imzadi

From the American science-fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, in which it is a term of endearment used by the Betazoid race, said to mean "beloved."

I have a 2 year old son, and my major interests include science fiction TV (Star Trek, X-Files), music, books and movies. […] I am looking for my imzadi, and hope to meet her someday.

1994 August 30, djsst22 [username], “GWF ISO SF”, in pgh.singles (Usenet):

So I'll probably run about the neighborhood with my imzadi (what I've decided to call my 'best-friend-person' now. It's a Star Trek term, Betazoid stuff.) […]

1999 October 28, Lisa: DreaManiChicKuriousStarfire [username], “Re: Halloween: What are your plans?”, in alt.drugs.psychedelics (Usenet):

I push beyond my body
I push beyond this world of mine
Drunk without wine
myself my imzadi

2001, Cari Lynn, “To Touch The Face of God”, in Journey Without a Map, Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 20:

(fandom slang) A person with whom one shares a profound spiritual bond; a soulmate.


mujina

(Japanese mythology) A badger. In some regions the term refers instead to the Japanese raccoon dog. In Japanese folklore, like the fox and the tanuki, they are frequently depicted as a yokai that shapeshifts and deceives humans.


Amalthean

/æməlˈθiːən/

(Greek mythology) Of or relating to Amalthea or Amaltheia, foster-mother of Zeus, in Greek mythology.


Amalthea

From Ancient Greek Ἀμάλθεια (Amáltheia).

(Greek mythology) The most frequently mentioned foster mother of Zeus, sometimes represented as the goat who suckled the infant-god in a mountain cave, sometimes as a goat-tending nymph.


somewhere over the rainbow

en-adv

somewhere over the rainbow (not comparable)

Popularized from the song Over the Rainbow by Judy Garland, written by Harold Arlen (music) and E. Y. Harburg (lyrics) for the film The Wizard of Oz

Perhaps somewhere over the rainbow there is a land where equality and justice are colorblind, where no one is the other, where no one by virtue of race, gender, or sexual orientation is an outcast or an anomaly.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high,
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby

(idiomatic) In an unknown, hypothetical, or very distant place.

Harold Arlen
Judy Garland
Over the Rainbow
Yip Harburg


Gawain

From Middle English Gawayne, from Old French Gauvain, from Old Welsh [Term?], probably of Celtic origin, like many other characters from Arthurian legends, perhaps from Proto-Brythonic *gwalx (“hawk”) (from Proto-Celtic *wolkos) + *gwɨnn (“white”). Doublet of Gavin. More at Gawain.

One of the greatest knights in Arthurian legend; he is King Arthur's nephew and a Knight of the Round Table.

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights


justitium

(historical, Ancient Rome) An interregnum after the death of an emperor.


Wincest

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From Win(chester) + -cest. Possibly influenced by wincest.

Wincest stories often take their transgressive cues from the text itself; often when Sam and Dean are seducing each other in Wincest stories, the more reluctant of the two is convinced to engage in the relationship when the other reiterates that they are already outsiders in society, already isolated from the “normality” of their world—why should the prohibition of incest stand in their way when they have already broken so many other laws?

2009, Emily Turner, "Scary Just Got Sexy: Transgression in Supernatural and Its Fanfiction", in In the Hunt: Unauthorized Essays on Supernatural (ed. Supernatural.tv), BenBella Books (2009), page 159

Instead, she suggests, the romanticized, paratextual Wincest slash fiction offers Sam and Dean a redemptive happiness that they are perpetually denied by the show's writers both in a diegetic sense (via Chuck Shurley, the show's writer/prophet who publishes novels based on the boys' adventures) and in a non-diegetic sense (via Eric Kripke, Sera Gamble, and the show's returning writers).

2011, Darren Elliott-Smith, “'Go Be Gay for That Poor, Dead Intern:' Conversion Fantasies and Gay Anxieties in Supernatural”, in Stacey Abbott, David Lavery, editors, TV Goes to Hell: An Unofficial Road Map of, Supernatural , ECW Press, →ISBN, page 106:

Supernatural fandom features some of the more controversial iterations of slash, predominantly Wincest (the incestuous coupling of the show's protagonists, the Winchester brothers), […]

2013, Henry Jenkins & Suzanne Scott, "Textual Poachers, Twenty Years Later", in Henry Jenkins, Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture, Routledge (2013), page xxxiii

(fandom slang) The incestuous slash ship of the fictional brothers Dean and Sam Winchester from the television series Supernatural.


Destiel

His overt revulsion is caused by the Wincest fan fiction — the Sam-slash-Dean pairing that also alarms Dean in the epigraph of this paper — and to a Dean-slash-Castiel (or Destiel) kink meme in which Castiel has a crab claw for a hand.

2011, Brigid Cherry, “Becky Rosen, Fan Identity, and Interactivity in Supernatural”, in Stacey Abbott, David Lavery, editors, TV Goes to Hell: An Unofficial Road Map of, Supernatural , ECW Press, →ISBN, page 204:

All of our "feels" are on the line again as they continue to be with anything that involves Johnlock (thanks a lot, Moffat), Merthur and Destiel.

2013, Keren Lopez, "Yahoo buys Tumblr, leaves fandoms in despair", La Voz Weekly (De Anza College), Volume 46, Number 27, 3 June 2013, page 8

I'm always happy to write some sappy Destiel one shot (a one chapter story, often focused solely on fluff, or pure cuddles) when writer's block is making work on Phoenix difficult.

2013, Evangeline Warren, "Confessions of a Teenage Fangirl", INKredible!, Issue 4, Summer 2013, page 21

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Castiel and Dean Winchester from the television series Supernatural.


Epione

From Latin Ēpionē, from Ancient Greek Ἠπιόνη (Ēpiónē), from Ancient Greek ἤπῐος (ḗpĭos).

(Greek mythology) Ancient Greek goddess of soothing of pain.


Tenjin

From Japanese 天神 (Tenjin), from 天 (tʰen, “Heaven”) + 神 (ʑiɪn, “deity”, “god”).

af

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A Japanese god of the heavens; also the Shinto kami of scholarship.


Raijin

From Japanese 雷神 (Raijin), from Middle Chinese 雷 (luʌi, “thunder”) + 神 (ʑiɪn, “deity”, “spirit”).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of lightning, thunder and storms, along with Fūjin and Susanoo.


Fūjin

From Japanese 風神 (ふうじん Fūjin), from Middle Chinese 風 (MC pjuwng, “wind”) + 神 (ʑiɪn, “deity”, “spirit”).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of winds and storms, along with Raijin and Susanoo.


Kajin

Borrowed from Japanese 火神 (かじん, Kajin, literally “fire god”).

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(Japanese mythology, Shinto) Kagutsuchi, the Japanese god of fire.


Suijin

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A Japanese god of water; another name for Ryūjin.


Dojin

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A Japanese god of earth, land or soil.


Team Jacob

Of course, there are those two camps I mentioned earlier in this chapter: Team Edward and Team Jacob. Over time, Team Jacob has grown to the point where a lot of fans prefer Jacob to Edward.

2009, Lois H. Gresh, The Twilight Companion: The Unauthorized Guide to the Series, St Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 89:

However, Team Jacob members on the Anglophone boards were even more emphatic in their dismissal of Edward, and several posters argued that his behavior was abusive.

2010, Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore, Rebecca Williams, “Transnational Twilighters: A Twilight Fan Community in Norway”, in Melissa A. Click, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, editors, Bitten by Twilight: Youth Culture, Media, & the Vampire Franchise, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 200:

Team Jacob argues that Jacob's warmth, support, and wolfy exuberance should have won Bella away from her vampire swain.

2010, Liv Spencer, Love Bites: The Unofficial Saga of Twilight, ECW Press, →ISBN, page 192:

(fandom slang) The faction of Twilight fandom which prefers Bella Swan in a romantic relationship with Jacob Black.


Team Edward

However, the continued conflict between Team Jacob and Team Edward shows that the series is sufficiently open to allow for the shipping of both Bella/Edward and Bella/Jacob.

2010, Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore, Rebecca Williams, “Transnational Twilighters: A Twilight Fan Community in Norway”, in Melissa A. Click, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, editors, Bitten by Twilight: Youth Culture, Media, & the Vampire Franchise, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 202:

To Team Edward, the canon pairing with the stoic, troubled, immortal 17-year-old is unquestionable.

Although the tension between Team Edward and Team Jacob fans is usually expressed in playful banter, there is the possibility that this group conflict will erupt into hostility.

2011, Melissa Burkley, “Prejudice in Twilight”, in E. David Klonsky, Alexis Black, editors, The Psychology of Twilight, BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 72:

(fandom slang) The faction of Twilight fandom which prefers Bella Swan in a romantic relationship with Edward Cullen.


saffronization

From saffron + -ization, after the saffron robes worn by Hindu priests and monks.

Given the 'saffronization' of Congress, the 'ethnoreligious purification' of the BJP, and the parturition of the avowedly secular parties (CPI, SJP and BSP) […]

1993, Harold Alton Gould, India votes: alliance politics and minority governments in the ninth and tenth general elections, page 308:

The saffronization of the Shiv Sena, and the fusion of its Maratha-kunbi chauvinism and communalism were natrual outcomes.

1999, Rajeev Bhargava, Multiculturalism, Liberalism, and Democracy, page 241:

The “value education” directives issued in the 81st Report encouraged, in the first instance, the “saffronization” agenda of the BJPled NDA government from 1999.

2015, S. Gupta, Consumable Texts in Contemporary India: Uncultured Books and Bibliographical Sociology:

(India, politics, derogatory) The politics of right-wing Hindu nationalism (Hindutva) that seek to make the Indian state adopt policies that recall and glorify Hindu cultural history and heritage of India at the expense of other religious traditions.

Dravidization

alteration in favour of Dravidian nationalism or separatism


Hindutva

Transliteration of Hindi हिंदुत्व (hindutva) / Bengali হিন্দুত্ব (hindutto, literally “Hinduness”). Coined by Chandranath Basu in 1892 and further popularised by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.

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Bharatvasi

online slang terms for Hindutva supporters, may sometimes be derogatory

swayamsevak

a member of RSS, a Hindutva paramilitary organisation

chaddi

derogatory online slang term for Hindutva supporters

In India, too, people now wish to bring that argument to a close: to replace the ruckus of politics with the moralized ideology of Hindutva.

2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, page 284:

China’s one-party meritocracy, Putin’s uncrowned czardom, the post-Arab Spring triumph of dictatorship and monarchy over religious populism in the Middle East, the Hindutva populism transforming Indian democracy — these aren’t just all indistinguishable forms of “autocracy,” but culturally distinctive developments that fit well with Huntington’s typology[…]

2022 March 30, Ross Douthat, “Yes, There Is a Clash of Civilizations”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:


Hinduness

Calque of Hindi हिंदुत्व (hindutva) / Bengali হিন্দুত্ব (hindutto, literally “Hinduness”): Hindu + ness.

To stand for ‘Hinduness’, which is the soul of this nation and civilisation, was considered ‘communal’ and abused as token ‘Hindu majoritarianism’.

2019 May 23, Arun Anand, “Lesson for Rahul Gandhi in 2019: Mocking ‘Hinduness’ won’t work because India is Bharat”, in ThePrint:

It is Hinduness that has drawn the multitudes – beyond upper castes – to BJP. In its purest form, Hinduness is a dharma different from religion. […] Hinduness doesn’t deny minorities a stake in society, but seeks to empower all on merit, and delink social justice from identity.

2019 June 6, Rahul Shivshankar, “The age of Hinduness: Modi has disavowed hard Hindutva for the humanism of ‘Hinduness’”, in The Times of India:

Unlike, for example, Tilak and Aurobindo, Gandhi took great care to assure Muslims that they had nothing to fear from his Hinduness.

1999, Rajmohan Gandhi, Revenge and reconciliation: understanding South Asian history, New Delhi: Penguin Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 266, →ISBN:

What Param Poojya Guruji intended as the real nature of Hinduness was this fact of its being all-inclusive and all-pervasive.

