Adream

Flood has paired up with associate professor Adream Blair and a group of undergrads taking a design course in the Digital Craft Research Lab at UWM, which along with the Milwaukee Makerspace community has paid for the project.

2014 March 3, Mary Louise Schumacher, “Online community lends a hand to build prosthesis for Mukwonago girl”, in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

In keeping with the spirit of the U.S. Air Force's motto "Aim High" Dr. Valerie Adream Smartt Short has set her sights on the state's highest office.

2015 May 6, R.L. Nave, “Fly, Fight, Win: The JFP Interview with Dr. Valerie Short”, in Jackson Free Press:

Adream Reese, 42, of Dallas snapped photos of the store’s sign before the fence covered the view. She said she hopes they’re doing something positive in memory of Hussle. She brought her 17-year-old son to be in a space where the rapper and community activist sold CDs in his youth.

2019 August 1, Angel Jennings, Cindy Chang, “The lot where Nipsey Hussle died is now surrounded by a chain-link fence”, in Los Angeles Times:


Chatti

(historical) An ancient Germanic tribe whose homeland was near the upper Weser (Visurgis).


Batavi

An ancient Germanic tribe living in the region of Batavia around Nijmegen.


Maybrat

A Papuan language spoken by the Ayamaru and Karon Dori peoples of the Maybrat Regency on the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea.


Young England

(UK politics, historical) A Victorian group of young Tory politicians who opposed free trade and radicalism and professed a sentimental attachment to earlier forms of social life in England.


Tiv

A Southern Bantoid language spoken mostly in Nigeria, with some speakers in Cameroon.


Diederik

Of Dutch origin, from Middle Dutch Diederic, from Old Dutch *Thiodarīk, from Frankish *Theodarīk, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Þeudarīks. Compare with Derek, Theodoric.

A male given name from the Germanic languages from Dutch or Low German


Idris

A male given name from Welsh popularized by actor Idris Elba


Isuzu

From Japanese. The automotive manufacturer is named after the 五十鈴川 (Isuzu-gawa, “Isuzu River”).


Delma

A diminutive of the female given name Adelma.

A diminutive of the female given name Fidelma.


Delmar

Contraction of Delamare and de la Mare, from places in Normandy named La Mare (“the pond”). In the US, also borrowed from Catalan del Mar (“of the sea”).

A male given name transferred from the surname.


Naʼvi

constructed language
constructed language

A constructed language designed by Paul Frommer to be spoken by fictional extraterrestrials in the 2009 film Avatar.


Tagala

Women from southern Tagalog are called tagalas,” says Decal. “And, most women are in the kitchen.” Kulinarya Tagala features good home:...

2012, Must-experience South Tagalog food tour: From Patis’ ‘adobo’ with ‘buko’ meat to Ugu Bigyan’s ‘pako’ salad, lifestyle.inquirer.net

(Philippines) A woman from Tagalog region or provinces


Trumpster

Phineas Taylor Barnum, godfather of the modern age of hot press and selfpromotion, was Donald's direct precursor, the man who anticipated the Trumpster more than a century before the Trumpster was born.

2005, Timothy L. O'Brien, TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

How long before he grew his thinning hair long enough to comb it over his receding hairline in the Trumpster's signature style?

2016, Andrew Shaffer, The Day of the Donald: Trump Trumps America, Crooked Lane Books, →ISBN, page 105:

This guy, who sounds like what we might call a “Scottish redneck”, adamantly refused to knuckle under to the Trumpster, and sell out, or even clean up his “eyesore” property.

2012, Jeff Foulk, Jay A. Blum, Over the Ocean and to the Links: A Golfer's Journey, Malcolm Press, →ISBN:


Becka

A diminutive of the female given name Rebecca.


Hindustanee

His Hindustanee was very limited, and the ruffled and disgusted Kim intended to keep to the character laid down for him.

1900 December – 1901 October, Rudyard Kipling, Kim (Macmillan’s Colonial Library; no. 414), London: Macmillan and Co., published 1901, →OCLC:


Dumnonian

From Dumnonia + -an. Doublet of Devonian.


Oslovian

A person from Oslo, the capital of Norway.


Cammy

Alternative form of Cammie; A male given name


Chuj

A Mayan language spoken in western Guatemala and southern Mexico.


compearant

(Scots law) A person who appears in court.


Perthite

A native or inhabitant of Perth, Australia.


Lionheart

Richard I of England
w:Richard I of England


Pelagius

Borrowed from Latin Pelagius, from Ancient Greek Πελάγιος (Pelágios), from πελάγιος (pelágios, “of the sea”), from πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”).


Saterlandic

From Saterland + -ic, from German Saterland, from Old Frisian Sageleterlōnd, Sagelterland.


Aedui

A Gallic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis whose chief town was Bibracte


Blajorism

He added: ‘Commentators say that the Tories and Labour have merged in the middle into Blajorism but that is far too kind to Labour. Blair is adrift in a sea of fudge.’

1994 September 23, John Arlidge, The Independent:

New Labour leader Tony Blair was described as an advocate of ‘Blajorism’ in recognition of Labour's policy similarities with Major's Conservatives.

2002, Peter Lynch, SNP: The History of the Scottish National Party, page 216:

In short, the characters played by Robert Carlyle had been disenfranchised by the political rush for the centre ground of Blajorism.

2013, Alwyn W. Turner, A Classless Society, Aurum Press, published 2014, page 449:

(UK politics) The policies of Conservative Prime Minister John Major and his successor, the Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, seen as representing one indistinguishable social and economic outlook.


Parisii

A Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Lutetia; Paris, the capital of France, is named after them.

A British Celtic tribe located somewhere within the present-day East Riding of Yorkshire, in England, known from a single reference by Ptolemy, and possibly connected with the more widely known Parisii of Gaul.


Westlandgate

(UK, slang) A 1985 controversy around government plans to bail out the helicopter company Westland.


Lotharingian

/ləʊ.θəˈɹɪn.d͡ʒi.ən/


Poitevin

/ˈpwɑːtəvæ̃/

Unadapted borrowing from French poitevin, ultimately from Late Latin pictāvīnus, from Pictāvus (“Poitou”), of Gaulish origin. See Poitiers and Poitou.

unadapted borrowing

Of or pertaining to the region of Poitou in France.


Poitevin

/ˈpwɑːtəvæ̃/


Poitevin

/ˈpwɑːtəvæ̃/

The dialect of Poitevin-Saintongeais spoken in Poitou.


Imhotep

From Egyptian jj-m-ḥtp (literally “(the one) coming in peace, (the one) returning home safely”): M18-G17-R4:X1*Q3 from the perfective active participle of jj (“to come, to return”) + m ḥtp (“in peace, safely”).


Blaan

An Austronesian language of the southern Philippines, similar to Tboli.


hounfour

A stretch of straw mats is laid on the ground leading from the door of the hounfor.

1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 47:

I arrived around ten and was taken into the peristyle, the roofed court of the hounfour, and was led around a semicircle of tables to the one where Beauvoir sat at the head.

1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 47:

In the afternoon, Magda and I went out to purchase some gifts: perfume for Ezili and a bottle of rum for the ounfò.

1995, Marilyn Houlberg, in Cosentino (ed.), Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, South Sea International Press 1998, p. 276

Because her Western science has failed to restore Jessica to health, Betsy secretly takes her charge to see the houngan priest at the hounfour for help.

2011, Kyle William Bishop, American Zombie Gothic, page 88:


Mozzer

(UK, slang) Morrissey (born 1959), an English singer-songwriter and author.


Mozzer

(colloquial) An employee of Moz, a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) company.


Moz

(Southern Africa, slang) Short for Mozambique.


