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.

A male given name transferred from the surname


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.


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

constructed language
constructed language

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).

translit

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.

der

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.


why keep a dog and bark yourself

En-au-why keep a dog and bark yourself.ogg

(rhetorical question, colloquial) One should not do something that one has hired someone else to do.


Yasmeen

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


what's the beef

(idiomatic, rhetorical question) Why are you complaining? What are you complaining about?


where are the snows of yesteryear

En-au-where are the snows of yesteryear.ogg

Quotation from Dante Gabriel Rossetti's "Ballad of Dead Ladies," an 1869 translation of François Villon's poem "Ballade des dames du temps jadis" (1533) (in the original, où sont les neiges d'antan?). The word yesteryear was coined by Rossetti.

Pathetic as its passing is, one cannot honestly regret the old school. I was looking last night at the programme of my very first hall, and received a terrible shock to my time-sense. Where are the snows of yesteryear? Where are the entertainers of 1895?

1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London, New York: Henry Holt and Company:

(rhetorical question, colloquial) Used to emphasize that life passes quickly.

Ballade des dames du temps jadis
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
François Villon


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).

bor

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">ꜣḫ-n-jtn</i>

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

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).


Batavi

An ancient Germanic tribe living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen.


Maybrat

A Papuan language spoken by the Ayamaru and Karon Dori peoples of the Maybrat Regency on the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea.


Young England

(UK politics, historical) A Victorian group of young Tory politicians who opposed free trade and radicalism and professed a sentimental attachment to earlier forms of social life in England.


Idris

A male given name from Welsh popularized by actor Idris Elba


Tiv

A Southern Bantoid language spoken mostly in Nigeria, with some speakers in Cameroon.


Diederik

Of Dutch origin, from Middle Dutch Diederic, from Old Dutch *Thiodarīk, from Frankish *Theodarīk, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Þeudarīks. Compare with Derek, Theodoric.

A male given name from the Germanic languages from Dutch or Low German


Isuzu

From Japanese. The automotive manufacturer is named after the 五十鈴川 (Isuzu-gawa, “Isuzu River”).


Delma

A diminutive of the female given name Adelma.

A diminutive of the female given name Fidelma.


Delmar

Contraction of Delamare and de la Mare, from places in Normandy named La Mare (“the pond”). In the US, also borrowed from Catalan del Mar (“of the sea”).

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Naʼvi

A constructed language designed by Paul Frommer to be spoken by fictional extraterrestrials in the 2009 film Avatar.


Tagala

Women from southern Tagalog are called tagalas,” says Decal. “And, most women are in the kitchen.” Kulinarya Tagala features good home:...

2012, Must-experience South Tagalog food tour: From Patis’ ‘adobo’ with ‘buko’ meat to Ugu Bigyan’s ‘pako’ salad, lifestyle.inquirer.net

(Philippines) A woman from Tagalog region or provinces


Trumpster

Phineas Taylor Barnum, godfather of the modern age of hot press and selfpromotion, was Donald's direct precursor, the man who anticipated the Trumpster more than a century before the Trumpster was born.

2005, Timothy L. O'Brien, TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

How long before he grew his thinning hair long enough to comb it over his receding hairline in the Trumpster's signature style?

2016, Andrew Shaffer, The Day of the Donald: Trump Trumps America, Crooked Lane Books, →ISBN, page 105:

This guy, who sounds like what we might call a “Scottish redneck”, adamantly refused to knuckle under to the Trumpster, and sell out, or even clean up his “eyesore” property.

2012, Jeff Foulk, Jay A. Blum, Over the Ocean and to the Links: A Golfer's Journey, Malcolm Press, →ISBN:


Becka

A diminutive of the female given name Rebecca.


Hindustanee

His Hindustanee was very limited, and the ruffled and disgusted Kim intended to keep to the character laid down for him.

1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, Kim (Macmillan’s Colonial Library; no. 414), London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC:


Dumnonian

From Dumnonia + -an. Doublet of Devonian.


Oslovian

A person from Oslo, the capital of Norway.


Cammy

Alternative form of Cammie; A male given name


Chuj

A Mayan language spoken in western Guatemala and southern Mexico.


Perthite

A native or inhabitant of Perth, Australia.


compearant

(Scots law) A person who appears in court.


Pelagius

Borrowed from Latin Pelagius, from Ancient Greek Πελάγιος (Pelágios), from πελάγιος (pelágios, “of the sea”), from πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”).


Lionheart

Richard I of England
w:Richard I of England


Saterlandic

From Saterland + -ic, from German Saterland, from Old Frisian Sageleterlōnd, Sagelterland.


Aedui

A Gallic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis whose chief town was Bibracte


Blajorism

He added: ‘Commentators say that the Tories and Labour have merged in the middle into Blajorism but that is far too kind to Labour. Blair is adrift in a sea of fudge.’

1994 September 23, John Arlidge, The Independent:

New Labour leader Tony Blair was described as an advocate of ‘Blajorism’ in recognition of Labour's policy similarities with Major's Conservatives.

2002, Peter Lynch, SNP: The History of the Scottish National Party, page 216:

In short, the characters played by Robert Carlyle had been disenfranchised by the political rush for the centre ground of Blajorism.

2013, Alwyn W. Turner, A Classless Society, Aurum Press, published 2014, page 449:

(UK politics) The policies of Conservative Prime Minister John Major and his successor, the Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, seen as representing one indistinguishable social and economic outlook.


Parisii

A Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Lutetia; Paris, the capital of France, is named after them.

A British Celtic tribe located somewhere within the present-day East Riding of Yorkshire, in England, known from a single reference by Ptolemy, and possibly connected with the more widely known Parisii of Gaul.


Westlandgate

(UK, slang) A 1985 controversy around government plans to bail out the helicopter company Westland.


Lotharingian

/ləʊ.θəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.ən/


Poitevin

/ˈpwɑːtəvæ̃/

Unadapted borrowing from French poitevin, ultimately from Late Latin pictāvīnus, from Pictāvus (“Poitou”), of Gaulish origin. See Poitiers and Poitou.

unadapted borrowing

Of or pertaining to the region of Poitou in France.


Poitevin

/ˈpwɑːtəvæ̃/


Poitevin

/ˈpwɑːtəvæ̃/

The dialect of Poitevin-Saintongeais spoken in Poitou.


Imhotep

From Egyptian jj-m-ḥtp (literally “(the one) coming in peace, (the one) returning home safely”): M18-G17-R4:X1*Q3 from the perfective active participle of jj (“to come, to return”) + m ḥtp (“in peace, safely”).


Blaan

An Austronesian language of the southern Philippines, similar to Tboli.


hounfour

A stretch of straw mats is laid on the ground leading from the door of the hounfor.

1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 47:

I arrived around ten and was taken into the peristyle, the roofed court of the hounfour, and was led around a semicircle of tables to the one where Beauvoir sat at the head.

1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 47:

In the afternoon, Magda and I went out to purchase some gifts: perfume for Ezili and a bottle of rum for the ounfò.

