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Comments for tankhughes
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I'm referring to your message to word_geek.
February 12, 2024
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So interesting, Tank. Tell me more. Seriously.
February 12, 2024
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Sorry about the condiment incident.
October 28, 2015
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Bilby has been known to talk to himself, but this time he was talking to me. My comment page is experiencing a 404 bad ketchup gateway moment.
April 27, 2015
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who's my little paleoverbologist? <3
May 12, 2011
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Your tags are amazing. I adore the periodic symbol words.
November 7, 2010
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We're up to a thousand different consonant-vowel patterns now, tagged convowel.
March 5, 2010
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Have you figured out how many different consonant-vowel patterns are possible? I've found representatives for a couple of dozen more patterns. Your tag for descriptive missed the last vowel (assuming it's yours).
I've tagged vowel patterns in lots of words over the last couple of years. See the list descriptions for Panvocalics, Panvocalic euryvocalic, Monovocalics, and Double diphthongs etc. Let me know if you find any errors with my tags.
OneLook might help your search for other patterns, such as words with bh.
February 16, 2010
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Wow, thanks! Right now I have the time to contribute here and it amuses me. Thanks for the heads up on the error, I'm definitely human. I have a blog that, among other things, tracks the silly tags I've been adding on wordnik: http://tankhughes.blogspot.com/search/label/wordnik
February 14, 2010
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Hi Bri,
Love the consonant-vowel tagging! You've covered a lot of ground. I've been adding a few of the odder patterns. There's an extra c in your tag for down.
February 14, 2010
Comments by tankhughes
tankhughes commented on the word SpongeBob case
SpongeBob Case "uPpErCaSe AnD lOwErCaSe AlTeRnAtInG" that shows a sarcastic response to a dumb question or statement. Still useful:
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1hsyzvd/stay_woke_entertainment/
January 4, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
No thanks, I like my suffering RAW. https://www.reddit.com/r/artmemes/comments/1hsixw0/real/
"It's crazy how if you get good grades they just let you raw dog adhd your whole life" https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1hkyk72/raw_dog_adhd/
January 3, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list 2024-woty-research-RBBkUEHcX2DZce0hR98P4
Pop culture moments since 2020: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aytRS129_vU
January 2, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word raw water
Like raw milk. It's coming up again: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/raw-water-dangerous-natural-food-fad-promises-health-gives-diarrhea-ncna837381
January 2, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word n't
https://www.reddit.com/r/asexuality/comments/1hr859c/sexualnt/
Sexualn't
January 2, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word we're so back
we're so back on the yin yang as the opposite of "it's so over" https://www.reddit.com/r/Wiseposting/comments/1hql1eb/ah_the_yin_yang_yes_very_wise/
January 2, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word downline
pyramid scheme term: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDSFLSXJu87/
December 30, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word gangstalking
"What was the neolithic equivalent of CIA gangstalking" https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1hnhxrt/what_was_the_neolithic_equivalent_of_cia/
December 29, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word cuck
A non-conservative poster referring to MAGA people as cucks instead of vice versa https://www.reddit.com/r/WorkReform/comments/1hojxd1/condolences_to_the_cucks_who_voted_trump_truly/
December 29, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word S tier
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DEC-K6qpk3y/
December 27, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word In this essay I will
A good meme https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1hn8ujy/lord_aringing/
A similar way to end a post as "Thank you for coming to my TED talk' but this is implying that the explaining has just begun.
December 27, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word tm
Short for tomorrow: "if i don't get a switch for christmas tm..." https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1hm89dl/thats_one_way_to_inject_some_excitement_into_the/
December 26, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
Etymology Nerd on censorship and media framing of UHC CEO shooting, TikTok bans, and control of mass communication: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DD9sbr0JnCx/
December 26, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word penice
Misspelling (algorithm avoidant?) of penis: https://www.reddit.com/r/characterarcs/comments/1hkfkeg/good_lord/
December 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word thug
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1hkb3wd/just_another_thug/
December 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word madeupical
Talking about the origin and lack of definition of madeupical on Wordnik itself: https://bsky.app/profile/wordnik.bsky.social/post/3ldwfyyo5ak2y
December 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word pacemogged
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1hitont/someone_150_years_ago_literally_has_no_frame_of/
"Just pacemogged a slowbie on the sidewalk"
(Just walked faster than a slow walking person on the sidewalk)
December 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word scrumpt
Facetious past tense form of screamed: "I scream I scrumpt at just linking the Wikipedia article lmfao" https://www.reddit.com/r/asklinguistics/comments/1hioxst/comment/m30qrss/
December 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word skinchies
Newcastle slang for crossing your fingers? https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDzsp2UCrhq/
December 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word daylighting
https://abc7news.com/post/california-daylighting-law-san-francisco-start-issuing-warnings-cars-parked-crosswalks-40-fines-january/15536088/
"It's because of a change to the state's "daylighting" law, which prohibits parking within 20 feet of any crosswalk."
December 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Luigi
graffiti art of Nintendo's Luigi character next to 3 Bullet Bills that say "deny delay depose" https://www.reddit.com/r/SocialistGaming/comments/1hfgc1s/a_masterwork/
December 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Luigi
Doesn't mention Luigi but relevant: https://www.tumblr.com/mostly-funnytwittertweets/770390373525749760
December 20, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word in da clurb, we all fam
In the stall, we all fam! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDwzVCURQJe/
December 20, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word bore worms
https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/where-does-the-not-the-bore-worms-line-come-from-the-wormy-earworm-explained
December 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word countermapping
The practice of putting things like indigenous and oral tradition information on a map to acknowledge that it exists: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCXdPIZpayb/
December 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word barg
A nickname for Grocery Outlet Bargain Market. Also called "groce out" pronounced like "gross out" since there are often unexpected flavored products.
December 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word groce out
A nickname for Grocery Outlet Bargain Market. Also called "barg". Pronounced like "gross out" since there are often unexpected flavored products.
December 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Wednesday waffle
A weekly tradition where friends send each other 3-minute long audio files to explain how their week is going. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCo0EDSPvEm/
December 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word demure
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDWQAjkyP1R/ "you see how I'm drinking my coffee this morning? It's very go away, very not yet, very leave me the fuck (caption: floof) alone"
December 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Luigi
It's a verb too: "needs to be Luigi'd" https://bsky.app/profile/bamfaerie.bsky.social/post/3ldkv4zl6bk2d
December 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word cancelthreaten
"Going to spend tomorrow cancelthreatening every service in my life."
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1hgmmsk/on_a_way_to_cancelthreaten/
December 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
Re: losing the video game Balatro because of one boss called The Plant which makes all the face cards worthless: "My brother in Christ you built the deck" https://www.reddit.com/r/balatro/comments/1hgj6bd/shut_up_about_the_plant_shut_up_about_the_plant/
December 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word queen out
to queen out - to chat with, catch up with, gossip with, hang out with. Feels like a black/gay/femme slang that is now making its way out to broader circles.
Talking about an actor with dwarfism they wished they could have hung out with: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDsn8NVS9r5/
Talking about new coworkers they don't know well yet "a lot of people I haven't gotten to queen out with": https://youtu.be/XMbAu2Yk6xM?si=atCKdTuVJCa6hJKB&t=300
December 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Jeff the Land Shark
A recent Marvel comic creation from 2018 whose popularity is spiking because of the 2024 video game Marvel Rivals.
December 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Luigi
https://www.reddit.com/r/clevercomebacks/comments/1hf2fm1/even_the_staff_agrees/
"ending HIV is no longer a question of medical technology but a question of sufficient Luigi."
December 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
ElMo: https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/1hfieam/elmo_gonna_skin_someone_alive_today/
December 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word astroturfing
"The astroturfing and emotional abuse Reddit inflicts on its users when they rise up is fucking unreal."
https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassConscienceMemes/comments/1hfrbhn/the_astroturfing_and_emotional_abuse_reddit/
December 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Kaizo mode
"Speedrunning Mario Odyssey's TRUE Kaizo Mode" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzc5CP8xjdI In video games, Kaizo mode refers to general game play or speedrun subgcategories that are highly restricted and require deliberate movement.
December 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word core memory
Feels like this term also corresponds with therapyspeak becoming more widespread and common - trauma bonding, trauma dumping, projection, emotional dysregulation, undermedicated, overstimulated, take accountability, hold space, I statements, in my healing era, out of spoons, emotional labor, etc.
December 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word quangle
Was in Edward Lear's poem "The Quangle Wangle's Hat" from his book Laughable Lyrics (1877). https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44604/the-quangle-wangles-hat
December 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word core memory
This was a term used in the original Inside Out movie, but with Inside Out 2 coming out this year, it's reinforced it as a concept, so I think it's going to stick around.
https://bsky.app/profile/johngreensbluesky.bsky.social/post/3ldhiasmq722q
December 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word WomenInMaleFields
This is a hashtag, but you can't put a # at the start of a term on Wordnik.
see citation at hawk tuah girl.
#QueersInStraightFields https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCt821UNsl6/
Same sex competition dancing couple: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DC7no2wSGHx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
December 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word chalked
chalked as a slang word means bad, game over, done with? Urban Dictionary entries go back to 2006 at least. Maybe in reference to chalking up the results already on a scoreboard?
During this Pokemon battle video, one Pokétuber keeps using the phrase:
"oh my goodness I'm chalked brother I'm chalked" https://youtu.be/bgV6eM3ZRyQ?si=fKUp-bDMrysLgWBJ&t=1373
"but IF I can get the plus 3.. I mean, it's just chalked brother, this thing is gonna destroy"
https://youtu.be/bgV6eM3ZRyQ?si=Eez7RtMiq-btetfN&t=1713
"I think I'm chalked, I just gave you...I need a..."
https://youtu.be/bgV6eM3ZRyQ?si=PNNCnT1CkvClaoK8&t=1908
December 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word time quangle
see quangle for no definition either, but context
December 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word quangle
Dropout's Dimension 20 show had a series of live shows this year where they played a mix of their characters and settings in what they called a "Time Quangle". They specifically refuse to define what a quangle is, and only explain that it's a quangle but with time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi9jQrvdAuY
December 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word blorbo
teaching an older ESL person about blorbo and me when: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1hc778x/referenced_in_passing/
December 12, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word gazoonkas
https://www.reddit.com/r/nerdfighters/comments/1hc4140/how_i_feel_after_this_weeks_bluesky_revelations/
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12REBmHV25y8lN6Xl_bbfgvlCBuURW9VjoRMg6yZEQpc/edit#slide=id.g31e197dd797_495_243
December 12, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Luigi
Luigi-pilled: https://www.reddit.com/r/CPTSDmemes/comments/1hcc0ub/anyone_else_with_chronic_pain_who_hates_the/
December 12, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word deny defend depose
There's a 2010 book about the healthcare industry called Delay Deny Defend: https://delaydenydefend.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay,_Deny,_Defend
December 11, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word deny defend depose
https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassConscienceMemes/comments/1hathgm/from_the_mariokart_school_of_economics/
December 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word let him cook
"let him conjure" https://www.reddit.com/r/wizardposting/comments/1havj2e/what_moment_with_your_apprentices_made_you_go/
December 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word down bad
a heightening of down bad: "every woman I know is down catastrophic for the United Healthcare CEO assassin": https://www.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/1hazoqp/at_this_point/#lightbox
December 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word match my freak
"Is anybody gonna match my freak?"
