See Ringnut in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ring",
"3": "nut"
},
"expansion": "ring + nut",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From ring + nut, by analogy with wingnut.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Ringnuts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Ringnut (plural Ringnuts)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2007 July 8, Charles McGrath, “‘Ring’ Pilgrims: On the Horns of a Devotion”, in The New York Times:",
"text": "Ringnuts have been known to wear plastic versions of those helmets while standing in line outside the opera house.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2008 April 10, Daniel J. Wakin, “‘Ring’ Fans and the Met Lock Horns Over Ticket Rule”, in The New York Times:",
"text": "For Ringnuts who may be alarmed by the new ticket policy, there is a modest loophole, discovered by Mr. Hardt.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2008 June 15, graham, “Re: Where is everyone?”, in uk.food+drink.misc (Usenet):",
"text": "It's the same with Wagner's operas (apart from Dutchman) - one is either a \"Ringnut\" or completely indifferent.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A fan of the opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner."
],
"hypernyms": [
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"sense": "Ring cycle fan",
"word": "Wagnerian"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 37",
"sense": "Ring cycle fan",
"word": "Wagnerite"
}
],
"id": "en-Ringnut-en-noun-P8qSdl3a",
"links": [
[
"humorous",
"humorous"
],
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"fan",
"fan"
],
[
"opera",
"opera"
],
[
"cycle",
"cycle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, humorous or derogatory) A fan of the opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "66 34",
"sense": "Ring cycle fan",
"word": "Ringhead"
}
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"humorous",
"slang"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "46 54",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "43 57",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "44 56",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 61",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Fans (people)",
"orig": "en:Fans (people)",
"parents": [
"Fandom",
"People",
"Culture",
"Human",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 90",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "J. R. R. Tolkien",
"orig": "en:J. R. R. Tolkien",
"parents": [
"Authors",
"British fiction",
"Fantasy",
"Individuals",
"Literature",
"People",
"Fiction",
"Speculative fiction",
"Culture",
"Entertainment",
"Writing",
"Human",
"Artistic works",
"Genres",
"Society",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"All topics",
"Art",
"Communication",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "37 63",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Opera",
"orig": "en:Opera",
"parents": [
"Musical genres",
"Theater",
"Genres",
"Music",
"Art",
"Entertainment",
"Sound",
"Culture",
"Energy",
"Society",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "40 60",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "People",
"orig": "en:People",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2003 December 22, toto, “Fun for non-Tolkien fans (was Re: DON'T PUT SPOILERS IN SUBJECT LINES)”, in misc.kids (Usenet):",
"text": "27. Sit next to a ringnut and ask \"so what's the deal with the ring?\" every time it comes on the screen",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2004 March 18, Rob Jensen, “Re: Yesterday episode”, in alt.tv.gilmore-girls (Usenet):",
"text": "And to borrow a LotR reference for a moment -- and forgive me, 'cause I'm just a casual fan of the LotR movies, not a Ringnut -- Emily is Bilbo to Lorelai's Frodo and Rory's Sam.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2006 August 26, webmaster@themovieaddict.com, “Retrospective: Dead Alive (1992)”, in rec.arts.movies.reviews (Usenet):",
"text": "And I'm sure I'll get plenty of hate mail for single-handedly declaring all Ringnuts and Jackson fanboys are losers when I'm the guy spending time writing a review to post on the Internet, but hey, I never said I wasn't a hypocrite.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A fan of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien and/or the film trilogy based on it."
