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tankhughes commented on the list 2025-woty-research-y4sh9nurnUxr2gBi3jyQd
"the brutish are coming" https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1iqgqi4/the_brutish_are_coming/
February 16, 2025
sprintexec commented on the word kayfabe
Marina Hyde in her writing for The Guardian in February 2025 used kayfabe when talking about Europe, Trump, Putin and Ukraine. I had to look it up. Thanks wordnik!
February 15, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word quink
https://www.tumblr.com/cadaverousdecay/769801995643224064
"tried to say “kinky queer” and said “quink” and couldn’t even finish my sentence. fucking quink,,,"
February 15, 2025
octe commented on the word tradent
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tradent
February 14, 2025
octe commented on the word paideia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paideia
February 14, 2025
octe commented on the word primigravidae
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/primigravida
February 14, 2025
octe commented on the word luteofulvous
tawny yellow - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/luteofulvous
February 14, 2025
ilexwg commented on the user ilexwg
Hello w❤️rd!
February 12, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word PDF files
algospeak for pedophiles https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF9MH_mJg82/
February 12, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word dark woke
#DarkWoke https://www.vulture.com/article/kendrick-super-bowl-halftime-review.html
February 11, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word kung pow penis
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1imanfu/12_angry_tumblrites/
February 11, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word goon
goon's new meaning making it hard to find a good word for henchpeople: https://www.reddit.com/r/venturebros/comments/1im7ojs/figured_yall_would_like_this/
February 11, 2025
bilby commented on the word gingerbread man
https://www.flickr.com/photos/105277968@N08/52310812322
February 11, 2025
bilby commented on the word Duckworth Lewis Stern
Cricket jargon: a (complicated) mathematical formula for adjusting scores in games affected by weather interruptions that shorten the playing time. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/how-the-duckworth-lewis-stern-method-works-1102000
February 11, 2025
bilby commented on the word clear the front leg
Cricket jargon: when a batter opens up his/her stance by moving the front leg toward the edge of the pitch. It's usually done to provide a clearer path for a hard bat swing.
February 10, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word just hit the 2nd tower
"running it back in the almost never forgets" = 9 1/2 11 size bowling shoes https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1iltkpj/running_it_back_in_the_almost_never_forgets/
February 10, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word just hit the 2nd tower
"a 2nd lego tower has hit the stream" https://www.youtube.com/live/4L8WmKGuBtQ?si=Nw2ZihPrlDRNvgy5&t=67
"sir, a 2nd plane has just hit the decagon" https://youtu.be/HUopmWt5HqY?si=LTV6vAeon2aZFIal&t=427
February 9, 2025
4951172 commented on the word esperate
Making more esperances
February 9, 2025
4951172 commented on the word esperatic
having or seeming to be esperate especially in a chaotic way especially spontaneously
February 9, 2025
4951172 commented on the word posocahuoui
A phenomenon of sketchy or clickbait-like advertisements having unrealistic or unearthy-looking items, especially if the item appears to be some sort of food, especially if fruit
Etymology: abbreviation
The word can be pronounced in many different ways
February 9, 2025
jongomez commented on the user jongomez
Hi
February 9, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word meezies
a potential future 2026 nickname for measles (regarding current outbreaks in the USA).
also in the thread: meezmaxxing https://bsky.app/profile/ianboudreau.com/post/3lhn7r4wk3s2m
February 8, 2025
aryanto commented on the user aryanto
I want to introduce about new word koperasi 2.0 in Indonesian language, co-operative 2.0 in english. Koperasi 2.0 is co-operative with already using Blockchain technology.
February 8, 2025
menderlead commented on the user menderlead
Hi Guys, thanks for Wordnik
Seems like there are opportunities to find or to create a word that may be used to describe a class of "things we do"
Along the lines of a journal of past events that we could keep on a device (in my case a PC coded in php) the successor to a "to-Do-list" to record things we have done and will likely need to do again.
