Happy

en-proper noun

Happy (countable and uncountable, plural Happys)


Midge

A female given name of rare usage, variant of Madge.


Roly

A diminutive of the male given name Roland.


The Ville

Clipping of Somerville. Compare The House for Christ Church and The Hall for St Edmund Hall.

(UK, rare, Oxbridge slang) Somerville College, Oxford.

Christ Church, Oxford
St Edmund Hall, Oxford


KLite

An inhabitant of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


ScoMo

"During a brief pause in this conviviality, ScoMo and his staff worked out which media table to visit next."

2018 May 9, James Jeffery, “Long live all of us: Scott Morrison’s blessing”, in The Australian, retrieved 2018-08-28:

(Australia, informal) Scott Morrison (born 1968), Australian politician and 30th Prime Minister of Australia.


Junichi

Borrowed from Japanese じゅんいち (Jun'ichi).


Yuichiro

Borrowed from Japanese ゆういちろう (Yūichirō).


Dirks

A male given name from the Germanic languages.


Classical Azerbaijani

The literary revival in the native language stemmed from the need to communicate the ideas of the enlightenment to as wide a public as possible. Akhundzadä, who throughout most of his life composed lyric poetry in Persian, when writing works that carried a message of social importance used a language comprehensible to all his countrymen, which he called Türki. The renaissance of a native literature, a by-product of the movement, was thus its first and most tangible accomplishment. The hold of Persian as the chief literary language in Azerbaijan was broken, followed by the rejection of classical Azerbaijani, an artificial, heavily Iranized idiom that had long been in use along with Persian, though in a secondary position.

1985, Tadeusz Swietochowski, “A century of Russian rule”, in Russian Azerbaijan, 1905-1920: The Shaping of a National Identity in a Muslim Community, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 26:

Mäkhtumquli avoids the altered syntax so typical of the Chagatay ghazal and in particular the Persian syntactic constructions. The relation of his language to classical Azerbaijani has been noted (Benzing 1964:39), and this is probably a result of the influence of poetic models in that language, seen also in the work of Andalib.

1992, Walter Feldman, “Interpreting the Poetry of Mäkhtumquli”, in Jo-Ann Gross, editor, Muslims in Central Asia: Expressions of Identity and Change, Durkham and London: Durkham University Press, →ISBN, page 175:

Then the following reports were made: “World-wide significance of Fizuli's Poetry” (prof.H. Arasly), “Questions of mastership in Fizuli's creativity” (prof. Mir Jalal), “Fizuli and the Azerbaijani music” (A. Badabayli), “Fizuli as the founder of the Classical Azerbaijani literary language” (prof. A. Demirchizadeh) [...]

2014, Jamil Hasanli, “Attempts of Party Bodies to Strengthen Control in Ideology”, in Khrushchev's Thaw and National Identity in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1954–1959, London: Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 325:

A register of the Azerbaijani language, characterized by extensive lexical and grammatical borrowing from Persian, used for literary and especially poetic purposes during the classical period of Azerbaijani literature, approximately from 16th to early 20th century.


Aggy

A diminutive of the female given names Agnes or Agatha.


benefit of inventory

(Scots law) A legal privilege whereby an heir secured himself against unlimited liability for his ancestor, by giving up within the annus deliberandi an inventory of his heritage or real estate, which then represented the maximum extent to which he was liable.


Dunelmian

To those who do not know the school, records and names mean little. No records and no recitation of facts serves to explain the pride and enthusiasm which Dunelmians have for Durham. Nor is Dunelmian enthusiasm fully accounted for ...

1909, School: A Monthly Record of Educational Thought and Progress:

The anxiety was increased by the fact that the Durham Comrades Battalion are at present stationed at Hartlepool and with the Pals are a number of well known young Dunelmians.

2006, John Sheen, Durham Pals: 18th, 19th, and 22nd (Service) Battalions of the Durham Light Infantry, →ISBN, page 40:

A native or inhabitant of Durham (city in England).


Imonda

A Papuan language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.


Bontoc

(historical) A subprovince of Lepanto-Bontoc, created from the commandancy.

Meronyms: Anahao, Banahao, Baugo, Beniton, Buenavista, Bunga, Casao, Catmon, Catoogan, Cawayanan, Dao, Divisoria, Esperanza, Guinsangaan, Hibagwan, Hilaan, Himakilo, Hitawos, Lanao, Lawgawan, Mahayahay, Malbago, Mauylab, Olisihan, Paku, Pamahawan, Pamigsian, Pangi, Poblacion, Pong-on, Sampongon, San Ramon, San Vicente, Santa Cruz, Santo Niño, Taa, Talisay, Taytagan, Tuburan, Union — barangays of Bontoc

Bontoc, Southern Leyte
w:Bontoc, Southern Leyte

A municipality of Southern Leyte, Philippines.


Ifugao

/ʔɪ.fʊˈɡaʊ̯/

Meronyms: Aguinaldo, Alfonso Lista, Asipulo, Banaue, Hingyon, Hungduan, Kiangan, Lagawe, Lamut, Mayoyao, Tinoc — municipalities of Ifugao

A province of the Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Lagawe, created from the partinioning of the historical Mountain Province.


Mingzhu

Borrowed from Mandarin 明珠 (Míngzhū, literally “shiny pearl”).


Hideyoshi

Borrowed from Japanese ひでよし (Hideyoshi).


Mitsuhide

Borrowed from Japanese みつひで (Mitsuhide).


Yoshimitsu

Borrowed from Japanese よしみつ (Yoshimitsu).


Kunimitsu

Borrowed from Japanese くにみつ (Kunimitsu).


Moragan

A native or inhabitant of Moraga, California.


Boraga

It is a suburban village, secluded, that prizes peace and quiet, to the occasional dismay of its children. Some poke fun at "Boraga."

1997 May 25, Don McCormack, “Moraga: Small, and proud of it”, in San Francisco Chronicle:

Please tell me what you think of Boraga.com and Borinda.com (unless you live in Moraga or Orinda, California, most of the content doesn't apply to you).

2001 February 7, JunkMailMan, “Boraga.com and Borinda.com”, in alt.html (Usenet):

(Title)

2002 October 18, Demian Bulwa, “Young skateboarders want to spice up 'Boraga' with a new park”, in San Francisco Chronicle:

LaBORinda; BORaga; BORinda. Lamorinda teenagers have long bemoaned the lack of nearby entertainment and recreational opportunities.

2009 September 30, Guy Dotan, “Battle of the Bands”, in Lamorinda Weekly:

I remember when Kymberleigh could not wait go to college and get out of “Bor-aga.”

2016 October 5, Roberta Thomas, “Letters to the Editor”, in Lamorinda Weekly, page A14:

(derogatory) The town of Moraga, California.


Strayan

Strayans (plural)
'Strayan (alternative)

Pronunciation spelling of the word Australian, pronounced in an Australian accent. Compare Straya.


Strayan

en-adj

Strayan (comparative more Strayan, superlative most Strayan)

more Strayan (comparative)
most Strayan (superlative)
'Strayan (alternative)


Tübatulabal

en-noun

Tübatulabal (plural Tübatulabals or Tübatulabal)

Tübatulabals (plural)
Tübatulabal (plural)

Borrowed from Tübatulabal tɨbatulabal (“the Tübatulabal people”), from tɨbatul (“single-leaf pinyon”) + ?.

bor

A member of a people of the Kern River Valley, California, United States.


Tübatulabal

en-adj

Tübatulabal (comparative more Tübatulabal, superlative most Tübatulabal)

more Tübatulabal (comparative)
most Tübatulabal (superlative)


Ancient North Arabian

Attested since 1904. Calque of German Alt-Nord-Arabisch (itself from 1870s), which corresponds to Altnordarabisch in modern orthography

Macdonald (2000:28ff) has grouped the ancient languages in two classes: Ancient North Arabian (ANA) and Ancient South Arabian (ASA). The ANA comprises: Taymanitic, Dadanitic, Dumaitic, Dispersed ONA, Safaitic, Hismaic, Thamudic (B,C,D, and Southern), and Hasaitic.

2001, Muhammed A. Nayeem, Origin of Ancient Writing in Arabia and New Scripts from Oman: An Introduction to South Semitic Epigraphy and Palaeography, page 40:

A hypothetical Central Semitic language, language group or dialects, expressed by these scripts and closely related to Old Arabic.


otherdimensional

(science fiction) From or in another dimension (another plane or parallel universe).


Chequers agreement

Named after Chequers, the country house of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, where the white paper was formulated.

(informal) A white paper published in July 2018 outlining the relationship the UK was seeking with the European Union after Brexit.


Chequers plan

A letter to the Sunday Telegraph signed by more than 30 Tory association chairmen complaining that the prime minister’s Chequers plan “does not deliver the Brexit that we, as Conservatives, promised”.

2018 September 30, Matthew d'Ancona, “The Tories are a party in crisis, their identity in desperate shape”, in The Guardian:

Chequers agreement
Chequers agreement#English


chu nom

chữ nôm (alternative)
Chu Nom (alternative)

Chữ nôm was known only by the 5 percent or less of Vietnam's educated population, who used it not as a primary medium but rather as an aid to learning Chinese and for recording folk literature.

1997, Wm. C. Hannas, Asia's Orthographic Dilemma, page 83:

To write a vernacular word, Chu Nom used two Chinese ideograms—one to indicate the meaning, the other the sound.

1998, Kevin Bowen, Ba Chung Nguyen, Bruce Weigl, editors, Mountain River, page xxiv:

[P]olitical reforms along Western lines […] included […] developing modern science, agriculture, and commerce, and even creating a national writing system based on chu nom: ‘Have we not talented persons able to devise a script which will transcribe our national language?’

2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin, published 2017, page 106:

(historical) A writing system formerly used for Vietnamese, based on Chinese characters.


Bantayanon

The Visayan language of the island of Bantayan in the Philippines.


Athanasia

From Ancient Greek ἀθανασία (athanasía).


Olwyn

From Welsh ol (“footprint”) and gwen (“fair, white”).

A female given name from Welsh, variant of Olwen.


Westralian

Westralian (comparative more Westralian, superlative most Westralian)

more Westralian (comparative)
most Westralian (superlative)

Blend of western + Australian or Westralia + -an


cessio bonorum

(Scots law, historical) Before 1880, a debtor's surrender of his estate to his creditors in return for a judicial protection from imprisonment for his debts.


put to the horn

en-verb

put to the horn (third-person singular simple present puts to the horn, present participle putting to the horn, simple past and past participle put to the horn)

puts to the horn (present singular third-person)
putting to the horn (participle present)
put to the horn (participle past)
put to the horn (past)

(transitive, Scots law, historical) To outlaw (a person) by three blasts of the horn at the Cross of Edinburgh.


Namrata

A female given name from Hindi borne mainly by Indians and Nepalis.


desert the diet

desert the diet (third-person singular simple present deserts the diet, present participle deserting the diet, simple past and past participle deserted the diet)

deserts the diet (present singular third-person)
deserting the diet (participle present)
deserted the diet (participle past)
deserted the diet (past)

(Scots law, historical) To abandon criminal proceedings under a particular libel.


Winstonian

en-adj

Winstonian (comparative more Winstonian, superlative most Winstonian)

more Winstonian (comparative)
most Winstonian (superlative)


ultimus haeres

From Latin ultimus haeres (“ultimate heir”).

(Scots law) The process whereby the estate of a deceased person with no will or traceable blood relatives goes to the Crown.


Sabahan

Sabahan (comparative more Sabahan, superlative most Sabahan)

more Sabahan (comparative)
most Sabahan (superlative)

Relating to the Sabahan language family.


Bogey

Bogey's voice is breaking. When he speaks he rushes up and down the scale.

