A

head

A (upper case, lower case a, plural As or A's)

From Middle English and Old English upper case letter A and split of Middle English and Old English upper case letter Æ.
* The Old English letters A and Æ replaced the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letters ᚪ (a, “āc”) and ᚫ (æ, “æsc”), derived from the Runic letter ᚫ (a, “Ansuz”), in the 7th century.

Apple starts with A.

Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]

1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

The first letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.


A

Item A is "foods", item B is "drinks".

The ordinal number first, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.


f

f (lower case, upper case F, plural fs or f's)

Old English lower case letter f, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case f of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ (f, “fe”).

The sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.


f

The ordinal number sixth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.


i

i (lower case, upper case I, plural is or i's)

The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.


i

The ordinal number ninth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.


gold

en-adj

gold (not generally comparable, comparative golder, superlative goldest)

golder (comparative)
goldest (superlative)
gould (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *golþ, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Related to yellow; see there for more. Germanic cognates include Dutch goud, German Gold, Norwegian gull, Swedish guld, and cognates from other Indo-European languages include Latvian zelts, Russian зо́лото (zóloto), Persian زرد (zard, “yellow, golden”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya).

der

a gold chain

Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.

1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:


of

Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *ab
Old English æf
Old English of
Middle English of
English of
From Middle English of, from Old English of (“from, out of, off”), an unstressed form of æf, from Proto-West Germanic *ab, from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away; away from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“away”). Doublet of off, which is the stressed descendant of the same Old English word. More at off.

etymon

ov (alternative)
o (alternative)
o' (alternative)
a (alternative)

genitive construction (إِضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa)) is used – i.e. the thing owned is followed by the owner in the genitive case

...之

in classical Chinese and in set expressions

possessive construction (a son of a teacher = mab dyskador; the son of a/the teacher = mab a dhyskador; a/the son of the teacher = mab an dyskador)

-ja/-je (attached to property instead of owner, e.g. Péter autója)

-nak/-nek (dative) (used together with -ja/-je, e.g. Péternek az autója)

rumah Andi

possessor is simply placed after the possession

izāfa

اِضافَہ (izāfa)

de

connecting numeral or quantifier with quantified

de (not used with quantifiers like todo, nem todo, para todo)

subjective genitive: connecting action noun with subject

genitive construction is used - the verbal noun is followed by the subject in the genitive case

van

objective genitive: connecting action noun with object

genitive construction used - a verbal noun is modified by the object in the genitive

a verbal noun is modified by the object in the genitive case

i

(to tell the time) before, to, e.g. a quarter of three (2:45)

он минут ж.б.с.> қалды/бар

-ğa/ge <ширек, он минут ж.б.с.> qaldy/bar

туларга <(унбиш минут һ.б.ш.)>

I’ll be ready at ten of two

What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.

I'll be ready by five of noon.

"Fellow Democrats," he began, "I left Washington at a quarter of two this morning […]"

1940 June 17, “Little Bull Booed”, in Time:

Quarter of seven. Fifteen minutes to go.

1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 194:

(chiefly US) Before (the hour); to (the hour).

I’ll be ready at ten of

I’ll be ready at 1:50, or 2:50, or whatever time ending in 50 makes most sense in context.

Wednesday was more of the same. Out at 08:30, got to the office by quarter of, clients all day.

2022 May 16, Ariel Levine, 09:20 from the start, in Giancarlo Esposito, director, Better Call Saul S6E6: Axe and Grind (TV series), spoken by Private Investigator (Lennie Loftin):

Expressing a point in time.
Before (the hour); to (the hour).
Often used without the hour


PB

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of pebibyte.


MB

MBs (plural)
mb (alternative adverb interjection)

(military, US) Initialism of marine barracks.


TB

(sports) Initialism of Tampa Bay: a bay of Florida, United States, on which are located the cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg.


ME

(linguistics) Initialism of Middle English.


OH

Abbreviation of Ohio: a state of the United States.


us

Derived from the similarity between the letter u and the Greek letter µ.

;wait 500 us

2002, Peter Spasov, Microcontroller Technology, the 68HC11, page 489:

The standard units are ns (nanoseconds), us (microseconds), ms (milliseconds), sec (seconds), min (minutes), and hr (hours).

2012, Peter Feiler, David Gluch, Model-Based Engineering with AADL:

Because the flash devices are local to the server, the latencies can be microseconds (us) instead of milliseconds (ms) and eliminate some traffic that would normally have gone over the storage network.

2014, Michael Corey, Jeff Szastak, Michael Webster, Virtualizing SQL Server with VMware: Doing IT Right, page 198:


e

(Stenoscript) the long vowel /iː/ at the end of a word, or before a final consonant that is not /dʒ, v, z/. (Note: the final consonant is not written; [ɪə˞] counts as /iːr/.)


b

head

b (lower case, upper case B, plural bs or b's)

The second letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.


b

The ordinal number second, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.


c

exception: saw is written s

(Stenoscript) Abbreviation of see and inflections sees, seen, seeing.


d

d (lower case, upper case D, plural ds or d's)

From the Old English lower case letter d, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case d of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛞ.

Rupert. I am told so, sir. But then so does the other Cadell. A devastating creature who spells it with two d’s.

1929, Patrick Hamilton, Rope, New York City: Samuel French, Act I, page 30:

The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.


d

The ordinal number fourth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.


g

g (lower case, upper case G, plural gs or g's)

The seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.


g

The ordinal number seventh, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.


k

k (lower case, upper case K, plural ks or k's)

The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.


k

The ordinal number eleventh, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.


m

m (lower case, upper case M, plural ms or m's)

The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.


m

The ordinal number thirteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.


GB

(Internet slang) Initialism of God bless.


ë

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨e⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the FACE vowel, as in the word "cafe".


XXX

Motion Picture Association of America
X rating

1969 (see quotations). Reduplication of X (“an age rating denoting content suitable for adults”), in reference to the X rating introduced by the Motion Picture Association of America on 1 November 1968 for films containing extreme violence, heavily implied (originally softcore) sex and obscene language. Film posters began to include multiple exes (but skipping two) in order to imply even more extreme, hardcore content, particularly in relation to pornography (although many actually contained the same content as X-rated films). Compare XXXX. The original X rating was superseded by NC-17 in 1990; see also R-18.

rdp

/ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/

[bottom right] XXX
SO ADULT ONE 'X' ISN'T ENOUGH!

1969, Starlet! (film poster), Entertainment Ventures:

Denotes extreme or hardcore pornography.


XXX

en-adj

XXX (comparative more XXX, superlative most XXX)

more XXX (comparative)
most XXX (superlative)

/ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/

Pornography—or "porno," to use the hip term—is intended primarily to sexually arouse the viewer, or reader, or maybe listener. Porno films enjoy graphic realism. These are the XXX films.

