A

* (highest rank, grade, music): From the initial position of the letter A in the English alphabet.
* (blood type): From A antigen

We assign each item inspected a rating from A through G, depending on various factors.

In the UK, the highest social grade is A – upper middle class.

The only standard brassiere cup size smaller than the A cup is the AA cup.

A rank, normally the highest rank, on any of various scales that assign letters.

I was so happy to get an A on that test.

Darcy's pretty sharp. She pulls A's.

1999, W. Peter Iliff, Varsity Blues, spoken by Mox (James Van Der Beek):

(education) The highest letter grade assigned (disregarding plusses and minuses).

Orchestras traditionally tune to a concert A.

(music) A tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the first note of the minor scale of A minor; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz; the printed or written note A; the scale with A as its keynote.

My blood type is A negative.

(medicine) A blood type that has a specific antigen that aggravates the immune response in people with type B antigen in their blood. People with this blood type may receive blood from type A or type O but cannot receive blood from AB or B.

The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles

Oxford University Press
w:Oxford University Press

(logic) A universal affirmative suggestion.

Hester Prynne, the historical character in The Scarlet Letter, was exposed and convicted by neighborhood gossip. [...] Gossip continues to brand some young ladies in small towns with this symbolic letter, but in our larger cities one rarely sees young ladies branded with an "A".

1966 July 30, Ralph McGill, “Today's students aim for humanistic values”, in Latrobe Bulletin, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, page 6:

(historical) Abbreviation of adulterer or adulteress, used as a human brand.

(chiefly US) Alternative spelling of A.M. (“ante meridiem”) or AM


f

Abbreviations.
f
# (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of for.
# (Stenoscript) prefix for-.
# (Stenoscript) suffix/sequence for(e).

ng

prefix <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">for-</i>.

(music) The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F♯) is a tone intermediate between F and G.


i

(Stenoscript) the long vowel /aɪ/ at the end of a word, or before a final consonant that is not /dʒ, v, z/. (Note: the final consonant is not written.)


gold

→ Northern Ndebele: igolide

→ Xhosa: igolide

→ Zulu: îgolíde

From Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *golþ, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Related to yellow; see there for more. Germanic cognates include Dutch goud, German Gold, Norwegian gull, Swedish guld, and cognates from other Indo-European languages include Latvian zelts, Russian зо́лото (zóloto), Persian زرد (zard, “yellow, golden”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya).

der

goud

anything or anyone considered to be very valuable

gold beetle

in families Chrysomelidae and Cassididae

goldfinny

Symphodus melops and Ctenolabrus rupestris


of

(Stenoscript) Abbreviation of off or often.


PB

(computing, formal) Abbreviation of petabyte.

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of pebibyte.


MB

MB equals 10⁶ bytes and GB equals 10⁹ bytes

1989, IBM 3390 Direct Access Storage Reference Summary, IBM, page 7:

“Unlike other platforms, we store your files for as long as you need them, so it is crucial that we manage our storage sustainably. If you need more upload capacity, Nitro Basic offers a 50MB limit, and Nitro gives you up to 500 MB, so you have options that fit your needs,” the company said on its official support page.

2024 September 4, Anurag Singh, “Discord lowers free upload limit to 10MB: “Storage management is expensive””, in Dexerto:

(computing, formal) Abbreviation of megabyte.

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of mebibyte.


TB

(computing, formal) Abbreviation of terabyte.

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of tebibyte.


ME

(astronomy) Earth mass: a unit of measurement, equal to the mass of planet Earth, which is 6×10²⁴ kg or 3×10⁻⁶ M_☉.

(sum of parts) The mass of the Earth specifically.


OH

(organic chemistry) A hydroxyl, or alcohol, functional group.

(inorganic chemistry) A hydroxide radical, or hydroxyl group.


us

Derived from the similarity between the letter u and the Greek letter µ.

;wait 500 us

2002, Peter Spasov, Microcontroller Technology, the 68HC11, page 489:

The standard units are ns (nanoseconds), us (microseconds), ms (milliseconds), sec (seconds), min (minutes), and hr (hours).

2012, Peter Feiler, David Gluch, Model-Based Engineering with AADL:

Because the flash devices are local to the server, the latencies can be microseconds (us) instead of milliseconds (ms) and eliminate some traffic that would normally have gone over the storage network.

2014, Michael Corey, Jeff Szastak, Michael Webster, Virtualizing SQL Server with VMware: Doing IT Right, page 198:


e

(Stenoscript) the long vowel /iː/ at the end of a word, or before a final consonant that is not /dʒ, v, z/. (Note: the final consonant is not written; [ɪə˞] counts as /iːr/.)


b

galactic coordinate system
galactic coordinate system

(astronomy) latitude in the galactic coordinate system


b

(Stenoscript) a single consonant /b/ in a word, or a dominant /b/ in a cluster.

(Stenoscript) Abbreviation of be, being, or been.

(Stenoscript) Abbreviation of by, buy, or bye.


c

exception: saw is written s

(Stenoscript) Abbreviation of see and inflections sees, seen, seeing.


d

Abbreviations.
* (British penny; old penny): abbreviation of Latin denarii, the name of the corresponding Roman coin.
* (dice): abbreviation of dice
d
# Abbreviation of died or death.
#: William Shakespeare, d 1616
# (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of do and inflections doing, did, done and homophone due
#: exception: dz 'does'
# (Stenoscript) prefix dis- or des-

ng

£sd — “pounds, shillings and pence”

(until February 1971) A British penny; an old penny (the modern decimal penny being abbreviated p).

d20 — a specialized die with twenty sides

2d6 — the sum of the roll of two six-sided dice

A penny, a measure of the size of nails.


g

(Stenoscript) Abbreviation of go and inflections goes, going, gone


k

(Stenoscript) Abbreviation of come and inflections coming, came.


l

(Stenoscript) the suffix -ly or word-final syllable /liː/.


m

(Stenoscript) Abbreviation of my and mine.


GB

For those who aren’t aware, a Nitro Basic subscription costs $3 a month. Nitro users, who pay $10 a month, get to stream videos in 4K and use emojis in channels. In comparison, messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram offer a 2 GB file limit.

(computing, formal) Abbreviation of gigabyte.

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of gibibyte.


ë

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨e⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the FACE vowel, as in the word "cafe".


XXX

Motion Picture Association of America
X rating

1969 (see quotations). Reduplication of X (“an age rating denoting content suitable for adults”), in reference to the X rating introduced by the Motion Picture Association of America on 1 November 1968 for films containing extreme violence, heavily implied (originally softcore) sex and obscene language. Film posters began to include multiple exes (but skipping two) in order to imply even more extreme, hardcore content, particularly in relation to pornography (although many actually contained the same content as X-rated films). Compare XXXX. The original X rating was superseded by NC-17 in 1990; see also R-18.

rdp

/ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/

[bottom right] XXX
SO ADULT ONE 'X' ISN'T ENOUGH!

1969, Starlet! (film poster), Entertainment Ventures:

Denotes extreme or hardcore pornography.


