother abscess

en-noun

mother abscess (plural mother abscesses)

/ˈmʌ.ðɚ ˈæbˌsɛs/

/ˈmʌ.ðɚ ˈæbˌsɪs/

(pathology) A primary abscess responsible for secondary abscesses.


salvamanteles

Verb-object compound, composed of salva (“to save”) + manteles (“tablecloths”).

es-verb-obj

trivet (used to support hot dishes and protect a surface)


tornasol

Verb-object compound, composed of torna (“to turn (originally)”) + sol (“sun”).


rundradio

rundradio (indefinite nominative singular)

(uncountable) broadcast radio, broadcasting


chupamedias

es-noun

chupamedias m or f by sense (plural chupamedias)

Verb-object compound, composed of chupa (“to suck”) + medias (“socks”).

es-verb-obj

(colloquial, Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, Chile, Peru) bootlicker, ass-licker (US), arse-licker (UK), toady, sycophant, brown noser, asskisser


kitchen sink

The noun is derived from kitchen + sink. Sense 2.1 (“miscellaneous item or miscellany”) is probably from everything but the kitchen sink.
The adjective is derived from the noun. Sense 1 (“of or pertaining to a realist style of painting characterized by scenes of dull or untidy domestic interiors of urban working-class people”) was coined by the British art critic David Sylvester (1924–2001) in a December 1954 article entitled “The Kitchen Sink”: see the quotation.
The verb is a back-formation from kitchen-sinking (noun), which is derived from the noun.

back-formation

It is evident that neither objectivity nor abstraction is the aim of the young painters of the kitchen-sink school.

1954 December, David Sylvester, “The Kitchen Sink”, in Stephen Spender, Irving Kristol, editors, Encounter, London: Encounter Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 62, column 2:

[T]here are a number of instances of [John] Berger promoting the four artists known as the Beaux Arts Quartet, or the Kitchen Sink painters—John Bratby, Jack Smith, Edward Middleditch and Derrick Greaves.

2004 autumn, Adrian Clark, “Two British Art Patrons of the 1940s and 1950s: Sir Colin Anderson and Peter Watson”, in The British Art Journal, volume V, number 2, London: Art Journals, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 74, column 1:

The home and domesticity were the main subjects of "kitchen sink" painting, a short-lived style of realism active in London between 1952 and 1957. The four artists typically associated with this genre are Jack Smith, Edward Middleditch, Derrick Greaves, and John Bratby. […] In the histories of post-war British art, it remains widely unchallenged that these four men are the only "kitchen sink" artists. Their works from the 1950s are considered as central in discourses of post-war representations of the home and labour, with critics and historians often locating "kitchen sink" painting's legacy as a precursor to British pop art's focus on everyday domestic objects.

2019 May 31, Abi Shapiro, “The Kitchen Sink Too”, in British Art Studies, number 12, London: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; New Haven, Conn.: Yale Center for British Art, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-29:

(painting) Of or pertaining to a mid-20th-century realist style of painting in Britain characterized by scenes of dull or untidy domestic interiors such as kitchens in the homes of urban working-class people; also, of or pertaining to an artist or group of artists painting in this style.

Kitchen Sink -tyylinen

of or pertaining to a realist style of painting characterized by scenes of dull or untidy domestic interiors of urban working-class people; of or pertaining to an artist or group of artists painting in this style


nosering

On the first wedding night of the marriage ceremony, the husband removes the big nosering of the bride, which is the symbolic representation of the girl being a virgin till that moment.

1993, Mohsen Saeidi Madani, Impact of Hindu Culture on Muslims, M D Publications Pvt Ltd, →ISBN, page 146:

[…] My mother and grandmother wore nine-yard saris, with heavy anklets, armlets, waist belts and enormous noserings, but they observed all the Jewish rituals.'

2002, Esther David, Book of Esther, Viking, →ISBN, page 369:

A woman with dyed black hair and a greenstone nosering returns to a story she must have almost finished before I came in.

2007, Kristen Tsetsi, Homefront, Penxhere Press, →ISBN, page 225:


obrellaunes

[ˌɔ.βɾəˈʎaw.nəs]

Verb-object compound, composed of obre (“to open”) + llaunes (“tins/cans”).


dagdeel

nl-noun

dagdeel n (plural dagdelen, diminutive dagdeeltje n)

dagdelen (plural)
dagdeeltje (diminutive neuter)


stop-go

en-adj

stop-go (comparative more stop-go, superlative most stop-go)

more stop-go (comparative)
most stop-go (superlative)

We are suffering the consequences of three years of a stop-go economic policy.

Scottish rail suppliers have told the Government that they can only reach their target of employing 500 apprentices if they are given a clear pipeline of work, rather than having to endure the current stop-go programme.

2022 December 14, “Network News: A pipeline of work key for apprentices”, in RAIL, number 972, page 17:

Alternately active and inactive; intermittent.


stop-go

[…] the concern with increasing economic growth led to charges that stop-go was inhibiting investment and hence slowing the expansion of the economy.

2014, Max Schulze, Western Europe: Economic and Social Change since 1945, page 277:


beurtbalk

nl-noun

beurtbalk m (plural beurtbalken, diminutive beurtbalkje n)

beurtbalken (plural)
beurtbalkje (diminutive neuter)

From beurt (“turn, as in a chance to use something”) + balk (“bar, beam”).

compound

Een gespierde man met een bomberjack zette een beurtbalkje neer achter haar fles en begon zijn boodschappen op de lopende band te stapelen.

