Westminster bubble

Members of Parliament
Member of Parliament

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


Westminster village

Westminster bubble
Westminster bubble#English

(UK politics, derogatory) Synonym of Westminster bubble


Rem

(Egyptian mythology) An Egyptian fish god who fertilized the land with his tears.


Calexit

Blend of California + exit, modelled on earlier Brexit.

(US politics) The (possible) act of California's secession from the United States.


PMV

en-noun

PMV (countable and uncountable, plural PMVs)

On the other side, there are thousands of pony videos on sites like Youtube,^([sic]) including mashups with movies, fan-made show-quality animations with original voice acting, and Pony Music Videos or “PMVs” which sync up clips from the show with popular music.

2013 April, Peter Berg, “My Little Pony takes Internet by storm”, in Young D.C., archived from the original on 2013-12-09, page 7:

For Chris, this problem was not resolved through disassociating from fandom, but rather through fan content itself. Browsing pony music videos (PMVs) on YouTube, he recalled that ‘one of the PMVs actually had a Christian song under it, which literally had the message: ‘“Even if you can’t . . . Even if you can’t bring me anything thenI still don’t look down on you and love you”. And I could only hear that because I was watching PMVs.’

2019, Andrew Crome, “Cosplay in the pulpit and ponies at prayer: Christian faith and lived religion in wider fan culture”, in Culture and Religion: An Interdisciplinary Journal, volume 20, number 2, page 139:

I am a PMV artist that has won several PMV contests from various conventions such as BronyCon, contributed in many ways to the PMV sub-community, and have worked with the likes of Sawtooth Waves and Ponies the Anthology.

2021, Daspacepony, Midair Pony Fair: Con Book:

Initialism of pony music video. (A fan-made music video of clips from My Little Pony animated cartoon TV shows).


tyet

An ancient Egyptian symbol of the goddess Isis, resembling an ankh but with the arms curving downward.


Sospita

From Latin Sospita (“One who Saves, Salvatrix, Savior”).


Philodemus

Borrowed from Latin Philodemus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Φιλόδημος (Philódēmos).

Philodemus of Gadara, an Epicurean philosopher and poet


Mouse

The surname is sometimes an Americanized spelling of German Maus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Achaeus

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


In fact, I think one of the main reasons people write and read Treksmut (tm), is that the show very rarely shows these extremely attractive and appealing characters in romantic situations or settings, except for one-episode flings, which are usually conveniently forgotten by the next show, although this is refreshingly rare on DS9 and Voyager.

1997 May 5, Joanne Collins, “Re: TrekSmut, PWPs and Emotional Subtexts (Long and involved)”, in alt.startrek.creative (Usenet):

I've had hardcore Fivers point to both Jadzia Dax AND Kira as ripoffs of Ivanova (they can't decide which, I suppose) despite the fact that both premiered on DS9 first, and JMS didn't get rid of Ivanova until AFTER The Gathering, which showed when DS9 first came around.

2001 September 25, Steve Garrett Jr., “Re: The breen: total ripoffs of Star Wars”, in alt.startrek.vs.starwars (Usenet):


Betsygate

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


Bigotgate

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


Donnygate

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


Pardongate

Newly elected Senator Hillary Clinton suddenly found herself caught up in Pardongate's swirl, as prosecutors began reviewing her husband's grant of clemency for four upstate New York rabbis whose village voted for her […]

2004, Carl Limbacher, Hillary's Scheme: Inside the Next Clinton's Ruthless Agenda to Take the White House:

[…] hearings on Pardongate, Clinton's eleventh-hour clemency spree, were still under way.

2006, Lynn Vincent, Robert Stacy McCain, Donkey Cons: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Democratic Party:

Nicknamed “Elvis,” Clinton is considered a “rock star” by the left wing of the Democratic Party, perhaps because he left the White House in shambles after his presidential tour. Whitewater, Travelgate, Monicagate, and Pardongate […]

2017, BusinessNews Publishing, Summary: The Clinton Crack-Up: Review and Analysis of R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.'s Book:

(informal) The 2001 controversy around Bill Clinton's pardons of 140 people, including Patty Hearst, on his last day in office as President of the United States.


Filegate

(informal) The White House FBI files controversy of the late 1990s.


Traingate

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

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

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


Taxigate

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


Travelgate

(informal, US politics) The White House travel office controversy of 1993.


Utegate

The Australian Federal Police revealed this afternoon that the email that sparked the so-called Utegate controversy was faked.

2009 June 22, Phillip Coorey, Annabel Crabb, Sydney Morning Herald:

(informal, Australian politics) A 2009 scandal around the lending of a ute to Australian Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd by car dealer John Grant, and subsequent allegations of improper favourable treatment of Grant by the Department of the Treasury.


Angolagate

(informal) A 2008 controversy around arms sales by France to Angola between 1993 and 2000.


Coalgate

A small town in Selwyn District, Canterbury, New Zealand, where lignite was mined.

A small city, the county seat of Coal County, Oklahoma, United States.

A former unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States.


Corngate

genetically modified
genetically modified

(informal, New Zealand politics) A 2002 scandal around the suspected release in 2000 of genetically modified corn seed in New Zealand.


Gloriagate

(Philippine politics, neologism, colloquial) A 2005 electoral scandal in the Philippines involving leaked telephone conversations between former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and a commissioner of the Commission on Elections, the two allegedly conspiring to rig the results of the presidential election.


Grangegate

(informal, Australian politics) A 2014 scandal over Australian politician Barry O'Farrell's failure to declare a gift of a $3,000 bottle of Grange Hermitage wine from a business executive.


Chinagate

(informal, US politics) The 1996 United States campaign finance controversy.


Emailgate

(informal, US politics) A 2015 controversy around Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account and server, in violation of federal security and transparency guidelines.


Debategate

(informal, US politics) A 1980s political scandal affecting the administration of Ronald Reagan, where Reagan's team somehow acquired President Jimmy Carter's briefing papers for a debate with Reagan.


Buffyology

The academic study of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


Telemachian

en-adj

Telemachian (comparative more Telemachian, superlative most Telemachian)

more Telemachian (comparative)
most Telemachian (superlative)

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to Telemachus.


Hippolyta

(Greek mythology) An Amazonian queen who possessed a magic girdle given to her by her father, Ares.


Pyramus

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) a Babylonian lover in the tragedy of Pyramus and Thisbe


Perigenia

(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Sinis


Cephalus

From the Ancient Greek κέφᾰλος (képhălos, “a species of mullet”).

der

(Greek mythology) An ancient Greek lover of Procris who accidentally slew her as she spied upon him.


Thyia

Ancient Greek, from θύω (thúō, “celebrate”)

(Greek mythology) the naiad of a spring on Mount Parnassos where the Thyiades of Dionysus gathered to revel


Leaver

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


SRK

(search and rescue) Initialism of sea rescue kit.


Brexodus

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


hetmanate

From hetman + -ate (forms denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).

af

Government by a hetman, or the territory thereby governed.


navaratna

en-noun

navaratna (countable and uncountable, plural navaratnas)

Borrowed from Sanskrit नवरत्न (navaratna) meaning "nine gems".

Other items in the collection include a navaratna (nine gem) pendant or a celestial talisman from Rajasthan. The nine gems when arranged in a certain order are meant to represent the nine planets. Navaratna is popular throughout India, in the form of pendants, rings and other suites.

1998, Tom Flynn, Colonisation and the Object-Empire, Material culture and the Museum:

(India) ruby, emerald, pearl, yellow sapphire, coral, cat's eye, hessonite, blue sapphire and diamond


Duckburg

Carl Barks
Duckburg
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories

From duck + -burg. Coined by Carl Barks in 1944, for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #49.

Self-contempt follows megalomania fast on its heels: The Vorarlberg Rhine valley has the settlement structure of Los Angeles – a Duckburg-like reduced Los Angeles to be sure, in which almost only Mickey Mice live, scarcely a Donald Duck, surely no Uncle Scrooge Duck, not even a Gladstone Gander (but many who conduct themselves as such).

1999, Kathleen Sagmeister with Otto Kapfinger and Kunsthaus Bregenzaut, Architecture in Vorarlberg Since 1980: A Guide to 260 Noteworthy Buildings, Hatje, →ISBN:

And [Springfield is] east to Duckburg, Calistoa?^([sic])

1999 August 6, grosse, “Re: where is springfield?”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet), message-ID <1AEq3.97$l53.8405@typ12.nn.bcandid.com>:

The nation 'Nationwide', like the inhabitants of Duckburg, seems to be principally concerned with the process of consumption. Unlike Duckburg, though, we consume principally in families -- entering the Supersize competions (Monday nights 1975) together, and even enlarging our family size together ('Citizen '76' Monday nights 1976).

2005, Charlotte Brunsdon, David Morley, The Nationwide Television Studies, →ISBN:

To this day, I am still confused about the fact that, in this town of anthropomorphic ducks (Duckburg, duh), there were non-anthropomorphic ducks that the anthropomorphic Ducks sometimes fed at the park, with absolutely no acknowledgment that they were one and the same species, or that the other ducks were technically naked by anthropomorphic Duck standards.

2012 October 5, Robyn Pennacchia, “Did Scrooge McDuck die in 1967?”, in Death and Taxes:

Now, of course, some would argue that even if someone were stuffing a large fraction of the money supply into a money bin sitting on a hill in Duckburg, Say’s Law could continue to hold.

2013 March 13, Louis Woodhill, “Sorry Paul Krugman, But We Still Need Say's Law”, in Forbes:

What if your counterparty is the airport of Duckburg? Where are you going to imply default probabilities from, let alone credit volatilities and credit-underlying "correlations”?

2013, Damiano Brigo, Massimo Morini, Andrea Pallavicini, Counterparty Credit Risk, Collateral and Funding, →ISBN:

A fictional city, located in the fictional US state of Calisota, that serves as the home of Donald Duck, his surrounding cast, and several other anthropomorphic animals.


cobang

(historical Japanese numismatics) Alternative form of koban.


