Antwerpenaar

It is part of the prison constructed in one of the angles of the citadel, which was built by the Duke of Alva to keep the rebellious Antwerpenaars in check.

1876, Albert D. Vandam, “Genius en Négligé. Two Dutch Pictures by the Author of ‘Famous Bohemians,’ etc.”, in London Society. An Illustrated Magazine of Light and Amusing Literature for the Hours of Relaxation., volume XXIX, London: […], page 120, column 2:

At the head of the famous Antwerpenaars belonging to the immediate circle of Rubens stands Van Dyck.

1888, Conrad Busken Huet, translated by Albert Dresden Vandam, The Land of Rubens: A Companion for Visitors to Belgium and France, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd., page 156:

In helping him, these Antwerpenaars were risking not only death but torture—for he had Fräulein’s secrets.

1942, Katharine Roberts, Center of the Web, Garden City, N.Y.: The Crime Club, page 238:

[…] his fellow-citizens—they take pride in not being Antwerpenaars themselves.

1943, Belgium Zone Handbook, Ministry of Economic Warfare, page 11:

The spacious and idealistic plans of Willem Usselincx, one of the many ex-Antwerpenaars resident in Amsterdam, for the colonization of the New World as a new world, found no sympathetic hearing in realistic Amsterdam, and the West India Company was modelled fairly closely after the East India Company.

1950, Violet Barbour, Capitalism in Amsterdam in the Seventeenth Century, Johns Hopkins University Press, page 136:

In the early 1560s the Protestants there were strengthened both quantitatively and qualitatively by an influx of gentry and wealthy Antwerpenaars, who put this previously small group in touch with their co-religionists at Antwerp.

1973, Acta Historiae Neerlandicae: Studies on the History of the Netherlands, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, →ISBN, page 183:

It is otherwise difficult to account for the exodus of religious from the monasteries, the sharp decline in the generosity of Antwerpenaars towards their senior parish church throughout the 1520s, and the slump in the sales of indulgences in the diocese of Utrecht at the same time.

1985, Ivo Schöffer, edited by S. Groenveld, Bestuurders en Geleerden, Bataafsche Leeuw, →ISBN, page 23:

Gentenaars don't trust Antwerpenaars any more than Carolos the Liégeois, and it is a good guess that the present pressure for decentralization will not stop at the language group level at which it is currently keenest.

1985, Protectionism and Growth: EFTA Round Table, Geneva, 25 January 1985, European Free Trade Association, page 118:

To outsiders, they extended a message of welcome and reassurance, emphasising the fairness and probity of their commercial and legal institutions; to the less prosperous Antwerpenaars watching or taking part in the procession, the repeated message is that what is good for the Cooplieden is good for Antwerp and all its inhabitants, and that dissension and unrest are sinful and against nature.

1996, John Cartwright, “Forms and their Uses: The Antwerp Ommegangen, 1550–1700”, in Meg Twycross, editor, Festive Drama: Papers from the Sixth Triennial Colloquium of the International Society for the Study of Medieval Theatre, Lancaster, 13–19 July, 1989, D. S. Brewer, →ISBN, page 129:

The Antwerpenaars seem to be particularly interested in the herring supply in this account, a fact suggesting that improbable as it may seem on first glance, the large quantities of herring mentioned in the account of 1386-1387 may have been proceeding to Antwerp through Dendermonde after being taken to Ghent over the Lieve canal from Bruges.

1996, David Nicholas, Trade, Urbanisation, and the Family: Studies in the History of Medieval Flanders (Variorum Collected Studies), Variorum, Ashgate Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 35:

Antwerpenaars have no such inhibitions, and know that – in their city, at least – this call will bring forth a man-sized glass of De Koninck (which translates as “The King”).

1998, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson’s Great Beers of Belgium, Running Press, →ISBN, page 182:

At the request of several south German and Italian merchants and transporters (including the Jenisch, Welser, and Fugger firms), as well as some native Antwerpenaars, the city agreed to build a terminal of sorts for the overland trade with Germany and parts south.

2000, Donald J[ames] Harreld, High Germans in the Low Countries: German Merchants and Their Trade in Sixteenth-Century Antwerp, University of Minnesota, page 124:

By 1510 Antwerp was able to boast of three official chambers, The Gillyflower (De Violieren), The Marigold (De Goudbloem), and The Olive Branch (De Olijftak). Although this public support of rhetorician groups was not quite in the same league as in Ghent and Brussels, which supported four each, certainly Antwerpenaars could feel considerable pride in their patronage of three very active drama societies.

2000, Gary K. Waite, “The Chambers of Rhetoric in Antwerp”, in Reformers on Stage: Popular Drama and Religious Propaganda in the Low Countries of Charles V, 1515–1556, Toronto, Ont.: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 51:

An Antwerp institution since its beginnings in 1972 and run by the family Espantoso, Las Mañas attracts not only the Spanish community, but Antwerpenaars seeking some sunshine and sangria.

2002, Brussels & Antwerp: Eating & Drinking (Time Out Guides), Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 187:

The Antwerpenaars feared that this regulation would put a mortgage on the future of the port.

2002, Werner van Hoof, Jan Blomme, editors, Momentum: Antwerp’s Port in the 19th and 20th Century, Pandora, →ISBN, page 45:

In 1541 Antwerpenaars consumed almost 170,000 liters of beer from Hoegaarden and the small village of Zoutleeuw.

2004, Richard W. Unger, Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, published 2007, →ISBN, page 96:

To be preferred over these, especially the choir of St. Jacob’s was admired, strangers and Antwerpenaars alike, for its ‘most exquisite, rare, and illustrious elegance, with so lucid and spacious an ambulatory, and surrounded on all sides, as it were, by marble chapels.’

2005, Hans Vlieghe, Katlijne Van der Stighelen, editors, Sponsors of the Past: Flemish Art and Patronage 1550–1700: Proceedings of the Symposium Organized at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, December, 14–15, 2001, Faculteit Letteren, Departement Archeologie, Kunstwetenschap en Musicologie, Brepols, →ISBN, page 121:

Gentenaars perhaps still feel they inhabit a capital city and tend to think big, if not quite as big as the Antwerpenaars.

2007, André de Vries, Flanders: A Cultural History (Landscapes of the Imagination), Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 65:

And Antwerpenaars (residents of Antwerp) will tell you that they speak better Flemish than Brugeans; if you visit more remote rural districts you will find even more regional differences.

2010, Des Hannigan, Sally Roy, Nia Williams, Europe Travelbook: The Guide to Premier Destinations, AAA, →ISBN, page 54:

In his opinion, this was a typically Dutch response, and others would not do it the same way. But Antwerpenaars also fashioned a self-image out of their flexibility and daring. Both ports measured themselves against the other.

2012, Michael Barry Miller, “[Ports] Antwerp”, in Europe and the Maritime World: A Twentieth-Century History, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, part one (Networks), page 46:

Similarly, Farnese’s offer of reconciliation to the city of Antwerp in November 1584 was reprinted with the Antwerpenaars’ reply in Antwerp, Delft, Dordrecht and Amsterdam.

2012, Monica Stensland, Habsburg Communication in the Dutch Revolt (Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age), Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, page 186:

The valour of the Crusaders which were emphasized in Scribani’s account also gave him the opportunity to expatiate on the courage of the Antwerpenaars who, as vassals of Godfroy, had accompanied him on his journey to the Holy Land.

2012, Raingard Esser, The Politics of Memory: The Writing of Partition in the Seventeenth-Century Low Countries (Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History; 208), Brill Publishers, →ISBN, pages 172–173:

The cozy interior oozes authentic charm and feels like it’s been the family living room of Antwerpenaars for generations.

2017, Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw, Rick Steves Belgium: Bruges, Brussels, Antwerp & Ghent, 2nd edition, Avalon Travel, Perseus Books, →ISBN:

It involved 2000 Antwerpenaars, who helped to measure levels of nitrogen dioxide by placing measuring tubes and sensors outside their windows.

2019, Ali Cheshmehzangi, Ayotunde Dawodu, Sustainable Urban Development in the Age of Climate Change: People: The Cure or Curse, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 160:

As long as it did not lead to excesses (and, as stated earlier, persistent noisy squabbles), twentieth-century Antwerpenaars tended not to intervene in marital disputes.

2020, Antoon Vrints, translated by Michael Lomax, The Theatre of the Street: Public Violence in Antwerp During the First Half of the Twentieth Century, Brill Publishers, →ISBN, page 213:


New Jerseyan

United States of America
United States of America

A native or resident of the state of New Jersey in the United States of America.


Georgia Tech

(informal) Georgia Institute of Technology


Sac State

(informal) California State University, Sacramento


Vindelici

(historical) A former Celtic people of Switzerland and southern Germany.


Polonian

From New Latin Polonia (“Poland”) + -an.


Polonian

en-adj

Polonian (comparative more Polonian, superlative most Polonian)

more Polonian (comparative)
most Polonian (superlative)


RSL

Russian Sign Language
Russian Sign Language#English


Murri

From Gamilaraay mari (“Aboriginal man”).

[O]n the veranda a fight started round the dart-board and two of the Murris threw punches until the barman thumped them apart.

1979, Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, Nelson, page 24:

The local council wanted the Murries to live in town. (The council didn't care too much what the Murries themselves thought of this idea.)

1992, Bill Dodd, Broken Dreams, University of Queensland Press, unnumbered page:

1998, Margaret Henderson, Subdivisions of Suburbia, Andrew McCann (editor), Writing the Everyday, Australian Literary Studies, Volume 18, No. 4, University of Queensland Press, page 78,
She can confidently walk through the mall, and make the politico-spatial connections between what she sees (Murries sitting and begging, crowds of Chinese-Australians, police lurking), what she has experienced in Eagleby (dispossessed whites, Murries unaware of their heritage), and what she has learnt from Roger, Kerry, and the 'Anyday Story'.

‘The Murris don't work to whitefeller schedules. That's not the way it is.’

2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 15:

The immediate background to the event was several massacres, the killings of Murries at Teewah beach, and the "clearing" of the Dawson Valley where other Murries had been fighting a sort of guerilla war against the white invasion of the grasslands.

2006, Martin Cohen, No Holiday: 80 Places You Don't Want to Visit, The Disinformation Company Ltd., unnumbered page:

(Australian Aboriginal, Queensland, New South Wales) An indigenous Australian, especially one from Queensland or northern New South Wales.


Dave Spart

Coined by Private Eye, playing on the word Spartacist (“a member of the International Communist League”).

Now every Dave Spart up the commune knows that basically, to his mind, the only, like, real theatre, man, is made by the people, you know, in the street, man, in the street.

1981, Reyner Banham, Design by Choice, London: Academy Editions:

But of course there is no shortage of people with ingenious ideas about how public money should be spent, and Ken is quite right when he warns us about a whole new generation of Dave Sparts currently working up from the grass roots

We don't get many Dave Sparts these days chopping hands, invoking the working class and using the word "total" twice in every sentence.

Like McGuinness, Wark's Left is populated by a cast of grotesques; of Dave Sparts who sleep with copies of Trotsky's Literature and Revolution tucked under their pillows.


Lizabeth

“I'm a little out of practice,” Grant said. Lizabeth frowned as Grant bent down to pick up the fallen clubs. What was going on? He was an excellent juggler. She'd seen it with her own besotted eyes.

2015, Darlene Gardner, Three's Comedy: A Boxed Set of Romantic Comedies:


Long Islander

A native or resident of Long Island, a region of the state of New York.