2014, Anna Drijver, Ei, Nijgh & Van Ditmar:

A muscular man in a bomberjack put a separator behind her bottle and began to stack his groceries on the conveyor belt.

(chiefly in the diminutive) a checkout divider, a separator to put between the products of different customers on the conveyor belt in a supermarket


開閉

開閉する (canonical)
kaihei suru (romanization)
開閉し (stem)
開閉した (past)
開閉し
かいへいし
kaihei shi
開閉する
かいへいする
kaihei suru
開閉すれ
かいへいすれ
kaihei sure
開閉せよ (imperative literary)
開閉しろ (colloquial imperative)
かいへいせよ (imperative literary)
かいへいしろ (colloquial imperative)
kaihei seyo (imperative literary)
kaihei shiro (colloquial imperative)
開閉される (passive)
かいへいされる (passive)
kaihei sareru (passive)
開閉させる (causative)
開閉さす (causative)
かいへいさせる (causative)
かいへいさす (causative)
kaihei saseru (causative)
kaihei sasu (causative)
開閉できる (potential)
かいへいできる (potential)
kaihei dekiru (potential)
開閉しよう (volitional)
かいへいしよう (volitional)
kaihei shiyō (volitional)
開閉しない (negative)
かいへいしない (negative)
kaihei shinai (negative)
開閉せず (continuative negative)
かいへいせず (continuative negative)
kaihei sezu (continuative negative)
開閉します (formal)
かいへいします (formal)
kaihei shimasu (formal)
開閉した (perfective)
かいへいした (perfective)
kaihei shita (perfective)
開閉して (conjunctive)
かいへいして (conjunctive)
kaihei shite (conjunctive)
開閉すれば (conditional hypothetical)
かいへいすれば (conditional hypothetical)
kaihei sureba (conditional hypothetical)


tragamonedas

Verb-object compound, composed of traga (“to swallow”) + monedas (“coins”).

es-verb-obj

(Latin America) slot machine (US), fruit machine (UK)


tragaperras

Verb-object compound, composed of traga (“to swallow”) + perras (“cash, dough”).

Cuando salgo, le pregunto al vejete si tienen teléfono: hay uno al lado de una máquina tragaperras.

1994, José Ángel Mañas, chapter V, in Historias del Kronen, Barcelona: Ediciones Destino, →ISBN, page 74:

When I leave, I ask the old guy if they have a telephone. "There's one next to the slot machine".

(Spain) slot machine (US), fruit machine (UK)


reposapiés

Verb-object compound, composed of reposa (“to rest”) + pies (“feet”).


cortarrollos

es-noun

cortarrollos m or f by sense (plural cortarrollos)

Verb-object compound, composed of corta (“to cut”) + rollos (“vibes”), from cortar el rollo.

es-verb-obj

(colloquial, Spain) killjoy, spoilsport, party pooper


tocapelotas

Verb-object compound, composed of toca (“to touch”) + pelotas (“balls, testicles”).


moon rock

en-noun

moon rock (countable and uncountable, plural moon rocks)

(countable, uncountable) Rock from the surface of the moon, but especially any geological specimen brought back by the Apollo program.


coupe-gorge

no-go zone, deathtrap, cutthroat area, dangerous area, ghetto


cowardy custard

cowardy custard (plural cowardy custards)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cowardy custard.wav

Probably suggesting trembling in fear in the way that custard wobbles.

(childish, derogatory) A coward; a timid or fearful person.


loco moco

Reportedly from Spanish loco (“crazy”), with an arbitrary rhyme for the second word.

A traditional Hawaiian meal, usually of white rice topped with a hamburger patty, a fried egg, and gravy.


先後

/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/

/siːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯²²/

/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ³³/

/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/

/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² au²²/

/sõĩ³³⁻²³ au³⁵/

/ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/

/siːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯²²/

/siɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔ³³/

/siɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/

/siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² au²²/

/sõĩ³³⁻²³ au³⁵/

continuously; one after another; bit by bit; in turn; successively; in succession


遐邇

/ɕi̯ä³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/haː²¹ jiː¹³/

/ɕi̯ä³⁵ ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/haː²¹ jiː¹³/


pelapapas

Verb-object compound, composed of pela (“to peel”) + papas (“potatoes”).


pelapatatas

Verb-object compound, composed of pela (“to peel”) + patatas (“potatoes”).


tragaleguas

es-noun

tragaleguas m or f by sense (plural tragaleguas)

Verb-object compound, composed of traga (“to swallow”) + leguas (“leagues (measurement equal to several miles)”).

es-verb-obj

legua<t:leagues (measurement equal to several miles)><pl:1>

(colloquial) keen walker, or fast walker


calientahuevos

es-noun

calientahuevos m (plural calientahuevos)

Verb-object compound, composed of calienta (“to heat up/excite”) + huevos (“eggs/balls”).


sacamanchas

Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) + manchas (“stains”).


calientabraguetas

es-noun

calientabraguetas f (plural calientabraguetas)

Verb-object compound, composed of calienta (“to heat up/excite”) + braguetas (“flies (of pants)”).


buscapleitos

es-noun

buscapleitos m or f by sense (plural buscapleitos)

Verb-object compound, composed of busca (“to look for”) + pleitos (“fights”).

es-verb-obj

(Latin America, colloquial) troublemaker, shit-stirrer


lanzafuegos

Verb-object compound, composed of lanza (“to launch, to throw”) + fuegos (“fires”).