Amitābha

en-proper noun

Amitābha (usually uncountable, plural Amitābhas)

Amitābhas (plural)
Amitabha (alternative)

Amitābha
Five Dhyani Buddhas
Guimet Museum

Borrowed from Sanskrit अमिताभ (amitābha, “Immeasurable Light”), from अमित (amita, “unmeasured, boundless, infinite”) + आभा (ābhā, “splendor, light”).

bor

Devotion to Amitābha Buddha is found within most schools of the Mahāyāna, but is the essence of Pure Land practice, which centres on the ‘Buddha invocation’ (Ch. nien-fo, Jap. nembutsu). This is the repetition of ‘Nan-mo A-mi-t’o Fo’ (Ch.) or ‘Nama Amida Butsu’ (Jap.), translations of the Sanskrit ‘Namo Amitābhāya Buddhāya’, meaning ‘Hail to Amitābha Buddha’.

1990, Peter Harvey, “Buddhist Practice: Devotion”, in An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 187:

"Pure Land Buddhism" refers to a set of beliefs and practices that espouses for its aspirants the realization of the stage of non-retrogression (avaivartika; pu t'ui-chuan) either in the present life or through rebirth in a Buddha land or realm (Buddha-kṣetra; fo-kuo) called "Sukhāvatī" (Land of Bliss). […] The Buddha Amitāyus (Wu-liang-shou; Immeasurable Life) or Buddha Amitābha (Wu-liang-kuang; Immeasurable Light) is the 'transcendant' Buddha who presides over the Sukhāvatī world-realm.

1990, Kenneth K[en'ichi] Tanaka, “Pure Land Buddhist Development in India and China prior to Hui-yüan”, in The Dawn of Chinese Pure Land Buddhist Doctrine: Ching-ying Hui-yüan's Commentary on the Visualization Sutra (SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies), Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 1:

The Shorter Sukhavativyuha Sutra is chiefly concerned with describing the wonders of Amitabha Buddha's Pure Land, although it also discusses in some detail the characteristics of Amitabha himself.

2004, Mark L. Blum, “Mahayana Scriptures”, in Kevin Trainor, editor, Buddhism: The Illustrated Guide, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 202:

Less well recognized, however, is the central role played in much of early medieval Pure Land Buddhism by deathbed practices and accompanying beliefs about the radical salvific power of one's last nenbutsu, whether understood as the contemplation of the Buddha Amitābha (or Amitāyus, Jpn. Amida) or the invocation of his name.

2004, Jacqueline I. Stone, “By the Power of One's Last Nenbutsu: Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan”, in Richard K[arl] Payne, Kenneth K[en'ichi] Tanaka, editors, Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitābha (Kuroda Institute Studies in East Asian Buddhism; 17), Honolulu, Hi.: University of Hawai‛i Press, →ISBN, page 77:

The overall programme of the Pure Land Hall represents the process of rebirth in Sukhāvatī, and the three standing Amitābhas in the shrine represent the three possible manifestations of Amitābha to the dying believer on earth, which is the beginning of that process.

2007, Amy McNair, “Salvation for One”, in Donors of Longmen: Faith, Politics, and Patronage in Medieval Chinese Buddhist Sculpture, Honolulu, Hi.: University of Hawai‛i Press, →ISBN, pages 151–152:

In East Asia, the cult of Amitābha eventually became so widespread that it transcended sectarian distinction, and Amitābha became the most popular buddha in the region. In Tibet, Amitābha worship dates to the early propagation of Buddhism in that country in the eighth century, although it never became as prevalent as in East Asia.

2013, Robert E[vans] Buswell Jr., Donald S[ewell] Lopez Jr., “Amitābha”, in The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 35, column 1:

(Buddhism) A particular buddha; an artistic depiction of this buddha.

In Pure Land Buddhism, a branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism, the name of the principal buddha regarded as of celestial origin.

阿彌陀佛 /阿弥陀佛

Pure Land Buddhism: name of the principal buddha

In the period in which Sávarńi shall be the Manu, the classes of the gods will be the Sutapas, Amitábhas, and Mukhyas; twenty-one of each.

1840, “Of the Seven Future Manus and Manwantaras. Story of Sanjná and Chháyá, Wives of the Sun. Sávarńi, Son of Chháyá, the Eighth Manu. His Successors, with the Divinities, &c., of Their Respective Periods. Appearance of Vishńu in each of the Four Yugas.”, in H[orace] H[ayman] Wilson, transl., The Vishńu Puráńa, a System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition, Translated from the Original Sanscrit, and Illustrated by Notes Derived Chiefly from Other Puráńas, London: Published by John Murray, Albemarle Street, →OCLC, page 267:


IFS

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

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

Institute for Fiscal Studies
w:Institute for Fiscal Studies

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


propylaeon

en-noun

propylaeon (plural propylaeons or propylaea)

Beyond these is the first great propylaeon; then, as you advance, a second and a third; their number not being limited any more than that of the sphinxes, but both varying in various temples, as well as the length and breadth of the dromus.

1831, John Lempière, Bibliotheca Classica, s.v. "Æegyptus" § 18

(historical contexts, especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome) Alternative form of propylaeum.

historical contexts; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome; historical contexts; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome


Scotch verdict

From its use in the Scottish legal system.

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

Scots law; criminal law; Scots law; criminal law


Japanime

Japanime (countable and uncountable, plural Japanimes)

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

Blend of Japan (“the country”) + anime (“an animated work”)

blend

(anime, dated) Synonym of anime; Japanese animated cartoons.


Teucer

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τεῦκρος (Teûkros).

Teucris (alternative)
Teucros (alternative)
Teucrus (alternative)

(Greek mythology) The son of King Telamon and Hesione, who fought in the Trojan War and was renowned for his skill in archery.


Ashoka

From Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka, literally “without grief”). Doublet of Ashok and Asoka.

der

(historical) An ancient Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.

(Hinduism) The charioteer of Bhima in the epic Mahabharata.


another place

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

House of Commons
House of Commons#English

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


Matter of Britain

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


alternative fact

en-noun

alternative fact (plural alternative facts)

alternative facts (plural)
alt-fact (alternative)

This term gained prominence after it was used by Kellyanne Conway in January 2017 and widely repeated in the US media.

They are creating their own facts, but one need not be in Government to create alternative facts.

2017 February 25, R. E. Guyson Mayers, “A GUY"S VIEW: Season of discontent”, in Barbados Advocate:

According to Donald Trump we live in an era of "fake news" where his "alternative facts" should be swallowed whole, and without scrutiny.

2017 March 3, “Private Sydney: Celebrities quick to present their own 'alternative facts'”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

Prime ministers have not been immune to spreading alternative facts.

2017 March 3, Chantal Hébert, “It's not just Donald Trump who shifts the truth, Canada's politicians have been using alternative facts for years”, in Toronto Star:

― Secretary: Now, I did not mislead you. That was merely an alternative fact.

2017 May 30, Moe! Ninja Girls, Japan: NTT Solmare, iOS, Android, scene: Season 6, Chapter 6:

2018 March 26, “Association of Herpes Viral Infections, Antiherpetic Therapy, and Dementia: Real or Alternative Fact?”, in Neurotherapeutics, volume 15, →DOI, pages 415–416:

(politics, media) Something presented as a fact for reasons of political expediency; a fiction, a falsehood, a lie.


Brexshit

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

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

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

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

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

(UK politics, derogatory, vulgar) Brexit.


Trumpification

Donald later tells me about the Trumpification of all that he surveys.

2005, Timothy L. O'Brien, TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald:

The Trumpification of Republican politics during the summer of 2015 provided gaudy confirmation that something is amiss.

2016, E. J. Dionne, Why the Right Went Wrong, page 2:

The Trumpification of the Latin American Right

2018 April 16, Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Policy:

But getting rid of Modly will only slow, not stop, the growing Trumpification of the military.

2020 April 7, Max Boot, “Capt. Crozier’s firing shows the growing Trumpification of the military”, in The Washington Post:

(US politics, neologism, originally derogatory) The implementation of Donald Trump's political ideas or influence.


Trumpmania

Even Fox News couldn't seem to make a dent in Trumpmania.

2015, McKay Coppins, The Wilderness: Deep Inside the Republican Party's Combative, Contentious, Chaotic Quest to Take Back the White House:

Trumpmania, on the other hand, was still going strong after five years from the time he declared his presidential candidacy in June, 2015.

2020, Michael Maccoby, Ken Fuchsman, “Conclusion”, in Psychoanalytic and Historical Perspectives on the Leadership of Donald Trump, →ISBN:

(US politics, neologism, originally derogatory) Strong attachment or commitment to Donald Trump.


TrumpCare

Blend of Trump (“Donald Trump”) + healthcare influenced by earlier ObamaCare.

blend

Trumpcare (alternative)
Trump-care (alternative)
Trump Care (alternative)

If he got elected, you could sign up for Trumpcare and feel manly too.

2016, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right:

(US, neologism, originally derogatory) The possible replacement of ObamaCare that would be introduced by Donald Trump.


de-Trumpification

From de- + Trumpification. In the political sense used by opponents of Trump, possibly influenced by denazification and de-Baathification.

De-Trumpification has already begun at the Taj.

2016 October 7, “Trump’s name officially exiting a beleaguered Atlantic City”, in Associated Press:

(neologism) Opposite of Trumpification.
Removing the Trump brand name.

If we expect America to ever again be more than a squalid kleptocracy, we’re going to need a comprehensive plan of de-Trumpification, including wide-ranging investigations and legal reforms.

2018 February 23, Michelle Goldberg, “The De-Trumpification Agenda”, in New York Times:

Once President Trump leaves office, a “de-Trumpification” process will have to course through the Republican Party’s veins if it is to again be a worthy part of the American experiment in self-government.

2019 January 30, Chris Stevenson, “After Trump, the Republican Party will need to do some soul-searching”, in The Washington Post:

Listening to a podcast about the Iran-Contra scandal in 2020 doesn’t provide the frisson of excitement that listening to a podcast about Watergate did in 2017, when the Trump Administration was new, our stress was primal, and the show’s dominating conceit—Watergate took longer to reach a breaking point than we might have realized—seemed to portend a comforting, if distant, de-Trumpification.

