langwidge

"Such langwidge," he says, "is unbecoming and beneath Me—leastways unless it is remembered in the wages."

1891, Punch, Vol. 101, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2004:

"Art thou weary, art thou langwidge?" he quoted after a reflective expectoration, which just missed my right foot.

1901, PT Ross, A Yeoman's Letters, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2009:

The soldiers thought they were spies. "As speaking the langwidge," I asked him what the matter was.

1915, Captain WHL Watson, Adventures of a Despatch Rider, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2005:

"Sich langwidge!" cried the girl, with a laugh, covering her ears with her palms.

1914 October – 1916 July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Mucker, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published 31 October 1921, →OCLC:

Grandpa grunted—and belched again. "That old windbag! And his langwidge!"

1930, Roy Milton Iliff, In the Red, reprint edition, Kessinger, published 2005, →ISBN, page 99:

… the boy ran up on deck and went aft to the skipper and complained of Bill's langwidge.

2003, William Wymark Jacobs, Light Freights, Wildside Press LLC, →ISBN, page 25:

That is 19 pages, and let us say the longest poem in the English langwidge.

2005, James Edwin Miller, quoting Pound, 1922, T.S. Eliot: The Making of an American Poet, Penn State Press, →ISBN, page 389:

But Pitjantjatjara, although it has four declensions and four conjugations, is alleged to be the simplest of all the bloody Australoid langwidges.

2009 Jun/Jul, Gary Jennings, “Sooner or Later or Never Never”, in Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 116, number 6/7, page 171:


bulldog clip

Possibly a reference to the tenacity of a bulldog’s bite. Regarding sense 1 (“binder clip with rigid handles”), Bulldog was originally a trademark registered to Brandsley Limited in the United Kingdom in 1944.

We need to remind children that magnetic compasses will be deflected from the north reading if near metal – for example a car, a metal bulldog clip on a clipboard, or a metal bar under a table.

1996, Marcia Foley, Jan Janikoun, The Really Practical Guide to Primary Geography (Really Practical Guides), 2nd edition, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire: Stanley Thornes, published 2002, →ISBN, page 83:

If weight carriers are not available use a strong bulldog clip with a pot attached to it by thread going through the hole. Clip this to the sheet of paper and gradually add weights to the pot. The bulldog clip sometimes slips off the paper, so wrap the end of the paper around a pencil and the bulldog clip will grip this.

2000, “The Properties of Materials and Their Everyday Uses”, in Colin Osborne, Maria Pack, editors, compiled by Jan Rees, That’s Chemistry!: A Resource for Primary School Teachers about Materials and Their Properties, London: Royal Society of Chemistry, →ISBN, part A (Grouping and Classifying Materials), page 15:

A twist of ribbon, a wine cork, a bunch of diplomats' calling cards held together with a bulldog clip.

2001, John le Carré [pseudonym; David John Moore Cornwell], The Constant Gardener, London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Scribner, 2005, →ISBN, page 57:

Sketching galaxies and nebulae at the eyepiece, in low light levels, is no easy matter. A small torch can be used but that leaves one less hand free, so it's quite common to use a stiff plywood or plastic board to fasten the paper and light to – possibly with bulldog clips or clothes pegs.

2001, Grant Privett, Paul Parsons, “Deep-sky Observing”, in The Deep-sky Observer’s Year: A Guide to Observing Deep-sky Objects throughout the Year (Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series), London, Berlin: Springer Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, part I (Preparing for Deep-sky Observing), page 35:


Bromose

BROMOSE, an exceedingly palatable food preparation, consists of cereals and nuts, in which the starch is completely digested, the nuts perfectly cooked, and their fat emulsified.

A dry non-dairy product made from nuts, invented in 1896 by John Harvey Kellogg as a vegetarian substitute for milk. It took the form of powder or tablets to be dissolved in water.


chapstick

en-noun

chapstick (countable and uncountable, plural chapsticks)

From ChapStick, a brand name, from chap + stick, since it relieves chapped lips.

I kissed a girl and I liked it / The taste of her cherry chapstick / I kissed a girl just to try it / I hope my boyfriend don't mind it

2008 April 28, Katy Perry, Dr. Luke, Max Martin, Cathy Dennis, “I Kissed a Girl”, in One of the Boys, performed by Katy Perry:

After the kiss, she pulled out her chapstick and put it on.

2009, Laura Francois, Reckless Perfection, page 74:


broski

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From bro (“brother”) + -ski, from Polish -ski or Russian -ский (-skij, adjectival suffix).

der

Good to hear your voice, broski.'

2014, Anya Lipska, Death Can't Take a Joke, London: The Friday Project, →ISBN, page 184:

Careful friend, Poland is the next gigachad of Europe. ¶ I for one welcome our new polish overlords. Welcome broskis

2023 October 4, u/lth94, “European Map According to me”, in Reddit, r/2westerneurope4u, archived from the original on 2024-01-18:

(slang, endearing, term of address, uncommon) A Polish person.


fucko

Jimmy Conway: Come on fuckos, let's go for a ride!

“You forgot your shopping list, Fucko. You don’t want to forget that. Everything back in your pockets. As for your phone, I’m going to put that back on its little charger in your little housie. After I delete the message I left you, that is.”

(slang, vulgar) An insulting term of address.


cumskin

(slang, derogatory, vulgar, offensive, ethnic slur) A white person.


Africoon

It was Africoons who enslaved other Africoons, then as now, and sold them for pretty trinkets.

2000 January 23, elfatvis <gordo@la.mesa.net>, “Re: The stupid slaves”, in soc.couples.intercultural (Usenet), message-ID <Dyti4.33998$Mg.496169@c01read03-admin.service.talkway.com>:

Many thousands of years ago, an Africoon was loafing in the dust in front of his hut when he felt the need for a snack.

2003 February 7, Grover Cleveland Gibbs, Jr. <dead_cracker@ofoafbitch.com>, “Where are my two nigger lovers, Janice and Gail, today”, in alt.private.investigator (Usenet), message-ID <cRU0a.149$sz4.131@fe05.atl2.webusenet.com>:

Did your Africoon PROMISE no lobbyists working in the White House??????????????

2013 June 18, Valentine Liu <liuvalentine@darkhorsefan.net>, “"Sir Gay" (Prince of Swallows-A-Lot) Is A Butthurt Faggot, Imbecile And Proven Liar - #068”, in alt.politics.democrat (Usenet), message-ID <klv1s8p21rg9ui87cu1la47uh7hdg49jo2@4ax.com>:

(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black African.


Mexcrement

(slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A Mexican.


vacutainer

Blend of vacuum + container, originally a trademark.

(medicine) A glass or plastic test tube with a rubber stopper creating an internal vacuum, used to draw blood samples.


femidom

From female or feminine and condom; originally a trademark.


dormobile

After the Bedford Dormobile, a 1960s campervan, presumably from dormitory + -mobile.

The children were supposed to be asleep in various trailers, caravans and dormobiles scattered about the yard, but deep into the night we could hear the sounds of giggling and scampering as they decamped from one vehicle to the next[…]

1989, Alison Payne, Upon a White Horse, page 150:

He bought cheap vans and when they had served their purpose sold them again; some were old wrecks which he would tinker with, keeping them on the road and fitted out like home-grown dormobiles[…]

1992, Penelope Hansen, My father and me: New Zealand women remember, page 27:

For this purpose he drove from Cornwall in a dormobile at regular intervals to survey four study areas in West Wales, selected to include key chough sites and their relevance to his Cornish research.

2005, Lucy Newlyn, Chatter of Choughs, page 66:


goffel

(South Africa, slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A working-class black woman.

(Zimbabwe, slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of mixed race, usually white and black.


hairyback

I couldn't care that the ous call me rooinek and sometimes whiterat because of my hair and face. At least I am not a hairyback I tell them.

1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, →ISBN, page 27:

A mistake which is often made by our South African militants is to assume that we are cleverer than the police, that we can out-manoeuvre the 'hairybacks' and the 'rock spiders'[…]

1986, Breyten Breytenbach, The true confessions of an albino terrorist, page 344:

[…]the tyranny of the rockspiders, crunchies, hairybacks, ropes, and bloody Dutchmen. Those were the names by which we referred to Afrikaners.

1990, Rian Malan, My Traitor's Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams, page 54:

(South Africa, slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A white Afrikaner.


crunchie

From crunchy. Use to refer to infantrymen in Vietnam is from their "crunching" through the jungle brush. Use to refer to white Afrikaners is perhaps from their supposed tendency to eat crunchy food.

crunchies

dry cat food in the form of small pellets


bae

Syncopic form of babe or baby. Notably, it is sometimes incorrectly linked to the unrelated Danish word bæ (“poop”). Sometimes claimed to derive from "before anyone else", a possible backronym.

And if you actually want to see your bae – you know, like in person – You better set aside some of your refund check to pay for the $26 train ticket to a school that lingers outside of the tri-state area.

2013, "Jack", "Jack & Jill: On High School Relationships", The Torch (St. John's University), Volume 91, Issue 5, 28 August 2013, page 9

Your newsfeed gets clogged with statuses like “Happy Valentine’s Day to my bae! I’ve loved you so much ever since we first met three months, eight days, 11 hours and 27 minutes ago!”

2014, Laken Howard, "Pillow Talk: Let's talk about V-day", The Current (entertainment insert of The Daily Northwestern, Northwestern University), 13 February 2014, page 3

A fresh pic of you and your bae on vacay together? Who wouldn't “like” that?!?

2014, "How Steamy Is Your PDA?", Seventeen, June/July 2014, page 98


crangrape

Blend of cranberry + grape, equivalent to cran- + grape created as a trademark by Ocean Spray.

The box lunch always contained enough for a crew of nine: three loaves of bread, a pound of American cheese, a pound of mystery meat (usually something that resembled salami), one jar of smooth peanut butter, one jar of grape jelly, two dozen small bags of airline peanuts (or, occasionally, rock-hard raisins), a dozen boxes of cranberry juice (or cranapple, crangrape, or the like), condiments, and dessert.

1999, Mark A. Hinebaugh, Flying Upside Down: True Tales of an Antarctic Pilot, page 90:

(attributive) A blend of cranberry and grape.


Turco

The Philippine sense is a genericized trademark from the Spanish brand, Turco Española S.A.


chickie

"It's hatching!" an o-bake said excitedly. "A chickie! A chickie!" "I'm gonna name him Yoshi!" said another.

1996 January 22, Randal Keith Milholland, “SG: Gomi #3-"The Death of Johnny Figment" Part III (2/2)”, in bit.listserv.superguy (Usenet):


godsdamn

"Thet!" he half-shouted, his voice deeper than one would expect coming from his frame. "Godsdamn it! You know the bloodmages are supposed to be notified [...]"

1994, Ed Stark, The fifth horseman, →ISBN, page 7:

“Godsdamn, Airell.” He pushed himself from the bench and began pacing.

2006, Cheyenne McCray, Seduced by Magic, →ISBN, page 55:

(vulgar, nonstandard, slang, fiction, fantasy) An expression of anger, surprise, or frustration.


cheese doodle

From the name of the American cheese puff brand Cheez Doodles, produced by Wise Foods, Inc., through trademark erosion.

The rolled joint looks like a cheese doodle, which I find excessively amusing.

1997, K. J. a. Wishnia, 23 Shades of Black, PointBlank Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 228:

A large Wisconsin family in tank tops sat at a picnic table eating boloney sandwiches and generic cheese doodles so they could afford a thousand-dollar day at Disney.