asaltabancos

es-noun

asaltabancos m or f by sense (plural asaltabancos)

Verb-object compound, composed of asalta (“to assault”) + bancos (“banks”).


cubreasientos

Verb-object compound, composed of cubre (“to cover”) + asientos (“seats”).


sacafaltas

Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) + faltas (“faults”).


rompemuelles

Verb-object compound, composed of rompe (“to break”) + muelles (“springs”).


robaniños

es-noun

robaniños m or f by sense (plural robaniños)

Verb-object compound, composed of roba (“to steal”) + niños (“children”).


portaviandas

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + viandas (“takeaway meals”).


matapolicías

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + policías (“police”).


sacadólares

Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) + dólares (“dollars”).


vendemotos

Verb-object compound, composed of vende (“to sell”) + motos (“motorcycles”). From the expression vender la moto.

(colloquial) someone who can easily talk somebody into buying things that aren't needed, or that are of low quality


sacacuartos

Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) + cuartos (“fortunes (lots of money)”).

cuarto<t:fortunes (lots of money)><pl:1>


sacadineros

Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) + dineros (“money; fortunes (lots of money)”).

dinero<t:money; fortunes (lots of money)><pl:1>


matarratas

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + ratas (“rats”).


matasanos

es-noun

matasanos m or f by sense (plural matasanos)

→ Portuguese: mata-sanos

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + sanos (“healthy people”).

es-verb-obj

Reunidos en consulta los más diestros matasanos de la ciudad papal, opinaron que el sujeto estaba ya atacado de caries maxilar, lo que, tratándose de un anciano y teniendo en cuenta el poco saber quirúrgico de sus mercedes, importaba tanto como declarar próxima vacancia de la silla de San Pedro.

1906, Ricardo Palma, “El abad de Lunahuaná”, in Mis últimas tradiciones peruanas y Cachivachería:

(colloquial, derogatory) quack (bad doctor)


skip-kennel

(obsolete) A young lackey or assistant; a footboy.


catavino

Verb-object compound, composed of cata (“to taste”) + vino (“wine”).


catavinos

Verb-object compound, composed of cata (“to taste”) + vinos (“wines”).


claybank

I took Señorita Anabela for a walk in the lemon grove while Fergus, disfiguring himself with an ugly frown, was waltzing with the claybank girl.

1909 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “‘Next to Reading Matter’”, in Roads of Destiny, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 82:


comecocos

Verb-object compound, composed of come (“to eat”) + cocos (“brains (slang)”).


parascintille

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to protect; to block”) + scintille (“sparks”).


portacorrente

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + corrente (“current”).


Caccianemico

Verb-object compound, composed of caccia (“to hunt; to drive away”) + nemico (“enemy”).

Venedico Caccianemico, 13th-century Italian politician who sold his sister Ghisolabella Caccianemico into prostitution; portrayed by Dante in the Divine Comedy


Calcabrina

Verb-object compound, composed of calca (“stomp, trample”) + brina (“frost”), literally “Frost Stomper”.

a fictional devil from Hell in the Divine Comedy


song sparrow

Melospiza melodia
Melospiza melodia#Translingual

Melospiza melodia, a medium-sized American sparrow.


Graffiacane

Verb-object compound, composed of graffia (“scratch”) + cane (“dog”), literally “Dog Scratcher” or “Scratcher Dog”.


pintallavis

Verb-object compound, composed of pinta (“to paint”) + llavis (“lips”).


quebra-cabeças

[ˌkɛ.βɾɐ.kɐˈβe.sɐʃ]


zampabollos

es-noun

zampabollos m or f by sense (plural zampabollos)

Verb-object compound, composed of zampa (“to scarf, to wolf down”) + bollos (“buns”).


חתן־כּלה

/ˌχɔsn̩ ˈkaɫə/

/ˌχuːsn̩ ˈkaɫə/

Dvandva compound of חתן (khosn, “groom”) + כּלה (kale, “bride”)


hushåll

hushåll (indefinite nominative singular)

Calque of Dutch huishoud or Middle Low German husholt; equivalent to hus + håll.

household (household work, domestic work)


nihthræfn

From niht + hræfn. Compare Old Saxon nahthraƀan.


gentlegirl

From gentle + girl, modelled on gentleman and/or gentlewoman.

Hallo, Gentlegirls and Gentlemen !

2002 February 17, Konrad Brokamp, “Win XP with T-online explorer, Outlook Express, and Norton Internet Security 2002”, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (Usenet):

Yes gentlemen (and gentlegirls), I am talking about the game that started it all. Rogue.

2007 May 25, Slash [username], “ToTRL Competitions: Recover the Amulet of Yendor!”, in rec.games.roguelike.development (Usenet):

Amber Luthergaard (D-North Dakota) had been a fixture in the halls of Congress for over a year now. The distinguished gentlegirl was adjusting.

2012, Bowen Craig, A Look to the Future Through the Eyes of an Eighty Year Old Pirate, iUniverse, →ISBN, pages 120–121:

(rare, informal or humorous) A polite form of address for a young woman.


