M$FT

From MSFT, Microsoft's Nasdaq symbol, with a dollar sign added to denote greed or wealth.

Item: Intel is thinking (planning) on moving from x86 architecture (CISC) to new RISC architecture. M$FT legacy apps would be broken (Win32 APIs).

1997 April 13, Steve Cordova, “I hope no one from M$FT is reading this”, in comp.sys.mac.advocacy (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-17:

As it stands M$FT has a combination of deep pockets and compelling apps for the "ordinary" consumer than Linux has. It's not enough to say, "Linux can also read your MSFT word documents." Just look at how far that got the Mac.

2002 March 11, Joe Chung, “Does anyone in the Bay Area use Linux?”, in ba.general (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-17:

2002 July 26, Peter Leftwich, “Peter heads back to M$FT WinBloze”, in lucky.freebsd.questions (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-17:

BusinessWeek Online had a good article about H1 Visas and software engineers. But M$FT only takes good people. So stay unemployed U lozers.

2007 October 13, raylopez99, “M$FT hiring--but they need competent people. COMPETENT”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-17:

Why M$FT offers a "repair" option that requires even more high level repair is beyond me.

2008 July 26, SnoopDoggy, “M$FT to Copy Apple "Experience"”, in alt.music.rush (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-17:


Odesite

From Odesa + -ite, from Ukrainian одесит (odesyt). Compare Ukrainian Одеса (Odesa).


Odesan

From Odesa + -an. Compare Ukrainian одесит (odesyt), from Одеса (Odesa).

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Odesan.

A native or inhabitant of Odesa, Ukraine.


big society

Coined by political adviser Steve Hilton, to contrast with big government.

coin

David Cameron today pledged to create communities with “oomph”, as he launched the Tory vision of a “big society” that would involve a dramatic redistribution of power from “the elite in Whitehall to the man and woman on the street”.

2010 July 19, Nicholas Watt, “David Cameron reveals ‘big society’ vision – and denies it is just cost cutting”, in The Guardian:

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:

Not only were charities facing “crippling spending cuts”, but the government had also lost its way without a clear narrative to deliver the big society, he said.

2013 March 5, Peter Hetherington, quoting Stephen Bubb, “Is this the end of Cameron's big society?”, in The Guardian:

At first it sounded quite lovely, didn’t it? The notion of a “big society” – back in those heady days when David Cameron and Nick Clegg stood side by side in the Downing Street garden.

2019 January 28, Michael Segalov, “Forget the ‘big society’. Austerity is to blame for this army of volunteers”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) A conservative-liberal policy advocating the strengthening of local government and communities.


Modern Norwegian

Translation of Norwegian nynorsk (“Modern Norwegian”, literally “New Norwegian”).

Nynorsk; Norwegian as spoken after 1500, and the written language that is based on this


Mouse Kingdom

"On the Disney side--remember these people own a movie studio, cable TVvhannels and ABC--there's plenty of people who are technicall astute. Bran Ferren, Alan Kay, Marvin Minsky, Seymour Papret, and Danny Hillis, geeks all, have found comfortable homes in the mouse kingdom."

1998 March 10, Tripp1901, “Disney Buying Apple Computers???”, in alt.disney.disneyland (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-19:

There's a current fan-myth that Mulan was directly inspired by Mononoke, which is incredibly unlikely given Disney's film began production long before Ghibli's. (Unless the Mouse Kingdom ransacked Miyazaki's early treatments - which were a variant on the Beauty and the Beast story, with a young girl forced to marry a mononoke (monster)).

1998 July 16, andrew osmond, “summer is here”, in uk.media.animation.anime (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-19:

Robin the mad photographer (not terribly impressed with the Mouse Kingdom, if you couldn't tell)

1999 June 24, Robin Colleen Moore, “Three More Bodies Found In Disney Pond”, in alt.showbiz.gossip (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-19:

I have a pair of co-workers (husband and wife, but she kept her name... we didn't know they were husband and wife for a while) who are great Mouse Kingdom freaks. She in particular wears Mickey Mouse stuff to work all the time.

2001 April 8, Charlie Perrin, “More Magazine--and what magazines do you read?”, in alt.fashion (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-19:

The mouse kingdom has invaded the big apple on Broadway where the Lion King has been playing to sold out audiences for years.

2002 January 25, JSTONE9352, “NYINC”, in rec.collecting.coins (Usenet), retrieved 2022-07-19:


Elefen

From LFN, an initialism of Lingua Franca Nova.


Mariupol Greek

A Greek dialect spoken by the ethnic Greeks living along the northern coast of the Sea of Azov, in southeastern Ukraine.

馬里烏波爾希臘語

Greek dialect spoken in southeastern Ukraine


Karyne

A 20th-century spelling variant of Karen.


Marshawn

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


hyangchal

Borrowed from Korean 향찰(鄕札) (hyangchal), either Revised Romanization or Yale romanization.

A method of using Chinese characters to write pure ancient Korean texts, used in Sillan hyangka / hyangga poetry. It is similar to the Japanese practice of Man'yōgana.

Revised Romanization
Yale romanization of Korean


itwu

Borrowed from Korean 이두(吏讀) (idu), in the Yale romanization.

A method of annotating Classical Chinese text so that it can be read as Korean, using additional characters that represent Korean grammatical items.


Gimo

Clipping of generalissimo, in reference to Chiang Kai-shek's rank.

That afternoon, the Generalissimo and Madame Chiang received a thousand guests at a tea celebrating the Gimo's return to office.

1950 May 13, “CHINA: Return of the Gimo”, in Time (magazine):

The Gimo rises at daybreak nowadays. At about seven o'clock he dresses either in the long blue Chinese robe he wore today or in a military uniform minus all insignia.

1960 April 1, “Little Known Facts about President Chiang”, in Taiwan Today:

Everyone understands that the Gimo’s [Chiang Kai-shek’s nickname: a shortened version of generalissimo] whole reason for being, and that of all the people who came over with him, is to return to the mainland, where they would defeat communism and establish a government under his rule.

1984 September 20, Roland N. Smoot, “As I Recall: The U.S. Taiwan Defense Command”, in Proceedings (magazine):

A nickname for Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Kuomintang during World War II and Cold War


Brexitland

2022 Daniel Lambert, quoted in Lisa O'Carroll, "British wine wholesaler ‘leaves Brexitland for good’ over paperwork", The Guardian, 26 July.
In just one week I will finally leave Brexitland for good. Let me know if anyone ever finds those sunlit uplands.

Territory submitted to Brexit rules (either United Kingdom and/or Great Britain after Brexit).


Olena

A female given name from Ukrainian, equivalent to English Helen.


Jerseyite

A person from New Jersey, United States.


Dre

A diminutive of the male given name Andre.


Desert Fox

Possibly a calque of German Wüstenfuchs, in reference to the terrain in which the North African campaign was fought, and the popular conception of the slyness of the fox. Not clear whether it was coined in British or German media first, as the respective term arose in each language near-simultaneously.

(historical) Erwin Rommel; a German field marshal and tank commander during World War II.


Derartu

From Oromo Daraartuu (something that flowers).


head

if someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it?

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-if someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it.wav

rhetorical question
rhetorical question#English

(colloquial, sarcastic) A rhetorical question used to discourage the interlocutor from blind obedience.

if someone told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it


if someone told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it?

if someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it#English

(rhetorical question) Alternative form of if someone told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it


Jovon

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


Baltimorgue

Blend of Baltimore + morgue, referencing the fact that Baltimore is the US city with the second highest murder and nonnegligent manslaughter rate.

pedia

List of United States cities by crime rate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

What's this, Coleman? You acting White and leaving your beloved
Baltimorgue and fleeing to the suburbs.

2000 September 24, Orenthal J. Funk, “Hey Coleman Howard: WHO'S YOUR DADDY?”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet):

Conspicuously
noticeable by absence is any mention of the fragging by a "brother." Oh,
no, mustn't make black people look bad, right, Baltimorgue?

2003 March 23, r_rennert, “This is even more 'shameful'”, in soc.culture.usa (Usenet):

It's bad enough you fill this newsgroup with your bullshit lies about
good news in Baltimorgue.

2008 February 18, joe, “eBay: Baltimore Orioles tickets - Orioles Park at Camden Yards”, in md.general (Usenet):

2016 May 1, Byker, “Baltimorgue blacks go bongoid when black mayoral candidate reneges on giving them jobs”, in alt.politics.democrats (Usenet):


Bec

A diminutive of the female given name Rebecca, from Hebrew.


Waggarian

A native or inhabitant of Wagga Wagga (Australia).


iPr

(organic chemistry) abbreviation of isopropyl, styled as ⁱPr


Torydom

(UK politics) The realm or sphere of the Tories.


Orange Man

Many people consider Trump's skin to be unusually orange. It is probable, but uncertain, that the term was first used in Orange Man bad.

We want to be in charge damn it, and that Bad Orange Man is in the way. Oh, and so are all of you who support him. In their minds President Trump isn't the only problem. You are a problem too. You are in the way, and that's why every[…]

2020 July 7, Kurt Schlichter, The 21 Biggest Lies about Donald Trump (and you!), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

Trump must really be a bad guy. Orange Man bad. Orange Man wanted to drain the swamp and create some balance again. Orange Man was also a complete stand for the sovereignty and independence of America. He was an advocate for all peoples[…]

2021 July 20, Mike Shereck, Manhood Manifesto: How Men Must Lead at Home, at Work, and in the Public Sphere, Bombardier Books, →ISBN:

Its three signatories were later received by Scott Atlas, recently appointed as Donald Trump's health advisor., ... Rather, it's more virtue signaling via the irrational “Orange Man is anti-lockdown therefore all good “liberals” will,[…]

2021 September 2, Simon Foley, Understanding Media Propaganda in the 21st Century: Manufacturing Consent Revisited and Revised, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 153:

(Internet slang, humorous) Donald Trump, former US president and politician.


Buscemese

Of, from, or pertaining to Buscemi, the Buscemese people or the Buscemese dialect.


Gogo

A Bantu language spoken in central Tanzania.


Ahan

An endangered Niger-Congo language spoken in Nigeria, closely related to Ayere.


Ayere

A Niger-Congo language spoken in Nigeria, closely related to Ahan.


Lilibeth

A diminutive form of the female given name Elizabeth.


Sinesian

From Sinese + -ian and Sinesia + -an. Compare earlier Chinesian.

The almost total absence of the warrior-spirit from the poetry of the Far East is a remarkable fact in the history of Sinesian civilisation.

1899 April, Frederick Victor Dickins, "The Origins of the Japanese State", The English Historical Review, No. LIV, p. 226

In this admirable work an authentic account is given of that tract of the earth's surface to which in these columns we have sometimes ventured to give the name Sinesia—the Far East, that immense Asiatic region which nature has isolated from the rest of the world by deserts, mountains, and seas... Now, through Japan, the West has made a definite breach in Sinensian exclusiveness; even China is assuredly following....

1905 September 16, “Literature: The Far East. By Archibald Little...”, in Athenæum, number 4064, page 361:

(archaic, now rare) Synonym of East Asian, with especial focus on Chinese people and culture: of or related to the Sinosphere.


Clemence

From clemence, from Latin clēmentia (“mercy; mildness”).


IUPAC name

(chemistry) A formal chemical name specified by rules from IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry)


Bahazhoni

From Navajo baa hózhónii or similar, meaning "pleasant one".

Angela Crank (Navajo/Comanche) gets her blood sugar checked as Bahazhoni Crank, age 1 1/2, looks on.