Adiv

From Hebrew אָדִיב (“splendid, pleasant, gallant, gracious, kind, considerate”).


Chulym

The language of these people, closely related to Shor and Khakas.


Nago

From Ewe Anagó (“a Yoruba”), from Yoruba Ànàgó (“Yoruba from Abeokuta Province, Nigeria”).

uder

The Niger–Congo language spoken by the Nago people.


langaj

From Haitian Creole langaj, from French langage (“language”). Doublet of language.

Though used only by initiates, some passages in langaj emphasize sounds in a fashion that appeals to the ears of the profane as well, even when no translation is accessible as in most of the following examples.

2003, Marie-Jose Alcide Saint-Lot, Vodou, A Sacred Theater, page 172:

The langaj used for activation and the specific combinations required for a ceremony are initiatory secrets.

2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books, page 41:

He and his assistant, a bigger, stronger, younger man, are both singing, bent over the bowl, in langage, which is a mix of slavery-era African dialects combined with Creole; it's used only in voodoo ritual and is one of the world's few remaining wholly sacred languages.

2013, Amy Wilentz, Farewell, Fred Voodoo, Simon & Schuster, page 196:

(voodoo) A sacred or incantatory language used in Haitian voodoo rituals.


Ozzy

A diminutive of the male given names Oswald or Oscar

A nickname of someone with the surname Osbourne, Osgood.


Pictones

(historical) A Celtic tribe of Aquitania, whose capital was Limonum.


Möngke

A Mongolian male given name, notably borne by Möngke Khan, a Mongol ruler.


Dutchperson

en-noun

Dutchperson (plural Dutchpersons or Dutchpeople)

Dutchpersons (plural)
Dutchpeople (plural)

(uncommon) Somebody with origins in the Netherlands; a Dutch person, whether born in, or citizen of, Holland or the Netherlands in general.


sekos

In this last-mentioned chamber there is a central doorway, leading to the holy recess, or sekos; and two other doorways also communicate with the two ends of a gallery which runs round the sekos.

1854, Jamees Talboys Wheeler, The geography of Herodotus, page 371:

(historical) A sacred enclosure, sanctuary or cella in an ancient Greek temple.


Mangbetu

One of the most populous of the Central Sudanic languages.


Xibe

The Tungusic language spoken by the Xibe people of Northwest China.


Sicel

From Latin Siculi, from Ancient Greek Σικελός (Sikelós). See also Sicily.
Greek historians including Thucydides suggested Siculus, a legendary king and son of Italus, as the progenitor of the Sicels.

(historical) A member of an Italic tribe who inhabited eastern Sicily during the Iron Age.


Sicel

2010, Philip Baldi, The Foundations of Latin, Walter de Gruyter (Mouton de Gruyter) page 116,
Their language, Sicel or Siculan, is considered by most scholars to be an independent IE language whose deeper connections with Italic are poorly demonstrated.

In Sicily were spoken at least two languages during the first millennium BC that are widely thought to have been Indo-European. The first, Sicel (or Siculian), was spoken by the Siculians in eastern Sicily.

2010, Benjamin W. Fortson, IV, Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons, page 469:

Although the contribution of the Sicel language to coin inscriptions is not great, there is another case where Sicel is often invoked, and which unusually is not a proper name.

2012, Oliver Simkin, “Coins and language in ancient Sicily”, in Olga Tribulato, editor, Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily, Cambridge University Press, page 170:

(linguistics) The unclassified, sparsely attested language of the Sicels.


LizQuen

(Philippines, slang) The loveteam of Filipino actors Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil.


Vi and Bot

(Philippines, slang) The loveteam of Filipino actors Vilma Santos and Edgar Mortiz.


KathNiel

(Philippines, slang) The loveteam of Filipino actors Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla.


Melason

(Philippines, slang) The couple consisting of Filipino actors and reality show contestants Melisa Cantiveros and Jason Francisco.


Keelie

en-adj

Keelie (comparative more Keelie, superlative most Keelie)

more Keelie (comparative)
most Keelie (superlative)


Suellen

Blend of Sue + Ellen. Abbreviation of Sue-Ellen/Sue Ellen.


SAO

en-noun

SAO (countable and uncountable, plural SAOs)

Specified Associated Organisation
w:Specified Associated Organisation

(UK politics) Initialism of Specified Associated Organisation.


Ngkoth

An extinct Paman language formerly spoken on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia.


astronym

The name of a star, planet or other heavenly body.


telonym

John Smith adopted the telonym N. H. for his novel.

(rare) A term formed from the terminal letter or letters of several words.

(rare) A pseudonym formed in this way from an author's first name or full name.


Tshangla

A Sino-Tibetan language of the Bodish branch closely related to the Tibetic languages largely deriving from Classical Tibetan.


Classical Tibetan

The form of Tibetan spoken from the early 10th century AD until the 12th century AD (after the Old Tibetan period) and still used as a written language.


Dearbornistan

From Dearborn + -i- + -stan, with regard to it supposedly being a hotbed for Islamic extremism.

(US, slang, derogatory) The city of Dearborn, Michigan.


father tongue

/ˈfɑː.ðə ˌtʌŋ/

/ˈfɑ.ðɚ ˌtʌŋ/

From father + tongue (“language”), modelled after mother tongue.

Throughout their long history as a minority, Anglo-Indians learned their "father tongue" but were indifferent to their "mother tongue," an indigenous Indian language.

1973, Noel P[itts] Gist, Roy Dean Wright, “Styles of Life”, in K. Ishwaran, editor, Marginality and Identity: Anglo-Indians as a Racially Mixed Minority in India (Monographs and Theoretical Studies in Sociology and Anthropology in Honour of Nels Anderson; 3), Leiden: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →ISBN, page 148:

English is / my father tongue. / A father tongue is / a foreign language, / therefore English is / a foreign language / not a mother tongue.

1986, M[arlene] NourbeSe Philip, “Discourse on the Logic of Language”, in Journal of West Indian Literature, volume 14, Bridgetown, Barbados: Department of English, University of the West Indies, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 187:

It is our mother's voice which introduces us to language and in this way it is the only tongue, whereas the father tongue is learnt systematically.

2004, Judit Szekacs-Weisz, Ivan Ward, editors, Lost Childhood and the Language of Exile, [London]: Imago East West, The Freud Museum, →ISBN, page 11:

I was born in Kenya, and so was my mother. This makes me a Kenya citizen. My childhood and boyhood were in idyllic countryside in Singida, Tanzania near Arusha. With beautiful lakes, bewitching butterflies, endless plains running for the horizon and people with the sweetness and suaveness of the Swahili. This makes Swahili, the main language of Tanzania, my father tongue and me a Swahili boy.

2009, Ba[hadur] Tejani, “A Letter to My Readers from the Author: My Life as a Writer”, in Laughing in the Face of Terrorism […], [Seattle, Wash.?]: BookSurge Publishing, →ISBN, page 5:

A second language that one speaks fluently.


Ngam

Central African Republic
Central African Republic

One of the Sara languages, spoken in Chad and the Central African Republic.


Moken

The Austronesian language spoken by these people.


Pearleen

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Old Tibetan

An ancient form of the Tibetan language, reflected in documents from the adoption of writing by the Tibetan Empire in the mid-7th century to works of the early 11th century.


Barese

From Italian barese. Equivalent to Bari + -ese (adjective- and noun-forming suffix).

af

The Bari dialect, a dialect of Neapolitan spoken in the Apulia and Basilicata regions of Italy.


canine letter

So called because it sometimes represents a sound like a dog's growl.

