Superman-esque

Superman-esque (comparative more Superman-esque, superlative most Superman-esque)

more Superman-esque (comparative)
most Superman-esque (superlative)

Wagner stands at a height (more like an altitude) of 6’4" with a Superman-esque stature.

1993 July 29, Joy Catania, “Broadway Star Calls Verona Home”, in Verona-Cedar Grove Times, volume 47, number 30, page 1:

What Arrington did was use a Superman-esque flying leap to soar over and between the left guard and center and stop Illini running back Elmer Hickman for no gain on fourth-and-inches at the Penn State 31-yard line.

1999, Penn State Football 1999 Media Guide, page 86:

Heroism, as I always understood it, was always one masculine, life-saving, Superman-esque act, but my definition had been broadened.

2012, David Hale Sylvester, Traveling at the Speed of Life, →ISBN, page 296:

She had the weirdest urge to reach up and brush back the whorl of Superman-esque hair that had fallen over his brow.

2015, Julie Ann Walker, Hell or High Water, →ISBN, page 298:

It took Superman-esque skill not to let my bare feet touch down on the public restroom tile as I produced flip-flops from my miracle purse and hid away those conservative flats.

2015, Nina Mansfield, Swimming Alone, Fire and Ice, →ISBN, page 9:

Resembling or characteristic of Superman.


Supermannish

en-adj

Supermannish (comparative more Supermannish, superlative most Supermannish)

more Supermannish (comparative)
most Supermannish (superlative)

This verdict was, in untechnical language, an effective reproof for “Supermannish” methods of financiering.

1908 January 19, ““Superman” in Business”, in New-York Tribune, volume LXVII, number 22,344, New York, N.Y., page 8, column 2:

The only important positive ideas for which he stands are the Supermannish idea of the duty of every man to be himself to the utmost, and a generous democratic idea of freedom, in accordance with which every self-respecting man and woman should be given the opportunity to work out his or her own destiny fully, unhampered by the tyrannies of caste, prestige, sentimental traditions, false codes, and effete moral obligations.

1913, R[olfe] A[rnold] Scott-James, Personality in Literature, London: Martin Secker […]:

The two chief characters are rather “Supermannish,” and that demands super-actors; […]

1913 September 6, “Les Deux Forces. A Play in Four Acts by P.-J. Jouve. […]”, in The Academy and Literature, volume LXXXV, number 2157, London: Publishing Office, […], page 301, column 2:

Search where we will, we find nothing Supermannish in such victories.

1918, William Roscoe Thayer, The Collapse of Superman, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, page 21:

Bugs, in Supermannish guise, goes forth to battle with a man who hates rabbits, and defeats him.

1943 April 21, The Exhibitor, New York State edition, Philadelphia, Pa., page 1252, column 3:

Though I can see now that the hero of my first novel was too Supermannish, and just went from one success to another until I couldn’t think of any more ‘worlds for him to conquer.’

1949, Erick Berry [pen name; Evangel Allena Champlin Best], Forty-Seven Keys, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, page 121:

With actual clips of front line action interspersed periodically, the staged battle scenes seem even more contrived by comparison and some Supermannish feats unreeled by the Yank soldier-players only heighten the artificiality.

1951 March 26, Barn, “'A Yank in Korea' Mediocre Programmer with Gimmick”, in Film Bulletin, volume 19, number 7, page 10:

Satisfied with him as an actor, Alex believed that with the right make-up, the blond, blue-eyed Redford would look “Supermannish” enough to carry the part off.

1978, David Michael Petrou, The Making of Superman: The Movie, Warner Books, →ISBN, pages 35–36:

When he and his Cincinnati Bengal playmates were done with the AFC’s best defense, that of the New York-New Jersey Jets, he had done Supermannish damage — 30 carries, 139 yards and two TDs — as the Bengals won, 36-19.

1988 October 10, Gary Nuhn, “Bengals put Jets, ghosts of ’87 to rest”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 112, number 31, Dayton, Ohio, page 1-B:

Everything about the Superman story reads like a parable of G.I.s on the move—the special child, the corrupt older (Lost) Lex Luthor, the rocklike manliness and Formica-like blandness, the unvarying success of Supermannish strength used for community good.

1991, William Strauss, Neil Howe, Generations: The History of America’s Future, 1584 to 2069, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 263:

The Gulf War, the plight of the Kurds, the weekend at Kennebunkport, the Group of Seven conference, the flight to Moscow when the barricades were still in place, the blunt talking to the old men of China on human rights, the veto on sending troops into the Balkan quagmire of Yugoslavia — all combine to provide an image of Major as a political Clark Kent encircling the globe with Supermannish energy.

1991 October 6, Brian Dunning, “When will Major make his move?”, in The Kansas City Star, page J-1, column 2:

The few times Celeste was surprised by a fist or a glandular goon, her Supermannish strength came to her rescue.

1994, Rachel Simon, The Magic Touch, Viking, →ISBN, page 168:

Yet, as the book’s subtitle ‘Enigmas and Guesses’ suggests, Muir’s Supermannish determination is in part very clever bluster.

2000, Robert Crawford, “MacDiarmid in Montrose”, in Alex Davis, Lee M[argaret] Jenkins, editors, Locations of Literary Modernism: Region and Nation in British and American Modernist Poetry, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, part one (Obstinate Isles: The Anglo-Celtic Archipelago), page 36:

“It was going to take a Superman-type effort for us to get a victory,” Miller said. “I was feeling Supermannish.”

2000 April 30, Greg Beacham, “Miller sparks second-half rally”, in Journal and Courier, volume 82, number 121, Lafayette-West Lafayette, Ind., page C1:

Before his turn, George lays aside his glasses with a vaguely Supermannish gesture of resolution and grit.

2003, David Lipsky, Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, pages 254–255:

Edward Mehok offers a catalogue of prototypical Supermannish feats performed by Christian saints in “St. Clark of Krypton,” in Dooley and Engle, Superman at Fifty!, 123-29.

2009, Sue Taylor, Mark Newport: Superheroes In Action, Cranbrook Art Museum, →ISBN, page 17:

Resembling or characteristic of a Superman or specifically DC Comics’ Superman.


Avatard

This Friday not only has the long-awaited Avatar episode/movie "Secret of the Fire Nation," but also the broadcast premiere of "Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo." Considering TT:TiT will re-air Saturday, people that are both Avatards and Titards won't have to make the Tough Decision. Either way, looks to be a Good Friday!

2006 September 14, Antonio E. Gonzalez, “Friday: Avatar *and* Teen Titans!”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

And for the Avatards out there, some possible spoilers from the panel: […] (boy and girl on the left re-enacting script of Mai and Zuko's first kiss explored only in the Avatar comics, but with the boy=Mai and girl=Zuko just for fun)

2007 December 8, S.t.A.n.L.e.E, “Re: Anime Convention Schedule - December 2007”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

I think I'm finally satisfied with this fic. Let's share it with other Avatards and see what *they* think.

2008 December 18, CD Covington 🐀 (@exaggerated), Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-04-18:

Last month, with the unveiling of the film’s principal cast, the fans’ worst fears were realized, prompting self-proclaimed “Avatards”—chief among them ‘toon titans Yang and Kim—to launch a protest that’s generated torrents of both support and criticism. […] In short, these casting decisions ring false to the show’s spirit; the very spirit that has transfixed millions of young fans and brought legions of Avatards together into a passionate community.

2009 January 29, Jeff Yang, “'Avatar' an Asian thing- why isn't the cast?”, in SFGate, archived from the original on 2012-11-02; quoted in ““Avatar” an Asian Thing—Why Isn’t the Cast?”, in Ken White, Race, the Hollywood Way: Current Trends, Pearson Learning Solutions, 2015, →ISBN, pages 245–246:

The love Avatards have for this minor character is baffling.

2013 September 22, Mitchel Clow, “SeptBender: The best ‘The Legend of Korra’ minor characters (GIFs)”, in Hypable, archived from the original on 2018-01-31:

(fandom slang) A fan of the Avatar: The Last Airbender multimedia franchise.


Kongres

Kongres (nominative singular)
Kongresu (genitive singular)
Kongresowi (dative singular)
Kongres (accusative singular)
Kongresem (instrumental singular)
Kongresie (locative singular)
Kongresie (singular vocative)

(government, US politics) Congress (the two legislative bodies of the USA)


Phony Stark

Blend of phony (“fraudulent or fake”) + Tony Stark, referencing the fictional business magnate, inventor, and playboy from the Marvel franchise.

blend

so, yeah, five years on and people on Twitter just kinda endured the Nazis, but now Phony Stark might just tank the whole thing anyway.

2022 November 10, Muhammad (@muhammad@mastodon.social), Mastodon:

Phony Stark seems to want to drive Twitter off a cliff for whatever reason.

2023 February 6, Simon Zerafa (@simonzerafa@infosec.exchange), Mastodon:

I'm not mad at anything Phony Stark does to Twitter. I am mad (or at least dumbfounded) at respectable professionals still using that service, though.

2023 April 5, Leon Cowle (@leoncowle@hachyderm.io), Mastodon:

“As always,” Elon patronised, “please try to stay as close to the truth as possible, even for stuff you don’t like.” Likewise, Phony Stark. Likewise.

2023 October 10, Marina Hyde, “Look at the horror of the Israel-Hamas war, then at Elon Musk’s X site. It’s clear he’s not fit to run it”, in The Guardian:

(derogatory) A nickname for South African-born tech entrepreneur Elon Musk.


Darth Vaderish

en-adj

Darth Vaderish (comparative more Darth Vaderish, superlative most Darth Vaderish)

more Darth Vaderish (comparative)
most Darth Vaderish (superlative)

From the Darth Vaderish heavy breathing that opens this show to the whooping and ooga-booga caveman gibberish, whistling chimes, and seductive African percussion, Levine’s score is a trash compacter powered by pure silliness.

1983 May 24, David Edelstein, “Man out to lunch”, in The Boston Phoenix, section three, page 3, column 4:

In our actual practice in daily life and thought, though, we are all fuzzies, even we economists, however glinty and Darth Vaderish we think we are made by mastery of the identification problem and the Kuhn-Tucker conditions.

1985, Donald N. McCloskey, The Rhetoric of Economics, The University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 51:

I had just opened the rear door when out the corner of my eye I began to get an inkling maybe somebody had figured where Cifelli had an office as a very Darth Vaderish black-windowed sedan slid into view, the windows slowly lowering.

1991, Stan Cutler, The Face on the Cutting Room Floor, Signet, published 1993, →ISBN, page 14:

Resembling or characteristic of Darth Vader.


First Contact Day

en-noun

First Contact Day (plural First Contact Days)

first contact + day.
From the fictional instance of official first contact in the Star Trek fictional universe for Earth, occurring in the 1996 film First Contact on 5 April 2063. Taken by Trekkies as a day to celebrate Star Trek.

(fandom slang) April 5th, an annual occasion to celebrate Star Trek.

en:First Contact Day
en:Star Trek: First Contact

Back to the Future Day (21 October 2015)


Klingonian

en-adj

Klingonian (comparative more Klingonian, superlative most Klingonian)

more Klingonian (comparative)
most Klingonian (superlative)

Anyway, German has the highest percentage of foreign literature in translation (taking over the lead from Russian), and although Canadian authors have indeed at high reputation among readers, US-American and British books (as well as French, Swedish, Israeli and Klingonian ones) also get a fair chance at the German reading public’s interest.

2000, Ellipse, Université de Sherbrooke, page 42:

‘Manga’. No matter how Klingonian this sounds to you, it has been a worldwidely-known word since 1990.