2004 March, Health for Native Life, number 7, Indian Health Service, →ISSN, page 11:

While in Page, David often stopped at his favorite garage to talk shop with a fellow Navajo named Robert Bidziil, “He Is Strong,” and Bahazhoni, “Pleasant One.” He enjoyed speaking with others in his native tongue, sitting in the sun, and sharing stories.

2017, Lee McCarthy, Road to the Innocent, Lulu Press, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2022-12-23:


Early Modern Korean

The Korean language from the beginning of the seventeenth century to the end of the nineteenth century.


Yakimite

The people of Yakima (“Yakimites,” as I now call them) were so warm and kind and polite. And they love to laugh. I'm now putting Yakima on my list of top ten favorite cities along with Paris and Rome. March 14—Kansas City, Mo.

2003 October 28, Ellen DeGeneres, The Funny Thing Is..., Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 110:

(rare) A Yakiman; someone from Yakima, Washington State.


S.S.I.

Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2010, S.S.I. 2010/195 (C. 10)

statutory instrument
statutory instrument#English

(Scots law, chiefly in citation) Initialism of Scottish statutory instrument.


Wyomingian

United States of America
United States of America

A native or resident of the state of Wyoming in the United States of America.


Proto-Koreanic

From proto- + Koreanic. Compare Proto-Japonic, Proto-Indo-European, etc.

(linguistics) Of or relating to the Proto-Koreanic language.


Nammy

A diminutive of the female given name Namrata.


Ratagnon

A regional Austronesian language spoken by the Ratagnon people.


Chimpcongo

/tʃɪmpˈkɒŋɡəʊ/

/tʃɪmpˈkɑŋɡoʊ/

Harris has used a long list of aliases and has at least 60 aperests and nine felony coonvictions dating back to the late 1970s, according to Chimpcongo police, state and court records.

2012 November 9, More Taxes, “Serial "catch & release" nigger attacks a doctor”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):

On 12/25/2019 10:15 AM, KWills Shill #2 wrote: Shoplifting in Chicago is so bad that men's underwear now displayed in padlocked glass cases in Walmart. https://www.americanthinker.com/blog...n_walmart.html It's all account of those goddamned niggers.

2019 December 25, Colonel Edmund J. Burke, “Re: Retail Stores in Chimpcongo”, in alt.war.vietnam (Usenet):

I remember in Chimpcongo back in the 90s, they led a media-backed initiative for people to turn in their guns and solve their problems in other more constructive ways. Now, look at the debacle. Let's pay them to move to Africa, and stay there! Here endeth the lesson...

2021 March 22, ]v [etaphoid, “Baltimore activist: pay spooks and we won?t shoot yo ass”, in alt.sports.soccer.manchester.united (Usenet):


Middle Tamil

a Dravidian language which was spoken in the southern part of India between circa 700 CE - 1400 CE; the ancestor of Old Malayalam and present-day Tamil languages.


Old Malayalam

a Dravidian language attested in inscriptions found in present-day Kerala, India; dated between circa 800 CE - 1200 CE; the ancestor of Middle Malayalam and ultimately the modern Malayalam language.


Old Tamil

a Dravidian language which was spoken in the southern part of India between circa 600 BCE - 300 CE; the ancestor of Middle Tamil and present-day Tamil languages.


Middle Malayalam

a Dravidian language which was spoken in the southern part of India in present-day Kerala between circa 1200 CE - 1400 CE; the ancestor of the modern Malayalam language


Sanaani

Borrowed from Arabic صَنْعَانِيّ (ṣanʕāniyy).


Sanaani

صَنْعَانِيّ

a person from, or an inhabitant of, Sanaa


Battinson

Blend of Batman + Pattinson, referencing actor Robert Pattinson.

Enter Pattinson, the former "Twilight" heartthrob, who has done plenty of movies since, which hasn't prevented another flurry of hand-wringing over whether “Battinson” was really a good fit.

2019 June 16, Brian Lowry, “Batman movies' casting has a long history of bringing out fans' batty side”, in Gwinnett Daily Post, page A13:

[…] and a look at the Battinson bod has has also hit the net.

2020 January 30, “The Batman Confirms Cast: Robert Pattinson, Colin Farrell, More”, in Pakistan Today, page 13:

We get a quick shot of Battinson taking down a thug using 1 hand, the Batmobile exhaust firing up and a vertical grapple upwards.

2020 September, Emmanuel Naicker, “The Biggest Highlights of DC Fandome”, in Alpha Magazine, page 9:

(fandom slang) A nickname for the version of Batman portrayed by Robert Pattinson in the standalone film The Batman (2022).


Dhakaite

A native or resident of Dhaka, Bangladesh.


Isria

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


Marite

A female given name from French or Spanish, borrowed from the Spanish and French, anglicized from Marité.


Vehes

Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea#English

A Western Oceanic language, spoken in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.


Telanganite

Mr. Somesh Kumar reiterated that the Chief Minister and the government was concerned and committed for the welfare of the non-resident Telanganites.

2021 February 16, Identify issues faced by non-resident Telanganites:


Evelyne

A female given name from French, anglicized by Évelyne.


Andie

A diminutive of the unisex given names Andrew or Andrea, from Ancient Greek.


Bevo

A diminutive of the unisex given name Beverly/Beverley


Errett

From the Old English personal name Ēadrǣd, which is composed of the elements ēad (“prosperity”) and rǣd (“advice, wisdom”).


Jibby

2020, Gempak.comhttps://gempak.com/rojakdaily/news/cluster-jibby-netizens-lament-lack-social-distancing-najib-razaks-court-hearing-55202

Some netizens are even calling the scene as "Cluster Jibby", or "Cluster Najib", and are fearing for the worse (read: MCO 2.0).

(Malaysia, politics, Internet slang, humorous, derogatory) Najib Razak, former prime minister of Malaysia.


Black Speech

Generally speaking, the articulation in Black Speech is quite violent. Diphthongs are practically absent and due to the relatively small number of sonorants, the transitions between particular sounds are sharp and abrupt.

2007, Joanna Podhorodecka, “Is lámatyáve a linguistic heresy? Iconicity in J.R.R. Tolkien’s invented languages”, in Elżbieta Tabakowska et al., editors, Insistent Images, →ISBN, page 109:

Many later scholars have agreed with Tolkien on his general declarations about his languages (for example, that the Elvish languages are ‘beautiful’, while the Black Speech is cacophonous or that the languages originated Tolkien’s mythology) and skipped the whole issue of the role of the langauges in his fiction by treating them as a fanciful accessory unworthy of independent study.

2009, Dimitra Fimi, Tolkien, Race and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits, →ISBN, page 75:

Accepting Alexander Nemirovski’s theory that Tolkien’s Black Speech was based on the long-extinct Hurrian language, the group felt this was an appropriate starting point.

2021, Yens Wahlgren, The Universal Translator: Everything You Need to Know About 139 Languages That Don’t Really Exist, →ISBN, page 278:

constructed language
constructed language

A constructed language designed by J. R. R. Tolkien, intended to be associated with evil.


Montmartrois

Borrowed from French montmartrois. By surface analysis, Montmartre + -ois.


Earnie

A diminutive of the male given name Earnest.


Tejanx

The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered Spanish suffixes -a and -o.

-a-o-x

He also understood reciprocal paternalistic obligation as more important than the impersonal alienations of contract or law—something an older generation of Texans, or Tejanxs, might have appreciated.

2021, Ethan Blue, The Deportation Express: A History of America Through Forced Removal, Oakland: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 244:

A Texan of Mexican descent (of any gender); a Tejano or Tejana.


Rhenish fan

Calque of German Rheinischer Fächer. So called because all or most of the isoglosses collapse in Hesse and fan out to the west.

(linguistics) A set of isoglosses in West Central German showing how the effect of the High German consonant shift gradually decreases towards the north-west (i.e. towards Low Franconian and Low Saxon)


Official Monster Raving Loony Party

the Official Monster Raving Loony Party (canonical)

(UK politics) An intentionally bizarre political party established in the United Kingdom in 1983.


Bungku

An Austronesian language related to these people.


Hildred

Hildred Geertz, b. 1927


Lije

A diminutive of the male given name Elijah.


Pima Bajo

A Mexican indigenous language of the Piman branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.


JaDine

(Philippines, slang) The couple and loveteam consisting of actor James Reid and actress and singer Nadine Lustre.


Pidgin Signed English

American Sign Language
American Sign Language

A sign language based on American Sign Language (ASL) and English.


Kipsigis

Their tonal language, part of the Kenyan Kalenjin dialect cluster.


Puelchean

Synonym of Puelche (“extinct language of Argentina”)


Dionte

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


Deonte

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


Edric

From Old English Ēadrīc, from Proto-West Germanic *Audarīk, from Proto-Germanic *Audarīks, from *audaz (“wealth, riches”) + *rīks (“king, ruler”).


Edrick

From Old English Ēadrīc, from Proto-Germanic *Audarīks, from *audaz (“wealth, riches”) + *rīks (“king, ruler”).

A male given name from Old English, variant of Edric.


Kangeanese

Synonym of Kangean (“a language of Indonesia”)


Cyndy

A diminutive of the female given name Cynthia.


Miquelonnais

From French Miquelonnais, from Miquelon + -ais.


Western Saharan

en-noun

Western Saharan (plural Western Saharans)


Mahsa

مهسا مهسا#Persian

A transliteration of the Persian female given name مهسا (mahsâ).


Raihanul

An unknown-gender given name from Bengali.


DeForest

From Middle French de Forest, from de+forest; Literally, “forest”.

A male given name transferred from the surname, equivalent to English Forest


Sohini

Transliteration of Bengali সোহিনী (śōhini).


fear gortha

From Irish [Term?] (literally “man of hunger/famine”).

bor

(Irish mythology) A phantom of hunger, resembling an emaciated man.


Vsevolod

From Russian Все́волод (Vsévolod) or Ukrainian Все́волод (Vsévolod). Compare Belarusian Усе́валад (Usjévalad), Lithuanian Visvaldas, Latvian Visvaldis.

In Tbilisi, he also met Vsevolod Osipov, 20, a libertarian activist who told the Russian independent news website Meduza last month that he had been recruited by the FSB under pressure and sent to Georgia to monitor the Russian opposition.

2022 August 26, Pjotr Sauer, “‘There were hundreds of us’: Navalny ex-staffer tells of being FSB informer”, in The Guardian:

Все́волод Всеволод#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Все́волод (Vsévolod).

Все́волод Всеволод#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Все́волод (Vsévolod).


Eppy

A diminutive of the female given name Euphemia


Eppie

A diminutive of the female given name Hephzibah


Cotoname

An extinct Pakawan language spoken by Native Americans indigenous to the lower Rio Grande Valley of northeastern Mexico and extreme southern Texas.


Roselia

A female given name, equivalent to English Rosalie.


Yucuna

An Arawakan language spoken in several communities along the Mirití-Paraná River in Colombia.


Optimus

From Latin optimus; For optimum, optimate, optimal. Popularized by the fictional robot character Optimus Prime in the 1980s.

A pet name for a device, such as a car, computer, or robot.


Vilniusite

A native or inhabitant of Vilnius, Lithuania.


Runyakitara

Borrowed from Nyankole, Rukiga, Nyoro, and Tooro Orunyakitara, from oru- (class 11 prefix for languages) + -nya- (“belonging to”) + Kitara.

af

(linguistics) A standardized language comprised of Nyoro (Runyoro), Kiga (also Chiga or Rukiga), Nkore (Runyankole), and Tooro (Rutooro), mostly spoken in Uganda.


Trussite

There are the Trussites, hovering over her Instagram posts in political adoration, and then there are others who consider her a menace who is about to be made Prime Minister in a sinister conspiracy by Brexiteers.