All the foregoing etymologies, be it observed, are the conjectures of English scholars; for the English is the only language in which the name of the individual, Fairy, has the canine letter to afford any foundation for them.

1833, Thomas Keightley, Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 10:


Eastern Herzegovinian

A Shtokavian subdialect that is the basis for all modern literary Serbo-Croatian standards: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin.


Bongo

A Central Sudanic language spoken by the Bongo people in sparsely populated areas of Bahr al Ghazal in South Sudan.


Huetar

An extinct language once spoken in Costa Rica


cakeism

From cake + -ism, referring to have one's cake and eat it too.

What is now known as “cakeism” – the idea that the UK can have everything it wants merely because it wants it – is becoming, like climate-change denial, the subject of rational discussion.

2017, The New European, "The delusions of Cakeism", Bonnie Greer, 15 September 2017

The letter is the latest blatant example of British cakeism.

2018, The Guardian, "David Davis's petulant leaked letter is the latest slice of Brexit cakeism", Jonathan Lis, 10 January 2018

The government has adopted Johnson's notorious attitude to cake – wanting to have it and to eat it – and made cakeism its defining creed.

2021, The Guardian, "The dishonesty of Boris Johnson has finally infected the entire government", Jonathan Freedland, 19 November 2021

Cakeism is not a formula that works in government because, in reality, the cake has to be rationed and people notice.

2021, The Guardian, "The Tories said we could have our cake and eat it – now they are stuffed and voters are hungry", Rafael Behr, 22 December 2021

"Cakeism" has run riot — vast, incoherent ambitions detached from political, economic and business realities.

2022, The Guardian, "Brexit legacy is just the start of incoming PM's problems as cost of living crisis spirals", Will Hutton, 10 July 2022

having one's cake and eating it too
have one's cake and eat it too

(UK politics) The doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too, particularly regarding the UK’s approach to Brexit negotiations and subsequent deliberations.


Bebe

In most cases, the name is a diminutive of Beatrice.


Wasembo

A Rai Coast language spoken in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.


Edsel

The automobile marque is named after Edsel Ford (1893–1943), son of Henry Ford. Compare German Etzel.

A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Etzel


Insta

These are the slaves to technology: the Candy Crushers, the Facebook fanatics, the Insta-idlers, the Snapchat servants and Twitter twiddlers who spend every spare minute absorbed by their screens.

2018, Jack Lewis, The Science of Sin: Why We Do The Things We Know We Shouldn’t, Bloomsbury Sigma, →ISBN:

(informal, chiefly text messaging, Internet slang) Clipping of Instagram.


Insta

en-verb

Insta (third-person singular simple present Instas or Insta's, present participle Insta-ing or Insta'ing, simple past and past participle Insta-ed or Insta'ed)

Instas (present singular third-person)
Insta's (present singular third-person)
Insta-ing (participle present)
Insta'ing (participle present)
Insta-ed (participle past)
Insta-ed (past)
Insta'ed (participle past)
Insta'ed (past)

Patrick Dempsey, who played Dr. Derek Shepherd for 11 seasons, Insta-ed a close-up of his masked face, captioning it with one of his catchphrases. "It’s a Beautiful Day to Save Lives," he wrote. "#WearAMask."

2020 July 23, Jelisa Castrodale, “‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Gears Up for Pandemic Storyline in Upcoming 60,000th Season”, in Vice:


Suga

Borrowed from Japanese 菅 (Suga) or すが (Suga).


Hellenistic Koine

Synonym of Koine (the Greek dialect of Hellenistic times)


Early New English

The form of the English language written and spoken from the end of the 15th century to the mid-17th century.


Pestminster

Those following what has been dubbed “Pestminster” may nevertheless struggle to keep up with the Byzantine internal reporting structures, the range of accusations being levied and the sheer number of MPs involved.

2017 3 November, Julia Rampen, “A week in Pestminster”, in New Statesman:

Activists turned Westminster into “Pestminster” today to highlight a perceived lack of action over Parliament’s sexual harassment scandal.

2018 26 October, Kate Proctor, Ella Wills, “The next station is now Pestminster”, in Evening Standard:

It’s shocking that two years after the ‘Pestminster’ scandal, female MPs are fleeing politics.

2019 31 October, Catherine Mayer, “It’s shocking that two years after the ‘Pestminster’ scandal, female MPs are fleeing politics”, in The Telegraph:

(UK, informal) A scandal involving sexual harassment by members of the British parliament.


God's house

From Middle English Goddes hous, goddes hous. Compare Dutch godshuis, German Gotteshaus.


Samsam

A mixed language of Thai and Kelantan-Pattani Malay, spoken by those of mixed ancestry.


Topanga

Borrowed from Gabrielino-Fernandeño Topaa'nga. "Topaa'-" is possibly from Chumash + Tongva suffix -nga meaning ‘place of,’ forming proper nouns.


Toledan

A native or inhabitant of Toledo in Spain.


Benzion

From Hebrew בֶּנְצִיּוֹן.

der

בֶּנְצִיּוֹן

Hebrew בֶּנְצִיּוֹן

A male given name from Hebrew, literally meaning ‘son of Zion’.


Tucsonian

A native or inhabitant of Tucson, Arizona, USA.


Gormflaith

The order of place names in the verses indicates that Olaf was Gormflaith's first husband.

2005, Benjamin T. Hudson, Viking Pirates and Christian Princes:

In any case, the intruder also knew that the High King never slept with his wife, the lady Gormflaith, these days. So now, unless the High King had invited someone else to his bed, he would be found alone.

2010, Peter Tremayne, Dancing with Demons:

Another daughter of Flann Sinna, Gormflaith, is presented to us in the literature as a genuine historic queen, a scheming queen, and a sovereignty goddess.

2013, Pauline Stafford, A Companion to the Early Middle Ages: Britain and Ireland c.500–c.1100:

(chiefly mythology) A female given name from Irish


Naharvali

Alternative form of Nahanarvali (“Germanic tribe”)


Natalian

en-adj

Natalian (comparative more Natalian, superlative most Natalian)

more Natalian (comparative)
most Natalian (superlative)

Of or relating to Natal in South Africa.


Ashokan Prakrit

The Early Middle Indo-Aryan languages represented in the inscriptions left during the reign of Ashoka, an Indian emperor of the 3rd century BCE.


Middle Indo-Aryan

The stage of the Indo-Aryan languages following Vedic Sanskrit and preceding the modern Indo-Aryan languages.


Apabhramsha

From Sanskrit अपभ्रंश (apabhraṃśa, “fallen, corrupted”).

bor

The languages of the final stage of Middle Indo-Aryan, spoken during the 6th – 13th centuries CE.


Chatswong

(slang) The Sydney suburb of Chatswood, known for its large Cantonese population.


Arsinoe

From Latin Arsinoē, itself from Ancient Greek Ἀρσινόη (Arsinóē), the female form of Ἀρσίνοος (Arsínoos), from ἄρσις (ársis, “elevation”) + νόος (nóos, “mind”).

A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Arsinoë.


habit and repute

marriage by habit and repute

(Scots law) The condition of being notorious enough to afford strong and generally conclusive evidence of something.


Naxi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 納西／纳西 (nàxī).

zh-l

納西／纳西 (nàxī)

A Sino-Tibetan language spoken in the city of Lijiang, Yunnan, China.


Muffy

Shortened from Mary, Margaret, or other names.


Chels

(informal) A diminutive of the female given name Chelsea


Voldy

From the evil wizard Voldemort in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.

As I walked slowly to my desk, I pictured myself, as I had done several times before, telling old Voldy I was quitting. Whenever I had the temptation to stop reading the immensely boring editorials and random reading material, I was subjecting myself to these days for my upcoming GDs/interviews, I would picture myself telling Voldy I was out of here and then his possible reactions. It was my favourite daydream.