2005, The Broken Mirror: Portrait of the Self, Langgeng Gallery, page 115:

As an example, if we need to create a Klingonian locale file based on English language, we have to open a shell to create the new file in this way: / # cp share/locale/eng-GB.ini / share/locale/kln-KL.ini

2009, Francesco Fullone, Francesco Trucchia, eZ Publish 4: Enterprise Web Sites Step-by-Step, Packt Publishing, →ISBN:

As was the case with his father, words from Bobby Junior’s mouth appeared to be spoken in some far-removed Klingonian dialect.

2018, Jeff Pearlman, “Title Dreams”, in Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 94:

“Don’t you remember me? I’m the passenger in the taxi which almost knocked you down last night,” Laura addressed her in what she liked to call “Scandinavian”, a concoction of Swedish and Danish, that is, she had learned to get by with in most Scandinavian countries except Finland, of course. Helle’s face lit up with an expression of recognition. She groped in her coat pocket and pulled out Laura’s “Klingonian” address. Laura nodded.

2019, Paul Werner, The Last Voyage of the Yankee Seas, TWENTYSIX, →ISBN, page 59:

Yet, somehow, today there is a quasi-official Klingon language institute, people who speak Klingon almost exclusively, and alleged cases of persons who want to raise their children in Klingon-speaking households. (Ludlow 2006: 162–3) […] Klingon may fictionally have begun its existence among fictional extra-terrestrials, and actual households may communicate in an actual language that has all the characteristic Klingonian flair, but that is nevertheless not Klingon.

2020, Stefano Predelli, “Cat’s Cradle: Peripheral Importations”, in Fictional Discourse: A Radical Fictionalist Semantics, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, section 5 (Fictional Languages), pages 82–83:

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Klingon language.


mindmeld

en-verb

mindmeld (third-person singular simple present mindmelds, present participle mindmelding, simple past and past participle mindmelded)

mindmelds (present singular third-person)
mindmelding (participle present)
mindmelded (participle past)
mindmelded (past)

Compound of mind + meld, originally from the Star Trek franchise.

Besides, the old Social Bandit has been soft on Wasps since the moonshot, when he mindmelded with the astronauts.

1993, Norman Mailer, “The Trouble With Harry”, in John Leonard, editor, The Last Innocent White Man in America, and Other Writings, New York, N.Y.: The New Press, →ISBN, page 189:

We are now deep into jury selection, eight days in court huddled at the table with our jury consultant, trying to mindmeld with strangers whose names have been churned out from computerized voter lists and drivers' license records at DMV.

2005, Steve Martini, Double Tap, Coalville, Leicestershire: Charnwood, published 2006, →ISBN, page 295:

That didn't happen with [Adam] Franklin, who was probably too distracted in 2008 by his underrated band's reunion, as well as his brilliant solo effort Bolts of Melody, to take over the wheel of Magnetic Morning. Instead, the two UK musicians mindmelded and found a middle ground, which sounds very cool indeed.

2008 October 12, Scott Thill, “Swervedriver and Interpol's Magnetic Morning Dawns”, in Wired, San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-08:

(colloquial) To form a mind meld; to create a deep connection with someone, as though combining into a single mind.


JCS

Joint Chiefs of Staff
w:Joint Chiefs of Staff

(US politics) Initialism of Joint Chiefs of Staff.


Gold Democrat

(US politics, historical) A member or supporter of the National Democratic Party (United States).


PJO

Percy Jackson & the Olympians
w:Percy Jackson & the Olympians

Initialism of Percy Jackson & the Olympians.


DeSantisian

en-adj

DeSantisian (comparative more DeSantisian, superlative most DeSantisian)

more DeSantisian (comparative)
most DeSantisian (superlative)

It was all very Trumpian. Or, perhaps it is more accurate to say, very DeSantisian. Because this governor was on a mission. If Trump decided to bid for the presidency again in 2024, the word was, DeSantis wanted to be his running mate.

2022, John Nichols, “Ron DeSantis’s Imperial Overreach”, in Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers: Accountability for Those Who Caused the Crisis, London: Verso, →ISBN, page 165:

In a thread responding to her friend’s tweet, by the way, Mandel echoed DeSantisian politics, suggesting that those who disagreed with her might be groomers.

2023 March 15, Philip Bump, “A viral moment reinforces the hollowness of ‘woke’ as an attack”, in The Washington Post:

Marge exclaims that David is a masterpiece. 'It's filth! It graphically portrays parts of the human body which, practical as they may be, are evil,' replies one of the DeSantisian sisters.

2023 April 8, Atanu Biswas, “How Michelangelo’s David continues to scandalise many”, in The Economic Times:

(US politics) Of or pertaining to Ron DeSantis (born 1978), American politician.


pohjoisvaltio

pohjoisvaltio (nominative singular)
pohjoisvaltiot (nominative plural)
pohjoisvaltio (accusative nominative singular)
pohjoisvaltiot (accusative nominative plural)
pohjoisvaltion (accusative genitive singular)
pohjoisvaltiot (accusative genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltion (genitive singular)
pohjoisvaltioiden (genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltioitten (genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltiota (partitive singular)
pohjoisvaltioita (partitive plural)
pohjoisvaltiossa (inessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioissa (inessive plural)
pohjoisvaltiosta (elative singular)
pohjoisvaltioista (elative plural)
pohjoisvaltioon (illative singular)
pohjoisvaltioihin (illative plural)
pohjoisvaltiolla (adessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioilla (adessive plural)
pohjoisvaltiolta (ablative singular)
pohjoisvaltioilta (ablative plural)
pohjoisvaltiolle (allative singular)
pohjoisvaltioille (allative plural)
pohjoisvaltiona (essive singular)
pohjoisvaltioina (essive plural)
pohjoisvaltioksi (singular translative)
pohjoisvaltioiksi (plural translative)
pohjoisvaltiotta (abessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioitta (abessive plural)
pohjoisvaltioin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
pohjoisvaltioni (nominative singular)
pohjoisvaltioni (nominative plural)
pohjoisvaltioni (accusative nominative singular)
pohjoisvaltioni (accusative nominative plural)
pohjoisvaltioni (accusative genitive singular)
pohjoisvaltioni (accusative genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltioni (genitive singular)
pohjoisvaltioideni (genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltioitteni (genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltiotani (partitive singular)
pohjoisvaltioitani (partitive plural)
pohjoisvaltiossani (inessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioissani (inessive plural)
pohjoisvaltiostani (elative singular)
pohjoisvaltioistani (elative plural)
pohjoisvaltiooni (illative singular)
pohjoisvaltioihini (illative plural)
pohjoisvaltiollani (adessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioillani (adessive plural)
pohjoisvaltioltani (ablative singular)
pohjoisvaltioiltani (ablative plural)
pohjoisvaltiolleni (allative singular)
pohjoisvaltioilleni (allative plural)
pohjoisvaltionani (essive singular)
pohjoisvaltioinani (essive plural)
pohjoisvaltiokseni (singular translative)
pohjoisvaltioikseni (plural translative)
pohjoisvaltiottani (abessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioittani (abessive plural)
pohjoisvaltioineni (comitative plural)
pohjoisvaltiosi (nominative singular)
pohjoisvaltiosi (nominative plural)
pohjoisvaltiosi (accusative nominative singular)
pohjoisvaltiosi (accusative nominative plural)
pohjoisvaltiosi (accusative genitive singular)
pohjoisvaltiosi (accusative genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltiosi (genitive singular)
pohjoisvaltioidesi (genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltioittesi (genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltiotasi (partitive singular)
pohjoisvaltioitasi (partitive plural)
pohjoisvaltiossasi (inessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioissasi (inessive plural)
pohjoisvaltiostasi (elative singular)
pohjoisvaltioistasi (elative plural)
pohjoisvaltioosi (illative singular)
pohjoisvaltioihisi (illative plural)
pohjoisvaltiollasi (adessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioillasi (adessive plural)
pohjoisvaltioltasi (ablative singular)
pohjoisvaltioiltasi (ablative plural)
pohjoisvaltiollesi (allative singular)
pohjoisvaltioillesi (allative plural)
pohjoisvaltionasi (essive singular)
pohjoisvaltioinasi (essive plural)
pohjoisvaltioksesi (singular translative)
pohjoisvaltioiksesi (plural translative)
pohjoisvaltiottasi (abessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioittasi (abessive plural)
pohjoisvaltioinesi (comitative plural)
pohjoisvaltiomme (nominative singular)
pohjoisvaltiomme (nominative plural)
pohjoisvaltiomme (accusative nominative singular)
pohjoisvaltiomme (accusative nominative plural)
pohjoisvaltiomme (accusative genitive singular)
pohjoisvaltiomme (accusative genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltiomme (genitive singular)
pohjoisvaltioidemme (genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltioittemme (genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltiotamme (partitive singular)
pohjoisvaltioitamme (partitive plural)
pohjoisvaltiossamme (inessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioissamme (inessive plural)
pohjoisvaltiostamme (elative singular)
pohjoisvaltioistamme (elative plural)
pohjoisvaltioomme (illative singular)
pohjoisvaltioihimme (illative plural)
pohjoisvaltiollamme (adessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioillamme (adessive plural)
pohjoisvaltioltamme (ablative singular)
pohjoisvaltioiltamme (ablative plural)
pohjoisvaltiollemme (allative singular)
pohjoisvaltioillemme (allative plural)
pohjoisvaltionamme (essive singular)
pohjoisvaltioinamme (essive plural)
pohjoisvaltioksemme (singular translative)
pohjoisvaltioiksemme (plural translative)
pohjoisvaltiottamme (abessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioittamme (abessive plural)
pohjoisvaltioinemme (comitative plural)
pohjoisvaltionne (nominative singular)
pohjoisvaltionne (nominative plural)
pohjoisvaltionne (accusative nominative singular)
pohjoisvaltionne (accusative nominative plural)
pohjoisvaltionne (accusative genitive singular)
pohjoisvaltionne (accusative genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltionne (genitive singular)
pohjoisvaltioidenne (genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltioittenne (genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltiotanne (partitive singular)
pohjoisvaltioitanne (partitive plural)
pohjoisvaltiossanne (inessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioissanne (inessive plural)
pohjoisvaltiostanne (elative singular)
pohjoisvaltioistanne (elative plural)
pohjoisvaltioonne (illative singular)
pohjoisvaltioihinne (illative plural)
pohjoisvaltiollanne (adessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioillanne (adessive plural)
pohjoisvaltioltanne (ablative singular)
pohjoisvaltioiltanne (ablative plural)
pohjoisvaltiollenne (allative singular)
pohjoisvaltioillenne (allative plural)
pohjoisvaltionanne (essive singular)
pohjoisvaltioinanne (essive plural)
pohjoisvaltioksenne (singular translative)
pohjoisvaltioiksenne (plural translative)
pohjoisvaltiottanne (abessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioittanne (abessive plural)
pohjoisvaltioinenne (comitative plural)
pohjoisvaltionsa (nominative singular)
pohjoisvaltionsa (nominative plural)
pohjoisvaltionsa (accusative nominative singular)
pohjoisvaltionsa (accusative nominative plural)
pohjoisvaltionsa (accusative genitive singular)
pohjoisvaltionsa (accusative genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltionsa (genitive singular)
pohjoisvaltioidensa (genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltioittensa (genitive plural)
pohjoisvaltiotaan (partitive singular)
pohjoisvaltiotansa (partitive singular)
pohjoisvaltioitaan (partitive plural)
pohjoisvaltioitansa (partitive plural)
pohjoisvaltiossaan (inessive singular)
pohjoisvaltiossansa (inessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioissaan (inessive plural)
pohjoisvaltioissansa (inessive plural)
pohjoisvaltiostaan (elative singular)
pohjoisvaltiostansa (elative singular)
pohjoisvaltioistaan (elative plural)
pohjoisvaltioistansa (elative plural)
pohjoisvaltioonsa (illative singular)
pohjoisvaltioihinsa (illative plural)
pohjoisvaltiollaan (adessive singular)
pohjoisvaltiollansa (adessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioillaan (adessive plural)
pohjoisvaltioillansa (adessive plural)
pohjoisvaltioltaan (ablative singular)
pohjoisvaltioltansa (ablative singular)
pohjoisvaltioiltaan (ablative plural)
pohjoisvaltioiltansa (ablative plural)
pohjoisvaltiolleen (allative singular)
pohjoisvaltiollensa (allative singular)
pohjoisvaltioilleen (allative plural)
pohjoisvaltioillensa (allative plural)
pohjoisvaltionaan (essive singular)
pohjoisvaltionansa (essive singular)
pohjoisvaltioinaan (essive plural)
pohjoisvaltioinansa (essive plural)
pohjoisvaltiokseen (singular translative)
pohjoisvaltioksensa (singular translative)
pohjoisvaltioikseen (plural translative)
pohjoisvaltioiksensa (plural translative)
pohjoisvaltiottaan (abessive singular)
pohjoisvaltiottansa (abessive singular)
pohjoisvaltioittaan (abessive plural)
pohjoisvaltioittansa (abessive plural)
pohjoisvaltioineen (comitative plural)
pohjoisvaltioinensa (comitative plural)