2022 May 11, George Trefgarne, “In defence of Liz Truss’s retro economics”, in The Spectator:

(UK politics, neologism) A political supporter of Liz Truss (born 1975), British Conservative politician and Prime Minister in September–October 2022.


Mayite

In the House of Commons, Mayites are few in number. Beyond the tight circle of her husband Philip and her two indispensable advisers, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, no one seems certain about what makes May tick.

2017 February 10, Sebastian Payne, “Who is Theresa May? In pursuit of a very private prime minster”, in Financial Times:

(UK politics) A political supporter of Theresa May (born 1943), British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister from 2016 to 2019.


Mayite

Immediately, Johnson slipped back into the old British policy, announcing that despite furious opposition from the U.S., the U.K. would allow Huawei to play a part in Britain’s 5G rollout. It was, in essence, a continuation of the Mayite policy—which itself was little more than a continuation of the cautious engagement that had been in place for decades.

2022 August 2, Tom McTague, “Why Britain Changed Its China Stance”, in The Atlantic:

(UK politics) Of or relating to the government, policies, or supporters of Theresa May.


Trussian

en-adj

Trussian (comparative more Trussian, superlative most Trussian)

more Trussian (comparative)
most Trussian (superlative)

“It's a very Trussian style of politics, this free-market, American-inspired, pro-deregulation, libertarian style of politics,” says Sherrington, “and she has close relationships with many of these think-tanks.”

2021 January 29, Tristan Kennedy, “Britain’s Trade Advisers Include a Man Who Called Climate Science ‘Absolute Crap’”, in Vice:

Will the UK’s foreign policy become a form of ‘Trussian Roulette’.

2022 July 25, Barry Didcock, “Is Liz Truss the new Maggie or a Lib Dem mole?”, in The Herald:

‘Trussian’ economics has much in common with Johnsonian bluster, writes John Mclaren.

2022 July 28, The Scotsman, page 21 (image):

With that record of revisionist chutzpah it is easy to see why Truss thinks she can wipe the slate clean. Declare Year One of the Trussian Age.

2022 August 3, Rafael Behr, “Johnson’s school of half-truths could spell victory for Truss”, in The Guardian, page 2:

In the present day, it looks likely that Liz Truss will win. This is due to her willingness to tell Tory fairy tales (Trussian fairy tales) and embrace magical thinking on taxes, public spending and economics, all of which the Tory membership, still supporting the Thatcherite mirage, want to believe.

2022 August 3, Gerry Hassan, “Tory Britain is over”, in Scottish Review:

And as the Trussian juggernaut rules the waves, next week is unlikely to be Rishi's Trafalgar, but almost certainly his Waterloo.

2022 August 25, Madeline Grant, “Truss rules the waves in Norwich while Rishi Partridge meets his Waterloo”, in The Telegraph:

These are perfectly consistent with the new Prime Minister’s approach to the world, and she should focus on telling a story of how these will build to a longer-term Trussian approach after the election.

2022 August 31, Rachel Wolf, “Truss’s in tray 3) Rachel Wolf: Levelling Up. There is no time for another new approach. The new Prime Minister must focus on delivery.”, in ConservativeHome:

It is Scotland’s good fortune, even so, that the country will not be an immediate or urgent priority for Trussian attention.

2022 September 4, Alex Massie, “Liz Truss should steer clear of Nicola Sturgeon”, in The Times:

But one does not attend a Meghan Markle speech – her first in Britain since 2020’s Megxit – expecting either profundity or revelation, any more than one would hope for Wildean (or even Trussian) sallies of wit.

2022 September 6, Alexander Larman, “The Harry ‘n’ Meghan circus shows no sign of coming to an end”, in The Spectator:

Yet her lack of polish gives her authenticity. Perhaps we shall just have to get used to her odd, Trussian ways.

2022 September 6, Jan Moir, “Together we can ride out the storm: JAN MOIR watches as the heavens opened before Liz Truss arrived in Downing Street for her big speech. Then, in a moment loaded with cheering symbolism, the skies cleared... and our new Prime Minister addressed the nation”, in Daily Mail:

But at the centre of the Trussian flight-from-reality is her failure to explain how her commitment to lower taxes as the engine of growth[…]

2022 September 7, David Aaronovitch, “Be honest, Liz, and you might earn goodwill”, in The Times:

With what could yet come to be seen as Trussian bluntness, this became apparent in her first answer to him.

2022 September 7, Kit Sandeman, “The populist baton is free - if Labour want to pick it up”, in The Yorkshire Post:

‘It’s that Trussian lack of polish that gives her welcome authenticity’

2022 September 7, Scottish Daily Mail, page 6 (image):

(UK politics) Of or pertaining to Liz Truss (born 1975), British politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom in 2022.


OBR

Mel Stride, the Conservative chair of the Treasury committee, has called for the OBR forecasts to be published immediately and the government’s plans to be brought forward to the end of October, before the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets to consider interest rates.

2022 October 4, “Truss government in chaos amid budget confusion and coup accusations”, in The Guardian:

Office for Budget Responsibility
w:Office for Budget Responsibility

(UK politics) Initialism of Office for Budget Responsibility.


No 11

Coordinate term: No 10

Government sources, however, continued to brief that No 10 and No 11 were considering bringing the date forward.

11 Downing Street
11 Downing Street#English

(UK politics) Synonym of 11 Downing Street.


Bossku

From boss and Malay -ku (“my”), meaning "my boss". From an internet post by Najib, "Nak malu apa bossku", which means "What to be ashamed of, my boss".

Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak is getting so used to being called "Bossku" (my boss) these days that he almost does not go by his name any more.

(Malaysia, politics, slang, humorous) Najib Razak, former prime minister of Malaysia.


Rodeo Drive

A street in Beverly Hills, California, known for its high-end boutiques.


Bangubangu

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

A language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


Oweina

A Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea.


front page of the Internet

the front page of the Internet (canonical)

Coined in 2005 by Paul Graham, American computer scientist and lecturer, in reference to a brainstormed idea for what would become Reddit.

(Internet) Reddit (an American social news aggregation, content rating, and discussion website).


Zhivago

en-proper noun

Zhivago (countable and uncountable, plural Zhivagos)


Starbies

Alison and Ben grabbed a Kerig on Amazon, but then wanted to try a French press, and then totally splurged on that $5k built in Italian espresso machine, and then said ‘screw it’ and bought a cheapo plastic one from China. And still treat themselves with a Starbies here and there!

2017, Kashlee Kucheran, The High Maintenance Minimalist: A Modern Guide to Downsizing, Decluttering and Creating the Freedom to Travel More, →ISBN:

❑ If you want to piss him off, bring him a Starbies while he’s “working”

2020, the founders of My “Therapist Says”, My Therapist Says…: Advice You Should Probably (Not) Follow, Rock Point, →ISBN, page 34:

One TikTok celebrity who has 9 million followers has been dreaming up, ordering, and posting daily coffee drinks she calls “Starbies.”

2021 June 10, Hugh Robert, “Starbucks coping with complex drink orders”, in The Republican, page E9:

PSL season is here and the experts have cracked how to make your own for less than a Starbies

2022 September 1, Ellie Kemp, “How to create your own Pumpkin Spice Latte for almost half the price of a Starbucks”, in Manchester Evening News:


Lanny

A diminutive of the male given name Laurence.

A diminutive of the male given name Roland.


Lanuvian

(historical) A Latino-Faliscan language.


Lenora

A female given name, variant of Eleanor.


Lendu

A Central Sudanic language spoken by the Balendru people.


Lir

(Irish mythology) A personification of the sea in Irish mythology.


Lewie

A diminutive of the male given name Lewis.


Maharashtri

A Prakrit language of ancient and medieval India, the ancestor of Marathi and Konkani.


Emmalina

A female given name from the Germanic languages, a form of Emmeline.


Marcee

A diminutive of the female given name Marcella.


Ahmatjan

Borrowed from Uyghur ئەخمەتجان (exmetjan).

bor+

ئەخمەتجان ئەخمەتجان#Uyghur

A transliteration of the Uyghur male given name ئەخمەتجان (exmetjan).


Corion

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


Gigachad

From giga- + Chad. Coined by an anonymous poster on the 4chan /pol/ board on October 17th, 2017, who described Russian model Ernest Khalimov as a "gigachad" who was "the perfect human specimen destined to lead us against the reptilians" (see quotation below).

Alternative form: GigaChad

Years of Bogdanoff research into genetic augmentation has finally yielded fruit. ¶ Behold, the Gigachad. The perfect human specimen destined to lead us against the reptilians. ¶ We are all witness.

2017 October 16, 4chan, /pol/, archived from the original on 2023-04-18:

This gets even weirder, though. Since every photo of him seems to have been taken and released by the artist Krista Sudmalis, whose ongoing "Sleek'N'Tears" project is his lone credit — and there he is exclusively referred to as "1969" — it's fair to suspect that GigaChad is almost entirely Sudmalis' digital creation.

2021 February 1, Miles Klee, “Who Is GigaChad: Meme, Digital Creation or Russian Model?”, in MEL Magazine, archived from the original on 2024-01-06:

"GigaChad" (also known as "Average Enjoyer") is Russian menswear model and bodybuilder Ernest Khalimov. Aside from the "GigaChad" memes, he isn't very well-known. Even in the "Sleek'N'Tears" project, he was exclusively known as "1969," so it's fair that a lot of people are surprised to hear that he's a real person.

2021 May 3, Lyshiel Aranal, Trixie Velasquez, “'Thanks for your kind words': GigaChad finally responds to the memes”, in Pop Inquirer, archived from the original on 2023-12-02:

This is no more true for Ernest Khalimov - AKA GigaChad - who has garnered so much acclaim for his good looks and chiseled physique that people have even questioned his own existence.

2021 October 19, Jacob Bentley-York, “Who is Ernest Khalimov AKA GigaChad and what is the Chad meme?”, in The US Sun, archived from the original on 2024-01-14:

(Internet slang) A nickname for a model from Russia, Ernest Khalimov, often featured in memes derived from several images posted by the Instagram account berlin.1969.


Jaunpuri

en-adj

Jaunpuri (comparative more Jaunpuri, superlative most Jaunpuri)

more Jaunpuri (comparative)
most Jaunpuri (superlative)

(Islam) Belonging to a certain revivalist movement within Sunni Islam.


Trevs

Clipping of Trevor. + diminutive suffix "s"

A diminutive of the male given name Trevor


Catalan Sign Language

A certain Catalan-based sign language, used predominantly in Catalonia and Barcelona.


Kwasi

From Akan Kwasi, from Kwasiada (“Sunday”), from the day of the week, Sunday.


McShithole

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


Talcum X

Blend of talcum + Malcolm X, in reference to the white color of talcum powder, as well as allegations that Shaun King lied about his race.

Shaun King IS a scream if it's the same guy I've seen on the interwebs. He's a white guy who "identifies" as black, whatever the hell that means! On a message board, he's often called Talcum X.

2017 June 7, Dan the Man, “OT - They Ain't Callin' Kaepernick”, in alt.sports.football.pro.miami-dolphins (Usenet), retrieved 2022-10-13:

(slang, humorous, derogatory) Shaun King.


McHell

(title)

1990 December 17, “The Promotion from McHell”, in Adweek, volume 40, A/S/M Communications, page 19:

There are infinite possibilities to create your local McDonald's an utter McHell. Don't consider it illegal (most of it isn't...) consider it more of a public service. Yeah... That's it.

1994 March 30, Charlie X, “Screwing over your local McDonald's”, in Phrack Magazine, volume 5, number 45:

I'm also of the opinion that McDonald's standards of operations have gone to McHell since Ray Kroc passed away.