2001, Tim Dorsey, Orange Crush, HarperTorch, published 2002, →ISBN, page 359:

Here, however, it [monosodium glutamate] was in everything, including the 50-cent packets of cheese doodles. Not only did these little titbits of artificially coloured, artificially flavoured crisps turn my hands and tongue a bizarre shade of orange, they also made me hyperactive, which helped me face the tortuous six-flight ascent.

2009, Angela Gilltrap, Sunshine on Sugar Hill: Life and Love in New York, ABC Books, published 2009, →ISBN:

(US) A puffed corn snack, coated with a mixture of cheese or cheese-flavored powders.


cheezie

From the name of the Canadian cheese puff brand Cheezies (derived from cheesy), produced by W.T. Hawkins Ltd, through trademark erosion.

A table beside it was crowded with empty cola bottles and half-eaten bags of chips and cheezies.

1994, Margaret Buffie, The Warnings, Kids Can Press, published 1994, →ISBN, page 125:

Within seconds, the air was thick with flying potato chips, cheezies and other odds and ends.

2006, Michele Martin Bossley, Swiped, Orca Book Publishers, published 2006, →ISBN, page 6:

Day-glo orange cheezies are highly processed and practically nutrient-free—the diet equivalent of entertainment television.

2007, Annemarie Tempelman-Kluit, Healthy Mum, Happy Baby: How to Feed Yourself When You're Breastfeeding Your Baby, Random House Canada, →ISBN, pages 60–61:


carborundum

Blend of carbon + corundum; originally a trade name.

There is no doubt that such a button — properly prepared under great pressure — of carborundum, especially of powder of the best quality, will withstand the effect of the bombardment fully as well as anything we know.

1892, Nikola Tesla, Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency, Wildside Press LLC, →ISBN, page 73:

This can most readily be done by use of carborundum marking. The procedure involves successive marking of the same mat with layers of carborundum at least twice.

1976, M.R. Walter, Stromatolites, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 28:

At the same times, samples were taken to determine that the carborundum treatment did increase the amount of wear of the mandibles compared with insects on the diet without carborundum powder.

1995, Reg F. Chapman, Gerrit de Boer, Regulatory Mechanisms in Insect Feeding, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 22:

Print made by combining carborundum—a carbon and silicon compound customarily used for polishing by abrasion—with synthetic resin or varnish (see also Prints, §III, 5).

2008, Gerald W. R. Ward, The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 83:

Crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive.

Carborundum

crystals of silicon carbide used as an abrasive


Stetson

(hat): From Stetson, the brand of a manufacturer of felt hats founded by John B. Stetson.


Bakri

(slang, offensive, derogatory, religious slur) A Sunni.


religitard

Come on you, religitards: Prove your God exists and I'll shut the hell up.

2008 June 2, Gwen, “Re: God made pre-humans into people, Vatican newspaper says”, in alt.abortion (Usenet):

I understand the problem religitards have with Sodom, but what did Gomorrah ever do?

2012 May 2, chibiabos [username], “Re: "At Ease, Moron!!!"”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):

I find it somewhat amusing that religitards get offended by the notion that they are related to other primates, but react with pride when they are referred to a^([sic]) flock of sheep.

2013 April 3, Barry OGrady, “Re: My question to CMI”, in aus.religion.christian (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, religious slur) An adherent of a religion, especially one who is dogmatic.


fleshlight

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Proprietary name, blend of flesh + flashlight.

A vagina-shaped sex toy which is designed to stimulate and fit around the penis to aid masturbation or to simulate a real vagina.


ziggaboo

Right now she got money enough in de bank tuh buy up dese ziggaboos and give ’em away.”

1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial, published 2000, page 148:

(ethnic slur, derogatory, African-American Vernacular) A nigger, negro; synonym of jigaboo.


tar baby

Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus
tar baby

Referring to a doll made of tar and turpentine to entrap Br'er Rabbit in one of Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus stories, published in 1881, from earlier African American folklore, from earlier African (e.g. Kongo) folklore, influenced in America by similar stories from various unrelated Native American tribes, such as the Cherokee, Alabama, Koasati, and Apache. (Similar stories are found throughout the world, e.g. among the Mixtec and Zapotec.)

(derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person.


AGA

Genericized trademark of AGA AB. Unadapted borrowing from Swedish AGA; an abbreviation of Aktiebolaget Gasaccumulator, meaning "The stock company Gas Accumulator".

He was cooking on an AGA.


unnie

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Borrowed from Korean 언니 (eonni, “older sister of a woman”).

bor+

(manhwa, women's speech) An affectionate term of address for an older sister or somewhat older woman.


burrhead

From burr + head, referring to fuzzy hair.

Top FBI officials were bitter that their scandalous tidbits about "burrhead" (Hoover's favorite nickname for [Martin Luther] King) were were not published and King's stature was undiminished.

1993, Donald Lee Grant, Jonathan Grant, The Way it was in the South, page 424:

If you burrheads are looking for some white stuff tonight, you'd better look elsewhere. Now, get the hell out of here before I feed you your balls for an appetizer!” The younger black whirls to face Harlan, his biceps tugging at his shirtsleeves […]

2002, Charles Combs, Deadly Heritage, page 27:

(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.


yard ape

Crude American racists often refer to blacks as "niggers," "coons," "porch monkeys," "jungle bunnies," and "yard apes."

1997, Lewis R. Gordon, Existence in Black:

Can't you yard apes think of anything original to cry about?

1997, Sum1 Sumwhere, “Why Africa cannot afford to be Weak”, in alt.politics.nationalism.black (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.


acolite

genericized trademark
genericized trademark

(dated, genericized trademark) A tin-antimony-zinc alloy used in dentistry.


ermahgerd

From a humorously altered pronunciation of oh my God. Popularized by an image macro meme in 2012, which features the text "ermahgerd, Gersberms" overlaid on a photo of a teenage girl making a silly face and holding several Goosebumps books. The girl in the photo has a visible orthodontic retainer. The pronunciation spelling is intended to mimic the speech of a wearer of this device.

PLUS (please brace yourselves, fangirls) he's coming to play at the Perth Arena in a few months – ermahgerd.

2012 October 24, “Livin' A Teenage Dream”, in X-Press Magazine, number 1341, page 11:

Here's a scary thought: I'm a Canadian citizen over 18 years of age and I have lived in Saskatoon for more than three months and in Saskatchewan for more than six months. What does this mean? I can run for mayor. Ermahgerd!

2012 October 25, Travis Homenuk, “Let's all run for mayor”, in The Sheaf, volume 104, number 8, University of Saskatchewan, page 16:

Is that an Alber Elbaz pink-bubblegum macaron you're eating? Ermahgerd! You are so last year.

2013 March 3, Robert Epstein, “Being Modern: Macarons”, in The Independent:

(slang, humorous or sarcastic) Alternative form of oh my God.


brotha

From a non-rhotic pronunciation of brother.

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(slang, African-American Vernacular or Jamaica) Pronunciation spelling of brother.


jart

Back-formation from jarts, a genericized trademark of the Jarts brand of lawn darts.


snuff-and-butter

Your sweetheart fell in love with you in the Port of London, and presently afterwards with another pretty woman in the Port of Calcutta, which is generally the way with poor Tom Bowling. She was a snuff-and-butter, because at Calcutta they are as plenty as blackberries; and when young, snuff-and-butter is not to be despised, having bright eyes; […]

1883, Sir Walter Besant, “The Captains' Room etc.”, in The Message of the Mute, chapter 1, page 18:

In the event of the beasts failing us, we took also ten of the best of those Strathmuir men who had accompanied us on the sea-cow trip, to serve as bearers when it became necessary. It cannot be said that these snuff-and-butter fellows—for most, if not all of them had some dash of white blood in their veins—were exactly willing volunteers. Indeed, if a choice had been left to them, they would, I think, have declined this adventure.

1921, Sir Henry Rider Haggard, She and Allan, chapter 8 Pursuit

They form a shouting, gesticulating, chaffering, laughing, quarrelling, noisy throng, their skins varying from lightest olive through snuff and butter and café-au-lait to coal-black, their bright-coloured clothes making a constantly changing kaleidoscope around the market square.

1924, Thomas Gann, chapter 1, in In An Unknown Land, page 14:

(dated, derogatory, ethnic slur) An individual of mixed racial heritage.


Sherrin

From the brand name; invented by Thomas William Sherrin in 1880.

Give the Sherrin to the umpire.

Australian rules football
Australian rules football

Australian rules
Australian rules football

(Australia, Australian rules football) A football used in Australian rules.


niggerspeak

(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Any dialect spoken by black people.


flip phone

A genericized trademark of the company Motorola for their clamshell-form mobile phones

Brian (Kyle Secor) tells the salesman they'll be phasing out fridges and freezers for faxes and flip phones.

1992 Sept. 3, "‘Ages’ takes time to look at signposts of life at 40" (review of TV show Middle Ages), Washington Times (retrieved 18 August 2013)

Motorola's new flip phone doubles as a modem for your laptop.

2000 April 3, “Contents: Cellular Browsing”, in Time, retrieved 2013-08-18:

They just will not help you do the hard work of finding someone who actually wants your contract and the vintage flip phone that came with it.

2008 December 31, Bob Tedeschi, “With a Little Help, You Can Trade Yourself Free of Your Wireless Contract”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-08-18:

A mobile telephone with a hinged top that is flipped open when the phone is in use.


int'resting

en-adj

int'resting (comparative more int'resting, superlative most int'resting)

more int'resting (comparative)
most int'resting (superlative)

/ˈɪntɹɛstɪŋ/


yellow cab

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Shōko Ieda
Yellow Cab (novel)
Yellow cab
Yellow cab (stereotype)

Originally selected owing to yellow's high visibility and common in horsedrawn form in Paris and London in the 1800s and New York in the 1880s. Now chiefly associated with the yellow automotive taxicabs popularized around New York by the Yellow Taxicab Co. In reference to sexually available Asian women, a calque of Japanese イエローキャブ (ierō kyabu), from English yellow cab and popularized by Shōko Ieda's 1991 novel by that name, from its female characters' supposed "yellow" skin and the notion they provided "rides" to the general public.

Despite its ubiquity in 1990s Japanese culture, one telephone survey of 200 people conducted in the New York area did not find a single individual familiar with the use of the term "yellow cab" in reference to Japanese or Asian women.

(Japanese, derogatory, ethnic slur) An Asian woman who sleeps with white men, particularly such Japanese women when regarded as a race traitor.


ginzo

(Northeastern US, slang, offensive, ethnic slur, derogatory) A person of Italian birth or descent.


variac

From the trademark Variac, presumably from variable AC.

A type of variable autotransformer in which the output voltage is varied by twisting a dial.


Mississippi wind chime

en-noun

Mississippi wind chime (plural Mississippi wind chimes)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Mississippi wind chime.

(rare, offensive, ethnic slur) A hanged black person.


Alabama wind chime

Alabama wind chime (plural Alabama wind chimes)

If anyone in our
organization were to "come out" they would be banished within seconds.
They would also be very lucky escaping without joining some niggers as
part of a set of ALABAMA WIND CHIMES!!!!!!!!!

1999 June 11, Harry rhe Hardhat Sez, “Yes, I AM Gay!”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):

Well, well, well. Look what the cat dragged in. I thought you were part of
an Alabama windchime by now.

2004 December 12, wendy, “Boy am I GLAD”, in alt.adoption.searching (Usenet):

I don't know Johnny, my co-workers are still laughing their hillbilly asses off
about the Alabama wind chime ;o) (what you call 9 negros hanging from a tree)

2004 December 5, Sjhamina, “OT- Do people like Johnny, LouAnne, SJHamina, and Bush Intend To Dominate The Whole World By Force and destroy the non-white world? I say yes indeedy! They will probably destroy the human race in trying as Hitler did.”, in alt.adoption.searching (Usenet):

Lol. Would those "Alabama Wind Chimes" look nice on the patio, do you think?