],
"hypernyms": [
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"sense": "Lord of the Rings fan",
"word": "Tolkiendil"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"sense": "Lord of the Rings fan",
"word": "Tolkienian"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"sense": "Lord of the Rings fan",
"word": "Tolkienist"
},
{
"_dis1": "13 87",
"sense": "Lord of the Rings fan",
"word": "Tolkienite"
}
],
"id": "en-Ringnut-en-noun-3laAx9TD",
"links": [
[
"humorous",
"humorous"
],
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"fan",
"fan"
],
[
"film",
"film"
],
[
"trilogy",
"trilogy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, humorous or derogatory) A fan of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien and/or the film trilogy based on it."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "11 89",
"sense": "Lord of the Rings fan",
"word": "Ringer"
}
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"humorous",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-Ringnut.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2f/En-au-Ringnut.ogg/En-au-Ringnut.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/En-au-Ringnut.ogg"
}
],
"word": "Ringnut"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Fans (people)",
"en:J. R. R. Tolkien",
"en:Opera",
"en:People"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ring",
"3": "nut"
},
"expansion": "ring + nut",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From ring + nut, by analogy with wingnut.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Ringnuts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Ringnut (plural Ringnuts)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hypernyms": [
{
"sense": "Ring cycle fan",
"word": "Wagnerian"
},
{
"sense": "Ring cycle fan",
"word": "Wagnerite"
},
{
"sense": "Lord of the Rings fan",
"word": "Tolkiendil"
},
{
"sense": "Lord of the Rings fan",
"word": "Tolkienian"
},
{
"sense": "Lord of the Rings fan",
"word": "Tolkienist"
},
{
"sense": "Lord of the Rings fan",
"word": "Tolkienite"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English derogatory terms",
"English humorous terms",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2007 July 8, Charles McGrath, “‘Ring’ Pilgrims: On the Horns of a Devotion”, in The New York Times:",
"text": "Ringnuts have been known to wear plastic versions of those helmets while standing in line outside the opera house.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2008 April 10, Daniel J. Wakin, “‘Ring’ Fans and the Met Lock Horns Over Ticket Rule”, in The New York Times:",
"text": "For Ringnuts who may be alarmed by the new ticket policy, there is a modest loophole, discovered by Mr. Hardt.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2008 June 15, graham, “Re: Where is everyone?”, in uk.food+drink.misc (Usenet):",
"text": "It's the same with Wagner's operas (apart from Dutchman) - one is either a \"Ringnut\" or completely indifferent.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A fan of the opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner."
],
"links": [
[
"humorous",
"humorous"
],
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"fan",
"fan"
],
[
"opera",
"opera"
],
[
"cycle",
"cycle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, humorous or derogatory) A fan of the opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"humorous",
"slang"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English derogatory terms",
"English humorous terms",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2003 December 22, toto, “Fun for non-Tolkien fans (was Re: DON'T PUT SPOILERS IN SUBJECT LINES)”, in misc.kids (Usenet):",
"text": "27. Sit next to a ringnut and ask \"so what's the deal with the ring?\" every time it comes on the screen",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2004 March 18, Rob Jensen, “Re: Yesterday episode”, in alt.tv.gilmore-girls (Usenet):",
"text": "And to borrow a LotR reference for a moment -- and forgive me, 'cause I'm just a casual fan of the LotR movies, not a Ringnut -- Emily is Bilbo to Lorelai's Frodo and Rory's Sam.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2006 August 26, webmaster@themovieaddict.com, “Retrospective: Dead Alive (1992)”, in rec.arts.movies.reviews (Usenet):",
"text": "And I'm sure I'll get plenty of hate mail for single-handedly declaring all Ringnuts and Jackson fanboys are losers when I'm the guy spending time writing a review to post on the Internet, but hey, I never said I wasn't a hypocrite.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A fan of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien and/or the film trilogy based on it."
],
"links": [
[
"humorous",
"humorous"
],
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"fan",
"fan"
],
[
"film",
"film"
],
[
"trilogy",
"trilogy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, humorous or derogatory) A fan of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien and/or the film trilogy based on it."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"humorous",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-Ringnut.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2f/En-au-Ringnut.ogg/En-au-Ringnut.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/En-au-Ringnut.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "Ring cycle fan",
"word": "Ringhead"
},
{
"sense": "Lord of the Rings fan",
"word": "Ringer"
}
],
"word": "Ringnut"
}
Download raw JSONL data for Ringnut meaning in English (4.1kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.