2014, D. B. Thengadi, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay: Ideology and Preception - Part 1: An Inquest, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Suruchi Prakashan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 34, →ISBN:


Hinduness

The BJP advocates the ideology of Hindutva (or Hinduness), which insists that multireligious and multiethnic India is fundamentally a “Hindu Rashtra” (Hindu Nation).

2019 May 23, “What you need to know about India’s BJP”, in Al Jazeera:

Hindutva? Both Savarkar and Golwalkar locate the idea of Hinduness by reference to history. Even taking into account its diversity, Hinduness is rooted in Aryan civilisation and the establishment of the Vedic tradition.

2007 April 11, Katharine Adeney, Lawrence Saez, editors, Coalition Politics and Hindu Nationalism, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 44, →ISBN:


Ōyamatsumi

Borrowed from Japanese 大山祇 (Ōyamatsumi, literally “great mountain god”).

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[…], this mountain was a cult site for the kami Ōmiwa Myōjin and Ōyamatsumi, and a shrine temple dedicated to these deities already existed there.

2003, Mark Teeuwen, Fabio Rambelli, Buddhas and Kami in Japan, RoutledgeCurzon, page 24:

When Saichō (767-822) established Enryakuji on Mount Hiei as his Tendai center he adopted the already enshrined kami of the cultic site, Ōmiwa Myōjin and Ōyamatsumi, as tutelary deities of the monastic center.

2008, Susan Zitterbart, Kumano Mandara: Portraits, Power, and Lineage in Medieval Japan, page 29:

[…], and ritually they create the world and beget Amaterasu, Susanoo, and Ōyamatsumi.

2009, Herman Ooms, Imperial Politics and Symbolics in Ancient Japan, University of Hawaiʻi Press, page 41:

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) A brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo and Kagutsuchi, and an important kami in charge of the mountains and the sea. Sometimes also viewed as in charge of sake brewing and war.


grumbletonian

He was often dis-guſted, and thought a Grumble-tonian; but there was no getting an inſight into his Proceedings. He’d be counted ſometimes (behind the Curtain) a High-Flyer, and Tory-rory-Ranter; yet, by his natural In-ſtinks, he inclined to be of the Low-Party: Some ſay he was of no Side, but between both.

1722, The Rump Examin’d; with It’s Secrets Discover’d, and laid open, A. Moore, page 18:

(obsolete, UK politics, derogatory, slang) Originally a member of the 17th-century Country Party; later a member of the opposition.


jivadaya

(Hinduism, Jainism) kindness to animals (or to all living things)


cestrosphendone

From Ancient Greek κεστροσφενδόνη (kestrosphendónē) via Latin cestrosphendone.

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κεστροσφενδόνη

(Ancient Greece) An Ancient Greek sling used to fling darts.


Shinigami

/ˌʃɪn.ɪˈɡɑːmi/

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The deity and/or personification of death. (Compare Izanami and Enma).


quarter farthing

en-noun

quarter farthing (plural quarter farthings)

quarter farthings (plural)
quarter-farthing (alternative)

[‘]The score, however, was only 10 thalers, 4 groschen, 6 pfennigs’ (30 shillings, 5 pence, and 2 or perhaps 3 quarter-farthings), ‘for what I had run-up in eight weeks[.]’

1750 June–August, Thomas Carlyle, in The Works of Thomas Carlyle III (2010), ed. Henry Duff Traill, page 257

(historical numismatics) A British coin, produced for circulation in Ceylon 1839–1853, which, at a face value of ⅟₁₆d. (£⅟₃₈₄₀), is the lowest denomination of coin ever minted for the United Kingdom.

quart de farthing

former British coin denominated to ⅟₁₆d.


Abenomics

If Japan’s government can overcome a demand setback after the tax increase takes effect – leaving the economy functioning smoothly and initiating a recovery in government revenue – Abe will be able to declare Abenomics an unequivocal success.

2013, Koichi Hamada, Japan’s Tax-Hike Test:

(politics) The economic policies advocated by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.

Abenomics

economic policies advocated by Shinzō Abe


Tenedos

An island of Turkey in the northern part of the Aegean Sea.


three halfpence

head

three halfpence (sometimes a plural noun with the singular three halfpenny, sometimes singular, plural three halfpences)

three halfpences (plural)
three-halfpence (alternative)
three ha'pence (alternative)
three-ha'pence (alternative)
three halfpennies (alternative)
three-halfpennies (alternative)
three ha'pennies (alternative)
three-ha'pennies (alternative)
three halfpenny (alternative)
three-halfpenny (alternative)

(historical numismatics) A silver coin with a face value of one and a half pence (1½d.):

Such a British coin (1½d. = £⅟₁₆₀), minted 1834–1843 and 1860–1862 for circulation in the colonies of the British Empire (chiefly Ceylon and the West Indies).


Horae

From the Ancient Greek Ὧραι (Hôrai, “hours; seasons”).

uder

(Greek mythology) The goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of the times of the year, and the laws and orders of time; originally the personifications of nature in its different seasonal aspects, but in later times regarded as goddesses of order in general and of natural justice.

Ώρες

Greek goddesses of the seasons and the natural portions of time


Charites

Borrowed from Latin Charites, from Ancient Greek Χάριτες (Khárites).

(Greek mythology) The goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, and fertility, and the patronesses of amusement and festivities; the retinue of Aphrodite.

Gracioj

Greek goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, and fertility


Furies

(Greek mythology) Synonym of Erinyes; the goddesses of vengeance.


Moros

From Ancient Greek Μόρος (Móros), from Ancient Greek μόρος (móros, literally “fate, doom”).

(Greek mythology) The personification of impending doom, who drives mortals to their deadly fate


Eileithyia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εἰλείθυια (Eileíthuia, “the bringer or deliverer”).

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Ilithyia (alternative)
Eleuthia (alternative)

(Greek mythology) The goddess of childbirth and midwifery; the daughter of Zeus and Hera; the Greek counterpart of the Roman Lucina.


Lucina

From Middle English Lucina and Lucyna, from Latin Lūcīna.

(astronomy) 146 Lucina, a Main Belt asteroid.


Pandia

From Ancient Greek Πανδία (Pandía, literally “All Brightness”).

uder

(Greek mythology) A goddess of the full moon.


Hedone

From Ancient Greek Ἡδονή (Hēdonḗ, literally “Pleasure”).

(Greek mythology) The Greek goddess of sensual pleasures. She is the daughter of Eros/Cupid and Psyche, and the grandaughter of Aphrodite/Venus and Ares/Mars. Her Roman counterpart is Voluptas.


Voluptas

From Latin voluptas (“Voluptuous, Pleasure, Bliss”).

(Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of sensual pleasures. She is the daughter of Eros/Cupid and Psyche, and the grandaughter of Aphrodite/Venus and Ares/Mars. She is the Roman counterpart of Hedone.


Invidia

Coordinate term: Nemesis

(Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of divine retribution and vengeance; often accompanied by the Furies/Dirae. She is the Roman counterpart of Nemesis.


Kratos

From Ancient Greek Κράτος (Krátos, literally “Power, Strength”); see κράτος (krátos).

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(Greek mythology) The god and personification of power and strength.


Bia

From Ancient Greek Βία (Bía, literally “Force”).

der

(Greek mythology) The goddess and personification of force.


Zelus

From Ancient Greek Ζῆλος (Zêlos, literally “Zeal, Dedication, Emulation”).

(Greek mythology) The god and personification of zeal.


Polus

(Roman mythology) The personification of the celestial axis around which the heavens revolve, and the Titan of intelligence.


Caelus

(Roman mythology) The personification of the sky and heavens. Either the brother-husband or son-&-husband of Terra, with whom he fathered the Titans and the Cyclops. He is the Roman counterpart of Uranus.


Erinyes

/ɪˈɹɪniˌiːz/

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρῑνύες (Erīnúes, literally “Avengers”).

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In six of the twelve Homeric passages in which Erinys or the Erinyes are mentioned, the common denominator is a crime or insult that occurs between blood kin: The Erinyes take action when a son steals his father's concubine, a son kills his father and marries his mother, two brothers argue, a son angers his mother, a man kills his mother's brother, or a son chases his mother out of her home.

1999, Sarah Iles Johnston, Restless Dead: Encounters Between the Living and the Dead in Ancient Greece, University of California Press, page 252:

2018, Stephen Rendall (translator), Jacques Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context, [2008, Jacques Jouanna, Sophocle], Princeton University Press, page 393,
First, he now envisages several Erinyes: then he designates, using a poetic metaphor already employed by Aeschylus in The Libation Bearers,¹⁵⁴ that of hunting hounds pursuing game that cannot escape them.

Apollo's help and defence of Orestes is taken by the Erinyes as a threat to their own honour and to the perpetuation of their ancient privilege to pursue murderers (169–74).

2020, Bridget Martin, Harmful Interaction between the Living and the Dead in Greek Tragedy, Liverpool University Press, page 161:

(Greek mythology) The Furies; the goddesses of vengeance against serious moral offence (such as oath-breaking), latterly known as protectors of Athens, of pre-Olympian origin and variously described as having sprung from the spilled blood of Uranus or as daughters of Nyx; identified with the Roman Dirae.

Érinyes

Greek goddesses of vengeance — see also Furies


Dirae

(Roman mythology) The goddesses of vengeance; they were also known to accompany Invidia. They are the Roman counterparts of the Furies/Erinyes.


Oneiroi

From the Ancient Greek Ὄνειροι (Óneiroi, “Dreams”).

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(Greek mythology) The gods and personifications of dreams; the sons of Hypnos and Pasithea, or Nyx and Erebus.


Somnus

(Roman mythology) The god and personification of sleep; the Roman counterpart of Hypnos.


Pasithea

(Greek mythology) One of the Charites. She is the wife of Hypnos.


Aglaea

From Ancient Greek Ἀγλαΐα (Aglaḯa, literally “Splendour, Glory, Glow”).

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Aglaia (alternative)
Aglaïa (alternative)

(Greek mythology) One of the Charites (the youngest, although Homer names another younger).

(Greek mythology) A daughter of Asclepius and goddess/personification of good health and the glow of health.

(Greek mythology) A daughter of Mantineus, founder of Mantinea, the wife of Abas and mother of the twins Acrisius and Proetus; also known as Ocalea.

(Greek mythology) A daughter of Thespius and Megamede who bore Heracles a son, Antiades.

(Greek mythology) A nymph who was mother of Nireus by Charopus, king of Syme.

(Greek mythology) The wife of Amythaon and mother of Melampus and Bias.


Antheia

From Ancient Greek Ἄνθεια (Ántheia, literally “flowers and flowery wreaths”).

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(Greek mythology) One of the Charites worshipped in Athens.


Auxo

From Ancient Greek Αὔξω (Aúxō), related to αὐξάνω (auxánō, “to increase”).

(Greek mythology) One of the Horae, and the goddess and personification of the season of Summer; she is the protector of vegetation and plants, and growth and fertility.


Charis

From Ancient Greek Χάρις (Kháris, literally “beauty, elegance, charm, grace”).

der

(Greek mythology) Aglaea, one of the Charites.


Cleta

From Ancient Greek Κλήτα (Klḗta, literally “fame and glory”).

(Greek mythology) One of the Charites worshiped in Sparta along with Phaenna.


Eudaimonia

/ˌjuːdɪˈməʊnɪə/

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονίᾱ (eudaimoníā, literally “happiness, well-being”).


Hegemone

From Ancient Greek Ἡγεμόνη (Hēgemónē, literally “Mastery”).

der

(Greek mythology) One of the Charites and a goddess of flowers and fruit, worshipped at Athens along with Auxo and Damia.


Paidia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παιδιά (paidiá, “childish play, amusement”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”).


Pandaisia

From Ancient Greek Πανδαισία (Pandaisía, literally “Banquet”).


Pannychis

From Ancient Greek Παννυχίς (Pannukhís, literally “Festivities and Parties”).


