bilby has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 219 lists, listed 25089 words, written 29082 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 58 words.
Comments for bilby
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I hope there are some exciting new flavours. How about roasted vendingmachine with caramel?
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Me too. Do you have room for some fufluns?
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Glad you're back!
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Yes I think it was something to do with my laptop and a new login system at Wordnik having a wee pith-feud.
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I have eaten all the cookies and now don't feel like hommous, but it's the thought that counts. Thank you Erin. I am now perilously close to commenting freely again.
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Hi Bilby! I'm so sorry you're trapped in the nether world. Can you try clearing your cookies? It will make room for more hommous.
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I have logged in 3 times in the last 5 minutes, yet whenever I click a word I find myself logged out again.
Thusly I am trapped in a nether world between bilby and unbilby. Send hommous.
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Hey why so many comments, you leather-tipped sandrabbit?
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*pokes bilby*
Hey, you're still around!
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*pokes bilby*
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Merci beaucoup, bilby, for the fresh-baked welcome fuflun from ruzuzu. I'm in love with wordniks' lists, and have been using them over the last year or so to cook up found poetry. Delicious.
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Where's vendingmachine, haven't seen him for ages? Too occupied with his paleo sushi petting zoo?
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Reading comments such as those at eckle-feckle I grieve that I missed some merry times at Wordnik.
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Been burrowing. As one does.
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Mmm. Tasty lichens.
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Ahoy, bilby! Long time no read. Have you been off foraging for tasty lichens?
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Bilby o bilby,
Didst thou die on latinx hill?
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Happens certain phases of Uranus.
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Hey bilby how long have you been a howling frumpmudgeon?
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*dusts badge*
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Hey are you some kind of self-appointed contribution cop, rat features?
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Wait--I thought it was turtles all the way down. Mind? Blown.
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how about a five-toad?
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Shut up you extruded rabbit.
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Are you talking to yourself again?
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I get an error trying to post either a new word or a comment here:
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Nope, that's about it really.
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Do you have anything decent to say ear-whippet or are you just trying to flood these Polski doltskis off the front page?
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Hi Bilby - Just spotted a question you posed in a comment back in 2009 (!) on my aviation list ("Let's go strap on the ole air'chine and bore holes in the sky!") to wit: "what is a 'rooster tail'?" If it still matters see image here...or, since I've added it to the list: rooster tail.
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"bilby commented on the user bilby
I went to leave a comment on your page, and I arrived at a 404 and a steampunk rhino. Both of which are about right in your case."
Are you talking to yourself?
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I went to leave a comment on your page, and I arrived at a 404 and a steampunk rhino. Both of which are about right in your case.
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Did you like the new berry additions?
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Bilby is, as usual, a lode of useful information. I once went skiing in Chamonix, where les Guides des Alpes are universally admired, but I failed to understand the sense of their characteristic cries.
They're famed for feats of derring-do
But guides of the Alps are scholars too.
It's knowledge they seek
When they call from a peak
And plaintively ask, "Beaudelaire, he who?" -
Bonsoir Monsieur Bilby,
Where are you, actuellement?
I am back in Paris, being forced to write about such big fat frauds as Charles "Mr Spleen" Baudelaire.
But in two more weeks I shall be free, free as a bird!
Now I need to go favourite the word "wentletrap".
Adieu !
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Where did "Community" go? Is it just my computer?
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Have I ever told you how much I like your bagpipes list?
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Are you in Bogota? I was just there! Ships passing in the cliché.
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and I you with a waistband of tittering finches. Don't disillusion me!
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Happy belated selfie day, old bean.
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...for of Afghan chutney is her soul compact
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Is there a way to search by tag?
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oh, he do
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a) that's exactly right
b) I think of you as the only near-whitey invited ^-^
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didn't you have a list called "Drinky-time, or the most happy of hours" or some such? Maybe it was someone else...
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Meow.
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Bilby, I wish you a happy new year. I am grateful for the comments you have given me. I have been slow to respond mostly because I could not figure out how to do it. I have been looking for an ongoing thread I could reply to but I have failed to find it, so now I have visited your dashboard. This seems rather roundabout, like exiting the house and ringing the doorbell again before replying, but it is all I can manage for the moment.