1920 August 27, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “The Wind Blows”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 143:


Kanata

A transliteration of a Japanese female given name


Davaoeño

From Cebuano Davaoeño or Dabawenyo, from Spanish davaoeño, from Davao + -eño.

For the durian is both sinfully foul and sinfully fair. “It smells like hell and tastes like heaven," say Davaoeños of Mindanao, summing up the durian's bane and boon. The stronger the odor, the richer the taste..."

"They have all molded to become Davaoeños and Davao City has earned the honor and is justifiably proud to be called “the Melting Pot of the Philippines.”

2000, Amada T. Valino, Davao in the New Millennium: A Travel Guide:

A person from the Davao region or Davao City.


Caviteño

From Tagalog Caviteño, from Spanish caviteño, from Cavite + -eño.

The Chavacano dialect spoken in Cavite City.


Pangasinense

Vivar gave the impression that Pangasinenses were present in numbers, that they acquired great influence in the towns around Vigan especially, and were to be found in the forefront of commerce there.

1979, David Routledge, Diego Silang and the Origins of Philippine Nationalism:

The ethnolinguistic group living in Pangasinan.


Bulaqueño

From Spanish bulaqueño (compare Tagalog Bulakenyo), from Bulacan + -eño.


Leyteño

From Spanish leyteño, from Leyte + -eño.

A person from Leyte island or province in the Philippines.


Butuanon

From Cebuano Butuanon, from Butuan + -on.

A person coming from Butuan, regardless of ethnicity.


Butuanon

The Austronesian language of the Butuanon people.


Guinea-Bissau Creole

A Portuguese-based creole spoken in Guinea-Bissau.


Polidora

Enter Arcadius and Polidora.

1811, The Dramatic Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, page 203:


Surigaonon

From Cebuano Surigaonon, from Surigao + -non.

A person coming from the Surigao provinces, regardless of ethnicity.


Surigaonon

The Austronesian language of the Surigaonon people.


Romblomanon

The Austronesian language of the Romblomanon people.


Marinduqueño

From Spanish marinduqueño, from Marinduque + -eño.

The Tagalog dialect spoken in Marinduque.


Masbateño

From Spanish masbateño, from Masbate + -eño.


Coloradoan

Coloradoan (comparative more Coloradoan, superlative most Coloradoan)

more Coloradoan (comparative)
most Coloradoan (superlative)


(Philippine politics) Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines from 2016-2022.


regalia minora

(Scots law) Things that inherently belong to the sovereign but may be conveyed to a subject.


regalia majora

(Scots law) Things that inherently belong to the sovereign and are inseparable from his or her person.


Imperial Manila

1994, Philippines. Congress (1987- ). Senate, Journal of the Senate
So when it suits this vested interest in Imperial Manila, we liberalize. When it does not suit them because it will compete with their cars, we do not liberalize until 1998.

(Philippines, chiefly derogatory) Metro Manila and its surroundings, as generally described in the other provinces in the Philippines.


Saanvi

From Hindi सानवी (sānvī), सान्वी (sānvī).


Lamesha

A female given name originating as a coinage, of late 20th and early 21st century African-American usage.


Lankan

Lankan (comparative more Lankan, superlative most Lankan)

more Lankan (comparative)
most Lankan (superlative)

Of or relating to Sri Lankan culture or identity.


catholic creditor

en-noun

catholic creditor (plural catholic creditors)

(Scots law) A creditor whose debt is secured over several or the whole subjects belonging to the debtor, e.g. over two or more heritable estates.


fugitation

fugitation (countable and uncountable, plural fugitations)

(Scots law) The act of absconding from justice; outlawry.


Guyanese Creole

An English-based creole language spoken in Guyana.


Treasury Bench

(UK politics) The front bench in the House of Commons.


Proto-Nilo-Saharan

(linguistics) The theoretical protolanguage which is the common ancestor of the Nilo-Saharan languages.


Fireside Poets

(UK, historical) A school of 19th century New England poets, often characterized as including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Cullen Bryant, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.


Oneika

A female given name of African-American usage, variant of Annika.


Fani

The Fulton county district attorney, Fani Willis, has been disqualified from prosecuting Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in light of her relationship with her top deputy on the case, the Georgia state court of appeals ruled on Thursday.

2024 December 19, Hugo Lowell, “Fani Willis disqualified from prosecuting Trump in Georgia election case”, in The Guardian:


Joie

A diminutive of the male given name Joseph.

A diminutive of the female given name Josephine.


acribic

en-adj

acribic (comparative more acribic, superlative most acribic)

more acribic (comparative)
most acribic (superlative)

From German akribisch (“meticulous”) or its etymon Ancient Greek ἀκριβής (akribḗs, “exact, accurate, precise”).

der

Furthermore, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) recommended that chemists should stop using imprecise terms such as systematic and trivial. It was suggested that they be replaced by the more precise terms acribic and anacribic, but these terms have never taken hold.

1997 Lynne Bowker, "You say "flatbed colour scanner", I say "colour flatbed scanner": A descriptive study of the influence of multidimensionality on term formation and use with special reference to the subject field of optical scanning technology." Terminology. International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Issues in Specialized Communication Vol.4 No.2 pp.275–302

Doubtless finding it troublesome to name their product from scratch, they hijacked the RTM and came up with 'Texanol benzyl phthalate'. ... More legitimate and altogether more 'acribic' would have been benzyl 3-isobutyryloxy-1-isopropyl-2 2-dimethylpropyl phthalate.

1998 E. W. Godly, "The need for good nomenclature" in Chemical Nomenclature, edited by K. J. Thurlow (Springer) p.24

(rare) (chemistry) (of a chemical name) systematic


Yaeyama

A Southern Ryukyuan language spoken on the Yaeyama archipelago.


Yonaguni

From Japanese 与那国島(よなぐにじま) (yonagunijima).

A Ryukyuan language spoken on the island of Yonaguni.


Cherine

From the Persian شیرین (širin, “sweet”).


Moishe

From Yiddish משה (moyshe), from Hebrew משה (moshé).

Moyshe (alternative)
Moshe (alternative)
Moses (alternative)


Caitlind

A female given name, variant of Caitlin.


Ismene

Ismene and the Guard are the opposite of Antigone and Creon, yet for a full understanding of the human condition they are equally important.

2012, André Lardinois, “5: Antigone”, in Kirk Ormand, editor, A Companion to Sophocles, Wiley-Blackwell, page 65:

(Greek mythology) A daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone, Eteocles and Polynices.

(Greek mythology) A daughter of the river-god Asopus by the nymph Metope.


God-Save-the-Kinger

The Bill does not deal with Germans only, it deals with all aliens, including those whom our friends opposite – the flag-waggers, the band players, the God-save-the-Kingers — spoke of as “our brother Allies.”

1920, Australia. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates: Senate and House of Representatives:

Protestants, generally speaking, were God-save-the-Kingers and went to Mass in the afternoon or the night instead of in the morning.

1972, James Plunkett, The Gems She Wore: A Book of Irish Places, page 35:

But the situation is not without its humorous side; it is delightful to listen to the former red-white-and-blue people -- the bigoted Unionists-- the erstwhile 'God Save the Kingers', expressing their views on the present régime.

1979, Dervla Murphy, Wheels Within Wheels, page 29:

(derogatory) An outspoken supporter of the British Government when the monarch is a king.


Hakob

From Armenian Հակոբ (Hakob). Doublet of Jacob.

Հակոբ Հակոբ#Armenian

A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Հակոբ (Hakob).


Vahan

Վահան Վահան#Armenian

A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Վահան (Vahan).


approbate and reprobate

en-verb

approbate and reprobate (third-person singular simple present approbates and reprobates, present participle approbating and reprobating, simple past and past participle approbated and reprobated)

approbates and reprobates (present singular third-person)
approbating and reprobating (participle present)
approbated and reprobated (participle past)
approbated and reprobated (past)

(Scots law) To accept and reject the same deed or instrument (which is not permitted).


Nimuë

Nimue (alternative)
Nimuee (alternative)
Nimueh (alternative)
Nymue (alternative)
Nymuë (alternative)
Nymuee (alternative)
Nymueh (alternative)

A female given name; sometimes treated as the feminine of Merlin.

(Arthurian legend) either as the Lady of the Lake, or the wizardess lover of Merlin (and sometimes rival to Morgaine)


shy Tory

(UK politics) A person who intends to vote for the Conservative Party but who does not reveal this fact when polled.


Ijeoma

From Igbo ijèọma (“good journey, safe journey (general); good journey in life”).


Ashok

Borrowed from Hindi अशोक (aśok), from Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka, literally “without grief”). Doublet of Ashoka and Asoka.


Jools

A diminutive of the male given name Julian.

A diminutive of the female given name Julia.


Ethiosemitic

Belonging to the Ethiopian Semitic language family.


Homsi

From North Levantine Arabic حمصي (ḥomṣi). By surface analysis, Homs + -i.

A person from, or an inhabitant of, Homs.

Homsan

a person from, or an inhabitant of, Homs


arabicise

en-verb

arabicise (third-person singular simple present arabicises, present participle arabicising, simple past and past participle arabicised)

arabicises (present singular third-person)
arabicising (participle present)
arabicised (participle past)
arabicised (past)

... its name was arabicised into Bihrasīr ; while the other one in Kirmān was arabicised into Bardashīr.

1930, Journal of the K.R. Cama Oriental Institute - Issues 17-24, page 94:

... these importations, continued by the successors of this prince and by the Mertnid dynasty, soon drove the Berber element into the mountains or absorbed and arabicised it.

1936, Martijn Theodoor Houtsma, Sir Thomas Walker Arnold, René Basset, The encyclopaedia of Islām, page 590:

Despite the many problems a large part of cultural life was arabicised, including primary and secondary education and many arts faculties in universities, broacasting on radio and TV, new items in cinemas, public signs and the judicial system. But, all of these achievements notwithstanding, the centres of power and administration remained French-dominated.

2013, Yasir Suleiman, Arabic Sociolinguistics: Issues and Perspectives, →ISBN, page 38:

To make Arabic, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.


Hitlery

Given the perverted acts of her "husband", there were in January 1998 two alternate dramatic ways Hitlery could establish her legacy as America's Top Feminist: […]

1998 September 20, Reynmeistr, “The Legacy of HITLERY”, in alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater (Usenet):

It looks as if Hitlery Clinton went to visit some wives, of Marines that are getting ready to ship out to go kick Sadam's ass. To bad for Hitlery that most of those wives did not want Hitlery to be anywhere around them.

2003 January 26, Alvin Valkenheiser, “HITLERY CLINTON IN UPSTATE N.Y.”, in nyc.politics (Usenet):

Hitlery’s most recent rhetoric about guns are the usual boiler-plate Democrat talking points: close the online and gun show loophole, ban guns for those on the no fly list, etc.

2015 December 30, Roddy D. Riggs, “Letters to the Editor: Gun Blather is Usual Rhetoric”, in Belleville News-Democrat, volume 158, number 364, Belleville, Ill., page 2C:

(US politics, derogatory) Hillary Clinton (born 1947), American politician and diplomat, former first lady (1993–2001) and secretary of state (2009–2013) of the United States.


Trumperor

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Trumperor.

(US politics, informal, derogatory) U.S. president Donald Trump, seen as a tyrant.


Elchibey

From Azerbaijani Elçibəy, from elçibəy (“noble messenger”), from elçi (“messenger”) and bəy (“nobleman”).

the nickname of the Azerbaijani president Abulfaz Aliyev


Megs

“You too,” Sybil said. “He had your first Vogue cover framed, and gave it to Megs. I thought that was a wonderful thing for him to do.” […] “Margaret Winslow Sebastian,” Evvie said suddenly. “I guess today she’s putting that name to rest as well.”