Phaenna

From Ancient Greek φαεινος (phaeinos, literally “benevolence and gratitude”).

uder

(Greek mythology) One of the Charites worshipped in Sparta along with Cleta.


Phantasos

From the Ancient Greek Φάντασος (Phántasos, “Apparition”).

(Greek mythology) The god and personification of inanimate objects in prophetic dreams; the son of Hypnos and Pasithea, or Nyx and Erebus.


Peitho

From Ancient Greek Πειθώ (Peithṓ, “Charming Speech, Persuasion”).

(Greek mythology) One of the Charites and a consort of Hermes.


Orphne

(Greek mythology) A nymph who, with Acheron, had the child Ascalaphus.


Minthe

From Ancient Greek Μινθη (Minthē, literally “Mint”).

(Greek mythology) A nymph (associated with Mount Minthe in southern Greece) with whom Hades had an affair before the taking of Persephone and she complained in jealousy that she is more nobler in form than Persephone(his wife) and when Demeter(her mother) heard of it, she trampled the nymph under her foot and turned the her into herb mint.


Tisiphone

From Ancient Greek Τῑσιφόνη (Tīsiphónē, literally “Avenging Murder”).

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(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) One of the Erinyes/Dirae (Furies, the goddesses of vengeance), and a companion of Nemesis/Invidia.


Alecto

From Ancient Greek Ἀληκτώ (Alēktṓ, literally “Unceasing (Anger)”).

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) One of the Furies.


Liberals

(Australian politics) The Liberal Party of Australia.


Alpheus

From Ancient Greek Ἀλφειός (Alpheiós, literally “whitish”).

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Alfeios (alternative)
Alphaeus (alternative)
Alpheius (alternative)

(Greek mythology) The god or personification of the river Alpheus.


Ascalaphus

From Latin Ascalaphus, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλαφος (Askálaphos, literally “Screech-owl”).

(Greek mythology) The orchardist of Hades, changed into a screech-owl by Demeter for telling Hades that Persephone had eaten pomegranate seeds


kreuzer

From German Kreuzer, from Kreuz (“cross”).

‘She bought them in the market for a kreuzer!’

1960, Gottfried Keller, translated by AM Holt, Green Henry, Calder Publications, published 2010, page 647:

(historical) A small coin of varying value formerly used in parts of Germany and Austria.

krejcar

small coin used in parts of Germany and Austria


South Vietnam

South Viet Nam (alternative)
South Viet-Nam (alternative)

China is so large, looms so high just beyond the frontiers, that if South Vietnam went, it would not only give them an improved geographic position for the guerrilla assault on Malaya but would also give the impression that the wave of the future in Southeast Asia was China and the Communists. So I believe it.

1971, Lyndon Johnson, quoting John F. Kennedy, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 61:

(historical) A state, officially the Republic of Vietnam, that governed southern Vietnam from 1955–1975.


Ox

(constellation): Semantic loan from Chinese 牛宿 (Niúxiù).
: (surname): From ox, the animal.
: (Oxford): Clipping

(astronomy) A Chinese constellation located near Capricorn, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.

The second of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.


Black Turtle

From Mandarin 玄武 (Xuánwǔ, literally “Dark Warrior”) + the primary animal representing it.

bor

(Chinese culture, Chinese mythology) a symbol of the element of water and direction north, typically depicted as a turtle entwined with a snake


Xuanwu

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 玄武 (Xuánwǔ, literally “Dark Warrior”).

Xuan Wu (alternative)
Hsüan-wu (alternative)
Hsüanwu (alternative)
Hsüan Wu (alternative)
Hsuanwu (alternative)
Hsuan Wu (alternative)


SBY

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
w:Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

(Indonesian politics) Initialism of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, former president of Indonesia


what hath God wrought

Archaic form of the question “what has God made?”, from the Bible, King James Version; popularized especially by being used as the first message sent by telegraph in the United States, by Samuel Morse (May 24, 1844).

A divine unction evidently attended his ministry, and such were the effects produced, that every beholder, with astonishment and admiration, cried "what hath God wrought!"

1855, Thomas Raffles, A Burning and A Shining Light, page 151:

"Oh, my God !" he cried. "He's invented photography." "What hath God wrought?" said the old man, trying to get up.

1925, Donald Ogden Stewart, The Crazy Fool, page 224:

Surely of this work, and of this time, it shall be said, what hath God wrought!

1969, Paul W. Glad, The Process of American History: Early America, page 84:

When Frank put the receiver to his ear, a sepulchral voice asked, "What hath God wrought?"

1987, Edward Fischer, Notre Dame Remembered: An Autobiography, page 173:

The rich man got up, called off the suit and everybody said, “What hath God wrought?”

2011, A. W. Tozer, James L. Snyder, A Disruptive Faith: Expect God to Interrupt Your Life, page 186:

(archaic) An expression of wonder and marvel at something.

مَا شَاءَ ٱللّٰهُ

Expression of wonder and marvel giving glory to God


Bushbama

Blend of Bush + Obama, from surnames of George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

(US politics, derogatory) George W. Bush and Barack Obama, seen as a continuation of the same political agenda.


Wei

TO ASSAULT a strong and cohesive enemy head-on is to invite disaster. The stratagem of besieging the kingdom of Wei to save the kingdom of Zhao advocates indirect confrontation.

1991, Gao Yuan, “Stratagem 2: Besiege the kingdom of Wei to save the kingdom of Zhao”, in Lure the Tiger out of the Mountains: The Thirty-six Stratagems of Ancient China, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 27:

(historical) An ancient Chinese march during the Zhou dynasty

After the Empire of Han was taken over by Wei (220) in the fifth year of the Ch’ing-lung period (237), the statue was moved from Ch’ang-an, the capital of Han, to Hsü-ch’ang, the capital of Wei, in modern Honan province.

1979, Kuo-ch'ing Tu, edited by William Schultz, Li Ho, Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 59:

(historical) A kingdom during the Three Kingdoms interregnum following China's Han dynasty.


Wei

(historical) An ancient Chinese duchy during the Zhou dynasty


Wei

A river in China, a tributary of the Yellow River.


Ananke

From Ancient Greek Ἀνάγκη (Anánkē, “Fate”).

Coordinate term: Necessitas

“‘To tell you that the eternities beget chaos, and that the immensities are at the mercy of the divine ananke. Infinitude crouches before a personality. The mercurial essence is the prime mover in spirituality, and the thinker is powerless before the pulsating inanity. The cosmical procession is terminated only by the unknowable and unpronounceable’——

1886, Arthur Conan Doyle, Cyprian Overbeck Wells. A Literary Mosaic:

(Greek mythology) A Greek goddess, personification of destiny, necessity and fate, depicted as holding a spindle.

Ananké

Greek goddess of destiny, necessity and fate


Alexiares

From Ancient Greek Ἀλεξιάρης (Alexiárēs, literally “Warding-Off-War”), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend (against)”) + Ἄρης (Árēs, “War”).

com

(Greek mythology) One of the twin sons of Heracles and Hebe, guardian, along with his twin Anicetus and his father, of the gates of Mount Olympus.


Anicetus

From Ancient Greek Ἀνίκητος (Aníkētos, literally “Unconquerable”).

bor

(Greek mythology) One of the twin sons of Heracles and Hebe, his twin brother is Alexiares. Along with their father, Anicetus and Alexiares are the guardians and gatekeepers of the gates of Mount Olympus.


Aceso

(Greek mythology) A goddess and personification of the healing process, daughter of Asclepius.


Iaso

From Ancient Greek Ἰᾱσώ (Iāsṓ), from ἴᾱσις (íāsis, “healing, recovering, recuperation”).

(Greek mythology) The goddess and personification of recuperation. She is a daughter of Asclepius and Epione.


Meditrina

From Latin medica (“health, longevity”).

(Roman mythology) The goddess/personification of health and longevity. She is a daughter of Aesculapius and Epione.


Machaon

(Greek mythology) A healer and a son of Asclepius and Epione.


Aratus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄρᾱτος (Árātos, literally “the one prayed for”).

(Greek mythology) A healer and a son of Asclepius and his lover, Aristodama, and the paternal halfbrother of Aceso, Aglaea, Hygieia, Iaso, Meditrina, Panacea, Machaon, Podaleirios, Telesphoros.


Podaleirios

From Ancient Greek Ποδαλείριος (Podaleírios).

Podaleirius (alternative)
Podalirius (alternative)


Telesphoros

From Ancient Greek Τελεσφόρος (Telesphóros, literally “Bringer of Completion”).

uder

(Greek mythology) A god/personification of recuperation from illness or injury. He is a healer and a son of Asclepius and Epione.


Eirene

From Ancient Greek Εἰρήνη (Eirḗnē, literally “Peace”).

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


Thallo

From Ancient Greek Θαλλω (Thallō, literally “New-Shoots, Blooming”).

(Greek mythology) One of the Horae, and the goddess and personification of the season of Spring; she is the protector of new growth.


Carpo

From Ancient Greek Καρπώ (Karpṓ) from καρπόω (karpóō, “bear fruit; reap or enjoy fruit”).

(Greek mythology) One of the Horae, goddess/personification of Autumn and of harvest time.


Core

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “maiden”).

lbor

(Greek mythology) The birth name of Persephone/Proserpina, the queen of the Underworld/Hades, and goddess of the seasons and of vegetation. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and the wife of Hades.


Justitia

Translingual: Justitia

From Latin iustitia (“Justice”). Doublet of justice.

(Roman mythology) One of the Horae, she is the goddess of justice. She is the daughter of Jupiter and Themis; her sisters are Pax and Eunomia. She is the Roman counterpart of Dike.


Aventine Hill

Calque of Latin Aventīnus mons, which see.

Ավենտինյան բլուր

one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built


Adrianople

/ˌeɪdɹɪəˈnəʊp(ə)l/

From Latin Adrianopolis, from Ancient Greek Ἁδριανούπολις (Hadrianoúpolis, “city of Hadrian”). Doublet of Adrianopolis and Edirne.

der

Ἁδριανούπολις

(historical) Former name of Edirne, a city in northwestern Turkey.

Ադրիանապոլիս

ancient & medieval Edirne — see also Edirne


Granicus

/ɡɹəˈnaɪkəs/

From Latin Granicus, from Ancient Greek Γρανικός (Granikós).

A river in northwestern Anatolia, where Alexander the Great defeated the forces of the Persian Empire under Darius III


Golden Horn

Calque of Ancient Greek Χρυσόκερας (Khrusókeras).

calque

The 20-min. crossing of the Bosphorus by ferry steamer from the Golden Horn, the busy river-fed harbour that divides old and new Istanbul on the European side of the Bosphorus, was a pleasure in itself.

1950 July, J. C. Mertens, “By the "Taurus Express" to Baghdad”, in Railway Magazine, page 435:

A major urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey.


Issus

Translingual: Issus

From Latin Issus, from Ancient Greek Ἰσσός (Issós).

(historical) An ancient settlement in Cilicia, modern Hatay Province, Turkey, where in 333 BCE Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III


command paper

So called because they are presented to Parliament formally "by Her Majesty's Command".

(UK) A document issued by the government and presented to Parliament.


Locris

From Latin Locris, from Ancient Greek Λοκρίς (Lokrís).

An ancient region in Greece, the homeland of the Locrians, made up of three distinct districts.


Stymphalus

From Latin Stymphālus, from Ancient Greek Στύμφᾱλος (Stúmphālos).

(historical) An ancient town in Arcadia, in modern Greece, near modern Stymfalia.

Stymphale

town and district in Arcadia, ancient Greece

(Greek mythology) Any of various mythological figures.


Stymphalian bird

en-noun

Stymphalian bird (plural Stymphalian birds)

(Greek mythology) A man-eating bird with a bronze beak and sharp metallic feathers it could launch at its victims, which infested Stymphalus. They were slain by Herakles as part of his sixth Labour, who took advantage of their sensitive sense of hearing.