2017 February 25, Dental River, “Gini Woolfolk, folk singer & poet (playlist)”, in alt.arts.poetry.comments (Usenet):

(rare, offensive, ethnic slur) A hanged black person or a set thereof.


phytagel

phytagel (usually uncountable, plural phytagels)


bossman

You should watch what you say, bossman.

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

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

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

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


carbozoo

An anthrax vaccine containing saponin as an adjuvant.


Hagner

(philately) A stamp display stock sheet made by Hagner UK, or, through trademark erosion, any similar stock sheet.


basterd

"You're tryin to be a slick basterd," Uncle Dudley said.

1975, Wright Morris, My Uncle Dudley, page 12:

"Aw, we got this basterd now!" said Lester.

1991, Richard Wright, "Big Boy Leaves Home", in Dorothy Abbott and Susan Koppelman, The Signet Classic Book of Southern Short Stories, page 238

"That was pure luck you little basterd." He said. "I told you before we played the game. I said you wasn't going to take my money you rotten little basterd."

2005, Bonnie Ramey Standridge, Death Surrounds Her, page 142:

Dennis warned, “A dunt want any fuckin' bloke in my 'ouse. That basterd Luke were a basterd 'e were, a basterd.”

2008, John Fox, A Colliers Daughter, page 254:

“Is your basterd acting like it's father?” Jay asked. “Don't call my baby a ...” I tried to tell her not to call my baby a basterd but the morning sickness was kicking my ass.

2010, Elaina Ryan, What Changed, page 172:


niggercide

niggercide (countable and uncountable, plural niggercides)

[…] our niggerboys play niggercide, playboys know to go toe to toe, 'cos ain't no logos, dem dem boys dem lovely boys won't nevah mattah, […]

2008, Vanessa Place, La Medusa, page 398:

Wranglers told ABC News the incident is being investigated as a niggercide.

2017 March 1, Rick Mathers, “Has our esteemed President”, in alt.politics (Usenet):

Niggercide, AIDS, and ebola, comprise the Great White Hope. Niggercide is the leading cause of death among Americoons.

2017 May 27, Ophelia, “Nigger Phrases”, in rec.food.cooking (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, offensive, rare, ethnic slur) The killing of a black person.


inshure

en-verb

inshure (third-person singular simple present inshures, present participle inshuring, simple past and past participle inshured)

inshures (present singular third-person)
inshuring (participle present)
inshured (participle past)
inshured (past)


shurely

en-adv

shurely (comparative more shurely, superlative most shurely)

more shurely (comparative)
most shurely (superlative)


asshurance

en-noun

asshurance (countable and uncountable, plural asshurances)


gyppy

(informal, derogatory, ethnic slur) A gypsy.


katsap

Unadapted borrowing from Ukrainian каца́п (kacáp).

ubor

In the short run, the katsap peril was even more concrete.

2012, Amir Weiner, Making Sense of War: The Second World War and the Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution, page 247:

(ethnic slur, derogatory) A Russian, especially from a Ukrainian perspective.


clickhaler

(medicine) An inhaler in which the medicine is released by clicking a button


Johnny Crapaud

"I say, you fellows, Johnny Crapaud says he can play cricket!” exclaimed Crow one morning. “What fun!”

1887 July 2, Henry Frith, “Our Cricket-Match at Sandilands”, in The Boy's Own Paper, number 101, Canadian reprint of volume 9, number 438 (June 4, 1887), Toronto: Warwick & Sons, page 579:

The French were very sore about the unceremonious manner in which the Dual Control was dispensed with. Their simple statesmen seemed to think that we, who had complacently picked the chestnuts out of the fire, were going to share them. Earl Granville, in kindness of heart, offered Johnny Crapaud a consolation sop in the form of the Presidency of the Public Debt Department, which was sulkily refused, and Johnny Crapaud retired to his tent, thence to cause us petty annoyances whenever he could.

1901, Edward Vizetelly, “Cairo After the Occupation”, in From Cyprus to Zanzibar, by the Egyptian Delta, page 231:

(offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Frenchman.


roach motel

The meaning "low-priced motel" is because such a place might be expected to be infested with roaches. The meaning "something easy to enter, difficult to leave" is from American roach-bait brand Roach Motel, advertised with the slogan "Roaches check in, but they don't check out!"

(genericized trademark) A cockroach trap.


pog

en-verb

pog (third-person singular simple present pogs, present participle pogging, simple past and past participle pogged)

pogs (present singular third-person)
pogging (participle present)
pogged (participle past)
pogged (past)

Milk caps (game)
Passion Orange Guava
Twitch.tv

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peh₁-der.?
Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.?
Latin patior
Proto-Italic *-tjō
Latin -tiō
Latin passiōbor.
Old English passion
Latin passiōbor.
Old French passionbor.
Middle English passioun
English passion
Latin frūctus
Old French fruitbor.
Middle English fruyt
English fruit
English passion fruit
Proto-Mon-Khmer *lŋaamder.?
Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga)bor.
Classical Persian نَارَنْگ (nārang)bor.
Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj)bor.
Old Occitan auranjabor.
Old French orengebor.
Middle English orenge
English orange
Taíno *wayababor.
Spanish guayababor.
English guava
English POG
English pog
Proto-Italic *kampos
Latin campusbor.
Proto-West Germanic *kamp
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-West Germanic *-jan
Proto-West Germanic *kampijan
Proto-Germanic *-jô
Proto-West Germanic *-jō
Frankish *kampijōbor.
Medieval Latin campiō
Old French champiunbor.
Middle English champioun
English champion
English champ
English pogchamp
English pog
A clipping of PogChamp, an emoticon used on streaming site Twitch.tv, depicting streamer Ryan Gutierrez and derived from his 2011 video called "Pogs Championship" where he wins a game of Pogs. The game is named after the drink Passion Orange Guava, abbreviated POG.
An erroneous folk etymology states that pog is an acronym for "play of the game," as the term is commonly used within the video game streaming community.

etymon

He was so excited, he pogged.

I pogged so hard, I just, like, broke my jaw

2020, Easy Bake: Hard Mode, spoken by Jerma985:

(intransitive, Internet slang, text messaging, Twitch-speak) To open one's mouth in surprise or excitement in an exaggerated manner.


petromax

A kind of pressurized paraffin lamp that uses a mantle.


carbowax

en-noun

carbowax (countable and uncountable, plural carbowaxes)

The amount of nitrogen in these enzyme extracts increased at first with increasing carbowax concentration in the extracting medium to reach a maximum at the carbowax concentration of 5 gm per 100 ml.

1967, South African journal of agricultural science:


autohelm

From auto- + helm, originally a trademark.

Equipment used on ships and boats to maintain a chosen course without constant human action.


positraction

Originally a Chevrolet brand name, from positive traction.


portastudio

Short for portable studio. Originally a trademark, from the 1970s.

A four-track recorder based on a standard compact audio cassette tape.


Spicanese

Outdoor signs were always displayed in English. Now it's English & Spicanese.

2002 October 27, XtremePrejudice, “Re: Harlow's Obsessed with me. Somebody help the pathetic ass!”, in alt.alien.visitors (Usenet):

The problem is not only a poorly secured border,but how people accomodate^([sic]) these vile cocksuckers!"Press 1 for English..press 2 for Spicanese"..

2006 March 26, The Yiddish Yoddler, “On this Immigration thing.....”, in alt.politics (Usenet):

Department stores English and Spicanese signs hanging from the ceiling.

2008 March 8, Hybrid Angel, “Re: Nasa footage of UFOs in our orbit”, in alt.fan.cropcircles (Usenet):

(US, slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) The Spanish language.


carpet kisser

Referring to the posture taken in Islamic prayer.

You had better watch your mouth, mister carpet kisser, you sound like a puking yellow Albanian.” “I am Montenegrin,” I informed him. “No, I'm Montenegrin,” said one of the Orthodox soldiers from Cetinje. “You're Muslim, and you Muslims […]

2002, Bajram Koljenovic, Blood of Montenegro, page 207:

Ohh Ghod! an Aussie Carpet Kisser? They're there too?

2003, Haffah Daffah, “Re: How DARE you Muslims defy the US of A!”, in alt.religion.islam (Usenet):

Yeah...well... just bow to the east/west and point your a$$ to the west/east carpet kisser, we're just gonna keep kickin' it

2001, Hallu Atamas, “Re: HRW 10/22 Casualties”, in alt.religion.islam (Usenet):

(slang, offensive, religious slur) A Muslim.


plantibody

Blend of plant + antibody. Originally a trademark.

An antibody produced by plants that have been genetically engineered with animal DNA.


smoked Irish

From the joint low status of blacks and the Irish in Britain and the United States during the 19th century.

(derogatory, ethnic slur, dated) Synonym of blacks: black people. Also By addition Irish and all people of Irish descent of the time regardless of color creed or religion.


asslifter

From ass + lifter. Presumably from sujud, the deep bow done as part of the Muslim salat (daily prayers), which involves kneeling and lowering the upper body so that the hands, forehead, and nose touch the floor.

Just because Putin is against Al Qaeda doesn't mean he doesn't support Islamic terrorist...Like any Islamic leader he is against anything that threatens his regime, like most Islamic leaders he is anti-American, like most Islamic he panders to Islamic terrorist.
>
If it walks like a^([sic]) asslifter, talks like a asslifter, it is a MooSlime.

2006 May 17, Anonymous Infidel - The Koran Flusher, “Re: "Comrade Wolf" And The Mullahs”, in soc.culture.arabic (Usenet):

Are you an asslifter or just a "Useful Infidel"?

2006 September 5, Al Nakba, “Re: Hezbollah Targets U.S. Aid To Israel”, in alt.terrorism.world-trade-center (Usenet):

hussein obama is a closet asslifter, thus this is no surprise..

2009 April 11, william hubbard, “Re: B. HUSSEIN OBAMA WANTS TO GIVE $2 BILLION TO PAKISTAN”, in soc.culture.indian (Usenet):


roundeye

American women were roundeyes, and American allies were friendlies[…]

2011, Meredith H. Lair, Armed with Abundance, page 195:

(derogatory, ethnic slur) A Westerner (from the purported point of view of an Asian or other person with naturally narrower eyes).


sweetums

‘I want more bacon.’ / ‘There’s more in the frying pan, sweetums,’ said Aunt Petunia, turning misty eyes on her massive son. ‘We must feed you up while we’ve got the chance … I don’t like the sound of that school food …’

1998 July 2, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], “The Worst Birthday”, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter; 2), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

Affectionate term of address for a pet, child, etc.


wimmen

"But women," I suggested, when he had finished proclaiming booze the sole end of existence.
 "Wimmen!" He thumped his pot upon the bar and orated eloquently. "Wimmen is a thing my edication 'as learnt me t' let alone."

1903, Jack London, The People of the Abyss:


purell

Trademark genericization, from the brand name Purell.

(slang) alcohol-based hand sanitizer gel.


picturephone

From picture + phone; a trademark of the 1960s for the earliest such device.

The program has twelve picturephones that link Illinois State Psychiatric Institute (ISPI) with Illinois State Pediatric Institute (one city block away) […]

1975, Rashid Bashshur, Patricia A. Armstrong, Zakhour I. Youssef, Telemedicine:

So a long time ago, I was a true believer in picturephones as the logical extension of the telephone. Although the design I suggested for 2001 was clearly fiction, AT&T spent $500 million in designing and manufacturing its picturephone of the early 1970s.

2013, A. Michael Noll, Highway of Dreams:


japie

(South Africa, derogatory, slang, ethnic slur) Alternative form of yarpie


ohmygod

“Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod! I can’t believe I’m going on a date with Chance Kain!”