1995, Marilyn Houlberg, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 276

Because her Western science has failed to restore Jessica to health, Betsy secretly takes her charge to see the houngan priest at the hounfour for help.

2011, Kyle William Bishop, American Zombie Gothic, page 88:


Mozzer

(UK, slang) Morrissey (born 1959), an English singer-songwriter and author.


Mozzer

(colloquial) An employee of Moz, a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) company.


Moz

(Southern Africa, slang) Short for Mozambique.


Adiv

From Hebrew אָדִיב (“splendid, pleasant, gallant, gracious, kind, considerate”).


Chulym

The language of these people, closely related to Shor and Khakas.


Nago

From Ewe Anagó (“a Yoruba”), from Yoruba Ànàgó (“Yoruba from Abeokuta Province, Nigeria”).

uder

The Niger–Congo language spoken by the Nago people.


langaj

From Haitian Creole langaj, from French langage (“language”). Doublet of language.

Though used only by initiates, some passages in langaj emphasize sounds in a fashion that appeals to the ears of the profane as well, even when no translation is accessible as in most of the following examples.

2003, Marie-Jose Alcide Saint-Lot, Vodou, A Sacred Theater, page 172:

The langaj used for activation and the specific combinations required for a ceremony are initiatory secrets.

2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books, page 41:

He and his assistant, a bigger, stronger, younger man, are both singing, bent over the bowl, in langage, which is a mix of slavery-era African dialects combined with Creole; it's used only in voodoo ritual and is one of the world's few remaining wholly sacred languages.

2013, Amy Wilentz, Farewell, Fred Voodoo, Simon & Schuster, page 196:

(voodoo) A sacred or incantatory language used in Haitian voodoo rituals.


Ozzy

A diminutive of the male given names Oswald or Oscar

A nickname of someone with the surname Osbourne, Osgood.


Pictones

(historical) A Celtic tribe of Aquitania, whose capital was Limonum.


Möngke

A Mongolian male given name, notably borne by Möngke Khan, a Mongol ruler.


Dutchperson

en-noun

Dutchperson (plural Dutchpersons or Dutchpeople)

Dutchpersons (plural)
Dutchpeople (plural)

(uncommon) Somebody with origins in the Netherlands; a Dutch person, whether born in, or citizen of, Holland or the Netherlands in general.


sekos

In this last-mentioned chamber there is a central doorway, leading to the holy recess, or sekos; and two other doorways also communicate with the two ends of a gallery which runs round the sekos.

1854, Jamees Talboys Wheeler, The geography of Herodotus, page 371:

(historical) A sacred enclosure, sanctuary or cella in an ancient Greek temple.


Mangbetu

One of the most populous of the Central Sudanic languages.


Xibe

The Tungusic language spoken by the Xibe people of Northwest China.


Sicel

From Latin Siculi, from Ancient Greek Σικελός (Sikelós). See also Sicily.
Greek historians including Thucydides suggested Siculus, a legendary king and son of Italus, as the progenitor of the Sicels.

(historical) A member of an Italic tribe who inhabited eastern Sicily during the Iron Age.


Sicel

2010, Philip Baldi, The Foundations of Latin, Walter de Gruyter (Mouton de Gruyter) page 116,
Their language, Sicel or Siculan, is considered by most scholars to be an independent IE language whose deeper connections with Italic are poorly demonstrated.

In Sicily were spoken at least two languages during the first millennium BC that are widely thought to have been Indo-European. The first, Sicel (or Siculian), was spoken by the Siculians in eastern Sicily.

2010, Benjamin W. Fortson, IV, Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, page 469:

Although the contribution of the Sicel language to coin inscriptions is not great, there is another case where Sicel is often invoked, and which unusually is not a proper name.

2012, Oliver Simkin, “Coins and language in ancient Sicily”, in Olga Tribulato, editor, Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily, Cambridge University Press, page 170:

(linguistics) The unclassified, sparsely attested language of the Sicels.


LizQuen

(Philippines, slang) The loveteam of Filipino actors Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil.


Melason

(Philippines, slang) The couple consisting of Filipino actors and reality show contestants Melisa Cantiveros and Jason Francisco.


KathNiel

(Philippines, slang) The loveteam of Filipino actors Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla.


Vi and Bot

(Philippines, slang) The loveteam of Filipino actors Vilma Santos and Edgar Mortiz.


Keelie

en-adj

Keelie (comparative more Keelie, superlative most Keelie)

more Keelie (comparative)
most Keelie (superlative)


Suellen

Blend of Sue + Ellen. Abbreviation of Sue-Ellen/Sue Ellen.


SAO

en-noun

SAO (countable and uncountable, plural SAOs)

Specified Associated Organisation
w:Specified Associated Organisation

(UK politics) Initialism of Specified Associated Organisation.


astronym

The name of a star, planet or other heavenly body.


Ngkoth

An extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.


telonym

John Smith adopted the telonym N. H. for his novel.

(rare) A term formed from the terminal letter or letters of several words.

(rare) A pseudonym formed in this way from an author's first name or full name.


Tshangla

A Sino-Tibetan language of the Bodish branch closely related to the Tibetic languages largely deriving from Classical Tibetan.


Classical Tibetan

The form of Tibetan spoken from the early 10th century AD until the 12th century AD (after the Old Tibetan period) and still used as a written language.


Dearbornistan

From Dearborn + -i- + -stan, with regard to it supposedly being a hotbed for Islamic extremism.

(US, slang, derogatory) The city of Dearborn, Michigan.


father tongue

/ˈfɑː.ðə ˌtʌŋ/

/ˈfɑ.ðɚ ˌtʌŋ/

From father + tongue (“language”), modelled after mother tongue.

Throughout their long history as a minority, Anglo-Indians learned their "father tongue" but were indifferent to their "mother tongue," an indigenous Indian language.

1973, Noel P[itts] Gist, Roy Dean Wright, “Styles of Life”, in K. Ishwaran, editor, Marginality and Identity: Anglo-Indians as a Racially Mixed Minority in India (Monographs and Theoretical Studies in Sociology and Anthropology in Honour of Nels Anderson; 3), Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →ISBN, page 148:

English is / my father tongue. / A father tongue is / a foreign language, / therefore English is / a foreign language / not a mother tongue.

1986, M[arlene] NourbeSe Philip, “Discourse on the Logic of Language”, in Journal of West Indian Literature, volume 14, Bridgetown, Barbados: Department of English, University of the West Indies, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 187:

It is our mother's voice which introduces us to language and in this way it is the only tongue, whereas the father tongue is learnt systematically.

2004, Judit Szekacs-Weisz, Ivan Ward, editors, Lost Childhood and the Language of Exile, [London]: Imago East West, The Freud Museum, →ISBN, page 11:

I was born in Kenya, and so was my mother. This makes me a Kenya citizen. My childhood and boyhood were in idyllic countryside in Singida, Tanzania near Arusha. With beautiful lakes, bewitching butterflies, endless plains running for the horizon and people with the sweetness and suaveness of the Swahili. This makes Swahili, the main language of Tanzania, my father tongue and me a Swahili boy.

