Groyper

(by extension) A person who associates with far right or alt-right groups.


overplay one's hand

en-verb

overplay one's hand (third-person singular simple present overplays one's hand, present participle overplaying one's hand, simple past and past participle overplayed one's hand)

overplays one's hand (present singular third-person)
overplaying one's hand (participle present)
overplayed one's hand (participle past)
overplayed one's hand (past)

Behind the scenes, Mr. Biden’s aides are searching Mr. Putin’s comments for evidence that he is sensing that he may have overplayed his hand — that his massing of troops has managed to unify the normally fractious 30 nations that make up the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

2022 February 18, David E. Sanger, “The United States’ Message to Russia: Prove Us Wrong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Eventually the NUR overplayed its hands with an all-out strike. And when Peter Parker, the then-chairman of BR, who was well regarded among his staff, called their bluff by threatening to close down the entire network, they caved in.

2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “Productivity should play no part in pay negotiations”, in RAIL, number 972, page 46

(figurative, by extension) To act too boldly due to overestimating one's advantage.


above the fray

Near-synonym: aloof

(by extension) having an affectedly nonchalant or mature attitude about a dispute seen as petty.


gossamer-thin

(figurative, by extension) having a flimsy factual basis; unsubstantiated, hard to believe


keep sight of

keep sight of (third-person singular simple present keeps sight of, present participle keeping sight of, simple past and past participle kept sight of)

keeps sight of (present singular third-person)
keeping sight of (participle present)
kept sight of (participle past)
kept sight of (past)

We need to keep sight of our fundamental duty to the older generations.

(figurative, by extension) to fix (a goal, commitment, etc.) as something to remember or adhere to


thick ear

Say that again and I'll give you a thick ear.

I was cheeky to the Police Officer and got a thick ear for my trouble.

(informal, by extension, often in the phrase 'give someone a thick ear') A punishment or threatened punishment notionally taking the form of a blow around the head.


clock on

clock on (third-person singular simple present clocks on, present participle clocking on, simple past and past participle clocked on)

clocks on (present singular third-person)
clocking on (participle present)
clocked on (participle past)
clocked on (past)

(by extension, UK) To begin work at the start of the day or start of one's shift.


below stairs

Unless we wanted dear Simkins, given he is loyalty personified, the Queen Mother used to die of jealousy, to do the below stairs POV that "pleb" would be considered positively affectionate & unquestionably better than prole & actually a great improvement on Simkins?

2012 September 25, Catherine Bennett, “Mrs Cameron's diary: more trouble with the plebs”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

A paragon must embody liberal democracy. To get its hands dirty defending it is below-stairs.

2023 February 11, Janan Ganesh, “After Germany's fall, which is the paragon nation?”, in FT Weekend, page 22


Witt group

Named after German mathematician Ernst Witt (1911–1991), who introduced the concept in 1937.

groupe de Witt

group of equivalence classes found within a field, variety or category

equivalence relation
equivalence relation

metabolic quadratic space
metabolic quadratic space

(algebra) Given a field k of characteristic ≠ 2, the abelian group of equivalence classes of nondegenerate symmetric bilinear forms over k (where the equivalence relation is such that two forms are equivalent if each is obtainable from the other by adding a metabolic quadratic space), with the group operation corresponding to that of orthogonal direct sum of forms;

Given a field k of characteristic ≠ 2, the abelian group of equivalence classes of nondegenerate symmetric bilinear forms over k (where the equivalence relation is such that two forms are equivalent if each is obtainable from the other by adding a metabolic quadratic space), with the group operation corresponding to that of orthogonal direct sum of forms;
(algebraic geometry, by extension) given a variety X, the quotient of the Grothendieck group of isometry classes of quadratic spaces on X, with respect to orthogonal sum, modulo the subgroup generated by metabolic spaces
(category theory, by extension) given a category with duality, the quotient of isometry classes of symmetric spaces, modulo metabolic spaces.


undercloth

en-noun

undercloth (countable and uncountable, plural undercloths)

Fire apparatus used for confining the smoke, and of an undercloth upon which the insects are made to fall

1825, Memoirs of the Caledonian Horticultural Society - Volume 3, page 432

The rollers, A, and S, are both prevented from revolving freely by means of a break or check line, and the counter-weights, b, b, so that the fabric and undercloth are held in a state of moderate tension, as they are drawn forward over the printing-table, B.

1841 January, “Specification of a Patent granted to Robert Hampson of Mayfield Printworks, in Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Calico Printer, for an Improved Method of Block-Printing on Woven Fabrics of Cotton, Linen, Silk, or Woollen, or of any two or more of them intermexed, with Improved Machinery, Apparatus, and Implements for that purpose.”, in Repertory of patent inventions, number 85, page 2

The two undercloths should be exactly the size of the top of the altar, and quite plain. One of them may, as we have seen, be tacked on to the frontlet. It is an ancient custom that no other material but linen shall cover the top of the altar. All the linen cloths may be of diaper, and undercloths especially should be neither thin nor smooth.

1907, Percy Dearmer, “Chapter II. The Holy Table and its Furniture”, in The Parson’s Handbook […], 6th edition, Henry Frowde; London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, New York and Toronto, pages 92–93

First, the fabric is laid on a clean undercloth and sponged. The first, or acidic, stick is daubed on until no more stain appears on the undercloth.

1947 May, “Stain-removing sticks”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 87, number 5, page 113

When sewing a fine fabric or a synthetic leather use a fashion fabric undercloth, nap side up, on ironing board, seam board or pressing ham to preserve texture and nap of fashion fabric when the right side of the fabric is pressed.

1976, Ruth Reetz, The Flat Method of Sewing for Synthetic Suedes, Knits and Wovens Too, page 46

An undercloth may be useful. A plastic or waxed undercloth is necessary on a recently dedicated altar where much Chrism has been used.

2011, Bishop Peter J. Elliott, Ceremonies of the Modern Roman Rite

(more generally) A protective cloth that goes underneath something.


burn away

en-verb

burn away (third-person singular simple present burns away, present participle burning away, simple past and past participle burned away or burnt away)

burns away (present singular third-person)
burning away (participle present)
burned away (participle past)
burned away (past)
burnt away (participle past)
burnt away (past)

In fact, McChrystal's whole manner was that of someone who's burned away frivolity and distractions from his life.

2020, Barack Obama, chapter 13, in A Promised Land, Crown

(figurative, by extension) to remove instantly and forcefully; to evaporate


secret handshake

en-noun

secret handshake (plural secret handshakes)

Stuart Auerbach, who covered legal affairs at the Washington Post, has speculated that lawyers' language serves “as a secret handshake in a fraternity, letting others know you are one of the tribe.”

2003, Tom Goldstein, Jethro K. Lieberman, The Lawyer's Guide to Writing Well, page 19

A signal that is not used by the population at large can be used by mutant members as a kind of secret handshake to identify an in-group. Mutants can then cooperate with those who share the secret handshake and defect against the others.

2012, Jan van Eijck, Rineke Verbrugge, Games, Actions, and Social Software: Multidisciplinary Aspects, page 176

(figurative, by extension) Any shibboleth or distinguishing sign.


knuckle up

en-verb

knuckle up (third-person singular simple present knuckles up, present participle knuckling up, simple past and past participle knuckled up)

knuckles up (present singular third-person)
knuckling up (participle present)
knuckled up (participle past)
knuckled up (past)

(informal, by extension) To approach a problem aggressively.


sandcorn

From Middle English *sandcorn, from Old English sandcorn, from Proto-West Germanic *sandakorn, from Proto-Germanic *samdakurną, equivalent to sand + corn. Cognate with Dutch zandkoren, German Sandkorn, Swedish sandkorn, Icelandic sandkorn.

It was the tradition of image-making which carried in its stream, as it were, those indispensable sandcorns of tasks.

2006, E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art: Pocket Edition, page 460

(by extension, figurative) Anything causing irritation or discomfort.


Lesbian rule

The rules were originally made from pliable lead found on Lesbos.

He asks: “Is Scripture become a Lesbian rule and bowed to our fancies? But this is the very answer that a classical brother gave me […]

1850, The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, page 36

[…] that it may exercise authority as a rule for the direction of life, and for prescribing some limits to liberty, and not that it may be slavishly subservient to the wills of men, like a Lesbian rule, which may be accommodated to every condition; since these are some of the properties of religion, man is not permitted to stipulate concerning it, […]

1853, Jacobus Arminius, The Works of James Arminius, page 152

[…] and cemented by a thousand links of union, the law of marriage should be a Lesbian rule, which shifts according to the circumstances of place; and that acts which in England would be absolutely null may be binding marriages in Scotland […]

1861, The Law Magazine and Review: A Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence, page 19

Lesbian rules — rules which accommodate themselves to the wishes of men, and bend to all the demands of denominational prejudice — have been quite too long employed to elucidate, or rather to misinterpret, the Scriptures.

1869, Dorus Clarke, The Oneness of the Christian Church, page 32

[…] have Lesbian rules of interpretation - rules which he can bend to his wishes and so apply as to make the Scriptures yield the meaning he desires. But these rules are not of that kind. They are meant to be just and impartial.

1891, Albert Edward Waffle, The Interpreter with His Bible, page 41

This is certainly using a Lesbian rule, to adapt Christ in such a way as to bring Him into accord with Aristotle, rather than Aristotle with Christ.

1991, Jens Andersen Sinning, Oratio de Studiis, Museum Tusculanum Press, page 90

(by extension) A flexible principle, one which may be bent to accommodate or fit different circumstances.


training ground

en-noun

training ground (plural training grounds)

These practical training grounds would be much reduced in the future and other means must be found to ensure that drivers and top-grade signalmen had a proper background of experience.

1961 December, “Talking of Trains: Staff training”, in Trains Illustrated, page 712

(by extension) A workplace which provides training for employees.


satanic panic

(by extension) A moral panic about anything alleged to be satanic or demonic


soap film

(technical, by extension) Any thin layer of liquid (usually water-based) surrounded by air, such as that formed when two soap bubbles come into contact; networks of such films (archetypally, soapy foams) have physical properties that are often mathematically predictable and serve as models.


Barmecide

(by extension) imaginary; illusory; sham.


paisa vasool

Borrowed from Hindi पैसा वसूल (paisā vasūl, literally “money recovered”).

bor

(India, idiomatic) bang for the buck; cost-effective, value for money, worthwhile

(by extension) appealing heavily to the masses.


Quad

Short for Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.

But coordination in shifts in rates by global groupings like the Group of 7, the Indo-Pacific “Quad” and perhaps the Shangri-La Dialogue in Asia would send a powerful message.

2022 October 4, Adam Tooze, “The First Global Deflation Has Begun, and It’s Unclear Just How Painful It Will Be”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

(by extension) A grouping of the United States, Japan, Australia, and India.


hematogen

(by extension) A nutrition bar containing such supplement.


prosciutto bread

en-noun

prosciutto bread (countable and uncountable, plural prosciutto breads)

From prosciutto + bread. From the most common fresh purposely made loaf breads' meat component.

