Sisupala

(Hinduism) The king of Chedi and cousin of Krishna.


blue wall

From blue + wall. From the representative color of the political party, and the solidity of support for that party in that region.

Mr. Martin says that Mr. Walz’s bio and skill set will make him an asset in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania – three “blue wall” states crucial to winning the presidential election.

2024 August 6, Cameron Joseph, “What Tim Walz brings to the table as Kamala Harris’ VP pick”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

(US politics) A group of states known for consistently voting Democratic in presidential elections from 1992 through 2012.

battleground state
battleground state#English

(US politics) The three battleground states that were dislodged from the 1992-2012 group in 2016: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin.

Coordinate term: red wall

(UK politics) A group of Conservative-leaning parliamentary constituencies that are seen as shifting away from the party.


silent majority

en-noun

silent majority (plural silent majorities)

Popularized in contemporary usage by U.S. President Richard Nixon in a speech on November 3, 1969.
The older sense for "the dead" was used in English since the 19th century, and further back in Latin by the Roman writer Petronius, who wrote abiit ad plures (“he has gone to the majority”) to describe the dead.

Nixon took the field against his critics in his Nov. 3 plea to "the silent majority'" for backing of his Viet Nam policy.

1969 November 21, “Nation: The Politics of Polarization”, in Time:

As for leadership, she applauds New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, whose stern law and order policies have won over the "black silent majority," she says.

1998 June 7, Judith Levine, "What Went Wrong on the Way to Integration" (book review of Someone Else's House by Tamar Jacoby), Businessweek (retrieved 13 Aug 2012)

He has argued, however, that the demonstrations do not represent the silent majority of Japanese (presumably including those in the heartland) who are too anxious about the economy to give up on nuclear energy.

2012 July 27, Hiroko Tabuchi, “In Conservative Japan Enclave, Antinuclear Candidate Gains Ground”, in New York Times, retrieved 2012-08-13:

Prior to 1968, the right had taken the view that ‘ordinary people’ were still inherently conservative, which you can see echoed today in the ‘silent majority’ rhetoric of modern establishment conservatives.

2017, Angela Nagle, chapter 3, in Kill All Normies, Zero Books, →ISBN:

President Trump believes he represents the “silent majority” of the country against a dangerous, radical minority. He says as much on Twitter, frequently yelling “SILENT MAJORITY” at his followers.

2020 July 24, Jamelle Bouie, “There Is a ‘Great Silent Majority.’ But It Stands Against Trump.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(chiefly US politics) The largest portion of a demographic group or of the population of a political jurisdiction, which is considered to possess political and social views that are not openly declared, but that can nevertheless significantly affect voting patterns and social behavior.


ALM

all lives matter
all lives matter#English

(US politics) Initialism of all lives matter.


Kuomintang

c. 1912, from the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 國民黨 /国民党 (Guómíndǎng), Wade–Giles: Kuo²-min²-tang³.

KMT (alternative)
Guomindang (alternative)
Komintang (alternative)
Kuomingtang (alternative)

It is generally believed that the creation of the Kuomintang will somewhat straighten out the political tangle in China caused by the multitude of parties. The Kuomintang holds itself out as the democratic party, and its support of the President will be tempered by the path his future actions take.

1912 September 7, “The Passing of the Tungmenghui”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume CIV, number 2352, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 686, column 3:

The trend of events from the founding of the Republic to the unseating of the Kuomintang members of the National Assembly in November, 1913, however, confirmed the belief held in many quarters that republicanism was not a suitable system of government for the Chinese in their present stage of political development.

1916, F. L. Pratt, “CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 1915”, in China Mission Year Book 1916, Shanghai: Christian Literature Society for China, page 24:

U Nu's government was Socialist with a program of nationalization. But it had to fight for survival against almost universal disorder complicated by a Communist rebellion, a Karen rising, which was far more serious, and, in 1950, the arrival from Yünnan of General Li Mi's Kuomintang division after its rout by the Chinese Communists.

1968, Daniel George Edward Hall, “Burma”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 4, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 442, column 2:

He drew lists of Party cadre members of both before and after forty-nine, and pored over the scant details of those entrusted with the takeover of big enterprises where technological know-how was required: in particular the Kiangnan shipyard, a massive affair from which the Kuomintang elements had repeatedly to be purged.

1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 238:

The Kuomintang Party, after capturing 62 of the 71 seats in the Dec. 3 legislative elections, has retained control of the Legislative Yuan of Taiwan, the bastion of recovery, that it has held for the past 30 years.

1983 December 4, “6.7 Million Voters Select 71 Legislators”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIV, number 48, Taipei, page 1:

By 1927, these gangs had come to play a cardinal political role, serving as agents of the Kuomintang in dealing with unions, radicals, and other opponents of the regime.

1985, Harold R. Isaacs, Re-encounters in China: Notes of a Journey in a Time Capsule, M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, page 6:

If we say that the Communist Parties in West European countries are tainted with some undesirable traditions of the social-democratic parties, the Chinese Communist Party is more or less tainted with the undesirable traditions of the Kuomintang. The concept of “ruling the country by the party”, held by some comrades, is a manifestation in our Party of an abominable tradition of the Kuomintang.

1992 [1941 April 15], Xiaoping Deng, “The Party and the Anti-Japanese Democratic Government”, in Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 17:

Next door, you can't miss the Fushan Illuminated Wall, a huge sign with red Chinese characters on a white background declaring: "Sleep with one's sword ready." Its purpose was to brace the islands' Kuomintang troops and to warn off the Communist troops always watching from just across the waters.

2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 203:

In February, the newly elected mayor of Taipei, Chiang Wan-an, welcomed a delegation from the Shanghai branch of the Taiwan Affairs Office. Andrew Hsia, a Kuomintang vice chairman, went to China and met with Wang Huning and Song Tao, two key figures in Beijing’s Taiwan strategy.

2023 March 27, Chris Horton, “Taiwan’s Ex-President Heads to China in Historic and Closely Watched Visit”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-27, Asia Pacific:

A nationalist political party founded under Sun Yat-sen in 1912 that ruled mainland China from 1928 to 1949, now one of three major parties in the Republic of China (Taiwan).

Chinese History: A New Manual
Harvard University Press
Kuomintang

國民黨 /国民党

a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan


limoniad

limoniads (plural)
leimoniad (alternative)
limnade (alternative)
limniad (alternative)

Latin limoniades, plural, Ancient Greek λειμωνιάδες (leimōniádes), from λειμών (leimṓn, “meadow”).


hieromnemon

hieromnemon (plural hieromnemons or hieromnemones)

hieromnemons (plural)
hieromnemones (plural)

From Ancient Greek ἱερομνήμων (hieromnḗmōn), from ἱερός (hierós, “sacred”) + μνήμων (mnḗmōn, “mindful, remembering”, from μνήμη (mnḗmē)).

(historical, Ancient Greece) The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister.


Biden

Ultimately from Old French bouton (“button”), metonymic surname for a button-maker, of Germanic origin. See button.

Heading into 2016 and 2020, if you told the hotshots from Obamaworld that you thought Biden would be a good candidate, they would uniformly offer a look of infinite patience, tolerance and condescension and say something like, “Well, I could understand how someone would think that.”

2021 March 20, Maureen Dowd, “Old Pol, New Tricks”, in The New York Times:

Joe Biden, 46th president of the United States (2021–2025).


Anchises

Ancient Greek Ἀγχίσης (Ankhísēs), via Latin Anchises.

A mythical Trojan elder in the Iliad and the Aeneid, father of Aeneas.


redskirt

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

From red + skirt. Patterned after redshirt, which derived from the tendency for male security officers, who wore red shirts, to die on episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series. Female crew members wore minidresses, but only one red-uniformed female character was killed during the series' run, in the episode "By Any Other Name."

Wasn't there that episode where the aliens turned everyone into little blocks of styrofoam, and one of the aliens turned a redskirt and a redshirt into cubes and crumbled one of them? And then Scotty got really drunk. I seem to recall that the redskirt bought it that time.

2007 February 10, Marc Goodman, “Re: Response to Steven Pinker's 'The Mystery of Consciousness'”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet):

(fiction, fandom slang, rare) An unimportant or expendable female character, especially one introduced only to be killed in order to underscore the peril faced by important characters.


usurary

en-adj

usurary (comparative more usurary, superlative most usurary)

more usurary (comparative)
most usurary (superlative)
usurarious (alternative)

Latin usurarius (“that serves for use, that pays interest”). See English usurer, French usuraire.

uder

(obsolete, especially Scots law) Usurious.


rejoiner

From rejoin + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (ideological suffix).

All these obstacles are real. None can be wished away. Which is why rejoiners need to look to the likes of [Nigel] Farage and [John] Redwood for inspiration.

2023 June 23, Jonathan Freedland, “With even leavers regretting Brexit, there’s one path back to rejoining the EU”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(UK politics) Someone who wants the United Kingdom to join the European Union again.


Cabeiri

Cabiri (alternative)
Cabbiri (alternative)
Kabeiroi (alternative)
Kabiri (alternative)

(Greek mythology) A group of enigmatic chthonic deities worshipped by a mystery cult closely associated with that of Hephaestus.


Rogernomics

From Roger + -nomics. Compare earlier Reaganomics.

(New Zealand politics) The economic policies followed by Roger Douglas, New Zealand finance minister, characterised by market-led restructuring and deregulation and the control of inflation through tight monetary policy, accompanied by a floating exchange rate and reductions in the fiscal deficit.


Thatchernomics

(economics) The economic policies followed by Margaret Thatcher, British prime minister.


Clintonite

A political supporter of Bill Clinton or Hillary Clinton.


Clintonization

November 10, 2016, David French, "What Comes Next for Never Trump" in National Review Online https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/11/never-trump-movement-future-trump-presidency/
It's imperative that conservatives continue to resist the Clintonization of the GOP.

Adoption of the policies or attitudes of Bill Clinton's American presidency.


clear blue water

Introduced by the Conservative Party in the 1990s.

It was the Conservatives' policy, designed in part to put some clear blue water between themselves and Labour and to refresh Conservative Party ideas.

2002, Anthony Forster, Euroscepticism in Contemporary British Politics, page 27:

But, Boyle's admission does put clear blue water between CC and the autonomist politics of another notorious commons enthusiast, Peter Linebaugh, who is also included in this chapter.

[…] the Conservatives can still create clear blue water between them and Labour by showing how they prioritise the family over the State.

2011, Martin H. M. Steven, Christianity and Party Politics: Keeping the Faith, page 62:

I was of the view that there ought to be clear blue water between us and the Tories on this issue.

Sitting on the bottom of both league tables - with clear blue water between it and the next worst operator - is Avanti West Coast.

2023 February 8, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: Boom or bust: time to decide”, in RAIL, number 976, page 3:

(idiomatic, especially UK politics) An obvious, unambiguous divide between the policies of two parties.

daylight

emotional or psychological distance, or disagreement; usually in the expression put daylight between oneself and someone


Roosevelt elk

Named after US president Theodore Roosevelt.

Cervus canadensis roosevelti, the largest of the four surviving subspecies of elk in North America.


didrachma

en-noun

didrachma (plural didrachmas or didrachmae or didrachmai)

didrachmas (plural)
didrachmae (plural)
didrachmai (plural)
didrachm (alternative)

An Ancient Greek silver coin worth two drachmas.


Cumae

An Ancient Greek, and then Roman, settlement near Naples famed for its sibyl.


Space Race

(historical) The informal competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to launch unmanned satellites, send people into space and land them on the Moon.


Ææa

Hence she is not merely the personification of the rosy morn, but also of twilight, for which reason her palace is placed in the west, on the island Ææa.

