-lyn

Laura + -lyn → Laurelyn

Cheryl + -lyn → Cherilyn


-leigh

From Old English lēah (“meadow, pasture, field, clearing”) (modern English lea, leigh), used in various compound names, especially place-names.

inh

(no longer productive) A suffix meaning “meadow” present in various given names and toponyms of Old English origin


-set

sun + -set → sunset

moon + -set → moonset

(Astronomy) Used to form noun from a noun corresponding to astronomical body, to indicate the astronomical body descending below the horizon.


-ont

From Ancient Greek -ων (-ōn), the present participle ending ("-ing"). Scientific usage possibly originates from -biont.

Indicating a life-form or life-stage, especially with regards to reproduction.


-ped

Partly from French ‑pède and partly from Latin pedis (genitive of pēs (“foot”)).


-wave

Likely derived from new wave, and popularized by the terms chillwave and vaporwave.

chill + -wave → chillwave

dark + -wave → darkwave

vapor + -wave → vaporwave

Applied to various (often very specialised) music genres, subcultures and aesthetics.


-happy

Having excessive devotion or enthusiasm.


-illiard

Combined with Latin prefixes for names of integers in order to form names of large numbers as 10⁶ⁿ⁺³.


-phyllous

From Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) and Latin Latin -ōsus.

(botany, of plants) Of having a specified number or kind of leaves.

(botany, of plants) Having a specified relationship to the leaves.


-pocalypse

Pollan's book spurred a whole genre of foodpocalypse writing, including novelist Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.

2012, Leslie Miller, Uncle Dave's Cow: And Other Whole Animals My Freezer Has Known, page 30:

2016, Adam Herbets, “California debates 'Gunpocalypse': 11 gun control bills in one day”, in Bakersfield Now:

But there are two things Criteo have that will probably help them survive the coming ‘cookiepocalypse’: Hooklogic and their thousands of marketer-direct relationships.

2019, Ciaran O'Kane, “In This Privacy-First Era, Ad Tech Needs to Evolve or Die”, in ExchangeWire:

Denoting a catastrophic event caused by or related to the stem word.


-orium

“It’s a pickle jar,” said Alice. “It’s one of the new kind called a pickelorium.”

1933 July 9, Ellis Parker Butler, “Enough Is Sufficient”, in Los Angeles Times, volume LII, page 6, columns 2–3:

forming nouns denoting a place for a particular function.


-misic

From -misia (or its root, Ancient Greek μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”)) + -ic. Devised as an alternative to the suffix -phobic; see -misia for more.

(rare) Hating (something); averse to (something).


-graphic

From Ancient Greek -γραφικός (-graphikós), or formed in English from -graphy + -ic.

Forming adjectives pertaining to writing (of a type specified by the first element).


-out-law

Related through a nonmarital romantic relationship, through a platonic relationship or friendship or through a marriage that ended in divorce.


-glossia

From the Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”). Compare gloss-, glott-.

diglossia, macroglossia, pachyglossia

(anatomy) Used to form nouns relating to the tongue.

diglossia, heteroglossia, xenoglossia

(linguistics) Used to form nouns relating to language or speech.


-desis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέσῐς (désĭs, “binding together”), from δέω (déō, “to bind, tie, fasten”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, nominal suffix).

af

arthrodesis, pleurodesis


-flux

From flux (“flowing; inconstant; variable”).

For quotations using this term, see Citations:aroflux.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:demiflux.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:triflux.

(LGBTQ, rare) Having or pertaining to a gender identity or sexual orientation which fluctuates in intensity or between multiple options.


-gastria

From Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”). Compare the prefix gastro-.


-pagus

From Ancient Greek πάγος (págos, “fixed, set”), from πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “fasten, fix, set”).

ischiopagus, xiphopagus, craniopagus


-phonia

(medicine) Forms nouns describing a condition related to production of or reaction to sound.


-nicline

Nicotinic cholinergic receptor
nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

(pharmacology) Nicotinic cholinergic receptor partial agonist/agonist.


-flurane

general inhalation anesthetic
w:inhalational anesthetic

(pharmacology) Used to form names of halogenated compounds used as general inhalation anesthetics.


-renone

(pharmacology) Used to form names of spironolactone derivatives used as aldosterone antagonists.


-vaptan

(pharmacology) A vasopressin receptor antagonist.


-bradine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of bradycardic agents.


-ritide

From (nat)ri(uretic) + -tide (“peptide, glycopeptide”).

af

natriuretic peptide
w:natriuretic peptide

(pharmacology) Used to form names of natriuretic peptides.


-sartan

angiotensin II receptor antagonist
w:angiotensin II receptor blocker

(pharmacology) Used to form names of nonpeptidic angiotensin II receptor antagonists used as antihypertensives.


-gliflozin

From gli- (“antihyperglycemic”) + phlo(ri)zin.

sodium glucose cotransporter
w:sodium-glucose transport proteins

(pharmacology) Used to form names of phlorizin derivatives used as sodium glucose cotransporter inhibitors.


-arone

(pharmacology) Used to form names of antiarrhythmics.


-alol

(pharmacology) Used to form names of compounds with the structure Ar–CH(OH)CH₂NH–R used as combined alpha and beta blockers.


-ilide

(pharmacology) A sematilide derivative used as a Class III antiarrhythmic.


-tiazem

calcium channel blocker
calcium channel blocker#English

(pharmacology) Used to form names of diltiazem derivatives used as a calcium channel blockers.


-thiazide

/ˈθʌɪ.əz.ʌɪd/

(pharmacology) A thiazide derivative used as a diuretic.


-tizide

(pharmacology) A chlorothiazide derivative used as a diuretic.


-poride

sodium–hydrogen antiporter
w:sodium–hydrogen antiporter

(pharmacology) Used to form names of sodium–hydrogen antiporter inhibitors.


-nidipine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of nifedipine derivatives used as calcium channel blockers.


-grel

Probably related to platelet aggregation.

(pharmacology) Used to form names of platelet aggregation inhibitors.


-onidine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of clonidine derivatives used as antihypertensives.


-serpine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of derivatives of Rauwolfia alkaloids.


-dralazine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of hydrazinophthalazine derivatives used as antihypertensives.


-dil

(pharmacology) Used to form names of vasodilators.


-pamil

(pharmacology) Used to form names of verapamil derivatives used as calcium channel blockers.


-pril

angiotensin converting enzyme
angiotensin converting enzyme#English

(pharmacology) Used to form names of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors.


-prilat

From -pril (“angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor”) + -ate (“salt”).

(pharmacology) Used to form names of diacid analogs of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors.


-kiren

(pharmacology) Used to form names of renin inhibitors.


-prost

(pharmacology) Used to form names of prostaglandins.


-profen

(pharmacology) Used to form names of ibuprofen derivatives used as anti-inflammatory agents.


-metacin

(pharmacology) Used to form names of indometacin derivatives used as anti-inflammatory agents.


-clofenac

(pharmacology) Used to form names of ibufenac derivatives used as anti-inflammatory agents.


-zolac

From (pyra)zol(e) + -ac (“acetic acid”).

(pharmacology) Used to form names of anti-inflammatory agents.


-coxib

(pharmacology) Used to form names of selective cyclo-oxygenase inhibitors.


-trexate

(pharmacology) Used to form names of folic acid analogs.


-umab

From hu(man) + -mab (“monoclonal antibody”).

monoclonal antibodies
monoclonal antibody#English

(pharmacology) Used to form names of monoclonal antibodies derived from a human source.

-mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies


-quine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of quinoline derivatives.


-salazine

From salazo- (“phenylazosalicylic acid derivative”) + -ine.

(pharmacology) Used to form names of phenylazosalicylic acid derivatives.