Taurica

From Latin Taurica, from Ancient Greek Ταυρῐκή (Taurĭkḗ).

Taurida (alternative)
Tauris (alternative)
Tavria (alternative)

Crimean peninsula
Crimean peninsula#English

(historical) The name by which the territory of the Crimean peninsula was known to the Greeks and Romans.

Տավրիս

the name by which the territory of the Crimean peninsula was known to the Greeks and Romans


Trabzon

From Turkish Trabzon, from Ottoman Turkish طرابزون (Tırabızon), ultimately from Ancient Greek Τραπεζοῦς (Trapezoûs).

A port city and province on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey.

Ҭарбзана

port city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey


Pharos

Derived from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros) via Latin Pharos. Doublet of Hvar.

The Lighthouse of Alexandria, located on the island Pharos


Feodosiya

From Russian Феодо́сия (Feodósija), from Ancient Greek Θεοδοσία (Theodosía). Doublet of Theodosia.

Theodosia (alternative)
Feodosia (alternative)

Alternative spelling of Feodosia, a port and resort city in Crimea, internationally recognized as part of Ukraine but de facto in Russia.


Cheops

Borrowed from Latin Cheops, from Ancient Greek Χέοψ (Khéops), from Egyptian ḫw.f-wj.

Great Pyramid of Giza
Great Pyramid of Giza

a pharaoh of Egypt, who ruled in the first half of the Old Kingdom period (26th century BC) and is renowned as the builder of the Great Pyramid of Giza


nundinal letter

nundinal letter (plural nundinal letters)

(Ancient Rome) one of the first eight letters of the alphabet, repeated successively from the first to the last day of the year. One of these always corresponded to the market day, which occurred every eight days.


vallar crown

(historical, Roman antiquity) A circular gold crown with palisades, bestowed upon the soldier who first surmounted the rampart and broke into the enemy's camp.


Silverite

(historical) A member of a 19th-century political movement in the United States that advocated for silver continuing to be a monetary standard along with gold.


bounty jumper

(US, slang, historical) One who, during the latter part of the Civil War, enlisted in the United States service, and deserted as soon as possible after receiving the bounty.


Mickeymania

There are, of course, perfectly reasonable explanations for Mickeymania.

Similar to California's Disneyland, it's the wellspring of Mickeymania, a paradise for the young at heart, and the most popular individual theme park in the United States, welcoming more than 11 million visitors every year.

1997, Alison Stern, Fodor's Walt Disney World, Universal Studios and Orlando, page 2:

Over the next few years, Mickeymania swept the country. Fans across the globe from Franklin Roosevelt to Mussolini applauded his antics in the films that followed.

2007, Todd G. Buchholz, New ideas from dead CEOs:

(informal) Enthusiasm for the cartoon character Mickey Mouse.


Erymanthian Boar

(Greek mythology) a giant boar that ravaged the area round Mount Erymanthos; captured by Heracles


Augeas

/ɔːˈd͡ʒiːəs/

From Latin Augēās, from Ancient Greek Αὐγείᾱς (Augeíās).

(Greek mythology) A king of Elis, best known for his stables, the Augean stables.


Antigone

From Latin Antigonē, from Ancient Greek Ἀντιγόνη (Antigónē).

(Greek mythology) the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta in fiction and mythology


Antisthenes

From Latin Antisthenēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀντισθένης (Antisthénēs).

A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀντισθένης (Antisthénēs), notably borne by Antisthenes of Athens (445–365 B.C.), a Greek philosopher, founder of the school of Cynicism and a pupil of Socrates.


Ascanius

From Latin Ascanius, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάνιος (Askánios).

(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A legendary king of Alba Longa, and the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas.


Murder, Inc.

(US, slang, derogatory, US politics) The Central Intelligence Agency.


War on Women

(US, politics, US politics, derogatory) Political efforts and initiatives to reduce women's rights, especially their reproductive rights.


tirtha

tirthas (plural)
teertha (alternative)
teerut (alternative)

(Hinduism, Jainism) A site of pilgrimage.


Belisarius

From Latin Belisarius, from Byzantine Greek Βελισάριος (Belisários).

(history) A general of the Byzantine Empire, who was instrumental to Emperor Justinian's ambitious project of reconquering much of the Mediterranean territory of the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost less than a century previously.


Hecuba

From Latin Hecuba, from Ancient Greek Ἑκάβη (Hekábē).

Hecabe (alternative)
Hekabe (alternative)

(Greek mythology) the wife of King Priam of Troy, the mother of Hector, Paris and Cassandra


Helenus

From Latin Helenus, from Ancient Greek Ἕλενος (Hélenos).

(Greek mythology) the son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy, the twin brother of the prophetess Cassandra.


Haemus

Borrowed from Latin Haemus, from Ancient Greek Αἷμος (Haîmos).

(Greek mythology) a king of Thrace, the son of Boreas, who was vain and haughty and compared himself and his wife to Zeus and Hera


Menelaus

From Latin Menelāus, from Ancient Greek Μενέλαος (Menélaos).

(Greek mythology) the king of Mycenaean Sparta, the husband of Helen of Troy, the brother of Agamemnon, the leader of the Spartan contingent of the Greek army during the Trojan War


Herostratus

Learned borrowing from Latin Hērostratus, from Ancient Greek Ἡρόστρατος (Hēróstratos).

lbor

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

an Ancient Greek arsonist who destroyed the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, in order to become famous


Hesperia

From Latin Hesperia, from Ancient Greek Ἑσπερία (Hespería).

(Greek mythology) One of the Hesperides.


Hesperides

From Latin Hesperides, from Ancient Greek Ἑσπερίδες (Hesperídes).

(Greek mythology) A group of nymphs who tend a blissful garden filled with trees that grew golden apples in a far western corner of the world, located in Libya or the Atlas Mountains in North Africa at the edge of the encircling Oceanus; they are said to be the daughters of Hesperus.

(Greek mythology) The garden of the Hesperides.


Hesperid

(Greek mythology) any one of the Hesperides

Հեսպերիդ

any one of the Hesperide — see also Hesperides


Gordias

Borrowed from Latin Gordiās, from Ancient Greek Γορδίας (Gordías).

(Greek mythology) The name of at least two members of the royal house of Phrygia, the best-known of which was reputedly the founder of the Phrygian capital city Gordium, the maker of the legendary Gordian knot, and the father of the legendary king Midas.


Chinese food syndrome

Chinese restaurant syndrome
Chinese restaurant syndrome#English


Epiphanes

From Latin Epiphanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἐπιφανής (Epiphanḗs), from ἐπιφανής (epiphanḗs).

Antiochus IV Epiphanes

(history) the epithet of several Hellenistic rulers


Keres

From Ancient Greek Κῆρες (Kêres, literally “Death Spirits, Doom, Heart”).

der

(Greek mythology) The goddesses of death, specifically cruel and violent deaths, including death in battle, by accident, murder or ravaging disease. They numbered in the thousands and were the daughters of Nyx and Erebus, and the sisters of Thanatos and Hypnos. Their Roman counterparts were the Letum or the Tenebrae.


sexvir

sexvirs (plural)
sexviri (plural)
sevir (alternative)

(historical, Ancient Rome) Any member of a group of six officials.


Secession War

(outside the US) The American Civil War.


Afrasiab

Afrasiyab (alternative)
Afrasyab (alternative)

(Iranian mythology) A mythical king and hero of Turan.

[Book Pahlavi needed] (plʾsy̲d̲ʾp̄' /frāsiyāb/)


Panathenaea

/ˌpænˌæ.θəˈni.ə/

Learned borrowing from Latin Panathēnaea, and from its etymon Ancient Greek Πᾰνᾰθήναιᾰ (Pănăthḗnaiă), a noun use of the neuter plural of Παναθηναῖος (Panathēnaîos, “Panathenian”) (in Παναθήναια ἱερᾰ́ (Panathḗnaia hierắ, “Panathenian solemnities”)), from πᾰν- (păn-, prefix meaning ‘all; every’) + Ἀθηναῖος (Athēnaîos, “of or relating to Athens, Athenian”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Ἀθηναῖος (Athēnaîos) is derived from either Ἀθῆναι (Athênai, “Athens”) or Ᾰ̓θήνη (Ăthḗnē, “Athena, patron goddess of Athens”) + -ῐος (-ĭos, suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).

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From the collection of the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

lbor

VVhen Panathænea vvere celebrated at Athens, an olde man gooing to take a place vvas mockingly reiected, at the laſt comming among the Lacedemonians all the youth gaue him place, vvhich yͤ Athenians liked vvell off, then one of the Sparthans cryed out: Uerily yͤ Athenians knovv vvhat ſhould be done, but they neuer doe it.

[1578], Iohn Lylly [i.e., John Lyly], “Euphues and His Ephæbus. [Of the Education of Youth.]”, in Euphues. The Anatomy of Wyt. […], London: […] [Thomas East] for Gabriell Cawood, […], →OCLC, folio 57, verso:

Panathenæa. A ſolemnity held at Athens: vvherein the vvhole city men, vvomen and children vvere aſſembled. And ſuch games, dances and plaies as vvere then exhibited; or vvhat orations vvere then and there made, they called Panathenaik.

[1603, Plutarch, “[https://books.google.com/books?id=xMdjAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP645 [An Explanation of Sundry Hard Words and Obscure Terms, in this Translation of Plutarch, […].] Panathenæa]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 645:

Ion.— […] [T]here were contests in every species of music. […] I bore away the first prize at the games, O Socrates. / Socrates.—Well done! You have now only to consider how you shall win the Panathenæa.

a. 1823 (date written), Plato, “[Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments] Ion; or, Of the Iliad; Translated from Plato”, in Percy Bysshe Shelley, transl., edited by [Mary Wollstonecraft] Shelley, The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, new edition, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 67, column 1:

(Ancient Greece, historical) A festival formerly held annually in Athens to honour the city's patron goddess Athena, involving animal sacrifices, a grand procession, and, every fourth year, athletic and musical contests.

Panathenaia

festival formerly held annually in Athens to honour the city’s patron goddess Athena


PPC

en-noun

PPC (countable and uncountable, plural PPCs)

(UK politics) Initialism of prospective parliamentary candidate: a candidate selected for a future election before the election campaign has officially begun.


Sculder

Alas, Jess Mabe's "Bittersweet" has a similar nickname for the Sculder baby, and Jean Robinson's "When Old Friends Meet" is likewise obsessed with dolls.

2000 October 1, story_posting [username], “Dream Life 1/1”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Do come visit to read about Mulder, Scully, Frohike, CJ, Josh, Angel, deadly spellcasting books, Cordy, Buffy, Jack the gypsy computer repairman and the Sculder sproglet in all its many gestational forms

2001 May 3, ymmv2001 [username], “New update at YMMV”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

But Thackeray, like his Kirk/Spock, Johnlock, and (in the early years) “Sculder” descendants, must confront the sticky problem of canon: […]

2013, Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, BenBella Books, →ISBN:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Dana Scully and Fox Mulder from the television series The X-Files.


shintai

Borrowed from Japanese 神体(しんたい) (shintai).

(Shinto) A physical object (either natural or man-made) worshipped at or near Shinto shrines as a repository for spirits or kami.


debigulate

en-verb

debigulate (third-person singular simple present debigulates, present participle debigulating, simple past and past participle debigulated)

debigulates (present singular third-person)
debigulating (participle present)
debigulated (participle past)
debigulated (past)

Back-formation of Debigulator, itself from de- + big + -ule + -ate + -or, a fictional shrink ray featured in the 1996 episode "Treehouse of Horror VII" of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

> think moe will get his ears enlarged 2.27.00?
No, he'll get them debigulated.

2000 February 27, Ben Mann, “Re: X'tapolapocetl (Quetzelsacatanango?)”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):

2002 October 22, Ed, “Button to enlarge or debigulate size of text?”, in netscape.public.mozilla.wishlist (Usenet):

Does debigulating a table first delete blank rows? (I don't know if blank rows are always at the end or not.)