paragade

(fandom slang, video games) A play style in the Mass Effect series in which options from both the paragon and renegade orientations are selected about equally.


Disneybounder

A Disneybounder might wear a yellow skirt, blue top, red bow and apple pin as a quiet shout-out to Snow White or go all-green with a feathered fedora to represent Peter Pan.

2015 May 18, Dewayne Bevil, “Disney fans display devotion”, in Sun Sentinel, volume 56, number 23, page 3B:

In time, Disneybounders began wearing their costume-related dress to work and social occasions beyond the theme parks.

2019, Therèsa M. Winge, Costuming Cosplay: Dressing the Imagination, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

When a Disneybounder designs an outfit, they decide which elements are most important to that character and the Disneybounder’s representation of it on the Disney stage.

2022, Rebecca Rowe, “To Act Like a Kid or Not to Act Like a Kid: Disneybounding in the Parks”, in Sabrina Mittermeier, editor, Fan Phenomena: Disney, Intellect, →ISBN, part 2 (The Disney Theme Parks and Their Fans):

As a Disneybounder myself, my best advice is to have fun with it. That might sound cliché, but it’s true. Don’t stress about not looking like a carbon copy of your favorite character or princess.

2023 March 1, Casey Clark, “Disneybounding lets you dress up as your favorite Disney characters”, in The Daily Journal, volume 149, number 51, page 5B:

(fandom slang) One who incorporates The Walt Disney Company–themed elements in one’s fashion.


Disneybound

en-noun

Disneybound (countable and uncountable, plural Disneybounds)

Coined by Leslie Kalbfleisch (a.k.a. Leslie Kay) in 2011 with her Tumblr blog called DisneyBound, from Disney + -bound. Kay described the context: “It was a travel site. My best friend and I were heading to Disney World, and we had been planning that trip since we were young … I was using this blog as a way to channel my excitement because we were literally Disney-bound. So I started doing these outfits, which is something that I always did when I was a little kid … I could dress up in these clothes without it actually being a costume.”

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Leslie Kalbfleisch (<abbr title="also known as">a.k.a.</abbr> Leslie Kay)

When showing off a Disneybound outfit online, it’s good form to link to where others can buy those clothes.

2017, Zoe Fraade-Blanar, Aaron M. Glazer, Superfandom: How Our Obsessions Are Changing What We Buy and Who We Are, Profile Books, →ISBN:

Disneybound has an even stronger impact when it’s seen on a pair or group, [Leo] Camacho said. […] The objective of Disneybound is to extract the essence of the character’s outfit and convey it subtly. […] Ultimately, “Disneybound is all about individuality,” she [Leslie Kay] said, and what she wants is for people to take the idea and use it to express their personal style, whether it’s punk, goth, sporty, vintage or preppy.

2015 November 18, Lisa Liddane, “Can’t dress up at Disneyland? Streetwear meets Disney in ‘Disneybound’ style”, in The Orange County Register, archived from the original on 2017-05-04:

In addition, one of the more formal ways that Cosplayers extend the Cosplay experiences in everyday life is by practicing Disneybound, […] Disneybound Bambi is accomplished by wearing light brown clothing and a scarf with white dots, […] In addition to the sartorial practice of Disneybound, there is Princessing and Princing, which range from dressing and performing as princesses and princess to wearing portions of costumes or clothes color blocked similar to a princess or prince characters. […] Cosplayers participate in Disneybound and Princessing/Princing because it allows them to share their love of their favorite characters beyond the fandom too.

(fandom slang, uncountable) The practice of Disneybounding; incorporating The Walt Disney Company–themed elements in one’s fashion.

Instead of wearing full-on costumes as cosplayers do, Disneybounders dress up in stylish, everyday outfits (known as Disneybounds) that are simply inspired by a particular character. […] Leslie Kay, the woman behind the DisneyBound Tumblr, showing off her Alice from "Alice in Wonderland" Disneybound. […] One big misconception, according to Leslie, is that a Disneybound is a costume. Disneybounders think of a character’s clothes and style as more of a jumping off point, rather than something to replicate exactly.

2017 November 15, Kelsey Borresen, “‘Disneybounding’ Is The Dress-Up Trend Creative Fans Are Obsessed With”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 2018-10-03:

Since I got my start with Disney-inspired outfits, I’ll open this guide with Disneybounds, including everyone’s favorite princesses and villains, as well as some lesser-known characters. […] I found a dress on Amazon for thirty dollars, which is more than I would usually spend on a single piece, but since it was a plain dress that I could use for other Disneybounds and casual cosplays, it was worth it.

2021, Krystal Everdeen, Casual Cosplay: Character-Inspired Fashion You Can Wear Anywhere, Tiller Press, →ISBN, page 11:

One prominent social media influencer in the world of Disneybounding, Leslie Kay, contends that the appeal of the practice is that ‘it uses clothes to recreate the outfits of your favorite Disney characters without being costume-y. You could go to school or the mall in a Disneybound and not get pegged for being in costume.’

2021, Emma Pett, Experiencing Cinema: Participatory Film Cultures, Immersive Media and the Experience Economy, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

It did not occur to me that my Disneybounding and scholarly plans might intervene, yet I was quickly fascinated by how guests and Cast Members alike would interact with me more the more recognizable my Disneybound was. […] Figure 9.1: The author wearing a Belle Disneybound. […] For example, if I had looked angry or upset, other guests may have been less likely to interact with me, even when I was in full Disneybound.

(fandom slang, countable) An outfit that incorporates The Walt Disney Company–themed elements; or, the incorporation itself.


Disneybound

en-verb

Disneybound (third-person singular simple present Disneybounds, present participle Disneybounding, simple past and past participle Disneybounded)

Disneybounds (present singular third-person)
Disneybounding (participle present)
Disneybounded (participle past)
Disneybounded (past)

“I have Disneybounded Merida, Minnie Mouse, Buzz Lightyear. … I have two different Ariel ones,” said [Elyssa] Kivus, 27. “I really like meeting the character when you’re Disneybounding as that character,” she said.

Stephanie Danet Disneybounding as Princess Jasmine from "Aladdin." […] Leslie [Kay] Disneybounding as the bird Becky from "Finding Dory." […] Brittani Enos-Blake Disneybounding as Snow White. She wore a Magic Mirror pin instead of carrying an actual mirror. […] Sara Katz-Scher Disneybounding as Minnie Mouse. […] Keshia [Sih-Tseng] and her husband Kevin Disneybounding as Han Solo and Chewbacca from "Star Wars." […] Sarah [Sterling] and her boyfriend, Leo [Camacho], Disneybounding as Dory and Nemo from "Finding Nemo."

Fans can also cosplay as Disney characters (although notably, not at the Disney parks themselves), or even ‘Disneybound’, a practice where fans dress in similar colours or looks to their favourite Disney characters (see also Rebecca Rowe’s chapter in this volume). […] [Rebecca Rowe, “To Act Like a Kid or Not to Act Like a Kid: Disneybounding in the Parks”] Moreover, on multiple occasions that day, people singled me out to talk to me, ignoring the rest of my family who were not Disneybounding. […] The one day that I did not Disneybound, I immediately faded into the background. / This experience deeply fascinated me: why would others treat me differently when they see me Disneybounding? […] On the other hand, guests may be more likely to approach someone who seems to be having a good time, whether or not they are Disneybounding, because childlike wonder and playfulness are part of Disney’s image of the child, suggesting that the guest is performing Disney’s script of childhood. […] BIPoC guests, likewise, can reimagine their chosen characters simply by Disneybounding as them (i.e. a Black Ariel).

2022, Sabrina Mittermeier, editor, Fan Phenomena: Disney, Intellect, →ISBN, part 2 (The Disney Theme Parks and Their Fans):

Most folks who Disneybound do so specifically for trips to Disney World or Disneyland, but the more subtle the references are in an outfit, the more likely they can be inconspicuous out in public.

(fandom slang, transitive, intransitive) To incorporate The Walt Disney Company–themed elements (of a specific character) in one’s fashion.


VPOTUS

(US politics) Acronym of Vice President of the United States.


Disneyphilia

All the other shoppers were mousepeople, too, each one a nightmarish assemblage of disparate organs, the hideous creation of some demented vivisectionist, some latter-day Dr. Moreau with Disneyphilia and a sharp scalpel.

1987 July, Vance Aandahl, “Deathmatch In Disneyland”, in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 73, number 1 (whole 434), →ISSN, page 149, column 1:

Arlene and Irwin Isaacs, psychotherapists from Fort Lauderdale, gush with Disneyphilia. “We believe that Walt Disney was a visionary person who had certain spiritual revelations of how the world should be, and we’d love to live in the middle of it.”

1995 December 10, “Celebration — it’s a small town, after all”, in The Sacramento Bee, volume 278, section “Forum”, page 6:

Brazil: Disneyphilia is so rampant that the Magic Kingdom issued etiquette kits to Orlando-bound Brazilians.

1996 December 30/1997 January 6, “Globoculture Creep: From Beijing to Rio, from São Paolo to Shiraz, American pop style finds a home away from home”, in Newsweek, volume CXXIX, number 1, page 72:

Among them were folks who made a point of not identifying as Disneyphiles, and who vocally berated those who were infantilized as “Disney nuts” or mindwashed “Disnoids.” Predictably, it was among the most highly educated and professional residents that the scorn for Disneyphilia was most pronounced.

1999, Andrew Ross, “Our Much-Rumored Life”, in The Celebration Chronicles: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Property Values in Disney’s New Town, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 110:

Finally, it would be no fun working on a book like this if I couldn’t share my Disneyphilia with my wife, Alice, and daughter, Jessie.

2000, Leonard Maltin, The Disney Films, Disney Editions, →ISBN:

Different selections from Dress Shop, created by Disney Parks Merchandise, match the level of Disneyphilia of the customers.