濃淡

/nʊŋ³⁵ tän⁵¹/

/nʊŋ³⁵ tän⁵¹/


cercametalls

Verb-object compound, composed of cerca (“to seek”) + metalls (“metals”).


cercatresors

ca-noun

cercatresors m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of cerca (“to seek”) + tresors (“treasures”).


steakfish

en-noun

steakfish (countable and uncountable, plural steakfish)

(Caribbean) Any of various firm-textured fish.


guardapolvo

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to protect (originally)”) + polvo (“dust”).


zampatortas

es-noun

zampatortas m or f by sense (plural zampatortas)

Verb-object compound, composed of zampa (“to scarf, to wolf down”) + tortas (“cakes”).


marcapassos

Verb-object compound, composed of marca (“to mark”) + passos (“steps”).


white whale

From white + whale. The figurative senses refer to the novel Moby-Dick (1851) by the American writer Herman Melville (1819–1891), in which Captain Ahab relentlessly pursues a rare albino sperm whale.

The English called the beluga the "white whale", a name often still used (and not to be confused with the white whale of Moby-Dick, which was an albino sperm whale).

2007, Nancy Lord, “Prologue”, in Beluga Days: Tracking the Endangered White Whale, pages 22–23:

Delphinapterus leucas
Delphinapterus leucas#Translingual

beluga

Synonym of beluga (“the beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas), a cetacean found in the Arctic Ocean”)

Monodon monoceros
Monodon monoceros#Translingual

Any whale of the family Monodontidae, which comprises the beluga whales and narwhals (Monodon monoceros), and some extinct species.

(collectible card games) A printing plate, used to manufacture a particular sports card, that is then issued as a collectible itself.

печа́тарска пло́ча

printing plate used to manufacture a particular sports card, that is then issued as a collectible itself


親子

/t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

/t͡sʰin²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/

/t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

/t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/

/t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/t͡sʰɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

/t͡sʰin²⁴ t͡sɨ³¹/

/t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/

/t͡sʰin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡su⁵³/

parental relatedness; paternity or maternity


живэр сахал

mn-noun

ᠵᠢᠪᠡᠷᠢ ᠰᠠᠬᠠᠯ

живэр сахал • (živer saxal) (Mongolian spelling ᠵᠢᠪᠡᠷᠢ
ᠰᠠᠬᠠᠯ (ǰiberi saqal))

živer saxal (romanization)
ᠵᠢᠪᠡᠷᠢ ᠰᠠᠬᠠᠯ (Mongolian)


telivér

telivér (nominative singular)
telivérek (nominative plural)
telivért (accusative singular)
telivéreket (accusative plural)
telivérnek (dative singular)
telivéreknek (dative plural)
telivérrel (instrumental singular)
telivérekkel (instrumental plural)
telivérért (causal-final singular)
telivérekért (causal-final plural)
telivérré (singular translative)
telivérekké (plural translative)
telivérig (singular terminative)
telivérekig (plural terminative)
telivérként (essive-formal singular)
telivérekként (essive-formal plural)
telivérben (inessive singular)
telivérekben (inessive plural)
telivéren (singular superessive)
telivéreken (plural superessive)
telivérnél (adessive singular)
telivéreknél (adessive plural)
telivérbe (illative singular)
telivérekbe (illative plural)
telivérre (singular sublative)
telivérekre (plural sublative)
telivérhez (allative singular)
telivérekhez (allative plural)
telivérből (elative singular)
telivérekből (elative plural)
telivérről (delative singular)
telivérekről (delative plural)
telivértől (ablative singular)
telivérektől (ablative plural)
telivéré (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
telivéreké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
telivéréi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
telivérekéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)


telivér

telivérek (plural)
telivér (nominative singular)
telivérek (nominative plural)
telivért (accusative singular)
telivéreket (accusative plural)
telivérnek (dative singular)
telivéreknek (dative plural)
telivérrel (instrumental singular)
telivérekkel (instrumental plural)
telivérért (causal-final singular)
telivérekért (causal-final plural)
telivérré (singular translative)
telivérekké (plural translative)
telivérig (singular terminative)
telivérekig (plural terminative)
telivérként (essive-formal singular)
telivérekként (essive-formal plural)
telivérben (inessive singular)
telivérekben (inessive plural)
telivéren (singular superessive)
telivéreken (plural superessive)
telivérnél (adessive singular)
telivéreknél (adessive plural)
telivérbe (illative singular)
telivérekbe (illative plural)
telivérre (singular sublative)
telivérekre (plural sublative)
telivérhez (allative singular)
telivérekhez (allative plural)
telivérből (elative singular)
telivérekből (elative plural)
telivérről (delative singular)
telivérekről (delative plural)
telivértől (ablative singular)
telivérektől (ablative plural)
telivéré (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
telivéreké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
telivéréi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
telivérekéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
telivérem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
telivéreim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
telivéred (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
telivéreid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
telivére (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
telivérei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
telivérünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
telivéreink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
telivéretek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
telivéreitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
telivérük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
telivéreik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


thrill kill

"It was a thrill kill. Robbery was an afterthought. This is one of the most senseless murders we've had down there in years."

1988 March 9, Sheridan R. Hansen, “Police arrest 2 Utah Count teenagers for questioning in Las Vegas shooting”, in Deseret News, retrieved 2013-05-17, page B3:

"[T]his essentially was a killing for no reason, a thrill kill. . . ," said Attorney Donald Macomber.