2023, James L. Sutter, chapter 19, in Darkhearts, Andersen Press, →ISBN:


Babygro

From the trademark Babygro, itself from baby + grow.

(chiefly British) An all-in-one suit for a baby made from a stretchy fabric; rompers.


cigarette boat

(Canada, US) A small fast boat with a planing hull used to smuggle cigarettes to avoid taxation.

Near-synonym: speedboat

en:speedboat of the type that smuggles cigarettes

A powerboat of the type similar to what is used to smuggle cigarettes.


niggergram

Porke is unaware of the fact that one of his most trusted slaves, through niggergrams, is keeping the four informed of Porke 's every move.

Truth to tell, the niggergram can always count on Pansy and the boys.

2006, Pamela Mordecai, Pink Icing and Other Stories, page 32:

From the gunmen all over that television station that Friday night, there was almost a running commentary, a grapevine, a constant up to date “niggergram,” to use the Trinidad word, on events at the Red House downtown […]

2007, Raoul Pantin, Days of Wrath: The 1990 Coup in Trinidad and Tobago:

(slang, offensive, ethnic slur) The informal circulation of gossip by black people.


synectics

From Ancient Greek, suggesting the bringing together of apparently unrelated elements. Originally a trademark.

A problem-solving methodology that stimulates thought processes of which the subject may be unaware.


pizza nigger

From pizza (a popular Italian food) + nigger (an offensive slang term).

com

I've seen the Godfather 27 times and every time some wasp gets wacked by one of those pizza niggers.

2001, Rush Limbush, “Re: Note To PI Comic”, in alt.comedy.standup (Usenet):

He brought the two mugs to the table. “Carmine says to lay off your two pizza niggers.”

2007, Vahan Gregory, Where the Sun Don't Shine, page 42:

happy birthday to the best Dago/Goombah/Wop/Pizza Nigger around[.]

(rare, slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.


Abrek

From Ossetian абрӕг (abræg, “robber”) via Russian абре́к (abrɛ́k).

աբրեկ

a North Caucasian guerrilla (historical)

абре́к

person from the North Caucasus (offensive)

(offensive, ethnic slur) A North Caucasian (person from the North Caucasus).


Marblette

From marble + -ette; originally a trademark.

A synthetic phenolic resin similar to Bakelite.


multimixer

From multi- + mixer, originally a trademark.

Selling multimixers to corner drugstores with fountains, he was made intensely aware of the flight to the suburbs because it took away business from the drugstores.

2006, Jonathan Feinstein, The Nature of Creative Development, page 349:

The company sold five-spindle multimixer milk-shake machines — what Kroc believed to be the wave of the future. It was from his job as a multimixer salesman that Kroc was introduced to Dick and Mac McDonald […]

2010, Neil Snyder, Vision, Values, and Courage: Leadership for Quality Management:

A blender with multiple spindles, used for making milkshakes.


noze

(informal) Eye dialect spelling of nose.


Ameritrash

Blend of American + trash. The board game sense was originally used by Eurogame fans to deride American-style board games, but was later adopted by fans of these games.

These individuals, either by birth or marriage, have acquired trust fund wings, which permit them to defy the law of economic gravity that rules everyone else. They are Ameritrash.

1986 December, Ellis Weiner, “The Last Working Stiff”, in Spy, page 50:

Ameritrash heiress and, now, reality-TV star Paris Hilton coming on to mock her Internet sex tape was funny, until Fallon's winking performance pushed the dialogue past sly innuendo and into sophomoric overkill.

2003, Steve Johnson, "An 'SNL' to make you wish you lived in Iowa, Chicago Tribune, 8 December 2003

Late at night in these neighborhoods, you find the Ameritrash, the club-happy, E-popping, pacifier-sucking people who live in a world of gold teeth caps, colorful scarfwear, […]

2004, David Brooks, On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 19:

(slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) American people viewed as stupid or contemptible.


cracker-ass

en-adj

cracker-ass (comparative more cracker-ass, superlative most cracker-ass)

more cracker-ass (comparative)
most cracker-ass (superlative)

(US, slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Of or relating to white people.


dust buster

A genericization of the 1979 Black & Decker Dustbuster hand-held vacuum cleaner, from dust + buster (“vanquisher, overpowerer”).


your Grace

Forms of address
Forms of address in the United Kingdom

Lord High Commissioners
Lord High Commissioners#English

(UK) Used in direct address to dukes and to Lord High Commissioners.

my Lord Bishop

to bishops of the Church of England comprising the Lords Spiritual


runza

Trade name, said to have been introduced by Sally Everett (née Brening), who began selling them in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1949. Possibly from Krautrunz, an older German name for the bierock, or Low German runsa, "belly", alluding to its rounded shape; compare modern German Ranzen (“belly”).

(Midland US) A yeast dough bread pocket with a filling of beef, pork, cabbage or sauerkraut, onions, and seasonings.


niggerwhine

en-noun

niggerwhine (countable and uncountable, plural niggerwhines)

This shit is a Niggerwhine fiction, and everybody knows it.

1999 December 18, The Reaper, “1,200 Black G.I.'s killed by U.S. Army in WWII Miss.?”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):

It just kills you to know the truth, not that niggerwhine that you posted.

2001, webley©, “Great African Americans Past & Present”, in alt.politics.nationalism.black (Usenet):

There is a nigger I know who says this: Nigger goes into a store, if nigger gets immediate service, it's because the store thinks they are going to steal something. If nigger doesn't get immediate service, it's because the store doesn't want to wait on them. You can't win with niggers and their defeatist victim mentality, AKA NIGGERWHINE.

2004 July 18, white cracker, “The Bad Mood of Black America”, in alt.politics.nationalism.black (Usenet):

Translation: Lego must cave in to niggerwhines and throw money at "black charities" if they don't want Jesse and Fat Al careening off the walls.

2005, Byker, “"Legos beez racist!" HAHAHAHA!”, in alt.activism.children (Usenet):

Anthony Brandy's threats and niggerwhine accomplished nothing last year, evil mouseshit, why would you imagine it would be any different this year.

2008, Massah Samuel's Nog Repellant, “Re: This is an experiment.”, in alt.music.michael-jackson (Usenet):

Where would the nigger be without niggerwhine?

2015 February 25, Fred Oinka, “An angry Black New York State senator is slamming the closing of a Brooklyn grocery store saying that "white people don't eat the way we do..." Excuse me?”, in talk.politics.misc (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) Complaints made by black people.


Lunchable

A packed lunch in a box, or other similar product, under the Lunchables brand name


flipflash

From flip + flash, originally a trademark.

(photography) A kind of flash unit for a camera, providing a certain number of flashes before needing to be flipped over and reinserted to use the remainder.


oppa

Borrowed from Korean 오빠 (oppa, “elder brother or close elder male friend (of a female)”).

bor

(manhwa, women's speech) An affectionate term of address for an older brother or somewhat older man.


spiclet

Little spiclets waved dead pigeons. Crutch tossed them American dimes and watched the brawls that ensued.

(derogatory, ethnic slur) A Hispanic child.


muzrat

But it would be better if we avoided them dirty turbans and muzrats and invaded Jamaica instead.

2014, Reynolds Alexander, Convict Land: Undercover in America's Jails, →ISBN:

Don't forget China, which is Hell on Earth for muzrats.

2015 November 18, Marti van Lin, “Terror attacks in Paris”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet):

its time as a nation we made a stand and stop this madness before our country is taken over by these extremist rats if we was^([sic]) over there country building curchs^([sic]) and reading the bible we would be dead we need to stop these muzrat towl^([sic]) heads before its to late and at the same time get rid of this bullshit goverment^([sic]) THIS ENGLAND THIS OUR STREETS WE NEED TO TAKE THEM BACK. (Facebook user 21) Here we can identify the customary threat frame, whereby the “other,” regarded as inherently violent, was perceived to be moving closer to the precipice of taking over the nation. The user utilises the notion of “muzrat,” a not-uncommon expression within the networking sites.

2016, Graham Edward Geddes, Keyboard Warriors: The Production of Islamophobic Identity and an Extreme Worldview within an Online Political Community:

“If this plan involves smacking some fucking muzrats up, I'm well up for it” Joe called out from the sofa.

(slang, offensive, religious slur) A Muslim.


red man

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-red man.wav

In reference to Native Americans, generally accepted to have originated as a reference to their skin color; see redskin for more.

Alternative form: redman

The Sacred Circles show was heavily into myth, especially the current myth of the Red Man as mystic.

1977, Angela Carter, “That Arizona Home”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 337:

(ethnic slur, offensive) An American Indian; a Native American.


Niggerville

(US, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) An area mainly populated by black people.


Niggertown

/ˈnɪɡəɹtaʊn/

Johnny runs out of the theatre and hitchhikes to Ossining niggertown.

1987 [1984], James Ellroy, Because the Night, New York: Avon, →ISBN, page 191:

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Niggertown.


yellow man

(now considered an ethnic slur and offensive) An Asian man or someone with Asian heritage

Got in a little hometown jam / So they put a rifle in my hand / Sent me off to a foreign land / To go and kill the yellow man.

1984, Bruce Springsteen (lyrics and music), “Born in the U.S.A.”:

(now considered an ethnic slur and offensive) Asian people collectively; Asian culture.


lambie

Your lambies aren't lambies anymore, but they're pining for you just the same, and I'll drop them off on my way back if you want.

2008, Karen J. Hasley, Waiting for Hope, page 226:

The part I don't like about sheep and wool festivals? The part where the little lambies aren't considered part of the fiber-bearing aspect but as part of the snack-food aspect. Lambies on a stick or ground up into sausage are not nearly as much fun to imagine as gamboling lambies waiting happily to be shorn.

2011, Mary Beth Temple, The Secret Language of Knitters, page 113:

They are misguided by misinformation, and talking the Undisputed Truth is a physical means of weaning these little lambies from their childish and sheep like behaviour.

2014, Lee Maddaford, True Enlightenment, page 29:


flexitank

From a brand name. Blend of flexible + tank.

We have flexitanks, which are ideal for one-way shipment of non-hazardous liquids: and up to 30 flexitanks can be stowed in a standard 20ft box for empty return at minimal cost.

The military has long been one of the largest purchasers of flexitanks, employing them for (among other things) water storage during deployments. But that's by no means the only application.

2006, Industrial Fabric Products Review:

A liquid storage container made from flexible material such as polyurethane.


Aunt Thomasina

A feminization of Uncle Tom. See Thomasina.

(derogatory, ethnic slur) A black woman who is obsequiously servile to white authority, a black female race traitor.


molly bolt

Insecurely tilted against the wall is the big oval mirror they took away when her parents had a new bathroom put in; he always meant to attach it to the plaster above her bureau for her but never got around to buying molly bolts.

1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 85:

A specialized screw fastener used with drywall as a hollow-wall anchor.


sisterfuck

What do you expect from an inbred sisterfuck moron?

1999, Hammer, “So Where's that ol' Texas Twit this evening...?”, in alt.flame.hammer (Usenet):

i don't have to take that kinda shit offa sacka sisterfuck like me

1997, Jumpin Jehosephat, “narcolepsy”, in bit.listserv.fnord-l (Usenet):

Why did that sisterfuck CM obey the Kampani

2009, Indra Sinha, Animal's People, page 112:

Your sisterfuck niggers?

2014, Stephen Solomita, Keeplock: A Novel of Crime:


sibling fucker

2001, rick, Re: Lindros hit Group: alt.sports.hockey.nhl.phila-flyers
Has nothing to do with bandwith, you sibling fucker.