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Thanks for jomo. It's perfect.
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Bonsoir, bilby! Un salut de Paris à toi et à tous les marsupiaux, même les moins jolies.
Renard
Comments by bilby
bilby commented on the word yachtsmanship
A bit like a catamaran. A yacht on each side and a sman in the middle.
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word yachtsmanship
But isn't a yacht a kind of ship? Might as well say yachtsmanyacht.
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word upsert
Apart from anything else it reminds of yucky stuff like upskirt.
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word upsert
I'm glad this has not escaped from the whiffy confines of geekdom.
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word impitoyable
Yes, pitylessly is the way to drink wine.
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word picket-fence pony
See danger zebra.
March 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word danger zebra
What's a zebra then? Picket fence pony? Pedestrian crossing of the savannah?
March 17, 2024
bilby commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
You've just been hiding because England can't win the Ashes to Ashes, eh.
March 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word azipod
Presumably an audio show about these would be an azipodcast.
March 15, 2024
bilby commented on the word shelter
I feel like I'm punching down a bit here given this is quite a modest little two syllable word but I just don't like the way it sounds.
March 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word shield
Same root as shelter.
March 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word forthrist
I could really forthrist a fresh orange juice right about now.
March 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word kick it in the dick
I have never heard it in Australia. Mind you, I haven't been to this kind of show in about the last 5 years.
March 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word saggar
Also seggar.
March 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word snippy
A preppie but snippy hippie papprazzi chappie snapped happy clappers happily clapping claptrap.
March 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word resegmentation
Spelling should be reseg-ment-ati-on.
March 12, 2024
bilby commented on the list words-with-letters-in-alphabetical-order
Raise you bellow.
March 12, 2024
bilby commented on the word sirloin
"The word surloin or sirloin is often said to be derived from the fact that the loin was knighted as Sir Loin by Charles II, or (according to early 19c. English dictionary writer Charles Richardson) by James I. Chronology makes short work of this statement; the word being in use long before James I was born. It is one of those unscrupulous inventions with which English 'etymology' abounds, and which many people admire because they are 'so clever.' The number of those who literally prefer a story about a word to a more prosaic account of it, is only too large." - Walter W. Skeat, 'An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language', 1882
March 11, 2024
bilby commented on the word abaci
Who knew?
March 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word hog's haw
See pomette bleue.
March 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word quassation
Saskia asked sassily to watch sad sasquatch quassation of cumquat crossisants.
March 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word quass
See also quassation.
March 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word officer-plant
I was not aware our officers were bright red. Must be the sun.
March 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word pantogen
Did it make all the Pantone colours too?
March 8, 2024
bilby commented on the word pea-pheasant
A pleasant Pisan peasant was fined for forfeiting phased-in pheasant fees for his feisty pea-pheasant.
March 6, 2024
bilby commented on the word plant-based
"For many people, adopting a plant-based diet aligns with their personal values and beliefs. Choosing plant-based foods can be seen as a way to practice kindness and compassion towards animals, the environment, and other humans. It can also be a way to challenge the status quo and promote positive change in society."
- https://tasmaniantimes.com/2024/02/plant-based-diet-can-improve-your-health-and-lifestyle/
March 6, 2024
bilby commented on the word beardruff
"Additionally, these oils are effective in addressing dry skin issues. They act as potent moisturisers, eliminating flaky and dry skin, commonly known as 'beardruff', thereby promoting healthy skin. The moisturising properties of beard oils are not limited to the beard alone but also extend to the skin beneath."
- https://tasmaniantimes.com/2024/03/what-do-beard-oils-do/
March 6, 2024
bilby commented on the user maralason
Welcome, hope you get a lot out of the site.
March 6, 2024
bilby commented on the word gurgeon
See gurgeons.
March 4, 2024
bilby commented on the word opah
If I had one of these I'd call it Winfey.