1990, Susan Beth Pfeffer, “Chapter One”, in Meg At Sixteen: The Sebastian Sisters, Book Five, →ISBN:

Her name was Margaret, but since there were several other Margarets on the hall, she decided to call herself “Megs,” and then christened me “Germie” because I also studied German.

1992, Andrew Garrod, Adolescent Portraits: Identity, Relationships, and Challenges, Allyn & Bacon, →ISBN:

Megan Sweet ran down the sidewalk past the shops on Lincoln Street and opened the door to the Sweetheart bakery. Stepping inside, she took a deep breath and savored for a moment the scents of yeast and sugar that filled the air. Grammy stood behind the counter refilling the glass display case with cookies. She glanced up at Megs and paused in her work.

2016 March, Syndi Powell, “Prologue”, in The Sweetheart Deal: A Clean Romance, Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN:

'Good point, Megs. May I join you in a cup of tea? Catch up a little?' / 'Of course,' she replied, regretting her brief terseness. 'But I'm Margaret now. Megs is rather... Well, let's just say it always reminds me of those old louche times, and clearly I'm not that girl anymore.'

2016 April 10, Hastings Writers' Group, quoting Roz Balp, “Tuscany at the Jerwood Gallery”, in Seawords, Lulu.com, →ISBN:

A diminutive of the female given names Margaret or Megan.


Gambrinus

The source of the legend of Gambrinus is uncertain and perhaps based on a mythical Germanic king Gambrivius. The etymology is unknown, but many explanations exist:
* a corruption of Jean Primus, John I, Duke of Brabant (1252–1294)
* Middle High German gambra (“germination of grain”)
* cambier, name given to brewers in the north of France in the Middle Ages


Classical Malay

The older linguistic form of Malay and Indonesian originally spoken and written in Sumatra from about 1400 AD to 1800 AD. It developed from Old Malay, with heavy influence from Arabic and Persian after mass Islamisation.

bahasa Melayu Klasik

Classical Malay language; Classical Malay


washup

(UK politics, slang) The period prior to dissolution of parliament, in which any remaining bills are quickly pushed through or else abandoned.


Slutney

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Slutney.

(slang, derogatory) The American pop singer Britney Spears.


Shrub

A play on his surname Bush, a shrub being a smaller bush, thus indicating that he is the junior Bush in relation to his father George H. W. Bush. Popularized by American newspaper columnist Molly Ivins (1944–2007), who co-wrote Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush (2000) with Lou Dubose.

Ann Richards [...] is running for reelection as Governor of Texas against George W. Bush, a Republican and the eldest son of the former President. […] She derides him as “all hat and no cattle.” […] Her followers hand out bumper stickers saying: “Don't elect the son-of-a-Bush.” They call him “Shrub.”

1994 October 20, Ian Brodie, “Lone Star governor struggles to uproot the Shrub”, in The Times, London, page 15:

For the past five days, mostly in New York and SC, the Shrub has apparently been running ads that characterize McCain’s policy proposals in what Murphy terms a “willfully distorting” way.

2000 April 13, David Foster Wallace, “David Foster Wallace on John McCain: ‘The Weasel, Twelve Monkeys and the Shrub’”, in Rolling Stone:

If this tax-cut were proposed in exactly opposite proportions, conservatives would be screaming about communist re-distribution of wealth and having aneurysms right and left. It’s much better when the rich take from the poor. After all, the American rich are oppressed and deserve this windfall. Shrub said so. It must be true.

2001 April 4, David Hollingsworth, “Readers’ views: Tax cut helps only rich”, in Lexington Herald-Leader, volume 19, number 91, Lexington, Ky., page A10:

It seems that a recent letter opines that President Shrub deserves our loyalty simply because we can’t possibly know his decision making “unless we were to step into the role as president.” […] As to our inability to understand his choices, Shrub has a record in Texas.

2001 May 7, Dick Goodemoot, “Letters: President Bush deserves disrespect”, in Corvallis Gazette-Times, volume 139, number 127, Corvallis, Ore., page A11:

Less than 24 hours after the idiot Shrub gives that disasterous inaugural speech of his, the Shrub's daddy goes to the media to apologize to the world for his son's crazy talk. Shrub's daddy is now going around trying to reassure other countries that his son didn't really mean what he said and that he is not really going to invade them after all.

2005 January 24, AbelM...@webtv.net, “Shrub is a Certifiable Loon & The Whole World Knows This.”, in alt.politics (Usenet):

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

George H. W. Bush
Lou Dubose
Molly Ivins


Forrest Trump

From Forrest Gump, the slow-witted title character of the 1994 film and 1986 book Forrest Gump.

What owns Atlantic City and sits on a park bench?
Forrest Trump.

1994 October 25, Paul Kowalski, “Forrest Gump”, in alt.tasteless.jokes (Usenet):

Your assertion that getting it down to 2 people makes it easier to prevent Forrest Trump's gaining a majority is ridiculous .^([sic])

2016 March 6, halfpastdead9, “ROMNEY/KASICH”, in rec.gambling.poker (Usenet):

(derogatory) Nickname for Donald John Trump.


Shrubya

If I believed Shrubya could learn from experience, and take correction, I wouldn't be as worried about the meanspirited manipulative rat being the Republicratic nominee.

2000 September 13, STella, “Re: Bush vs.Subliminable Messages”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):

Clinton worked hard and did some good things. To his detractors: he’s gone folks, get over it. Your “Shrubya” was appointed by the U.S. Supremes. So the rich get richer, the economy heads south, public schools may begin Bible study, Roe v. Wade’s days are numbered, and the environment is secondary to corporate profits.

2001 February 21, John R. Love, “Letters to the editor: The blame game”, in Idaho Statesman, volume 137, number 210, Boise, ID, page 14:

President Shrubya expressed shock and dismay today over the fact that his energy policies have brought exploding gas prices and huge new profits to his friends in the oil industry.

2001 May 18, Doug Robarchek, “Shrubya taking big oil profits mighty hard, sources claim”, in The Charlotte Observer, volume 132, number 138, Charlotte, NC, page 13B:

Years ago, in response to some political bullshit heaved by Shrubya and his ignoble Cabal of Curs, I remember seeing long lines of people outside Mexican consular offices waiting to get a Matricula Consular card.

2017 March 24–30, Gustavo Arellano, quoting Gringo Wants to Play Bingo, “¡Ask a Mexican!”, in OC Weekly, volume 22, number 30, page 8:


Obummer

(derogatory, US politics) Nickname for Barack Obama, mostly used by conservative detractors.


oath of calumny

en-noun

oath of calumny (plural oaths of calumny)

(Scots law, historical) A method for the prevention of calumnious and unnecessary suits, by which both parties at the beginning of a cause swear, either by themselves or their counsel, that the facts set forth by them are true.


Para-Romani

Any of various mixed languages of non-Indo-Aryan classification that contain considerable admixture from the Romani language.


Guianan Creole

A French-based creole language spoken in French Guiana.


Chimpy McFlightsuit

From Chimpy (“George W. Bush”) + Mc- + flightsuit. Referring to the flightsuit that Bush wore in his "mission accomplished" stunt in 2003.

[see title]

2006 April 26, the scarey internet, “Chimpy McFlightsuit selects Max Headroom as his spokesperson”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet):

[see title]

2007 February 5, anonymous author, “Chimpy McFlightsuit wants $ for Iran War”, in alt.military.retired (Usenet):

For 76 minutes, President Chimpy McFlightSuit prowled the stage Wednesday in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, giving a speech and answering questions about everything from his opposition to tax increases to his veto of a bill to expand children's health insurance.

2007 October 4, BizarroBush, “Audience Endures 76 Mins Of Chimpy McFlightSuit”, in alt.politics.usa.republican (Usenet):


Saulteaux

From French saulteux, or French saulteurs, from French sault (“waterfall”) in reference to Sault Ste. Marie (then called Sault de Gaston) where the French first encountered them.

an indigenous nation from the northern Great Plains and southern Canadian Shield, the Westernmost branch of the Ojibwe or Anishnaabe


Immy

A diminutive of the female given name Imogen.


Catz

(Cambridge University slang) Clipping of St Catz, referring to St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

(Oxford University slang) Clipping of St Catz, referring to St Catherine's College, Oxford.


art and part

Art refers to the contrivance of a plan, and part to being involved in carrying it out.

(Scots law) The aiding or abetting in the perpetration of a crime.


Alsatia

Named for the region of Alsace, a region outside legislative and juridical lines. More at Alsatia.

Whitefriars, adjacent to the Temple, then well known by the cant name of Alsatia, had at this time, and for nearly a century afterwards, the privilege of a sanctuary[.]

1822, Sir Walter Scott, chapter XVI, in The Fortunes of Nigel, Edinburgh:

Maggie always appeared in the most amiable light at her aunt Moss’s; it was her Alsatia, where she was out of the reach of law[.]

1860, George Eliot, chapter VIII, in The Mill on the Floss, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons:

(historical, slang) An area lying north of London's River Thames, once privileged as a sanctuary and thus known as a refuge for criminals. It spanned from the Whitefriars monastery to the south of the west end of Fleet Street and adjacent to the Temple.


Rozalind

A female given name from the Germanic languages.


Katuic

(linguistics) Belonging to a certain branch of the Austroasiatic languages.


AAE

African-American English
w:African-American English


UEFAlona

UEFAlona win again, having been awarded two penalties in the last 20 minutes. Yeah, I don't smell corruption at all...

(humorous, derogatory, soccer) The football club F.C. Barcelona (viewed as being unrightfully favored by UEFA in terms of refereeing or other aspects).


Jaxx

A diminutive of the male given name Jackson of modern usage.


Celena

Derived from Selene, the Greek goddess of the moon


Chimpy McHalliburton

From Chimpy (“George W. Bush”) + Mc- + Halliburton. Named after oil field service company Halliburton, stemming from accusations that Bush is beholden to Big Oil.

The President shouldn't aughta be running all over trying to police the world. Chimpy McHalliburton is just trying to line his Hitlerlike pockets. This is really all just Clinton's fault anyways.

2006 March 4, Charles Beauchamp, “Re: For Dinner This Week”, in rec.sport.football.college (Usenet):

As already noted, he should be embarrassed to be attempting to argue about these issues when he's so ignorant of them. Guess it's easier to hope that Chimpy McHalliburton chokes to death on a pretzel. That requires no thought, or knowledge at all.

2007 January 22, Rand Simberg, “Re: Did The Chinese Violate Any Treaties?”, in sci.space.history (Usenet):

The thought of President Chimpy McHalliburton having nukes raised my red flag for 8 years.

2009 September 21, Sharky, “GOP's Ahmadinejad”, in alt.politics.republicans (Usenet):

The notion that Tea Partiers are a bunch of Timothy McVeigh wannabes and big-money marionettes is almost gospel among the folks who think 9/11 was an inside job and consider calling George W. Bush “Chimpy McHalliburton” the height of political wit.

2010 October 8, A. Barton Hinkle, “Tea Partiers' Good Intentions Might Not Suffice”, in Richmond Times-Dispatch, volume 160, number 281, Richmond, Va., page A11:


Chimpy McHitlerburton

Blend of Chimpy McHalliburton (“George W. Bush”) + Hitler, comparing Bush to German dictator Adolf Hitler.

blend

I agree with you. I'm not sure why Jeff is trying to make it into one, other than his hate of Chimpy McHitlerburton.

2005 June 27, Matthew Hennig, “Bush League Private Property”, in rec.sport.football.college (Usenet):

No, no, no, can't you see? It was Chimpy McHitlerburton's fault! And global warming too!