1973, William Rotsler, Contemporary Erotic Cinema, Penthouse/Ballantine, page 26:

The pornography industry, like all industries, is in the business of making money. Pornography makes a lot of money-from Playboy magazine to XXX videos. This industry would obviously produce, and capitalize upon, pornography for women as well, if a demand existed.

1995, Paul R. Abramson, Steven D. Pinkerton, With Pleasure: Thoughts on the Nature of Human Sexuality, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 72–73:

Other global taboos, such as sex and suicide, manifest themselves widely online, with websites offering suicide guides and Hot XXX Action seconds away at the click of a button. The UK government will come under pressure to block access to pornographic websites this year when a committee of MPs publishes its report on protecting children online.

2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, in The Guardian:

Extreme or hardcore pornography; or, less strictly, any pornographic content.


XXX

Unknown. Possibly from X, a graphic derivative of the skull and crossbones (“indicator of death”). For other possible explanations, see Beer measurement § Saltire marks on WikipediaWikipedia.

pedia

/ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/


XXX

/ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/

(hardcore punk) Straight edge (lifestyle and subculture).


AAA

Ahead of one of the busiest travel periods of the year, the American Automobile Association (AAA) said more than 112 million people planned to travel 50 miles (80 km) or more from home between 23 December and 2 January.

2022 December 23, Jon Henley, Edward Helmore, Maya Yang, “Gigantic US winter storm leaves millions without power and cancels holiday plans”, in The Guardian:

American Automobile Association
w:American Automobile Association

(US, automotive) Initialism of American Automobile Association.


TM

SuperAcme™ is a trademark of Acme Incorporated.


TM

en-noun

TM (countable and uncountable, plural TMs)

(LGBTQ) Initialism of trans man or trans male.

translation memory
translation memory#English

(translation studies) Initialism of translation memory.

(computing) Initialism of Turing machine.

(UK, telecommunications, historical) Initialism of telephone manager.


SM

SM (countable and uncountable, plural SMs)

(US, astronautics) Initialism of service module.

(US, military) Abbreviation of standard missile.


SM

(Philippines) SM Supermalls (a chain of shopping malls)


ne

Then, he had only chuckled again and said, “Well, we got him on the way, ne?”

1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 6:

(New Zealand) "Isn't that so?" (used in representations of Maori English).


A: someone hlep me pls im always losing!!!1!
B: Thats bcuz ur st00pid!!!!!11!!oneone!!1!!eleven!1

(Internet slang, leetspeak, sarcastic) Deliberate misspelling of !, imitating someone who is too excited to consistently press the shift key while typing exclamation marks.

(gaming, often derogatory) Abbreviation of one-shot or one-shotted.


(sports, skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 180 (“180° spin”).


manĝi, manĝu, manĝis "eat, eat!, ate"


ky

(metrology) Symbol for kiloyear, an SI unit of time equal to 10³ years.


AAC

American Cement Corporation, stock exchange symbol.


AAC

(dated) Australian Air Corps, now known as Royal Australian Air Force

Army Air Corps
w:Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)

(British English, US) Initialism of Army Air Corps; Army Air Corps.


YBP

Baked clay ornaments and other objects dating from 28,000 YBP have been discovered in Eastern Europe, […]

2022, Cherl-Ho Lee, Korean Food and Foodways: The Root of Health Functional Food, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 23:

(archaeology, geology, paleontology) Initialism of years before present.


ʀ

(lexicography) Indicates non-English R sounds (e.g. IPA [r, ʁ]) in unassimilated loans.


ə

(superscript ⟨ᵊ⟩) optional schwa, e.g. \băt′ᵊl\ for battle.

(superscript ⟨ᵊ⟩) French final schwa, as in \bᴀstôn′yᵊ\ for Bastogne.

(lexicography) schwa, e.g. \sō′fə\ for sofa.


ʜ

(lexicography) Indicates the Scottish or unassimilated German /x/ – e.g. \lôʜ\ for loch or \bâʜ\ for Bach.


ʏ

(lexicography) Indicates IPA [y, ʏ] in unassimilated French or German loans.


ʉ

+ r

(lexicography) An element of the digraph ʉr, a dictionary transcription for the NURSE vowel


ɶ

(lexicography) Indicates IPA [ø, œ] in unassimilated French or German loans.


ɴ

IPA

(obsolete, pre-1900 IPA) Used to represent either a palatal nasal [ɲ] or a velar nasal [ŋ], depending on the language.


(dated, military) Ellipsis of German 88 (“WWII German 88mm anti-aircraft artillery piece”).


G–d for God


ŭ

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the STRUT vowel


ur a *!

*t

*fish

(text messaging) Used to replace the sounds /stɑː(ɹ)/ (star) in any word that has this pronunciation or similar.

f**k

sh*t

(text messaging) Used to replace censor profanities.


ä

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the PALM vowel


en-verb

@ (third-person singular simple present @s, present participle @ing, simple past and past participle @ed)

Honestly, don't @ me if you don't have anything nice to say.

He angrily @ed me after I made an innocent comment.

She regularly tweets career updates and quirky jokes to her seventy thousand followers, but she rarely @s other people.

2023, R. F. Kuang, Yellowface, The Borough Press, page 2:

(Internet slang, transitive) To reply to or speak to someone, either online or face to face. (from the practice of targeting a message or reply to someone online by writing @name)


The at-sign (@) resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o.

-a-o-@

Chican@, Filipin@, Latin@, Mestiz@

Forming gender-neutral versions of Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a.

Kosov@; Pin@y

By extension, sometimes used to blend other pairs of words that differ by being spelled with o vs a.


Firſt of all bring Copper with ☿ ſublimate, and fixt Arſenick to bee white, yea as white as ☾, then beat it ſmall.

1650, Paracelsus, “Of the Nature of Things”, in John French, transl., A New Light of Alchymie, page 74:


(indicating emotion): Perhaps borrowed from Japanese ~, 〜, 〰, emphatic form of ー (long vowel mark).

cõtempt — contempt

The begyñyng off the Goſpell of Ieſu Chriſt the ſonne off God / as yt ys written in the prophettꝭ[…]

1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark j:[1–2], folio xliij, verso:

And he [Jesus] made a ſcourge off ſmale cordes / and drave thẽ all out off the temple / bothe ſhepe and oxen / ãd powred doune the changers money / and overthrue their tables.

1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, John ij:[15], folio cxxj, verso:

And immediatly his fete ãd anclebones receaved ſtrenght / and he ſprange / ſtode / ãd alſo walked / ãd entred with them into the temple walkinge / and leapynge / and laudynge god.