2017 April 28, Dewayne Bevil, “Dress Shop makes snazzy Disney duds”, in Orlando Sentinel, page D8:


wyścig zbrojeń

wyścig zbrojeń (nominative singular)
wyścigi zbrojeń (nominative plural)
wyścigu zbrojeń (genitive singular)
wyścigów zbrojeń (genitive plural)
wyścigowi zbrojeń (dative singular)
wyścigom zbrojeń (dative plural)
wyścig zbrojeń (accusative singular)
wyścigi zbrojeń (accusative plural)
wyścigiem zbrojeń (instrumental singular)
wyścigami zbrojeń (instrumental plural)
wyścigu zbrojeń (locative singular)
wyścigach zbrojeń (locative plural)
wyścigu zbrojeń (singular vocative)
wyścigi zbrojeń (plural vocative)

Coordinate term: zimna wojna

(military, politics) arms race (competition for military supremacy between two powers)


Disneyphobia

Harriette Hunt of Port St. Lucie traced her Disneyphobia back through the years. “I’ve never liked Disney,” Harriette Hunt explained.

1982 September 26, Ray Washington, “And then there are those who haven’t been to Disney World”, in The News Tribune, Fort Pierce, Fla./Port St. Lucie, Fla., page B13:

Add to these the writers who’ve seen their prices drop and their work “managed” beyond recognition, the directors who have been stripped of their autonomy, the agents who have been left sitting alone at the negotiating table, and the long list of litigants who’ve felt the heat of Disney’s legendarily voracious legal team, and you have a fairly large population of Disneyphobes. Last spring, the conclusion to a pair of brutal alley fights with the Muppets and Peggy Lee moved Disneyphobia from the back tables at Mortons into the mainstream of public opinion.

1991 November, Peter J. Boyer, “Katzenberg’s seven-year itch: Showtown superstition has it that Jeffrey Katzenberg’s winning streak at Disney is over, but the studio boss is determined to beat the odds”, in Vanity Fair, page 146, column 3:

Comments one French writer bemused by the outbreak of Disneyphobia: “We’ve never really forgiven the Americans for liberating us.”

1992 April 8, Alex Beam, “Eek! A mouse!”, in The Boston Globe, volume 241, number 99, page 19:

Strange affliction, Disneyphobia — and not very flattering. The dark pronouncements about Disney’s purchase of ABC contain an element of condescension; Disney’s products have widespread appeal, making them easy targets for snobs. The company also enjoys considerable success, which attracts the enmity of liberals who resent winners because winners have no need for liberalism’s pet virtue: compassion.

1995 August 11, “The Disneyphobes”, in Richmond Times-Dispatch, 145th year, number 223, Richmond, Va., page A14:

The issues of control and corporatism in community development that Beardsley raises deserve serious debate with less pop Disneyphobia and a little more historical professional perspective.

The 12-cartoon, 90-minute program, beginning Friday at the Cinema Village (22 E. 12th St., 212-924-3363, Manhattan), includes some truly outrageous racial stereotypes, sexist imagery, xenophobia and even Disney[-]phobia: “Coal Black and the Sebben Dwarfs” a parody of “Snow White,” has some terrific animation but is rampant with racist cliches.

1997 March 12, John Anderson, “When That Outwageous Bunny Was Bad”, in Newsday, volume 57, number 191, page B11:

One explanation for the strength of this Disneyphobia is that the vast majority of film critics do not like movies that are not obviously difficult and complicated. […] A more general reason for Disneyphobia is that the middle class seems naturally inclined to the Stoic error that enjoyment is incompatible with edification.

1999 October 26, Matthew d’Ancona, “Disney as the New Shakespeare”, in Ottawa Citizen, page A16:

Times Square, Disneyphobia, HegeMickey, The Ricky Principle, and the downside of the entertainment economy: it’s fun-dumb-mental

2001 December, Morris B. Holbrook, Marketing Theory, volume 1, page 139:

I had all but made peace with my Disneyphobia until one day last week while wandering through Target hunting a bath mat. […] a hoss of a woman screeched into her cell phone, rattling the lamps in the light fixture aisle. […] “[…] we thought we’d run on down to Disney for a few days.[…]” […] She had uttered the worst word possible: Disney. I fear it like a child scared of spooks under a bed. We have lucked out in the Disney department, thanks to the fact that Myrtle Beach, S.C., has Lazy Rivers and plenty of stucco’d and plastic wonders to entertain the children. […] Even in my in-laws do Disney every other year or so, and they’re almost 100. How come they can withstand 11 hours of driving that boring old highway fighting traffic, then checking into a crowded motel packed with obnoxious parents and hacking children?

2004 December 8, Susan Reinhardt, “Facing my fear: Doing Disney with the crowds”, in Asbury Park Press, page 18:

The entire experience was more overwhelming than a case of Disney-phobia. I’d just as soon hit four theme parks than ever return to a high school football game where rivals are playing and the teens are out en masse.

2005 August 30, Susan Reinhardt, “Football game injected me with a dose of culture shock and an eye full of hoochie-coochie”, in Asheville Citizen-Times, page D1:

Jon Harrison copes with Disneyphobia

But now I think I’ve found a particularly disturbing and personally resonant reason for my Disneyphobia. About ten minutes into Frozen, there’s a crucial and decidedly dark plot twist, when Anna and Elsa’s parents, the king and queen of Arendelle, board a sailing ship. In a startlingly graphic ten-second sequence, the ship is caught in a violent storm, overwhelmed by towering waves and dragged under. Small wonder she doesn’t want ‘to sink to the bottom of the water’. Who can blame her? Curse you, Mickey Mouse.

2018, Jonathan Gornall, How to Build a Boat: A Father, His Daughter, and the Unsailed Sea, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN:


Trump train

(US politics, informal) Political support for Donald Trump.


Teflon Don

Former President Trump – long deemed Teflon Don for his ability to dodge legal matters – is facing a series of serious criminal charges brought by the Justice Department, which unsealed a 37-count indictment on Friday related to his handling of classified documents.

2023 June 10, “Trump faces biggest challenge yet to 'Teflon Don' persona”, in The Hill:


Disneylandification

Thus it becomes inevitable that the border to kitsch and ‘Disneylandification’ will be crossed, quite often even under the formally correct surveillance of the authorities.

2010, Susanne Oberheu, Michael Wadenpohl, Cappadocia: A Travel Guide Through the Land of Fairychimneys and Rock Castles, →ISBN, page 26:

If it is the case elsewhere that the tourist industry has ‘touristified’ urban centres that already existed, subjecting them to a process of Disneylandification, Las Vegas is a tourist city created from scratch in the middle of the Mojave Desert, designed purely for the function of drawing in and accommodating tourists.

2021, Marco D'Eramo, The World in a Selfie: An Inquiry into the Tourist Age, Verso Books, →ISBN, page 127:

Residents distance themselves from the Disneylandification of the city

2022, Zara Pinto-Coelho, Helena Pires, editors, The City of the Senses, the Senses in the City, UMinho Editora, →ISBN, page 116:

(informal) The process of making or turning into something resembling Disneyland; homogenization and commercialization, especially in tourism.


victicrat

Does this country have a race problem or are we all held hostage to a "victicrat" mentality?

2000, Larry Elder, The Ten Things You Can't Say in America, page 4:

(US politics) One who espouses a victim mentality, especially believing that every negative situation in their life is brought about due to their race.


Hopey McChange

From hope + -y + Mc- + change, in reference to Obama's political campaigning; see Barack Obama "Hope" poster and compare hopeium.

Is that why Hopey McChange had a beer with Biden, that professor and that cop?

2010 November 11, theget, “o/t - Is George W Bush a Racist?”, in alt.tv.law-and-order (Usenet):

First it was "my father served in WWII", now an enormous error in mixing up the dead with the living Medal of Honor Recipients. How do you suppose the magic President Hopey McChange, with the mind of a computer can make all these errors?

2011 June 26, Sorbo, “AP Goes All Orwell in Covering Obama Apology for MOH Gaffe It Originally Ignored”, in soc.retirement (Usenet):

But Hopey McChange just asked for more money to give to people who are below water.

2012 February 8, theget, “OT The Good Example”, in alt.tv.law-and-order (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory) A nickname for former US president Barack Obama.


Фашингтон

ru-proper noun+

Фашингто́н • (Fašingtón) m inan (genitive Фашингто́на)

Фашингто́н (canonical)
Fašingtón (romanization)
Фашингто́на (genitive)
Фашингто́н (nominative singular)
Фашингто́ны (nominative plural)
Фашингто́на (genitive singular)
Фашингто́нов (genitive plural)
Фашингто́ну (dative singular)
Фашингто́нам (dative plural)
Фашингто́н (accusative singular)
Фашингто́ны (accusative plural)
Фашингто́ном (instrumental singular)
Фашингто́нами (instrumental plural)
Фашингто́не (prepositional singular)
Фашингто́нах (plural prepositional)

From фаши́зм (fašízm) + Вашингто́н (Vašingtón).

af

United States of America
United States of America

(derogatory, slang, politics) The government of the United States of America.


Presumably the mindwipe process is unstable in suspended animation, so they didn't want to bother until they were ready to bring the bizarros up to active use. And any lingering imperfections in the duplicator can explain "out of character" incidents on the part of the SW6ers.

1992 August 5, David VanDomelen, “LSH clones speculation }->”, in rec.arts.comics.misc (Usenet):

(fandom slang) A member of Batch SW6, a group of time-displaced duplicates of the early Legion of Super-Heroes in the DC Comics Universe.


Xfic

en-noun

Xfic (countable and uncountable, plural Xfics)

I have just completed an Xfic, and would like to post it to get some feedback. The story is in 9 parts, with some parts up to 2000 words. Is 2000 words acceptible^([sic]) for a posting length, or should I break the longer parts into smaller lengths for posting?

1997 February 26, Sean, “posting length query”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

(countable, fandom slang) A fanfic based on The X-Files television series.


SNCC

SNCC’s move toward pursuing more radical ideals actually began in 1966 when the group spoke out against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

2013, Michael V. Uschan, James Foreman and SNCC, Greenhaven Publishing, →ISBN, page 90:

w:Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

(US politics, historical) Initialism of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.


Grand Army of the Republic

(now historical) An organization for veterans of the US Army, Navy and Marines who served in the American Civil War.


old man yells at cloud

From a scene in the 2002 episode "The Old Man and the Key" of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons, in which Grampa Simpson, applying for a driver's license, produces a newspaper clipping with this headline for identification.

I'm incessantly railing, in the old-man-yells-at-cloud tradition, against Big Beautiful Burgers stuffed into wispy buns that leave nothing to the imagination.

2018 February, Liz Cook, “Check-in Time”, in The Pitch, page 26:

If you will allow me an “old man yells at cloud” moment...back in my day, the only tools we had to make documentation were plain ol' spreadsheets, slides, and Word documents.

2020, Matt LeMay, Product Management in Practice, page 148:

Everyone has their own Old-Man-Yells-at-Cloud gripe that they just can't let go. Some people can't get over the fact that some people do (or do not) keep their ketchup in the fridge; other people can't stop themselves ragging on pineapple-topped pizza.

2022, Ruby Tandoh, Cook As You Are: Recipes for Real Life, Hungry Cooks, and Messy Kitchens: A Cookbook, page 131:

(humorous or derogatory) Refers to a person who expresses a trivial, out-of-touch, or idiosyncratic grievance; especially, with an implication of aged crotchetiness.

