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monorimspain commented on the user monorimspain
sdss
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word eyebright
Turn around.
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word deer
Oh, deer.
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word antirock
Can one be antirock, but pro-roll?
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word digamist
Can you dig it? A digamist can.
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word clobbered china
What the Thing drinks tea from.
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word waffled
Lego my Eggo.
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word rockaway
The Ramones can hitch a ride there.
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word cubangle
Also a flat angle served with pickles and mustard.
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word Este
One of my top three Haim sisters.
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word barbatimao
Not a character in "Welcome Back, Kotter".
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word poshest
Not to be confused with Babyest, Sportiest, Scariest, or Gingerest.
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word muscular tissue
When you want to be strong while blowing your nose.
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word outdent
Nobody outdents Two-Face.
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word pie-wipe
Sounds messy.
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word tide-register
Where to buy laundry detergent.
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word roscoelite
Popular in Hazzard County.
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word dead meat
Also a cool Youtube channel and podcast.
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word panurgus
The bees! The bees!
January 15, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word Milwaukee
The good land.
January 14, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word fast forward
Nobody ever goes fast backward.
January 14, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word plotland
Where plots can be found.
January 14, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word leg
The tastiest part of the chicken.
January 14, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word The Great Cinnamon-Sugaring of 2026
On the way back from LSA/ADS in New Orleans, a the top of a shaker of cinnamon sugar that I bought from a Cafe Beignets popped off in my carryon and coated everything in my suitcase in cinnamon sugar - most can be washed, except the novelty 2D sweater, cozy bear hat, my backpack purse, and the suitcase itself, which all smell good but cannot be considered clean.
I have called this The Great Cinnamon-Sugaring of 2026, and the phrase pleases me. I think WOTY candidates will veer more personal and idiosyncratic for me this year.
January 14, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word relative density
How to describe dumb cousins.
January 14, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word mammogram
Better or worse than a singing telegram?
January 14, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word headmaster
Also a type of Transformer.
January 14, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word shoepac
A famous footwear-based rapper.
January 14, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word barline
I hate when the barline is too long.
January 14, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word Horta
They're real devils in the dark.
January 14, 2026
solitude_stands commented on the word forenenst
"Let you go alone and get the box and bring it back here. There are good times coming and we will be rich men tonight. It is sitting under a loose board in the floor of the first room on the right, in the corner forenenst the door."
- The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien
January 14, 2026
tankhughes commented on the list black-queer-femme-slang-KKX6mc6dFPQpKGaWE_ddr
gorgiana grande: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Jw5_ZqGPhrM
January 14, 2026
tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
crossing out murdered and killed in images to bypass censorship https://www.instagram.com/p/DTahxPRCGwh/
January 14, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word Cruella Noem
https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgressiveHQ/comments/1qc2zfr/rep_steve_cohen_spits_fire_shes_dead_and_weve/
January 14, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word bridge deck
Also the deck used to play bridge.
January 13, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word trap
It's a trap!
January 13, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word gaming-house
Gaming House! I'm revoking your charter!
January 13, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word gracefuller
Not to be confused with Grace Fuller, whoever that is.
January 13, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word millionfold
How to make the tiniest piece of origami art ever.
January 13, 2026
octe commented on the word duende
lacking wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/duende#English
January 13, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word gap moe
https://youtu.be/ZpZW8kjqKyM?si=x59CCpbJXWwqLHPh&t=189
when a stoic character does something out of character and is therefore cute (moe pronounced mo-ay), like "way of the house husband".
January 13, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word perfidy
https://bsky.app/profile/mashedradish.bsky.social/post/3mcbgrisnuc2o
perfidy - the plane used by the US gov military to sink fishing boats looked like a civilian aircraft. That's a crime called perfidy.
Also Teyana Taylor wpm a Golden Globe for playing Perfidia Beverly Hills in “One Battle After Another.”
