い-adjective

/iː ˈæd͡ʒɪktɪv/

From Japanese い (-i) + adjective, so named because all such adjectives end in い (-i) in their imperfective positive form.

Coordinate term: な-adjective

(Japanese grammar) An inflecting Japanese adjective.


Phazanian

(historical) Of or pertaining to Phazania.


Ashling

From Aisling, to match English spelling.


Soterios

Borrowed from Greek Σωτήριος (Sotírios).

Soterios Johnson


occupational surname

en-noun

occupational surname (plural occupational surnames)

(linguistics, onomastics) a name, especially a surname such as Smith or Taylor, that is derived from an occupation - presumably the occupation of a distant ancestor


Malavedan

A Dravidian language spoken in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.


Xitter

Blend of X + Twitter, following the rebranding of Twitter to X, influenced by the pronunciation of shitter.


Lowies

(rare) A male given name from the surname.


Lashondra

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


Spokanite

A person from the city of Spokane in Washington, United States.


Swedish Nightingale

Nickname of Jenny Lind (1820–1887), renowned Swedish opera singer.


The County

A nickname for w:Aroostook County in w:Maine.


Akolet

an Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea


Abureni

a Central Delta language spoken in Nigeria


Fiwaga

a Papuan language spoken in Papua New Guinea


Tifal

an Ok language spoken in Papua New Guinea


Foi

a Trans-New Guinean language spoken in Papua New Guinea


Memfrica

Blend of Memphis + Africa, alluding to the substantial number of African Americans who reside there.

The only good thing I've heard lately is that my nephew's friends all call Memphis (my home town) "Memfrica," which makes me suspect that maybe not all young Whites are blind and dumb.

2002, Resistance - Issues 17-21, page 62:

Over the next several weeks I placed numerous calls and sent countless e-mails to every news outlet in the fine nation of Memfrica.

2010, Kevin L. Hogan, Politically Correct My Ass...:

Still, man, they take our jobs and don't pay taxes and bring drugs. It's bad enough the blacks have turned this place into 'Memfrica' and now we gotta worry about them too?”

2015, Joshua Savage, Melting Pot, page 84:

(ethnic slur, derogatory, slang, offensive) Synonym of Memphis (“city in Tennessee”)


Suckramento

She would call the alcohol retro squad, hitch to Tiffany's in Suckramento, split to San Francisco.

1994, William Luvaas, Going Under, Putnam's, →ISBN, page 299:

There was a short period during the 1990s when our great city deserved the moniker "Suckramento" — the only town where White Zombie could fill ARCO Arena, and you could still find tickets available to Paul McCartney on the day of the show.

2005 June 9, Eddie Jorgensen, “No more Suckramento”, in Sacramento News & Review:

Well, it applies to Suckramento and SmellA, too.

2023 June 20, Julia Heaberlin, Night Will Find You: A Novel, Flatiron Books, →ISBN, page 122:


Satanyahu

(derogatory, politics) Nickname for Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli politician.


what the crap

There's a duck in my car. What the crap?

Timothy woke up. "What the crap," he said. "Can't you let a guy get some sleep?"

2011, Robert Silverberg, The Book Of Skulls, Orion Publishing Group:

DeeAnn Reisenberg, 41, and her sister were at the mall early Friday, but the lack of crowds stood out to them. "I am thinking, 'What the crap am I doing out here at 4 a.m.?'"

2013 November 29, Jere Downs, The Courier-Journal, page A8:

And tell them if they want me to tell them privately what the crap I think of them, I’ll do that.

2016 January 30, Andrew Carter, The News & Observer, page 4B:

(mildly vulgar, slang) An intensive form of what.


Old Kannada

The language spoken in Karnataka, evolved into Kannada in 500 CE.


Brunny

These are the people who you end up calling to help you move your stuff at the last minute, road trip with, or who look after you when you've been kicked out of the Brunny for vomiting on the bar.

2010 September 27, Caro Kronlachner, “Why I Row”, in The Varsity, volume CXXXI, number 4, Toronto, Ont.: Varsity Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17:

While we may have graduated to cocktail parties and sophisticated soirées since those hazy varsity days, those of us who went to school in the city were not above a visit to the Brunny – or at least a fervent opinion of the place.

2015 November 27, Cliff Lee, “Three talking points before saying goodbye to Toronto’s Brunswick House”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-12-09:

Previous to this corporate facelift, "The Brunny" was many things in its 141-year history: a watering hole for the working class, the "poor man's Granite Club," host to unconventional events and weddings, a venue for jazz and blues acts, the site of a so-called "lesbian riot" and where University of Toronto students went on Frosh Week.

2017 February 17, Laura Beeston, “The Brunny gets corporate facelift, but Rexall vows to maintain building's charm”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, Ont.: Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-12-09:

(Toronto slang, historical) The Brunswick House, a well-known pub in Toronto which existed from 1876–2016.


Turkish Star Wars

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

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


Odie

Separate origins as diminutives of British name Odell and Germanic name Odin; later used as nickname for additional given names.

A diminutive of the male given names Odell, Odin, Ogilvie, Otis, Odysseus, Odicea, Odoardo, or Odunayo, also used as a formal given name.

A diminutive of the female given names Odell, Odele, or Odette, also used as a formal given name.


Genocide Joe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


CensorStation

(slang, video games, derogatory) The PlayStation video game console, regarded as having excessively censored content in its games.


Dextra

Dextra Quotskuyva, b. 1928


Zuinglius

Borrowed from New Latin Zuinglius, itself from Alemannic German Zwingli.

Zuinglius Calvin Graves, b. 1816

A male given name from Latin [in turn from Alemannic German]


CRG

Nonetheless, before Christmas he still had to rely on Labour votes to pass new coronavirus restrictions amid a 101-MP rebellion instigated by the Covid Recovery Group (CRG), which is sceptical about new pandemic rules.

2022 January 8, Peter Walker, “ERG out, CRG in: the Tory factions Boris Johnson is struggling to appease”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

COVID Recovery Group
w:COVID Recovery Group

(UK politics) Initialism of COVID Recovery Group.


Serian

(linguistics, rare) A proposed language family including Seri, more often considered an isolate or a member of the Hokan family.


ordinary language

ordinary language (countable and uncountable, plural ordinary languages)

natural language
natural language#English


Landslide Lyndon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(US politics, historical) Lyndon B. Johnson.

1948 United States Senate election in Texas


Xong

The northernmost Hmongic language, spoken in south-central China.


Contemporary Latin

The Latin language as used from the late 19th century to the present.

llatín contemporaneu

the Latin language as spoken and written from the 19th century to the present


Flying Banana

From flying (“capable of speed”) + banana (in reference to its yellow colour).

com

(UK, rail transport, humorous) The New Measurement Train; the high-speed track testing train used on the British railway network.


Doctor Yellow

Calque from Japanese ドクターイエロー (Dokutā Ierō), itself a pseudo-anglicism from English doctor + yellow, in reference to its diagnostic function and bright yellow appearance.

ja-r

ドクターイエロー (Dokutā Ierō)

(rail transport, humorous) The high-speed track testing train used on the Tokaido Shinkansen and San'yō Shinkansen.


Fishtar

Blend of fish + Ishtar, in reference to Ishtar (1987), another film that failed to recoup its lavish budget.

(slang, humorous, derogatory) The 1995 film Waterworld, known for its runaway production costs.


Kevin's Gate

Blend of Kevin and Heaven's Gate, in reference to actor Kevin Costner and Heaven's Gate (1980), another film that failed to recoup its lavish budget.


Gerrie

A unisex given name from Afrikaans or Dutch.


Bramladesh

Yet half a century later, it is part of Brampton and known in some quarters as "Bramladesh" because it epitomizes the transformation taking place.

2013 June 15, Dakshana Bascaramurty, “How Brampton demonstrates the new vision of Canada”, in The Globe and Mail:

Brampton – a.k.a. “Browntown,” “Bramladesh” or “Singhdale” – is just like the nicknames imply: mostly brown.

2016 June 3, Noreen Ahmed-Ullah, “How Brampton, a town in suburban Ontario, was dubbed a ghetto”, in The Globe and Mail:

It is now 73% visible minority, with its largest ethnic group Indian, particularly Sikhs from Punjab, earning the city the nicknames “Bramladesh” and “Browntown”.

2018 September 4, Sadiya Ansari, “‘Everybody fits in’: inside the Canadian cities where minorities are the majority”, in The Guardian:

(Canada, colloquial, derogatory) Brampton (city in Ontario)


Bahanna

(Hopi culture) Synonym of white (“European American”)


Bahanna

(Hopi culture) Synonym of white (“European American”).


Kuvi

A Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha.


Avokaya

Democratic Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo

a Central Sudanic language spoken in southern South Sudan and parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo


Old Portuguese

Old Galician-Portuguese
Old Galician-Portuguese#English


Bomu

A Gur language of Burkina Faso and Mali.


PebbleYeet

Compound of pebble + yeet, replacing each element in StoneToss with a near-synonym.

oh wow a racist with a pebbleyeet profile pic?

2020 February 3, u/blightofcicadas, “Nothing is yours”, in Reddit, r/ForwardsFromKlandma, archived from the original on 2023-12-23:

Rightists are simple. You can tell why the person who assembled this is buttmad about being called a racist. They enjoy content from Pebbleyeet, a Nazi pretending not to be a Nazi.

2020 February 23, u/Amazon-Prime-package, “From this image it seem the left perfectly understands the right.”, in Reddit, r/TheRightCantMeme, archived from the original on 2023-12-23:

PebbleYeet is a member of an ideology popular in Germany during the 1930s to 1940s

2020 March 10, u/c0d3s1ing3r, “Stonetoss Progression Compass”, in Reddit, r/PoliticalCompassMemes, archived from the original on 2023-12-23:

How the hell does pebbleyeet consistently have the worst takes possible

2023 December 16, u/PigeonInAUFO, “i love the ones where the photographer is with the animal”, in Reddit, r/bonehurtingjuice, archived from the original on 2023-12-23:

(Internet slang, Reddit slang) StoneToss, a far-right webcomic frequently featured in online memes.

amogus

a meme originating from a StoneToss edit


Pterry

A reference to the kingdom of Djelibeybi in Pratchett's novel Pyramids, where names beginning with the letter T have a silent P in front, as in Ptraci. Coined on the Internet newsgroup alt.fan.pratchett.

(Internet slang) Nickname for Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), English author.


Tavasuh

Borrowed from Hopi tusavuhta, from a term meaning "head pounders", referring to the historical practice of killing captured enemies by beating them with a club.

(ethnic slur, Hopi culture, derogatory) Synonym of Navajo.

Anasazi

considered insulting to Hopi people because it was using a Navajo-language name for their ancestors

Moqui

dead; insult against Hopi people as it resembles the word for


Madame Mao

In reference to her being the wife of Mao Zedong.


Pamona

An Austronesian language spoken in Central and South Sulawesi, Indonesia.


Dashawn

A male given name of African-American usage.


Da'Shawn

Da'Shawn Hand, b. 1995


Latifa

A female given name from Arabic, masculine equivalent Latif


Zaynulla

A transliteration of a Russian male given name.