1996 December 16, Holly Moore, “Houston”, in rec.food.restaurants (Usenet):

For the corporation, still insisting that the trial is not about freedom of speech but about the right to stop people telling lies, it is McHell.

1997, John Vidal, Mclibel, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 17:

(nonce word, humorous) Hell (used in allusion to the McDonald's brand or to similar large corporations).


Odessan

His written responses (which have been slightly edited and condensed) are evidence that, even with the backdrop of such military horrors, if you ask an Odessan poet about Odessa and poetry, you will receive riches.

2022 March 15, Talia Lavin, “‘The War Never Left’: A conversation with Ilya Kaminsky about memory, viral poetry, and the tragedy of Ukraine.”, in New York—Intelligencer:

Of or relating to the city of Odessa, Ukraine.


Odessan

Kaminsky himself is not living happily during this war: He is in contact with the Odessans he loves, trying to get them out, to get them money, and, frenetically and constantly, sharing poetry by Ukrainians in translation.

A native or inhabitant of Odessa, Ukraine.

A native or inhabitant of Odessa, Texas.


Drucilla

Alternative form of Drusilla, a female given name.


Dru

A diminutive of the male given name Andrew, also used as a formal given name.

A diminutive of the female given names Drusilla or Drucilla, also used as a formal given name.


Charlottesvillian

Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker was having a long and frustrating day. […] Nothing in particular set her off, but the battles she had been mired in for months — with the City Council, the city staff, some ordinary Charlottesvillians — were getting to her.

2021 April 5, Laura Vozzella, “Charlottesville mayor says graphic poem illustrates Black experience in city”, in The Washington Post:

A native or inhabitant of Charlottesville, Virginia.


Valmai

Coined by Welsh author Allen Raine in 1899 for a Welsh character in her novel By Berwen Banks. In a footnote in the novel, Raine states the name means "like May," almost certainly referring to a Welsh etymology of fel (“as, like”) + Mai (“May”).

coinage

"I am Valmai Powell, the niece of Essec Powell, the preacher."

1899, Allen Raine, By Berwen Banks, London: Hutchinson & Co., Chapter I.:

The house party included Mr., Mrs., and Miss Radcliff, Masters Richard, Victor, and Miss Valmai Jenkins (Herbert Park), Mr. Trevor and Miss Giblin, Mr. Philip and Mr. Edgar Belfield, Miss Jones, Miss M. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Simpson and their daughter, Miss Manning, Miss Brennan, and Mr. Godfrey Jenkins.

1907 July 19, “Lady's Special Column.”, in The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser, Armidale, New South Wales, page 2:

Valmai, third daughter, was married to Mr. James South, only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. South, Brisbane[…]Valmai looked regal in white silk Jersey, cut on classical lines, with high gathered georgette yoke.

1948 June 18, "JANE", “Double Wedding”, in Maryborough Chronicle, Maryborough, Queensland, page 6:


Linzi

Fanciful 20th-century respelling of Lindsey or Lindsay.


Trussonomics

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Trussonomics.

(UK politics, economics, neologism) The economic policies and theories of former UK prime minister Liz Truss.


Grischa

A diminutive of the male given name Grigorij or Grigori, from Russia and other Slavic countries, equivalent to English Greg.


ministerial code

en-noun

ministerial code (usually uncountable, plural ministerial codes)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ministerial code.

(UK politics) A code of conduct for government ministers in the United Kingdom.


Marrucinian

From Marrucini + -an, from a passage of a Marrucinian book (Aes Rapinum) which states "touta marouca" as a city or village.

The ancient language of the Marrucini, known from a few inscriptions, and thought to be a member of the Sabellian group, probably closely related to Paelignian.


Singapore-on-the-Thames

(UK politics, economics) Alternative form of Singapore-on-Thames


Sunakism

This is Sunakism: a belief that it’s suicidal for any government to depend on high borrowing and low interest rates, because those rates could surge at any time.

2020 December 19, Katy Balls, Fraser Nelson, “‘It’s not morally right to keep borrowing at these levels’: Rishi Sunak’s plan to fix the UK economy”, in The Spectator:

But for the time being, it feels as though Johnsonism – with its infrastructure spending and red wall handouts – is winning out over whatever Sunakism might turn out to be.

2021 October 27, Heather Stewart, “Johnsonism wins budget battle but will Sunakism win the war?”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) The political philosophy associated with Rishi Sunak (born 1980), British Conservative politician and Prime Minister from 2022 to 2024.


Sunakite

This is stupid politics from the Sunakites. It is akin to being 4-0 down in a football match in injury time and instead of accepting defeat gracefully going around elbowing opponents in the face and performing leg-breaking tackles.

2022 August 10, Patrick O'Flynn, “Why Rishi Sunak shouldn’t quit”, in The Spectator:

(UK politics, neologism) A political supporter of Rishi Sunak (born 1980), British Conservative politician and Prime Minister from 2022 to 2024.


Sunakite

My view is that Truss will be forced to adopt those Sunakite, overwhelmingly statist policies anyway, because the alternative is mass penury. The first test of her skill will be how she presents the emergency measures as something she, as a conviction politician, believed in all along.

2022 August 21, John Rentoul, “Why Truss could be a successful prime minister”, in Gulf Today:

(UK politics) Of or relating to the government, policies, or supporters of Rishi Sunak.


Brexitish

en-adj

Brexitish (comparative more Brexitish, superlative most Brexitish)

more Brexitish (comparative)
most Brexitish (superlative)

The Brexitish notion that nation states can just withdraw from the rest of the world and wall in their own production is a cultural fantasy as delusional as any who punch “Australia first!”, “America first!”, “Britain first!” statements into the keypad of a Chinese-assembled mobile phone.

2017 May 1, Van Badham, “Worker exploitation: without an international minimum wage, we're all worth 10 bucks”, in The Guardian:

(UK, informal) Resembling or characteristic of Brexit, or the attitudes thought to underlie it.


Hollywoke

Hollywoke is hurting my country, my culture, and the movies I hold so dear. The industry that gave me so much joy for so very long has lost its mojo, if not its fractured soul. Let's hope it's not too late to save it.

2022, Christian Toto, Virtue Bombs: How Hollywood Got Woke and Lost Its Soul:

(derogatory) The Hollywood film industry, perceived as enforcing social justice ideology on its audience.

M-She-U

Marvel films being perceived by fans as overtly left-wing


Tamanaku

An extinct Cariban language of Venezuela.


Garbage Grove

(derogatory, slang) The city of Garden Grove, California, used in reference to the high poverty rates in the city.


Kuhane

A Bantu language spoken along the Zambezi River in Namibia, Zambia, and Botswana.


Tiwa

A group of two, or possibly three, related Tanoan languages spoken by the Tiwa Puebloans, and possibly the Piro Pueblo, in the U.S. state of New Mexico.


Misery

First, the young lady whom you spoke as becoming [a] mistress of the establishment would most likely (if she could become as such) be brought into a state of misery, instead of being brought from the state of misery, (or Missouri), [...]

1879 August 20, Noah Allen, “Noah in Misery-He Relieves Himself”, in The Wichita Weekly Beacon, page 3:

(derogatory, slang, humorous) The state of Missouri.


Brexitism

As one who was an economic migrant, who migrated under the opportunities of the EU prior to Brexitism, I thought he'd be sympathetic.

2018, John Kinsella, Russell West-Pavlov, Temporariness: On the Imperatives of Place, page 239:

However, the work of Buck and Meiners (2017) is being threatened by the continuing obsession with segregative nativism in Western society, which has manifested itself in Trumpism and Brexitism (Rowe et al. 2018).

2019, Alfdaniels Mabingo, “Teaching African Dances as Civic Engagement: Pedagogic Perspectives of Teachers of African Dances in North America, Europe, New Zealand, and Asia”, in Karen Schupp, editor, Dance Education and Responsible Citizenship: Promoting Civic Engagement Through Effective Dance Pedagogies, page 25:

At some stage, Brexitism will have to face this question.

2021, Oscar Mazzoleni, “Regionalism and Euroscepticism: The case of Ticino”, in Oscar Mazzoleni, Paolo Dardanelli, editors, Switzerland-EU Relations: Lessons for the UK After Brexit?:

The political and economic philosophies associated with Brexit.


Muddy Mississippi

The source of the supply was the "Muddy Mississippi River."

Skinker, Thomas J., et al. "DEVELOPMENT OF THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR A GREATER ST. LOUIS, MO.[with DISCUSSION]." Journal (American Water Works Association) 22.12 (1930): 1583-1608. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41228082

When Cohen speaks of the “desire of the Muddy Mississippi … to pour into the Atchafalaya River and surge into the Gulf a few hundred miles west of its current delta https://muse.jhu.edu/article/881185/summary

Publicover, Laurence. "Pericles’s Humming Waters: Nonhuman Agency, Textual Criticism, and the Practice of Material Ecocriticism." Shakespeare Quarterly 73.3-4 (2022): 280-302

Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome, ed. Prismatic ecology: Ecotheory beyond green. U of Minnesota Press, 2013.
The Muddy Mississippi is the brown river, a place of interstices

(informal) The Mississippi River, in particular downstream of the confluence with the Missouri River.


Kimet

A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Кимет (Kimet).


Ilinden

Илинден Илинден#Macedonian

A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Илинден (Ilinden).


Dark Brandon

From let's go, Brandon with influence from Dark MAGA.

A 26-year-old sent a pithy email that argued: “Biden could literally do nothing for the next two and a half years[…] We chose the only candidate who could win and he did.” He also sent us a Biden meme of what he called “Dark Brandon.”

[2022 July 13, Alex Thompson, Max Tani, “The Holy War over Hunter Biden’s laptop”, in Politico:

“Dark Brandon is crushing it,” tweeted Andrew Bates, the White House deputy press secretary, on Sunday night, referring to President Joe Biden.

2022 August 8, Perret Connor, Bryan Metzger, “Biden White House embraces ‘Dark Brandon,’ a parody of the ‘Dark MAGA’ meme used by the far right”, in Business Insider:

California farmworkers may struggle with clout in our state Capitol, but they definitely have friends in higher places. Those include Dark Brandon, that feisty internet alter ego of Joe Biden who is done being the ice-cream-eating nice guy – and is letting his antagonists know it, whether they are MAGA Republicans or wayward California governors.

2022 September 7, Anita Chabria, “Dark Brandon turns the tables on Newsom; Governor, who has called out moderates, gets schooled by Biden in union fight”, in Los Angeles Times, page B1:

“That sneaky Joe Biden pulled an October surprise on the Republicans by doing something popular,” said Stephen Colbert of the marijuana pardon. “Today, Dark Brandon became Dank Brandon.”

2022 October 7, “Kimmel on Biden’s marijuana pardon: ‘Glad Willie Nelson is alive to see this’”, in The Guardian (online):

Grant Stern, executive editor of political organization Occupy Democrats, wrote: “Dark Brandon gets Republicans to cheerily promise not to cut Social Security and Medicare live during the #SOTU speech!”

2023 February 8, Darragh Roche, “How Joe Biden Skewered Republicans in State of the Union ‘Masterclass’”, in Yerepouni Daily News, Beirut:

Democrats have long sought to ignite their own messages online. And the Biden campaign has been quick to embrace the “Dark Brandon” meme, in which the president is depicted as a kind of superhero, sometimes with lasers for eyes.

2023 July 18, Jess Bidgood, “Ron DeSantis wants to make his mark online, but is it paying off?”, in Boston Globe (subscription):

Dark Brandon has never been darker. Molly Roberts is talking about the internetty persona of President Biden, the meme lord with lasers emanating from his eyes — the one who tweeted after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory that he had orchestrated the whole thing, just as far-right conspiracy theorists had alleged.