2009, Ba[hadur] Tejani, “A Letter to My Readers from the Author: My Life as a Writer”, in Laughing in the Face of Terrorism […], [Seattle, Wash.?]: BookSurge Publishing, →ISBN, page 5:

A second language that one speaks fluently.


Ngam

Central African Republic
Central African Republic

One of the Sara languages, spoken in Chad and the Central African Republic.


Moken

The Austronesian language spoken by these people.


Pearleen

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Old Tibetan

An ancient form of the Tibetan language, reflected in documents from the adoption of writing by the Tibetan Empire in the mid-7th century to works of the early 11th century.


Barese

From Italian barese. Equivalent to Bari + -ese (adjective- and noun-forming suffix).

af

The Bari dialect, a dialect of Neapolitan spoken in the Apulia and Basilicata regions of Italy.


canine letter

So called because it sometimes represents a sound like a dog's growl.

All the foregoing etymologies, be it observed, are the conjectures of English scholars; for the English is the only language in which the name of the individual, Fairy, has the canine letter to afford any foundation for them.

1833, Thomas Keightley, Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 10:


Eastern Herzegovinian

A Shtokavian subdialect that is the basis for all modern literary Serbo-Croatian standards: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin.


Bongo

A Central Sudanic language spoken by the Bongo people in sparsely populated areas of Bahr al Ghazal in South Sudan.


Huetar

An extinct language once spoken in Costa Rica


Bebe

In most cases, the name is a diminutive of Beatrice.


cakeism

From cake + -ism, referring to have one's cake and eat it too.

What is now known as “cakeism” – the idea that the UK can have everything it wants merely because it wants it – is becoming, like climate-change denial, the subject of rational discussion.

2017, The New European, "The delusions of Cakeism", Bonnie Greer, 15 September 2017

The letter is the latest blatant example of British cakeism.

2018, The Guardian, "David Davis's petulant leaked letter is the latest slice of Brexit cakeism", Jonathan Lis, 10 January 2018

The government has adopted Johnson's notorious attitude to cake – wanting to have it and to eat it – and made cakeism its defining creed.

2021, The Guardian, "The dishonesty of Boris Johnson has finally infected the entire government", Jonathan Freedland, 19 November 2021

Cakeism is not a formula that works in government because, in reality, the cake has to be rationed and people notice.

2021, The Guardian, "The Tories said we could have our cake and eat it – now they are stuffed and voters are hungry", Rafael Behr, 22 December 2021

"Cakeism" has run riot — vast, incoherent ambitions detached from political, economic and business realities.

2022, The Guardian, "Brexit legacy is just the start of incoming PM's problems as cost of living crisis spirals", Will Hutton, 10 July 2022

having one's cake and eating it too
have one's cake and eat it too

(UK politics) The doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too, particularly regarding the UK’s approach to Brexit negotiations and subsequent deliberations.


Wasembo

A Rai Coast language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.


Insta

These are the slaves to technology: the Candy Crushers, the Facebook fanatics, the Insta-idlers, the Snapchat servants and Twitter twiddlers who spend every spare minute absorbed by their screens.

2018, Jack Lewis, The Science of Sin: Why We Do The Things We Know We Shouldn’t, Bloomsbury Sigma, →ISBN:

(informal, chiefly text messaging, Internet slang) Clipping of Instagram.


Insta

en-verb

Insta (third-person singular simple present Instas or Insta's, present participle Insta-ing or Insta'ing, simple past and past participle Insta-ed or Insta'ed)

Instas (present singular third-person)
Insta's (present singular third-person)
Insta-ing (participle present)
Insta'ing (participle present)
Insta-ed (participle past)
Insta-ed (past)
Insta'ed (participle past)
Insta'ed (past)

Patrick Dempsey, who played Dr. Derek Shepherd for 11 seasons, Insta-ed a close-up of his masked face, captioning it with one of his catchphrases. "It’s a Beautiful Day to Save Lives," he wrote. "#WearAMask."

2020 July 23, Jelisa Castrodale, “‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Gears Up for Pandemic Storyline in Upcoming 60,000th Season”, in Vice:


Edsel

The automobile marque is named after Edsel Ford (1893–1943), son of Henry Ford. Compare German Etzel.

A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Etzel


Suga

Borrowed from Japanese 菅 (Suga) or すが (Suga).


Hellenistic Koine

Synonym of Koine (the Greek dialect of Hellenistic times)


Early New English

The form of the English language written and spoken from the end of the 15th century to the mid-17th century.


Pestminster

Those following what has been dubbed “Pestminster” may nevertheless struggle to keep up with the Byzantine internal reporting structures, the range of accusations being levied and the sheer number of MPs involved.

2017 3 November, Julia Rampen, “A week in Pestminster”, in New Statesman:

Activists turned Westminster into “Pestminster” today to highlight a perceived lack of action over Parliament’s sexual harassment scandal.

2018 26 October, Kate Proctor, Ella Wills, “The next station is now Pestminster”, in Evening Standard:

It’s shocking that two years after the ‘Pestminster’ scandal, female MPs are fleeing politics.

2019 31 October, Catherine Mayer, “It’s shocking that two years after the ‘Pestminster’ scandal, female MPs are fleeing politics”, in The Telegraph:

(UK, informal) A scandal involving sexual harassment by members of the British parliament.


God's house

From Middle English Goddes hous, goddes hous. Compare Dutch godshuis, German Gotteshaus.


Samsam

A mixed language of Thai and Kelantan-Pattani Malay, spoken by those of mixed ancestry.


Topanga

Borrowed from Gabrielino-Fernandeño Topaa'nga. "Topaa'-" is possibly from Chumash + Tongva suffix -nga meaning ‘place of,’ forming proper nouns.


Toledan

A native or inhabitant of Toledo in Spain.


Benzion

From Hebrew בֶּנְצִיּוֹן.

der

בֶּנְצִיּוֹן

Hebrew בֶּנְצִיּוֹן

A male given name from Hebrew, literally meaning ‘son of Zion’.


Tucsonian

A native or inhabitant of Tucson, Arizona, USA.


Gormflaith

The order of place names in the verses indicates that Olaf was Gormflaith's first husband.

2005, Benjamin T. Hudson, Viking Pirates and Christian Princes:

In any case, the intruder also knew that the High King never slept with his wife, the lady Gormflaith, these days. So now, unless the High King had invited someone else to his bed, he would be found alone.

2010, Peter Tremayne, Dancing with Demons:

Another daughter of Flann Sinna, Gormflaith, is presented to us in the literature as a genuine historic queen, a scheming queen, and a sovereignty goddess.