2007 August 2, Fester, “Re: A bridge collapses in Minneapolis.”, in us.military.army (Usenet):

When George W. Bush suggested Iran’s acquisition of nuclear arms technology might be a catalyst for World War III, progressive-minded people took it as a sign that Chimpy W. McHitlerburton is off his neocon rocker.

2007 November 2, Jonathan Gurwitz, “Iran, the bomb and World War III”, in Times-News, volume 102, number 306, Twin Falls, ID, page A6:

The above tells me that you would rather have faith in the eeevilitude of Chimpy McHitlerBurton than deal with reality.

2008 December 29, Fred Stone, “Re: OT: Dan Rather $70M Suit To Hit Bush 'Legacy' Hard”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):


Abijah

From Hebrew אביה, name of the king and also several minor biblical characters.

Abiah (alternative)
Abijam (alternative)

A male or female given name from Hebrew.


Illinoian

/ˌɪləˈnɔɪən/

(geology) A stage of the last Ice Age in North America, lasting from around 190,000 to 130,000 years ago.


Skirian

The hypothetical East Germanic language once spoken by the Scirii.


Scirii

(historical) An East Germanic tribe of Eastern Europe, attested in historical works between the 2nd century BC and 5th century AD.


Francitan

Do not confuse Francitan with Franco-Provençal, an obsolescent name for Arpitan (see entry in chapter 2) or with Francique (Moselle Franconian) a variety of German spoken in Lorraine.

1992, Erik Gunnemark, Countries, Peoples and Their Languages: The Geolinguistic Handbook, Volume 1, Geolingua, page 141:

Rene Merle, the PCF's leading theorist on Occitan, pointed to Francitan as the real speech of the Midi.

1993, University of Southampton. Department of French, France: nations and regions, Department of French, University of Southampton, page 50

[…] he would occasionally intersperse his translation with Francitan terms […]

2005, Gaetano Cipolla, Siciliana: studies on the Sicilian ethos, Legas, page 247:


down-easter

One living down east; a New Englander, especially an inhabitant of Maine or a Maritimer.


Sniktbub

From snikt (sound of Wolverine's claws) + bub (term of address used by Wolverine).

compound

If you're one of the many thousands of comic book fans who skipped over Keanu Reeves' "The Day The Earth Stood Still" and got your Sniktbub trailer fix from a blurry, shaky-cam video on YouTube, I've got some good news for you.

2008 December 16, Jared Rea, “New "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" Trailer”, in The Escapist, archived from the original on 2018-11-22:

(fandom slang) A nickname for Wolverine.


casualty of superiority

en-noun

casualty of superiority (plural casualties of superiority)

(Scots law, historical) In the feudal law of Scotland, any emolument arising to the superior depending on uncertain events: those of nonentry, relief or composition, and escheat alone remaining, but considerably modified by the Conveyancing Act of 1874.


Camtho

A pidgin between tsotsitaal and a Bantu language, usually Zulu, spoken in South Africa.


Corbynomics

The trouble is, the choice is a dismal one. If you think Corbynomics is wacky, take a look at Trumponomics.

2015 December 15, Matthew Lynn, "Whoever wins the US presidency, the economy is going to be the loser", The Daily Telegraph

Piecing together Corbynomics is difficult, not least because it has evolved during Mr Corbyn’s time in charge of Labour. The gulf between the Labour leadership’s past positions and the milder proposals in the manifesto means that enormous uncertainty hangs over what a Corbyn-led government would do in office.

2018 May 17, “Corbynomics would change Britain—but not in the way most people think”, in The Economist:

The Labour leadership’s calculation is that Corbynomics couched in these terms – as a fiscal remedy to social ills - is a proposition the public agrees with. May’s faltering performance will only boost their confidence.

2019 March 6, Patrick Maguire, “The Conservatives are losing on knife crime, and three other lessons from this week’s PMQs”, in New Statesman:

(UK politics) The economic ideas and policies of British politician Jeremy Corbyn.


Stuie

A diminutive of the male given name Stuart.


usual channels

(UK politics) Communication channels between the government and the main opposition party, used to discuss matters pertaining to the business of parliament.


Jacinda

/d͡ʒəˈsɪndə/

Probably an alteration of Spanish Jacinta under the influence of the female given name suffix -inda.

So the nice travel agent Jacinda, has rung and offered us a one-time special to another island it's called Corona Island, that's an island just north of where we are, but your mothere isn't too sure about going there as she has heard they once had a bad outbreak of Wu Flu and she doesn't want to risk catching anything. nasty.

2020 April 18, “Your View: Letters with Love”, in Ashburton Guardian, page 14:

Through an array of strategies, gimmicks and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's encouragement through the day, 124,669 shots were administered by late in the day in a country of 4.9 million.
"We set a target for ourselves, Aotearoa, you've done it, but let's keep going," Ardern said, using a Maori name for New Zealand at a vaccination site, according to the Newshub news service. "Let's go for 150 [thousand]. Let's go big or go home."

2021 October 16, Lidia Kelly, “New Zealand vaccinates 2.5% of its people in a day in drive to live with COVID-19”, in William Mallard, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2021-10-16, Asia Pacific:


Allex

A male or female given name of rare usage, variant of Alex.


Botswanian

Botswanan; a person from Botswana or of Botswanan descent.


Botswanian

en-adj

Botswanian (comparative more Botswanian, superlative most Botswanian)

more Botswanian (comparative)
most Botswanian (superlative)

Botswanan; of, from, or pertaining to Botswana, the Botswanan people or the Botswanan language.


Alanah

Rare spelling variant of Alana, the feminine form of Alan.

A female given name from the Celtic languages.


Tuoba

T'o-pa (alternative)
Toba (alternative)
Tuoh-bar (alternative)

The extinct language formerly spoken by the Tuoba.


Qatifi

A person from, or an inhabitant of, Qatif.


posthumous name

en-noun

posthumous name (plural posthumous names)

One of the honorary titles given to royalty, nobles, and sometimes others in East Asia (China, Korea, Vietnam, and Japan) after the person's death.

謚號 /谥号

posthumous title of a Chinese, Korean or Vietnamese emperor


Aldous

Short form of Old English compound given names beginning with the element eald (“old”).


Canajan

en-adjective

Canajan (comparative more Canajan, superlative most Canajan)

more Canajan (comparative)
most Canajan (superlative)

And did I mention that he is Canajan, eh?

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


space herpes

Ice Pirates “A ‘Star Wars’ rip-off with S&M scenes, twelfth-rate jokes, and ‘space herpes’”

1985, “1984 entertainment: Movies to see and shun”, in Michiganensian, volume 89, page 60:

Oh! Did we mention that there are families aboard the Enterprise? Yeah, it turns out there are. Because Starfleet did this study and realized that Space Herpes - also known as Kirk's Syndrome - spreads considerably slower if its officers have their spouses and children onboard their ship.

2009 September 17, Wil Wheaton, quotee, “Wil Wheaton's ‘Memories of the Futurecast’ Engages us With Awesome”, in Wired:

“Space herpes got your tongue, boy?” The man came to a stop in front of him. ¶ For some reason the idea of a mutated venereal disease frightened him more than the idea this man could mug him or worse.

2010, P. I. Barrington, Gail Delaney, J. Morgan, Borealis I:

(science fiction, ufology, fandom slang, slang) A generic disease found in space, especially one transmissible by sexual encounters.

shingles

skin condition from reactivated VZV herpesvirus in later life


Shrillary

Blend of shrill + Hillary, likely to invoke the connotation of being loud, overbearing, and irrational that the word shrill may have when applied to women.

Given recent reporting on Shrillary’s alleged anti-Semitic comments a couple of decades ago, it’s quite notable that a Jew can be on the national ticket.

2000 August 9, James Young, “The ‘conscience’ of the Senate”, in Potomac News, volume 41, number 320, Woodbridge, Va., page A6:

When Shrillary wins in November, she will appoint the most left wing loony to the Supreme Court in modern history. Shrillary will then have some flunky sue some city government over a gun ordinance and that case will go to the Supreme Court.

2016 April 12, Rick Lamming, “Letters to the Editor: No Rights from Constitution”, in Belleville News-Democrat, volume 159, number 103, Belleville, Ill., page 2C:

“I’m not a Republican,” the driver says. “But I’m not a Democrat, either, that’s for sure. You wouldn’t never catch me voting for Shrillary.” He shudders, or mock-shudders. “If I was Bill, I’d cheat on her, too.”

2018, Curtis Sittenfeld, “Gender Studies”, in You Think It, I'll Say It: Stories, New York, NY: Random House, →ISBN, page 4:

(US politics, derogatory) Hillary Clinton (born 1947), American politician and diplomat, former first lady (1993–2001) and secretary of state (2009–2013) of the United States.


Goracle

Will he use his green moment on the red carpet in black tie to snag blue states and win the White House? ¶ Only the Goracle knows the answer.

2007 March 1, Maureen Dowd, “Goracle needs to ponder near future, especially 2008”, in The Times-Tribune, volume 136, Scranton, PA: Times-Shamrock Communications, →ISSN, page A13:

The inconvenient truth that Al Gore laid out in his film and book already falls short of reality. When first dropped, his bombshell was a muffled rumble. […] But as the message sank in and momentum built, the Goracle got our attention.

2007 October, Mort Rosenblum, Escaping Plato's Cave: How America's Blindness to the Rest of the World Threatens Our Survival, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 83:

True believers in catastrophic man-made climate change have been waiting for Al Gore to lead them through the Valley of Climategate. This week, The Goracle spoke.

2009 December 12, Peter Foster, “The Goracle speaks on Climategate”, in National Post, volume 12, number 40, Don Mills, Ont.: National Post Inc., Financial Post, page FP21:

The film thus takes environmental issues out of the province of the expert and the elite and gives us an environmentalist hero who is more relatable than the so-called Goracle of An Inconvenient Truth, or, to take a fictional example, the paleoclimatologist of The Day after Tomorrow.

2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 69:

(informal, usually sarcastic) Al Gore (born 1948), the 45th vice president of the United States (1993–2001), especially when viewed as a prophet of environmental catastrophe.


Baghdad Bob

Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf
w:Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf


Rodge

Alternative form of Rog (“short form of the name Roger”)


riding interest

en-noun

riding interest (plural riding interests)

(Scots law) An interest that depends on another interest.


Addi

Addis (plural)
Addies (plural)
Addie (alternative)
Addy (alternative)


Alycia

A female given name from the Germanic languages.


Turkmenistani

a person from Turkmenistan or of Turkmenistani descent.


Leyton

en-proper noun

Leyton (countable and uncountable, plural Leytons)

From the name of the River Lea + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Luton.

der

(countable) A unisex given name, sometimes regarded as a variant of Leighton.


devale

From Sinhalese දේවාලය (dēwālaya), from Sanskrit देवालय (devālaya).

Both the Maligava and the devales are administered by chief temple officials and their deputies, the services during the festival from providing supplies and decorations to participation in the processions are performed by temple tenants who hold temple lands (vihāragam and dēvālagam) in lieu of their rājakāriya (lit. "king's work," in this case temple service).

1972, Hans Dieter Evers, Monks, Priests and Peasants: A Study of Buddhism and Social Structure in Central Ceylon:

Worshippers at the devale would hand over a small offering of betel and incense sticks to the kapurala and tell him their problems.

1992, Piya Tan, Buddhist currents: a brief social analysis of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Siam, →OCLC:


Tongva

A member of a group of Native Americans who inhabited the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands, thought to be descended from Uto-Aztecan-speaking peoples from Nevada.


Bushinator

Therefore, I’ve developed my own Presidential Candidate Rating System. The PCRS is based on the four candidates – Bigoted Buchanan, the Bushinator, Garish Gore and Nincompoop Nader – ranking them on an uncurved 100 point scale, based on the Florida Public School Grading Scale.