2014, Harkeerat Anand, An Affair to Remember, Sristhi Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 12:

It's Halloran. Or as he is more frequently called by the kids around Rosemary Bluffs, Voldy. Named for a certain villain in a certain story about a world of wizards. Trust me, the guy earned the nickname. I've never met anyone so rude. If you held a contest for meanest person in town, Voldy would win every time. Even most adults don't like him.

2017, Kimberly J. Smith, The Vardo, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:

(often derogatory) A nickname for a person, or sometimes an animal, who resembles the Harry Potter villain Voldemort in meanness, frightfulness, or some other attribute.


Eustonite

(rare, UK politics) Someone who has signed or otherwise supports the Euston Manifesto; a liberal or leftist who supports a neoconservative foreign policy.


Namibian English

The English language as written and spoken in Namibia, and among Namibian expatriates in other countries.


Centauran

Reincarnation makes them feel superior to you superior Centaurans.

1962, Wallace West, The Memory Bank, Airmont Books, page 44:

The peculiar thing about that war is that the Centaurans gave up.

1974, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, volume 46, Mercury Press, page 64:

The Alpha Centaurans are especially interested in the skies above them.

2006, Giles Sparrow, The Solar System: Exploring the Planets and Their Moons from Mercury to Pluto and Beyond, Thunder Bay Press, page 10:

(science fiction) A member of a fictional or hypothetical Centauran species, colony, civilization, etc.


Pearlene

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Pearline

Coined at the end of the 19th century from Pearl + -ine. Compare Pauline, Earline.


Shitlands

Shetland Islands
Shetland Islands#English

(slang, derogatory, vulgar) The Shetland Islands; the Shetlands.


Shitland Islands

(slang, vulgar, derogatory, rare) The Shetland Islands.


Akiba

bor

Hebrew יַעֲקֹב

Synonym of Jacob; A male given name from Hebrew


Middle Assamese

The precursor to the Assamese language, spoken from the beginning of the 17th century to the beginning of the 19th century.


Carioca

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese carioca.

etymon

The Carioca River, a river in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.


testing clause

(Scots law) The last clause in a Scottish deed, which narrates when and where the parties signed the deed, before what witnesses, by whose hand written, etc.


Somada

Transliteration of Sanskrit सोमदा (somadā).


multiworld

Having lived in both countries, she possessed a multiworld perspective.

Consisting of, in influenced by, multiple worlds.


Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

The Neo-Aramaic language spoken by the modern Assyrian people of Upper Mesopotamia.


Pendragon

It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon, when he was king of all England, and so reigned, that there was a mighty duke in Cornwall that held war against him long time.

1485, Thomas Malory, chapter 1, in Le Morte D'Arthur, book I:

(Arthurian legend) An epithet of Uther, the father of King Arthur.

At last he got his breath and answer'd, 'One, / One have I seen—that other, our liege lord, / The dread Pendragon, Britain's king of kings, / Of whom the people talk mysteriously, / He will be there—then were I stricken blind / That minute, I might say that I have seen.'

1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 169:

(Arthurian legend) An epithet or surname of King Arthur.


Nzadi

An exonym, probably from Kongo nzadi (“river”).

Their language, which belongs to the Bantu family.


Garo

A member of a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group in Meghalaya, Assam, Tripura, Nagaland, and neighboring areas of Bangladesh.


Garo

The language spoken by this ethnic group.

A ghost town in Park County, Colorado in what is now South Park.


Tuyuca

The Tucanoan language of this people, being a postpositional agglutinative SOV language with five mandatory evidentiality paradigms (visual, nonvisual, apparent, secondhand, and assumed), and from 50 to 140 noun classes.


Hyrcanus

From Latin Hyrcanus, from Hyrcania, see it for more.

A male given name notably born by figures in Hasmonean Judaea


Cherilyn

Entertainer and actress Armenian-American Cherilyn Sarkisian, better known to her millions of fans worldwide as Cher, has achieved remarkable success as a singer […]

2001, Elliott Robert Barkan, Making it in America: A Sourcebook on Eminent Ethnic Americans, page 333:


Dearborner

(US) A person who is living in or from Dearborn, Michigan.


Kitty Hawker

(rare) Someone from or living in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States.


Polybius

Borrowed from Latin Polybius, from Ancient Greek Πολύβιος (Polúbios, literally “much life, long-lived”).

der

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polybius, an Ancient Greek historian of the Hellenistic period.


Anselma

A female given name, a feminine form of Anselm.


delta notation

(physical chemistry) A notation for denoting the prevalence of an isotope, equal to the normalized ratio of one isotope to another in a sample relative to that same ratio in a standard.


Beast from the East

Blizzards, strong winds, drifting snow and bitter cold have caused death and disruption as the weather system nicknamed the “Beast from the East” combined with storm Emma to create some of the most testing weather experienced in the UK for years.

2018 March 2, Steven Morris, Matthew Weaver, Nadia Khomami, “Beast from the East meets storm Emma, causing UK's worst weather in years”, in The Guardian:

Britain is facing a new Beast from the East in what could be one of the coldest winters in 30 years, climate experts say.

2019 September 8, Chiara Giordano, “UK weather forecast: Britain faces new Beast from the East in what could be one of coldest winters in 30 years”, in The Independent:

But today's weather is nothing compared to this time two years ago, when the Beast from the East hit.

2020 February 27, Rebecca Tuffin, “Snow falls exactly two years after the Beast from the East hit Kent”, in Kent Online:

A wave of unusually cold temperatures in the United Kingdom and Ireland in 2018

2018 Great Britain and Ireland cold wave


Bushi

A dialect of Malagasy spoken in Mayotte.


Talian

A dialect of the Venetian language, spoken in parts of Brazil.


Bahauddin

From Arabic بَهَاءُ الدِّين (bahāʔu d-dīn, literally “glory of the religion”).

bor

بَهَاءُ الدِّين


Cathain

Cathán, from Old Irish cath, combined with a diminutive suffix.


Germanic h

From Germanic + h, due to the prevalence of words with this letter originating from Germanic languages.

The Germanic h, on the other hand, was at one time a distinct phoneme in French, much the same as [h] in Modern English (Fouché, 580–581). In this study I first explain how the Germanic h came into the French language during the Germanic tribes’ invasions in the fifth century.

1994, Stephen P. Cutts, “The Germanic h in French”, in General Linguistics, volume 34, numbers 3–4, Binghamton, N.Y.: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton, →ISSN, section 0.0 (Introduction), page 145:


Trobriand Islander

en-noun

Trobriand Islander (plural Trobriand Islanders)


Alliyah

A female given name from Hebrew borrowed from Arabic; a variant of the name Aliyah or Aaliyah.


Bambi

Borrowed from Italian bambina (“young girl”).


Little Grey Lady of the Sea

the Little Grey Lady of the Sea (canonical)


Old Gray Lady

(informal) The New York Times, a newspaper in New York City, NY, United States.

(informal) Legion Field, an outdoor stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.


Juneauite

The lodge was originally built as a retreat for a Juneauite in 1923.

2005, Ed Readicker-Henderson, Lynn Readicker-Henderson, Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska, →ISBN, page 240:

The bare mention of the name Skagway sets the average Juneauite wild, not with an honest spirit of business rivalry, but with a small, petty, envious feeling akin to the mean jealousy of a dyspeptic dwarf at the overtowering size of a well-formed man.