1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts iij:[7–8], folio clvij, recto:

And you ſhall finde, that the ſcriptures will instruct the man of God vnto all good works, & make him wiſe vnto ſaluation, if theſe wil not ſerue your turn, ſeeke where you wil, & find yͤ deuil & eternal damnatiõ.

1580, T. Stapleton and Martiall (Two Popish Heretikes) Confuted, and of Their Particular Heresies Detected, London: Middleton, Henrie, page 167:

Yet could she for some yeares, so carry her selfe among them, that they found cause in the delicacie of her sex, of admiration, not of cõtempt : & which was notable, even in the time that many countries were full of wars (which for old grudges to Corinth were thought still would conclude there) yet so hãdled she the matter, that the threatens ever smarted in the threatners; she using so straũge, and yet so well‐succeeding a temper, that she made her people by peace, warlike ; her courtiers by sports, learned ; her Ladies by Love, chast.

c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “[The Thirde Booke] Chapter 21”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC, folio 283, recto:

The Lord is not ſlacke cõcerning his promiſe (as ſome men count ſlackneſſe)[…].

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Peter 3:9, column 2:

Written on a letter, usually a vowel, in place of an omitted n or m.


B

From abbreviations of various terms beginning with or containing the letter ‘B’.
* (billion): abbreviation of billion
* (cricket): abbreviation of balls
* (bitch): abbreviation of bitch

$2.8 B

two point eight billion dollars (i.e., $2,800,000,000)

The quantity one billion (1,000,000,000), usually used to signify a sum of money.

You’re a fuckboy whose most used phrase is, "wag one b, wys?"[.] Pulling girls at Gravity Monday is the highlight of your week. You constantly send selfies flexing your muscles and showing off your ‘six pack.’

2018 October 8, Ruby Bloom, “What your favourite social media says about you”, in The Tab:

Green’s Dictionary of Slang
w:Green's Dictionary of Slang

(chiefly African-American Vernacular, MLE) Abbreviation of blood or blud: used to address a friend, especially a male.

blood or blud

Mind your Bs and Ts
[…] And if the combined efforts of macrophages, b cells and t cells are sufficient, the pathogen will be beaten back and eventually cleared from the body.

2020 May 2, “Leaving lockdown means understanding immune responses to the virus”, in The Economist:


B

(Stenoscript) A suffix ending in -ble, optionally with a preceding vowel (-ible, -able).


C

head

C (upper case, lower case c, plural Cs or C's)

Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]

1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.


C

The ordinal number third, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.


E

Sick Boy brings oot some E. White doves; ah think. It's mental gear. Most Ecstasy hasnae any MDMA in it, it's just likesay, ken, part speed, part acid in its effects . . .

1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 156:

And I don't quite understand just what this feeling is / But that's okay cause we're all sorted out for E's and wizz

1995, “Sorted For E’s and Wizz”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), Different Class, performed by Pulp:

You mentioned you were taking stuff. Did you mean ecstasy? / What else? It’s excellent. I’m not an addict or nothing, and I steer clear of crack and that. People say E is for losers but, hey, I’d never be without some eccy in my bag.

2002, Hugh Mackay, Winter Close, Sydney: Hodder Headline, →ISBN, page 85:

(slang) The drug ecstasy (MDMA), particularly in pill form.

(chiefly LGBTQ) Abbreviation of estrogen or estradiol.

1999, Julian Stallabrass, High Art Lite: British Art in the 1990s, Verso, →ISBN, page 25,
In line with this, he is marketed not only as a mental innocent, but as a class primitive, someone who only got an E in A-level art […]

a'''2003, Rick, quoted in Linda MacDowell, Redundant Masculinities?: Employment Change and White Working Class Youth, Blackwell Publishing (2003), →ISBN, page 198,
My results weren’t that great, to be honest. I weren’t right happy with them; I got an E in Maths and that were a surprise, but I did get a B in Technology – that were all right.

2005, S. J. Smith, Joe Public, Virtualbookworm Publishing, →ISBN, page 125,
Not really, but perhaps I’d have got an ‘E’ in Tech Drawing no matter how much I’d asserted myself. Maybe Mr. Pinkerton would have seen to it that my exam paper was tampered with. A spot of teacher to student revenge.

2005, Craig Taylor, Light, Reverb, →ISBN, page 103,
But she didn’t get the bit about my accidental artistic career, “But you can’t draw love. You got an E in your exam. I remember that. You drew that onion that looked like a boil.”

The grade below D in some grading systems. In most such systems, it is a failing grade.

The pilot episode is S01E01.

Abbreviation of episode (“installment of a series”).


F

F (upper case, lower case f, plural Fs or F's)

On several occasions, indeed, he did learn E, F, G, H, but by the time he knew them, it was always discovered that he had forgotten A, B, C, and D.

The sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.


F

The ordinal number sixth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.


Gal

(metrology) The symbol for the cgs unit of acceleration, gal or galileo.


J

J (upper case, lower case j, plural Js or J's)

j (lowercase)
Js (plural)
J's (plural)
J. (alternative)
j. (alternative)
j (alternative)

The tenth letter of the English alphabet, called jay and written in the Latin script.


Ob

A river in Russia; the westernmost of the three great Siberian rivers.


Ob

(category theory) The set of objects of a category.


V

V (upper case, lower case v, plural Vs or V's)

The twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, called vee and written in the Latin script.


RE

en-noun

RE (countable and uncountable, plural REs)


PRINTED FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS, BRIDGE STREET, BLACKFRIARS, BY B. M‘MILLAN, BOW STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

1809, A Voyage to the Demerary, Containing a Statistical Account of the Settlements there, and of Those on the Essequebo, the Berbice, and Other Contiguous Rivers of Guyana, London, →OCLC:

So saying, she sate down at a little distance upon the bench on which Allan M‘Aulay was placed, and tuning her clairshach, a small harp, about thirty inches in height, she accompanied it with her voice.

1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter VI, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume III (A Legend of Montrose), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 274:

An’ Willie, the poet, o’ paper run scant, / Has spoilt a’ his auld minnie’s wa’s wi’ his scribblery, / Wi’ a burned stick end he has written a rant— / They’re black as the deevil wi’ Meggie M‘Givelry.

1847, John Halliday, “Meggie M‘Givelry”, in The Rustic Bard, or, A Voice from the People; Being Miscellaneous Poems and Songs, Galashiels: James Brown, […], page 319:

Indicating the omission of the letters ac in the patronymic Mac-, or the letter c in the patronymic Mc-.


tho’, they’ll, ’65, ’ospital

Indicating the omission of letters or digits.


EB

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of exbibyte.


é

café, resumé, animé

For details and for less common usage, see the entry for the acute accent, ⟨◌́⟩.

Found chiefly in words borrowed from other languages. When it occurs as the last letter of the word, it indicates that the e is not silent.