Nasty by Tinashe made this phrase pop up a lot this year. Often of heartwarming couples being the same type of weird together
Linguistically, it's an innovation to use "freak" like an abstract noun, the concept of someone's sexual fetishes, instead of describing a person as a freak, or as an adjective like in freak accident.
https://genius.com/Tinashe-nasty-lyrics
December 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list 2024-woty-research-RBBkUEHcX2DZce0hR98P4
end of 2024 internet culture: https://www.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/1h9kmfe/which_call_was_better_this_call_or_the_call_last/
December 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
Leon Muskrat: https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueskySocial/comments/1h9ooaz/no_more_welfare_queen_leon_muskrat/
December 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word n't
Nightmaren't (from same Slay the Spire subreddit): https://www.reddit.com/r/slaythespire/comments/1h8ohnt/making_balanced_curses_by_making_good_cards_bad/
December 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word blicked
"Imagine getting blicked by a cutie patootie."
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1h9a62l/imagine_getting_blicked_by_a_cutie_patootie/
Killed in from full health in one shot (in a video game): https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Blicked
December 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word spag
British English speaker calls a spaghetti meal a spag bowl: https://youtube.com/shorts/IxyFqwv8qbM?si=WlZ_SHSwPJBv_q6H
December 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word mod
moderator evoked like castle guards: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1h8rlaq/mods_impregnate_that_man/
December 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word deny defend depose
Words found on the bullet casings used to kill UHC CEO
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/05/deny-defend-depose-unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-shell-casing-thompson.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassConscienceMemes/comments/1h962qq/spotted_in_texas/
December 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word dewlap
https://bsky.app/profile/neolithicsheep.bsky.social/post/3lcqrybuavc2j
December 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Queen never cry
A series of anime panels where a new mother frowns at her new baby who is crying and says "[Queen never cry} and in the next panel, the baby has the same stern face as the mother.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/what-is-the-viral-queen-never-cry-meme-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-trend-that-has-taken-over-social-media/articleshow/115812850.cms
https://youtu.be/v-aH6K9Fs9Q?si=pkq7ifBDr4UWqQpv&t=87
December 7, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word hawk tuah
an example of hawk tuah girl as being a #WomanInMaleDominatedFields because she's grifting through a crypto scam.
December 7, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Lord willing and the creek don't rise
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_creek_don%27t_rise
December 5, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
another elongated muskrat citation: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1h5ly61/direct_action_by_inaction/
December 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word lay-arounder
A 5 year old on the ski slopes explains that she is not like her mom. This sound has been lip synced a lot on social media since it was posted on October 1 2024: https://www.instagram.com/katyrobinbird/reel/DAluYaHSt31/?hl=en
"I'm not a zoomer arounder like you, I'm kinda like a... calm-er... kinda like, like lay-arounder"
December 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
A wizard variant: "my brother in the arcane arts" https://www.reddit.com/r/wizardposting/comments/1h5otj8/wholesome_wizard_memes/
December 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word woolly indris
A variation: #DaughtersinMomFields: https://www.reddit.com/r/CPTSDmemes/comments/1h5mgv4/going_to_take_all_of_my_willpower_not_to_pull/
December 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word n't
Silen't - the character The Silent from Slay the Spire has a basic card called Piercing Wail, undermining its silent concept: https://www.reddit.com/r/slaythespire/comments/1h5hjkr/that_feeling_when_the_silent/
December 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word hawk tuah
https://www.reddit.com/r/mythologymemes/comments/1h578xg/hawk_taur/
a play on hawk tuah -- the hawktaur, a centaur-like chimera.
December 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
another citation for muskrat: https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/1h56i2g/no_muskrat_only_free_speech_has_been_canceled/
December 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word #WomenInMaleFields
December 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
Mark Hamill referred to him as Leon, an anagram. https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueskySocial/comments/1h4adms/do_you_follow_mark_hamill/
December 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/1h4dqrs/the_beauty_of_twitter_folks/
"My brother in Christ you're arguing like a 5th century monk when it comes to Bible stories."
December 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word wifejak
wifejak, a stereotypical wife drawing based on the style used for wojak:
https://www.dailydot.com/memes/wifejak/
https://www.reddit.com/r/GetNoted/comments/1h35fnp/the_age_of_consent_is_18/
December 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word aftercare
hierarchy of evil needs NSFW: https://www.reddit.com/r/evilautism/comments/1h4hy8j/evil_needs/
December 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word dark forest theory
https://www.wrecka.ge/against-the-dark-forest/
"The complex of ideas I’m going to call the Dark Internet Forest emerges from mostly insidery tech thinking, but from multiple directions—initially in Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler’s freeform noticings that apply science fiction writer Liu Cixin's dark forest theory of the universe to social media, then in humanist all-arounder Maggie Appleton’s illustrated tech notes."
November 27, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word forkbomb
https://www.reddit.com/r/GetNoted/comments/1h0u0k0/i_had_never_heard_of_a_forkbomb_before/
November 27, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word wrt
with respect to: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1h0r1ov/noble_blood/
November 27, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word (derogatory)
soulmates (derogatory)
https://www.tumblr.com/necroticboop/767969009149853696
November 27, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
"I'm sorry but rawdogging your little piggies on a plane should be a criminal offense." https://www.instagram.com/reel/DC2oH6QI3Y6/
November 27, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word banger
This is not new, but it does feel particularly widespread to me, people using it who are online but not from its Australian slang/music industry/Black youth origins; https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-21/where-does-the-term-banger-come-from-music-parks-and-rec/9275652
https://bsky.app/profile/joshuaraclaw.com/post/3lbv43pn43k2f
"Just learned the Yiddish word for anxiety literally translates as heart-knocking-ness (hartsklapenish, דאָס האַרצקלאַפּעניש) and it's very fitting that the Jews would have a banger of a word for their daily companion"
Also used in the meme phrase used to respond to anything that Smosh member Shayne Topp posts, originally from coworker Trevor: "Another banger from Shane from iCarly" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XztCmilzg8U https://x.com/smosh/status/1466221378294583300?lang=en https://www.reddit.com/r/smosh/comments/15kz1ug/another_banger_by_shayne_topp_from_icarly/
November 26, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
rawdogging and right to disconnect were honorable mentions to Macquarie's WOTY 2024: enshittification, which was a popular American WOTY winner last year, but has now been popularised in Australia as well.
(EDITED to adjust for Australian spelling)
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/nov/26/enshittification-macquarie-dictionary-word-of-the-year-explained
November 26, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
https://www.reddit.com/r/CPTSDmemes/comments/1gzbfit/comment/lyvrrpk/
In reference to a meme about how after receiving a diagnosis, all the medication and therapy are too expensive to access: "😅😅 um, I'm just raw dogging it and taking risperidone"
November 26, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word popular
This is kind of wild to add to my WOTY 2024 list but... the popular vote has been a part of the post-election conversation and "Popular" is a catchy song from the new Wicked movie that's now being used in memes:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCzPrqDPsYf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
November 26, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Spines
An AI book publisher https://www.thebookseller.com/news/new-publisher-spines-aims-to-disrupt-industry-by-using-ai-to-publish-8000-books-in-2025-alone
November 25, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Elon Musk
see Elonyms: https://www.wordnik.com/lists/elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
November 25, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
https://bsky.app/profile/chucktingle.bsky.social/post/3lbpvqmjnyk2r
'since everyone is talkin on BLUESKY vs TWITTER on here i will add my own personal trot, which i actually think is pretty interesting. since ELNO MORK took over it has been blatantly obvious that he was directly limiting politically left posts (not just evening free speech playing field as claimed)'
November 25, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word GNC
GNC = gender non-conforming
GNC = General Nutrition Center, a vitamin supplement store chain.
November 24, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word leguminati
https://bsky.app/profile/mikepope.bsky.social/post/3lbpm6ido3s2j
Guardian news article: "‘It’s like a secret’: why do the leguminati want to change the way we eat?"
November 24, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
https://www.reddit.com/r/dropout/comments/1gyenqf/comment/lyogwe4/
"You just out here raw dogging triscuits? No hummus or spread of any kind? The roof of your mouth must be impenetrable. I’m impressed!"
November 24, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word echo chamber
https://bsky.app/profile/maxkennerly.bsky.social/post/3lbmf2zqj222v
"Reminder: the term "echo chamber" was popularised by leaked 2003 memos on how PhRMA spent $1 million to create an "intellectual echo chamber of economists -- a standing network of economists and thought leaders to speak against federal price control regulations through articles and testimony.'" (with accompanying Google Ngram chart)
November 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
https://bsky.app/profile/roseveleth.com/post/3lbn76v36l22q
"It is so funny to me that all the chuds on Twitter literally have to self censor the world Bluesky in order to complain about it because they know that Twitter will suppress any mention of a competitor. A+ shit."
Bluesk*y, Blue*ky, Blues*y, etc.
quoted example: https://bsky.app/profile/bcdreyer.social/post/3lblhfdjabc22
November 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word echo chamber
https://bsky.app/profile/theglobeandmail.com/post/3lbjtqmah4u2c Bluesky being called an echo chamber
November 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Walmart X
In an SNL sketch, a member of the comedy group Do Not Destroy calls Charli XCX "Walmart Lady Gaga" in Italian: https://youtu.be/OyID_6Pd8u0
November 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word tea
https://www.reddit.com/r/ExplainTheJoke/comments/1gvvhs3/what/
November 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word transvestigating
a pseudoscientific shithead act. maliciously suspicion about the gender of a person.
trans+investigate
https://www.reddit.com/r/GetNoted/comments/1gwja3y/tranvestigating_hip_bones/
November 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brittanyanas/2024/08/26/the-rawdogging-flights-trend-explained/
The trend is referred to as “rawdogging” a flight and it basically means foregoing any of the in-flight perks—no in-flight entertainment, no snacks or beverages from the carts rolling through the aisles, and, in the most extreme cases, no drinking water or napping.
November 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list 2024-woty-research-RBBkUEHcX2DZce0hR98P4
Already chosen:
Cambridge: manifest
Australian National University: Colesworth
Collins: brat
November 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word predocracy
https://bsky.app/profile/mrjoncryer.bsky.social/post/3lbg72363mk27
"Do we need to coin a new term “Predatocracy”?"