2000 September 17, Ronald Hsu, “Bush is best – or at least, lesser of 4 evils”, in Florida Today, volume 39, number 181, Melbourne, FL: Cape Publications Inc., →ISSN, The Verge, page 12D:

And this is why we should all be preparing to move to some oil free European, Asian or African nation. Let’s face it living in Fort McMurray can’t be safe with the Bushinator back in office for another four years.

2004 November 6, Jennifer Mills, “Election results depression”, in Fort McMurray Today, volume 8, number 44, Fort McMurray, Alta., page 6:

Maybe Labour will promise to have Howard tried for war crimes, but I think the US would invade us if that happened. It would nt^([sic]) do for the Bushinator's mates to get shipped off to the^([sic]) Hague.

2006 April 23, Roger, “Re: About all this ANZAC day stuff”, in aus.politics (Usenet):

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


Taivoan

a Formosan language spoken until the end of the 19th century by the indigenous Taivoan people of Taiwan


Corbynism

Two accounts of Corbynism – by journalists Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire and the Guardian’s Owen Jones – unpick Labour’s rapid descent from the optimism of ‘Oh, Jeremy Corbyn’ to landslide defeat at the polls[.]

2020 September 13, John Harris, “Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn; This Land: The Story of a Movement - review”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

Corbynism was as hopeful as it was hopeless. From his 2015 leadership election victory to the following general election, it offered a screen on to which people, tired of both technocratic and insipid New Labour wannabies and austerity, projected their hopes and fears. People queued round the block to hear him speak and then voted for him in droves.

2022 June 8, Neal Lawson, “Keir Starmer, you have a golden opportunity. Now try a bit of Corbynism”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(UK politics) The political philosophy exemplified by Jeremy Corbyn of the British Labour Party, characterised by antiausterity and renationalization policies.


Sakizaya

Sakiraya (alternative)
Sakidaya (alternative)


Lib-Lab

(UK politics, historical) A Liberal candidate who was financially maintained by trade unions and supposed to represent the working classes.


Lachy

A diminutive of the male given name Lachlan.


Killary

Blend of kill + Hillary, inspired by conspiracy theories that allege Hillary Clinton was responsible for murders, especially in relation to Benghazi.

Just what do LIBs see in Killary?

2007 February 17, MANFRED the heat seeking OBOE, “Re:Is War A Drug For Delusional Bush?”, in alt.politics.republicans (Usenet), archived from the original on 2024-10-17:

President Obama is a foreign-born Muslim who wants to “steal everybody’s guns”; “Killary” Clinton is a murderer.

2016 November 4, anonymous author, “GOP: Can the party survive trump?”, in The Week, →ISSN, page 16:

Bringing up an old conspiracy theory, Joe accused “Killary” and her husband of eliminating threats to their political dynasty[.]

2020 December 6 [2020 July 16], Kristen Erichsen, Douglas Schrock, Benjamin Dowd-Arrow, Pierce Dignam, “Bitchifying Hillary: Trump Supporters’ Vilification of Clinton during the 2016 Presidential Election”, in Social Currents, volume 7, number 6, Southern Sociological Society, →DOI, →ISSN, page 536:

(derogatory, US politics) Nickname for Hillary Clinton, chiefly used by American conservatives.


Lübeckian

Lübeckians (plural)
Lubeckian (alternative)


Zed

“So you changed it.”
“Yes.” He turns off the tap.
“Why did you choose the name Zed? What does it mean?”
“Nothing. It's the last letter of the alphabet.”

1974, Alison Lurie, The War Between the Tates:

A diminutive of the male given name Zedekiah.


Theadore

Spelling alteration of Theodore, from Ancient Greek Θεόδωρος (Theódōros).


Vinchenzo

Spelling alteration of Vincenzo, from Italian Vincenzo, from Latin Vincentius.


Oenone

Borrowed from Latin Oenōnē, from Ancient Greek Οἰνώνη (Oinṓnē).

'Dinah and Oenone Lendrim.'
'I-now-ny? What the fuck kind of name's that?'
'Greek mythological.' Sam smiled, knowing Gibbs would assume he knew this because his father was Greek. 'She's Nonie for all practical purposes. She and her sister Dinah are the children of Sharon Lendrim.'

2012, Sophie Hannah, Kind of Cruel: Culver Valley Crime, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

(rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek.


Southern Ohlone

A language of the Ohlone people once spoken from Santa Clara to Monterey counties in California.


Lyanna

'Lyanna! Lyanna!' thou calledst ever: 'Lyanna! 'a ripple of rays that came:' 'Lyanna, thy name is like song forever!'

1893, Madison Julius Cawein, Poems of Nature and Love, page 142:

If Lyanna was telling the truth, it presumably meant that her Night wasn't actually over. That her acceptance and control of the mana would not be complete. And that she could relapse anytime, unshielded, wreaking untold damage to herself ...

2010, James Barclay, Nightchild, Prometheus Books, →ISBN:

Lyanna was playing with the remains of her soup, trailing a piece of bread across its surface. 'Lyanna, the ladies want to talk to you. All right?' Lyanna nodded. 'Are you still feeling shy, darling?' asked Erienne. 'A little,' admitted Lyanna.

2011, James Barclay, The Raven eBook Collection, Gollancz, →ISBN:

At the tourney's end, Prince Rhaegar shocked the attendees by crowning Lyanna the Queen of Love and Beauty rather than his wife, Elia of Dorne.

2014, Valerie Estelle Frankel, Women in Game of Thrones: Power, Conformity and Resistance, McFarland, →ISBN, page 70:


Kayah

A member of any of a number of Karenic ethnolinguistic groups in Myanmar (Burma), primarily in Kayah State


Karenni

en-adj

Karenni (comparative more Karenni, superlative most Karenni)

more Karenni (comparative)
most Karenni (superlative)

Anglicized form of Burmese ကရင်နီ (ka.rangni, “red Karen”)


Siya

A female or male given name used in South Africa, India, and the United States


Palaung

A member of an ethnic group living primarily in the Shan State of Myanmar, also in China and Thailand.


Palaung

The Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Palaung people.


Panthay

An ethnic group of Chinese Muslims in Myanmar.


Xicanx

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

-a-o-x

(neologism) Chicano or Chicana (and of any gender).


Xicanx

(neologism) A Chicano or Chicana (of any gender).


Yagara

The Pama-Nyungan language spoken by the Yagara and Turrbal peoples.


Amye

A female given name from Latin, an old spelling variant of Amy, no longer current.


Daghestanian

The Tushines (a Georgian ethnic group) are referred to as Mosok, or Musek, by the Daghestanians.

2003, Ariel Golan, Prehistoric Religion, page 183:


Ingushetian

en-adj

Ingushetian (comparative more Ingushetian, superlative most Ingushetian)

more Ingushetian (comparative)
most Ingushetian (superlative)

The Ingushetian prosecutor has made several attempts to close the site... On 6 June, a Moscow court... ordered its closure. However, the court was unable to enforce the decision as it is registered in the United States.

2008 September 2, Human Rights House, "Ingushetian Opposition Website Owner Killed"

Of or related to Ingushetia, a republic of the Russian Federation.


Liberal Party

Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats#English

(UK politics) The predecessor of the Liberal Democrats


Mezquital Otomi

One of the two varieties of the Northwestern Otomi language, spoken in the Mezquital Valley of Hidalgo, Mexico.


Norb

A diminutive of the male given name Norbert.


Loosh

And in Chicago, Robert Horton was still teaching students in 1999, [... including] a man known to his friends and students simply as Loosh. Lucius Bateman, who taught at a driving range in Alameda, [...]

2005, A Course of Their Own: A History of African American Golfers, U of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 123:

Dr. Loosh came down from mother's bedroom with a worried expression on his face. [...] Dr. Loosh, meanwhile, was upstairs in mothers bedroom assessing the situation. [...] “Stand aside, Lucius.” Dr. Loosh gave in, [...]

2008, S. L. Varnado, Red Beans and Rainbows, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 23:

A diminutive of the male given name Lucius.


Brexit Party

(UK politics) A British single-issue trans-European political party of the European Parliament dedicated to extracting Great Britain from the European Union


Andronicus

Borrowed from Latin Andronīcus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρόνῑκος (Andrónīkos).

A male given name from Latin Andronicus.


Jebya

Jebya caves to his ultra-rightwing do-gooders without a clue yet fails to meet the needs of the vulnerable children of his state.

2003 October 22, Tom Jefferson, “GOP supports right to live without hope, but fights healthcare for those who can use it.”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet):

Obviously the religious nuts have already decided that Dubya's God anointed one. They were screaming for Dubya and Jebya to throw out the rule of law and use their divinely ordained power to raise Terri Schiavo from the dead.

2005 April 4, Pete, “Re: Bush fooled by Hussein”, in soc.politics (Usenet):

Bush would've told Murkins they were traitors for not wanting his bailouts, CEO Bonuses, Wars, Cheney and Jebya's conflicts of interests and exposing spies who refused to lie for Chimpy.

2010 January 12, Palin On Beaver News, “Nobody Voted For it. Nobody Wants it. He campaigned AGAINST it.”, in talk.politics.misc (Usenet):

(US politics, often derogatory) Jeb Bush (born 1953), the 43rd governor of Florida (1999–2007) and brother of former US president George W. Bush.


EHRC

Equality and Human Rights Commission
w:Equality and Human Rights Commission

(UK politics) Initialism of Equality and Human Rights Commission.


Middle Frisian

Language descended from Old Frisian spoken on the North Sea coast of modern Netherlands and Germany from the 16th century until c. 1820.


Michiganer

United States of America
United States of America

(US) A native or resident of the state of Michigan in the United States of America.


Tex-Mexican

A resident of Texas who is of Mexican ancestry or citizenship.


Whites

Directly opposite the imperial box in the Hippodrome were the seats assigned to the Blues, the Reds, the Whites, and the Greens. These were the colours of the chariot-racing factions, the professional organizations initially responsible for fielding the teams, though at some point in the fifth century they took charge of other public spectacles as well, and thus we can find factions even in cities which had no hippodromes.

2002, James Allan Stewart Evans, The Age of Justinian..., p. 36

(sports, historical) Any of several sports teams whose uniform is predominantly white, particularly

(historical) The chariot-racing faction of the Roman circus and Constantinopolitan hippodrome that wore white.

1996, S. Greenfield, "When the Whites Go Marching In? Racism and Resistances in English Football", Marquette Sports Law Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, Art. 7, p. 315: #*: "When the Whites go Marching In" is a version of the hymn "When the Saints Go Marching In" and has been sung by football fans whilst attending "away" matches in other countries... In this context the reference is to English supporters indicating their disapproval of black players.

When the Whites go marching in, oh, when the Whites go marching in, oh, I wanna be in that number when the Whites go marching in!

(soccer, UK) The away team during international matches.


poor's roll

(Scots law, historical) The list of poor people who are litigants, but unable to pay the expenses of litigation, and therefore allowed to sue in forma pauperis.


Parris

Paris (alternative)
Parish (alternative)
Parrish (alternative)
Pares (alternative)

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Crazy Dog

I give it below just as it was told me by Mr. J. W. Schultz, who received it from Crazy Dog, an old man of that tribe.

1892 April, George Bird Grinnell, “Early Blackfoot history”, in American Anthropologist, volume 5, number 2, page 154:

A male given name of Native American usage.


Maba

The Nilo-Saharan language of these people.


Cushla

From Irish cuisle (“pulse”); compare acushla, macushla.


Raghava

Unadapted borrowing from Sanskrit राघव (rāghava).


base right

(Scots law, historical) The right which a disposer acquires when disposing of feudal property.


Brooksy

A diminutive of the male given name Brooks.