Englisher

From English + -er (occupational suffix).

(dated or humorous) Synonym of Englishman: an English person.

A person who translates works into English.


Tigranes

From Latin Tigrānēs, from Ancient Greek Τιγράνης (Tigránēs).
[Alt: Tigran Mets.jpg]

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by several kings of Armenia


one-nation conservative

en-noun

one-nation conservative (plural one-nation conservatives)

one-nation conservatism
one-nation conservatism

(UK politics) A follower of one-nation conservatism.


one-nation conservatism

Refers to the fact that all classes are part of the same nation.

All this links Johnson firmly with his predecessors – Margaret Thatcher, John Major, David Cameron and Theresa May. So does (with Thatcher as the exception that proves the rule) his eagerness – on full display in his remarks in Downing Street on Friday – to employ that emptiest of empty signifiers, “one-nation Conservatism”.

[2019 December 14, Tim Bale, “The real Boris Johnson: one-nation Tory or raging populist?”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

(UK politics) A pragmatic paternalistic form of conservatism, conscious of working-class issues.


Kevan

A male given name from Irish, variant of Kevin.


Soph

A diminutive of the female given names Sophie or Sophia


Beauregard

/ˈboʊɹəɡɑɹd/


Ximena

A female given name from Spanish or Basque.


Rajbanshi

an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Nepal, closely related to Kamta/Rangpuri (Rajbongshi), and written in the Devanagari script


Folkspraak

From Folkspraak folkspraak, from folk (“people”) + spraak (“language”).

constructed language
constructed language

A zonal constructed language based on Germanic languages.


Langue nouvelle

From French langue (“language”) + nouvelle (“new”).

An international auxiliary language created by Joachim Faiguet.


Babm

An international auxiliary language designed by Rikichi Okamoto.


Solresol

From the name of the language in Solresol, based on the solfège notes so, re, and so.

Solresol reached a high-water mark in 1902, when Society head Boleslas Gajewski published a brief Grammaire du Solresol, which represented a refinement and expansion of the grammar rules set down in Sudre's 1866 guide.

Now his elderly widow, stringing telegraph wires around their Paris apartment and experimenting for five days solid, quickly developed a telegraphic version of Solresol in time to present it to the Minister of the Interior.

2015, Paul Collins, Banvard's Folly: Thirteen Tales of Renowned Obscurity, page 106:

A minor constructed language whose phonemes are based upon the solfège.


Interslavic

international auxiliary language
international auxiliary language

An international auxiliary language based on Slavic languages.


Hismaic

A form of the Ancient North Arabian language, from the Hisma sand-desert of southern Jordan and northwest Saudi Arabia.


Shiv

Variant of Shiva, from Sanskrit शिव (Śivá, “the auspicious one”).

der

A male given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.


Shiv

From Siobhan and its other anglicised spellings.

'Hiya, Shiv. It's Bobby Hogan here.' Detective Inspector Bobby Hogan. She'd asked him before not to call her Shiv. A lot of people tried it. Siobhan, pronounced Shi-vawn, shortened to Shiv. When people wrote her name down, it turned into all sorts of erroneous spellings. She remembered that Fairstone had called her 'Shiv' a few times, attempting familiarity. She hated it, and knew she should correct Hogan, but she didn't.

2003, Ian Rankin, A Question of Blood, Orion, →ISBN, page 19:

A diminutive of the female given name Siobhan.


Gabbie

'And Gabbie?'
'Gabbie?'
'Gabriella Patten. Have you spoken to her?'
'Gabbie.' Lynley mused over the diminutive as he tucked into his cornflakes.

1994, Elizabeth George, Playing for the Ashes, Bantam, →ISBN, page 355:

A diminutive of the female given names Gabriella or Gabrielle


Sly

A diminutive of the male given name Sylvester.


Lwalu

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

A Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


Isabela

Borrowed from Spanish Isabela. The province is named after Isabella II of Spain. Doublet of Isabelle.


Bremain

Blend of Britain + remain, by analogy with Brexit.

"We want Britain to remain in the EU. We want not "Brexit" but "Bremain"."

2015 June 22, David Milliken, “U.S. and EU face 'heavy lift' to get trade deal: EU ambassador”, in Reuters:

Like the old Tory trouper Michael Heseltine, I think we can rule out him leading the “Outers.” For Brexit, read Bremain.

2015 October 8, Paul Routledge, “Europe referendum is the big political issue – but where do the parties stand?”, in The Mirror:

Brexit or Bremain? That is the question British voters may have to answer in just five months’ time on 23 June, if David Cameron’s renegotiation ends with a deal at the EU summit in February.

2016 February 21, Timothy Garton Ash, “Whether Brexit or Bremain, fear will triumph over fear”, in The Guardian:

But today the disconnect was heightened further as London's army of Bremain-backing resident called on the city's new mayor Sadiq Khan, to declare Greater London and its nine million population an independent state.

2016 June 25, Jon Austin, “Could London become an EU state? Calls for independence after capital votes to Bremain”, in Express:

(UK politics) The fact of the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union.


Ionic Greek

The dialect of Ancient Greek used on Euboea and other islands in the Aegean Sea and in parts of Asia Minor, from around 1000 to 300 B.C.E., closely related to Attic Greek and contributing a great deal to Epic Greek. The language of Herodotus, Hippocrates, and Archilochus.

ionien

dialect of Ancient Greek used on Euboea and elsewhere ~1000–300 BC


Attic Greek

The dialect of Ancient Greek used in Attica, the region surrounding Athens, from 500 to 300 B.C.E., closely related to Ionic Greek and a main contributor to Koine Greek. The language of Thucydides, Plato, Aeschylus, Xenophon, etc.

ատտիկյան

pre-eminent Ancient Greek dialect used in Attica 500–300 BC

阿提卡希腊语

Ātíkǎ Xīlà yǔ


Koren

Koren Zailckas, b. 1980

Koren Robinson, b. 1980


Emesene

This association may be explained by the kinship between the Emesene gods and those of Baalbek.

2005, Maurice Sartre, The Middle East Under Rome, →ISBN, page 77:

The Emesene guardsman's blade sparked off the marble.

2011, Harry Sidebottom, Lion of the Sun: Warrior of Rome, →ISBN:

But the names were presumably popular Emesene ones and may not necessarily refer to the royal family, despite the names' close associations with both the ruling dynasty and the Emesene Sun cult.

2016, Warwick Ball, Rome in the East: The Transformation of an Empire, →ISBN:

Of or pertaining to Emesa or its region.


Egan

en-proper noun

Egan (countable and uncountable, plural Egans)

From Irish Ó hAodhagáin, literally, “descendant of Aodhagán”, from Old Irish Áedacán, from Áed + -acán, from áed (“fire”).

(countable) An unknown-gender given name transferred from the surname


BoJo

(UK politics, slang) The British politician and journalist Boris Johnson (born 1964), Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022.


Corona

All ultimately from Latin corōna (“crown”).
* (Corona, California): From Spanish corona (“crown, wreath”), chosen to play upon a unique feature of the city, the one-mile diameter drive that circled the center of the town.
* (Corona, New Mexico):
* (Corona, South Dakota): May be a transfer from Corona, Queens.
* (Corona, Queens): One theory is that it was renamed by music producer Benjamin W. Hitchcock, a developer who renamed the area in 1872 and sold off land for residential development. Another theory is that real estate developer Thomas Waite Howard, who became the first postmaster in 1872, petitioned to have the post office name changed to Corona in 1870, suggesting that it was the “crown of Queens County”. A third theory is that it is derived from the crown used as an emblem by the Crown Building Company, which is said to have developed the area. The Italian immigrants who moved into the new housing stock referred to the neighborhood by Italian corona or Spanish corona (“crown”).
* (surname): 1. From Spanish corona and Italian corona (“crown”), perhaps applied as a habitational name for someone who lived in a house with this sign, or as a nickname for someone who had a tonsure in fulfillment of a religious vow or who had influence and power. 2. From Italian Corona, a female given name, of the same derivation.
* (given name): From Late Latin Corōna, meaning “crown”.
* (beer): From Spanish corona (“crown”).
* (coronavirus): Clipping of coronavirus, from corona + virus.
* (cigar): From Spanish La Corona (literally “The Crown”), the name of a brand.

bor

“Scott—Corona Scott.” She stretched to shake his hand across the narrow aisle. “But my friends call me Rona—Corona sounds a bit uppish, so I've been told.” / “Gordon C. McCormick—Gordy,” he introduced himself, giving her another grin.

2011, M. R. Tighe, Judgment on Tartarus, Tucson, AZ: Wheatmark, →ISBN, page 3:

Tom Hanks has sent a letter and a Corona brand typewriter to an Australian boy who wrote to him about being bullied about his name, Corona. / Corona De Vries, an eight-year-old from the Gold Coast in Queensland, wrote to the Hollywood star after the actor and his wife, Rita Wilson, spent more than two weeks in quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19.

2020 April 24, “Tom Hanks pens heartfelt letter to bullied Australian boy named Corona”, in The Guardian:


Central Kurdish

The Kurdish language spoken by the majority of Kurds in Iran and Iraq.


Claytonian

A native or inhabitant of any of the places called Clayton.


Little Red Book

In reference to the book's red colour, and because red is the traditional colour representing Communism.

Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, a book widely distributed in Communist China.


Gwynn

en-prop

Gwynn (countable and uncountable, plural Gwynns)


Gwynne

Gwynne (countable and uncountable, plural Gwynnes)

(less common) A female given name from Welsh.

A hamlet in the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10, central Alberta, Canada.


Slobbovian

An imaginary language spoken in the imaginary country Slobbovia


Adell

A male given name from the Germanic languages, of rare usage, variant of Adel.


Round Table

Then, after a while, King Arthur said: "Let us go and see if, haply, this youth's name is marked upon any of the seats of the Round Table, for I think it should be there."

1905, Howard Pyle, The Story of the Champions of the Round Table, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 21:

(Arthurian legend) King Arthur's table in the Arthurian legend, around which he and his knights congregate, all having equal status since the table has no head.


Brexiteer

/ˌbɹɛksɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/

From Brexit + -eer, playing on musketeer and the novel The Three Musketeers.

After Ken Clarke's "Charge of Light Brigade" hit on Brexiteers in @Daily_Telegraph, Defra SoS likened to Lord Raglan in #CAP reform debate

2013 June 18, Huw Irranca-Davies, “@huw4ogmore”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 2016-11-16:

Whether you are a Europhile or a Brexiteer, it’s hard to see what’s not to like about a market-driven initiative that aims to pull down barriers to more investment across Europe.

2015 October 4, William Wright, “A plan from Brussels where Britain can take the lead”, in The Daily Telegraph, London, archived from the original on 2018-11-09:

Denying he [David Cameron] was a "closet Brexiteer", as his former aide Steve Hilton has claimed, the PM told reporters: "I withdraw absolutely nothing I've previously said. Britain is an amazing country. We can find our way whatever the British people choose.

2016 May 27, “David Cameron: I am not a closet Brexiteer”, in The Herald, Glasgow:

A leading Tory Brexiteer has insisted quitting the EU does not mean the numbers of people coming to Britain will be slashed – and claimed Vote Leave never said it would.

2016 June 25, Tim Sculthorpe, “Tory Brexiteer Dan Hannan insists quitting the EU does NOT mean dramatic cuts to the number of immigrants coming to Britain”, in Daily Mail, London, archived from the original on 2016-06-26:

For Brexiteers in the UK, a free trade deal with the US was one of several promises made before and after the 2016 referendum that have failed to come to fruition.