There was recently an article calling Trump's administration a kakistocracy"
-ocracy could be a WOTY candidate.
November 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word the bad place
Internet-savvy George Takei also calling Twiiter the bad place: https://bsky.app/profile/georgetakei.bsky.social/post/3lbfbcuhb2h2s
"I heard that Andrew Tate tried to come stretch his awkward wings here and got banned in just one day.
Sorry, hate has no home here. Stay in the bad place, thanks."
November 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word chorkless
A teacher-made fake English-sounding word for students to practice their knowledge of sounds, but chorkless feels like it might escape containment: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1gtm2qu/sometimes_we_have_kids_read_nonsense_words_to/
November 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word NPC
Comedians on the TV show The Last Leg calling Kamala Harris a bad candidate, "a Democratic NPC" 1:40 into the video: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheLastLeg/comments/1gtaakv/frankie_boyles_thoughts_on_the_us_election/
November 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word the bad place
This is being used a lot on Bluesky this month as migration from Twitter has increased since Elon Musk's support of Trump/the 2024 US Presidential Election: https://bsky.app/profile/zprospero.bsky.social/post/3lb4bwuvt242g
November 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word the bad place
a euphemism for Twitter / X, coming from the TV show The Good Place (meaning heaven) and The Bad Place (meaning hell). Not (affectionate) like the Tumblr self-described nickname of hellsite, which then broke containment and has also been used to describe Twitter (derogatory).
https://bsky.app/profile/georgetakei.bsky.social/post/3lb63rlpo7c2d
November 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word the weave
the Trump weave - political cartoon https://bsky.app/profile/joncooper-us.bsky.social/post/3lb4jxyivl72r
November 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCX9d6ct7WM/
re: rating if he would date certain cookies, he ends by choosing oatmeal raisin as his husband and then showing a picture of cookie dough: "and shout out to my chaotic bestie who is raw-dogging life, you keep doing you babe"
November 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word aptonym
every time I try to think of nominative determinism, I get stuck on binomial nomenclature and rarely make it to the goal. Maybe if I come at it from -nym that is apt, an aptonym, I'll get there faster. This comment now contains my Hansel and Gretel breadcrumbs for the next time this happens.
November 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list clothing-missing-parts
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1gqxbhd/titless_jacket_slay/
"titless jacket slay"
November 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word occuplaytional
https://www.facebook.com/occuplaytional "Occuplaytional Therapist"
interesting blend, reminds me of infotainment.
eduplaytion is also a thing: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/eduplaytion
November 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word femininomenon
8 Elphabas on stage = an elphabanomenon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcrdOQD5jSo&lc=UgxxXOoWICITM4bs5VN4AaABAg
November 14, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word ❤️
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCUIRgLurpe/
red heart emoji is used more by republicans and less by democrats in the US.
November 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word femininomenon
https://www.instagram.com/p/DCJSN3VibkO/
"wanted a femininomenon got a felininomenon instead"
November 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word casual
"fuckin casuals" "a filthy casual"
Often refers to casual gamer - not someone who plays often or who only plays party games. Not someone who plays hardcore/war games like an FPS.
But in this sketch, just a general sort of "basic bitch" designation: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCFWcNfKE12/
November 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word brainrot
https://www.reddit.com/r/decadeology/comments/1glh0l1/updated_version_of_meme_evolution/
November 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
"Raw dogging the pouring rain in a suit is crazy" https://youtube.com/shorts/Wk21xqWF81I
November 6, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word subtle foreshadowing
a TikTok video editing trend where a video of a minor accident is played out of order - the beginning, then the moment of a fall, then back to the beginning, then a little more then the end again, until it gets to that moment of the fall in the video: https://www.forbes.com/sites/callumbooth/2024/10/10/the-subtle-foreshadowing-tiktok-trend-analyzed/
November 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Trump weave
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/opinion/trump-talk-weave-english.html
Also called the weave.
October 31, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Protactile
A tactile sign language for the deafblind. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBRkZnXyMGp/
October 31, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word in da clurb, we all fam
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/10/15/in-da-clurb-we-all-fam/75686488007/
"The trend, which originated on TikTok, uses audio pulled from a 2016 episode of the TV sitcom "Broad City," starring Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson. The audio clip was uploaded to TikTok for use in content creation and has since been featured in over 135,000 videos since early October."
October 24, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word howcatchem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_detective_story howcatchem vs whodunnit
October 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word aesthetic
"in your very aesthetic water bottle" https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBMDFJiP-pC/
October 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word mewing
List of fan-suggested "fixes" to Pokemon designs ends with giving a jawline to Chewtle: "he's mewing" https://youtube.com/shorts/CPU81fgGx3o
October 16, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word truck driver gear shift
A very unsubtle and sudden key change in pop music, often in the last 3rd of a song to give it energy to the end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJf8MhLQz-8
October 16, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word hauk tuah
see also hawk tuah for the more common spelling. The Hawk Tuah girl now has a podcast called Talk Tuah https://www.youtube.com/@TalkTuahPod
October 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word hawk tuah
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hawk-tuah-girl
October 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word sweaty
An intentional mispronunciation of sweetie, maybe from online conversational typos. Often appears at the end of a phrase, like sweetie does.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAeSi4my-kR/ "to those of you who were saying i was straight: boring. come up with a better line sweaty.
Karina from the Drawfee YouTube channel says it a lot. https://www.youtube.com/@Drawfee
October 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Flanderization
Flanderization - that on the show a character was nuanced or well-rounded, but are only remembered culturally as an exaggerated form of themselves (ex: Ned Flanders from The Simpsons, Spongbob Squarepants, Stewie Griffin from Family Guy): https://www.reddit.com/r/cartoons/comments/1g1w7oi/which_cartoon_character_in_your_eyes_has_suffered/ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flanderization
October 12, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word retired in place
https://stateimpact.npr.org/oklahoma/2015/09/03/as-oklahoma-officials-resist-utilities-on-path-to-comply-with-pollution-cuts/
October 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word mother is mothering
Maya Rudolph hosting the Mother's Day episode of SNL, referencing literal and figurative motherhood (very inspired by Call Me Mother by RuPaul and Vogue by Madonna) https://youtu.be/xMI66kpo9Tw
October 7, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word NPC
bbno$ calls KSI ballad "NPC music" https://youtu.be/OclZdHcZHkw?si=uLHJtzCxiRYhSzzd&t=459
October 6, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list portmonthteaus
Not a month, but the season: skautumn https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAZWe1-CzNs/
October 5, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word ray sism
modern fantasy setting, ray sism in the captions: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_yzELHvrkz/
October 5, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word raw-dog
raw-bar your soap https://instagram.com/p/C9apY4DttkB/
October 5, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word girlie
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1fwp9rc/recipes_and_time/
October 5, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word spare play
A common experience in PDA profile autistic people to appear to be engaged in a group activity (like play) but not actually connecting with others (due to lack of interest or inability to connect) http://www.sallycatpda.co.uk/2024/10/a-quick-guide-to-internalised-pda.html
October 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word deep
deep (transitive verb) "When you really deep the lyrics" (dive deep?) (BrE?)
https://youtu.be/lmN3ua4XFBc?si=_FRA-9rx4dntLLnV&t=996
October 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word ijboling
ijboling = I just busted out laughing (acronym + gerund ing)
https://youtu.be/lmN3ua4XFBc?si=A0ElEC6cLoXgbV_u&t=794
October 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word radiation swipe survey
https://seintl.com/articles/taking-a-radiation-swipe-survey-radiation-alert-ranger-wipe-test-plate-quick-start-guide
October 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word noncon
Nonconsensual: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1fu64ud/compact/
noncon friendship = coworkers
October 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word demure
Another demure snowclone: https://www.instagram.com/p/DAdTcEHvHQ8/
You see how I X? Very Y, very Z, very A.
September 30, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Viossa
A modern conlang created in a Discord channel where the rules were "don't speak English" and "if you're understood, you're doing it right." https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAdt7GiuDPw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
September 30, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word digital nomad
This term has been popping up for me recently, so it goes on the WOTY list.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAUNsfeSr4n/
September 25, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word churn
The opposite of customer loyalty. Customer churn is about people stopping subscriptions, not coming back. https://www.akkio.com/post/customer-churn-prediction-software
September 24, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word poopdickery
https://www.reddit.com/r/clevercomebacks/comments/1fnpi3c/i_just_know_the_leopards_are_absolutely_stuffed/
poopdickery was used in an X comment thread as an insulting term for anal sex.
September 24, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word snag
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAM98ldsgvw/
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=snag
TIL: in indigenous slang, a snag is a one-night stand hookup type person.
September 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word standing on business
Hanumankind – Big Dawgs Ft. Kalmi
Lyrics: wait a minute, get it how you live it, 10 toes in when we standing on business
September 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word mewing
named after orthodontist Dr John Mew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mewing_(orthotropics)
September 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word jelqing
from Persian language, from a longer phrase meaning to masturbate https://www.webmd.com/men/jelqing. part of looksmaxxing
September 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word main character energy
old zookeepers using gen z slang ironically. they stand near an owl and say "main character energy" https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_qkaXbIZIB/
September 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word send it
speed climbing coach says send it at the Paris Olympics https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_v0gaov87A/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
September 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word rizz
rizz variations : https://instagram.com/p/C-vCyBkgMNF/
NOTE: The originator says it's not short for charisma, but in my experience, people in the moment of creation often do not know where they are pulling from, and I don't think the originator is actually the authority. And even if it wasn't, people say it's short for charisma now, so now it is socially true.
September 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word it's giving
it’s giving: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_Fo-Kos97K/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
September 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word on god
8 minutes in “on god” https://youtube.com/watch?v=vtDqduef5LE&si=xOYGqV7TCuyMzJd2
September 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word cute autism
Stereotypical autistic behaviors that make for quirky punchlines as portrayed in media (Like Sheldon from Big Bang Theory) https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_4CVCHy3yq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
September 14, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word demure
this doesn't use the actual word demure, but it uses its snowclone phrase: https://www.instagram.com/p/C_1XozSsQb6/
"See how i rewatched that show 8 times? Very neurodivergent, very hyper-fixated."
"Very irritating, very spiteful." https://youtube.com/shorts/KGXbB2MLjA0
September 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word chizzel
If your chisel too cool for school, call it a chizzel.
September 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word sidequest
Tony Hawk about his life now, getting to skate the Paris Olympic skatepark before the competition: "And so, I'm enjoying the ride way more. I mean, a lot of people would say 'you're just doing sidequests now.'"
https://youtu.be/CIEpU0EF0XI?si=rGcZi02xV-cooOlG&t=350
September 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
https://www.reddit.com/r/DBZDokkanBattle/comments/104hlwc/comment/j351lvr/
Responding to post called: "WHY DID YALL LET HIM COOK 😭"
"My brother in Christ you put him on the team and gave him control of the kitchen."