2004, trafferty, Re: Birthday Blues :-( Group: alt.horror
Now, go back to banjo pickin' on the front porch you rotten-toothed sibling fucker.

(vulgar) Motherfucker (generic term of abuse).


vertometer

An ophthalmic bench instrument used to measure dioptric power of a lens.


puffa

From a British brand name, presumably from puff.


koranimal

(slang, offensive, derogatory, religious slur) A Muslim.


mooselimb

(rare, slang, offensive, religious slur, derogatory) A Muslim.


Muslime

They were Christians sent to a third world country to help... They were taken
hostage by muSLIMES.... and now one is dead at the hand of the muSLIMES.....

2002 June 7, PiggyAllaaaah, “Missionary killed in the Philippines by muSLIMES!.”, in soc.culture.israel (Usenet):

All pukistani muslimes are TERRORISTS. The whole world despises and
hates all pukistani muslimes. Nobody in the world respects the
pukistani muslimes and finger print all pukistani muslimes in
airports. Pukistani muslimes run across the canadian border like pigs.

2004 March 30, Shripathi Kamath, “Pukistani muslimes are terrorists, jihadis and pigs”, in rec.sport.cricket (Usenet):

As a Muslime I'm bound by the Quran, the Word of a dog, and the Sunnah,
the way of the Fake Prophet, and not by any other human being.
All sewage is due to Allah

2006 June 26, Dr Vineharberg, “As a Muslime I'm bound by the Quran”, in uk.religion.islam (Usenet):

How does someone become a Muslime?
Simply by saying 'there is no god apart from God, and Muhammad Pedophile.'

2007 December 26, Deport-Muslims, “How to become a muslime”, in aus.religion.islam (Usenet):

All the difference in the world, since it's the Muslimes who are causing all the problems in the Middle East now.

2014 August 1, fred1...@gmail.com, “The only thing Israel is good for is pedding the myth of God.”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):

Why quite rightly? Is there something about Muslimes fucking little kids
that you would like to hide?
Johnston Press are noted for removing reports regarding Muslimes.

2017 April 14, Mr Pounder Esquire, “Ping Harry: Protests outside court as 29 face 170 child sex charges”, in uk.legal (Usenet):

He is of course correct to say that Muslimes cannot be English.

2020 November 20, KKKernal Corn, “lol fabricant (whatwhig?) says muslims can't be british... but jews can eh! (yes under the blonde wig he's a jew...)”, in uk.politics.misc (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, offensive, religious slur) Muslim


little man

And how are you, my little man?

(colloquial, endearing, term of address) A young boy.


Muslimoid

(informal, derogatory, religious slur) Muslim


buybull

From buy and bull (“bullshit”), and the similarity in sound to Bible.

(derogatory, slang, religious slur) A Bible.


Lebo

(Australia, offensive, ethnic slur) A Lebanese person, usually a Lebanese Australian.


Lebo

en-adj

Lebo (comparative more Lebo, superlative most Lebo)

more Lebo (comparative)
most Lebo (superlative)

(Australia, offensive, ethnic slur) Of Lebanese descent.


Jubilee clip

A circular metal band or strip with a worm gear fixed to one end, designed to keep a pliable hose attached to a rigid circular pipe, or sometimes a solid spigot, of smaller diameter.


Aunt Jane

By analogy with Uncle Tom through use of Jane as a similarly general name in popular culture.


Jewish nose

Stereotypically associated with Jewish people.

(offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar) A long, narrow and aquiline or downturned nose.


cardice

Originally a trademark, perhaps a shortening of carbon dioxide/dry ice.


smartboard

From smart + board, originally a trademark.

With a handful of notable exceptions, most urban classrooms in the United States operate just as they did a century ago: a chalkboard where a smartboard should be, a nicked desk instead of a multifunction workstation, and rows of students segregated in their schools and neighborhoods by class and race.

2009, Margaret C. Hagood, New Literacies Practices: Designing Literacy Learning, page 8:

Smartboards sound like a great idea until you work out how much time and money they tie up. The boards themselves cost thousands of dollars and they must be linked to a computer and an LCD projector.

2010, Michael Howell, Resistance Is Fertile, page 74:

Smartboards make slides easier to display and manipulate, but teachers have been showing pictures to students for centuries.

2013, Frederick M. Hess, Bror Saxberg, Breakthrough Leadership in the Digital Age, page 65:

interactive whiteboard
interactive whiteboard


muslimtard

2005 the revd, Re: ##Revd O\|/n3D!!!!!!!! -> Re: 9/11 for Dummies [snip] Group: soc.culture.israel
Now what about "poly syllable", jewlover? especially this one, muslimtard

2005, Dr Flonkenstein, Re: Ye PiRats Masons attack 9/11-truth prof Group: alt.conspiracy
I don't follow any "leader", muslimtard.

2005, Dr Flonkenstein, Re: Taking religion as amusement and play Group: alt.conspiracy
Look, the muslimtard is making a mommy lame!

(offensive, religious slur, slang, derogatory) Muslim


odycolone

"All the Fifth Avenue folks had fountain attachments put on to their carriages, and sprinkled themselves with iced lavender water and odycolone as they drove along; and the bronze statue in Union Square melted and ran all over the lot."

1891, Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Hildegarde's Holiday, page 270:

...specially Frinch-min, in their way o' handlin' the poorest patients, shprinklin' 'em wid odycolone, an sich like smellable ristoratives...

17 August 1855, The Sydney Morning Herald, "TO MISTHER SHAKY HACKETT, OF THE CITY OF WATERFORD, IRELAND", page 2


silkette

A cotton fabric that looks and feels like silk.


azlon

en-noun

azlon (countable and uncountable, plural azlons)


Palestinkian

maybe the palestinkian pole vaulting champion will become kike pole vaulting hero
with special vest already

2004 August 26, BTov, “Congratulations Gali ! - Israel wins gold!!!”, in soc.culture.israel (Usenet):

I agree. I am convince that over time, a nice palestinkian local would
have asked the man to hand over his AK-47, then proceeded to make a
citizens arrest and hand the alleged terrorist over to the Israeli
authorities.

2006 March 28, drda...@yahoo.com, “Jenin: IDF kills wanted Palestinian”, in talk.politics.mideast (Usenet):

So long as Palestinkian Arabs continue institutionalised anti-Jew
indoctrination (the Protocols of the Elders of Zion are a literal
historical document to these monkeys) I hope they continue to eat the
dust of whatever shithole they inhabit, no different to every other
part of the Middle East....Except Israel.

2008 January 2, cannon_fodder, “Tilly, a fair go?”, in nz.general (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) Palestinian.


Palestinkian

Like the Palestinkians and their inability to recognize a good deal when
they were offered one, the Repubs never miss an opportunity to miss an
opportunity.

2003 March 18, Petey Blue, “Informal Poll (Where's Zabe when you need her?)”, in alt.tv.homicide (Usenet):

THIS ISLAMIC SAVAGE LERNER DID NOT MENTION THAT THOSE PALESTINKIANS THAT GOT
KILLED WERE IN A BATTLE ZONE. ISRAELIS WERE SHOOTING AT ARMED TERRORISTS.
THE ISRAELIS THAT WERE KILLED IN THE BUS WERE NOT ARMED.

2004 January 31, Peter, “Rabbi Michael Lerner: Terror In Jerusalem”, in aus.religion.islam (Usenet):

Wrong liberal jerk, it was really written by a palestinkian. Watch tv
and see the homocide mentality of these folk due to islam, I have been
there and seen it myself, even little kids dressing in fake bomb
outfits and pretending to blow up jew and others.

2005 July 4, nospamwanted, “OT from a palestinian writer”, in alt.guitar.amps (Usenet):

You should be thankful people like me don't run Israel, my justice on these
vermin palestinkians would be very harsh indeed.

2006 June 30, halle, “Israel breaches international law”, in uk.politics.misc (Usenet):

I publicly favor the expulsion of all Palestinkians from Israel. That is
reasonable, fair and equitable.

2011 October 11, Tony Owens, “Re: Public Narrowly Favors A Palestinian State — But Not U.N. Membership - Undeserving due to kill all the Jews, Infidels, 12 Imam/Madhi Anti-Christ thing”, in soc.culture.palestine (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Palestinian.


ZioJew

Israel has an ESTABLISHED track record of attacking the US and blaming those Israel wants attacked. The ZioJews are NOTHING if not CALCULATING, BACKSTABBING and TREACHEROUS. You help them, you will eventually get the knife in your back.

2012 January 25, Dennis M Reed "Califa", “hateful? Re: [ot] dmreed scurries back under his favorite rock”, in rec.music.afro-latin (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-28:

LOL true stuff is the funiest and that's is all true; the ZioJews can't stand truth either.

2006 August 6, Jason P, “for ariadne and sxb and o'reily...the hypersensitive and the pc dorks are warned not to look”, in uk.politics.misc (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-28:

And Rakes IN the BILLIONS...where?? to TelAVIV of course...He is Just Like Howard, A Hiding ZioJew....there are lots of these maggots

2004 July 8, xYmassyXmass:=~#*, “Re: The story of GWB & the Texas Air National Guard”, in soc.culture.jewish (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-28:

(rare, Internet slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Jewish Zionist.


crazy bread

From a brand name used by the Little Caesars pizza chain.

(US) Garlic bread stuffed or sprinkled with cheese.


cyberknife

As an alternative to standard frame-based radiosurgical instruments, the cyberknife uses noninvasive, image-guided localization and a robotic delivery system. This technological combination enables the cyberknife to overcome the limitations ...

2010, Connie Yarbro, Debra Wujcik, Barbara Holmes Gobel, Cancer Nursing: Principles and Practice, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 298:

A robotic arm that performs radiosurgery (surgery using ionizing radiation), typically to remove a tumour, or to treat certain other medical conditions.


pizzahead

(slang, offensive, ethnic slur, derogatory) A person of Italian descent.


laydee

Another A-list laydee who has graced Don Saladino’s books, as well as PT Ramona Braganza, who told WH, Anne Hathaway tones up with five days of one-hour workouts, gaining muscle weight for her role in The Last Thing He Wanted with intense HIIT sessions.

2023 June 5, Rebecca Gillam, “18 celebs who swear by weight training, from Adele to Millie Mackintosh & Frankie Bridge”, in Women's Health:


grassy arse

'Then what are we waiting for? Waiter, the bill?' 'Gracias, senor.' 'And grassy arse to you. Come on, let's go.'

1955, The London Magazine, volume 2, page 63:

(humorous) Eye dialect spelling of gracias.


kneegrow

Phonetic respelling, as if from knee + grow.

(slang, rare, derogatory, ethnic slur, sometimes humorous) Alternative form of negro


DAFN

(offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur, vulgar) Initialism of dumbass fucking nigger.


mud shark

The courtships were called off. The guys all joked about it afterward, said Mr. Bloussé was a nigger-lover and a mud shark.

2008, Rachel Kushner, Telex from Cuba, page 26:

(slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A non-black person, usually a white woman, who has sexual relationships with black people, usually men.


Chrislamic

en-adj

Chrislamic (comparative more Chrislamic, superlative most Chrislamic)

more Chrislamic (comparative)
most Chrislamic (superlative)

“Commie Chrislamist goon @annavetticad also giving film reviews. Her hatred of Hinduism is quite appalling.”

(India, slang, politics, derogatory, religious slur) Associated with Christian missionaries or Islamist groups; opposed to Hindutva or Hindu nationalism.


mumbo sauce

Used as early as 1950. Formerly a registered trademark.

(US) A sweet, tangy, reddish-orange condiment found in Chinese takeout restaurants in the Washington, DC area.