2008 May 13, Ron Newcomb, “I7: Dynamic Tables extension for Glulx”, in rec.arts.int-fiction (Usenet):

(rare, humorous) To reduce or shrink; to make or become smaller.


adultivity

Kearney: Good evening, young man. My name is Charles Norwood. Furthermore to this beer, I would also like three of your finest, cheapest cigars. Here's my ID which confirms my adultivity.

1996 5 May, David X. Cohen, "Much Apu About Nothing", episode 7-23 of The Simpsons, 00:11:46-00:11:59

Also, just so we can verify your adultivity, please give us your credit card number and expiration date...

1999 May 16, Eric NRTJ Roberts, “Re: EASY MONEY”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

All the 'performers' were of legal consenting adultivity, and I could easily track them down if I needed to get any sort of signed statement to verify their age.

2000 December 9, Green Hell, “I need a lab in the US that will develop erotic subject matter”, in alt.movies.cinematography.super8 (Usenet):

(humorous, uncommon) The state or quality of being an adult; majority.


Liao

A romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 僚 (Liáo)

Synonym of Rau, a people of southeastern China


malparkage

From mal- + park + -age. Perhaps introduced in the animated TV series The Simpsons; see Citations:malparkage.

Lisa Simpson (reading letter): Dear motorist. Your vehicle is illegally parked in the borough of Manhattan. If you do not remedy this malparkage within 72 hours, your car will be thrown into the East River at your expense.

1997 21 September, Ian Maxtone-Graham, "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson", episode 9-1 of The Simpsons, 00:11:46-00:11:59

Coupled with said customer's malparkage in the handicapped zone right in front of the door, this will usually create an atmosphere of tense, suspect aversion.

2000 August 20, «tµßeguÿ», “Re: automobile tool definitions”, in 3do.bad-attitude (Usenet):

Supposedly, regular mortals have to shell out $50 for presumptuous malparkage among the elite.

2010 February 8, Sean Michael Ragan, “UC Berkeley has 'Nobel Laureate Only' parking spaces”, in Make:

(rare, humorous) An act of parking a vehicle illegally.


itai-itai disease

Partial calque of Japanese イタイイタイ病 (itai-itai byō, “"ouch ouch" disease”)

partial calque

A disease caused by cadmium poisoning that occurred in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.


Chloris

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χλωρίς (Khlōrís, literally “Greenfinch”), from χλωρός (khlōrós, “greenish-yellow, pale green”).

bor

(Greek mythology) A nymph and the goddess of flowers and spring. She is a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, the wife of Zephyrus, and mother of Karpos. Her Roman counterpart is Flora.


Karpos

From Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, literally “Fruit”).

(Greek mythology) A god/personification of fruit.


Favonius

(Roman mythology) The god of the west wind. He is also the husband of Flora and the father of Karpos. He is the Roman counterpart of Zephyrus.


DGB

The vaguely defined roles and authorities of DGB have alarmed Americans, and many see the agency as the "Ministry of Truth" that George Orwell warned us about in his dystopian novel "1984."

2022 May 5, Helen Raleigh, “Biden's disinformation board is authoritarian and reminds me of my life in China”, in Fox News:

Disinformation Governance Board
w:Disinformation Governance Board

(US politics, historical) Initialism of Disinformation Governance Board.


Alala

From Ancient Greek Ἀλαλά (Alalá), from Ancient Greek ἀλαλή (alalḗ, literally “loud cry, war cry”).

der

(Greek mythology) A goddess, personification of the war cry/battle cry


Glaucus

From Ancient Greek Γλαῦκος (Glaûkos, from γλαυκός (glaukós, literally “greyish-blue, bluish-green, glimmering”)).

from <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">γλαυκός</i> (glaukós, literally “greyish-blue, bluish-green, glimmering”)

(Greek mythology) A Greek prophetic sea-god, born mortal and turned immortal upon eating a magical herb. It was believed that he commonly came to the rescue of sailors and fishermen in storms, having once been one himself.

(Greek mythology) A mythical Lycian soldier and captain in the Trojan War.

(Greek mythology) Son of Sisyphus, and a mythical Corinthian king.

(Greek mythology) one of the sons of Priam.

(Greek mythology) One of the twelve younger Panes.


sovok

Unadapted borrowing from Russian сово́к (sovók, “scoop, dustpan”), which starts similarly to сове́т (sovét, “Soviet”) or сове́тский (sovétskij, “Soviet”, adjective).

ubor

(derogatory) Of or relating to the Soviet Union.

sovdepiya

Soviet Union, things associated with the Soviet Union


parikrama

en-noun

parikrama (countable and uncountable, plural parikramas)

(Buddhism, Hinduism) The circumambulation of a sacred place.


Tiele

Tiele (plural)
Chile (alternative)
Tele (alternative)

zh-m

鐵勒／铁勒 (Tiělè)

A member of a confederation of Turkic peoples living to the north of China and in Central Asia, emerging after the disintegration of the Xiongnu confederacy.


Xianbei

zh-l

鮮卑／鲜卑 (Xiānbēi)

Hsien-pi (alternative)
Hsien-pei (alternative)
Syanbi (alternative)

(historical) An ancient Mongolic nomadic people who resided in what is now eastern Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and northeast China.


K Street

From the alphabetic naming of streets when the road grid of Washington was laid down.
* (politics): After K Street in Washington, D.C.

As Scrutiny of Cryptocurrency Grows, the Industry Turns to K Street [title]

2021 May 9, Eric Lipton, “As Scrutiny of Cryptocurrency Grows, the Industry Turns to K Street”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(US politics, figurative) The people and firms that lobby the United States Congress.


serekh

From Egyptian s-r:x-O33 (srḫ, “palace façade”).

bor

In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a rectangular enclosure consisting of a depiction of a palace façade and a top-down view of a royal courtyard containing the Horus name of a pharaoh, usually topped by a Horus falcon.


Egyptomania

Obsessive interest shown by Westerners for ancient Egyptian culture, especially during the 19th century.


pork up

en-verb

pork up (third-person singular simple present porks up, present participle porking up, simple past and past participle porked up)

porks up (present singular third-person)
porking up (participle present)
porked up (participle past)
porked up (past)

(idiomatic, US politics) To add spending, especially targeted spending, to legislation in order to get votes for it (see pork-barrel).


Rzeczpospolita

/ʒɛt͡ʃˌpɒspəˈlaɪtə/

/ʒɛt͡ʃˌpɒsˈpɒlɪtə/

Unadapted borrowing from Polish rzeczpospolita.

ubor

Republic of Poland
Republic of Poland#English

The Polish endonym referring to the Polish State, Rzeczpospolita Polska, the official Polish name for the Republic of Poland.


kshetra

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra, “field, area, tract of land”).


Pence

Americanized spelling of German Pentz or Benz.

But he [Mike Pence]’s no Trump in any sense. […] The base respects Pence and his loyal service, but he just does not have the covfefe that the base needs and wants in 2024.

2020, Kurt Schlichter, The 21 Biggest Lies about Donald Trump (and You!), Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, →ISBN:

(US politics) Used specifically of Mike Pence

A surname.
Used specifically of Mike Pence


muhurta

(Hinduism) A unit of time measurement in the Hindu calendar, approximately 48 minutes.


Zagreus

(Greek mythology) An obscure figure in Greek mythology who, according to Orphic tradition, was the son of Zeus and Persephone who was destroyed by the Titans but reborn through the intervention of Zeus as Dionysus.


Palestinianism

The study of Palestinian history, anthropology or archeology.


Bay of Pigs

A small inlet on the southern side of Cuba, site of a famous failed invasion in 1961.


cheese-eating surrender monkey

en-noun

cheese-eating surrender monkey (plural cheese-eating surrender monkeys)

cheese-eating surrender monkeys (plural)

Coined by American television writer and producer Ken Keeler in 1995, for the television series The Simpsons.

coin

Bonjour, you cheese-eating surrender monkeys!

1995 April 30, “'Round Springfield”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 22, spoken by Groundskeeper Willie (Dan Castellaneta):

In turn, we British may feel disillusioned with what's left of the special relationship, increasingly out of sympathy with American attitudes, and rather more in sympathy with the cheese-eating surrender monkeys and their friends across the Channel.

2003 April 12, Alexander Chancellor, “Europe still matters”, in The Guardian:

IN PRAISE OF CHEESE-EATING SURRENDER MONKEYS OR WASHINGTON FUNDAMENTALISTS VS PARISIAN MONKEYS

2005, Stephen Chan, Out of Evil: New International Politics and Old Doctrines of War, →ISBN, page 134:

It's all about the “French Paradox,” that much-publicized puzzle of how French people eat all that fatty food and drink tons of wine, yet still manage to be svelte and sophisticated, not to mention cheese-eating surrender monkeys.

2005, Julie Powell, Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen, →ISBN, page 178:

Maybe it's their French blood. If it is, we sure don't need cheese-eating surrender monkeys in the Kaw River Valley!

2008, Sara Paretsky, Bleeding Kansas, →ISBN, page 170:

We've lived with terrorism for years, and we know you can lick it, especially if we don't overreact and make unnecessary sacrifices of liberty in the name of security - for freedom is its own best defence. Between cheese-eating surrender monkeys and fire-eating war junkies, we look for a middle way.

2006 July 5, Timothy Garton Ash, “Between cheese-eating surrender monkeys and fire-eating war junkies”, in The Guardian, retrieved 2021-05-31:

But despite their seemingly rampant Anglophilia, there are still some things the French miss—a good steak tartare, for instance, or the chance to cheer on their rugby team without being shouted down as ‘cheese-eating surrender monkeys’.

2008 March 23, Elizabeth Day, “The great French love affair with la vie anglaise”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

Groundskeeper Willie called us cheese-eating surrender monkeys: he almost had it right. But it isn't just the French—as a species we are all cheese-eating surrender monkeys.

[2009, Douglas Coupland, Generation A, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 16:

(slang, derogatory, humorous) A French person.

The Simpsons
cheese-eating surrender monkeys


autonomous okrug

en-noun

autonomous okrug (plural autonomous okrugs)

In the Soviet Union and Russia, a territorial and administrative division of a krai or oblast, which grants a degree of administrative autonomy to an ethnic minority, usually located in large, remote areas with sparse populations.

ինքնավար օկրուգ

a territorial and administrative division — see also AO


Palestinianist

A proponent of Palestinianism, Palestinian nationalism.


cavaedium

(architecture) The central hall or court within an Ancient Roman house.


Myrrha

From Latin Myrrha, from Ancient Greek Μύρρα (Múrrha).

Byblis lies motionless in mute desperation and her transformation is told only briefly, whereas Myrrha herself asks for her metamorphosis, gives a speech (10.483-7), and Ovid leads us step by step through her transformation (10.489-502).

1975, Karl Galinsky, Ovid's Metamorphoses: An Introduction to the Basic Aspects, page 89:

The resemblance between this Myrrhina and the Myrrha who seduces her father is all the greater in that in one of the versions of the myth of Adonis, his mother is transformed by metamorphosis into not a myrrh tree but a sprig of myrtle.

1977, Marcel Detienne, The Gardens of Adonis: Spices in Greek Mythology, page 63:

In the succeeding book, Ovid depicts another woman tortured by abnormal but not impossible passion: Myrrha, in love with her father, Cinyras.

2006, David M. Robinson, Closeted Writing and Lesbian and Gay Literature: Classical, Early Modern, Eighteenth-Century, page 175:

(Greek mythology) The daughter of Cinyras, king of Cyprus, who tricks her father into having sexual intercourse with her and escapes the king's wrath by being transformed into a myrrh tree, later giving birth to Adonis.

Smyrna

daughter of Cinyras and mother of Adonis


Repub

(US politics, informal) Clipping of Republican.


HRC

Gibbs saying that the reason HRC delayed releasing her sked was that she was “hiding” something, […]

2008 March 20, Ana Marie Cox, “Obama Conference Call”, in Times, retrieved 20150315:

Hillary Rodham Clinton
w:Hillary Clinton


Sexgate

(chiefly US) Any sex-related public scandal, especially the Monica Lewinsky scandal.