-nercept

tumor necrosis factor receptor
w:TNF receptor superfamily

(pharmacology) Used to form names of tumor necrosis factor receptor ligands.


-lukast

leukotriene receptor
w:leukotriene receptor

(pharmacology) Used to form names of leukotriene receptor antagonists.


-icase

(pharmacology) Used to form names of uricases.


-semide

(pharmacology) Used to form names of furosemide derivatives used as diuretics.


-rinone

(pharmacology) Used to form names of amrinone derivatives used as cardiac stimulants.


-capone

(pharmacology) Used to form names of catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitors.


-dopa

(pharmacology) Used to form names of dopamine receptor agonists or dopamine derivatives used as antiparkinsonisms or prolactin inhibitors.


-golide

(pharmacology) Used to form names of ergoline derivatives used as dopamine receptor agonists.


-imibe

acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase
w:sterol O-acyltransferase

(pharmacology) Used to form names of acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase inhibitors used as antihyperlipidemics.


-vastatin

Probably from vas- (“vascular”) + -statin.

(pharmacology) Used to form names of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors used as antihyperlipidemic substances.


-fibrate

w:peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha

(pharmacology) Used to form names of clofibrate derivatives used as peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha agonists.


-dilol

From -dil- (“vasodilator”) + -olol (“β-adrenoceptor antagonist”).

(pharmacology) Used to form names of vasodilators.


-parin

(pharmacology) Used to form names of heparin derivatives including low molecular mass heparins.


-parinux

(pharmacology) Used to form names of synthetic heparinoids.


-arol

(pharmacology) Used to form names of dicoumarol derivatives used as anticoagulants.


-irudin

(pharmacology) Used to form names of hirudin derivatives.


-xaban

(pharmacology) Used to form names of blood coagulation factor Xa inhibitors used as antithrombotics.


-gatran

(pharmacology) Used to form names of thrombin inhibitors used as antithrombotic agents.


-fiban

fibrinogen receptor
w:glycoprotein IIb/IIIa

(pharmacology) Used to form names of fibrinogen receptor antagonists.


-teplase

From Latin tē (“the letter T (for tissue)”) + pl(asminogen) + -ase (“enzyme”).

the letter T (for <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">tissue</i>)

tissue-type plasminogen activator
w:tissue plasminogen activator

(pharmacology) Used to form names of tissue-type plasminogen activators.


-zumab

From -zu- (alteration of humanized) + -mab (“monoclonal antibody”).

alteration of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">humanized</i>

(pharmacology) Used to form names of humanized monoclonal antibodies.


-tidine

histamine H₂ receptor
w:histamine H2 receptor

(pharmacology) Used to form names of cimetidine derivatives used as histamine H₂ receptor antagonists.


-peridol

/ˈpɛɹ.ɪˌdɔl/

(pharmacology) Used to form names of haloperidol derivatives used as antipsychotics.


-peridone

(pharmacology) Used to form names of risperidone derivatives used as antipsychotics.


-mantadine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of adamantane derivatives.


-tadine

histamine H₁ receptor
w:histamine H1 receptor

(pharmacology) Used to form names of tricyclic compounds used as histamine H₁ receptor antagonists.


-giline

MAO inhibitor
w:monoamine oxidase inhibitor

(pharmacology) Used to form names of MAO inhibitors type B.


-perone

(pharmacology) Used to form names of 4’-fluoro-4-piperidinobutyrophenone derivatives used as tranquilizers and neuroleptics.


-apine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of psychoactive tricyclic compounds.


-pine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of tricyclic compounds.


-zepine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of tricyclic compounds used as antidepressants/neuroleptics, antiulcers, anticonvulsants, or for hyperthermia.


-piprazole

(pharmacology) Used to form names of phenylpiperazine derivatives used as psychotropics.


-pramine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of substances of the imipramine group.


-oxetine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of fluoxetine derivatives used as serotonin and/or norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors.


-traline

(pharmacology) Used to form names of serotonin reuptake inhibitors.


-steine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of mucolytics other than bromhexine derivatives.


-nakinra

Probably from Ancient Greek (μο)νά(ς) ((mo)ná(s), “solitary, mono-”) + -kinra (“interleukin receptor antagonist”).

interleukin-1 receptor
w:interleukin-1 receptor

(pharmacology) Used to form names of interleukin-1 receptor antagonists.


-kinra

From interleukin receptor + a(ntagonist).

interleukin receptor
w:interleukin receptor

(pharmacology) Used to form names of interleukin receptor antagonists.


-trakinra

/tɹəˈkɪn.ɹə/

From (te)tra- + -kinra (“interleukin receptor antagonist”).

interleukin-4 receptor
w:interleukin-4 receptor

(pharmacology) Used to form names of interleukin-4 receptor antagonists.


-curonium

From cur(are) + -onium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).

neuromuscular blocking agent
w:neuromuscular-blocking drug

(pharmacology) Used to form names of neuromuscular blocking agents with rigid structure.


-curium

From cur(are) + -ium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).

(pharmacology) Used to form names of curare-like substances, neuromuscular blocking agents with rigid structure.


-clidinium

From -clidine + -ium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).

muscarinic receptor
w:muscarinic acetylcholine receptor

(pharmacology) Used to form names of muscarinic receptor agonists or antagonists.


-verine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of spasmolytics with a papaverine-like action.


-dyl

(pharmacology) Used to form names of vasodilators.


-bamate

(pharmacology) Used to form names of propanediol and pentanediol derivatives used as tranquilizers.


-trigine

Probably from tr(ansduction + (s)ig(nal) + -ine.

signal transduction
signal transduction#English

(pharmacology) Used to form names of sodium channel blockers used as signal transduction modulators.


-clidine

From quinuclidine or (cy)cl(o)- + -idine.

(pharmacology) Used to form names of muscarinic receptor agonists and antagonists.


-azenil

From (benzodi)aze(pi)n(e) + -il (of unknown origin).

w:GABAA receptor#Target for benzodiazepines

(pharmacology) Used to form names of benzodiazepine derivatives used as benzodiazepine receptor antagonists and agonists.


-carnil

From car(boli)n(e) + -il (of unknown origin).

(pharmacology) Used to form names of carboline derivatives used as benzodiazepine receptor antagonists and agonists.


-quinil

From quin(oline) + -il (of unknown origin).

(pharmacology) Used to form names of quinoline derivatives used as benzodiazepine receptor full, partial, or inverse agonists.


-orphan

(pharmacology) Used to form names of morphinan derivates used as opioid receptor antagonists/agonists.


-orphine

From -orph- (“morphinan derivate”) + -ine, related to morphine.


-orphone

From -orph- (“morphinan derivate”) + -one.


-opamine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of dopaminergic agents and dopamine derivatives, used as cardiac stimulants, antihypertensives or diuretics.


-frine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of phenethyl derivatives used as sympathomimetics.


-cole

Forming nouns (and occasionally adjectives) relating to organisms that inhabit a particular habitat.


-salazide

From salazo- (“phenylazosalicylic acid derivative”) + -ide.

(pharmacology) Used to form names of phenylazosalicylic acid derivatives.


-salan

From -sal- (“salicylic acid derivative”) + -an (of unknown origin).

(pharmacology) Used to form names of brominated salicylamide derivatives used as disinfectants.


-drine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of sympathomimetics.


-terenol

/ˈtɛɹ.əˌnɔl/

(pharmacology) Alternative form of -terol.


-buterol

(pharmacology) Used to form names of phenethylamine derivatives used as bronchodilators.


-stigmine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.


-crine

Contraction of acridine. Ancient Greek κρίνω (krínō, “to separate”).

der

(pharmacology) Used to form names of acridine derivatives.


-izine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of diphenylmethylpiperazine derivatives.


-azam

(pharmacology) Used to form names of diazepam derivatives.