2006, Preston Jones, Empire's Edge: American Society in Nome, Alaska, 1898-1934, →ISBN:

One of my neighbors, a crusty, lifelong Juneauite, informed me with a sardonic leer that the first time the wolf stepped on his property—a scant hundred yards from one of the Romeo's favored trails—would be the last.

2014, Nick Jans, A Wolf Called Romeo, →ISBN, page 138:


Brooke's Point Palawano

An Austronesian language spoken in parts of Palawan island in the Philippines


Bliar

(derogatory, UK politics) A pejorative nickname for former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, usually in reference to his support for the Iraq War.


Budapester

During the 1980s, its vivid streetlife became a symbol of the “consumer socialism” that distinguished Hungary from other Eastern Bloc states, but Budapesters today are rather less enamoured of Váci: dressed-to-kill babes and their sugar daddies would rather pose in malls, and teenagers can find McDonald's anywhere, leaving Váci utterly dependent on tourists for its livelihood and bustle.

2002, Charles Hebbert, Dan Richardson, The Rough Guide to Budapest, 2nd edition, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 73:


Charlyne

A female given name, variant of Charlene.


Engelene

A female given name, variant of Angeline.


Smithfield

A town in Free State province, South Africa.

A number of places in the United States:

An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana.

An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Missouri.

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

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands#English

A settlement in Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.


dittay

From Old French ditté, from Latin dictatum.


Zelina

A female given name from Greek borrowed from Latin.


Alanic

the Iranian language of the Alans, from which modern Ossetian may be descended


world English

Finally, I contacted a number of World Englishes and lexicography colleagues who were able to contribute terms and suggest further avenues of investigation.

2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 5:

(countable) Any of various national or regional varieties of English other than British or American English.


Adithya

A male given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.


US Virgin Islander

US Virgin Islander (plural US Virgin Islanders)


Wallis and Futuna Islander

Wallis and Futuna Islander (plural Wallis and Futuna Islanders)


Keeling Islander

Keeling Islander (plural Keeling Islanders)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Someone from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands


Cocos (Keeling) Islander

Cocos (Keeling) Islander (plural Cocos (Keeling) Islanders)

Cocos Islander (canonical)
Keeling (romanization)
Cocos (Keeling) Islanders (plural)


Turks and Caicos Islander

Turks and Caicos Islander (plural Turks and Caicos Islanders)

Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands

Someone from the Turks and Caicos Islands


Jedek

The Aslian language spoken by a small group of Menriq/Batek people of northern Peninsular Malaysia.


Biao

From Mandarin 標話／标话 (Biāohuà, literally “Biao speech”).

zh-m

A Tai–Kadai language (or perhaps three languages) spoken in southwestern Huaiji County and Fengkai County, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China.


Robina

en-proper-noun

Robina (countable and uncountable, plural Robinas)


Tunica

West Feliciana Parish
West Feliciana Parish#English

An unincorporated community in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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


Tunica

An extinct group of linguistically and culturally related Native American tribes in the Mississippi River Valley.


Badjao

Spelled as such around the early 20th century to avoid confusion with Spanish J, which the modern Spanish pronunciation is /h/. The spelling of "Badjao" emerged to ensure English J is pronounced as /d͡ʒ/.

(chiefly Philippines) Alternative spelling of Bajau


Grog

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Grog.

A male given name of a notional caveman.


Ludolph

Borrowed from German Ludolph, an ancient personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *liudīz (“people”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”).


Kazembe

a traditional kingdom in modern-day Zambia and southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; the most organized of the Luba kingdoms


Ternate

A North Halmahera language of eastern Indonesia, spoken on the island of Ternate.

bahasa Ternate

a North Halmahera language of eastern Indonesia


Torres Strait Islander

en-noun

Torres Strait Islander (plural Torres Strait Islanders)

Torres Strait Islands
Torres Strait Islands

A member of the indigenous people living on the Torres Strait Islands, considered distinct from the Aboriginal people of the rest of Australia.


Barys

Бары́с Барыс#Belarusian

A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Бары́с (Barýs).


Swedey

Blend of swede + Sweeney, the latter being Cockney rhyming slang (Sweeney Todd) for the Flying Squad, and the former a reference to agriculture, since the investigators were drawn from rural police forces.

(UK, slang, derogatory, historical) The Operation Countryman team, who led an investigation into police corruption in London, England in the late 1970s.


Ashlie

20th-century spelling variant of Ashley.

A female given name transferred from the surname.


Bucky

A nickname for someone with the name Buck, or a given name derived from this.


Juliann

A variant of Julian, Juliana or Julianne. Can also be interpreted as a combination of Julia + Ann.


Katty

'Ma'am, may I send Katty down to the King's House, with a note to Mr.—a note to the King's House, Ma'am—I thank you—and see, Katty, good girl, ask to see the gentleman himself, and take his answer from his own lips.'

1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

A female given name, diminutive of Katherine and of its variant forms.


Kels

A diminutive of the female given name Kelsey


Brexity

en-adj

Brexity (comparative more Brexity, superlative most Brexity)

more Brexity (comparative)
most Brexity (superlative)

It feels a bit Brexity: a pained cry from the past, “We want our Shakespearean canon back!”

2016 October 26, David Greig, “Emma Rice’s exit from Shakespeare’s Globe feels a bit Brexity”, in New Statesman:

It is a society that has evolved separately from Britain’s mainland and its Anglican beliefs, but it looks like an alternative reality of fiercely insular, irrational England. Is there anything more Brexity than this?

2018 June 7, Peter Bradshaw, “The scariest horror films ever – ranked!”, in The Guardian:

She doesn't admit that I'm right — she has been distracted by a woman she has seen out of the window, limping out from a Brexity pub called The Dame's Garter with a vape dangling from her puckered lips […]

(UK, informal) Characteristic of Brexit, or the attitudes thought to underlie it; parochial, jingoistic.


Demetria

(rare) A female given name, masculine equivalent Demetrius.


Lib Dems

(UK politics, informal) The Liberal Democrats.


Winfred

From Old English Wynfriþ, from wynn (“joy”) + friþ (“peace”).

(chiefly history) A male given name from Old English.


Jerimoth

der

Hebrew ירִימוֹת

A male given name of several Biblical characters.


Tato

Borrowed from Georgian ტატო (ṭaṭo) or Spanish Tato.


Miamian

Miamians dressed well, for Miami Joe dressed well, his purple suits—solid, others of pinstripes in different widths—masterfully tailored, complemented by his collection of short, fat kipper ties.

2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, page 40:


Orenthal

"My name's Orenthal O'Shea. My friends call me Oh-oh." "Mr. O'Shea." She extended her hand. "I'm Sydney Bryant."

1989, Patricia Wallace, Deadly Grounds, Zebra Books, →ISBN:


Antwon

(US) A male given name from French, equivalent to English Anthony.


Rolly

A diminutive of the male given name Roland.


Irenaeus

From Latin Irenaeus, from Ancient Greek Εἰρηναῖος (Eirēnaîos), from εἰρήνη (eirḗnē, “peace”).


summary diligence

(Scots law) The process by which execution may proceed without the need of further application to the court, in the case of bonds and other instruments registered for execution.


Karyn

A 20th-century spelling variant of Karen.


Cletus

Borrowed from Latin Cletus, short form of the papal name Anacletus, from Ancient Greek ἀνάκλητος (anáklētos, “invoked”), from ανακαλώ + -τός.

One of those things with a wooden handle and garishly serrated edges, used by guys with names like Cletus or Bobby Ray.

2011, Veronica Wolff, Isle of Night: The Watchers, Penguin, →ISBN:

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


Bimshire

(informal, Barbados) A nickname for Barbados.


Bim

From the 1860s. Origin unknown. Perhaps from Igbo bem (“my home, household, folk, fellows”).