Leadite

(historical) A joint-sealing compound made from iron, sulfur, etc., that was used instead of lead (etym 1)-containing compounds.


rafidi

en-noun

rafidi (plural rafidis or rafida or rawafid)

rafidis (plural)
rafida (plural)
rawafid (plural)

From Arabic رَافِضِيّ (rāfiḍiyy, literally “rejector”), formed from the active participle of the verb رَفَضَ (rafaḍa, “to refuse, deny”).


sumthing

"Fool, you crazy or sumthing?"

2005, Dana Jamar Mask, Enter … Brotherhood (fiction), →ISBN, page 178:

just to clarify sumthing, i am not overwhelmingly good at math as u guys seem to be, so it may take me more time than u guys to understand sumthing …

2009, Gerry Stahl, Studying Virtual Math Teams, →ISBN, page 144:

… and sum-how that makes you feel good about yourself—as if you've accomplished sum-thing—as if you're worth sum-thing and not nothing.

2014, Darth Figpucker, evi1 - a novel about you (fiction):

… so that they can see if there might be sumthing wrong before they try to go thru the gate.

2015, LT Wolf, The World King (fiction), →ISBN:


playdoh

From the trademarked respelling Play-Doh.


Dyson

Genericized trademark of the brand name used by Dyson, a company known for their range of cyclonic vacuum cleaners, named after its founder James Dyson (born 1947). Compare Hoover.

cyclonic vacuum cleaner
cyclonic vacuum cleaner

(UK, informal) A cyclonic vacuum cleaner.


camelfucker

There's probably another army of camelfuckers right outside this tent waiting for his cue to decimate us.” “No, Tom, it's OK, you can trust him,” Ben said. “He helped me take out most of their army.” “Bullshit, like you expect.

2005 11, Daniel Grote, Of Robots, God, and Government: A Treatise on Armageddon, iUniverse, →ISBN:

And whenever anybody at Marchicomo's mentions the Kashons, they tend to call them A-rabs, camelfuckers, ragheads. Lou digs into his jacket pocket, deposits a mess of paper on the table. No money this time, but some numbers slips,[…]

2010 October 12, Michael Ayoob, In Search of Mercy: A Mystery, Minotaur Books, →ISBN:

Noah slid into the chair next to Joshua and matter-of-factly said: “Camelfuckers.” “Watch your language, young man,” Janet said sans conviction. “Camelfuckers,” Noah repeated. “Secret word, Noah! We don't use it in front of other people[…]

2015 May 5, Aleksandar Hemon, The Making of Zombie Wars: A Novel, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 67:

(ethnic slur) Term of abuse towards a Middle Eastern person.


goatfucker

Now, this Dutch tolerance business is all very inspiring, but the “then" in question happen to be, as Van Gogh himself put it, “a fifth column of goatfuckers.“ If these politicians really can't tell the difference between themselves[…]

2007, Claire Berlinski, Menace in Europe: Why the Continent's Crisis Is America's, Too, Crown Forum, →ISBN, page 30:

Or not; goatfuckers had to take their chances, along with everybody else. […]

2012 August 28, David Poyer, The Towers, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 244:

“You've done more than your share to help rid the world of these goatfuckers,” he told me. “Problem is they seem to multiply faster than we can kill them.” I huffed out a sound of disgust. “That's the truth.” “But you've done your part,[…]

2016 December 6, RC Boldt, Out of Love, RC Boldt Publishing, LLC:

(slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar) A Muslim, especially from the Middle East or North Africa.

geitenneuker

derogatory term for a Muslim or a person of North African or Middle Eastern descent


U-Haul

From the company U-Haul, a stylization of "you haul".

A rental vehicle, especially a moving truck.


Dixie cup

Originally a brand name, first used in 1919, after a line of dolls made by Alfred Schindler's Dixie Doll Company in New York.

One day I was looking at a little girl eating a Dixie cup of strawberry ice cream.

2010, Carol D. Levine, Panic Child: A Harrowing True Story of Sexual Abuse, →ISBN, page 55:

(Canada, US) A disposable paper cup, sometimes waxed, especially used for individual servings of iced desserts.


khokhol

en-noun

khokhol (plural khokhols or khokhly or khakhly)

khokhols (plural)
khokhly (plural)
khakhly (plural)

From Russian хохо́л (xoxól, “Ukrainian (pejorative)”), originally meaning “topknot”, from Old East Slavic хохолъ (xoxolŭ), from Proto-Slavic *xoxolъ, from *koxolъ.

bor

Coordinate term: khokhlushka

These Khokhols (the familiar term used, rather slightingly by the Great Russians for the Ukrainians) were drawn up in serried ranks in a public square.

1935, A.A. Mossolov, At the Court of the Last Tsar: Being the Memoirs of A. A. Mossolov, head of the court chancellery, 1900-1916, London: Methuen, page 142:

[p 145] His parents were Russians, but he had been born on his master’s estate in Little Russia, and prided himself on being a Khókhol, i.e. Little Russian.
[p 146] I found good company there, I can tell you—twelve Khokhly,¹ all fine fellows and every one of them as strong as a horse. [footnote] 1 Plural of Khókhol.

1881, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, transl. Marie von Thilo, Buried Alive: Or, Ten Years Penal Servitude in Siberia, London: Longmans, Green and Co.

Specially characteristic of Russia, as of a land abounding in endless plains, are two jocular allusions to the inhabitants of the Steppes—‘I can’t bear this crowding,’ a Khokhol, or Little-Russian, is supposed to say, as he upsets a kettle which he finds suspended over a camp-fire in the open plain; and ‘These accursed Muscovites! there’s no driving-room left!’ cries another, as he runs into a verst-post (answering to our milestone) in the midst of the boundless waste.

1875, “Russian Proverbs” in London Quarterly Review, v 138 (Jan–Apr), New York: Leonard Scott Publishing, p 264B

The Great Russians ought to be carefully distinguished from “the Malo-Russians” or the “Little Russians.” The inhabitants of the Ukraine, or of the governments Tchernigof, Poltava, Kharkof, call the great Russians or the Muscovites “kazaps, goats,” from their wearing beards, and are in their turn termed by the Great Russians khokhols, “hair tufts,” which they themselves call tchub, tchupran, a tuft of the same kind as that which the Chinese wear on the top of the head; this is an old Slavonian custom, as appears from history, which mentions such a one being worn by the Russian Prince Sviatoslav, when carrying on war in Bulgaria.

1854, Ivan Golovin, The Nations of Russia and Turkey and Their Destiny, part II, London: Trübner & Co., p 3

(derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, in a Russian context) A Ukrainian.


rafida

From Arabic رَافِضَة (rāfiḍa), plural of رَافِضِيّ (rāfiḍiyy, “rejector”) also passed as Rafidhi.

(religious slur, offensive, Islam) Shiite


peppadew

Pat the peppadews dry with paper towels. With a small spoon, fill the peppadews with goat cheese. Arrange the stuffed peppadews on the planks and drizzle with olive oil.

2010, Karen Adler, Judith Fertig, 25 Essentials: Techniques for Planking, page 43:

Capsicum baccatum
Capsicum baccatum#Translingual

A kind of sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum baccatum.


white devil

Calque from Chinese 洋鬼子 (yángguǐzi, “Western devil”).


pituitrin

From a proprietary name, from pituitary.

An extract of bovine posterior pituitary hormones (i.e. oxytocin and vasopressin) formerly used in obstetrics to induce labour and to treat postpartum haemorrhage.


durka durka

Imitative; introduced in 2001 by the American cartoon South Park in the episode "Osama bin Laden has Farty Pants".

(offensive, ethnic slur) Mimicking Middle Eastern speech.


konseal

Old trade name, presumably from conceal.

(medicine, dated) A capsule for enclosing a dose of medicine.


electragol

We injected, however, Paltauf's antistreptococcic serum, and into the veins electragol.

1910, Transactions of the American Surgical Association:

After irrigations with salt or boric acid solutions and finally electragol, the wound of the conjunctiva and Tenon's capsule is closed with a few firm sutures and a bandage applied for from one to two days 'The patient is not confined to bed.

1914, Charles Heady Beard, Ophthalmic Surgery; a Treatise on Surgical Operations:

Schilleau and Pasquer report a recovery after the intraspinal injection of electragol, but the nature of the organism was not very satisfactorily demonstrated.

1922, Frederick Tice, Practice of Medicine - Volume 10:

(medicine) A colloid preparation of silver.


TiVo

From TiVo, a specific digital video recorder introduced in 1999.

Lost, season 4, begins in early February, after one of the most thrilling season enders in a decade of television: […] Set your TiVo.

2008 January–February, Matt Bean, “Your cultural calendar: 7 things to look forward to this year”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 134:

digital video recorder
digital video recorder

(television) A digital video recorder (of any brand).


silundum

Blend of silicon + corundum. Originally a trade name, in imitation of carborundum.

A hard form of silicon carbide with high electrical resistance.


sid'

"I know Aurelia if you don't," responded Miranda. "I 've seen her house, and I've seen that batch o' children, wearin' one another's clothes and never carin' whether they had 'em on right sid' out or not; I know what they've had to live and dress on, and so do you.

1903, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm:


Nep

Nepali job. Hundred and one per cent a Nep job. You've seen some of the crime they're responsible for. I tell you, these guys are fucking crazy. […] Ninety-nine per cent of this kind of crime, at least in Delhi, is done by Neps.

(informal, ethnic slur, derogatory, offensive) Nepali


Widia

Shortened form of German wie Diamant, "like diamond".

A form of tungsten carbide used in machining tough materials.


moon cricket

From moon + cricket. Perhaps a reference to slaves singing songs during the night.

Her Dad had been someone her Mom didn't know in Houston. I always used to joke, "Maybe he was a Moon-Cricket from Alabama," but Trish is totally not black.

2018, Tzvi Peckar III, Mini Thins, page 285:

Quoted in 2020, Leslie Picca, Joe Feagin, Two-Faced Racism: Whites in the Backstage and Frontstage
When we were leaving it was getting dark and my husband says to me “look at all of those moon crickets.” I confusingly asked him what he had meant by that. When we got into the car, he explained to me that all of the black people walking around under the moonlight look like a bunch of crickets scurrying around.

Rooney Baxter, The Bluegrass Kid (page 182), 2015.
They don't have a good enough reason to come at us now. And besides, moon crickets do drive-bys. This feels like a message from someone else.

(US, slang, ethnic slur) A black person.


pulmotor

From Latin pulmo (“a lung”) + English motor. Originally a brand name.

artificial respiration
artificial respiration

An apparatus for producing artificial respiration by pumping oxygen and/or air into and out of the lungs, as of a person who has been asphyxiated by drowning, breathing poisonous gases, etc.


fanteeg

"Well, well; I've seen a number o' fanteegs round these parts in my time, but in all ninety year I never heard such a dovercourt as there were over that teetotal meetin'. […]

1909, Arthur Morrison, Green Ginger, page 273:


gulti

(India, offensive, ethnic slur) a Telugu


purgen

Genericized version of the trade name Purgen, from purge.

The author considers purgen (phenolphthalein) generally reliable as a cathartic, but one attended with some danger.

1908, Norbert Ortner, Nathaniel Bowditch Potter, Frederic Huntington Bartlett, Treatment of Internal Diseases: For Physicians and Students, page 498:

(proprietary name, obsolete) A preparation of phenolphthalein, employed as a laxative.


kestin

I ordered an injection of equal parts of kestin and water to be taken four times daily for two days. This was then made in the strength of one to three, then one to four and finally one to six. In two weeks the trouble was well.