Zan

“[…] Scott, this is Zan Adams.” […]
“Her name's Suzanne,” Jon corrected.
“Hello, Scott. You can call me Zan or Suzanne . . . whichever you prefer.”

1984, Lyn Ducoty, A Pocketful of Dreams, Toronto: Harlequin Books, →ISBN, page 161:

6:00 a.m. My husband, Bruce, is perky, ready to start his, er, our vacation. While we wake up and get ready to head out of the Comfort Inn, we're watching that horrible HBO documentary […]
Susan “Zan” Meigs, 40, Austin, Texas; English instructor

2005, Joni B. Cole, Rebecca Joffrey, B. K. Rakhra, editors, This Day in the Life: Diaries from Women Across America, New York, NY: Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 306:

A diminutive of the female given names Susan, Susanne, Suzanne, or Susanna.


Irula

Their language, written in the Tamil script.


Hotoru

Regarding the "Mother of the Year" award, in 1951 Hotoru Matsudaira of Seattle was the first Japanese to win this honor by a vote among all Catholics in the nation.

1973, Kazuo Itō, Issei: A History of Japanese Immigrants in North America, Japanese Community Service, page 287:


Arikara

Possibly from Arikara aríka (“horn”), or árikaraahkucuʾ (“bull elk,” literally “ones with big horns”).

A member of a tribe of Native Americans in what is today North Dakota, who are today enrolled with the Mandan and the Hidatsa as the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation.


Fujimatsu

Borrowed from Japanese ふじまつ (Fujimatsu).

That summer though, Fujimatsu Moriguchi passed away. He had left the store to his four sons (breaking with the Japanese tradition of leaving the business to the eldest son).

2003, Tony Zurlo, The Japanese Americans, Lucent Books/Thomson Gale, page 82:


Jovial

/ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vɪ.əl/

(astronomy, obsolete) Pertaining to the planet Jupiter; Jovian.

I know the ſhape of's Legge: this is his Hand: / His Foote Mercuriall: his martiall Thigh / The brawnes of Hercules: but his Iouiall face— / Murther in heaven?

1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 390, column 1:

It was pointed out in chapter 3 that [C. S.] Lewis liked to regard Jupiter as his personal presiding deity, but Mercury would have been almost as apt a choice, for Lewis had been extraordinarily favoured by that Intelligence whom, in ‘The Planets,’ he calls the ‘Lord of language’: both as a speaker and as a writer Lewis was uncommonly fluent. However, despite these talents, despite the fact that he saw Mercurial as well as Jovial strains in his paternity, and despite his opinion that Mercury shared with Jupiter a special need of rehabilitation, Lewis claimed no special relationship with the planet of the second sphere. In fact, he confesses that the Mercurial essence is almost beyond his grasp: […]

2008, Michael Ward, Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

(Roman mythology, obsolete) Pertaining to the Roman god Jove or Jupiter (the counterpart of the Greek god Zeus), the god of the sky and thunder and the king of the gods; Jovian.


Jovial

/ˈd͡ʒəʊ.vɪ.əl/

(chiefly science fiction) An inhabitant of the planet Jupiter; a Jovian.


lawburrows

(Scots law) A writ requiring a person to give security against doing violence to another.


Darek

A male given name from the Germanic languages, a less common spelling of Derek.


Bakuvian

en-adj

Bakuvian (comparative more Bakuvian, superlative most Bakuvian)

more Bakuvian (comparative)
most Bakuvian (superlative)

Bakuvian plato located in the south, has a synclinal composition and is formed by the late-Pliocene-quaternary limestones, clays, sands and conglomerates. Bakuvian plato has a shape of terraced amphitheater, directed to the bay of the same name.

2002, Aliyev Ch. S., “Distribution of radioactivity on landscapes of Absheron peninsula”, in N. Birsen, Kairat K. Kadyrzhanov, editors, Environmental Protection Against Radioactive Pollution, page 66:

Because of Azeri wealth and Bakuvian pride, buildings like this one had been preserved and meticulously renovated over the past ten years. 'I am Bakuvian, born and bred. This is my city! Like Ali and Nino!' Fuad wore, for effect, a red fez with a red fez with a swinging gold tassel.

2012, Paul Theroux, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star:


Bakuvian

The vast majority of Bakuvians identify themselves as Muslims but tend to see Islam as a badge of national identity as much as a strict religious code. Nearly two centuries of Russian rule added a strong European cultural element including a wide acceptance of alcohol as social lubricant. Although the small percentage of women who opt for Islamic dress is growing, a far greater proportion of Bakuvian ladies favour lavish make-up and toweing stilettoes over flapping chadors.


Venu

From Sanskrit वेणु (veṇu, “a bamboo, reed, cane; a flute, fife, pipe”).

uder

A male given name from Sanskrit, popular in India.


Tongyong Pinyin

/ˌtɒŋjɒŋ ˈpɪnjɪn/

/ˌtʊŋjʊŋ ˈpɪnjɪn/

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 通用拼音 (Tongyòng Pinyin).

With regard to romanization, several different systems are concurrently being used in Taiwan, including Wade-Giles, Tongyong Pinyin 通用拼音, Hanyu Pinyin 漢語拼音, and Gwoyeu Romatzyh.

2003, Julie Ju et al., editors, A Brief Introduction to Taiwan, Government Information Office, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 16:

By now, you may be as puzzled as most American visitors to Taiwan are. And there is more confusion to come. For the purpose of this book, keep in mind that we are using Tongyong Pinyin throughout, with Hanyu Pinyin in parentheses when the spelling is different.

2006, David C. King, Taiwan (Enchantment of the World), Children's Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 89:

Rickshaw Magazine is a Tainan-based publication targeting expats, and free in many hotels and bars, while FYI South also has decent Tainan listings. The city has opted to use the Tongyong Pinyin system, with streets well marked in English and Chinese.

2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 316:

Taiwan’s still official but probably-not-long-for-this-world romanization system for Mandarin is Tongyong Pinyin.

2008 August 7, “Taiwan Google searches: Hanyu Pinyin vs. Tongyong Pinyin”, in Pinyin.info, archived from the original on 2008-08-12:

Although a few authors, long familiar with Wade-Giles or other older systems (or Tongyong Pinyin, a more recent system still used by some in Taiwan), have not switched to Pinyin in their writings, Chicago joins librarians in urging that Pinyin now be used in all writing about China or the Chinese language.

2017, “Languages Other than English”, in The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, University of Chicago Press, →DOI, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 651:

This promotion of Tongyong pinyin reflects Taiwan-identifying political elites seeking to supplant Guoyu with Taiwan-accented Mandarin as the prestige language variety in Taiwan.

2017 January 22, Martin Boyle, “Pinyin and a Taiwanese identity”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-01-21, Editorials, page 6:

The Taichung City Council on Monday (Aug. 24) gave initial approval to station names on the Taichung Mass Rapid Transit's (TMRT) green line, which is set to begin operation by the end of this year.
After a preliminary inspection of the 16.71-km line Monday, the city council gave a nod to the 18 station names on the green line. The English station names were converted using Tongyong pinyin (通用拼音) while four of the stations will also have alternate names, according to CNA.

2020 August 25, Ching-Tse Cheng, “Station names of central Taiwan Metro pass preliminary review”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2020-09-10:

Kaohsiung City Government said Wednesday that it will continue using the Tongyong Pinyin Mandarin romanization system on its street signs, passing on plans by the city's previous mayor to transition to the more widely-used Hanyu Pinyin system.
In a press release, Kaohsiung's Research, Development and Evaluation Commission said the city adopted Tongyong Pinyin in 2004 amid a push toward national spelling standardizaion by the central government, and later established an advisory committee to promote an English-friendly living environment in Kaohsiung.[…]
Taiwan's Ministry of Education adopted Tongyong Pinyin as the country's official romanization system in 2002, before switching to Hanyu Pinyin in 2008, though a number of Democratic Progressive Party controlled municipalities including Kaohsiung and Tainan have continued to use the former.

2020 October 14, Wang Shu-fen, Matthew Mazzetta, “Kaohsiung nixes proposal to adopt Hanyu Pinyin street signs”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2020-10-16, Society:

Some use romanization to make a political statement, a legacy of the “Great Tongyong-Pinyin Wars” of the 2000s. Here's a useful trick: if you notice someone is using the Hanyu Pinyin system that is standard in China for their name, they are likely pan-blue (pro-KMT), and if they use Taiwan’s Tongyong Pinyin, they are probably pan-green (pro-DPP).

2022 February 22, Courtney Donovan (石東文) Smith, “The joyous variety in Taiwanese chosen names”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2022-02-22:

For instance, while many DPP-led localities had favoured the locally designed Tongyong Pinyin system for the purpose of Mandarin transliteration (notably for toponyms), the incoming[…]

2022 August 5, Jean-François Dupré, “Language Politics and Recognition under Tsai Ing-wen”, in International Journal of Taiwan Studies, volume 5, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:

Even within the Taigi community, there's the Pe̍h-ōe-jī, there's the Tongyong pinyin, there's the Tai lo, there's people who don't agree on kanji as orthography, there's people who don't use kanji at all, there's people who think you use kanji for everything except for these prepositions.[…]
What we did is that we held monthly, and later on bimonthly, MoeDict hackathons, where we invite the people of all these different schools to come together. Also, because it's software, so I wrote some programs that automatically turned the Taiwan romanization form to Tongyong or Peh oe ji or whatever form that people prefer.

2023 March 15, Audrey Tang, “Conversation with Cynthia Wang and Tyng-Ruey Chuang”, in Ministry of Digital Affairs, archived from the original on 2023-04-06, 新聞參考資料:

Around twenty years ago, during Taiwan’s romanization wars (when President Chen wanted to impose Tongyong Pinyin upon Taiwan and a great many foreigners and others reacted with dismay and disgust), a popular claim of the Tongyong supporters was, “If Taiwanese use Hanyu Pinyin for their names, no one will be able to tell Taiwanese from Chinese anymore.”

2023 May 9, “Why is the ROC govt trying to make Taiwanese look like Singaporeans?”, in Pinyin.info, archived from the original on 2023-05-10:

A system of romanization for Mandarin Chinese developed and implemented in the Republic of China (Taiwan) in the 1990s.

通用拼音

a romanization system of Mandarin Chinese


Sun King

(sobriquet) Louis XIV, king of France between 1643 and 1715


indy-curious

/ˌɪndiˈkjʊəɹɪəs/

(UK politics) Interested in the possibility of independence (for Wales), without necessarily being in favour of it.


personal exception

(Scots law) A ground of objection that applies to an individual and prevents them from doing something which, except for their conduct or situation, they would be allowed to do.


ghawa syndrome

Named after the resyllabification of dialectal Arabic قَهْوَة (gahwa, “coffee”) as قْهَوَة (ghawa), which is the prototypical example of the phenomenon.

(phonology) A phenomenon in some Arabic dialects in which the second consonant in a word forms a cluster with the first consonant.


Wodaabe

A pastoral subgroup of the Fula residing mainly in the eastern Sahel.


Brookie

(British, informal) Brookside, a British television soap opera.


Surmiran

Borrowed from Romansch surmiran, from the region Surmeir in Albula Valley. The placename is interpreted to mean "above the wall," from sur (“above”) (a derivative of Latin supra (“above”)) + meir (“wall”) (from Latin murus). There is no corresponding Swiss German name, which instead uses Mittelbünden.

A dialect of the Romansch language, spoken in the canton of Grisons, especially in the region of Surmeir, Switzerland.


El Pasoan

Someone from the city of El Paso in Texas or Illinois.


Malc

A diminutive of the male given name Malcolm.


Lewy

A diminutive of the male given name Lewis.


service of an heir

(Scots law) A proceeding before a jury to determine the heir of a deceased person.