Ossonoba

An ancient Roman and pre-Roman city in southwestern Lusitania, in modern Portugal; modern Faro.


Lupercus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin Lupercus.

Πὰν Λυκαῖος
Πὰν Λυκαῖος#Ancient_Greek

(Roman mythology) A god who protected flocks, in some sources identified with Faunus in the aspect of Innus, and by extension as the equivalent of the Greek Πὰν Λυκαῖος (Pàn Lukaîos, “Lycaean Pan”).


Astrape

From Ancient Greek ἀστραπή (astrapḗ, literally “lightning”).

uder

(Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of lightning, sister of Bronte, and an attendant of Zeus. Her Roman counterpart is Fulgora.


Bronte

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ, “thunder”) or Βρόντης (Bróntēs, “Thunderer, name of one of the cyclops”).

der

(Greek mythology) One of the Cyclops, who forged Zeus's thunderbolts.

(Greek mythology) The goddess personifying thunder.


Fulgora

(Roman mythology) The Roman goddess/personification of lightning. She is the Roman counterpart of Astrape.


Trekverse

No, he [Picard] was French but his accent confuses anybody who doesn't know him…
Or maybe in the Trekverse, France is a part of the United Kingdom...

2002 March 22, machf [username], “Re: ENTERPRISE="AMERICANS IN SPACE"?”, in rec.arts.startrek.current (Usenet):

Most internet Trek role-plays have rules to prevent people from creating super-techs or acting like a superhero because it is not realistic in the Trekverse.

2003 January 4, Baggers [username], “Re: New Shielding......?”, in uk.media.tv.sf.startrek (Usenet):

This is Uhura's – and Uhura's fans' – big moment, the moment in which she blazingly comes alive as a member of the Trekverse.

2009, David Greven, Gender and Sexuality in Star Trek: Allegories of Desire in the Television Series and Films, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 216:

(fandom slang) The fictional universe which serves as the setting for the Star Trek television series and films, as well as related novels, comics, etc.


Trekiverse

I was looking more for episodes like this, which deal with the repurcussions^([sic]) of a major war affecting every major civilisation known to the Trekiverse.

1999 March 5, Reverend Sean O'Hara, “[DS9] The Reverend's Review: Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges”, in rec.arts.startrek.current (Usenet):

Or have the dying redshirt of the week say goodbye to his male friend instead of his girl. That's all it would take to establish that it's okay to be out of the closet in the Trekiverse.

2000 October 26, Arlie, “Re: What a f*cking insensitive comment!!! (minor spoilage)”, in alt.tv.star-trek.voyager (Usenet):

IIRC, the official explanation is currently that human history in the Trekiverse diverged from our history in the mid-20th century, due to the cumulative effect of multiple visitations from the future.

2001 September 24, Paul David John Andinach, “Re: [I] ST: Generations (was:Live broadcast / weather)”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet):


sparklepire

From the bloated, purple-faced, shroud-wrapped corpse feared throughout Europe in the 18th century to the ‘sparklepire’ brought into vogue by Stephenie Meyer, the vampire as a concept has come a long way since its folkloric origins, and horror and paranormal romance authors have brought the entire concept to an interesting evolutionary point.

2009 August 16, Janet Neilson, “The Evolution of Vampire in Fiction”, in Hub Magazine, number 95, page 5:

This probably includes: talking donkeys, gods, flying dragons, garden fairies, vampires, sparklepires, ghosts, and Harry Potter.

2012 April 2, Kermit [username], “Re: I am now a Creationist”, in talk.origins (Usenet):

KEVIN: Well, that's your classic vamp. Now factor in your Nosferatu, your Twilight sparklepires, your Thirty Days of Night nocturnal shark people and the hundred of variations on the classic...

2012 October 11, Freezer [username], “[MSTing] Unbreak My Spark - Part 4”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc (Usenet):

(fandom slang, humorous) A vampire who sparkles, such as those featured in the Twilight series.


dark money

In Colorado, at least $18 million in dark money was spent on behalf of Cory Gardner, the Republican newly elected to the Senate; $4 million was spent on behalf of Senator Mark Udall, the Democratic incumbent.

2014 November 8, “Dark Money Helped Win the Senate”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

The Senate budget committee held a hearing on Wednesday morning to scrutinize the role of oil- and gas-linked “dark money” in delaying climate action – and tearing through local and federal budgets.

2023 June 21, Dharna Noor, “Senate examines role of ‘dark money’ in delaying climate action”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(US politics) Funds used to pay for an election campaign that are not disclosed to voters prior to voting, whether spent on behalf of a candidate running in an election, or to influence voting on a ballot.


Dubyaphobia

A new disease of the nervous system is afflicting millions of voting-age Americans: Dubyaphobia.

2000 October 29, Jeff Cramer (quoting Michael Betzold of Common Dreams), “Dubyaphobia And It's Cure”, in alt.politics (Usenet):

If Dubyaphobia does not become widespread and cause Bush to be defeated in the upcoming presidential election, Hillary will be running against a republican nobody in the 2008 election year, and might actually win.

2003 September 17, GRaleigh345, “Re: True lies”, in alt.religion.mormon (Usenet):

The _Jewish Post_ webmonger didn't put a date on that piece that I can find, but it must have been published before Mr. Soros succumbed to acute dubyaphobia: there is no mention of his latest mental illness.

2004 May 20, John H. McCloskey, “Re: Why Soros Hates Bush”, in alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater (Usenet):

(informal) The fear or hatred of George W. Bush.


apartheidism

(sociopolitics) The system or concept of apartheid.


ziofascism

(derogatory, offensive, see usage notes) An authoritarian or totalitarian form of Zionism.


ziofascist

en-adj

ziofascist (comparative more ziofascist, superlative most ziofascist)

more ziofascist (comparative)
most ziofascist (superlative)


anti-Zionism

Opposition to Zionism; activism against Zionism.


Cybele

From Latin Cybelē, from Ancient Greek Κυβέλη (Kubélē).

(Greek mythology) A mother goddess of the ancient peoples of Asia Minor.


stratiote

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στρατιώτης (stratiṓtēs).

(Ancient Greece, historical) A small landowner who had an obligation of military service in time of war.


Fudō Myōō

(Japanese mythology) a guardian deity primarily revered in Vajrayana Buddhism as the principal of the Five Wisdom Kings, also known as Acala.


subtle body

Translation of सूक्ष्म शरीर (sūkṣma-śarīra) or सूक्ष्म देह (sūkṣma-deha).

(Hinduism, philosophy) The second of three (or more) bodies that make up the fully embodied human in various Hindu philosophies.


Novorossiya

From Russian Новоро́ссия (Novoróssija), from но́вый (nóvyj, “new”) + Росси́я (Rossíja, “Russia”).

(historical) An area north of the Black Sea which was conquered by the Russian Empire at the end of the 18th century, located in present-day Ukraine.

Donetsk People's Republic
Donetsk People's Republic

Luhansk People's Republic
Luhansk People's Republic

A proposed confederation of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, breakaway states involved in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war.

Donbas

region where the proposed Novorossiya's members are in


protogenos

From Ancient Greek πρωτόγονος (prōtógonos, “first-born”).

uder

(Greek mythology) Any of the first order of deities to come into existence, according to Greek cosmogony.


Praxiteles

Borrowed from Latin Prāxitelēs, from Ancient Greek Πρᾱξῐτέλης (Prāxĭtélēs).

The altar was adorned with the masterly sculptures of Praxiteles, who had, perhaps, selected from the favorite legends of the place the birth of the divine children of Latona, the concealment of Apollo after the slaughter of the Cyclops, and the clemency of Bacchus to the vanquished Amazons.

1776, Edward Gibbon, chapter X, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC:

Upon its surface of bronze were elaborately wrought, in the still exquisite workmanship of Greece, reliefs of the Olympian games; […] they paused motionless, as if suddenly transformed into stone—lifeless, but lifelike, as one of the breathing wonders of Praxiteles.

1834, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter I, in The Last Days of Pompeii. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […]; successor to Henry Colburn, →OCLC:

(Ancient Greece) The most renowned of the Attic sculptors of the 4th century BCE, and the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue.


Ōkuninushi-no-mikoto

Borrowed from Japanese 大国主命 (Ōkuninushi-no-mikoto).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of nation-building, farming, business, and medicine, as well as love and good matches.


Toshigami

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The god of the coming year, celebrated at New Years.


Sanbō Kōjin

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of fire, the hearth, and the kitchen.


oak wreath

(usually historical, Ancient Rome) A chaplet of common oak leaves woven to form a crown honouring a soldier who had saved the life of a citizen in battle.

corōna cīvica

garland of oak leaves in honour of a heroic soldier


kodama

(Japanese mythology) A type of Japanese tree spirit.


Ōkuninushi

Borrowed from Japanese 大国主 (Ōkuninushi).

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese god of nation-building, farming, business, and medicine, as well as love and good love matches.


Putinstan

(derogatory) Russia under the government of Vladimir Putin.


Putinland

(derogatory) Russia under the presidency of Vladimir Putin


Loving

en-proper noun

Loving (countable and uncountable, plural Lovings)

(US, law, sexuality, US politics, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of Loving v. Virginia. A 1967 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized interacial marriage under the Equal Protection and Due Process; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.


Putler

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

Borrowed from Russian Пу́тлер (Pútler), otherwise a blend of Putin + Hitler. Compare English Xitler.

(slang, derogatory, offensive) Vladimir Putin (president of Russia).


noromoness

I vacillate between shipperhood and noromoness…call me a "noshow")...

1998 June 25, LSCHWABEN [username], “Re: Just Got Back From The Movie(Read with caution if you haven't seen it yet)”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

Did I even mention him? I was just asserting my noromoness.

1999 September 7, Laura Capozzola, “Re: 10EPS!! Just kiss the ship goodbye”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

I will concede that a part of my noromoness is simply based on not wanting to see someone I like (Mulder) become romantically involved with someone I don't like (Scully).

2000 February 6, adhokk7 [username], “Re: (NRMTPB): S&W (long)”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):

(X-Files fandom slang) The state or quality of being a noromo.


violent profits

(Scots law) Rents or profits of an estate obtained by a tenant wrongfully holding over after warning. They are recoverable in a process of removing.


wincest

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

Oh I see, so if they were over the age of 18 you wouldn't be having "wincest" with them as you put it, huh?

2009 October 22, Onideus Mad Hatter [username], “Re: Tomba's pedo website ...ripe for hacking”, in alt.support.boy-lovers (Usenet):

5. Powerpuff Girls wincest (It's basically an act of hot sex between family members, which makes it WINcest according to www.urbandictionary.com).

2009 October 27, Ashleigh Johnson, “Playboy steals the Internet's idea”, in The Daily Titan, volume 85, number 27, California State University, Fullerton, page 6:

(slang, with a positive connotation, originally anime, fandom slang) incest, usually of two siblings.


sakuga

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

sakuga-quality animation

The animation is superb, with high level fluid sakuga being prominent throughout.

2013, Luke Halliday, Cowboy Bebop Remastered Sessions Collection 1 Review, Capsule Computers:

Series that usually have to make do with unimpressive visuals have some of the most incredible highlights in the whole industry, and that stark contrast has been the wakeup call for many sakuga fans out there.

2015, Kevin Cirugeda, “The Joy of Sakuga”, in Anime News Network:

In Japanese animation (anime), a sequence of noticeably higher quality, used to highlight a particularly important scene.


mainstreeting

When fog over the British Columbia interior caused the Liberal leader to abort a campaign trip last week and repair to a shopping mall in downtown Vancouver for some "mainstreeting" among the shoppers, John C. Turner stole the show.

1988 November 12, John F. Burns, “Reporter's Notebook: A Legend Campaigns In Canada”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-05-22:

Practising in Northfield what his staff calls "mainstreeting"—pottering past shops talking to passers-by—he ducks into an artist's supply shop.