(by extension) Similar loaf breads which contains other sorts of deli meats, other cheeses, and using other oils and fats.

(by extension) A loaf bread filled with leftover bits of meat and cheese, and other remains.


cracked out

en-adj

cracked out (comparative more cracked out, superlative most cracked out)

more cracked out (comparative)
most cracked out (superlative)

(by extension) Mentally and physically exhausted due to excessive drug consumption.


crack out

en-verb

crack out (third-person singular simple present cracks out, present participle cracking out, simple past and past participle cracked out)

cracks out (present singular third-person)
cracking out (participle present)
cracked out (participle past)
cracked out (past)

Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!, Morgan Spurlock.
"So part of the reason why this is the fastest growing chain is because their cracking us out on MSG"

(transitive, drugs, slang, by extension) To intoxicate, similar to a crack high, through administration of a comparable substance.


honeysome

en-adj

honeysome (not generally comparable, comparative more honeysome, superlative most honeysome)

more honeysome (comparative)
most honeysome (superlative)


catamountain

From Late Middle English catamountain, from Middle English cat of the mountain (“leopard, panther”).

inh

(by extension) A man living in the mountains.


Klein geometry

en-noun

Klein geometry (plural Klein geometries)

Erlangen program
Felix Klein
Klein geometry

Named after German mathematician Christian Felix Klein (1849—1925). The concept arose from Klein's Erlangen program (published 1872).


snatch someone's edges

en-verb

snatch someone's edges (third-person singular simple present snatches someone's edges, present participle snatching someone's edges, simple past and past participle snatched someone's edges)

snatches someone's edges (present singular third-person)
snatching someone's edges (participle present)
snatched someone's edges (participle past)
snatched someone's edges (past)

Sophie snatched everyone's edges with her last album.

It might not be another music video or reported album update, but Beyonce has returned with some news that'll still snatch your edges and make you get your dividends in order.

2016, Camille Augustin, “Beyonce Releases Video In Promotion Of Ivy Park Clothing Line”, in Vibe

This year tried to snatch my edges. But I’ve learned so much. I’ve learned to love myself more than other people.

(by extension, slang) To overwhelm someone; to have a strong impact on someone.


fever dream

(by extension) Any intense and vivid experience.


grinding wheel

A competing branch argues, in turn, that crime policy—policing policy in particular—has become more punitive given the heightened power of penal bureaucrats together with the diminished influence of the persons and populations most often subject to the grinding wheels of penal administration.

2021, Trevor George Gardner, “By Any Means: A Philosophical Frame for Rulemaking Reform in Criminal Law”, in Yale Law Journal Forum, page 800

(figurative, by extension) Something that wears down or harms by attrition.


stage set

(figurative, by extension) The context or environmental surroundings of an event; ambiance.


bussin'

Respelling of busting (or bursting, as in "bursting with flavor") to reflect pronunciation with consonant cluster reduction and g-dropping. Compare chirren, chil'ren

(slang, originally African-American Vernacular) Delicious.


SPUA-B

(computing, by extension) Initialism of Supplementary Private Use Area-B (the sole block in Unicode plane 16, covering the entirety of the plane).


SPUA-A

(computing, by extension) Initialism of Supplementary Private Use Area-A (the sole block in Unicode plane 15, covering the entirety of the plane).


empty the clip

empty the clip (third-person singular simple present empties the clip, present participle emptying the clip, simple past and past participle emptied the clip)

empties the clip (present singular third-person)
emptying the clip (participle present)
emptied the clip (participle past)
emptied the clip (past)

DeRozan emptied the clip. The fans at the ACC emptied theirs, too. Every person in that arena […] was ready to leave it all on the floor.

2016 May 2, Blake Murphy, “They did it”, in Raptors Republic, retrieved 2021-04-20

That completed an unraveling of an early Blue Jays lead that stood at five runs after the second inning as Toronto emptied the clip on Tampa Bay starter Austin Pruitt.

2017 August 23, Arden Zwelling, “Stroman battles feel for pitches in Blue Jays-Rays slugfest”, in Sportsnet, retrieved 2021-04-20

The Stars emptied the clip and were the better team in last two periods.

2021 March 29, Ben Davila, “Dallas Stars: Are we kidding ourselves about their chances?”, in Fansided, retrieved 2021-04-20

(chiefly US, idiomatic, sports, by extension) To compete with great vigor, especially by making numerous scoring attempts.

When prodded about his team's struggles […] Boudreau completely emptied the clip before storming out of his postgame press conference.

2017 April 17, Dane Mizutani, “Bruce Boudreau explodes, proves goalie Jake Allen has gotten to Wild”, in Twin Cities Pioneer Press, retrieved 2021-04-20

(chiefly US, idiomatic, by extension) To speak vehemently, especially in an outraged, insulting, or threatening manner.


ghurry

Borrowed from Hindi घड़ी (ghaṛī) or Urdu گھڑی (ghaṛī).


knightwise

(pertaining to moving over a square grid, by extension) (Moving) with slope 2; (taking) 2n vertical steps and n horizontal steps (with n being some positive integer), or vice versa, with each move.


knightwise

(pertaining to motion over a square grid, by extension) Having slope 2, with 2n vertical steps and n horizontal steps (with n being some positive integer), or vice versa, with each move.


on a collision course

The government is putting us on a collision course with nuclear disaster.

(figurative, by extension) (typically with with) Dangerously and imminently approaching (a negative condition, result, etc.).

in rotta di collisione

dangerously approaching a negative result


flight control

en-noun

flight control (countable and uncountable, plural flight controls)

(aviation, by extension, uncountable) The process of controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.


stupid tax

stupid tax (usually uncountable, plural stupid taxes)

From the fact that gambling has a great unlikelihood of yielding monetary return, and is therefore supposedly engaged in only by stupid people as a form of penalty for their stupidity.

(slang, by extension) Money spent on something considered an illogical or unintelligent purchase.


laboring oar

And so too, when new issues demanding new policy calls come up within that scheme, Congress presumably wants the same agency, rather than any court, to take the laboring oar.

2019, Kisor v. Wilkie (U.S. Supreme Court No. 18-15), Justice Kagan

(chiefly US, figurative, by extension) The part of a task that requires the greatest effort to achieve.


Bri'ish

Respelling of British imitating the t-glottalisation of some accents and speakers in the United Kingdom.

Oi bruv, do you speak Bri'ish?

Oi, that bloke's Bri'ish he is!

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling

(humorous, by extension) British English

Pronunciation spelling of British:
British English


quockerwodger

They felt that the fellow was a quockerwodger rather than a politician, an againster rather than a true American, an oppositionist in fundamental things rather than a sincere patriot.

1944, Morris Allison Bealle, Washington Squirrel Cage, page 9

(figurative, by extension) A puppet; a person whose actions are controlled by somebody else.


Calvinian

en-adj

Calvinian (comparative more Calvinian, superlative most Calvinian)

more Calvinian (comparative)
most Calvinian (superlative)

(by extension) Of or relating to Calvinism, which includes the theology of John Calvin.


target of opportunity

en-noun

target of opportunity (plural targets of opportunity)

(figurative, by extension) An object to which one's efforts are diverted as soon as it becomes known.


rest one's case

en-verb

rest one's case (third-person singular simple present rests one's case, present participle resting one's case, simple past and past participle rested one's case)

rests one's case (present singular third-person)
resting one's case (participle present)
rested one's case (participle past)
rested one's case (past)

(figurative, by extension, humorous) To have presented a persuasive argument and established one's position firmly.


Mickey Mouse ring

en-noun

Mickey Mouse ring (plural Mickey Mouse rings)

2020 NBA Bubble
Anthony Davis (basketball)
Championship ring
LeBron James

Likely from Mickey Mouse (“of inferior quality”), or in reference to the 2020 NBA Bubble shortened basketball season held at Walt Disney World, or both of these; with ring as a metonym for “championship” after the Championship ring presented to members of winning teams.

Basically, a Mickey Mouse ring is a championship that is not earned and seems to come “easily.”

2021 July 15, Ethan Moutes, “It’s time to retire the notion of a ‘Mickey Mouse ring’”, in The Daily Californian

But this upsets many fans, leading to widespread comments all over social media such as a Mickey Mouse Ring/Win/Championship (in reference to how the NBA bubble was at Disney World) to underline how these competitions are not authentic enough because of coronavirus's impact on how well teams can play.

2021 March 17, “The Medic: NCAA's March Madness offers real threat for pandemic madness”, in Daily Trojan, University of Southern California, page 1

I do not want them to win a ring again. If the Dodgers win, at least it will remove the “Mickey Mouse ring” thing which would be a fair criticism if it was literally any other team than the Dodgers who actually have been the best team in baseball for a while!

2021 October 7, “Who to Root for in the Playoffs Now”, in SB Nation

(informal, by extension, derogatory, sports, US) Any championship in a sporting competition that is perceived to be of lower quality than other championships due to weaker competition or circumstances.


stand sentinel

(figurative, by extension) To be in line like soldiers.


behind the wire

A reference to the chain-link fence that surrounds a prison camp.

Hutton, as engineer of the train which brought the mob, was one of the first ones detained and he remained behind the wire for several days until he could prove that he had acted as he did only because of the gun at his head.

1959, Locomotive Engineers Journal - Volume 93, page 5

Remain strong until the walls come crashing down. You're in my thoughts, and the fine work each of you do. Later, brothers behind the wire.

2003, Michael Arpaia, Angolite - Volume 28, page 2

Section Three takes readers behind the wire and tells them what to expect if they ever get sentenced to time.

2004, Greg Newbold, “Review: Behind Bars: Surviving Prison”, in Journal of Prisoners on Prisons

This brief consideration of the material culture of imprisonment at Long Kesh/Maze has wider significance in revealing how power relations behind the wire can be very different from the public pronouncement of power inherent in traditional prison architecture

2015, L McAtackney, “Materialising Power Struggles of Political Imprisonment at Long Kesh/Maze Prison, Northern Ireland”, in M Leone, J Knauf, editors, Historical Archaeologies of Capitalism


midgeling

"For a moment there, midgeling, I thought you were going to follow her down into those hellish depths." Cornelius got to his feet, drawing his sword as he did so. His companions followed his example. "I'm no midgeling, Captain Trencherman. I'm a Golmiran. And you'd best stay where you are, or you shall have my sword to answer to.

2009, Philip Caveney, Sebastian Darke: Prince of Pirates, page 352

(by extension, figurative, derogatory) Anything small or insignificant.


buyer beware

(figurative, by extension, often humorous) Exhortation for the listener to exercise caution.


this is not a drill

(informal, often humorous, by extension) Used to make an announcement or draw attention to a fact.


AFAM

Possibly an initialism of A Foreigner Around Manila.