-plon

Probably contraction of pyrazolopyrimidine.

(pharmacology) Used to form names of imidazopyrimidine or pyrazolopyrimidine derivatives used as anxiolytics, sedatives, or hypnotics.


-pidem

(pharmacology) Used to form names of zolpidem derivatives used as hypnotics/sedatives.


-spirone

/ˈspʌɪ.ɹəʊn/

(pharmacology) Used to form names of buspirone derivatives used as anxiolytics.


-adol

(pharmacology) Used to form names of analgesics.


-azocine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of narcotic antagonists/agonists related to 6,7-benzomorphan.


-fentanil

(pharmacology) Used to form names of fentanyl derivatives acting as opioid receptor agonists and used as analgesics.


-eridine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of pethidine derivatives used as analgesics.


-setron

serotonin receptor 5-HT₃
w:5-HT3 receptor

serotonin receptor antagonist
w:serotonin receptor antagonist

(pharmacology) Used to form names of serotonin receptor 5-HT₃ antagonists not fitting into other established groups of serotonin receptor antagonists.


-nab

cannabinoid receptor
cannabinoid receptor#English

(pharmacology) Used to form names of cannabinoid receptor agonists.


-thiouracil

/ˌθʌɪ.əʊˈjʊə.ɹə.sɪl/

/ˌθaɪ.oʊˈjʊɹ.əˌsɪl/

(pharmacology) Used to form names of uracil derivatives used as thyroid antagonists.


-glutide

From glu(cagon) + -tide (“peptide, glycopeptide”).

af

(pharmacology) Used to form names of glucagon-like peptide analogs.


-motide

From [Term?] + -tide (“peptide, glycopeptide”).

active immunization
w:active immunization

(pharmacology) Used to form names of immunological agents for active immunization.


-reotide

somatostatin receptor
w:somatostatin receptor

(pharmacology) Used to form names of somatostatin receptor agonists/antagonists.


-arotene

/ˈɛɹ.əˌtiːn/

(pharmacology) Used to form names of arotinoid derivatives.


-retin

(pharmacology) Used to form names of retinol derivatives.


-prostil

Probably from -prost- (“prostaglandin”) + -yl.

(pharmacology) Used to form names of prostaglandins used as antiulcers.


-olone

(pharmacology) Used to form names of steroids or steroidlike drugs that are not prednisolone derivatives.


-cort

(pharmacology) Used to form names of corticosteroids except prednisolone derivatives.


-tropin

From -tropic (“attracted to or acting upon”) + -in.


-idene

ethylidene, ethidene

(chemistry) Radical having two valence bonds at the point of attachment.


-betasol

(pharmacology) Used to form names of prednisone and prednisolone derivatives.


-prim

dihydrofolate reductase
w:dihydrofolate reductase

(pharmacology) Used to form names of trimethoprim derivatives acting as dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors and used as antibacterials.


-apalooza

Alternative form of -a-palooza (“forms the name of a promotional event such as a presentation”)

-a-palooza

Alternative form of -a-palooza (“emphasizes or exaggerates the element of a situation”)


-tant

Probably from t(achykinin) + ant(agonist).

receptor antagonist
w:receptor antagonist

(pharmacology) Used to form names of neurokinin (tachykinin) receptor antagonists.


-pitant

From pi- (“letter P”) + -tant (“neurokinin receptor antagonist”).

(pharmacology) Used to form names of neurokinin NK₁ (substance P) receptor antagonists.


-dutant

Probably from Latin duo (“two”) + -tant (“neurokinin receptor antagonist”).

neurokinin NK₂ receptor
w:tachykinin receptor 2

(pharmacology) Used to form names of neurokinin NK₂ receptor antagonists.


-netant

From ne(uro)- + -tant (“neurokinin receptor antagonist”).

neurokinin NK₃ receptor
w:tachykinin receptor 3

(pharmacology) Used to form names of neurokinin NK₃ receptor antagonists.


-fos

(pharmacology) Used to form names of phosphorous derivatives used as insecticides, anthelminthics, pesticides, etc.


-fosfamide

(pharmacology) Used to form names of alkylating agents of the cyclophosphamide group.


-fosine

From -fos- (“phosphorous derivative”) + -ine.

(pharmacology) Used to form names of phosphorous derivatives used as cytostatics.


-pride

(pharmacology) Used to form names of sulpiride derivatives.


-serod

(pharmacology) Used to form names of serotonin receptor antagonists and partial agonists.


-imus

(pharmacology) Used to form names of immunosuppressants other than antineoplastics.


-rolimus

(pharmacology) Used to form names of rapamycin derivatives used as immunosuppressants.


-sterone

(biochemistry, steroids) Steroid hormone.

anabolic steroid
anabolic steroid#English

(pharmacology) Used to form names of androgens/anabolic steroids and progestational steroids.


-gesterone

/ˈd͡ʒɛ.stə.ɹəʊn/

/ˈd͡ʒɛ.stəˌɹoʊn/

(pharmacology) Used to form names of progestational steroids.


-steride

Probably from -ster- (“androgen/anabolic steroid”) + -ide.

(pharmacology) Used to form names of testosterone reductase inhibitors.


-terone

(pharmacology) Used to form names of antiandrogens.


-lutamide

(pharmacology) Used to form names of nonsteroid antiandrogens.


-conazole

(pharmacology) Used to form names of miconazole derivatives used as systemic antifungal agents.


-relin

(pharmacology) Used to form names of pituitary hormone-release stimulating peptides, especially of LHRH release–stimulating peptides.


-morelin

/məʊˈɹɛl.ɪn/

From [Term?] + -relin (“pituitary hormone release–stimulating peptide”).

(pharmacology) Used to form names of growth hormone release–stimulating peptides.


-tirelin

From thy(rotropin) + -relin (“pituitary hormone release–stimulating peptide”).

thyrotropin-releasing hormone
w:thyrotropin-releasing hormone

(pharmacology) Used to form names of thyrotropin-releasing hormone analogs.

-morelin

growth hormone release–stimulating peptide


-ifene

(pharmacology) Used to form names of clomifene or tamoxifen derivatives used as antiestrogens or estrogen receptor modulators.


-mifene

(pharmacology) Used to form names of clomifene derivatives used as antiestrogens or estrogen receptor modulators.


-oxifene

(pharmacology) Used to form names of tamoxifen derivatives used as antiestrogens or estrogen receptor modulators.


-mestane

(pharmacology) Used to form names of aromatase inhibitors.


-rozole

(pharmacology) Used to form names of imidazole-triazole derivatives used as aromatase inhibitors.


-gest

(pharmacology) Used to form names of steroids, progestogens.


-formin

(pharmacology) Used to form names of phenformin derivatives used as antihyperglycemics.


-glitazone

From glitazone, form gli- + th(i)az(olidinedi)one.

w:peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma

(pharmacology) Used to form names of thiazolidinedione derivatives used as peroxisome proliferator activating receptor-γ agonists.


-glitazar

/ˈɡlɪt.əˌzɑɹ/

Blend of -glitazone + peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor.

blend

w:peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha

(pharmacology) Used to form names of dual peroxisome proliferator activated receptors-α and -γ agonists.


-nidazole

(pharmacology) Used to form names of metronidazole derivatives used as antiprotozoals and radiosensitizers.


-oxanide

(pharmacology) Used to form names of salicylanilides and analogs.


-oxacin

(pharmacology) Used to form names of nalidixic acid derivatives used as antibacterials.


-bactam

(pharmacology) Used to form names of β-lactamase inhibitors.


-kacin

Streptomyces kanamyceticus
Wikispecies:Streptomyces kanamyceticus

(pharmacology) Used to form names of kanamycin and bekanamycin derivatives (obtained from Streptomyces kanamyceticus) used as antibiotics.