2023 July 8, Jo Harper, “UK-US: What's happened to their free trade deal?”, in dw.com:

[Margaret] Thatcher was no Brexiteer. She was a strong supporter of the Single Market and thought that the [Channel] tunnel would help cement it.

2023 December 27, Christian Wolmar, “Hope springs eternal for greater use of the Channel Tunnel”, in RAIL, number 999, page 26:

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

Completing the Three Brexiteers is Boris Johnson, the UK's new Foreign Secretary.

2016 July 14, Christian May, “May and the three Brexiteers lead Britain”, in City A.M., London:

For newspapers with only the Olympics to write about during August, the squabbling "Three Brexiteers" – the senior ministers supposedly tasked with executing the will of the British people to remove us from the European Union – came as a gift.

2016 September 7, Simon Heffer, “The Three Brexiteers”, in New Statesman, London, published 9–15 September 2016, archived from the original on 2018-10-20:

She [British Prime Minister Theresa May] urges people to get behind the team of ministers working for Brexit: David Davis, Liam Fox, Priti Patel and Boris Johnson. (It seems Patel has now been co-opted as a fourth Brexiteer.)

2016 October 2, Andrew Sparrow, “May says workers’ rights will be protected as long as she is PM – Politics live”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 2017-01-06:

That was until she announced that Boris Johnson would have to share Chevening, the foreign secretary’s grace-and-favour country retreat, with his fellow cabinet Brexiteers, David Davis and Liam Fox.

2016 October 31, Matt Chorley, “Bluster, bickering and three Brexiteers: Stage is set for a satire made in heaven: Yes Minister creator finds comic gold among Chevening’s trio of new tenants”, in The Times, London, archived from the original on 2017-01-08:

It's worth remembering all the Three Brexiteers, who campaigned to Leave, are still in place.

2017 June 11, Anoosh Chakelian, “Government reshuffle: Who’s who in Theresa May’s new team?: While attempting to cling on to power, the Prime Minister is making some new appointments”, in New Statesman, London, archived from the original on 2017-08-15:

At the moment, our future is being decided by Theresa May’s desperate attempts to remain as prime minister (and to do this she has to kowtow to the wishes of the three Brexiteers Boris Johnson, David Davis, and Jacob Rees-Mogg). The future, therefore, is not being decided by us.

2018 August 11, Athian Akec, “As a 15-year-old youth MP, I can tell you why ignoring our young people on the final Brexit deal will be a disaster”, in The Independent, London, archived from the original on 2018-08-15:

(UK politics) Usually in plural: a holder of any of the posts in the British Cabinet tasked with negotiating the country's exit from the European Union.


Baniwa

A member of a group of South American Indians inhabiting the Amazon Region, in the border area of Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela and along the Rio Negro and its tributaries.


Baniwa

An Arawakan language spoken in Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil.

Curripaco

sometimes considered a separate language from the Baniwa language(s)


Bodder

Jocular modification of Bodleian + -er. See Oxford "-er".

(Oxford University slang, archaic) The Bodleian Library.


Vikky

A female given name, alternative form of Vicky


Khaling

a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in Nepal and India


Ngaanyatjarra

Western Desert language
Western Desert language

A Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal language spoken in the Warburton Ranges of central Australia; a major dialect of the Western Desert language group.


Ngaanyatjarra

Pertaining to the Ngaatjatjarra language or the people who speak it.


Huntingtonian

A follower of the ideologies of the English Calvinist preacher William Huntington (1745-1813).


Bloody Code

(historical) A schedule of crimes and punishments in 19th-century England that introduced the death penalty for numerous offences.


Oti

An extinct language isolate once spoken in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, between the Peixe and Pardo rivers.


Gallo-Romance

This contact zone is characterized by numerous transitions and continuities. Gascon and Catalan form a transition between Ibero- and Gallo-Romance; Francoprovençal functions as a mediator between northern and southern Gallo-Romance; and the three dialect groups of Raeto-Romance constitute the transitional area between Gallo-Romance and Italo-Romance, especially the northern Italian dialects which are best grouped under the label 'Gallo-Italic'.

Georg Bossong, Classifications, in: 2016, Adam Ledgeway, Martin Maiden (eds.), The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages (Oxford Guides to the World's Languages), p. 63ff., here p. 66

A language family, comprising Romance languages spoken in France, northern Italy and northern Spain. Specifically Walloon, Picard, Norman, French, Franco-Provençal, although broader definitions include Occitano-Romance, Rhaeto-Romance (Romansch, Ladin, Friulian) and/or Gallo-Italic (e.g. Lombard) languages


Ngawun

An extinct Australian Aboriginal language formerly spoken in Queensland.


Getae

From Latin Getae, from Ancient Greek Γέται (Gétai).

(historical) A Dacian tribe inhabiting the regions of the lower Danube.


Franco-Levantine

en-adj

Franco-Levantine (comparative more Franco-Levantine, superlative most Franco-Levantine)

more Franco-Levantine (comparative)
most Franco-Levantine (superlative)

Is she not herself in Egypt also taken in the toils of Franco-Levantine influences, as dominant at Cairo as they are at Constantinople ?

1917, Stephen Lucius Gwynn, Gertrude M. Tuckwell, The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Bart., M.P., page 480:

This renowned Franco-Levantine restaurant and bar provides a welcome escape from the bustle of the city centre.

2001, Dorling Kindersley, Egypt, →ISBN, page 283:

In the case of Maadi the tone would be unmistakably English and in the case of Heliopolis, Franco-Levantine.

2001, Mercedes Volait, Le Caire-Alexandrie architectures européennes, 1850-1950, →ISBN, page 107:

Characteristic of the culture of Franco-Levantines.


duplicand

(Scots law) A doubling of the duty to be paid on a feu.


red box

gray-box testing
red box
white box (software engineering)

Coordinate term: dispatch box

Downing Street has rejected suggestions that David Cameron might have caused a security breach by briefly leaving his official ministerial red box unaccompanied on the table of a train carriage.

2013 September 9, Ben Quinn, “No 10 denies David Cameron red box security breach”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) A secure briefcase-like box used by ministers in the British government to carry their documents.


Dear Abby

An advice column written under the pen name Abigail Van Buren.


Igraine

(Arthurian legend) The mother of King Arthur.


Niniane

(Arthurian legend) A priestess in Arthurian legend who succeeded Viviane as Lady of the Lake.


Geronimo

A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Jerome


Friscan

Friscan (comparative more Friscan, superlative most Friscan)

more Friscan (comparative)
most Friscan (superlative)


Jarai

A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by the Jarai people.


Bobert

Bobert gave the audience a coy glance.

2001, Bart Wheeler, Barn-Like Rome, →ISBN, page 186:

Bobert guided her into the opening of the barn.

2014, Barbara D. Gaylor, Hammock Bound, →ISBN:

Flooded with relief, I waited as Bobert took out a notepad and pen.

2016, Darynda Jones, The Dirt on Ninth Grave, →ISBN:


Winnet

Diminutive of Winifred used in 18th- and 19th-century America.


Kotiria

Borrowed from Guanano [Term?] (literally “water people”). See ko (“water”).


K-Mid

K-Mid’s look was completed with grey Rupert Sanderson high heels. Unusually, her hair was curled beneath the brim for the Queen’s Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey.

2016, Joely Chilcott, Fifty shades of K: Duchess shows her greys in drab hat and coat (in The Sun newspaper)

(UK, slang) Kate Middleton, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.


fastwalker

From fast + walker, from the notion that UFOs travel fast. Originally a code word created by NORAD.


Proto-Central Algonquian

(linguistics, historical) The formerly-hypothesized proto-language of the Central Algonquian languages, now recognized to be in effect Proto-Algonquian because Central Algonquian is not a genetic group.


Gwendie

Short for Gwendoline or variants, + -ie.


Maltraljan

A variety of the Maltese language spoken in Australia.


Cape Dutch

The people of the Western Cape of South Africa, descended from Dutch and other European immigrants and their Asian and African slaves, who remained more or less loyal subjects of European powers into the 19th century.

(South Africa, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, dated) Afrikaner people


Cape Dutch

A Dutch dialect of South Africa, which developed into Afrikaans.


Short money

Named after Edward Short (later Lord Glenamara), the leader of the House of Commons who first proposed the payments.

(UK politics) An annual payment made to opposition parties in the House of Commons, to help them with their costs.


Cranborne money

Named after Lord Cranborne, who was leader of the House of Lords when it was introduced on 27 November 1996.

(UK politics) An annual payment made to opposition parties in the House of Lords, to help them with their costs.


Benedicite

/ˌbɛnəˈdiːt͡ʃɪteɪ/

From Latin benedīcite, a plural imperative of benedīcō (“I bless, I praise”, literally “I say well [of]”).

But one or two, who nourished in their bosoms respect for the downfallen hierarchy—casting first a timorous glance around, to see that no one observed them—hastily crossed themselves—bent their knee to sister Magdalen, by which name they saluted her—kissed her hand, or even the hem of her dalmatique—received with humility the Benedicite with which she repaid their obeisance; […]

1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 266:

A canticle, the Latin version of which begins with the word benedīcite (“praise ye!”), which may be used in the order for morning prayer in Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.


Nicey

A female given name, diminutive of Eunice.


Kiyomi

Yamaguchi and Hedican also wanted to start a family, and their wishes came true when daughter Keara Kiyomi Hedican was born on October 1, 2003.

2013, Judy L. Hasday, Kristi Yamaguchi, Infobase Publishing, page 76:


Synthia

A rare (non-standard) spelling of Cynthia.


Remainiac

Though no Remainiac, I will vote in.

2016 June 11, Rachel Johnson, “RACHEL JOHNSON: Just stop picking on my big brother! (But, sorry Boris, I'm still voting In)”, in The Daily Mail:

Nevertheless, given that my proxy vote is safely secured back in Blighty, an international festival for creativity provides perfect context to ask the question, 'If the EU referendum were a competition in branding, which camp would win?’ Who gets your branding vote, Brexiteer or Remainiac?

2016 June 23, Greg Taylor, “If the EU referendum were a competition in branding, which side would win?”, in The Drum:

2017 August 2, Chris Campbell, “What was the point? Ferrari slates Remainiac in Brexit row for trying to ruin the Proms”, in Daily Express:

Together, they’ve conquered Middle England and seen of the Remainiacs.

2017 August 14, Julia Rampen, “5 unmissable Nigel Farage scenes from Bad Boys of Brexit: The Movie”, in New Statesman:

(UK politics, slang, neologism) One who opposes the idea of Brexit and wishes the United Kingdom to remain a member of the European Union.


Zaynab

Arabic زَيْنَب (zaynab, literally “fragrant flower”).


Antarean

(science fiction) A native or inhabitant of Antares.


Marylyn

A female given name, variant of Marilyn.


Chiwere

A Siouan language originally spoken by the Missouria, Otoe, and Iowa peoples.


Debs

A short form of the female given name Deborah.


Zarphatic

From Hebrew צָרְפַת (tsar'fát, “France”) + -ic.

An extinct Romance language, formerly spoken among the French Jews of northern France and in parts of west-central Germany.


Clevelander

The Clevelander took offense to his city being referred to as the "Mistake by the Lake".


Jenson

A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Jensen


Tagoi

A Rashad language, closely related to Tegali, spoken near the town of Rashad in southern Kordofan in Sudan.


Wash

A diminutive of the male given name Washington.


Istro-Venetian

The dialect of Venetian spoken in Istria.