September 12, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word walkie-talkie
walkie talkie - 1939 military slang
the Aaron Sorkin walk and talk (popularized by ER (1994-2009), West Wing, Law and Order)
walk the walk, talk the talk - 1921 Ohio newspaper
September 11, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word never events
foreign material left in bodies during surgery are called never events. https://news.sky.com/story/record-number-of-foreign-objects-left-inside-patients-after-surgical-blunders-12779454
September 11, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Phil. Is.
Phil. Is. Doing. His. Best.
September 11, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word never event
foreign material left in bodies during surgery are called never events. https://news.sky.com/story/record-number-of-foreign-objects-left-inside-patients-after-surgical-blunders-12779454
September 11, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word w
w = win, l = loss
getting the w
w's on the board
w spot
w rizz https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_s_soKOfUg/
September 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word vagooter
I'm concerned that this opens a new gif-shaped can of worms. Is the g in vagooter loyal to its vaginal origins, or does it switch sides to the hard g of goo?
September 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word skibidi
A thoughtful discussion on why surrealist nonsense is so popular: https://www.tumblr.com/thefrogman/759442757716705280/kids-are-exploring-the-limits-of-their-imagination
September 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word browse
browse as used by zookeepers to describe young plants good for animals to eat. Captured in the definitions above, but I'd never heard of it: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_dj27rxNLd/
Also okapis are VERY CUTE.
September 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word crans-form
"crans-form your workday"
https://www.instagram.com/p/C_d4aQIR45W/
I love that the titular cranberry morpheme is used so often in blends and as a prefix (cranapple crangrape) and in this nonsensical ad copy.
September 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word chote
chote as past tense of cheat like write wrote? https://www.reddit.com/r/linguisticshumor/comments/1f7lk33/chote/
Person A: What happened?
Person B: Cheating
Person A: Who chote?
September 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word chungus
Gen Z longing for chungus days now that skibidi sigma slang is everywhere https://www.reddit.com/r/ExplainTheJoke/comments/1f79dhe/no_idea_what_skibidi_sigma_or_fat_bugs_has_to_do/
September 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word mango
Saw someone use the mango emoji as a rebus to mean man go https://www.instagram.com/p/C_VcUScC619/:
"My best advice to women is learn what you like, and teach your partner. If they're not willing to learn then let that 🥭"
September 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word DTMFA
DTMFA = dump the motherfucker already. https://www.thestranger.com/savage-love/2018/02/20/25837088/savage-love-letter-of-the-day-dtmfa-dtmfa-dtmfa?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
September 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word second monitor
It's more common for home computer setups to have 2 or more monitors. One to do work on, and one to have media going on.
"Has BDG ever published his individual book reports for each halo books in full? I'd love to hear his deep dive, this would make for premium second monitor content."
https://www.reddit.com/r/briandavidgilbert/comments/1f4fave/halo_novels_full_book_reports/
August 30, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word we're so back
a chart vacillating between we're so back and it's so over. https://x.com/TushPushLover/status/1828890373806063904/photo/1
August 29, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list 2024-woty-research-RBBkUEHcX2DZce0hR98P4
A collection of recent/Gen Alpha slang: https://www.reddit.com/r/linguisticshumor/comments/1f34s9y/this_post_caused_me_physical_pain_now_you_have_to/
August 29, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word chungus
https://www.reddit.com/r/linguisticshumor/comments/1f33vwk/why_is_the_suffix_ngus_considered_inherently/
August 28, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word demure
Re: the DNC: "Everybody else is far away, enjoying brat colored cocktails and picking out demure tradwife clothing to disappear into for the fall."
https://www.tumblr.com/drdemonprince/759723721760079872/i-need-people-to-understand-that-kamala-also?source=share
August 28, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word VNing
VNing - using voice notes https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_Ln1dCCbMS/
August 28, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
I still love this phrase, it's going on my favorite phrases list
https://www.reddit.com/r/clevercomebacks/comments/1ezomh5/he_doesnt_deserve_it/
August 25, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word howmstever
"Howmstever, I think there's a way to actually perfect this."
https://youtu.be/68LptU3fk6c?si=b2sIs_jBuRkc93nH&t=108
Facetious fanciness like however and whomst and whomever and whomsoever altogether at once.
August 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word demure
Leo Herrera quote on demure from a queer perspective, as reposted by the drag artist Raja: https://www.instagram.com/p/C-_Afm_SLVu/
August 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list 2024-woty-research-RBBkUEHcX2DZce0hR98P4
"I don't know her, I don't know her weave." https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-7jHRpunxX/
August 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word demure
Comedian Josh Johnson take on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EPnT3Txrxs
I think it's the way she says it. It's the cadence more than the words. And the structure.
It's becoming an snowclone: "Do you see the way I X? Very Y, very Z."
August 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Project 2025
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-19LQki6u-/
August 20, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word apetamin
an illegal weight gain syrup
Used in the lyrics of the rap "Babysitter" by Baby Tate: https://youtu.be/Q1Vky-oQET8?si=r0vjDCJ8ft0GvPLh "Nobody's buying but they keep on sellin' em, so fuck with me you finna need more apetamin."
August 20, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word HABs
HABs = husbands and boyfriends. based on WAGs = wives and girlfriends.
Heard from a commentator during the US v Italy gold medal womens indoor volleyball match (during the first game) from Paris 2024.
August 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word full send
https://www.reddit.com/r/balatro/comments/1etnjf7/will_this_put_me_at_12/
"a pretty good rule of thumb is to use PEMDAS (Please Excuse My Dope Ass Swag) meaning if you’re ever unsure just full send and regret later"
send it started trending last year, and full send is continuing that arc.
August 16, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word demure
Don't know what's happening, but demure is having a moment.
"very demure, very mindful" https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-p9aHMREr0/
"very progressive, very demure" https://www.instagram.com/p/C-sePjPPrDr/
"it's not very demure to smell like manure" https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kXZJS62v5hM
the most demure glambots: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4hHhCFts-NY
"very demure, very considerate" https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-ve3BDSxK7/
Original creator of original viral https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-f7Sx-uB1k/ Aug 10 2024
That etymology guy talking about demure, nonchalant, aura: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-26pGeOgow/
August 16, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word emotional damage
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/emotional-damage
August 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word decuntification
https://www.reddit.com/r/popheadscirclejerk/comments/1es8bj3/new_verb_just_dropped/
August 14, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list 2024-woty-research-RBBkUEHcX2DZce0hR98P4
Wiktionary editors are making their own WOTY: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:WOTY/2024
August 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word weird
discourse on the word weird in 2024: https://www.reddit.com/r/AuDHDWomen/comments/1eqc4js/weird/
August 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the user pinchpaint
Hello, I wish you were a cutthroat compound - someone who pinches paint. But you're a pinch who paints. Welcome!
August 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word munt
https://www.tiktok.com/@coopnoop21/video/7345918045736422699
https://www.tiktok.com/@coopnoop21/video/7351855823800356138
Gen Alpha slang? munt has many other meanings, but this one seems to be a verb.
August 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Stripper Index
The economic predictor of a recession that if business is slow at a strip club, the economy is slowing down too. https://youtube.com/shorts/lnrIdiGTB0g
August 7, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word potato day
When you feel like a potato, have a potato day https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9C_LYtulBG/
August 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word chitter
A new term in MLB pitching. A change up + splitter pitch = chitter https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7m3nCcOzUH/
August 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Walmart X
Like discount x, Walmart X is a way to explain that someone looks like a bargain bin version of a celebrity they know.
3 examples here: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-GCREjJzSE/
slightly related: unpaid Will Ferrell internship
August 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word grapist
child grapist https://www.instagram.com/p/C-LP1r3P_7U/
August 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word brat
brat having a big 2024 moment.
brat summer
Kamala Harris being called a brat.
brat as an adjective in a facetious fancam for a character in The Room: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-DmH7ehmCF/
August 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word car rot
car rot. Staying in the car after you arrive at your destination.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-G3Le5N1tD/
August 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word mewing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3zehSJgE8Y This is from looksmaxxing, an unhealthy set of trends to try to change the jaw and face shape that began in incel forums.
Mewing is also now used as a student excuse for not listening in class "sorry teacher I was too busy mewing." Is now used by kids without knowledge of incel origins.
Related terms: mogging, jelqing (nsfw), bonesmashing, hunter eyes.
July 29, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word bias
In k-pop, your favorite idol who can do no wrong.
https://www.reddit.com/r/kpoprants/comments/j0yp2u/the_mischievous_yoon_jeonghan/
"So Yoon Jeonghan is the second eldest from seventeen and he’s actually my bias . I tend to see ppl criticising his mischievous behaviour and calling him an evil while i feel like that is his way of expressing his love for the members."
July 25, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word overconsumptioncore
opposite of underconsumptioncore https://www.tumblr.com/tiktoks-for-tired-tots/756925367091150848
July 25, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word EDC
edc = everyday carry? https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6W1wuwP8Kz/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
July 24, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word astroturfed
https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZ/comments/1eathye/be_wary_of_reddit_during_election_season/
"Reddit has a history of being astroturfed during election years. I have seen past campaigns spend a lot of money hiring people to comment, post, and make bots favoring their candidate. I imagine you have all seen the huge uptake in political related content lately. Don’t believe everything you read!"
July 24, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word stolen valor
Been hearing this a lot. Not sure if from military-themed video games or real life that it's popping up more outside military cnotexts.
July 20, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word posthaste
https://www.tumblr.com/b0nkcreat/752058813776052224
"unfortunately i do believe posthaste is one of the funniest words out there. how quick am i doing something? fast as fuck my good sir"
July 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word crode
past tense of cry: https://www.reddit.com/r/linguisticshumor/comments/1e4mavg/do_you_think_the_distinct_form_crode_is_marked/
ride - cry
rode - crode
July 16, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Yappanese
https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearningjerk/comments/1afb2eb/anyone_fluent_in_yappanese/
July 16, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word overtourism
https://youtu.be/zERKIiFQUww?si=jQfMeqlFGw_qvLhQ&t=373
Overtourism in Barcelona leads locals to squirt tourists with water guns to make them leave.
July 11, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word rawdog
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9Pf9PvPc1P/
rawdogging has expanded in meaning. Now if you go through the day without drugs, caffeine, or alcohol, you're out there rawdogging life stone cold sober.