Grampa Simpson
The Old Man and the Key
The Simpsons


Joever

en-adj

Joever (comparative more Joever, superlative most Joever)

more Joever (comparative)
most Joever (superlative)

/ˈd͡ʒəʊ.və(ɹ)/

Blend of Joe + over, in reference to 46th president of the United States Joe Biden. Initially appeared in a 4chan post published October 14, 2020, shortly before the 2020 United States presidential election, to signify the perceived defeat of Joe Biden. Popularized in late 2022 in various memes on Twitter. Repopularized after Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 Presidential race.

here's a prediction for you
it's joever

2020 October 24, anonymous author, 4chan, /pol/:

“It’s Joever,” joked one fan with an attached image of a forlorn President Joe Biden.

2022 December 22, DJ Byrnes, “NFL world reacts to major Russell Wilson change”, in The Comeback, archived from the original on 2022-12-30:

It's Joever. On Saturday, Entertainment Tonight dropped the bombshell news that Taylor Swift and her boyfriend of more than six years, Joe Alwyn, broke up "a few weeks ago," which was subsequently confirmed by People, Page Six, and CNN.

2023 April 10, Brendan Morrow, “The daily gossip: Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn were 'talking about marriage' before reported split, Kim Kardashian cast in American Horror Story, and more”, in The Week, archived from the original on 2023-06-19:

The 27-year-old streamer tweeted out a meme collage for the announcement of his new world record, while also tagging Forsen. He shared the meme quote “It’s Joever,” along with his time for the speed run of 16 minutes and 38 seconds.

2023 May 7, Ajitesh Rawat, quoting xQc, “xQc Flexes on Forsen After Taking Back the Crown of Minecraft Record Holder”, in EssentiallySports, archived from the original on 2023-07-20:

Over on Twitter, someone immediately posted, "They even added complicated armor layouts to the alien flesh suits its joever".

2023 May 25, James Troughton, “Gamers Are Divided Over Spider-Man 2's Symbiote Suit”, in TheGamer, archived from the original on 2023-06-03:

'Honestly heartbroken babes... Go collect your brother, after this is done... You might want to log out tonight sis... it’s joever for your brother i fear... Your brother is giving LOSER ENERGY. So disrespectful... Tell him sis'.

2023 June 12, Ciara Farmer For Mailonline, “Snoochie Shy rages over Love Island star brother Zachariah's cruel treatment of Catherine... leaving fans urging the DJ to 'go collect her loser sibling'”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-13:

Ah shit, it’s Joever.

2024 February 26, Smii7Yplus, 19:47 from the start, in Worms Moments that End in Disaster:

It’s finally Joever: On Sunday, President Joe Biden announced he's stepping down from the Democratic presidential ticket with a letter to his "fellow Americans," posted on Twitter.

2024 July 21, Kylie Cheung, “It's Joever”, in Jezebel, archived from the original on 2024-07-21:

(Internet slang, humorous) Done for, finished, cooked.

Withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election


It is estimated that HB2 cost North Carolina $600 million in lost business, after the National Basketball Association and other sports organizations and businesses moved events from the state, financial services firms halted expansion plans, and a number of celebrities canceled shows.

2018, Constance E. Bagley, Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for Business, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 119:

w:Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act

(US politics) Initialism of House Bill 2.


Dear Leader

But patriotism means standing up for your country's values, not pledging personal allegiance to Dear Leader.

2017 January 16, Paul Krugman, “With All Due Disrespect”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-13:

Even as Trump commands a dwindling number of Republicans willing to say the election remains unsettled, his administration is stuck trying to carry out Dear Leader's wishes.

2020 November 14, Terry H. Schwadron, “Trump gums up the transition works”, in Salon.com, archived from the original on 2023-05-05:

Also on Tuesday, Arizona Republicans censured Rusty Bowers, a Republican and leader in the state's legislature, after he had testified last month before the committee and denied that Trump won Arizona. Fealty to "Dear Leader" remains a tribal litmus test.

2022 July 22, Lloyd Green, “Trump, modern Nero, watched the Capitol sacked from a White House dining room”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-05:

(by extension, ironic, derogatory) A nickname for Donald Trump (US president from 2017–2021), seen as engendering unthinking subservience among his followers.


Cleganebowl

From Clegane + bowl (“a postseason football competition”).

compound

Believers in the Cleganebowl were a unique brand of fans who embraced the tagline “GET HYPE.”

2019, Kim Renfro, The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones, page 173:

In a similar vein to Cleganebowl, I feel almost certain that Hodor will appear as a wight in the Night King's army.

2019, Joe Cunningham, "Game of Thrones Season 8", University Express (University College Cork), 2 April 2019, page 18

The style evident in the ‘Cleganebowl’ scene contrasts with that apparent in the intercut scenes, which follow the narrative perspective of Arya Stark.

2021, Daniel Clarke, “A city in flames: King’s Landing as artistic archive in HBO’s Game of Thrones”, in Landscape Research, volume 47, number 7, page 905:

(ASoIaF/GoT fandom slang) The showdown between brothers Sandor Clegane and Gregor Clegane on the television series Game of Thrones.


you know nothing, Jon Snow

From a catchphrase said repeatedly by the character Ygritte to Jon Snow in the novel A Storm of Swords (2000) by George R. R. Martin. The phrase, initially used reproachfully and then later affectionately after Jon and Ygritte fall in love, was popularised by its use in the television adaptation Game of Thrones.

People in New York are complaining about how hot it is and I’m like you know nothing Jon Snow.

2014, @becafarmer, quoted in Metro (New York), 3 July 2014 - 6 July 2014, page 2

All your planning is done. Your bag is packed. You've got your pass. You've finished marathoning Orphan Black. It's con time. But if you think you're ready to head inside just because you've done all this planning, you know nothing, Jon Snow. There is a lot to deal with once you're through the front doors.

2015, Sam Maggs, The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Geek Girls, page 124:

Charles nodded, understanding. "I know."
From up front, Pete said, "You know nothing, Jon Snow."

2023, Jason Powell, No Man's Ghost, unnumbered page:

(humorous) Used to imply that someone lacks experience, knowledge, or understanding, especially as a rebuttal of a previous statement.

A Storm of Swords
Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin
Jon Snow (character)
Ygritte


I choose violence

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-I choose violence.wav

Cersei Lannister
Game of Thrones
No One (Game of Thrones)

Presumably inspired by a scene in the episode "No One" (2016) of the television series Game of Thrones, in which Cersei Lannister, facing clerical detention and ordered to restrain her bodyguard, calmly responds, "I choose violence."

You see, I have this funny thing I say every morning and to my close circle of women friends quite often, especially when they're looking for advice on how to deal with white privilege and entitlement, and that is: 'Choose violence' I don't mean this literally. But when we say what needs to be said, a Black woman will always be seen as aggressive or arrogant, instead of confident, unafraid and assertive. […] But choosing the easier path doesn't benefit me, harmlessness does not benefit me. I choose violence.

2022, Haji Mohamed Dawjee, Here's the Thing, unnumbered page:

On my last night in town before heading to the Midwest, I decide to try the hot dog at the Cape Cod Cafe. The suggestion draws some mockery on both sides of the family, who know damn well that coming to CCC without getting a bar pizza is a waste of their money (I offer to pay: "Oh my God, Mrs. Hollywood with her own frickin' money, huh," an aunt says before slapping down a Visa with travel points). It is overpriced, eight dollars without any description except "hot dog." I choose violence. I order the hot dog.

2023, Jamie Loftus, Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs, unnumbered pages

The boring asss griiiiind. I usually enjoy the grind, I’m currently up to my ears in Diablo4 grind. It was just so bland and monotonous. Same with Witcher3 and Skyrim……I choose violence.

2023 June 28, u/KickballJamal, Reddit, r/AskReddit:

(Internet slang, humorous, idiomatic) Used to express that one is firmly committed to making one's own choice(s) regardless of disapproval from others.


dracarys

en-verb

dracarys (third-person singular simple present dracaryses, present participle dracarysing, simple past and past participle dracarysed)

dracaryses (present singular third-person)
dracarysing (participle present)
dracarysed (participle past)
dracarysed (past)

A Song of Ice and Fire
Daenerys Targaryen
David J. Peterson
Game of Thrones

Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin as a word meaning "dragonfire" in the fictional language of High Valyrian featured in his A Song of Ice and Fire novel series. In the novel series, as well as its television adaptation Game of Thrones, the character Daenerys Targaryen uses dracarys (drakarys in the television series) to command her dragons to breathe fire. The language creator chosen for Game of Thrones, David J. Peterson, acknowledged that dracarys was influenced by Latin dracō (“dragon”).

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It's no secret that I love hot and spicy food, so in addition to the hundred-plus people I'd like to dracarys on a daily basis, I'd do it to my Bloody to ensure it has extra heat.

2020, Joey Skladany, Basic Bitchen, page 35:

What Warren Buffett Should've Told Ya #5: You Didn't Get into This to Dracarys a Bitch

2021, Phoebe Robinson, Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays, page 90:

On my last day of work, when I wanted to Dracarys everyone (I'll get to that), I realised why.

2023, Sonja Hadj Said, Bluebird, unnumbered page:


blok wschodni

blok wschodni (nominative singular)
bloku wschodniego (genitive singular)
blokowi wschodniemu (dative singular)
blok wschodni (accusative singular)
blokiem wschodnim (instrumental singular)
bloku wschodnim (locative singular)
bloku wschodni (singular vocative)


Wschód

Wschód (nominative singular)
Wschodu (genitive singular)
Wschodowi (dative singular)
Wschód (accusative singular)
Wschodem (instrumental singular)
Wschodzie (locative singular)
Wschodzie (singular vocative)

Coordinate term: Zachód

(politics) East (Eastern Europe, non-Cold War concept)


valar morghulis

Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin for use in his A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novel series. The phrase, which means "all men must die" in the fictional language of High Valyrian, is used as a greeting by the Faceless Men, a combination death cult and assassin's guild. The traditional response is valar dohaeris (“all men must serve”).

On a philosophical note, there has never been a moment in my life where I’ve truly considered the gravity of death. Yes I know, “All men must die,” but I’m a writer, not a BASE jumper. I spend most of my time behind a bright computer screen, thinking. Yet as I started driving along the edge of a snowy cliff tumbling hundreds of meters downwards to the rocky sea, without snow tyres, the possibility was getting a little bit too real. Valar morghulis.

2015, Hannah Jane Cohen, "A Road Trip To Djúpavík", The Reykjavík Grapevine, 5 June 2015 - 18 June 2015, page 31

In 2015, different beasts threaten our lives—heart disease, cancers, and chronic airway diseases comprise the majority of our disease burden. Valar morghulis—all men must die.

2015, Keegan Guidolin & Matthew Douglas-Vail, "What kills us and what costs us: An examination of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge", University of Western Ontario Medical Journal, Volume 84, Issue 1, Winter 2015, page 18

You fought a good battle, and it was an honour to be there right beside you. I will miss you. “Valar Morghulis” my friend. The God of Death has called one of its valiant warrior home, albeit, too soon.

2019, "Dedication", in Jennifer P. B. Price, "Testing Construct Redundancy: Resilience, Grit, Hardiness, and Mental Toughness", thesis submitted to Saint Mary's University (Halifax, NS), page 7

(fandom slang) An expression used as an acknowledgement of human mortality and the inevitability of death.


knife-ear

From an allusion to the pointed ears common in fantasy depictions of elves. Popularised by Dragon Age: Origins (2009) and its subsequent use in the Dragon Age franchise. Possibly influenced by the earlier round-ear.