Serzh

From Armenian Սերժ (Serž). Doublet of Sergey.


Chelsey

A female given name transferred from the place name, variant of Chelsea.


Agravain

(Arthurian legend) One of the knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend.


Saigonese

(linguistics) A dialect of Vietnamese spoken in and around Saigon.


Thatcher effect

Named after British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013), whose image was used as an example.

named-after

The phenomenon whereby it is more difficult to detect local feature changes in an upside-down face, despite identical changes being obvious in an upright face.


Thatcher illusion

Named after British prime minister Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013).

optical illusion
optical illusion#English

The optical illusion resulting from the Thatcher effect.


Natty

A diminutive of the female given name Natalie.


Myrna

Anglicization of Irish Muirne (“beloved”). Popularized by the American actress Myrna Loy.


Corbynmania

As Corbynmania took off, a paper cup he had drunk from at a rally was sold on eBay for £51.

2016, Rosa Prince, Comrade Corbyn: A Very Unlikely Coup:

Neither he, nor anyone else, had counted on 'Corbynmania' sweeping the Labour ranks as a growing base of young activists got fired up by an antiausterity message and the unassuming, authentic character promoting it.

(UK politics, neologism) Enthusiasm for Jeremy Corbyn (born 1949), British socialist politician elected leader of the Labour Party in 2015.


Kaylyn

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Mordecai

Borrowed from Hebrew מָרְדֳּכַי (mordocháy).


Gigi

Borrowed from French Gigi. Sometimes a pet form of English names such as Virginia or Genesis.
Occasionally from initials G.G. (e.g. George General 'Gigi' Gryce).


City of Hate

In reference to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.


Latinx

The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered Spanish suffixes -a and -o. Reinforced by United States Spanish latinx.

-a-o-x

(which see for more)

"Black and/or Latinx transgender people often find ourselves the target of increased police hostility,..."

2015, Eric A. Stanley, Nat Smith, Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex, →ISBN:

There is also the fact that, from an early age, people of color— especially young black people and to some extent Hispanic and Latinx/Latino/Latina people—are automatically sexualized to a higher degree by white observers [...]

2015, Julie Decker, The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality, →ISBN:

[…] anti-black racism, anti-Latinx racism, […]

2016, Charles J. Sykes., Fail U.: The False Promise of Higher Education, →ISBN, page 188:

Police found no weapon on 93% of the people stopped, and it is unclear what was found on the remaining 7%. Actually, among people that the police frisked, black and Latinx people were less likely than white people to have a weapon on them.

2019 November 18, Derecka Purnell, “Bloomberg's weak apology for stop-and-frisk is too little, too late”, in The Guardian:

(chiefly US, sometimes proscribed, sometimes offensive, see usage notes) Of Latin American descent or origin.


Latinx

en-noun

Latinx (plural Latinxs or Latinx or Latinxes)

Latinxs (plural)
Latinx (plural)
Latinxes (plural)

Spanish: latinx

(which see for more)

@nmoon Looks can be deceiving, but I "see" no Latinx, several multi-racials, 3 whites 90% AfrAm. I don't see anyone who looks solely AsAmer

2008 July 26, Elisa Camahort Page, “Elisa Camahort Page on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 2016-11-17:

@metalmujer @soylamar there's also a variant with an x (Latinxs, maestrxs, etc.) but not quite as popular as @

2011 April 20, Karari Kue, “Karari Kue on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 2016-11-17:

@kararikue @metalmujer I would love to read more abt the variations of Latin@ Latinx send me links, working on a presentation on diversity

2011 April 21, Reina Valenzuela, “Reina Valenzuela on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 2016-11-17:

Asian Latinxs … Chicanxs/Latinxs …

2015 Fall, City on a Hill Press-Primer, page 30

Exclusion mainly occurs because Latinxs are conceived by the dominant Euroamerican culture as not belonging, as perpetual “illegals.”

2016, Miguel A. De La Torre, The U.S. Immigration Crisis: Toward an Ethics of Place, page 72:

[And] there is no reason Latinxs shouldn't be the ones to fill them.

Do stars with “hyphenated identities” have a responsibility to their constituencies (for example, a Latinx star to young Latinxes)?

2019, Kristin Lené Hole, Dijana Jelača, Film Feminisms: A Global Introduction, Routledge, →ISBN:

Her [Lucila D. Ek’s] research focuses on the bilingualism, biliteracy, and identities of Latinxes.

2019, “Author Biographies”, in Inmaculada M. García-Sánchez, Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, editors, Language and Cultural Practices in Communities and Schools: Bridging Learning for Students from Non-Dominant Groups, New York, N.Y., London: Routledge, →ISBN, page xiii:

Similarly, White Latinx people, who can pass in the United States as part of the dominant culture, sometimes experience pressure to not identify as Latinx or are told they are not as Latinx as brown-hued Latinxes.

2019, Grisel Y. Acosta, editor, Latina Outsiders Remaking Latina Identity, Routledge, →ISBN:

Dr Pigozzi’s book is essential reading for professionals who want to deliver effective and equitable care for Latinx.

2020, Teddie M. Potter, “Foreword”, in Laura Maria Pigozzi, Caring for and Understanding Latinx Patients in Health Care Settings, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 10:

Seventy percent of Latinxes’ ages 5 and older speak English proficiently, yet English proficiency varies across bilingual communities in the U.S. South Americans have the largest percentage (66.8%) of children who speak English very well, while 43.1% of Mexicans and 41.0% of Central American children (ages 5 – 18 years) speak English less than well.

2020, Sheila Bridges-Bond, “A Bilingual Child Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)”, in Diane M. Scott, editor, Cases on Communication Disorders in Culturally Diverse Populations (Advances in Linguistics and Communication Studies), IGI Global, →ISBN, page 92:

With the 2000 and 2016 presidential elections being decided by the electoral college rather than the popular vote, the distribution of Latinx is of prime political importance. Latinx are learning that the best defenses against xenophobic laws are U.S. citizenship and the right to vote.

2020, Edwin David Aponte, Miguel A. De La Torre, Introducing Latinx Theologies, Orbis Books, →ISBN:

The following section seeks to deepen our understanding of the heterogeneity of Latinxes.

2020, Desiree D. Zerquera, Jasmine Haywood, Martín De Mucha, “More Than Nuance: Recognizing and Serving the Diversity of the Latinx Community”, in Robert T. Teranishi, Bach Mai Dolly Nguyen, Cynthia M. Alcantar, Edward R. Curammeng, editors, Measuring Race: Why Disaggregating Data Matters for Addressing Educational Inequality (James A. Banks, editor, Multicultural Education), Teachers College Press, →ISBN, part II (Unmasking Educational Inequality Through Disaggregated Data), page 157:

Recent national elections launched millions of young people, women, working people, LGBTQIA+ people; those concerned about the environment; Blacks, Latinxes, and immigrants fighting voter suppression; and others into electoral politics, movement building, and community organizing.

2021, Nicholas Freudenberg, “From Now to Next: How to Build a Movement for Another World”, in At What Cost: Modern Capitalism and the Future of Health, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 298:

GARCÍA I think that's such a great way of thinking about some of the critical issues that we're facing today as Latino/Latina/Latinxes, however you identify yourself, in the United States.

2021, Michael M. Chemers, editor, The Theatre of Luis Valdez, Routledge, →ISBN:

While Farrakhan’s body gains its meaning through relationship to the Wheel, his true “mother,” Farrakhan is connected to the meaning of black women’s bodies and to all “black” people’s bodies—black in all the colors and “races” of blackness—historically, Native Americans, Asians, Latinxes, and the people of African descent, among whom African Americans are most significant.

2022, Stephen C. Finley, In and Out of This World: Material and Extraterrestrial Bodies in the Nation of Islam, Duke University Press, →ISBN:

Latinxes often view their achievements as being dependent on the outcome of others.

2022, Bryan Powell, Gareth Dylan Smith, editors, Places and Purposes of Popular Music Education: Perspectives from the Field, Intellect, →ISBN:

The handbook authors draw on their methodological expertise and demonstrate in their individual chapters how Latinx are crafting lived theologies of liberation through their words, actions, and embodied faith. […] Reimagining Christianity and its theological constructs, and proclaiming what it can be for US Latinx, as well as demonstrating what this looks like, is at the heart of all of the chapters.

2022, Kristy Nabhan-Warren, “Introduction: Una Historia de perseverancia y resiliencia pueblo (A People’s History of Perseverance and Resilience)”, in The Oxford Handbook of Latinx Christianities in the United States, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4:

(chiefly US, sometimes proscribed, sometimes offensive, see usage notes) A Latin person (of any gender); a Latino or Latina.


Haketia

An endangered Jewish Romance language spoken in North-Africa.


Grady

From the Irish surname, from Ó Grádaigh (see O'Grady) or Mag Bhrádaigh (see McGrady).


man in black

Coordinate term: black helicopter

Ever since the cessation of activity by Albert Bender in 1954, and followed closely by a few others, whose disappear[a]nce though less spectacular, from this field of work, caused a stir among the then active workers; the words he used in reference to his case "that he had been visited by three men in black, who demanded that he cease his investigations" left many to conjecture as to who they were, and what was their reason and who they represented.

1958, The Australian Saucer Record, volume 4, number 4, page 1:

Often they arrive at the scene of a UFO landing before those involves have had a chance to tell their story to the authorities, indicating that these Men-in-Black can read – as well as CONTROL – minds.

1991 March 26, John A. Keel, “Who are the UFO silencers?”, in Weekly World News, volume 12, number 25, page 8:

In many UFO sightings in which evidence of the sighting is claimed to exist, government "men in black" are reported to appear at the witnesses' doors demanding the evidence and threatening witnesses in the event they divulge any information regarding their sighting.

1995, James L. Thompson, Alien encounters: the deception menace, Cedar Fort, page 52:

Stories of “men-in-black,” who confront those who have witnessed a UFO with the intention of persuading them to keep their knowledge of space creatures a secret, are also amenable to folkloristic analysis.

1995, John A. Saliba, “UFO Contactee Phenomena from a Sociopsychological Perspective: A Review”, in The Gods have landed: new religions from other worlds, SUNY Press, page 218:

(ufology) A covert government operative, wearing a black suit and black aviator sunglasses, believed by conspiracy theorists to cover up UFO incidents.


Brexiter

/ˈbɹɛɡzɪtə(ɹ)/

2016 February 20, Timothy Garton Ash, “Here’s how to argue with a Brexiter – and win”, in The Guardian, title:

Trump and the Tory Brexiters are cut from the same cloth.

2016 March 2, Deborah Orr, “What do Trump and Brexiters have in common? A disregard for all but themselves”, in The Guardian:

The proposal, made ahead of Thursday's crucial vote on Britain's continued EU membership, is designed to deflect accusations that Brexiters - as supporters of Britain's exit from the EU are popularly known - have used crude anti-immigrant and racist slogans to pollute the political debate during the EU referendum campaign and may have even indirectly inspired last week's murder of Mrs Jo Cox, a local opposition MP and fervent migration defender.

2016 June 21, Jonathan Eyal, “Brexiter's call for amnesty for illegals seen as a gimmick”, in The Straits Times:


Number Eleven

11 Downing Street
11 Downing Street#English

(UK politics, colloquial) Synonym of 11 Downing Street


11 Downing Street

(UK politics) The address of the residence in London of the Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom.

Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chancellor of the Exchequer

(UK politics, by extension, idiomatic) The title or office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

(UK politics, by extension, idiomatic) HM Treasury of the United Kingdom.