Sopan

Sopan Deb, b. 1988


DeSanctimonious

Blend of DeSantis + sanctimonious. Coined by Donald Trump at a rally in 2022.

coinage

Mr Trump mockingly referred to his onetime ally, who won the Sunshine State’s 2018 gubernatorial election after earning the then-president’s endorsement, as Ron DeSanctimonious while discussing his standing in the polls during a rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

[2022 November 5, Andrew Feinberg, “Trump road-tests nickname for Florida governor and potential 2024 rival Ron DeSantis”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-19:


Dmitriev

Borrowed from Russian Дмитриев (Dmitrijev).

bor+

A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Dmitrieva.


Dajasha

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


Polyclitus

Learned borrowing from Latin Polyclītus, from Ancient Greek Πολῠ́κλειτος (Polúkleitos).

bor

Πολῠ́κλειτος

A male given name from Latin Polyclītus [in turn from Ancient Greek Πολύκλειτος (Polúkleitos, “far-famed, greatly renowned”)]

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Elder, 5th century BCE Ancient Greek sculptor and artist from Argos or Sicyon

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Younger, 4th century BCE Ancient Greek architect


Alaskan English

A distinct form of American English spoken in the state of Alaska, United States.


Zisis

Zisis Verros, b. 1880

Ζήσης Ζήσης#Greek

A transliteration of the Greek male given name Ζήσης (Zísis).


Polycletus

Learned borrowing from Latin Polyclētus, from Ancient Greek Πολῠ́κλειτος (Polúkleitos).

Πολῠ́κλειτος

Alternative form of Polyclitus, a male given name from Latin Polyclētus [in turn from Ancient Greek Πολύκλειτος (Polúkleitos, “far-famed, greatly renowned”)]


Caradog

From Welsh Caradog. Doublet of Caradoc, Caratacus, Cedric, Craddock, Cradock, McCarthy, and McCarty.


African-American English

Synonym of African-American Vernacular English


Jaimy

Jaimy Gordon, b. 1944


Aethelred

/ˈæθ.əlˌɹɛd/

Learned borrowing from Old English Æþelræd, Æðelred, from æþele (“noble”) + rǣd (“counsel, advice”).

af

A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Ethelred or Æthelred

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Aethelred I, King of Wessex between 865 and his death in 871

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Aethelred II “the Unready”, King of the English between 978 and his death in 1016


Ethelred

/ˈɛθ.əlˌɹɛd/

Learned borrowing from Old English Æþelrǣd, Æþelred, Æðelred, from æþele (“noble”) + rǣd (“counsel, advice”).

lbor

A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Aethelred or Æthelred

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Ethelred I, King of Wessex between 865 and his death in 871

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Ethelred II “the Unready”, King of the English between 978 and his death in 1016


Athelred

/ˈæθ.əlˌɹɛd/

a male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Æthelred, Aethelred, or Ethelred


Moji

A Loloish language spoken by the Phula people of China.


Bird and Baby

(colloquial) Nickname for The Eagle and Child, a public house in St Giles', Oxford, England, having associations with the Inklings literary group.


Belvo

(slang) Belvedere College, a secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland.


Bangladeshi English

An English accent heavily influenced by the Bengali language and its dialects in Bangladesh and surrounding Indian areas that speak Bengali.


Bahamian English

A group of varieties of English spoken in the Bahamas and by members of the Bahamian diaspora.


Sri Lankan English

The English language as it is used in Sri Lanka.


Gibraltarian English

British overseas territory
British overseas territory

The accent of English spoken in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.


Channel Island English

The dialects of English found in the Channel Islands, including the English of Alderney, Guernsey, and Jersey.


Cameroonian English

The English dialect spoken predominantly in Cameroon, mostly learned as a second language.


Belizean English

The set of varieties of the English language spoken in Belize and by members of the Belizean diaspora.


Jamaican English

The variety of English native to Jamaica.


Bajan English

Barbadian English
Barbadian English#English


Manx English

The historic dialect of English spoken on the Isle of Man.


Falkland Islands English

The form of English used in the Falkland Islands.


Barbadian English

A dialect of the English language as used by Barbadians and by the Barbadian diaspora.


European English

A dialect of English based on the technical jargon of the European Union and the native languages of its non-native English speaking population.


Ceylonese English

Sri Lankan English
Sri Lankan English#English


Zöe

A female given name from Ancient Greek, of common usage, variant of Zoë.


Posidonius

Borrowed from Latin Posīdōnius, from Ancient Greek Ποσειδώνιος (Poseidṓnios).

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Posidonius, an Ancient Greek polymath of the Hellenistic period, best known for his studies of philosophy.


Chrysippus

Borrowed from Latin Chrysippus, from Ancient Greek Χρύσιππος (Khrúsippos).

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Chrysippus, an Ancient Greek Stoic philosopher of the Hellenistic period.


Abijam

From Hebrew אֲבִיָּם, the name of the son of Rehoboam as reported by 1 Kings (rather than 1 Chronicles.)

bor

Hebrew אֲבִיָּם

A male or female given name from Hebrew.


Upper Tanana

An endangered Athabaskan language spoken in eastern Interior Alaska, United States.


Payaguá

An extinct language of Paraguay, Argentina, and Bolivia, spoken by the Payaguá people.


Agatharchus

From Ancient Greek Ἀγάθαρχος (Agátharkhos).


Gorap

The film is also being remade in Gorap.

A Northern Halmahera language spoken mainly by the Bobaneigo people in North Halmahera.


Makassar Indonesian

The film is also being remade in Makassar Indonesian.

An Indonesian language spoken mainly by the community in Makassar.


Peranakan Indonesian

the film is also being remade in Peranakan Indonesian

An Indonesian language spoken by the Peranakan in Java, and elsewhere.


erizational

en-adj

erizational (comparative more erizational, superlative most erizational)

more erizational (comparative)
most erizational (superlative)

(Chinese phonetics) Relating to erization (the process of undergoing erhua).


Hell's Forty Acres

(US, slang, obsolete) The San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in southeastern Arizona, United States.


Nivaclé

A Matacoan language spoken by these people.


Pentagram

From the shape of the star, symbolizing Satanism.

(Internet slang, derogatory) Synonym of the Pentagon.


Bungtown

(informal) Nickname for Burlingham, Ohio, United States.


Meagain

“Please give us MORE MORE MORE of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Sick to absolute death of fake narcissistic MeAgain Markle,” a commenter wrote on a photo of Prince William and Kate on the royal family’s Instagram account.

2018 November 26, Patricia Treble, “Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton’s fans are fighting a fierce new royal feud”, in Maclean’s, archived from the original on 2018-11-27:

Commenter Rhirhi, remarking on the Duchess's appearance at the British Fashion Awards, writes ‘if Meagain cradles her bump once more I’m going to puke. Kate didn’t do any of this kind of attention grabbing because she isn’t a narcissist like Sparkles’ (2513 upvotes, 68 down).

2022, Kendra Marston, “Hating Meghan Markle: Drawing the boundaries of British whiteness against postfeminist femininity”, in Shona Hunter, Christi van der Westhuizen, editors, Routledge Handbook of Critical Studies in Whiteness (Routledge International Handbooks), Abingdon, Oxon, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, part II (Conspiracies: Ideologies reinforcing whiteness):

The Jubilee... will they won’t they.....will Meagain and the very private ginger one be able to stop filming their behind the scenes epic for Netflix and pop across to put in an appearance on the balcony (in disguise to prevent any invasion of privacy).

2022 June/July, W. Anchor, “Grumpy Corner”, in Triangle Norwich, Beccles, Suffolk: Anglia Print Ltd, →ISSN, page 10:

She had a ready-made excuse to stay at home with the children, since the event coincides with Archie’s fourth birthday, but there was no way Meagain was ever going to risk being booed at the coronation, or having lines from that humiliating South Park parody shouted from the crowd.

2023 April 14, Brenda Power, “Meghan spares Kate a right royal drama”, in Daily Mail, London, →ISSN, page 14:

(derogatory) Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (born 1981), American member of the British royal family and former actress, viewed as self-absorbed and narcissistic.


Chontaquiro

An Arawakan language of the Pre-Andine group, spoken on the Iaco River, Caeté River, and Chandless River, territory of Acre, Brazil.


Google machine

Want more info? Type in "paleo diet," "primal eating," or "paleo 2.0" into the Google machine, and you'll have lots more to choose from, everything from busy moms cooking paleo for their family, to recipes, to the ever-popular "Paleo Hacks" where folks ask questions and the paleo community responds.

2011, Julie Mayfield, Charles Mayfield, Paleo Comfort Foods: Homestyle Cooking for a Gluten-Free Kitchen, Las Vegas, N.V.: Victory Belt Publishing Inc., →ISBN, page 26, column 2:

We have noted before that the first impulse of people upon hearing that a person is running for president is to head to the Google machine and ask it stupid questions.

2015 April 21, Philip Bump, “Marco Rubio answers most of the top Google questions about him. We answer the rest.”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-24:

Using the example of Spartacus again, do you think his prospects are ever going to be hitting the Google machine and looking for "best CPAs for manufacturing companies?" No! They're heavily engaged with his content and specific offerings in a way that negates the need for them to conduct a search.

2017, Kasim Aslam, The 7 Critical Principles of Effective Digital Marketing, Scottsdale, A.Z.: Stone Soup Hustler Publications, →ISBN, page 80:

(informal, humorous) The Google search engine.


Medbh

A female given name from Irish, variant of Maeve


McD

Executive staff members take themselves very seriously at McD. This is a war, not a game. Yet they also know how to enjoy themselves and have fun. They realize that as serious as a situation may be, McD will overcome it, just as it has overcome all the nasty, unfounded rumors of worms in McD burgers and other innuendos over the years.

1994, Charles Bernstein, Ron Paul, “Leader of the Pack: The Big Mac”, in Winning the Chain Restaurant Game: Eight Key Strategies, New York, N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 240:

I went to McD for lunch with Jen Nee and Sunny. Cheeseburgers only 88c.

2005, Ee Lin See, “Chicken Pox!”, in My Kiasu Teenage Life in Singapore, Singapore: Monsoon Books, published 2011, →ISBN:

This time, I upgraded the standards and we went to McD. As we entered the place, it was crowded as usual. I went up to the counter to place an order and used my Food Panda passes which allowed me to have an extra burger and a coke at the purchase of Rs. 100.

2017, Harshda Mangal, “Checking out the Way”, in Almost a Love Story, Chennai: Notion Press, →ISBN:


Morven

A variant of the place name Morvern, from Scottish Gaelic A' Mhorbhairne, meaning "the sea gap" or "the big gap".

A female given name from Scottish Gaelic


Ecce Mono

By replacing Latin homō (“man”) of ecce homō (“behold the man”) with Spanish mono (“monkey”).

The heartfelt but awful result was described as “a furry alien Neanderthal,” “Ewok Jesus,” and, ultimately, “Ecce Mono” (Behold the Monkey). Martínez’s descendants and the church were distressed, but the story endeared the world to “Ecce Mono.”

2013, Sarah Janssen, editor, The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2013, New York, N.Y.: World Almanac® Books, Infobase Learning, →ISBN:

“That’s what people call it. The worst restoration job ever. Un fracaso. The old woman says the priest gave her permission. He denies it. They are bringing in experts to see if it can be saved. The piece is an Ecce Homo. Behold the man. But people now call it Ecce Mono. Behold the monkey.” […] “That’s why you took me to the Ecce Mono. You didn’t just happen to stop in my café. Gonzáles sent you. You never cared about me, you were keeping an eye on the mask. That’s why you’re here now. Not for me. For the mask.”