-pristin

protein synthesis inhibitor
w:protein synthesis inhibitor

(pharmacology) Used to form names of streptogramin antibacterials, pristinamycin derivatives acting as protein synthesis inhibitors.


-fungin

(pharmacology) Used to form names of antifungal antibiotics.


-amivir

From (neur)ami(nidase) + -vir (“antiviral”).

(pharmacology) Used to form names of neuraminidase inhibitors used as antivirals.


-asvir

(pharmacology) Used to form names of hepatitis C virus NS5A inhibitors used as antivirals.


-buvir

(pharmacology) Used to form names of RNA polymerase (NS5B) inhibitors used as antivirals.


-cavir

From ca(rbocyclic) + -vir (“antiviral”).

(pharmacology) Used to form names of carbocyclic nucleosides used as antivirals.


-ciclovir

(pharmacology) Used to form names of bicyclic heterocycle compounds used as antivirals.


-fovir

From pho(sphonic acid) + -vir (“antiviral”).

(pharmacology) Used to form names of phosphonic acid derivatives used as antivirals.


-navir

(pharmacology) Used to form names of HIV protease inhibitors used as antivirals.


-previr

(pharmacology) Used to form names of hepatitis C virus protease inhibitors used as antivirals.


-tegravir

/ˈtɛɡ.ɹəˌvɪə/

/ˈtɛɡ.ɹəˌvɪɹ/

From (in)tegra(se) + -vir (“antiviral”).

(pharmacology) Used to form names of HIV integrase inhibitors used as antivirals.


-virine

reverse-transcriptase inhibitor
w:reverse-transcriptase inhibitor

(pharmacology) Used to form names of nonnucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) used as antivirals.


-viroc

(pharmacology) Used to form names of chemokine CC motif receptor 5 (CCR5) antagonists.


-virsen

From -vir- (“antiviral”) + -rsen (“antisense oligonucleotide”).

af

(pharmacology) Used to form names of antiviral antisense oligonucleotides.


-arabine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of arabinofuranosyl derivatives.


-citabine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of cytarabine or azacytidine derivatives used as nucleoside antiviral or antineoplastic agents.


-ribine

(pharmacology) Used to form names of ribofuranosyl derivatives of the pirazofurin type.


-racil

(pharmacology) Used to form names of uracil type antineoplastics.


-taxel

(pharmacology) Used to form names of taxane derivatives used as antineoplastics.


-platin

(pharmacology) Used to form names of platinum derivatives used as antineoplastic agents.


-thrin

(organic chemistry) Used to form names of pyrethroid insecticides.


-phany

From Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, appear”), modelled after terms such as ἐπιφάνεια (epipháneia, “divine manifestation, epiphany”).

der

Concerning a manifestation or (first) appearance.


-inator

A popular term used notably by Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, a character from the 2007 American animated television series Phineas and Ferb, however usage dates to at least the early 2000s such as "kupkake-inator" in the 2003 film The Cat in the Hat (film). Modelled after Latinate agent nouns such as terminator. See -ator.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:-inator.

A person or thing that does (something).

Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz
Phineas and Ferb
The Cat in the Hat (film)


-in-waiting

Throughout her adolescence, authorities... commented that the young mother-in-waiting 'seem[ed] to have very, very high expectations of [her]self,' and... there was no failing to discern in them that slight unmistakable note of approval... and at any rate the future mother felt (for the moment) approved.

1999, David Foster Wallace, “Suicide as a Sort of Present”, in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Little, Brown and Company:

Depending on the expected arrival of a result, confirmation, etc.

Choosing such an unqualified person to operate the machine is an accident-in-waiting.


-palooza

WORLD PREMIERE A "Molly-palooza" of a world premiere will be held in Denver early in June.

1964, The Film Daily, volume 124, page 2:

After all, if he hadn't smuggled those beers into my '80s movie-palooza, I'd be clutching a barf bag on a trans-Atlantic flight as we speak.

2014, Maggie Bloom, Any Red-Blooded Girl:

Alternative form of -a-palooza without the -a-, found sometimes following a word which already ends in a vowel.


-acy

Ultimately from Latin -atia or Latin -acia.

primacy

advocacy

fallacy

piracy

accuracy


-iest

spelling of the suffix sequence -y followed by -est, or of certain words ending in -y suffixed with -est.


-ied

past participle form of verbs ending in y, and participial adjectives therefrom; equivalent to y + -ed.


-æmia

Dated form of -aemia.; Alternative form of -emia


-fuge

Latin febris (“fever”) + -fuge → febrifuge

Used to signify a noun that dispels or removes.


-nomicon

Most likely from the name of the fictional Necronomicon, or from Ancient Greek νομῐκόν (nomĭkón), the neuter form of νομικός (nomikós, “relating to laws”) (also used in the titles of various real works, like the Nomicon of Photius, or the 18th century Nomicon Procheiron of Michael Photinopoulos).

Used to form nouns, referring to a book of knowledge on the specified topic.


-phobiac

From -phobia + -ic. Modelled on -maniac.

claustrophobiac

Used to form adjectives indicating a fear of a specific thing.

Anglophobiac

Used to form adjectives indicating a dislike or aversion.

Used as a synonym of -phobic to form nouns.


-later

A back-formation from idolater. Formally from Latin -latres (seen in īdōlolatres), from Ancient Greek -λάτρης (-látrēs), from λατρεύω (latreúō, “to serve, serve gods”).


-spo

From inspo, a clipping of inspiration. Popularised by thinspo.

By tagging representations of positive fatness as fatspo, they disrupt the discourse on what bodies are aspirational.

2016, Cat Pausé, Jackie Wykes, Samantha Murray, Queering Fat Embodiment, Routledge, →ISBN:

For a lot of people, their social media feeds have disproportionate levels of fitspo or healthspo; they're not reflective of our overall interests.

2018, Laura Thomas, Just Eat It: How intuitive eating can help you get your shit together around food, Boxtree, →ISBN:

Searches for #proana, #thinspiration, or #bonespo (used for 'inspiring' images of people with visible bones) won't show any results at all, even though the tags are still widely in use.

2020, Pixie Turner, The Insta-Food Diet: How Social Media has Shaped the Way We Eat, Head of Zeus Ltd, →ISBN:

(informal) Forms words to describe content (usually on social media) intended as inspiration to achieve a certain goal.


-crypt

From Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”).

en- + -crypt → encrypt

de- + -crypt → decrypt

phallo- + -crypt → phallocrypt


-ham

From the convergence of two elements:
* Middle English -ham, -hame, from Old English hām (“home, farm, estate”), from Proto-West Germanic *haim. Cognate with German -heim and Dutch -hem, and doublet of home.
* Middle English -hamme, from Old English hamm (“enclosure”, often specifically “land enclosed by a river”), from the root of Proto-West Germanic *hammjan (“to pinch, to hem, to enclose”).

inh

Place-name suffix, variously indicating a settlement, farm or enclosure.


-aboo

From weeaboo, a nonce word invented by Nicholas Gurewitch in a Perry Bible Fellowship comic, later arbitrarily used by the 4chan website as an automated replacement for wapanese in users' posts.

(informal) A suffix combined with a noun to create a word for a person with an intense and/or unhealthy fixation on the referent of the noun.


-ition

Alternative form of -tion (with interfix -i-)


-nephry

From Ancient Greek νεφρός (nephrós, “kidney”) + -y.

af

(medicine, uncommon) Pertaining to or connected with a kidney.


-tic

Forms adjectives from nouns ending with -sis, -o, or -a

Forms adjectives from nouns ending with -ism by removing the last letter


-ated

Alternative form of -ate (suffix forming adjectives)


-twt

From a textspeak-style shortening of Twitter. See also twt.