ā

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the FACE vowel.


x

head

x (lower case, upper case X, plural xs or x's)

The twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, called ex and written in the Latin script.


û

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨u⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the GOOSE vowel, as in the word "rude".


ē

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the FLEECE vowel


psig

Pounds per square inch, gauge (unit of pressure)


If thou wilt turne ♄ into ♃ make plates of ♄, ſtrow them with Salt Armoniack, cement, and melt them, as aboveſaid, ſo will all the blackneſſe, and darkneſſe bee taken away from the Lead, and it will be in whiteneſſe like fair Engliſh Tin.


But that the five leſſer, and impurer Metalls, viz. ♀ ♃ ♄ ♂ and ☿ may be tranſmuted into the greater, pureſt, and moſt perfect Metalls, viz. into ☉ and ☾, it cannot be done without the Tincture, or Philoſophers ſtone.

1650, Paracelsus, “Of the Nature of Things”, in John French, transl., A New Light of Alchymie, page 73:


ă

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the TRAP vowel


(Shavian) the 'namer dot' that optionally precedes proper names to mark them as such.


â

(lexicography) An element of the digraph âr, a dictionary transcription for the SQUARE vowel


î

(lexicography) An orthographic ⟨i⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the FLEECE vowel, as in the word "machine".


ĕ

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the DRESS vowel


ō

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOAT vowel


ß

You're full of scheiße!

Occasionally used in loanwords from German.

As in nombers Abſtracte, euery nomber is not a rooted nomber, but ſome certaine only emongeſt theim, ſo in nombers Coßike, all nombers haue not rootes: but ſoche onely emongeſt ſimple Coßike nombers are rooted, whoſe nomber hath a roote, agreable to the figure of his denomination.

1557, Robert Recorde, The Whetstone of Witte […], London: […] Jhon Kyngſtone, unnumbered page:

I am alſo aſſured by a Neighbour of mine, that a Brother of his, who is a great Cider Merchant in Devonſhire, is by frequent experience ſo well ſatisfied with the harmleſneſs of rotten Apples, that he makes no ſcruple of exchanging with any one that comes to his Cider-preß, a Buſhel of ſound-apples for the ſame meaſure of the other.

1664, John Newburgh, “[Pomona, or An Appendix Concerning Fruit-trees, in Relation to Cider, […].] Observations Concerning the Making and Preserving of Cider.”, in J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC, page 43:

After my Addreß to our Great Founder and Patron, I could not but think my ſelf oblig'd, in conſideration of thoſe many Ingagements you have laid upon me, to offer theſe my poor Labours to this MOST ILLUSTRIOUS ASSEMBLY.

1665, R[obert] Hooke, “To the Royal Society”, in Micrographia: Or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:

And what happineſs is there in a ſtorm of paſſions? On this account the Scepticks affected an indifferent æquipondious neutrality as the only means to their Ataraxia, and freedom from paßionate diſturbances.

1665, Joseph Glanvill, chapter XXVII, in Scepsis Scientifica: […], London: E. Cotes, page 168:

Paß, a Way, Lane, River, Leave; alſo condition. What a Sad Paß things are come to? In what an ill State they are. That Shamm won't Paß, that Trick won't take.

c. 1698, B. E., A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew, London: W. Hawes, published 1899, unnumbered page:

(obsolete, rare) A ligature representing in italic text.


ô

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the THOUGHT vowel; also an orthographic ⟨o⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as having that value, as in the word "nor".


ô

O all you hoſt of heauen, ô earth, what els, / And ſhall I coupple hell, ô fie, hold, hold my hart, […]

c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v], signature D3, verso:


ü

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOOSE vowel


ġ

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨g⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /d͡ʒ/, as in the word "giant".


en-noun

12 (countable and uncountable, plural 12s)

Adam-12
Migos
Y.R.N. (Young Rich Niggas)
killing of Michael Brown

Of uncertain origin. Widespread use of the phrase as an anti-police slogan grew following the 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
* Possibly from 1312, an alternative form of ACAB (“all cops are bastards”) in which the letters are substituted with their position in the alphabet.
* Alternatively, from the American police procedural television series Adam-12 (1968–1975), in which 1-Adam-12 refers to a patrol unit and its radio call sign.
Likely popularized by "F*ck 12", a song by American hip-hop group Migos from their 2013 mixtape Y.R.N. (Young Rich Niggas), which uses 12 in reference to the police while describing a narcotics raid: “12 kickin' in my front door […] 12 in my home, they won't leave me alone”.

fuck 12

(US, slang, derogatory) Police or law enforcement, collectively.


(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 1260 (“1260° spin”)


American football
American football#English

(sports) Used by fans of American football, positioning themselves as the 12th member of an 11-player team.


The alphanumeric code for AB, an initialism for the Aryan Brotherhood.

(neo-Nazism) The Aryan Brotherhood: an American white supremacist, neo-Nazi prison gang and crime syndicate.


^H

A representation of ASCII character 0x08, which is backspace.

Read the fuc^H^Hine manual.

(Internet slang, usually humorous) Delete that last character.


(canoeing) A class of canoe for a single kneeling person.


(canoeing) A class of canoe for two kneeling people.


(canoeing) A class of kayak for two seated people.


(canoeing) A class of canoe for four seated people.


ɢ

(lexicography) Used in the digraph ⟨ɴɢ⟩ for the /ŋ/ sound.


ö

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the THOUGHT vowel


ᴀ

(lexicography) Indicates IPA [a] in unassimilated loans (e.g. French ami, Spanish casa).


ꜱ

(lexicography) Used in the digraph ⟨ꜱʜ⟩ for the /ʃ/ sound.


ᴢ

(lexicography) Used in the digraph ⟨ᴢʜ⟩ for the /ʒ/ sound.

ᴀ ʙ ᴄ ᴅ ᴇ ꜰ ɢ ʜ ɪ ᴊ ᴋ ʟ ᴍ ɴ ᴏ ᴘ ꞯ ʀ ꜱ ᴛ ᴜ ᴠ ᴡ ʏ ᴢ


ȧ

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the BATH vowel


ạ

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨a⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the THOUGHT vowel, as in the word "call".


ė

(lexicography) Indicates the HAPPY vowel (final vowel of happy).


ị

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨i⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /j/, as in the word "peculiar".


ṡ

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨s⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /z/, as in the word "his".


cr

(accounting) Abbreviation of creditor or credit.


addressed to the subject, i.e. care of (℅)


ŏ

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the LOT vowel


Marks the Braille character that follows as a capital letter.


Starts or stops formatting within a word


Marks the beginning or end of capitalization or emphasis that does not span an entire word.

(meter) Marks the end of a metrical foot.


Marks the single following letter as Greek


(Unified English Braille) typographic arrow indicator


A strike-out to cover up a typing/embossing error, or to mark a missing value in a table.