Oli

A diminutive of the male given name Oliver.

A diminutive of the female given name Olivia.


Lachie

A diminutive of the male given name Lachlan.


Backstop

(UK) A proposed seamless border between Ireland and Northern Ireland in the event of Brexit.


Yoshitaro

Borrowed from Japanese よしたろう (Yoshitarō).


Sugar Lander

Someone residing in or from Sugar Land, Texas.


Petty France

City of Westminster
City of Westminster#English

A named street in the City of Westminster, London SW1 (OS grid ref TQ2979).


Modern South Arabian

An independent branch in the Semitic languages, niece to the Old South Arabian lects, situated in the east of Yemen and in Oman, the largest being the Mehri language extending over both countries with a six-digit speaker number, bordering, while thus embosoming the intermediary Hobyot, the Shehri (syn.: Jibbali) language in Oman, and further containing the small Bathari and Harsusi languages in Oman, + the larger Soqotri language on Soqotra.


Elouisa

Alternative form of Eloise or Elouise, influenced by Louisa.


Fredo

Compare the given names Federico and Alfredo.


Tanchangya

bor

Tanchangya 𑄖𑄧𑄐𑄴𑄌𑄧𑄁𑄉𑄴𑄡

Tangchangya (alternative)
Tonchongya (alternative)
Tongchongya (alternative)

The Indo-European language of this people


Molsom

A minor language of the Sino-Tibetan family, spoken in Tripura, India.


Highland Popoluca

Calque of Spanish popoluca de la Sierra.

A variety of Popoluca spoken in the municipalities of Soteapan, Tatahuicapan, Hueyapan de Ocampa and Benito Juarez, in the state of Veracruz, Mexico.


Bristol pound

(UK, historical) A local currency (not legal tender) in Bristol, England, tied to the pound sterling, introduced in 2012 to promote local business and retired in 2021. Symbol £B.


Timaeus

From Latin Tīmaeus, from Ancient Greek Τῑ́μαιος (Tī́maios), from Ancient Greek τῑμάω (tīmáō, “honour”, verb). Appears as the name of one of Plato's dialogues. It is also the name of a person mentioned in the New Testament (Mark 10:46).


Timeus

Alternative spelling of Timaeus; A male given name.


Glorious Revolution

1964, Michael G. Hall, Lawrence H. Leder, Michael Kammen, Prologue, The Glorious Revolution in America: Documents on the Colonial Crisis of 1689, Institute of Early American History and Culture, University of North Carolina Press, page 4,
In 1688 New York and New Jersey were added to the Dominion of New England, and there is evidence that Pennsylvania and even Maryland were to be next. But before these imperial plans could mature, James II was toppled from the throne by the Glorious Revolution.

2007, Nick Harding, Hanover and the British Empire, 1700-1837, Boydell & Brewer (The Boydell Press), page 15,
Britain's union with Hanover was made possible by the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

The defection of the old 'country' Whigs paved the way for the prominence of a new generation of Whigs after 1690 (the Junto Whigs), whose views and attitudes were considerably different from those Whigs who had served their political apprenticeship before the Glorious Revolution.

2012, Barry Coward, The Stuart Age: England, 1603-1714, 4th edition, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 367:

(historical, British history) The 1688 deposition of James II as King of England and Ireland and (as James VII) of Scotland and his subsequent replacement by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband William III (II of Scotland).

光榮革命 /光荣革命

1688 deposition and replacement of James II and VII

(historical, Spanish history) The 1888 revolution that resulted in the deposition of Queen Isabella II of Spain.


Tamaki

Borrowed from Japanese 玉城 (Tamaki), 玉木 (Tamaki) or たまき (Tamaki).


Methodius

From Byzantine Greek Μεθόδιος (Methódios), from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos), from μετ’ (met’, apocopic form of μετά (metá)) + ὁδός (hodós).

af

apocopic form of <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">μετά</i> (metá)

A male given name, notably of the Byzantine Christian theologian and missionary.


Fyodor

Fyodors (plural)
Fedor (alternative)
Fiodor (alternative)

Transliteration of Russian Фёдор (Fjódor).

translit

Фёдор Фёдор#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Фёдор (Fjódor).


Kuni

Borrowed from Japanese 国 (Kuni), 久邇 (Kuni) or くに (Kuni).


Hata

Borrowed from Japanese 畑 (Hata), 秦 (Hata), 羽田 (Hata) or はた (Hata).


Tomoe

A female given name from Japanese, found in ethnic-Japanese populations in English-speaking localities, as an ethnic given name, complementing their "English" name.


quoc ngu

Promoters of quoc ngu were Vietnamese intellectuals who were either collaborators or anticolonial revolutionaries.

2003, Thaveeporn Vasavakul, edited by Brown & Ganguly, Fighting Words, page 223:

Students studied French and quoc ngu. Most (not all) agreed that Chinese characters no longer sufficed.

2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin, published 2017, page 107:

The romanized writing system used to write Vietnamese.


Andreev

Borrowed from Russian Андре́ев (Andréjev).

A male surname from Russian, feminine equivalent Andreeva


Linc

A diminutive of the male given name Lincoln.


Restonian

Someone from or residing in Reston, Virginia, United States.


Jewish English

The interrelated socio-ethnolects of the English language used by the Jews of Anglophonic countries, typically peppered with religious or cultural influences from Hebrew, Yiddish, and other Jewish languages (though usually not to the same extent as Yeshivish, which is essentially English but with extensive use of Aramaic, Hebrew and Yiddish terminology related to halacha (Jewish law) and Gemara learning).


Fathallah

Ultimately from Arabic فَتْح اللَّٰه (fatḥ allāh).

der

فَتْح اللَّٰه


Nasrallah

bor

نَصْر اللَّٰه


Wasim

Ultimately from Arabic وَسِيم (wasīm, literally “handsome, graceful”).


Germantowner

Someone from or residing in any of the many places called Germantown in the United States.


San Andrean

Of or from San Andreas, California, United States.


San Andrean

Someone from or residing in San Andreas, California, United States.


Daytonian

Someone from or residing in Dayton, Ohio, United States.


McGregorite

Someone from or residing in the small city of McGregor, Texas, United States.


Tuskegeean

en-adj

Tuskegeean (comparative more Tuskegeean, superlative most Tuskegeean)

more Tuskegeean (comparative)
most Tuskegeean (superlative)

Of, pertaining to, or from the city of Tuskegee, Alabama, United States.


Tuskegeean

Someone from or residing in the city of Tuskegee, Alabama, United States.


Beiruti

From Arabic بَيْرُوتِيّ (bayrūtiyy, “Beiruti”). Equivalent to Beirut + -i.

bor

A person from, or an inhabitant of, Beirut.

بَيْرُوتِيّ

a person from, or an inhabitant of, Beirut


Tartan Tory

Tartan Tories (plural)
tartan Tory (alternative)

Compound of tartan (“distinctive pattern of cloth used by a Scottish clan”) + Tory (“Conservative”).

compound

(Scotland, UK politics, somewhat dated) A member or supporter of the Scottish National Party, connoting sentimentality or old-fashionedness.


Baltimorean

A native or inhabitant of Baltimore, Maryland.


Guilfordian

Someone from or residing in Guilford, Connecticut, United States.


Guilfordite

(rare) Someone from or residing in Guilford, Connecticut, United States.


Gaiseric

From Latin Gaisericus, from Vandalic *Gaisarīx, itself from Proto-Germanic *Gaizarīks. Doublet of Garrick.

Geiseric (alternative)
Genseric (alternative)

(rare) A male given name from Latin, of historical usage, notably borne by a Vandalic King who ruled over North Africa.


Geiseric

From Latin Geisericus, from a later form of the Vandalic *Gaisarīx, itself from Proto-Germanic *Gaizarīks.

Gaiseric (alternative)
Genseric (alternative)

(rare) A male given name from Latin. Mainly Historical. Name of a Vandalic King who ruled over North Africa.


Burlingamer

(rare) Someone from or residing in the city of Burlingame in San Mateo County, California, United States.


Semai

A semisedentary ethnic group living in the central Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia.


Chilcotin

Borrowed from Chilcotin Tŝinlhqut’in (literally “river man”).

bor

A Northern Athabaskan language spoken in British Columbia by the Tsilhqot'in people.


Vadim

A Transliteration of Russian Вадим (Vadim).

translit

A male given name from the Slavic languages, equivalent to English Bademus.


Amirul

Ultimately from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). A case of rebracketing, the -l probably comes from Arabic ال (al-), through it being a shortening of Arabic أمير المؤمنين (ʔamīr al-muʔminīn). Doublet of admiral.

der

أمير المؤمنين

Amirul says CHT Treaty in no way contradicts constitution

1997 December 4, soc.culture.bangladesh (Usenet):


Hildebeast

Hildebeast (canonical)
the Hildebeast (canonical)
Hildabeast (alternative)

Blend of Hillary + wildebeest, beast, coined or popularized by conservative radio host Neal Boortz.

And, naturally, it was the one politician who “has never showed [sic] anything but contempt for our military” who refused to meet with the delegation. Who? Who else: “the Queen herself, the Hildebeast—Hillary Clinton.”

2002 July 21, Carol Muske-Dukes, “The Electronic Pillory”, in Los Angeles Times, page M6:

Trouble for some is, the Hildebeast is ahead.

2007 November 23, Marie Cocco, “Having it both ways with Hillary”, in The Palm Beach Post, volume 99, number 213, page 15A:

It’s not too soon for Republicans to marshal our forces for a little shock and awe when the Hildebeast finally announces.

2013 November 2, “Republicans will need more than attacks on Hillary”, in Calgary Herald, page A11:

It is just another chance for libs to showcase their ignorance and express faux outrage just like the hypocrisy they display when comparing Sarah Palin and the Hildebeast.

2015 April 14, R Craig Bolander, “The daily STEW”, in Star-Telegram, 109th year, number 354, Fort Worth, Tex., page 15A:

Lesser people have gone to prison or had their careers destroyed for far less than what this criminal has done. But, hey, there’s nothing to see here, let’s move on. After all, she is the Hildebeast.

2015 September 6, Roddy D. Riggs, “What difference?”, in Belleville News-Democrat, page C2:

First Amendment will be reduced to rubble if Hildebeast is elected so maybe you can petition her to outlaw anti-Lobo speak.

2016 October 28, Jim, “Sports Speak Up!”, in Albuquerque Journal, page D4:

GHS are you guys smoking pot or doing coke to invite Hildebeast to speak.

2017 October 14, Tom Ambrosia, “30 Seconds”, in Press Enterprise, page 26:

(slang, derogatory, US politics) Hillary Clinton.


Hildabeast

Go to a party. Half the college was there. Write for a student rag. Hildabeasts were running the show. Act, row, you couldn’t escape them. In a nice normal mixed college like Lincoln, they all spent three years in the bar wrestling with knot theory and acne. In St Hilda’s we’d written the book, got the doctorate and gone out clubbing.

1997 March 19, Glenda Cooper, “The lusty ways of St Hilda”, in The Independent, number 3,248, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, columns 4–5:

(Oxford University slang, humorous, self-referent) A member or alumnus of St Hilda's College, Oxford.

Oxford University slang; self-referent; Oxford University slang; self-referent


Lusitanic

(historical) An extinct language spoken by the Jews of Portugal.


curly cuh

Or did it start as Kill It Bang before they decided to soften it slightly by changing the kicking kuh to a curly cuh?

2014, Dave Gorman, Too Much Information, Random House, page 181:

(Sometimes these are spelt with a kicking ‘kuh’ rather than a curly ‘cuh’ as ‘homoskedasticity’ and ‘heteroskedasticity’.)