2024 February 14, Drew Goins, “Recognizing other relationships, from platonic to polyamorous”, in The Washington Post:

(US politics, slang, humorous, ironic) Joe Biden (46th and current President of the United States), especially used by liberals to refer to the idea of a more powerful Biden, or to point out something powerful he has actually done.


Farmer George

In reference to his well-known agricultural hobbies and interests; purportedly in allusion to the derivation of George from Ancient Greek γεωργός (geōrgós, “farmer, earth worker”).

der

(historical) A nickname for King George III of the United Kingdom.


Mad King George

In reference to the numerous episodes of acute mania suffered from in later life; typically thought to be due to porphyria or bipolar disorder.

(historical, dated) A nickname for King George III of the United Kingdom.


McNiggers

Nigger, take that computer back to the house you stole it from. Go work at
McNiggers and some other shit jobs so you can support your nigglets instead
of begging for welfare.

2002 March 15, Mississippi Master, WWWeb Massa, “MISSISSIPPI MASTER, WWWEB MASSA...”, in alt.teens (Usenet):

There's also an area called Park Hill, which was once an exclusive apartment complex, until Ella Fitzgerald bought it in the mid to late 70's and turned it into your typical nigger housing projects. This particular area is the only area I know of, (after nigger fuxation) where the local "McNiggers" shut down due to excessive armed robberies. Go figure.

2003 September 15, Steve Cipoletti, “2nd White racial attack on black in S.I>”, in nyc.general (Usenet):

Transsexual Pummeled At McNiggers Speaks Out
First of all let me say that Irate does not approve of a transsexual lifestyle. But no one, be it a he/she/or it deserves to be beaten like a rented mule like this person was at the hands of a pair of feral retarded nigger boons. What pisses me off most about this travesty is the fact that the nigger employees did nothing, absolutely nothing to stop the attack. Only an elderly white woman stepped in to help this victim. If I was this person I would sue McNigger’s ass off. I will tell you this, it will be a long long time before Irate darkens the door step of a McNiggers, if I ever do again. I have had it with their nigger loving crap. They can take their 365Black and shove it up their Big Mac.

2011 April 26, True Blue, “The Obamas Silent in the Face of Race Atrocity”, in alt.politics.radical-left (Usenet):

McNiggers hired a cashier, Rayon McIntosh, 31, who just got out of Nigger
University on an aggravated manslaughter coonviction for shooting and
killing a high school classmate in 2000. [Ed. Note: Good going McNiggers! I
assume that hiring violent nigger felons in your stores is just an extension
of your "nigger 365" program: CLICK HERE .]

2011 October 16, True Blue, “OT: 'McDonald's Family Restaurant - I'm loving it' (again) VIDEO”, in uk.politics.misc (Usenet):

The restaurant chain famous for chimpouts, bad food and niggers is now
using graffiti themed decor.

2016 October 13, Dave Norris, “McNiggers goes totally ghetto”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet):

It's bad enough that the shit-beast flock to Mcniggers but the
Mcnigger's corparation goes out into the nigger hood and recruits the
cannibal bastards to work there with out prior back ground screening as
in criminal history checks. Which is why I refuse to go any where
around Mcniggers.

2019 April 11, Robert Wolfe, “McNigger's just celebrated their 1 billionth nigger chimpout”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, vulgar, offensive) McDonald's (a fast food restaurant chain).


Northern Khmer

A dialect of Khmer, which uses a different writing system than Central Khmer.


Abinomn

/ˈæbɪˈnɑmn̩/

A possible language isolate of Indonesia, with around 300 speakers in 2002.


Guelda

Guelda Seaton - a peasant beauty, with Italian and also English patrician blood in her veins - is in a moment raised from poverty to affluence, and acquits herself in society "as admirably as the Lady of Burleigh herself."

Guelda's aunt prattled rapidly above her gimlet-like scrutiny of Guelda's new young man, while Guelda, sitting there, realized vaguely the extent of the unholy rumpus there might have been […].

1923, Berta Ruck, Sir or Madam A Novel, page 360:


Kaki Ae

A language of Papua New Guinea, with around 500 speakers.


Kaleesi

A female given name from fiction or popular culture, variant of Khaleesi


Ohomo

WASHINGTON - Mary Beth Maxwell says her years of fighting for workers' rights can be traced to the values and sense of social justice that came with her upbringing in a Catholic family in Omaha. Maxwell, 43, has received some high-profile mentions lately as a possible nominee for secretary of labor under President-elect Barack Obama. She would be the first openly gay cabinet secretary.

2008 December 18, Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS, “Ohomo leaning towards faggot for Labor Secretary”, in alt.politics (Usenet):

They killed american personnel because obozo invaded and holocausted their country and murdered their president. And all because Libya was going to a gold standard and the bankers who contol^([sic]) Ohomo won't allow that. I can't believe americans are so stupid they believe this obozo BS that libyans killed the US ambassador because of an anti-islam movie!!!!!!

2012 September 13, Car Crashes Mean Car Sales - GM loves highway criminals, “Do you really think Libya is mad because of some silly movie?”, in alt.politics.usa (Usenet):

So the despicable, vile, worthless, sub-cockroach mega-turd nigger 'son-of-Ohomo' Christopher Hendrix tried multiple times in a single day to try its paw at carjacking. Of course, it failed miserably and was finally (Thank Heaven!) wrangled and caged. During its long odyssey, the stupid ape got showered with gasoline and also faced the business-end of a pistol. Ape-parently, carjacking beez rayciss an shee-it.

2020 October 20, Skeeter, “Re: Mega-turd Christopher Hendrix Fails at Many Carjackings in One Day; Gets Wrangled”, in alt.conspiracy (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, offensive) Barack Obama.


Alona

A female given name from Hebrew, masculine equivalent Alon.


Early Assamese

From early + Assamese, compare Early Modern English.

(linguistics) A language, the predecessor to modern Assamese, spoken from the 14th to the 16th century.


Wacko Jacko

/ˈwæ.kəʊ ˈd͡ʒæ.kəʊ/

i bet Wacko Jacko was kind of wishing now that he "beat it" a long time ago ;-)

2003 November 25, kali yuga 2004, “Who set up Wacko Jacko?”, in alt.music.michael-jackson (Usenet), retrieved 2022-11-04:

(humorous, derogatory) A nickname of the American singer-songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist Michael Jackson (1958-2009).


Larrakiah

The Larrakiahs at Port Darwin seem to have identified themselves with the white population, and became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the settlement.

1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 225:


Joao

Borrowed from Portuguese João. Doublet of John.


Quiripi

An Algonquian language formerly spoken by the indigenous people of southwestern Connecticut and central Long Island.


Dibabawon Manobo

From Dibabawon (“a Philippines tribal group”) + Manobo (“a language family”).

com

(linguistics) A dialect of Agusan, a Manobo language of northeastern Mindanao in the Philippines.


Saidiya

Saidiya Hartman, b. 1960s


Tameka

It happened that Tameka brought more vodka with her and had planned to make them something called Pink Panty Droppers. That was until she saw them drinking Bloody Marys and wanted to try one.

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


Flem

The information charges that the said Flem Parker, on or about the 20th day of November, 1890, and before the filing of this information, at the county and state aforesaid, did willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously enter a certain barn […]

1892, The Pacific Reporter, volume 27, page 538:

“They's asking for it,” said Flem Grumley. “We should give it to 'em.”

2013, Stephen Hunter, Hot Springs, page 279:


Anuj

Borrowed from Sanskrit अनुज (anuja, “younger brother”).

bor+

A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.


Zyphe

A language that is part of the Sino-Tibetan language family.


Wasiti

A person from, or an inhabitant of, Wasit.

وَاسِطِيّ

a person from, or an inhabitant of, Wasit


Badenese

When war broke out between France and Austria in 1792 the Badenese fought for Austria; consequently their country was devastated and in 1796 the margrave was compelled to pay an indemnity, and to cede his territories, on the left bank of the Rhine to France.

1910, “Baden, Grand Duchy of”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh edition, volume III, New York: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., page 186:

A native or inhabitant of the historical state or territory of Baden, Germany.


Swedish Sign Language

A sign language commonly used in Sweden.


Khersonian

Russians claim they have come to “save” Khersonians from “Nazism”— Putin’s outrageous justification for invading our country. “There are over 100 nationalities living in our city. We don’t know what Nazism is,” Mayor Kolykhayev says.

2022 March 4, Iuliia Mendel, “My hometown, now occupied by Russia, is on the verge of a humanitarian disaster”, in The Washington Post:

A native or inhabitant of Kherson, Ukraine.


nom d'artiste

From French nom d’artiste (literally “artist's name”).

bor

On March 11, 2021, all of one year ago, Mike Winkelmann, whose nom d’artiste is Beeple, sold a collage of computer illustrations for $69 million simply because that collage came attached to a digital certificate called an NFT.

2022 March 3, Blake Gopnik, “One Year After Beeple, the NFT Has Changed Artists. Has It Changed Art?”, in The New York Times:


Leidenite

Another Leidenite, Thomas Blossom, was a passenger on the Speedwell, the Mayflower’s companion vessel, which sprang a leak and had to turn back. He eventually made the journey in 1629, joining the colony at Plymouth, where he became first deacon of the church.

2011 November 17, Charles McGrath, “In the Pilgrims’ Footsteps, Through England and the Netherlands”, in The New York Times:

(rare) A native or inhabitant of Leiden, Netherlands.


Kapenaar

Fowls serenaded, and dogs passed the time lazily, even in the Gentlemen’s Walk. The bustle and spirit of absorbing competition which so pervade modern life had not yet infected the Kapenaars.

1926, P[ercy] W[ard] Laidler, A Tavern of the Ocean: Being a Social and Historical Sketch of Cape Town from Its Earliest Days, Cape Town: Maskew Miller, Limited, page 173:

The sun shone upon rectangular streets lined with reed-thatched houses, many of them the stately, classical houses of the Seventeenth Century, their many-paned windows set with regularity on either side of a tall, dignified door, pilasters lifting themselves from street to roof level, and each house with a stone stoep upon which the Kapenaars sat in the cool of summer evenings.

1948, H[enry] V[ollam] Morton, “In which I see the original diary of van Riebeeck, […]”, in In Search of South Africa, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., page 58:

The early Dutch settlers and the English who followed them were living in Europe’s remotest outpost, not in Africa. Mountain ranges, and the Kalahari and Karroo deserts to the north and east, were between them and their rivals for possession of the country, the Bantu-speaking tribes. Life was peaceful; the Kapenaars’ eyes were turned to Europe (some say they still are), while out east on the frontier history was made.

1961, Randolph Vigne, “The Literature of South Africa”, in A[lan] L[indsey] McLeod, editor, The Commonwealth Pen: An Introduction to the Literature of the British Commonwealth, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, page 80:


Clarent

Coordinate term: Excalibur

Sword in the Stone
Sword in the Stone#English

(Arthurian legend) A sword, the Sword in the Stone


Cleanthes

Borrowed from Latin Cleanthēs, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Κλεάνθης (Kleánthēs).


Lagus

Borrowed from Latin Lagus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Λάγος (Lágos).


Raph

“I’d made a terrible mistake and told Raphael in the park one night that I will never ever leave him again. That was in 1989,” she said. […] I got to see what real goodness was by being away from Raph.

2019 March 26, Alix Strauss, “She Developed a Filter. He Became More Outgoing.”, in The New York Times:

A diminutive of the male given name Raphael.


La Roja

(soccer) the Spain national football team


Puquina

A language spoken by several native ethnic groups in the region surrounding Lake Titicaca (Peru and Bolivia) and in the north of Chile.