(loosely) any foreigner in the Philippines


gigachad

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-gigachad.wav

From giga- + Chad (“a very attractive man”). Although isolated uses exist earlier, the term was popularized by an anonymous poster on the 4chan /pol/ board on October 17th, 2017, who referred to Russian model Ernest Khalimov as "Gigachad". See Gigachad for more.

I heard Robert just donated $500 to Team Trees. What an absolute gigachad!

I have a lot of respect to Tarik for being a gigachad.

2022 March 27, Olivia Richman, “Doublelift calls Tarik "gigachad" for condemning JasonR's sexist behavior”, in Inven Global, archived from the original on 2024-02-05

As per his IGN interview, LMSH took 242 tries to beat Malenia on his own. After this, he just decided that no other player has to suffer the same fate he did. What an absolute GigaChad.

2022 April 18, RJ Pierce, “Legendary 'Elden Ring' Player 'Let Me Solo Her' Is Now Immortalized In A Mod”, in Tech Times, archived from the original on 2023-03-25

His meteoric rise from ironic gigachad to actual gigachad is a huge story in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, but he just one-upped his own reputation. In an RMR match against Ecstatic, HooXi scored an insane HLTV rating of 2.21.

2022 October 5, Kenneth Williams, “HooXi just outfragged the rest of G2 against Ecstatic”, in WIN.gg, archived from the original on 2023-09-25

(by extension, Internet slang, sometimes sarcastic) An extremely admirable man; a Chad among Chads.


pick-me

Pick-mes are ideal for the role of the token minority friend since they often fall in line with racist beliefs used against their own community.

2020, Danica Seto, "White People, Please Pick Me", Overachiever Magazine, September 2020 (link)

The most disgusting act I've seen from a "pick me" is when they'd bring others down or betray the ones who cared for them all in the name of "being accepted."

2020 November 1, Marissa Foster, “Stop being a 'pick me' person to fit in”, in Pepperpot, Georgetown, Guyana, page 20

A “pick-me” person is desperate for acceptance from a particular group and will do whatever it takes to gain access to certain social circles and remain there.

2022, Shreya Joshi, "Ghislaine Maxwell and the pathological pick-me syndrome", The Medium (University of Toronto Mississauga, 17 January 2022, page 6

(slang, derogatory, by extension) A person who acts against the interests of their own (typically marginalized) group in the hope of obtaining majority favour.


tick on

en-verb

tick on (third-person singular simple present ticks on, present participle ticking on, simple past and past participle ticked on)

ticks on (present singular third-person)
ticking on (participle present)
ticked on (participle past)
ticked on (past)

The banner flutters and love of the group / stifles the petty unmanly doubt / which ticks on, a liberal superstition.

2012, Charles Kraszewski, Irresolute Heresiarch: Catholicism, Gnosticism and Paganism in the Poetry of Czesław Miłosz, page 68

In that web, my father's pacemaker and our broken human lives ticked on, not in a universe governed by a god whose rules were written on tablets and interpreted by male priests who'd never spent a day changing adult diapers or listening to the moans of a Nancy Cruzan.

2014, Katy Butler, Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death, page 202

With the dumb, inchoate misery of a small child's inability to understand its situation or express bereavement, the relentless question ticked on, and on.

2015, Claire Collard, Footpaths on the Sea, page 82

(figurative, by extension) To continue; to keep occurring.


mutual aid

From mutual + aid. Popularised by the anarcho-communist philosopher, Peter Kropotkin.

(anarchism, communism, philosophy, by extension) A voluntary reciprocal exchange of resources and services for mutual benefit.


Big One

Coordinate term: big daddy

Near-synonym: mother of all

Oh, it's the worst one, this is the Big One [heart attack]! I'm dyin! You hear that, Elizabeth, I'm comin to join ya, honey [in Heaven]!

1972, Sanford and Son, spoken by Fred G. Sanford (Redd Foxx (John Elroy Sanford))

(colloquial, by extension) Any other hypothetical event with the potential to be far more devastating than previous events of the same type.


sithcundman

(by extension) The oldest inhabitant of a settlement.


Turd Reich

Harper wants you to remember 1812 but to forget 1982 #TurdReich o.

2012 June 18, Ken Friesen (@theken3000), Twitter

In other news, “Trump makes Sarah Palin look like a shining intellect.” #ReichWing #TurdReich #GameOVER #ogtfo #p2

2016 January 10, Sanderñista Doogie (@HowitzerDoogie), Twitter

Yaverland was no better. Not for nothing should we know this Tory Government as the #TurdReich

2021 October 23, Bearded Folly (@MoonrakerXI), Twitter

(slang, derogatory, by extension) A right-wing government.


Day the Music Died

American Pie (song)
Don McLean
The Day the Music Died

Coined in 1971 by singer-songwriter Don McLean, in his song "American Pie".

Frank Sinatra's death marked the Day the Music Died.

(by extension) Any other day perceived in an extremely sad light, especially one in which a musician or musicians died, or in which negative consequences to the music industry were otherwise caused.


box art

→ Spanish: box art, boxart

→ Portuguese: box art, boxart

(video games, by extension) The artwork used to promote or represent a video game when it is distributed digitally, without physical packaging.


Koh-i-Noor

Borrowed from Classical Persian کوهِ نُور (kōh-i nūr, literally “mountain of light”).

bor+

(by extension) Any very large and valuable diamond.


virtual currency

en-noun

virtual currency (countable and uncountable, plural virtual currencies)

When he was a Yale Law School student, Reuben Grinberg wrote one of the first academic papers about Bitcoin, a novel virtual currency that uses sophisticated cryptography to validate and secure transactions that exist only online.

2013 April 8, Noam Cohen, “Bubble or No, This Virtual Currency Is a Lot of Coin in Any Realm”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

People say it’s a Ponzi scheme, it’s a bubble,” said Cameron Winklevoss. “People really don’t want to take it seriously. At some point that narrative will shift to ‘virtual currencies are here to stay.’ We’re in the early days.”

2013 April 11, Nathaniel Popper, Peter Lattman, quoting Cameron Winklevoss, “Never Mind Facebook; Winklevoss Twins Rule in Digital Money”, in New York Times

Those payments are typically made in cryptocurrencies, virtual currencies like Bitcoin, which the gangs then need to convert to standard currencies, like dollars, euros and rubles.

2021 December 6, Andrew E. Kramer, “Companies Linked to Russian Ransomware Hide in Plain Sight”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

digital currency
digital currency#English


user page

brugerside

(Internet) A page on a website associated with a particular user.

(wikis, by extension, rare) Any page in the userspace, including a user subpage or talk page.


Great Replacement

Echoing the man accused of fatally shooting dozens of people at two mosques in New Zealand in March, the El Paso gunman’s manifesto mentioned the “great replacement,” a conspiracy theory that warns of white genocide.

2019 August 6, Lauretta Charlton, “What Is the Great Replacement?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

The opponents of the ‘Great Replacement’ have to be ‘united to form a common front on a pan-European level’, since the battle stands between ‘replacists’ and ‘non-replacists’ only (43–44).

2021, Andreas Önnerfors, André Krouwel, editors, Europe: Continent of Conspiracies, London: Routledge

[…] instead of depicting this development as evidence for the Great Replacement […]

2021, Tom Brass, Marxism missing, missing Marxism […], Leiden: BRILL, page 241

[Éric Zemmour] does not hesitate to push the white nationalist conspiracy theory of the supposed great replacement of the established population by newer arrivals from Africa.

2021 September 14, Norimitsu Onishi, “A Fox-Style News Network Rides a Wave of Discontent in France”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

(by extension) The gradual replacement of other white European populations, by non-European peoples, who are deliberately assisted by elites, according to a nationalist conspiracy theory.


hammer and anvil

Coercion and intimidation are the hammer and anvil of experienced police officers.

(figurative, by extension) A two-pronged method that is commonly deployed, or the two mechanisms used to carry it out.


missing man formation

missing man formation (plural missing man formations)

(by extension) A similar formation with one missing member in soccer or motor racing.


niggership

niggership (countable and uncountable, plural niggerships)

From nigger + -ship, modelled after kingship, lordship, etc.

(ethnic slur, by extension, preceded by a possessive pronoun) Title or term of address for a black person.


relex

programming language
programming language

(programming, by extension) A programming language that differs from another only by the names of keywords, functions, etc.


long COVID

/ˌlɒŋ ˈkəʊvɪd/

Blend of long-term + COVID, coined by Elisa Perego, an archaeologist working in London and sufferer of the condition who used the term in tweets on the online social networking service Twitter as a hashtag and in running text in May 2020 (see the quotations), leading to its widespread use.

2021, Chenyan Lyu, Tooraj Jamasb, Jan Peter Georg Spanholtz, The Long Covid of Energy Markets and Prices
[See title.]

(economics, informal, by extension) Long-term negative economic effects persisting after the COVID pandemic.


sweatball

I tried to give Heather a celebratory hug but she quickly wriggled out of my embrace.
'get away, sweatball,' she said, with an attempt at a laugh.

2001, John Harrison, Off the Map: The Call of the Amazonian Wild, page 271

(by extension) A momentarily sweaty person.

I'm a sweatball too.
A couple general notes on sweating.
I believe it is true that /generally/ speaking,
men do tend to sweat more than women.

1998 June 3, jwn...@alw.nih.gov, “I'm a sweatball”, in rec.running (Usenet)

(by extension) A person with a tendency to sweat quickly.


standard issue

Standard-issue liberal guilt and hand-wringingly uninteresting dilemmas are the order of the day, with no real surprises or challenges.

2016 January 7, Peter Bradshaw, “A War review – standard issue Afghan war drama”, in the Guardian, →ISSN

(by extension, derogatory) Not special or remarkable; conventional.


little blue pill

little blue pill (plural little blue pills)

(by extension) Any such treatment in pill form.

(by extension) Any such treatment, using administrable consumed therapeutics, regardless of form.


chonker

From chonk + -er. Born out of a meme based on a cat weight chart, shared on Facebook on 2 August 2018.

(Internet slang, humorous, by extension) Something big, especially an overweight person or animal.


malding

From mald + -ing, itself a blend of mad + bald. First cited usage of "mald" points back to November 2011 with an entry made on Urban Dictionary by user Yozaru. Became part of gaming culture in 2019 through the streamer Forsen, specifically referring to someone becoming so mad at a game they turn bald, either through stress or hair pulling.

(Internet slang, neologism, by extension) Angry or irate.


rounding error

rounding error (countable and uncountable, plural rounding errors)

Coordinate term: pocket change

In the budget of the rocket forces, the 200 thousand dollars for the investigation was a mere rounding error.

Microsoft's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, recently called Chrome's market share “a rounding error, to date” in an interview with TechCrunch.

2009 September 30, Bobbie Johnson, quoting Steve Ballmer, “Does Google's Chrome Frame make your PC less secure?”, in The Guardian

As Carl Emmerson, deputy head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said: “The size of the UK’s public finances means you can give away £1bn a year and it’s not much more than a rounding error.”