March 4, 2024
bilby commented on the word conchus
Kooky Canuck ex-con Kane Cooke carelessly conked his conchus with a rococo coco-corn condiment container containing cocoa-coated cockroaches in coachmen's coats..
March 4, 2024
bilby commented on the word mugget
Ideal for your Lily or Entrails? list.
March 3, 2024
bilby commented on the word Saaniches
Straight from the Zamboni-Palin lunch menu.
March 2, 2024
bilby commented on the word beagling
Also hunting beagles, duh.
March 2, 2024
bilby commented on the word bastard rocket
Clearly marriage is out of fashion among rockets.
March 1, 2024
bilby commented on the word nonsked
Close but no fuflun.
March 1, 2024
bilby commented on the word cerniture
Enter upon is either archaic or legalese, I hadn't come across it before.
March 1, 2024
bilby commented on the word cerniture
I don't understand 'enter upon an inheritance'?
February 29, 2024
bilby commented on the word sked
"For the last 78 years, the Sydney to Hobart yacht race has been run on Boxing Day December 26.
This year the cannon will sound at 1pm, signalling the start of the race once again. The Rolex Sydney to Hobart yacht race commences on 26 December and ends on December 31, 2023
This year 113 entrants will race the 628 nautical mile course. The oldest vessel in this years race was built in 1932.
All radio sked frequencies and times remain the same as previous years and are listed below."
https://www.tecsunradios.com.au/store/sydney-to-hobart-yacht-race-2024-frequencies/
February 29, 2024
bilby commented on the word nonsked
Go on, rhyme this.
February 29, 2024
bilby commented on the word banstickle
A bonny banstickle banged a banned stick on a band's sticky bandstand.
February 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word BIG PIZZA
Do you like your lemurs pan-fried or wood oven?
February 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word eellike
Plausibly there is an eellike raccoonnookkeeper somewhere.
February 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word bustard
That got me thinking about Airbus, but the -bus seems to be related to conventional understandings of the word bus as a large transport vehicle.
"The name 'Airbus' was taken from a non-proprietary term used by the airline industry in the 1960s to refer to a commercial aircraft of a certain size and range, as it was linguistically-acceptable to the French." - Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Airbus
February 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word go snake
Li'l Oklahoma cameo here.
February 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word bustard
Hmmm, so the etymology of bus- reduces to something like avi- as in aviation.
February 27, 2024
bilby commented on the word iminostilbene
Train smash word.
February 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word coaster
In Tasmania, a resident of the north-west coast area.
February 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word diruption
The best words are with asunder in the definition. The end.
February 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word car parts
Sparkie Mark Parker marked aftermarket hard car parts with a pock-marked parka pocket marker at a starkly dark carpark car parts market.
February 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word mad Monday
"Media are invited to the Murray Street Pier (outside of Franklin Wharf Restaurant) to capture images of the Tasmanian Tigers celebrating their WNCL title win.
There will be an opportunity to interview members of the Tigers squad, and capture footage of the WNCL winning players in their Mad Monday costumes."
- email to media outlets from Cricket Tasmania, 26 February 2024
February 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word mad Monday
In Australia there's a tradition, recent I feel, for sporting teams to go out and party as a group on the Monday following their last game of the season. They often (fancy) dress up for a pub crawl, etc. And these kind of shenanigans are referred to as mad Monday.
February 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word prison purse
According to Urban Dictionary, a term for a vagina or anus used to smuggle contraband into prison, such as drugs or weapons.
February 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word cleck
See also clecker.
February 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word friendless man
Wow, didn't expect clicking Random word would lead me to find Donald Trump here.
February 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word coddle
Etymonline notes that the root is:
kelə-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "warm." It forms all or part of: caldera; calid; Calor; caloric; calorie; calorimeter; cauldron; caudle; chafe; chauffeur; chowder; coddle; lee; lukewarm; nonchalant; scald (v.) "afflict painfully with hot liquid or steam."
It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit carad- "harvest," literally "hot time;" Latin calor "heat," calidus "warm," calere "be hot;" Lithuanian šilti "become warm," šilus "August;" Old Norse hlær, Old English hleow "warm."
February 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word sawdon
Sawdons of Swing was never goingn to be a hit.