Shillary

Blend of shill + Hillary, likely to invoke the view that Hillary Clinton serves corporate interests, lobbyists, etc. over the voters she represents.

If Shillary gets the Nomination theres^([sic]) still a chance to win via write in candidates. And even if Bernie "looses"^([sic]) the number of votes taken from Hillary will make it quite apparent that she does NOT have the support of the progressive base. I WILL NOT VOTE FOR HER.

2015, §nühw¤Łf, “Re: Shillary wants your emailz”, in alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk (Usenet):

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


Pattie

A diminutive of the female given name Patricia


Ik

(uncountable) The language spoken by the Ik ethnic group.


Blue Labour

It doesn't take a genius to see that its hostility towards statism, in the context of economic crisis and austerity, could provide useful ideological cover for an assault on welfare. Blue Labour thinking, here, converges seamlessly with Cameron's “big society”.

2011 May 21, Ed Rooksby, “Don't underestimate toxic Blue Labour”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) A political tendency advocating the belief that working-class voters will be won back to Labour through socially conservative ideas on certain issues.


Vee

A female given name, short for names beginning with V.


Three Lions

A reference to the crest or badge of the team, which depicts three lions.

The Three Lions are in the last four for only the third time. They went on to win their home tournament in 1966 but lost to West Germany on penalties in 1990.

2018 July 7, Phil McNulty, “Sweden 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) The England national football team.


Chemehuevi

Possibly from a Spanish corruption of Mojave 'achiimuuev (“those who play with fish”)

der

An indigenous people of the Great Basin; the southernmost branch of Southern Paiute.


Tarahumara

The Uto-Aztecan language of these people.


statesider

Besides being a young lady of only eight, she is a statesider […]

1948 July 5, Alaska Life: The Territorial Magazine, volume 11, page 7:

Perhaps the largest group of outsides is those from the United States, often referred to as statesiders. Statesiders come to Guam as part of the military, as teachers, as business people, lawyers or other professional or technical occupations, and as missionaries.

1985, Nessa Wolfson, Joan Manes, Language of Inequality, page 17:

(demonym, colloquial) A continental (US) American; a United States mainlander.


McShittles

Blend of McDonald's + shit (omitting the apostrophe).

Plans include a skithru McShittles, a skithru hummer shack, a skithru sushi bar, a warp speed funicular, a skithru virtual reality ski-arcade. You'll love it. Buy now and save.

1997, M. Drazen, “Killington purchase?”, in rec.skiing.alpine (Usenet), retrieved 2018-07-13:

The Chip and the French Fry are nouns to denote very different things. On one hand the French Fry (especiallyu^([sic]) from McShittles) has a fried outside and nothing of consequence inside, whilst the Chip has both a fried outside, and as consequence of having less surface area to mass, has cooked potatoe^([sic]) inside.

2000, Alistair Mann, “BNP censorship”, in soc.culture.british (Usenet), retrieved 2018-07-13:

When you stop working at McShittles then you can try to spar mentally with me.

2004, Roger Morgan, “WHY DO NIGGERS CHASE WHITE CHICKS?”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet), retrieved 2018-07-13:

(vulgar, derogatory, informal, rare) McDonald's (the fast food restaurant chain).


Braj Bhasha

An Indo-Aryan language spoken in India and considered a variety of Western Hindi.


Sapo

A Kru language of the Niger-Congo language family, spoken in eastern Liberia.


Filthadelphia

On the East Coast, Ed Rendell made his early mark as mayor of "Filthadelphia" by literally scrubbing city hall, while quality-of-life issues shaped not only the 1993 mayoral races in Boston and New York but many local elections.

1997, Frederick F. Siegel, The Future Once Happened Here:

We love this city. Please visit soon and please go to South Philly and tell those folks they're scum. Tell us how you make out.

2003, ROBW, “Filthadelphia has Crime out the Ass”, in alt.politics.gw-bush (Usenet):

About seven o'clock that evening, Angelo approached the corner of Camac St. and Oregon Ave. in beautiful south “Filthadelphia.” As He inched up the broken concrete stairs, the putrid smell of garlic and broccoli rabe wafted through the screen door of the small row home and punched Him in the nose.

2006, A. J. Macherone, Sea of Angels: A Tragically Short Story, page 102:

(derogatory slang) Philadelphia depicting the city as a filthy place


Holywell Street

Named after one of the local holy wells, “the sweet and sacred waters of St Clements Church that still survives on the Strand today, and gave Holywell Street its nickname of the Backside of St Clements”.

There are plenty of filthy books sold outside of Holywell-street, differing from many Holywell-street books, too, as having indecent insides as well as covers.

1857, William Acton, Prostitution considered in its moral, social, and sanitary aspects:

To impute to those who do not care for the Holywell Street literature of any time "the Puritanic squeamishness of an extremely moral undetected Tartuffe, acting as Aristarchus," is to be too zealous for unrighteousness.

1877, The Academy and Literature, volume 12, page 82:

As regards a so-called critic who should decry such a book as Holywell Street literature, and the like, I should have merely to say of him that I could desire no stronger proof of his incapacity in, and his unfitness for, the post to which he has elected himself.

1891 November [1867 February 20], Charles Dickens, “Letters of Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins”, in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 83, number 498, →ISSN, page 902, column 2:

Mr. Long's solicitor was careful to explain that “The Yoke” “is not a Holywell Street book.” We can only say for it that we defy Holywell Street to produce anything so foul. Holywell Street is a much cleaner street than it would be if it sold “The Yoke” […]

1909, The Academy and Literature, volume 75, page 583:

(historical) A former street in central London, famed for selling pornography in Victorian times.


Psammetichus

Borrowed from Latin Psammētichus, from Ancient Greek Ψαμμήτιχος (Psammḗtikhos), itself from Egyptian p-s-m-T:k (psmṯk).

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by several Egyptian pharaohs


party opponent

en-noun

party opponent (plural parties opponent)

(Church of England) A party who opposes the grant of a faculty for the alteration of a church.


McShits

(vulgar, derogatory, informal) McDonald's (the fast food restaurant chain).


New Indo-Aryan

The current stage of the Indo-Aryan languages, representing an evolution from Middle Indo-Aryan.


McShit

(vulgar, derogatory, informal, rare) Food served at McDonald's.


Old Indo-Aryan

The earliest attested stage of the Indo-Aryan languages that developed from Proto-Indo-Aryan, exemplified by Sanskrit as well as Mitanni-Aryan.


-poo

Unknown, probably arbitrary or from poo.

This is my little dog, Pinky-Panky-Poo. Bark at the gentleman, Pinky-Panky-Poo.

1908 January 28, Republican News, page 8:

...they would scraich out ‘Inky poo, your nose is blue, You're awful like the Turra Coo!’ whenever they saw Ellison go by.

1932, James Mitchell, Sunset Song, page 21:

As Elisha passes her on his way to the microphone she does her boa-constrictor number, big huggypoo, big kissypoo. Once past Pammypoo, Elisha makes a speech.

2002, William Kennedy, Roscoe, page 241:

Added to nouns, especially personal names, ending in -y or -ie to form affectionate, playful diminutives.


Claíomh Solais

From Irish Claíomh Solais (literally “Sword of Light”).

bor

(Irish mythology) The "Sword of Light", one of the Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann which belonged to Núadu.


Jeffi

This happened in Dayton, Ohio: "Jeffi and I were parked in the woods one night. We had been going together for about three years. She was still a virgin, but we were pretty free with one another's bodies by then..."