(Internet slang) Combined with a noun or adjective to create a word for a specific community of users or a genre of posts on the social media platform Twitter.


-blr

(Internet slang) Combined with a noun or adjective for a specific community of users or a genre of posts on the social media platform Tumblr.


-iases

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form; see more at -iasis § Etymology.

plural of -iasis (occasionally denoting types of the noncount sense, as for example with lithiases)

-iasis

classical compound
international scientific vocabulary


-maxx

en-verb

-maxx (verb-forming suffix, third-person singular simple present -maxxes, present participle -maxxing, simple past and past participle -maxxed)

-maxxes (present singular third-person)
-maxxing (participle present)
-maxxed (participle past)
-maxxed (past)

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Clipping of maximize, with a superfluous x presumably to mimic Internet slang. Compare doxx.

looks + -maxx → looksmaxx

surgery + -maxx → surgerymaxx

trans + -maxx → transmaxx

(incel slang) Denoting an enhancement or improvement, with the goal of "maximizing" one's attractiveness or appeal.

rope (“to commit suicide”) + -maxx → ropemaxx

hope (“to be filled with hope”) + -maxx → hopemaxx

Made it with 5 minutes of my scheduled lunch to spare. Napmaxxed

2022 February 16, SWAMP SAM (@mardirooster), Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-08-14:

Soupmaxx immediately. If you fear veggies, soups are a great way to extract the beneficial nutrients safely.

2022 October 7, Hyde (@BreatheLesss), Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-08-14:

hard work with long hours and serious legal liabilities tied to your performance - or some brunchmaxxing tech job. what would you choose?

2022 December 26, Akhlys (@MetaphysicE), Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-08-14:

Never leaving my bed again im sleepmaxxing

2023 April 7, bane (@banewastaken), Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-08-14:

languagemaxxing by learning french through german (not fun)

2023 June 28, milan (@neumilan), Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-08-14:

(Internet slang, loosely, ironic) Used tongue-in-cheek for a wide range of effects unrelated to romance.


-'nt

Hold your foolish Tongue, Mr. Metal, said she, and get you to-bed; have’nt I plague enough with this audacious Slut, do you think, without your meddling and making?

1756, anonymous author, Emily; or, The History of a Natural Daughter, London: F. Noble & J. Noble, Volume I, Book III, p. 205:

To be sure! This will do! I shall be fain to think a summut of ee, now you can flamgudgin 'em a thisn. I did'nt a think it was innee. Why you will become a son of my own begettin. I write to tellee the good news, and that ee mightn't a kick down the milk. You have a sifflicated Sir Arthur. I could a told ee afore that you had a sifflicated Missee. But I was afeard as that you wur a too adasht. But I tellee it will do! Father's own lad! An ear-tickler! Ay, ay! That's the trade! Sugar the sauce, and it goes down glibly.

1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives. a Novel:

That too would have been very handsomely done, if you had'nt handled catridge instead of shettin pan, but I suppose you want noticing.

1811, “Militia Muster”, in The Baltimore Repertory of Papers on Literary and Other Topics […] , volume 2, Baltimore: Joseph Robinson, page 27:

"And because you would'nt let him he doubled you up with a wallop in your dumpling-depot, did'nt he?"

1846, George William MacArthur Reynolds, The Mysteries of London, volume 1, page 35:


-ageddon

"I'm guessing we're in this changing room so you can try to change back? Heh." "No! Cat girl-ageddon is too much of a risk! We've gotta be smart about this!"

2016 October 17, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive - EGS:NP (webcomic), Comic for Monday, Oct 17, 2016:

Indicating a disastrous or cataclysmic event or situation involving the referenced person or thing.


-mate

From the noun mate (“fellow, comrade, partner”).

classmate, schoolmate

Used to form nouns having the sense of "a comrade or fellow with whom what is denoted by the noun is shared".


-lord

Probably modelled on shitlord, itself attested since the 1990s.

edge + -lord → edgelord

STEM + -lord → STEMlord

(Internet slang, usually derogatory) Someone associated with a particular thing or quality.

scrub + -lord → scrublord

douche + -lord → douchelord

(slang, derogatory) An intensifier, especially of a negative trait.

shit + -lord → shitlord

gay + -lord → gaylord

(slang, vulgar) Used to form terms of abuse.


-stress

prank + -stress → prankstress (“a female prankster”)


-gene

From French -gène and German -gen, from Latin -genus and Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

describes something which is formed in a certain way or produces something


-step

Derived from hardstep (“a subgenre of drum and bass music characterised by a gritty production style and urban feel”), which emerged around 1994.

dub + -step → dubstep

drum + -step → drumstep

jazz + -step → jazzstep

electronic dance music
electronic dance music#English

(music) Denoting a genre of electronic dance music, especially one influenced by drum and bass.


-Tok

Luckily, TikTok – more specifically, ‘QueerTok’, stepped in to provide a little bit of joy and education while we were stuck inside. A quick scroll through QueerTok will offer you an abundance of all things digital bisexual culture.

2021 September 22, Alice Broster, “How 'QueerTok' is helping bisexual people overcome internalised biphobia”, in Cosmopolitan:

It’s difficult to find content on TikTok, the short-form video platform, that romanticises personal sacrifice in the name of work. / Instead, “CorporateTok” — a genre that’s loosely organised around hashtags like “corporate” or “work” — showcases young employees who are critical of traditional workplace norms.

2022 June 29, Isabel Berwick, Sophia Smith, “The rise of the ‘slow work’ movement”, in Financial Times:

People on TikTok can scroll past them, but the integrated nature means sponsored posts aren’t immediately registered as such. And for TikTok’s dedicated film-loving community, aka #FilmTok, trailers already pose an interest, with some members co-creating content that shares their reactions to new trailers.

2022 November 28, Annie Lyons, “TikTok’s Showtimes Ad Feature Aims to Accelerate Box-Office Sales”, in Variety:

WellnessTok has done it again. After convincing people to shampoo once monthly and tan with nasal spray, it now has users asking: Is sunscreen bad for you?

2024 June 21, Danielle Sinay, “Is Sunscreen Bad for You? TikTok’s Anti-SPF Movement, Explained”, in Glamour:

Want to smell like a straight-up snack on a budget? Try out one of #PerfumeTok's favorite scents with notes of milk chocolate, creamy vanilla, and soft musks.

2024 October 8, Lauren Gruber, Megan Uy, “We Found Sooo Many Viral TikTok Items on Sale for October Prime Day”, in Cosmopolitan:

(Internet slang) Combined with a noun or adjective for a specific community of users or a genre of videos on the social media platform TikTok.


-pilled

en-adj

-pilled (adjective-forming suffix, comparative more -pilled, superlative most -pilled)

more -pilled (comparative)
most -pilled (superlative)

Influenced by redpilled, blackpilled, etc. whose stems refer to the colour of the notional pill rather than their actual effects.

bread + -pilled → breadpilled (referring to The Conquest of Bread and anarcho-communism)

No longer simply an allegory for the trans experience in the Matrix, or right wing radicalisation on shady corners of the internet, the 'pilled' suffix has moved beyond internet-speak and has become a part of our everyday vernacular. Have you discovered the benefits of fish oil? You're fish oil-pilled. Are you fangirling over Rihanna? You're Riri-pilled. Are you obsessed with the salacious dynamic between Euphoria's Maddy and Cassie? You're bitchpilled.

[2022 June 3, Günseli Yalcinkaya, “Are you content? How the internet rewired our brains”, in Dazed, archived from the original on 2022-12-16:

Like a lot of the online-pilled, my brain has been rotted by memes, which have become cornerstones of the way I talk to my friends who suffer from the same affliction.