2016, Lili Wright, Dancing with the Tiger, London: Harvill Secker, →ISBN, pages 207 and 278:

Split-screens of the mural before and after the ‘restoration’ tickled the funny bone of people worldwide, who dubbed it ‘Ecce Mono’ (behold the monkey) and ‘the Beast Christ’.

[2017 August, Secret Marvels of the World: 360 Extraordinary Places You Never Knew Existed and How to Find Them, Lonely Planet Global Limited, →ISBN:

Jimnénez’s^([sic]) restoration, which, to be fair, looks nothing like Martínez’s original, was immediately mocked around the world with the monikers Monkey Christ or Ecce Mono.

[2018, Jeffrey Taylor, Visual Arts Management (Mastering Management in the Creative and Cultural Industries), Abingdon, Oxon, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN:

Giménez, an elderly amateur artist, botched the intervention so badly that mockers have dubbed the painting Ecce Mono (“Behold the monkey”).

[2019, Bradley Jersak, A More Christlike Way: A More Beautiful Faith, Pasadena, Calif.: Plain Truth Ministries, →ISBN:

So popular was Giménez’s handiwork, that budget airline Ryanair offered special flight deals to nearby Zaragoza, for those wanting to make the pilgrimage to see Ecce Homo. The purists amongst us will question why so many are visiting. We know the answer—to have a laugh and take a ‘selfie’ with Ecce Mono (Behold the Monkey) as Martinez’s^([sic]) painting is often now referred to as.

2019, Penelope Jackson, “She Vandals”, in Females in the Frame: Women, Art, and Crime, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 73:

(derogatory, humorous) A nickname for the ecce homo (depiction of Jesus with a crown of thorns) in the Sanctuary of Mercy church in Borja, Spain, a fresco painted circa 1930 by the Spanish painter Elías García Martínez and attempted to be restored by Cecilia Giménez, an untrained amateur artist, in 2012.


Aoibhinn

Borrowed from Irish Aoibhinn, from aoibhinn (“delightful; blissful”).


World of Warcrack

Blend of World of Warcraft + crack, an allusion to the addictiveness of crack cocaine.

Noah Tsutsul world of warcrack addict

2005 March, “Staff Rants”, in MacAddict, volume 10, number 3 / 103, Brisbane, Calif.: Future Network USA, →ISSN, page 08:

The first thing I did was install a few games, including Call Of Duty 2, Far Cry, F.E.A.R., rFactor, and World Of Warcrack (don’t ask).

2006 September, Rahul Sood, “Wagging The Dog: Intel Will Change The Way It Does Business”, in Computer Power User, volume 6, number 09, Lincoln, Neb.: Sandhills Publishing, →ISSN, page 99, column 2:

World of Warcrack — er, Warcraft

2007, Hugh Hancock, Johnnie Ingram, “Massively Multiplayer Machinima: World of Warcraft”, in Machinima For Dummies®, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, part III (Advanced Machinima Creation), page 190:

As with EverQuest before it, concerned citizens around the nation have attempted to liken its addictive gameplay to substance abuse. As usual, these dire warnings serve only as free publicity, vaulting “World of Warcrack” to even greater fame.

2008, Matt Barton, “The Modern Age”, in Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games, Wellesley, Mass.: A K Peters, Ltd., →ISBN, page 419:

In other circumstances, the overweening success of a single game would prove frustrating to its competitors: other developers trying to get their products in the hands of receptive audiences. Except in this case, most of those developers are themselves addicted to what some call the “World of Warcrack.”

2009 December 2–8, Ben Richardson, “No escape from Azeroth”, in The San Francisco Bay Guardian, volume 44, number 9, San Francisco, Calif., →ISSN, page 23, columns 1–2:

“And it’s a crack addiction.” Everybody stared. “World of Warcrack, that is,” Chip said, and smiled. / “Wait,” Tracy said. “They locked you up for a video game addiction?”

2013, Trish Cook, Brendan Halpin, A Really Awesome Mess, New York, N.Y.: Egmont USA, →ISBN, page 124:

As usual, Ryan was playing World of Warcrack, as Mom called it. The most addictive computer game ever created, where kids with no lives have names like Worgen and are always leveling up.

2014, Mitchell Kriegman, Being Audrey Hepburn, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 4:

Brandon’s parents also made their home a “screen free zone” replacing “World of Warcrack” with a cooking class, the Percy Jackson book series, yard work, a chemistry set, and a soccer league.

2014, David Altshuler, Love the Kid You Get. Get the Kid You Love., Langley Press, →ISBN, page 175:

The improvements it made to the EQ [EverQuest] template were noticed, and players around the globe became absorbed by what was being termed ‘the World Of Warcrack’. It ate up lives and players became devoted to their guilds, their levelling friends and their online avatars.

2019 October 31, Adam Barnes, “World Of Warcraft”, in Retro Gamer, number 200, Bournemouth, Dorset: Future Publishing Limited, →ISSN, pages 80–81:

(video games, slang, humorous) The massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.


missing time

(psychology, parapsychology, ufology) A time period of amnesia or a gap in conscious memory reported by individuals who have experienced alien abduction.


Smyrnaean

(demonym) A native or inhabitant of (ancient) Smyrna. Contrast Smyrniot.


Toda

A Dravidian language spoken in the Nilgiri district of Tamil Nadu, India.


South Bird's Head

A language family whose members are spoken in the south of Bird's Head peninsula in West Papua


West Bird's Head

A language family whose members are spoken in the west of Bird's Head peninsula in West Papua


Piapoco

An Arawakan language of Colombia and Venezuela.


Teka

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


Nuosu

A Loloish language, considered the prestige language of the Yi people, primarily spoken in Sichuan, China.


Busuu

an endangered or extinct language spoken in Cameroon


Nicander

Borrowed from Latin Nicander, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Νίκανδρος (Níkandros). Cognate with French Nicandre.

A male given name from Latin Nicander [in turn from Ancient Greek Νίκανδρος (Níkandros)].


SETF

Social Exclusion Task Force
w:Social Exclusion Task Force

(UK politics, historical) Initialism of Social Exclusion Task Force.


Caijia

An endangered Sino-Tibetan language spoken in an area centred on Bijie, in the west of the Chinese province of Guizhou.


Longjia

A Sino-Tibetan language of Guizhou, China.


scary devil monastery

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-scary devil monastery.wav

I pull on a fresh pair of black heans, a faded Scary Devil Monastery tee shirt, and a pair of rubber-soled socks: I feel much better immediately. It's as if my brain is slowly rebooting, just like the Media Center PC.

2010, The Jennifer Morgue, Charles Stross:

(Internet slang, humorous) The newsgroup alt.sysadmin.recovery.


Raizal

A member of an Afro-Caribbean ethnic group from the province of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina in Colombia


Mewati

An Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly by the Meo people.


Kolami

A Dravidian language spoken in the Maharashtra and Telangana states of India.


Konda-Dora

a Dravidian language spoken in the Andhra Pradesh and Odisha states of India.


C-drama

en-noun

C-drama (countable and uncountable, plural C-dramas)


Evangelina

/ɪvænd͡ʒəˈliːnə/

A female given name originating as a coinage


Phinny

A diminutive of the male given name Phineas.


Ginger Line

In reference to its orange colour on maps (resembling ginger hair); named as though it were one of the London Underground lines.

[…] take the Ginger Line overground from Canada Water to Penge West. So you'll be getting off the Tube, and taking the train. I know you're American, but can you remember that?

2015, Orren Merton, The Dawning of Firebird Alex:

(UK, humorous, slang) The London Overground railway network.


Ollari

A Dravidian language spoken in the Indian states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.


Duruwa

A Dravidian language spoken in the Odisha and Chhattisgarh states of India.


From Au and H₂O being the chemical formulae for gold and water, respectively.

A campaign poster […] reads: "AUH2O in MCMLXIV."

1962 May 24, “Sign for Egghead Conservatives”, in Lakeland Ledger:

Were I AuH₂O, I would be a little more careful about the verbiage I scatter like water […] over the political scene.

1966, Herbert Faulkner West, The Impecunious Amateur Looks Back:

Ron had [the desk] custom made from a laminated campaign sign proclaiming "Goldwater in '64". Attached […] and laminated [was] the famous bumper sticker "AuH2O", a must for Arizona Republicans during Barry's run[.]

2001, Edward Alexander McKenzie, Scorpion's Sting:


Ashtabulan

en-adj

Ashtabulan (comparative more Ashtabulan, superlative most Ashtabulan)

more Ashtabulan (comparative)
most Ashtabulan (superlative)


Cherri

A female given name from English, variant of Cherry.


Nazila

Nazila Fathi, b. 1970


Chatty G

/t͡ʃætiː ˈd͡ʒiː/

Clipping of ChatGPT (separated into two words) + -y.

Generative AI is advancing at a fast pace and quickly finding a place within education. Tools such as ChatGPT (or Chatty G as the kids say) continue to dominate conversations in education as these technologies are explored and developed.

[2024 February 5, Tamika Worrell, “Generative AI in the classroom risks further threatening Indigenous inclusion in schools”, in The Conversation, archived from the original on 2024-02-09:


Spenny

A diminutive of the male given name Spencer.


Russian Sign Language

A sign language used by deaf people in Russian-speaking countries.


sixpenny bit

(historical) Former (pre-decimalisation) British and Irish coins worth six old pennies.


Nethalp

An East Santo language spoken on Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu.


Hisatsinom

Unadapted borrowing from Hopi Hisatsinom. Literally Ancient People.

ubor

Meronyms: Motisinom, Palatkwapi clans


Palatkwapi clans

Holonym: Hisatsinom

Ancestors of the Hopi people who migrated from Mesoamerica.


Sheana

Sheana Davis, b. 1969


Neha

Borrowed from Hindi नेहा (nehā). Doublet of snow.

A female given name from Hindi, of mainly Indian usage.


Navarro-Aragonese

(historical) A Romance language once spoken in a large part of the Ebro River basin, south of the middle Pyrenees.


Tetty

(archaic) A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.


Ardentric

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


Moonite

(science fiction) An inhabitant of the Moon.


Bathhouse Barry

From rumors that Obama spent a lot of time in Chicago's gay bathhouses. First use appears c. 2011 online.

(US politics, slang, derogatory, humorous) Nickname for Barack Obama.


Ruthy

A diminutive of the female given name Ruth.


DSIT

w:Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

(UK politics) Initialism of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.


Minglish

Synonym of Manglish (“mixture of Maltese and English”)


Turkuan

[Turku] was, as Turkuans can also be counted upon to tell you, the capital of the Finnish province during the long, four century period of Swedish rule.

2001, Scandinavian Review, American Scandinavian Foundation:


Espoonian

I got one Espoonian and one Vantaanian together and I asked them which town was better and why. The Vantaanian started the discussion with the captivating phrase that I later learned is known by all Vantaanians. “Blah blah blah Vantaa,” he said. “Blah Vantaa good, blah blah Espoo blah bad.”

2008 September 9, Joe McVeigh, “Espoo vs. Vantaa”, in BTSB: Better Than Sliced Bread (blog), archived from the original on 2024-05-25:

[W]hether you are a Helsinkian, an Espoonian or from further afield, I hope you'll give both parkruns a go.