1976, someone quoted by Sally Banes and Tem Horwitz in Our National Passion: 200 Years of Sex in America

"I think Jeffi's right. And I admire her for saying it." "What?" "If Mike used her that way, he is a jerk." "But, Jeffi," Bethany said as she turned her back on Sara, "you finally made it into that crowd, and you're throwing it all away. You'll be left out ..."

1985, Gail Jarrow, That Special Someone, Ace Books, →ISBN:


Jeffie

From Jeff, Jeffrey or other similar names, + -ie.

It was true. Especially for Jeffie, her baby. He'd had enough hurt and she had to protect him. [...] Her cousin Mimi's husband the psychiatrist said, "Everyone has his own mourning time. Jeffie will go to school when he's ready."

2009, Iris Rainer Dart, Til the Real Thing Comes Along, →ISBN:

[...] her young friend Jeffersonia Davis Lucket. The name was a survival of war-time Confederate zeal, now nearly always mercifully shortened into "Jeffie," as being better suited for the owner. When Jeffie entered, Miss Stacy gave a little start, [...]

1898, Alice Maude Ewell, “Miss Stacy's Buryin'-Money”, in The Century, page 456:

[...] getting close enough to him to please Joey's wife, Jeffie, and yet staying at a sufficient distance to avoid compromising himself and his family.

1974 March 18, Donald Goddard, “An Incredible Evening With Joey Gallo”, in New York Magazine:

"Of course, honey," said Jeffie. Her words were slurred [...]

2007, J. Larry Jacobson, A Nest in the Storm, →ISBN, page 216:


Dotty

If you really believed and if you waited ever so quietly, you would see Dotty the witch pottering around in her kitchen or picking herbs to put in her potato stew.

2013, D. Vanstone, Dotty and the Fix-it-Cats, →ISBN, page 7:

“It's Dotty!” As if there were only one Dotty in the world. “Dotty who?” a voice asked from behind the door. “Why, Dotty Fickett!” she replied. The door opened and a woman stood there, her face gaunt and filled with sadness. “Mrs. Doherty?”

2015, Constance C. Greene, Dotty's Suitcase, Open Road Media, →ISBN:

(uncommon) A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy, also spelled Dottie.


Cyd

Often short for Cydney, a variant of Sydney/Sidney.

"It's all about getting laid," Cyd explained. It was easier for the young Were, because if he ever got out of his moon craze, he could mate.

2012, Stephanie Tyler, Dire Warning, →ISBN:

And with that, Otto began dancing in front of Cyd. His gyrations were absolutely comical. Cyd wanted to laugh but at the same time, he was aggravated with Otto for not listening. Cyd finally had had enough. He tried a few more times ...

2017, Phil Wigfall, A Sol in the Life of Otto Fink, →ISBN:

Frank crawled into the bed with Cyd, his eyes puffy, no more tears in him to cry anymore. Cyd stared at the painted portrait of Mercades that she painted on her first birthday. Frank put him arm around her and rubbed his face into her arm.

2010, Alexis Allee, I Don't Love You, →ISBN:

"It just blew my mind," Cyd said as she continued to dial. [...] Cyd rushed home that evening, [...] and completed her other tasks [...]


Kennie

1951, Kennie Macpherson, Mothercraft in the tropics

1970, Kennie L. Howard, Yesterday in Florida

1996, Kennie Benner, The Volunteer Blueprint for Success: The Reference Manual and Workbook for Long Term Care Volunteers

2008, Kennie H. Jones, Biology-inspired Approach for Communal Behavior in Massively Deployed Sensor Networks

But Kennie robbed me even of that. As I came out of the back door, he came out of the front, smoothly covering me the whole way. Then he surprised me.

2015, Kennie Ting, The Romance of the Grand Tour: 100 Years of Travel in South East Asia (→ISBN)


Christianne

Blend of Christian + Anne, coined as a feminine form of Christian.


Zsazsa

A diminutive of the female given name Zsuzsanna, variant of Zsa Zsa.


Hammy

A diminutive of the male given name Hamilton.


Linnie

A diminutive of the female given name Linda.


Ralphie

A diminutive of the male given name Ralph.


Ailish

Phonetic rendering of Irish Ailís (“Alice”) or Eilís (“Elizabeth”).


Genny

After two weeks, Alexandrine noticed Genevieve had not dined with the family once since she had returned, so she decided to talk to [her ...] “Genny, would you like tea? [...] Alexandrine put her cup down and put her hand on Genevieve's arm.

2016, Selene Simone, What the Dragonfly Saw: Dragonfly DreamsÑVolume II of the Dragonfly Series, →ISBN, page 133:

A female given name, a diminutive of Genevieve, or occasionally a variant of Ginny or Jenny.


Uniqua

A female given name of African American usage.


Princessa

A female given name, elaboration of Princess.


Haze

A diminutive of the female given name Hazel.


Maryjane

A female given name, combination of Mary and Jane.


United Stateser

en-noun

United Stateser (plural United Statesers)

From United States + -er (inhabitant suffix).

It is a British publication, but not so slow as some colonials and a few United Statesers would have us believe British business men generally usually are.

1904 July, “Fast Illustrating”, in The Canadian Magazine […], volume 23, number 3, page 289:

A United Stateser. Yes it's ugly, there is no word to say it better. I do not believe in ugliness. I do not want to call myself a United Stateser but what in — but what else am I?

1923, William Carlos Williams, The Great American Novel, page 25:

(nonstandard, often humorous) A resident or citizen of the United States.


Mango Mussolini

Mango refers to Trump's orangish skin tone; the reference to Benito Mussolini is because of Trump's conservative nationalist politics, which his opponents liken to fascism.

Also, Bill Maher is a liberal in the same way Mango Mussolini is a conservative.

2017 June 6, Freezer, “LIEberal ICON Bill Maher uses N-Word, is NOT called, "RACIST!!! by LIEberals, and is NOT suspended”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):

(US politics, derogatory, slang, offensive) Donald Trump.


Chimperor

Blend of chimp + emperor, compare Chimpy.

Now, pulling out a goodly number of troops and replacing them with international soldiers, plus forfeiting the "leadership" position to the UN sounds like a good deal. Fat chance the Chimperor will let that happen.

2004 April 23, Max O., “Re: Why Bush's war has already failed”, in nashville.general (Usenet):

The Chimperor lets water supplies get diluted with mercury and arsenic, led Texas to have one of the WORST water and air quality scores during his tenure as gubnor...

2004 October 9, DaveNOSPAM, “"Culture of Life" ??????? WTF?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):

Could be a modern day indictment against the Chimperor. Especially the "I tell you one and one makes three" part. Time to overthrow those damned activist mathematicians!

2006 May 31, Jason Todd, “Re: On the cover of National Review: 50 Greatest Conservative Rock Songs”, in alt.punk (Usenet):

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


Roly

A diminutive of the male given name Roland.


Midge

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


Happy

en-proper noun

Happy (countable and uncountable, plural Happys)


The Ville

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

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

Christ Church, Oxford
St Edmund Hall, Oxford


ScoMo

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

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

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


Junichi

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


Yuichiro

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


Dirks

A male given name from the Germanic languages.


Classical Azerbaijani

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Aggy

A diminutive of the female given names Agnes or Agatha.


benefit of inventory

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


Imonda

A Papuan language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.


Ifugao

/ʔɪ.fʊˈɡaʊ̯/

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


Mingzhu

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


Bontoc

Mountain Province
Mountain Province#English

A municipality, the capital of Mountain Province, Philippines

A barangay of Bontoc, Mountain Province, Philippines

(historical) A former Spanish commandancy.

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


Mitsuhide

Borrowed from Japanese みつひで (Mitsuhide).


Kunimitsu

Borrowed from Japanese くにみつ (Kunimitsu).