2017 June 27, Phillip Inman, quoting Carl Emmerson, “Extra £1bn for Northern Ireland will barely dent public finances”, in The Guardian

The sum of money involved is small and, compared to the trillions of dollars traded each year, almost a rounding error.

2018 June 24, “There’s no panic yet: but Trump’s trade war could get out of hand”, in The Guardian

(by extension) A negligible fraction of something.


bobbery pack

(India, archaic, by extension, colloquial) A mixed group of any kind, such as players brought together for an impromptu game.


horcrux

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Lord Voldemort

Coined by author J. K. Rowling through the random "transposition of syllables," though fans have pointed to the possible influence of Middle English hore (“iniquity, evil, sin”) and English crux (“the central or essential part”). The term first appears in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005).

When I read manuscripts, I feel very aware that some part of the writer's soul lives in the pages—like a good Horcrux, say—and if I’m turning one down, I need to do so with thoughtfulness and respect.

2016, Cheryl B. Klein, The Magic Words: Writing Great Books for Children and Young Adults, page 338

And I loved the way they looked, all those journals lined up on a single bookshelf in my room, carving a path through time that you could follow, like a trail of bread crumbs, from that first day in Dr. Milton’s office right up to the present. It was as if I’d archived myself inside them—my own private horcruxes.

2016, Tommy Wallach, Thanks for the Trouble, Simon & Schuster

Via nostalgia and sentimentality, objects act for humans as unwitting mnemonic horcruxes (my analogy, not Schwenger’s), storing parts of our memories inside themselves for our later involuntary retrieval.

2021, Curt Cloninger, Some Ways of Making Nothing: Apophatic Apparatuses in Contemporary Art, page 383

(by extension) Something in which one has invested a part of one's self; an object which allows for the preservation of memory, culture, etc.


vesiculo-

(loosely, catachrestically) vesico-: vesica (bladder).


Ewing amputation

Ewing amputation (plural Ewing amputations)

Ewing+amputation. Named after the first patient treated with this type of amputation, Jim Ewing.

(by extension) similar amputations above the knee, and on the arms.


Macclesfield Bank

en-proper noun

Macclesfield Bank or the Macclesfield Bank

Macclesfield Bank (canonical)
the Macclesfield Bank (canonical)

The Chungsha group, also known as Macclesfield Bank, just southeast of the Sisha, consists merely of a group of underwater reefs and sandbanks.

1956, Theodore Shabad, “The Kwangtung-Kwangsi Hills”, in China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of the Chinese People's Republic, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 169

The ownership of the Pratas Reef and the Macclesfield Bank, both situated closer to China than either Vietnam or the Philippines and smaller than the other two groups, has not been contested; they are Chinese, although with respect to the Macclesfield Bank, it is questionable how to own what lies underwater.[...]The Macclesfield Bank (Chungsha ch’ün-tao) consists of 24 shoals, 3 reefs and 2 banks, all of which are under water.

1974, United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, “Fact Sheet from Embassy of the Republic of Viet-Nam Information Office, Washington D.C., January 28, 1974, Entitled "The Sovereignty of the Republic of Viet-Nam Over the Archipelago of Hoang Sa (Paracels)"”, in Oil and Asian Rivals, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, pages 428, 458

Moscow’s growing relationship with India and its military occupation of Afghanistan proceeded as though Communist China did not exist. The USSR has settled into military bases in Southeast Asia, and its navy uses the Macclesfield Bank as a mid-sea anchorage, despite Communist China’s complaints.

1987, A. James Gregor, “U.S. China Policy and Asian Security”, in Arming the Dragon: U.S. Security Ties With the People's Republic of China, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 110

In addition, the Philippines claimed that it had sovereignty over the Scarborough Shoal in the Chungsha Islands (Macclesfield Bank), and demanded that China respect its rights and freedom of navigation in the region and abide by the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, COLREG).[…]
The Philippines has argued that it has sovereignty over the Scarborough Shoal in the Chungsha Islands (Macclesfield Bank).

2016 May 24, Michael Gau [高聖惕], “Why Does China Ignore South China Sea Arbitration Brought By the Philippines?”, in Kuomintang Official Website, sourced from United Daily News, archived from the original on 2024-04-30, General News

The Zhongsha Qundao, or Macclesfield Bank area, is actually entirely underwater, and not an archipelago, experts say.

2022 January 18, Muzliza Mustafa, “Malaysian FM sees shift in China’s justification of sweeping South China Sea claims”, in Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 2022-01-18


fudge box

(journalism, by extension) A small blank area left in a newspaper layout for the insertion of late-breaking news.


re-presentation

en-noun

re-presentation (countable and uncountable, plural re-presentations)

...but one constant of his work was his thinking about the theology of the eternal sacrifice (self-offering) of Christ on the cross and its relationship to the Eucharist. Jones was particularly interested in the relationship between the Mass and time, and constantly meditated on the Mass’s ability to touch all moments of history through the dynamic of “re-presentation” (anamnesis).

2021, Anna Svendsen, “C. C. Martindale (1879–1963), the History of Religions, and the Theological Imagination of David Jones (1895–1974)”, in Journal of Jesuit Studies, page 566

(Catholicism, by extension) Presentation anew of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ through the Eucharist.


transfer market

transfer market (plural transfer markets)

It is safe to say that the middle transfer market is becoming more mature—but not in the sense that it more nearly resembles the public transfer market.

2009, Richard M. Trottier, Middle Market Strategies

In 1983, the State Science and technology Commission issued "to strength technology transfer and technical services," which marks the beginning of the technology transfer market.

2016, Sifeng Liu, Zhigeng Fang, Hongxing Shi, Theory of Science and Technology Transfer and Applications, page 23

Province has called for speeding up the establishment of a rural property rights transfer market.

2022, Sun Wenkai, Population and Labour Market Policies in China’s Reform Process, page 19

(more generally) Any system, whether formal or informal, by which something is transferred between organizations and/or individuals.


catch a case

en-verb

catch a case (third-person singular simple present catches a case, present participle catching a case, simple past and past participle caught a case)

catches a case (present singular third-person)
catching a case (participle present)
caught a case (participle past)
caught a case (past)

Four years ago on New Year's Eve, he was partying in Tampa and caught a case of the boogie woogie while sitting in his van, listening to music, but charged with DUI. As an attorney, Mr. Lewis explained that some of the charges are[…]

2011 June 3, Dr. George Foxx, Caught up in the Boogie Woogie World, AuthorHouse, page 7

(slang, figurative, by extension, informal) To be overcome by or enthused about anything; used with of.


superfiring

(by extension, of a gun battery on a warship) Arranged so as to allow some turrets to fire over others in the above manner.


El Argar

2011, Gavin Menzies, The Lost Empire of Atlantis, Hachette (Swordfish), unnumbered page,
Then, in turn, a mysterious new people, the El Argar, quite suddenly took over from the Millares.

El Argar is remarkable not only because of the rapid establishment of a new model of habitat and burial that broke with the Copper Age tradition, but also because of a combination of easily recognizable social practices and material features that were present for almost seven hundred years.

2013, Vincente Lull, Rafael Micó, Cristina Rihuete Herrada, Roberto Risch, “Chapter 33: Bronze Age Iberia”, in Harry Fokkens, Anthony Harding, editors, The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age, Oxford University Press, page 603

Although, a profound change has also been observed at the beginning of the El Argar Early Bronze Age in south-eastern Spain, around 2200 BCE, which saw the introduction of narrow concave/convex grinding tools operated with wooden grinders, no trough-shaped grinding slabs are known from El Argar sites (Delgado-Raack & Risch, 2015).

2021, Roberto Risch, Harald Meller, Selina Delgado-Raack, Torsten Schunke, “6: The Bornhöck Burial Mound and the Political Economy of an Únĕtice Ruler”, in Stefanos Gimatzidis, Reinhard Jung, editors, The Critique of Archaeological Economy, Springer Nature, page 105

(by extension) Argaric culture, the Bronze Age culture of which said archaeological site is the type site; the people of the Argaric culture.


main character syndrome

What I suffered from is this idea I call the Main Character Syndrome. I know the name is ridiculous, but it sounds like what it is. Main Character types see themselves as a Hero-Savior and everybody else as a secondary prop. The Main Character feels more real than everyone else. It's the same way that infants don't have object permanence: if I don't see it, it doesn't exist. In the case of adults, I count and you don't. I matter more than you.

2020 May 5, J. S. Park, The Voices We Carry: Finding Your One, True Voice in a World of Clamor and Noise, Moody Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC

[…], than try to do something actually useful for humanity with that hypercapitalism exploitation money, like save the climate or solve world hunger or erase extreme poverty Or fucking help trafficked children, lmao. But that wouldn't stroke their massive egos enough, I guess. Main Character Syndrome much? I'd rather have hundreds of multi-millionaires than one billionaire lmao. Greedy, narcissistic, sociopathic fucks. Cuz that's not even 'being rich,' that's fucking Smaug-levels of money-hoarding.

2022 April 30, Carlos Avitia-Velazquez, Javier Avitia-Velazquez, Curb Children, Seven Proxy Press

(by extension, derogatory) The phenomenon of thinking of oneself as the protagonist in the "movie" of one's life (and, thus, usually as unrealistically important or distinguished).


Woolseyism

(video games, by extension) A translation or substituted phrase deemed better than the original.


come in hot

come in hot (third-person singular simple present comes in hot, present participle coming in hot, simple past came in hot, past participle come in hot)

comes in hot (present singular third-person)
coming in hot (participle present)
came in hot (past)
come in hot (participle past)

I came in hot after a hard day at work and said some things I didn't mean.

(by extension) To approach a situation in a state of anger and tension.


in hock

The wind doesn’t stop blowing because an autocrat has a tantrum; harnessing the solar radiation that bathes our world doesn’t leave us in hock to the House of Saud.

2022 June 5, Ezra Klein, “Your Kids Are Not Doomed”, in The New York Times

(figurative, by extension) Indebted. [with to ‘someone’]


commit sudoku

commit sudoku (third-person singular simple present commits sudoku, present participle committing sudoku, simple past and past participle committed sudoku)

commits sudoku (present singular third-person)
committing sudoku (participle present)
committed sudoku (participle past)
committed sudoku (past)

(by extension) To commit suicide by any means.


maidenless

en-adj

maidenless (comparative more maidenless, superlative most maidenless)

more maidenless (comparative)
most maidenless (superlative)

Elden Ring
GamesRadar+
Know Your Meme
Kotaku

From maiden + -less. Popularized by its use in a quotation in the video game Elden Ring, released on February 25, 2022, referring to the "Maiden" guide who allows the player to progress.

big divorce energy ()

psychological state characteristic of a recently-divorced person

maidenless behaviour

Not tipping your bartenders is absolute maidenless behavior.

2022 March 19, @James_OG_Lee, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-04-24

Criticizing someone for starting an OnlyFans is truly maidenless behavior.