19th century, Unknown, Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome, page 67:

(Greek mythology) Archaic form of Aeaea.


Andromache

From Latin Andromachē, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομάχη (Andromákhē).


GOPer

(US politics) A member of the Republican Party.


CPB

Communist Party of Britain
w:Communist Party of Britain

(UK politics) Initialism of Communist Party of Britain.


BBM

(Philippine politics) Initialism of Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippines


Qin

en-proper noun

Qin (countable and uncountable, plural Qins)

Qins (plural)
Ch'in (alternative)
Tsin (alternative)
Chin (alternative)

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 秦 (Qín), from Middle Chinese (*dzin), from Old Chinese (*dzin).

An ancient feudal state of China that existed between 778 and 207 BC.

The youth of China, deeply concerned with the future of their country, began to question everything and re-evaluate everything. What had been considered valuable became worthless, and what had been regarded as worthless became priceless. The more they examined, the more doubtful they became. This inquisitive approach shook the ancient political system, which had been handed down with little modification from the Chin Dynasty more than twenty centuries before. The new generation cried, "Democracy."

[1943, Kwok Ying Fung, “Out of Yesterday”, in China, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 14:

Sian was the captial of the Cin Dynasty(221B.C. - 201B.C.), which built the Great Wall of China. The city is now known for archeological finds, such as the clay soldiers, horses and arms buried with the emperor of the Cin Dynasty.

[2007, “Our Trip Back to Shanghai”, in A Girl From Shanghai: The Story of Lillian Hsu, a Medical Geneticist, a NTU Medical College Alumna, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 48:

Until 1974, the name Qin Shihuangdi (221-210 B.C.) was essentially known to specialists through the annals of Sima Qian, official historian to the Han dynasty (206 B.C.-220 A.D.). The Han overthrew the Qin dynasty founded by the First Emperor and this might call for reservations concerning his objectivity. Yet Sima, who wrote a century after the facts, was well informed.

2007 September 14, Souren Melikian, “A Chinese emperor's cultural revolution”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-11-28, Arts:

The highlight of every Chinese New Year meal with the family is when the "hongbao", red envelopes filled with brand new banknotes, are handed out at the end. The tradition goes back to the Qin dynasty (221 - 206 BC) when hongbao were given to children to protect them from evil spirits.

2016 February 11, Frank Sieren, “Sieren's China: Cashless into the Year of the Monkey”, in DW News, archived from the original on 2016-02-12, China:

The first imperial dynasty of China, lasting from 221 to 207 BC.


Qin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 沁 (Qìn).

Ch'in (alternative)
Tsin (alternative)
Chin (alternative)


Janamejaya

From Sanskrit जनमेजय (janamejaya, literally “causing men to tremble”).

bor

(Hinduism) Son of Parikshit, who performed Sarpayaga in Mahabharata.


Drona

The royal guru to Kauravas and Pandavas in Mahabharata.


Dhritarashtra

Borrowed from Sanskrit धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra).

bor+

The king of Hastinapur in the Mahabharata.


Shakuni

(Hinduism) The personification of Dvapara Yuga, the brother of Gandhari in the Mahabharata.


balance the ticket

en-verb

balance the ticket (third-person singular simple present balances the ticket, present participle balancing the ticket, simple past and past participle balanced the ticket)

balances the ticket (present singular third-person)
balancing the ticket (participle present)
balanced the ticket (participle past)
balanced the ticket (past)

(US politics) To pick a vice-presidential candidate who represents a different constituency than the presidential candidate.


TDP

(Indian politics) Initialism of Telugu Desam Party, a political party.


Borismania

2012 October 8, James Kirkup, The Telegraph:

(UK politics) Enthusiasm for Boris Johnson (born 1964), British politician and Mayor of London.


Anemoi

(Greek mythology) The four Greek gods of the winds (Boreas, Notus, Eurus, and Zephyrus, who were each ascribed a cardinal direction from which their respective winds came), considered collectively.


Astra Planeta

(Greek mythology) The five Greek gods of the "Wandering Stars", (i.e. "planets"), (Phaenon (Saturn), Phaethon (Jupiter), Pyroeis (Mars), Eosphorus/Hesperus (Venus), and Stilbon (Mercury). They were the sons of the Eos (goddess of the dawn) and Astraeus (god of the dusk), and their siblings were the four Anemoi ("winds").


Atreid

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀτρείδης (Atreídēs).

bor+

Ancient tradition said that Mycenae was founded by the Perseid dynasty and that the Atreids (Pelops, Atreus, Agamemnon) were outsiders.

1998, Michael Wood, In Search of the Trojan War, page 157:

While in the Oresteia sacrifice operated as a metaphor for the intrafamilial murders of the Atreids, among the Taurians the metaphor takes on materiality.

1999, Barbara Goff, “The Violence of Community: Ritual in the Iphigenia in Tauris”, in Mark William Padilla, editor, Rites of Passage in Ancient Greece: Literature, Religion, Society, page 112:

The family history of the Atreids is so complicated you'd need a flow chart to get it; what's more, that chart would flow with the blood of doomed family members. Situated in Mycenae, the Atreids were a brutal and competitive bunch; they worked hard to outdo each other with generation after generation of heinous crimes.

2010, Chiron the Centaur, The Mythic Warrior's Handbook, page 28:

(Greek mythology) Any of the family and descendants of the mythical Mycenaean king Atreus, including either of his sons Menelaus and Agamemnon, who both feature in the Iliad.


branchid

(Ancient Greece) Any member of the Branchidae, a family of priests who had charge of the Ionian sanctuary of Didyma before it was destroyed by the Persians.


American Empire

The one thing that Noam Chomsky and Paul Wolfowitz might agree upon is the reality of an American Empire.

2005, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., “The American Empire? Not so Fast”, in World Policy Journal, volume 22, number 1, page 43:

United States of America
United States of America

The United States of America together with its allies, viewed as having the qualities characteristic of an empire.


eumolpid

en-noun

eumolpid (plural eumolpids or eumolpidae)

From Ancient Greek Εὐμολπίδης (Eumolpídēs), said to be after an ancestor named Εὔμολπος (Eúmolpos), though perhaps instead from εὔμολπος (eúmolpos, “sweetly singing”) from εὐ- (eu-, “good, well”) + μέλπω (mélpō, “celebrate with song and dance”).

Eleusinian Mysteries
Eleusinian Mysteries

a member of the hereditary priesthood of the Eleusinian Mysteries in Ancient Greece


heracleid

(Greek mythology) Any member of the Heracleidae, the descendants of Hercules.


Heraclid

(Greek mythology) One of the Heracleidae, or descendants of Heracles.


Iamid

Iamid (plural Iamids or Iamidai or Iamidae)

Iamids (plural)
Iamidai (plural)
Iamidae (plural)

(Ancient Greece) A member of an Olympian dynasty, the "house of Iamus", an extended family of seers.


neleid

(Greek mythology) Any member of the Neleidae, the descendants of Neleus.


Romnesia

Blend of Romney (“Mitt Romney”) + amnesia.

blend

When the Boston Globe asked Mitt about the incident in 1994, he provided a classic mind-numbing “Romnesia” evasion: “I don't have any memory of what she is referring to, although I certainly can't say it could not have been me.”

2011 November 22, Ronald B. Scott, Mitt Romney: An Inside Look at the Man and His Politics, Lyons Press, →ISBN:

In a typical display of what Kossack AlyoshaKaramazov calls "Romnesia," the all-but-official presidential nominee conveniently couldn't remember the incident in which, aided by some of his pals, he attacked a gay student at his prep school and, while others held the boy to ground, whacked off his non-conformist long hair because "he can’t look like that."

2012 May 11, Timothy Lange, “The bully's bully: Mitt Romney's consigliere Eric Fehrnstrom”, in Daily Kos, archived from the original on 2013-05-24:

The fact that Mitch Daniels apparently has forgotten we are at war in Afghanistan—even though he served in the White House when we began the war more than a decade ago—is a fitting tribute to the Romnesia that has infested the Republican Party.

2012 May 18, Jed Lewison, “Another dazzling display of Romnesia: Mitch Daniels says we're in 'peacetime'”, in Daily Kos, retrieved 2012-10-19:

If you say you’re for equal pay for equal work, but you keep refusing to say whether or not you’d sign a bill that protects equal pay for equal work — you might have Romnesia. If you say women should have access to contraceptive care, but you support legislation that would let your employer deny you contraceptive care — you might have a case of Romnesia. If you say you’ll protect a woman’s right to choose, but you stand up at a primary debate and said that you’d be delighted to sign a law outlying — outlawing that right to choose in all cases — man, you’ve definitely got Romnesia.

2012 October 19, Barack Obama, “Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event — Fairfax, VA”, in The White House, retrieved 2012-10-19:

This is more than Romnesia / Or any other Romney brainteaser. / This is cognitive dissonance.

2013 September 5, Timothy J. Callahan, Poet Against Israel, Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 418:

(US politics, of Mitt Romney) A propensity to claim to have forgotten, or act like one has forgotten, one's past deeds and political positions.


Obamaton

I loved it when the Obamatons started chanting "Yes we can yes we can yeswe can" in the middle of it as if it were some sort of religious ritual.

2008 November 5, Rabid Weasel Lawson [username], “Re: O'bamma gives acceptance speech”, in rec.martial-arts (Usenet):

Rather than following the MSM lead and merely parroting the Obamatons' talking points after the release of previously-classified memos this week, Thiessen actually examined the documents.

2009 August 27, Obama Nation Is An Abomination [username], “Re: America's Top 10 Enemies' List”, in alt.non.racisml (Usenet):

You just know the Obamatons will blame Bush.

2010 July 2, Frogwatch [username], “Lost hope, No Change”, in sci.military.naval (Usenet):

(US, slang, derogatory) A person who follows U.S. president Barack Obama blindly.


tyndarid

From Ancient Greek Τυνδαρίδας (Tundarídas).

(Greek mythology) One of the twins Castor and Pollux, sons of Tyndareus


Dothraki

Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin.
Its fictional derivation is borrowed from Dothraki Dothraki (literally “[we] ride”).

bor+

For example, in Dothraki something done in secret is done torga essheyi—literally, “under a roof”.

2010 September-October, Jim Henry, “Dothraki and Esperanto: an interview with language creator David J. Peterson”, in Usona Esperantisto, →ISSN, page 9:

Dothraki has four vowels.

2011 October 15, Stephen D. Rogers, A Dictionary of Made-Up Languages: From Adûnaic to Elvish, Zaum to Klingon— the Anwa (Real) Origins of Invented Lexicons, Avon: Adams Media, →ISBN, →OL, page 54:

You want to learn a really impressive second language? Try Dothraki. Win over any man in my guild.

2012 October 4, “Andy's Ancestry” (2:51), in The Office (US), season 9, episode 3, spoken by Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson):

constructed language
constructed language

A constructed language created for, and spoken in, the Game of Thrones television adaptation in 2011.


Menae

(Greek mythology) The 50 goddesses of the lunar months within a four-year Olympiad. They were the daughters of the Moon goddess, Selene, and her lover, Endymion, a mortal king. Their individual names are not attested in any sources. Singular: Mene.


Ancient Roman

en-adj

Ancient Roman (comparative more Ancient Roman, superlative most Ancient Roman)

more Ancient Roman (comparative)
most Ancient Roman (superlative)

Alternative letter-case form of ancient Roman


Electoral College

Each state's Electoral College submits its votes to the President of the Senate.

In later years Colonel Kent has been much in public life. He was an alternate delegate to the National Convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln in 1860, and in 1864 a member of the New Hampshire Electoral College, voting for Lincoln and Johnson.