February 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word WORE
Of course writers can't afford transport :-/
February 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word does no one care about sheep accuracy
https://twitter.com/Kairo_Anatomika/status/1760529074722689531
February 23, 2024
bilby commented on the word base-broom
A bit rude. What if it's upwardly mobile?
February 23, 2024
bilby commented on the word fuflunnage
A tax or duty of so much per fuflun formerly imposed in Wordielandia upon all imported fufluns.
February 22, 2024
bilby commented on the word pundle
Well isn't she just a pundle of joy?
February 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word mange-mite
How many enemy mange-mites might a mightily mangy manger manager manage?
February 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word forthbear
Who's counting?
February 20, 2024
bilby commented on the list jumbo-shrimp
fathead minnow
February 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word fathead minnow
This dude and jumbo shrimp would make good companions.
February 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word oxynoticeras
Train-smash word.
February 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word orgul
IMO cognate with Italian orgolio and Spanish orgullo.
February 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word Therese
What else can you do with a Therese?
February 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word goose-house
Is this where a wild goose chase starts, or where it ends? Discuss.
February 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word bardiche
Uff, sounds nasty.
February 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word banjolin
Where's Capitano Corelli when you need him?
February 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word banjorine
Whoa, there's also banjolin.
February 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word verb
I wouldn't say it's particularly unusual. Consider grease, chair, photograph, etc. I've certainly heard shampoo as a verb.
February 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word red teamer
"We’ll be taking several important safety steps ahead of making Sora available in OpenAI’s products. We are working with red teamers — domain experts in areas like misinformation, hateful content, and bias — who will be adversarially testing the model." - OpenAI, https://openai.com/sora
February 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word ocean liners
Like pool liners, these help to keep all the water in the world's oceans and prevent leaks.
February 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word sacrificial plumed stick
See paho.
February 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word darrain
Comes from dacclouds, duh.
February 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word unwoof
*puts dog torture tools away*
February 15, 2024
bilby commented on the word tuck shop
"The Hobart City Council Planning Committee has approved a development application for a new building (food service use) for 15 Marieville Esplanade, Sandy Bay.
The application is for a shipping container to be repurposed as a tuck shop."
- https://tasmaniantimes.com/2024/02/hobart-council-approves-boaties-tuck-shop/
February 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word treacher
Also trichor.
February 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word hop-pillow
List of folk remedies?
February 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word black triangle
I tried not to snigger and failed.
February 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word stink-alive
So why not call it stink-dead?
February 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word whim-gin
TCD - 'A vertical horse-powered drum used as a hoist in a mine.'
February 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word side-oats
Do we not have any side lists?
February 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word permabans
Not as cool as Ray or even tali to be honest.
February 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word tycoon
As a child I used to get this mixed up with typhoon.
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word parenthesization
Despite my many flaws I have never hesized a parent.
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word fathermucker
See comment on mucker.
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word mucker
And if he had a child would he not be a fathermucker?
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the user reecoupons
Nuclear, coal or gas?
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word tie-bar
There appears to be a USA political meaning that is not very obvious to me.
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word thiirane
Organic compound or minor Game of Thrones character?
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word unwoof
How?
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word gilingan
Wasn't there a tv series about Gilingan's Island?
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word weaponize my blue checkmark
Come on bilby, it's givvy-givvier-givviest.
February 11, 2024
bilby commented on the word weaponize my blue checkmark
Who else wants one while I'm feeling more givvy than a mouthy TV celeb with a bucket of car keys?
February 11, 2024
bilby commented on the word weaponize my blue checkmark
Or fuflunise it. Yeah.
February 11, 2024
bilby commented on the word weaponize my blue checkmark
You may choose to weaponise it or not.
February 11, 2024
bilby commented on the word weaponize my blue checkmark
I hereby award tankhughes a Wordnik blue checkmark.
February 11, 2024
bilby commented on the word pademelon
One time they got into my garden they chewed metre-high jerusalem artichoke plants back to just a stubble. Well I hope they farted all night.