PRO

PRO (countable and uncountable, plural PROs)

pressure retarded osmosis
pressure retarded osmosis#English

Initialism of pressure retarded osmosis.


An R with a cross-stroke indicating an abbreviation (of recipe, response, retrograde etc). In the case of a prescription, abbreviating Latin recipe (“take this”, second-person singular imperative of recipiō); it is sometimes typeset as, or even interpreted as, a digraph Rx. Compare also Dx (“diagnose, diagnosis”) and Hx (“history”).

der

second-person singular imperative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">recipiō</i>

(medicine, pharmacy, Canada, US, Philippines) Prescription.


`gt`

Unsupported titles/Enclosing less than greater than#Translingual

See < > for uses of these symbols enclosing other characters.


Witneſſe their power in Plants, Herbes, Corne, and what is Vegitable, whoſe Seeds diverſly proſper, or decay, according to the ſtate of the ☽ with the ☉ at the time of their ſowing.

1652, Elias Ashmole, Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum, page 451:


ī

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the PRICE vowel


ū

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOOSE vowel


VSS

(computing) Microsoft Volume Snapshot Service

(surveillance) Virtual Security System software


VSS

(pharmacokinetics), apparent volume of distribution at steady state

(electronics), one of the power-supply pins on some integrated circuits


KYD

(US, military) One thousand yards, a unit of measurement.


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠡ ch


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠕ o


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠗ r


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠝ n


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠟ q


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠞ t


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠥ u


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠮ the


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠱ wh


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠹ th


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠺ w


ppbv

right now: 71° — mostly clear — 08:29:14 am — 68% humidity — wind: 10.5 mph — ozone: 25 ppbv — rain (24hrs): 0.00"


ʹ

(lexicography) Alternative form of ′ (stress mark).


ĭ

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the KIT vowel


It⁺⁶

Italian augmented sixth chord
Italian augmented sixth chord


Fr⁺⁶

French augmented sixth chord
French augmented sixth chord


German augmented sixth chord
German augmented sixth chord


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠓ h


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠑ e


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠋ f


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠍ m


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠅ k


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠇ l


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠙ d


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠎ s


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠏ p


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠽ y


The logogram prefix ⠘ and the letter ⠮ the


The logogram prefix ⠘ and the letter ⠹ th


The logogram prefix ⠘ and the letter ⠥ u


The logogram prefix ⠘ and the letter ⠺ w


The logogram prefix ⠘ and the letter ⠱ wh


The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠉ c


The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠍ m


The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠓ h


The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠮ the


The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠎ s


The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠺ w


(Ethiopic Braille) the word divider, ⟨፡⟩


The emphasis mark ⠨ and the final letter ⠙


The emphasis mark ⠨ and the final letter ⠞


The emphasis mark ⠨ and the final letter ⠑


The emphasis mark ⠨ and the final letter ⠎


The emphasis mark ⠨ and the final letter ⠝


The letter marker ⠰ and the final letter ⠝


The letter marker ⠰ and the final letter ⠽


The letter marker ⠰ and the final letter ⠎ (s).


The letter marker ⠰ and the final letter ⠑


The letter marker ⠰ and the final letter ⠞


The letter marker ⠰ and the final letter ⠇


The letter marker ⠰ and the final letter ⠛


The capital-letter marker ⠠ and the final letter ⠽


The capital-letter marker ⠠ and the final letter ⠝


(Braille) The multiplication sign, × or *


* The fraction bar in Grade 2 braille, ⠌


* From ⠎, the letter S, which resembles the dollar sign $


(mathematics) the proportionality sign, ∷


Rs

After a hunt lasting more than a year-and-a-half, police have arrested a couple for duping around 2 lakh people in one of India's biggest investment frauds involving an estimated Rs 1,100 crore.

2012 November 13, Neeraj Chauhan, Dwaipayan Ghosh, “Couple from Maharashtra held for Rs 1,100 crore stock scam”, in Times of India:


selective service
selective service#English

conscientious objector
conscientious objector#English

A selective service class denoting that the registrant a conscientious objector available for alternate service contributing to maintenance of national health, safety, or interest.


a/A

(medicine) Arterial to alveolar oxygen ratio.


writing a hit w @jacobsartorius today
📠📠BIG FAX📠📠

Just speaking fax 📠

Money & Clout are NOT THE SAME 📠

Spittin' 📠

Grootman speaking 📠 this is why I'm off socials and love lowkey Huns👉👈


US$

The currency symbol for the United States dollar.


14 is from the Fourteen Words, a White nationalist slogan by David Lane. 14-88, 14/88, 88² are all tied to 74 in David's "Pyramid Prophecy" (each 14 Words slogan containing 74 characters and the value 741).
88 has also been used by some (albeit not Lane) to signify HH, an abbreviation of Heil Hitler with the letters replaced by their numerical position in the alphabet.

If you ever encounter a communist/marxist/leninist in a bar, etc, .... you know what to do.
Just remember, a roll of quarters and/or tin-foil.
1488
P.S.: Don't forget the phone book

1997 January 22, "Andrew Apollo" (user), in "Hi, I'm becky" in alt.skinheads, Usenet

I wish a happy birthday to the one true GOD, Adolf Hitler who awaits the day of reckoning in Valhalla! They will all one day know that you were right Mein Führer and the great day will come when the earth will be cleansed of the filth, the untermennschen, and the world will breath once again because it will be a bright, white, and clean world! Victory or Valhalla!! Heil Hitler! 1488!!!!!!!

2001 April 20, "Anonymous" (user), "Happy birthday Mein Führer!", in alt.fan.adolf-hitler, Usenet

"Wilhelm Kuhlmann" wrote in message
news:bb495161-399c-480f...@p37g2000prp.googlegroups.com...
> We encourage our readers to refer to Mr. Paul as Ron Paul 1488 as
> often as possible so this name will stick to him. The 14 stands for
> the Fourteen Words: ï¿½We must secure the existence of our people and a
> future for white children.ï¿½ H is the eighth letter of the alphabet so
> 88 stands for Heil Hitler.
Right. This is really going to hit home with about 14 people, maybe 88.

2011 August 22, "~M~" (user), "Re: OT: Ron Paul 1488: The Stormfront Candidate", in rec.gambling.poker, Usenet

For those who found the aggressive racism of the Daily Shoah too light, The Daily Stormer linked up the “1488 crowd”—the more traditional neo-Nazis—with the newest generation of the Alt Right.

2017 November 6, Shane Burley, Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It, AK Press, →ISBN:

Andrew Anglin, "Top Right-Wing Tweeter Jared Wyand Goes Full-1488, Condemns Jews," Daily Stormer, November 21, 2016.

2018, Yochai Benkler, Rob Faris, Harold Roberts, Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 415:

“One thing I see every once in a while is a 1488 represented with a pair of dice,” Pitcavage says.