1898, Charles N. Kent, “Field and Staff of the Seventeenth”, in History of the Seventeenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1863, Concord, N.H., →OCLC, page 44:

Oliver Wolcott, Jr., in summing up the election reports for his father at the end of November, pointed to the Rutledge faction as holding the presidency within its hands; the result would turn upon the balloting of the South Carolina electoral college, he stated, and Edward Rutledge was believed to command its decision. His reports from all over the Union indicated that Adams lacked but three votes for a majority. His fear was that Rutledge’s disgust with the Jay treaty would give the decision to Jefferson.

1957, Stephen G. Kurtz, The Presidency of John Adams: The Collapse of Federalism, 1795-1800, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 171–172:

Although not now generally known, Guilford had a vital part in the presidential election of 1800, one of its citizens, John Noyes, being a member of the Vermont electoral college, which supported Thomas Jefferson, who was opposed by Aaron Burr, each receiving the same number of electoral votes.

1961, “Guilford, "The Metropolis"”, in Official History of Guilford, Vermont, 1678-1961 With Genealogies and Biographical Sketches, Town of Guilford, →OCLC, page 157:

(US politics) An electoral college chosen, within a state, to formally cast that state's votes for the president and vice president of the United States.

кале́гія вы́баршчыкаў

body chosen to elect the president and vice president of the US

In accordance with these opinions I believe that the ancient and outmoded Electoral College system should be abolished and that the people should vote directly in all the states for President and Vice President. The Electoral College was established in the beginning of our history for the same reasons which actuated our forefathers in providing that United States senators should be elected by the legislatures rather than by the people of the respective states.

1954, Alben W. Barkley, That Reminds Me, Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 276:

(US politics) All of the electoral colleges of the United States, considered as one body.


Mediolanum

/ˌmɛdiəʊˈlɑːnəm/

mā'dēōläʹnəm

Borrowed from Latin Mediolānum, of uncertain Gaulish origin. Doublet of Milan.

(historical) The city of Milan in the era of Ancient Rome.


Bollywoodian

Bollywoodian (comparative more Bollywoodian, superlative most Bollywoodian)

more Bollywoodian (comparative)
most Bollywoodian (superlative)


Phlegethon

/ˈflɛd͡ʒɪθɒn/

/ˈflɛd͡ʒɪθɑn/

From Latin Phlegethōn, from Ancient Greek Φλεγέθων (Phlegéthōn).

Firebrand of hell first tynd in Phlegeton, / By thousand furies, and from thence out throwen / Into this world, to worke confusion, / And set it all on fire by force vnknowen / Is wicked discord [...].

1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Consumed by the tongues ov fire / burning like Phlegethon / holy gardens reduced to ash

(Greek mythology) A river of fire in Hades.


DOMA

Defense of Marriage Act
w:Defense of Marriage Act

(US politics) Acronym of Defense of Marriage Act.


Lernean

(Greek mythology, archaeology) From or pertaining to Lerna, a former coastal lake and Helladic site on the Peloponnese.


Copperhead

After the dangerous copperhead snake, to which propagandists of the Republican Party compared Democrats interested in appeasement.

(US, historical, slang) A northerner who sympathized with the South or wanted to end hostilities during the American Civil War.


Althean

Of, descending from, pertaining to or resembling the mythological Althea.


teahadist

Figures a teahadist would define jingoism as love of country.

2011 August 1, Bill Baker, “Re: Haskell Breaks His Hand”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):

The anti-American teahadist screeches in outrage that Obama dares to cut taxes in order to help veterans.

2011 August 6, Ray Fischer, “Re: More Obama Spending Won’t Do It and Stocks Know It”, in alt.politics.liberalism (Usenet):

2011 September 20, REDRUM KILGORE [username], “Re: More Funny Stuff From The Obama White House? It's good to see President Obama finally giving up on any attempt at compromise with teahadists!”, in alt.fan.howard-stern (Usenet):

(neologism, derogatory) An affiliate of the Tea Party movement, particularly an overzealous one.


Castle

en-proper noun

Castle (countable and uncountable, plural Castles)

en:Castle (disambiguation)
en:Castle (surname)

A town in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States, derived from the surname.


teatard

You teatard birthers are delightfully funny.

2010 November 24, JLS, “Re: Closing-in: Supremes Confer On No Birth Certificate Eligibility Crisis”, in alt.politics (Usenet):

As if we needed further evidence that the teatard "austerity" "plan" was a stupid idea.

2011 February 28, Neoconis_Ignoramus [username], “Teatard "plan" would cost 700,000 jobs, cut gdp growth”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):

You must be a teatard moping over FOUR MORE YEARS! <SNICKER!!!!!!!>

2012 November 28, ChasNemo [username], “Re: WATCH KARL ROVES HEAD EXPLOAD! I really, really enjoyed that! Thanks for sharing!! It would be great to see similar footage of other bloated heads exploding (Rush Limbaugh, etc.!!!”, in alt.radio.talk.dr-laura (Usenet):

(US, slang, derogatory) A supporter of the Tea Party movement.


Good

* As an English surname, from the adjective good.
* Also as an English surname, from the personal name Gōde, which represents the first part of names such as Godfrey, Gottfried, etc.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Gut, Guth.
* As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Goed, Goede.

Hampshire County
Hampshire County#English

An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.


PTI

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
w:Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf

(Pakistani politics) Initialism of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.


Chaitra

(Hinduism) The first month of the Hindu lunar calendar.


Vaisakha

(Hinduism) The second month in the Hindu lunar calendar.


Jyeshta

Borrowed from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha).

bor+

(Hinduism) The third month in the Hindu lunar calendar.


Aashaadha

Transliteration of Sanskrit आषाढ (āṣāḍha).

transliteration

(Hinduism) The fourth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.


Shraavana

Shraavan (alternative)
Shravan (alternative)

(Hinduism) The fifth month in the Hindu lunar calendar, considered sacred to the god Shiva.


Bhadrapada

(Hinduism, Jainism) The sixth month in the lunar calendar.

ភទ្របទ

phŏəttrĕəʼbɑɑt


Aswayuja

Borrowed from Sanskrit आश्वयुज (āśvayuja).

bor+

(Hinduism) The seventh month in the Hindu lunar calendar.


Kartika

Katik (alternative)
Karthika (alternative)

(Hinduism) The eighth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.


Margashirsha

(Hinduism) The ninth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.


Pausha

(Hinduism) The tenth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.


Magha

In the month of Magha, a vessel laid anchor in the harbour of this town.

2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 1

(Hinduism) A month of the Hindu calendar, corresponding with the Gregorian January/February.


Phalguna

Borrowed from Sanskrit फाल्गुन (phālguna).

(Hinduism) The twelfth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.


Prathama

(Hinduism) The first day (tithi) in the lunar fortnight (paksha) of the Hindu calendar.


paksha

(Hinduism) A fortnight in a month of the Hindu lunar calendar.


Dwitiya

Borrowed from Sanskrit द्वितीय (dvitī́ya, “second”).

(Hinduism) The second day (tithi) in the lunar fortnight (paksha) of the Hindu calendar.


Tritiya

(Hinduism) The third day (tithi) in the lunar fortnight (paksha) of the Hindu calendar.


Chaturthi

From Sanskrit चतुर्थी (caturthī, “fourth day in a lunar fortnight”).

bor

(Hinduism) The fourth day (tithi) of the lunar fortnight (paksha) in the Hindu calendar.


Panchami

From Sanskrit पञ्चमी (pañcamī, “fifth day in a lunar fortnight”).

uder

(Hinduism) The fifth day (tithi) of the lunar fortnight (paksha) in the Hindu calendar.


Shashti

From Sanskrit षष्ठी (ṣaṣṭhī, “sixth day in a lunar fortnight”).

(Hinduism) The sixth day (tithi) of the lunar fortnight (paksha) in the Hindu calendar.


Saptami

From Sanskrit सप्तमी (saptamī, “seventh day in a lunar fortnight”).

(Hinduism) The seventh day (tithi) of the fortnight (paksha) in Hindu lunar calendar.


Ashtami

From Sanskrit अष्टमी (aṣṭamī, “eighth day in a lunar fortnight”).

bor

(Hinduism) The eighth day (tithi) in the fortnight (paksha) of the Hindu lunar calendar.


Navami

From Sanskrit नवमी (navamī, “ninth day in a lunar fortnight”).

uder

(Hinduism) The ninth day (tithi) of the fortnight (paksha) in the Hindu lunar calendar.


Dashami

From Sanskrit दशमी (daśamī, “tenth day in a lunar fortnight”).

bor

(Hinduism) The tenth day (tithi) in the lunar fortnight (paksha) of the Hindu calendar.


Vijayadashami

Borrowed from Sanskrit विजयादशमी (vijayādaśamī), from विजय (vijaya) + दशमी (daśamī, “tenth”).

(Hinduism) A Hindu festival marking the victory of the goddess Durga over the demon Mahishasura.


Ekadashi

From Sanskrit एकादशी (ekādaśī, “eleventh day in a lunar fortnight”).

(Hinduism) The eleventh day (tithi) of the lunar fortnight (paksha) of every lunar month in the Hindu calendar.


Dwadashi

From Sanskrit द्वादशी (dvādaśī, “twelfth day in a lunar fortnight”).

(Hinduism) The twelfth lunar day (tithi) of the fortnight (paksha) of every month in the Hindu calendar.


Thrayodashi

From Sanskrit त्रयोदशी (trayodaśī, “thirteenth day in a lunar fortnight”).

uder

(Hinduism) The thirteenth day (tithi) in the lunar fortnight (paksha) of the Hindu calendar.


Jagannath

From Sanskrit जगन्नाथ (jagannātha). Doublet of juggernaut.

A male given name from Sanskrit used commonly in India.


Chaturdashi

From Sanskrit चतुर्दशी (caturdaśī, “fourteenth day in a lunar fortnight”).

(Hinduism) The fourteenth day (tithi) of the lunar fortnight (paksha) in the Hindu calendar.


Purnima

From Sanskrit पूर्णिमा (pūrṇimā, “full moon night”).

(Hinduism) The full moon. The day (tithi) in each month in which the full moon occurs, and marks the division in each month between the two lunar fortnight in Hindu calendar.


Amavasya

From Sanskrit अमावस्या (amāvasyā, “day of the new moon”).

der

(Hinduism) A new moon in the Hindu calendar.


ashrama

Transliteration of Sanskrit आश्रम (āśrama, “hermitage”).

translit

(Hinduism) Any of the four stages of Hindu spiritual life.

ashrama

any of the four stages of Hindu spiritual life


vanaprastha

‘We should adopt Vanaprastha even while remaining householders. The responsibilities of being a householder should now be passed on to the children,’ she said.

2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 263

(Hinduism) The third of four ashrama (stages) in a human life, characterised by a gradual transition of one's social and economic responsibilities to the next generation, and a move away from worldly and sexual pursuits to more spiritual concerns.


Shiloh

From Biblical Hebrew שִׁילֹה \ שִׁלֹה (shiló).

bor

שִׁילֹה \ שִׁלֹה

Shiloh
Shiloh (biblical city)
Shiloh (given name)

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama.

An unincorporated community in Illinois Township, Pope County, Arkansas.

A historical district in Springdale, Arkansas.

A former village in Brevard County, Florida.

St. Clair County
St. Clair County#English

A village in St. Clair County, Illinois.

An unincorporated community in Cass Township, Sullivan County, Indiana.

An unincorporated community in Calloway County, Kentucky.

Issaquena County
Issaquena County#English

A ghost town in Issaquena County, Mississippi.