February 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word pademelon
As I described to a friend the other day, a giant, flat-footed, ravenous pseudo-rabbit.
February 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word scutwork
I'm fairly amazed that I only came across this quite useful word for the first time today.
February 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word amphisien
If you have to decapitate something amphisien are you allowed two goes?
February 8, 2024
bilby commented on the word cod-banger
Well of course I have a list for this.
February 8, 2024
bilby commented on the word Morón
No comment!
February 8, 2024
bilby commented on the word Dutch hoe
Do you push or pull your hoe?
February 8, 2024
bilby commented on the word stonehatch
You might not be able to get blood from a stone but would you settle for a dotterel chick?
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word phase modulator
Set phasers to __________________
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word toppie
Cricket jargon: slang for top-spinner, a delivery bowled by a wrist spinner with lots of overspin.
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word worm family
Awww!
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word sexennially
Elections for our Legislative Council seats are sexennial.
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word Barris
You'd think at least one might be an Auberon or something.
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word Barris
Tacky.
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word featherwood
Supposedly Australian but I have never heard it.
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word excuse-flation
"Excuse-flation where general inflation provides camouflage for businesses to raise prices without justification is also more prevalent in the current environment. As inflation starts to fall excessive inflationary expectations and future cost increases can be built into prices."
- Allan Fels, 'Inquiry into price gouging and unfair pricing practices', 6 February 2024. https://www.actu.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/InquiryIntoPriceGouging_Report_web9-1.pdf
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word foeniculum dulce
i.e. fennel
February 6, 2024
bilby commented on the word baboosh
Wait, so babaganoosh is a slipper-ful of agan?
February 6, 2024
bilby commented on the word epha
Best bushel epha.
February 6, 2024
bilby commented on the word copal
Precursor to copium?
February 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word water-brash
Is there potential for a water-y list of things that are not really water?
February 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word lamium
What kind of nutlets do you prefer?
February 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word tube-union
And here was me thinking toothpastes of the world were going to get together to lobby for better wages.
February 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word dagger-plant
Maybe don't gift one to Macbeth, just saying.
February 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word mooring tower
'Trust in god but tether your airship' - proverb
February 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word pœcilonymy
Aaand it has no synonyms :-(
February 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word whatshisface
I'll never forget whatshisface, such great times we had.
February 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word hippo
Overheard joke:
What's the difference between a hippo and a Zippo?
One's quite heavy, the other's a little lighter.
February 3, 2024
bilby commented on the word mygalomorph
Anyone trying to find giant, stocky spiders can stand down as far as I'm concerned.
February 3, 2024
bilby commented on the word gruid
A crane (bird).
February 1, 2024
bilby commented on the word matapi
Also zebucan.
February 1, 2024
bilby commented on the word alyaunte
Zyghourknee Wiefyr is great in this.
February 1, 2024
bilby commented on the word escarbuncle
Ha, classy way to ascertain that your coat of arms does not feature a putrid boil leaking pus.
January 31, 2024
bilby commented on the user cuongstore
phuc ơphph
January 31, 2024
bilby commented on the word gaffle
Interesting that the three TCD definitions are all quite different, yet all reek of violence.
January 31, 2024
bilby commented on the word hare
I'm kindly leaving space for y'all to make the grey hare jokes.
January 31, 2024
bilby commented on the word hare
Etymology links back to grey ...
January 31, 2024
bilby commented on the word milk-sick
See tremetol.
January 31, 2024
bilby commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames
madge
January 31, 2024
bilby commented on the word hornpout
I see a which see!
January 30, 2024
bilby commented on the word mobot
So I still have to trim my own moustache?
January 30, 2024
bilby commented on the word The Glost World
After surprisingly acquiring a taste for porcelain biscuit, recreated dinosaurs wreak havoc on a remote island of ceramics factories.
January 30, 2024
bilby commented on the word homalonotid
Macaulay Culkin?
January 30, 2024
bilby commented on the word aquametrics
Who knew?
January 30, 2024
bilby commented on the word fiaschetta
Diminutive of fiasco.
January 30, 2024
bilby commented on the word germy
Like the buttons on a vendingmachine.