I do have a completed list, for tasks I have done, but I feel it might be possible to find an improved description that might differentiate issues that are "regular" and crop up (perhaps annually) like paying for an insurance?
All the best, and thanks again.
PS
I did search for periomar ...no hits = a "walk around" inspecting specific or interesting data
will also check out ebne Dr Edward deBono's - Excellent but not Enough
perhaps I am using Wordnik incorrectly ?
February 8, 2025
ulaidelvi commented on the word apex
Apex predator
February 7, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
F'Elon: https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckelonmusk/comments/1ijfltm/this_bumper_sticker/
February 7, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word the Nerd Reich
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1iis3nt/austin_protest/
February 7, 2025
ry commented on the word echinoneus
The Century entry for irregular has a definition that is specific to echinoderms
February 7, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word just hit the 2nd tower
call a vape pen a pentagon, so they can say "i just hit the pentagon"
https://cl.usembassy.gov/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-october-7th-terrorist-attacks/
Biden said Hamas attacks were like 15 9/11s. Could influence math on those numbers like 18/22.
February 7, 2025
ruzuzu commented on the word extinction burst
Oh, look! A delicious food pellet!
*press*
*press*
*press*
*press*?
*press*?
February 7, 2025
savanth commented on the user savanth
Thank you !!
February 7, 2025
bilby commented on the list gained-in-translation
Where do you get eggs containing baroquefinesse?
February 7, 2025
bilby commented on the word Hottentot's tea
https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/helichrysum/key/Helichrysum/Media/Html/Helichrysum_nudifolium_var._nudifolium.htm
February 7, 2025
bilby commented on the word Hottentot's tea
Helichrysum nudifolium var. nudifolium.
February 7, 2025
bilby commented on the word wortwale
Middle English Compendium says that other meanings are (a) The root of a herb; (b) the root or base of a rooster’s spur.
February 7, 2025
bilby commented on the word tigerwood
Lol visuals.
February 7, 2025
bilby commented on the word flocculate
Unforunate FiFi foolishly flocculated her fine friend's fifty-five fluffy fufluns.
February 7, 2025
bilby commented on the word pokeberry
Also skokeberry.
February 7, 2025
bilby commented on the word polyderivative
Child of a polyamorous couple/group?
February 7, 2025
bilby commented on the word swab-stick
TCD definition writer phoning it in.
February 7, 2025
bilby commented on the word trinketer with Satan
See example on trinketer.
February 7, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word Thanos-snapped
Thanos-snapped = completely disappear in a flash (from the movie Avengers Infinity War)
https://youtu.be/Rk7jjcOw1mc?si=V5OW2oTMWWxnSnch&t=254
February 6, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word ELON MUSK Act
https://bsky.app/profile/mikepope.com/post/3lhiifdce6c2l
backronym in the style of the PATRIOT Act.
February 6, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word -pilled
"arcana-pilled nopecel"
https://www.reddit.com/r/balatro/comments/1iimuy8/arcana_pilled_nopecel/
(Explanation: In the video game Balatro, arcana packs can be bought that contain tarot-themed cards can improve the standard playing card deck. Wheel of Fortune has a 1/4 chance of making a Joker card more powerful, but if it doesn't hit, the phrase "NOPE!" appears on screen instead. Many players spend money hoping for a hit, but continuously seeing NOPE! and running out of money.)
February 6, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word MAGATs
MAGATs = MAGA people but it sounds like maggots
February 6, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word face card
"now that's a face card right there" https://youtu.be/XGzaYAEtXLo?si=6PvE8gzQ4lPCxtLq&t=467
February 6, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word just hit the 2nd tower
"Here's the thing about 9/11 jokes... you never forget em." https://youtu.be/9wYDwtsZ9jI?si=lgReUsEW_g_e1N_S&t=1306
February 6, 2025
bilby commented on the word listrophorid
don't be thinking of parasites as horrid
don't be rude to ole Joe Listrophorid
these critters so tiny
are harmless, and … blimey
there's probably a mill' on your forehead
February 5, 2025
bilby commented on the word funicular action
Gimme summa dat!