Cumberland County
Cumberland County#English

A borough in Cumberland County, New Jersey.

census-designated place
census-designated place

Montgomery County
Montgomery County#English

A census-designated place in Harrison Township, Montgomery County, Ohio.

A census-designated place in West Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania.

A census-designated place in Sumter County, South Carolina.

An unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee, location of the Battle of Shiloh.

An unincorporated community in Gregg County, Texas.

An unincorporated community in Waller County, Texas.

An unincorporated community in Bath County, Virginia.

King George County
King George County#English

An unincorporated community in King George County, Virginia.

An unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Virginia.

An unincorporated community in Stafford County, Virginia.

An unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia.

An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia.

An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia.

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


Salamis

(Greek mythology) A nymph, the daughter of Asopus and Metope, who was carried away by Poseidon to the island that bears her name.


Venkateswara

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेङ्कटेश्वर (veṅkaṭeśvara).

(Hinduism) The lord of seven hills, abode of Tirumala.


Narasimha

(Hinduism) An avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu literally means man-lion.


Karna

Transliteration of Sanskrit कर्ण (karṇa).

translit

(Hinduism) Name of a warrior who fought for the Kauravas in the Mahabharata; son of Kunti and Surya.


Nārada

Transliteration of Sanskrit नारद (nārada).

(Hinduism) A divine sage who plays a prominent role in a number of the Puranic texts, especially in the Bhagavata Purana.


Upper Egypt

(Egyptology) The part of Ancient Egypt south of Memphis, so named because the Nile flows south to north.


Lower Egypt

Coordinate term: Upper Egypt

(Egyptology) The half of Ancient Egypt north of Memphis, the Nile Delta, so named because the Nile flows South to North.


culeus

From Latin culeus (“large leather sack, punishment of drowning within a sack, unit of bulk liquid measure”), from Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). Doublet of cullion and cojones.

bor

(historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 1600 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 520 L although differing slightly over time.

(historical, law) A Roman punishment—chiefly for parricide—involving blindfolding, beating, confinement to a leather sack, and drowning in a river or sea.


Kroni

Ayyavazhi (an offshoot of Hinduism) followers, however, believed in a devil–like figure called Kroni, who was the primordial manifestation of evil and appears in various forms of evil, e.g. Ravana, Dury-odhana, etc.

2012, Nwaocha Ogechukwu Friday, The Devil: What Does He Look Like?, →ISBN, page 43:

(religion, Hinduism, Ayyavazhi) The primordial manifestation of evil in Ayyavazhi mythology.


ACU

American Conservative Union
w:American Conservative Union

(US politics) Initialism of American Conservative Union.


DCU

Desert Camouflage Uniform
w:Desert Camouflage Uniform

(military, US) Initialism of Desert Camouflage Uniform.


DCU

I think the Batcave came from Batman's radio show. Renee Montoya, Harley Quinn from the animated series. Hey, before the Adam West show did anybody know Alfred was British? (maybe.) And a lot of the recent redesigns across the DCU have come from the Timmverse, including Robin's spiffy new duds.

2007 September 29, Denny Colt, “Re: JLA Movie: You Knew It Would Suck But This Badly?”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <1191098202.149049.200890@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>:

Initialism of DC Universe; synonym of DCverse.

Coordinate term: MCU

Initialism of DC Cinematic Universe. The DC Comics based interconnected filmic universe to be launched in the 2020s, successor to the defunct DCEU cinematic universe.


Putrakameshti

From Sanskrit पुत्र (putra) + Telugu కామేష్టి (kāmēṣṭi).

der

Telugu కామేష్టి (kāmēṣṭi)

(Hinduism) A special Yajna performed in Hinduism for the sake of having a child.


Hiranyagarbha

From Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya, “gold”) + गर्भ (garbha, “child, offspring”).

(Hinduism) A name of Brahma, so called because he was born from a golden egg (Manu Smṛti 1.9).


Valmiki

The poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature and the author of the epic Ramayana.


Aditi

From Sanskrit अदिति (aditi, “having nothing to give”); ultimately from अ- (a-) + दिति (diti).

bor

(Hinduism) The daughter of Daksha, wife of Kashyapa, and mother of the gods.


agnihotra

From Sanskrit अग्नि (agni, “Agni”) + होत्र (hotra, “sacrifice, burnt offering”).

compound

(Hinduism) A Vedic yajña (ritual or sacrifice) mentioned in the Atharvaveda and performed in orthodox Hindu communities.


ahamkara

en-noun

ahamkara (countable and uncountable, plural ahamkaras)

Borrowed from Sanskrit अहंकार (ahaṃkāra).


Amaravati

(Hinduism) The capital of Hindu lord Indra.


Rati

(Hinduism) The Hindu goddess of love, passion and sexual pleasure.


jyotirlinga

Borrowed from Sanskrit ज्योतिर्लिङ्ग (jyotirliṅga).

bor+

ज्योतिर्लिङ्ग

One of Shiva's revered Jyotirlingas is protected within the inner sanctum of the city's Kashi Vishwanath temple. It is one of the more famous lingas in the country.

2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 13:

(Hinduism) A shrine where Lord Shiva is worshipped in the form of a Jyotirlingam or "Lingam (pillar) of light."


porphyrogenite

porphyrogenites (plural)
porphyrogenitus (alternative)
porphyrogenitos (alternative)
porphyrogennetos (alternative)

/ˌpɔːfəˈɹɒd͡ʒɪˌnaɪt/

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin porphyrogenitus, from Ancient Greek πορφυρογέννητος (porphurogénnētos, literally “born in the purple”).

der

πορφυρογέννητος

Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire#English

Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus
w:Constantine VII

(historical) An honorific title given to a son of a reigning emperor in the Byzantine Empire, notably borne by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus.


Achelous

From Latin Achelōus, from Attic Greek Ἀχελῷος (Akhelôios), Epic Greek Ἀχελώϊος (Akhelṓïos), which is probably from Akkadian aḫu/aḫû + illu/elu/ilu; see also Etruscan [script needed] (Axlei) and [script needed] (Αυκηλως), which are probably from Akkadian aklu (“chieftain”) and Sumerian akil.

Acheloos (alternative)
Akheloos (alternative)
Acheloios (alternative)

(Greek mythology) Deity of water; later, patron deity of the Achelous River.


Aether

From Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr, “upper air”). Doublet of Ether.

(Greek mythology) One of the Greek primordial deities who was the personification of light, brother-husband of Hemera and grandson of Chaos.


Sankranti

There are 12 Sankrantis in a year.

(Hinduism, astronomy) The transmigration of the Sun from one Rāshi (constellation of the zodiac) to the next.


Min

From Egyptian R22:R12-C8 mnw (literally “established one”), passive participle of mn:n-Y1V mn (“to establish”).

An Ancient Egyptian god of fertility and procreation.


Sister Souljah moment

en-noun

Sister Souljah moment (plural Sister Souljah moments)

Referring to presidential candidate Bill Clinton publicly criticizing activist Sister Souljah for her statements about the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

The embodiment of the no-compromise style the public disdains, Bachmann seems congenitally incapable of such a move unless it's a reverse Sister Souljah moment, where she castigates her party for being insufficiently beholden to its base.

2011 October 19, Robert Schlesinger, “The GOP Needs to Escape the GOP”, in U.S. News & World Report, volume 3, number 33, page 18:

Determined to get that office, to get that house, he's shown not a single "Sister Souljah" moment, not a moment of independence from the people to whom he's sworn his allegiance.

2012 September 17, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Chris Matthews (actor), via MSNBC:

But this wasn't some sort of Sister Souljah moment, where Romney called out his fellow conservatives in order to curry favor with the center.

2012 October 6, Ross Douthat, “It Could Be His Party”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(US politics) A politician's public repudiation of extremism perceived to be allied or associated with them or their political party.

1992 Los Angeles riots
Bill Clinton
Sister Souljah


Hemera

(Greek mythology) The personification and elemental goddess of the day. Her husband is Aether.


Disneyesque

en-adj

Disneyesque (comparative more Disneyesque, superlative most Disneyesque)

more Disneyesque (comparative)
most Disneyesque (superlative)

This place is EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World, a theme park cum world exposition, a kind of world's fair that allows for a continual Disneyesque rewriting of history, a Distory, as Stephen Fjellman has called it. Disney World offers its guests multiple pleasures within the context of Disneyesque representations of race and gender.

1995, Ramona Fernandez, “Pachuco Mickey”, Elizabeth Bell, Lynda Haas, Laura Sells (ed.), From Mouse to Mermaid: The Politics of Film, Gender, and Culture, Indiana University Press, part 3, chapter 15, 236

In Ms. Murray’s mature work, eccentrically shaped or multipanel canvases fused Cubism’s shattered forms and Surrealism’s suggestive biomorphism with the scale and some of the angst of Abstract Expressionism and more than a touch of Disneyesque humor and motion.

2007 August 13, Roberta Smith, “Elizabeth Murray, 66, Artist of Vivid Forms, Dies”, in New York Times:

Reminiscent of the work or style of the animator Walt Disney or his Walt Disney Company.


Disneyan

Disneyan (comparative more Disneyan, superlative most Disneyan)

more Disneyan (comparative)
most Disneyan (superlative)

Of or relating to the American animator Walt Disney or his Walt Disney Company.

迪士尼的

of or relating to Walt Disney or his Walt Disney Company


Pax

(Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of peace and one of the Horae. She is a daughter of Zeus and Themis, and her sisters are Justitia and Eunomia. She is the Roman counterpart of Eirene.


Macaria

From Ancient Greek Μακαρία (Makaría, literally “she who is blessed”).

bor

(Greek mythology) A little-known daughter of Hades.

(Greek mythology) A daughter of Heracles/Hercules.


Melinoe

(Greek mythology) An obscure figure, a daughter of Persephone and Zeus, or a daughter of Hades and Persephone, represented as a bringer of nightmares and madness.


Mania

From Latin Mania, related to manes (“spirits of the dead”).

(Roman mythology) The goddess of the dead and ghosts.


Procris

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πρόκρις (Prókris).

(Greek mythology) In Ancient Greek mythology, the daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens, and his wife Praxithea.


catepan

From Byzantine Greek κατεπάνω (katepánō, literally “[the one] placed at the top, or the topmost”).

der

􂀿the one􂁀 placed at the top, or the topmost

(historical) The governor of a catepanate such as the Catepanate of Italy, a Byzantine province.


kagura

From Japanese 神楽 (kagura, literally “god music”). See more at the Japanese entry.

bor

A kind of Shinto theatrical dance in Japan.


Samnite

(historical, Ancient Rome) A Roman gladiator armed with shield, sleeve on right arm, helmet, shoulder-piece, and greave.


cotyla

From Latin cotyla, from Ancient Greek κοτύλη (kotúlē, “cup, half-pint”).

der

Alternative form of cotyle (“in all senses”)


Ananta

From Sanskrit अनन्त (ananta, “endless”).

(Hinduism) One of the names of Lord Vishnu.

In the Mahabharata, the serpent, or Vasuki, is the son of Kasyapa, through Kadru as her eldest son.

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


Iacchus

Iacchos (alternative)
Iakchos (alternative)
Iakkhos (alternative)

(Greek mythology) A minor deity of some cultic importance, particularly at Athens and Eleusis in connection with the Eleusinian mysteries.


Metropolis

A city, the county seat of Massac County, Illinois, United States.

A ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States.