2020 March 13, Sarah Larson, “The podcasts to listen to while you're social-distancing”, in The New Yorker:

(US politics) Removing Trump from power or undoing the effects of his presidency.


tetraeteris

tetraeterides (plural)
tetraeterid (alternative)

From Late Latin tetraeteris, from Ancient Greek τετραετηρίς (tetraetērís), from τετρα- (tetra-, “four”) + ἔτος (étos, “year”).

Synonym of quadrennium: A four-year period, particularly (historical) those used in ancient Egyptian and Greek astronomical calculations.


tetraeterid

Alternative form of tetraeteris: A four-year period, particularly (historical) those used in ancient Egyptian and Greek astronomical calculations.


Trumplike

en-adj

Trumplike (comparative more Trumplike, superlative most Trumplike)

more Trumplike (comparative)
most Trumplike (superlative)

Like or resembling Donald Trump; Trumpish


soft bigotry of low expectations

en-noun

soft bigotry of low expectations (uncountable)

A term used by US president George W. Bush; attributed to speechwriter Michael Gerson.

The practice of expecting less from members of a disadvantaged group and thus implicitly encouraging those people not to reach their full potential.


kovil

kovils (plural)
koil (alternative)
koyil (alternative)

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

translit

Aruna went to the Pittsburgh Perumal kovil yesterday.

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

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

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


Chaon

Andromache informs Aeneas that Helenus named the region Chaonia after the Trojan Chaon (334-5).

1997, Michael Paschalis, Virgil's Aeneid: Semantic Relations and Proper Names, Oxford University Press (Clarendon Press), page 132:

(Greek mythology) A character in Virgil's Aeneid: a Trojan hero, a companion or perhaps brother of Helenus, and the eponym of Chaonia and the Chaonians.


Nut

Borrowed from Egyptian nwt (“Nut, sky”).

Not (alternative)
Nunut (alternative)
Nenet (alternative)
Nuit (alternative)

(Egyptian mythology) The goddess who serves as the personification of the sky.


Vinata

(Hinduism) One of the wives of Kashyapa and daughter of Daksha.


alt-left

From alt- + left, by analogy with alt-right.

The alt-left trolls are not over it - now they decided to bus in protestors to protest against a democratic result. The alt-left media have been slow to bash these undemocratic revolting bussed in peasants.

2016 November 24, 7, “The alt-left media cooking up glow ball wumming anti-Trump racket Group”, in alt.global-warming (Usenet):

Sadly, the alt-left's previous apoplectic chicken little month is not limited to nominations, though...is it? It is focused on anything trump does, says, thinks, might have thought, could have thought...etc etc....

2016 December 10, Irie, “Just so I can save the alt left from wasting time posting on future Trump nominations/actions/thoughts, words or deeds”, in Political Euwetopia (Usenet):

Instead, today, a subversive alt-government is emerging, in line with the alt-left's growing resistance to use any means necessary to slow, stop and obstruct Trump’s agenda, from inside the government, to make America ungovernable.

2017 February 13, Joe Cooper, “There's An Alt-Left, And It's Trying To Make America Ungovernable”, in alt.politics.democrats (Usenet):

The President then explicitly and aggressively made the case for why the anti-racism counter-protesters were as much at fault as the armed white militias—a contention at odds with local police accounts. "What about the alt-left that came charging at the – as you say — the alt-right?" Trump challenged the reporters. "Do they have any semblance of guilt?"

2017 August 16, Noah Bierman, “Trump again decries both sides' actions in Virginia”, in Los Angeles Times, page A1, A10:

(US politics, derogatory) The part of the political spectrum that is considered too left-wing; the extreme or radical left.


Chironian

(Greek mythology, astronomy) Pertaining to Chiron.


nature faker

(literature, derogatory) A nature writer who misrepresents animals as having thoughts and feelings similar to those of humans.


Bushitler

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

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


Ino

(Greek mythology) A queen of Boeotia who, after her death and transfiguration, was worshipped as a goddess under the epithet Leucothea.


CBO

On spending, the biggest option CBO outlined was recalculating what the government pays Medicare Advantage health insurance plans in relation to their participants’ health ($1.05 trillion over 10 years).

2024 December 28, Jonathan Nicholson, “Yes, There Are Ways To Cut The Budget Deficit. 'DOGE' Hasn’t Found Them So Far.”, in HuffPost:

Congressional Budget Office
w:Congressional Budget Office

(US politics) Initialism of Congressional Budget Office.


Somnath

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

(Hinduism) Name of a Hindu temple in Gujarat, India. It is the first among the twelve jyotirlinga shrines of Lord Shiva.

A male given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.


Sahadeva

From Sanskrit सहदेव (sahadeva, “with the gods”).

uder

In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, the fifth and last of the Pandava brothers; son of Madri and Pandu.


Palatua

(Roman mythology) The tutelary goddess of the Palatine.


Spocking

(Canada, slang) The practice of defacing certain editions of the Canadian five-dollar banknote, using ink to alter Sir Wilfrid Laurier's features to resemble the character Spock from Star Trek.


dumbocrat

Blend of dumb + Democrat, equivalent to dumb + -o- + -crat.

(US politics, Internet slang, derogatory) A foolish Democrat.


Damocles

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δαμοκλῆς (Damoklês).

A courtier said to have lived at the court of Dionysius II of Syracuse.


red piller

red pillers (plural)
Red Piller (alternative)

The so-called "red pillers" believe that society favors women over men, disenfranchising them and leaving them subject to laws and societal rules they feel are unjust to their gender.

2015 June 16, Trijcomm, “Men's rights fanatics defend Iowa mall shooter fired for sexual harassment: It's 'hard to blame him'”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):

The red pill – while hinting that Simpson might become Nuke in the Marvel universe – seems in this context to function also as an obvious reference to “red pillers”, men’s rights activists who see themselves as proud anti-feminists interested in dominance, traditional gender roles, and the subjugation of women, whose flaws make that subjugation necessary.

2015 November 27, Lili Loofbourow, “Jessica Jones: shattering exploration of rape, addiction and control”, in The Guardian:

Instead "red pillers" believe in a shared delusional system in which "Feminazis" and "Social Justice Warriors" have taken over the world.

2015 December 30, Damian Walter, “Geek male identity has been reduced to Kylo Ren thrashing a computer with his sword - this needs to change”, in The Independent:

Its members often refer to themselves as “red pillers,” a reference to the Matrix scene in which Keanu Reeve’s character has the choice between taking a blue pill that will keep him in a fantasy world or a red pill that will thrust him into reality.

2016 December 26, Angelina Chapin, “Chapin: Why it’s impossible to reason with the alt-right”, in Ottawa Citizen:

Those requirements are apparently daunting to “red pillers.”

2017 April 30, Sarah Palermo, “My Turn: In defense of the f-word – how feminism aims to benefit everyone”, in Concord Monitor:

(Internet slang) One who believes that society is gynocentric.


Machete Order

Introduced in the 2011 article "The Star Wars Saga: Introducing Machete Order", from the website "No Machete Juggling".

(fandom slang) A sequence in which to watch the Star Wars film saga, minus episode I.


Pyrrha

(Greek mythology) The wife of Deucalion.


Twitler

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


bend the knee

en-verb

bend the knee (third-person singular simple present bends the knee, present participle bending the knee, simple past and past participle bent the knee)

bends the knee (present singular third-person)
bending the knee (participle present)
bent the knee (participle past)
bent the knee (past)

From the medieval European practice of genuflecting to show respect for a superior. Popularized by its use on the television series Game of Thrones (2011-2019).

The timid among them declared that he would burn the houses and hang all that had bent the knee to King Louis.

1905, Max Pemberton, The Hundred Days, page 137:

The Earls have power over their lands and people, but must bend the knee to the King and serve as his vassals, just as their own vassals bend the knee to them, and serve them.

Joffrey, Renly, Robb Stark: they're all thieves. They'll bend the knee or I'll destroy them.

2012, David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, “The North Remembers”, in Game of Thrones, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane):

(idiomatic) To swear fealty or allegiance to another person.


Creon

Creone (alternative)
Kreon (alternative)

It has often been observed that Creon imputes corrupt motives (here and to Teiresias), because this was a level of motivation within his comprehension.

1980, R. P. Winnington-Ingram, Sophocles: An Interpretation, →ISBN, page 126:

Above all -- and this is of central importance in connection with the legal implications -- it is essential to understand that Creon must emerge as an appropriate counterweight to the obsessive energy of Antigone: that "Antigone's fate provides the foil for Creon and, in turn, Creon's fate becomes evident only against the background of Antigone's desitiny.

2003, Theodore Ziolkowski, The Mirror of Justice: Literary Reflections of Legal Crises, →ISBN, page 152:

Perhaps more than any other figure in the Oedipus Trilogy, Creon, Oedipus' brother-in-law, seems to be a very different character in each of the plays.

2011, Regina Higgins, Charles Higgins, Cliffs Notes on Sophocles' Oedipus Trilogy, →ISBN, page 81:

(Greek mythology) King of Thebes, noted primarily in the stories of Antigone and Oedipus.


decadarchy

From Ancient Greek δεκαδαρχία (dekadarkhía), from δεκάς (dekás, “a group of ten”) + -αρχία (-arkhía, “-archy: rule”). Equivalent to deca- + -archy.


dekadarchy

From Ancient Greek δεκαδαρχία (dekadarkhía), from δεκάς (dekás, “a group of ten”) + -αρχία (-arkhía, “-archy: rule”). Equivalent to deka- + -archy.

(politics) Synonym of decarchy: rule by ten people.


undecimvirate

undecimvirates (plural)
undecemvirate (alternative)

From Latin ūndecimvirātus, from ūndecimvirī (“undecimvirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”).

(uncommon) A group of eleven people, especially (politics) a council of eleven men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of eleven magistrates in ancient Athens.


Eleusinian Mysteries

Calque of Ancient Greek Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια (Eleusínia Mustḗria).

cal

Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια

(Ancient Greece) Initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone, based at Eleusis in ancient Greece, now named Elefsina.


Ogygia

/əʊˈdʒɪdʒiə/

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὠγυγία (Ōgugía).