2012 April 12, “Supreme Court Hears Appeal of Colin Koehler's Life Sentence”, in WABI TV, retrieved 2013-05-17:

(idiomatic) An act of murder motivated solely by the murderer's desire to have a very exciting experience.


schapenstal

nl-noun

schapenstal m (plural schapenstallen, diminutive schapenstalletje n)

schapenstallen (plural)
schapenstalletje (diminutive neuter)

From schaap (“sheep”) + stal (“stable”).


eixugacabells

[əˌʃu.ɣə.kəˈβɛʎs]

[əˌʃu.ɣə.kəˈbəʎs]

Verb-object compound, composed of eixuga (“to dry”) + cabells (“hair”).


parabrisa

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to stop”) + brisa (“breeze”).


eixugaparabrises

[əˌʃu.ɣə.pə.ɾəˈβɾi.zəs]

Verb-object compound, composed of eixuga (“to dry”) + parabrises (“windshields”).


κυνοκέφαλος

grc-noun

κῠνοκέφᾰλος • (kunoképhalos) m (genitive κῠνοκεφάλου); second declension

κῠνοκέφᾰλος (canonical)
kunoképhalos (romanization)
κῠνοκεφάλου (genitive)
ὁ κῠνοκέφᾰλος (nominative singular)
τὼ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λω (dual nominative)
οἱ κῠνοκέφᾰλοι (nominative plural)
τοῦ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λου (genitive singular)
τοῖν κῠνοκεφᾰ́λοιν (dual genitive)
τῶν κῠνοκεφᾰ́λων (genitive plural)
τῷ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λῳ (dative singular)
τοῖν κῠνοκεφᾰ́λοιν (dative dual)
τοῖς κῠνοκεφᾰ́λοις (dative plural)
τὸν κῠνοκέφᾰλον (accusative singular)
τὼ κῠνοκεφᾰ́λω (accusative dual)
τοὺς κῠνοκεφᾰ́λους (accusative plural)
κῠνοκέφᾰλε (singular vocative)
κῠνοκεφᾰ́λω (dual vocative)
κῠνοκέφᾰλοι (plural vocative)

A compound of κύων (kúōn, “dog”) + κέφαλος (képhalos, “head”)


portaequipajes

es-noun

portaequipajes m (plural portaequipajes)

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + equipajes (“luggage”).


portaequipaje

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + equipaje (“luggage”).


picapleitos

es-noun

picapleitos m or f by sense (plural picapleitos)

Verb-object compound, composed of pica (“to stab, to chop”) + pleitos (“lawsuits”).


quebra-nozes

/ˌkɛ.bɾɐˈnɔ.zɨʃ/

[ˌkɛ.βɾɐˈnɔ.zɨʃ]


crab tree

From Middle English crabbetre, crabtre; see crab (“wild apple”).


bufanúvols

Verb-object compound, composed of bufa (“to blow, to inflate”) + núvols (“clouds”).

ca-verb-obj

1966, Josep Pla, Un Senyor de Barcelona, Biblioteca Selecta, page 176

They were taken for mere pretentious people without importance

Eren presos per simples bufanúvols sense importància


portaavions

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + avions (“airplanes”).


nynazist

nynazist (indefinite nominative singular)
nynazists (genitive indefinite singular)
nynazisten (definite nominative singular)
nynazistens (definite genitive singular)
nynazister (indefinite nominative plural)
nynazisters (genitive indefinite plural)
nynazisterna (definite nominative plural)
nynazisternas (definite genitive plural)

From ny (“new, neo-”) + nazist (“Nazi”).


cambiamonete

it-noun

cambiamonete m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of cambia (“to change”) + monete (“coins”).


agualluvias

Verb-object compound, composed of agua (“to dilute”) + lluvias (“rains”).

es-verb-obj

sistema agualluvias


Welsh corgi

/wɛlʃ ˈkɔːɡi/

/wɛlʃ ˈkɔɹɡi/

Mouthfeel presents DJ Divorcée and DJ Tip spinning a tribute to Pimm’s Cups, Welsh Corgwn, the Union Jack, and Kate Middleton’s love of drinking parties, just in time for the royal nups.

2011 April 29, James Renovitch, “Calendar: This week’s community listings”, in The Austin Chronicle, volume 30, number 35, page 58:

A type of herding dog originating from Wales, having a small body, short legs, and fox-like features such as large ears.

уелско корги

type of herding dog originating from Wales — see also corgi


comemierda

es-noun

comemierda m or f by sense (plural comemierdas)

Verb-object compound, composed of come (“to eat”) + mierda (“shit”).

es-verb-obj

Dile a ese comemierda que ya no lo quiero ver más.

Tell that asshole I don't want to see him anymore.


rubamazzo

Verb-object compound, composed of ruba (“to steal”) + mazzo (“bunch; deck (of cards)”).


攻防

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ fɔːŋ²¹/

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵/

/kʊŋ⁵⁵ fɔːŋ²¹/


guardapolvos

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to protect (originally)”) + polvos (“dust”).


guardaparques

es-noun

guardaparques m or f by sense (plural guardaparques)

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard (originally)”) + parques (“parks”).


matapiollos

From mata (“kills”) + piollos (“lice”). Compare Asturian matapioyos, Venetan masapeoci.


zoetzuur

nl-adj

zoetzuur (comparative zoetzuurder, superlative zoetzuurst)

zoetzuurder (comparative)
zoetzuurst (superlative)
zoetzuur (adverbial positive predicative)
zoetzuurder (adverbial comparative predicative)
het zoetzuurst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het zoetzuurste (adverbial predicative superlative)
zoetzure (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
zoetzuurdere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
zoetzuurste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
zoetzuur (indefinite neuter positive singular)
zoetzuurder (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
zoetzuurste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
zoetzure (indefinite plural positive)
zoetzuurdere (comparative indefinite plural)
zoetzuurste (indefinite plural superlative)
zoetzure (definite positive)
zoetzuurdere (comparative definite)
zoetzuurste (definite superlative)
zoetzuurs (partitive positive)
zoetzuurders (comparative partitive)


rascacielo

Verb-object compound, composed of rasca (“to scratch”) + cielo (“sky”). Calque of English skyscraper.