Stygian

en-adj

Stygian (comparative more Stygian, superlative most Stygian)

more Stygian (comparative)
most Stygian (superlative)

(Greek mythology) Of, by or relating to the river Styx in Greek mythology.


excamb

en-verb

excamb (third-person singular simple present excambs, present participle excambing, simple past and past participle excambed)

excambs (present singular third-person)
excambing (participle present)
excambed (participle past)
excambed (past)
excambie (alternative)

excamb a part used recently for burial in return for an addition to the kirkyard

(historical, transitive, Scots law) To exchange (during transfers of land).


adhyasa

(Hinduism) The human habit of superimposition, or false attribution of properties of one thing on another thing.


Priapean

en-adj

Priapean (comparative more Priapean, superlative most Priapean)

more Priapean (comparative)
most Priapean (superlative)

Πρίαπος Πρίαπος

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to Priapus or Priapos (Ancient Greek: Πρίαπος), a minor rustic fertility god, protector of livestock, fruit plants, gardens, and male genitalia.


Berner

From Bernie + -er. Named after American politician Bernie Sanders.

named-after

Leaving City Hall with a smile, he mirrored the Berner’s excitement, but for Hillary. “She has the strongest record,” he said.

2016 June 6, Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, “As SF ‘feels the Bern’ and touts #ImWithHer, turnout numbers strong”, in SF Examiner:

Nick Merrill, Clinton’s press secretary, issued this response on Twitter, citing the words of Mike Casca, Sanders’ deputy communications director and a “die-hard” Berner.

2016 October 1, Reena Flores, “Hillary Clinton comments on Bernie Sanders supporters in leaked recording”, in CBS News:

Some, like the Indivisible network that has spawned more than 5,000 chapters nationwide, have tapped into the same organizational formula the Berners did.

2017 April 11, Joe Garofoli, “Fueled by Trump resistance, Sanders’ influence grows with Dems”, in San Francisco Chronicle:

"We have almost enough Berners to hold the majority. It's real close," he said.

2017 July 21, Eric Bradner, Gregory Krieg, “Sanders' Iowa roots continue to bloom -- whether or not he runs in 2020”, in CNN:

(US politics) A supporter of Bernie Sanders.


Tír na nÓg

Borrowed from Irish Tír na nÓg (literally “land of the young”), from Old Irish Tír inna n-Óc. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic Tìr nan Òg, Manx Çheer ny Aeg.

bor+

In the old Irish folklore, this is a land where no one gets old or sick and where heroes live in comfort and tranquillity. But the land of Tír na nÓg only materialises to mere mortals at certain times, under certain circumstances.

2013, John Jacob English, Fragile Blue, AuthorHouse, page 40:

Tír na nÓg is not an afterlife analogous to the Christian concept of heaven but an Otherworld of earthly paradise that is home to the genealogical ancestors of the fairies, the Tuatha Dé Danaan.

2016, Christopher Collins, Theatre and Residual Culture, Springer Nature (Palgrave Macmillan), page 261:

Grafting Tír na nÓg, the mythical land of eternal youth in Irish mythology, onto the Greek tragic tale is a stark and unexpected move.

2020, Isabelle Torrance, “Post-Ceasefire Antigones and Northern Ireland”, in Isabelle Torrance, Donncha O'Rourke, editors, Classics and Irish Politics, 1916-2016, Oxford University Press, page 338:

(Irish mythology) The Land of (eternal) Youth; one of the names for the Celtic otherworld (or possibly a part thereof).


Bamboo Curtain

After iron curtain, the original Cold War “curtain” (in Europe). First used in Time magazine in 1949.

Gen. Wego Chiang, commander-in-chief of the Combined Service Forces, called on leaders of the free world to design an effective global strategy to safeguard world peace and to rescue the enslaved people behind the Bamboo Curtain.

1982 November 7, “ROC to aid joint security”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIII, number 44, Taipei, page 1:

“A new bamboo curtain may be coming down on Southeast Asia,” he worried. This would not be a hard-and-fast wall like the Iron Curtain; nor would it be part of some newly imagined Asian domino theory.

2008 September, Robert D. Kaplan, “Lifting the Bamboo Curtain”, in The Atlantic:

As it had been for other Western reporters getting their first look behind the Bamboo Curtain, it was all a marvel for Payne. After all, here was a country that less than a quarter of a century ago had been destitute after three decades of revolutionary warfare.

2015, James McGrath Morris, Eye on the Struggle, Amistad, →ISBN, page 321:

(historical) The political and ideological barrier between the communist and capitalist states of Asia during the Cold War.

Бамбукавая заслона

political barrier between communist and capitalist in Asia

ബാംബൂ കർട്ടൻ

bāmbū kaṟṭṭaṉ


akashvani

Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाशवाणी (ākāśavāṇī, “celestial announcement from the sky, or voice from the sky/heaven”); probably through Hindi आकाशवाणी (ākāśvāṇī) or another Indic language with schwa deletion.

bor

Hindi आकाशवाणी (ākāśvāṇī)

In Hindu, Jain and Buddhist mythology, akashvanis often featured in stories as a medium of communication from the heavens to mankind.

(Hinduism, mythology) A gift or message from heaven.

Akashvani (term)
Schwa deletion in Indo-Aryan languages


Star Trekkish

en-adj

Star Trekkish (comparative more Star Trekkish, superlative most Star Trekkish)

more Star Trekkish (comparative)
most Star Trekkish (superlative)
Star Trek–ish (alternative)

When her predatory lovers die — first with crystal shards embedded in their skulls and then just vanishing in a sparkly Star Trekkish mass of bubbles — she believes that she is killing them with her deadly vagina.

1984, Florida Atlantic University, Science Fiction Research Association, Fantasy review, Volume 7, Issues 64-74, page 43

AT&T Microelectronics and Go Corp. envision future "personal communicators" that will include devices ranging from tablet computers with fax transceivers and wireless data transmission to a "Star Trekkish" communicator with a writing pad.

1992, InfoWorld, volume 14, number 29, page 31:

Biosphere 2, that very real quasi-scientific experiment in the Arizona desert in which seven men and women donned Star Trekkish jumpsuits and sealed themselves inside a domed ecocosm, is an eerie parallel to the Alternative 3 plot.

2004, Jonathan Vankin, Joh Whalen, The 80 Greatest Conspiracies Of All Time, page 137:

"Not to get too Star Trekkish," Miriam said. "But I'm also an empath".

2008, John Ringo, Travis S. Taylor, Claws That Catch, page 271:

Originally developed in the 1950s, the square tomato, officially known by the Star Trekkish designation “Cultivar VF-145,” was designed solely with machines in mind.

2011, Rebecca Rupp, How Carrots Won the Trojan War, page 329:

Especially of style or technology: like that of the fictional world of the Star Trek media franchise.


Lewinsky

From a Slavic language, which added a patronymic suffix to the ultimately Hebrew root לוי (leví, “priest”), an occupational surname.

“Sixteen years ago, fresh out of college, a 22 year old intern in the White House – and more than averagely romantic – I fell in love with my boss in a 22-year old sort of way. It happens,” Lewinsky said.

2014 October 20, Dan Merica, “Lewinsky makes emotional plea to end cyberbullying”, in CNN:


Hippocrene

Ancient Greek Ἱπποκρήνη (Hippokrḗnē, literally “horse spring”)

uder

O for a beaker full of the warm South, / Full of the true, the blushful Hippocrene, / With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, / And purple-stained mouth; […]

1819, John Keats, “Ode to a Nightingale”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, stanza 2, page 108:

Maddening draughts of Hippocrene.

1842, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Goblet of Life:

(Greek mythology) A fountain on Mount Helicon, sacred to the Muses and formed by the hooves of Pegasus, the waters of which were supposed to give poetic inspiration when imbibed.


Grantism

From Grant + -ism, after US President Ulysses S. Grant. First used by Senator Charles Sumner in a speech in 1872.

(US politics, derogatory) corruption and cronyism in government

Charles Sumner
Grantism
Ulysses S. Grant


Prop H8

(derogatory, US politics) The Californian proposition which restricted marriage to one woman and one man.


Star Trekky

en-adj

Star Trekky (comparative more Star Trekky, superlative most Star Trekky)

more Star Trekky (comparative)
most Star Trekky (superlative)
Star-Trekky (alternative)

Tom's little black box enables you to speak to a computer in a voice that it recognizes and obeys. It's all very "Star Trekky" and terribly exciting to see in action.

1982, Robert Daniel Fierro, The New American Entrepreneur: How to Get Off the Fast Track into a Business of Your Own, Morrow, published 1982, →ISBN, page 31:

Karla began talking all Star Trekky again—the best thing about her. She said, "I don't believe human beings store memory in our brains exclusively—there simply aren't enough storage slots or interconnective possibilities. And so if not in the brain, then where? […]

1995, Douglas Coupland, Microserfs, Harper Perennial, published 2008, →ISBN, page 66:

"Mobile phones, computers — a whole lot of Star Trekky kind of technology" is how Jeanine, my new supervisor, explained it.

2005, Linda Armstrong Kelly, Joni Rodgers, No Mountain High Enough: Raising Lance, Raising Me, Thorndike Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 264:

(informal) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the science fiction franchise Star Trek.

stel-vojaĝa

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Star Trek.


Star Warsy

Star Warsy (comparative more Star Warsy, superlative most Star Warsy)

more Star Warsy (comparative)
most Star Warsy (superlative)
Star Wars-y (alternative)
Star Wars–y (alternative)
Star-Warsy (alternative)

There's undoubtedly a grain of truth in that view — like most snippets of technojargon, the word "modem" may sound needlessly Star Warsy.

1983, Ms. Magazine, Volume 12, Issues 1-6, unknown page

He came back from death, not as a spooky, Star Warsy, flickering, ghostly image but in real flesh and blood.

2007, Peter Downey, Ben Shaw, Everything You Want to Know about Jesus: Well ... Maybe Not Everything but Enough to Get You Started, Zondervan, published 2007, →ISBN, page 27:

“We're back to the battle again? The war between light and dark? Kind of Star Wars'''y, don't you think?"

2010, Lisa Gardner, Live to Tell, Bantam Books, published 2010, →ISBN, page 151:

(informal) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the science fiction franchise Star Wars.

stel-milita

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Star Wars.


Amun

From Coptic ⲁⲙⲟⲩⲛ (amoun), from Egyptian jmn (“the god Amun”). The variant forms Ammon and Amon are from Ancient Greek Ἄμμων (Ámmōn), from the same Egyptian source. The variant Amen is from Ȧmen, Lepsius’s obsolete 19th century transcription of the original Egyptian word.

Ammon (alternative)
Amon (alternative)
Amen (alternative)

The hornèd patriarch of the sheep,
 Like Egypt's Amun roused from sleep,
 Shook his sage head with gesture mute,
 And emphasized with stamp of foot.

1866, John G. Whittier, Snow-Bound: A Winter Idyl:

(Egyptian mythology) An Egyptian wind deity associated with the town of Thebes; later (post-16th century BCE) the creator deity, often depicted with curling ram horns.


Ruthanasia

Blend of Ruth + euthanasia, in reference to the National Party's Minister of Finance, Ruth Richardson.

Rogernomics has been succeeded by Richardson's Ruthanasia.

(slang, derogatory, New Zealand politics) The period of free-market economic reform conducted during the first term of the fourth National government in New Zealand, from 1990 to 1993.


pegasister

"Bronies" and "pegasisters," as some fans are called, point to the quality of animation and humor as what makes the series enjoyable.

2011, Christina Belisle, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic review, Reporter, 30 September 2011, page 9

The group included four "Pegasisters," as the small minority of female bronies sometimes call themselves in this male-dominated world.

2011 November 5, Vauhni Vara, Ann Zimmerman, “Hey, Bro, That's My Little Pony! Guys' Interest Mounts in Girly TV Show”, in The Wall Street Journal:

“I’d say 80 percent of my friends are into it,” says the “pegasister,” slang for a female fan. “My dorm loves it. We get together to watch the shows, and we eat and laugh.”