1899, St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal, volumes 76-77, page 306:

(medicine, historical) An antiseptic, antipruritic, and analgesic agent comprising trinitrophenol combined with resorcinol, ammonium chloride, orthoboric acid, and formaldehyde.


whiff whaff

Well, with a whiff whaff, little Georgy was back with five foot or so. Clarice turns around and shoos him out.

2011, David Smith, Saskatchewan, →ISBN, page 28:

Alternative form of whiff-whaff (“breathy sound”)


gossima

From Gossima, a trademark registered by Jacques on 16 July 1891 (trademark number 157,615).

Already we've seen early hallmarks of the twentieth century: colonial decay, cultural appropriation, and competing trademarks. Next up was the rise of the immigrant underclass. World War I shattered the gossima delusions of the aristocracy, and the Great Depression humbled the rest.

2010, Roger Bennett, Eli Horowitz, Everything You Know Is Pong, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 4:

In fact table tennis was also called gossima in the early days, and, given that Gossamer is the brand name of a condom, the Mayor of London missed out on an even better joke, perhaps calculating that the Chinese wouldn't get it.

[2010 July 17, Howard Jacobson, “Whiff! Whaff! The beautiful game may be coming home”, in The Independent, retrieved 2020-11-24:

A precursor to table tennis, played with hard rubber balls.


airol

An antiseptic powder consisting of a basic iodide and gallate of bismuth, sometimes used in place of iodoform.


analgene

An antipyretic and analgesic, derived from quinoline and mainly used to treat rheumatism and neuralgia.


momsy

(US, childish, informal) Alternative form of mumsy (“mother; mom”).


smartmodem

From the trade name of a product, the Hayes Smartmodem; from smart + modem.

Finally, some modems, and most smartmodems, come equipped with a row of status lights on the front of the modem, which make it easy to see what it is doing.

1989, Patrick R. Dewey, Email for Libraries:

In the previous section, we discussed the two basic types of modems, smartmodems and acoustic coupled modems. Remember that smartmodems require they be plugged directly into the phone line.

1992, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Technical papers, page 259:

The M2DM system comprised a Web access^([sic]), a CTI service based on an Interactive Voice response system and a smartmodem located at home. The Web pages were optimized for different access modalities, including mobile devices.

2007, Tomaz Jarm, Peter Kramar, Anze Zupanic, 11th Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2007, page 16:

(computing) A modem controlled through a simple command language, rather than by manual switches.


yorself

“Welcum to McCaufreys, Billy Dean” he says. “Make yorself at home & hav a pie.”

2011, David Almond, The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean, Candlewick Press, published 2014, →ISBN, page 121:


lacmoid

A purplish dye made from resorcin, employed as an indicator, being turned blue by alkalis and red by acids.


wopspeak

(ethnic slur, rare) The Italian language.


Honeycrisp

From honey + crisp, originally a trademark.


Zippo

Trade name for lighters, established in the 1930s.

(military, slang) A boat, tank, etc. equipped with flamethrowers.


tonette

During the credits, we get a three-step history of Parker's musical progress--from a Kansas City tot with a tonette […] to a full-blown jazzman at the height of his powers […

1988 October 21, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Bird Watching”, in Chicago Reader:

A small plastic flute often played by children


Duo-Tang

From the trademark Duo-Tang, registered in 1962 by the Duo-Tang company.

(Canada, genericized trademark) A folder with flexible metal fasteners.


poopskin

(ethnic slur, derogatory, offensive) A person with dark-coloured skin.


majick

Burger, though, is a discarder rather than a collector; what items there are have a personal or aesthetic appeal: a few bits of stone that look like a miniature segment of Stonehenge; a pack of Max Maven playing cards, named after a famous "mentalist," a good friend of Burger's; a couple of trick devices, including one shaped like a skull; and a few lavishly weird "bizarre majick" books, these the work of Tony Andruzzi, a local magician.

1988 November 4, Bill Wyman, “Do You Believe in Magic?”, in Chicago Reader:

Mica, Kai, and Matthias find themselves at the epicenter of miracles, strange majick, and disaster.

2011, David Scherer, Majicians' Journey: The Prophecy, →ISBN:


majick

When Dieter was far enough away from the house, he took out the majick fire light.

2011, Diana Winter, The Last Snow Dragon, →ISBN, page 41:


polytron

The tissues were rapidly homogenized using a polytron, and 800 ¼L of 1% Triton X-100 was then added.

2015 July 6, “Maternal Supplementation with Oligofructose (10%) during Pregnancy and Lactation Leads to Increased Pro-Inflammatory Status of the 21-D-Old Offspring”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

A homogenizer, especially one manufactured by Polytron.


Eppendorf tube

Named after a company that manufactures them, based in Eppendorf, Hamburg.


anticalin

From a trademark of Pieris Pharmaceuticals in Germany.

The calyx architecture offers several opportunities for therapeutic applications: the most radical involves the engineering of the natural proteins to produce anticalins, antibody mimetics devised to bind specific ligands, including drugs for targeted delivery.

2015 July 14, “All-Purpose Containers? Lipid-Binding Protein – Drug Interactions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Any of a class of artificial proteins that are able to bind to antigens. They are derived from human lipocalins.


permcath

Shortening; originally a trademark, from permanent catheter.


angiocath

From angio- + cath, originally from brand name Angiocath.

Trainees will be required to gain proficiency in venipunctures, angiocaths and medicut in our laboratory.

1970, Drug Intelligence & Clinical Pharmacy, page 184:

There are two basic types of IV apparatus: butterflies and angiocaths.

1988, Robert A. Harrell, Gary S. Firestein, Mark W. Woodruff, The effective scutboy: the principles and practice of scut, page 85:

This technique may be performed with any style catheter and an 18 (or larger) gauge angiocath

2015, Joel E. Abbott et al., “A clever technique for placement of a urinary catheter over a wire”, in Urology Annals, volume 7, →DOI:

(medicine) A shielded intravenous catheter.


Targa top

Named after the Porsche 911 Targa, a car model of the 1960s.

(automotive) A semiconvertible car body style with a removable roof section and a full-width roll bar behind the seats.


portapak

From the brand name Portapak, from portable pack.

A portable, battery-powered, self-contained video recording system.


butterhead

Yeah, if one of my sisters ever brought home a fuckin' butterhead, you know what my old man would do?

(US, offensive, ethnic slur, racist slur) A person of East Asian descent.


ranchslider

From a trademark, Ranchslider, from ranch + slider.

It is common ground that all four young men entered the house through an unlocked ranchslider door giving access to the combined kitchen-living room area.

1995, The New Zealand Law Reports, volume 3, page 132:

(New Zealand) A kind of sliding glass door with a moving panel that slides behind a fixed panel.


oxycontin

An example is a user who messaged “Bought some oxycontin, we finna get trippy mane” (sic).

2015 August 8, “The Canary in the Coal Mine Tweets: Social Media Reveals Public Perceptions of Non-Medical Use of Opioids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Alternative letter-case form of OxyContin.


niggerman

“Well, what I didn't tell you is that her boyfriend is a niggerman, uh, Negro.”
“Ernie, I thought you said you hired a nice girl!”
“She seemed nice enough,” he stammers. “She can type and she seemed like a nice girl.”

1992, Jill McCorkle, July 7th, page 178:

Once she pushed open the door of one of these dives, a niggerman would be bound to mount her like a tambouyé, his drum. Afterward he would turn his back on her like Dernier did.

2010, Maryse Conde, Victoire: My Mother's Mother, page 66:

They whip again and some of the niggermen turn back to work, but some still stand straight.

2014, Marlon James, A Book of Night Women:

(derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A black man.


Ilfochrome

Former brand name, referring to the company Ilford Ltd.


Cibachrome

Former brand name; originally developed by the Ciba Geigy Corporation of Switzerland, + -chrome.

A reproduction of a film transparency on photopaper, made using a dye-destruction positive-to-positive photographic process.


pivot table

Introduced by Microsoft in 1994 as "PivotTable" (though the concept was older); their trademark was active until 2020.

(computing) A summary table used for automatic sorting, counting and averaging of the data in another table or spreadsheet.


nev'r

(African-American Vernacular, dated) Eye dialect spelling of never.


wahter

en-noun

wahter (countable and uncountable, plural wahters)


sumbody

(African-American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of somebody.


sombuddy

(eye dialect) Eye dialect spelling of somebody.


somebudy

(dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of somebody.


som'

(African-American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of some.


anybudy

(dialectal) Eye dialect spelling of anybody.


nat'ral

en-adj

nat'ral (comparative more nat'ral, superlative most nat'ral)

more nat'ral (comparative)
most nat'ral (superlative)

(African-American Vernacular) Eye dialect spelling of natural.


sumwhere

(informal) Eye dialect spelling of somewhere.


biobag

From the trademark BioBag, formed from bio- + bag.

Sold by www.ecoutlet.co.uk and also by several supermarkets, biobags break down in a matter of months. In a compost bin or wormery, they disappear even faster, but composting pet waste is controversial.

2009, Anna Shepard, How Green are My Wellies?:

Here are convenient solutions for all those inconvenient truths that plague our minds: dog-waste biobags ($4.95), biodegradable packing peanuts ($6.99 to $39.99), a Solio Hybrid 1000 solar charger ($79.95) that can power your cellphone.

2009 April 9, Mike Albo, “An Environmental Cleanup in Every Aisle”, in New York Times:


guhrl

(nonstandard) Alternative spelling of girl


cockhole

From cock + hole.
The ethnic slur was chosen from the phonological similarity to khokhol, popularised among English-speaking supporters of the Russian invasion of Ukraine since 2022.

(Internet slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A Ukrainian; khokhol.


John Deere

John+Deere. From John Deere, the name of a tractor company. Named after American blacksmith John Deere. Coined by American blacksmith John Deere

coined

(trademark genericization) A tractor, usually used on a farm.


Molex connector

en-noun

Molex connector (plural Molex connectors)

From Molex, a company that pioneered the connector.

(colloquial) A rectangular connector usually used for transmitting power in computers.


tenderstem

From tender + stem, originally a trademark.

A vegetable that is a cross between broccoli and Chinese kale.


race traitor

(often proscribed, derogatory, ethnic slur) A person who supports attitudes or positions that are against the interests or well-being of their own race.


piss be upon him

A pun on "peace be upon him", a phrase uttered by Muslims when mentioning the name of Muhammad.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:piss be upon him.

(religious slur, vulgar) Used to insult an Islamic prophet.


papisher

(archaic, religious slur, Christianity) A Roman Catholic; a papist.


triniscope

Originally the proprietary name for a system developed by RCA. See tri- (“three”), and -scope.

(television, historical) An early color television system using three separate video tubes with colored phosphors producing the primary colors, combining the images through dichroic mirrors onto a screen for viewing.


my boy

(colloquial) Term of address for a male friend or a young man.


niggerishly

en-adv

niggerishly (comparative more niggerishly, superlative most niggerishly)

more niggerishly (comparative)
most niggerishly (superlative)

In the bosom of the family, we were aware not to act “niggerishly” in the presence of whites, even if this was our preferred option.

2004, Jacqueline Bobo, Cynthia Hudley, Claudine Michel, The Black Studies Reader:

(rare, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) In a niggerish manner.


varitype

From a former trade name, VariTyper, presumably from variable and typer.

(printing, historical) A kind of advanced typewriter that could use various different typefaces.


Chiraq

Blend of Chicago + Iraq, coined by South Side rappers comparing the frequency of shootings in Chicago and in Iraq.

Seeing too much of anything in Chiraq streets could be hazardous to anyone's health

Welcome to Chiraq
Chitown
My town

2015, Jimmy Chan, Don't Kill the Messenger 69...The Chronicles of Fo:

When the south and west sides of Chicago are covered in the media, for instance, they are often described using infamous terms such as Chiraq and food deserts. Chiraq, a portmanteau of Chicago and Iraq, is used as code to refer to the violence and poverty of these neighborhoods.