muccullach

head

muccullach m (nominative plural muccullaig)

muccullaig (nominative plural)
muccullach (masculine nominative singular stem)
muccullach (dual masculine nominative stem)
mucculaig (masculine nominative plural stem)
mucculaig (masculine singular stem vocative)
muccullach (dual masculine stem vocative)
muccullachu (masculine plural stem vocative)
muccullach (accusative masculine singular stem)
muccullach (accusative dual masculine stem)
muccullachu (accusative masculine plural stem)
mucculaig (genitive masculine singular stem)
muccullach (dual genitive masculine stem)
muccullach (genitive masculine plural stem)
muccullach (dative masculine singular stem)
muccullachaib (dative dual masculine stem)
muccullachaib (dative masculine plural stem)
muccullach
also mmuccullach after a proclitic
ending in a vowel


bargain basement

en-noun

bargain basement (plural bargain basements)

"Where will I find an aluminum cooking pot?" growled the elder Beagle unexpectedly.
"In the Bargain Basement," said Gissing promptly.

1922, Christopher Morley, chapter 6, in Where the Blue Begins:

To proper Bostonians . . . it was not quite a riot: it was merely the first big postwar men's-wear sale at Filene's bargain basement.

1949 April 11, “Business & Finance: Basement Bedlam”, in Time, retrieved 2013-08-05:

An area within a retail store, especially an area located below ground level, where the least costly merchandise can be found.

"This nation can't afford bargain-basement cops any more," says Oregon's Multnomah County (Portland) Sheriff Donald Clark. . . . Almost everyone agrees that U.S. police sorely need more education.

1965 July 30, “The Law: Police: Deputy Doe, B.A.”, in Time, retrieved 2013-08-05:

"We are not going to ask the brave young men and women who defend this country to put their lives on the line using obsolete weapons and bargain-basement equipment."

1984 March 27, “Democrats Stall Anti-crime Bill, Reagan Hints”, in Schenectady Gazette, retrieved 2013-08-05, page 12:

(idiomatic, attributively, often hyphenated) Of poor quality; of little or no value; low-end, shoddy.


apriporta

Verb-object compound, composed of apri (“to open”) + porta (“door”).


bargain bin

A container holding miscellaneous discounted merchandise in a retail store.


scaldacqua

Verb-object compound, composed of scalda (“to heat, to warm”) + acqua (“water”).


belastingbetaler

From Dutch belastingbetaler. Equivalent to belasting (“tax”) + betaler (“payer”).


belastingbetaler

nl-noun

belastingbetaler m (plural belastingbetalers)

Afrikaans: belastingbetaler

De belastingbetaler zal deze kosten uiteindelijk dragen.

The taxpayer will ultimately bear these costs.

Als belastingbetaler heb ik het recht om te weten waar mijn geld naartoe gaat.

As a taxpayer, I have the right to know where my money is going.

De overheid moet verantwoordelijkheid tonen tegenover de belastingbetalers.

The government should show accountability to the taxpayers.


asportatrucioli

Verb-object compound, composed of asporta (“to remove”) + trucioli (“chips (of wood/metal)”).


guidanavetta

Verb-object compound, composed of guida (“to guide”) + navetta (“shuttle”).

shuttle guide (in a sewing machine, loom etc.)


parasassi

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to protect; to block”) + sassi (“stones”).

a safety device that prevents rocks falling from overhead


paranavetta

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to protect; to block”) + navetta (“shuttle”).

(relational) of any safety device that prevents the shuttle of a loom from leaving its normal track and causing damage


piegaferro

Verb-object compound, composed of piega (“to fold, to bend”) + ferro (“iron”).

device that, or person who bends steel bars (for use in reinforced concrete)


poggiapezzi

Verb-object compound, composed of poggia (“to lean, to rest”) + pezzi (“pieces”).

a flat surface, on a grinder or similar machine tool, on which the piece being worked can be held securely


portacoltelli

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + coltelli (“knives”).


portastampo

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + stampo (“mould/mold”).


portalame

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + lame (“blades”).


montapali

Verb-object compound, composed of monta (“to mount, to ascend”) + pali (“poles”).


portapezzo

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + pezzo (“piece, chunk”).


scansamano

Verb-object compound, composed of scansa (“to dodge, to avoid”) + mano (“hand”).

a device, in a printing press etc., that prevents that machinery coming into contact with the operator's hands


rompitratta

Verb-object compound, composed of rompi (“to break”) + tratta (“interval of space”).


voltapasta

Verb-object compound, composed of volta (“to turn”) + pasta (“dough”).

a blade, in the form of a ploughshare/plowshare, used in kneading machines that are used to make pasta dough


guarda-sol

[ˌɡwaɦ.dɐˈsɔʊ̯]

[ˌɡwaɦ.dɐˈsɔʊ̯]

[ˌɡwaɾ.dɐˈsɔʊ̯]

[ˌɡwaʁ.dɐˈsɔʊ̯]

[ˌɡwaɾ.ðɐˈsɔɫ]

[ˌɡwaɾ.ðɐˈsɔɫ]

a large parasol; sun umbrella (umbrella used as protection from the sun)


shot spot

I pretended to be the Chief Executive from Zurich, setting a shot spots competition. This was my protest at the failure of the laundry system to wash out the semen stains from the sheets.