2013, Pauline Stafford, A Companion to the Early Middle Ages: Britain and Ireland c.500–c.1100:

(chiefly mythology) A female given name from Irish


Natalian

en-adj

Natalian (comparative more Natalian, superlative most Natalian)

more Natalian (comparative)
most Natalian (superlative)

Of or relating to Natal in South Africa.


Naharvali

Alternative form of Nahanarvali (“Germanic tribe”)


Ashokan Prakrit

The Early Middle Indo-Aryan languages represented in the inscriptions left during the reign of Ashoka, an Indian emperor of the 3rd century BCE.


Apabhramsha

From Sanskrit अपभ्रंश (apabhraṃśa, “fallen, corrupted”).

bor

The languages of the final stage of Middle Indo-Aryan, spoken during the 6th – 13th centuries CE.


Middle Indo-Aryan

The stage of the Indo-Aryan languages following Vedic Sanskrit and preceding the modern Indo-Aryan languages.


Chatswong

(slang) The Sydney suburb of Chatswood, known for its large Cantonese population.


Arsinoe

From Latin Arsinoē, itself from Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē), the female form of Ἀρσίνοος (Arsínoos), from ἄρσις (ársis, “elevation”) + νόος (nóos, “mind”).

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


habit and repute

marriage by habit and repute

(Scots law) The condition of being notorious enough to afford strong and generally conclusive evidence of something.


Naxi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 納西／纳西 (nàxī).

zh-l

納西／纳西 (nàxī)

A Sino-Tibetan language spoken in the city of Lijiang, Yunnan, China.


Muffy

Shortened from Mary, Margaret, or other names.


Chels

(informal) A diminutive of the female given name Chelsea


Voldy

From the evil wizard Voldemort in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.

As I walked slowly to my desk, I pictured myself, as I had done several times before, telling old Voldy I was quitting. Whenever I had the temptation to stop reading the immensely boring editorials and random reading material, I was subjecting myself to these days for my upcoming GDs/interviews, I would picture myself telling Voldy I was out of here and then his possible reactions. It was my favourite daydream.

2014, Harkeerat Anand, An Affair to Remember, Sristhi Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 12:

It's Halloran. Or as he is more frequently called by the kids around Rosemary Bluffs, Voldy. Named for a certain villain in a certain story about a world of wizards. Trust me, the guy earned the nickname. I've never met anyone so rude. If you held a contest for meanest person in town, Voldy would win every time. Even most adults don't like him.

2017, Kimberly J. Smith, The Vardo, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

(often derogatory) A nickname for a person, or sometimes an animal, who resembles the Harry Potter villain Voldemort in meanness, frightfulness, or some other attribute.


Eustonite

(rare, UK politics) Someone who has signed or otherwise supports the Euston Manifesto; a liberal or leftist who supports a neoconservative foreign policy.


Namibian English

The English language as written and spoken in Namibia, and among Namibian expatriates in other countries.


Centauran

Reincarnation makes them feel superior to you superior Centaurans.

1962, Wallace West, The Memory Bank, Airmont Books, page 44:

The peculiar thing about that war is that the Centaurans gave up.

1974, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, volume 46, Mercury Press, page 64:

The Alpha Centaurans are especially interested in the skies above them.

2006, Giles Sparrow, The Solar System: Exploring the Planets and Their Moons from Mercury to Pluto and Beyond, Thunder Bay Press, page 10:

(science fiction) A member of a fictional or hypothetical Centauran species, colony, civilization, etc.


Pearline

Coined at the end of the 19th century from Pearl + -ine. Compare Pauline, Earline.

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Shitlands

Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands#English

(slang, derogatory, vulgar) The Shetland Islands; the Shetlands.


Akiba

bor

Hebrew יַעֲקֹב

Synonym of Jacob; A male given name from Hebrew


Shitland Islands

(slang, vulgar, derogatory, rare) The Shetland Islands.


Middle Assamese

The precursor to the Assamese language, spoken from the beginning of the 17th century to the beginning of the 19th century.


Somada

Transliteration of Sanskrit सोमदा (somadā).


Carioca

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese carioca.

etymon

The Carioca River, a river in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.


testing clause

(Scots law) The last clause in a Scottish deed, which narrates when and where the parties signed the deed, before what witnesses, by whose hand written, etc.


multiworld

Having lived in both countries, she possessed a multiworld perspective.

Consisting of, in influenced by, multiple worlds.


Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

The Neo-Aramaic language spoken by the modern Assyrian people of Upper Mesopotamia.


Pendragon

It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon, when he was king of all England, and so reigned, that there was a mighty duke in Cornwall that held war against him long time.

1485, Thomas Malory, chapter 1, in Le Morte D'Arthur, book I:

(Arthurian legend) An epithet of Uther, the father of King Arthur.

At last he got his breath and answer'd, 'One, / One have I seen—that other, our liege lord, / The dread Pendragon, Britain's king of kings, / Of whom the people talk mysteriously, / He will be there—then were I stricken blind / That minute, I might say that I have seen.'

1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 169:

(Arthurian legend) An epithet or surname of King Arthur.


Nzadi

An exonym, probably from Kongo nzadi (“river”).

Their language, which belongs to the Bantu family.


Garo

A member of a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group in Meghalaya, Assam, Tripura, Nagaland, and neighboring areas of Bangladesh.


Garo

The language spoken by this ethnic group.

A ghost town in Park County, Colorado in what is now South Park.


Tuyuca

The Tucanoan language of this people, being a postpositional agglutinative SOV language with five mandatory evidentiality paradigms (visual, nonvisual, apparent, secondhand, and assumed), and from 50 to 140 noun classes.


Hyrcanus

From Latin Hyrcanus, from Hyrcania, see it for more.

A male given name notably born by figures in Hasmonean Judaea


Cherilyn

Entertainer and actress Armenian-American Cherilyn Sarkisian, better known to her millions of fans worldwide as Cher, has achieved remarkable success as a singer […]

2001, Elliott Robert Barkan, Making it in America: A Sourcebook on Eminent Ethnic Americans, page 333:


Dearborner

(US) A person who is living in or from Dearborn, Michigan.


Kitty Hawker

(rare) Someone from or living in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States.


Polybius

Borrowed from Latin Polybius, from Ancient Greek Πολύβιος (Polúbios, literally “much life, long-lived”).

der

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polybius, an Ancient Greek historian of the Hellenistic period.


Anselma

A female given name, a feminine form of Anselm.


delta notation

(physical chemistry) A notation for denoting the prevalence of an isotope, equal to the normalized ratio of one isotope to another in a sample relative to that same ratio in a standard.


Beast from the East

Blizzards, strong winds, drifting snow and bitter cold have caused death and disruption as the weather system nicknamed the “Beast from the East” combined with storm Emma to create some of the most testing weather experienced in the UK for years.

2018 March 2, Steven Morris, Matthew Weaver, Nadia Khomami, “Beast from the East meets storm Emma, causing UK's worst weather in years”, in The Guardian:

Britain is facing a new Beast from the East in what could be one of the coldest winters in 30 years, climate experts say.