July 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word (derogatory)
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8qpW4RtdBZ/
(derogatory) is a modifier and tag for posts, like a stage direction. The opposite is (affectionate) or (endearing). t was started from a Tumblr shitpost and grew to prominence in fandom posts, but is widely spread by internet people now.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fruit-derogatory
June 30, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word preppy
preppy fashion meaning switching from high-brow academia to now meaning popular for upper middle class white girls. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8kE_SRgEje/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
June 24, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word girly pop
girlypop, a term of affection for younger gen Z person? Related to girlie?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8ke_pvRIgl/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLXJgnt34C0
girly pop crime: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8bIEsSNdwS/
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8hm1yMNSyH/
June 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word ohio
2024 Gen Z slang. An insult, possibly from the general perception that Ohio is a dull state (that's why so many astronauts are from there - they want to escape).
https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZ/comments/1cefwm1/does_ohio_skibidi_gyatt_sigma_rizz_mean_anything/
Commenter says "Ohio - eerie, in a twilight zone way. Strange things happen in Ohio! Like Florida Man, kinda"
June 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word live this
https://youtu.be/4u3M11RhNo4?si=2sku1fXUfU1KWvve&t=1763
"I feel like I do live a water-type attack"
At least in the 2024 PokeTuber community, using "live' as a transitive verb is common to describe predictions about upcoming attacks. "He for sure lives this" is said when a battler is confident that their Pokemon won't be one-shot by an opposing Pokemon.
Maybe a shortening of "live through this" instead of "survive this.'
Player A: "You don't live this" Player B: "Yeah I for sure eat this." (They survive) "Hell yeah, we tank."
https://youtu.be/mh7x833ITZw?si=kZDzdGvQRio5cIc1&t=1360
June 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word pinkwashing
pinkwashed citation
https://www.tumblr.com/rainn-dropz-world/752197775732637696
June 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word this is going to ruin the tour
https://www.instagram.com/p/C8ey4wjIM8y/
A quote from Justin Timberlake's DWI arrest.
""Timberlake is believed to have said: “This is going to ruin the tour” to the policeman who arrested him, an officer who, it seems, was too young to recognise the former boyband star.""
June 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word (affectionate)
(endearing)
June 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word muxe
Muxes – Mexico's third gender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiek6JxYJLs
Oaxaca-specific gender category.
June 11, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word egg-and-tongue
I don't love the image this conjures up.
June 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word babygirl
https://twitter.com/suchnerve/status/1699644462828265777
"autism is new" babygirl your grandma stimmed by knitting all the time, had strict daily routines, got really annoyed if people disrupted her routines, spoke in a mostly monotone voice, was oblivious of social cues, and interpreted young people's slang literally
June 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word body English
https://time.com/4507209/arnold-palmer-drink-history/
"Despite his mastery of shots, Palmer sometimes feels compelled to help out with body English, as in playoff round of the '62 Masters, which he won."
June 6, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word toxic boy mom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POiWfbwbOJY
Romantic obsession of moms about boy children?
June 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Fanum tax
https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/172jukl/what_is_up_with_the_fanum_tax/
tax of taking some of other people's food
also tax for looking too good?
Fanum is a streamer - friends would come on their stream and they would eat some of their food. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanum_tax
June 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word delve
ChatGPT-generated papers use "delve" more often than normal human use, so we may see an increase of its use generally in society. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7PF_C4ACDK/
It also overuses commendable and meticulous. Future search terms for teachers looking for student copypasta.
May 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word low-key
Changing uses of low-key since 2009 to be an adverb of degree and also become a more intense modifier, getting closer to taking over the place of high-key:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7CSGlDgkUp/
May 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word the Cow Palace
This is a big arena venue in Daly City, California that used to have cattle auctions but now has big events like dog shows and concerts and the Dickens Fair and was where the San Jose Sharks hockey team originally played.
"The idea for the arena was inspired by the popularity of the livestock pavilion at the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition. A local newspaper asked, as early as May 1935, "Why, when people are starving, should money be spent on a 'palace for cows'?" A headline writer turned the phrase around, thus "Cow Palace"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_Palace
May 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word bossman
Bossman as a gender and age-neutral term for someone behind a counter. (BrE?) https://www.instagram.com/p/C6edKg9MCRU/
May 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Damfino
"damn if I know"
From a Buster Keaton gag, used now by Lofty Pursuits candy company in Florida to label packages of unknown assorted candies at a discount price: https://www.pd.net/products/80?_pos=17&_fid=41e367404&_ss=c
"If you are interested, this name comes from a gag that was used in many Buster Keaton films as is seen in this photo. With this candy really can't tell you what you will get, but we can promise it will be fun."
May 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word visible mending
https://www.remodelista.com/posts/household-visible-mending-trend-alert/
https://www.hareinthechair.com/post/707610750617845760/how-to-use-visible-mending-to-repair-pet-damaged
May 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word delulu
"May all your delulu come trululu"
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1546044000/may-all-of-your-dululu-come-trululu
May 5, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word sigma
talking about the semantics of the phrase what the sigma and more generally, brainrot. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6Y5AISC78A/
May 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word YTP
YouTube Poop - a genre of video mashup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phQEjyM3Xp0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_poop
reminds me of shitposting
April 30, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word qunt
feeling qunt. An intensified drag algorithm-avoidant version of cunt.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx0m4A8rIVW/
April 26, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word tenderqueer
play off of genderqueer? found in reddit post as a dismissive insult to drag performer Dawn. https://www.reddit.com/r/dragrace/comments/1carofu/is_this_true/
April 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
frick = fuck
shippy = shitty
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5_2fj4Pans/
April 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word dawnest
Dawn + honest. Written as dawnest or Dawnest
A particular brand of reading that is offered up as constructive criticism. Popularized by the drag artist Dawn throughout her run on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16.
Often used in the phrase "Can I be Dawnest?" as a coy introduction to a cutting remark. https://twitter.com/XunamiMuse/status/1762248219621212599
https://twitter.com/ssimplyysam/status/1778414456050975212
April 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word soy boy
spelling variant soy-boiz used ironically when talking about cancelling trees for liberal tendencies: https://www.instagram.com/p/C536UiXPsCp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
April 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
Examples of emoji censorship of audio captions (Clips from Conan O'Brian Hot Ones episode)
salute emoji = erect
chicken emoji = clucking
https://youtube.com/shorts/dNUrqQXpvj0?si=qA_AFTkih7ezt5m2
April 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word -pilled
"Based and hanukkia-pilled."
https://twitter.com/boom_tentpeg/status/1781669621566685462
April 20, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word be SO FR RN
be SO FR RN: be so for real right now
April 20, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word solidarity spring
https://www.tumblr.com/shutyourmoustache/748237292558319616/college-students-have-kicked-off-solidarity "COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE KICKED OFF SOLIDARITY SPRING!!! 🇵🇸FREE PALESTINE!!!🇵🇸 "
April 20, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word skibidi
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C53mHsGCKvC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Sound of fictional toilet from meme. Sound comes from scat singing vocalizations.
April 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word oroblanco
oroblanco means gold-white.
orange is another fruit. Are there other fruits that are just colors?
April 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word aux
the aux cord in a car that people use to play music through a car. There are "when your friends give/hand you the aux cord" memes. on aux pass the aux
auxiliary cord
Starting to be an obsolete mode as phones can now connect to modern cars through Bluetooth and not a physical cord, but still a way for passengers to talk about who is DJing a trip.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5yeYljCV5y/
April 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word baddie
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5i-d9pgdj8/
April 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word gagged
gagged to enter straight white girl slang like slay did in 2022? https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5vt6JViotl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
April 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word gentle bossing
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5s2kedN8Dw/ Gentle bossing as an antidote to micromanaging, unrelenting demands that drain energy, infantilization, and lack of trust in a power dynamic (at work, in families, etc.)
April 14, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word slash
slash as a new conjunction: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5lg1UxA2wW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
not quite or or and, but it connects two clauses. slashfic
April 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word thobe
Man tries on matching thobes with his cat: https://www.tumblr.com/tiktoksthataregood-ish/747387729468407808
April 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5tnUlJP1zO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
"My sister in Christ. Is he kind?"
April 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word scromiting
Scromiting as a symptom of smoking too much weed over time?
https://youtube.com/shorts/qXL0zOJGsEI?si=PDb2I2G2S6Txf1UH
April 13, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word DOOM box
A common strategy used by ADHD and other neurodivergent people to help quickly clean up a room by shoving everything that shouldn't be there into a doom box/bag/pile to sort later. People do it to help with decision fatigue and fluctuating energy levels. DOOM can stand for "didn't organized, only moved."
https://www.minimizemymess.com/blog/doom-bags
April 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word NPC
nonplayable character (in a video game or role playing game like Dungeons and Dragons).
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5WHT__gc6H/
Video also talks about sidequest, where we dropping, (a Fortnite reference), noob, OP, and nerf.
Other video game phrases in general use:
sus (popularized by Among Us), loading... as a way to ask for people's patience, S-tier (from the system of ranking best fighting characters in a game), f's in the chat (paying respect to a dead character in a game by pressing F), game over, level up, grinding (a way to level up in games by killing the same enemies thousands of times), speedrun, frame perfect (in speedrunning, a trick/glitch that requires absolutely precise inputs, camera angles, and/or timing), PvP player vs player combat - not just against a program or NPC).
April 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Jumanji'd
In an April 6, 2024 SNL sketch, a woman is worried about getting Jumanji'd into the board game Ticket to Ride. Jumanji is a verb now.
https://youtu.be/8cdBcfLhJVY
April 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word fanon
fanon vs canon https://www.reddit.com/r/Undertale/comments/1bvbc53/what_undertale_character_is_this/
Pronounced like canon - FAN-nun
April 5, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word caramelldansen
A specific type of cute dancing associated with Japanese anime girls that involves bouncing and using your hands as cute lil ears and the camera moves up and down with the dancers. The term comes from a Swedish group Caramell, whose electronica song was sped up and used with an animation of girls (Caramella Girls) dancing during the early internet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvq9r6R6QAY
https://www.tumblr.com/tiktoks-for-tired-tots/746868014325055488
April 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word egg
https://gscc.msu.edu/education/glossary.html#:~:text=of%20the%20individual.-,Birth%2Dassigned%20sex%20is%20often%20mistakenly%20confused%20with%20gender.,they%20will%20eventually%20hatch%20into.
"egg – Slang term for someone who is trans but doesn’t know it yet. Someone who is an embryo of the trans person they will eventually hatch into."
April 4, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word boop
This was an April Fools 2024 feature on Tumblr like a "like" or old school Facebook "poke" https://www.tumblr.com/allthingslinguistic/746598429812195328/the-boops-are-like-a-pure-instantiation-of-phatic
https://www.tumblr.com/lil-shiro/746600105295085568
https://www.reddit.com/r/tumblr/comments/1bszhv0/new_tumblr_mechanic_booping/
April 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word dazzle camouflage
Is this an oxymoron?
April 3, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list contest-winner-words-that-actually-got-popular-9vivPkKN-NieFQ12dfVV4
phubbing was a 2013 creation for the Australian dictionary MacQuarie: https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/phubbing-words-we%27re-watching
free bird is a Boomer redefinition of empty nester that was an answer to a reader query on BetterAfter50.com. (I think - research in progress) https://betterafter50.com/re-defining-the-empty-nest/
scofflaw was a 1924 contest about prohibition violators sponsored by wealthy liquor hater Delcevare King from Massachussetts.