2008 June 19, David Usborne, “Al Franken's time: Can a comedian conquer the US senate?”, in The Independent, UK, retrieved 2014-05-22:

Horwath opted for mainstreeting rather than new policy announcements Tuesday. She visited a mall food court, where she glad-handed and chatted with patrons.

2014 May 13, Colin Perkel, “Horwath blasts Liberals on auto insurance”, in Hamilton Spectator, Canada, retrieved 2014-05-22:

(chiefly Canada and US, informal, of a politician or celebrity) Greeting and interacting with people in a public place.


bozo eruption

Smokin’ Tom not only teaches political “science” […] he's a rich old white guy who advises our prime minister and his underlings on how to avoid “bozo eruptions.”

2010 December 9, David J. Climenhaga, “Smokin’ Tom Flanagan! Jumpin’ Steve Harper! Bozo eruptions erupting all over!”, in rabble.ca, retrieved 2014-05-27:

But things shifted the last week with the pro-Caucasian and anti-gay “bozo eruptions” from Wildrose candidates.

2012 April 23, Graham Thomson, “Progressive appeal of Conservatives wins 2012 election”, in Edmonton Journal, Canada, retrieved 2014-05-27:

NDP MP Pat Martin, known for the odd bozo eruption, is seeking the public's help for a legal defence fund.

2012 September 11, Matt Gurney, “The NDP's hothead needs your money”, in National Post, Canada, retrieved 2014-05-27:

Rob Ford remains Mayor of Toronto. . . . [A]re some correct in saying that in our quest to prevent disastrous Ford-style "bozo eruptions" on the campaign trail, we may have gone too far?

2013 May 20, David P. Ball, “What If Political Parties Stood behind Their Bozos?”, in The Tyee, Canada, retrieved 2014-05-27:

McKay says on a recording obtained by CTV News that he thought Trudeau had a “bozo eruption” and didn’t think about what he said when he declared that anti-abortion candidates won’t be allowed to run for the Liberals.

2014 May 26, “Liberal MP criticizes Justin Trudeau over abortion edict”, in Toronto Star, Canada: The Canadian Press, retrieved 2014-05-27:

(Canada, slang) A (usually unscripted) remark by a politician or other public figure which is especially ill-considered and foolish, and which has negative repercussions for that individual and their affiliated group.


Majorite

(UK politics) A political supporter of John Major (born 1943), British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997.


Ersa

From Ancient Greek Ἕρσα (Hérsa, literally “Dew”).

uder

(Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of the dew.


Analects

From James Legge's 1861 translation of the work's Mandarin Chinese title 論語 (Lúnyǔ). "Analects" itself is a 1658 Ancient Greek loanword from ἀνάλεκτα (análekta, “things chosen”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + λέγειν (légein, “to gather”). Compare lecture.


Argiope

(Greek mythology) Any one of several figures of Greek mythology.

A naiad, daughter of the river god Nilus, wife of Agenor and mother of Europa, Cadmus, Phoenix and Cilix.

In classical Greek mythology, Argiope was a NYMPH of Mount Parnassos in Phokis, central Greece. By the bard Philammon, she gave birth to an even greater musician, her son Thamyris.

2013, Theresa Bane, Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology, McFarland, page 34:

A naiad, mother of Thamyris by Philammon and possibly daughter of the river god Cephissus.

A naiad of the town of Eleusis, mother of Cercyon by Branchus; sometimes identified with the above daughter of Cephissus.

A daughter of Teuthras, king of Teuthrania, who married Telephus, son of Heracles.


assal horizontology

Coined on the TV show The Simpsons in 1995, as a quasi-medical term. See ass, -al, horizontal, -ology.

Dr. Nick Riviera: "I recommend a slow, steady gorging process, combined with assal horizontology."

1995 November 5, “King-Size Homer”, in The Simpsons, season 7, episode 7, Matt Groening et al. (actors), production code 3F05:

Just as Yohann is restored to his proper state of Assal Horizontology, an audible cricking noise - his knuckles and neck - rings around the hall.

17 December 2000, Talen, “Re: [GRIT] Sleepers Unbound (Was: The Last Day ~ The Dawn of Atlantis)”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

what does he have a degree in? / Assal horizontology.

24 February 2001, The IRS, “Re: Comic Book Guy Trivia”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):

Don't forget the Choco-tastic!!! / assal horizontology.

14 March 2002, Billy J. Dancefloor, “Re: tonight's episode (3-13-02)”, in alt.tv.simpsons (Usenet):

(humorous, rare) The act of sitting around doing nothing for long periods of time.


Kwyjibo

Taken from a nonsense word (supposedly meaning "A big, dumb, balding North American ape with no chin and a short temper") used in the 1990 episode "Bart the Genius" of the TV show The Simpsons.

An iron oxide-copper-gold deposit in Grenville, Quebec.


Maorify

en-verb

Maorify (third-person singular simple present Maorifies, present participle Maorifying, simple past and past participle Maorified)

Maorifies (present singular third-person)
Maorifying (participle present)
Maorified (participle past)
Maorified (past)
Māorify (alternative)


Maorification

/ˌmaʊɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

/ˌmaʊɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

/ˌmæʊɹifɘˈkæeʃɘn/

/ˌmɐʉɹifɘˈkæeʃɘn/

(usually derogatory) The act or process of Maorifying.


Bebhionn

From Irish Bébinn, seemingly from bean (“woman”) + binn (“melodious”). More at Bébinn.

(Irish mythology) A goddess of birth in Irish mythology.


Adrastea

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀδράστεια (Adrásteia, literally “inescapable”).

bor

(Greek mythology) The goddess of divine retribution


Thebe

(Greek mythology) One of daughters of Zeus.


Himalia

(Greek mythology) A nymph, a mistress of Zeus.


Euporie

(Greek mythology) A Greek goddess of abundance.


Euanthe

From Ancient Greek Εὐάνθη (Euánthē, from εὐ- (eu-, “good-, well-”) + άνθη (ánthē, “blossoms”)). Cognate with Evanthia.

bor

(Greek mythology) A goddess sometimes listed as the mother of the Graces.


Helike

(Greek mythology) A nymph who took care of Zeus in his infancy on Crete.


Praxidike

(Greek mythology) The goddess of judicial punishment and the exactor of vengeance.


Hermippe

(Greek mythology) A daughter of Boeotus. She was married to Orchomenus but had a son with Poseidon.


Thyone

(Greek mythology) Semele, mother of Dionysus.


Taygete

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ταϋγέτη (Taügétē).

bor+

(Greek mythology) One of the Pleiades (daughters of Atlas and Pleione).


Eurydome

(Greek mythology) The mother of the Graces by Zeus.


Pasithee

(Greek mythology) Alternative form of Pasithea


Sinope

From Latin Sinope, from Ancient Greek Σινώπη (Sinṓpē), from Hittite 𒅆𒉡𒉿 (Šinuwa).


Galatea

74 Galatea
Acis and Galatea (mythology)
Galatea
Galatea, New Zealand
Leucippus (daughter of Galatea)

/ˌɡæləˈtiːə/

(Greek mythology) Galatea; a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus.

(Greek mythology) Galatea; a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea.

(Greek mythology) Galatea; name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion.


Sao

From Ancient Greek Σαώ (Saṓ, literally “the rescuer”), from the verb σῴζω (sṓizō, “to save”).

bor

(astronomy) A moon of Neptune, named after the nymph.


Neso

(Greek mythology) Any of various figures in Greek mythology. See Neso (mythology).


surrender monkey

en-noun

surrender monkey (plural surrender monkeys)

cheese-eating surrender monkey
cheese-eating surrender monkey#English

Ellipsis of cheese-eating surrender monkey.


America Firster

America Firster (plural America Firsters)

(US politics) A supporter of any one of the "America First" isolationist movements or parties.


blue pill

blue pills (plural)
bluepill (alternative)
blue-pill (alternative)

Antonym of red pill; rejecting the red pill philosophy.


nuclear option

From analogy with the political decision to be the first to use nuclear weapons in a war.

So now that the Republicans have used the nuclear option to kill the poor filibuster to clear the way for the elevation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, we can lose perspective.

2017 April 5, Steven Waldman, “Learning to Love the Nuclear Option”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(US politics) A procedure by which the United States Senate can decide any issue with a simple majority, rather than the usual supermajority.


Obama phone

Obama phones (plural)
Obama Phone (alternative)
Obamaphone (alternative)

Coined during the Obama administration, which conservatives believed was giving minorities free Lifeline Program phones.

Here's Emmett's mother touting the virtues of her "Obama phone"

2012 September 29, [Tor] Sir Gregory Hall, Esq., “Emmett's "Obama phone"”, in alt.usenet.kooks (Usenet):

Outside / brown & broken teeth / gasp out brainless twaddle. / into their Obama phones.

2013, Steve De France, Because I Can’t Whistle, Xlibris, page 102:

“[…]. Get yourself one of those Obama phones, Romeo,”

2014, Darlene Pollock, Logan Pollock, Invasive Species, Part I, Trafford Publishing, page 31:

(US) A cellphone provided as part of the United States Lifeline Program.


Mitterrandism

The policies and attitudes of François Mitterrand (1916–1996), President of France from 1981 to 1995.


matha

mathas (plural)
math (alternative)
mutt (alternative)

(Hinduism, Jainism) A monastic or similar religious establishment in Hinduism and Jainism, usually more formal and hierarchical than an ashram.


Arya

From Sanskrit आर्य (ā́rya, “reputable or reverend”) and its feminine form आर्या (ā́ryā).

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Arya Nielsen, a senior clinical faculty member at our Institute, has also demonstrated this in her excellent work on surface stimulation […]

1999, Mark Seem, Acupuncture Physical Medicine, →ISBN:


Brienne

Napoleon was nearly captured by the Cossacks after the Battle of Brienne, but was saved by one of his generals.

Napoleon arrived in Brienne on 15 May 1779.

2011, Frank McLynn, Napoleon: A Biography, →ISBN:

The town of Brienne-le-Château in France.

The commune of Brienne in Saône-et-Loire, France.

(obsolete) A surname from French. Ellipsis of de Brienne. Obsolete spelling of Bryan (“de Bryan”).

2009, Brienne J. Meyer, Adirondack Mycorrhizal and Saprobic Macromycetes

"You will call me Brienne. Not wench."

2000, George R. R. Martin, Song of Ice and Fire, Bk. 3, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 16:

(rare) A female given name, in occasional modern use.


rangatiratanga

(New Zealand, Maori) chieftainship; sovereignty


Rurikid

(historical) A member of the Rurik dynasty, founded by the Varangian prince Rurik.


kourotrophic

(Greek mythology) Relating to the goddess Kourotrophos.

Virgin goddesses had no interest in exerting their powers in this way. Instead, the Greeks made them interact with mortal men in a kourotrophic capacity: rather than functioning as sexual partners, they became nurturing guardians of young men approaching adulthood or protectors of male heroes.

2007, Bonnie MacLachlan, Virginity Revisited: Configurations of the Unpossessed Body, page 15:

(Ancient Greece) Relating to the rearing of youths, especially in the context of Ancient Greece.


teuthis

“[…] Compared with one another, the teuthis, or calamary, is long-shaped, and the sepia flat-shaped; and of the calamaries the so-called teuthus is much bigger than the teuthis; for teuthi have been found as much as five ells long.”

1862, Aristotle, translated by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, History of Animals:


oppa

Borrowed from Korean 오빠 (oppa, “elder brother or close elder male friend (of a female)”).

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Sign #2- Changing your phone's, laptop's etc. wallpaper/lockscreen with your oppa's photo.

2017, Maylin Tabia, "Signs of being a Kpop/Kdrama addict", The Lodestar (Juan Sumulong High School), February - March 2017, page 11

Your oppa from Boys Over Flowers and The Legend of the Blue Sea is back with a new album.