Tavern

(Oxford University slang, obsolete) New Inn Hall, Oxford, one of the earliest medieval halls of the University of Oxford.


McCamey

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Shimidh (“son of Jamie”).

der

A female given name transferred from the surname.


な-adjective

/nɑː ˈæd͡ʒɪktɪv/

Coordinate term: い-adjective

Because そう is a な-adjective, its negative form is そうじゃない, except that そうにない should be used for verbs.

2014 January 1, Yukiko Abe Hatasa, Kazumi Hatasa, Seiichi Makino, Nakama 1: Japanese Communication Culture Context, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 370:

(Japanese grammar) An adjective that necessitates the copula な (-na) if followed by a noun.

na-adjektiivi

adjective that necessitates the copula な if followed by a noun


Stellaluna

From Stella (“star”) + Luna (“moon”), or possibly more directly from Italian.

A female given name originating as a coinage


Dickney

Now The Black Hole (which is one movie I do want) isn't being released by Disney on DVD but is being released by Anchor Bay. So I don't know which is worse...I'd rather see Dickney release it than Artifact Bay.

1998 December 27, ´ceith, “Disney Fucked up Armageddon”, in alt.video.dvd (Usenet), retrieved 2022-11-27:


Morfydd

Morfydd Clark

Morfydd Llwyn Owen


Katey

A diminutive of the female given name Katherine, variant of Katie.


Franco-Ontarian

From Franco- + Ontarian, compare French Franco-Ontarien.

This can be tedious, especially the minutiae of French laws and policies in Canada. When the discussion zooms in on a hot debate on raising the Franco-Ontarian flag in Sudbury, Ontario, it is hard not to feel that the topic of French in Canada has perhaps been exhausted.

2006 November 29, William Grimes, “The French Have a (Precise and Elegant) Word for It”, in The New York Times:


Toba Batak

An Austronesian language spoken by the Toba Batak people.


Upper Egyptian Arabic

A variety of Arabic spoken in Upper Egypt. Language code: aec.


North Mesopotamian Arabic

A language of the Middle East, native to Iraq (Mesopotamia), Syria, Turkey, Iran, Kuwait, Jordan, and parts of northern and eastern Arabia. Language code: ayp.


Keesha

A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Keisha.


Billy Wigglestick

From Billy as a diminutive of William, and Wigglestick as a reinterpretation of Shakespeare as shake + spear.

Shakespeare chaired the meeting and tabled the motion where they decided to turn nouns into verbs. You dont like it? Take it up with Billy Wigglestick.

2022 December 3, from_dust, “I don’t think definitions of words should change just because people are commonly using the word wrong.”, in Reddit, unpopularopinion, archived from the original on 2022-12-05:


Kharkivite

Kharkiv is 25 miles from the Russian border. Like many Kharkivites, he had family in Russia. The distinction between the two countries meant little to him before the war. His father’s people lived near Moscow.

2022 May 19, James Verini, “Surviving the Siege of Kharkiv”, in The New York Times Magazine:

A native or inhabitant of Kharkiv, Ukraine.


Kharkivian

“Russia has a real blind spot when it comes to Kharkiv,” said Dobczansky. “Kharkivians claim Ukrainian identity in their own way... They are Russian speaking, yes, but that’s a whole different thing than your political identity.[”]

2022 March 29, Isobel Koshiw, “Writers in bombed out Kharkiv seek inspiration in historical resistance”, in The Guardian:


e-envoy

Recommendation 14.2 of this report stated 'the Government should appoint an “e-envoy” with a wider remit than originally proposed.

2004, Stephen Battersby, W. H. Bassett, Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health, page 187:

(UK politics, Internet, historical) The person in charge of the Office of the e-Envoy, which existed from 1999 to 2004 with the purpose of putting all government departments online.


committee rooms

en-noun

committee rooms pl (normally plural, singular committee room)

Hats were thrown in the air at the west end committee rooms when when victory seemed certain and the crowds surged up and down the stairs in the west end committee rooms to offer congratulations to the victorious candidate.

a. 1946, The Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers Journal, International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers:

One of the factors in the success of the party in Verdun in polling a sizable vote was the role played by these voluntary workers in canvassing, distributing literature, and staffing committee rooms.

1946, Herbert F. Quinn, The Quebec Provincial Election of 1944: An Analysis of the Role of the Election in the Democratic Process (master’s thesis), Montreal: McGill University, →OCLC, retrieved 2022-12-07, page 44:

With the party candidate in Winnipeg North, he shared a cramped committee room in the northern district, across the street from the Conservative auxiliary office.[…]

1964, T. Peterson, I. Avakumovic, “A Return to the Status Quo: The Election in Winnipeg North Centre”, in John Meisel, editor, Papers on the 1962 Election: Fifteen Papers on the Canadian General Election of 1962, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, →JSTOR, pages 94–95, 100:

COMMITTEE ROOMS:
1915 Osler Street

1975, NDP... Keeping Saskatchewan Alive, Regina, Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan NDP; republished Quebec City, Quebec: Centre for Public Policy Analysis, c. 2006, retrieved 2022-12-06, page 17:

When I came to Moosomin 30 years ago, the Liberals, NDP and Conservatives all had active local constituencies, all had well known supporters, all would set up committee rooms during the election, get their lawn signs out and work for their candidate.

2019 October 7, Kevin Weedmark, “Canadian Politics Is No Longer Right Versus Left, It’s Urban Versus Rural”, in The World-Spectator, Moosomin, Saskatchewan, retrieved 2022-12-06:

(Canada, UK, dated) One or more election campaign offices.


Buna

A Torricelli language of East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.


Buna

Synonym of Mbum (“a language of Cameroon”)


Buna

census-designated place
census-designated place

A census-designated place in Jasper County, Texas, United States, named after Buna Corley.


Madí

An Arawan language spoken in parts of Amazonas, Brazil.


Bermudian English

The dialect of English spoken on the island of Bermuda.


Sujatha

Transliteration of Hindi सुजाता (sujātā), etc.


Nagamese

An Assamese-lexified creole language spoken in Nagaland.


Bodymore

Blend of body + Baltimore, in reference to the high murder rate.

(slang, derogatory) The city of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.


Mashhadi

A person from, or an inhabitant of, Mashhad

məşhədli

a person from, or an inhabitant of, Mashhad


Brynlie

A female given name transferred from the surname.


Mpur

A language isolate spoken in and around Mpur and Amberbaken Districts in Tambrauw Regency of the Bird's Head Peninsula, New Guinea.


Temiar

Probably borrowed from Semai Temiir, Temèèr (“Temiar”), or a cognate such as Lanoh Təmyɛl (“Temiar”), itself probably from a Malayo-Polynesian term cognate to Javanese tambér, Madurese tambir and Sundanese tambir (all "to stick to the edge"); possibly compare Austroasiatic terms such as Bulo Stieng bər (“rim”), Laven bi̤ər (“rim”), Lawi tapiər (“rim”) (Proto-Bahnaric *ɓər), Nyah Kur [script needed] (bíər, “edge of soft-shelled turtle carapace”), and Khasi tmier (“edge”).

cog

An Aslian language (belonging to the wider Austroasiatic family) spoken by the Temiar people.

An Orang Asli ethnolinguistic group that speaks this language or a member of it.


Wilhelmstrasse

Frederick William I of Prussia
Wilhelmstrasse

Borrowed from German Wilhelmstraße, from the name of Prussian King Frederick William I (Friedrich Wilhelm I.) + Straße (“street”).

A thoroughfare in central Berlin, formerly the location of the German Chancellery and Foreign Office.


Ynon

Ynon Kreiz, b. 1965


Krystle

We sense that while it might be wonderful for Krystle and Alexis to have a catfight in a koi pond, it would be inappropriate for Joan to smack Linda with a koi.

1985 September 2, Joe Klein, quoting Douglas S. Cramer, “The Real Star of ‘Dynasty’”, in New York, page 34:


prout de jure

(Scots law, archaic) Of a court case, allowing all evidence.


Kumaoni

The Indo-Aryan language of these people.


Tzipi

צִיפִּי ציפי#Hebrew

A transliteration of the Hebrew female given name צִיפִּי


FMQs

Coordinate term: PMQs

First Minister's Questions
w:First Minister's Questions

(UK politics) Initialism of First Minister's Questions.


Middle Mongol

An extinct Mongolic language spoken in the Mongol Empire; the ancestor of modern Mongolian.


Proxima Centaurian

en-noun

Proxima Centaurian (plural Proxima Centaurians)

The Proxima Centaurians, who are roughly humanoid in shape, are a development of mobile carnivorous plants.

1998, Everett Franklin Bleiler, Richard J[ames] Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years, Kent, Ohio, London: The Kent State University Press, →ISBN, page 248:

In “Rautavaara’s Case,” the alien Proxima Centaurians save the severely damaged human Agneta Rautavaara by using the rest of her irreparable body as a nutrient source to sustain her brain.

2011, G.C. Goddu, “Will You Survive a Trip to Rekall, Inc.?”, in D.E. Wittkower, editor, Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do Androids Have Kindred Spirits? (George A. Reisch, editor, Popular Culture and Philosophy, volume 63), Chicago, Ill., LaSalle, Ill.: Open Court Publishing Company, →ISBN, section “Identity Crises”, page 65:

Rather than come here in person, it would be much more sensible for Proxima Centaurians, if they exist, to send an unmanned satellite, the way we have in our exploration of the other planets of the solar system.

2018, William B. Irvine, You: A Natural History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

(science fiction) An inhabitant of Proxima Centauri.


Proxima Centaurian

en-adj

Proxima Centaurian (comparative more Proxima Centaurian, superlative most Proxima Centaurian)

more Proxima Centaurian (comparative)
most Proxima Centaurian (superlative)

Science Officer Heath stood out as the only American – specifically, of Proxima Centaurian descent – among the command cadre.

2016, Jamie Sawyer, The Lazarus War; Book Three: Origins, Orbit, →ISBN:

IF I CAN ISOLATE THE DIFFERENCES IN HUMAN BLOOD AND PROXIMA CENTAURIAN…

2021, Jim McCann, Star Trek: Year Five, IDW Publishing:

A member of the Galacterian Alignment, and participants in the Melchizedek Star Seed Program, the Proxima Centaurian race is here to assist Earth in its dualistic proclivity: to spiritually raise, to uplift mentally, to reveal health—all roads that lead to true happiness.

2021, Craig Campobasso, The Extraterrestrial Species Almanac: The Ultimate Guide to Greys, Reptilians, Hybrids, and Nordics, Weiser Books, →ISBN, page 109:

(science fiction, rare) Of or relating to Proxima Centauri.


Centaurian

The Centaurians are remarkable people, but move slowly.

1911, [L. D.] Biagi, The Centaurians: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Broadway Publishing Co., […]:

Jack proposed to record a Centaurian’s vocabulary with English equivalents, and the dictawriter, hearing the queer hoots the strange creature uttered, would pick out a card which would then cause a speaker to enunciate its English synonym.

1935 March, Murray Leinster, “Proxima Centauri”, in Astounding Stories, volume XV, number 1, Street & Smith, page 25:

Suppose that in a few years we are visited by a race of benevolent and rational beings from Alpha Centauri that have free will and an advanced culture. […] Suppose further that after they figure out our languages we realize the Centaurians are moral beings who act on reflectively endorsed and rationally appraised principle. We can now ask, “What is of moral value for the Centaurians?”

2010, Adam D. Moore, Privacy Rights: Moral and Legal Foundations, The Pennsylvania State University Press, →ISBN, page 38:

(science fiction) An inhabitant of the constellation Centaurus.