March 28, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word function
History of function as a funnier version of party: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C45yWkVgV-_/
March 25, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word stonks
In meme culture, this means stocks. Related terms: GameStop, to the moon, tendies etc.
March 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word verbal statues
In an article about decolonizing bird names - not calling them the name of the white European ornithologist associated with them - they refer to these names as verbal statues, monuments to colonizers new to the area.
"The Bird Names for Birds movement argues that these names are like “verbal statues” and that the moment has come for the birding community to take a long, hard look at the institutions and systems that perpetuate white colonial ideals."
https://birdsconnectsea.org/2021/08/19/names-are-power-lets-talk-about-decolonizing-bird-names/
March 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word croffle
Blend of croissant and waffle. Like cronut I guess? https://addybean.com/recipe/breakfast/gluten-free-and-vegan-croffles-croissant-waffles/
March 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word inverted arch
An inverted arch is just a U-shaped hole.
March 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word kick it in the dick
Hannah Conna mentioned she has a UK boyfriend, maybe it's from him.
March 14, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word kick it in the dick
On Drag Race: UK vs the World 2, Australian drag qheen Hannah Conda has been encouraging other performers by saying "you're gonna kick it in the dick!" like "fuck em up! you got this!" A good luck blessing. Kinda like merde for ballerinas. Not sure if it's Australian or UK slang. Found it in a stand-up comedy vocab slang post from Dec 2016: https://medium.com/@bokla/the-comedy-urban-dictionary-89933a54515b
March 14, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word zero morpheme derivation
The most important and unique feature of English (I think).
You can just change words without a paper trail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPq0-8dyl8I
Nouns to verbs without -ify or -ate, verbs to nouns without -tion or -er
Parts of Speech? Gender? No thank you. Don't need em.
Allows for nuance in synonym implications amd levels of formality, infinite loanwords, great for flexibility and wordplay. But! Has few signposts for new learners - a bad feature for the current lingua franca.
March 12, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word nice weather for ducks
Related: a John Mulaney bit about an eccentric boss "Too Old To Be a Duckling": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJxrnbmdm9s
March 12, 2024
tankhughes commented on the list acceptable-proper-names-in-scrabble-pHSNGIBeNewAK3vF6I5kj
Huh. The page won't expand the 5-letter and 6-letter word list to show me the 26 names alphabetically after patty and murphy. Must return to this project later or find an internet friend to help me bypass the error message I'm getting.
March 11, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word iktr
short for "I know that's right"
different from ikr: "I know, right?"
March 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word smth
short for something
not to be confused with smh (shaking my head) and smdh (shaking my damn head)
March 10, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word pikucho
An off-brand or somewhat messed up version of the Pokémon Pikachu.
March 7, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word certified library post
certified x post is a snowclone template (from Tumblr?). Feels related to the tag or declaration of a tumblr heritage post
certified library post is common, just saw certified soup post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4I_V6Yrjn5/
March 7, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word BIG PIZZA
In December 2023, I learned from this Tumblr post that there used to be giant lemurs on Madagascar. Lemurs are Pizza to me, so giant lemurs are BIG PIZZA.
Lemurs arrived on the island small, and some grew big, and then when humans arrived, they hunted the big pizzas to extinction and now there are no more big pizzas, but there USED to be big pizza. SO BIG. BIG PIZZA.
https://www.tumblr.com/ode-on-a-grecian-butt/702656578660204544/illustrations-show-size-difference-between?redirect_to=%2Fode-on-a-grecian-butt
February 28, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Pizza
Pizza is the name of a lemur at the San Francisco Zoo that I admired in 2022, napping under the heat lamps in its lil treehouse. Staying warm like a convenience store pizza. Since then, Pizza has come to mean lemurs in general (to me and 2 others).
See also: BIG PIZZA
February 28, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word cheese pizza
cheese pizza = CP = child pornography. AKA: CSA (child sex abuse).
Cheese pizza is an algospeak term that avoids filters and word lists banning sex and violence.
February 28, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word canadew
Q: Why was the melon so successful?
A: Because it had a canadew attitude.
That's a 2024 original in the style of my old TankHughes.com Monday Comics. Thanks #RandomWord
February 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Ø/
This is a pretty new and neat emoticon that means dabbing. The circle is the head, the cross through the head and the slash are the two arms. Pretty good emoticon for a complicated upper body gesture.
February 21, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word saltburned
"Saltburn" as a verb is used in relation to the film Saltburn for a couple of reasons. Frequently used in the phrase "You've been saltburned!" as a way to mark that someone has seen the movie, but also...
!!!
As a reference to a psychosexual long con done by a lower-class person to a higher-class person or group.
2023 Nov 30, Twitter https://twitter.com/ANDREWTI/status/1730349216382455856
The world would be a better place if white people Saltburned each other like all the time.
2023 Dec 30, Twitter https://twitter.com/lauren_westen/status/1741347668511658466
My favorite part was when he said “it’s saltburnin time!” And saltburned all over the place
(this is a play on the tweet that originated morbin as a verb from the movie Morbius in 2022.)
2024 Feb 11, Kevin Smith answer on After Midnight: https://youtu.be/W6nGoaWWH1Q?si=TbBVb8G2YC5btZMJ&t=34 "Travis Kelce Saltburns the entire league and then dances naked with his salt shaker dangling"
February 19, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word whitegeist
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Whitegeist
February 18, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Shashibo
Sha-shi-bo. Shape shifting box. https://funinmotiontoys.com/products/avatar-series
"Shashibo is a unique magnetic puzzle cube that transforms into over 70 shapes. Each cube is a mesmerizing blend of art and geometry, offering endless possibilities for creativity and exploration."
February 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word befuddled
vendingmachine. For some reason, I can't respond to your comment on my username page OR yours. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
The NPL is a lovely organization of people who like to make and play puzzles of all types. Their monthly newsletter "The Enigma" is full of very trick esoteric puzzles called flats. They do their best to give you the vocabulary, but even after a year there are some things I don't quite get. Very cool famous word people are part of the organization, including Will Shortz and Ben Zimmer and people who make the puzzles for your favorite radio shows and podcasts. Everyone in the organization chooses a nom, that is often very witty and complicated. Mine is Pandatron, though. There's an active Facebook group, an active Discord with people getting together on weekly calls to solve puzzles, many local gatherings, and one big con every year somewhere in North America. Hope that's what you wanted to know! It's a very friendly and smart group.
February 14, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word ouches
ouches are brooches. An oucher ouches.
February 14, 2024
tankhughes commented on the user word_geek
@Hi word_geek! Happy you're here. I make a lot of odd lists that I realize in hindset make good answer sets for themed puzzles. I would also recommend becoming a member of the NPL - National Puzzler's League. We meet at cons, but also weekly on Zoom to share puzzles we've made, or to work together to solve flats puzzles from the NPL newsletter.
February 12, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word weaponize my blue checkmark
https://youtu.be/MgW_JcnNFdY?si=DL8MdWPyU1sN6UTX&t=200
Even though the Twitter blue checkmark verification system was broken when Elon Musk made people pay for them, I have heard drag queens recently talk about using their online fame as "weaponizing their blue checkmark."
February 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word neuroconformity
https://drdevonprice.com/post/741161166960803840/hi-im-doing-a-literature-review-on-the
February 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word can hook
can cook, can clean, can dance, can hook
February 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word shifting
Multiverse out of body experiences?
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1am9w2d/reality_shifting/ Probably inspired by Spiderverse/multiverse trends in general.
February 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word looksmaxxing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3zehSJgE8Y An unhealthy set of trends to try to change the jaw and face shape that began in incel forums. Related terms: mogging, mewing, jelqing (nsfw), bonesmashing, hunter eyes.
February 8, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Barris
How embarrassing for a chimpanzee and a mandrill to both be named Barris.
February 7, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word billy-roller
Making wool is so complicated. Could have a whole list of wool-making terms.
February 6, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word yodie
"Vape pen is your train to yodie land"
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=yodie
February 1, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word cryptogam
Spoiler alert, because the ad said cryptograms and not cryptograms, we got a seaweed expert working on the Enigma Code and it ultimately helped. https://youtu.be/N8jeYeWz-NM
January 26, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word pluviophile
Why neurodivergents can be pluviophiles: rain is a visual stim and an auditory stim and potentially a tactile stim https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2X6nDhuJRn/
January 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word hoi polloi
I think this sounds similar to hoity toity and that's why some people think it means elite rather than common people.
January 23, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word CYOA
CYOA: Choose Your Own Adventure (literary/game genre)
January 22, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word wrecking-train
I came in like a wrecking-train... to clean up the situation. Unexpected but makes sense. Same as firetruck.
January 17, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word WS
can be short for White Supremacy https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2Fz2fYvPr7/
January 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word pookie
This shows up in the song Tango: Maureen from RENT (1996).
M: Has she ever pouted her lips and called you Pookie?
J: Never
M: Have you ever doubted a kiss or two?
J: This is spooky
January 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word pookie
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2DGZfDgq7G/
January 15, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word Damp January
Like Dry January but you drink in subjective moderation instead of attempting abstinence, which is rarely achievable.
January 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word singulars
"The plural form of singular." Huh.
January 9, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word grey rock
https://psychcentral.com/health/grey-rock-method
"The grey rock method is where you deliberately act unresponsive or unengaged so that an abusive person will lose interest in you."
January 2, 2024
tankhughes commented on the word fakemon
Fake Pokemon that fans design, often in original regions. Sometimes artists use the name of existing Pokemon and design a totally new monster that interprets the name in another way. Pronounced FAKE-uh-mon. Same stress as Pokemon.
Subjectively Mazah Region: https://youtu.be/XqbZ9LcgFPg?si=fno77fqBj2u2VeUt&t=32
Aetis_Fakemon: https://www.instagram.com/aetis_fakemon/
December 21, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word 5CREAM
In some posters promoting the 5th Scream movie (2022), the title was written as "5CREAM", which was then humorously pronounced as "five cream." Similar to the way some people pronounce "SE7EN" as "se-seven-en." Scream VI (2023) posters break the M in half and use roman numerals on the 2nd half to make a VI: SCREAVI.
December 20, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word three-nerved
Same
December 15, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word uninunium
Unununium (Uuu) is the former name of chemical element 111, now called Roentgenium (Rg)
1-1-1-ium
December 14, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word we're so back
Feels like this might be a reaction phrase after flop era and mid really focusing on the struggle of making things good, beyond the sophomore slump. I really like it.