2012 January 11, Reed Tucker, “Horsing around!”, in New York Post:

(slang) A female fan of the animated television series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, typically an adult.


SALT

(politics) Acronym of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.


Cocytus

From Latin Cōcȳtus, from Ancient Greek Κωκυτός (Kōkutós, “lamentation”).

uder

Cocytos (alternative)
Kokytos (alternative)

By the Stigiall flode, / And the stremes wode / Of Cochitos bottumles well; […]

1523, John Skelton, A ryght delectable tratyse upon a goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 349, lines 1327–1329:

All theſe Cocytus bounds vvith ſqualid Reeds, / VVith Muddy Ditches, and vvith deadly VVeeds: […]

1697, Virgil, “The Fourth Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 143, lines 686–687:

A river of the underworld in Greek mythology.


Deianira

/ˌdiːəˈnaɪəɹə/

/ˌdeɪ.əˈnaɪəɹə/

From Latin Dēianīra, from Ancient Greek Δῃάνειρα (Dēiáneira, literally “hostile to her husband”).

der

(Greek mythology) The third wife of Heracles.


Deidamia

From Ancient Greek Δηϊδάμεια (Dēïdámeia).

(Greek mythology) the daughter of King Lycomedes of Scyros


Phlegyas

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φλεγύας (Phlegúas).


jinja

Borrowed from Japanese 神社 (じんじゃ, jinja), from Middle Chinese 神社, from Old Chinese 神社 (“sacrificial altar, shrine”), from 神 (*hlin, “deity, divine”) + 社 (*ɦljaːʔ, “Earth deity [and altar]”). Cognate with Mandarin 神社 (shénshè, “shrine”).


Semele

(Greek mythology) The mother of Dionysus.


bicam

(Philippines, Philippine politics, colloquial) bicameral


Thatcherian

en-adj

Thatcherian (comparative more Thatcherian, superlative most Thatcherian)

more Thatcherian (comparative)
most Thatcherian (superlative)

Of or relating to Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013), British prime minister.


Mitterrandian

Mitterrandian (comparative more Mitterrandian, superlative most Mitterrandian)

more Mitterrandian (comparative)
most Mitterrandian (superlative)

Of or relating to François Mitterrand (1916–1996), French president.


Bennu

Borrowing from Egyptian bnw. Doublet of phoenix.

1830, "E. H.", Fragments on Egyptian Literature, Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, page 349,
One compound name, of which it is an element, is that of the city, from which the Sebennytic mouth of the Nile was denominated Sebennu, that is, "the temple of Bennu," a god, who was represented in the form of a waterfowl, and whose phonetic name is of frequent occurrence.

2014, J. Daniel Gunther, The Angel & The Abyss, Nicolas-Hays, Inc. (Ibis Press), page 113,
15 The Uas Sceptre is the origin of the “Phoenix Wand”, which is the Wand of the Imperator of A!∴!A!∴,. The head of the wand was not originally a Bennu Bird, but the head of the god Set. The identification with the Bennu seems to have originated with the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.

(Egyptian mythology, often with "the") A self-created deity with the form of a bird (in New Kingdom artwork, a heron) that features in the ancient Egyptian creation myth and is also described as the ba (soul) of Ra.


anteros

From Ancient Greek ἀντέρως (antérōs), reputedly coined by Plato. That in turn comes from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ἔρως (érōs, “love”), hence the translation as counterlove.

af

anterôs (alternative)
anterōs (alternative)

The loved one, in turn, thus subject to the fiery soul of the lover, experiences anteros, a counterlove whose calm consent amounts to very filial affection […]

1987, Julia Kristeva, Tales of love, page 66:

(chiefly historical, Ancient Greece) The counterlove or affectionate response a philerast gives to the love of an erastes.


pork barrel

pork barrels (plural)
porkbarrel (alternative)
pork-barrel (alternative)

As the President said in his veto message, "It should also come as no surprise that over time the program has attained distinct flavor of pork barrel."

1973 April 10, James T. Lynn, “Pork-Barrel Waste”, in The New York Times:

President Reagan used part of his State of the Union address to berate Congress for sending him catchall spending bills laden with pork barrel benefits for "cranberry research, blueberry research, the study of crawfish, and the commercialization of wild flowers."

1988 February 24, Tom Kenworthy, “Reagan Drops Bid to Cut Pork-Barrel Spending”, in The Washington Post:

Peacekeeping initiatives […] can dangle pork-barrel funding as an incentive to leaders who abide by the peace, enhancing their power and electoral popularity.

2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 380:

Similarly, earmarked, pork-barrel spending[…]is an invaluable tool for assembling bipartisan majorities for legislation because it helps members of Congress see the good a bill does for their constituents.

2019 August 25, Greg Weiner, “The Shallow Cynicism of ‘Everything Is Rigged’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

With an election not much more than a year away, distributing HS2's money into roads is pork barrel politics. Or at least it would be if the money existed.

2023 November 29, Philip Haigh, “Comment: Can we save HS2 to Crewe?”, in RAIL, number 997, page 3:

(chiefly US politics, often attributively) State funds as assigned for local or regional expenditure; especially, central money used for regional projects which are eyecatching or designed to appeal to voters.


ARPA

American Rescue Plan Act
w:American Rescue Plan Act

(US politics) Acronym of American Rescue Plan Act.


K/S

Initialism from the names of James T. Kirk and Spock, separated by a slash (/).

(fandom slang, often attributively) Fan fiction where the characters James T. Kirk and Spock from the science fiction media franchise Star Trek are shown in a homosexual relationship.


MoD

The MoD said the injured men received immediate medical attention and were evacuated by air to the military hospital at Camp Bastion, but three could not be saved. Next of kin have been informed. The other soldiers hurt are not thought to have life-threatening injures.

2013 May 1, Nicholas Watt, Nick Hopkins, “Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles”, in The Guardian:

Ministry of Defence
w:Ministry of Defence

(UK politics) Initialism of Ministry of Defence; also MOD.


Nine Bows

Calque of Egyptian psḏt pḏt, from psḏt (“nine”) + pḏt (“bow”).

(Egyptology) The traditional enemies of Ancient Egypt.


Sinocentrism

From Sino- (prefix meaning ‘relating to China or the Chinese’) + -centrism (suffix indicating a focus on, or belief in the superiority of, one culture, people, place, or other thing).

confix

Up to now, China's encounter with the West has more or less been exclusively researched under the perspective of Sinocentrism, both by Western and Chinese scholars. [...] Nobody, however biased, can deny the existence, historical and actual, of Sinocentrism, which I at one time called the Celestial Empire Syndrome. It is well known that China had considered itself as the centre of the world since the beginning of the written record until its utter humiliation brought about by the Opium Wars in the 19ᵗʰ century and the Boxers' Revolt later.

1998, Adrian Hsia, “Preface”, in Chinesia: The European Construction of China in the Literature of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Communicatio; 16), Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg: Max Niemeyer; De Gruyter, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 1:

The so-called ancient Chinese patriotism that has been repeatedly discussed by many people was only sinocentrism (huaxia zhongxing zhuyi).

2000, Suisheng Zhao, quoting Wang Peiyuan, “The Origins of Chinese Nationalism”, in A Nation-state by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism, Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 43:

The early tenet of sinocentrism was that the superiority of Zhongguo, the Central State, in wen (culture and civilization) would inevitably dominate the mere military violence (wu) of the Inner Asian tribes.

2006, John King Fairbank, Merle Goldman, “The Paradox of Song China and Inner Asia”, in China: A New History, 2nd edition, Cambridge, Mass., London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, →ISBN, part 1 (Rise and Decline of the Imperial Autocracy), page 112:

Finally, Sinocentrism culminated in China's self-adulation when Malindi sent an emissary with a giraffe to the Ming Emperor via Cheng Ho's imperial fleet in 1419.

2012, John Shen, “Foreword: Thoughts on the Use of Chinese Documents in the Reconstruction of East African History”, in Li Anshan, A History of Overseas Chinese in Africa to 1911, New York, N.Y.: Diasporic Africa Press, →ISBN, page viii:

(historical) The belief, held by the ancient Chinese, that China was literally the centre of the world.

кітаецэнтрызм

belief that China was literally the centre of the world

[page 81] While Berry is certainly correct in identifying "sinocentrism," which he would rather term "race-centrism," in post-1949 Chinese film, what he sees as "raceization" (or "sinification" as used elsewhere by Paul Clark) is, I would contend, a politically motivated and manipulated process of cultural production. [...] [page 95] To return to Chris Berry's theory of "race," one realizes that he has made an overstatement in treating recent Chinese films as a radical challenge not only to "sinocentrism" but perhaps also "the very assumption of a fundamental duality separating the Han Chinese and the foreign."

1997, Yingjin Zhang, “From “Minority Film” to “Minority Discourse”: Questions of Nationhood and Ethnicity in Chinese Cinema”, in Sheldon Hsiao-peng Lu, editor, Transnational Chinese Cinemas: Identity, Nationhood, Gender, Honolulu, Hi.: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, pages 81–82 and 95:

(politics) Ethnocentrism among the Han people of China; Han chauvinism.

大漢族主義 /大汉族主义

ethnocentrism among the Han people of China


Amatsumara

Borrowed from Japanese 天津麻羅 (Amatsumara).

bor+

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) the Japanese god of the forge, metalcraft, and blacksmithing.


Kajishin

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) the Japanese god of the forge, metalcraft, and blacksmithing


Heraclitan

A follower of Heraclitus, an Ancient Greek philosopher.


Enma

From Japanese 閻魔 (Enma). Doublet of Yama.

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese name for Yama, the Hindu, Buddhist and Chinese god who presides over naraku (hell). A deity and/or personification of death. (Compare Izanami and the Shinigami.)


Konohananosakuya-hime

Borrowed from Japanese 木花咲耶姫 (Konohanasakuya-hime).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The goddess of Mount Fuji; the blossom-princess, and the symbol of delicate earthly life.


Ame-no-Uzume

Borrowed from Japanese 天宇受売命, 天鈿女命 (あめのうずめ, Ame-no-Uzume).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese goddess of the dawn, joy and of springtime.

أَمِه نُو أُوزُومِه

Japanese goddess of dawn, joy and springtime


Jurōjin

Borrowed from Japanese 寿老人 (Jurōjin), from Middle Chinese 壽 (dʒjùw, “longevity”) + 老 (láw, “old”) + 人 (nyin, “person”).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of longevity. One of the seven gods of luck.


Hotei

From Japanese 布袋 (Hotei), from Middle Chinese 布袋 (MC puH dojH, “cloth sack”) (compare Mandarin 布袋 (Bùdài), Vietnamese Bố Đại), by metonymy "Man with the cloth sack", the "Laughing Buddha" figure associated with the Maitreya Buddha.

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Chinese god Budai, the fat and happy god of abundance and good health, and one of the seven gods of luck.


Bishamonten

(mythology, Buddhism, Shinto) The Japanese name for the Buddhist god Vaiśravaṇa, guardian of the North and a patron god of warriors in Japan.


Daikokuten

(Japanese mythology, Buddhism, Shinto) The Japanese name for Mahākāla, a Buddhist god of wealth, commerce and trade. In Japanese folk tradition, he is one of the seven gods of luck. In Shinto, he is syncretized with the deity Ōkuninushi. Daikokuten is often depicted paired with Ebisu in statuary or in the form of masks on the walls of small retail shops.


Ebisu

Borrowed from Japanese 恵比須, 恵比寿, 夷, 戎 (Ebisu).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of fishing and commerce. One of the seven gods of luck.