2009 April 29, Malachi O'Doherty, “Archive for April, 2009: More Libya Stuff”, in Malachi O'Doherty—The journalism and recordings of a Belfast writer, retrieved 2013-08-22:

I carefully looked and saw Mary Ann sprawled naked on the bed. . . . I saw a wet shot spot clearly visible next to her. I slumped momentarily confronted with the unmistakable visual evidence of their passion.

2010 Sept. 1, SirenSeeker, "Marking My Women Ch. 05," literotica.com (retrieved 22 August 2013)

(slang, vulgar) A stain left on a surface by the ejaculation of semen.


cortapuros

Verb-object compound, composed of corta (“to cut”) + puros (“cigars”).


porte-documents

fr-noun

porte-documents m (plural porte-documents)


身心

/ʂən⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/

/sɐn⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

/sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/

/siŋ³³⁻²³ sim³³/

/ʂən⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/

/sɐn⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/

/sɨn²⁴⁻¹¹ sim²⁴/

/siŋ³³⁻²³ sim³³/

身心安康

身心耗竭

身心疲憊

身心疲惫

body and mind; mental and physical qualities


ouvre-bouteille

ouvre-bouteille m (plural ouvre-bouteilles)


paraquedas

[ˌpa.ɾɐˈkɛ.ðɐʃ]

From para (“stops”) + quedas (“falls”), a calque of French parachute, from para- (“protection against”).


bierbuik

nl-noun

bierbuik m (plural bierbuiken, diminutive bierbuikje n)

bierbuiken (plural)
bierbuikje (diminutive neuter)

From bier (“beer”) + buik (“belly”). Compare German Bierbauch.

a belly with an excess of subcutaneous fat, often blamed to excess consumption of beer; a potbelly, beer belly


abbracciabosco

Verb-object compound, composed of abbraccia (“to embrace, to hug”) + bosco (“wood, forest”).


abbattifieno

Verb-object compound, composed of abbatti (“to throw down”) + fieno (“hay”). Calque of French abat-foin.

(agriculture) trapdoor in the loft of a barn, used for throwing down hay


sparapunti

Verb-object compound, composed of spara (“to shoot”) + punti (“staples”).


spank bank

Now my mother just became part of his spank bank. Just what I needed. The only guy I was screwing and now when he was whacking off he'd be thinking about my mom. Ick!

2005, Jill L. Ferguson, Sometimes Art Can't Save You, In Your Face Ink LLC, →ISBN, page 22:

[…] but on the other hand it would've been nice to get a view of that outstanding cleavage again. It was a thing of beauty and had immediately qualified her for membership to my mental “spank bank.”

2007, Brandon Wilkinson, Memoirs of the Messed Up Minds, iUniverse, →ISBN:

The Highwayman Fantasy had been in the spank bank forever. When she watched old episodes of Star Trek, she'd wished for the holodeck to be real so she could be held up and accosted by a handsome highwayman who was really a disinherited duke trying to right some horrible wrong, […]

2012, Saranna DeWylde, How to Lose a Demon in 10 Days, Brava Books, →ISBN:

(slang) A mental stock of images or fantasies brought to mind when masturbating.


wank bank

Hosing her down made her jeans cling to her labia even more, not to mention the peanuts she smuggled under her shirt when I brushed her tits. That whole bit of business made a deposit in my wank bank.

2006, P. F. Kozak, Passion, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 15:

I flipped through the wank bank, finally stopping at a love scene starring me and a Bay State Games bronze-medalist pole-vaulter who was in the same Major British Writers study group as me.

2009, Joe Pernice, It Feels So Good When I Stop, Riverhead Books, →ISBN:

She reaches out and lazily trails her fingers along his shaft, all the way from base to tip, as though mentally filing its dimensions in her private wank bank, to bring out on those nights when she has only her rabbit vibrator for company.

2013, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Anything for You: Erotica for Kinky Couples, Cleis Press, published 2012, →ISBN:

(vulgar, slang) Synonym of spank bank (“mental stock of images or fantasies brought to mind when masturbating”)


bossman

You should watch what you say, bossman.

I don’t know what to tell you, bossman.

Used as a term of address for an unfamiliar, possibly distrusted man: bud, buddy, friend.

You really showed them, bossman. What’s your name?

Used as a term of address for a man who appears courageous: boss.


alzavino

Verb-object compound, composed of alza (“to raise”) + vino (“wine”).


sacaleche

Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) + leche (“milk”).


sacaleches

Verb-object compound, composed of saca (“to remove”) + leches (“milks”).


cacastecchi

it-noun

cacastecchi m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of caca (“to shit”) + stecchi (“sticks”).


conciaossa

Verb-object compound, composed of concia (“to repair”) + ossa (“bones”).


coprigambe

Verb-object compound, composed of copri (“to cover”) + gambe (“legs”).

overtrousers, especially waterproof and worn over normal ones


énalattam

énalattam

Énalattam a ló szabadabban mozog, mint tealattad.

The horse moves more freely under me than under you.