2021 October 27, puolarmaari, “Run report #2”, in parkrun (blog), archived from the original on 2024-05-25:


Classical Persian

A chronolect of the New Persian language beginning from Islamization and Arabization around 650 CE or 850 CE if Early New Persian is not included till at least the 16th century and likely early 19th century including 15th—19th century post-classical Persian.

klassinen persia

the Persian literate chronolect between Middle and Contemporary Persian


Elephant's Foot

Calque of Russian Слоно́вья нога́ (Slonóvʹja nogá), in reference to its bulky mass and wrinkled appearance which resembles the foot of an elephant.

clq

Слоно́вья нога́

A large mass of corium beneath the remains of Reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which was produced by its meltdown during the Chernobyl disaster of 1986.


Netanyahoo

(derogatory, politics) Nickname for Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli politician.


Central Min

Partial calque of Chinese 閩中語／闽中语 (mǐnzhōngyǔ).

pclq

A variety of Min Chinese spoken in central Fujian province, China.


Imperial Aramaic

Designated imperial for the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, and Achaemenid Empires.

𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀

chronolect of Aramaic (745–330 BC) used by the Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, and Achaemenid Empires

(broad sense: sociolinguistics) The chronolect of the Aramaic language (mid-8th century–late 4th century BCE), intermediate between Old Aramaic and Middle Aramaic, that was used as a language of public life and administration in the late Neo-Assyrian Empire (from the reign of King Tiglath-Pileser III [r. 745–727 BCE] onward), the Neo-Babylonian Empire, and the Achaemenid Empire, until the latter’s conquest by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.

(narrow sense: dialectology) The Imperial Aramaic of the Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BCE) only.


Hagenaar

I went to a concert in the Zoological Gardens at the Hague, and thence to supper at one of the principal cafés. The waiters did not begin to worry us at a quarter to eleven, and by half-past twelve, when we left, the streets were still alive with people. Alive, not noisy, for the sense of the founder of the Dutch Republic appears to have been inherited by the nation generally, and by the Hagenaars especially. William the Silent, two of whose effigies adorn the royal residence, was neither silent nor taciturn, in spite of the adjectives tacked to his name.

1895 June 22, “Anecdotal Europe. By the Author of ‘An Englishman in Paris.’”, in The Illustrated London News, volume CVI, number 2931, London, page 774, column 2:

Her sallies, carried right into the enemy’s citadel thus, plucking at the heart of his conceits, gave Tante Lotje quite a notoriety in The Hague. The Hagenaars looked upon her through their quizzing-glasses as a curiosity that matched well with her brother, the General—a prickly hero, bred on the pure, gross national stock; and tolerated her accordingly.

1899 February, “Tante Lotje”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood & Sons, section I, pages 290–291:

And the Utrechters, after they were whisked round their beautiful Singel, and even through the noble bosky alley of the Maliebaan, were only restrained from an intolerable upsettingness by the gibes of the Hagenaars at the old horse-express, now departed, which survived for a time to ply a raucous and tortuous course around their Dom.

1911, D[avid] S[torrar] Meldrum, “Shades of the Rapenburg”, in Home Life in Holland, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., page 303:

When Hendrik arrived in The Hague, he brought greetings from her father to Doerga. Since then, they had been seen constantly together, and the Hagenaars began to whisper about the possibility of a marriage, just as they did about Louise and Adriaan.

1947, Lilla van Saher, chapter 11, in The Echo, New York, N.Y.: E. P. Dutton & Company Inc., part two, page 144:

Next day, in the presence of the States, he [William of Orange] took the oath as Captain-General, and returned his thanks for the honour “with a winning modesty”. He went out to meet a delirious ovation. The Hagenaars, who long ago had thronged about the Groote Kerk “as if they all wanted to be christened with him”, were out in their thousands, reinforced by visitors from the neighbouring towns and villages.

1962, Nesca A[deline] Robb, “Prelude to Fame”, in William of Orange: A Personal Portrait, volume 1 (1650–1673), London: Heinemann, book four (The Crucible 1671–1673), page 210:

The palace was only seven miles from The Hague, overlooking the Westland dunes, and the drive out to it was a popular excursion for Hagenaars and foreign visitors.

1973, Henri van der Zee, Barbara van der Zee, “Mary in Holland”, in William and Mary, London: Macmillan, →ISBN, pages 130–131:

In case you wonder, no, there is no trace whatsoever of nouvelle cuisine influencing this establishment. It is as impervious to passing fashions as are the strictly protected eighteenth-century buildings which make up most of the Lange Voorhout. On both counts, the conservatism of the Hagenaars wins our heartfelt gratitude.

1988, Alan Davidson, “A Dutch Treat”, in A Kipper With My Tea: Selected Food Essays, London: Macmillan, →ISBN, part one (A Personal Miscellany), page 19:

In late May, just as [Arthur] Seyss-Inquart was about to begin his defence, Winston Churchill, the former British Prime Minister, appeared in The Hague to give a speech before the reactivated Dutch legislature. Hagenaars cheered to see the man attached to the voice that had promised them deliverance when they were occupied and had – in concert with the United States army – made good on that promise.

2004, Gordon F. Sander, “To See the Sky”, in The Frank Family That Survived: A Twentieth-Century Odyssey, London: Arrow Books, The Random House Group Limited, published 2005, part five (Safe Harbour/Holland, USA, 1945–49), page 247:


Rayonna

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


Cirroc

Cirroc Lofton, b. 1978


Bilhorod People's Republic

Calque of Ukrainian Бі́лгородська наро́дна респу́бліка (Bílhorodsʹka naródna respúblika), which in turn was based on Ukrainian Луга́нська наро́дна респу́бліка (Luhánsʹka naródna respúblika, “Luhansk People's Republic”) or Ukrainian Доне́цька наро́дна респу́бліка (Donécʹka naródna respúblika, “Donetsk People's Republic”).

calque

Бі́лгородська наро́дна респу́бліка

der

Луга́нська наро́дна респу́бліка

Доне́цька наро́дна респу́бліка

(humorous, Internet slang) "Bilhorod People's Republic"; a fictional quasi-state located in Belgorod, southern Russia.


Teena

Teena had grown up in Ballyroan, the fourth youngest of 13.

2024 March 16, Antonia Cundy, “The Opus Dei diaries”, in FT Weekend, page 17:


Borisism

Boris Johnson, in typical faux-naif Borisism, said once of his leadership ambitions that he might "pick up the ball if it came loose from the back of the scrum".

2014 August 6, Patrick Wintour, “Boris Johnson positions himself perfectly for Tory leadership bid”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

The day after his arrival in Birmingham, in the conference hall, he crammed his speech with Borisisms.

2019, Harry Mount, The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson, Bloomsbury, →ISBN:

Sharp says there was no such conflict, echoed by Johnson himself, who minted a Borisism specially for the occasion: “I can tell you that for 100% ding-dang sure.”

2023 January 27, Jonathan Freedland, “The stench coming from this government? It’s the corrupt mixture of private wealth and public squalor”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(UK politics) A turn of phrase employed by British politician Boris Johnson.


Moscow-on-Thames

An allusion to various English towns called (name)-on-Thames.

(derogatory, humorous) The city of London, seen as a haven for Russian exiles.


Simlish

constructed language
constructed language

A constructed language designed by Will Wright for the video game franchise The Sims.


Proto-Basque

The reconstructed ancestor of the Basque language, spoken in roughly Ancient Roman times.


Ramie

Ramie Dowling, b. 1921


Polydorus

From Latin Polydoros/Polydorus, itself from Ancient Greek Πολύδωρος (Polúdōros).


Snob Hill

[…]and the hill itself was called Snob Hill, a term that survives to this day. By 1882 so many estates had sprung up on Nob Hill that Robert Louis Stevenson called it “the hill of palaces.”

[2019, Fodor's Travel Guides, Fodor's San Francisco: with the Best of Napa & Sonoma, Fodor's Travel, →ISBN:


Dilrukshi

Transliteration of Sinhalese දිල්රුක්ෂි (dilrukṣi).

translit

Dilrukshi Dias Wickramasinghe

දිල්රුක්ෂි දිල්රුක්ෂි#Sinhalese

A transliteration of the Sinhalese female given name දිල්රුක්ෂි (dilrukṣi).


Ranil

Transliteration of Sinhalese රනිල් (ranil).

Ranil Wickremesinghe, b. 1949

රනිල් රනිල්#Sinhalese

A transliteration of the Sinhalese male given name රනිල් (ranil).


New South Welshman

en-proper noun

New South Welshman (plural New South Welshmen)

(uncommon) A resident of New South Wales


Toowoomban

An inhabitant or resident of Toowoomba, Queensland


Townsvillean

An inhabitant or resident of Townsville, Queensland


Cairnsite

An inhabitant or resident of Cairns, Queensland


Launcestonian

An inhabitant or resident of Launceston, Tasmania


Mackayite

An inhabitant or resident of Mackay, Queensland


Rockhamptonian

An inhabitant or resident of Rockhampton, Queensland


Bundabergian

An inhabitant or resident of Bundaberg, Queensland


Sunshine Coaster

Sunshine Coaster (plural Sunshine Coasters)

An inhabitant or resident of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland


Gosfordian

An inhabitant or resident of Gosford, New South Wales


Central Coaster

en-noun

Central Coaster (plural Central Coasters)

An inhabitant or resident of the Central Coast, New South Wales


Geelongite

(obsolete, Australia) An inhabitant or resident of Geelong, Victoria.


South Australian

en-proper noun

South Australian (plural South Australians)

An inhabitant or resident of South Australia.


Townsvillian

“As a proud Townsvillian, I’m passionate about providing positive, healthy female role models to our community and am honoured to be able to take on this role and build on the outstanding successes of the club to date.”

2019 March 14, “Fire unveil new GM”, in Townsville Fire:

“Mates Rates has been a great opportunity for Townsvillians to grab a great deal to get out and explore their own backyard while also supporting local businesses.

2024 February 20, “Townsville recovery campaign sells out in three days”, in Queensland Government:

An inhabitant or resident of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.


Kotoxó

An extinct Macro-Jê language of Bahia, Brazil.


Shilluk

A member of a major Luo Nilotic ethnic group residing in the northeastern Upper Nile state of South Sudan on both banks of the Nile River in Malakal.


Shilluk

(historical) A kingdom dominated by the Shilluk people, located along the left bank of the White Nile in what is now South Sudan and southern Sudan, and existing from perhaps the late 15th century until the early 1860s.


Kusaal

A Gur language spoken primarily in northeastern Ghana and Burkina Faso.


Sillok

A Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Sillok people.


Jenu Kurumba

A Southern Dravidian language of the Tamil–Kannada subgroup.


Megyn

A female given name from Welsh, modern variant of Megan.


Embaloh

An Austronesian language spoken in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.


'Bucks

The restaurant next door to ’Bucks had more security than the Democratic National Convention. […] This was Java Lounge at ’Bucks; ’Bucks meaning Starbucks, the one in Ladera, an area filled with fast food joints, strip malls, and car dealerships; […]

2003 November, Eric Jerome Dickey, “Frankie”, in Naughty or Nice, New York, N.Y.: Dutton, →ISBN, page 37:

One youth pastor described it to me this way: “I wouldn’t go to the drycleaners because I have an iron at home. But my [senior] pastor would make a ton of Folgers at the office, but won’t go to Starbucks. . . but I would go to ‘Bucks for the environment.”