2019 September 8, Chiara Giordano, “UK weather forecast: Britain faces new Beast from the East in what could be one of coldest winters in 30 years”, in The Independent:

But today's weather is nothing compared to this time two years ago, when the Beast from the East hit.

2020 February 27, Rebecca Tuffin, “Snow falls exactly two years after the Beast from the East hit Kent”, in Kent Online:

A wave of unusually cold temperatures in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2018

2018 Great Britain and Ireland cold wave


Bushi

A dialect of Malagasy spoken in Mayotte.


Talian

A dialect of the Venetian language, spoken in parts of Brazil.


Bahauddin

From Arabic بَهَاءُ الدِّين (bahāʔu d-dīn, literally “glory of the religion”).

bor

بَهَاءُ الدِّين


Cathain

Cathán, from Old Irish cath, combined with a diminutive suffix.


Germanic h

From Germanic + h, due to the prevalence of words with this letter originating from Germanic languages.

The Germanic h, on the other hand, was at one time a distinct phoneme in French, much the same as [h] in Modern English (Fouché, 580–581). In this study I first explain how the Germanic h came into the French language during the Germanic tribes’ invasions in the fifth century.

1994, Stephen P. Cutts, “The Germanic h in French”, in General Linguistics, volume 34, numbers 3–4, Binghamton, N.Y.: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton, →ISSN, section 0.0 (Introduction), page 145:


Trobriand Islander

en-noun

Trobriand Islander (plural Trobriand Islanders)


Alliyah

A female given name from Hebrew borrowed from Arabic; a variant of the name Aliyah or Aaliyah.


Bambi

Borrowed from Italian bambina (“young girl”).


Little Grey Lady of the Sea

the Little Grey Lady of the Sea (canonical)


Old Gray Lady

(informal) The New York Times, a newspaper in New York City, NY, United States.

(informal) Legion Field, an outdoor stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.


Juneauite

The lodge was originally built as a retreat for a Juneauite in 1923.

2005, Ed Readicker-Henderson, Lynn Readicker-Henderson, Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska, →ISBN, page 240:

The bare mention of the name Skagway sets the average Juneauite wild, not with an honest spirit of business rivalry, but with a small, petty, envious feeling akin to the mean jealousy of a dyspeptic dwarf at the overtowering size of a well-formed man.

2006, Preston Jones, Empire's Edge: American Society in Nome, Alaska, 1898-1934, →ISBN:

One of my neighbors, a crusty, lifelong Juneauite, informed me with a sardonic leer that the first time the wolf stepped on his property—a scant hundred yards from one of the Romeo's favored trails—would be the last.

2014, Nick Jans, A Wolf Called Romeo, →ISBN, page 138:


Brooke's Point Palawano

An Austronesian language spoken in parts of Palawan island in the Philippines


Bliar

(derogatory, UK politics) A pejorative nickname for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, usually in reference to his support for the Iraq War.


Budapester

During the 1980s, its vivid streetlife became a symbol of the “consumer socialism” that distinguished Hungary from other Eastern Bloc states, but Budapesters today are rather less enamoured of Váci: dressed-to-kill babes and their sugar daddies would rather pose in malls, and teenagers can find McDonald's anywhere, leaving Váci utterly dependent on tourists for its livelihood and bustle.

2002, Charles Hebbert, Dan Richardson, The Rough Guide to Budapest, 2nd edition, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 73:


Charlyne

A female given name, variant of Charlene.


Engelene

A female given name, variant of Angeline.


enuh

(Used as a rhetorical question at the end of a sentence, Jamaica) you know


Smithfield

A town in Free State province, South Africa.

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana.

An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Missouri.

A number of townships in the United States, listed under Smithfield Township.

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands#English

A settlement in Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.


dittay

From Old French ditté, from Latin dictatum.


Zelina

A female given name from Greek borrowed from Latin.


Alanic

the Iranian language of the Alans, from which modern Ossetian may be descended


world English

Finally, I contacted a number of World Englishes and lexicography colleagues who were able to contribute terms and suggest further avenues of investigation.

2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 5:

(countable) Any of various national or regional varieties of English other than British or American English.


Adithya

A male given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.


US Virgin Islander

US Virgin Islander (plural US Virgin Islanders)


Keeling Islander

Keeling Islander (plural Keeling Islanders)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Someone from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands


Cocos (Keeling) Islander

Cocos (Keeling) Islander (plural Cocos (Keeling) Islanders)

Cocos Islander (canonical)
Keeling (romanization)
Cocos (Keeling) Islanders (plural)


Jedek

The Aslian language spoken by a small group of Menriq/Batek people of northern Peninsular Malaysia.


Turks and Caicos Islander

Turks and Caicos Islander (plural Turks and Caicos Islanders)

Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands

Someone from the Turks and Caicos Islands


Wallis and Futuna Islander

Wallis and Futuna Islander (plural Wallis and Futuna Islanders)


Biao

From Mandarin 標話／标话 (Biāohuà, literally “Biao speech”).

zh-m

A Tai–Kadai language (or perhaps three languages) spoken in southwestern Huaiji County and Fengkai County, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China.


Robina

en-proper-noun

Robina (countable and uncountable, plural Robinas)


Tunica

West Feliciana Parish
West Feliciana Parish#English

An unincorporated community in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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


Tunica

An extinct group of linguistically and culturally related Native American tribes in the Mississippi River Valley.


Badjao

Spelled as such around the early 20th century to avoid confusion with Spanish J, which the modern Spanish pronunciation is /h/. The spelling of "Badjao" emerged to ensure English J is pronounced as /d͡ʒ/.

(chiefly Philippines) Alternative spelling of Bajau


Grog

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Grog.

A male given name of a notional caveman.


Ludolph

Borrowed from German Ludolph, an ancient personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *liudīz (“people”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”).


Kazembe

a traditional kingdom in modern-day Zambia and southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; the most organized of the Luba kingdoms


Ternate

A North Halmahera language of eastern Indonesia, spoken on the island of Ternate.

bahasa Ternate

a North Halmahera language of eastern Indonesia


Torres Strait Islander

en-noun

Torres Strait Islander (plural Torres Strait Islanders)

Torres Strait Islands
Torres Strait Islands

A member of the indigenous people living on the Torres Strait Islands, considered distinct from the Aboriginal people of the rest of Australia.


Barys

Бары́с Барыс#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Бары́с (Barýs).


Swedey

Blend of swede + Sweeney, the latter being Cockney rhyming slang (Sweeney Todd) for the Flying Squad, and the former a reference to agriculture, since the investigators were drawn from rural police forces.

(UK, slang, derogatory, historical) The Operation Countryman team, who led an investigation into police corruption in London, England in the late 1970s.


Ashlie

20th-century spelling variant of Ashley.

A female given name transferred from the surname.


Bucky

A nickname for someone with the name Buck, or a given name derived from this.


Juliann

A variant of Julian, Juliana or Julianne. Can also be interpreted as a combination of Julia + Ann.