XXX

Unknown. Possibly from X, a graphic derivative of the skull and crossbones (“indicator of death”). For other possible explanations, see Beer measurement § Saltire marks on WikipediaWikipedia.

pedia

/ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/

"God bless you, madam!" he said, fervently, "and all like you that keep a bright face through the darkest day. But come, madam, step in a moment, and taste a glass of the XXX ale, and a slice of l'eg's cake; it's yet early."

1847, William Howitt, Mary Howitt, “The Flint and Hart Matronship”, in Howitt's Journal of Literature and Popular Progress, volume 1, published by William Lovett, page 13:

Squash almost without stint! What is squash? Why, squash is squash! Squash in "Poplar" language stood for beer. Not XXX. beer, or Burton beer, but beer for all that. Table beer—school beer—beer of which a great deal might be taken without producing intoxication.

1882, Frederick Sherlock, More Than Conquerors, Home Words Publishing Office, page 79:

It is wonderful how quickly a beer drinker, if he was to get XXX. beer for XXXX. beer, would be able to tell you the difference. Some publicans go in for more profit than others, some will buy the XXX. beer, and perhaps his next neighbour will buy the XXXX. beer; but the man who sells the XXXX. beer gets the business.

1898 June 9, George Harston, Report and Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Departmental Comm. on Beer Materials, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, page 231:

(obsolete) Extra strong alcohol, particularly ale or (later) any beer.


XXX

/ˈtɹɪpəlˈʔɛks/

(hardcore punk) Straight edge (lifestyle and subculture).


AAA

(sports, Canada, US) The highest level of minor league baseball, often used by extension in other sports to indicate the highest level of minor league play in that sport as well.

(finance) The highest credit rating given by debt analysis agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and A.M. Best.

(video games) A high-quality video game expected to sell well, typically with a large development budget.


TM

SuperAcme™ is a trademark of Acme Incorporated.


A: someone hlep me pls im always losing!!!1!
B: Thats bcuz ur st00pid!!!!!11!!oneone!!1!!eleven!1

(Internet slang, leetspeak, sarcastic) Deliberate misspelling of !, imitating someone who is too excited to consistently press the shift key while typing exclamation marks.

(gaming, often derogatory) Abbreviation of one-shot or one-shotted.


manĝi, manĝu, manĝis "eat, eat!, ate"


psi

Each turbogenerator consisted of a steam turbine, powered by 900 psi of superheated steam, that was coupled by a set of reduction gears to a General Electric marine alternating-current generator operating at 1,800 rpm. Each generator had a capacity of 2,000 kilowatts of three-phase power at 450 volts and 60 hertz. The main 450-volt switchboard was energized by the two turbogenerators. The emergency switchboard, in the emergency generator room, was fed from the main switchboard through an electrical tie.

2017 December 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.3.5 Electrical Generation and Distribution System”, in Marine Accident Report: Sinking of US Cargo Vessel SS El Faro, Atlantic Ocean, Northeast of Acklins and Crooked Island, Bahamas, October 1, 2015, archived from the original on 2022-05-15, pages 36–37:

Pound per square inch (an imperial unit of pressure)


ky

(metrology) Symbol for kiloyear, an SI unit of time equal to 10³ years.


AAC

American Cement Corporation, stock exchange symbol.


YBP

Baked clay ornaments and other objects dating from 28,000 YBP have been discovered in Eastern Europe, […]

2022, Cherl-Ho Lee, Korean Food and Foodways: The Root of Health Functional Food, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 23:

(archaeology, geology, paleontology) Initialism of years before present.


ʀ

(lexicography) Indicates non-English R sounds (e.g. IPA [r, ʁ]) in unassimilated loans.


ə

(superscript ⟨ᵊ⟩) optional schwa, e.g. \băt′ᵊl\ for battle.

(superscript ⟨ᵊ⟩) French final schwa, as in \bᴀstôn′yᵊ\ for Bastogne.

(lexicography) schwa, e.g. \sō′fə\ for sofa.


ʜ

(lexicography) Used in the digraphs ⟨ᴄʜ ᴋʜ sʜ ᴛʜ ᴛ͟ʜ ᴢʜ⟩ for the sounds /t͡ʃ, x, ʃ, θ, ð, ʒ/.

(lexicography) Indicates the Scottish or unassimilated German /x/ – e.g. \lôʜ\ for loch or \bâʜ\ for Bach.


ʏ

(lexicography) Indicates IPA [y, ʏ] in unassimilated French or German loans.


ʉ

+ r

(lexicography) An element of the digraph ʉr, a dictionary transcription for the NURSE vowel


ɶ

(lexicography) Indicates IPA [ø, œ] in unassimilated French or German loans.


ɴ

(lexicography) Indicates nasal vowels in unassimilated French loans, e.g. \văɴ blâɴ\ for vin blanc.

(lexicography) Used in the digraph ⟨ɴɢ⟩ for the /ŋ/ sound.


high-priority–high-pressure tasks

Used in a compound term when the constituent parts are already hyphenated.

G–d for God

The Boston–Washington race

blood–brain barrier

Used to connect compound terms with the sense of "to" or to show a relationship

1998: John Stephens and Robyn McCallum, Retelling Stories, Framing Culture: Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Children’s Literature, page 182 (Routledge; →ISBN
Argent the capitalist, Leeson implies, much more overtly than was possible for Stevenson, who lacked the benefit of hindsight which informs Leeson’s late–twentieth-century text, that capitalism is a form of piracy.

The glass doors open and you are greeted by a walkie-talkie–carrying personal assistant in a Star Trek–ish designer black tracksuit who whisks you to a pod seating booth in the bar.

2006, Alison Culliford, Night+Day Paris (Cool Cities), Pulse Guides, →ISBN, page 59:

Further, this socialization implores black Memphians to strive to challenge the increasingly complex structural inequalities of race and class in the post–civil rights era.

2014 April 15, Zandria F[elice] Robinson, “Post-Soul Blues”, in This Ain’t Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South, Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 78:

Used to connect a spaced or hyphenated term.


ŭ

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the STRUT vowel


ur a *!

*t

*fish

(text messaging) Used to replace the sounds /stɑː(ɹ)/ (star) in any word that has this pronunciation or similar.

f**k

sh*t

(text messaging) Used to replace censor profanities.


ä

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the PALM vowel


The at-sign (@) resembles both the feminine ending/element a and the masculine o.

-a-o-@

Chican@, Filipin@, Latin@, Mestiz@

Forming gender-neutral versions of Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a.

Kosov@; Pin@y

By extension, sometimes used to blend other pairs of words that differ by being spelled with o vs a.


Firſt of all bring Copper with ☿ ſublimate, and fixt Arſenick to bee white, yea as white as ☾, then beat it ſmall.

1650, Paracelsus, “Of the Nature of Things”, in John French, transl., A New Light of Alchymie, page 74:


(indicating emotion): Perhaps borrowed from Japanese ~, 〜, 〰, emphatic form of ー (long vowel mark).

She brought ~10 shirts for a two-day trip.

In case you hadn’t heard, we have another Bravolebrity breakup on our hands. And by that, I mean The Valley stars Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright are getting divorced ~six months after announcing their separation.