Josella

"Sh!" said Josella, holding up a finger, and turning her ear to the wind. I held my breath, and strained my ears.

1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids:


Johnsonism

Johnsonism (countable and uncountable, plural Johnsonisms)

Truss won the race to replace Johnson by presenting herself as both the continuity candidate[…]and the new guard who would do away with all the boring bits of Johnsonism, such as raising taxes to pay for things.

2022 October 14, Tom McTague, “The Liz Truss Travesty Becomes Britain’s Humiliation”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 2022-10-15:

(UK politics) The ideology, doctrine and practice of former United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson.


remainer

The government’s “bullish” and “macho” approach to Brexit should not stop Conservative backbenchers from tabling amendments to the crucial repeal bill, a leading Tory remainer has said.

2017 September 4, “End ‘macho’ Brexit posturing, Anna Soubry urges May”, in The Guardian:

The reason this once-devout remainer doggedly sticks to these lines is obvious: even if opinion polling suggests that residual popular belief in Brexit is now ebbing away, the Labour party has to secure the support of people who voted leave in 2016, switched from Labour to the Tories in 2019, and would supposedly greet any talk of revisiting the basics of Brexit with anger and dismay.

2023 January 1, John Harris, “The wreckage of Brexit is all around us. How long can our politicians indulge in denial?”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) Alternative letter-case form of Remainer


Regrexit

Blend of regret + Brexit, said to have been coined on 24 June 2016 by one Carl Gardner in a Twitter post (see quotations) following the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum on 23 June 2016.

Labour has one chance now. To emerge within weeks as Britain's centrist "Regrexit Unionist" party. If it did that, even I might forgive it.

2016 June 24, Carl Gardner (@carlgardner), Twitter, archived from the original on 2016-11-02:

There are leave voters who confessed to reporters that they never thought their side would actually win, that their vote had only ever been intended as a protest, presumed to be safe because surely everyone else would vote the other way. […] A Twitter user came up with a new coinage for this rapid form of buyer's remorse: Regrexit. […] When some of those leave voters see that Brexit has not brought back the good jobs of old, that housing is still in desperately short supply and that a migrant family still lives round the corner, the Regrexit sentiment will grow.

2016 June 24, Jonathan Freedland, “For the 48%, this was a day of despair: Soon we will become little Britain. The signs of Regrexit are cold comfort for those of us who voted to remain.”, in The Guardian, London, archived from the original on 2016-09-13, subtitle:

From reports, the UK is moving rapidly from Brexit to Regrexit.

2016 June 26, Abhidevananda <abhide...@sarkarverse.org>, “Re: Brexit”, in uk.philosophy.humanism (Usenet), message-ID <t9ybz.34812$LR2.4319@fx26.fr7>:

In the spirit of Brexit, these attitudes even have their own media-friendly nickname: Bregret or Regrexit.

2016 June 27, Adam Taylor, “Bregret? Regrexit? Don't bet on it.”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2016-10-06:

There were many reasons for the Leave vote, and Regrexit is now gaining momentum.

2016 June 29, Anna Wallis, “Brexit lessons here”, in Wanganui Chronicle:

Within a few days, petitions to re-do the vote emerged with more than four million signatures, known as 'Regrexit.'

2017, Markus M.L. Crepaz, European Democracies, Routledge, →ISBN:

There's a chance, especially with the 'Regrexit' sentiment surfacing, that the U.K. will still be part of the EU in two years.

2018, Victor O. Okocha, Leadership and Development Crises in Africa: A New Approach to an Old Challenge, Dorrance Publishing, →ISBN, page 234:

(UK politics) A feeling of regret about Brexit taking place, or about having voted for it.


UKIPer

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


N'ko

A literary language itself written in the script.


Elie

Variously a form of Elijah used in Romanian, French, and some other languages, or short for names like Eliezer.

Elie Faure (author of a 1922 History of Art)

Elie Wiesel (author of Night)


Kristang

From Malay Kristang, from Portuguese cristão. Cognate with Japanese キリシタン (kirishitan, “early Japanese Christianity”).

cog

Malacca Creole Portuguese
Malacca Creole Portuguese#English


Annobonese

A Portuguese creole spoken in Annobón Province, Equatorial Guinea.


Cazcan

Borrowed from Cazcan cazcan (“there is not any”) (via Spanish caxcanes), the tribe's response when the Spaniards who encountered them asked for food.

Cazcan. — In Zacatecas and Jalisco. (Extinct.)

1903, Guy Carleton Lee, The history of North America, page 440:


Ch'olti'

The Mayan language spoken by the Manche Ch'ol people of eastern Guatemala and southern Belize, an ancient variety of which is known as Classic Ch'olti'an, Classic Maya(n) or Epigraphic Maya(n).


Koreanic

/kəɹiːˈænɪk/

A language family spoken primarily in the Korean Peninsula, consisting of Korean proper and Jeju together with extinct ancient relatives.


Ciguayo

The language of these people, which was not Arawakan or Cariban, and of which a single word is attested (tuob).


Westrobothnian

en-adj

Westrobothnian (comparative more Westrobothnian, superlative most Westrobothnian)

more Westrobothnian (comparative)
most Westrobothnian (superlative)


Westrobothnian

A native or inhabitant of Westrobothnia.


Westrobothnian

The dialects of Swedish spoken in the historical province of Westrobothnia.


Jibril

Borrowed from Arabic جِبْرِيل (jibrīl). Doublet of Gabriel.

A male given name from Arabic used chiefly among Muslims, the Arabic version of Gabriel.


Miho

Coordinate term: Mihoko


Miho

From Serbo-Croatian Miho, from Mihajlo/Mihael/Mihovil.

A male given name from Serbo-Croatian, equivalent to English Mike.


Hoshiko

Borrowed from Japanese 星子 (ほしこ, Hoshiko, “star child”).


Tataviam

A Native American group in southern California.


Aleppine

A person from, or an inhabitant of, Aleppo.

حَلَبِيّ

a person from, or an inhabitant of, Aleppo


DfE

Department for Education
w:Department for Education

(UK, education, UK politics) Initialism of Department for Education.


Defra

For Defra, funding for flood defences and disease prevention are likely to be protected.

2015 November 11, Emma Howard, “Defra hit by largest budget cuts of any UK government department, analysis shows”, in The Guardian:

w:Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

(UK politics) Initialism of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Yoko

Borrowed from Japanese ようこ (Yōko), a female given name with many variant kanji spellings.


Gee

Northern English surname of debated meaning.


Yuko

Borrowed from Japanese ゆうこ (Yūko), a female given name with many variant kanji spellings.


Yokutsan

Of or relating to an endangered language family spoken by the Yokut people in and around the San Joaquin Valley in California.


Bonaventure

en-proper noun

Bonaventure (countable and uncountable, plural Bonaventures)


Taymanitic

The dialect and script of the oasis of Tayma in northwestern Arabia, attested starting in the 6th century BCE, though references to the existence of an indigenous script in Tayma are attested in outside sources from the 8th century BCE.


Old Arabic

Classical Arabic
Classical Arabic#English

The earliest attested stage of the Arabic language, beginning with the first attestation of personal names in the 9th century BC, and culminating in the codification of Classical Arabic beginning in the 7th century AD.


Dano-Norwegian

A koiné language that evolved among the urban elite in Norwegian cities during the later years of Denmark-Norway (1536–1814).


Iggy

A diminutive of the male given name Ignatius.


Atalina

But Atalina crawls on the floor to show the raccoons looking for food, an idea that is not in the book.

2005, Andie Cunningham, Starting with Comprehension:

Agnes Minor Limberger was one of a family of eight children born to Francis and Atalina Minor.

2009, Lynn Kloter Fahy, Crystal Lake, Tolland County:

There were also multiple scandals surrounding the affairs of a handsome womanizer named Rubén, currently divorced from Tíwi's teenage daughter Atalina and married to one of Arturo's daughters, Ojelia.

2014, Michael F. Brown, Upriver: The Turbulent Life and Times of an Amazonian People:


Nefertiti

From Egyptian nfrt-jj.tj (literally “The Beautiful One has Come”).

bor

(rare) A female given name from Egyptian.


Missoulian

Missoulian Brandon Bryant has for months been a regular at local city council meetings. But Bryant’s behavior during the public comment section of a council meeting last November raised red flags for council members.

2020 February 14, Edward F. O'Brien, “Missoula Case Tests Balance Between Free Speech, Public Safety”, in Montana Public Radio:

Missoula Community Organizing Action is a Facebook group created during the pandemic to connect Missoulians.

2024 February 28, Claire Peterson, “Missoulians find assistance, offer help through online Facebook group”, in KPAX:

A native or inhabitant of Missoula, Montana, United States.


Alpha Centaurian

en-noun

Alpha Centaurian (plural Alpha Centaurians)

(science fiction) A native or inhabitant of Alpha Centauri.


Hunzib

A Northeast Caucasian language, spoken in southern Dagestan


Atong

Borrowed from Atong (India) atong ([atɔŋ]).

Atong language (Cameroon)
Atong language (Sino-Tibetan)

In fact, other Garo groups hardly understand the Atong language.

1981, Milton S. Sangma, History and Culture of the Garos, page 136:

2014, Seino van Breugel, A Grammar of Atong, →ISBN:

A Sino-Tibetan language, related to Garo, spoken in northeastern India and adjacent areas of Bangladesh.


Atong

Borrowed from Atong (Cameroon) Atong (Atoŋ).

A Grassfields-Bantu language of Cameroon.


Megam

A Sino-Tibetan language spoken in the Kalmakanda subdistrict, Netrokona district, Dhaka division, Bangladesh.


double-jobbing

(UK politics) The act of holding two or more political offices simultaneously.


Benghazian

A native or inhabitant of Benghazi in Libya.


Birk

From the Anglo-Norman surname, from Old English burh, burg (“fortification, city”).


Chicanx

Spanish: chicanx

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

Coordinate term: Latinx

2015 December, Hasta Mas alla De Los Gritos, page 4: It was seen as negative until Chicanxs took it back.

In California, Chicanxs/Latinxs high school graduares are rising …

2015 Fall, City on a Hill Press-Primer, page 30

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


Corbynista

[…]although it was just as often dismissed: what use were a group of cultish, Trotskyist-infused Corbynista clicktivists, hopelessly out of touch with normal people, when it came to the crunch?

2017 June 1, Rachel Shabi, “What use is a group of cultish, Corbynista clicktivists? Quite a lot, actually”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

“In 2020 you told me to my face that you would ‘inspire people to come together … disciplining people to be united is going nowhere’. You’ve broken that promise,” said Driscoll, often described as “the last Corbynista in power” since becoming the first mayor for North of Tyne in 2019.

2023 July 17, Ben Quinn, “Jamie Driscoll quits Labour after snub in north-east mayor race”, in The Guardian:

“That is irritating the left of the Labour Party, so the more Corbynista/Momentum members want the Labour party to go much further in helping renters in a pushing back against Conservatives.”

2023 September 13, Anna Sagar, “Housing will not be priority for Labour or Conservatives going into next election, expert says”, in MortgageSolutions.co.uk:

(UK politics, informal) A supporter of British politician Jeremy Corbyn.


yae

The Cyrillic letter Ԙ (capital), ԙ (lower case), a ligature of Я and Е.


felinoid

(science fiction) A member of a cat-like alien race.


Bexley

From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + leah (“wood”), equivalent to box + -ley (“lea”).