Katty

'Ma'am, may I send Katty down to the King's House, with a note to Mr.—a note to the King's House, Ma'am—I thank you—and see, Katty, good girl, ask to see the gentleman himself, and take his answer from his own lips.'

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

A female given name, diminutive of Katherine and of its variant forms.


Kels

A diminutive of the female given name Kelsey


Brexity

en-adj

Brexity (comparative more Brexity, superlative most Brexity)

more Brexity (comparative)
most Brexity (superlative)

It feels a bit Brexity: a pained cry from the past, “We want our Shakespearean canon back!”

2016 October 26, David Greig, “Emma Rice’s exit from Shakespeare’s Globe feels a bit Brexity”, in New Statesman:

It is a society that has evolved separately from Britain’s mainland and its Anglican beliefs, but it looks like an alternative reality of fiercely insular, irrational England. Is there anything more Brexity than this?

2018 June 7, Peter Bradshaw, “The scariest horror films ever – ranked!”, in The Guardian:

She doesn't admit that I'm right — she has been distracted by a woman she has seen out of the window, limping out from a Brexity pub called The Dame's Garter with a vape dangling from her puckered lips […]

(UK, informal) Characteristic of Brexit, or the attitudes thought to underlie it; parochial, jingoistic.


Lib Dems

(UK politics, informal) The Liberal Democrats.


Demetria

(rare) A female given name, masculine equivalent Demetrius.


Winfred

From Old English Wynfriþ, from wynn (“joy”) + friþ (“peace”).

(chiefly history) A male given name from Old English.


Jerimoth

der

Hebrew ירִימוֹת

A male given name of several Biblical characters.


Tato

Borrowed from Georgian ტატო (ṭaṭo) or Spanish Tato.


Miamian

Miamians dressed well, for Miami Joe dressed well, his purple suits—solid, others of pinstripes in different widths—masterfully tailored, complemented by his collection of short, fat kipper ties.

2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, page 40:


Orenthal

"My name's Orenthal O'Shea. My friends call me Oh-oh." "Mr. O'Shea." She extended her hand. "I'm Sydney Bryant."

1989, Patricia Wallace, Deadly Grounds, Zebra Books, →ISBN:


Antwon

(US) A male given name from French, equivalent to English Anthony.


Rolly

A diminutive of the male given name Roland.


Irenaeus

From Latin Irenaeus, from Ancient Greek Εἰρηναῖος (Eirēnaîos), from εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”).


summary diligence

(Scots law) The process by which execution may proceed without the need of further application to the court, in the case of bonds and other instruments registered for execution.


Karyn

A 20th-century spelling variant of Karen.


Cletus

Borrowed from Latin Cletus, short form of the papal name Anacletus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάκλητος (anáklētos, “invoked”), from ανακαλώ + -τός.

One of those things with a wooden handle and garishly serrated edges, used by guys with names like Cletus or Bobby Ray.

2011, Veronica Wolff, Isle of Night: The Watchers, Penguin, →ISBN:

(chiefly US) A male given name from Ancient Greek.


Bimshire

(informal, Barbados) A nickname for Barbados.


Bim

From the 1860s. Origin unknown. Perhaps from Igbo bem (“my home, household, folk, fellows”).


Shillary

Blend of shill + Hillary, likely to invoke the view that Hillary Clinton serves corporate interests, lobbyists, etc. over the voters she represents.

If Shillary gets the Nomination theres^([sic]) still a chance to win via write in candidates. And even if Bernie "looses"^([sic]) the number of votes taken from Hillary will make it quite apparent that she does NOT have the support of the progressive base. I WILL NOT VOTE FOR HER.

2015, §nühw¤Łf, “Re: Shillary wants your emailz”, in alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk (Usenet):

(US politics, derogatory) Hillary Clinton (born 1947), American politician and diplomat, former first lady (1993–2001) and secretary of state (2009–2013) of the United States.


Pattie

A diminutive of the female given name Patricia


Blue Labour

It doesn't take a genius to see that its hostility towards statism, in the context of economic crisis and austerity, could provide useful ideological cover for an assault on welfare. Blue Labour thinking, here, converges seamlessly with Cameron's “big society”.

2011 May 21, Ed Rooksby, “Don't underestimate toxic Blue Labour”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) A political tendency advocating the belief that working-class voters will be won back to Labour through socially conservative ideas on certain issues.


Ik

(uncountable) The language spoken by the Ik ethnic group.


Vee

A female given name, short for names beginning with V.


Three Lions

A reference to the crest or badge of the team, which depicts three lions.

The Three Lions are in the last four for only the third time. They went on to win their home tournament in 1966 but lost to West Germany on penalties in 1990.

2018 July 7, Phil McNulty, “Sweden 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) The England national football team.


Chemehuevi

Possibly from a Spanish corruption of Mojave 'achiimuuev (“those who play with fish”)

der

An indigenous people of the Great Basin; the southernmost branch of Southern Paiute.


Tarahumara

The Uto-Aztecan language of these people.


McShittles

Blend of McDonald's + shit (omitting the apostrophe).

Plans include a skithru McShittles, a skithru hummer shack, a skithru sushi bar, a warp speed funicular, a skithru virtual reality ski-arcade. You'll love it. Buy now and save.

1997, M. Drazen, “Killington purchase?”, in rec.skiing.alpine (Usenet), retrieved 2018-07-13:

The Chip and the French Fry are nouns to denote very different things. On one hand the French Fry (especiallyu^([sic]) from McShittles) has a fried outside and nothing of consequence inside, whilst the Chip has both a fried outside, and as consequence of having less surface area to mass, has cooked potatoe^([sic]) inside.

2000, Alistair Mann, “BNP censorship”, in soc.culture.british (Usenet), retrieved 2018-07-13:

When you stop working at McShittles then you can try to spar mentally with me.

2004, Roger Morgan, “WHY DO NIGGERS CHASE WHITE CHICKS?”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet), retrieved 2018-07-13:

(vulgar, derogatory, informal, rare) McDonald's (the fast food restaurant chain).


statesider

Besides being a young lady of only eight, she is a statesider […]

1948 July 20, Alaska Life: The Territorial Magazine, volume 11, page 7:

Perhaps the largest group of outsides is those from the United States, often referred to as statesiders. Statesiders come to Guam as part of the military, as teachers, as business people, lawyers or other professional or technical occupations, and as missionaries.

1985, Nessa Wolfson, Joan Manes, Language of Inequality, page 17:

(demonym, colloquial) A continental (US) American; a United States mainlander.


Braj Bhasha

An Indo-Aryan language spoken in India and considered a variety of Western Hindi.


Sapo

A Kru language of the Niger-Congo language family, spoken in eastern Liberia.


Filthadelphia

On the East Coast, Ed Rendell made his early mark as mayor of "Filthadelphia" by literally scrubbing city hall, while quality-of-life issues shaped not only the 1993 mayoral races in Boston and New York but many local elections.