(Greek mythology) The island home of the nymph Calypso, where she entertained Odysseus for seven years.


Radium Girl

(US, historical) A female factory worker who contracted radiation poisoning from luminous paint (containing radium) used in watch dials in the early 20th century.


kuudere

Borrowed from Japanese クーデレ (kūdere), a portmanteau of クール (kūru, “calm”), from English cool, and デレデレ (dere-dere, “in a lovey-dovey, infatuated, or lovestruck manner”, adverb).

True, she wasn't very expressive—or anyway, I didn't feel like I saw a lot of emotion from her—but if I thought of her as a kuudere, or one of those “weird girl” types, that could actually be seen as a positive.

2018, Ichiro Sakaki, translated by Kevin Steinbach, Outbreak Company, volume 5, unnumbered page:

The cool and tough exterior she displays makes for a good kuudere, and the blue eyes and silver hair already sets her up for the role in the Clannad series.

2018, "Moogle", "Cool As Rain", Otakuzine Anime Magazine, Issue #121, page 40

Her words were as cool as ever, but there was a hint of embarrassment in her voice. Could she be one of those “kuuderes” I'd heard so much abou

2021, Rifujin na Magonote, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation, Volume 11, unnumbered page:

(chiefly Japanese fiction) A calm, aloof, reserved fictional character (usually a girl) who has a hidden soft side, especially for a love interest.


ACW

American Civil War
American Civil War#English


Gello

From Ancient Greek Γελλώ (Gellṓ), perhaps from Akkadian; see Γελλώ (Gellṓ) for more.

spontaneous abortion
spontaneous abortion

(Greek mythology) A female demon or revenant who threatens the reproductive cycle by causing infertility, spontaneous abortion, and infant mortality.


Thyestes

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θυέστης (Thuéstēs).

(Greek mythology) A king of Olympia; the son of Pelops and Hippodamia; and father of Pelopia and Aegisthus. He and his brother Atreus were exiled by their father for having murdered their half-brother Chrysippus.


South Parkian

en-adj

South Parkian (comparative more South Parkian, superlative most South Parkian)

more South Parkian (comparative)
most South Parkian (superlative)
South Park-ian (alternative)

(rare) Of or related to the adult animated sitcom South Park.


South Park Republicanism

South Park Republicans
South Park Republican#English

(rare, US politics, colloquial) The center-right political ideology held by the South Park Republicans.


Ladon

(Greek mythology) A serpent-like dragon that twined around the tree in the Garden of the Hesperides and guarded the golden apples.


May the Fourth be with you

may the 4th be with you (alternative)
May the 4th be with you (alternative)
may the fourth be with you (alternative)
may the Fourth be with you (alternative)
May the Fourth Be With You (alternative)

Blend of May the Fourth + may the Force be with you.


Byblis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βυβλίς (Bublís).

(Greek mythology) A daughter of Miletus who fell in love with Caunus, her twin brother.


BEWD

I wouldn't call that card "rare"- Konami packages one BEWD in each Seto Kaiba starter deck... That is a far cry from 'rare.'

2002 July 4, Edson plays Green Eyed Ctarl-Ctarl, “Re: YU-GI-OH CARDS”, in alt.fan.digimon (Usenet), message-ID <hlOU8.403520$cQ3.27251@sccrnsc01>:

Out of curiosity, I looked at some pricelists, and BEWD is usually one of the most expensive cards on them. Yes, these are rare BEWDs from the Blue Eyes White Dragon sets, […]

2002 December 18, Chris Mattern, “Re: Shonen Jump Yugioh card”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet), message-ID <uQqdnS5-EYKY2JyjXTWcqQ@comcast.com>:

After Duelist's Kingdom, Yuugi duels the granddaughter of his grandfather's friend, Arthur Hawkins, for the rights to Sugoroku's BEWD, which, if you remember, Seto Kaiba tore up.

2003 October 5, Mizu-chan (P. Frederickson), “Re: Yu-Gi-Oh cards site?”, in rec.arts.anime.games (Usenet), message-ID <3f8035cf_6@corp.newsgroups.com>:

There are two very collectible BEWD cards. This one, and the 1st Edition card from Legend of Blue Eyes White Dragon.

2005, Bill Gill, Pojo's Yu-Gi-Oh! Annual 2005, Triumph Books, →ISBN, page 83:

(fandom slang) Abbreviation of Blue-Eyes White Dragon (a trading card in the game of Yu-Gi-Oh!).


Calexiter

Could it possibly be, #Calexiters, that maybe it's you who don't the share values with rest of the country?

2016 December 15, “California's Latest Ballot Initiatives Prove Residents Live In Fantasy World”, in The Federalist:

The Calexiters think that California would be better off as its own nation, and, taking a page from the British and their “Brexit” election last year, thinks that the rest of the state’s voters can be convinced that separation would be a good idea.

2017 July 13, David Ross, “The cuckoo “Calexit” movement”, in Valley Roadrunner:

The decision marked a revival of sorts for Calexiters: initial efforts at winning support for a ballot initiative collapsed in the spring after it was discovered that a prominent figure in the movement, Louis Marinelli, head of an organization called YesCalifornia, was living in Russia, and maintained close ties to a Kremlin-funded group.

2017 August 3, Casey Michel, “California Secessionists Retain Russian Connection”, in EurasiaNet:

Undeterred, Calexiters regrouped and strategized anew. Late last month, they returned with a new proposal they're certain will catch on.

2017 August 24, Ben Boychuk, “Calexit is our state's latest delusion, all three versions”, in The Sacramento Bee:

We'd like to think such a kooky idea has no shot at getting on the ballot, like the previous attempts by the two main Calexiters — Marcus Ruiz Evans and Louis J. Marinelli — to get some sort of secession proposal on the ballot. But crazier things have happened.

2018 August 7, “Save us from another kooky California breakup plan”, in w:Los Angeles Times:

(US politics) Someone who supports Calexit.


ROTJ

(Star Wars) Initialism of Return of the Jedi (a 1983 movie in the Star Wars series).


Thalestris

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θάληστρις (Thálēstris).

Victory must now have fallen to the side of the travellers (for the bravest troops must yield to numbers) had not Susan the chambermaid come luckily to support her mistress. This Susan was as two-handed a wench (according to the phrase) as any in the country, and would, I believe, have beat the famed Thalestris herself, or any of her subject Amazons; for her form was robust and man-like, and every way made for such encounters.

1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

(Greek mythology) The queen of the Amazons, said to have brought 300 women to Alexander the Great, hoping to breed a race of children as strong and intelligent as he.


Playmander

Blend of Playford + gerrymander. Thomas Playford IV governed for most of the period that the Playmander was in place.

(historical, Australian politics) A system of electoral overrepresentation of rural areas in South Australia from 1936 to 1968, benefitting the Liberal and Country League.


Scillus

An ancient town in Greece, now an archaeological site.


Ancient Egyptian

the Afroasiatic language spoken and written in Ancient Egypt


Xia

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 夏 (Xià).

Shortly after the era of the flood, sites associated with a culture called Erlitou began to emerge. To archaeologists, they signal the start of China's Bronze Age: The communities are 10 times as big as the ones that existed previously, and their technology is much more sophisticated. So far, no evidence has been found to definitively link the Erlitou to the mythical Xia. But if the Xia dynasty really did exist, it's thought that the Erlitou sites would have been the lands they ruled.

2016 August 4, Sarah Kaplan, “Legends say China began in a great flood. Scientists just found evidence that the flood was real.”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-08-04, Science:

But records of the first dynasty, that of the Xia, contain stories of a Great Flood with a Noah-like savior, the Emperor Yu, who gained the mandate of heaven after dredging canals to dispel the floodwaters and make the land safe. Historians have long wondered whether this flood account was a creation-style myth, the folk memory of a real event, or some mixture of the two. Some have dismissed the story of Emperor Yu as a fiction intended to justify centralized rule and, in the absence of any evidence of a massive flood at the time, many have regarded the stories of the Xia dynasty as more myth than history.

2016 August 4, Nicholas Wade, “Scientific Evidence of Flood May Give Credence to Legend of China’s First Dynasty”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-08-04, Science:

(historical) An ancient dynasty in China.


Shang

Wilma Fairbank strongly supports the piece mold theory but points out that the mastery of bronze technology by the Shang people was an outgrowth of their earlier mastery of ceramic technology.

1969, Rutherford John Gettens, The Freer Chinese Bronzes, volume II, Washington, D.C.: Meriden Gravure Company, →OCLC, page 28:

In the Shang and Chou periods our knowledge from archaeology of ordinary dwellings is thus far poor, but something can be said of the more pretentious edifices.

1971, William Watson, Cultural Frontiers in Ancient East Asia, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 81:

Hsing-t'ai, Han-tan, and Shih-chia-chuang are thus among the numerous Shang sites marked by heavy upper Erh-li-kang cultural manifestations.

2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare, Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 135:

(historical) an ancient dynasty in China


Archelaus

After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.” ¶ So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there[…].

1984, The Holy Bible, New International Version, Zondervan, →ISBN, Matthew 2:19-22:

It was not that there had been no Greece influence in the kingdom prior to Archelaus; the Greeks who had lived in Macedon earlier, including those who served with Perdiccas, had, true to form, brought their cuture with them, and some of it may have rubbed off on the Macedonians. But Archelaus is the first Macedonian king for whom we have evidence of a conscious and public adoption of some aspects of Greek culture.

1992, Eugene N. Borza, In the Shadow of Olympus: The Emergence of Macedon, →ISBN, page 173:

Any of various kings in the area of Macedonia dating from BC 399 to AD 6, most notably Herod Archelaus, an ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea from 4 BC to 6 AD.

The date of the Disputation itself admits of tolerably exact settlement. Epiphanius, indeed, says that Manes fled into Mesopotamia in the ninth year of the reign of Vaerianus and Gallienus, and that the discussion with Archelaus took place about the same time. This would carry the date back to about 262 A.D.

2012, Archelaus, The Sacred Writings of Archelaus, →ISBN:

A bishop of Mesopotamia under the emperor Probus, noted for his treatise on the Manichaean heresy dating to AD 277.