December 13, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word WFH
WFH = work from home, remote work
December 12, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list what-do-do-with-things-you-detest-UWrDJ5dfQ00yCnqilXyLo
throw it off a cliff
lock it in a dungeon
push it into traffic
block it online
December 11, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word sweepstakes dispersal
http://museum2.utep.edu/archive/fossils/DDsweepstakes.htm
Maybe how lemurs got to Madagascar - by floating on fallen trees from mainland Africa. Also maybe how rodents got from Africa to South America.
https://youtu.be/1hTJh8W0khU?si=_UZWnHrXIbHneFYs&t=165
December 7, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word watermelon emoji
Watermelon emoji being used to replace the Palestinian flag, watermelon has been used this way for decades. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_resistance_and_watermelons
December 7, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word jippa jappa
jippa jappa? Means straw, is named after a rainforest plant from Central America: https://belize.com/jippi-jappa-maya-basket/
December 6, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word de-cakeifying
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/18ak9d5/decakeifying/
December 4, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word spoonie
Someone with fewer spoons, or who is out of spoons in Spoon Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon_theory
November 30, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word floptokers
https://floptok.fandom.com/wiki/Floptok Floptok a subset of TikTok videos about flop era. Floptokers are people who post about that content. Related to Stan Twitter.
November 28, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Texaboo
Like the opposite side of a weaboo (a white/American person who loves Japanese culture). A Japanese person obsessed with American culture https://www.reddit.com/r/NonPoliticalTwitter/comments/183p769/til_that_texaboos_are_a_thing/
November 28, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word healthism
https://www.instagram.com/p/C0MbC-urlTR/
yourdietitianbff: 🗞️ You heard it here first: healthism and eugenics are very much IN for 2024 /sarcasm
November 28, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word poor little meow meow
https://fanlore.org/wiki/Poor_Little_Meow_Meow
Origin from 2017 video of man finding a cat he thought was dead but was just sleeping. Used to describe sad/tragic/pathetic people or fictional characters.
Battinson (Robert Pattinson in 2022's "The Batman"), the Bruce Wayne persona is considered to be a poor little meow meow by fans. Commonly used on Tumblr and Twitter. https://www.tumblr.com/handwrittenhello/708345004816515072/poorest-little-meow-meow-harry-du-bois-disco
November 26, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word slick back
a 2023 TikTok trending dance originally called jubislide in 2022 https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/jubi-slide-jubislide
November 22, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list terms-that-are-examples-of-the-term
Related: Many alphabets are named for the first few letters of that alphabet. https://www.wordnik.com/lists/names-for-alphabets
November 16, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list abbreviations-that-start-in-the-middle
Rudely, some people wanted a list of the ones that are JUST the middle, not also the end. For me, the onset is what matters.
But the just-the-Oreo-cream ones are fridge, Liza, flu, rizz (maybe, origin disputed)
November 16, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word verse
"No power in the 'verse can stop me" - Firefly https://www.reddit.com/r/firefly/comments/bzq40a/the_original_no_power_in_the_verse_can_stop_me/
November 16, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word witch ball
Not a sport.
November 16, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word fox-snake
Oh for fox-snake!
November 15, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word pain sponge
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Pain-sponge
From at least 2012, but popularized by the TV show Succession
https://youtu.be/bmj0RA9QLJc?si=EkYFomr04cwc-BX1&t=274
November 14, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word DEI
diversity, equity, inclusion. Many companies have DEI initiatives to be more inclusive to non-white non-male employees in different aspects of work life. https://www.edapp.com/blog/10-dei-topics/
November 14, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word mathiness
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/sam-altman-artificial-intelligence-openai-profile.html
Sept 25, 2023
In terms of diction, the math lingo lent a veneer of surety. Mathiness, a term coined in 2015 by Nobel Prize–winning economist Paul Romer, describes mathematical language used not to clarify but to mislead. “The beauty of mathematical language is its capacity to convey truths about the world in glaringly simple terms — E = MC2,” Noah Giansiracusa, a math and data-science professor at Bentley University, told me. “I read his tweet over and over and still don’t really know how to parse it or what exactly he’s trying to say.”
November 14, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word pizza
At the wonderful lemur exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo (https://www.sfzoo.org/lipman-family-lemur-forest/), they have little treehouses with heat lamps inside them so the lil lemurs can stay warm on chilly coastal days. We saw lemurs napping right under the heat lamps, looking like a convenience store slices of pizza. So from that day, one specific white and black ruffed lemur was named Pizza, who we invited to come home with us (but politely declined). And also now all lemurs are known as pizza.
November 14, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word entiltment
You think you're so great that you're entilted/entitled to a shed of your own?
November 13, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word black bamboo
This definition sounds like a poem: noun "small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black"
November 6, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Miette
Miette is a cat who wishes their mother to go to jail for 1000 years for her crimes of gently moving her out of the way. "you KICK miette? you kick her body like the football? oh! oh! jail for mother! jail for mother for One Thousand Years!!!!"
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/miette
November 1, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word mouth jail
My boyfriend thinks that some birbz are TOO small. And that for their crime of small, they should be placed in mouth jail (because they could fit in your mouth).
I can almost imagine the sensation of gently holding a small birb in my mouth because of this law, like a felt spherical Christmas ornament who fluffs up every so often against the roof of my mouth.
I live a very good life to be able to step out of the car, see a small borb hopping around in the bushes nearby, and have a partner who confidently declares MOUTH JAIL!
Feels very Miette-adjacent.
November 1, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word glizzy
Glizzy has meant gun, then penis and hot dog. https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-is-the-meaning-of-glizzy-the-gen-z-slang-term-and-its-memes-explained
A more complete history with citations in the 2021 WOTY Among the New Words discussion PDF here: https://read.dukeupress.edu/american-speech/article/97/2/197/315013/Among-the-New-Words
October 30, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Tribulus
turkey-blossom leads to this entry. So turkey-blossom is a plant.
October 27, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word crytyping
October 24, 2023 https://www.tumblr.com/shorthistorian/732275766796189696
"and of course. cherry on top. 20-year-old account holders are crytyping on the site events neoboard about how mean and cruel it is to make rare stamps part of the prize pool, because their entire identity hinges on being part of the neopian bourgeoisie, and they are having MELTDOWNS over their assets being devalued until they're part of the lowly proletariat."
October 27, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word calm luh fit
2022/2023 slang. a calm low-effort casual outfit, then used ironically for an outfit with intention and effort, then used to describe a surreal AI snow bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnugqgG9c0o
October 24, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word piepowder
What the HEDCK is this definition talking about? pie powder?
Me answering me an hour later:
October 19, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word glassholes
https://www.theverge.com/23920102/meta-quest-3-in-public-privacy-recording-glassholes Meta glasses, like Google Glass.
October 17, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word rediscern
Not in the Scrabble dictionary, but sometimes players do not challenge words because it's not worth the chance it's valid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZdiSggMUsg
October 12, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word girl math
x math is like x dinner, popular in 2023 https://pleated-jeans.com/2023/10/05/girl-math-memes-funny/
October 7, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word x dinner
from girl dinner, boy dinner, dad dinner, etc.
October 6, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word x math
girl math, boy math, corporate math, etc
October 6, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word delulu
https://medium.com/educreation/is-present-day-english-delulu-b08c52df0f94
October 5, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
Forum question: How does Spot keep sunglasses on his face without a nose?
Comment answer: My brother in Christ, you’re talking about the movie in which a guy got bitten by a radioactive spider and didn’t die instantly
https://www.reddit.com/r/IntoTheSpiderverse/comments/170kg6l/comment/k3lih87/
October 5, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word twink
2023 definition of a twink: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cx_kbdkOWV2/ also includes variants demon twink and twunk.
October 5, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word delulu
Shortening of delusional https://www.tumblr.com/aropride/729310702412742656/i-dont-know-if-my-tone-is-getting-lost-or-if
Can be an adjective "i'm delulu" or noun "it's a delulu"
October 5, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word busting
Post Malone uses busting as a positive adjective in this Last Meal interview at least twice:
https://youtu.be/ciktYlmFbfc?si=Q637Snd0xG8Jf2Cq&t=1100 Once at the beginning minute when talking about the smell of all the good food in the room, once after looking at his own Rosé brand in the light and declaring it to look positively busting. I assume it comes from "bout to bust" changing from meaning specifically sexy to generally good.
Pretty sure this is separate from bussin but could be wrong. Could be a jocular overpronunciation of bussin.
September 29, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Millennial Rage
https://twitter.com/shand_kathy/status/1662261785741893632 "‘The millennial rage comes from seeing how much better things could be’. And this was just the start of the conversation @SydWritersFest #SydneyWritersFestival #okboomer"
September 29, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word millennial zoom
millennial zoom - manually zooming in a video by double-touching the screen
September 29, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word let him cook
Said when someone's in the middle of making something and others should be patient to see their vision come together - like a music producer live on Twitch. (Bishu says it a lot, probably somewhere in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNwsBe2Iqso)
September 28, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word we're so back
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/its-so-over-were-so-back
September 27, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word canon event
Canon / AU talk has been in fandom culture for a long time, but the May 2023 movie "Across the Spiderverse" specifically talks about canon events and it's leaking into daily discourse.
https://x.com/staciemontero/status/1706070021695218013
https://twitter.com/anythingbott/status/1675235602063564800
https://twitter.com/TheJCGreen/status/1664107888917331969
https://twitter.com/valkyriephd/status/1638871801035116545 (pre-movie)
September 25, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word theyby
theyby - a gender-neutral baby https://www.reddit.com/r/TooAfraidToAsk/comments/16r0u4h/why_are_we_changing_non_gendered_words_to_end_in_x/
September 25, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
my brother in christopher: https://www.tumblr.com/rinielle/729275745337245696/its-rude-to-reblog-things-from-people-you-arent
An anonymous commenter on Tumblr trying to shame someone for reblogging a post but not following the account it's from (which is not a cultural taboo on Tumblr you can be shamed for).
September 24, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word dariacore
a music genre https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dariacore
September 23, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word justificaketion
An example of sandwich blending? sandwich words?
prerizzstoric, self-himprovement, rethuglican, redorkulous, autobidography, blawgs, anticipicaketion
Ben Zimmer post from 2006 https://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002780.html
September 21, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word light work
Something people say to encourage people. Can appear in faith-based encouragement or in gym workouts.
Song from 2016 - https://youtu.be/ULC2C3VjO-o?si=htArp-WaohYoCLcN "I call it housework, cause it's light work."