1997, Frederick F. Siegel, The Future Once Happened Here:

We love this city. Please visit soon and please go to South Philly and tell those folks they're scum. Tell us how you make out.

2003, ROBW, “Filthadelphia has Crime out the Ass”, in alt.politics.gw-bush (Usenet):

About seven o'clock that evening, Angelo approached the corner of Camac St. and Oregon Ave. in beautiful south “Filthadelphia.” As He inched up the broken concrete stairs, the putrid smell of garlic and broccoli rabe wafted through the screen door of the small row home and punched Him in the nose.

2006, A. J. Macherone, Sea of Angels: A Tragically Short Story, page 102:

(derogatory slang) Philadelphia depicting the city as a filthy place


Holywell Street

Named after one of the local holy wells, “the sweet and sacred waters of St Clements Church that still survives on the Strand today, and gave Holywell Street its nickname of the Backside of St Clements”.

There are plenty of filthy books sold outside of Holywell-street, differing from many Holywell-street books, too, as having indecent insides as well as covers.

1857, William Acton, Prostitution considered in its moral, social, and sanitary aspects:

To impute to those who do not care for the Holywell Street literature of any time "the Puritanic squeamishness of an extremely moral undetected Tartuffe, acting as Aristarchus," is to be too zealous for unrighteousness.

1877, The Academy and Literature, volume 12, page 82:

As regards a so-called critic who should decry such a book as Holywell Street literature, and the like, I should have merely to say of him that I could desire no stronger proof of his incapacity in, and his unfitness for, the post to which he has elected himself.

1891 November [1867 February 20], Charles Dickens, “Letters of Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 83, number 498, →ISSN, page 902, column 2:

Mr. Long's solicitor was careful to explain that “The Yoke” “is not a Holywell Street book.” We can only say for it that we defy Holywell Street to produce anything so foul. Holywell Street is a much cleaner street than it would be if it sold “The Yoke” […]

1909, The Academy and Literature, volume 75, page 583:

(historical) A former street in central London, famed for selling pornography in Victorian times.


Psammetichus

Borrowed from Latin Psammētichus, from Ancient Greek Ψαμμήτιχος (Psammḗtikhos), itself from Egyptian p-s-m-T:k (psmṯk).

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by several Egyptian pharaohs


party opponent

en-noun

party opponent (plural parties opponent)

(Church of England) A party who opposes the grant of a faculty for the alteration of a church.


McShits

(vulgar, derogatory, informal) McDonald's (the fast food restaurant chain).


New Indo-Aryan

The current stage of the Indo-Aryan languages, representing an evolution from Middle Indo-Aryan.


McShit

(vulgar, derogatory, informal, rare) Food served at McDonald's.


Old Indo-Aryan

The earliest attested stage of the Indo-Aryan languages that developed from Proto-Indo-Aryan, exemplified by Sanskrit as well as Mitanni-Aryan.


-poo

Unknown, probably arbitrary or from poo.

This is my little dog, Pinky-Panky-Poo. Bark at the gentleman, Pinky-Panky-Poo.

1908 January 28, Republican News, page 8:

...they would scraich out ‘Inky poo, your nose is blue, You're awful like the Turra Coo!’ whenever they saw Ellison go by.

1932, James Mitchell, Sunset Song, page 21:

As Elisha passes her on his way to the microphone she does her boa-constrictor number, big huggypoo, big kissypoo. Once past Pammypoo, Elisha makes a speech.

2002, William Kennedy, Roscoe, page 241:

Added to nouns, especially personal names, ending in -y or -ie to form affectionate, playful diminutives.


Claíomh Solais

From Irish Claíomh Solais (literally “Sword of Light”).

bor

(Irish mythology) The "Sword of Light", one of the Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann which belonged to Núadu.


Jeffi

This happened in Dayton, Ohio: "Jeffi and I were parked in the woods one night. We had been going together for about three years. She was still a virgin, but we were pretty free with one another's bodies by then..."

1976, someone quoted by Sally Banes and Tem Horwitz in Our National Passion: 200 Years of Sex in America

"I think Jeffi's right. And I admire her for saying it." "What?" "If Mike used her that way, he is a jerk." "But, Jeffi," Bethany said as she turned her back on Sara, "you finally made it into that crowd, and you're throwing it all away. You'll be left out ..."

1985, Gail Jarrow, That Special Someone, Ace Books, →ISBN:


Jeffie

From Jeff, Jeffrey or other similar names, + -ie.

It was true. Especially for Jeffie, her baby. He'd had enough hurt and she had to protect him. [...] Her cousin Mimi's husband the psychiatrist said, "Everyone has his own mourning time. Jeffie will go to school when he's ready."

2009, Iris Rainer Dart, Til the Real Thing Comes Along, →ISBN:

[...] her young friend Jeffersonia Davis Lucket. The name was a survival of war-time Confederate zeal, now nearly always mercifully shortened into "Jeffie," as being better suited for the owner. When Jeffie entered, Miss Stacy gave a little start, [...]

1898, Alice Maude Ewell, “Miss Stacy's Buryin'-Money”, in The Century, page 456:

[...] getting close enough to him to please Joey's wife, Jeffie, and yet staying at a sufficient distance to avoid compromising himself and his family.

1974 March 18, Donald Goddard, “An Incredible Evening With Joey Gallo”, in New York Magazine:

"Of course, honey," said Jeffie. Her words were slurred [...]

2007, J. Larry Jacobson, A Nest in the Storm, →ISBN, page 216:


Dotty

If you really believed and if you waited ever so quietly, you would see Dotty the witch pottering around in her kitchen or picking herbs to put in her potato stew.

2013, D. Vanstone, Dotty and the Fix-it-Cats, →ISBN, page 7:

“It's Dotty!” As if there were only one Dotty in the world. “Dotty who?” a voice asked from behind the door. “Why, Dotty Fickett!” she replied. The door opened and a woman stood there, her face gaunt and filled with sadness. “Mrs. Doherty?”

2015, Constance C. Greene, Dotty's Suitcase, Open Road Media, →ISBN:

(uncommon) A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy, also spelled Dottie.


Kennie

1951, Kennie Macpherson, Mothercraft in the tropics

1970, Kennie L. Howard, Yesterday in Florida

1996, Kennie Benner, The Volunteer Blueprint for Success: The Reference Manual and Workbook for Long Term Care Volunteers

2008, Kennie H. Jones, Biology-inspired Approach for Communal Behavior in Massively Deployed Sensor Networks

But Kennie robbed me even of that. As I came out of the back door, he came out of the front, smoothly covering me the whole way. Then he surprised me.

2015, Kennie Ting, The Romance of the Grand Tour: 100 Years of Travel in South East Asia (→ISBN)


Cyd

Often short for Cydney, a variant of Sydney/Sidney.

"It's all about getting laid," Cyd explained. It was easier for the young Were, because if he ever got out of his moon craze, he could mate.