2024 August 29, Mehera Bonner, “Brittany Cartwright Served Jax Taylor Divorce Papers While They Were Filming ‘The Valley’”, in Cosmopolitan:

(mathematics, Internet slang, text messaging) Approximately.

Awesome~ I hope you enjoy your trip!

“Bufh! Y-Y-You can leave everything to us, Miss Horn!” “We’ll keep your luggage safe!” “Oh god, my nose won’t stop bleeding…” “Please, misters! And thanksies~” Horn exclaimed enthusiastically as she got away from them.

2016, Yukiya Murasaki, translated by ZackZeal, How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord, volume 6, J-Novel Club, published 2018, →ISBN:

(Internet slang, text messaging) Indicating joy, elation, excitement, or a playful tone.


a

Distance from leading edge to aerodynamic center.

specific absorption coefficient
specific absorption coefficient


a

(Stenoscript) a word-initial letter ⟨a⟩.

Thus the word a, plus its inflection an.

(Stenoscript) the long vowel /eɪ/ at the end of a word, or before a final consonant that is not /dʒ, v, z/. (Note: the final consonant is not written; [ɛə˞] counts as /eɪr/.)


B

From abbreviations of various terms beginning with or containing the letter ‘B’.
* (billion): abbreviation of billion
* (cricket): abbreviation of balls
* (bitch): abbreviation of bitch


C

A standard size of dry cell battery between A and D.


F

The fourth note of the diatonic scale of C major, called fa in solfège.

The scale or key which has that note for its tonic.

On a piano keyboard, the white key next to the left of each group of three black keys (see figure).

The degree of a staff assigned to such a key or tone; a note on such a degree.


F

Abbreviation.
# (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of full or fully.
# (Stenoscript) suffixes -full, -fully.

(stock ticker symbol) Ford Motor Company


Gal

(metrology) The symbol for the cgs unit of acceleration, gal or galileo.


J

J. (alternative)
j. (alternative)
j (alternative)

Tatami mat, used as a unit of floorspace area (Kyoto tatami are 0.955 by 1.91 m, Nagoya 0.91 by 1.82 m, Tokyo 0.88 by 1.76 m). (From 畳 (-jō).)


Ob

(category theory) The set of objects of a category.


RE

(astronomy) Earth radius: the radius of planet Earth, regarded as a unit of measurement.

(sum of parts) The radius of the Earth specifically.


PRINTED FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS, BRIDGE STREET, BLACKFRIARS, BY B. M‘MILLAN, BOW STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

1809, A Voyage to the Demerary, Containing a Statistical Account of the Settlements there, and of Those on the Essequebo, the Berbice, and Other Contiguous Rivers of Guyana, London, →OCLC:

So saying, she sate down at a little distance upon the bench on which Allan M‘Aulay was placed, and tuning her clairshach, a small harp, about thirty inches in height, she accompanied it with her voice.

1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter VI, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume III (A Legend of Montrose), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 274:

An’ Willie, the poet, o’ paper run scant, / Has spoilt a’ his auld minnie’s wa’s wi’ his scribblery, / Wi’ a burned stick end he has written a rant— / They’re black as the deevil wi’ Meggie M‘Givelry.

1847, John Halliday, “Meggie M‘Givelry”, in The Rustic Bard, or, A Voice from the People; Being Miscellaneous Poems and Songs, Galashiels: James Brown, […], page 319:

Indicating the omission of the letters ac in the patronymic Mac-, or the letter c in the patronymic Mc-.


tho’, they’ll, ’65, ’ospital

Indicating the omission of letters or digits.


KB

(computing, formal) Abbreviation of kilobyte.

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of kibibyte.


EB

(computing, formal) Abbreviation of exabyte.

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of exbibyte.


ā

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the FACE vowel.


x

(Stenoscript) the sound sequence /ɛks/ or /ks/.

(Stenoscript) the suffix or final sequence /iəs/ (-ious, -eous, -eus)

(Stenoscript) the suffix or final syllable /ʃəs/ (-tious, -cious, -xious)

(Stenoscript) the suffix or final syllable /ʃəl/ (-tial, -cial)


û

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨u⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the GOOSE vowel, as in the word "rude".

+ r

(lexicography) An element of the digraph ûr, a dictionary transcription for the NURSE vowel


ē

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the FLEECE vowel


the 1400s or 15th century; the quattrocento


psig

Pounds per square inch, gauge (unit of pressure)


If thou wilt turne ♄ into ♃ make plates of ♄, ſtrow them with Salt Armoniack, cement, and melt them, as aboveſaid, ſo will all the blackneſſe, and darkneſſe bee taken away from the Lead, and it will be in whiteneſſe like fair Engliſh Tin.


The matter must be collected when the Ram is grasing. |: i.e. ☉ in ♈ :|

1797, Sigismund Bacstrom, transl., Chemical Moon-Shine: Wherein is Demonstrated the True Subject of Philosophy, Where We are to Look for it, & How it is to be Prepared:

But that the five leſſer, and impurer Metalls, viz. ♀ ♃ ♄ ♂ and ☿ may be tranſmuted into the greater, pureſt, and moſt perfect Metalls, viz. into ☉ and ☾, it cannot be done without the Tincture, or Philoſophers ſtone.

1650, Paracelsus, “Of the Nature of Things”, in John French, transl., A New Light of Alchymie, page 73:


ă

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the TRAP vowel


â

(lexicography) An element of the digraph âr, a dictionary transcription for the SQUARE vowel


î

(lexicography) An orthographic ⟨i⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the FLEECE vowel, as in the word "machine".

(lexicography) An element of the digraph îr, a dictionary transcription for the NEAR vowel


ĕ

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the DRESS vowel


ō

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOAT vowel


ß

You're full of scheiße!

Occasionally used in loanwords from German.

As in nombers Abſtracte, euery nomber is not a rooted nomber, but ſome certaine only emongeſt theim, ſo in nombers Coßike, all nombers haue not rootes: but ſoche onely emongeſt ſimple Coßike nombers are rooted, whoſe nomber hath a roote, agreable to the figure of his denomination.

1557, Robert Recorde, The Whetstone of Witte […], London: […] Jhon Kyngſtone, unnumbered page:

I am alſo aſſured by a Neighbour of mine, that a Brother of his, who is a great Cider Merchant in Devonſhire, is by frequent experience ſo well ſatisfied with the harmleſneſs of rotten Apples, that he makes no ſcruple of exchanging with any one that comes to his Cider-preß, a Buſhel of ſound-apples for the ſame meaſure of the other.

1664, John Newburgh, “[Pomona, or An Appendix Concerning Fruit-trees, in Relation to Cider, […].] Observations Concerning the Making and Preserving of Cider.”, in J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC, page 43:

After my Addreß to our Great Founder and Patron, I could not but think my ſelf oblig'd, in conſideration of thoſe many Ingagements you have laid upon me, to offer theſe my poor Labours to this MOST ILLUSTRIOUS ASSEMBLY.

1665, R[obert] Hooke, “To the Royal Society”, in Micrographia: Or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal Society, […], →OCLC:

And what happineſs is there in a ſtorm of paſſions? On this account the Scepticks affected an indifferent æquipondious neutrality as the only means to their Ataraxia, and freedom from paßionate diſturbances.