2023 January 9, Lauren O'Neil, “I Simply Love To Put A Little 'X' After Everything”, in Refinery29, archived from the original on 2023-01-16:

By merely looking at a pie, I can tell you whether the cornicione is too puffy or just right, if the crust could use a bit more leoparding, and whether the dough should have spent another day in the fridge. I am now, in a word, pizza-pilled.

2023 January 13, Saahil Desai, “You Don't Know How Bad the Pizza Box Is”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 2023-01-16:

The social media app, in which users are encouraged to log, rate, and review every movie they’re watching and have ever watched, has in recent years become the social platform du jour. Martin Scorsese is Letterboxd-pilled.

2024 February 29, Jack King, “Why everyone you know is suddenly a Letterboxd head”, in GQ:

(originally 4chan slang) Forming adjectives denoting dedication to or a heightened awareness of something.


-con

(science fiction fandom slang) Used to form the names of conventions.


-focon

Phonetic blend of hydro-pho-bic + con-tact lens.

(medicine) Hydrophobic rigid contact lens material.


-filcon

Phonetic blend of hydro-phil-ic + con-tact lens.

(medicine) Hydrophilic soft contact lens material.


-phemia

Borrowed from New Latin -phēmia, from Ancient Greek φήμη (phḗmē, “voice”).

Synonym of -phasia: forms names of speech disorders.


-cest

(informal) A suffix combined with a noun or surname to create a word for incest or an inappropriate relationship involving the referent(s).


-sy

Perhaps originally two distinct suffixes, one diminutive and the other adjectival; sources of both are uncertain. If so, then equivalent to -s + -y.

(nouns): Betsy; footsy; mumsy; Patsy; popsy; tootsy

(adjectives): artsy (or art + -s + -y); cutesy; limpsy; mumsy; pudsy; teensy (from tiny)

Suffix forming nouns or adjectives, sometimes diminutive and usually informal or jocular.


-entan

Clipping of endothelin receptor antagonist.

clipping

(pharmacology) An endothelin receptor antagonist.


-copter

The clipped form copter predates it, which raises the question of compounding versus affixing, but regardless, it is now widely reanalyzed as a suffix derived from helicopter.

referring to a vehicle that works with one or more vertical rotors similar to that of a helicopter


-oan

bismuth + -oan → bismuthoan (“containing trivalent bismuth”)

cupro- (“copper”) + -oan → cuproan (“containing monovalent copper”)

plumbo- (“lead”) + -oan → plumboan (“containing divalent lead”)

Used to convert the name of an atom or ion to an adjective that means containing cations or anions of that atom or ion.


-phalangia

From Latin phalanx, with combining form phalang-.

a- + -phalangia → aphalangia

brachy- + -phalangia → brachyphalangia

(medicine) Denoting a condition of the phalange bones in the fingers and toes.


-fish

"As long as men height-fish, income-fish, marital status-fish, I will keep hood fishing!!!!" said another.

2024 August 10, Deirdre Bardolf, anonymous quotee, “What is ’hoodfishing’? The sneaky new trend singles are trying to cast a wider net in NYC”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-09-17:

According to Jared Freid, a 39-year-old comedian and co-host of the dating podcast "U Up?," this is known as hoodfishing, a coinage — though not his own — referring to people claiming to be from the city they are dating in but really are living somewhere else entirely.

2024 August 29, Gina Cherelus, “The Irresistible Urge to Change Your Location on a Dating App”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-09-18:

(neologism) Forming terms denoting disingenuous ways by which people seek to attract attention, especially on a dating app.


-boo

Eire + -boo → Eireboo

Braveheart. I've seen the movie 10x and it made me a lifelong Scotboo.

I always thought you would place Italy at the top of your list. You seem to be the biggest Italyboo I follow lol

No but I never consciously had to sit down to 'learn' English. Not that I'm a native speaker, I'm not, but it just sort of happened. It helped that I was exposed to it a lot as a kid already because my parents are massive Britboos.


-'st

Alternative form of -est / -st; forming second-person singular forms.


-ensian

(rare) Synonym of -ian; forming demonyms.


-berg

Added to a stem to form a patronymic or matronymic surname.


-berg

He saw a spur-winged plover grubbing on a little mudberg and his eyes told him the mudberg moved when the bird screeched, flew, became a mote.

(usually humorous) Forms nouns defining large agglomerations of a particular substance or quality.


-itan

Forming adjectives, typically from a place ending in -polis.


-izzy

Alternative form of -izzle (suffix forming hip-hop-sounding words)


-Tube

(Internet slang) Combined with a noun or adjective for a specific community of users or a genre of videos on the social media platform YouTube.


-bait

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(Internet slang) Forms nouns which refer to acts of manipulation which seek to elicit a particular response.


-post

shit + -post → shitpost (“low-effort post”)

agenda + -post → agendapost (“post promoting a political agenda”)

Mike + -post → Mikepost (“post about someone named Mike (a politician, fictional character etc.)”)

(Internet) Denotes a type of Internet post.


-oomer

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game + -oomer → goomer (“video game addict”)

cum + -oomer → coomer (“masturbation addict”)

consume + -oomer → consoomer (“consumerist”)

(4chan, Internet slang) Used to form the names of Wojak characters, or, by extension, caricaturized personifications of a given trait/quality.


-dives

From Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯 (dīva), from Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpa, “island, peninsula”).

der

Laccadives, Maldives

(no longer productive) islands, archipelago.


-maxxes

third-person singular simple present indicative of -maxx


-maxxed

simple past and past participle of -maxx


-ccino

From cappuccino and various blends with cappuccino.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:-ccino.

Denoting a cappuccino-like beverage with another specified ingredient (a cherry-ccino with cherries) or purpose (puppuccino for puppies).


-istics

Synonym of -logy (“branch of learning; a study of a particular subject”)


-ther

From Middle English -der, from Old English -der, from Proto-Germanic *-drê.

whither

hither

thither

(no longer productive) Indicating direction to.


-ussy

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American Dialect Society
American Speech
Benjamin Zimmer
Canadian Linguistic Association
Duke University Press
Know Your Meme
Urban Dictionary

Reanalyzed from blends formed with pussy. The first -ussy term is often considered to be bussy (boy + pussy), with evidence for the term as early as 2004. However, the -ussy suffix arguably originates in March–April 2017, when nussy (nose + pussy), thrussy (throat + pussy), and thussy (they + pussy) were coined in quick succession and popularized on Tumblr. This was soon followed by the "one thicc bih" meme around May–June 2017, which led to a huge growth of novel -ussy terms. -ussy became more prominent in 2022, resulting in the suffix being chosen as the American Dialect Society's 2022 Word of the Year.

Not this fruitussy play on my tl

2021 September 23, @marbsworld, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-02-06:

Riffing off "bussy" (a portmanteau of "boy" and "pussy"), now everything is a cat or a cavity. A calzone is a pizzussy. A wine bottle has a winussy. Princess Fiona has an ogussy.

2022 January 26, Bethy Squires, “We Asked Linguists Why People Are Adding -Ussy to Every Word”, in Vulture, archived from the original on 2024-02-02:

donutussy got me actin MANIC

2022 March 10, u/McToaster99, “She's here (technically they're here)”, in Reddit, r/OMORI, archived from the original on 2024-02-06:

One example of this theme was from a video of a store clerk using the "-ussy" suffix slang to make a joke about the location of a barcode on the underside of a bag of dried prunes, dubbing it "the prunussy".

2022, Kuri Benitez, anonymous quotee, A Content Analysis of Queer Slang on Tik Tok^([sic]) (Student Research Submissions), Fredericksburg, V.I.: University of Mary Washington, archived from the original on 2023-05-18:

Bug-ussy so good he made a Viltrumate^([sic]) change his ways

2023 November 30, u/delerio2, “In case you're wondering why the Insectussy was worth it”, in Reddit, r/Invincible, archived from the original on 2024-02-06:

They're just gonna show his groundhog-ussy like that!!?

