Omie

Craven's 1874 poem was reprinted several times, the last being in 1952. By the early to mid twentieth century, the folk song about Omie Wise was widely known. Variants have turned up in poetry, prose, and song in numerous sources. Tragedies sung about a girl named variously Naoma, Naomi, Omie, Oma, Omi, Ona, Oni, Loni, etc., have been collected throughout the South.

2015, Gerald Milnes, Play of a Fiddle: Traditional Music, Dance, and Folklore in West Virginia, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN, page 79:

A diminutive of the female given name Naomi.


Halsey

Places in England, from Old English hals (“neck of land”) + Old English īeġ (“island”)

(rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.


Mitchel

A male given name from Hebrew transferred back from the surname.


Cleo

Shortened from Cleopatra or a variant of Clio. The rare male name derives from names of Ancient Greek origin such as Cleon and Cleopas.

“You're shy...too shy. Of course, with “friends” like Ellie and a name like Cleo, what do you expect? Why couldn't your mother have named you something normal, like Ann or Beth or Melissa? Why did she have to be all into ancient Egyptian history and name you after Queen Cleopatra? Who does that to a baby? A normal name would've saved you a lot of teasing growing up.”

2016, Leanna Sain, Red Curtains, The Wild Rose Press Inc, →ISBN:


Rosalee

Herb and Greta poured through “name” books and the only name they could agree on was “Rosalie.” Greta told Herb that she didn't want her daughter's name to end in a “lie,” and so they named her Rosalee.

2015, Janice Dickson, Herbert Peppard: The Eternal Man, FriesenPress, →ISBN:

“Oh, ma' am, you should call me Rosalee, like everybody else.” “A lovely name. But then you must call me Meena.”

2016, Fenton Johnson, The Man Who Loved Birds: A Novel, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN:


Jarrett

Variant of Garrett, a medieval form of Gerard and Gerald.

A male given name from the Germanic languages, in modern use transferred back from the surname.


Hyman

Anglicisation of Hyam, from Hebrew חַיִּים (ḥayím, “life”).


Edie

“We have the name for our daughter. We can call her Edie Maureen. They're old fashioned names so if we have a son and a daughter, we need to find a name for our son. […]"

2006, Shirley Harrington-Moore, The Taylor Men: Finding Favor in Her Eyes and Loving Myles, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 324:

My full name is Edith Jasmine Snow, but the kids at school generally call me Edie-Snow-Peadie, and I don't want to tell him that.

2008, Annabel Lyon, All-Season Edie, Orca Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 18:

A diminutive of the female given name Edith, also used as a formal given name.


Dayse

Dayse F. Baker spent the first half to the 20th century educating the African-American community at the Douglas School in Farmington.

2014 September 9, “Sept. 9 Educator Dayse Baker”, in Daily Journal:

Tenants Mauricio Alves Lucas, Samantha Rodrigues Siqueira, and Dayse Duarte (left to right) say they are owed deposits back from Spencer Accommodation

2018 May 30, Jack Power, “Landlord criticised for witholding ^([sic]) deposits from 39 tenants”, in Irish Times:

Moments before she died, Dayse Ricarte, 28, spoke in distress to a friend on camera.

2018 July 17, Richard Hartley-Parkinson, “Drug mule records distressing video after cocaine capsule explodes inside her”, in Metro:


Samiyah

A female given name from Arabic, masculine equivalent Sami.


Leland

Shortened from McLeland, McClellan, from Irish Mac Giolla Fhaoláin, "son of servant of (Saint) Faolán (=Little Wolf)".

The old man, busy with expanding his logging operations, took no special notice of the blessed event other than christening the boy Leland Stanford Stamper in what he considered a favor to his young wife; he stomped into her room in Wakonda, calk boots and all, trailing sawdust, mud, and the stink of machine oil, and announced, “Little honey, I intend to let you call that boy there after that school you're forever mooning about quittin'. How does that strike you?"

1960, Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion, Penguin, published 2006, →ISBN:

With a name like Leland, he was doomed. He looked like the kind of kid who'd been tormented by his schoolmates since the first day of school, too bright and too big to avoid the involuntary cruelties of other middle-class children.

1992, Sue Grafton, I is for Innocent, Pan Macmillan, published 2010, →ISBN:


Hassie

From Harriet, Hazel and rare similar sounding names such as Haseltine, Haroldson + diminutive suffix -y.

My little brother, he couldn't say Harriet. He called me 'Hassie'. 'Hassie' it's been ever since. I don't like it, but I giss nobody never had a name like it in the world.

1985, Arthur C. Inman, Daniel Aaron, The Inman Diary: A Public and Private Confession, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 284:

... Grace and Robert Garner in Hickman, Nebraska, the movers, namely, Terry Reynolds and his wife, Hazel “Hassie” Reynolds, Tina Walker, and the Garners, ...

1990, Reports of Cases Decided Between ... in the Supreme Court of Nebraska:

A diminutive of the female given names Harriet or Hazel.


Colt

en-proper noun

Colt (countable and uncountable, plural Colts)

From colt, as a nickname or occupational name for someone who looked after horses and asses. The given name may also be short for Colton. The revolver is named after American inventor Samuel Colt (1814–1862).


Ayan

Meaning Eon in Arabic. May be related to the greek word Aeon.


Cammie

A diminutive of the female given name Camilla.

A diminutive of the male given name Cameron.


Paxton

en-proper noun

Paxton (countable and uncountable, plural Paxtons)

From Old English Pæcces + tūn (literally “settlement of (a person named) Pæcc”).


Calista

From Latin Calixta, feminine form of the saints' name Calixtus, from calix (“chalice”). In some cases confused with Callisto.


Rafe

A male given name from the Germanic languages.


Rafe

A diminutive of the male given name Raphael.

Rafa

equivalents of the diminutive for Raphael


Ennis

(rare) A male given name transferred from the place name.


Liberty

Liberty (countable and uncountable, plural Libertys)

From liberty. As an American surname, often a translation of French Canadian LaLiberté. Doublet of Liberdade. As an American surname, a surname taken up by freed slaves.

Then last came Liberty. What a name, Mason always thought. It was an invention of her mother's―a flighty woman who had run away from Porter with a hippie stereo salesman eight and a half years ago and discovered immediately afterward that she was two months pregnant.

1985, Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, →ISBN, page 171:

A unisex given name
A female given name from English.

A unisex given name
A male given name from English.

A city, the county seat of Casey County, Kentucky, United States.

A town, the county seat of Amite County, Mississippi, United States.


Moises

Moises (countable and uncountable, plural Moiseses)

Borrowed from Portuguese Moises and Spanish Moisés.


Marleigh

A female given name transferred from the surname.


Jabez

der

Hebrew יַעְבֵּץ

And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Chronicles 4:9-10:


Maryam

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْيَم (maryam) and Persian مریم (maryam). Doublet of Mary and Miriam.


Adriel

Borrowed from Hebrew עדריאל (“flock of God”).

But it came to passe at the time when Merab Sauls daughter should haue beene giuen to Dauid, that shee was giuen vnto Adriel the Meholathite to wife.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 18:19:


Easton

From Old English ēast (“east”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Aston.


Babe

Use of the common noun babe as a (nick)name.

Ruth was called “Babe” because of his youth (and baby face) when he signed with the Boston Red Sox in 1914 at age nineteen. He was also called “Bambino”—Italian for baby.

2006, David C. King, Have Fun with American Heroes, Jossey-Bass, page 77:


Danika

A spelling variant of Danica, a female given name of Slavic origin.

A female given name from the Slavic languages, variant of Danica


Marni

A female given name spelling variant of Marnie


Atticus

From Latin Atticus (“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”), from Ancient Greek Ἀττῐκός (Attikós). Doublet of Attic.

bor

... yet the tradition of living on the land remained unbroken until well into the twentieth century, when my father, Atticus Finch, went to Montgomery to read law, and his younger brother went to Boston to study medicine.

1960, Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird, Random House, published 2014, →ISBN:


Cesar

Anglicized spelling of Spanish César. Doublet of Caesar.


penguinese

The next thing, a penguin will walk in here, tip his top hat, and abase himself while he mutters obsequiously in penguinese.

(informal) The language supposedly used by penguins.


Ruthenic

(dated) The variety of Russian spoken in Little Russia.


Himalayish

Belonging or relating to a certain (variously defined) subgroup of the Tibeto-Burman languages.


Nias

The Austronesian language spoken by this group.


Teck

Likely shortened from Tecumseh, a given name from the Native American leader of the Shawnee tribe.


Erromangan

The primary language spoken on the island of Erromango in the Tafea region of Vanuatu.


Teck's Ass

From the genitive of the male given name Teck and ass. The term is ultimately an eye dialect spelling of Texass, which is itself a blend of Texas and ass.

But there ain't no such island as Thespia (unless it's
in some private cement pond in Teck's Ass)

1998 July 29, Aethe...worldnot.att.net, “Is Gabrielle a Lesbian?”, in alt.tv.xena-subtext.misc (Usenet):

I don't believe they fry people anymore down in Teck's ass, they use a poison IV perfusion, with a sterile needle to prevent infection

[2000 August 10, Aethelrede, “Renee O Connor VS Britney Spears!”, in alt.tv.xena (Usenet):

Although between the oil reservers in Alaska, the new-and-improved Middle East, the potential for the South Pacific and our own native home-grown sources in Teck's Ass, we certainly would reduce our oil dependency, thus allowing us to drive more gas-guzzling SUV's and full-sized Beastmobiles down the highway without paying quite such a stiff price for the privilege, one would think.

2002 September 23, Dave Laird, “Stirring the political kettle...”, in scruz.general (Usenet):

(humorous, derogatory, rare, vulgar) Texas (the US state).


Sye

I was gripping on to Sye's shirt so hard that my fingers had lost blood circulation and they cramped when I let go. I sat up and held on to Sye with an exploding mixture of emotions. I cried into his chest, and he embraced me ...

2011, Andrea Bruden, The Secret of Vehnna, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 143:

Many things came to Sye's mind that wanted to be said, but his tongue refused to push them into reality. Struggling for a moment, Sye finally settled to whisper in a strained voice,

2013, Andrew Suzanne, The Towers of Adrala: Book One - Part One: Saranoda, Andrew Suzanne, →ISBN:

Rae listened to Sye as she talked; the excitement was clearly read in Sye's face and felt in her words.

2015, Linda S. Grant, Out Of The Ice: Birth of a Shaman, FriesenPress, →ISBN:


Brokkat

An endangered Southern Tibetic language spoken by about 300 people in the village of Dhur in Bumthang Valley of Bumthang District in central Bhutan. Brokkat is spoken by descendants of pastoral yak herding communities.


Lakha

a Southern Tibetic language spoken by about 8,000 people in Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa Districts in central Bhutan. Lakha is spoken by descendants of pastoral yak herding communities.


Chocangaca

A Southern Tibetic language spoken by about 20,000 people in the Kurichu Valley of Lhuntse and Mongar Districts in eastern Bhutan.


Gongduk

An endangered Sino-Tibetan language spoken by about 2,000 people in a few inaccessible villages located near the Kuri Chhu river in the Gongdue gewog of Mongar District in eastern Bhutan.


Welshie

(slang, sometimes derogatory) Alternative spelling of Welshy


Flick

A diminutive of the female given name Felicity.

Felicia Jane "Flick" Beatrix Drummond is a British Conservative Party politician.

A diminutive of the female given name Felicia.


Alcan

Nowadays the Alcan presents a true challenge to the traveler as the road surface is "variable" to say the least.