Capitolium

From Latin Capitōlium (“Capitoline Hill, its temples; similar citadels”), from the oblique stem of caput (“head”) + -ō (noun-forming suffix) or -ōlus (“-ole”, diminutive suffix) + -ium (suffix forming place names). Doublet of capitol and capitoul.


Kagutsuchi

Borrowed from Japanese 迦具土 (かぐつち, Kagutsuchi), originally a compound of かぐ (kagu, obsolete verb root meaning “to shine, to sparkle”) + つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) + ち (chi, “power, life force”).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of fire, son of Izanagi and Izanami and brother of Amaterasu, Susanoo, Tsukuyomi and Ōyamatsumi; he burned his mother to death while being born.


Yakushi Nyorai

(Japanese mythology, Buddhism) The Japanese name for Bhaiṣajyaguru, the Buddha of medicine.


Zionistan

Blend of Zionist + -stan, equivalent to Zion + -i- + -stan

(neologism, rare, offensive, derogatory) The State of Israel, viewed as Zionist.


Quinquatrian

en-adj

Quinquatrian (comparative more Quinquatrian, superlative most Quinquatrian)

more Quinquatrian (comparative)
most Quinquatrian (superlative)

the great Quinquatrian feast


Hachiman

(Japanese mythology, Shinto, Buddhism) the Japanese god of archery and tutelary deity of samurai.


PDP

w:Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party

(Indian politics) Initialism of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party.


unnie

unnies (plural)
unni (alternative)
eonni (alternative)
eonnie (alternative)

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

Borrowed from Korean 언니 (eonni, “older sister of a woman”).

bor+

(South Korean idol fandom) An older female member of an idol group.


mikoshi

From Japanese 神(み)輿(こし) (mikoshi, “divine sedan”).

(Shinto) A raised ceremonial litter used to transport a Shinto deity between shrines.


mimiamb

From mimiambus, possibly from French mimiambe, from Ancient Greek μιμιάμβους (mimiámbous, “mime-iamb”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “actor, imitator”) + ἴαμβος (íambos, “iamb”).

der

Its discovery, after a sleep of some five centuries and a half, will be as great a surprise to meteorologists as a new classical text, such as the ‘Mimiambs’ of Herondas, to Greek scholars.

1891 November 28, The Athenæum, number 3344, London: J. Lection, →OCLC, page 726:

For example, the school scene in the third mimiamb, the outburst of fierce jealousy on the part of Bitinna in Herondas and that of the Oxyrhynchus μοιχευτρία, the obscene conversation in the sixth mimiamb, and the tales of adultery committed by women which, according to Aristocles, formed the chief subject of the poems recited by the λυσιῳδοί.

1917, Ph[ilippe] E[rnest] Legrand, translated by James Loeb, The New Greek Comedy, London: W. Heinemann; New York, N.Y.: G.P. Putnam's Sons, →OCLC, page 524:

Matius's mimiambs have not survived complete, but the extant remains may not be unrepresentative of his general style of writing.

2014, Costas Panayotakis, “Hellenistic Mime and Its Reception in Rome”, in Michael Fontaine, Adele C. Scafuro, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Comedy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 387:

(literature, Ancient Greece, rare) A short humorous dramatic scene in verse.


Ryūjin

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A dragon god also known as Watatsumi and Suijin, the tutelary deity of the sea in Japanese mythology.


Reaganian

en-adj

Reaganian (comparative more Reaganian, superlative most Reaganian)

more Reaganian (comparative)
most Reaganian (superlative)

Of or relating to Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911–2004), 40th president of the United States (1981–1989) and 33rd governor of California (1967–1975).


honorific transposition

en-noun

honorific transposition (countable and uncountable, plural honorific transpositions)

(linguistics, Egyptology) A shift in the sign order of a compound word or common phrase, to make certain religiously significant terms (e.g. nswt, nṯr, rꜥ) appear at the front of the word or phrase.


iron triangle

Over the years the defense industry has become a de facto participant in the policy-making process. As in other areas dominated by powerful corporate interests, a policy sub-government or “iron triangle” has emerged. […] The creation of an “iron triangle” takes time and active efforts of its participants. All three sides work to maintain it as economic circumstances change.

1981, Gordon Adams, The Iron Triangle: The Politics of Defense Contracting, New York: The Council on Economic Priorities, →ISBN, pages 24–25:

They see the raids as evidence that the “iron triangle” of bureaucrats, politicians and businessmen that in 50 years has turned Japan into the world's second-largest economy has broken down when there is nothing to replace it.

1996 December 7, Velisarios Kattoulas, International Herald Tribune, “Corruption Scandals Rack Tokyo's ‘Iron Triangle’”, in International Herald Tribune, →ISSN:

(US politics, political science) The policy-making relationship among the congressional committees, the bureaucracy (executive, sometimes called “government agencies”), and interest groups or lobbyists.


EDL

The very Ballardian violence comes from rogue Salafist jihadists and their far-right counterparts, the Nativists (imagine the EDL with brains); […]

2015 September 8, Alex Preston, “Submission by Michel Houellebecq review – satire that’s more subtle than it seems”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

The EDL said Saturday’s rally was aimed at highlighting what it describes as a “continued increase in Islamic terrorism” linked to Birmingham.

2017 April 8, Nicola Slawson, “Birmingham mosque counters EDL rally with ‘best of British’ tea party”, in The Guardian:

English Defence League
w:English Defence League

(UK politics) Initialism of English Defence League.


Titanomachy

From Ancient Greek Τῑτᾱνομαχίᾱ (Tītānomakhíā), from Τῑτᾱ́ν (Tītā́n, “Titan”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle”) + -ια (-ia).

der

1966, M. L. West (editor), Hesiod, Theogony: edited with prolegomena and commentary by M.L. West, Oxford University Press (Clarendon Press), page 337,
A more important difference between the Titanomachy and Ragnarok is that the Norse gods, the Æsir, do not fight against other gods who are afterwards bound, but against an assortment of giants and monsters who have hitherto been bound […] .

His^([Thallus’]) history was arranged in three books, and, in part, by olympiads, and covered material from the Titanomachy (dated to 322 years before the Trojan war) to at least the Crucifixion.

2001, Benjamin Garstad, “Theophilus of Antioch, Pseudo-Justin, and Thallus' Treatment of Moses”, in M. F. Wiles, E. J. Yarnold, P. M. Parvis, editors, Studia Patristica, Vol. XXXVI: Papers presented at the Thirteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies, Peeters Publishers, page 207:

Likewise, the tragedy's treatment of the Titanomachy departs significantly from the Hesiodic account. It has been suggested that the PV^([Prometheus Vinctus]) may be informed by the Cyclic epic Titanomachy attributed to Eumelus (or Arctinus),⁷² especially since an entry in Hesychius' Lexicon⁷³ has led some to believe that both Prometheus' involvement in the Titanomachy and his change of allegiance were elements of that Cyclic epic.

2017, Zoe Stamatopoulou, Hesiod and Classical Greek Poetry: Reception and Transformation in the Fifth Century BCE, Cambridge University Press, page 150:

(Greek mythology) The mythological war between the Titans and the Olympian gods.

Titanomachie

mythological war between Titans and Olympian gods


Nauplius

(Greek mythology) A son of the god Poseidon by Amymone, daughter of Danaus, and founder of the city of Nauplia.

But according to Lycophron, the last of the Greek poets, Penelope committed adultery with one of the suitors at the persuasion of the aged Nauplius, who avenged the death of his son Palamedes by enticing almost all the wives of the Greeks into prostitution.

2003, Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by Virginia Brown, Famous Women, page 81:

A scene from Aristophanes' Women at the Thesmophoria (765-84) preserves a parody of the event which featured Palamedes' brother Oeax writing a message on oars in the hope that one will reach his father Nauplius with news of the betrayal and murder.

2013, Isabelle Torrance, Metapoetry in Euripides, page 145:

(Greek mythology) A descendant of the founder of Nauplia who ruled the city (alternatively, Euboea), was one of the Argonauts, and was father to Palamedes, who fought in the Trojan War.


men in blue ties

From the association of the colour blue with the Liberal party.

2013, Gillard's warning on 'men in blue ties', Skynews.com.au
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has played the gender card as she fights for electoral survival, warning the coalition's 'men in blue ties' would marginalise female politicians and treat abortion as a political plaything.

(Australian politics, derogatory) The men of the Liberal party and their background lobbyists, particularly with regard to women's issues.


Nala

(Hinduism) A character in Hindu mythology: the king of Nishadha Kingdom, son of Veerasena.


Plutonic

en-adj

Plutonic (comparative more Plutonic, superlative most Plutonic)

more Plutonic (comparative)
most Plutonic (superlative)
plutonic (alternative)

From Ancient Greek Πλούτων (Ploútōn, “Pluto, Greek and Roman god of the underworld”) (from πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “riches, wealth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to fly; to flow; to run”)) + -ων (-ōn)) + -ic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’). The English word is cognate with Middle French plutonique (modern French plutonique (“of or pertaining to Pluto, the underworld, or the interior of the Earth”)).

cog

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Synonym of Plutonian (“of or relating to Pluto, the Greek and Roman god of the underworld; demonic, infernal”)


Dainichi Nyorai

(Japanese mythology, Buddhism) The Japanese name for the sun Buddha, Vairocana, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.


hotr

hotrs (plural)
hotṛ (alternative)
hotar (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit होतृ (hotṛ).

ubor

(Hinduism) The priest who recites invocations and litanies during the yajna service.


Ashuku Nyorai

Vajra Division (kongō-bu): The eternal life force. The central deity is Ashuku Nyorai.

1988, Taikō Yamasaki, Shingon: Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, Shambhala, →ISBN, page 139:

Finally, behind Fukūjōju sits Ashuku Nyorai. Ashuku is the Buddha of the East. His left hand holds a piece of detached sleeve. His right hand hangs pendent in front of his right knee, palm turned inward, fingers pointing toward the ground.

2007, Philip L. Nicoloff, Sacred Koyasan, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 128:

It contains statues of Ashuku Nyorai, Hōshō Nyorai, Muryōju Nyorai, and Fukūjōju Nyorai surrounding a statue of Dainichi Nyorai.

2008, Tatsuro Muro, David C. Moreton, A Journey of the Soul, Education Publishing Center, →ISBN, page 14:

Establish the connection with the Imperturbable Buddha Ashuku Nyorai through the distant contact. Greet him with the words: “Dear Ashuku Nyorai, I come to you as a sick person and request healing. […]”

2006, Mark Hosak, Walter Luebeck, The Big Book of Reiki Symbols, Lotus Press, →ISBN, page 263:

On the left is a third guest Buddha, a seated image of Ashuku Nyorai carved in 1322 by Inkō, about whom little is known.

2021, Burritt Sabin, Kamakura: A Contemplative Guide, Partridge, →ISBN:

(Japanese mythology, Buddhism) The Japanese name for the Eastern Buddha, Akṣobhya, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.


Amida Nyorai

The Tendai may indeed be regarded as the mother sect of all later developments of Japanese Buddhism, and Amida Nyorai is even of greater importance in Japanese art than Sakya Muni, the founder of the religion.

1906, Edward Dillon, The Arts of Japan (Little books on art), Methuen, →OCLC, page 36:

The 13m-tall image represents Amida Nyorai, the future Buddha who receives souls into the Western Paradise, and was built under the orders of Minamoto Yoritomo to rival the larger Nara Buddha, near Kyoto.

2011 February 1, Jan Dodd, Simon Richmond, The Rough Guide to Japan (Rough Guide to...), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC:

Pure Land Buddhism suggests that the problem of suffering should not be addressed as a spiritual matter but at the level of change in the social environment. The desired social environment is the peaceful and equalitarian environment envisioned by Amida Nyorai’s vows in the Larger Sūtra and especially in the First Vow.