2024 February 2, @hang0utonclouds, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-02-06:

(Internet slang, humorous) Denoting anything thought to resemble the female genitalia (the "pussy") in some way, often referring to the genitalia of non-human creatures, usually implying that the object in question is fuckable.

Put my whole auntie nova ussy into this

2022 May 20, @badbrainowie, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-02-06:

It should came as no surprise that people on social media put their whole effortussy into the memes and jokes.

2023 January 8, Maggie Baska, “American Dialect Society makes 'ussy' suffix its word of the year”, in PinkNews, archived from the original on 2024-01-14:

"[It] can be a physical structure analog — like a donutussy, [with] a hole, or it can be metaphorical," Conrod explained. "So, if you're a really dedicated coffee artist and you really put your whole baristaussy into this latte, I'm expecting some killer latte art."

2023 January 11, Emily Bloch, quoting Kirby Conrod, “Language scholars decided '-ussy' was the word of 2022. Here's what that means.”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, P.A.: The Philadelphia Inquirer, LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-18:

❗My GDF 2023 set is now out on SoundCloud! I really put my whole bass-ussy into this set 😮💨

2023 July 27, @edamamiofficial, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-02-06:

put one's whole pussy into
put one's whole pussy into#English

(Internet slang, by extension, humorous) Combining with the phrase put one's whole pussy into, denoting an effort of a specified kind or theme.

and that's when through the magic of the internetussy

2021 September 2, @checkyesgnomeo, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-02-06:

what in the friedussy are those???

2022 January 27, @Oliver_wine, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-02-07:

Are you scared to address the absence within you? That everything surrounding you seems to be missing something? That there's this general sense of lack of something plaguing each detail of your existence, a lacking that you cannot place or name, and yet, you feel vibrating in the periphery of every moment? ¶ Don't worry. That's just the voidussy.

2022 February 28, Magdalene Taylor, “We've Reached Peak '-Ussy'”, in MEL Magazine, archived from the original on 2023-12-01:

Wow, that's a funny meme you got there, I bet it's completely original and you didn't steal it from a youtube channelussy...

2022 March 22, u/Ninethethotslayer, “Ussy”, in Reddit, r/MoldyMemes, archived from the original on 2024-02-06:

Though "-ussy" took off as a meme in 2022, its origins date way further back in historussy. "Bussy" — a portmanteau of "boy pussy" — has been a queer slang term for years, showing up on Urban Dictionary as early as 2004. In 2017, -ussified words had a big moment thanks to Ditty videos. This year, the -ussification came to TikTok, particularly in the comment section before becoming all but inescapable all across the internussy.

2022 December 27, Julia Reinstein, Ikran Dahir, Steffi Cao, “The 41 Most Defining Memes Of 2022”, in Buzzfeed News, archived from the original on 2023-09-28:

[Michael] Dow deemed this class of words "pussy blends," a phrase that deserves its own place in historussy.

2023 January 13, Mia Mercado, “I Can't Shut Up About -Ussy”, in The Cut, archived from the original on 2023-03-12:

(Internet slang, by extension, humorous) Added arbitrarily to any noun.


From 4 (“for”) + J (abbreviation of Java), with the J in lowercase for stylistic reasons.

affix

abbreviation of <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">Java</i>

Forming names of Java libraries or frameworks; for Java


-mastix

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μάστῑξ (mástīx, “whip, scourge, plague”).

bor+

(archaic, literary) Suffix denoting a strong hatred and opposition of whatever thing the suffix is attached to.


-(s)

The dog(s) got into the garden.

The singer(s) will perform live.

Added to the end of a singular noun (which normally uses the suffix -s to become plural) to indicate the noun represents an unknown number which may be one or more than one.

The dog(s) get(s) into the garden.

The singer(s) perform(s) live.

Added to the end of a verb in place of the suffix -s when the subject of the verb may be one or more than one.


-borne

air + -borne → airborne (“carried or spread by the air”)


-osmia

From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell, scent, odour”).


-fluencer

Denoting an influencer who represents a specific group or specializes in a particular topic.


-scraper

farm + -scraper → farmscraper (“a high-rise building used for growing crops or raising livestock”)

skinny + -scraper → skinnyscraper (“an extremely tall and narrow building”)

sea + -scraper → seascraper (“a tall building built underwater”)


-ghazi

Back-formation from Benghazi, the site of the 2012 Benghazi attack. The attack led to several investigations by the United States, though no criminal charges were levied.

"-Ghazi" also shares convenient linguistic parallels with "-gate." They're both scandals that typify their category; they're both location names; they both start with the letter "g"; and they are both short enough to be used in headlines and attached to nouns identifying the scandal.

2014 January 15, Alex Seitz-Wald, “How to Name a Scandal: What is a ’- Gate’ and What Is a ’-Ghazi’?”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-04-02:

Combined with a relevant place, person, activity, etc. to form the names of scandals.

Investigations into the 2012 Benghazi attack


-cism

Added to names of primarily Greek letters to indicate a phonetic phenomenon relating to the corresponding phoneme:

The retention of a phoneme when related varieties lose it.

A speech disorder marked by either excessive or defective use of the phoneme.


-gonium

From Ancient Greek γονή (gonḗ, “engendering”) + -ium (“structure”).

archegonium, carpogonium

(biology, mycology) A reproductive structure of some organisms

perigonium

gametogonium, spermatogonium

(biology) An immature cell that will develop into a reproductive one


-etine

IUPAC Commission of Nomenclature for Heterocyclic Compounds (1957)

(organic chemistry, obsolete) Indicating a 4-ring heterocyclic compound with nitrogen and one double bond


-oline

(organic chemistry, obsolete) Indicating a 5-ring heterocyclic compound with nitrogen and one double bond


-etidine

Indicating a saturated 4-ring heterocyclic compound with nitrogen


-olidine

Indicating a saturated 5-ring heterocyclic compound with nitrogen


-hub

From a clipping of Pornhub, ultimately from hub (“a central facility providing a range of related services”).

In a move that we confess to not anticipating, the adult website Pornhub pranked itself by "cornifying" its landing page, which it renamed "Cornhub" and adorned with scenes of steaming corn.

2016 April 1, Bill Chappell, “Stamos Documentary? Trader Joe's Closing? Cornhub? Must Be April Fools' Day”, in NPR:

poor fella, can't watch doghub in peace.

2018 December 2, @ThaHypeIsReal, Twitter:

Imagine a wesbite that posted nothing but food porn called foodhub.

More like... Yiffhub?

2020 December 28, u/General_Zettel39, “Browsing r/yiff :3 (Reptilies-Conder) [f]”, in r/yiff, Reddit:

XVideos.com has a better selection than Pornhub.com from what I can tell. There really should be a specialized site, like a FemboyHub or something.

2021 December 26, “What’s a good site for femboy videos? Please link!”, in r/femboy, Reddit:

At this point Netflix should just change its name to gayhub, cus wtfff I’m here to watch a bloody show not watch two men fu*k!!!! So traumatizing.

[replying to a humorous tweet of a cat licking its owner's hand entitled "Nothing like a pussy lick in the morning"] Ohh thats a little too hot for twitter I think...might have to move that to Cathub...

(Internet slang, humorous) Denotes a notional website or webpage that contains pornographic, suggestive or desirable content of the root word.


-plasm

From Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma, “something molded”); a doublet of plasma used mostly in biology.


-abad

From Urdu آباد (-ābād) and Persian ـآباد (-âbâd).

used to form the names of cities and towns, especially in Persian- and Urdu-speaking areas


-eezy

Alternative form of -izzle (suffix forming hip-hop-sounding words)


-cercous

From New Latin cercus, from Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”).