2004, Andrew Montgomery, On the Road, →ISBN, pages 136–137:

The trip had been my idea. Like a lot of travel obsessions, it began with a map and a hazy idea of what we might see and encounter. I wanted to explore parts of the 1,387-mile-long Alaska Highway, a.k.a. the Alcan, constructed in a hurry during World War II to connect the contiguous United States to Alaska.

2015 July 4, Rosemary McClure, “Wonder-filled trip of a lifetime along the Alaska Highway”, in Los Angeles Times:

(slang, US, Canada) The Alaska Highway, which connects British Columbia, Yukon and Alaska.


El Camino Real

Borrowed from Spanish El Camino Real, meaning "King's Highway".

A Spanish-built road connecting the missions of Alta California.


Savile Row

→? Japanese: 背広 (sebiro)

Burlington Estate
Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington

Originally named Savile Street, it was built between 1731 and 1735 as part of the development of the Burlington Estate and named after Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington (née Savile; 1699–1758).

a Savile Row suit

And, thus, this phenomenally successful company can just possibly get by without worrying about my taste, or whether I actually like it; or, quite probably, if they win the planning decision, what Savile Row thinks of them.

2012 March 11, Euan Ferguson, “Abercrombie & Fitch with its 'crappy clothes' threatens staid Savile Row”, in The Observer:

(metonymically, fashion) The tailoring companies located on Savile Row and neighbouring streets.


Dak

en-proper-noun

Dak (countable and uncountable, plural Daks)

(countable) A diminutive of the male given name Dakota


Accalon

(Arthurian legend) The lover of Morgan le Fay.


Remoaner

2023 September 11, David Maddox, “Remoaner group who handed out EU flags at BBC Proms named and shamed after funding plea”, in Daily Express:

For others, it’s the Blob or the “remoaner elite”, made up of the civil service, the BBC, the universities, the unions: anyone who, along with desperate refugees in small boats, can be blamed for standing between Britain and the promised Brexit nirvana.

2023 May 19, Jonathan Freedland, “They’re openly saying it: Brexit has failed. But what comes next may be very dark indeed”, in The Guardian:

Today, the Sun launches Remoaner Watch – starting with leading figures from the world of politics and the media (plus the entire BBC) for whom a love of all things EU still burns bright.

2022 June 18, Grant Rollings, “The Sun’s Remoaner Watch is on the lookout for evidence of Remoanery”, in The Sun:

(UK politics, derogatory) A Remainer; one who complains about or rejects the outcome of the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union.


Remainer

During the years following the EU referendum, Brexiters and Remainers both claimed him as their own.

2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 39:

(UK politics) Someone who supports the United Kingdom remaining within the European Union.


Mane Six

(fandom slang) A fan nickname for the six main characters in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.

Mane Five

My Little Pony: A New Generation or G5 main characters


Brianne

A feminine form of Brian, taken to regular use in the 1970s.

A female given name from the Celtic languages.


Pyotr

Transliteration of Russian Пётр (Pjotr). Doublet of Peter.

Пётр Пётр#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Пётр (Pjotr).


Lol

Laura listened, dumbfounded, as Christabel recounted her close shave inside the house. “Tell me you’re making this up,” she begged. / “It’s all true, Lol,” said Christabel.

2005, Susan Geason, All Fall Down, ReadHowYouWant, published 2008, →ISBN, page 81:

‘Gentleman for you, Aunt Lol,’ she called out. / Lol came to the door, wiping her hands on her apron.

2006, Valerie Wood, “1843” (chapter 16), in Nobody’s Child, Corgi Books, published 2007, →ISBN, page 182:

‘Oh, Mum,’ said Laura, her pale face tinged with pink. / ‘It’s OK, Lol,’ said Isabel.

2012, Mary Hoffman, “Family Loyalty”, in Stravaganza: City of Swords, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 90:

“This is my friend Max, and my name is Laura, Lol to my friends,” answers Lol.

2012, Norman Couse, Two Moons of Earth Beyond Voreda, Rothersthorpe: Paragon Publishing, →ISBN, page 14:

He gently pushed Laura’s hand away. ‘Don’t, Lol,’ he said softly before turning to Tara with a hopeful expression.

2017, Dianne Maguire, Things We Cannot See, HarperImpulse, →ISBN:

‘Josie was calling. ‘Sounds like I’ll be in bother next,’ Lol said and laughed. ‘It’s the first time I’ve known our Josie jealous.’ / Laura appeared on the verandah the following day, after school.

2020, Pauline Kirk, Waters of Time, Stairwell Books, →ISBN, page 202:

A diminutive of the female given name Laura.

A diminutive of the male given names Laurence or Lawrence.


Pingelapese

A Micronesian language spoken on the Pingelap atoll.


Xitsonga

Borrowed from Tsonga Xitsonga (“Tsonga language”).


Berengar

A Germanic name, with the constituents ultimately going back to Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”) and *gaizaz (“spear”).


Billi

A female given name from the Germanic languages, derived from Williamina or Wilhelmina, or directly from the masculine Billy.


Blaire

A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, variant of Blair


Javadd

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاد (jawād, literally “generous”).

bor+

A male given name from Arabic in Arabic-speaking cultures


Maddie

A diminutive of the female given name Madeleine.

A diminutive of the unisex given name Madison.


Devan

A unisex given name, alternative spelling of Devin


Drehu

An Austronesian language mostly spoken on Lifou Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia.


hard Brexit

Without question now, Britain is not ready for the negotiations, having spent the past year largely avoiding a real debate on the topic, other than a vague argument over the merits of a “hard Brexit” (as a clean break from the European Union is known), versus a “soft Brexit,” which would require more compromise.

2017 June 9, Steven Erlanger, Katrin Benhold, Stephen Castle, “The British Election That Somehow Made Brexit Even Harder”, in The New York Times:

Büsingen was mentioned amid talk of Britain following the example of Switzerland: outside the EU but with access to its single market through bilateral agreements that accept, among other things, freedom of movement for EU citizens. That all ended abruptly when British prime minister Theresa May steered the UK towards a hard Brexit, promising to prune back EU ties to a minimum to ensure maximum domestic control over borders.

2017 June 23, Derek Scally, “What can the North learn from a small German-Swiss town?”, in The Irish Times:

The hard Brexit case that leaving the customs union need not harm British industry, agriculture, distribution and commerce has been overwhelmingly dismissed by all these areas of the economy.

2019 March 11, Simon Jenkins, “If May loses Tuesday’s Brexit vote, she must back a customs union or go”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) The withdrawal of the United Kingdom both from the European Union and from European institutions (e.g. the European single market or the European Union Customs Union).


soft Brexit

The debate over the right terms and conditions for Britain’s departure from the European Union is often simplified into two clashing concepts: a soft Brexit and a hard one. The first tends to be favoured by those who voted Remain in the 2016 referendum, the second by those who voted Leave. Yet what is the real, practical difference between the two? And can bits of both be combined to some degree?

2018 June 25, J. P., “How a soft Brexit differs from a hard one”, in The Economist:

Labour's vision for a soft Brexit would have seen Britain remain closely aligned with the EU customs, tariff and regulatory regimes and the continent's single market. Such a relationship would have meant that Britain would continue to allow EU migrants to live and work in the United Kingdom, while withdrawing from the EU legislature.

2019 February 28, William Booth, Karla Adam, “UK Parliament votes down Labour's bid for a soft Brexit”, in New Zealand Herald:

(UK politics) The (hypothetical) withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union while generally remaining in European institutions (e.g. the European single market or customs union).


Manipuri

Of or relating to Meitei people, language, history and culture.


Manipuri

A Tibeto-Burman language, also known as Meeteilon.


Manju

From Sanskrit मञ्जु (mañju, “beautiful, lovely, charming, pleasant, sweet”).


Panamint

the Numic language (Uto-Aztecan) spoken by the Timbisha people around Death Valley, California. Related to Shoshone and Comanche.


Sunny

A diminutive of the male given name Sunil

A diminutive of the female given name Sunita

A diminutive of the unisex given name Sundeep


Wynne

A city, the county seat of Cross County, Arkansas, United States. Derived from the surname.


Cris

Clipping of Christopher, Christian, Christine, and their variants.


Bremainer

2016 August 2, Hayley Kirton, “Bremainer and Brexiteer team up to bolster British businesses”, in City A.M.:

The only question I am hearing wherever I go at the moment – apart from, ‘Have you been sacked from Top Gear yet for only getting nine million viewers a week?’ – is, are you a Brexiteer or a Bremainer? Are you in or out?

2016 June 11, Chris Evans, “BMW’s new mini monster is here. Get set for some... M-azing pace!”, in The Daily Mail:

(UK politics) Someone in favour of Britain remaining within the European Union.


Tristin

A male or female given name of modern usage.


Drumpf

From German Drumpf, an old form of the surname of the Trump family. Coined by British comedian John Oliver in his February 2016 segment "Donald Trump" of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The form has been confirmed by German officials.

(derogatory, US politics) Nickname for Donald Trump.

Donald Trump (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver)


Yoron

A dialect cluster spoken on Yoron Island in southwestern Japan.


Westminster village

Westminster bubble
Westminster bubble#English

(UK politics, derogatory) Synonym of Westminster bubble


Westminster bubble

Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament

(UK politics, derogatory) The collective group of Members of Parliament, civil servants, lobbyists, etc., seen as out of touch with the realities of life outside Parliament.


Chennaiite

For months together now, Chennaiites couldn’t stop talking about the wedding and speculating who’d get lucky and who’d be left out […]

2010 September 3, Srinivasa Ramanujam, P. Sangeetha, “Abhi-Ash bless Rajnikanth’s daughter at wedding”, in The Times of India:

A native or resident of Chennai in India.


Madrasi

When the hardships of a Madrassi are complained of, we are told that a Panjabi is well off: that the taxation “on an average” is only so-and-so, Northern India being more lightly taxed than Southern.

1916, Annie Besant, chapter 2, in India a Nation: A Plea for Indian Self-Government, London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, page 40:

‘Oh, hell! I’d snivel psalms to oblige the padre, but I can’t stick the way these damned native Christians come shoving into our church. A pack of Madrassi servants and Karen school-teachers. […]’

1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “Chapter 2”, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC:

The midwife, an old, thin, inscrutable Madrassi, came to the hall and sat on her haunches in a corner, smoking, silent, her eyes bright.

1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part One, Chapter 6:

Moses Nagamootoo explores the creation of a landscape and a heritage in Guyana by the Madrassi in his novel Hendree’s Cure […]

2010 May 20, “Post-independence literature”, in Stabroek News:

Coming from a South Indian Tamil family that had settled in the western India, “Madrasi” was my family’s nickname in the neighbourhood and so was mine at school. The name in itself was obnoxious, not to mention the stereotyping it brought along with it. For North Indians, anyone from the South was a Madrasi, irrespective of where they came from.

2012 July 26, Xavier Bennet, “Discrimination is everywhere”, in The Times of India:

Hindi cinema has been guilty of stereotyping the “Madrasi” since the days of Mehmood. […] The “Madrasi” usage probably stems from the days of the British Raj when the Madras Province covered Tamil Nadu, parts of Kerala (excluding Travancore) and Andhra Pradesh and even Karnataka (excluding Mysore) and thus anyone from the South was automatically presumed to be from the Madras Presidency…a Madrasi.

2014 May 21, Sudhish Kamath, “The Mythical Madrasi”, in The Hindu:

(by extension) A native of South India; a person of South Indian extraction (exonym; often considered offensive).


Rushawn

Apparently coined in 1944 in honour of the Russian people engaged in fighting World War II. Alteration of Russian, after Shawn.