September 20, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
an extended biblical metaphor joke about this phrase: https://www.tumblr.com/gay-cripply-scientist/728848199009337344
September 19, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word cripplepunk
https://www.tumblr.com/cripple-woe/728467852208881664/i-made-up-a-way-to-explain-fatigue?source=share #cripplepunk is in the hashtags
September 19, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word cemeterrarium
YouTuber Rachel Maksy just made a cemeterrarium on her channel from things she bought at a thrift store: https://youtu.be/Ifal13pYQ6M?si=0ek-nzZ3Dq0l-B1S&t=1012
September 18, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word send it
The British gymnast Nile Wilson says this 20 seconds into this video and it also appears on screen (video from Dec 2021): https://youtu.be/XdxPuA8xxw0?si=FcDNC5nDPTkzPPR7
September 15, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word send it
I've heard this a lot in rock climbing - going hard, or flashing a boulder problem - getting through the whole thing at once, maybe with a dynamic move. It's also used in other extreme sports.
But now I'm hearing coworkers using it, talking about hammering in a nail (literally) with full confidence, or making the choice for a group to leave after waiting for a few minutes for a maybe to join.
Dictionary.com says it comes from rock climbing slang, but was popularized through a snowmobile stunt video: https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/send-it/
September 8, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word symblepharon
This is SO SPECIFIC.
September 7, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word -pilled
red-pilled and blue-pilled have existed for a while, but other variations exist.
Example: Instagram of Capybaras roaming around a zoo supervised being "walkpilled"
September 7, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word lapsed Catholic
Something in my brain wants to create a lapped catalytic joke about a sinner in a slow racecar. But I think it's too many bridges too far for even me, the former creator of TankHughes "punchline only" comics.
August 31, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word chubsucker
Do we have a list of "sounds filthy, but isn't" ?
August 31, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word memoryholed
https://www.tumblr.com/shorthistorian/726579372999524352?source=share
"The finale so successfully erased the show from public consciousness, that when people tried to come up with a name for the "extremely popular show with finale so bad that people just immediately stop talking about it" phenomenon, people called it... the Game of Thrones Effect. HIMYM got memoryholed so hard that people forgot it even existed"
August 25, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word deduster
dust as a verb is a contranym.
you can dust your furniture to remove dust. (v1)
you can dust your cake to add dusty decoration to it. (v2)
De-dust means to remove dust in a specific industrial way, so it's both a synonym to dust (v1) and an antonym to dust (v2).
August 24, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word please call Stella
The first words of a nonsense paragraph invented to try to capture all of the possible vowels that any speaker might use in different accents. It's not perfect, but it's the standard and we have a lot of recordings that use it: https://accent.gmu.edu/browse_language.php?function=detail&speakerid=145
Full paragraph: Please call Stella. Ask her to bring these things with her from the store: Six spoons of fresh snow peas, five thick slabs of blue cheese, and maybe a snack for her brother Bob. We also need a small plastic snake and a big toy frog for the kids. She can scoop these things into three red bags, and we will go meet her Wednesday at the train station.
August 24, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word memory activism
Describes a festival meant to keep history, and specifically the memory of a destroyed city, alive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanport_Mosaic_Festival
August 24, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word school air
boyfriend air, school air https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cv--dbxLcgV/
August 24, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word boyfriend air
boyfriend air, school air https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cv--dbxLcgV/
boyfriend air makes your skin/makeup/health better by being around your boyfriend.
August 23, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word girl dinner
Playful usage by internet dad: https://twitter.com/NickCho/status/1694083380986658920
August 23, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list celebrities-with-english-occupational-surnames-GuJD2FvMRUtBeyqvVACW_
POTTERS: Bowles, Turner
CLOTH FINISHERS: Callendar
MAKERS OF LOOM EQUIMENT: Rucker
WOOL MERCHANTS: Packard
THE SILK BUSINESS: Mercer
MAKERS OF CLOTHING: Chaucer, Hozier, Mantle, Taylor
SHIRT AND UNDERWEAR MAKERS: Camus
BLANKET, QUILT, and MAT MAKERS: Blanchett
PRODUCERS OF RAWHIDE: Skinner
LEATHER MAKERS: Barker. Tewers
SADDLEMAKERS: Sellers
GLOVEMAKERS: Glover
SHOEMAKERS: Corden, Sutter
THE FUR BUSINESS: Pill
PEASANT-FARMERS: Apple, Bean, Bee, Bonds, Bundy, Fielder, Fielding, Fields, Frank, Franklin, Fry, Freeman, Hides, Plant, Tilly
THE DAIRY BUSINESS: Cheese, Day, Milk
CATTLE TENDERS: Best, Booth, Bullock, Byers, Coward, Folds, Heard, Herd
THE MEAT BUSINESS: Bacon, Butcher, Kellogg
SWINEHERDS: Grice, Hogg
CARETAKERS OF HORSES: Marshall, Stoddard
MILLERS: Miller
SIEVE MAKERS: Bolt
BAKERS: Baker, Peele, Spicer
SHIPBUILDERS: Keller
MERCHANTS: Chapman, Merchant, Plummer, Ullman
INNKEEPERS: Harbour
BEVERAGE MAKERS: Brewster
COOPERS: Cooper, Tubman
BASKET MAKERS: Peck
CABINETMAKERS: Carver, Turner
WHEEL AND WAGON MAKERS: Cartwright, Wainwright
(Groups 63-115)
August 22, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word -ngus
Post today on r/linguisticshumor: "Why is the suffix "-ngus" considered inherently funny? I noticed it in a lot of memes."
https://www.reddit.com/r/linguisticshumor/comments/15xcwcv/why_is_the_suffix_ngus_considered_inherently/
August 21, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word wolf cut
Not a mullet, but not not a mullet. Haircut trend. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwLLm6nu_bU/
August 21, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word heartbreak feels good in a place like this
Another usage: by Holiday Barbie 1996 (Aabria Iyengar) during a DnD one-shot campaign after Dentist Barbie has axed a troll doll to death, and they're all dancing (because it's a charity stream and people can donate for them to do that) and contemplating death and where souls go when you die: https://youtu.be/IHe55yVQa3k?t=5565 From a PixelCircus livestream, released July 25, 2023.
August 19, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word unpaid Will Ferrell internship
At some point, was watching a show with a friend and an actor looked a bit like Will Ferrell. But not just discount Will Ferrell, or store-bought off-brand Will Ferrell... even lower quality than that. We riffed that he was in an unpaid Will Ferrell internship, and I love that phrase every time I remember it.
August 16, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word slempy
When you're too sleepy to describe yourself sleepy. I'm slempy.
August 16, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list ez-visigoth-surnames-UTTNf4OUxNRePXzvJVMp6
Further research:
Muñoz means hill.
Ortiz? Same as Ortez. Son of Orti, meaning brave/fortunate.
Flores means flowers. Is Florez the same or is it son of Floro? Torres means towers. Is Torrez the same or is it son of Torro?
August 16, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list ez-visigoth-surnames-UTTNf4OUxNRePXzvJVMp6
These patronymic surnames also be written as -iz or -es, but I'm sticking to just -ez for now.
If you take the -ez off (which means 'son of), and add an -o, you get a man's name.
Alvarez -> Alvaro
Gonzalez -> Gonzalo
Iniguez -> Inigo
Marquez -> Marco
Ramirez -> Ramiro
Ruiz is from a shortened version of Roderick (like Rodriguez).
Some don't add an -o.
Guitierrez becomes Guiter/Guiterre, meaning Walter. Ibanez is just Ibán.
August 16, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word heartbreak feels good in a place like this
This is a quote from the 2021 Nicole Kidman AMC ad that is encouraging people, post-2020, to return to movie theaters. The ad is beloved(?) and derided, but this particular quote seems to have a life of its own. And they're making another Nicole Kidman AMC ad so it may come up again even more.
The original line was "Somehow, heartbreak fesls good in a place like this" but the somehow is not necessary.
Non-movie examples from 2023 Twitter:
https://twitter.com/goodsoop_/status/1689392348613238784
https://twitter.com/miklausroyale/status/1690556438060417025
https://twitter.com/musical_myles/status/1688397023731744768
https://twitter.com/AlexMusibay/status/1688205286656315392
Bonus: the NHL mascot Gritty dressed as Barbie and went to see Oppenheimer and also quoted Nicole Kidman: https://twitter.com/GrittyNHL/status/1683231253590319104
Original ad: https://youtu.be/KiEeIxZJ9x0
August 15, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Kenergy
A lot of Ken- blends came from the Barbie movie press tour, but I think Kenergy is the one with staying power. https://www.tumblr.com/nessa007/723462587313963008/ryan-goslingi-wouldnt-dare-ken-splain-the-barbie
August 12, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word shoulder devil
I feel the urge to ask new user laxus for their credit card, but that would not be welcoming or a true reflection of the site. But... it's an intrusive thought, an antisocial call of the void.
August 10, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word scorigami
Scorigami was invented by sports writer Jon Bois in a Youtube video, and now a site exists that tracks the phenomenon of unique NFL scores that are created by the unique addition of 2,3,6,7 points added at a time: https://nflscorigami.com/
August 8, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list edible-fabrics-maKxgyBzsvbUXyegouwza
Velveeta is not the same thing as velvet, but it's not really cheese either, so I think it belongs here.
August 7, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list mathematical-phrases-in-common-parlance-ELBa_XDVyMmPUrgA2JZaw
Related: a mathematical love song: https://youtu.be/SEbzTe0CzT8
August 3, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word Bosha
The Lom, the Rom, and the Dom? New to me! Subsets of Roma people. Thanks #RandomWord
August 2, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list celebrities-with-english-occupational-surnames-GuJD2FvMRUtBeyqvVACW_
I've done groups 63-115. Note to come back once I finish the book.
August 1, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list celebrities-with-english-occupational-surnames-GuJD2FvMRUtBeyqvVACW_
Fictional people with English occupational surnames:
Silas Marner
Harry Potter
Sophie Hatter
Professor Layton
Mrs. Buttersworth
Polly Pocket
Mr. Hooper (hanging with)
Mr. Roper (Three's Company landlord)
Don Draper
Sally Bowles
Occupational surnames as first names: Steadman, Satchel Paige, Chandler Bing, Taylor Swift
August 1, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word bugs and bunnies
Heard this in reference to environmental concerns "What about the bugs and bunnies part?": https://www.reddit.com/r/environmental_science/comments/a77pi3/did_you_guys_know_that_environmental_engineers/
August 1, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word crispy R
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmQiCZBi0go A version of an R in kr gr clusters (at least) where the tongue seems to be more curved back to the roof than a typical American r.
Per Trixie Mattel in this video: "Sarah Michelle Gellar does it. I think it's a North Atlantic whatever thing."
July 28, 2023
tankhughes commented on the list how-you-put-the-clothing-on-buJ8h89twxhulFeCpvnRk
The antithesis of this list is, of course, tear away pants
July 28, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ
"my brothersister in christ" https://www.tumblr.com/carnadelions/718138849332789248/absolutely-love-it-when-people-are-like-why-do-you
July 28, 2023
tankhughes commented on the word michaelmass
There are some citations for Michaelmass on the capitalized page, but no definition.
July 28, 2023
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