2007, Earl Creps, “Postmodern Pentecostals? Emerging Subcultures Among Young Pentecostal Leaders”, in Eric Patterson, Edmund Rybarczyk, editors, The Future of Pentecostalism in the United States, Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, a division of Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, page 30:

I suppose the last thing someone in my nervous state needed was caffeine, but that didn’t stop me from hitting the ’Bucks with Madison and Paige before school the next morning for a soothing Chai latte.

2009 January 27, Micol Ostow, “Chock-full o’ OMG”, in GoldenGirl (A Bradford Novel), New York, N.Y.: Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 136:

There was ’bucks, the coffee-centered franchise intent on conquering the world.

2015, James Grady, “Next Day of the Condor”, in Last Days of the Condor, New York, N.Y.: Forge, Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, →ISBN, page 357:

When I enter the doors at ’Bucks this morning, my favorite barista Johnnie greets me with, “Hola, Mamá.”

2016, Gillian Alex, “Tuesday, May 15ᵗʰ”, in Tuesday at Three, →ISBN, page 79:


Shigotizh

Borrowed from Russian Шиготи́ж f anim (Šigotíž).

Шиготи́ж Шиготиж#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian female given name Шиготи́ж (Šigotíž).


Israeli Diaper Forces

In reference to the supposed wearing of adult diapers by the IDF.

(slang, derogatory, humorous, neologism) The Israel Defense Forces.


Megalyn

Megalyn Echikunwoke, b. 1983


Ebubennem

Ebubennem Megalyn Ann Echikunwoke, b. 1983


Israel Occupation Forces

First appeared on the Internet around the late 1990s or early 2000s.

(military, derogatory) The Israel Defense Forces.


buycentennial

The City, in clear violation of the principle of the separation of church and state, hung banners all along the new (buycentennial-made) Chestnut Street Transitway and the Parkway, proclaiming: "Jesus, the bread of life."

1976 August 28, Tommi Avicolli, “Dyketactics Hexes Church at Eucharistic Meet”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 9, page 3:

The United States Bicentennial, seen as a consumeristic event.


Chiwetel

Chiwetel Ejiofor, b. 1977


Surinen

/ˌsʊ.ɹɪˈnɛn/

Another people, the Surinen, lived near the coast. Like the Arawaks and the Caribs, they had migrated northward into Suriname. The Arawak and Carib peoples greatly outnumbered the Surinen. The Surinen were disappearing by the late 1400s.

2009 January 8, Thomas Streissguth, Suriname in Pictures, →ISBN, page 20:

1593 - Spanish explorers visit the area and name it Suriname, after the country’s earliest inhabitants, the Surinen.

2012 October 18, BBC, “Suriname country profile”, in BBC, archived from the original on 2024-03-19:

They called the colony “Surinam” after the Surinen indigenous people who then inhabited the “land of many waters” in the fertile Guiana plains.

2017 March 15, Hany A. El-Shemy, Aromatic and Medicinal Plants Back to Nature, →ISBN, page 114:

An ethnic group who were the earliest known inhabitants of what is now Suriname.


Abayudaya

en-noun

Abayudaya (plural Abayudayas or Abayudaya)

Borrowed from Luganda Abayudaya (literally “People of Judah”).

bor+

A member of a small Jewish community living in eastern Uganda.


Saino's

Throw on an oversized denim jacket for those chillier evenings and you’re good to go for that summer bev on Osborne Road, followed by a cheeky trip to Saino’s for a £5 bottle of Echo Falls.

2021 April 2, Jessamie Rattray, “What your go-to Jesmond girl summer look says about you”, in The Tab:

(UK, slang) Sainsbury's (British supermarket chain).


Kyanna

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Settla

Synonym of Settler Swahili (“a pidgin language”)


Red Gelao

A'ou, an endangered Gelao language of Guizhou, China.

Vandu, an endangered Gelao language of Ha Giang Province, Vietnam.


Settler Swahili

A Swahili pidgin mainly spoken in large European settlements in Kenya and Zambia.


Parky

Nickname for Michael Parkinson (1935–2023), English broadcaster and writer.


King of Pop

The earliest known attestation of this term as a nickname for Michael Jackson is in a newspaper article in the New York Post of February 8, 1984.

The King of Pop.” That’s how Fox, Black Entertainment Television (BET) and MTV, the American TV outlets that got the rights to première Jackson’s “Black or White” video, now refer to him. That was the deal. You want to get “Black or White” first, you dub Jackson “the King of Pop.”

1992 January 9, Michael Goldberg, “Michael Jackson: The Making of ‘The King of Pop’”, in Rolling Stone:

When he billed himself as the King of Pop, no one contested the title.

1995 June 18, Jon Pareles, “POP VIEW; Michael Jackson Is Furious, Understand?”, in The New York Times:

He was given the nickname the "King of Pop" -- a spin on Elvis Presley's status as "the King of Rock 'n' Roll" -- and few questioned the moniker.

2009 June 25, Todd Leopold, “Michael Jackson, pop music legend, dead at 50”, in CNN:

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

King of Pop (disambiguation)
Michael Jackson
New York Post


Ze

Ze, as he’s been nicknamed, charmed his country with his wit, his charisma, his irreverent talent.

2023, Jessie Asya Kanzer, “Preface”, in Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky: Lessons We Can All Learn from an Unexpected Leader, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Essentials, →ISBN:

(Internet slang, derogatory) Volodymyr Zelenskyy.


Sambahsa

From Sambahsa sam ("same") + bahsa ("language").

international auxiliary language
international auxiliary language

An international auxiliary language and worldlang devised by French linguist Olivier Simon, released in July 2007.


Universalglot

Presumably from Latin ūniversālis (“universal”) + Ancient Greek γλῶττα (glôtta, “tongue”). By surface analysis, universal + -glot.

An a posteriori international auxiliary language created in 1868 by Jean Pirro.


Vendergood

A constructed language created by William James Sidis in the early 20th century, based mainly on Latin and Greek, with influence from German, English and Romance languages.


Mundolinco

From Mundolinco mundo ("world") + linco ("language"). Compare with Esperanto mondo lingvo.

international constructed language
international constructed language

An international constructed language created by the Dutch author J. Braakman in 1888, apparently being the first Esperantido.


Baronh

A constructed language created by Japanese science fiction novelist Morioka Hiroyuki, intended to be the official language of the Abh, first introduced in his 1996 novel Crest of the Stars.


Spocanian

From Dutch Spokaans, from Spokanië, a fictional island group in the Atlantic Ocean. Equivalent to Spocania + -n.

A constructed language created by Dutch linguist Rolandt Tweehuysen, intended to serve as the language of Spocania, a fictional island group in the Atlantic Ocean.


Communicationssprache

From French communications + German Sprache (“language”).

An international auxiliary language created by Joseph Schipfer in 1836, chiefly based on French, with some influences from Latin, English and German.


Lingua Ignota

From Latin lingua ignōtā (“unknown language”).

der

A Latin-influenced mystical 12th-century constructed language recorded by St. Hildegard of Bingen, and apparently the first entirely artificial language.


Malamuthan

A Dravidian language spoken in the Malappuram and Kozhikode districts of Kerala, India


Timerio

From German Tiemer, the creator of the language.

A number-based international auxiliary language created by the Berlin architect Tiemer and presented in 1921, in which, every concept is assigned by a number.


Unilingua

Former name of Mirad, an international auxiliary language created by Noubar Agopoff in 1966.


Lingua Sistemfrater

From Latin lingua systēma + frater (“language of brotherhood”).

An a posteriori international auxiliary language created by Pham Xuan Thai in 1957, making use of a predominantly Greco-Latin lexicon and an Asian-based grammar.


Balaibalan

From Ottoman Turkish باليبلن (bâleybelen).

A constructed language of certain Sufi sects created around the 14th–16th century.


Intal

Acronym of international auxiliary language.

acronym

An international auxiliary language created by German linguist Erich Weferling and published in 1956, developed as a compromise between Esperanto, Ido, Occidental-Interlingue, Neo and Novial.


Guosa

A zonal auxiliary language created by Alex Igbineweka in 1965 for West Africa derived primarily from Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo.


Eurolengo

From Eurolengo, a blend of Europe + lengo ("language").

An international auxiliary language created by Leslie Jones in 1972, consisting of words borrowed from English and Spanish.


Unish

An international auxiliary language developed in 1996 by a research team at Sejong University, South Korea, drawing vocabulary from fifteen representative languages.


Poliespo

From Esperanto blend of polisinteza (“Polysynthetic”) + Esperanto.

blend

An international auxiliary language created by Billy Ray Waldon in the second half of the 20th-century.


Tutonish

A constructed language created by Elias Molee and introduced in 1902, known to be the first Pan-German language


Romániço

Based on Medieval Latin rōmānicē (“in a Romance language”).

der

An anonymous international auxiliary language created in 1991 which uses only Romance language vocabulary.


Romanid

A zonal auxiliary language created by Zoltán Magyarin in 1956 based on the Romance languages.


Keturah

From Hebrew קְטוּרָה (Qəṭūrā, “Keturah”).


Romance Neolatino

A zonal auxiliary language created in 2006, proposed as a Pan-Romance language.


Othniel

From Biblical Hebrew עָתְנִיאֵל (ʿOṯnīʾēl), of uncertain meaning but at any rate ending in אֵל (ʾēl, “God”).


Chinesian

I cannot imagine what the Hollanders meane, to suffer these Maleysians, Chinesians and other Moores of these contries, and to assiste theym in theyr free trade thorough all the Indies, and forbidde it theyr owne servants, contryemen and brethren uppon payne of death and losse of goods...

Sinae, a People of Aſia beyond India without Ganges, called now Chineſians.

1707, Elisha Coles, A Dictionary, English-Latin and Latin-English..., s.v. "Sinae"

(uncommon, now humorous) Synonym of Chinese, the people of China or the ethnic Chinese, particularly the Han Chinese.


Paristan

Coordinate term: Londonistan

(informal, derogatory) Paris (capital city of France), perceived as having been culturally conquered by Muslims.


Phake

A Tai language spoken in India and written in a version of the Burmese abugida.


NATOstan

(slang, derogatory, humorous) NATO, or NATO and its allies, collectively.


Jamin

From Hebrew יָמִין (yamin, “right hand or right side”).


spare room subsidy

en-noun

spare room subsidy (plural spare room subsidies)

Great stuff from @harryph on why cutting the taxpayer-funded spare room subsidy is the right thing to do

2013 February 7, @alexwickham, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-18:


Sunakonomics

But this latest Sunakonomics rescue is a sticking-plaster on a bullethole.

2020 September 25, “The Sun says: A new lifeline”, in The Sun, London, archived from the original on 2020-09-25, page 10:

Advanced students can take classes in Sunakonomics, which supersedes traditional economics in favour of a novel theory allowing Professor Rishi to buy the premiership with voters’ money.

2020 October 14, Paul Routledge, “Keep calm… We can beat this: Crash course in art of emulating PM’s grade-A twerps”, in Daily Mirror, London, page 15:

2021 March 11, David Runciman, “Sunakonomics”, in Catherine Carr, director, Talking Politics, episode 310, archived from the original on 2022-10-25

In the era of Sunakonomics, our hedge fund veteran-turned chancellor owes a lot to the work of John Maynard Keynes, but then again we all do.