Hideyoshi

Borrowed from Japanese ひでよし (Hideyoshi).


Yoshimitsu

Borrowed from Japanese よしみつ (Yoshimitsu).


Moragan

A native or inhabitant of Moraga, California.


Boraga

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

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

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

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

(Title)

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

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

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

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

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

(derogatory) The town of Moraga, California.


Strayan

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


Strayan

en-adj

Strayan (comparative more Strayan, superlative most Strayan)

more Strayan (comparative)
most Strayan (superlative)


Tübatulabal

en-noun

Tübatulabal (plural Tübatulabals or Tübatulabal)

Tübatulabals (plural)
Tübatulabal (plural)

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

bor

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


Tübatulabal

en-adj

Tübatulabal (comparative more Tübatulabal, superlative most Tübatulabal)

more Tübatulabal (comparative)
most Tübatulabal (superlative)


Ancient North Arabian

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

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

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

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


otherdimensional

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


Chequers agreement

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

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


Chequers plan

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

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

Chequers agreement
Chequers agreement#English


chu nom

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Bantayanon

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


Olwyn

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

A female given name from Welsh, variant of Olwen.


Westralian

Westralian (comparative more Westralian, superlative most Westralian)

more Westralian (comparative)
most Westralian (superlative)

Blend of western + Australian or Westralia + -an


Athanasia

From Ancient Greek ἀθανασία (athanasía).


cessio bonorum

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


put to the horn

en-verb

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

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

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


desert the diet

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

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

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


Namrata

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


Winstonian

en-adj

Winstonian (comparative more Winstonian, superlative most Winstonian)

more Winstonian (comparative)
most Winstonian (superlative)


ultimus haeres

From Latin ultimus haeres (“ultimate heir”).

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


Sabahan

Sabahan (comparative more Sabahan, superlative most Sabahan)

more Sabahan (comparative)
most Sabahan (superlative)

Relating to the Sabahan language family.


Bogey

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

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


Caviteño

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

The Chavacano dialect spoken in Cavite City.


Davaoeño

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

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

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

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

A person from the Davao region or Davao City.


Leyteño

From Spanish leyteño, from Leyte + -eño.

A person from Leyte island or province in the Philippines.


Bulaqueño

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


Butuanon

From Cebuano Butuanon, from Butuan + -on.

A person coming from Butuan, regardless of ethnicity.


Butuanon

The Austronesian language of the Butuanon people.


Guinea-Bissau Creole

A Portuguese-based creole spoken in Guinea-Bissau.


Polidora

Enter Arcadius and Polidora.

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


Pangasinense

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

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

The ethnolinguistic group living in Pangasinan.


Masbateño

From Spanish masbateño, from Masbate + -eño.


Romblomanon

The Austronesian language of the Romblomanon people.


Marinduqueño

From Spanish marinduqueño, from Marinduque + -eño.

The Tagalog dialect spoken in Marinduque.


Coloradoan

Coloradoan (comparative more Coloradoan, superlative most Coloradoan)

more Coloradoan (comparative)
most Coloradoan (superlative)


Surigaonon

From Cebuano Surigaonon, from Surigao + -non.

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


Surigaonon

The Austronesian language of the Surigaonon people.


regalia minora

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


regalia majora

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


Imperial Manila

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

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


Saanvi

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


Lamesha

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


Lankan

Lankan (comparative more Lankan, superlative most Lankan)

more Lankan (comparative)
most Lankan (superlative)

Of or relating to Sri Lankan culture or identity.


catholic creditor

en-noun

catholic creditor (plural catholic creditors)

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


Guyanese Creole

An English-based creole language spoken in Guyana.


fugitation

fugitation (countable and uncountable, plural fugitations)

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


Treasury Bench

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


Proto-Nilo-Saharan

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


Fireside Poets

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


Oneika

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


Joie

A diminutive of the male given name Joseph.

A diminutive of the female given name Josephine.


acribic

en-adj

acribic (comparative more acribic, superlative most acribic)

more acribic (comparative)
most acribic (superlative)

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

der

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

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

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

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

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


Yaeyama

A Southern Ryukyuan language spoken on the Yaeyama archipelago.


Yonaguni

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

A Ryukyuan language spoken on the island of Yonaguni.


Cherine

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


Moishe

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


Caitlind

A female given name, variant of Caitlin.


Ismene

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

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

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

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


God-Save-the-Kinger

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Vahan

Վահան Վահան#Armenian

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


Hakob

From Armenian Հակոբ (Hakob). Doublet of Jacob.

Հակոբ Հակոբ#Armenian

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


approbate and reprobate

en-verb

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

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

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


Nimuë

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

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


shy Tory

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


Ijeoma

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


Ashok

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


Jools

A diminutive of the male given name Julian.

A diminutive of the female given name Julia.


Ethiosemitic

Belonging to the Ethiopian Semitic language family.


arabicise

en-verb

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Homsi

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

A person from, or an inhabitant of, Homs.

Homsan

a person from, or an inhabitant of, Homs


Trumperor

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Trumperor.

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


Hitlery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Elchibey

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

the nickname of the Azerbaijani president Abulfaz Aliyev


Megs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A diminutive of the female given names Margaret or Megan.


Gambrinus

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


Classical Malay

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

bahasa Melayu Klasik

Classical Malay language; Classical Malay


Shrub

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

George H. W. Bush
Lou Dubose
Molly Ivins


Forrest Trump

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

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

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

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

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

(derogatory) Nickname for Donald John Trump.


Shrubya

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Obummer

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


oath of calumny

en-noun

oath of calumny (plural oaths of calumny)

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


Para-Romani

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


Guianan Creole

A French-based creole language spoken in French Guiana.


Chimpy McFlightsuit

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

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

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

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

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


Immy

A diminutive of the female given name Imogen


Saulteaux

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

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


Catz

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

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


art and part

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

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


Alsatia

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

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

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

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

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

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


Rozalind

A female given name from the Germanic languages


Katuic

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


AAE

African-American English
w:African-American English


UEFAlona

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

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


Jaxx

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


Celena

Derived from Selene, the Greek goddess of the moon


Chimpy McHitlerburton

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

blend

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Chimpy McHalliburton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Abijah

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

A male or female given name from Hebrew.


Illinoian

/ˌɪləˈnɔɪən/

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


Scirii

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


Skirian

The hypothetical East Germanic language once spoken by the Scirii.


Francitan

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

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

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

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

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

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


down-easter

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


Sniktbub

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

compound

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

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

(fandom slang) A nickname for Wolverine.


casualty of superiority

en-noun

casualty of superiority (plural casualties of superiority)

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


Camtho

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


Corbynomics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Stuie

A diminutive of the male given name Stuart.


usual channels

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


Jacinda

/d͡ʒəˈsɪndə/

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


Allex

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


Botswanian

Botswanan; a person from Botswana or of Botswanan descent.


Botswanian

en-adj

Botswanian (comparative more Botswanian, superlative most Botswanian)

more Botswanian (comparative)
most Botswanian (superlative)

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


Alanah

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

A female given name from the Celtic languages.


Tuoba

The extinct language formerly spoken by the Tuoba.


Qatifi

A person from, or an inhabitant of, Qatif.


posthumous name

en-noun

posthumous name (plural posthumous names)

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

謚號

posthumous title of a Chinese, Korean or Vietnamese emperor


Aldous

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


Canajan

en-adjective

Canajan (comparative more Canajan, superlative most Canajan)

more Canajan (comparative)
most Canajan (superlative)

And did I mention that he is Canajan, eh?

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


space herpes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

shingles

skin condition from reactivated VZV herpesvirus in later life


Shrillary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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