-phane

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -φανής (-phanḗs, “having a certain appearance”).


-facture

Clipping of manufacture, ultimately from Latin factus (“done, made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“to do, make”).

Used to form nouns denoting the process of producing or making something.


-phanous

From Ancient Greek -φανής (-phanḗs, “appearing”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, appear”), compare diaphanous and apophanous.

der

Forms adjectives describing a material's appearance or the conditions under which this appearance changes.


-chroic

From Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs, “color, complexion”).

bor

Producing or changing color in a certain way.


-podium

From Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”) + -ium (“biological structure”).

af

(biology) Relating to or being a leg-like structure.


-pody

From Ancient Greek -ποδία (-podía) from πούς (poús, “foot”).

(poetry) A unit or line consisting of a specified number of metrical feet


-gnosy

From Ancient Greek -γνωσία (-gnōsía), from γνῶσις (gnôsis).

(obsolete) Scientific knowledge of a subject.


-hyal

From the Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “name of the letter 'Y'”), whence also hyoid, due to the shape of the bone.


-dyne

From Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “force”), compare -dynamic. Originally prevalent in now often genericized trademarks.

(Engineering) Forms names of certain types of motors and electrical circuits.

(Aviation) Relating to propeller-powered flight.


-nomial

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Derived from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “portion, part”), compare binomial.

der+

(algebra, mathematics) Denotes an expression with a specified number of terms.


-vert

Used to refer to a person with a particular personality around other people.


-lang

From lang, itself a shortened form of language.

"One of the biggest ones to point out is that async runtimes are still a bit unclear," noted Thomas. He also said the learning curve was difficult, which chimes with top obstacles to Rust adoption revealed in Rustlang's most recent survey of developers.

2020 April 30, Liam Tung, “Microsoft: Why we used programming language Rust over Go for WebAssembly on Kubernetes app”, in ZDNET, archived from the original on 2024-06-30:

Threat actors are increasingly shifting to "exotic" programming languages such as Go, Rust, Nim, and Dlang that can better circumvent conventional security protections, evade analysis, and hamper reverse engineering efforts.

2021 July 27, Ravie Lakshmanan, “Hackers Turning to 'Exotic' Programming Languages for Malware Development”, in The Hacker News, archived from the original on 2024-05-20:

I don't mind people saying Golang. Once. In a title or a tag or something. So search engines can find it. Once. Once. Fucking once.

[2021 October 8, u/theclapp, “What's up with people not liking the term "golang"?”, in Reddit, r/golang, archived from the original on 2024-08-11:

For the Golang community, it didn't help that the language came out of Google, an advertising platform with accessories.

2023 May 17, Thomas Claburn, “Google Go language goes with opt-in telemetry”, in The Register, archived from the original on 2024-08-02:

Vlang's simplicity and performance are promising, but its novelty results in a lack of comprehensive libraries and the small community. The language is also under constant changes which may cause instability and compatibility issues.

2023 July 26, Alex Lashkov, “The New Wave of Programming Languages: Pony, Zig, Crystal, Vlang, and Julia”, in Hackaday, archived from the original on 2024-07-08:

The researchers noted that DLang is an uncommon choice for writing malware, but a shift towards newer languages and frameworks is one that's been accelerating over the last few years – in malware coding as in the larger programming world.

2023 December 11, Connor Jones, “Memory-safe languages so hot right now, agrees Lazarus Group as it slings DLang malware”, in The Register, archived from the original on 2024-08-02:

programming languages
programming language#Noun

(programming, informal) Combining with the names of programming languages, especially those which may be confused with common English words.

proto- + -lang → protolang

auxiliary + -lang → auxlang

(conlanging, linguistics, informal) Combining form of language.


-grade

From Latin gradus (“step, degree”) and gradior (“walk”).

(zoology) Describes a specified way of walking or locomotion, especially according to the limbs or organs utilized.

(rare) Describes a variation along a scale or gradient.


-tomous

Possibly analogical to acrotomous, from Ancient Greek ἀκρότομος (akrótomos, “cut off sharp”), ultimately from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “slice, something cut”).

der

(mineralogy, crystallography) Describes the cleavage of minerals


-rise

sun + -rise → sunrise

moon + -rise → moonrise

(Astronomy) Used to form noun from a noun corresponding to astronomical body, to indicate the rise of the astronomical body appears in the horizon.


-dronic

From etidronic acid, itself from et(hyl) + (h)ydr(oxy-) + (di-) + (phosph)onic.

af

(pharmacology, organic chemistry) describes derivatives of etidronic acid, used as calcium metabolism regulators


-uresis

From Ancient Greek οὔρησις (oúrēsis), compare uresis.


-antel

From anthelmintic (“against parasitic worms”), with simplification of the -nth- and truncation.

(pharmacology) Forms names of anti-worm drugs, often pyrantel derivatives.


-cytomatous

From cytoma + -ous or -cyte + -oma + -ous.


-Tuber

Back-formation from YouTuber, possibly modelled after VTuber.

Forms agent nouns for YouTubers or similar occupations who have the qualities of the root word.


-limnion

From Ancient Greek λιμνίον (limníon, “small pond”), from λίμνη (límnē, “lake, marsh”).

der

(limnology) A part of a stratified lake.


-mictic

From Ancient Greek μίξις (míxis, “mingling”). First used in holomictic.

(limnology) Refers to the manner in which a body of water stratifies.


-desmosidic

(organic chemistry) Involving the linkage of a sugar chain attached to a sapogenin through a glycosidic bond.


-trixes

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-thelium

tissue lining certain organs and vessels


-slide

It was a Greenslide. This is the best result for the Greens in our history.

Fast-forward to 2022, and that particular pattern repeated in Brisbane where the Greens picked up three federal seats – two from the Liberal National Party and one from Labor. It could also be seen in the tealslide against the Liberals in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.

2022 November 19, George Megalogenis, “Why the nation’s politicians will be watching the vote in Victoria”, in Sydney Morning Herald:

I was elected in the Ruddslide of 2007, and by the time the next election comes around, I will have served for 17 years.

2024 March 25, Mark Coulton, “Federation Chamber - STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS - Member for Parkes”, in parliamentary debates (House of Representatives), page 2,286:

She has been a teenage Laborista, an early leader, and won the unlikely third place in the 2022 West Australian Laborslide.

2024 July 10, Guy Rundle, “At the heart of the Payman pile-on lies a fundamental failure of imagination”, in Crikey:

(informal, Australia, politics) An overwhelming or surprising victory by the group or individual specified.


-moder

From mode + -er, modelled after boymoder and girlmoder.

(transgender slang) Forms nouns relating to a person who is presenting in a given manner regardless of their gender identity.


-anthous

From Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”) + -ous.

Having flowers with a specific behavior or appearance.


-podous

From Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”), from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.

footed; having a certain number or type of feet or legs


-metrics

Forms nouns relating to measurement or the study of measurement.


-soc

(uncommon) Denoting a particular society or social circle.


-ploidy

The condition or state of having a certain number or type of chromosomes.


-omic

Forms adjectives meaning "related to the study of".


-voltine

Having a certain number of broods or generations in a year.


-thymia

From Ancient Greek θυμός (thumós, “spiritedness”)

bor

Forms nouns referring to states of mind.


-philist

From Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) + -ist.


-philite

From Ancient Greek φῐ́λος (phĭ́los) + -ite.

(mineralogy) Forming names of minerals associated with a substance.


-phagist

Equivalent to -phagy + -ist or -phage + -ist.


-sporous

Related to spores; characterized by spores of a certain type; sporous.


sopho-

From Ancient Greek σοφός (sophós, “wise, wise man”) and σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).


-obe

Abstracted from aerobe and microbe, both formed in French using the Ancient Greek word βίος (bíos, “life”).

Indicating a life-form, often microscopic