2019 September 28, AJ Willingham, “These are the new symbols of hate”, in CNN:

He had helped “struggling” families with checks for 1488 euros: 14 refers to the supremacist slogan (“We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children”) and 88 is a code for Heil Hitler (twice the eighth letter[…]

2021 July 27, Gisela Pereyra Doval, Gastón Souroujon, Global Resurgence of the Right: Conceptual and Regional Perspectives, Routledge, →ISBN:

(neo-Nazism, white supremacy) A neo-Nazi symbol or dog whistle, used to signal one's support for Nazism, or as a greeting or expression of praise.


Mbit

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of mebibit.


Isp

specific impulse
specific impulse#English

(astronautics) Abbreviation of specific impulse.


(Internet slang) GOAT (greatest of all time)


/s

Based on pseudo–HTML code, in which a slash indicates the end of an element (for example, </b> marks the end of bold formatting). Originally written as </sarcasm> (to mark the end of a sarcastic message) with the block of text enclosed (see < >), this was later simplified to /sarcasm and eventually just /s.

Wow, I never would have guessed /s

This is just what I needed on a Monday. /s

2024 December 3, Alia Paavola, “Tone indicators: A complete list and how to use them”, in Textline:

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is sarcastic.


`lt`g`gt`

Call me old fashioned, but the cyberdong virtual dildo just didn't do it for me. […] PS= Does that make the cyberdong a dildon't? ... okay I apologize '

2007 May 12, FastWolf, “Re: Re: i like paris hilton (off topic, am i ever on topic?)”, in alt.drugs.hard (Usenet; in English), message-ID <ft2d43t7k9injhqvlhfssg5c8n89eejim3@4ax.com>

My soninlaw's Dad (lives here too) has had season tix to the Red Sox all his life and he bet on the Red Sox to go to the World Series before the season started. He is now VERY RICH ' because of that bet!

2004 October 22, Thankyou4beinAFriend, “Going NUTS here!!”, in alt.wisdom (Usenet):


ZB

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of zebibyte.


graphical user interface
graphical user interface

(graphical user interface) Indicates an emergency service or emergency response


kbit

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of kibibit.


μGal

(metrology) The acceleration of one millionth of a Gal; microgal.


mGal

(metrology) The acceleration of one thousandth of a Gal; milligal.


Rp

Borrowed from Indonesian Rp, abbreviated from rupiah.


Torr

Clipping of Torricelli. Named after Italian physicist wplink.

(metrology) The unit symbol for a torr (“unit of pressure”)


ips

The contest calls for a 15 to 17 minute mixed program (on cassette or 7½ ips quarter-track tape reel) of West End material only, and a five minute radio edit, marked with the DJ's name and address on the box.

July 3, 1982, Brian Chin, Billboard, page 40:

(audio engineering) Initialism of inch(es) per second.


ꜧ

(phonetics) A hypothetical or jocular phoneme in English, realized as [h] at the beginning of a syllable and as [ŋ] at the end of a syllable, so that e.g. hang would be transcribed /ˈꜧæꜧ/.


YB

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of yobibyte.


Gbit

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of gibibit.


Tbit

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of tebibit.


Pbit

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of pebibit.


Ebit

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of exbibit.


Zbit

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of zebibit.


Ybit

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of yobibit.


kibps

However, due to the technological constraints, data rates in today's ubiquitous wireless networks range from few kibps in outdoor environments to few Mbps in indoor environments.

2000, Moncef Elaoud, Adaptive Resource Allocation to Enhance the Quality of Service in Wireless Networks, page 65:

... including required communication quality ranging from BER = 10⁻⁶ and transmission rate ranging from several kibps to 10 Mbps, must be taken into consideration.

1996, International Conference on Universal Personal Communications, page 229:


Kibps

Ub 1996, an average capacity of 62 kibibits per second (Kibps) per inhabitant was available in the OECD countries, compared to the 13 Kibps available to LAC inhabitants (a difference of 49 Kibps), but by 2006 this difference had grown to 577 Kibps (756 versus 179).

2010, United Nations, Information Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean, →ISBN, page 50:


MiBps

You can add 100 MiBps increments of peak data throughput up to your system's hardware capacity by using FC 5268. [...] Host throughput on TS7700 clusters with 25 increments installed are not constrained at 2500 MiBps.

2017 April 11, IBM TS7700 Release 3.3, IBM Redbooks, →ISBN, pages 219–220:

The gp2 volumes have a throughput limit of 128 MiBps - 250 MiBps, depending on volume size.

2020 July 8, Implementing IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on AWS Version 8.3.1, IBM Redbooks, →ISBN:


Mibps

The recent installation of satellite networks and high-capacity cable in the region has helped slow the widening of the relative gap (figure II.4), but the absolute gap nonetheless increased from 8.5 Mibps in 1996 to 10.7 Mibps in 2005 (17.4 Mibps versus 6.7 Mibps).

2010, Information Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations, →ISBN, page 53:


GiBps

For the 416-million-element case of PHASTA on 32 Intrepid racks consisting of about 20 GiB, GLEAN was able to transfer this data in about 0.6s, achieving around 34 GiBps.

2014 October 23, High Performance Parallel I/O, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 222:

Even the 6-round variant of OPP is able to maintain high speeds at 0.75 cpb (4.67 GiBps) reducing the distance to the above competitors to factors of 1.37, 0.92, 2.78, and 1.28. [...] On Haswell MRS achieves 2.40 cpb (l = 4) and 3.58 cpb (l = 6) which translate to throughputs of 1.45 GiBps and 0.97 GiBps, respectively.

2016 April 27, Advances in Cryptology – EUROCRYPT 2016, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, →ISBN, page 288:


MiB/s

The CPUs can calculate 1 000 000 IPS and have an internal data transfer speed of 1000 MiB/s. The NICs can transfer up to 100 MiB/s and have a latency of 0.2 ms.

2012, Koen de Bosschere, Applications, Tools and Techniques on the Road to Exascale Computing, IOS Press, →ISBN, page 459:


/s/

Denotes the location of a signature on the original, signed copy on file.


(Canada, US, journalism) Indicates the end of a story, article, or press release that is submitted for editing and typesetting.


slpm

Initialism of standard liters per minute, a unit of air flow.


ftpmm

Abbreviation for the unit of measurement: flux transitions per millimeter


ftpi

Abbreviation for the unit of measurement: flux transitions per inch


ᵺ

(lexicography) Used in some American dictionaries for the sound /ð/, contrasting with ⟨th⟩ for /θ/.


/j

From / + abbreviation of joke or joking, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a joking manner.


/lh

From / + abbreviation of lighthearted, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a lighthearted (not serious) manner.