Vyv

A diminutive of the female or male given name Vyvyan.


Siraya

Borrowed from Siraya sidaia (“person, human, man”).

The Formosan language of the Siraya people


Elymi

(historical) native tribe of Sicily that resided in western Sicily


Haratin

bor

Arabic حَرَاطِين (ḥarāṭīn)

A member of a group of dark-skinned African people in Maghreb and Western part of Sahara (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya), who often form a distinct social class.

حَرَاطِين

a member of a certain North African people


Ivanov

A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Ivanova


kha

Cyrillic script
Appendix:Cyrillic script#English

The name of the Cyrillic script letter Х / х.


Jahai

An aboriginal Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Jahai tribe of Perak, Malaya.


Mouse

The surname is sometimes an Americanized spelling of German Maus.

At Disney, on the other hand, there was only one landowner and one government; public and private were fused. […] Spawned by the Mouse's arrival, I-Drive (as it is known locally) runs parallel to I-4, lying partly in Orlando and partly[…]

2001 January 1, Richard E. Foglesong, Married to the Mouse: Walt Disney World and Orlando, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 93:

They are cut off from their regular jobs to see how the Mouse operates. Eisner told the Harvard Business Review.
Synergy happens at Disney because it should. Our products scream out for synergy.

2005, Ralph E. Hanson, Mass Communication: Living in a Media World:

[…] take eventually eked up to $33 million worldwide, but not before Walt Disney Studios declared the whole experiment a disappointment. […] But when the Mouse cut bait, MAGI was forced to close its LA office and sell off Synthavision.

2013, Tom Sito, Moving Innovation: A History of Computer Animation, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 165:

This has led to the public believing that every animated film is made by the Mouse or, at least, is family-friendly entertainment. (A similar situation: Many people refer to all 3D animated films as “Pixar” films.) The cause dates back to Walt Disney's early days as an animator.

2017 August 11, Whitney Grace, Lotte Reiniger: Pioneer of Film Animation, McFarland, →ISBN:

(US, metonymically, uncountable, with "the") The Walt Disney Company.


Achaeus

(Greek mythology) A male given name from Ancient Greek.


Kezza

A diminutive of the female given name Kerry.


Chazza

A diminutive of the male given name Charles.

A diminutive of the female given name Charlotte.


Nedislav

A male given name from the Slavic languages


Aleslav

Commercial exchanges between Angola and the Soviet Union in 1984 rose to a value of 200 million dollars, according to a statement made this weekend by Aleslav Ivan Stepanovk, chief of the trade delegation of the USSR.

1985 February 6, Sub-Saharan Africa Report, Joint Publications Research Service, →OCLC, JPRS-SSA-85-010, page 6:

A male given name from the Slavic languages.


Bigotgate

(informal, UK politics) A 2010 controversy that arose when British prime minister Gordon Brown was accidentally recorded calling a party supporter a bigot.


Donnygate

(informal, UK politics) A political scandal of the 1990s involving expenses fraud by councillors in Doncaster, United Kingdom.


Betsygate

(informal, UK politics) A 2004 controversy around allegations that former United Kingdom Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith had put his wife Betsy on his payroll, without her doing any work.


Taxigate

(informal, UK politics) A 2005 scandal in which David McLetchie, leader of the Scottish Conservative Party, was found to have claimed thousands of pounds in taxi expenses, some for party business rather than parliament business.


Traingate

The train company did not breach data protection law for publishing the clip during the so-called traingate controversy.

2017 July 12, Katie Mansfield, “Virgin Trains cleared of rumbling Jeremy Corbyn with traingate CCTV clip”, in Daily Express:

(informal, UK politics) A 2016 controversy around a video of the politician Jeremy Corbyn sitting on the floor of a supposedly crowded train, which Corbyn used in support of his policy to reverse the 1990s privatization of British railways. Later, CCTV images were released that appeared to show Corbyn walking past available seats, leading to accusations that the incident had been staged for political gain.


Nicomedian

(historical) An inhabitant of Nicomedia.


Rasheed

A male given name from Arabic, variant of Rashid


Suhail

From Arabic سُهَيْل (suhayl, “glorious”).


Rashid

Transliteration of two Arabic male given names: رَاشِد (rāšid) and رَشِيد (rašīd).


planetality

From planet + -ality from Latin planeta, planetes, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs, “wanderer”).

der

He shifted his record board into the crook of his arm as he came up and punched for a new entry. "Name?" he said. "Place of departure? Planetality?

1980, Gordon R. Dickson, In Iron Years, →ISBN, page 38:

By 'static' above in describing the Sun Signs I mean that from a mundane view point the interactions between are relatively fixed (in a temporal sense), as opposed to the planetality archtypes which are constantly moving and interacting in different ways.

1996 June 13, Nicholas Lee, “Inter-religion relations - TAO/GOD same/different”, in alt.astrology (Usenet):

He doubted if half a dozen Irwadians had mastered it, yet the Irwadi branch of Interstellar Transfer Service was made up of seventy-five hyper space pilots-of-divers planetalities.

(science fiction, rare) Membership of a particular planet or moon, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise.


Rachid

Borrowed from French Rachid, itself from Arabic رَاشِد (rāšid).

A male given name from French [in turn from Arabic], variant of Rashid.


Hermia

From the character in A Midsummer Night's Dream.


Line Islander

A native or inhabitant of the Line Islands.


Cleon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλέων (Kléōn), from κλέω (kléō, “to recount, celebrate”).


Leaver

(UK politics) Someone who supports Brexit, the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.


Eamon

Borrowed from Irish Éamonn (“Edmund”). Doublet of Edmund.

The workman in charge was called Eamonn Breen. He said that there were two 'n's in Eamonn.
'I'm called after Eamon de Valera,' Eamon said. 'And he's the Taoiseach.'
'Yes, and he's wrong,' Eamonn Breen said.
'You're nor Fianna Fáil', he said. Eamonn Breen later told his father what had happened and they both laughed.

1992, Colm Tóibín, The Heather Blazing, Picador, published 1993, →ISBN, page 25:

A male given name from Irish Éamonn, Éamann [in turn from Old English Ēadmund (“prosperity protector”)], variant of Edmund; variant forms Eamonn, Eamann, Eaman.


Brexodus

2016 June 29, Bloomberg, “Vodafone mulls London HQ move in Brexodus”, in Irish TImes:

2016 July 2, Márton Hoványi, Ádám Sághy, “Brexit or Brexodus. The theological evaluation of the Brexit”, in Shekinah Research Institute for Theology - Kötőszó, archived from the original on 2021-01-31:

Brexodus fears: Banks may leave London after the vote, it was claimed

2016 October 11, Nicholas Cecil, Pippa Crerar, “Fears grow of bank Brexodus from the City as pound slumps”, in Evening Standard:

So the Brexodus will also include skilled locals, who know they too are better off working in an environment that provides them with opportunities rather than constraints.

2016 November 10, Timothy Devinney, “Brexodus: the world’s highly skilled have options other than the UK”, in TES:

2017 August 7, Lucy McNulty, “City of London urges government to stop Brexodus”, in Financial Times:

(UK politics) The departure of people or companies from the UK due to Brexit.


Bravanese

The dialect of Swahili (sometimes considered a separate language) spoken by these people.


checked tone

(Chinese phonetics) Synonym of entering tone


Kansai dialect

A group of Japanese dialects in the Kansai region (Kinki region) of Japan.


Maryssa

A female given name from Spanish, variant of Marissa.


Kohistani Shina

The Shina language variety of Kohistan in Pakistan.


Utopian

constructed language
constructed language

A constructed language created by Thomas More and Peter Giles for the fictional island Utopia, from 1516 Thomas More’s book of the same name.


Boii

(historical) A Gallic tribe of the later Iron Age.


Tierney

Anglicized from Irish Gaelic Ó Tiarnaigh "descendant of Tiarnach", a diminutive of tiarna (“lord, master”).


IFS

At the IFS, they laboured in vain to bring the nation’s attention back to the real economic news, which wasn’t the budget so much as the tax and benefit changes set to kick in next month: […]

2017 March 13, Zoe Williams, “Cuts are a feminist issue. So what would a suffragette do?”, in The Guardian:

Institute for Fiscal Studies
w:Institute for Fiscal Studies

(UK politics, economics) Initialism of Institute for Fiscal Studies: an economic research institute based in London, United Kingdom, which specialises in UK taxation and public policy.


spirit house

About two metres high, the Spirit House is a small model temple that most Thais have in the garden.

2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 50:

(Southeast Asia) A small house- or temple-like structure mounted on a pillar at which offerings are made to a local deity or protective spirit.


Scotch verdict

From its use in the Scottish legal system.

(Scots law, criminal law, dated) A verdict of "not proven".

Scots law; criminal law; Scots law; criminal law


Sapphira

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σαπφειρη (Sappheirē).

But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet.


(furry fandom, informal) Clipping of e621.


Chipzilla

From chip + -zilla, attributed to Terry Shannon.


another place

(UK politics, In the House of Commons) the House of Lords.

House of Commons
House of Commons#English

(UK politics, In the House of Lords) the House of Commons.


Matter of Britain

The body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain, and sometimes Brittany, and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur.


Lepontii

The Lepontii, an Alpine Celtic tribe, who dwelt in the valleys of the south side of the Alps, in roughly Switzerland.


RosaLee

“I'm twenty-three years old.I can decide what— and when—I drink. And please stop calling me RosaLee. I'm RL,now. Everybody calls me RL.” “But, baby, RosaLee is so dignified. So significant. When we named you after Mrs.Parks, I never dreamed—” “It's old-fashioned. I hate it. It's burdensome. Like I have to live up to it. Ain't even any—”

2007, Evelyn Palfrey, Dangerous Dilemmas, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:


Childeric

From French Childéric, from Frankish *Hildirīk via Latin Childericus. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Hildirīks.

(rare) A male given name of mainly historical use, borne by several kings of the Franks.


Genseric

(rare) A male given name of mainly historical use, borne by a king of the Vandals.


Hilderic

From Latin Hildericus, from Vandalic Hildirix, from Proto-Germanic *Hildirīks.


Northern Sotho

One of the Sotho languages, an official language in South Africa.


Khosrow

Borrowed from Persian خسرو (xosrow); see it for more.

A male given name from Persian, used as a transliteration of names of various rulers


Brexshit

Blend of Brexit + shit, perhaps in reference to bullshit (“statements that are false or exaggerated to impress or cheat the listener”).

My modest proposal is to construct a set of your own Brexshit bingo cards.

2016 June 16, AFP, “How to call bullshit on EU referendum campaign claims”, in New Statesman:

Demonstrators hold a banner reading "This is Brexshit" during a protest near Britain's embassy in Berlin on July 2, 2016.

2016 July 2, AFP, “Anti-Brexit protesters march in London”, in Express Tribune:

(UK politics, derogatory, vulgar) Brexit.


Nev

A diminutive of the male given name Neville.


silent h

Examples include the silent h in ghost (to match Dutch gheest, which later became geest), aghast, ghastly and gherkin.

2019, Carson Stewart, History of the English Language, page 178:

(orthography) A letter ⟨h⟩ that is written but not pronounced.


Cologner

A native, resident, or inhabitant of Cologne


Poundmaker

Capitalization of poundmaker; translated from synonyms terms in native languages of North America.

A male or female given name. An occupational given name found in Plains Amerindian cultures.


Konde

A Bantu people of Nyasaland and Tanganyika; the language of these people


kovil

Transliteration of Tamil கோவில் (kōvil, “King's residence, temple”). See also Malay kuil.

translit

Aruna went to the Pittsburgh Perumal kovil yesterday.