1665, Joseph Glanvill, chapter XXVII, in Scepsis Scientifica: […], London: E. Cotes, page 168:

Paß, a Way, Lane, River, Leave; alſo condition. What a Sad Paß things are come to? In what an ill State they are. That Shamm won't Paß, that Trick won't take.

c. 1698, B. E., A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew, London: W. Hawes, published 1899, unnumbered page:

(obsolete, rare) A ligature representing in italic text.


ô

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the THOUGHT vowel; also an orthographic ⟨o⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as having that value, as in the word "nor".


ü

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOOSE vowel


ġ

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨g⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /d͡ʒ/, as in the word "giant".


American football
American football#English

(sports) Used by fans of American football, positioning themselves as the 12th member of an 11-player team.


The alphanumeric code for AB, an initialism for the Aryan Brotherhood.

(neo-Nazism) The Aryan Brotherhood: an American white supremacist, neo-Nazi prison gang and crime syndicate.


^H

A representation of ASCII character 0x08, which is backspace.

Read the fuc^H^Hine manual.

(Internet slang, usually humorous) Delete that last character.


(canoeing) A class of canoe for a single kneeling person.


(canoeing) A class of canoe for two kneeling people.


(canoeing) A class of kayak for two seated people.


(canoeing) A class of canoe for four seated people.


ɢ

(lexicography) Used in the digraph ⟨ɴɢ⟩ for the /ŋ/ sound.


ö

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the THOUGHT vowel


ᴀ

(lexicography) Indicates IPA [a] in unassimilated loans (e.g. French ami, Spanish casa).


ꜱ

(lexicography) Used in the digraph ⟨ꜱʜ⟩ for the /ʃ/ sound.


ᴢ

(lexicography) Used in the digraph ⟨ᴢʜ⟩ for the /ʒ/ sound.

ᴀ ʙ ᴄ ᴅ ᴇ ꜰ ɢ ʜ ɪ ᴊ ᴋ ʟ ᴍ ɴ ᴏ ᴘ ꞯ ʀ ꜱ ᴛ ᴜ ᴠ ᴡ ʏ ᴢ


ȧ

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the BATH vowel


ạ

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨a⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the THOUGHT vowel, as in the word "call".


ė

(lexicography) Indicates the HAPPY vowel (final vowel of happy).

(lexicography, dated) An element of the digraph ⟨ėr⟩, indicating the NURSE vowel.


ị

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨i⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /j/, as in the word "peculiar".


ṡ

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨s⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /z/, as in the word "his".


addressed to the subject, i.e. care of (℅)


ŏ

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the LOT vowel


Marks the Braille character that follows as a capital letter.

⠠⠽ -ally, ⠠⠝ -ation

A word-internal prefix marking two orthographic sequences:


Starts or stops formatting within a word


⠘⠮ these, ⠘⠹ those, ⠘⠥ upon, ⠘⠱ whose, ⠘⠺ word

A logogram prefix for the following words:

(meter) Marks a short or unstressed syllable


Marks the beginning or end of capitalization or emphasis that does not span an entire word.

(meter) Marks the end of a metrical foot.


Emphasis mark. Equivalent to italics, bold, or underline in print.

(Unified English Braille) ⠨⠙ -ound, ⠨⠞ -ount, ⠨⠑ -ance, ⠨⠎ -less, ⠨⠝ -sion

A prefix marking various letter sequences that are common at the ends of words:

Marks the single following letter as Greek


⠸⠉ cannot, ⠸⠍ many, ⠸⠓ had, ⠸⠮ their, ⠸⠎ spirit, ⠸⠺ world

(meter) Marks a long or stressed syllable

(Unified English Braille) Line divider (as in poetry)


(Unified English Braille) typographic arrow indicator


A strike-out to cover up a typing/embossing error, or to mark a missing value in a table.


PRO

(syntax) A theoretical phonologically null pronoun


An R with a cross-stroke indicating an abbreviation (of recipe, response, retrograde etc). In the case of a prescription, abbreviating Latin recipe (“take this”, second-person singular imperative of recipiō); it is sometimes typeset as, or even interpreted as, a digraph Rx. Compare also Dx (“diagnose, diagnosis”) and Hx (“history”).

der

second-person singular imperative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">recipiō</i>

(medicine, pharmacy, Canada, US, Philippines) Prescription.

BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is a medicine laxatiue, in forme & faſhion it is meanely whole, & it is ſwallowed by litle gobbets. […] ℞. medulla caſiæ fiſtulæ newly drawen. ℥. j. or ʒ. x. the graines (that is the kernelles) of barbaries. ℈. ß. and with ſugar roſet [sugar compounded with rose petals] make a bole.

1583, Philip Barrough [i.e., Philip Barrow], “Of Making Bolus”, in The Methode of Phisicke, Conteyning the Causes, Signes, and Cures of Inward Diseases in Mans Body from the Head to the Foote. […], London: […] Thomas Vautroullier […], →OCLC, book VI, page 288:

(medicine, pharmacy) Take (used to begin a list of ingredients of a compound).

(liturgy) Marks the congregation's response to the versicle.


`gt`

“i mean ubuntu is better than debian anyways, it's even the most mainstream version of desktop linux”
“> ubuntu is better than debian”

(Internet slang) Used to quote a person, especially to emphasize what was said and make fun of the person.

“and so i got a mac since they have less viruses[…]”
“> he thinks that macs are virus-free”

(Internet slang) Used to emphasize and make fun of (what the speaker assumes is) a person’s inner thoughts.

“so i opened up internet explorer, went to google, and looked it up[…]”
“> using internet explorer in 2020”

(Internet slang) Used to emphasize and make fun of a person’s actions.

>be me
>decide to buy CS:GO to see why it's so popular
>get instantly spawnkilled in my first game
>uninstall the game and demand a refund

(Internet slang) Used for storytelling in short, fragmented statements.

effort >

random hugs >>>>>

At the swanky event, the duo is also spotted among a buncha other celebrity attendees and audience members. ¶ These two>>>>

2024 August 20, Mehera Bonner, “Zoë Kravitz and Channing Tatum’s 3-Year Relationship Timeline: a Retrospective”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 2024-10-07:

(Internet slang) Used to signify enjoyment or appreciation of something (over everything else), often with many repetitions of the symbol.


Witneſſe their power in Plants, Herbes, Corne, and what is Vegitable, whoſe Seeds diverſly proſper, or decay, according to the ſtate of the ☽ with the ☉ at the time of their ſowing.

1652, Elias Ashmole, Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum, page 451:


ī

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the PRICE vowel


ū

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the USE vowel; also an orthographic ⟨u⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as having that value, as in the word "tune".

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOOSE vowel


VSS

(pharmacokinetics), apparent volume of distribution at steady state

(electronics), one of the power-supply pins on some integrated circuits


KYD

(US, military) One thousand yards, a unit of measurement.