/srs

From / + abbreviation of serious, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

Please use tone indicators, they really help me! /pos /nm /gen /srs /nf

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a serious manner.


/gen

From / + abbreviation of genuine, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”). Coined by Twitter user Katerina Aston (@galactikaa) in 2020.

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a genuine manner.

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding question is genuine, as opposed to rhetorical.


/thread

The use of a slash is derived from HTML code, where the character is used to indicate the end of an element (for example, </b> marks the end of bold formatting). See also < >.

/thread. Everybody, go home.

2008 May 19, Nockermensch, “|[4E] Peeks at the books!”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet):

(Internet slang) Denotes that everything of worth has already been stated in a given message board thread.


/nm

From / + abbreviation of not mad, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the writer is not mad or otherwise upset.


/t

From / + abbreviation of tease or teasing, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is to be interpreted as teasing.


myBP

(archaeology, geology, paleontology) Initialism of million years before present.


(mathematics) the multiplication sign, ×


/hj

From / + abbreviation of half-joking, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is said half-jokingly.

Used to introduce uncertainty or deniability of whether a statement is literal or joking: Just kidding, unless…?


/rant

(Internet slang, humorous) Denotes the end of a rant.


/end rant

Synonym of /rant (“denotes the end of a rant”).


/uj

From / + abbreviation of unjerk, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang) Indicates seriousness or a pause to a circlejerk.


/rj

From / + abbreviation of rejerk, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang) Indicates a lack of seriousness or a resumption to a circlejerk.


o͝o

w:The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the FOOT vowel, used i.a. in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language


o͞o

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOOSE vowel, used i.a. in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language


/nsrs

From / + abbreviation of non-serious or not serious, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a non-serious manner.


/neg

From / + abbreviation of negative (compare neg), using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement has a negative connotation.


o̱

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨o⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the STRUT vowel, as in the word "son".


t͟h

(lexicography) Used in some American dictionaries for the sound /ð/, contrasting with ⟨th⟩ for /θ/.


k͟h

(lexicography) Indicates the Scottish or unassimilated German /x/ – e.g. \lôk͟h\ for loch or \bâk͟h\ for Bach.


c̣

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨c⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /s/, as in the word "celestial".


ǣ

close front unrounded vowel
w:close front unrounded vowel

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨æ⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as representing the close front unrounded vowel /i/.


ȳ

(lexicography) An orthographic ⟨y⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the PRICE vowel, as in the word "lyre".


T*

I just kept running into the problem of what to call non-T*people in various discussions, and one day it just hit me: non-trans = cis. Therefore, cisgendered.

1996 April 16, Carl Buijs, “A new perspective on an old topic”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet):

You say it is fake, artificial, unnatural. In essence, that we who are T* are these things. I am not unnatural - I'm exceedingly unusual (and not just becasue of my T*ness), but not unnatural - there was no human intervention that played with my DNA to give me the abilities that I have, or that made me whole brained and mostly ambidexterous, and there was no human intervention that diddled with my gender or my body (which ain't "normal" but it's sure natural). Far from fake, I make a true effort to be as honest, as open, as "real" if you like, as is possible. T*ism is just one facet of who I am; I am a complex human being.

1998 April 27, Kris, “I'm not a woman”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet):

The Albany clinic is a well-known organization in the UK which takes advantage of T*'s fear of outing and seeking private sources of hormones.

1999 August 29, sa_a...@my-deja.com, “Albany Gender Clinic”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet):

What has shocked me is the T* people I've met who wanted to talk with me about his stuff who are on HRT but living as male/men.

2000 December 6, Stephe Thayer, “Trapped or stuck in a woman's body”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet):

There are a lot of wiccan T*'s who, IMHO, tend to be a little outspoken of people of other religious convictions.

2002 November 14, Helen Smith, “Over-dialation possible?”, in alt.support.srs (Usenet):

(transgender slang, dated) Representing the word transgender.


ᴋ

(lexicography) Used in the digraph ⟨ᴋʜ⟩ or ⟨ᴋ͜ʜ⟩ for Scottish and unassimilated German /x/ – e.g. \lôᴋ͜ʜ\ for loch or \bâᴋ͜ʜ\ for Bach.


ᴛ

(lexicography) Used in the digraphs ⟨ᴛʜ⟩ and ⟨ᴛ͟ʜ⟩ for the sounds /θ/ and /ð/.


ᴄ

(lexicography) Used in the digraph ⟨ᴄʜ⟩ for the /t͡ʃ/ sound.


u̇

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the FOOT vowel


y̆

(lexicography) An orthographic ⟨y⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the KIT vowel, as in the word "typical".


c͟h

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨ch⟩ that represents the consonant /k/, as in the word "character".


s͞i

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨si⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /ʒ/, as in the word "division".


c͞i

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨ci⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /ʃ/, as in the word "delicious".


t͞i

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨ti⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /ʃ/, as in the word "attraction".


t͞h

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨th⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /t/, as in the name "Thomas" (capitalized T͞homas).


a᷍u

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨au⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the THOUGHT vowel, as in the word "maul".


e᷍u

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨eu⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the USE vowel, as in the word "neuter".


e͞w

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨ew⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the USE vowel, as in the word "lewd".


e᷍e

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨ee⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the FLEECE vowel, as in the word "heed".


e᷍i

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨i⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the PRICE vowel, as in the word "fine".


o᷍i

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨oi⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the CHOICE vowel, as in the word "oil".


a᷍i

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨ai⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the PRICE vowel, as in the word "aisle".


a͞a

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨a⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the TRAP vowel, as in the word "am".


a͞o

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨o⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the GOAT vowel, as in the word "alone".


a᷍a

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨a⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the SQUARE vowel, as in the word "fare".


a͟i

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨ai⟩ with the value of the FACE vowel, as in the word "hail".


She is a 🐀 but shes not annoying and you gotta at me she was 🔥

I told him last year that he is a 🐀 this guys fought me and I left the group no they are complaining 😂😂😂

so what’s this I’m hearing about 6ix9ine 🐀?

Now we have the statement from @scottborchetta trying to cover his ass. Not working btw. You are still a liar and a rat. 🐁🐁

She is a 🐁🐀

nigga I'm in da Fed's as I speak and that nigga made damaging statements that they will definitely use against thug he a 🐁 PERIOD

(Internet slang, euphemistic, possibly derogatory) A rat; an informant or snitch.


She is a 🐁🐀


🔜 Season 6

My favourite actor won a Golden Globe! 🔜 Oscar.

Precedes something which one hopes will be achieved.

I hope my package arrives 🔜 because I can no longer wait.


On a box or other packaging, indicates which way is upright.


🔙: Three years ago today, I bought my first house.

🔙 – on this day in 1912, the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage, killing about 1,500

(Internet slang) Precedes an occurrence in the past.