2021 November 26, Ollie Smith, “Keynes Goes Shopping: 10 Things We Learned This Week”, in Morningstar, archived from the original on 2021-11-27:

One of the more interesting aspects of the battle between Trussonomics and Sunakonomics has been the debate over the Monetary Policy Committee’s efforts to control inflation.

2022 July 26, William Atkinson, “Is it time to look again at the Bank of England’s independence?”, in CapX, archived from the original on 2022-07-26:

Next door in Number 11, though, there was a degree of ideology at the heart of Sunakonomics.

2022 August 18, “Standing up for the city: Desperate need for growth writ large in UK’s interest payments”, in City A.M., London, archived from the original on 2022-08-18, page 2:

Sunakonomics / Sunak's time as chancellor was marred by the pandemic.

2022 October 30, Ryan Hogg, Beatrice Nolan, “Rishi Sunak is worth almost $850 million, making him Britain's richest prime minister. Here's why that could be a big problem.”, in Business Insider, New York, N.Y., archived from the original on 2022-10-30:

The multiple tailwinds of a successful Refinitiv acquisition, rising high margin services, and economic outlook under Sunakonomics all allow LSEG to have slight advantages over peers, especially European ones such as the Deutsche Borse (OTCPK:DBOEY).

2022 December 1, “London Stock Exchange Group: Positive Sentiment At Early Stages Of 'Sunakonomics'”, in Seeking Alpha, archived from the original on 2022-12-01:

2024 March 1, Roy C. Perez, Rishi Sunak: Sunakonomics: Decoding the Economic Philosophy of Rishi Sunak - A Comprehensive Analysis of the Chancellor's Fiscal Vision, →ISBN

(UK politics) The economic ideas and policies of Rishi Sunak (born 1980), British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 2022 to July 2024.


Chadian Arabic

A dialect of Arabic spoken mostly in central and southern Chad, but also in parts of Sudan and Nigeria and in slivers of other countries.


Lenne

A male given name from Swedish or Finnish


Ederic

... Ederic pretended to return to his duty; and, as Edmond had no general in whom he could repose more confidence, he gave him a considerable command in the army. A battle was soon after fought at Assington in Essex. Ederic deserted[…]

1779, The History of Modern Europe. With an Account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; and a View of the Progress of Society, from the Fifth to the Eighteenth Century. In a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son. [By William Russell.], page 159:

[…] Ederic Slater, Peter and Suzanne Willcox, and Norman Wettenhall helped me track down early artwork and Richard Barwick lent me[…]

2001, Penny Olsen, Feather and Brush: Three Centuries of Australian Bird Art, CSIRO PUBLISHING, →ISBN:

... Ederic rises, startled from his chair, eyes wide - EDERIC: "What? A new attack from the air? Guards! To arms!" Feneric stays Ederic with his hand, smiling. FENERIC: "No, no, brother! She is our friend. The Myyrrhn aided[…]"

2009 October 27, Michael Moorcock, Elric In the Dream Realms, Del Rey, →ISBN, page 305:

A male given name, probably a variant of Edric.


Aboriginal English

A variety of English spoken by Indigenous Australians.


Waxiang

A variety of Chinese spoken in Hunan, China.


Waxiang

A member of the ethnic group living in western Hunan, China.


Zeffie

A diminutive of the female given name Josephine


Flicky

A diminutive of the female given name Felicity.


Texan English

an English dialect spoken in the state of Texas in the United States influenced by Mexican Spanish with some German and Czech language influence


Yazan

يازن يازن#Arabic

A transliteration of the Arabic male given name يازن.


Kisan

The dialect of the Kurukh language spoken by these people.


Ngunnawal

The traditional language of these people, closely related to Gandangara.


Hellmarsh

Blend of hell + Belmarsh. Popularized by Jeffrey Archer, see quotations.

By this time tomorrow, you'll be sunning it up by the pool, or that's how Springhill will feel in comparison to Hellmarsh.

2002, Jeffrey Archer, quoting Billy Little, A Prison Diary, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 225:

“Hellmarsh”, as one anonymous prisoner puts it, sums up one of the UK’s most notorious jails nicely, where war criminals rub shoulders with convicted terrorists and gang members.

2020 January 16, Ali Catterall, “TV tonight: Britain's worrying painkiller addiction”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:


Andromedan

An inhabitant of the Andromeda Galaxy or the constellation Andromeda.


Cloudesley

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


Numu

The language of the Northern Paiute people.


Epstein Island

Named after American financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein (1953–2019).

named-after

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands

(informal) Little Saint James, a small private island in the United States Virgin Islands that was owned by American child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein between 1998 and 2019.


retourable

(Scots law, historical, of a brieve) Which must be returned to chancery, along with a schedule of action taken.


Nitasha

Nitasha Kaul, b. 1976


Seleção

(soccer) the Brazil national football team


Hepzibah

Thither the bees came, however, and plunged into the squash-blossoms, as if there were no other squash-vines within a long day’s flight, or as if the soil of Hepzibah’s garden gave its productions just the very quality which these laborious little wizards wanted, in order to impart the Hymettus odor to their whole hive of New England honey.

1851 April 9, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Pyncheon-garden”, in The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, page 160:

A female given name, variant of Hephzibah


Bullom

A small language family spoken in Sierra Leone, a subgroup of the Mel languages.


Sherbro

A Southern Bullom language spoken by the Sherbro.


Alastor

From Scottish Gaelic Alasdair, Alastair, from Old Irish Alaxander.


Irarutu

An Austronesian language of most of the interior of the Bomberai Peninsula of north-western New Guinea in Teluk Bintuni Regency.


special defence

en-noun

special defence (plural special defences)

(Scots law) Any of various defences (such as mental disorder or coercion) that may be raised in criminal proceedings upon notice by the accused ahead of the trial, and which if established will result in an acquittal.


LRU

London Reform Union
w:London Reform Union

(UK politics, historical) Initialism of London Reform Union.


Marvie

A diminutive of the male given name Marvin.


Four Floors of Whores

Chosen for the rhyme between floor and whore. So called because a brothel before 2023 was situated on the first four floors of the Orchard Towers.

Built in 1975, the 18-storey office building is notorious for its assortment of girlie bars, massage parlours and seedy nightlife that occupy four storeys, earning it the nickname “Four Floors of Whores”.

2018 July 1, P. Silvam, “Sex, spas, sleaze: what Orchard Road of Singapore hides in plain sight”, in South China Morning Post:

Orchard Towers, sometimes known as the "Four Floors Of Whores", belongs to what many would dub the seedier side of town.

2019 July 13, Andrew Koay, Tanya Ong, “I went clubbing at Orchard Towers. I felt slightly out of place, but then again, not really.”, in Mothership (website):

2023 July 4, Marielle Descalsota, “Nightclub doors at Singapore's ‘4 Floors of Whores’ are closing for good in less than 30 days.”, in Business Insider:

(Singapore, slang) The Orchard Towers, which was known for its rampant prostitution.


aneponymous

From Latin aneponymus under influence from eponymous, from an- (“un-: not, lacking”) + eponymus (“surnamed, distinguished by a epithet”). Equivalent to an- + eponymous.

William of Conches's Dragmaticon was initially published credited to the author "William Aneponymous", since the editor didn't know which of the many Guillaumes writing about philosophy at the time in France was responsible for the work.

It has been suggested that perhaps the author was the monk Gregory Aneponymous.

2010, Katerina Ierodiakonou et al., “Early Byzantine Philosophy”, in The Cambridge History of Philosophy in Late Antiquity, volume II, page 862:


Small Party of Good Boys

the Small Party of Good Boys (canonical)

Has anything the Small Party of Good Boys said not been embarrassing?

2018 December 20, naijeieoas, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-02-11:

(UK politics, humorous, derogatory) The Socialist Party of Great Britain.


Amiel

Borrowed from French Amiel, itself from Occitan.


Adrastean

(mythology) Of or relating to the nymph Adrasteia or Adrastea in Greek mythology.

(astronomy) Of or relating to the Jovian moon named for Adrasteia.


Adrastean

An imaginary inhabitant of the Jovian moon, Adrastea


grey alien

(science fiction or ufology) An archetypical humanoid alien, usually described as having grey skin, elongated, hairless, sexless features, and a large head with bulbous black eyes; chiefly associated with flying saucers, alien abductions and conspiracy theories relating to cover-ups by the United States government, such as Area 51.


Wars of the Roses

the Wars of the Roses (canonical plural)

After the symbols of the two sides: the Red Rose of Lancaster and the White Rose of York

(historical) A civil war that lasted from 1455 to 1487, fought between the English houses of Lancaster and York and allies in France, Burgundy and Scotland.


Currant Bun

Currant Bun (canonical)
the Currant Bun (canonical)

Had to go further down the road to get me Currant Bun / "Hello isn't that George on page one?"

1979, “In the Middle of the Night”, performed by Madness:

THAT painfully honest little newspaper, the Sun, was boiling with indignation yesterday about the case of the Tory minister who tried to smear Paddy Ashdown. […] Imagine, for instance, this call. […] K[elvin] M[acKenzie]: “Paddy Pantsdown? We done ’im already, Douggie. Don’t you read the Currant Bun?” […] Two weeks ago the editor of the Independent, a daily paper, was being screamed at by the Sun (aided by Britain’s biggest tabloid, the Sunday Times). Why? For having the unspeakable nerve to reveal all about Mrs Bottomley. We’ll get you, warned the Currant Bun.

1992 July 22, Andrew Moncur, “Diary”, in The Guardian, London, page 21, columns 1–5:

He normally read the Sun, swearing it was the best indicator of what would happen to the FTSE. His theory was simple: so many of the barrow boys trading on LIFFE read the currant bun that the markets were bound to do whatever its money column said.

2008, Nicola Monaghan, Starfishing, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 87:

A friend returns from Istanbul to report spotting him reclining by the pool with a copy of The Sun resting atop the pile of papers on the drinks table. This wouldn’t go down well back home, where the Scousers still boycott the paper 20 years after its Hillsborough coverage. Many Brits go abroad to indulge tastes discouraged here but Stevie G is the first case of someone flying to Turkey to read the Currant Bun in safety.

2009 July 7, Matthew Norman, “[Sporting Miscellanies] Stevie G risks wrath as he soaks up The Sun”, in Evening Standard, London, page 50, columns 1–2:

After the bruising experience of Thursday morning, [Liz] Truss attempted a different tack, writing a piece for The Sun. In the article, which went online late on Friday evening, she told the paper’s readers that when she became Prime Minister, her government “could not afford to dither or delay”. […] Truss, a Remainer turned Brexit true believer, is clearly unfit for the post she has not yet held for a month and no number of flimsy articles in the Currant Bun will shake that widely held view.

2022 October 2, Euan McColm, “Truss a ‘crank theorist’ whose experiments cause chaos: The new Prime Minister appears to have scant regard for the impact of her Government’s actions on voters worried about the impact on their pensions, mortgages and jobs”, in Scotland on Sunday, Edinburgh, archived from the original on 2022-10-02, page 8:

Cockney rhyming slang
Cockney rhyming slang

(Cockney rhyming slang) The Sun (British newspaper).