2017, Steve Ventura, Martin Bailkey, Good Food, Strong Communities, page 235:

He met his wife and never thought about moving back to Chiraq.

2018, Shatiera Holman, Equality Ain't Equal:

(US, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) Chicago, especially those parts in the South Side subject to a large amount of violence.


fudgsicle

From a trademark: Blend of fudge + popsicle.


govermint

en-noun

govermint (countable and uncountable, plural govermints)


Elsan

From a trade name, formed from the initials of the founder (Ephraim Louis Jackson) and sanitation.


permatron

A hot-cathode rectifier with anode current controlled by magnetic field.


corotron

Blend of corona + -tron; originally a trade name.

A gas-filled shunt regulator, usually containing small quantities of radioactive materials to ease ignition, the regulated voltage depending upon the gas or gases used and their proportions and pressure.


dindu nuffin

From I/he/she/they didn't do nothing, a stereotypical spurious protestation of innocence. Spelling reflects eye dialect.

White cop kills a dindu nuffin and blacks riot because of racism. Black kills cute white girl and we need to control guns? I know you sympathize with lebrons, but damn man, don't fall for it!...

2015, Detached, “Gun control”, in alt.suicide.methods (Usenet):

The best solution is still the best solution: Sell your property in the city and move to a rural area that has resources, a friendly climate, and get your off-grid home going there. If you're in a city any larger than say, ten thousand people, the dindu nuffins'll getcha whether you're in a fallout shelter or not.

2015, Oregonian Haruspex, “Re: Iran nuclear deal”, in alt.survival (Usenet):

2018 January 30, Byker, “Dindu nuffins compilation”, in alt.california (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-23:

Yah, when the temps hit 90°F, the Dindu Nuffins start shootin' each other.

2018 August 5, Dindu Nuffin, “52 people shot since Friday...”, in alt.politics.scorched-earth (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-23:

(slang, US, derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A black person, especially if viewed as being, or likely to be, a criminal.


Captain

These islands were discovered by Captain Cook.

[…] the governor, convinced of the need of a thorough exploration of the south coast, now ordered Grant to return and carefully survey the bay between Cape Otway and Cape Schank, besides the land which had been seen by Captains Black and Buyers, then to sail to King George’s Sound and, in returning, to explore the whole south coast to Wilson’s Promontory, going to the head of every bay or inlet as far as possible.

1906, Ida Lee, The Coming of the British to Australia, 1788 to 1829, Longmans, Green, and Co., page 100:

The honorific of a captain, especially a ship's captain or a person with the military rank of captain.


servibar

From a trademark, ServiBar, presumably Blend of service + bar.


coal burner

(slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) A nonblack person, usually a woman, who has sexual relationships with black people, usually men.


helluvalot

I think that, reduced to a very simple statement, it means a helluvalot to me whether Auschwitz actually happened or was simply imagined by someone.

1999, E. L. Doctorow, Christopher D. Morris, Conversations with E. L. Doctorow, page 29:

Struggling into a sitting position, I clamped both hands over my shredded thigh. There was a helluvalot of blood, but it was pouring, not pumping, which meant the bastard missed the artery.

Anderson: No matter how good you think you are, there's always somebody quicker, faster, and a helluva lot smarter than you just around the corner.

2013, BioWare, Mass Effect 3: Citadel (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Apartment:


sea monkey

'I think one of my sea monkeys is ill.'
He holds the small plastic sea tank aloft and points at a black speck the size of a pinhead.

2008, Anna Nicholas, Cat on a Hot Tiled Roof: Mayhem in Mayfair and Mallorca:

Greg is a sea monkey farmer. Every year he sells 4.5% of his herd (if that's what you'd call a group of sea monkeys) at the international sea monkey auction.

2011, Linus Christian Rollman, Greg Logan Neps, Crocodiles and Coconuts, page 44:

A brine shrimp, sold as a novelty aquarium pet.


niggeresque

en-adj

niggeresque (comparative more niggeresque, superlative most niggeresque)

more niggeresque (comparative)
most niggeresque (superlative)

(offensive, ethnic slur) Resembling or pertaining to black people.


wazn't

He wazn't about to leave.


cracklet

(ethnic slur, rare) A young cracker (white person).


honklet

Didn't a white school teacher get pregnant by a 12 year old honklet?

1997 November 20, KARL RHAHEEM, “Re: "Folklore Wisdom"”, in alt.politics.nationalism.black (Usenet):

It's no joke, whether it's a little honklet, niglet, chinklet, spiclet, or woplet. There'll come a day in the future when many of us, then as senior citizens, will come to depend on the young adults of tomorrow, children now, but we'll be utterly disappointed with what we get ...

2000 March 26, Quaker State, “MOTHERS ARE OVERRATED! (was: What the shit is going on with you white people?”, in rec.gardens (Usenet):

Unfortunately, this honklet molester will get out of jail early because of it's^([sic]) vomitskin. Nextime,^([sic]) don't molest children, pervert.

2001 December 4, Master Garfield, Black God, “Re: Another boatload of shit comes to Miami”, in miami.general (Usenet):

(derogatory, ethnic slur, rare) A young honky (white person).


of'en

en-adv

of'en (comparative more of'en, superlative most of'en)

more of'en (comparative)
most of'en (superlative)

(sometimes eye dialect) Pronunciation spelling of often.


agrichar

I've written before about biochar, or agrichar, or charcoal, or just plain char — it's all pretty much the same.

2009 June 22, Tyler Hamilton, “Sole option is to adapt, climate author says”, in Toronto Star:

Biochar produced by a slow pyrolysis process.


rapidograph

From the brand name of a technical pen introduced by Rotring in the 1950s, presumably rapid + -o- + -graph.


betamax

Genericized trademark from Betamax. The food is named from their resemblance to the cuboidal videocassettes.

(Philippines, informal) coagulated chicken blood that is boiled, cut in to cubes, skewered and grilled to be sold as a street food


adidas

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

Genericized trademark from the German company name, Adidas. The sense is most likely due to the association made with chicken feet and Adidas shoes. Compare Cebuano adidas and Tagalog adidas.

Andrej Rossi. Adidas : Grilled chicken feet skewers , marinated and cooked to perfection . Tapsilog : A budget - friendly meal consisting of tapa ( marinated beef ) , sinangag ( garlic fried rice ) , and itlog ( fried egg ) . Balut : A[…]

2023 November 20, Andrej Rossi, Philippines Travel Guide, via tolino media, →ISBN:

... Adidas barbecue (chicken feet), roasted peanuts, boiled or roasted corn on the cob, balut (boiled duck egg), sago gulaman (tapioca pearls), fish balls, and fresh fruit and vegetables. A risk associated with street foods is the[…]

2021 February 15, Mary Anne Alabanza Akers, Urban Environments and Health in the Philippines: A Retrospective on Women Street Vendors and their Spaces, Routledge, →ISBN:

... given special or funny names in the 1980s, like Betamax (chicken-blood cake), Walkman (grilled pork ears), Adidas (chicken feet), and pope's nose (chicken butts). PRITONG DILIS Fried Anchovies with Spicy Rémoulade THIS DISH IS.

2018 November 13, Nicole Ponseca, Miguel Trinidad, I Am a Filipino: And This Is How We Cook, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

... Adidas) 1. [n.] chicken feet barbecue; the chicken feet are washed clean with toe nails cut off, parboiled, then marinated in barbecue marinade, skewered in bamboo barbecue stick, and then grilled on charcoal embers. 2. [n.] chicken[…]

2017 November 15, Edgie Polistico, Philippine Food, Cooking, & Dining Dictionary, Anvil Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:

... adidas for grilled chicken feet, and walkman for barbecued pig ears. The word “trapo” is used to describe ... Philippines and became a standing joke. While most Filipinos would criticize her grammar, this writer would think that this is[…]

2016 April 13, Patricia Haseltine, Sheng-mei Ma, Doing English in Asia: Global Literature and Culture, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 44:

309 Recipes, 60 Countries Steven Raichlen. PLANET BARBECUE. The. Philippines: Asian. Grill. Secrets. Revealed. I often say ... Adidas” (grilled chicken feet) and “Walkman” (grilled pig ears). (For a full guide to Filipino street food, see[…]

2015 December 22, Steven Raichlen, Planet Barbecue!: 309 Recipes, 60 Countries, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

... adidas arrozcaldo SNACKS (MERIENDA) AND STREET FOOD DESSERTS rice porridge with chicken balut raw, halfformed duck ... grilled chicken or pig's intestines served with a cup of vinegar for dipping steamed cornonthecob pugo hardboiled[…]

2014 October 1, Simon Foster, Kiki Deere, The Rough Guide to the Philippines, Penguin, →ISBN:

Highlights include deep-fried fishballs and squidballs (mashed fish or squid blended with wheat flour), grilled pig intestines and adidas – chicken's feet, named after the sports-shoe manufacturer. Prices start from a few pesos a stick.

2013 October 10, David Dalton, Stephen Keeling, The Rough Guide to the Philippines, Rough Guides UK, →ISBN:

... Philippines, street vendors can be found grilling marinated chicken feet that are playfully nicknamed “adidas” (the ... grilled Filipino-style of chicken feet is delectably chewy. My interpretation of this popular Filipino street food is[…]

2013 April 23, Marvin Gapultos, Adobo Road Cookbook: A Filipino Food Journey, Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN:

... Philippines providing their owners with a fresh eggs and meat. Like the pig, no part of the chicken, or manok, goes to waste ... grilled chicken heads (Filipinos nickname this street food the “helmet”), grilled chicken feet (called “adidas[…]

2012 July 10, Miki Garcia, Filipino Cookbook: 85 Homestyle Recipes to Delight Your Family and Friends, Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN:

... grill and sell them as tasty two - bite snacks . Mature chickens provide even more fodder for strolling munchers . Grilled chicken heads , known as helmets , are extremely popular as are Adidas , chicken feet which have had the nails[…]

2012 January 16, Jonathan Deutsch, Natalya Murakhver, They Eat That?: A Cultural Encyclopedia of Weird and Exotic Food from around the World, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN:

... grilled bananas, one can find barbecued chicken feet, nicknamed 'Adidas,' chicken wings called 'PAL' (Philippine Airlines), chicken intestines called 'IUD' for its appearance, pig's ears that are known as 'walkman' and the combs on[…]

2007, Richard Hosking, Eggs in Cookery: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium of Food and Cookery 2006, Oxford Symposium, →ISBN:

(Philippines, informal) chicken feet, skewered and grilled, sold as street food


frogese

(slang, ethnic slur) The French language.


en-proverb

you can take the monkey out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the monkey

(ethnic slur, offensive) Black people, in the view of racists, behave badly regardless of their whereabouts or socialization.

you can take X out of Y, but you can't take Y out of X


Ramalamadingdong

From ramalamadingdong, from the similarity in sound.

During Ramalamadingdong, it can be a little tiring to have to do it so many times more each day, but he's willing to do his part.

2002, cb, “GUN NUT BANK ROBBER CAUGHT BY CITIZENS ARREST”, in soc.culture.indian (Usenet):

Of course, it was entirely different when New York City schools sets aside private areas for Muslim students to pray during Ramalamadingdong.

2004, Jeff, “Re: Graduation Jihad ..”, in alt.religion.islam (Usenet):

theres no fucking way im going without food all day when it gets to ramalamadingdong matey.

2006, CAPTAIN MASSIVE COCK, “Re: not such a daft idea after all.”, in alt.horror (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, religious slur, offensive) The Islamic holy month of Ramadan.