(transport) On road signage, indicates one must turn back.


/pos

From / + abbreviation of positive (compare pos), using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

why are all of your accounts all over my tl why are you everywhere /pos /rh

2023 November 17, @swallowedbysin_, Twitter:

2024 December 3, Alia Paavola, “Tone indicators: A complete list and how to use them”, in Textline:

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement has a positive connotation.


/neu

From / + abbreviation of neutral, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement has a neutral connotation.


A visual pun from the combination of two emoji, 🗑 (“trash, dumpster”) + 🔥 (“fire”). Popularised during the 2016 United States presidential election alongside the phrase dumpster fire.

What an awkward situation for NATO members. This looks like a 🗑🔥

The 49ers run defense this year is by far the worst run defense I've ever seen in my life. It's a straight 🗑🔥

2016 December 19, themicknartin, Twitter:

Tough when Trump didn't even know Puerto Ricans are American citizens. 🗑🔥

LOL, could you imagine being in the state stuck with Riverside, Fresno AND Bakersfield. What are we gonna call it "Methland"? 🗑🔥

"my entire life is one enormous dumpster fire"🗑🔥 same, mariah

And uhhh nobody needs to play Gun Survivor 2 anyway. 🗑🔥

(Internet slang, now generally uncommon) Trash fire, dumpster fire (a chaotic, unpleasant, unmanageable thing, situation, or person).


I am 🔛🔝 of the world!


Sense 2 is derived from the absence of an emoji or Unicode character for a rope; rather, this symbol specifically represents a knot.

(Internet slang, BDSM, metonymic) Represents bondage.


Sense 1 and sense 3 are puns based on their similar pronunciations. Sense 2 is a metonym derived from the use of rope as a method of suicide; compare the verb rope (“to commit suicide, particularly by hanging”).

He's probably gonna commit 🪢 anyways

When the depression is getting worse and school is getting harder 🪢

2022 September 29, usernotdeadyet, Twitter:

Quite literally there was a 14 year old furry who 🪢 live on insta(or TikTok can't remember) herself cuz she was being told to ☠ herself

2023 September 19, Zackdahellhound, Twitter:

(furry fandom, euphemistic) A knot, slang for the bulbus glandis.


° Fahrenheit

[…] that the rays emitted by solids at low temperature are invisible, but become red at 977° Fahrenheit, and augment in intensity, number and refragability at higher temperatures.

1882, The Medical Register of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut:

In winter the thermometer on the Mongolian plateau sometimes drops to –40° Fahrenheit, yet the camels wander about with no sense of suffering. On the other hand, the Russian explorer, Prejevalski, found the temperature of the ground in the Gobi Desert in summer to be more than 140° Fahrenheit, and the camels are apparently as indifferent to this degree of heat as they are to the winter cold.

1901 December 21, “Science and Industry”, in The Friend: A Religious and Literary Journal, volume LXXV, number 23, →OCLC, page 181, column 1:

They're all cold. Cold as a witch's kiss. Mean temperatures of 40° Fahrenheit. Never get hotter than 70.

1954, Alfred Bester, “Fondly Fahrenheit”, in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 7, page 18:

degrees Fahrenheit
degree Fahrenheit#English


The numbers 437737 spell herpes when typed on a telephone keypad.

This, of course, is something only people with that STI would know. For example, herpes is 437737.

2017 June 24, Arti Patel, “Dating with an STI: 7 ways to navigate the (often harsh) dating world”, in Global News:

(Internet slang) A shibboleth used by people with herpes to identify themselves, especially on online dating services.


ᴄʜ

(lexicography) Used for the /t͡ʃ/ sound.


Cetacea, ⸟n (that is, cetacean)

(lexicography) equivalent to ⟨~⟩, but indicates that in the derivation the headword changes from uppercase to lowercase.


(lexicography) equivalent to ⟨~⟩, but indicates that in the derivation the headword changes from lowercase to uppercase.


/genq

From / + abbreviation of genuine question, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

what do kids call their nonbinary parents if not mom or dad? /genq

2020 November 16, @bastardLizard, Twitter:

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding question is genuine.


/p

From / + abbreviation of platonic, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

MIKA ☹☹ ILYT /p hurry up and cook your noodles i need daily mika time

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement was meant platonically.


mg%

10 mg% indicates 10 milligrams per 100 millilitres, or 0.1 g/L.

At blood alcohol concentrations of 75-125 mg%, 50 per cent of the experimental group and only 18 per cent of the hospital group were judged to be intoxicated.

1959, G. C. Drew, M.A., W. P. Colquhoun, M.A., Ph., Hazel A. Long, B.Sc, “The Relation between Blood Alcohol Level and Behaviour”, in Effect of small doses of alcohol on a skill resembling driving, page 7:

Symbol for a unit of concentration, indicating the mass (in milligrams) of a substance in 100 milliliters of solution (typically alcohol in blood).


/nbh

From / + abbreviation of nobody here, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

pro-shitters after saying blatantly transphobic and ableist bullshit to "le epically own the antis trolololol" /nbh

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is not directed at the participants of the discussion or the followers of the author.


/ij

From / + abbreviation of inside joke, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

who wants to do the steal books at 3am challenge with me /ij

2023 September 18, @superaquachick, Twitter:

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is an inside joke.


/rh

From / + abbreviation of rhetorical, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

why are all of your accounts all over my tl why are you everywhere /pos /rh

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding question is rhetorical.


(Internet slang, transgender slang) Represents an egg, as in a person regarded as having not yet realized they are transgender.


(Unified English Braille) the typographic arrow ⟨→⟩.


(Unified English Braille) the typographic arrow ⟨←⟩.


(Unified English Braille) the typographic arrow ⟨↓⟩.


(Unified English Braille) the typographic arrow ⟨↑⟩.


(Unified English Braille) the typographic arrow ⟨↲⟩.


(Unified English Braille) the typographic arrow ⟨↳⟩.


(Unified English Braille) the typographic arrow ⟨↰⟩.


(Unified English Braille) the typographic arrow ⟨↱⟩.


The orthographic pipe or vertical bar, |


The left arrowhead, < [e.g. 'derives from', as in an etymology]


The right arrowhead, > [e.g. 'derives, produces', as in an etymology]


/nf

From / + abbreviation of not forced, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

Please use tone indicators, they really help me! /pos /nm /gen /srs /nf

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is not meant to be forced on someone.


mol%

(chemistry, physics) molar percent. Percentage as a fraction of moles of a substance.


vol%

(chemistry, physics) volume-percent. Percentage as a fraction of the volume of a substance.


wt%

(chemistry, physics) weight-percent. Percentage as a fraction of the mass of a substance.


at%

(chemistry, physics) atom-percent. Percentage as a fraction of the atoms of a substance.