You've a lot of nerve, knife-ears. This'll go badly for you.

2009 November 3, BioWare (developer), David Gaider (lead writer), Dragon Age: Origins, →OCLC, scene: wedding cutscene in the City Elf origin:

"Hard to believe the elves wiped out the Knights of Saint Augustine. Their captain was capable of summoning the angel, you know? How did a couple of knife-ears stand up to the Kingdom's strongest knights and an angel?”

2020, 616th Special Information Battalion (trans. ZackZeal), Her Majesty's Swarm: Volume 1, unnumbered page

"Get your ass in here. It's time you started acting like the chicano ork you are and not some pansy elf listening to Americano music by yourself all the time. That's what knife-ears do! Now get in here!"

2022, O. C. Presley, Shadowrun: Kings of the Street, unnumbered pages


my watch has ended

Derived from a misquotation of a phrase used in the A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novel series and its television adaptation Game of Thrones. In the novels, "and now his watch is ended" is used to conclude eulogies honouring fallen members of the Night's Watch, a brotherhood of men who swear lifelong vows to defend the Wall. "My watch is ended" is used in the episode "Oathbreaker" (2016) by a character who resigns from the Watch.

My watch has ended.
For the last eight years – four of them here at Courier Life Publications – I have had the privilege to be your eyes and ears, your evaluator, and a watchdog in New York City's local sports scene.

2016, Joseph Staszewski, "Farewell – but not goodbye", Brooklyn Courier, 20 May 2016 - 26 May 2016, page 44

My watch has ended. After six years, I'm about to conclude my last three-year term as department chair.

2018, Gary W. Lewandowski, "My Watch Has Ended: A Chair's Exit Interview", The Department Chair, Fall 2018, page 10

"I really enjoyed my time on city council the last eight years. I've learned a lot, developed some really good relationships. I'm proud of the work we've done. And you know, I'm going to be thinking of our achievements as I move forward but for now, my watch has ended."

2020, Ryan Bater, quoted in John Cairns, "Bater concedes race", Regional News-Optimist (The Battlefords, SK), 12 November 2020, page 3

(fandom slang) Used to indicate that one's duties or tenure in a position have ended.

A Song of Ice and Fire
Game of Thrones
Night's Watch
Oathbreaker (Game of Thrones)
The Wall (A Song of Ice and Fire)


valar dohaeris

Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin for use in his A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novel series. The phrase means "all men must serve" in the fictional language of High Valyrian. It is a traditional response to valar morghulis (“all men must die”).

If Valar Morghulis, then I shall do my very best in paying it forward in the time I have left. Valar Dohaeris.

2014, "Acknowledgements", in Kathleen A. Moore, "Scrutiny on the Bounty: From Crisis Communication To Crisis Conversation", dissertation submitted to Pennsylvania State University, page xi

But soon there will be a new clickbait queen, as HBO's Game of Thrones gears up for its penultimate season this weekend. After that, you can expect endless recaps and speculations for the next two months, clogging up your social media feed (not to mention the endless memes) as the show moves beyond the source material and into the realm of "everyone will have theories." We'll try to steer clear of that business, but no promises: We are a free alt-weekly in 2017, after all, and everyone's got bills to pay. Valar dohaeris.

2017 July 14, Josh Kupecki, “Stream Analysis”, in The Austin Chronicle, page 43:

Although Dr. Murphy’s “watch has ended,” her trailblazing legacy and extreme passion to improve kidney and health care will live on in many ways (14), but forever in our hearts and minds. Indeed, Valar dohaeris (15).

2021, Steven G. Coca, "Tribute to Barbara Murphy", Kidney360, Volume 2, Issue 9, page 1500

(fandom slang) An expression used as an affirmation of duty to a higher purpose or authority.


High Valyrian

Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin. First referenced in his 1996 fantasy novel A Game of Thrones. Developed into a usable conlang by David J. Peterson.

The HBO series Games of Thrones, which premiered in 2011, has included the languages of Dothraki and High Valyrian, both created by David Peterson.

2015, Douglas Ball, “Constructed languages”, in Rodney H. Jones, editor, The Routledge Handbook of Language and Creativity, pages 148–149:

Though two language courses (High Valyrian and Klingon) are constructed languages from popular TV series (Game of Thrones and Star Trek, respectively), there are reportedly more than 100,000 learners doing the High Valyrian course.

2017, David M. Palfreyman, “Learner Autonomy and Groups”, in Autonomy in Language Learning and Teaching: New Research Agendas, page 79:

The use of High Valyrian mirrors the use of Latin both in the medieval Christian church and as a common language used among the educated elite.

2019, KellyAnn Fitzpatrick, Neomedievalism, Popular Culture, and the Academy: From Tolkien to Game of Thrones, page 113:

constructed language
constructed language

A constructed language developed for use in the television series Game of Thrones.

A Game of Thrones
David J. Peterson
Valyrian languages


captive nation

Almost from the moment the Soviet empire swallowed the captive nations, the fight against it began.

1989 November 21, A[braham] M[ichael] Rosenthal, “ON MY MIND; Helping the Revolution”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-12-19:

Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump claimed that "socialism is dying" and described Cuba as a "captive nation." But Cuban officials framed voting yes to the constitution as a matter of patriotism.

2019 February 25, Euan McKirdy, “Cubans overwhelmingly vote in favor of new constitution”, in CNN, archived from the original on 2022-10-12:

When the moment struck in the late 1980s as the Soviet Union started to collapse, nonviolent resistance to Communist rule forced the Soviets out, freeing the captive nations without a shot fired.

2021 June 24, Henry Olsen, “Opinion: The U.S. can’t save Hong Kong. But it must keep the spirit of freedom alive.”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-07-18:

(US, politics, chiefly historical) A country under the control of a Communist regime (especially the Soviet Union).


Foxitis

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From Fox + -itis, after Fox News, an American conservative news and political commentary television channel and website.

In May, 2021, the defence for US Capitol rioter Anthony Antonio, put forward the argument that Mr. Antonio was suffering from “Foxitis” - a condition brought on by watching excessive amounts of FOX NEWS in the six months prior to the insurrection.

2021 July 20, Kyle Hamilton, edited by Ruben Verborgh, Anastasia Dimou, Aidan Hogan, Claudia d'Amato, Ilaria Tiddi, Arne Bröring, Simon Mayer, Femke Ongenae, Riccardo Tommasini, and Mehwish Alam, The Semantic Web: ESWC 2021 Satellite Events: Virtual Event, June 6–10, 2021, Revised Selected Papers, volume 12739, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 230:

“Lawyer Blames 'Foxitis' for His US Capitol Riot Client's Actions, as Another Defendant Derails Hearings With Profane Outbursts”

2022 October 15, Thomas E. Brymer, FIGHTING FOR DEMOCRACY: Our Dangerous Civic Illiteracy, A Conservative's Conscience, and Rethinking American Citizenship, BookLocker.com, Inc, →ISBN:

Indeed, several people arrested for participating in the insurrection attempt on January 6, 2021, used as their defense that they were victims of “Foxitis,” misdirected by the continuous misinformation.

2022 October 24, David L. Altheide, Gonzo Governance: The Media Logic of Donald Trump, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:

Because they weren't strong enough to pull away. It's not my fault; it was “Foxitis.” Imagine the lives saved and destruction avoided if honesty, integrity, and maintaining the highest ethical standards in journalism were the norm instead of the exception.

2023 January 6, Nitki's Dad, The Warrior Within, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN:

(US politics, humorous) A notional disease caused by overconsumption of right-wing media.


kismesis

en-noun

kismesis (countable and uncountable, plural kismeses)

Blend of kismet (“fate, destiny”) + nemesis.

blend

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kismesis.

(Homestuck fandom slang) A person with whom one shares an intense but adversarial connection; a nemesis; a rival.


Mur Berliński

Mur Berliński (nominative singular)
Muru Berlińskiego (genitive singular)
Murowi Berlińskiemu (dative singular)
Mur Berliński (accusative singular)
Murem Berlińskim (instrumental singular)
Murze Berlińskim (locative singular)
Murze Berliński (singular vocative)

(historical) Berlin Wall (wall that parted Berlin)


Departament Stanu

Departament Stanu (nominative singular)
Departamentu Stanu (genitive singular)
Departamentowi Stanu (dative singular)
Departament Stanu (accusative singular)
Departamentem Stanu (instrumental singular)
Departamencie Stanu (locative singular)
Departamencie Stanu (singular vocative)

Calque of English Department of State, State Department.

(US politics) United States Department of State


Buckley rule

After William F. Buckley Jr., who stated the rule in connection with National Review magazine.

(US politics) The rule of supporting the most right-wing viable candidate for a given office.


Constitutioner

The Constitution Party of Texas Tuesday substituted Mrs. W. Lee O’Daniel in the place of her husband as their nominee for governor of Texas. [see title]

1956 September 18, “Constitutioners: Party to Run O’Daniel’s Wife Instead”, in Fort Worth Star-Telegram, volume 76, number 231, Fort Worth, Tex., page 1:

William P. Gale, the Constitution Party’s candidate for governor of California, says it is mixture of the races which is leading the world to Armageddon […] [see title]

1957 December 13, “'Constitutioner' Says Race Mixing Means Final War”, in The Fresno Bee, volume 68, number 12739, Fresno, Cal., page 13-A:

The Constitution Party Monday night named Charles Sullivan, 29, Clarksdale, Miss., attorney, as its presidential candidate. [see title]

1960 August 10, “Constitutioners Name Candidate”, in The Progress-Index, volume 96, number 38, Petersburg–Colonial Heights, Va., page 16:

(US politics, historical) A member of the Constitution Party, a loosely organized far-right third party in the United States founded in 1952 and dissolved in the 1970s.


HAA

Healthy Americans Act
w:Healthy Americans Act

(US politics) Initialism of Healthy Americans Act.


starve the beast

en-verb

starve the beast (third-person singular simple present starves the beast, present participle starving the beast, simple past and past participle starved the beast)

starves the beast (present singular third-person)
starving the beast (participle present)
starved the beast (participle past)
starved the beast (past)

Bruce Bartlett
Ronald Reagan
The Independent Review

According to Bruce Bartlett, the second sense was first used by an anonymous Reagan staffer in “We didn’t starve the beast. It’s still eating quite well—by feeding off future generations.”

Whatever the mechanism, attempts to starve the beast through revenue shortages somehow seem to make the beast all the more voracious.

2010 February 22, Catherine Rampell, “A New Social Contract, but Which One?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-10-16:

(US politics) To deprive the federal government of revenue by cutting taxes in an effort to force it to limit spending.


monkey's paw

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The Monkey's Paw
The Simpsons
Treehouse of Horror II
W. W. Jacobs

From the 1902 short story "The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs, in which a mummified monkey's paw is enchanted to grant a family three wishes, but with terrible consequences for them. Popularised by a segment based on Jacobs' story in the 1991 episode "Treehouse of Horror II" of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons.

It’s given me everything I thought I wanted – riches, lucre, affluence, having lots of money, and being very wealthy – but with monkey’s-paw precision it’s turned all my dreams against me.

2015 October 19, Sam Kriss with Thom Phipps, “Who really ever owns a tweet? The story of a 140-character message gone viral, and the man who stole it”, in The Daily Telegraph:

It’s a monkey’s paw of a legacy, to have birthed an immortal gastronomic titan but not to have attained immortality of one’s own.