Prithvi

English transliteration of Sanskrit पृथ्वी (Pṛthvī) ("the vast one") , an epithet for Earth


Dumbya

Blend of Dubya (“nickname for George W. Bush”) + dumb.

blend

Maybe Dumbya vs. Pinocchio would be a good matchup for late-night comedy, but with U.S. sailors being blown to bits in Yemen, the Mideast in flames, and a stock market as un- reliable as a daily tracking poll, a new sense of seriousness, if not outright gloom, has descended on the White House sweepstakes. The public seems even more exhausted than the candidates.

2000 October 23, Roger Simon, Kenneth T. Walsh, “Suddenly, it's serious: A turbulent wold intrudes on America's long, national daydream”, in U.S. News & World Report, volume 129, number 16, →ISSN, page 36:

A lifetime spent as a Rockefeller toady cultivating both open and covert contacts with intelligence agencies, organized crime figures, third world dictators, oil cartels, drug lords and the New World Order made our new President Dumbya possible.

2001 Winter, Robert Lederman, “GW Bush and the Bi-Partisanism Hustle”, in It's About Time…, volume 5, number 1, page 6:

Because who doesn’t want to own an oil-less, el busto oil company? Do you know anything at all about tax dodges? (As president, Dumbya would appoint Reynolds ambassador to Switzerland after he and DeWitt contributed nearly $1 million to the Bush 2000 campaign.)

2007, Jack Huberman, The GOP-Hater's Handbook: 378 Reasons Never to Vote for the Party of Reagan, Nixon and Bush Again, New York, NY: Nation Books, →ISBN, page 59:

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


Ginni

A female given name, variant of Ginny or Ginnie


Hawrami

A Northwestern Iranian language spoken by some Kurds.


Gamaliel

/ɡæməˈliːəl/

From Late Latin Gamaliēl from Koine Greek Γαμαλιήλ (Gamaliḗl) from Aramaic גַמַלִיאיֵל (Ḡamalīʾēl) from Biblical Hebrew גַּמְלִיאֵל (Gamlīʾēl). Compare Classical Syriac ܓ݂ܰܡܰܠܺܝܐܝܶܠ (Ḡamalīʾēl).

bor

Aramaic גַמַלִיאיֵל (Ḡamalīʾēl)

cog

ܓ݂ܰܡܰܠܺܝܐܝܶܠ

A male given name from Hebrew (“God is my reward”).


Bloomie

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was getting an earful. “He created this crisis so that he can take credit for fixing it and get our votes in exchange,” one commenter wrote on a Brooklyn blog, Vos Iz Neias, Yiddish for “What is News.” Someone else remarked, “I got to my store I got 2 tickets from the Sanitation police. I sure deserved it Bloomie. I will NOT vote for you.”

2009 November 15, Fernanda Santos, “Fewer Hasidim Backed Mayor, Study Finds”, in The New York Times:

Bloomie recently wrote that unlike Trump he did not inherit a fortune. That he did not. But nor, really, did The Donald. […] Transforming a Wild West town into a peaceful Swiss village takes a long time — eight years to be exact — and Bloomie was smart and opportunistic enough to keep Rudy’s people and structure in place.

2020 March 2, Taki Theodoracopulos, “What makes Bloomie run?”, in The Spectator (US edition):

(informal) A nickname for Michael Bloomberg (born 1942), American businessman, politician, CEO of Bloomberg L.P., and mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013.


Shelagh

Uncommon spelling variant of Sheila, anglicization of Irish Síle.


Bonggo

An Austronesian language spoken in Bonggo District, Sarmi Regency on the north coast of Papua province, Indonesia.


Shauraseni Prakrit

From Hindi शौरसेनी (śaursenī) + प्राकृत (prākŕt).

An extinct Prakrit language of northern India, most notably used in mediaeval drama.


Luren

An extinct Sino-Tibetan language of Guizhou, China.


Adventus Saxonum

Borrowed from Latin adventus Saxōnum (“arrival of the Saxons”).

bor+

If the ‘Adventus Saxonum’ is placed within ten years of the middle of the fifth century, it can hardly be far wrong; […]

1936, R. G. Collingwood, J. N. L. Myres, Roman Britain and the English Settlements, →ISBN, page 356:

Anglo-Saxon demography and the adventus Saxonum begin with the fifth century.

1996, Michael E. Jones, The End of Roman Britain, →ISBN, page 36:

The non-survival of Celtic place-names from the period before the Adventus Saxonum presents a perennial problem for students of Anglo-Saxon England.

2004, Carole Hough, “The (Non?)-Survival of Romano-British Toponymy”, in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, volume 105, number 1, →JSTOR, page 25:

The history of the Adventus Saxonum is a fascinating one. The stories that were told in the Middle Ages about ‘the Arrival of the Saxons’ on the island of Britain, and the influence of those stories on later audiences, reveal a lot about notions of collective identity.

2022 October 5, Joanna Story, “Revisiting the Adventus Saxonum, again: exploring the implications of new evidence”, in The Past:

(historical) The arrival en masse of Germanic settlers or invaders in Britain in the 5th–6th centuries CE.


Sadat

en-proper-noun

Sadat (countable and uncountable, plural Sadats)

Ultimately from Arabic سَادَات (sādāt), plural of سَيِّد (sayyid, “master; Sayyid”).


Chilperic

Borrowed from French Chilpéric, from Medieval Latin Chilpericus, from Frankish *Helparīk (and partly through a Burgundian equivalent), from Proto-Germanic *Helparīks, from *helpaną (“help”) + *rīks (“king”).

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by various Frankish and Burgundian kings.


Exsultet

Borrowed from Latin exsultet (“let it [i.e., the angelic host] rejoice”), the first word of the prayer in the Roman Rite.

bor+

The Exsultet is the preeminent chant of cantor repertoire, both because of its difficulty and because of its importance in the liturgical year. Yet very few cantors have ever sung the Exsultet, or have seen printed music for it.

1997, Diana Kodner, Handbook for Cantors, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 77:

(Western Christianity) A long prayer traditionally pronounced or sung at the Easter Vigil, beginning “Rejoice!” or “Exult!” in English.


Chramn

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Chramnus, from Frankish *Hramn, Proto-West Germanic *hrabn, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz (“raven”). Doublet of raven.

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Chramn, a Merovingian prince.


Harkle

(colloquial) The union of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.


Childebert

Borrowed from French Childebert, from Medieval Latin Childebertus, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Hildiberhtaz, from *hildiz (“battle, fight”) + *berhtaz (“bright, shining”).

af

A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Hilbert, notably borne by various Frankish kings.


Chlothar

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Chlothārius, from Frankish *Hlodhari, ultimately from
From Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz (“loud, famous”) + *harjaz (“commander, warrior”). Cognate with Old English Hloþhere, German Lothar.

af

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by various Frankish kings.


University of Spoiled Children

en-noun

University of Spoiled Children (plural not attested)

(colloquial, derogatory) The University of Southern California.


Vortigern

Borrowed from Late Latin Vortigernus, from Proto-Brythonic *Gworθɨɣern, from Proto-Celtic *Uɸortigernos, from *uɸor- (“over”) + *tigernos (“lord, ruler”).

Among the nobles of Britain was a prince called Vortigern.

1905, Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, Our Island Story, page 33:

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Vortigern, a legendary 5th-century British ruler.


Throwend

Calque of Old Norse Þróndr, based on Throwends, from Old English Þrōwendas.

4. There was a man called Throwend Slim-leg. He went out to Iceland with Gar-mund Hell-skin. His race came out of Agd.
Throwend took in settlement the islands to the west of Bearney-floe, and dwelt at Flat-ey.

1905, Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Origines Islandicae, page 89:

A male given name, equivalent to Old Norse Þróndr


Maglocune

Borrowed from Late Latin Maglocunus, from Proto-Brythonic *Maɣlogun, an archaic form of *Maɨlgun, from Proto-Celtic *Maglokunos (literally “noble hound”). Equivalent to modern Welsh Maelgwn.

der

The last, but greatest of all in power, was Maglocune, and greatest also in wickedness; he had driv’n out or slain many other Kings, or Tyrants; and was called the Island Dragon, perhaps having his seat in Anglesey; a profuse giver, a great Warrior, and of a goodly stature.

1670, John Milton, “The Third Book”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC, page 132:

If, as Skene suggested, Maglocune and Cuneglas are referred to in Poem XVII of the Red Book of Hergest as ‘The Dragon from Gwynedd’ and ‘The Bear from the South,’ the continuance of the epithets so late and the substitution of them for the names of the kings would strengthen the conclusion.

1911, Rupert Taylor, The Political Prophecy in England, page 45:

About the year 547 there was an outbreak in Wales of the yellow plague, which carried off among others Maglocune, the king of North Wales specially reviled in the cursings of Gildas.

1914, J. J. Alexander, “The Saxon Conquest of Devon”, in History, volume 3, number 3, page 161:

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Maelgwn Gwynedd.


Quezonian

(Philippines) A native or inhabitant from Quezon province.


Palladius

Borrowed from Latin Palladius, from Ancient Greek Παλλάδιος (Palládios), from Παλλάς (Pallás) + -ιος (-ios), i.e. “belonging to Pallas”.

A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek]


Quezonin

He encouraged interested and concerned Quezonins to coordinate with the DENR Ofﬁces nearest to them:...

2015, 8,588 hectares forest plantation to be established in Quezon in 2015, Pinoy Parazzi, pages 8

(Philippines) An inhabitant from Quezon province.


Tayabasin

From Tagalog Tayabasin, from Tayabas + -in.

(Philippines) A native or inhabitant of Tayabas, Quezon.

(Philippines, dated) A native or inhabitant of Quezon.


Tayabasin

(Philippines, dated) Of, or pertaining to Quezon.

(Philippines) Tagalog dialect spoken in Quezon.


Tayabeño

From Tagalog Tayabeño, from Spanish tayabeño, from Tayabas + -eño.

(archaic) A native or inhabitant of Tayabas, Quezon.


Negroland

sub-Saharan Africa
sub-Saharan Africa#English

(possibly offensive) Synonym of sub-Saharan Africa generally, all the lands of Black Africa.


Tayabense

From Tagalog Tayabense, from Spanish tayabense, from Tayabas + -ense.

(Philippines, archaic) A native or inhabitant of Quezon.


Tayabense

(Philippines) Of, or pertaining to Tayabas, Quezon.

(Philippines, archaic) Of, or pertaining to Quezon.


Theudebert

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Theudebertus, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Þeudōberhtaz, from *þeudō (“people”) + *berhtaz (“bright, shining”). Equivalent to French Thibault and German Dietbert.


Theudebald

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Theudebaldus, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Þeudōbalþaz, from *þeudō (“people”) + *balþaz (“bright, shining”). Doublet of Theobald.

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by the Frankish king Theudebald.


Salve Regina

Borrowed from Latin salvē rēgīna (“hail, queen”), the opening of the prayer in that language.

The fifth remark is, that any person who cannot read or hear the Novena read, can make it by saying every day five Salve Reginas and five Ave Marias, saying first an act of contrition, and observing as far as possible the directions here given.

1852, A Novena in Honour of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel […], page 7:

(Roman Catholicism) A hymn to the Virgin Mary, one of the Marian antiphons, also prayed as part of the rosary.


Warshington

Do you live in Washington or WaRshington? If it's the latter, you almost certainly drink waRter.

2016 March 14, Frances Stead Sellers, “How do you speak D.C.? 'Accent tags' help to define the District's dialect”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2017-01-26:

I grew up saying 'Warshington' until I was in about eighth grade and made fun of. Personally, I believe it was more of a regional dialect and NOT because I was poorly educated. Similar to how some people say crick instead of creek.