January 30, 2024
bilby commented on the word dreg
Compare dross.
January 30, 2024
bilby commented on the word berbine
"Bitter barberry berbine is better than billbeetle-bitten bulbo-tubers," babbled bilby biliously.
January 29, 2024
bilby commented on the word anilinium
Most of that definition is a foreign language :-/
January 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word maholi
*bats ears*
January 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word nonsailor
Quite a large category when you think about it.
January 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word Bobcat Goldthwait
An actor, comedian, writer, producer, etc.
January 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word echimys
Well pardon me, I was looking for improper spiny rats thank you very much.
January 27, 2024
bilby commented on the word lunch
This etymology is some ride.
January 27, 2024
bilby commented on the word snickersnee
I see a which see!
January 24, 2024
bilby commented on the user eldsolution
I usually elevate my feet with a pouffe.
January 24, 2024
bilby commented on the word stallinger
One suspects that ruzuzu is a stallinger of fufluns.
January 23, 2024
bilby commented on the word carpopodite
Tagging currently disabled :-/
January 23, 2024
bilby commented on the word carpopodite
Things that go pop!
January 23, 2024
bilby commented on the word forge-train
Also puddling-rolls.
January 23, 2024
bilby commented on the word spelling checker
Also spelling chequer :-/
January 22, 2024
bilby commented on the word compactin
Reverses the effects of expandin?
January 22, 2024
bilby commented on the word black sugar
Needs a Rolling Stones song :-/
January 22, 2024
bilby commented on the word pondokkie
Compare Malay pondok, hut.
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word fertile worker
I think this relates to worker ants, etc. that are usually sterile.
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word papuan subregion
Show me your little-explored subregions baby.
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word muster dog
Not to be confused with a mustard hog.
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word surcingle
See also wanty.
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word ash-key
Also kit-key.
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word attaint
_____ what it used to be :-/
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word flying fox
Main item in their diet is flying sheep.
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word roussette
Fox-bat, shark, etc.
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word dislive
I could dislive a pizza right about now.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word wrecking-train
So a train wreck is following by a wrecking-train, not caused by it?
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word Tonga
Joins East Timor ('east east') as being a country whose name is a cardinal direction.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word underpromise
Meanwhile overdeliver has no definition on this site.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word heathen delight
See turkishness.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word turkishness
Although frankly heathen delight has a good ring to it for an innocuous sweet treat.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word turkishness
Hey TCD you could/should have stopped at hence.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word roussette
So a dogfish is not a dog but it might be a fruit bat. I hope that's clear enough for you newbies.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word gloryless
I know it's only a root but sheesh.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word lapkin
But like fapkin, I often wonder what it's for.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word debacle
'Also attested in Old French desbacler ("to clear a harbour by getting ships unloaded to make room for incoming ships with lading")' is fascinating.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the list name-suggestions-for-ultra-compact-cars
testacella
January 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word galenite
Discovered on a windy evening, fo shure.
January 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word reredos
When one redo isn't enough.
January 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word spicy pillow
Spicy and ripe. You're making me hungry and I'm all out of silica gel.
January 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word albeit
Also all-be.
January 15, 2024
bilby commented on the word añu
Also known as mashua. And my Colombian mother-in-law calls it nabu.
January 12, 2024
bilby commented on the word BLS1
What type of galaxy are you?
January 12, 2024
bilby commented on the word cryptobranch
Where you withdraw Bitcoin?
January 12, 2024
bilby commented on the word sumarotene
Want suma dis?
January 12, 2024
bilby commented on the word quality escape
That's perversely beautiful.
January 12, 2024
bilby commented on the word girland
Theme park?
January 12, 2024
bilby commented on the word shelly
Silly shilly-shallying Sally shrilly sang softly a shelly Seychelles sea-shanty.
January 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word fall canker-worm
Triple downer.
January 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word corn-fly
Sooo, apparently not an airshow in Nebraska.
January 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word beetleskin
I feel like any dictionary entries that use a 'slang' label should identify where and possibly even when.
January 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word rundel
See also rundle.
January 10, 2024
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