2022 March 20, @erickoenreich, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-24

Elon Musk's Dumb Elden Ring Build Proves The Billionaire Is Maidenless

2022 May 25, Ashley Bardhan, “(article title)”, in Kotaku, archived from the original on 2023-02-28

All Jolly_Old_Lautrec got for their maidenless behaviour was a Rune Arc and the satisfaction of knowing they destroyed the one tender moment in all of Elden Ring.

2022 May 28, Joshua Robertson, “Elden Ring Players Go On A Date, Gets Ruined By Invader”, in The Gamer, archived from the original on 2022-05-31

Reminder as per when these bunny figures come out, that this is an unofficial fan twitter run by one person, for free, so if you make me read you being absolutely maidenless in my notifications you will get sent to blocktown 👌

2022 August 5, @danganronpawiki, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-07

(Internet slang, by extension, derogatory) Generally rude, obnoxious, pathetic, or contemptible; incel-like.


Barkis is willin'

A reference to Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield, in which the phrase is used by Mr Barkis to hint that he wishes to marry Clara Peggotty.

So far as the B.B.C. is concerned it may be stated at once that the matter has not at the moment of writing even been discussed by the directors, so that it is impossible to state what is the policy of the company on the subject. But one would not be far out by saying "Barkis is willin'," if there is a widespread demand for it.

1923 November 23, The Pressman, “Should Parliament be Broadcast?”, in Radio Times

(by extension) Someone is amenable to a suggestion.


naughty list

Certainly connected with, and possibly derived from, the lyrics of a Christmas carol, "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town":
He's makin a list / and checkin it twice / He's gonna find out / who's naughty or nice

You don't want to get on the FBI's naughty list.

(by extension) Any hypothetical list of naughty people.


French terry

en-noun

French terry (countable and uncountable, plural French terries)

(loosely) Any warp-knitted form of terry cloth.


no body, no crime

Este's been losing sleep / Her husband's acting different and it smells like infidelity / She says, That ain't my merlot on his mouth / That ain't my jewelry on our joint account / No, there ain't no doubt / I think I'm gonna call him out / She says, I think he did it but I just can't prove it / […] / No, no body, no crime […]

2021, Taylor Swift (lyrics and music), “No Body, No Crime”

(by extension) An accusation cannot be made without evidence.


gamer word

From a now-deleted 2018 tweet defending YouTuber PewDiePie's use of the word nigger during a livestream of the video game PUBG: Battlegrounds, which asserted that he had merely uttered a "gamer word".

It’s just a gamer word, Arthur. Chill.

2019 May 3, JackUTS, Twitter, archived from the original on 2018-12-30

2019 June 3, AGoodOleGhost, “scuse me, i have the riGHT TO SAY GAMER WORDS”, in Reddit, Gamingcirclejerk, archived from the original on 2022-08-19:

I submitted video evidence of gamer words from a toxic crew about 3 weeks ago. Offenders GTs and in game audio were both very visible/audible. As of last night, both offenders were still sailing the seas. Reported to both Rare and Xbox. Very frustrating, indeed.

2020 July 2, 37yeti, “Gamer words need to stop!”, in Reddit, Seaofthieves, archived from the original on 2022-08-19

Ohm misunderstands and assumes everything. It's actually incredible.
Moo, 407, and other guys in the group didn't unfollow you bc I accused of some James acct.
They unfollowed you bc you literally went off the rails trying to cancel Marcel for gamer words. Moron.

2021 May 26, I_AM_WILDCAT, Twitter, archived from the original on 2022-08-19

2022 May 1, Winters1482, “guy threatens to call someone a gamer word over master cheeks”, in Reddit, ShitHaloSays, archived from the original on 2022-08-19:


styro

Clipping of styrofoam, referring to its similarity in appearance.

I think I hit my styro.

(Internet slang, self-harm community, by extension) The dermis itself.


-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)

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

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.


quadruple-header

(by extension) Four similar events of any kind performed on the same day.


Draco in Leather Pants

en-noun

Draco in Leather Pants (plural Dracos in Leather Pants)

Coined in reference to a scene in which Draco wears tight leather pants in the Draco Trilogy (2000-2006) fan fiction series by Cassandra Clare.

I get it now! Loki is a Draco in Leather Pants!

2013 October 23, CDR. John Shepard (@CmndrShepardN7), Twitter

I feel like ppl make Ryoken out to be too much of a Draco in Leather Pants and take too much agency out of his choices.

2018 July 5, Xiran Jay Zhao (@XiranJayZhao), Twitter

Tamsyn Muir stated that Ianthe Tridentarius was written as a "Draco in Leather Pants", but this is, in fact, an insult to Ianthe.
Draco Malfoy never consumed a man's immortal soul in order to gain immortality and ultimate power, nor is he anywhere near as competent and sexy.

(fandom slang, by extension) Any fictional character written or reinterpreted by fans as appealingly roguish or evil.


speak now or forever hold your peace

Originates from the 1549 Book of Common Prayer. The original wording is: "Therefore if any man can ſhewe any iuste cauſe why they maie not lawfully be ioyned ſo together: Leat him now ſpeake, or els hereafter for euer hold his peace."

(by extension, humorous) Spoken to give one's listeners a last chance for comments or feedback.


sunbloom

From sun + bloom. Compare Saterland Frisian Sunnebloume, West Frisian sinneblom, Dutch zonnebloem, German Low German Sünnbloom, Sünnblööm, German Sonnenblume.

(rare, poetic, fantasy, by extension) Any bloom or flower which resembles the sun or emerges in the sun.


Nuzlocke

John Locke (Lost)
List of generation III Pokémon#Nuzleaf
Lost (2004 TV series)

Blend of Nuzleaf + Locke. From the title of Nuzlocke Comics, which features a Pokémon, Nuzleaf, drawn to resemble John Locke from Lost as a recurring character.

Ok now that Ive done two impromptu nuzlockes of games outside Pokemon (Mario Odyssey and Kirby Super Star). Im starting to think where else I can push it lol
Splatoon 2 Nuzlocke? Start from fresh save file and try to make it to X rank. If you lose a match you lose that weapon 🤔

2020 January 26, Failboat103, Twitter, archived from the original on 2020-01-27

(by extension) A similarly challenging playthrough of any game other than Pokémon.


lebai

Borrowed from Malay lebai (“someone who knows a lot about religion, a religious expert”).
The extended sense of "a supporter or member of PAS" was used by opponents to mock the conservative Islamic party's obsession with religious issues, carried over from Malay-language usage.

bor

(Malaysia, derogatory, politics, Internet slang, by extension) a supporter of PAS.


doomsday cult

Coined by American sociologist John Lofland in 1966 in his book Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith

coin

This raised doubts about their competence and, indeed, their connection to reality; it’s never good when economists at major banks declare that a country’s ruling party has become a doomsday cult.

2022 October 3, Paul Krugman, “How Liz Truss Did So Much Damage in So Few Days”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

(by extension) a group that has lost touch with reality.


Miss Girl

(by extension) (slang, with the intent of offense) A man with fragile masculinity.


goyslop

From goy (“a non-Jew”) + slop (“scraps used as food for animals”). The earliest use dates from May 8th, 2019, when an anonymous 4chan user posted ">Implying I care about what Goyslop companies do" (referring to the restaurant chain Burger King) to the /pol/ board.

af

So anons larp sounds more like goyslop history channel rendition of a cave man.

2022 September 20, u/TrailerParkDreamBoat, “Anon is the Modern day Tarzan.”, in Reddit, r/greentext, archived from the original on 2023-09-22

Check your local independent theater. They don't do it at your local kinoplex but the small indie places run all kinds of old and oddball stuff since they aren't competing to sell tickets for the latest Marvel goyslop.

2022 November 26, u/KillNyetheSilenceGuy, “Wholesome bombing moment”, in Reddit, r/4chan, archived from the original on 2023-09-22

Not only that but there hasn't been a movie that isn't goyslop since joker that's been heavily marketed so there is zero incentive to watch day one as apposed to getting the 4k rip like a day later.

2023 January 1, u/_Addi_The_Hun_, “4chan debates whether movies are going to shit”, in Reddit, r/greentext, archived from the original on 2023-09-22

(Internet slang, 4chan, offensive, by extension) Low-quality entertainment, seen as being promoted by Jews in a similar manner.


jinnet

Isn’t it disgraceful you? Yes, I said. So why are you laughing, you jinnet.

2011 April 30, Dermot Healy, Long Time, No See, page 107

She was only codding. Or ‘acting the jinnet’ as his da called it. Man, dear, but your mother’s an awful woman for acting the jinnet,’ he’d say.

2012 July 12, Pat McCabe, The Dead School, page 3

‘You’re looking very tired - did she keep you awake?’ ‘No, she’s as good as gold.’ ‘Not like him, he’s a crying jinnet.

2013 July 25, Elaine Crowley, The Ways Of Women

(Ireland, by extension) A stupid person; an ass.


equiparation

en-noun

equiparation (countable and uncountable, plural equiparations)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin aequiparātiō, from aequiparō (“put on a level with, compare”) + -tiō (noun suffix), from aequus (“equal”) + parō (“place”). Equivalent to equiparate + -ion.


Borduria

Hergé
King Ottokar's Sceptre
Le Temps
Outlook (Indian magazine)

From French Bordurie, from bordure (“border”). Coined by Hergé in 1939 for King Ottokar's Sceptre.

Is Syldavia a more unequal society than Borduria? For an inequality comparison to be meaningful, then the answer "yes, Syldavia is more unequal than Borduria" must also imply, in the other direction, "Borduria is less unequal than Syldavia."

2000, Yoram Amiel, chapter 2, in Thinking about Inequality: Personal Judgment and Income Distributions, Cambridge University Press, archived from the original on 2022-11-10, page 9

Under these conditions, the prices in Borduria and Syldavia are 19 and 35 $/MWh, respectively. The value of transporting one additional megawatt-hour from Borduria to Syldavia is thus only 16 $/MWh. This is also the maximum price that consumers in Syldavia would agree to pay for the transport of a megawatt-hour that they have bought in Borduria for 19 $/MWh.

2004, Daniel S. Kirschen and Goran Strbac, chapter 8, in Fundamentals of Power System Economics, 1st edition, Wiley, archived from the original on 2022-11-10, page 278

Consider two sets of death rates by age for two imaginary countries, Syldavia (S) and Borduria (B), as in Figure 15-1.

2006, chapter 15, in Graziella Caselli, Jacques Vallin, Guillaume Wunsch, editors, Demography: Analysis and Synthesis, Four Volume Set: A Treatise in Population, 1st edition, Academic Press, archived from the original on 2022-11-13, pages 201–202

Demand for mangoes is such that this can be expected to double the per capita income in Borduria. Syldavia offers the metal to Borduria, but offers it only in exchange for Borduria signing a treaty for mutual defense.