2012, Stephanie Tyler, Dire Warning, →ISBN:

And with that, Otto began dancing in front of Cyd. His gyrations were absolutely comical. Cyd wanted to laugh but at the same time, he was aggravated with Otto for not listening. Cyd finally had had enough. He tried a few more times ...

2017, Phil Wigfall, A Sol in the Life of Otto Fink, →ISBN:

Frank crawled into the bed with Cyd, his eyes puffy, no more tears in him to cry anymore. Cyd stared at the painted portrait of Mercades that she painted on her first birthday. Frank put him arm around her and rubbed his face into her arm.

2010, Alexis Allee, I Don't Love You, →ISBN:

"It just blew my mind," Cyd said as she continued to dial. [...] Cyd rushed home that evening, [...] and completed her other tasks [...]


Christianne

Blend of Christian + Anne, coined as a feminine form of Christian.


Zsazsa

A diminutive of the female given name Zsuzsanna, variant of Zsa Zsa.


Hammy

A diminutive of the male given name Hamilton.


Ralphie

A diminutive of the male given name Ralph.


Linnie

A diminutive of the female given name Linda.


Ailish

Phonetic rendering of Irish Ailís (“Alice”) or Eilís (“Elizabeth”).


Genny

After two weeks, Alexandrine noticed Genevieve had not dined with the family once since she had returned, so she decided to talk to [her ...] “Genny, would you like tea? [...] Alexandrine put her cup down and put her hand on Genevieve's arm.

2016, Selene Simone, What the Dragonfly Saw: Dragonfly DreamsÑVolume II of the Dragonfly Series, →ISBN, page 133:

A female given name, a diminutive of Genevieve, or occasionally a variant of Ginny or Jenny.


Uniqua

A female given name of African American usage.


Princessa

A female given name, elaboration of Princess.


Haze

A diminutive of the female given name Hazel.


Maryjane

A female given name, combination of Mary and Jane.


United Stateser

en-noun

United Stateser (plural United Statesers)

From United States + -er (inhabitant suffix).

It is a British publication, but not so slow as some colonials and a few United Statesers would have us believe British business men generally usually are.

1904 July, “Fast Illustrating”, in The Canadian Magazine […], volume 23, number 3, page 289:

A United Stateser. Yes it's ugly, there is no word to say it better. I do not believe in ugliness. I do not want to call myself a United Stateser but what in — but what else am I?

1923, William Carlos Williams, The Great American Novel, page 25:

(nonstandard, often humorous) A resident or citizen of the United States.


Mango Mussolini

Mango refers to Trump's orangish skin tone; the reference to Benito Mussolini is because of Trump's conservative nationalist politics, which his opponents liken to fascism.

Also, Bill Maher is a liberal in the same way Mango Mussolini is a conservative.

2017 June 6, Freezer, “LIEberal ICON Bill Maher uses N-Word, is NOT called, "RACIST!!! by LIEberals, and is NOT suspended”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):

(US politics, derogatory, slang, offensive) Donald Trump.


Chimperor

Blend of chimp + emperor, compare Chimpy.

Now, pulling out a goodly number of troops and replacing them with international soldiers, plus forfeiting the "leadership" position to the UN sounds like a good deal. Fat chance the Chimperor will let that happen.

2004 April 23, Max O., “Re: Why Bush's war has already failed”, in nashville.general (Usenet):

The Chimperor lets water supplies get diluted with mercury and arsenic, led Texas to have one of the WORST water and air quality scores during his tenure as gubnor...

2004 October 9, DaveNOSPAM, “"Culture of Life" ??????? WTF?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):

Could be a modern day indictment against the Chimperor. Especially the "I tell you one and one makes three" part. Time to overthrow those damned activist mathematicians!

2006 May 31, Jason Todd, “Re: On the cover of National Review: 50 Greatest Conservative Rock Songs”, in alt.punk (Usenet):

(US politics, derogatory) George W. Bush (born 1946), the 43rd president of the United States (2001–2009), seen as a tyrant.


Roly

A diminutive of the male given name Roland.


Midge

A female given name of rare usage, variant of Madge.


Happy

en-proper noun

Happy (countable and uncountable, plural Happys)


The Ville

Clipping of Somerville. Compare The House for Christ Church and The Hall for St Edmund Hall.

(UK, rare, Oxbridge slang) Somerville College, Oxford.

Christ Church, Oxford
St Edmund Hall, Oxford


ScoMo

"During a brief pause in this conviviality, ScoMo and his staff worked out which media table to visit next."

2018 May 9, James Jeffery, “Long live all of us: Scott Morrison’s blessing”, in The Australian, retrieved 2018-08-28:

(Australia, informal) Scott Morrison (born 1968), Australian politician and 30th Prime Minister of Australia.


Junichi

Borrowed from Japanese じゅんいち (Jun'ichi).


Yuichiro

Borrowed from Japanese ゆういちろう (Yūichirō).


Dirks

A male given name from the Germanic languages.


Classical Azerbaijani

The literary revival in the native language stemmed from the need to communicate the ideas of the enlightenment to as wide a public as possible. Akhundzadä, who throughout most of his life composed lyric poetry in Persian, when writing works that carried a message of social importance used a language comprehensible to all his countrymen, which he called Türki. The renaissance of a native literature, a by-product of the movement, was thus its first and most tangible accomplishment. The hold of Persian as the chief literary language in Azerbaijan was broken, followed by the rejection of classical Azerbaijani, an artificial, heavily Iranized idiom that had long been in use along with Persian, though in a secondary position.

1985, Tadeusz Swietochowski, “A century of Russian rule”, in Russian Azerbaijan, 1905-1920: The Shaping of a National Identity in a Muslim Community, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 26:

Mäkhtumquli avoids the altered syntax so typical of the Chagatay ghazal and in particular the Persian syntactic constructions. The relation of his language to classical Azerbaijani has been noted (Benzing 1964:39), and this is probably a result of the influence of poetic models in that language, seen also in the work of Andalib.

1992, Walter Feldman, “Interpreting the Poetry of Mäkhtumquli”, in Jo-Ann Gross, editor, Muslims in Central Asia: Expressions of Identity and Change, Durkham and London: Durkham University Press, →ISBN, page 175:

Then the following reports were made: “World-wide significance of Fizuli's Poetry” (prof.H. Arasly), “Questions of mastership in Fizuli's creativity” (prof. Mir Jalal), “Fizuli and the Azerbaijani music” (A. Badabayli), “Fizuli as the founder of the Classical Azerbaijani literary language” (prof. A. Demirchizadeh) [...]

2014, Jamil Hasanli, “Attempts of Party Bodies to Strengthen Control in Ideology”, in Khrushchev's Thaw and National Identity in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1954–1959, London: Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 325:

A register of the Azerbaijani language, characterized by extensive lexical and grammatical borrowing from Persian, used for literary and especially poetic purposes during the classical period of Azerbaijani literature, approximately from 16th to early 20th century.


Aggy

A diminutive of the female given names Agnes or Agatha.