Though Sri Lanka is predominantly a Buddhist country there are a number of churches, kovils and mosques dotting the towns and countryside.

2004, H. M. Mervyn Herath, Colonial Kollupitiya and Its Environs, page 94:

(Hinduism) A Hindu temple built in a distinct style of Dravidian architecture.


Domhnall

Borrowed from Irish Domhnall. Doublet of Donald.


Ethelwolf

From Old English Æþelwulf, equivalent to athel (“noble”) + wolf. Doublet of Adolf.


Stewpot

Fuck, that is brilliant! That is inspired! What sauce! Get in! It's the economy, Stewpot!

2009 December 12, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Roger Drew, Sean Gray, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Tony Roche, Will Smith, The Thick of It, season 3, episode 8, spoken by Cal Richards (Tom Hollander), BBC Four:

(British, slang) A nickname for somebody called Stewart or Stuart (as a given name or a surname).


Earthboy

(usually science fiction) A young male inhabitant of Earth.


Mbum-Day

Belonging to a particular subgroup of the old Adamawa language family, provisionally now a branch of the Savanna languages, spoken in parts of Africa.


Suggesting one of the truncated 8.3-style file and directory names sometimes encountered in Microsoft Windows as a result of its MS-DOS roots, e.g. PROGRA~1 for Program Files.

(computing, slang, humorous, derogatory) The computing company Microsoft.


Bushitler

Blend of Bush + Hitler, in reference to Adolf Hitler.

(derogatory) A nickname for U.S. president George W. Bush, unfavorably likened to Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.


Bradleya

(very rare) A female given name, the female form of Bradley.


Stell

(informal) A diminutive of the female given name Stella.


flyover country

(US, sometimes derogatory) The parts of the United States between the East and West Coasts.


Gutian

From Guti + -an, from Sumerian 𒄖𒋾𒌝𒆠 (gu-ti-umᴷᴵ).


Somnath

From Sanskrit सोमनाथ (somanātha) (सोम + नाथ).

A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.


Vahag

Borrowed from Armenian Վահագ (Vahag), diminutive of Վահագն (Vahagn).

Վահագ Վահագ#Armenian

A transliteration of the Armenian male given name diminutive Վահագ (Vahag).


Hieroglyphic Luwian

a variant of the Luwian language, recorded in official and royal seals and a small number of monumental inscriptions, written in a hieroglyphic script known as Anatolian hieroglyphs


Hieroglyphic Luwian

of or pertaining to the Hieroglyphic Luwian language


Stockton

en-proper noun

Stockton (countable and uncountable, plural Stocktons)

From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.


Hurro-Urartian

an extinct language family of the Ancient Near East, comprising only two known languages: Hurrian and Urartian


Broadmead

A street in central Bristol, England, now the name of the city-centre shopping district.


Digo

The Bantu language spoken by these people.


Yu

Transliteration:
* (Mandarin): From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin (for: ㄩˊ, ㄩˇ, ㄩˋ, ㄧㄡˊ) (余, 于, 由 (yóu), 魚／鱼 (yú) / 鱼 (yú), 漁,／渔, 渔 (yú), 楀 (yǔ), 俞, 喻, 兪, 於／于, 遇 (yù), 虞 (yú), 郁 (yù), 尉, 禹 (yǔ), 游 (yóu), 尤 (yóu), 庾 (yǔ), 娛／娱, 娱, 茹)
* (Korean): From Korean 유 (yu) or 류 (ryu) (柳, 劉, 兪, 庾)
* (Japanese): From Japanese ゆう or ユウ (優, 夕, 友, 有, 勇, 祐, 裕, 雄, 悠, 由宇, 侑)

gloss

優, 夕, 友, 有, 勇, 祐, 裕, 雄, 悠, 由宇, 侑

(優, 夕, 友, 有, 勇, 祐, 裕, 雄, 悠, 由宇, 侑)

Synonym of Yuu; A unisex given name from Japanese.


Dupaningan Agta

A language spoken by a Negrito people in northern Luzon, Philippines.


Chaslyn

From Chazmin, which is in turn a variant of Jasmine.


Twitler

Blend of Twitter + Hitler, in comparison with the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and due to a tendency for former President Trump to tweet on the social media platform Twitter during his presidency.

This rule is precisely why the 68% of America who would never have voted for Resident Trump must keep a viable vigil in the streets and in the courts. “Twitler” Trump was allowed to insult, embarrass and engorge every individual and institution he wanted to for an entire campaign cycle. We taught him well.

2017 February 10, Vincent Hall, “Quit Playin': To Allow is to Teach?”, in The Dallas Weekly:

A pleasure to see that two attorneys generals, from D.C. and Maryland, just slapped Dum Dum with another emoluments lawsuit. We can’t have enough of these actions jammed up Twitler’s tailpipe.

2017 June 15, Bruce Van Dyke, “Too true to be good”, in Reno News & Review:

How long will Hair Twitler reign – And will he get out what he Putin? So now the world waits – and worries, to see What he will get up to next, the new fuhrer – A malicious clown has the nuclear codes Yet can't even acquit himself on Twitter.

[...] with posters featuring caricatures of Trump as Hitler, but that is no easy swipe at Twitler.

2018 April 12, Jack Helbig, “Hate has a home here”, in Chicago Reader, volume 47, number 27:


on a first-name basis

We are not yet on a first-name basis.

(idiomatic) Having enough familiarity with another person to call them by their first name, as opposed to their surname.

關係已經親密到直呼其名了

having enough familiarity with another person to call them by their first name


Bree

We both knew Cypress had been around the block a few times. He had been a serious manwhore and only got his shit together when he found Bree.

2017, E. L. Todd, 400 First Kisses, New York, NY.: Hartwick Publishing, →ISBN, page 65:

A diminutive of the female given names Breanna or Breyon.


Edd

Alternative form of Ed (male name, short for Edward)


Commiefornia

(slang, derogatory) The US state of California, regarded as excessively socially liberal, extreme far left, or communist.


Jebediah

Apparently an alteration of Jedediah or Jedidiah, perhaps influenced by Obadiah. All early attestations are mistaken references to persons actually named Jedediah or Jedidiah.

See the interesting report of Jebediah Irish, Esq., on this subject, who has acquired more correct knowledge, by long experience and observation, having devoted more years of his life to the subject than perhaps any one of his cotemporaries.

1854, The Charter and By-laws of the Locust Gap Improvement Company, with Reports on Their Coal Land, Locust Gap Improvement Company, page 26:


McKinley

Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaoich, "son of Fionnlaoch (=Fair Warrior)".

A male given name transferred from the surname, briefly popular in the US when William McKinley was President (1897-1901).

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

An unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama, United States.

An unorganized territory in Kittson County, Minnesota, United States.


Tinsley

en-proper noun

Tinsley (countable and uncountable, plural Tinsleys)

From the Old English personal name Tynni + -s- + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

A female given name transferred from the surname.


Edson

From Ed + -son; originally given to the son of a man named Ed.

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Essy

A female given name, short for Esther or Estelle.


Briannica

A feminine form of Brian, related to Brianna.


St. Clair

An abbreviation of Saint Clair, variant of Saint Clare under influence from French Claire, a calque of Latin Sancta Clara (“holy Clara”), chiefly in reference to Italian Chiara Offreduccio, St. Clare of Assisi. The placenames listed below are typically spelt St. Clair—abbreviated with punctuation—following North American practice.

Alternative form of Sinclair, a male given name.

A township in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.

Blue Earth County
Blue Earth County#English

A small city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States.

Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County#English

A borough of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.


Gwladys

R. Jeeves: In my experience, ladies who spell Gladys with a W are seldom noted for their reliability, sir. It gives them romantic notions.
B.W. Wooster: With a W, Jeeves? No, no, no, no. You spell it with a G.
R. Jeeves: If I might draw your attention to the signature on the portrait, sir.
B.W. Wooster: Good Lord! G-W?
R. Jeeves: I blame Alfred Lord Tennyson and his Idylls of the King. It also accounts for Kathryn, Ysabel, and Ethyl, all spelt with a Y, but Gwladys is a particularly virulent form, sir.

1993 May 16, “Return to New York”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 6:

Alternative form of Gladys: a female given name.


Puluwat

Federated States of Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia

A language spoken on Poluwat, in the Federated States of Micronesia.


Ashland

From Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + land. Many places in the United States are named after Ashland, Henry Clay's estate.


Ancient Egyptian

the Afroasiatic language spoken and written in Ancient Egypt


Gepid

A standing army was unknown under the first and second race; more than half the kingdom was now in the hands of the Saracens: according to their respective situation, the Franks of Neustria and Austrasia were to conscious or too careless of the impending danger; and the voluntary aids of the Gepidæ and Germans were separated by a long interval from the standard of the Christian general.

1788, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume V:

The Gepidae, seeing that the king's son was killed, through whom in great part the war had been set on foot, at once, in their discouragement, start to flee.

1906, Diaconus Paulus, translated by William Dudley Foulke, History of the Langobards, translation of original in Early Medieval Latin, page 42:

Two consecutive letters hi the Varioe are concerned with a "multitude" of Gepids whom Theodoric has taken under his wing and is sending across northern Italy to Gaul, where they will serve in some sort of military capacity.

1989, Walter Goffart, Rome's Fall and After, page 178:

(historical) A member of an East Germanic people related to the Goths.


Rouran

Borrowed from Mandarin 柔然 (Róurán), from Rouran.

(historical) The language of the Rouran khaganate.


Cyrenaican

Suppose he had taken on the character of a Cyrenaican or a Tripolitanian from some southern oasis.

(chiefly historical) A native or resident of Cyrenaica.


Kumar

Transliteration of Hindi कुमार (kumār), etc.


Dewitt

From Dutch de Witt. The verb sense alludes to the 17th-century assassination by lynching of Dutch politicians Cornelis de Witt and Johan de Witt.


Larkin

Larkin (countable and uncountable, plural Larkins)


Mims

A diminutive of the female given name Miriam


Levin

Levin (countable and uncountable, plural Levins)


Fortescue

Fortescue (countable and uncountable, plural Fortescues)

From Anglo-Norman Fortescu, from Norman Fort-Escu, from Old French fort+escut. Literally, “strong shield”.

(countable, rare) A male given name transferred from the surname


Benoit

A male given name from French, equivalent to English Benedict


Laws

Laws (countable and uncountable, plural Lawses)

A diminutive of the male given name Lawrence


Myer

* As an English surname of Norman/French origin, from the archaic noun mire (“physician”). Compare Mee, Mayer.
* As an English topographic surname, from mire (“marsh”), from Old Norse mýrr.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Meyer, Mayer, Maier.


Sujata

Transliteration of Hindi सुजाता (sujātā), etc.


Sujata

Transliteration of Sanskrit सुजात (sujāta).


Leary

A male given name from Irish Laoghaire, from Old Irish Lóegaire (literally “calf-herder”).

A male or female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.


Millard

en-proper noun

Millard (countable and uncountable, plural Millards)


Phelan

Phelan (countable and uncountable, plural Phelans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Faoláin (“descendant of Faolán”), a hypocoristic form of faol (“wolf”). Doublet of Whelan.


Tuck

A diminutive of the male given name Tucker.


Peace

en-prop

Peace (countable and uncountable, plural Peaces)


Lavender

en-proper noun

Lavender (countable and uncountable, plural Lavenders)

She wanted to give the child a unique, meaningful name; among those she and Linda liked, she said, were Laurel and Lavender. Or if it was a boy, perhaps Sage . “Why not Spinach or Cabbage?” Brian had scoffed.