Cait

A diminutive of the female given name Caitlin.


Khowar

In those languages are, (1) Boorishki or Khajuna, the language of the Boorish or Yeshkuns, which is spoken in Hunza, Nager, and Yassin, (2) Shina, the language of the Shins which is spoken in the Gilgit Valley, (3) Khowar, the language of Chitral.

1885, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, volume 17, page 89:

Few people in Rowshan regularly read Khowar works, however, and their attitudes towards the value of written Khowar are ambivalent.

2005, Magnus Marsden, Living Islam: Muslim Religious Experience in Pakistan's North-West Frontier:

Morgenstierne 1936 is a foundational article for Khowar etymological studies. It discusses four layers of historical accretion of Iranian lexical elements in Khowar: words from (a) unidentified Ir sources, (b) Pamir languages, mainly Wakhi, (c) Middle Ir. languages, and (4) numerous words from New Persia.

2016, Hans Henrich Hock, The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia: A Comprehensive Guide:

An Indo-Aryan language of the Dardic branch, spoken by the Kho people.


Kalasha

The language spoken by the Kalash people, an Indo-European language in the Indo-Aryan branch, further classified as a Dardic language in the Chitral group. The Kalasha language is phonologically atypical because it contrasts plain, long, nasal, and retroflex vowels as well as combinations of these. The language, also known as Kalashmondr, is spoken by around 5000 people.


Tregami

A Nuristani language spoken in the villages of Gambir, Kaṭâr, and Devoz in the Tregâm Valley off the lower Pech River in the Watapur District of Kunar Province in Afghanistan. It is spoken by approximately 3,500 people (2011) and is closely related to Waigali.


Rainey

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Raighne (“descendant of Raighne”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Rognvaldr.

der

Rainey Qualley, b. 1989


Arlena

I like little Mrs Redfern—she's nice-looking in her fair washed-out way—but I don't think she'll stand a dog's chance against that man-eating tiger, Arlena.

1941, Agatha Christie, Evil Under the Sun:

A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Arlene.


Ceridwen

A female given name from Welsh of Welsh origin.


Maverick

Likely a Welsh surname, from mawr rwyce, "great hero." Compared to this are the surnames Morris, Morrice, and Maurice. However, alternatively from Hebrew מבריק (maḇərīq, “brilliant, shiny”).


Iesha

American 20th-century phonetic spelling of Aisha.


Aisha

bor

Arabic عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša)

A female given name from Arabic, most famously borne by Muhammad's third wife. Daughter of first caliph Abu Bakr.


Wendi

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Anslee

Modern spelling variant of Ansley. Possibly of Scottish origin, related to Ainsley.

A female given name transferred from the surname.


Turdetani

/ˌtʊəɹdɛˈtɑni/

(historical) A tribe of Hispania Baetica who lived near the Turduli.


Sappadino

The Austrian scholar, M. Hurnung, has published a dictionary of Sappadino; the socio-linguistic situation in Sauria/Zahre has been analysed by N. Denison[.]

1986, Linguistic minorities in countries belonging to the European community, page 85:

Similar problems arise also with other languages, such as Old Italian, Old High German, Old English, Old French, which have traditionally been characterized as V2 languages, [and] Rhaetoromance, Mocheno, Sappadino, Cimbrian.

2010, Thomas Hanneforth, Gisbert Fanselow, Language and Logos: Studies in theoretical and computational linguistics:

The same is true of other German dialects spoken in the Italian Alps like Sappadino (Plodarisch) and Mocheno, which also display regular subject inversion, but allow for V3 orders: (the Sappadino data in (5) are reported from Poletto[)...]

2011, Michael T. Putnam, Studies on German-language Islands, page 305:

The Germanic lect, a form of Tyrolean Bavarian, which is spoken in Sappada in Italy.


Plodarisch

Borrowed from German Plodarisch or from Plodarisch plodarisch, from the name of the town in the (Plodarisch) language of its inhabitants, Plodn.

The same is true of other German dialects spoken in the Italian Alps like Sappadino (Plodarisch) and Mocheno, which also display regular subject inversion, but allow for V3 orders[.]

Lastly there's an intriguing linguistic pocket in the easternmost Dolomites town of Sappada where Plodarisch, an old Bavarian-Tyrolean dialect, is spoken.

2016, Gillian Price, Trekking in the Dolomites, page 13:


Earthese

A hypothetical language spoken throughout all of Earth.


Lemakot

A former name for the Papuan New Guinean language Kara.


Iolo

A male given name from Welsh: a diminutive of the Welsh name Iorwerth.


compearance

en-noun

compearance (countable and uncountable, plural compearances)

(Scots law) Appearance before a judge in court.


Old Albanian

(linguistics) Any variety of the Albanian language as attested in the 16th–17th centuries.


Hrvatislav

A male given name from the Slavic languages


Yumpsville

Every Which Way but Loose (1978), an immensely profitable undertaking, stands as an epic example of what disorganized, mindless drivel can excite the denizens of Yumpsville.

1981, Lester J. Keyser, Hollywood in the Seventies, page 115:

Yumpsville is Yahooland, where macho admirers of actor Charles Bronson are derogated.

1981, William Safire, On Language, page 164:

"By personality you mean tits and ass," says Drackenstein.
"I didn't say it," says Miracle. "But this will not sell in Yumpsville. Clover's ass will."
"This is not meant to sell in Yumpsville, O.U. This will sell in New York and L.A. and Paris. This will be a winner in Cannes. […]

1986, Ronald Sukenick, Blown Away, page 76:

(US, slang, derogatory, rare) An unsophisticated rural region where simplistic and titillating films are likely to succeed.


Kazimir

Of Slavic origin and meaning "destroyer of peace", from Proto-Slavic *kaziti (“to destroy”) + *mirъ (“peace”).


Jaromir

Of Slavic origin, in which the first element could be Proto-Slavic *jaro (“spring”) and the second element *mirъ (“peace, world”).


Blago

bor

<i class="Cyrl mention" lang="sh">Благо</i>


Abbot's Priory

After Charles Abbott, Lord Chief Justice from 1818 to 1832.

[…] after this lady’s retirement to enjoy the otium cum dignitate [leisure with dignity] in Abbot’s Priory, she was visited by a gentleman who had previously and subsequently rendered her the most unequivocal and disinterested assistance, by frequent pecuniary supplies.

1822, Benchiana; or, Sketches of Life and Character in St. George’s Fields […], page 18:

Upon inquiring after George Charteris, Esq. he finds that he has bolted from Palace-yard, and taken refuge in “Abbot’s Priory;” and, to comfort him, the person who has received the 200l. bill, informs him “that Charteris is a notorious swindler.”

1824, “An Accommodating Customer ‘Queered’”, in The Spirit of the Public Journals, for the Year M.DCCC.XXIII […], page 65:

Ned and Tom were soon outside of the King’s Bench, (or Abbot’s Priory, as it was called by the prisoners,) they had not walked far before they fell in with Little Kiam […]

1825, The Dialogists; or, the Circuit of Banco Regis, page 93:

(obsolete, British slang, idiomatic) King's Bench Prison, a former prison in the south of London.


Rani

From Sanskrit राज्ञी (rājñī, “a queen, princess, the wife of a king”).

uder

On October 2, Hudson and her boyfriend, Danny Fujikawa, welcomed a daughter named Rani.

2019, Jessica Rusick, Kate Hudson: Fashionable Fitness Co-Founder, ABDO, page 26:


Montanian

en-adj

Montanian (comparative more Montanian, superlative most Montanian)

more Montanian (comparative)
most Montanian (superlative)


Naasioi

An East Papuan language spoken in the central mountains and southeast coast of Kieta District, Bougainville Province, Papua New Guinea.


Bodic

A proposed group of Sino-Tibetan languages which includes the Bodish, Tamangic, and West Himalayish languages.


Bodish

A group of Sino-Tibetan languages which includes the Tibetic languages.


Proto-Brythonic

Hypothetical ancestor language of all Brythonic languages, including Welsh.

The category of Proto-Brythonic on Wiktionary


Tenzin

Borrowed from Tibetan བསྟན་འཛིན (bstan 'dzin).


Jocelynn

A female given name from the Germanic languages.


Jayvion

African-American coinage from the second half of the 20th century. Compare Javion, Javon.

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


Camren

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Haiden

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.


Kylen

Modern coinage, compare Kyle. Variant: Kylan.

A male given name originating as a coinage.


Sariyah

Borrowed from Arabic سَارِيَة (sāriya), the meaning “a cloud that comes by night”.


Briar

As a surname Middle English brere (“briar”).


Emmalee

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Tinley

A female given name transferred from the surname.


Zaylee

Modern coinage; compare Zayden, Kaylee, Jaylee.

One of the videos discussed was “The Yippity Yo Cooking Show” which featured three-year-old Zaylee Jean.

2012, Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic, Debbie C. Olson, Portrayals of Children in Popular Culture: Fleeting Images, page 62:


Avalyn

From Ava + Lyn, or a variant of Aveline.


Kashton

21st-century coinage. Blend of Kash + Ashton.


Aubriella

Modern coinage, probably a blend of Aubrey + Gabriella.


Jaylin

20th-century coinage, variant of Jaylen and Jaylynn.

A unisex given name originating as a coinage.


Kymani

The line-up, however, was not complete until the dynamic, energetic Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers hit the stage, accompanied by Damian, Kymani and Julian Marley.

2003, Eleanor Wint, Bob Marley: The Man and His Music:


Jaida

A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Jada.


Anakin

Coined by American filmmaker George Lucas as early as 1974 in early drafts of Star Wars, which included a character named Annikin Starkiller. First appeared in 1977 in the novel Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker.


Javion

African-American coinage from the second half of the 20th century. Compare Javon, Jayvion.


Ishaan

From Sanskrit ईशान (īśāna, “Ishana”), a Hindu deity and guardian of the northeast direction.

A male given name from Sanskrit, of Indian origin.


Alissa

Variant of Alyssa, from Alicia or from alyssum.


Briley

Uncertain. Possibly a variant of Brierley.


Meilani

Modern American coinage, rhyming with Leilani. Can be interpreted as Hawaiian Mei + lani "heavenly May".


Kiley

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage; compare Kylie.


Avalynn

From Ava + Lynn, or a variant of Aveline.


Jayde

Variant of Jade, perhaps influenced by Jay.


Keenan

From Irish Cianán, a diminutive of Cian.


Javon

African-American coinage from the second half of the 20th century. Compare Javion, Jayvion.


Sariah

Name of a character in the Book of Mormon. Compare Sarah and Maria.

And he came down by the borders near the shore of the Red Sea; and he traveled in the wilderness in the borders which are nearer the Red Sea; and he did travel in the wilderness with his family, which consisted of my mother, Sariah, and my elder brothers, who were Laman, Lemuel, and Sam.


Camron

A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.


Bodie

* As a Scottish surname, variant of Body, Boddy, Boddie.
* As a French surname, variant of Bodi, see Beaudin.


Yahya

From Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), equivalent to John in the Qur'an.


Alisson

French: Alisson


Dilan

Variation of Dylan, originally from Welsh.


Alexzander

Modern non-standard spelling variant of Alexander.


Jordy

Shortened from Jordan + -y, and a modern spelling variant of Geordie.

A diminutive of the male given names Jordan or George.


Kase

Modern spelling variant of Case. The surname derives from German Käse.


Jazlynn

Modern invention, from Jasmine and Lynn.


Aubrielle

Modern coinage, probably a blend of Aubrey + Gabrielle.