Shart

From a contraction of Shadowheart, itself a compound of shadow + heart, likely chosen as a jocular homonym of shart (“wet fart”).

They [BG3's female companions] aren't particularly evil, if you sided with the Goblins you can clearly tell that Shart isn't even evil, just very pragmatic about your Tadpole problem.

I felt like Lae and Shart will have potential redemption arcs and will be trying for those.

This build works equally well whatever you do with Shart, but obviously the whole stalking gloom thing is a better thematic fit for a Shar loyalist.

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang, humorous or derogatory) The fictional character Shadowheart from the video game Baldur's Gate 3.

Baldur's Gate fandom slang; humorous or derogatory; Baldur's Gate fandom slang; humorous or derogatory


Shadowbae

Shadowbae has been my favourite from the beginning. She's always had a pretty decent fanbase.

2022 June 29, WhiteSilverDragoon, Reddit:

I am in a relationship with Shadowbae but Karlach is the true best girl and Shadowbae and I both simp for her.

I have Tav (Warlock), Astarion as ranger/rogue, Shadowbae as my healer, and Karlach as my barbarian.

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang, endearing) The fictional character Shadowheart from the video game Baldur's Gate 3.


Guy and Pip

(Philippines, slang) loveteam of Filipino actors, Nora Aunor and Tirso Cruz III


religion of piss

Ah, yes, the religion of piss strikes another blow for allah the satanic moon goddess.

2006 December 1, Arash on my Ass, “Re: Disembowelled and murdered for teaching girls”, in alt.religion.christian.roman-catholic (Usenet):

Good heavens. You are using a PC! Guess who invented *that*? Certainly not the followers of the religion of piss. What ever came out of Islam? Death, destruction and bigotry.

2008 September 28, VH, “USA : VIDEO - Sarah Palin exorcisée en 2005”, in be.politics (Usenet):

Just another wonderful day for the Religion of Piss.

2015 December 6, Lord Valve, “Daily musloid kill report”, in alt.guitar.amps (Usenet):

Why this religion of piss is churning up these confused followers who r killing innocent ppl?

2016 July 3, brianl...@gmail.com, “The Istanboool gunman must have been frustrated”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):

(Internet slang, derogatory, offensive, vulgar) Islam, seen as encouraging its followers to commit acts of violence and terrorism.


Yehonatan

der

Hebrew יהונתן


Blue Hawke

From the blue icon used to denote diplomatic dialogue choices in Dragon Age II.

Blue Hawke is too nice for the armpit of the free marches.

Blue Hawke tries to see the good in everyone even when things aren't ideal or working in their favor.

2022 October 28, [deleted user account], Reddit:

Blue Hawke is the only sane Hawke.

2023 March 29, TheHistoryofCats, Reddit:

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A Hawke player character who expresses a diplomatic personality.


Purple Hawke

From the purple icon used to denote sarcastic dialogue choices in Dragon Age II.

Purple Hawke gets all the love, and I honestly see why. That irreverent little shit is hilarious.

I agree Purple Hawke can sometimes be inappropriate, but I don't find those situations that common...

Purple Hawke is one of the best protagonists in gaming period.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A Hawke player character who expresses a sarcastic personality.


Inky

From an affectionate shortening of inquisitor + -y.

Do you like to play as an asshole Inky? What options, lines of dialogues, actions have you picked?

Of my 9 Inkies, the ones I felt to be the strongest (character-wise) were my atheist Trevelyan Reaver, my devout Andrastian Trevelyan mage, and my rebellious and fiercely elfy Lavellan who romanced Solas.

My Inky was a very faithful Andrastian, like his family, and he believed he was the Herald of Andraste…kind of.

(fandom slang, video games) The Inquisitor player character from the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Red Hawke

From the red icon used to denote aggressive dialogue choices in Dragon Age II.

Red Hawke's deadpan delivery was one of the most hilarious moments in the game for me haha.

2015 September 23, HawkeThisHawkeThat, Reddit:

I once played a Red Hawke that was a sociopath that got off on the murder knife.

Blue Hawke was kind of a pollyanna and Red Hawke was a jerk, so I went with Purple Snarky Hawke.

(Dragon Age fandom slang) A Hawke player character who expresses an aggressive personality.


Cornhub

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

In a move that we confess to not anticipating, the adult website Pornhub pranked itself by "cornifying" its landing page, which it renamed "Cornhub" and adorned with scenes of steaming corn.

2016 April 1, Bill Chappell, “Stamos Documentary? Trader Joe's Closing? Cornhub? Must Be April Fools' Day”, in NPR:

Read Cornhub comments

Ren, what are you gonna do since
Cornhub deleted all you vids

2020 December 19, @binglbanglbongo, Twitter:

this cornhub^([sic]) comment is sending me

They're so inappropriate; she might not have shared how he reacted but just the way those two present themselves like horny teenagers (even though there are probably teenagers that have more self-control than these two low lives)…I swear they belong on the CornHub^([sic]) part of the internet. Or get an OF.

2024 May 23, u/Soggy-Opportunity602, “REQUESTED | Yesterday's Manic Perfume Shilling, 'So Many DMs' About Her Hair, & Some More Completely Made-Up, Nonsensical Attention-Seeking Stories! [5/22/24]”, in r/jaclynhillsnark, Reddit:

(humorous or euphemistic) Pornhub: a pornographic video-sharing website.


act of sederunt

en-noun

act of sederunt (plural acts of sederunt)

secondary legislation
secondary legislation

(Scots law) A set of rules of court governing civil procedure made as secondary legislation by the Court of Session.


Act of Sederunt

Act of Sederunt (plural Acts of Sederunt)

(Scots law, formal) Alternative letter-case form of act of sederunt


Scarberia

Blend of Scarborough + Siberia, from the perception that the area is remote and desolate.

Who says NIMBY is wrong? It wasn't Jane Jacobs, who defended neighbourhood alarms as warning signs authorities are foolish to ignore. If she were alive today, she would be ringing bells about the Markham Bypass in outermost Scarberia - a classic assault on an unsuspecting neighbourhood.

2008 May 14, John Barber, “Markham Bypass has residents’ group crying NIMBY”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-06-08:

I didn't always feel this way about "Scarberia." As a teen, I didn't want to live in Scarborough.

2019 November 25, Samantha Lui, “Google gives Scarborough a bad rap”, in NOW Toronto, Toronto, Ont.: NOW Communications Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-25:

(Toronto slang, derogatory, humorous) Scarborough (district of Toronto).


Bajun

From beyond the town wall came the distant drum sounds of the Bajuns and the Bantus welcoming the birth of the new moon.

2007, Eusebio L. Rodrigues, Love and Samsāra:

A member of an ethnic group native to Kenya and Somalia, particularly the Bajuni Islands.


Palestinian Syriac

Christian Palestinian Aramaic
Christian Palestinian Aramaic#English

Synonym of Christian Palestinian Aramaic


Christian Palestinian Aramaic

The Middle Aramaic language as written by the Melkite communities vaguely localized to Palestine as the language’s Western expanse.


Jewish Babylonian Aramaic

The Eastern Aramaic language as written by the Jews of Mesopotamia in Late Antiquity and Early and High Middle Ages.


Jewish Palestinian Aramaic

Jewish Literary Aramaic
Jewish Literary Aramaic#English

The Middle Aramaic language as written by the Hebrew communities vaguely localized to Palestine as the language’s Western expanse and later the basis of Jewish Literary Aramaic.


CHARNAME

From CHARNAME, the placeholder used for the player-inputted name in BG1's source code, itself a compound of char (“character”) + name.

Dexterity doesn't help your CHARNAME hit anything. It only helps CHARNAME to not get hit by others.

Valygar and Haer'Dalis were the other two romances for female CHARNAME, however they were cut due to time constraints.

Y'all have some weird CHARNAMES.

(fandom slang) The player character of Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn.


Xerénte

A Central Jê language (Jê, Macro-Jê) spoken in Tocantins, Brazil.


Cameltoe Harris

A wordplay on the name Kamala. First use appears c. 2015.

@Halopauly the CA 9th just needs to finalize Peruta and smack KamelToe Harris down.

2015 January 10, Rusty Shackleford (@whalekock), Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-23:

WGUV-TV -- Cameltoe Harris knows a lot about pulling out sense she didn't last the first round uv the Democrat primary. Whiff regard to Kabull, Harris believes Sniff's was sloppy in pulling out prematurely creating a sticky sitiation.

2021 August 20, Idjit BoB, “BRAKING NEWS: VP Horseface Harris Own Spayshul Mission to Vietnam”, in alt.appalachian (Usenet):

What we are sick of is an open border(that idiots deny exist). We would not have this problem if sleepy Joe and Cameltoe Harris shut it down. As for Abbott and DeSantis shipping them to sanctuary cites, hell yes, great stunt. Sadly its not enough. We should ship them to the Canadian boarder.

2022 September 26, BTSinAustin, “True Colors”, in rec.gambling.poker (Usenet):

You agree it's a lie? You have stated before and above that you would deny half of the registered voters their right to vote for the candidate of their choice and would only allow them to vote for an Isaac Chase approved candidate. You don't get much more authoritarian than that. Your snowflake rhetoric is noted and laughed at, although it described the Biden cartel well (lying, evil, despicable, insane, corrupt conmen and fraud and criminal). Cameltoe Harris is a true comedy gem, though..

2023 April 26, Conley Brothers, “Culture And Snobbery”, in alt.arts.poetry.comments (Usenet):

(US politics, slang, derogatory, humorous) Kamala Harris.


Proto-Austroasiatic

A proposed common ancestor to the group of Austroasiatic languages.


Sophon

Borrowed from Thai โสภณ, from Pali sobhaṇa.


team ministry

(Church of England) A ministry which administers multiple parishes.


Obamna

Originally a mispronunciation or misspelling of Obama. Somewhat popularized by Donald Trump during a 2018 campaign rally, in which it is thought he had unintentionally mispronounced “Obama” with an “-na” at the end, possibly in confusion with the word amnesty.

obamna

2024 May 8, DougDoug, 02:41 from the start, in I used Barack Obama’s hands to play Mario Party (NOT CLICKBAIT), spoken by WalletWorrier_:

(Internet slang, humorous, US politics) Barack Obama.


Gedeo

The Cushitic language spoken by this people


Indigenous Australian

Indigenous Australian (plural Indigenous Australians)

Torres Strait Islander
Torres Strait Islander

A person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.


Indigenous Australian

en-adjective

Indigenous Australian (comparative more Indigenous Australian, superlative most Indigenous Australian)

more Indigenous Australian (comparative)
most Indigenous Australian (superlative)

Of or pertaining to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people.


Zelly

(Internet slang, derogatory) Volodymyr Zelenskyy.


Tsum

Possibly either borrowed from Tsum [Term?], or possibly from an exonym from another language.

A Tibetic language of the Kyirong–Kagate subgroup, spoken by the Tsumpas of the Tsum Valley, Gorkha District, Nepal.


dzzhe

Cyrillic script
Appendix:Cyrillic script#English

The name of the Cyrillic script letter Ԫ / ԫ.


Gyatso

Borrowed from Tibetan རྒྱ་མཚོ (rgya mtsho).


Christmas Capital of the Philippines

en-proper noun

the Christmas Capital of the Philippines

After the Giant Lantern festivals held every Christmas in the capital of the province, San Fernando.