1974, Alison Lurie, The War Between the Tates: A Novel, Open Road Media, published 2012, →ISBN:


Yoruboid

Belonging or relating to a group of 14 related dialect/language clades, composed of the Igala and Edekiri groups. Its most widely spoken member is Yoruba.


Bosley

Bosley (countable and uncountable, plural Bosleys)


Lum

A diminutive of the male given name Columbus.


Dionne

A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Dione.


Kerrigan

Kerrigan (countable and uncountable, plural Kerrigans)

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Ciaragáin (“grandson/descendant of Ciaragán”), a byname from a double diminutive of ciar (“black”).


Reza

From Iranian Persian رضا (rezâ), from Classical Persian رضا (rizā).


Mansour

مَنْصُور منصور#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic male given name مَنْصُور (manṣūr)


Farah

Borrowed from Arabic فَرَح (faraḥ, “joy”).


Gorilla Sign Language

Blend of gorilla + American Sign Language. Coined by Francine "Penny" Patterson, president and research director at the Gorilla Foundation.

blend

American Sign Language
American Sign Language#English

A personally modified form of American Sign Language intended for communication with gorillas, especially some of those that are subjects of research at the Gorilla Foundation.


Messenger

(rare) A male given name of historical usage


Roa

en-proper noun

Roa (countable and uncountable, plural Roas)

رُؤَى رؤى#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic female given name رُؤَى (ruʔā).


Pipkin

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Marlin

Marlin (countable and uncountable, plural Marlins)


Blessing

A male given name of mainly African usage.


Wesson

A patronymic surname from Wes + -son, literally son of Wes, the latter a diminutive of the male given name Wesley.


Ivernic

From the assumption (by T. F. O'Rahilly) that this was the language of the Iverni. In the 9th century Sanas Cormaic it is called Iarnnbērlæ (modern Irish Iarmbélre), where the first element Iarnn- is taken to mean "iron" but may have originally been related to Iverni.

An extinct Celtic language mentioned in the Sanas Cormaic (as Iarnnbērlæ), assumed by some to have been spoken by the Iverni, and said by Cormac mac Cuilennáin to be the source of Old Irish ond (“stone”) and fern (“anything good”).


Ambika

From Sanskrit अम्बिका (ambikā, “mother, good woman”).


Forest

en-proper noun

Forest (countable and uncountable, plural Forests)

A male given name: Alternative form of Forrest.


Blain

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Creed

From the Old English personal name Creoda.


Fulk

* As an English surname, variant of Foulk, itself related to the noun folk.
* As a German surname, variant of Volk (from the noun Volk (“people”)), Falk (from Falke (“falcon”)).


Chesney

From Norman place names meaning “oak grove” (cognate to French chênaie), from Picard quesne, from Vulgar Latin *cassanus, probably from Gaulish kassanos (“oak”).


Bethie

A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.


Khams Tibetan

A variety of the Tibetan language spoken by Kham Tibetans


Bargam

A Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea.


Yancy

A male given name transferred from the surname


Josey

A female given name, short for Josephine.


Anasuya

From Sanskrit अनसूया (anasūyā, “freedom from spite”).

der

A female given name from Sanskrit, commonly used in India.


Hanners

A diminutive of the female given name Hannelore.


Routh

en-proper noun

Routh (countable and uncountable, plural Rouths)

A unisex given name
A female given name, variant of Ruth


Amitabh

A male given name from India, of Indian usage.


Birdie

From birdie (“little bird”). Also used as a diminutive of Bertha.

“Don't call me Beatrice, Leam. I don't like Beatrice and I told you so before.” He acted contrite. “I'm sorry, Birdie.”

2011 October 27, Lori Lansens, Rush Home Road, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

Meet Birdie Dunlop - Evers . Or Bridget Elspeth Veronica Dunlop - Evers , to give her her full name . Born in Gloucestershire in April 1964.

2020 June 2, Lisa Jewell, The Family Upstairs: A Novel, Atria Books, →ISBN, page 238:


Aruna

Aruna (countable and uncountable, plural Arunas)

A female given name commonly used in India.


Hakim

Borrowed from Arabic حَكِيم (ḥakīm, “wise”). This surname is mostly found in Indonesia.


Skagit

A river in Washington, United States, which flows into Puget Sound.


Candian

In ſafety landed on the Candian Shore, / With generous Wines their Spirits they reſtore; / There Cymon with his Rhodian Friend reſides, / Both Court, and Wed at once the willing Brides.

1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 564:

Noble as he, and deck’d too with the plume
Of brave adventure in the Candian war;
Younger, and not less comely.

1787, Robert Jephson, Julia: or, the Italian Lover, London: Charles Dilly, act I, scene 7, page 18:

(historical) Of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants.

There is a good road, and it is possible to walk if desired, although it is about as hot and uninteresting a walk as can well be imagined. It is easier and better to ride, although the Cretan drivers in general, and the Candian ones in particular, enjoy the reputation of being about the most rapacious in the civilized world.

1907, Philip Sanford Marden, chapter 2, in Greece and the Ægean Islands, London: Archibald Constable & Co., page 29:

(historical) Of or relating to the Cretan city of Heraklion or its inhabitants.


Candian

(historical) An inhabitant of the Cretan city of Heraklion.


Candian

1810, Arthur Johnston, Narrative of the Operations of a Detachment in an expedition to Candy, in the Island of Ceylon, in the Year 1804, London: C. & R. Baldwin, p. 126,
The difficulty of procuring good guides is very great. There are, it is true, always men ready to undertake for hire the task of conducting our troops through the Candian country.

(historical) Of or relating to the Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka.


Candian

1700, S. L. (translator), A Relation of Two Several Voyages Made into the East-Indies by Christopher Fryke and Christopher Schewitzer, London: D. Brown et al., “Mr. Schewitzer’s Voyage,” Chapter 7, p. 321,
We retired towards Sittawack, and passed by a steep Rock; whence it is reported, That the late King of Sittawack’s Wife and Daughter flung themselves down headlong, having received the News that he had lost the Battle against the King of Candi. The Candians all the while came after us, but were not able to do us any great harm, because the ways were so narrow that they could not come up to us.

(historical) An inhabitant of the Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka.


Ayoub

A male given name from Arabic [in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Job.


Rajputic

An Indian koine language conjectured by Ian Hancock to be the origin of the Romani language.


Cupeño

The American Indian people of Southern California who formerly lived at what is now Warner Springs, California.


Luiseño

Borrowed from Spanish luiseño, from the name of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia + -eño.

Any of an American Indian people of southern California, living in what is now Orange County and in neighboring areas of San Diego County and Los Angeles County.


Sulejman

Сулејман Сулејман#Macedonian

A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Сулејман (Sulejman), equivalent to Suleiman.


Coto

Alternative form of Cocto (“extinct Chibchan language”)


Krahn

(uncountable) A Kru language spoken by these people.


Win

A diminutive of the female given name Winifred.

Winston Piper didn't look right to her in what she thought of as Flaherty's office. […] “My friends call me Win,” he said. “No need for formality.” ¶ “Sure, Win.” He's hinting.

1994, Robert B. Parker, All Our Yesterdays, Dell Publishing, →ISBN, page 449:

A diminutive of the male given name Winston.


HuffPo

HuffPo is not made for people who like their news straight. As the situation in Iraq got boggy, the economy soured and the Bush Administration's popularity face-planted, folks wanted a place to vent.

2009, Time, volume 173, numbers 8-16, page 46:

(Internet slang) HuffPost (formerly The Huffington Post), a politically liberal US news web site.


Chehalis

A Native American people of Western Washington State.

A Native American people of the Lower Mainland, British Columbia.

A city, the county seat of Lewis County, Washington, United States.

A river in Washington, United States, flowing into the Pacific Ocean

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

A small community in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia, Canada.

A river in British Columbia, Canada, flowing into the Harrison River


Bushong

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

A Bantu language of the Kasai region of Democratic Republic of the Congo.


Pasco

A male given name transferred from the surname


Ilan

From Hebrew אִילָן (Ilán, “tree, oak tree”).


Tiernan

From Irish Tiarnán, from Tiarna (“lord”).


Meriwether

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Prosdocimus

From Ancient Greek προσδόκιμος (prosdókimos, “awaited, expected”), from προσδοκίᾱ (prosdokíā, “expectation”), from προσδοκάω (prosdokáō, “to expect”).


Iron Lady

On the lawn of the White House, with the Iron Lady beside him, Reagan may have pledged that Britain and the USA would 'stand side by side' in defending freedom -- just so long as it was on US terms.

2003, David Powell, Tony Benn New Edition, →ISBN, page 159:

On 16 October 1998, twenty-five years after he left the presidential palace in Santiago to tell the world the story of the Chilean Revolution, Joan Garcés sent to the Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón a petition asking for the urgent questioning of General Augusto Pinochet, who was preparing to leave London after a back operation and afternoon tea with his admirer, ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Over tea and scones, an older Pinochet told the Iron Lady that opinion polls predicted that Chile could have its first socialist president since 1973.

2013, Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, Story of a Death Foretold: The Coup Against Salvador Allende, 11 September 1973, →ISBN, page 376:

Using the metaphor of metalurgy he had deployed in the epic parliamentary debate at the start of the war, he rose at Prime Minister's Questions on 17 June to remind the House how he had predicted that the Falklands crisis should determine what metal the Iron Lady was made of.

2013, Jonathan Aitken, Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality, →ISBN, page 372:

In March 1981, she was put to the test for the first time: Bobby Sands (1954-1981), an Irish republican prisoner, and his comrades began a hunger strike in order to obtain the status of political prisoners, thus showing their desire to receive better treatment. But the Iron Lady remained unmoved and ignored their request.

2017, Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady, →ISBN:

A nickname given to various female leaders, indicating that they are strong-willed and unyielding.


Row

Three points about this unobtrusive person showed promptly to the exercised eye that he was not a Row man pur sang. First, an irrepressible wrinkle or two in the waist of his frock-coat—denoting that he had not damned his tailor sufficiently to drive that tradesman up to the orthodox high pressure of cunning workmanship.

1872 September – 1873 July, Thomas Hardy, “‘We Frolic while ’Tis May’”, in A Pair of Blue Eyes. […], volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1873, →OCLC, page 20:

Its mission is to protect and promote the art of bespoke tailoring on The Row.

2008, Mark Tungate, Branded Male: Marketing to Men, Kogan Page Publishers, →ISBN, page 51:

(colloquial) Ellipsis of Savile Row, a street in London, England, known for its traditional bespoke tailoring.


Saliba

An indigenous language of Eastern Colombia and Venezuela.


Wilmer

From Old English willa (“mind, will, determination, purpose, desire, wish”) + mǣre (“famous”), from Proto-Germanic *Wiljamērijaz, from *wiljô + *mērijaz.


Grimshaw

en-proper noun

Grimshaw (countable and uncountable, plural Grimshaws)

From Old Norse Grímr and Old English sċeaga (“shaw”), equivalent of Grim + 's + shaw.


Bodin

* As an English and French surname of Norman origin, from Old French Bodin, a pet form of Bodo, borrowed from Germanic names containing the element *budô (“messenger”). Compare Beaudin.
* As a Swedish surname, from the noun bod (“small hut”), compare Bodeen, Boden.
* As a German surname, related to sense 1 above, and also from the place Boddin in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.


Raman

Рама́н Раман#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Рама́н (Ramán).


Petrov

Borrowed from Bulgarian Петров (Petrov) or Russian Петро́в (Petróv).