2019, U. Dessì, “The Pure Land and this World in Hishiki Masaharu’s Shin Buddhist Ethics”, in G. T. Halkias, R. K. Payne, editors, Pure Lands in Asian Texts and Contexts, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 578:

(Japanese mythology, Buddhism) The Japanese name for the Western Buddha, Amitābha, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.


Hōshō Nyorai

As we face Dainichi, the Buddha seated at our near left is Hōshō Nyorai, the Buddha of the South.

2007, Philip L. Nicoloff, Sacred Koyasan, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 127:

The Hōshō Nyorai sculpture sits on a lotus base, which rests on the back of several seated, winged horses. The deity's left hand grasps the edge of the robe, the left rests on the knee, palm facing upward in the wish-granting mudra.

2010, Hillary Pedersen, The Five Great Space Repository Bodhisattvas (dissertation), University of Kansas, page 208:

Or if the dying person should manifest a sign presaging rebirth among any of the thirty-six kinds of hungry ghosts, the attendant should immediately intervene to save that person by performing the rites of Hōshō Nyorai, Kokūzō, Jizō, Thousand-Armed Kannon, Bodhisattva Perfection of Giving, and the rite of offering Deathbed Attendants

2016, Jacqueline I. Stone, Right Thoughts at the Last Moment, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, pages 289–290:

(Japanese mythology, Buddhism) The Japanese name for the Southern Buddha, Ratnasaṃbhava, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.


Fukūjōju Nyorai

(Japanese mythology, Buddhism) Fukūjōju Nyorai; the Japanese name for the Northern Buddha, Amoghasiddhi, one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas.


noromo

Being a hard-core "noromo" (parlance for "no romancer," someone who believes the show's UST, or unresolved sexual tension, is the key to its vitality), I have also flamed "shippers" ("relationshippers," those who want Mulder and Scully to get it on in the film) with now embarrassing vituperations, such as, "Why don't you just go get the lame job you're destined for at the state budget office?"

1998 June 22, John Cloud, “Cinema: An X-Phile Confesses”, in Time:

There had always been a separation between the noromos and the shippers, but at the start of the eighth season, another significant division was born.

2002, Tom Kessenich, EXaminations: An Unauthorized Look at Seasons 6-9 of The X-Files, Featuring the Reviews of Unbound I, Trafford Publishing (2002), page 5

Once it became generally accepted that Mulder and Scully were romantically involved off screen, the noromos stopped watching in disgust, while the shippers lamented not being allowed to witness the transition in the relationship.

2002, Elizabeth Weinbloom, "'THE X-FILES'; A Botched Romance" (letter to the editor), The New York Times, 2 June 2002

(X-Files fandom slang) A person who opposes the idea of a romantic relationship between Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.


Yellow Dog Democrat

en-noun

Yellow Dog Democrat (plural Yellow Dog Democrats)

Yellow Dog Democrats (plural)
yellow dog Democrat (alternative)

From the claim that such Democrats would sooner vote for a yellow dog, if it ran on the Democratic ticket, than a Republican.

(US politics, dated) A Democrat, especially a Southern one, who votes a straight party ticket; one who invariably votes for Democratic candidates.


Broken Glass Republican

Broken Glass Republican (plural Broken Glass Republicans)

From the claim that such Republicans would crawl through broken glass in order to vote Republican.

(US politics, uncommon) A Republican who invariably votes for Republican candidates.


Ramesses

From Ancient Greek Ῥαμέσσης (Rhaméssēs), itself from Egyptian rꜥ-ms-sw,
ra-ms-sw

Ramasses (alternative)
Ramases (alternative)
Rameses (alternative)
Ramses (alternative)
Ramsses (alternative)
Rhamesses (alternative)
Rhameses (alternative)
Rhamsses (alternative)
Rhamses (alternative)

Name of several pharaohs of 19th and 20th dynasty of Ancient Egypt, 13th to 10th century BC.


Inundation

(Egyptology) One of the three seasons of Ancient Egypt.


Chione

From Ancient Greek Χιόνη (Khiónē), derived from χιών (khiṓn, “snow”).

(Greek mythology) A daughter of Boreas, the North Wind, and Oreithyia, sister to Zetes, Calais and Cleopatra.


bat'leth

From Klingon betleH, short for batlh'etlh (“sword of honor”).

It is a bat'leth. It belonged to my father... It has been in our family for ten generations.

1990 November 5, “Reunion”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 4, episode 7, spoken by Worf (Michael Dorn):

The U.K. is looking to clean up its streets with a knife amnesty program, so you can imagine their surprise when a Klingon, er, excuse me, a Klingon fan, turned in a replica Bat’leth over the weekend.

2008 August 25, Jack Loftus, “U.K. Knife Amnesty Program Turns Up Klingon Bat’leth, No Sign of Worf”, in Gizmodo Australia, archived from the original on 2016-03-04:

Officers searched the area but didn't find the robber or the weapon, which was described as a "bat'leth."

2009 February 4, Kieran Nicholson, “Klingon sword used in two Colorado Springs heists”, in Denver Post:

Howard: Why did you bring that?
Sheldon: No weapon strikes more fear into a man's heart than a Klingon bat'leth.
Leonard: OK, let's get clear on something. We just gonna tell this guy to transfer all your stuff back into your account and then be on our way. No one's bat'lething anybody.

2011 March 31, “The Zarnecki Incursion” (15:59), in The Big Bang Theory, season 4, episode 19, spoken by Howard Wolowitz, Sheldon Cooper, and Leonard Hofstadter (Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, and Johnny Galecki):

(science fiction) A double-ended curved blade weapon with spiked protrusions, controlled by grips along its back, used by Klingons in Star Trek.


sileni

And so, while husbands are worshiping at their boyhood shrines, being the lawyers, merchants, or masterminds their parents wanted them to be, their wives, even after fourteen years of marriage and two fine children produced and raised, are still on the search for love - which can come to them only from the centaurs, sileni, satyrs, and other concupiscent incubi of the rout of Pan, either as in the second of the above-recited dreams, or as in our popular, vanilla-frosted temples of the venereal goddess, under the make-up of the latest heroes of the screen.

1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 12:

(Greek mythology) A group of minor deities or demigods similar to fauns or satyrs.


Cottus

(Greek mythology) One of the Hecatoncheires (hundred-handed monster) of Ancient Greek mythology.


klesha

(Hinduism, Buddhism) A mental state, such as fear or ignorance, that clouds the mind and leads to unwholesome actions.


Tao Te Ching

the Tao Te Ching (canonical)
Daodejing (alternative)
Dao De Jing (alternative)

/ˌtaʊ ˌteɪ ˈt͡ʃɪŋ/

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 道德經 /道德经 (Dàodéjīng, “Classic of the Dao and De”).

bor

(philosophy, Taoism) A Chinese classic text fundamental to both philosophical and religious Taoism.


Astyanax

From Ancient Greek Ἀστυάναξ (Astuánax, “city lord”), the nickname for the firstborn son of Hector, protector of Troy.

uder

1712, Ambrose Philips, The Distrest Mother, [adapted from 1667, Jean Racine, Andromaque], 1819, The Distrest Mother: A Tragedy, Act 1, Scene 1, page 3,
The jealous chiefs, and all the states of Greece, / With one united voice complain of Pyrrhus; / That now, forgetful of the promise giv'n, / And mindless of his godlike father's fate, / Astyanax he nurses in his court; Astyanax, the young, surviving hope / Of ruin'd Troy; Astyanax descended / From a long race of kings—great Hector's son.

After lying that the boy is dead and defying the threat of torture, she^([Andromache]) is unable to conceal her anguish for the boy's life and gives in to the threat that Hector's tomb will be destroyed if Astyanax is dead, that is, to the threat that both the sanctity of the tomb and the life of the boy will be destroyed together.

1983, Norman T. Pratt, Seneca's Drama, page 110:

In this passage, Andromaque sees Astyanax only through the memorializing lens of his attribution to Hector, his status as "gage."

2008, Roland Racevskis, Tragic Passages: Jean Racine's Art of the Threshold, page 85:

(Greek mythology) The nickname of Scamandrius, child son of Hector and Andromache.


Azhdahak

(Armenian mythology) An evil dragon-like figure, the reflex of Avestan Aži Dahāka in Armenian mythology and legend.


Camelotian

en-adj

Camelotian (comparative more Camelotian, superlative most Camelotian)

more Camelotian (comparative)
most Camelotian (superlative)

He returned to MIT to enroll in its now-Camelotian, brink-of-the-Aspects-theory linguistics program.

1995, Randy Allen Harris, The Linguistics Wars, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

Of or relating to the Arthurian legend of Camelot.


shakti

From Sanskrit शक्ति (śákti, “power, energy”).

(Hinduism) the divine force that pervades the universe.


Khalistan

Borrowed from Punjabi ਖ਼ਾਲਿਸਤਾਨ (xālistān) / خالِصْتان (xāliṣtān). Literally, “Land of the Khalsa ”. Analyzable as Khalsa + -i- + -stan.

Indian Subcontinent
Indian Subcontinent#English

(historical) Synonym of Punjab; A region of Indian Subcontinent

(now) A proposed country in South Asia A sovereign state proposed by separatists to be established as a homeland for Sikhs.


Arunachala

A holy hill, dedicated to Shiva, at Thiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu, India

Arunachala

a holy hill, dedicated to Shiva, at Thiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu, India


darsana

darsanas (plural)
darśana (alternative)
darshan (alternative)
darshana (alternative)

In presenting its ‘view’ of the truth, each darśana is as it were describing what it is that its practitioners will ‘see’.

2000, Sue Hamilton, Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, OUP, published 2001, page 12:

(India philosophy) A philosophy, worldview.


sattva

One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are pure, divine, and spiritual.


tamas

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तमस् (támas, “darkness”).

lbor

One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are inert, resistant, or dark and destructive.


Ming dynasty

Partial calque from Mandarin 明朝 (Míngcháo).

The Outer city, also known as the Chinese city, was added during the reign of the emperor Chia Ching (1522-66) of the Ming dynasty. It is in the form of an oblong adjoining the Inner city. with walls 14 mi. in length, including 4 mi. of the southern wall of the Inner city.

1968, “PEKING (PEIPING)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 17, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 532, column 1:

A Chinese dynasty that lasted from 1368–1644 C.E..


Salacia

(Roman mythology) The goddess of saltwater and the deep.


Empedoclean

en-adj

Empedoclean (comparative more Empedoclean, superlative most Empedoclean)

more Empedoclean (comparative)
most Empedoclean (superlative)

Relating to the Ancient Greek philosopher Empedocles (circa 490–430 BC).


was-sceptre

was-sceptres (plural)
was sceptre (alternative)
was-scepter (alternative)
was scepter (alternative)

Borrowed from Egyptian wꜣs (“was-sceptre, rule”), compounded with sceptre.

(Egyptology) a type of sceptre with an animal head and a forked tail appearing in Ancient Egyptian art and hieroglyphs


fujoshi

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

Borrowed from Japanese 腐(ふ)女(じょ)子(し) (fujoshi, literally “rotten girl/woman”).

ja-r

(fandom slang) A female fan of yaoi. A female shipper.


Chthonia

(Greek mythology) A daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea.

(Greek mythology) A daughter of Phoroneus or Colontas.

(Greek mythology) One of the Alkyonides.

(Greek mythology) An epithet for several chthonic deities, including Demeter, Hecate, Melinoe, and Nyx.

(Greek mythology) An ancient mythical and poetic name for Crete.