A sculptor from Priene during the reign of Claudius, most noted for an image of Homer reputed to have been found in 1658.

An Athenian or Milesian philosopher who was preceptor to Socrates, noted for the doctrine that heat and cold are the principles of all things.


Jedicide

OK, so we know that many of the force powers used by the Jedi of Old have been lost due to the Imperial policy of Jedicide *:o)
In the movies and books we are only exposed to a handful of the Jedi that survived and were able to make HoloVision headlines.

1994 April 14, Andrew R. Jackson, “SWRPG: House rules: New Jedi Powers...”, in rec.arts.sf.starwars (Usenet), message-ID <1994Apr14.011426.23046@dal1>:

I wonder how long before Luke was born did the Jedicide begin. I'm guessing about 30 years before ANH, because I believe Anakin was about 25 when that all happened, since Vader was 50 in ESB (according to my ESB trading cards).

1997 March 2, JEDI AL, “Re: Han didn't believe in the Force?”, in rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc (Usenet), message-ID <19970302233500.SAA22306@ladder02.news.aol.com>:

> Also, Obi-Wan tells Luke that Vader helped the Emporer^([sic]) hunt down and kill the Jedi Knights.
[…]
But we only have Obi-Wan's word about the Jedicide. And we know how trustworthy *that* is!

2000 November 28, SpammersDie, “Re: CD-Copy”, in alt.games.thief-dark-project (Usenet), message-ID <K1zA5.2855$7I4.160528@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>:

(rare, fandom slang, Star Wars) The killing of Jedi.


Sujata

Transliteration of Hindi सुजाता (sujātā), etc.

translit

(Hinduism) Name of the daughter of Uddalaka and mother of Ashtavakra.


Griswold

Griswolds (plural)
Griswood (alternative)
Griswald (alternative)

(US, law, sexuality, US politics, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of Griswold v. Connecticut. A 1965 U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized contraception, allowing access to contraceptives for married couples; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.


Shatnerverse

(fandom slang) The alternate fictional Star Trek universe described in a series of novels co-written by William Shatner, based on the premise that Captain Kirk was brought back to life after the events of the film Star Trek Generations.


Ahalya

Transliteration of Sanskrit अहल्या (ahalyā, “Ahalya”).

(Hinduism) Name of the princess of Puru dynasty and wife of sage Gautama. She was seduced by Indra, cursed by her husband and liberated by Rāma in Ramayana.


Yin

zh-l

陰山／阴山 (Yīnshān)

A mountain range in northern China at the southeast end of the Gobi Desert.


Airavata

From Sanskrit ऐरावत (airāvata, “produced from the ocean”).

bor

(Hinduism) Name of the mythological white elephant, mount of Indra.


Akshayapatra

From Sanskrit अक्षय (akṣaya) + पात्र (pātra).

(Hinduism) A magical vessel given to Yudhishthira by the Lord Surya in the Mahabharata.


Alakananda

(Hinduism) Name of the river Ganges (of earth), when it flows through devaloka.


Amba

(Hinduism) Name of the eldest daughter of the king of Kasi in the epic Mahabharata.


Ambika

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


gulal

(India, Hinduism) a colored powder often used during the Holi festival.


Anasuya

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

(Hinduism) Name of the wife of sage Atri. She had three sons: Dattatreya, Durvasa and Chandra.


Angiras

(Hinduism) Name of a vedic hermit born from the mind of Brahma.


Marvel

(fiction, literature, comics) Ellipsis of Marvel Comics.

(fiction, film, television) Ellipsis of Marvel Studios.


Tian

The pinyin romanization of Mandarin 天 (Tiān).

...‘Heaven’ as we use it throughout the book is only a convenient but inaccurate translation of the Chinese character tian. Heaven in Chinese religions as well as in the Confucian tradition has multidimensional implications... In its metaphysical and physical connotation, Heaven... refers to... Nature. Applied in the spiritual realm, it signifies an anthropomorphic Lord or a Supreme Being who presides in Heaven, and rules over or governs directly the spiritual and material worlds.

2000, Yao Xinzhong, An Introduction to Confucianism, page 142:

Supreme being in Chinese philosophy and religion. He rules over lesser gods, humankind, and controls the cosmos. The word Tian may also refer to Heaven. As a god, Tian is often seen as an impersonal power...

2003, Constance Victoria Briggs, The Encyclopedia of God, s.v. "Tian"::

It was not just the sky, but a god with wills and intentions, seen as sovereign of all... In fact, "Tian" was another reverent term to address the supreme god: "Heaven, for the help of the inferior people, made for them rulers, and made for them instructors" ("Great Declaration I" in the Book of History)...

2018, Zhuo Xinping, Religious Faith of the Chinese, page 58:

(Chinese mythology) Synonym of Heaven: simultaneously conceived as the Heavens, Nature, and an anthropomorphic supreme God.


Aruna

en-proper noun

Aruna (countable and uncountable, plural Arunas)

(Hinduism) Son of Kashyapa by Vinata, charioteer of Surya.


Ashtavakra

From Sanskrit अष्टावक्र (aṣṭāvakra, “eight bends”).

bor

(Hinduism) Name of a vedic sage, a disciple of Uddalaka and son of Sujata.


United Provinces

Republic of the Seven United Netherlands

(historical) A republic that existed from the formal creation of a confederacy in 1581 by several Dutch provinces (which earlier seceded from Spanish rule) until the Batavian Revolution in 1795; the predecessor state of the modern Netherlands.


Patroclus

From Latin Patroclus, from Ancient Greek Πάτροκλος (Pátroklos).

(Greek mythology) A character in the Iliad, known for his close relationship to Achilles.


imperial examination

en-noun

imperial examination (plural imperial examinations)

(historical) A civil service examination system in imperial China to select candidates for the state bureaucracy.


Eurasianism

neo-Eurasianism

specifically the ideology by Aleksandr Dugin and the like

Ruscism

a movement supporting Vladimir Putin and militarism

(politics) A far-right movement and its ideology promoted by Alexandr Dugin, often seen as a Russian kind of fascism


Stucky

A lot of people ship Stucky, and they ship it hard.

2016, Brittani Howell, “#LeaveCapAlone”, in Connect Statesboro, 1 June - 14 June 2016, page 4:

In her 'Domestic Stucky (feat. IKEA)' art project, Kurozawa Shiro decided to draw the characters Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes into a spare IKEA catalogue she had lying around (Stucky is the portmanteau name for the Steve/Bucky pairing).

2017, Francesca Coppa, “Hollywood of Our Own: Media Fandom as Female Artworld”, in Mary Harrod, Katarzyna Paszkiewicz, editors, Women Do Genre in Film and Television, unnumbered page:

The Stucky fandom encompasses all kinds of fans, and acts as a vast space for fans to find their preferred content.

2018 December, Alen Ríos, Diego Rivera, “Vulnerability and Trash: Divisions within the Stucky fandom”, in Otherness: Essays and Studies, volume 6, number 1, page 35:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Steve Rogers (Captain America) and Bucky Barnes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.


Victory

en-proper noun

Victory (countable and uncountable, plural Victorys or Victories)

Victorys (plural)
Victories (plural)
victory (alternative)

All along the Champs Elysées were […] statues of plaster representing nymphs, triumphs, victories, and other female personages painted in oil so as to represent marble; real marble could have had no better effect, and the appearance of the whole was lively and picturesque in the extreme.

1841, M. A. Titmarsh [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], “Mr. Titmarsh to Miss Smith on the Second Funeral of Napoleon. Letter III. The Funeral Ceremony.”, in The Second Funeral of Napoleon: […] And The Chronicle of the Drum. […], London: Hugh Cunningham, […], →OCLC, page 63:

The two reverse groupings which originate on sestertii of Hadrian (BMCCRE III, pl. 79, 7), continue through the coinage of Caracalla, and show Victory floating or standing to the left or right with a standard or trophy held crosswise and extended in the hands are nothing more than the translations of similarly arranged Victoriae from the spandrels of triumphal arches to coin reverses.

1953, Gnomon: Kritische Zeitschrift für die gesamte klassische Altertumswissenschaft, pages 475–476:

Behind Roma seated with Victoriola on the exten ded^([sic]) hand a full-sized Victory approaches from the right with crown and palm.

1974, The Goddess Roma in the Art of the Roman Empire, page 44:

We know from Dio that, when the Curia Iulia, begun by Caesar in 44 B.C., was finally dedicated in 29 B.C., Octavian set up a statue of Victory beside the altar of Victoria which he also dedicated there (51, 22, 2).[…]The type, which inspired innumerable copies, appears on coins by 31 B.C., if not earlier, and shows such a Victory holding in the right hand a wreath and in the left a palm branch, occasionally other attributes. Four years later, when Augustus received the clupeus virtutis, this was placed near the statue of Victory in the Curia Iulia.[…]The fact that there are two Victories at Lugdunum raises a different question, however.

1993, Duncan Fishwick, “The Twin Victories”, in The Imperial Cult in the Latin West, 2nd edition, volume I,1, E.J. Brill, →ISBN, book I, chapter “Roma et Augustus”, subchapter “The Altar of the Three Gauls”, pages 111–112:

(uncountable, Roman mythology) Synonym of Victoria (“the Roman goddess of victory, the counterpart of the Greek goddess Nike”); also (countable), an artistic depiction of her, chiefly as a winged woman.


Shu

Borrowed from Egyptian šw (“Shu”, literally “Emptiness”), a derivative of the verb šwj (“to be empty, devoid of”).

bor

(Egyptian mythology) A god personifying the air and atmosphere.


Shu

Former Shu
Kingdom of Shu
Shu (Egyptian god)
Shu Han

From romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 蜀 (Shǔ).

Historians know relatively little about the Sanxingdui culture, which left behind no written records or human remains, though many believe it to be part of the ancient kingdom of Shu. It's hoped the latest finds will shed light on the kingdom, which ruled in the western Sichuan basin along the upper stream of the Yangtze River until it was conquered in 316 BC.

2022 June 14, Kathleen Magramo, “Sacrificial altar among 13,000 relics unearthed at Sanxingdui archaeological site in China”, in CNN, archived from the original on 2022-06-14, Arts:

(historical) A partially sinicized civilization in ancient Sichuan, China.