A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Petrova


Corsi

(historical) an ancient tribe (or people from the tribe) that lived in Corsica and Sardinia


Latif

A male given name from Arabic, feminine equivalent Latifa


Caribbean Hindustani

An Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Caribbean, brought to the region from India.


Pen

"Listen, Pen. We are here for the duration. You have to let her in a bit."

2020, Stayce Whelden Richardson, Christmas Work, page 53:

A diminutive of the female given name Penelope


Amissa

Of Hebrew origin, meaning "friend" or "companion".


Primus

From Latin Prīmus, from prīmus (“first”).


Suleiman

Borrowed from Arabic سُلَيْمَان (sulaymān). Doublet of Solomon.


Glad

A diminutive of the female given name Gladys


Maheshwari

From Sanskrit महेश्वरी (maheśvarī); ultimately from महा (mahā, “great”) + ईश्वरी (īśvarī, “goddess”).

A female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.


Horry

A diminutive of the male given name Horace.


Mansur

Transliteration of Arabic مَنْصُور (manṣūr). Doublet of Mansour.

مَنْصُور منصور#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic male given name مَنْصُور (manṣūr)


Amar

From Sanskrit अमर (amara, “undying, immortal, imperishable.”).


Dawood

From Arabic دَاوُود (dāwūd). Doublet of David.


Shaul

A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Saul.


Lambdin

Lambdin P. Milligan


Lauro

From the Italian surname, from a personal name derived from Latin laurus.


Gibby

A diminutive of the male given name Gibson.


Zauzou

From Zauzou zau⁵⁵zou³³, apparently cognate to Lolo (“Yi people”) (see Loloish).

A Loloish language spoken by the Nu people in Yunnan, China.


DeWitt

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Bilal

en-proper noun

Bilal (countable and uncountable, plural Bilals)

From Arabic بِلَال (bilāl), specially Bilāl ibn Rabāḥ.


Ary

A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, variant of Arieh.


Victoriano

A male given name transferred from the surname


Slavik

From Russian Славик (Slavik) and Ukrainian Славік (Slavik).


Toto

The Sino-Tibetan language of these people.


Rommel

From the Dutch surname, from rommelen (“to rumble”). Also a spelling variant of Rummel.

A male given name of chiefly Latin American and Philippine usage.


Abed

From Arabic عَابِد (ʕābid, “servant, worshipper”)


Gautam

Transliteration of Sanskrit गौतम (gautama)


Shakir

en-proper noun

Shakir (countable and uncountable, plural Shakirs)


Carinthian

/kəˈɹɪnθiən/


Carinthian

/kəˈɹɪnθiən/


Ludic

An endangered Finnic language spoken in Russia on the southwestern shores of the lake Onega.


Qiang

An ethnic group in China, living mainly in a mountainous region in the northwestern part of Sichuan on the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau.


Maybot

From May + -bot. Popularised by John Crace for political sketches published since November 8th 2016.

Whirr. Clunk. Clang. The Maybot’s eyes rotated into life.

2016 November 8, John Crace, “Theresa struggles to take back control – from her own Maybot”, in The Guardian:

Theresa Villiers, the former Northern Ireland Secretary, sacked in the Maybot takeover, sported a vacuous grin throughout the whole mechanical exercise, confirming perhaps that the election chip had been successfully inserted.

2017 May 8, Michael Settle, “Election sketch: the Maybot repeats herself - strong and stable leadership; me not him”, in The Herald Scotland:

Her campaign team seemed to have found a patch for the Maybot.

2017 June 3, Andrew Rawnsley, “The Maybot and Monsieur Zen. A drama that didn’t obey the script”, in The Guardian:

2018 November 21, Brian Smith, letter to the editor in "‘Queue-jumping’ comment reveals the Tories’ moral vacuum", The Guardian.
The perils of AI decision-making incorporating false assumptions is nicely illustrated by the Maybot’s latest output: EU citizens will no longer be able to “jump the queue ahead of ... software developers from Delhi”.

(UK politics, derogatory, humorous) A nickname for Theresa May.


Eastphalian

The Low German or Low Saxon dialect spoken in Eastphalia (having ge-/e- in the past participle and mek/meck/mik/mick and dek/deck/dik/dick for me and thee).


Fomalhautian

(science fiction) Of or relating to the star Fomalhaut.


Tadesse

Borrowed from the Amharic personal name ታደሠ (tadäśä).


Maury

A diminutive of the male given name Maurice.


Pasha

* As an Islamic surname (generally the Indian subcontinent), honorific title from Turkish paşa. This is also found in Albania, Turkey and Slavic countries. Compare Basha, Bey.
* As an English surname, variant of Pasher, itself Anglicized from French Perchard, a suffixed form of Old French perche (“pole”), from Latin pertica.

Па́ша Паша#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name diminutive Па́ша (Páša).


Stoney

From their supposed use of stone in making fires for cooking.

The Siouan language spoken by these people.


not proven

There was a time that the only verdicts a jury could return were proven or not proven. While the verdict of proven has long since been replaced, that of not proven has survived the test of time.

2014, Francis Pakes, Comparative Criminal Justice, page 12:

(Scots law) Having insufficient evidence to prove guilt or innocence under Scots law.


Mungo

The fever left his body, and he rose to stotter about the doors; but he was still in his torments, and the mercy-seat was far from him. At last in the back end of the year came Mungo Muirhead to Caulds to the autumn communion, and nothing would serve him but he must try his hand at the storm-tossed soul.

1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:


DeAndre

De- + Andre. African-American coinage with the prefix De as in DeShawn, DeAngelo, and other names popular in the 1990s + Andre.

A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.


DeShawn

De- + Shawn. African-American coinage with the prefix De as in DeAndre, DeAngelo, and other names popular in the 1990s + Shawn.


Kinzie

A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kenzie, short form of MacKinzie

A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Kenzie, short form of MacKinzie


Andree

A female given name from French, anglicized from French Andrée.


Nasr

Borrowed from Arabic نَصْر (naṣr, “victory”).


Sadiq

Borrowed from Arabic صَدِيق (ṣadīq, “friend”).


Saramaccan

A creole spoken in Suriname mainly by the descendants of fugitive slaves who were native to West and Central Africa.


Kevvy

A diminutive of the male given name Kevin


Gopal

Transliteration of Hindi गोपाल (gopāl), etc.


Heber

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עֵבֶר (ʿĒḇer). The town in Arizona is named after either Heber C. Kimball or Heber J. Grant, both Mormon leaders.


Deimosian

(chiefly science fiction) Of or relating to the moon Deimos.


Rosendo

Surname from transferred use of given name, of Spanish, Galician, or Portuguese origin, from Medieval Latin Rudesindus, from the Germanic (Gothic) name Rudesind, composed of the elements *𐌷𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍃 (*hrōþs, “glory, fame”) and *𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌸𐍃 (*sinþs, “path”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōþiz + *sinþaz.


Hashim

From Arabic هَاشِم (hāšim, “Hashim”). The name signifies “breaker of bread”, from هَشَمَ (hašama, “to destroy, smash”).


Linzy

Fanciful 20th-century respelling of Lindsey or Lindsay.


Lapine

From French lapin (“rabbit”). Coined by English novelist Richard Adams in 1972.

coin

A constructed language created by author Richard Adams for his 1972 novel Watership Down, where it is spoken by rabbit characters.


Almy

(rare) A female given name (a form of Almyra)


Montagnard

Via French montagnard (“mountaineer, mountain-dweller”), from Middle French montaigne from Old French montaigne from Early Medieval Latin montānia (“mountain”), a collective based on Latin mont- (“mountain”), from Proto-Italic *monts, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, to tower”). The French group was so called because they sat on the topmost benches.

der

(historical) A member of La Montagne (The Mountain), a French political group active 1792-1799 during the French Revolution of 1789.

Democratic Socialists
democratic socialist

(historical) A member of La Montagne (The Mountain), Democratic Socialists active 1849-1852 in the French Second Republic after the French Revolution of 1848.

(demonym) A member of the indigenous peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

(historical, demonym) A member of the Khmer Loeu, highland tribes in Cambodia.


Ambroise

en-proper noun

Ambroise (countable and uncountable, plural Ambroises)

A male given name from French, equivalent to English Ambrose.


Lyne

Lyne (countable and uncountable, plural Lynes)

As an English surname, spelling variant of Lind and Line; as an Irish surname, spelling variant of Lane.


Muff

A diminutive of the female given name Myfanwy


Iatmul

The Sepik language of the Iatmul people.


Tywanda

A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.


Hamp

(slang) A nickname for Hampshire or New Hampshire.


Shirazi

A person from, or an inhabitant of, Shiraz.


Ivanova

A female surname from the Slavic languages, masculine equivalent Ivanov.


Alliance

(UK politics, historical) The alliance in the 1980s between the SDP and the Liberal Party, precursor of the Liberal Democrats.


Myron

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μύρων (Múrōn).


Lexiteer

/ˈlɛksɪtɪəɹ/

A counterweight to the anti-immigrant fear mongering of the former leader of the right-wing U.K. Independence Party, Nigel Farage, Lexiteers argued a left-wing, democratic and internationalist case for Brexit.

2017 March 28, Alan Johnson, “Why Brexit Is Best for Britain: The Left-Wing Case”, in New York Times:

(UK politics) A leftist supporter of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union; a left-wing Brexiteer.


Maung

An Iwaidjan Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Croker and Melville Islands off the north coast of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.


Phobosian

I was taking Valerie's kid to the Central Park Zoo when the Phobosians and the Deimosians started uprooting the city's power cables.

2002, Peter Crowther, Mars Probes, →ISBN, page 221:

The Phobosians are encamped outside Grand Central Station, barely a block away.

2013, James Morrow, The Cat's Pyjamas, →ISBN:

After four days of thorough medical examinations, physicians from each species concluded a high level of mutualism could exist between the Phobosians and the Interspecies Coalition species.

2013, Nathan Skaggs, The Red Star Encounter: The Dream Seers, →ISBN:

Meanwhile, the female Phobosian who had introduced herself as Jay Jay led the passengers down a long, narrow ramp that was just wide enough for two people to walk side by side.

2015, E.M. Smith, The Shadow of Olympus, →ISBN, page 203:


Usman

Alternate romanization of Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān).

der

Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān)

عُثْمَان عثمان#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic male given name عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān)


Phobian

If his stature in earthly measurement be taken as five feet ten inches, he would tower into the Phobian sky to a height over one and one-tenth miles.

1892, Scientific American - Volume 67, page 112:

From the period of precession of the Phobian orbit the oblateness of Mars is computed to be about 1/192, which exceeds that of the Earth.

1960, Krafft A. Ehricke, Space flight - Volume 1, page 216:

This produces the unusual (to Earthmen) situation that the Phobian "month" is shorter than the Martian "day."

1972, Benjamin Franklin Howell, Earth and Universe, page 86:

I understood (again from the brochures) that our little Phobian virus was extremely virulent.

2006, Alex De Witt, The Phobian Project, →ISBN:


Phobian

In walking he would raise the toes of his feet above the heads of the Phobians to a height of five hundred feet.

You know the answer already as to why the Phobians acquired the plague.

After conferring amongst themselves, the majority of the representative suspected that the Phobians were about to announce plans for another annexation of some economically troubled world.

2010, Lonnie Holman I, Ultimate Dichotomization, →ISBN, page 42:

(science fiction) An inhabitant of Phobos.


Phobian

To mark the end of Relations Week a fun run over 8 km was held at the Phobians Athletics Club.

1988, South African Panorama - Volume 33, page 50:

The determination of the Porcupine Warriors to make amends is not far-fetched as they matched the Phobians squarely in two off-season matches.