2017 October 11, Helen Rosner, “What Le Cirque Will Be Remembered For”, in The New Yorker:

For many people, the extended period of quarantine and working from home necessitated by the coronavirus outbreak has turned into a monkey’s paw situation — a theoretical wish come true that has significant downsides.

2020 April 2, Brian Feldman, “Welcome (Back) to the Appointment Internet”, in New York:

One person joked that Chet was the result of a monkey's paw situation with his father. ¶ 'Chet hanks is the price tom hanks paid to become tom hanks,' they wrote.

2021 March 27, Brian Marks, “Tom Hanks' rapper son Chet Hanks gets lambasted on social media after declaring that 'white boy summer' is on the way”, in The Daily Mail:

(idiomatic, usually attributive) A situation in which a wish or desire has been fulfilled, but at significant cost or with ironic, usually unfavourable consequences.


Trumpcuck

(US politics, Internet slang, derogatory) A supporter of former U.S. president Donald Trump.


Rose Mary Stretch

(US politics, historical, humorous) In the context of the Watergate scandal: the implausible physical position that Richard Nixon's secretary Rose Mary Woods would have had to adopt in order to bring about the ostensibly accidental erasure of various portions of recorded tape.


TPUSA

(US politics) Initialism of Turning Point USA.


Buffyatric

I'm Harper. Resident breadbaker, librarian, Buffyatric, occasional pirate wench, and quondam Irish harper.

1997 October 28, SjPete, “Stranger enters, goes to corner table”, in alt.pub.coffeehouse.amethyst (Usenet):

Uh-oh, better be careful what you say in that regard. I made the same point here just a few weeks ago and got flamed by one of the posting board's "Buffyatrics" (which group actually doesn't seem distinguishable from the younger set, at least not according to some of the items posted at their website).

1998 October 4, David Samuel Barr, “Joss Answers Questions — Spoilers”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

The word "gay" has been adopted as a generic term to cover both male and female homosexuals (aka lesbians). Even *I* know that and I'm an ageing Buffyatric!

2004 April 1, Dave K, “BtVS on new gay channel”, in uk.media.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

(fandom slang) An elderly fan of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003).


vận mệnh hiển nhiên

[vən˧˨ʔ məjŋ̟˧˨ʔ hiən˧˩ ɲiən˧˧]

[vəŋ˨˩ʔ men˨˩ʔ hiəŋ˧˨ ɲiəŋ˧˧]

[vəŋ˨˩˨ məːn˨˩˨ hiəŋ˨˩˦ ɲiəŋ˧˧]

[jəŋ˨˩˨ məːn˨˩˨ hiəŋ˨˩˦ ɲiəŋ˧˧]

vận mệnh (“destiny, fate”) + hiển nhiên (“obvious, apparent”).

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(historical) the manifest destiny (cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America)


Chiến tranh Cách mạng Mĩ

[t͡ɕiən˧˦ t͡ɕajŋ̟˧˧ kajk̟̚˧˦ maːŋ˧˨ʔ mi˦ˀ˥]

[t͡ɕiəŋ˦˧˥ ʈɛɲ˧˧ kat̚˦˧˥ maːŋ˨˩ʔ mɪj˧˨]

[ciəŋ˦˥ ʈan˧˧ kat̚˦˥ maːŋ˨˩˨ mɪj˨˩˦]

chiến tranh (“war”) + cách mạng (“revolution”) + Mĩ (“America”).

American Revolutionary War
American Revolutionary War

(historical) the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)


chiến tranh chống khủng bố

[t͡ɕiən˧˦ t͡ɕajŋ̟˧˧ t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˧˦ xʊwŋ͡m˧˩ ʔɓo˧˦]

[t͡ɕiəŋ˦˧˥ ʈɛɲ˧˧ t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˦˧˥ kʰʊwŋ͡m˧˨ ʔɓow˨˩˦]

[t͡ɕiəŋ˦˧˥ ʈɛɲ˧˧ t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˦˧˥ xʊwŋ͡m˧˨ ʔɓow˨˩˦]

[ciəŋ˦˥ ʈan˧˧ cəwŋ͡m˦˥ kʰʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦ ʔɓow˦˥]

[ciəŋ˦˥ ʈan˧˧ cəwŋ͡m˦˥ xʊwŋ͡m˨˩˦ ʔɓow˦˥]

chiến tranh (“war”) + chống (“to oppose, to resist”) + khủng bố (“to terrorize”).

(US) the War on Terrorism (American-led global counterterrorism campaign launched in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001)


BlueAnon

Blend of Blue + QAnon. From blue, the color associated with the Democratic Party and QAnon, another prominent conspiracy theory. First coined by conservatives in March 2021.

(US politics) The collection of alleged conspiracy theories held by left-wingers.


Q drop

From Q + drop, from the anonymous poster Q and an informal term for a post.

(US politics) A message from Q, the primary source for QAnon followers.


Peace Democrat

(US politics, historical) Synonym of Copperhead (“a northerner who sympathized with the South or wanted to end hostilities during the American Civil War”)


Proud Boy

(US politics) A member of the Proud Boys, a right-wing militant group.


Homem-Morcego

Calque of English Batman. In Brazil, the name first appeared with the superhero's debut in November 1940, on "O Lobinho" magazine (despite being written as Batman on the front page, dialogues had only the translated version). Nowadays, DC Comics has made Batman the official name for the hero on Portuguese translated media, but Homem-Morcego is still used as a nickname among fans.


vocal minority

en-noun

vocal minority (plural vocal minorities)

From the antonyms of silent and majority.

(US politics) A small group of people that openly declare their beliefs but have little effect on voting patterns and social behavior.


Libertarian Party

(politics) A name used by several libertarian political parties worldwide, including:

(US politics) The Libertarian Party of the United States


mini-Trump

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mini-Trump.

(politics, derogatory) A Trumpian politician.


Jefferson-Jackson dinner

Jefferson-Jackson dinner (plural Jefferson-Jackson dinners)

Named after US presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, considered to be the founders of the modern Democratic party.

(US politics) An annual dinner arranged for fundraising purposes by Democratic Party organizations in the United States, usually in February or March.


republikánus

republikánus (nominative singular)
republikánusok (nominative plural)
republikánust (accusative singular)
republikánusokat (accusative plural)
republikánusnak (dative singular)
republikánusoknak (dative plural)
republikánussal (instrumental singular)
republikánusokkal (instrumental plural)
republikánusért (causal-final singular)
republikánusokért (causal-final plural)
republikánussá (singular translative)
republikánusokká (plural translative)
republikánusig (singular terminative)
republikánusokig (plural terminative)
republikánusként (essive-formal singular)
republikánusokként (essive-formal plural)
republikánusban (inessive singular)
republikánusokban (inessive plural)
republikánuson (singular superessive)
republikánusokon (plural superessive)
republikánusnál (adessive singular)
republikánusoknál (adessive plural)
republikánusba (illative singular)
republikánusokba (illative plural)
republikánusra (singular sublative)
republikánusokra (plural sublative)
republikánushoz (allative singular)
republikánusokhoz (allative plural)
republikánusból (elative singular)
republikánusokból (elative plural)
republikánusról (delative singular)
republikánusokról (delative plural)
republikánustól (ablative singular)
republikánusoktól (ablative plural)
republikánusé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
republikánusoké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
republikánuséi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
republikánusokéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)

Borrowed from French républicain and English republican.

(US politics) Republican (of or pertaining to the Republican Party of the United States)


republikánus

republikánus (nominative singular)
republikánusok (nominative plural)
republikánust (accusative singular)
republikánusokat (accusative plural)
republikánusnak (dative singular)
republikánusoknak (dative plural)
republikánussal (instrumental singular)
republikánusokkal (instrumental plural)
republikánusért (causal-final singular)
republikánusokért (causal-final plural)
republikánussá (singular translative)
republikánusokká (plural translative)
republikánusig (singular terminative)
republikánusokig (plural terminative)
republikánusként (essive-formal singular)
republikánusokként (essive-formal plural)
republikánusban (inessive singular)
republikánusokban (inessive plural)
republikánuson (singular superessive)
republikánusokon (plural superessive)
republikánusnál (adessive singular)
republikánusoknál (adessive plural)
republikánusba (illative singular)
republikánusokba (illative plural)
republikánusra (singular sublative)
republikánusokra (plural sublative)
republikánushoz (allative singular)
republikánusokhoz (allative plural)
republikánusból (elative singular)
republikánusokból (elative plural)
republikánusról (delative singular)
republikánusokról (delative plural)
republikánustól (ablative singular)
republikánusoktól (ablative plural)
republikánusé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
republikánusoké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
republikánuséi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
republikánusokéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
republikánusom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
republikánusaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
republikánusod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
republikánusaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
republikánusa (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
republikánusai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
republikánusunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
republikánusaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
republikánusotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
republikánusaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
republikánusuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
republikánusaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

(US politics) Republican (a member or supporter of the Republican Party in the United States)


Simpsonwave

Vaporwave and its more developed form, Simpsonwave, are of course concerned with an entirely different set of tropes–but they are no less hauntological for it. Both are recognizably hauntological by virtue of the techniques they employ—VHS crackle, Windows start-up sounds, etc.

2019, Tom Whyman, “Oh, They Have the Internet on Computers Now?”, in Alfie Bown, Dan Bristow, editors, Post Memes: Seizing the Memes of Production, punctum books, →ISBN, page 212:

A genre of user-created online music videos consisting of scenes from the American animated television series The Simpsons set to vaporwave music, with surreal visual distortion effects.


Hooverism

(politics) The policies of Herbert Hoover (1874–1964), 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933.


Lincoln-Reagan dinner

Lincoln-Reagan dinner (plural Lincoln-Reagan dinners)

Named after US presidents Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, considered to be the founders of the modern Republican party, and inspired by the term Jefferson-Jackson dinner.

(US politics) An annual dinner arranged for fundraising purposes by Republican Party organizations in the United States.


Hooverite

(politics) A supporter of Herbert Hoover (1874–1964), 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933.


Uncle Sucker

They are increasing their productivity to the point where they will top the United States and also Russia, which is No. 2. At the same time the only way they can dispose of the steel is through export — and Uncle Sucker will be the buyer. But the United States is going to run out of money one of these days.

1971, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates..., page 26233:

Sure, if we own an aerospace contracting company, a five-thousand-acre sugar-beet farm, or a savings and loan with the president's son on the board of directors, we can soak Uncle Sucker for millions.

2015, P. J. O'Rourke, Thrown Under the Omnibus: A Reader:

(US, slang, humorous, derogatory) A personification of the United States federal government, regarded as being exploited by unscrupulous citizens or businesses.


Pixarify

en-verb

Pixarify (third-person singular simple present Pixarifies, present participle Pixarifying, simple past and past participle Pixarified)

Pixarifies (present singular third-person)
Pixarifying (participle present)
Pixarified (participle past)
Pixarified (past)

It turns out there's a lot more to designing dinosaurs than just teeth and scales and claws. [Jon] Reisch said that, behind the scenes, there was a lot of discussion with paleontologists, "learning about all the different kinds of dinosaur, which ones we could cast in our movie in certain roles, and how to take those and Pixarify them in terms of design and how to use them in our story."

2015 November 25, Richard Whittaker, “Chasing The Good Dinosaur: FX director Jon Reisch on Pixar's newest animation”, in The Austin Chronicle:

While the traditional NFL game broadcast will be streamed on ESPN+, so too will the Toy Story Funday Football alt-cast, a fully rendered, Pixar-ified version of the action. Viewers on Disney+ and NFL+ will have that option as well, as Sony-owned Beyond Sports takes live game tracking data to recreate game play.