Kaylynn

A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Kaylyn.


Wynter

A female given name from English of modern usage.


Jabari

A male given name from Swahili of modern African American usage.


Kyree

From a biblical reference
Kyree comes from The name Kyria which is Greek in origin & its meaning is "noble lady"
2 John 1:1, 5
Strong's Bible concordance G2959
In the second epistle of John a mention is made of a reference 2 the character of the woman named Kyria. addressed as "Electa Kyria". Electa Kyria is interpreted variously as a respectful way of addressing the woman Kyria, or the title of a woman Electa or simply as a form of respect, the Elect Lady. Electa Kyria is described as a Christian woman in Syria whom John and all others who know the Truth, love. She is commended for her piety and warned against false teachers.
2nd source unknown:
Meaning of the name Kyree
Harsh ruler, of royalty and nobility.
Can be traced back in Arabic languages/Persian origins.
Another unknown source:
Meaning: Derived from a female form of Cyrus, which is either derived from the Greek form of the Persian name Kûrush, which could be from khur, meaning "sun". Also could be from the Greek kyrios, meaning "lord".


Laylah

A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.


Jaylee

20th-century coinage from Jay + Lee. Compare Jaylynn, Kaylee.


Madyson

Madyson, who sometimes struggles to socialize in groups, tells me they feel “soothed” mingling on our private stretch of beach.

2023 August 31, Frankie de la Cretaz, “Postcard from Camp Gaylore”, in Cosmopolitan:


Audrina

Modern coinage, compare Audrey, Adriana.


Coen

* (Jewish): Variant of Cohen.
* (given name): As a modern given name, also a variant of Koen.

A male given name transferred from the surname


Farrah

Variant of Farrar, from Middle English ferreor (“iron worker, smith”). The given name was popularized by the American actress Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009). Her name is often interpreted as a variant of Farah.


Mayson

As a surname, Middle English May's son, personal name shortened from Matthew and many other origins. The modern given name is mostly a spelling variant of Mason.


Madalynn

Variant of Madeleine, influenced by Lynn.


Jermaine

My father decided to call me Jermaine, after Jermaine Jackson, thinking it would go well with his own name, Michael, and bring to mind some association with the Jackson Five.

2008, Jermaine Dupri, Samantha Marshall, Young, Rich, and Dangerous: The Making of a Music Mogul, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 11:


Kole

The surname is an anglicization of German Kohl. The given name is a modern spelling variant of Cole.


Myah

Rare fanciful spelling of Mya, Maia, Maya.


Rivka

From Hebrew רִבְקָה (rivká) or Yiddish רבֿקה (rivke). Doublet of Rebecca.


Amiya

Variant of Amiyah, from Hebrew אמאיה (āmíjah, literally “My mother is Jah”).


Jaylene

20th-century coinage from Jay + -lene ending as in Charlene, Jolene, etc.


Emmalynn

From Emma + Lynn or a variant of Emmeline.


Kylan

Modern coinage; compare Kyle. Variant: Kylen.


Aviana

From the female given name Ava and the feminine Latinate suffix -ian(n)a, or possibly from a feminine elaboration of the adjective avian (“of birds”) through the suffix -a.


Mekhi

African-American coinage, popularized by the actor Mekhi Phifer.

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


Brentley

Possibly an invented name. Compare Brent, Brantley.


Tenley

From Tineley in Northumberland or Teenley in West Yorkshire.


Axton

From Axton, Kent, Old English Acca (a personal name) + Old English stan (“stone”).

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Callan

Borrowed from Irish Ó + Cathaláin "descendant of Cathalán (“little Cathal”).


Tristen

A male or female given name of modern usage.


Maison

A spelling variant of Mason. The surname can also be from French Maison (“house”).


Jaelyn

20th-century coinage, variant of Jaylynn.


Anahi

A Spanish female given name from Spanish.


Alden

From Old English Ealdwine, from eald (“old”) + wine (“friend”); equivalent to Alwin. In some cases a variant of Haldane.

A male given name from Old English transferred back from the surname.


Skyla

20th-century invention, shortened from Skyler.

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Emilee

Modern variant of Emily, influenced by Lee.


Saylor

From Old French sailleor (“dancer, acrobat”).

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.


Jagger

Occupational surname from Yorkshire, jagger (“peddler”). The modern given name use is partly after Mick Jagger.


Lilyana

Transliteration of Bulgarian Лиляна (Liljana), equivalent to English Lilian.

A female given name from the Slavic languages.


Braylee

Modern coinage, compare Brylee, Kaylee, Jaylee.


Alia

Borrowed from Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya). The feminine form of Ali.


Alaia

Borrowed in the 21st century from Basque Alaia, from alai (“joyful”). For earlier use among English-speakers, compare Hebrew עֲלִיָּה ('alīyá, “ascent”), Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya, “high, exalted”).


Ivanna

Transliteration of Ukrainian Іва́нна (Ivánna). Doublet of Jane.

Іва́нна Іванна#Ukrainian

A transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name Іва́нна (Ivánna).


Dash

From Old English de + Old English æsc "(residing) near an ash tree".

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


Kyson

Modern coinage; compare Kyle and Tyson, Bryson.

A male given name originating as a coinage.


Kenley

* Shortened from McKenley, variant of McKinley
* Habitational from Old English Cena (“a man's name”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).

A female given name transferred from the surname.


Coraline

An elaborate form of Coralie, itself derived from coral. Name of a character in Adolphe Adam's opera Le toréador.

'The mice tell me that all is good,' he said. 'They say that you are our saviour, Caroline.' 'It's Coraline, Mister Bobo,' said Coraline. 'Not Caroline. Coraline.' ' Coraline,' said Mr Bobo, repeating her name to himself with wonderment and respect.

2013, Neil Gaiman, Coraline, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 190:


Jessa

20th-century coinage from Jessie + feminine suffix -a; compare Jenna from Jenny.


Lainey

“I'm looking for Lainey Whitman.” “Lainey . . . ?” “Whitman.” “I don't think I recognize the name. Which firm is she with? ... “Lane Whitman?” “Lainey. Elaine,” Tom corrected. It would be just like Lainey to go all formal on him.

2010, Joy Fielding, The Wild Zone: A gripping thriller about the deadly secrets between husband and wife, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

A diminutive of the female given name Elaine.


Gannon

Derived from Irish Mag Fhionnáin "son of Finan".


Crew

From Crewe in Cheshire, Old Welsh ciu (“weir”).


Aarav

Transliteration of Hindi आरव (ārav, “sound; loud noise”).

translit

A male given name from Hindi, of Indian usage.


Zahra

Borrowed from Arabic زَهْراء (zahrāʔ), an epithet of Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad. As a surname, it is predominantly found in Egypt.


Ivory

The surname is habitational from Ivry in Normandy, and in some cases patronymic from a diminutive of Ivor. The modern given name is associated with ivory.

Charlie Parrott wasn't fooled and told Linny to walk softly. The girl's name had been picked from a baby-name book which reflected a brief fashion of naming girls for expensive wedding gifts of an earlier time—Linen, Silver, Crystal, Ivory.

2004, Annie Proulx, Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2, HarperCollins UK, published 2010, →ISBN:


Talon

The surname derives from Old French talon (“heel”) as a nickname for a deformity, or for a swift runner; also diminutive of Talbot and Talleyrand. The modern given name is associated with English talon.

'Very well, I shall call you Talon from now on. What does the name mean, in the tongue of the small folk?' 'It is a claw, like that found on a hawk,' Talon said.

2010, David Farland, The Wyrmling Horde: Book 7 of the Runelords, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

A male given name from English of modern usage.


Kenna

* As a Scottish surname, shortened from McKenna.
* As a Manx and Irish surname, from Ó Cionaoith (“descendant of Cionaoth”), a name usually Anglicized as Kenneth.

A female given name from Scottish Gaelic, masculine equivalent Kenneth.


Danna

As a surname from French D’Anna (“of Anna”). The given name is more probably a feminine form coined from Dan or Daniel.

bor

of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">Anna</i>

“Daniella...” “My friends call me Danna.” “Danna.” He tested it on his tongue.

2009, Victor J. Banis, Deadly Dreams, ManLove Romance Press, →ISBN, page 74:


Bronson

From Middle English Brun (“a man named Brown's”) + son.


Everleigh

en-proper noun

Everleigh (countable and uncountable, plural Everleighs)

From Old English eofor (“wild boar”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Compare the Dutch toponym Everlo.


Miah

Modern usage, probably a variant of Mia.


Bria

She'd always refused to be called anything but Brianna. Yet when Mike had first called her Bria, they were making love for the first time, and the gentle way he spoke the name had sounded like poetry.

2012, Jackie Manning, Tough As Nails, Harlequin, →ISBN:


Joziah

Rare non-standard spelling variant of Josiah.


Rowen

From Middle English rown (“rowan tree”).


Heavenly

See heavenly. Equivalent to Heaven + -ly.


Urijah

And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 16:10:


Yamileth

From Spanish, derived from Arabic جَمِيلَة (jamīla, “Jamila”, literally “beautiful”).


Ansley

en-proper noun

Ansley (countable and uncountable, plural Ansleys)

From Old English ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”).

(countable) A female given name transferred from the surname.


Sky

From sky. As a surname, a translation of German Himmel and an anglicization of Ashkenazic surnames ending in -sky.

The bad thing was she took my son Skiff with her. It's a dumb name I know, but at the time he was born all the kids were being called things like Sky and Saffron and Powie, and I was really sold on sailing.

1981, William Boyd, On the Yankee Station, Hamilton,, →ISBN, page 17:


Brixton

(district of London): Thought to originate from Brixistane, meaning "the stone of Brixi (a Saxon lord)".

A male given name transferred from the place name or surname.


Aubrie

Modern altered spelling of Aubrey as a feminine name.


Raylan

Modern coinage from Ray, compare Rylan, Braylon.


Raiden

Possible a modern variant of Rayden, or a coinage rhyming with Braiden, Jaiden, etc.


Jayleen

20th-century coinage, variant of Jaylene.


Braelynn

20th-century coinage, compare Braylen, Braylon. Variant: Braelyn.


Maliyah

Probably a fanciful spelling of Malia, from Hawaiian Malia.


Dulce

A female given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Dulcie


Braelyn

20th-century coinage, compare Braylen, Braylon. Variant: Braelynn.


Malakai

Borrowed from Fijian Malakai and Tongan Malakai, equivalent to English Malachi.


Lorelei

Borrowed from German Lorelei (“siren of Rhine”), not used as a given name in Germany.
The Lorelei (or Lorelei, Loreleï, Lore Lay, Lore-Ley, Lurley, Lurelei, Lurlei) is an infamous maritime disaster site because of the Rhine's current and the surrounding terrain. The ship wrecks have been subject to mythological explanation attempts since around 900 AD.


Azariah

Borrowed from Hebrew עֲזַרְיָה (“Yahweh has helped”).

In the twenty and seuenth yeere of Ieroboam king of Israel, began Azariah sonne of Amaziah king of Iudah to reigne. Sixteene yeeres old was he when he began to reigne, and he reigned two aud fifty yeeres in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Iecholiah of Ierusalem.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 15:1–2:

A female given name from Hebrew of modern usage.


Ronin

From modern films and comics, perhaps literally "a ronin". Compare also Ronan.

He shook Chaz's hand. “Please call me Ronin.” Ronin. The sexy, mysterious name fit him perfectly.