2013, Michael Blake, chapter 5, in Justice and Foreign Policy, 1st edition, Oxford University Press, archived from the original on 2022-11-11, page 121

On the contrary, Borduria is one of the largest sovereign States in the world in terms of territorial size, but not densely populated. Bordurians are mainly Hindus and their economy is based on agriculture.

2017, Jorge E. Núñez, chapter 6, in Sovereignty Conflicts and International Law and Politics: A Distributive Justice Issue (Routledge Research in International Law), 1st edition, Routledge, archived from the original on 2022-11-10, page 134

Imagine, for instance, that all states in the world - Borduria and Syldavia are the only ones, perhaps - are flourishing, and exceed whatever line of political adequacy you think makes legitimate. Borduria and Syldavia, in short, are both doing fine.

2019, Michael Blake, Justice, Migration, and Mercy, Oxford University Press edition, Oxford University Press, archived from the original on 2022-11-11, page 55

(by extension) A generic name of a fictional country, generally contrasted with a rival counterpart Syldavia.


Syldavia

From French Syldavie. Blend of Transylvanie + Moldavie. Coined by Hergé in 1939 for King Ottokar's Sceptre.

Finally, the sovereignty of the island has been continuously claimed by two sovereign states, Syldavia and Borduria. Syldavia is a medium size sovereign State with a large population, mainly Muslims.

2017, Jorge E. Núñez, chapter 6, in Sovereignty Conflicts and International Law and Politics: A Distributive Justice Issue (Routledge Research in International Law), 1 edition, Routledge, archived from the original on 2022-11-10, page 134

2004, Daniel S. Kirschen and Goran Strbac, chapter 8, in Fundamentals of Power System Economics, 1 edition, Wiley, archived from the original on 2022-11-10, page 278

Syldavia offers the metal to Borduria, but offers it only in exchange for Borduria signing a treaty for mutual defense. Is Syldavia acting in a coercive manner here?

2013, Michael Blake, chapter 5, in Justice and Foreign Policy, 1 edition, Oxford University Press, archived from the original on 2022-11-11, page 121

(by extension) A generic name of a fictional country, generally contrasted with a rival counterpart Borduria.


Hampton Roads

(by extension) The region of southeastern Virginia (and sometimes also northeastern North Carolina) surrounding this roadstead.


argonautic

en-adj

argonautic (comparative more argonautic, superlative most argonautic)

more argonautic (comparative)
most argonautic (superlative)


Ptolemaism

(by extension) Any belief system or model that gives undue importance to the observer.


fumble the bag

en-verb

fumble the bag (third-person singular simple present fumbles the bag, present participle fumbling the bag, simple past and past participle fumbled the bag)

fumbles the bag (present singular third-person)
fumbling the bag (participle present)
fumbled the bag (participle past)
fumbled the bag (past)

Comes from a lyric in the 2017 song “I Get the Bag” by Gucci Mane, featuring Migos, with the word bag being a slang term for money.

[W]ith extremely varying degrees of success, the Bachelor Franchise has been trying to match people with their soul mates since 2002. Now, for the first time in 17 years, there’s a queer couple on the show...and the producers have majorly fumbled the bag.

2019 August 27, Hannah Chambers, “The ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Producers Have Done Demi and Kristian So Dirty”, in Cosmpolitan, archived from the original on 2022-06-26

Hulu really fumbled the bag when they canceled High Fidelity. So while they hold that L, I'll be begging other streaming services and networks to pick the series up.

2020 August 28, Morgan Murrell, “Hulu Canceled "High Fidelity" Before Giving Fans Cherise Episodes, And I'm Ready To Throw Hands”, in BuzzFeed, archived from the original on 2023-07-14

Lamar and Khloe were married from 2009 to 2016 ... and our sources say he thinks Tristan is fumbling the bag with Khloe. Quite frankly, we're told LO wanted to see where his comment might lead the exes.

2021 July 13, “Lamar Odom Wants to Get Back with Khloe Kardashian, No Beef with Tristan [Thompson]”, in TMZ, archived from the original on 2022-09-30

Even though Supreme Court appointees aren’t democratically elected; even though his party controls the White House and Congress, the other two-thirds of the government’s system of checks and balances; even though some argue that former liberals on the court fumbled the bag by not handing off power; even though there are already plenty of elected abortion rights supporters in Congress who still weren’t able to stop this.

2022 May 3, Lexi McMenamin, “Democrats, Stop Telling Us to "Just Vote" to Save Abortion Rights”, in Teen Vogue, archived from the original on 2023-06-04

That was like the highest level of respect to the point we at the peak of our careers, with the opportunity to go head and start a dynasty, and then we fumbled the bag on the two-yard line.

2023 February 18, Quinn Allen, quoting Marshawn Lynch, “‘We fumbled the bag’: Marshawn Lynch reveals cold hard truth of Seahawks’ goal-line Super Bowl fail”, in ClutchPoints, archived from the original on 2023-05-21

(slang, by extension) To miss out on an opportunity or to do a bad job using it.


phoorza

en-noun

phoorza (countable and uncountable, plural phoorzas)

From Gujarati ફુરજો (phurjo), from Arabic فُرْضَة (furḍa).

(India, obsolete, by extension) A tax or custom duty.


Leijiverse

(fandom slang) The works of the Japanese manga artist Leiji Matsumoto; the fictional universe these works are set in.

(by extension) Any licensed media connected to the works or setting.


gooner

From goon (“to enter a trance-like state after masturbating and edging for a long period of time”) + -er.

suffix

"nier automata is a gooner game" you have never played past ending a

This designs really good when you don’t have a gooner in your ear telling you how much they wanna fuck it

when you're childproofing a gooner's phone, remember to block apps like shein, youtube and amazon. they'll go desperately searching for underwear reviews or bra ads just to see an inch of the female form.

(by extension, derogatory) An individual addicted to sexual or sexualized content.


bingo card

Boland, Cummins, and Lyon all with centuries in the same innings. I wonder how many people had that on their bingo card.

I'm recently out of an almost 6-year relationship that left me feeling emotions that I didn't put on my 2022 bingo card.

2023 January 6, Korie Houston, “New Year, Same You”, in LGBTQ San Diego County News, volume 4, number 7, page 10

(figuratively, by extension) A list of events considered possible to occur in the context of a larger event, especially when referring to an event considered unlikely.


virovore

(by extension) An organism which deliberately eats viruses.


stack rank

en-verb

stack rank (third-person singular simple present stack ranks, present participle stack ranking, simple past and past participle stack ranked)

stack ranks (present singular third-person)
stack ranking (participle present)
stack ranked (participle past)
stack ranked (past)

It houses my daily brain dump of everything that needs to get done that day, where I can then visually stack-rank in order of priority and timelines.

2019 September 19, Allison Duncan, quoting Christiane Lemieux, “The 26 most essential apps and devices every entrepreneur needs in their toolbox, according to founders and CEOs”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 2021-10-09

Looking at contributions from workers at five large companies doesn't tell the complete story of Silicon Valley's financial support. But it offers one concrete way to stack-rank how the "tech industry" — so nebulously defined — is splitting when it comes to political support.

2020 February 6, Theodore Schleifer, Rani Molla, “Big Tech opponent Bernie Sanders raises more money from Big Tech employees than anyone else”, in Vox, archived from the original on 2022-12-19

Take this process as an opportunity to develop your supply chain team and empower them to help stack rank where investments are needed.

2022 December 30, Mathew Elenjickal, “What Decisions Should Shape The Supply Chain In 2023”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 2023-01-12

(by extension) To rank something by order of importance.


palate cleanser

en-noun

palate cleanser (plural palate cleansers)

Working something like the Sloan case would get justice for a family and serve as a palate cleanser for me.

(figurative, by extension) Anything that serves as a temporary break or variation from the norm.


as she is spoke

From the title English as She Is Spoke popularly given to a 19th-century Portuguese–English phrase book, O novo guia da conversação em portuguez e inglez by Pedro Carolino (1855), notorious for its inaccurate English translations. Though used as the title of the book’s 1883 London edition, the phrase does not appear in Carolino’s text itself.

lang

But if this be so, or if courts believe it to be so, the sooner the aid of this higher power is invoked to give law “as she is spoke” by judges on the bench some affinity with reason and “common intelligence,” the better for these courts.

1891 August 1, The Albany Law Journal, volume 44, number 5, page 82

He was right: AI modelling of ‘law as she is spoke’ is a tall order.

2006, Margaret A. Boden, Mind as Machine: A History of Cognitive Science, volume 2, page 1023

We are interested in understanding “Java as she is spoke” — that is, in the way Java programs are actually structured in the real world — rather than how we fondly imagine Java programs should be written.

2008, Ewan Tempero, James Noble, Hayden Melton, “How Do Java Programs Use Inheritance? An Empirical Study of Inheritance in Java Software”, in Jan Vitek, editor, ECOOP 2008 – Object-Oriented Programming […], page 668


arms dealer

There’s “tremendous upside,” he says, for an unaffiliated studio, as Disney and others rein in content production in-house. “That’s going to create real opportunities for companies like Sony and Paramount and others to be an arms dealer of content to anyone in the world.”

2019 March 12, Elaine Low, “Inside Mike Hopkins’ Fiercely Independent Strategy for Sony Pictures Television”, in Variety

Hence, Viacom’s so-called “arms dealer” strategy, which paid off when it sold domestic rights to Comedy Central’s South Park to WarnerMedia’s HBO Max on Oct. 29 in a deal worth up to $500 million.

2019 November 25, Lesley Goldberg, Georg Szalai, Paul Bond, “Viacom’s Streaming TV “Arms Dealer” Strategy Paying Off (For Now)”, in The Hollywood Reporter

Tom Rothman, Sony Pictures motion picture group chairman, has said many times, both on the record and in the private confines of Louis B. Mayer’s old office on the Sony lot, that he is an arms dealer in the arms race.

2021 May 19, Matt Donnelly, “Sony Pictures Gained Ground in Streaming Wars With Historic Licensing Deals at Netflix and Disney”, in Variety

Unlike Paramount which has been saddled with debt from launching streaming service Paramount+, Sony remains an arms dealer, and financially nimble studio.

2024 July 8, Anthony D'Alessandro, “Sony’s Tom Rothman On Skydance-Paramount Deal, Calls David Ellison “A Very Capable Executive” – ‘Fly Me To The Moon’ Premiere”, in Deadline

(by extension) A media company that licenses its works to various other companies rather than distributing them on its own.


trougher

en-noun

trougher (countable and uncountable, plural troughers)

From trough + -er, due to comparisons between greedy people and pigs with their snouts in the trough.

And according to an insistent story, Vince MacLean, a formal provincial Liberal leader and prodigious trougher running in Sydney - Victoria, was slapped in thr face by a woman at the door.