2019 February 25, Paul Turner, quoting Patty West, “Paul Turner: Hello, modern-day Spokane children. I scoff at your puny snow forts.”, in The Spokesman-Review, archived from the original on 2019-07-07:

This movie features a lot of old guys talking in a "Warshington" accent.

2020 September 9, John Kelly, “Danny Gatton and other DC guitar greats are celebrated in a new film”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2020-11-29:

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

Pronunciation spelling of Washington (“Washington, D.C.”).


Yuna

A female given name
A female given name from Korean

A female given name
A female given name from Japanese


Meto

Borrowed from Latin Meto, ultimately from Ancient Greek Μέτων (Métōn).


Makenzi

A female given name transferred from the surname, variant of MacKenzie.


Meghna

A transliteration of Bengali মেঘনা (meghona), from মেঘ (megh, “cloud”), from Sanskrit मेघ (megha).


Michiganite

Synonym of Michiganer (“person from Michigan”)


Mangue

An extinct Oto-Manguean language of Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica.


Manza

Central African Republic
Central African Republic

A Ubangian language spoken by the Mandja people of the Central African Republic.


Pushpesh

Transliteration of Hindi पुष्पेश (puṣpeś), from पुष्प (puṣp, “flower”) + ईश (īś, “king, lord”).

translit

A male given name from Sanskrit, of Hindu usage


Sandie

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.


Binodini

A female given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage.


Kittipong

กิตติพงศ์ กิตติพงศ์#Thai

A transliteration of the Thai male given name กิตติพงศ์.


Nargis

From Classical Persian نَرْگِس (nargis, “narcissus”).

der

A female given name from Persian, meaning “daffodil”


Neo-Mandaic

The modern reflex of the Mandaic language.


Vineet

Borrowed from Hindi विनीत (vinīt), from Sanskrit विनीत (vinīta).


Vasant

From Sanskrit वसन्त (vasanta, “spring”). Doublet of Vesna, of Slavic origin.

A male given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage, feminine equivalent Vasanti


Beats

A diminutive of the female given names Beatrice or Beatrix.


Barawana

A nearly extinct Arawakan language of Venezuela and Brazil, spoken by the Baré people.


Londynn

Modern variant of London, influenced by Lynn.


Helon

A unisex given name
A male given name
A male given name from Hebrew

A female given name from Greek, variant of Helen


Xiden

Blend of Xi + Biden, in reference to Xi Jinping (born 1953), the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.

I keep waiting for ONE of my left-leaning facebook buddies to say what a good job Xiden is doing.

2021 July 29, Jason Burke, “Re: Two Puddles Of Blood In Dealey Plaza?”, in alt.conspiracy.jfk (Usenet):

Not content with being #3 on the Chinese Wuhan Virus state list, the wreckless hypocrite woke folks of Massachusetts are holding posh dinner parties and spreading the virus like crazy, classic democrats like those governors and Xiden that were caught secretly not wearing masks.

2021 August 9, iceber...@gmail.com, “OT Cases in Massachusetts going through the roof again!”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet):

Trump was famously on the verge of banning it when Xiden rode in and gave a reprieve.

2022 October 4, JeSSe, “Chink spyware app has Hook$ into Bolshevik power structure”, in uk.current-events.terrorism (Usenet):

(US politics, derogatory) Joe Biden (born 1942), the 46th president of the United States, viewed as a pawn or tool of China.


Tyrese

Uncertain, possibly a Blend of Tyrone + Reese or Maurice

A male given name originating as a coinage, of latter 20th-century African-American usage


Lenina

The taxicopter landed on the roof of Lenina's apartment house. 'At last,' she thought exultantly as she stepped out of the cab.

1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, London: Chatto & Windus:


Madridian

Of or pertaining to Madrid, Spain, or to its inhabitants.


asterite

(science fiction) An inhabitant of an asteroid.


Aldebaranian

(science fiction, rare) The language spoken by Aldebaranians.


Bregret

en-noun

Bregret (countable and uncountable, plural Bregrets)

The anxiety – dubbed “Bregret” – emerged as the value of the pound tumbled and markets crashed, while [some felt] betrayed by Nigel Farage’s admission that a Vote Leave poster pledging to spend millions of pounds supposedly given to the EU on the NHS was a “mistake”.

2016 June 25, Lizzie Dearden, “Anger over 'Bregret' as Leave voters say they thought UK would stay in EU”, in The Independent:

Yet polling shows no ‘Bregret’ – a YouGov survey earlier this week showed 52% of voters think leaving was right and 48% wrong, mirroring the referendum result.

2016 August 10, Matthew Holehouse, “Is the ignorant Leave voter just a comforting myth?”, in The Telegraph:

Brexit may be in the history books, but “Bregret,” as the British newspapers have called it, is back in the air.

2022 November 22, Mark Landler, “Buffeted by Economic Woes, U.K. Starts to Look at Brexit With ‘Bregret’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A creeping sense of Bregret is taking hold in Britain. A majority of Brits now say that the vote for Britain leaving the EU was a mistake.

2022 December 23, Matthew Goodwin, “Brexit regrets? Britain has a few”, in The Spectator:

Three years on from Brexit, all UK voters are left with is a bitter taste of Bregret [title]

2023 January 31, Polly Toynbee, “Three years on from Brexit, all UK voters are left with is a bitter taste of Bregret”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(neologism) Regret about Brexit (or voting in favour of Brexit).


eetee

A pronunciation spelling of ET (“extraterrestrial”).

(science fiction) An extraterrestrial being; an alien.


Earthsider

(science fiction) An inhabitant of Earth.


Martianess

Coordinate term: Martian

(science fiction, rare) A female Martian.


Earthfolk

(science fiction) People from planet Earth.


Sahalie

From Chinook Jargon ságh-il-lie (“sky, heaven”)?


Earthside

(science fiction) The planet Earth or (synecdochically) a group or organization based on Earth.


Vanity

But alumni and choir volunteer Vanity Brown says when they returned, Ms. Stevenson was told she wouldn't be allowed in the classroom for at least 120 days.

2014 January 31, “Iris Stevenson, Beloved Crenshaw High Teacher, Banned From The Classroom”, in PACE News, page 1:

Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Vanity Johnson polishes safety light covers aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).

2018 August 16, “(advertisement)”, in The Flagship, page A4:

Vanity is one of the hardest working and most reliable caregivers we have ever had.

2020 July 7, “June 2020 Caregiver of The Month”, in BOOM!, page 32:


Pervez

From Urdu پرویز (prvez), from Persian پرویز.


Abhi

A diminutive of the female given name Abhilasha

A diminutive of the male given name Abhinav

A diminutive of the male given name Abhishek


Benazir

Transliteration of Urdu بینَظِیر (benazīr), from Classical Persian بینظیر (bē-nazīr).

transliteration

بینَظِیر بینظیر#Urdu

A transliteration of the Urdu female given name بینَظِیر (benazīr).


Georgy

He […] was disposed to spoil little Georgy, sadly gorging the boy with apples and parliament, to the detriment of his health […]

1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

A diminutive of the male given name George.


Soninke

A West African ethnic group found in Mali, Fouta Djallon, southern Mauritania, eastern Senegal, Guinea and the Gambia.


Geeta

A female given name from South Asian, variant of Gita


Cop City

Coined by critics of the project in 2021.

(informal, neologism) A neighborhood of Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia, United States A proposed development for a forested area and former prison farm which would turn it into a model neighborhood mockup for police training and police training academy


Silence

(rare) A female given name from English.


Leandrew

A male given name of African-American usage


Vyron

From Greek Βύρων (Výron), from English Byron.


Chaddy

A diminutive of the male given name Chad.


Elizavet

Borrowed from Russian Елизавет (Jelizavet).

bor+

Елизавет Елизавет#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian female given name Елизавет (Jelizavet).


Elizaveta

Borrowed from Russian Елизаветa (Jelizaveta).

Елизаветa Елизаветa#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian female given name Елизаветa (Jelizaveta).


Tobian

A Micronesian language of Palau, closely related to Sonsorolese, mainly spoken in Tobi, the main island of the state of Hatohobei.


Fabia

(rare) A female given name from Latin, masculine equivalent Fabius.


Mohyeddin

Borrowed from Iranian Persian محیالدین (mohye-ddin), from Classical Persian مُحْیِیالدِّین (muhyī-ddīn), from Arabic مُحْيِي الدِّين (muḥyī d-dīn, literally “reviver of religion”).

der

مُحْیِیالدِّین

مُحْيِي الدِّين


Barbs

Clipping of Barbara + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

“Hey, Barbs—you can’t let stuff like this divert your energy, you know? It's Will’s karma. He has to work it through.”

1998 March, S. M. Stirling, Island in the Sea of Time (Nantucket series; 1), New York, N.Y.: New American Library, →ISBN, page 291:

A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.


Sekar

A minor Austronesian language of the north coast of the Bomberai Peninsula.


Thomasin

A female given name from Aramaic, a feminine form of Thomas.


Shel

A diminutive of the male given name Sheldon.


Origen

Borrowed from Late Latin Ōrigenēs, from Koine Greek Ὠριγένης (Ōrigénēs), probably ultimately from Ὧρος (Hôros, “Horus”) + -γενής (-genḗs, “born of”).

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Origen of Alexandria, an early Church Father


Buck House

At last, good old Uncle Clive has finally received the recognition he deserves. Today's the day he has to toddle off to Buck House to collect his gong as a Dame Commander of the British Empire […]

1985, "A Day in the Life" (video game review) in Your Spectrum (issue 15, page 56)

I liked the old lady in spite of her boasting about going to Buck House.

2003, Beryl Fletcher, The House at Karamu, page 273:


Sophonisba

From Latin Sophonisba, itself from Ancient Greek Σοφονῑ́βη (Sophonī́bē), eventually from Punic 𐤑𐤐𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ṣpnbʿl).


Mobian

From Mobius, the fictional planet such characters would inhabit in some incarnations of their universe.

Now, their accents do in fact fit them well, and do represent (as someone said formerly) the fact that they're a group of Mobians from different cultural worlds..

1998 August 25, RazJMastrs, alt.fan.sonic-hedgehog (Usenet):

"Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble" (1995) has manifestations in both a comic book trilogy and as a video game. We'll simply make note of the saga's floating islands. “Panic in the Sky” starts off with a group of happy Mobians playing volleyball until interrupted by a shadow.

2015, Richard J. Heggen, Floating Islands: an Activity Book, published 2021, page 172:

Both [the Pokemon and Sonic franchises] are home to a wide variety of creatures capable of feats of great strength and speed and elemental manipulation. The only difference is that those from the Sonic universe, also known as Mobians, can speak.

2023 February 4, Dexter Adams, “9 Pokemon That Look Like Sonic Characters”, in TheGamer:

(fandom slang) An anthropomorphic character from, or in the style of, characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog universe.


Maonan

A Kam-Sui language spoken in southern China.


Swampy Cree

A variety of the Cree language spoken by these people.


Hazza

“Hazza—time to go.” / Harry blinked, the spell broken. “You haven’t called me Hazza in years.” / “Because you’re a little old for nicknames.”

2015, Barbara Claypole White, The Perfect Son, Seattle, WA: Lake Union Publishing, →ISBN, page 19:

A diminutive of the male given name Harry.


Dendi

A Songhay language spoken by these people.


worlder

From world + -er (“supporter”) or + -er (demonym suffix).

One who supports a certain idea of the world.


Mator

A Uralic Samoyedic language, extinct since the 1840s, formerly spoken in the northern region of the Sayan Mountains in Siberia, close to the Mongolian north border.


Bernese German

The form of Swiss German spoken in and near Bern, the capital of Switzerland.