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠡ ch


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠕ o


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠗ r


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠝ n


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠟ q


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠞ t


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠥ u


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠮ the


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠱ wh


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠹ th


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠺ w


ppbv

right now: 71° — mostly clear — 08:29:14 am — 68% humidity — wind: 10.5 mph — ozone: 25 ppbv — rain (24hrs): 0.00"


ʹ

(lexicography) Alternative form of ′ (stress mark).


ĭ

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the KIT vowel


It⁺⁶

Italian augmented sixth chord
Italian augmented sixth chord


Fr⁺⁶

French augmented sixth chord
French augmented sixth chord


German augmented sixth chord
German augmented sixth chord


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠓ h


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠑ e


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠋ f


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠍ m


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠅ k


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠇ l


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠙ d


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠎ s


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠏ p


The logogram prefix ⠐ and the letter ⠽ y


The logogram prefix ⠘ and the letter ⠮ the


The logogram prefix ⠘ and the letter ⠹ th


The logogram prefix ⠘ and the letter ⠥ u


The logogram prefix ⠘ and the letter ⠺ w


The logogram prefix ⠘ and the letter ⠱ wh


The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠉ c


The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠍ m


The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠓ h


The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠮ the


The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠎ s


The logogram prefix ⠸ and the letter ⠺ w


the termination sign: cancels all-capitals or emphasis that does not span an entire word, when that word already contains a hyphen [which is the usual ending mark].

transcriber's note indicator [marks beginning and end of passage].


The emphasis mark ⠨ and the final letter ⠙


The emphasis mark ⠨ and the final letter ⠞


The emphasis mark ⠨ and the final letter ⠑


The emphasis mark ⠨ and the final letter ⠎


The emphasis mark ⠨ and the final letter ⠝


The letter marker ⠰ and the final letter ⠝


The letter marker ⠰ and the final letter ⠽


The letter marker ⠰ and the final letter ⠎ (s).


The letter marker ⠰ and the final letter ⠑


The letter marker ⠰ and the final letter ⠞


The letter marker ⠰ and the final letter ⠇


The letter marker ⠰ and the final letter ⠛


The capital-letter marker ⠠ and the final letter ⠽


The capital-letter marker ⠠ and the final letter ⠝


(Braille) The multiplication sign, × or *


* The fraction bar in Grade 2 braille, ⠌


Marks the beginning of Nemeth code. [See ⠸⠱.]


* From ⠎, the letter S, which resembles the dollar sign $


(mathematics) the proportionality sign, ∷


Rs

After a hunt lasting more than a year-and-a-half, police have arrested a couple for duping around 2 lakh people in one of India's biggest investment frauds involving an estimated Rs 1,100 crore.

2012 November 13, Neeraj Chauhan, Dwaipayan Ghosh, “Couple from Maharashtra held for Rs 1,100 crore stock scam”, in Times of India:


selective service
selective service#English

conscientious objector
conscientious objector#English

A selective service class denoting that the registrant a conscientious objector available for alternate service contributing to maintenance of national health, safety, or interest.


a/A

(medicine) Arterial to alveolar oxygen ratio.


writing a hit w @jacobsartorius today
📠📠BIG FAX📠📠

Just speaking fax 📠

Money & Clout are NOT THE SAME 📠

Spittin' 📠

Grootman speaking 📠 this is why I'm off socials and love lowkey Huns👉👈


US$

The currency symbol for the United States dollar.


14 is from the Fourteen Words, a White nationalist slogan by David Lane. 14-88, 14/88, 88² are all tied to 74 in David's "Pyramid Prophecy" (each 14 Words slogan containing 74 characters and the value 741).
88 has also been used by some (albeit not Lane) to signify HH, an abbreviation of Heil Hitler with the letters replaced by their numerical position in the alphabet.

If you ever encounter a communist/marxist/leninist in a bar, etc, .... you know what to do.
Just remember, a roll of quarters and/or tin-foil.
1488
P.S.: Don't forget the phone book

1997 January 22, "Andrew Apollo" (user), in "Hi, I'm becky" in alt.skinheads, Usenet

I wish a happy birthday to the one true GOD, Adolf Hitler who awaits the day of reckoning in Valhalla! They will all one day know that you were right Mein Führer and the great day will come when the earth will be cleansed of the filth, the untermennschen, and the world will breath once again because it will be a bright, white, and clean world! Victory or Valhalla!! Heil Hitler! 1488!!!!!!!

2001 April 20, "Anonymous" (user), "Happy birthday Mein Führer!", in alt.fan.adolf-hitler, Usenet

"Wilhelm Kuhlmann" wrote in message
news:bb495161-399c-480f...@p37g2000prp.googlegroups.com...
> We encourage our readers to refer to Mr. Paul as Ron Paul 1488 as
> often as possible so this name will stick to him. The 14 stands for
> the Fourteen Words: ï¿½We must secure the existence of our people and a
> future for white children.ï¿½ H is the eighth letter of the alphabet so
> 88 stands for Heil Hitler.
Right. This is really going to hit home with about 14 people, maybe 88.

2011 August 22, "~M~" (user), "Re: OT: Ron Paul 1488: The Stormfront Candidate", in rec.gambling.poker, Usenet

For those who found the aggressive racism of the Daily Shoah too light, The Daily Stormer linked up the “1488 crowd”—the more traditional neo-Nazis—with the newest generation of the Alt Right.

2017 November 6, Shane Burley, Fascism Today: What It Is and How to End It, AK Press, →ISBN:

Andrew Anglin, "Top Right-Wing Tweeter Jared Wyand Goes Full-1488, Condemns Jews," Daily Stormer, November 21, 2016.

2018, Yochai Benkler, Rob Faris, Harold Roberts, Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 415:

“One thing I see every once in a while is a 1488 represented with a pair of dice,” Pitcavage says.

2019 September 28, AJ Willingham, “These are the new symbols of hate”, in CNN:

He had helped “struggling” families with checks for 1488 euros: 14 refers to the supremacist slogan (“We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children”) and 88 is a code for Heil Hitler (twice the eighth letter[…]

2021 July 27, Gisela Pereyra Doval, Gastón Souroujon, Global Resurgence of the Right: Conceptual and Regional Perspectives, Routledge, →ISBN:

(neo-Nazism, white supremacy) A neo-Nazi symbol or dog whistle, used to signal one's support for Nazism, or as a greeting or expression of praise.


Mbit

(computing, formal) Abbreviation of megabit.

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of mebibit.


Et

(organic chemistry) Abbreviation of ethyl (-C₂H₅).


Isp

specific impulse
specific impulse#English

(astronautics) Abbreviation of specific impulse.


(Internet slang) GOAT (greatest of all time)


/s

Based on pseudo–HTML code, in which a slash indicates the end of an element (for example, </b> marks the end of bold formatting). Originally written as </sarcasm> (to mark the end of a sarcastic message) with the block of text enclosed (see < >), this was later simplified to /sarcasm and eventually just /s.

Wow, I never would have guessed /s

This is just what I needed on a Monday. /s

2024 December 3, Alia Paavola, “Tone indicators: A complete list and how to use them”, in Textline:

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is sarcastic.