Synonym of alattam (with an added emphasis on the person).


gabbacristiani

it-noun

gabbacristiani m or f by sense (invariable)

Verb-object compound, composed of gabba (“to deceive”) + cristiani (“Christians”).


gabbacompagno

Verb-object compound, composed of gabba (“to deceive”) + compagno (“companion”).


care home

A place of residence for people who have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly, but who do not need constant nursing care.


giragiare

Verb-object compound, composed of gira (“to turn”) + giare (“jars”), from the rotating jars containing the balls and the material to be ground.

any of various types of grinding mill, but especially a ball mill


tealattad

[ˈtɛɒlɒtːɒd]

tealattad

Synonym of alattad (with an added emphasis on the person).


leccaciuffi

Verb-object compound, composed of lecca (“to lick”) + ciuffi (“tufts of hair”).


metesaca

Verb-verb compound, composed of mete (“insert”) + saca (“pull out”).


mallgoth

en-noun

mallgoth (countable and uncountable, plural mallgoths)

From mall (“enclosed shopping centre”) + goth (“person who is part of the goth subculture”), suggesting that they purchase their clothes from mainstream retail outlets.

compound

MallGoths are young in age, spending the majority of their time after school at the mall. […] MallGoths dress differently to seem "in the know," when, in actuality, they have no clue what Goth culture really is. To them, Goth is a fashion statement and nothing more.

2007, Raven Digitalis [pseudonym?], “Goth”, in Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture, Woodbury, Minn.: Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 35:

“Lester, what the fuck?” he said, grinning and laughing as he clapped Lester on the shoulder, taking a young mall-goth’s five bucks out of a hand whose fingernails were painted with chipped black polish. “What the hell is going on here?”

2009 November, Cory Doctorow, “Part II”, in Patrick Nielsen Hayden, editor, Makers (A Tor Book), New York, N.Y.: Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 174:

[A]lternative teen culture was really concentrated, with mallgoths, emos, and (shudder) scene kids sharing equal grounds on Myspace.

2015 May 4, Mary Grace Garis, “How Pete Wentz Invented Guyliner … Kind of”, in Bustle, New York, N.Y.: Bustle Media Group, archived from the original on 2023-09-25:

“Funnily enough ‘mallgoth’ was meant to be a bit of an insult,” explains Trinity Levy, the Arizona-based high school senior who started the Instagram account @1990smallgoth. “Being called a mallgoth was the equivalent of being called a poser. The purpose of it was to describe the kids who loved Marilyn Manson and bought Tripp pants from Hot Topic back in the day, but still identified or were seen as goth. I'd say that that broad description is still true at its core. Despite its name, it doesn’t have anything at all to do with the goth subculture besides sharing a few aesthetics.”

2019 March 11, Tom Rasmussen, “The IG [Instagram] Documenting the Hot Topic Mallgoths of the 90s and 00s”, in Dazed, London: Dazed Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-08:

Next, are the wannabe mall-goths of the 2000s. Self-proclaimed "e-girls" and "e-boys" sporting chain link chokers and belts, big black bell bottoms, outfits plastered with images of roses, and "emo" accessories and makeup that strives for a look that breaks society's conventions, but falls short.

2019 April 26, Nevàn Campos, “Three Overused Fashion Trends”, in The Oarsman, Los Angeles, Calif.: Venice High School, archived from the original on 2023-02-02:

My own teen encounters with the look occurred during the ’90s reign of Hot Topic mall goths, an era Jeremy Scott gleefully—and a good deal less restrainedly—celebrates in his Moschino collection, an exuberant gathering of Halloween kitsch that will likely make traditional goths groan.

2019 October 29, Heather Christle, “It’s Officially Spooky Season. Here’s How to Dress for It Like an Adult.”, in Elle, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Magazine Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-08:

(countable) Originally (derogatory), an inauthentic or trendy goth; now, a person who dresses in goth-inspired clothes, is interested in industrial metal and nu metal music, etc.

mallgoth-gootti

inauthentic or trendy goth; person who dresses in goth-inspired clothes, is interested in industrial metal and nu metal music, etc.


lanzacohetes

Verb-object compound, composed of lanza (“to launch”) + cohetes (“rockets, firecrackers”).

es-verb-obj

rocket-propelled grenade
rocket-propelled grenade


pasapurés

Verb-object compound, composed of pasa (“to pass”) + purés (“purees, mashes”).


pressacavo

Verb-object compound, composed of pressa (“to press”) + cavo (“cable”).


botafumeiro

From botar (“to throw”) + fume (“smoke”) + -eiro.


scaldacollo

Verb-object compound, composed of scalda (“to heat, to warm”) + collo (“neck”).

neckwarmer or snood (short, thick scarf)


scopaamico

Verb-object compound, composed of scopa (“to fuck, to shag”) + amico (“friend (male)”).


segnaccento

Verb-object compound, composed of segna (“to mark”) + accento (“stress”).


cazafantasmas

es-noun

cazafantasmas m or f by sense (plural cazafantasmas)

Verb-object compound, composed of caza (“to hunt”) + fantasmas (“ghosts”).


snow plow

(American spelling) Alternative form of snowplow


snow plow

en-verb

snow plow (third-person singular simple present snow plows, present participle snow plowing, simple past and past participle snow plowed)

snow plows (present singular third-person)
snow plowing (participle present)
snow plowed (participle past)
snow plowed (past)


tirapranzi

Verb-object compound, composed of tira (“to pull”) + pranzi (“meals”).


turabottiglie

Verb-object compound, composed of tura (“to cork”) + bottiglie (“bottles”).

machine used to put corks or other stoppers into bottles