1997, The Canadian Forum, volume 76, page 10

Many of the critical quotations about Rolnik's role in the UN come from Conservative MPs: "The aid budget is a way in which poor people from Britain pay for the lifestyle of rich people in developing countries. We are having to pay taxes to put this international trougher up in a four-star hotel.

2017, Dr. Stephen Harkins, Dr. Jairo Lugo-Ocando, Poor News: Media Discourses of Poverty in Times of Austerity, page 119

Humza is the trougher's trougher.

2022 February 25, Craig Murray, craigmurray.org.uk

(by extension) (chiefly British) A careerist politician, especially one representing the Scottish National Party.


Lilliput

Ronald E. Miller, Peter D. Blair (2009) Input-Output Analysis: Foundations and Extensions, page 388: “The Land of Lilliput plans to build a new power plant”

Dermot McAleese (2004) Economics for Business: Competition, Macro-stability, and Globalisation: “Two economies , Lilliput and Oz , exist beside each other”

(by extension) A generic fictional country, sometimes contrasted with a counterpart Brobdingnag or Blefuscu.


weirplate

The weirplate at the bottom, inside the drum at F, serves the same purpose as in the machine you have seen — namely, to provide an inner wall of water of the desired thickness within the drum.

1912 January 26, William J. Gee, “A New Process for the Separation and Grading of Solids Suspended in Liquids”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, volume 60, page 282

The heat of hydration evolved inside the main hydrating chamber evaporates the excess water and the lighter hydrate flows out over an adjustable weirplate as dry powder from the outlet of the finishing chamber.

1982, Research and Industry, volume 27, page 161

Retention period (generally 25 minutes) available for the reaction between lime and water can be adjusted by varying the height of the weirplate […]

1993, Vertical-shaft Limekiln Technology, page 50

(by extension) An adjustable plate that controls the amount of liquid held in a chamber of a machine.


Bengali script

Bengali script (countable and uncountable, plural Bengali scripts)


survival instinct

survival instinct (plural survival instincts)

The Cicadas' must be one of the most chillingly vivid of all of Elizabeth's narratives of sexual predatoriness, emotional vulnerability, and the mean-spirited but triumphant survival instinct that forms the jungle of human struggle.

1990, Thomas W. Shapcott, Biting the Bullet: A Literary Memoir, page 246

The better approach is to show them that their survival instinct is tied to cooperation, not turf.

2000, David L. Goetsch, Stanley Davis, Quality Management, page 430

Hunger, deprivation and humiliation were our constant companions, and only hope and our survival instinct kept us going.

2003, Wendy Whitworth, Survival: Holocaust Survivors Tell Their Story, page 139

Bayet seems intent on distinguishing the survival instinct from the political instinct. I submit that in the context of a substantial power imbalance between groups reified by a calculated legal framework, the survival instinct cannot be assumed distinct from the political one.

2003, Harvard Blackletter Law Journal - Volumes 19-20, page 156

Trapped between two hostile platoons in the woods, Rubakhin obeys the survival instinct and covers the prisoner's mouth and nose to keep him silent.

2007, Byron Lindsey, Tatiana Spektor, Routes of Passage: Essays on the Fiction of Vladimir Makanin, page 102

(by extension) The will to live and thrive.


fight for one's life

en-verb

fight for one's life (third-person singular simple present fights for one's life, present participle fighting for one's life, simple past and past participle fought for one's life)

fights for one's life (present singular third-person)
fighting for one's life (participle present)
fought for one's life (participle past)
fought for one's life (past)

Credit Suisse, the 166-year-old institution that was once an emblem of Swiss pride, is fighting for its life after investors, fearing that the bank would run out of money, dumped its stock and sent the price of insuring its debt against a default skyrocketing.

2023 March 15, Michael J. de la Merced, Maureen Farrell, “Credit Suisse to Borrow Up to $54 Billion From Central Bank”, in The New York Times

(idiomatic, by extension) To be in a highly unfavorable situation; to be on the verge of failure or collapse.


redemptive arc

For Manis, the league is an opportunity to course-correct a career beleaguered by bumps and false starts. She is joined by women at various stages of their basketball careers, many focused on redemptive arcs of their own.

2022 February 23, Tamryn Spruill, “Women’s Basketball Players Get a New Lifeline, Close to Home”, in The New York Times

(by extension) Synonym of redemption arc (“series of actions or events by which a person makes right for their past failures, errors, or wrongdoings”).


twink death

en-noun

twink death (countable and uncountable, plural twink deaths)

There was a point in time in which an archetypal Russell Tovey character would mean handsome Jack-the-lads, or cocky heterosexuals on the right side of loutish. […] But then, faster you could say “twink death”, Tovey bulked up, began to seek greater complexity in his work, and started playing gay.

2023 May 2, Adam White, “I’ve been thinking about dying from the age of 12”, in The Independent, London, page 28

DiCaprio is notorious for his questionable dating habits, which apparently involve a hard cut-off at age 25. The pattern is the subject of analysis through such sophisticated lenses as the sociological causes for age gaps and the male attempt to escape so-called “twink death.”

2023 November 3, “The age-old question of separating art from the DiCaprio”, in Daily Illini, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

M: Imagine Al Pacino and Zendaya on the same level of stardom that they could just present alone. Insane. — Al Pacino.
E: He looks really bad.
M: Number one example of twink death.
E: No, no! I don’t want to talk about it.

2024 April 17, Meylina Tran, “Mey & Em’s Post Oscars Breakdown”, in Quaker Campus, Whittier College, Whittier, California

(by extension, Internet slang) The loss of a man's physical attractiveness as a result of aging.


parcel up

en-verb

parcel up (third-person singular simple present parcels up, present participle parceling up or parcelling up, simple past and past participle parceled up or parcelled up)

parcels up (present singular third-person)
parceling up (participle present)
parcelling up (participle present)
parceled up (participle past)
parceled up (past)
parcelled up (participle past)
parcelled up (past)

(transitive, figurative, by extension) To combine into a single compact entity.


drink out

drink out (third-person singular simple present drinks out, present participle drinking out, simple past drank out, past participle drunk out)

drinks out (present singular third-person)
drinking out (participle present)
drank out (past)
drunk out (participle past)

(rare, intransitive, by extension from eat out) To drink alcohol in a pub, bar, restaurant or other public establishment.


stab-in-the-back myth

en-noun

stab-in-the-back myth (plural stab-in-the-back myths)

Aside from the Cantonese stab-in-the-back myth mentioned earlier, the most up-to-date and authoritative Chinese sources of information on Western affairs then available reinforced arguments in favor of jōi.

2004, Joshua A. Fogel, Late Qing China and Meiji Japan: Political & Cultural Aspects, Signature Books, page 10

That is the process we are witnessing now: the steady nurturing of a stab-in-the-back myth for Brexit. History suggests that this hunt for the wielder of the treacherous dagger will only get nastier.

2023 May 19, Jonathan Freedland, “They’re openly saying it: Brexit has failed. But what comes next may be very dark indeed”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

(by extension) Any denialist myth misattributing failure to internal betrayal.


Tesla-swapped

(by extension) Of a car: converted to being a battery-electric vehicle by replacing its internal combustion engine and fuel system with a battery pack and an electric motor.


Tesla-swap

(by extension) A car which has been converted to a battery-electric vehicle by removing its internal combustion engine and fuel system, and replacing it with a battery pack and an electric drive motor.


Tesla-swap

en-verb

Tesla-swap (third-person singular simple present Tesla-swaps, present participle Tesla-swapping, simple past and past participle Tesla-swapped)

Tesla-swaps (present singular third-person)
Tesla-swapping (participle present)
Tesla-swapped (participle past)
Tesla-swapped (past)

(by extension) To convert an internal combustion engine car into a battery-electric vehicle, by replacing its engine and fuel system with a battery pack and an electric drive motor.


beige flag

By analogy with red flag and green flag, due to the fact that beige is typically considered to be a boring or bland colour. Popularized on TikTok in 2022.

That guy is a huge beige flag.

It was a question Christchurch woman Tamzyn, 29, asked herself when she found her Bumble matches drying up. "I just blamed the fact that I was in Christchurch for a while, to be honest!" she laughs. "But then I took a look at my profile with a different lens, and I realised I was one giant, walking beige flag.

2022 December 8, “The Bumble Diaries: Gearing up for hot girl summer”, in Stuff, archived from the original on 2022-12-17

Perhaps if you're confident that your behaviour is unproblematic and you're at best, a beige flag, there's no reason for anxiety.

2023 May 26, Emilie Lavinia, “The Dark Side of 'Are We Dating the Same Guy' Groups”, in VICE, archived from the original on 2023-05-31

(by extension) Someone who has a beige flag (in either sense).


advance the ball

advance the ball (third-person singular simple present advances the ball, present participle advancing the ball, simple past and past participle advanced the ball)

advances the ball (present singular third-person)
advancing the ball (participle present)
advanced the ball (participle past)
advanced the ball (past)

Mr. Horn said he could not be happier these days. "Comfort and trust and stuff like that are important concepts in a work environment," he said. "To the extent there are politics involved in any company it doesn't further advance the ball, the work of the studio. I have maintained that all these people who have left are talented and made valuable contributions. But at some point it's got to be about the team."

2003 September 7, Dylan Stableford, quoting Alan F. Horn, “Warner Brothers' Chamber of Secrets”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2021-03-09

And so what we need to do is to deal with this issue comprehensively. We have a broken and lawless system in the United States of America. And the piecemeal approach that majority leader Frist has taken along with the Republican leadership of the Congress isn't going to advance the ball.

2006 September 26, 'Day to Day', GOP Looks for Immigration Win Before Elections (radio), spoken by Ken Salazar, via NPR

You know, Scott, you could make the argument that if in the middle of this they score a bipartisan deal on healthcare, it might not be to either party's liking. But it would be a way to advance the ball. Wall Street could respond to that very favorably, tax cuts or no tax cuts.

2017 October 17, Neil Cavuto, Your World With Neil Cavuto (television production), spoken by host, via Fox News

In a press conference on Capitol Hill, Jeffries thanked the outgoing leadership. "From the very beginning of our arrival in the Congress, we stand on their collective broad shoulders building upon the incredible work that they've done, excited about the opportunities to advance the ball for everyday Americans as we move forward into our future," Jeffries said.

2022 November 30, Dylan Stableford, quoting Hakeem Jeffries, “Hakeem Jeffries elected to lead House Dems, will become 1st Black party leader in Congress”, in Yahoo! News, archived from the original on 2023-02-04

(figurative, by extension, chiefly politics) To make progress towards some shared or ultimate goal.


heavy lift

When a federal statute applies on its face to both private and state actors, a commandeering argument is a heavy lift—and petitioners have not pulled it off.