`lt`g`gt`

Call me old fashioned, but the cyberdong virtual dildo just didn't do it for me. […] PS= Does that make the cyberdong a dildon't? ... okay I apologize '

2007 May 12, FastWolf, “Re: Re: i like paris hilton (off topic, am i ever on topic?)”, in alt.drugs.hard (Usenet; in English), message-ID <ft2d43t7k9injhqvlhfssg5c8n89eejim3@4ax.com>

My soninlaw's Dad (lives here too) has had season tix to the Red Sox all his life and he bet on the Red Sox to go to the World Series before the season started. He is now VERY RICH ' because of that bet!

2004 October 22, Thankyou4beinAFriend, “Going NUTS here!!”, in alt.wisdom (Usenet):


ZB

(computing, formal) Abbreviation of zettabyte.

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of zebibyte.


graphical user interface
graphical user interface

(graphical user interface) Indicates an emergency service or emergency response


kbit

We demonstrate that the proposed codec operating at 48 kbit/s and 64 kbit/s out-performs both G.722.1C and MP3 and has quality comparable to AAC-LD, despite having less than one fourth of the algorithmic delay of these codecs..

2016, Jean-Marc Valin, Timothy B. Terriberry, Christopher Montgomery, Gregory Maxwell, “A High-Quality Speech and Audio Codec With Less Than 10 ms Delay”, in IEEE Transactions on Audio, volumes Speech and Language Processing:

(computing, formal) Abbreviation of kilobit.

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of kibibit.


μGal

(metrology) The acceleration of one millionth of a Gal; microgal.


mGal

(metrology) The acceleration of one thousandth of a Gal; milligal.


Rp

Borrowed from Indonesian Rp, abbreviated from rupiah.


Torr

Clipping of Torricelli. Named after Italian physicist wplink.

(metrology) The unit symbol for a torr (“unit of pressure”)


ips

The contest calls for a 15 to 17 minute mixed program (on cassette or 7½ ips quarter-track tape reel) of West End material only, and a five minute radio edit, marked with the DJ's name and address on the box.

July 3, 1982, Brian Chin, Billboard, page 40:

(audio engineering) Initialism of inch(es) per second.


From 2018 April Fools' Day single "Crab Rave" by musician Noisestorm, where the music video features crabs dancing in a similar form to this emoji; popularized by a version in which the words "Obama is Gone" were overlaid on the video.

🦀 The mods are gone 🦀

They resigned! —Really? 🦀🦀🦀

For quotations using this term, see Citations:🦀.

(Internet slang, humorous) good riddance


ꜧ

(phonetics) A hypothetical or jocular phoneme in English, realized as [h] at the beginning of a syllable and as [ŋ] at the end of a syllable, so that e.g. hang would be transcribed /ˈꜧæꜧ/.


YB

(computing, formal) Abbreviation of yottabyte.

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of yobibyte.


Gbit

(computing, formal) Abbreviation of gigabit.

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of gibibit.


Tbit

(computing, formal) Abbreviation of terabit.

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of tebibit.


Pbit

(computing, formal) Abbreviation of petabit.

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of pebibit.


Ebit

(computing, formal) Abbreviation of exabit.

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of exbibit.


Zbit

(computing, formal) Abbreviation of zettabit.

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of zebibit.


Ybit

(computing, formal) Abbreviation of yottabit.

(computing, informal) Abbreviation of yobibit.


kibps

However, due to the technological constraints, data rates in today's ubiquitous wireless networks range from few kibps in outdoor environments to few Mbps in indoor environments.

2000, Moncef Elaoud, Adaptive Resource Allocation to Enhance the Quality of Service in Wireless Networks, page 65:

... including required communication quality ranging from BER = 10⁻⁶ and transmission rate ranging from several kibps to 10 Mbps, must be taken into consideration.

1996, International Conference on Universal Personal Communications, page 229:


Kibps

Ub 1996, an average capacity of 62 kibibits per second (Kibps) per inhabitant was available in the OECD countries, compared to the 13 Kibps available to LAC inhabitants (a difference of 49 Kibps), but by 2006 this difference had grown to 577 Kibps (756 versus 179).

2010, United Nations, Information Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean, →ISBN, page 50:


MiBps

You can add 100 MiBps increments of peak data throughput up to your system's hardware capacity by using FC 5268. [...] Host throughput on TS7700 clusters with 25 increments installed are not constrained at 2500 MiBps.

2017 April 11, IBM TS7700 Release 3.3, IBM Redbooks, →ISBN, pages 219–220:

The gp2 volumes have a throughput limit of 128 MiBps - 250 MiBps, depending on volume size.

2020 July 8, Implementing IBM Spectrum Virtualize for Public Cloud on AWS Version 8.3.1, IBM Redbooks, →ISBN:


Mibps

The recent installation of satellite networks and high-capacity cable in the region has helped slow the widening of the relative gap (figure II.4), but the absolute gap nonetheless increased from 8.5 Mibps in 1996 to 10.7 Mibps in 2005 (17.4 Mibps versus 6.7 Mibps).

2010, Information Societies in Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations, →ISBN, page 53:


GiBps

For the 416-million-element case of PHASTA on 32 Intrepid racks consisting of about 20 GiB, GLEAN was able to transfer this data in about 0.6s, achieving around 34 GiBps.

2014 October 23, High Performance Parallel I/O, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 222:

Even the 6-round variant of OPP is able to maintain high speeds at 0.75 cpb (4.67 GiBps) reducing the distance to the above competitors to factors of 1.37, 0.92, 2.78, and 1.28. [...] On Haswell MRS achieves 2.40 cpb (l = 4) and 3.58 cpb (l = 6) which translate to throughputs of 1.45 GiBps and 0.97 GiBps, respectively.

2016 April 27, Advances in Cryptology – EUROCRYPT 2016, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, →ISBN, page 288:


MiB/s

The CPUs can calculate 1 000 000 IPS and have an internal data transfer speed of 1000 MiB/s. The NICs can transfer up to 100 MiB/s and have a latency of 0.2 ms.

2012, Koen de Bosschere, Applications, Tools and Techniques on the Road to Exascale Computing, IOS Press, →ISBN, page 459:


/s/

Denotes the location of a signature on the original, signed copy on file.


(Canada, US, journalism) Indicates the end of a story, article, or press release that is submitted for editing and typesetting.


slpm

Initialism of standard liters per minute, a unit of air flow.


ftpmm

Abbreviation for the unit of measurement: flux transitions per millimeter


ftpi

Abbreviation for the unit of measurement: flux transitions per inch


A/derived terms

Rank or size
A1
AA
AAA
A cup
A game, A-game
A level
A list
A team
double A
grade A
triple A
Letter grade
A minus
A plus
straight A's
(music) tone three fifths above C
A-flat
A major
A-minor
A-sharp
concert A
Blood type
AB
A negative
A positive


ᵺ

(lexicography) Used in some American dictionaries for the sound /ð/, contrasting with ⟨th⟩ for /θ/.


/j

From / + abbreviation of joke or joking, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a joking manner.


/lh

From / + abbreviation of lighthearted, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a lighthearted (not serious) manner.


/srs

From / + abbreviation of serious, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

Please use tone indicators, they really help me! /pos /nm /gen /srs /nf

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a serious manner.


/gen

From / + abbreviation of genuine, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”). Coined by Twitter user Katerina Aston (@galactikaa) in 2020.