(historical) A Chinese kingdom in Sichuan during the Three Kingdoms period.


Shu

From romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 沭 (Shù).


Shu

Synonym of Chu, a river in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.


Iron Lady

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Tien

(Chinese mythology) Alternative form of Tian: Heaven, simultaneously conceived as the Heavens, Nature, and an anthropomorphic supreme God.


MAGA

The 17-year-old told a CBS affiliate the Maga hats - a staple of President Trump's campaign - are a "racist and hateful symbol." ¶ According to the sheriff's office, the student began verbally attacking her peer on Monday because of the Maga hat, before grabbing and hurling it to the ground.

2018 August 29, “California schoolgirl arrested in Trump hat classroom fracas”, in BBC News, BBC:

“Four more years!” the incumbent’s backers called out even louder, largely unencumbered by face coverings. ¶ “Black Lives Matter!” ¶ “Black Lives MAGA!”

2020 October 31, Matt Flegenheimer, “Campaign 2020: Let's Never Do This Again”, in New York Times:

“Mitch knows he can’t take Trump off the table there,” Scott Reed, a longtime G.O.P. strategist, said of the calculations of Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader. “He needs him to energize the MAGA crowd.”

2020 November 18, Richard Fausset, Jonathan Martin, “In Georgia, a Republican Feud With Trump at the Center”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Make America Great Again
w:Make America Great Again

(US politics) Acronym of Make America Great Again.


MAGA

en-adj

MAGA (comparative more MAGA, superlative most MAGA)

more MAGA (comparative)
most MAGA (superlative)
Maga (alternative)

MAGA Republicans

(US politics) Following the political philosophy of Donald Trump; Trumpist.


MAGA

A terrified mob of these MAGAs in their red hats had gathered in the town square screaming: “Where’s Sarah? Where’s Sarah? She promised to make Stars Hollow great again! She’s the only one who can save us!”

2020, John Pansini, Election 2220: Night of the Voting Dead, RtS Publishing, →ISBN:

A different study by political scientists found that Trump’s anti-immigrant ravings actually inspired more white people to vote against him than it did white MAGAs to vote for him.

2020, Kurt Andersen, Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History, Random House, →ISBN, page 267:

Trump, a man devoted to television like it’s religion, likely couldn’t give a damn, but the RNC, the state parties, and the various victory committees will be working their asses off to deploy MAGAs into the field.

2020, Rick Wilson, “The Trump 2020 War Machine”, in Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump—and Democrats from Themselves, New York, N.Y.: Crown Forum, →ISBN, part 3 (Army of Darkness: Trump’s War Machine), page 138:

There were two problems for an African American in Washington DC, during a MAGA rally. First, there were too many pro-Trump MAGAs in town. Worse, there were lots of police officers too. […] At Harry’s Bar a few blocks from the hotel, Money B had apparently made friends because these MAGAs turned out to be fans of his famous songs, like “The Humpty Dance.”

2021, Erbil Gunasti, Daphne Barak, “[[Coming Home] Trump Extended Hand] Celebrating Christmas at the White House”, in Struggling for One America: Trump vs. Hollywood: The Two White Houses, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN:

Many of the founders and leaders of today’s populist parties now just aren’t like their followers. The followers either don’t know – there are plenty of vox pops where Magas (Make American Great Agains) still describe Trump as a self-made man – or don’t care: all this fussing about class origins and elite linkages is just what bitter, twisted liberals do.

2021, Peter York, “(Most) Populists aren’t what they seem…”, in John Mair, Tor Clark, Neil Fowler, Raymond Snoddy, Richard Tait, editors, Populism, the Pandemic and the Media: Journalism in the age of Covid, Trump, Brexit and Johnson, Abramis Academic Publishing, →ISBN, section 2 (UK politics and the media), page 103:

MY LIBERAL RUSSIAN FRIENDS STARTED TO CALL THOSE PEOPLE KRYM-NASHI (“CRIMEA’S OURS”-NIKS) MUCH AS AMERICAN LIBERALS CALL DONALD TRUMP’S FANS MAGAS.

[2022, Andrew S. Weiss, Accidental Czar: The Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin, First Second, →ISBN, page 198:

For DeSantis, it’s “Ron De-sanctimonious.” It doesn’t matter whether his MAGAs know what sanctimonious means; Trump makes the point and his loyal servants get a good laugh.

2022, George Waas, Social Media Musings: Book 4, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

Taylor tweeted about the bind that Zelenskyy found himself in: “Ukraine, of course, is desperate for US support. The biggest risk they face is falling out of favor with the American public. And that explains any upcoming recapitulation of ‘no pressure.’ They can’t afford to piss off the MAGAs. They are truly hostages in this.”

2022, Amanda Sturgill, “National Security”, in We Are #ALTGOV: Social Media Resistance from the Inside, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 146:

In this pop-culture milieu, political parties are like personality cults, and their leaders are symbolic of their group’s identity. So in addition to Janeites (fans of Jane Austen), Beliebers (Justin Bieber) and Swifties (Taylor Swift), we now have MAGAs (Donald Trump), Corbynistas (Jeremy Corbyn) and Boristas (Boris Johnson).

2023, Michael Bond, Fans: A Journey Into the Psychology of Belonging, Picador, →ISBN:

I am sure he reasoned that as an Independent all he would have accomplished would be the sure election of Hillary by splitting MAGAs and Republicans, as Teddy Roosevelt did when he tried to regain the Presidency.

2023, Jack B. Walters, “Who are MAGA- Republicans?”, in One Last Attempt (The Last Angry Man), Trafford Publishing, →ISBN:

The adults were to blame, not just the crazy MAGAs but ordinary people who don’t know any better.

2023, James Oliver Goldsborough, chapter 16, in The Devil’s Presence, City Point Press, →ISBN:

(US politics) A follower of the political philosophy of Donald Trump.


Astadiggaja

From Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa, “eight”) + दिक् (dik, “direction”) + गज (gaja, “elephant”).

(Hinduism) A term applied to the eight male elephants standing guard over the eight zones.


Atikaya

From Sanskrit अतिकाय (atikāya, “gigantic”); ultimately from अति (ati, “extraordinary in size”) + काय (kāya, “body”).

(Hinduism) Name of one of the sons of Ravana in the Ramayana.


Maheshwari

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


Roanoke

Borrowed from Powhatan rawrenock (“roanoke”, literally “things rubbed smooth by hand”).

bor+

A city in Randolph County, Alabama, United States.

A village in Woodford County, Illinois, United States.

A town in Huntington County, Indiana, United States.

Huntington County
Huntington County#English

An unincorporated community in Howard County and Randolph County, Missouri, United States.

A city in Denton County, Texas, United States.

An independent city in Virginia, United States.

An unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States.


Maitreyi

(Hinduism) Name of a Vedic philosopher in Ancient India, a wife of the sage Yajnavalkya.


Maheshwar

From Sanskrit महेश्वर (maheśvara); ultimately from महा (mahā, “great”) + ईश्वर (īśvara, “god”).

(Hinduism) Epithet of the Hindu god Shiva.


Qing

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 清 (Qīng).

Ch'ing (alternative)
Ching (alternative)
Cing (alternative)

Qing dynasty (1644–1912), the last imperial dynasty of China.


Three Kingdoms

I deeply regretted having to miss seeing Hsing-ping, a very old town built by the ruler of the Wu Kingdom in the Three Kingdoms period of the third century.

1977, Yee Chiang, “Kuei-lin and Yang-shuo”, in China Revisited, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 155:

(historical) The tripartite division of China between the states of Wei (魏 (Wèi)), Shu (蜀 (Shǔ)), and Wu (吳／吴 (Wú)), during AD 220–280, following the Han dynasty and preceding the Jin dynasty.


Rogergnome

Compound of Roger + gnome, in reference to Rogernomics.

(New Zealand politics, derogatory) A supporter of Rogernomics; a market liberal, a neoliberal.


Bryanite

From Bryan + -ite, after William Jennings Bryan.

A supporter of William Jennings Bryan (1860–1925), US orator and politician, and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party.


Bryanite

From Bryan + -ite, after William O'Bryan (born William Bryant).


Bakumatsu

(historical) The final years of the Edo period, between 1853 and 1867, when Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy and changed from a feudal Tokugawa shogunate to the pre-modern empire of the Meiji government.


Maybot

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


FMA

Fullmetal Alchemist
w:Fullmetal Alchemist

Abbreviation of Fullmetal Alchemist (“manga and anime series”).


Senectus

(Roman mythology) A son of Nox and the spirit of old age. He is the Roman equivalent of Geras.


not proven

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

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

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


Tmolus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τμῶλος (Tmôlos).

(Greek mythology) A king of Lydia and husband to Omphale.


shikigami

(Japanese mythology) A kind of ghost or spirit in Japanese folklore.


Akhet

The concept of the Akhet was a practical explanation of why light fades gradually after sunset and appears gradually before sunrise, instead of disappearing and reappearing with the sun all at once.

2000, James P. Allen, Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, page 21:

Within the tomb, indeed within the coffin, the ‘house of life’, the deceased lay facing the east and the world of the living, the Akhet, and the rising sun.

2006, Peter Robinson, “The Locational Significance of Scatological References in the Coffin Texts”, in Current Research in Egyptology 2006: Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Symposium, page 147:

Recitation. The sky’s two reedfloats have been set by the Dayboat for the Sun, that the Sun might cross on them to where Horus of the Akhet is, to the Akhet.

2007, trans. James P. Allen, The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts, p.221

To the east and west were the akhets, or horizons — liminal zones in which the sun god and the dead king were prepared, either for rebirth into the upper world on the east or for successful entry into the other world on the west, the place of death and burial.

2008, Zahi A. Hawass, Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, page 33:

The heretic king Akhenaten believed the akhet appeared on the horizon to show him where to build Akhet-Aten, his new city in the desert… Amulets in the shape of the akhet represented Re the sun god and provided powerful protection to the wearer.

2010, Pat Remler, Egyptian Mythology, A to Z, page 6:

(Egyptology) The region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets.