2018, Alan R. Jones, Best Fit Lines & Curves: And Some Mathe-Magical Transformations, Routledge, page 174:

(British, childish) The letter C, as distinct from the letter K ("kicking kuh").


kicking kuh

/ˈkɪkɪŋ ˈkə/

From the shape of the letter (resembling a person kicking).

(British, childish) The letter K, as distinct from the letter C ("curly cuh").


Finland Swedish

the Swedish language as spoken by the Swedish-speaking population in Finland


Sophronia

After casting about for some time for a name which should be worthy of her, he decided in favour of Sophronia Sphynx, as being euphonious and genteel, and furthermore indicative of mystery.

1840 April – 1841 November, Charles Dickens, “Chapter the Last”, in The Old Curiosity Shop. A Tale. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1841, →OCLC, page 220:

Crampton. Your name is Sophronia, girl: you were called after your aunt Sophronia, my sister: she gave you your first Bible with your name written in it.

1898, George Bernard Shaw, You Never Can Tell, act II:


Filipinx

The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o of Filipina and Filipino, which are from Spanish filipina and Spanish filipino, both from Spanish Filipinas (“Philippines”), from Felipe II de España (“Philip II of Spain”), from Felipe (“Philip”).

-a-o-x

(US, neologism) A Filipina or Filipino (of any gender).


un-English

en-adj

un-English (comparative more un-English, superlative most un-English)

more un-English (comparative)
most un-English (superlative)
unEnglish (alternative)

A quick scan of a couple of pages in a dictionary that records the origin of our vocabulary reveals that many entries in it are historically “un-English.” This is not surprising; languages travel […]

2009, Donka Minkova, Robert Stockwell, English Words: History and Structure, page 24:

Fowler effectively refuted critics who had argued that Milton's high style was un-English, but he overstated the case.

1999, Ton Hoenselaars, Marius Buning, English Literature and the Other Languages, page 41:


Stormont

The proposal requires Stormont to approve the special arrangements for Northern Ireland to remain aligned with the EU before the end of the transition period and every four years after that.

2019 October 3, Lisa O'Carroll, “What are the concerns over Stormont's role in proposed Brexit deal?”, in The Guardian:

Downing Street hopes the package, combined with parallel negotiations with the DUP over post-Brexit trading arrangements, will persuade the DUP leader, Jeffrey Donaldson, to restore Stormont after almost two years of political stasis.

2023 December 11, Rory Carroll, Ben Quinn, “Northern Irish leaders offered £2.5bn package in bid to revive Stormont”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Northern Ireland Assembly
Northern Ireland Assembly

(metonymically, UK politics) The Northern Ireland Assembly.


Ostap

Transliteration of Ukrainian Оста́п (Ostáp), ultimately from Ancient Greek Εὐστάθιος (Eustáthios). Doublet of Eustace.

Оста́п Остап#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian male given name Оста́п (Ostáp).


Vadym

Transliteration of Ukrainian Вади́м (Vadým).


Tlamacazapa Nahuatl

Calque of Spanish náhuatl de Tlamacazapa

calque

The variety of Nahuatl spoken in Tlamacazapa, Guerrero, Mexico.


Eben

Shortened from Ebenezer; equivalent to Hebrew אֶבֶן (éven, “stone”).


Shinnecock

The extinct Algonquian language formerly spoken by this tribe.


Massachusite

(archaic) A native or resident of the state of Massachusetts in the United States of America.


Volodymyr

From Ukrainian Володи́мир (Volodýmyr), Old East Slavic Володимѣръ (Volodiměrŭ). A Ukrainian cognate of Russian Влади́мир (Vladímir). Doublet of Vladimir.

On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Kira in the hospital to celebrate her return, also giving her an iPad to entertain her as she recovers.

2022 April 28, Sandi Sidhu, Roman Tymotsko and Oleksandra Titorova, “After epic journey, orphaned Ukrainian girl is reunited with grandfather”, in CNN:

Володи́мир Володимир#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Володи́мир (Volodýmyr), equivalent to Vladimir.


Elain

From Welsh Elain. Alternatively, a variant of English Elaine.


Brina

A diminutive of the female given name Sabrina.


Kazanian

Kazan Tatar; Tatar proper, an agglutinative language belonging to the Altai group of Turkic languages. It is an official language of Tatarstan, and distinguished from Crimean Tatar and Siberian Tatar.


Kazanian

From, of or pertaining to the Kazan Tatars, the "nominate" Tatarian ethnic group (who are indigenous people of Eastern Europe and Russia) that are simply called Tatars, distinguished from Crimean Tatars and Siberian Tatars.

From, of or pertaining to Kazan Tatar, Tatar proper, an agglutinative language belonging to the Altai group of Turkic languages. It is an official language of Tatarstan, and distinguished from Crimean Tatar and Siberian Tatar.


Kazanian

A Kazan Tatar; a member of the "nominate" Tatarian ethnic group (who are indigenous people of Eastern Europe and Russia) that are simply called Tatars, distinguished from Crimean Tatars and Siberian Tatars.


North Macedonian

en-noun

North Macedonian (plural North Macedonians)

Rajhl, 54, a North Macedonian, said that ahead of the fall of Kabul, his employer Kam Air, the largest Afghan private airline, had contingency plans to rebase its three Boeing 737s and three Airbus 340 to Ukraine's capital Kyiv.

2021, Ognen Teofilovski, "We sneaked past the crowd": Airline pilot recounts escape from Kabul, Reuters:

A native or inhabitant of North Macedonia.

Noord-Masedoniër

a native or inhabitant of North Macedonia


Johannesburger

By using a midget, skin-tight car of the kind made in Italy the Johannesburger might save himself much tribulation, but he likes large and glittering things, and would rather toil round his city in vain search of a place to put his supercharged, supergrinning Mammalac than use a baby car.

1949, Douglas Reed, Somewhere South of Suez: A Further Survey of the Grand Design of the Twentieth Century, page 48:

A Johannesburger will seldom ask a visitor what he thinks of the city.

1978, Johannesburg: The Cosmopolitan City, page 7:

All Refilwe knew was that Lerato was a Johannesburger.

2001, Phaswane Mpe, Welcome to Our Hillbrow: A Novel of Postapartheid South Africa, Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 81:


Clemmie

A diminutive of the female given name Clementine.


La Tène

A European Iron Age culture, apparently Celtic.


Toyosaburo

Borrowed from Japanese 豊三郎 (Toyosaburō).

The slim young man told Poulsen that his name was Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu.

1983, Peter Irons, Justice at War: The Story of the Japanese-American Internment Cases, University of California Press, published 1993, page 93:


Mitsuye

Mitsuye Endo (Tsutsumi), who died in fall 2006, represents an unusual case of heroism—a hero both self-effacing and effaced by others.

2016, Greg Robinson, The Great Unknown: Japanese American Sketches, University Press of Colorado, page 93:


Tory Party

(UK politics, historical) Any of several centre-right groupings that historically existed in the UK Parliament between 1678 and the 1800s. Members of the Tory Party founded the modern Conservative Party.

Mr Cleverly, the Chairman of the Tory Party, hit out at Philip Hammond following his announcement to not stand as Conservative MP in the December 12 election.

2019 November 5, Claire Anderson, “James Cleverly savages Philip Hammond's reasons for leaving Tory party as 'wrong'”, in The Express:

Following Theresa May’s departure, Tory party candidates running for prime minister appeared to agree that an investigation into the problem was needed, only to backtrack and give the nod instead to an investigation into all types of “prejudice and discrimination, including antisemitism.”

2019 November 18, Mobashra Tazamal, “I've been researching Islamophobia for years – don’t let anyone tell you there isn’t an epidemic within the Tory party”, in The Independent:

British Conservative Party
w:Conservative Party (UK)

(UK politics) Synonym of the British Conservative Party


Classical Tagalog

Generally they are no longer productive, and cannot be used for derivation either in Classical Tagalog or Classical Arabic.

2013, Jean-Paul G. Potet, Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, pages 82–83

The older form of Tagalog spoken and written in the Philippines from about 1565 C.E. to 1897 C.E., before soon developing into Modern Tagalog (Filipino) by the time of the Philippine Revolution and subsequent American colonial period to present. It developed from Old Tagalog after Christianization in the Spanish colonial period, with heavy influence from Spanish (Early Modern Spanish and Modern Spanish, including influence from Classical Nahuatl (Aztec) and Taíno), Chinese (especially Hokkien), and Japanese. This was also when it first started being written in the Latin script and later the Baybayin script becoming sparsely rarely written.


Old Tagalog

The ancient or older medieval language of Tagalog mostly spoken and sparsely written using the Baybayin script in the Philippines from around its split off from other Central Philippine languages to around 1565 C.E., when it soon developed into Classical Tagalog after Christianization by the Spanish arrival. It developed from Central Philippine, under Greater Central Philippine, under Proto-Philippine, with influence from Old Malay, Classical Sanskrit, Classical Arabic, Middle Tamil, Classical Persian, Old Javanese, and either or both Medieval Min Chinese and/or Late Middle Chinese.

Lumang Tagalog

Baybayin: ᜎᜓᜋᜅ᜔ᜆᜄᜎᜓᜄ᜔, Pre-Kudlit:ᜎᜓᜋᜆᜄᜎᜓ


Fusha

bor

Arabic الْفُصْحَى (al-fuṣḥā)

Fus'ha (alternative)
Fuṣḥā (alternative)

Modern Standard Arabic
Modern Standard Arabic

Modern Standard Arabic and Classical Arabic, taken together: "standard" Arabic, used in religious texts, in writing, and in formal speech, as opposed to the regional "dialects" used for most daily communication.


Ammiyya

Borrowed from Arabic الْعَامِّيَّة (al-ʕāmmiyya).

الْعَامِّيَّة

Colloquial, non-standard Arabic (used especially of eastern Arabic dialects).


Armazic

From Armazi + -ic, in reference to Armazi, an ancient site near Mtskheta, Georgia, where several specimens of a local idiom of written Aramaic have been found.

An extinct written Aramaic language used for administration in the South Caucasus in the first centuries AD.


Gepidic

The hypothetical East Germanic language once spoken by the Gepids.


Ciera

A female given name, a modern variant of Sierra.


Koryo-mar

(linguistics) The Korean dialect spoken in Russia and Central Asia.


United Kingdom Independence Party

UK Independence Party
UK Independence Party#English

(UK politics) Alternative form of UK Independence Party.


Article 50

Article 50 of the Lisbon treaty sets out how an EU country might voluntarily leave the union. The wording is vague, almost as if the drafters thought it unlikely it would ever come into play.

2016 June 25, Jennifer Rankin, Julian Borger, Mark Rice-Oxley, “What is article 50 and why is it so central to the Brexit debate?”, in The Guardian:

The Scottish cross-bench peer who wrote Article 50 - the procedure by which the UK would leave the EU - believed it was "not irrevocable". In a BBC interview, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard said the UK could choose to stay in the EU even after exit negotiations had begun.

2016 November 3, Glenn Campbell, “Article 50 author Lord Kerr says Brexit not inevitable”, in BBC News:

Today, therefore, I am writing to give effect to the democratic decision of the people of the United Kingdom. I hereby notify the European Council in accordance with Article 50 (2) of the Treaty on European Union of the United Kingdom’s intention to withdraw from the European Union.

2017 March 29, Theresa May, Theresa May’s Letter Invoking Article 50:

If the Liberal Democrats were to secure a majority in December, they would revoke Article 50, cancelling Brexit.

2019 November 24, Stephen Wynn-Davies, “Hastings and Rye candidates outline their stances on Brexit”, in The Hastings Observer:

(European politics) Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon which holds the EU's exit clause, allowing and setting out rules for countries leaving the European Union.