February 5, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word -ussy
outlussy for outlet pussy: https://www.reddit.com/r/Amtrak/comments/1ihraml/amtrak_moment/
February 4, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word DEI
"Them DEIs been DEI-ing to start our month. I love it."
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1ihp0xf/all_music_genres_are_returning_to_their_roots/
February 4, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list 2025-woty-research-y4sh9nurnUxr2gBi3jyQd
"There's not going to be affordable groceries you stupid slut" meme from American Horror Story: Coven. https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1ihgurf/theres_no_winning/
February 4, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word rainicorn
Rainicorn, a portmanteau of rainbow and unicorn.
February 4, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word sleep-marched
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1ihdfbm/i_never_thought_that_the_leopards_would_eat_my/
February 4, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
https://bsky.app/profile/maiamindel.bsky.social/post/3lhecljpy3c2l
"Honestly the real nightmare scenario from the Elonjugend seemingly having full access to all Treasury payment system is that they simply fuck up the "paying off the US debt" pipeline, because a default on Treasuries is simply the "obliterate the entire global financial system" button
February 4, 2025
a7med-22 commented on the user a7med-22
hello anybody
February 4, 2025
taki-hash commented on the user taki-hash
two cents
February 4, 2025
bilby commented on the word sealeech
See skate-sucker.
February 4, 2025
bilby commented on the word rainbow
Where do bad rainbows end up?
February 4, 2025
bilby commented on the word fagot
See also fangot.
February 4, 2025
ramasita commented on the user ramasita
I'm glad to be here!
February 3, 2025
digitizdat commented on the word beauteous
Arthur Rimbaud liked this word so much that he used it in the title of one of his poems, Being Beauteous. The title was actually in English while the rest of the poem was composed in French.
February 3, 2025
bilby commented on the word miskal
I see a which see.
February 3, 2025
bilby commented on the word echinoneus
Can anyone explain what irregular means in this context?
February 2, 2025
bilby commented on the word batmobile
I did not now this had been verbed.
February 2, 2025
bilby commented on the word aura
From the same root: soar.
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word poten
short for potential
February 2, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word therapiñata
Therapiñata, a portmanteau of therapy and piñata.
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word ay
and years (Biblical English)
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word afdæs
And for days
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word afs
And for seasons
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word aleþbefs
And let them be for signs
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word diþdæfþen
divide the day from the night
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word liþfoþhe
lights in the firmament of the heaven
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word weþeþ
were the third
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word weþeþda
were the third day
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word saþîŵgo
saw that it was good, emphasis on it was
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word ahk
after his kind
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word ahik
after hine kind
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word whosŵii
whose seed was in itself, emphasis on the word was
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word aþetyif
And the tree yielding fruit
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word âhysahik
And herb yielding seed after his kind, emphasis on the word and
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word aþebfog
And the earth brought forth grass
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word uþe
upon the earth
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word whosîni
Whose seed is in itself, emphasis on the word is
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word âþeftyfahik
And the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, emphasis on the word and
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word þehys
The herb yielding seed
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word leþebfog
Let the earth bring forth grass
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word saþŵigo
And saw that it was good, emphasis on the word was
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word oþwacaHs
of the waters called He, Seas
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word aþgat
And the gathering together
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word caþedłe
called the dry land Earth, emphasis on the word land
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word leþwuþhe
Let the waters under the heaven
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word þesda
The second day
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word adþwawŵutffþwawŵatf
and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament, emphases on the words were.
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word adþwawŵ
and divided the waters which were, emphasis on the word were
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word aledþwafþwa
and let it divide the waters from the waters
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word motwa
midst of the waters
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word lethbaf
Let there be a firmament
February 2, 2025
4951172 commented on the word þefda
the first day
February 2, 2025