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a genuine manner.

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding question is genuine, as opposed to rhetorical.


/thread

The use of a slash is derived from HTML code, where the character is used to indicate the end of an element (for example, </b> marks the end of bold formatting). See also < >.

/thread. Everybody, go home.

2008 May 19, Nockermensch, “|[4E] Peeks at the books!”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet):

(Internet slang) Denotes that everything of worth has already been stated in a given message board thread.


/nm

From / + abbreviation of not mad, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the writer is not mad or otherwise upset.


/t

From / + abbreviation of tease or teasing, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is to be interpreted as teasing.


myBP

(archaeology, geology, paleontology) Initialism of million years before present.


(mathematics) the multiplication sign, ×


/hj

From / + abbreviation of half-joking, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

Near-synonyms: /j (“joking”), /hyp (“hyperbole”)

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is said half-jokingly.

Denotes a nonliteral statement with an underlying element of truth or sincerity.

Near-synonyms: /gen (“genuine”), LOL, LMAO, XD

Denotes a literal statement that is superficially humorous.

Used to introduce uncertainty or deniability of whether a statement is literal or joking: Just kidding, unless…?


/rant

(Internet slang, humorous) Denotes the end of a rant.


/end rant

Synonym of /rant (“denotes the end of a rant”).


/uj

From / + abbreviation of unjerk, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang) Indicates seriousness or a pause to a circlejerk.


/rj

From / + abbreviation of rejerk, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang) Indicates a lack of seriousness or a resumption to a circlejerk.


o͝o

w:The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the FOOT vowel, used i.a. in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language


o͞o

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the GOOSE vowel, used i.a. in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language


(Internet slang) Suggests a person being "corncobbed" or refusing to admit defeat in an argument.


/nsrs

From / + abbreviation of non-serious or not serious, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is said in a non-serious manner.


/neg

From / + abbreviation of negative (compare neg), using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement has a negative connotation.


o̱

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨o⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the STRUT vowel, as in the word "son".


t͟h

(lexicography) Used in some American dictionaries for the sound /ð/, contrasting with ⟨th⟩ for /θ/.


k͟h

(lexicography) Indicates the Scottish or unassimilated German /x/ – e.g. \lôk͟h\ for loch or \bâk͟h\ for Bach.


c̣

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨c⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /s/, as in the word "celestial".


ǣ

close front unrounded vowel
w:close front unrounded vowel

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨æ⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as representing the close front unrounded vowel /i/.


ȳ

(lexicography) An orthographic ⟨y⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the PRICE vowel, as in the word "lyre".


T*

I just kept running into the problem of what to call non-T*people in various discussions, and one day it just hit me: non-trans = cis. Therefore, cisgendered.

1996 April 16, Carl Buijs, “A new perspective on an old topic”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet):

You say it is fake, artificial, unnatural. In essence, that we who are T* are these things. I am not unnatural - I'm exceedingly unusual (and not just becasue of my T*ness), but not unnatural - there was no human intervention that played with my DNA to give me the abilities that I have, or that made me whole brained and mostly ambidexterous, and there was no human intervention that diddled with my gender or my body (which ain't "normal" but it's sure natural). Far from fake, I make a true effort to be as honest, as open, as "real" if you like, as is possible. T*ism is just one facet of who I am; I am a complex human being.

1998 April 27, Kris, “I'm not a woman”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet):

The Albany clinic is a well-known organization in the UK which takes advantage of T*'s fear of outing and seeking private sources of hormones.

1999 August 29, sa_a...@my-deja.com, “Albany Gender Clinic”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet):

What has shocked me is the T* people I've met who wanted to talk with me about his stuff who are on HRT but living as male/men.

2000 December 6, Stephe Thayer, “Trapped or stuck in a woman's body”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet):

There are a lot of wiccan T*'s who, IMHO, tend to be a little outspoken of people of other religious convictions.

2002 November 14, Helen Smith, “Over-dialation possible?”, in alt.support.srs (Usenet):

(transgender slang, dated) Representing the word transgender.


ᴋ

(lexicography) Used in the digraph ⟨ᴋʜ⟩ or ⟨ᴋ͜ʜ⟩ for Scottish and unassimilated German /x/ – e.g. \lôᴋ͜ʜ\ for loch or \bâᴋ͜ʜ\ for Bach.


ᴛ

(lexicography) Used in the digraphs ⟨ᴛʜ⟩ and ⟨ᴛ͟ʜ⟩ for the sounds /θ/ and /ð/.


ᴄ

(lexicography) Used in the digraph ⟨ᴄʜ⟩ for the /t͡ʃ/ sound.


u̇

(lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the FOOT vowel

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨u⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the NURSE vowel, as in the word "turn".


y̆

(lexicography) An orthographic ⟨y⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the KIT vowel, as in the word "typical".


c͟h

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨ch⟩ that represents the consonant /k/, as in the word "character".


s͞i

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨si⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /ʒ/, as in the word "division".


c͞i

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨ci⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /ʃ/, as in the word "delicious".


t͞i

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨ti⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /ʃ/, as in the word "attraction".


t͞h

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨th⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the consonant /t/, as in the name "Thomas" (capitalized T͞homas).


a᷍u

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨au⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the THOUGHT vowel, as in the word "maul".


e᷍u

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨eu⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the USE vowel, as in the word "neuter".


e͞w

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨ew⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the USE vowel, as in the word "lewd".


e᷍e

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨ee⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the FLEECE vowel, as in the word "heed".


e᷍i

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨i⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the PRICE vowel, as in the word "fine".


o᷍i

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨oi⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the CHOICE vowel, as in the word "oil".


a᷍i

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨ai⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the PRICE vowel, as in the word "aisle".


a͞a

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨a⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the TRAP vowel, as in the word "am".


a͞o

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨o⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the GOAT vowel, as in the word "alone".


a᷍a

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨a⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the SQUARE vowel, as in the word "fare".


a͟i

(lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨ai⟩ with the value of the FACE vowel, as in the word "hail".


She is a 🐀 but shes not annoying and you gotta at me she was 🔥

I told him last year that he is a 🐀 this guys fought me and I left the group no they are complaining 😂😂😂

so what’s this I’m hearing about 6ix9ine 🐀?

Now we have the statement from @scottborchetta trying to cover his ass. Not working btw. You are still a liar and a rat. 🐁🐁

She is a 🐁🐀

nigga I'm in da Fed's as I speak and that nigga made damaging statements that they will definitely use against thug he a 🐁 PERIOD

(Internet slang, euphemistic, possibly derogatory) A rat; an informant or snitch.


She is a 🐁🐀


🔜 Season 6

My favourite actor won a Golden Globe! 🔜 Oscar.

Precedes something which one hopes will be achieved.

I hope my package arrives 🔜 because I can no longer wait.


On a box or other packaging, indicates which way is upright.

(graphical user interface) An icon which directs the user to the top of a webpage or application (sometimes represented by just an arrow).


(Internet slang) Alternative spelling of on top.


🔙: Three years ago today, I bought my first house.