Akhet

As Janssen noted, the information covering the first five days of III akhet is not quite the same in both ostraca.

2003, Koen Donker Van Heel, B. J. J Häring, Writing in a Workmen's Village: Scribal Practice in Ramesside Deir El-Medina:

The lunar month in question would have started on II Akhet 17.

2003, The synchronisation of civilisations in the Eastern Mediterranean in the second millennium B.C. II: proceedings of the SCIEM 2000—EuroConference Haindorf, 2nd of May-7th of May 2001:

I mean it’s the time of the year — Akhet. The time when the river rises.… Akhet brings us food.

2009, Terry Deary, Egyptian Tales: The Plot on the Pyramid, page 5:

Favorite dates were the first month of the akhet season and the third month of the peret season.

2013, Koenraad Donker van Heel, Djekhy & Son: Doing Business in Ancient Egypt:

He was moving from Shemu to Akhet. But what had he harvested, in this last hard year?

2014, Wendy Wallace, The Sacred River: A Novel:

(Egyptology) One of the three seasons of Ancient Egypt, coming after Shemu and before Peret; Inundation.


Peret

[Year 9, Xandikos day 4], which is equivalent to the Egyptian month, second month of Peret, day 18, of the King ‘The Youth who has appeared as King in the place of his Father’, the Lord of the Uraei ‘Whose might is great, who has established Egypt, causing it to prosper, whose heart is beneficial before the gods’…

1999, “The Demotic Text of the Memphis Decree on the Rosetta Stone”, in R. S. Simpson, transl., Cracking Codes: The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment, page 164:

In other words, the crew did not show up for work from I peret 19 to 22, only to resume work on I peret 23.

Fortunately, the absence record is picked up in the more complete Ostracon Cairo CG 25521, which records absences from IV Akhet 15 through to the end of I Peret.

2016, Mark Collier, “The Sting of the Scorpion”, in Mummies, Magic and Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Multidisciplinary Essays for Rosalie David:

(Egyptology) One of the three seasons of Ancient Egypt, coming after Akhet and before Shemu; Emergence.


Shemu

The entry for IV shemu 25 on the reverse was written on the sloping edge of the ostracon to the right of the main text.

Beckerath, one of those who accepted Helck’s argument, paraphrased it as follows: The accession of Amenhotep I and thus the beginning of his regnal years apparently lay on III Shemu 9 or on one of two later days.

Across the Nile—still wide even in Shemu season when the water was low—Ra hung hot and gold over the western fields and their harvesters.

According to the statement above, Petosiris was to take the oath that relinquished his alleged rights to the tomb on 19 October 559 BCE, about three weeks later (day 13 of the second month of shemu in the same year 12).

(Egyptology) One of the three seasons of Ancient Egypt coming after Peret and before Akhet; Harvest.


Tybi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τυβί (Tubí), from Egyptian t-A-a-b-t:Z5-W3:ra (tꜣ-ꜥꜣbt, literally “the offering”). Compare Coptic Ⲧⲱⲃⲓ (Tōbi).

der

Tobi (alternative)
Tubah (alternative)
Tubi (alternative)

But it is also worth remarking, that the 11 Tybi vague of the 15th Tiberius is the 25 December (a. d. 28), just thirty Julian years after the Nativity, if this was referred to 28 Augustus (b. c. 3) and to the day which the Church ultimately consecrated to the commemoration of the Nativity.

1854, Henry Browne, “S. Clemens Alex. on New Testament Chronology”, in The Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology, volume 1:

Now in the 10th year of Antonine the 18th Tybi of the vague year agrees with the 16th Tybi of the fixed year beginning 20 July and therefore with the 2nd November of the Julian year, and it follows that the month Hadrianus began upon the 25th November.

1867, C. W. Goodwin, “Notes on the Calendar question” in Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Alterthumskunde, September and October 1867 issue

However, the letter is docketed as received by Apollonius on the 26th of Tybi.

2002, S. R. Llewelyn, New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity, 9: A Review of the Greek Inscriptions and Papyri Published in 1986-87:

The fifth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the first month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Tybi has been in roughly January.


Phaophi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαωφί (Phaōphí), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-jpt. Compare Coptic Ⲡⲁⲱⲡⲓ (Paōpi).

The second month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Phaophi has been in roughly October.


Hathyr

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἁθύρ (Hathúr), from Egyptian ḥwt-ḥr. Compare Coptic Ϩⲁⲑⲱⲣ (Hathōr).

Athyr (alternative)
Hathur (alternative)

The third month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the third month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Hathyr has been in roughly November.


Choiak

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χοίακ (Khoíak), from Egyptian kꜣ-ḥr-kꜣ. Compare Coptic Ⲭⲟⲓⲁⲕ (Khoiak).

Choeac (alternative)
Khoiak (alternative)
Choiach (alternative)

The fourth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the fourth and last month of the season of Akhet. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Choiak has been in roughly December.


Mecheir

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεχείρ (Mekheír), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-pꜣ-mḫrw. Compare Coptic Ⲙⲉϣⲓⲣ (Mešir).

Mechir (alternative)
Mekhir (alternative)
Mekheir (alternative)

The sixth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Mecheir has been in roughly February.


Phamenoth

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαμενώθ (Phamenṓth), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-jmn-ḥtp. Compare Coptic Ⲡⲁⲣⲉⲙϩⲟⲧⲡ (Paremhotp).

The seventh month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the third month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Phamenoth has been in roughly March.


Pharmouthi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαρμουθί (Pharmouthí), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-rnn-wtt. Compare Coptic Ⲡⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲑⲓ (Parmouthi).

Barmudah (alternative)
Parmouti (alternative)
Pharmuthi (alternative)

The eighth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the fourth and last month of the season of Peret. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pharmouthi has been in roughly April.


Pachon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παχών (Pakhṓn), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-ḫnsw. Compare Coptic Ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ (Pašons), whence English Pashons.

Pachons (alternative)
Pakhons (alternative)

The ninth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the first month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pachon has been in roughly May.


Pauni

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παῦνι (Paûni), from Egyptian pꜣ-n-jnt. Compare Coptic Ⲡⲁⲱⲛⲓ (Paōni).

The tenth month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the second month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Pauni has been in roughly June.


Epeiph

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπιφί (Epiphí), from Egyptian jpj-jpj. Compare Coptic Ⲉⲡⲏⲡ (Epēp).

The eleventh month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the third month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Epeiph has been in roughly July.


Mesore

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσορί (Mesorí), from Egyptian mswt-rꜥ. Compare Coptic Ⲙⲉⲥⲱⲣⲓ (Mesōri).

The twelfth and last month of the later ancient Egyptian civil calendar and Coptic calendar, corresponding to the fourth and last month of the season of Shemu. Since 25 BCE, when the calendar was reformed to include leap-days, Mesore has been in roughly August.


Capitoline Hill

Calque of Latin Capitōlīnus mons, from Capitōlīnus + mons (“hill”), from Capitōlium (“the Capitoline Hill”) + -īnus (“-ine: forming adjectives”), from the oblique stem of caput (“head”) + -ō (“forming nouns”) or -ōlus (“-ole: forming diminutives”) + -ium (“forming location names”).

Constantine the Great
Museum of Roman Civilization


Trumpland

From Trump (after Donald Trump) + -land.

In Trumpland, psychology trumps reality, which helps explain how a candidate proposing one of the largest transfers of weatlh^([sic]) from the bottom to the top could effectively brand himself as a populist hero.

2016 December 27, Journalist?, “Expert Who Has Studied White Supremacy for Almost 50 Years Explains Why Racists Flock to Trump's Rhetoric”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet), message-ID <cecee0c8-7bd6-4d2a-a5fa-14f4ffb95fdd@googlegroups.com>:

United States of America
United States of America

The United States of America under the presidency of Donald Trump.

Four out of the six vulnerable Senate Democrats in Trumpland — lost.

2018 November 7, Greg Gutfeld, “Gutfeld on the Kavanaugh effect on midterms”, in Fox News Network:

The parts of the United States of America where Donald Trump finds high support; Trump's geographical support base.


Alliance

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


Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America


Lexiteer

/ˈlɛksɪtɪəɹ/

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

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

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


Prajapati

en-proper noun

Prajapati (countable and uncountable, plural Prajapatis)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रजापति (prajā́pati, “lord of creation”).

lbor

(Hinduism, Vedic religion) A deity, later identified with Brahma.


PMC

Stephanie Foster, the PMC deputy secretary of governance, told the finance and public administration estimates hearing that Morrison convenes meetings attended by others.

2020 March 2, Paul Karp, “Scott Morrison’s one-man cabinet committee an ‘abuse of process’, Labor says”, in The Guardian:

(Australian politics) Initialism of prime minister and cabinet.


Atum

Borrowed from Coptic ⲁⲧⲟⲩⲙ (atoum, “Atum”), from Egyptian tm (“Atum”).

(Egyptian mythology) The creator god of Heliopolis, the original source of all matter, associated with the evening sun.


Geb

Borrowed from Egyptian gbb (“Geb, earth”).

(Egyptian mythology) The god who serves as the personification of the earth.


throne name

A regnal name, particularly in the context of the ancient Near East and Egypt.


DExEU

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

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


USCT

U.S.C.T. (alternative)
U. S. C. T. (alternative)

United States Colored Troops
w:United States Colored Troops

(US, historical) Initialism of United States Colored Troops.


Russiagate

Her [Fiona Hill's] time as special assistant to the president and senior director for European and Russian Affairs, a role that put her at the center of domestic and geopolitical intrigue, follows the arc of the Russiagate scandal that dogged Trump’s presidency almost from its inception.

2019 September 30, Natasha Bertrand, “The Russia Hawk in the White House”, in POLITICO Magazine:

(US politics, informal) The controversy and Russia investigation that ensued after the 2016 US presidential election regarding the discovery of myriad secretive links between Trump associates and Russian officials.


Kipper

en-noun

Kipper (countable and uncountable, plural Kippers)

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


Cold Warrior

Cold Warriors (plural)
cold warrior (alternative)

Like many other ‘Cold Warriors’ of the European political center, [Raymond] Aron had only limited sympathy for the United States—‘the U.S. economy seems to me’, he wrote, ‘a model neither for humanity nor the West’.