2001, Alex Akurgo, Camillus Abongo, May 9 at Accra Stadium: A Gripping Story of a Disaster that Turned Ordinary People Into Heroes:

The club's supporters (estimated to be in excess of 2 million) painted the whole of Ghana amber that night, their elation especially informed by the fact that apart from winning the first Champions League of the Millennium, the Phobians now stay firmly on the rail of bitter rivals Kotoko, who won the old-format Champions Cup twice and were losing finalists on five other occasions.

(Ghana) A member of Accra Hearts of Oak S.C., Ghana's premier football club.


Sridhar

Borrowed from Tamil ஶ்ரீதர் (śrītar) and Telugu శ్రీధర్ (śrīdhar).


Danziger

Borrowed from German Danziger, from Danzig.


Kumari

From Sanskrit कुमारी (kumārī, “a young girl, one from ten to twelve years old, maiden, daughter”).


Alcon

* (surname): From Spanish Alcón
* (given name): From Latin Alcon, from Ancient Greek Ἄλκων (Álkōn)


Latu

An Austronesian language spoken on Seram Island in the Moluccas in eastern Indonesia.


DExEU

Asked to respond to reports of ministers now being forced to consider a trade-off, the DExEU spokesman said they “did not recognise the language”.

(UK politics) The Department for Exiting the European Union.


Arun

A male given name from Sanskrit chiefly used in India.


Zee

(Internet slang, derogatory) Volodymyr Zelenskyy.


Gardenese

/ˌɡɑː(ɹ)dəˈniːz/

From Italian gardenese, equivalent to (Val) Gardena + -ese.


Gardenese

/ˌɡɑː(ɹ)dəˈniːz/

The Ladin dialect spoken in Val Gardena.


D'Angelo

A male given name transferred from the surname, of 1990s African-American usage.


Dory

en-proper noun

Dory (countable and uncountable, plural Dorys)

A diminutive of the female given names Dorothy or Doris.


Kuznetsov

Derived from Russian Кузнецо́в (Kuznecóv).

A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Kuznetsova.


Cheyne

Of Anglo-Norman origin, ultimately from Old French chesne (“oak”).


DeAngelo

en-prop

DeAngelo (plural DeAngelos or DeAngeloes)

A male given name transferred from the surname.


DeAngelo

De- + Angelo. Of African-American coinage using the prefix De

A male given name originating as a coinage, of 1990s African-American usage.


Pretty

Alternative form of Preeti; A female given name from Sanskrit


Kota

A Dravidian language of the Nilgiri Mountains.


Vitali

From Russian Вита́лий (Vitálij), from Latin.


Dunks

Melissa that time we went to Dunks was the best. I cant^([sic]) believe I drove on the highway haha.

2006, Samantha Barnes, “Seniors”, in Class of 2006, Saugus, Mass.: Saugus High School, page 31:

Eating and walking has made me tired, Coffee doesn’t sound good right now so I decided on Tea. We went to Dunks. The Dunkin^([sic]) Donuts in my area has a bunch of cute chicks running around. […] So, half buzzed, I went to Dunks in Lynn, Some regulars were there, and some late night regulars. I just hung out, with regular coffee and regular conversation.

2009, Brian Shawn, “Fun for me”, in Downhill from the Projects, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:

Around noon, he left his house to go to Dunks in Hanover for coffee and a doughnut, then drove through Cohasset.

2011, Peter Manso, “The Investigation”, in Reasonable Doubt: The Fashion Writer, Cape Cod, and the Trial of Chris McCowen, New York, N.Y.: Atria Books, →ISBN, page 41:

“I’m ready, I’m all set, but I could use a cup of coffee.” / “Fine. We’ll go to Dunks.” / Next thing we’re in her minivan, making a quick stop at Dunkin’ Donuts for coffee and bagels to go before heading south to Quincy.

2014, Julia MacDonnell, Mimi Malloy, At Last! A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Picador, →ISBN, page 67:

I’m going to Dunks for some coffee.

2018, Tom Deady, “One Night at The Grand”, in The Edgewater Chronicles, Macabre Ink, Crossroad Press, published 2022, →ISBN, chapter 8:

I’d also made it known I sat at Dunks every morning the previous week drinking coffee like a fiend. / I inhaled the scent of coffee and toasting bagels, but couldn’t stomach the thought of eating so early in the morning. At least I’d managed to escape the sweltering heat outside while riding my Harley to Dunks.

2020, Lynn Burke, chapter 1, in Callous Criminal (Vicious Vipers MC; 3), →ISBN:

Like I’m planning on stealing a roll of TP and some of the free tampons that are tucked into a cabinet in the local Dunkin’ Donuts bathroom, just so I don’t have to buy more before payday. […] We’re quiet on the ride to Dunks, but it’s not weird.

2020, Jamie Pacton, chapter 9, in The Life and (Medieval) Times of Kit Sweetly, Salem, Mass.: Page Street Publishing Co., →ISBN:

(slang) The American multinational coffee and doughnut restaurant chain Dunkin' Donuts.


Kipper

en-noun

Kipper (countable and uncountable, plural Kippers)

A supporter or member of UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party).


Ljudevit

A male given name from the Slavic languages


Khmu

On the way back to the boat, with now a merry band of school kids following, Vieng describes the Khmus’ animist worship. “They believe everything has a spirit. That big tree over there has a spirit. That river has a spirit. They consider everything they do because it has consequences from the spirits. […]”

2018 November 21, Norma Meyer, “Exploring Laos by boat”, in The San Diego Union-Tribune:

A member of an ethnic group of Southeast Asia mainly living in northern Laos.


Khmu

The Austroasiatic language spoken by the Khmu people.


Cinnamon

Cinnamon went on a tear to get the house ready […]

2023, Christine Pride, Jo Piazza, You Were Always Mine, page 195:


Maroons

(Australia) The Queensland State of Origin rugby league team.


Laszlo

Borrowed from Hungarian László, from the Slavic given name Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav. Doublet of Ladislaus.


Pay

en-proper noun

Pay (countable and uncountable, plural Pays)

A diminutive of the unisex given name Payton.


Yisroel

From Yiddish ישׂראל (yisroel, “Israel”), from Hebrew ישראל (yisra'él, “Israel”). Doublet of Israel.


Nalani

Borrowing (or misspelling) from Hawaiian Nālani.


Krish

Borrowed from Hindi कृष (kŕṣ), Derived from Hindi कृष्णा (kŕṣṇā).

der

Hindi कृष्णा (kŕṣṇā)

A diminutive of the male given name Krishna, from the South Asian Languages


Tani

A language family, a subfamily of Sino-Tibetan spoken primarily in far northeast India.


Arn

A diminutive of the male given name Arnold


Suliman

Сулиман Сулиман#Macedonian

A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Сулиман (Suliman).


Tsering

Borrowed from Tibetan ཚེ་རིང (tshe ring).


Faisal

From Arabic فَيْصَل (fayṣal, literally “arbiter”).


Stepan

en-proper noun

Stepan (countable and uncountable, plural Stepans)

(given name) From Russian Степа́н (Stepán, “Stephen”), from Greek Στέφανος (Stéfanos). Doublet of Stephen.
:(surname) From Czech Štěpán.

Степа́н Степан#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Степа́н (Stepán).


Manta

A Grassfields language spoken in Cameroon.


Hockeytown

From hockey + town, in reference to the sport.

(informal, US, Canada) A nickname for any of a number of cities, towns, or communities in the United States or Canada that have a history and reputation of participating in the sport of ice hockey.


Andrey

From Russian Андре́й (Andréj, “Andrew”). Doublet of Andrew.

Андре́й Андрей#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Андре́й (Andréj), equivalent to Andrew.

Андре́й

Male given name originating from Russian


Ramin

From Persian رامین (râmin). Doublet of Ramayana.


Onslow

From Middle English Ondeslow, Ondeslowe, Ondeslawe, Andeslawe, Hundeslawe, Hundreslawe, Andreslawe, from Old English Andar, Andre, Andhere (a male given name) + hlāw, hlǣw (“hill”) (literally, "Ander's hill").

A male given name from the Germanic languages.


Dua

Dua Lipa, b. 1995


Sandi

A diminutive of the female given names Sandra, Alexandra, or Cassandra.

A diminutive of the male given names Alexander, Sander, Alasdair, Sandeep, Sanford, or Santiago.


Aishwarya

Transliteration of Hindi ऐश्वर्या (aiśvaryā), a femininization of Sanskrit ऐश्वर्य (aiśvarya).

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A female given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage.


Keir

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic ciar (“dark”) or Old Norse [Term?].


Khaled

Transliteration of Arabic خَالِد (ḵālid).


Umar

From Arabic عُمَر (ʕumar). Doublet of Omar. See also Umari.


Goody

From Middle English Godeve (female given name), from Old English Godġifu (female given name), from god + ġifu. Doublet of Godiva.

inh

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage


Nila

From Sanskrit नील (nīla, “of a dark colour; blue; black”), Bengali নীলা (nila, “blue”), or related words in other Indian subcontinent languages.

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The father, Raja Sangsapurba, after visiting various countries, at length proceeded to Menangkabau, to the throne of which country, the principal seat of the Malays, he was elected. An illustrious princess of renowned beauty, named Nila Panchadi, was affianced to his son, […]

1872, J. T. Thomson, “The Whence of the Maori”, in Transactions, Royal Society of New Zealand, page 32:

... with the assistance of two men named Nila and Sakya. The body could not be found, as in the meantime the water in the river had risen. Nila confessed that he assisted in disposing of the body. He was therefore arrested and committed to ...

1876, Police Reports of the Bombay Presidency including Sind, page 40:

... by a king from the north named Nila Sekhara, son of Raja Paramesvara Raya, who gave it the name of Nilavati-patna.

1876, Benjamin Lewis Rice, Mysore and Coorg: Mysore, by districts, page 499:

Ajamidha had a son named Nila by his wife known as Nalini, and the son of Nila was Sänti.

1977, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Ninth Canto: Liberation, The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, →ISBN:

The mighty-armed lord of Pañcalas named Nila, who was the grandfather of Prsata, was killed by him (Ugrâyudha) (and thereby) he exhibited his valour.

2013, Dr. G.P. Bhatt, Dr. G.V. Tagare, Ancient Indian Tradition and Mythology Volume 38: The Vayu Purana Part 2, Motilal Banarsidass, →ISBN, page 805:

The above conversation takes place between Krishna and his five-year-old daughter Nila in Deiva Thirumagal, a Tamil film […]

2015, Vipul Mudgal, Claiming India from Below: Activism and democratic transformation, Routledge, →ISBN:

A unisex given name borne by people in or from India.


Nila

Nila began fumbling around in her purse. "There is just one thing . . . "
"What is it?"
“I have a daughter.” Nila pulled out a picture of Jasmine and handed it to Raima. She looked at the picture quickly and handed it back to Nila. “A daughter? Now how did you get away with that?” “It wasn't easy,” Nila said, […]

[…] They had one daughter Nila born April 9, 1945.

2013, Amanda Cook Gilbert, Descendants of William Cromartie and Ruhamah Doane, WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 182:


Nila

From Russian Ни́ла (Níla), feminine form of the male given name Ни́л (Níl), or from a related name in other languages such as Ukrainian Ніла (Nila).