🔙 – on this day in 1912, the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage, killing about 1,500

(Internet slang) Precedes an occurrence in the past.

I missed my train and it took me 30 minutes to get 🔙 to where I had to go in the first place.

Throw🔙 to when Taylor Swift released 1989.

(transport) On road signage, indicates one must turn back.


mspf

(computer graphics) Milliseconds per frame (a measure of time used to render a frame on average)


/pos

From / + abbreviation of positive (compare pos), using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

why are all of your accounts all over my tl why are you everywhere /pos /rh

2023 November 17, @swallowedbysin_, Twitter:

Please use tone indicators, they really help me! /pos /nm /gen /srs /nf

2024 December 3, Alia Paavola, “Tone indicators: A complete list and how to use them”, in Textline:

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement has a positive connotation.


/neu

From / + abbreviation of neutral, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement has a neutral connotation.


A visual pun from the combination of two emoji, 🗑 (“trash, dumpster”) + 🔥 (“fire”). Popularised during the 2016 United States presidential election alongside the phrase dumpster fire.

What an awkward situation for NATO members. This looks like a 🗑🔥

The 49ers run defense this year is by far the worst run defense I've ever seen in my life. It's a straight 🗑🔥

2016 December 19, themicknartin, Twitter:

Tough when Trump didn't even know Puerto Ricans are American citizens. 🗑🔥

LOL, could you imagine being in the state stuck with Riverside, Fresno AND Bakersfield. What are we gonna call it "Methland"? 🗑🔥

"my entire life is one enormous dumpster fire"🗑🔥 same, mariah

And uhhh nobody needs to play Gun Survivor 2 anyway. 🗑🔥

(Internet slang, now generally uncommon) Trash fire, dumpster fire (a chaotic, unpleasant, unmanageable thing, situation, or person).


I am 🔛🔝 of the world!


Sense 1 and sense 3 are puns based on their similar pronunciations. Sense 2 is a metonym derived from the use of rope as a method of suicide; compare the verb rope (“to commit suicide, particularly by hanging”).

He's probably gonna commit 🪢 anyways

When the depression is getting worse and school is getting harder 🪢

2022 September 29, usernotdeadyet, Twitter:

Quite literally there was a 14 year old furry who 🪢 live on insta(or TikTok can't remember) herself cuz she was being told to ☠ herself

2023 September 19, Zackdahellhound, Twitter:

(furry fandom, euphemistic) A knot, slang for the bulbus glandis.


° Fahrenheit

[…] that the rays emitted by solids at low temperature are invisible, but become red at 977° Fahrenheit, and augment in intensity, number and refragability at higher temperatures.

1882, The Medical Register of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut:

In winter the thermometer on the Mongolian plateau sometimes drops to –40° Fahrenheit, yet the camels wander about with no sense of suffering. On the other hand, the Russian explorer, Prejevalski, found the temperature of the ground in the Gobi Desert in summer to be more than 140° Fahrenheit, and the camels are apparently as indifferent to this degree of heat as they are to the winter cold.

1901 December 21, “Science and Industry”, in The Friend: A Religious and Literary Journal, volume LXXV, number 23, →OCLC, page 181, column 1:

They're all cold. Cold as a witch's kiss. Mean temperatures of 40° Fahrenheit. Never get hotter than 70.

1954, Alfred Bester, “Fondly Fahrenheit”, in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, volume 7, page 18:

degrees Fahrenheit
degree Fahrenheit#English


The numbers 437737 spell herpes when typed on a telephone keypad.

This, of course, is something only people with that STI would know. For example, herpes is 437737.

2017 June 24, Arti Patel, “Dating with an STI: 7 ways to navigate the (often harsh) dating world”, in Global News:

(Internet slang) A shibboleth used by people with herpes to identify themselves, especially on online dating services.


ᴄʜ

(lexicography) Used for the /t͡ʃ/ sound.


Cetacea, ⸟n (that is, cetacean)

(lexicography) equivalent to ⟨~⟩, but indicates that in the derivation the headword changes from uppercase to lowercase.


(lexicography) equivalent to ⟨~⟩, but indicates that in the derivation the headword changes from lowercase to uppercase.


/genq

From / + abbreviation of genuine question, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

what do kids call their nonbinary parents if not mom or dad? /genq

2020 November 16, @bastardLizard, Twitter:

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding question is genuine.


/p

From / + abbreviation of platonic, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

MIKA ☹☹ ILYT /p hurry up and cook your noodles i need daily mika time

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement was meant platonically.


mg%

10 mg% indicates 10 milligrams per 100 millilitres, or 0.1 g/L.

At blood alcohol concentrations of 75-125 mg%, 50 per cent of the experimental group and only 18 per cent of the hospital group were judged to be intoxicated.

1959, G. C. Drew, M.A., W. P. Colquhoun, M.A., Ph., Hazel A. Long, B.Sc, “The Relation between Blood Alcohol Level and Behaviour”, in Effect of small doses of alcohol on a skill resembling driving, page 7:

Symbol for a unit of concentration, indicating the mass (in milligrams) of a substance in 100 milliliters of solution (typically alcohol in blood).


/nbh

From / + abbreviation of nobody here, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

pro-shitters after saying blatantly transphobic and ableist bullshit to "le epically own the antis trolololol" /nbh

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is not directed at the participants of the discussion or the followers of the author.


/ij

From / + abbreviation of inside joke, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

who wants to do the steal books at 3am challenge with me /ij

2023 September 18, @superaquachick, Twitter:

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is an inside joke.


/rh

From / + abbreviation of rhetorical, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

why are all of your accounts all over my tl why are you everywhere /pos /rh

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding question is rhetorical.


(Internet slang, transgender slang) Represents an egg, as in a person regarded as having not yet realized they are transgender.


(Unified English Braille) the typographic arrow ⟨→⟩.


(Unified English Braille) the typographic arrow ⟨←⟩.


(Unified English Braille) the typographic arrow ⟨↓⟩.


(Unified English Braille) the typographic arrow ⟨↑⟩.


(Unified English Braille) the typographic arrow ⟨↲⟩.


(Unified English Braille) the typographic arrow ⟨↳⟩.


(Unified English Braille) the typographic arrow ⟨↰⟩.


(Unified English Braille) the typographic arrow ⟨↱⟩.


The orthographic pipe or vertical bar, |


registered trademark
registered trademark


The left arrowhead, < [e.g. 'derives from', as in an etymology]


The right arrowhead, > [e.g. 'derives, produces', as in an etymology]


/nf

From / + abbreviation of not forced, using the tone indicator format of slash-prefixing set by the earlier /s (“sarcasm”).

Please use tone indicators, they really help me! /pos /nm /gen /srs /nf

(Internet slang, tone indicator) Denotes that the preceding statement is not meant to be forced on someone.


mol%

(chemistry, physics) molar percent. Percentage as a fraction of moles of a substance.


vol%

(chemistry, physics) volume-percent. Percentage as a fraction of the volume of a substance.


wt%

(chemistry, physics) weight-percent. Percentage as a fraction of the mass of a substance.


at%

(chemistry, physics) atom-percent. Percentage as a fraction of the atoms of a substance.