(Philippines, chiefly Pampanga) A nickname for Pampanga.


Juba Arabic

A lingua franca spoken mainly in Equatoria Province in South Sudan.


Sralin

Borrowed from Russian Сра́лин (Srálin). See there for further information.

If the Soviet media crafted a cult of personality for Stalin which tried to place him beyond criticism, some ordinary citizens hung his portrait in the toilets, mocked his heavy Georgian accent, or replaced the “t” in his name with an “r”, making him “Sralin” – not the “Man of Steel”, but the “Man of Shit”.

2020 July 20, Jonathan Waterlow, It’s only a joke, comrade! Why even Stalin couldn’t kill the political quip:

(informal, vulgar, derogatory, sometimes humorous) Joseph Stalin.


Culinary Capital of the Philippines

the Culinary Capital of the Philippines (canonical)


Sojourner

/ˈsoʊd͡ʒɚnɚ/

/soʊˈd͡ʒɝnɚ/


Konkow

A critically endangered Maiduan language.


act of adjournal

en-noun

act of adjournal (plural acts of adjournal)

(Scots law) A set of rules of court governing criminal procedure made as secondary legislation by the High Court of Justiciary.


Act of Adjournal

Act of Adjournal (plural Acts of Adjournal)

act of adjournal
act of adjournal#English

(Scots law, formal) Alternative letter-case form of act of adjournal


Malachy

From Irish Maolmhaodhóg and Maolseachnaill/Maolseachlainn, influenced by the etymologically unrelated name Malachi, which is of Hebrew origin.


Modern Turkish

The Turkish language spoken since the twentieth century.


Old Anatolian Turkish

(history) The ancestor language of Modern Turkish, spoken in Anatolia between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, from which Ottoman Turkish developed


Old Anatolian Turkic

Old Anatolian Turkic, a very important stage in the history of Turkic languages, is represented by a great number of literary documents.

1972, A. Bodroglieti, “On Modern Turkish Üstünkörü and Yüzükoyun”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 26, number 1, Akadémiai Kiadó, →JSTOR, page 145:

In Old Anatolian Turkic we find constructions with a nominative subject without agreement marking.

2000, C. Schönig, “Some formal types of Turkic relative clause equivalents”, in Aslı Göksel, Celia Kerslake, editors, Studies on Turkish and Turkic Languages, page 200:

Old Anatolian Turkish
Old Anatolian Turkish#English

(history) Synonym of Old Anatolian Turkish


Old Anatolian Turkic

The Old Anatolian Turkic converb suffix -(y)IcAk signifying 'when' could very well come from this suffix together with the particle (O)k.

2004, Marcel Erdal, A Grammar of Old Turkic, page 314:


Nasty Pelosi

From nasty + Pelosi. First use appears c. 2005 online.

If President George W. Bush ignored the pleas of Nasty Pelosi, John Fraud Kerry, Red Ted Kennedy, and Robert Byrd Poop, to do something to stop Saddam Hussein the way that Billy Clinton did, they would demand an impeachment, or worse..

2005 August 8, Choices, “Do the Liberals really care about our Soldiers”, in alt.politics.gw-bush (Usenet):

In a characteristic Pelosi moment a deranged Nasty Pelosi claimed that all that don't agree with her or Obama are Nazis and that they all wear Nazi symbols...a scientology-laden technique used in pathetic attempts to silence critics.

2009 August 10, Escape_the_Cult_Now, “Obama Violating Civil Liberties acting like the Nazi he accuses others of being Via Pelosi”, in alt.obituaries (Usenet):

Not only did the White House NOT get the message (Press Secretary Robert Gibbs postured that he didn’t even know the rally was taking place), but then the protesters were ridiculed en masse by the speaker of the House, Nasty Pelosi, who said she thought the language being used at freedom rallies and town-hall meetings (and presumably in columns such as this) just might incite violence.

2009 September 20, Frank [D.] Miele, “Montana Perspectives: That was the week that was (not funny)”, in Sunday Inter Lake, Kalispell, Mont., →ISSN, page C10, column 2:

I don’t care for Pingree, but it is just cruel to compare her to Nasty Pelosi.

2010 October 11, ScreaminEagle80 [pseudonym], quotee, “[bangordailynews.com] You said it”, in Bangor Daily News, volume 122, number 99, Bangor, Me.: Bangor Publishing Co., →ISSN, page A3, column 2:

... Barb May type Dupes! ... Gender Confused Trannies! ... Hermaphrodites! ... Nasty Pelosi types! ... Black Lives Matter Fools! ... Morons who watch CNN! ...same with any MSM "News" TV shows! ... Global Warming Dupes!

2016 October 29, Make America more like Mexico .. Vote Democrat, “I Thank God ... I'm Not a Democrat ... Liars! ... Perverted Weiners! ... Pay to Play 'Charities!' ... Bi-Sexual Diaper Wearer Hillary! ...”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):

The dummycrats lead^([sic]) by Schmucky Schumer and Nasty Pelosi, followed in lockstep by our very own Shill Nelson and all other dummycrats, started off the S.O.T.U. address by not standing for our national anthem.

2018 February 3, Dave Doty, “[Your view] Democrat’s true colors”, in Highlands News-Sun, volume 99, number 34, Sebring, Fla.: Sun Coast Media Group, →ISSN, page A6, column 4:

House Minority Leader sour puss “Nasty” Pelosi (CA) kept a close eye on her minions to see who might give applause or stand for President Trump’s inspiring message (which had a 75 percent approval rating even though the lonesome left news media continued to tell viewers what they should not like) as she sucked on lemon drops candy.

2018 February 9, Jerry Wright, “[Your view] Poor behavior during speech”, in Highlands News-Sun, volume 99, number 40, Sebring, Fla.: Sun Coast Media Group, →ISSN, page A6, column 4:

What started as a crowd of about 15 mostly Cuban-American protesters grew to about 40 at one point, as they pounded on every door they could find and clamored insults in both Spanish and English like “Nasty Pelosi” and “brujas” — witches.

2018 October 18, Martin Vassolo, Jimena Tavel, “Campaign 2018: Shalala event protested over Castro sympathizer”, in Miami Herald, volume 116, number 34, Miami, Fla., →ISSN, page 3A, column 2:

Steve claims President Trump’s massive ego and vile gut drive everything and mainstream media is permitting him to prevail. Really? Trump has been a media punching bag since his election and gave his ego a backseat in re-opening the government. Nasty Pelosi would still have 800,000 government employees out of work.

2019 February 16, Randall Pawlikowski, “[Letters to the Editor] Trump went high, not so Democrats”, in The Day, volume 138, number 230, New London, Conn., →ISSN, page A6, column 5:

Next writer claims that President Trump is distracting “us” by not granting billions of dollars to “fund” the post office! I guess the writer is not aware or willing to admit that this funding has been an ongoing struggle for years and that the “real ploy” was by Nasty Pelosi who knowing^([sic]) that this political bill would not pass but necessary to divert our attention of the fraud and corruption within her party; including the opportunity to control an electoral process with mail-in votes!

2020 September 2, Paul R. Pawlicki, “[Letters to the Editor] Letter writers can’t give Trump credit”, in The Daily Sun, volume 128, number 246, Charlotte Harbor, Fla.: Sun Coast Media Group, Inc., →ISSN, page 6C, column 2:

Yet getting a relief deal would have required accepting a compromise with that “nasty” Pelosi. It seems that he would rather let the economy burn.

2020 October 11, Paul Krugman, “Trump’s rage harming economy”, in The Sunday Times, Scranton, Pa., →OCLC, page C2, column 6:

There It Is: Pelosi Snaps at Reporters, Makes Stunning Admission About Why She Stalled Virus Relief Bill

2020 December 5, a425couple, “Re: Nasty Pelosi - admits making millions suffer to aid Democrats”, in seattle.politics (Usenet):

Exactly. Those of us with an attention span longer than six seconds remember very well how the Democrats and Nasty Pelosi demeaned the President for wanting to take the Chink Flu seriously in the month of January.

2021 June 4, Rabid Roach, “Fauci Lied--MILLIONS DIED”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet):

(US politics, slang, derogatory) Nancy Pelosi.


Kazukuru

→ Translingual: Kazukuru


Mount Druitt

A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.


M-She-U

(fandom slang, derogatory, Internet slang) The Marvel Cinematic Universe, perceived by fans to be too feminist or left-wing.

Hollywoke

Hollywood films being perceived as overtly left-wing


Magɨ

A Trans-New Guinea language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.


hostile environment

As Liberty (2018: 5) have argued: 'The hostile environment is a sprawling web of immigration controls embedded in the heart of our public services and communities.'

2020 July 8, Rees, James, Pomati, Marco, Social Policy Review 32: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2020, Policy Press, →ISBN, page 51:

Among the targets of the hostile environment policy (it was later used euphemised as the 'compliant environment' policy) were those who became, through no fault of their own, entangled in what became known as the Windrush scandal.

2024 January 18, Paul Warmington, Permanent Racism: Race, Class and the Myth of Postracial Britain, Policy Press, →ISBN, page 130:

(UK politics) An immigration policy in which service providers such as doctors, landlords and banks must perform ID checks to verify that potential clients have legal right to remain.


Mafa

A Chadic language of Cameroon and Nigeria.


Chʼortiʼ

the indigenous language of the Ch'orti' people


Sore Loserman

Blend of Gore/Lieberman + sore loser, from the idea that the two men were "sore losers" who did not want to admit that George W. Bush won the 2000 election.

I think the Sore Loserman campaign has gone the way of the dimpled chad.

2000 December 1, Moe Bulduc, “A matter of higher authority”, in Sun Journal:

(US politics, historical) Nickname for Al Gore and Joe Lieberman, the 2000 U.S. Democratic presidential nominees for president and vice-president, respectively.


Amenophis

From Latin Amenōphis, from Ancient Greek Ἀμένωφις (Aménōphis), ultimately from Egyptian i-mn:n-Htp:t*p (jmn-ḥtp).

der

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">jmn-ḥtp</i>

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


Menes

From Latin Mēnēs, from Ancient Greek Μήνης (Mḗnēs), ultimately from Egyptian Y5:N35-M17 (mnj).

<i class="Latn mention" lang="egy">mnj</i>

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Menes, uniter of Upper and Lower Egypt and founder of the First Dynasty of Egypt.


Erykah

A female given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Erica and Erika.


Symeon

Borrowed from Latin Symeon, from Ancient Greek Σῠμεών (Sumeṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿôn, “hearkening, listening”), originally referring to Simeon, a son of Jacob. Doublet of Simon.


Cleopas

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλεοπᾶς (Kleopâs), contracted form of Κλεόπᾰτρος (Kleópatros).


Euro-English

en-noun

Euro-English (countable and uncountable, plural Euro-Englishes)

Alternative form: Euro English

The sociolect of the English language, often NNSE, depending on the institutions of the European Union, and imitating the idioms an mannerisms of her member states and their vernaculars.


EmRata

Equally effervescent was EmRata in 2001 Versace; meanwhile Zendaya, clothed in a 1996 John Galliano for Givenchy gown that could rival Queen Victoria’s regal mourning robes, was a slay for the ages.

2024 May 12, Tish Weinstock, “This Vintage Lover Is Calling Time On The ’90s Fashion Obsession”, in British Vogue:

(informal) Emily Ratajkowski (born 1991), American model and actress.