2014, Lorelei James, Bound: The Mastered Series, Penguin, →ISBN:


Juniper

A topographic surname from juniper. In some cases matronymic from an equivalent of Jennifer influenced by folk etymology.


Emersyn

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.


Aleah

Probably a fanciful spelling of Alia, Arabic عَالِيَة (ʕāliya).


Imani

Borrowed from Swahili, from imani (“faith, belief”), from Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān).

der

Arabic إِيمَان (ʔīmān)


Omari

Borrowed from Arabic عمري. The surname is predominantly found in Tanzania.


Bodhi

Modern English usage from bodhi; influenced by characters in films and comics.

"I grew up in San Diego. My mother died of cancer when I was ten years old. She was a good and loving woman from what I remember, and she encouraged me to read a lot since she was a history teacher. She also had a great interest in eastern philosophy such as Buddhism. When I was born she named me Bodhi from the Buddhist idea of the Bodhisattva – a wise and compassionate being who delays his entrance into buddahood for the benefit of enlightenment for all.” “ She must have seen something very special in you, Bodhi,” said Erica.

2014, Robert Beau Michaels, Elysian Fields, BookBaby, →ISBN:


Brinley

A unisex given name transferred from the surname.


Yousef

Borrowed from Arabic يُوسُف (yūsuf), equivalent to English Joseph.


Leonidas

From Ancient Greek Λεωνίδᾱς (Leōnídās, “son of Leon / lion”).

(chiefly history) A male given name from Ancient Greek.


Kamden

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Braylon

Modern American coinage. Variant: Braylen.


Jaxton

Modern American coinage from Jax, Jaxon, rhyming with Axton, Paxton, Daxton.


Baylee

Variant of Bailey, possibly influenced by Lee.


Adaline

A female given name from the Germanic languages.


Aydin

From Turkish Aydın, from Ottoman Turkish آیدین (Aydın) named for Aydin Mehmet Bey, from آیدین (aydın, “light; clarity; shining; bright; enlightened, educated, intelligent”).


Abdiel

Borrowed from Hebrew עֲבְדִּיאֵל (“servant of God”).

Ahi the sonne of Abdiel, the sonne of Guni, chiefe of the house of their fathers.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Chronicles 5:15:


Jayson

Modern variant of Jason, perhaps influenced by Jay.


Zuri

A female given name from Swahili of modern African American usage.

A male given name from Swahili of modern African American usage.


Jaiden

A unisex given name originating as a coinage, variant of Jayden.


Chanel

en-proper noun

Chanel (countable and uncountable, plural Chanels)

From French Chanel. As a given name, principally after Coco Chanel.


Hadassah

Borrowed from Hebrew הֲדַסָּה (“myrtle”), the Hebrew name of Esther in the Hebrew Bible.

And hee brought vp Hadaſſah (that is Eſther) his vncles daughter, for ſhe had neither father nor mother, and the maid was faire and beautiful, whom Mordecai (when her father and mother were dead) tooke for his owne daughter.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Esther 2:7:


Kason

We named him Kason because he is Keane and Adrienne's son.

2015, Bronwyn Preece, In the Spirit of Homebirth: Modern Women, An Ancient Choice, Seven Stories Press, →ISBN:


Raelyn

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Jayceon

Fanciful variant of Jason, influenced by Jay and Jayce.


Deacon

* English occupational surname for someone working in the household of a deacon.
* Also as an English surname, variant of Dicken.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Deocáin, "descendant of Deocán."

And like a mirror image in gestures if not in looks, Steward spit fresh Blue Boy while Deek lit a cigar. However disgusted both were, K.D. knew they would not negotiate a solution that would endanger him or the future of Morgan money. His grandfather had named his twins Deacon and Steward for a reason.

1997, Toni Morrison, Paradise, Random House, published 2010, →ISBN, page 55:


Alayna

A female given name from the Celtic languages.


Mckenna

A female given name transferred from the surname.


Emmalyn

From Emma + Lyn or a variant of Emmeline.


Waylon

Variant of Wayland popularized by the American singer Waylon Jennings who was originally named Wayland.


Yosef

Borrowed from Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yoséf), equivalent to Joseph.


Journey

From journey at the end of the 20th century.

Mama named me Journey. Journey, as if somehow she wished her restlessness on me.

1991, Patricia MacLachlan, Journey, Delacorte Press, published 2007, →ISBN:


Daxton

Modern American coinage, rhyming with Axton, Paxton, Jaxton.

A male given name originating as a coinage.


Harlow

From Old English hær (“rock”) or here (“army”) + hlæw (“hill”).


Adalyn

Rare non-standard variant of Adeline. Can also be construed as Ada + Lyn.


Adalynn

Rare non-standard variant of Adeline. Can also be construed as Ada + Lynn.


Finnegan

Borrowed from Irish Ó Fionnagáin descendant of "Fionnagán", meaning "little white one" and itself came from the Old Irish Finnacán, though the name may rarely be anglicised as Finnegan as well.


Zayden

American 21st-century coinage, rhyming with Jayden, Brayden, Aidan, etc.


Ryland

From Old English ryge (“rye”) + land (“land”).


Alivia

From 20th-century fiction, possibly influenced by Olivia.

Alivia, the very peculiar wilder who seemed to have no other name, strode off north, cloak flapping behind her, surrounded by the glow of the Power.

2000, Robert Jordan, Winter's Heart: Book Nine of 'The Wheel of Time', Tor Books, published 2010, →ISBN, page 534:


Brantley

Anglicized from Alemannic German Brändle, Brändli, "firebrand."


Tamia

20th-century coinage popularized by the Canadian singer Tamia Hill.


Abrielle

Modern coinage possibly shortened from Gabrielle. Compare Brielle, Aubrielle.


Gavyn

A male given name from the Celtic languages.


Greyson

A male given name transferred from the surname, variant of Grayson.


Jax

Shortened from Jackson, Jaxon or fanciful spelling of the surname Jacks.

"Jacks is short for Jackson?"
"No, with an X." He makes a cross with his marvelously long index fingers. "Short for nothing. My mother was one of the best-known alcoholics in the French Quarter of New Orleans. I was named after a venerated brand of beer."
"You're named after Jax Beer?"
He nods morosely. "Somewhere in this world I have a sister named Hurricane. I'm telling you the God's honest truth."

1993, Barbara Kingsolver, Pigs in Heaven, →ISBN, page 81:


Blakely

Blakely (countable and uncountable, plural Blakelys)


Liberty

Liberty (countable and uncountable, plural Libertys)

From liberty. As an American surname, often a translation of French Canadian LaLiberté. Doublet of Liberdade. As an American surname, a surname taken up by freed slaves.

Then last came Liberty. What a name, Mason always thought. It was an invention of her mother's―a flighty woman who had run away from Porter with a hippie stereo salesman eight and a half years ago and discovered immediately afterward that she was two months pregnant.

1985, Anne Tyler, The Accidental Tourist, →ISBN, page 171:

A unisex given name
A female given name from English.

A unisex given name
A male given name from English.

A city, the county seat of Casey County, Kentucky, United States.

A town, the county seat of Amite County, Mississippi, United States.


Ainsley

Ainsley (countable and uncountable, plural Ainsleys)

Habitational surname for someone from Annesley, Nottinghamshire or Ansley, Warwickshire, both from Old English anne (“alone, solitary”) or ānsetl (“hermitage”) + lēah (“woodland, clearing”).


Avianna

From the female given name Ava and the feminine Latinate suffix -ian(n)a, or possibly from a feminine elaboration of the adjective avian (“of birds”) through the suffix -a.


Efrain

Anglicized spelling of Spanish Efraín. Doublet of Ephraim.


Everly

Everly (countable and uncountable, plural Everlys)

Habitational surname, from a variant of Everleigh.


Sherlyn

20th-century coinage from Sheryl / Sheri + Lyn.


Arnav

From Sanskrit अर्णव (arṇava, “ocean, sea”). Doublet of Arnab.


Jaxson

A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage, variant of Jackson.


Natalya

Transliteration of Russian Ната́лья (Natálʹja). Doublet of Natalie.

Ната́лья Наталья#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian female given name Ната́лья (Natálʹja).


Danika

A spelling variant of Danica, a female given name of Slavic origin.

A female given name from the Slavic languages, variant of Danica


Semaj

Another strange event now occurred at the moment when Uncle Tidmus was asked by the clergyman what name was to be given to the little boy. " James," said Uncle Tidmus. "Semaj !" said a voice near Uncle Waddilove. Looking round, he saw the pale lady in black close to the font. " I beg your pardon," said the clergyman, puzzled. "Did you say, 'Semaj James,' or 'James Semaj?' " Papa and mamma and Uncle Tidmus all hurriedly explained that his name was to be " James" alone.

1870, Arthur Lillie, The King of Topsy-turvy, page 13:

The father's name was James. She spelled the baby's name backwards. The baby's name is Semaj.

2006, Sherick A. Hughes, Black Hands in the Biscuits Not in the Classrooms: Unveiling Hope in a Struggle for Brown's Promise, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 113:


Amari

The surname is of multiple origins, including:
* A variant of Amaro, from Italian Amaro.
* A variant of Amar, from Arabic عَمَّار (ʕammār). See also Umari, Umar, Omar, and Amar.
* A Japanese surname ultimately deriving from Japanese 余り (amari, “remainder, surplus”).

bor

A male or female given name of modern usage.


Rhett

Name of a South Carolina family, anglicized from Dutch de Raedt, from Middle Dutch raet (“advice”).

“Oh, Scarlett, he has the most terrible reputation. His name is Rhett Butler and he's from Charleston and his folks are some of the nicest people there, but they won't even speak to him. Caro Rhett told me about him last summer.

1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC, part I, page 99:

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Mckayla

Modern variant of Michaela, influenced by Mc-.

A female given name, variant of Michaela


Misael

Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, by beleeuing were saued out of the flame.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Maccabees 2:59:

(rare, outside the Bible) A male given name from Hebrew.


Anabella

Rare spelling variant of Annabella, the Latinate form of Annabel.


Cason

As an English surname, a corruption of the place name Cawston in Norfolk. Also borrowed from Italian Cason, from a Venetian form of casa (“house”).

I named him Cason; it was my grandfather's middle name and the second that he was born, I could see that it suited him.

2016, Verna Lloyd, Within Sight, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.


Janae

20th-century coinage from Jane, possibly influenced by Renée.

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Jovanni

From Spanish Jovanni, from Italian Giovanni.


Kinsley

en-proper noun

Kinsley (countable and uncountable, plural Kinsleys)

From Old English Cyne (“Royal (a man's name)”) + -s (“'s”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”).


Rohan

Habitational surname from Rohan in Morbihan, Brittany. Also a variant of Rowan, Ruane.


Rohan

Borrowed from Sanskrit रोहण (rohaṇa, “"ascending"; name of Adam's Peak”).

bor

A male given name from Sanskrit, of mainly Indian usage.


Mckenzie

Rare spelling variant of the surname MacKenzie.

A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.


Anniston

The city in Alabama, originally Woodstock, was renamed by town officials in 1873 (after realizing there was another village named Woodstock in central Alabama) in honor of Annie Eliza Scott Tyler (1838–1914), daughter-in-law of Daniel Tyler, one of the two organizers of the Woodstock Iron Company, which started the then planned community. Equivalent to Annie + -s- + -ton (“Annie’s town”).
The name of the city in Missouri was changed in 1894—a transfer from the city in Alabama.

(rare) A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage.


Christene

Rare non-standard spelling of Christine.