2005, Tony Judt, “Culture Wars”, in Postwar: A history of Europe since 1945, London: Vintage Books, published 2010, →ISBN:

(history) A participant in the Cold War.


Old Novgorodian

A dialect used in Old East Slavic birch-bark writings found around Novgorod, having some archaic features that were lost in other Slavic dialects.

vieux novgorodien

a dialect of Old East Slavic used in Novgorod


Memory Alpha

(rare) A collaborative project to create the most definitive, accurate, and accessible encyclopedia and reference for everything related to Star Trek; Star Trek wiki.


damnatio memoriae

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin damnātiō memoriae (literally “condemnation of memory”).

ubor

(historical, Ancient Rome) A posthumous punishment for traitors etc. by which they were effectively erased from history by having their works undone and any mention of their name forbidden.


slave state

(US, historical) Prior to the American Civil War, any of the states in which the owning of slaves was legal.


damnation of memory

damnatio memoriae
damnatio memoriae#English

(historical, Ancient Rome, uncommon) Synonym of damnatio memoriae


Foggy Bottom

Perhaps in reference to the smoke from industrial facilities.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talked boldly about smart power projection, but by the time she left Foggy Bottom, she was still stuck deploying the same meager, smart power tools that she inherited.

2019 October 7, Chris Murphy, “How to Make a Progressive Foreign Policy Actually Work”, in The Atlantic:

(US politics, metonymically) The United States Department of State, whose headquarters are nearby.


Hippodamia

/ˌhɪpɒdəˈmaɪə/

From Ancient Greek Ἱπποδάμεια (Hippodámeia).

Hippodamea (alternative)
Hippodameia (alternative)

Restored to life, Pelops competes for Hippodamia against her father Oenomaus, who dies cursing Pelops' family.

2007, Marianthe Colakis, Mary Joan Masello, Classical Mythology & More: A Reader Workbook, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, →ISBN, page 207:

(Greek mythology) Various female Ancient Greek mythological figures, especially the queen of Pisa as the wife of Pelops.


Wizard of Oz experiment

en-noun

Wizard of Oz experiment (plural Wizard of Oz experiments)

Referring to a scene in which the Wizard of Oz hides behind a curtain to project an intimidating shadow image.

human-computer interaction
human-computer interaction

In the field of human-computer interaction, a research experiment in which subjects interact with a computer system that they believe to be autonomous, but which is actually being operated by an unseen human being.


Albo

(Australia, informal) Anthony Albanese, the 31st Prime Minister of Australia.


Dexit

Blend of Pokédex + exit. Also a pun on Brexit.

Game Freak came clean, stating that it simply couldn’t include all Pokémon in the games — a first for the series — because of technical limitations. This controversy, known as Dexit by the fans, might have prompted less blowback if Game Freak could show that its decision led to better graphics and performance.

2022 November 18, Jhaan Elker, “After ‘Pokémon Scarlet’ and ‘Violet,’ we can’t give Game Freak a pass”, in The Washington Post:

(Pokémon, fandom slang) The decision by Game Freak to make the National Pokédex absent from Pokémon Sword and Shield as well as for many Pokémon to be completely unavailable in these games.


Fenders

"Im going to sleep!" Reads fenders fics on phone until 4am

2015 July 23, Tentacle (@10takler), Twitter:

EVERYBODY SHIPS FENDERS WRONG!!!! less angry makeouts more talking about feelings

2015 August 2, silver stars (@naiakiir), Twitter:

In my Fenders headcanon, Anders accompanies Fenris in Blue Wraith.

2023 June 26, BinkyProd (@BinkyProd), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Fenris and Anders from Dragon Age II.


parampara

Borrowed from Sanskrit परंपरा (paraṃparā).


cabbit

(anime, manga) A fictional hybrid of a cat and a rabbit.


Red Crown

the Red Crown (canonical)
red crown (alternative)

The figure of the king wearing the Red Crown is uncommon when standing alone; it seldom occurs except in connection with a companion figure wearing the White Crown.

1917, M. A. Murray, “Statue of Nefer-Sma-Āa”, in Flinders Petrie, editor, Ancient Egypt and the East, page 147:

Two examples are here quoted, addressed respectively to the White Crown of Upper, and to the Red Crown of Lower Egypt: […] The Red Crown gleams upon thee, O Sobk, that thou mayest be protected.

1931, Eric Peet, A Comparative Study of the Literatures of Egypt, Palestine and Mesopotamia: Egypt’s Contribution to the Literature of the Ancient World, page 64:

The earliest representation of the Red Crown, traditionally identified with the northern Kingdom is much earlier and is moulded on a pottery sherd recovered from a southern site, Naqada, and quite firmly dated to the Naqada I period, in the middle of the fourth millennium, c.3500 BC.

2004, Michael Rice, Egypt’s Making: The Origins of Ancient Egypt 5000-2000 BC, page 112:

A crown of Ancient Egypt symbolizing control over Lower Egypt.


White Crown

the White Crown (canonical)
white crown (alternative)

Two examples are here quoted, addressed respectively to the White Crown of Upper, and to the Red Crown of Lower Egypt: Adoration of the White Crown […]

The earliest Egyptian representation of the White Crown of the south is on the Narmer palette.

A crown of Ancient Egypt symbolizing control over Upper Egypt.


life, prosperity, health

Calque of Egyptian ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb, anx-DA-s

It is a communication to the Master,—Life, Prosperity, Health!—about causing to be sent to me 10 re-geese for (?) the servant there.

1898, William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Francis Llewellyn Griffith, Hieratic Papyri from Kahun and Gurob (principally of the Middle Kingdom), page 67:

The matters that occurred following what was written in the book of decrees from Year 44 of the Pharaoh — life, prosperity, health — Amasis — life, prosperity, health —, until Cambyses was in command of Egypt; he died ...(?) before regaining his country.

2013, A. Kuhrt, The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period, page 125:

Then did His Majesty say to him, ‘I have traversed all the rooms of the palace (life, prosperity, health) in search of recreation, but I have found none.’

2014, Alan B. Lloyd, Ancient Egypt: State and Society, page 85:

However, it happened that, as for King Seqnen-Re—life, prosperity, health!—he was Ruler—life, prosperity, health!—of the Southern City. Distress was in the town of the Asiatics, for Prince Apophis—life, prosperity, health—was in Avaris, and the entire land was subject to him with their dues, the north as well, with all the good prduce of the Delta.

2016, James B. Pritchard, Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament with Supplement, page 231:

(in translations of Ancient Egyptian documents) an honorific phrase used after the names of kings, queens, princes, etc., after the words of a king, ruler, or prince, after references to the royal household, and, more rarely, after the names of ordinary people.


Trumpistan

The parts of the United States of America where Donald Trump finds high support; Trump's geographical support base.

The essay helpfully applies lessons she learned in the Putinsphere to the Trumpistan she sees unfolding in the United States.

2016 November 11, Jonathan Chait, “Trumpistan Week One: The Unthinkable Slowly Becomes Normal”, in New York Magazine:

Welcome to Trumpistan, a country two weeks into the tumultuous rule of a miserable, cruel and seemingly captive president.

2017 February 3, Joy-Ann Reid, “In Trumpistan, Things Fall Apart”, in The Daily Beast:

So what’s it going to be, America: a democratic republic, or Trumpistan?

2018 May 23, Gene Lyons, “Welcome to Trumpistan, my fellow Americans”, in Chicago Sun-Times:

The United States under president Trump.


Clintonist

A word of caution however is needed in Clinton's relationship with Indochina, bearing in mind that his foreign policy is being determined by Carterites, Reagan Democrats and Clintonists.

This MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) professor, however, is neither a Seguinist nor a Chevenementist but... a Clintonist.

1993, Daily Report: West Europe, page 33:

(US politics) A supporter of Bill Clinton.

Many Clintonists invested their campaign with a self-mythologizing notion that theirs was a historic quest—to achieve, at long last, the greatest of all gender breakthroughs in the history of the nation, or even the world.

2015, Alan H. Levy, The Political Life of Bella Abzug, 1976–1998: Electoral Failures and the Vagaries of Identity Politics, →ISBN, page 336:

“We find that individuals with only a few followers and individuals with hundreds of followers make up a larger share in the Trump camp than in the Clinton camp, while by contrast individuals with a few dozen to 200 followers have a larger presence among the Clintonists,” say Wu and co.

2016 March 18, “Twitter Facial Analysis Reveals Demographics of Presidential Campaign Followers”, in MIT Technology Review:

2017 July 23, Edward Helmore, "‘Dirtbag left’ takes aim at Clinton supporters", The Observer (UK, Sunday sister paper of The Guardian).
“The fear is we’re going to do ’68 over again and that’s the argument the Clintonists will make – that a battle within the Democratic party will help elect a conservative militia that will then, despite being a sociological minority, craft the institutions so they can remain a political majority.”

(US politics) A supporter of Hillary Clinton.


Clintonist

en-adj

Clintonist (comparative more Clintonist, superlative most Clintonist)

more Clintonist (comparative)
most Clintonist (superlative)

In the 1990s, setting his jaw against Clintonist internationalism, he moved into the public eye once more with his predictions of an impending "clash of civilizations," which made him a cause célèbre, especially among those who hoped that the end of the cold war would not mean the end of cold-war levels of military spending.

2005, Catherine Lowe Besteman, Hugh Gusterson, “Introduction”, in Catherine Lowe Besteman, Hugh Gusterson, editors, Why America's Top Pundits are Wrong: Anthropologists Talk Back, →ISBN, page 11:

(US politics) Pertaining to the politics of Bill Clinton or his supporters.

2017 July 23, Edward Helmore, "‘Dirtbag left’ takes aim at Clinton supporters", The Observer (UK, Sunday sister paper of The Guardian).
In a recent edition, Chapo co-host Will Menaker accused – and not for the first time – Clintonist liberalism of being the architect of its own defeats.

(US politics) Pertaining to the politics of Hillary Clinton or her supporters.


Berniecrat

(US politics) A Democratic supporter of Bernie Sanders or his policies.