This woman who was cleaning there came and called, “Nila Ivanovna.” (They call you in Russia by your name and your father's Christian name: Ivanovna means daughter of Ivan.) “Nila Ivanovna, the NKVD came andthey ask for you […]

1956, Willie Snow Ethridge, Nila: Her Story Told Willie Snow Ethridge, page 63:

In the performing arts — [an award is made] to Anatoliy Kocherha for his leading parts in the operas Boris Godunov by Modest Moussorgsky, Don Carlos by Guiseppe Verdi and Milana by Heorhiy Maiboroda at Kiev's Shevchenko Opera House; to Nila Kryukova for her concert programs […]

They looked beautiful to me, those young friends of Mother's with their carefully lipsticked mouths, their war work, their many children. An extraordinary bird of passage named Nila Magidoff made a great impression in those country houses. She had come to the United States from Russia […] Nila was an outspoken woman […]

1991, Sallie Bingham, Passion and Prejudice: A Family Memoir, with an Introduction, Hal Leonard Corporation, →ISBN, page 44:

A female given name from Russian or Ukrainian.


Loree

en-proper noun

Loree (countable and uncountable, plural Lorees)


Batangueño

From Tagalog Batangueño, from Spanish batangueño, from Batangas + -eño.


Mikita

Мікі́та Мікіта#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Мікі́та (Mikíta).


Mubarak

Borrowed from Arabic مبارك (mubārak, “blessed”).

w:Benedict (given name)#Forms of Benedict in different languages

An Arabic male given name, equivalent to English Benedict

An Arabic female given name, equivalent to English Benedicta


Goldy

A diminutive of the female given name Golda.


Teruya

Borrowed from Japanese 照屋 (Teruya) or てるや (Teruya).


Tutankhaten

Borrowed from Egyptian twt-ꜥnḫ-jtn (literally “Living Image of the Aten”), i-t:n:ra-t-w&t-anx-n:x

bor

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Tutankhaten (later Tutankhamon), a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty, as his nomen.


Allyssa

A female given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Alyssa.


Yakan

A language spoken primarily on Basilan Island in the Philippines


Darwin's Bulldog

From a comparison the English biologist Huxley made between himself and the bulldog, since they are both ferocious fighters (the bulldog fights with spirit to win fights, and Huxley fought with spirit in defense of evolution).


Jewtube

(Internet slang, derogatory, offensive) The video sharing site YouTube, especially in the context of monetization of videos.


Garhwali

Borrowed from Garhwali गढ़वळि (gaṛhvaḷi), probably via another Indo-Aryan language.

A Central Pahari language of the Indo-Aryan language family spoken chiefly by the Garhwal people of Uttarakhand, India. Some sources consider it to be a dialect of Hindi.


Quebecoise

en-adj

Quebecoise (comparative more Quebecoise, superlative most Quebecoise)

more Quebecoise (comparative)
most Quebecoise (superlative)


Ongota

A moribund language of southwest Ethiopia.


Irfan

Borrowed from Arabic عِرْفَان (ʕirfān, “knowledge”). This given name is mostly found in Pakistan.


Yasmeen

Variant of Jasmine, often representing a transliteration of the corresponding Arabic and Persian names.


Massiliote

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Μασσαλιῶτης (Massaliôtēs).

(historical) A native or inhabitant of Massilia. (ancient Marseille)


Massiliote

(historical) Of, from or relating to Massilia. (ancient Marseille)


Afrabian

Blend of African + Arabian or Afrabia + -n.


United Stater

United States of America
United States of America

(nonstandard, humorous) An inhabitant or citizen of the United States of America.


Akhenaten

/ˌɑːkəˈnɑːtən/

/ˌækəˈnɑːtən/

From Egyptian i-t:n:ra-Ax-x:n (ꜣḫ-n-jtn).

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A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by the 14th century BCE pharaoh Akhenaten, father of Tutankhamon and founder of Atenism

Эхнатон

Pharaoh in 14th century BCE, founder of Atenism


West Greenlandic Pidgin

An extinct Greenlandic-based contact language once used between the Inuit of Greenland and European traders.


Greenlandic Norse

An extinct North Germanic language that was spoken in the Norse settlements of Greenland until their demise in the late 15th century.


Sridevi

Borrowed from Tamil ஶ்ரீதேவி (śrītēvi), from one of the names of Lakshmi. Ultimately from Sanskrit श्री (śrī) + देवी (devī).

Tamil ஶ்ரீதேவி (śrītēvi)


rGyalrong

From the capitalised variant of the Wylie transliteration of Tibetan རྒྱལ་རོང (rgyal rong), the Tibetan name for the speakers of these languages.

Any of a group of rGyalrongic languages in the Sino-Tibetan language family, spoken in western Sichuan, China.

Wylie transliteration
rGyalrong languages


Dongxiang

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東鄉／东乡 (Dōngxiāng).

The Mongolic language traditionally spoken by these people.


Tangkic

Of or relating to a small family of Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal languages spoken in northern Australia.


Kayardild

An almost extinct Tangkic Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal language spoken on the South Wellesley Islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria.


Minkin

An extinct Minkinan Australian Aboriginal suffixing language of northern Australia, once spoken in the area around Burketown, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria.


Pharma Bro

(informal, derogatory) Martin Shkreli (American businessman)


Pitcairn Islander

en-noun

Pitcairn Islander (plural Pitcairn Islanders)

A native or inhabitant of the Pitcairn Islands.


Nal Bino

A constructed language created by Sebestian Verheggen in 1886, related to Volapük.


Uropi

A constructed language created by Joël Landais


Wenedyk

A constructed language created by Jan van Steenbergen


Kēlen

A constructed language created by Sylvia Sotomayor.


Teonaht

A constructed language created by Sally Caves.


Ithkuil

Anglicization of Iţkuîl in Ithkuil. Coined by John Quijada, the inventor of the conlang.

An experimental constructed language created by John Quijada, designed to try to minimize vagueness and semantic ambiguity, and to express complex ideas briefly but clearly.

The constructed script used to express the language.


Elon

en-proper noun

Elon (countable and uncountable, plural Elons)

From Hebrew אֵילֹן (ʼÊlōn, literally “oak tree”).

bor

(countable) A male given name from Hebrew.


Valyrian

From Valyria (“fictional location”) + -n.

A family of constructed languages created by David J. Peterson for the television adaptation of Game of Thrones.


Verdurian

From Verduria + -an, the language of the fictional country Verduria.

Well, Mark has posted a "secret dictionary" for Verdurian, a descendant of Cadhinor, containing words for modern concepts; it has an entry for "atomic bomb" which could possibly be back-ported to Cadhinor.

2001, Philip Newton, “Re: Niuman debutio”, in alt.language.artificial (Usenet):

After resolving to recommit herself to aesthetic dermatology and cosmetic surgery , Johanna turns to her professional work, which at the moment consists of feminist linguistic research on grammatical gender in Hebrew, Verdurian, and various other languages in which verbs as well as nouns are masculine, feminine, or, in some instances, neuter.

2007, Susan Conant, Gaits of Heaven, Penguin, →ISBN:

Rosenfelder derived Verdurian originally from French and Russian, and was influenced by other constructed languages.

2011, Stephen D. Rogers, The Dictionary of Made-Up Languages: From Elvish to Klingon, The Anwa, Reella, Ealray, Yeht (Real) Origins of Invented Lexicons, Adams Media, →ISBN:

A constructed language invented by Mark Rosenfelder in 1995.


Hualapai

Borrowing from Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai hwa:l pai, meaning "people of the tall pines" (Pinus ponderosa).

A member of an indigenous North American people historically located in northern Arizona.


Holsteiner

From Holstein + -er, or directly from the German Holsteiner.

Holstein

cattle breed also from Schleswig-Holstein

There are unflappable, lazy Holsteiners and sensitive, spooky Holsteiners.

A horse of a breed originating in the Schleswig-Holstein region of northern Germany.


Hsiang

From Mandarin 湘 (Xiāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsiang¹.

The Hsiang dialect is spoken principally in Hunan and resembles to some extent the southwestern Mandarin; in this group the number of tones varíes from six to seven.

1962 February, Ch’u Chai, Winberg Chai, “The Chinese Language”, in The Changing Society of China, Mentor Books, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 170:

If we adopt the threefold division of Northern Chinese, the form commonly known as ‘Southern Mandarin’ occupies the southern part of Kiangsu, Anhwei south of the river Hwei and north by the Wu boundary, the south-east corner of Hupeh, and all Kiangsi not occupied by Wu or Hakka dialects. The western form covers the southern part of Hupeh, the whole of Hunan except the so-called Hsiang dialect area, and Szechʻwan south of Chengtu, with extensions into the provinces of Kweichow and Yünnan.

1973, R. A. D. Forrest, “The Modern Dialects”, in The Chinese Language, 3rd edition, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 221:

Hweichou in southern Anhwei may be a Hsiang dialect or a Wu dialect. Hsiang has no written form apart from standard Chinese.

1978, “Asia”, in Barbara F. Grimes, editor, Ethnologue, 9th edition, Huntington Beach, CA: Wycliffe Bible Translators, →OCLC, page 241:


Bangi

A Bantu language of the Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo.


Babole

A Bantu language of the Republic of Congo.


Chokwe

A Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and Zambia.


Chopi

From the name in Chopi, which refers to their use of bows and arrows.


Gipuzkoan

A dialect of the Basque language, spoken mainly in the province of Gipuzkoa in Basque Country, but also in a small part of Navarre.


Stelio

Transliteration of Greek Στέλιο, vocative singular form of Στέλιος.

Στέλιο Στέλιο#Greek

A transliteration of the Greek male given name Στέλιο (Stélio), used in Greece.


Cimbri

(historical) An ancient tribe that invaded southern Europe between 113 and 101 BCE, generally thought to have been Germanic (though they could have been Celtic) and associated with Jutland and northern Germany.


Addysen

Rare modern fanciful spelling of Addison.


Adriannah

Rare modern spelling of Adriana or Adrianna.


Adragon

All Adragon had to do was be ready, and Quinn would come to him.

1993, Pat Graversen, Precious Blood, page 221:

The other, Adragon Eastwood DeMello, who is 16 now, was the youngest university graduate in history according to the Guiness Book of World Records.

Seventeen-year-old Adragon finds there are some advantages and quite a few disadvantages to being a vampire. His girlfriend, his mother, and the Society of Vampires contrive to make his new unlife difficult.

1998, Patricia Altner, Vampire Readings: An Annotated Bibliography, page 132:

Crisis: Cary Grant (Dr Eugene Norland Ferguson), Jose Ferrer (Raoul Farrago), Paula Raymond (Helen Ferbuson), Signe Hasso (Senora Isabel Farrago), Ramon Novarro (Colonel Adragon), Gilbert Roland (Gonzales), […]

2006, John Howard Reid, Movie Mystery & Suspense, page 84:


Adream

Flood has paired up with associate professor Adream Blair and a group of undergrads taking a design course in the Digital Craft Research Lab at UWM, which along with the Milwaukee Makerspace community has paid for the project.

2014 March 3, Mary Louise Schumacher, “Online community lends a hand to build prosthesis for Mukwonago girl”, in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

In keeping with the spirit of the U.S. Air Force's motto "Aim High" Dr. Valerie Adream Smartt Short has set her sights on the state's highest office.

2015 May 6, R.L. Nave, “Fly, Fight, Win: The JFP Interview with Dr. Valerie Short”, in Jackson Free Press:

Adream Reese, 42, of Dallas snapped photos of the store’s sign before the fence covered the view. She said she hopes they’re doing something positive in memory of Hussle. She brought her 17-year-old son to be in a space where the rapper and community activist sold CDs in his youth.

2019 August 1, Angel Jennings, Cindy Chang, “The lot where Nipsey Hussle died is now surrounded by a chain-link fence”, in Los Angeles Times:


Chatti

(historical) An ancient Germanic tribe whose homeland was near the upper Weser (Visurgis).