2017 June, “Cosmo Bae Lee Min Ho”, in Cosmopolitan, page 14:

My K-Pop bias.... CHIM CHIM OFCOURSE^([sic]). My oppa Jimin. <3 <3

2019 August, Farrah Ermeje, “Board Member Spotlight X2”, in The WKC Newsletter, volume 8, number 4, page 27:

(South Korean idol fandom) A male idol revered by a younger female fan.


anti-apartheidism

Opposition to apartheid or apartheidism.


Blackjack

From the card game blackjack, also called twenty-one, which is one of two pronunciations of 2NE1's name (the other being "to anyone").

The queens of K-pop, 2NE1, are gearing up for their world tour in March and Blackjacks could not be more excited!

2014, Julie Carlson, "2NE1 Comeback", Hallyu Magazine, Issue #11, Winter 2014, page 41 (approx.)

It’s this sort of brash ethos that resonates with Blackjacks (as 2NE1’s fans are known).

2014, Chester Chin, "2NE1 in concert: Sassy and fierce", The Star (Malaysia), 29 May 2014

Most of these 'Blackjacks' have waited five years since 2NE1's debut to finally see the girls (CL, Bom, Dara, Minzy) perform a full show in Malaysia.

2014, Lainey, "2NE1 Gives Their All For Malaysia", Campus Plus, Issue 91, July 2014, page 58

(fandom slang) A fan of the South Korean girl group 2NE1.


Shawol

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From Korean 샤월 (syawol), shortening of Korean 샤이니 월드 (syaini woldeu, “SHINee World”), from 샤이니 (syaini, “SHINee”) and 월드 (woldeu) (from English world).

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A few lucky Shawols standing close to the stage were able to snap exclusive Polaroid pictures and fancams of the boys as they collected their gifts.

2011, Jaelle Hwang, “SHINee's First Concert in Singapore”, in Hallyu Magazine, number 1, page 29:

“I'm a major Shawol [SHINee fan],” Lajba said.

2013, Lauren Tussey, "The Fashion Prodigy", The Network (Marian High School, Omaha, Nebraska), Volume 57, Issue 5, January 2013, page 10

Shawols will be lulled by the 24 songs including SHINee's hit songs like Replay, Lucifer, Sherlock […]

2014, "Shinee World Tour 3 Live in Jakarta", AsiaNews Magazine, 20 June 2014 - 26 June 2014, page 71 (approx.)

(South Korean idol fandom) A fan of the South Korean boy band SHINee.


Sone

From Korean 소원(所願) (sowon, “wish”), a reference to the 2009 Girls' Generation song, "Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)."

The band is known as SNSD (acronym of Korean name So Nyuh Shi Dae). SNSD fans are called Sone^([sic]) and, yes, I am a Sone.

2012 February 7, Sithikorn Wongwudthianun, “[ftp://202.60.207.28/BP/2012/02_BKP_Feb2012/07022012/BK070212L02.pdf Yes, I am a Sone]”, in The Bangkok Post, page 2:

Their six-track EP, 'Mr.Mr' comes packed with electro and R&B infused songs that SONEs (as SNSD Girls' Generation fans are lovingly called) can dance and sing along to.

2014, Lainey, Mr.Mr. review, Campus Life, Issue #89, May 2014, page 60

Way to go SONEs, the fan chants during the dance break was^([sic]) so rad!

2014 May, Johanna Teo, Chew Hui Ling, “Girls Generation Uncovered!”, in Teenage, number 305, page 45:

(South Korean idol fandom) A fan of the South Korean girl group Girls' Generation.

Girls' Generation
Tell Me Your Wish (Genie) (song)


Stars and Bars

Confederate States
Confederate States of America

The first national flag of the Confederate States.


Buffista

> Well, to *you* I yield precedence, but the rest of these whippersnappers
> ought to bow to my half-century. And I've been a Buffista from Day One.

2002 February 19, Bill Reid (quoting Charles Stanley), “Re: Am I the only old man here?”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Of course if they entice the 'Buffy crowd', there'll be a lot of Buffistas reading Jinx High for the first time and complaining about it ripping off the Buffy episode "The Witch" (my first usenet post about Buffy was to abml about a certain rather obvious plot resemplance^([sic]) there).

2005 August 31, William George Ferguson, “Re: New release of Tregarde series?”, in alt.books.m-lackey (Usenet):

We didn't discuss it further, and continued sitting on our asses watching the TV. But a couple weeks later, late at night, another Buffista pondered the idea online.

2007, Allyson Beatrice, Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby?: True Adventures in Cult Fandom, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 189:

(slang) A fan of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


Buffyite

46 and proud to be a Buffyite. One of the best shows on the tube.

1998 May 25, Georg McLaughlin, “Re: Newbie (ages ?)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Buffyites [felt] the show had slipped this year, falling into a very administration-like (and un-Buffy-like) us vs. them moral schema.

2005, Rhonda Wilcox (quoting Eric Alterman), Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I. B. Tauris & Co Ltd (2006), unnumbered page

Although Internet communities are virtual, it is the hypothesis of this paper that the virtcom can become a real community, by means of which Buffyites and Angelites can regularly interact.

2009, Mary Kirby-Diaz, “Buffy, Angel, and the Creation of Virtual Communities”, in Mary Kirby-Diaz, editor, Buffy and Angel Conquer the Internet: Essays on Online Fandom, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 18:


Buffyholic

Anyway, I was thinking that some of us Buffyholics could meet there and perhaps organize a Denver "goober" for Buffy's season premiere.

1998 August 13, barklage [username], “Starcon 98 (Denver)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Cordesman was introduced to Buffy by Buffyholics in his family, watched an episode or two, perceived analogies between the show and America's approach to threats of biological warfare, and developed Buffy into compounds that expressed his views on security.

2003, Michael Adams, Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 100:

Before “Prophecy Girl,” I thought Buffy was a pretty cool show with some great moments, way better than anything else on the box. In its wake, I was an obsessive Buffy'''holic.

2009, Justine Larbalestier, “A Buffy Confession”, in Glenn Yeffeth, editor, Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Discuss Their Favorite Television Show, BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 78:


Buffaholic

For all you UK Buffaholics out there, there's an SMG interview in this week's (month's?) TV Hits magazine.

1999 January 14, Jonathan Nickson, “SMG interview”, in alt.fan.sarah-m-gellar (Usenet):

I'm am^([sic]) always online late Tuesday....gotta see what the Buffaholics thought about the new ep. I love Feb sweeps <G>.

2001 February 10, Karen Marie, “Re: Smackdown & Thunder”, in alt.pro-wrestling.wwf (Usenet):

I am a 36-yr-old mother of two pre-shcoolers and I am a proud Buffaholic (not too mention Angelholic).

2001 December 18, Sharon V, “True Age Demographic”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):


Buffian

Sorry to have missed meeting the Canberra Buffians.

2000 January 17, Rachel, “Re: Inaugural ACT Buffy Meet”, in aus.tv.buffy (Usenet):

In all this time it still hasn't occurred to you that Buffians couldn't possibly give less of a shit about ratings?

2001 May 31, Forge [username], “Re: Wonky wins in Finale Ratings! Outraged DA fans demand recount!”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Yay - 'nother Buffian :D

2002 June 2, Trin, “Re: ROLL CALL!”, in uk.religion.pagan (Usenet):


Rhenish Palatinate

County Palatinate of the Rhine
County Palatinate of the Rhine

(historical) The County Palatinate of the Rhine, particularly during the time between the Napoleonic Wars and the end of World War II (1816–1945), when it was in personal union with Bavaria.


Aetna

From the Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Doublet of Etna.

(Greek mythology and Roman mythology) A nymph in Sicily who, according to legend, gave her name to the volcanic Mount Etna.


Phaedra

Euripides
Hippolytus (play)
Jean Racine
Phaedra (Seneca)
Phaedra (mythology)
Phèdre
Seneca the Younger

From Latin Phaedra, from Ancient Greek Φαίδρᾱ (Phaídrā).
The myth has been retold several times, in plays (in classical times in Euripides's Hippolytus and Seneca the Younger's Phaedra, later in Racine's Phèdre), and more recently in other media.

We notice that Racine's Phaedra, like Euripides', displays high moral dignity because she considers her passion for Hippolytus to be abominable.

1981, Normand Berlin, The Secret Cause: A Discussion of Tragedy, page 46:

Why did Seneca decide to postpone his own Phaedra’s suicide until after Hippolytus' death? The question is by no means as futile as it may sound.

1993, Albert S. Gérard, The Phaedra Syndrome: Of Shame and Guilt in Drama, page 20:

I may add that the notion that Aphrodite is especially cruel because she destroyed Phaedra, who was an innocent victim, since she had no choice, is not a perception that would have been shared by the ancient audience. Not only is it at the very least arguable—in fact likely—that in ancient eyes Phaedra did have a choice,¹⁶⁶ but also the very notions "innocent victim since she had no choice" and "cruel because destroying an innocent victim" are unstable cultural concepts.

2003, Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, Tragedy and Athenian Religion, page 331:

(Greek mythology) The wife of Theseus, who falls in love with but is spurned by her stepson Hippolytus, then commits suicide, but is the cause of his later death (details vary between versions).


Arthurianism

The use of Arthurian legend in literature, history, etc.

arturianismo

the use of Arthurian legend in literature


Asclepiades

From Ancient Greek Ἀσκληπιάδης (Asklēpiádēs).

(Greek mythology) A child of Asclepius and Epione (or Aristodama).


Asclepiades

(Ancient Greece) A member of one of the families that claimed descent from Asclepius, known as physicians or healers.


Spidey

Seven months later he reappeared in his own comic book, The Amazing Spider-Man. In the 16 years since, Spidey (as his fans call him) has become the country's most popular superhero, appearing in 300 daily newspapers.

1978, Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 79, page 8:

In the closet Marvin found his sea shell collection, baseball cards, a stack of Spidey comic books, a jar of dead flies he had forgotten about, a paper bag filled with pine cones, and five cans of mud from Lake Washington.

1981 Oct, Ebony Jr., volume 9, number 4, page 25:

Only Spider-Man's spidey powers can get us out of this!

1983 Jan, Boys' Life, volume 73, number 1, page 21:

[H]e's also written a Spidey short story (“Arms and the Man” in 1997's Untold Tales of Spider-Man) and a Spidey novel (Down These Mean Streets in 2005).

2013, Gerry Conway, Leah Wilson, Webslinger: Unauthorized Essays On Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, page 32:

(slang) The fictional superhero Spider-Man.


Aegle

From Ancient Greek Αἴγλη (Aíglē, literally “brightness, gleam, glow, radiance, splendour—usually referring to the past”).

lbor

(Greek mythology) The goddess/personification of good health and the glow of health, one of the daughters of Asclepius.


Galahad

From Old French Galahad, of obscure origin and meaning. Suggestions include Old Welsh, or biblical Gilead.

(Arthurian legend) Sir Galahad, son of Sir Lancelot, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table famously known for his purity and who was one of the three achievers of the quest for the Holy Grail.


Septimus

Borrowed from Latin Septimus, from septimus (“seventh”).

London has swallowed up many millions of young men called Smith ; thought nothing of fantastic Christian names like Septimus with which their parents have thought to distinguish them .

1925, Virginia Woolf, Mrs Dalloway, Collector's Library, published 2003, →ISBN, page 95:


Batmaniac

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The DC comic book recently ran a two-day telephone poll asking Batmaniacs whether they wanted Robin, who was seriously injured by an explosion at the end of one issue, to live or die.

1988, Raymond Moley, Malcolm Muir, Joseph Becker Phillips, Newsweek, volume 112, numbers 19-26, page xxxi:

(informal) A fan of the Batman fictional franchise.


Fomorian

Probably Old Irish fo- (“under”) + mor, mur (“ocean”).

(Irish mythology, mythology) A member of the semi-divine race that were said to have inhabited Ireland in ancient times.


Fomorian

(Irish mythology) Of or relating to the race of semi-divine creatures said to have inhabited Ireland in ancient times.