2023, Haaland v. Brackeen (U.S. Supreme Court No. 21-376), Justice Barrett (majority opinion)

(figurative, by extension) A requirement that requires a lot of work to satisfy; high bar, tall order.


pal around

pal around (third-person singular simple present pals around, present participle palling around, simple past and past participle palled around)

pals around (present singular third-person)
palling around (participle present)
palled around (participle past)
palled around (past)

If independents do turn out, it’s hard to see them turning out en masse for Lake, whose campaign is fueled more by outrage and theatrics than by any suggestion that she's ready to run a fast growing state of 7.2 million people. She has endorsed candidates who show an appalling tendency to pal around with white nationalists.

2022 July 6, Laurie Roberts, “Independent voters, take note: Kari Lake still leads in latest poll of GOP governor's race”, in Yahoo! News

“While Kim Reynolds and Chuck Grassley pal around with a defeated former president who continues to attack our democracy, Iowa Democrats are busy knocking doors, meeting Iowans where they are and mobilizing voters," Iowa Democratic Party Chair Ross Wilburn said in a statement.

2022 November 3, Brianne Pfannenstiel, Tyler Jett, quoting Ross Wilburn, “Donald Trump teases Iowa crowd: 'I will very, very, very probably' run for president”, in Des Moines Register

To be clear: Musk’s move is not a First Amendment issue, any more than it was when the previous regime suspended Donald Trump (among others). He has every right to ban whomever he wants. He has every right to bring Trump, along with whatever white supremacists and bigots and purveyors of hate speech and misinformation he wants to pal around with, back to Twitter.

2022 December 16, Bill Goodykoontz, “Elon Musk can ban all the journalists he wants from Twitter. But he's a free-speech fraud”, in AZCentral

“This Supreme Court has lost its ethical compass,” Whitehouse, who chairs the Judiciary’s subcommittee on court oversight, said in a statement. “It’s no wonder that the American people are losing faith in the idea that they can get a fair shake before the nation’s highest court when they see a Supreme Court justice openly flouting basic disclosure rules in order to pal around with billionaires in secret.”

2023 April 10, Jennifer Bendery, quoting Sheldon Whitehouse, “Senate Democrats Urge John Roberts To Probe Clarence Thomas' Undisclosed Gifts”, in HuffPost

(intransitive, informal, by extension) To associate with someone, especially secretly or when viewed as objectionable; to fraternize.


crumenal

Again, some practitioners are of the opinion that a "pumiced" condition of the sole is the crumenal diagnostic test, and indicative of chronic laminitis.

1890, R. W. Burke, “The Principles of Soundness and Unsoundness in Horses”, in Veterinary Journal and Annals of Comparative Pathology, volume 30, page 164

(by extension, obsolete) Decisive, conclusive.


wood gas

(by extension) Such fuel gas derived from pyrolysis of organic matter.


chug away

chug away (third-person singular simple present chugs away, present participle chugging away, simple past and past participle chugged away)

chugs away (present singular third-person)
chugging away (participle present)
chugged away (participle past)
chugged away (past)

You mustn't let the tuna rest, if you aim to ever gaff him alongside. You chug away, lifting with all your strength. Up comes the fish, sulkily at first, fighting every foot.

1901 February, Maximilian Foster, “The Greatest Game Fishing”, in Munsey's Magazine, volume 24, number 5, page 662

Two years previously, they had won the FA Cup and finished second in the League. They bought me to replace Reg Ryan, a roly-poly midfielder who chugged and chugged away, because they needed someone with fresher legs.

2006, Bobby Robson, Paul Hayward, Bobby Robson: Farewell but not Goodbye

We expected the neuron to shut off. After all, the visual stimulus was gone. But instead, the neuron kept on firing at a high rate. It chugged away as if it were busy telling the rest of the brain, “Yo, don't forget that thing near the cheek. It's probably still there.”

2018, Michael S. A. Graziano, The Spaces Between Us: A Story of Neuroscience, Evolution, and Human Nature, page 55

Still chugging away as a lecturer to less-than-enthusiastic students, Indiana is reluctantly pulled back into the world of swashbuckling adventure when his goddaughter Helena Shaw (Waller-Bridge) comes to him for aid in locating the mysterious Antikythera device.

2023 June 28, Lauren Coates, “Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny review: Harrison Ford goes to the whip”, in AV Club

(by extension) To work at something in a steady, dogged manner.


Dear Leader

Even as Trump commands a dwindling number of Republicans willing to say the election remains unsettled, his administration is stuck trying to carry out Dear Leader's wishes.

2020 November 14, Terry H. Schwadron, “Trump gums up the transition works”, in Salon.com, archived from the original on 2023-05-05

(by extension, ironic, derogatory) A nickname for Donald Trump (US president from 2017–2021), seen as engendering unthinking subservience among his followers.


new country project

en-noun

new country project (plural new country projects)

Refers to a project to create a new country.

A micronation is an area that claims to have political sovereignty despite lack of recognition from governments or international organizations around the world. It is also sometimes called a model country or new country project.

2017 April 25, Amber Pariona, “The Story Of The Self-Proclaimed Republic Of Molossia”, in World Facts, World Atlas


model country

From model + country, referring to a micronation as a replica (model) of a country.

I heard there was a micronation (model country) that was based on hemp called the Stoner Homeland but was unable to locate it.

1999 October 4, Smokers Supplies and Ordinations, “Hemp Based Countries”, in alt.politics.micronations (Usenet)

…a model country that exists solely as work of fiction, or just for fun; a tiny jurisdiction that has escaped the notice of major powers.

2022, Peter Marks, Jennifer A. Wagner-Lawlor, Fátima Vieira, The Palgrave Handbook of Utopian and Dystopian Literatures, Springer International Publishing, page 281


chaotic evil

en-adj

chaotic evil (comparative more chaotic evil, superlative most chaotic evil)

more chaotic evil (comparative)
most chaotic evil (superlative)

So perhaps it should come as no surprise that people are losing it over this AirPods sticker prank. Thanks to one user's glee at revealing his chaotic evil shenanigans to the world, a photo of it has gone viral.

2019 November 19, Ashley Hoffman, “Trolling Expert Unleashes the Most Chaotic Evil Prank: Fake Airpod Stickers”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-27

Eating Milo straight out of the tin is chaotic evil. In this essay, I… will basically just rant about how disgusting this habit is, to be honest.

2020 June 23, Melissa Mason, “Just Gonna Say It: Eating Milo Straight Out Of The Tin Is Chaotic Evil”, in Pedestrian.tv, archived from the original on 2021-12-06

And now we must discuss Robyn's wig, but truly, what is there to say that has not already been said? Any fan of Potomac knows there's no wig Robyn won't give the old college try, but this is next level. A wavy, auburn monstrosity. Sleepy Robyn's personality is a true neutral, but her wigs are absolutely chaotic evil.

2020 October 26, Chris Murphy, “The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Wigging Out”, in Vulture, archived from the original on 2022-12-04

Twitter users couldn't get enough of the hilarious prank, with Eddie Black dubbing the plan "top-rate trolling." […] "Strong chaotic evil energy," said Nicola Clements.

2022 July 29, Sophie Lloyd, “Woman's 'Evil' Beach Engagement Prank Has the Internet Screaming”, in Newsweek, New York, N.Y.: Newsweek Publishing LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-24

(by extension, Internet slang, humorous) Extremely bad or evil; abhorrent.


chaotic good

chaotic good (comparative more chaotic good, superlative most chaotic good)

more chaotic good (comparative)
most chaotic good (superlative)

Cups are firmly chaotic good; they're good for the environment, but you can't use them without getting covered in your own blood.

2019 December 16, Katie Way, “What was the Worst Wellness Trend of the 2010s?”, in VICE, archived from the original on 2023-05-15

But if influencers can't help but self-promote, even in the cringiest of times, perhaps it's a little better that they now are also actually raising money? Hey, I'm not saying this "chaotic good" scenario is, well, good. But it exists. And it's not the worst thing that's ever happened.

2020 January 10, Tanya Chen, “I Roughly Calculated The Cost Of This Lifestyle Blogger's Beautiful, Outrageous Master Bathroom Decor”, in BuzzFeed News, archived from the original on 2023-05-30

Like draft day for a suffering sports team, our response to the pandemic represents a rebuild opportunity, and many commentators—see: a recent piece at Politico featuring the predictions of 34 "big thinkers"—are casting the aftershocks of coronavirus as potentially chaotic good.

2020 March 29, Josh Wilbur, “This Is the 'Cozy Catastrophe' Americans Have Always Wanted”, in Wired, San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-06

On Monday — in what is perhaps the most chaotic good energy we've felt in a long time — McDonald's announced that the company is partnering with BTS, the world-renowned Korean band, for its next celebrity meal.

2021 April 20, Danielle Campoamor, “The BTS x McDonald's Collab Is Pure Chaotic Good”, in Refinery29, archived from the original on 2023-07-21

20222022 was a strange time for video games. I've already taken to calling it "the chaotic-good year" of releases.

2022 December 22, Mike Mahardy, “How Bloodborne paved the way for one of 2022's breakout hits”, in Polygon, archived from the original on 2023-02-10

(by extension, Internet slang) Doing or being good in a very unexpected, offbeat, or unconventional manner.


fanzone

From fan + zone: Originally a capitalized brand name for an official version of the sports venue and for the website.

[…] this rage against the machine comes from bands belonging to the first computer-literate generation, the first generation of bands to develop websites and to benefit from internet marketing and online communities and fanzones.

2008, Scott Wilson, Great Satan's Rage, page 144

The crowds packed into the “fanzones” were taking the full force of the storm. Even the trusty shopping trolley had to be abandoned as we sloshed our way to a gap in the fence where McCartney's chief gatekeeper, Stuart Bell, was fighting a losing battle with gangs of sodden pressmen.

2013, Leslie Woodhead, How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin, page 204

London Palladium in October 2022, I hosted a fanzone in The Dylan Room at the London Troubadour Club with Jackie Lees, my co-author for Bob Dylan in London.

2023, K G Miles, Paul Metsa, Ed Newman, Bob Dylan in Minnesota

(by extension) A similar venue or website for fans of a performer or band.


girl math

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Coined by the New Zealand radio show Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley, whose segment "Girl Math" went viral on TikTok in August 2023. The segment features a caller who has made a large purchase, and the producers work together to use girl math to "prove" that the caller has actually made a bargain.

Girl's math and Boy's math are different on another level

2024 February 20, @robinlim3939, YouTube Shorts

(slang, by extension) A form of (possibly fallacious) logic specifically used by girls or women.


father confessor

en-noun

father confessor (plural father confessors)

Anybody can cure a curable disease if he happens to have the right drug at hand, but the treatment of a condition for which there is no positive cure makes much greater demands on the doctor, who has to be practical pharmacologist, human being, psychiatrist, and father confessor—he has, in fact, to be a proper physician in the fullest sense of the word.

1976 March 27, F. Dudley Hart, “History of the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis”, in British Medical Journal, volume 1, number 6012, →DOI, →JSTOR, page 763

(by extension) A person who listens to others and gives them advice on private matters; a spiritual guide.

henkinen opas

person who listens to others and gives them advice on private matters; spiritual guide