2023 September 29, Joe Lemire, “ESPN's Toy Story Funday Football: The tech behind Falcons-Jaguars fully animated alt-cast”, in Sports Business Journal:

(transitive) To adapt to the style of the animated films produced by Pixar.


FDT

[Pitt] pairs [the upside-down American flag dipped in black ink] with a white surrender flag with the message “FDT” [.]

2017 January 18, Shelia Regan, “13 Artists Design Flags for the Age of Trump (with Plans to Burn Them Later)”, in Hyperallergic, archived from the original on 2023-03-21:

(US politics) Initialism of fuck Donald Trump.


波斯灣戰爭

ㄅㄛ ㄙ ㄨㄢ ㄓㄢˋ ㄓㄥ

Босывань Чжаньчжэн

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/pɔː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/

/pu̯ɔ⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵ wän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/

/pɔː⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵ waːn⁵⁵ t͡siːn³³ t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵/


Czarne Pantery

Czarne Pantery (nominative plural)
Czarnych Panter (genitive plural)
Czarnym Panterom (dative plural)
Czarne Pantery (accusative plural)
Czarnymi Panterami (instrumental plural)
Czarnych Panterach (locative plural)
Czarne Pantery (plural vocative)

(historical, US politics) Black Panthers (Black Power political party in the United States from the 1960s to the 1980s)


N7 Day

(fandom slang) An informal commemorative day observed annually on November 7 by Mass Effect fandom.


My Little Pony

The original My Little Pony toys were smaller versions of an earlier series of toys, My Pretty Pony.

An American toy and cartoon media-franchise based on anthropomorphic equines.


Ancestral Puebloan

en-noun

Ancestral Puebloan (plural Ancestral Puebloans)

Any member of a Native American people who once lived in cliff-dwellings in Utah and Colorado.

Anasazi

member of a Native American people who once lived in Utah and Colorado


states' righter

states' righter (plural states' righters)

(US politics) A supporter of states' rights.


Trumplandia

Mr. Trump, who believes he is always right, may be correct: he may become the forty-fifth president of the United States. […] This is history on the fly, written for the scholars of the future who will analyze Trumpian doctrine and for the schoolchildren who will memorize Trump’s pithiest quotes. […] —Carol Pogash / Trumplandia / USA!

2015, Carol Pogash, “Preface”, in Quotations from Chairman Trump, New York, N.Y.: RosettaBooks, →ISBN:

Having systematically and baselessly pronounced every objective system to which he might be accountable as invalid or illegal — a list that includes polls, data, newspapers, and actual math — Trump suggests that, in fact-free Trumplandia, he has not just the right but the obligation to hold the nation hostage while he judges the election. He alone will pronounce on its legitimacy, and the basis of his pronouncement will not be anything you — a mere outsider to his marvelous world — can measure.

2016 October 20, Lili Loofbourow, “Welcome to Trumplandia, where feelings trump facts”, in The Week, New York, N.Y., archived from the original on 2016-10-21:

In the brave, new nation of Trumplandia, it can be hard to keep things straight. Down is up and up is sideways and many words have taken on new meaning. What follows is an aid to deciphering the gibberish.

2017 July 27, Mary Schmich, “It's hard to understand Donald Trump without this Trumplandia Dictionary”, in Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill., archived from the original on 2021-06-19:

Here’s the rub. If that knowledge is produced but not consumed, it will have little impact on the quest for global social justice. Are research, thinking, reading, and producing texts like the aforementioned blog going to make a difference in Trumplandia? Reading Foucault might provide a road map for resisting Minority President Trump, but the real work of resistance is down in the trenches—organizing, making phone calls, and printing flyers.

2018, Paul Stoller, Adventures in Blogging: Public Anthropology and Popular Media, Toronto, Ont.: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 43:

“He really enjoyed the battle between Marla and Ivana.” The Queens of Trumplandia are champion competitors who have never been reluctant to fight to the finish.

2018, Nina Burleigh, Golden Handcuffs: The Secret History of Trump’s Women, New York, N.Y.: Gallery Books, →ISBN, page 311:

“The Color of New Media Enters Trumplandia” is a transcript of our group meeting on February 2, 2017, which was twelve days after the inauguration of Donald Trump as forty-fifth president of the United States, and the same day that alt-right agitator Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to visit the UC Berkeley campus.

2019, Abigail De Kosnik, Keith P. Feldman, “Introduction: The Hashtags We’ve Been Forced to Remember”, in #identity: Hashtagging Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Nation, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 17:

Between Home and State: Care Workers and Labor Strategy for the New Open-Shop Era of Trumplandia / Jennifer Klein

2019, Jasmine Kerrissey, Eve Weinbaum, Clare Hammonds, Tom Juravich, Dan Clawson, editors, Labor in the Time of Trump, Ithaca, N.Y.: ILR Press, Cornell University Press, →ISBN:

If minorities consider they are cheated, they can start voting Democrats again. But they should give Trump a shot. They should try to live a life in Trumplandia.

2019, Tiberiu Dianu, Trumplandia: Stories from New America, Chennai: Notion Press, →ISBN:

In Trumplandia, history begins when we wake up; and the future starts the morning after, with a new outrageous “executive order” against the poor, the migrants, the sick, the elderly, “criminal foreigners,” queers, rebel artists, the beluga whales, the sequoias, etc.… And, as if this weren’t enough, the refrigerator is empty. And I have jury duty next Monday. The rest is academic discourse. Trump is in power & every day feels like a new episode of a 24-hour post-apocalyptic reality TV show titled The President of Designed Chaos.

2021, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Gómez-Peña Unplugged: Texts on Live Art, Social Practice and Imaginary Activism (2008–2020), New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN:

The subjects of these explorations were “resisting,” and they were “coping,” and they were “innovating”—they were doing and generating and being and growing under and despite the imperial lash. And now the good benevolent ethnographer wants to help them decolonize, as if the dull infection of the colony was not gift enough. But having returned home to the locus of rot that is the American scene, they find something now to see there: it is fundable thought. Trumplandia scowled them into this interest, but no matter. Here the genres bewilder us if we spend time looking.

2023, Joseph Russo, “Queer Rot”, in Daniel Lukes, Stanimir Panayotov, editors, Black Metal Rainbows, Oakland, Calif.: PM Press, →ISBN, page 138:

They were assigned the task of keeping a certain minimal order in species composition in the backyards of Cleveland Avenue. It works, if one does not question the birds too closely. No one who counts on this block is any longer overwhelmed by rats. It keeps my mind on living and dying in noninnocent combinations; it situates me in Trumplandia.

2023, Donna Haraway, “Revisiting Catland in 2019: Situating Denizens of the Chthulucene”, in Cynthia Huff, Margaretta Jolly, editors, Engaging Donna Haraway: Lives in the Natureculture Web (Routledge Auto/Biography Studies), Abingdon, Oxon, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN:


post-Dobbs

From post- + Dobbs, after Thomas E. Dobbs, former health officer of Mississippi.

“What we're seeing now is this post-Dobbs backlash,” said Jessica Taylor, an analyst at the non-partisan Cook Political Report. “And Republicans have clearly not come up with an effective message for this.”

2023 November 11, James Politi, Alex Rogers, quoting Jessica Taylor, “Democrats take heart from voter backlash against abortion curbs”, in FT Weekend, page 3:

constitutional right
constitutional right

After the decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022), holding that abortion is not a constitutional right in the United States.


ponify

en-verb

ponify (third-person singular simple present ponifies, present participle ponifying, simple past and past participle ponified)

ponifies (present singular third-person)
ponifying (participle present)
ponified (participle past)
ponified (past)

(transitive, Internet slang) to turn an existing character into a My Little Pony-style cartoon equine.


anti-snapper

(US politics, historical) An opponent of Senator Hill's premature scheduling of the Democratic National Committee convention of 1892.


KHive

Coined as a pun on Beyhive, with K standing for Kamala.

(US politics, slang) Political supporters of Kamala Harris.


State Department

international relations
international relations

(US politics) The United States Department of State, an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for foreign policy and international relations.


Qootsaptuvela

Holonym: First Mesa

An ancient village in Navajo County, Arizona, United States


Turkish Star Wars

From Turkish + Star Wars, in reference to being a Turkish-language film that became notorious for containing plagiarized clips, music and sound effects from the Star Wars films, among others.

(film) Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam; a Turkish science-fiction film from 1982.


Genocide Joe

Originating from Joe Biden's support of Israel during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, which many supporters of Palestine regard as a genocide against Palestinians.

[The protest] started with the chants: […] “Hey hey! Ho ho! Genocide Joe has got to go!”

2023 November 5, Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, Joe’: Massive D.C. Cease-Fire Protest Directs Its Rage at Biden"

Challenged at a White House briefing to confront the term “Genocide Joe” by some protesters to described Biden, Kirby […] embarked on an animated exposition.

2023, December 4, Robert Tait, The Guardian, the White House’s John Kirby is taking on the word ‘genocide’"

2024, January 23, Remarks by President Biden at a Campaign Event | Manassas, VA
[JOE BIDEN:] Jill and I had a chance to sit down —
AUDIENCE MEMBER: Genocide Joe, how many kids have you killed in Gaza?

(US politics, derogatory) A nickname of the American president Joe Biden.


Trumpkin

From Trump + -kin, modelled after munchkin.

He concedes that yesteryear's Fascists are “not exactly” like Trump's populist armies, but the collective noun he assigns—“Trumpkins”—usefully diminishes them as tiny Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz.

2017, Harold Evans, Do I Make Myself Clear?:

(derogatory) A follower, supporter, or protégé of Donald Trump.


Landslide Lyndon

Sarcastic nickname from the fact that Lyndon B. Johnson's 1948 run to a be a Texas senator needed a runoff in order to be successful, which LBJ won by 87 votes over Coke Stevenson, in a state with a large population. After 1964, there were more sincere uses due to his 1964 United States presidential election landslide win over Barry Goldwater.

Hence, […] quiet fence-mending on the part of “Landslide Lyndon”, as he is now known to his friends since his 87-vote margin over Stevenson in the Democratic primary.

1948 October 16, Doris Fleeson, “G.O.P. Needs Landslide to Get Texas Seat”, in Youngstown Vindicator:

Perhaps you have noticed a slight decline in your popularity of these past several months. Perhaps you get the feeling that if you ran for office today the “Landslide” Lyndon of 1964 would be more like the “Landslide” Lyndon who just barely made it back to the U.S. Senate from Texas.

1967 February 11, J.C. Goolrick, “JCG: This Week”, in The Free Lance-Star:

The [coiner of the nickname] cannot be definitively established, although it may have been [Lyndon] himself[, who] was among those [to] make it a familiar part of the scene of insider Washington. “From the start, [he met] he did not know by sticking out a hand and saying, ‘Howdy, I'm Landslide Lyndon,’” [writes] Alfred Steinberg[.]

1990, Robert Caro, The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent:

(US politics, historical) Lyndon B. Johnson.

1948 United States Senate election in Texas


Moral Majoritarian

en-noun

Moral Majoritarian (plural Moral Majoritarians)

Doubtless to the consternation of moral majoritarians, cross-dressing rock star Boy George told 17,000 fans at the opening concert of his 14-city tour, "If you want to be a drag queen, it's okay."

1984 April 28, Sue Hyde, “Drag Is Okay”, in Gay Community News, page 2:

(US politics) A member of the Moral Majority.


Gadsden Purchase

Named after James Gadsden, U.S. ambassador to Mexico.

A region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that the United States acquired from Mexico by the Treaty of Mesilla in 1854.