January 13, 2026
etmr commented on the word jubilancy
hi
January 12, 2026
trarterburn commented on the word digital kill
A targeted neutralization or destruction of a human threat using digital targeting systems, sensors, and networked weapons, such as those utilized by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), often in real-time via data links for precision strikes.
Usage:
How long will it be until the Department of Homeland Security goes digital kill on citizens?
First used in Defense Week—the journal of military defense.
https://trarterburn.substack.com/p/defense-week-makes-urban-dictionary?r=42e1s1
January 12, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word keyboarding
I'm doing it right now.
January 12, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word geomechanics
Or mechanics who work exclusively on Geos.
January 12, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word tiebar
A fancy place to get a drink.
January 12, 2026
solitude_stands commented on the word washstrake
"No one has ever uncovered even a scrap of a Lapita canoe—it has been too long, the materials are too perishable, the atmosphere too damp—but words for sail, outrigger, boom, washstrake, rib, caulking, paddle, bailing, and cargo can all be reconstructed in Proto-Oceanic, a hypothetical language (like Proto-Indo-European) that is associated with the Lapita expansion."
— Sea People by Christina Thompson, p 228
January 11, 2026
solitude_stands commented on the word megapode
"Before the arrival of human beings, New Caledonia had one of the most diverse collections of reptiles anywhere on the planet, including a giant horned turtle with a spiked tail, a twenty-pound monitor lizard, and a rare pygmy land crocodile, all of which—along with a giant megapode, a flightless swamp hen, two falcons, a scrub fowl, and several other species of bird—are now extinct."
Sea People by Christina Thompson, p 223
January 10, 2026
solitude_stands commented on the word kahawai
"It is a barren, windswept place, but rich in marine resources, including kahawai and whitebait, eels, herring, flounder, and shellfish."
Sea People by Christina Thompson, p 206
January 10, 2026
speednat commented on the list words-with-four-consecutive-vowels
ditto to hernesheir's comment. Please remove Aeneous
January 10, 2026
eggaliciouschloe commented on the list chlos-2026-words-rmuCesP7g5_jCBfDJFbA8
Neuro-sama was on my 2025 list, but due to her going viral online for breaking the Twitch hype train record twice in a row within a few days, i felt it apt to include her again
January 10, 2026
eggaliciouschloe commented on the list chlos-2026-words-rmuCesP7g5_jCBfDJFbA8
choppelganger: first heard at LSA 2026 WOTY voting
January 10, 2026
ry commented on the list practical-training-in-cad-graphic-design-and-animation-in-madurai-jvgbjN5jN5IxpDyeGChRe
I asked them to work on some architectural drawings and I got a pile of napkins with curse words written upon them, in crayon. In some cases I was impressed by the vocabulary; it's been a while since I've seen sperm burglar in writing. Suffice to say, though, "Velora" seems quite without mechanical drawing expertise.
(SPAM)
January 9, 2026
ry commented on the list pony-names-jZQtZEhGvnto_dLx_jVKy
I beg to differ, these are excellent pony names
January 9, 2026
ry commented on the word OG
see comments at original gangster
January 9, 2026
ry commented on the word original gangster
ca. 1970s, from regional Southern California AAVE, first referring to hardened, respected founders of street gangs. Commonly used now to refer to a veteran or founding member of any crew or scene. The term denotes authenticity and deep roots in street culture, or a particular lifestyle.
Broadened to also refer to an entity regarded as one of the first to do something, the first of their kind, or simply someone who is old school.
Usually abbreviated as OG
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/og
January 9, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word bridge loan
I would definitely get one if I was building a bridge.
January 9, 2026
tankhughes commented on the list three-toed-portmanteaus
flowkirkenually = flow state + lowkirkenually
lowkirkenually = lowkey + Kirk + genuinely
January 9, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word kirkification
https://uclpimedia.com/online/from-martyr-to-meme-the-kirkification-of-everything
January 9, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word big back
https://www.reddit.com/r/blackladies/comments/1c2afwa/ok_i_hate_the_term_big_back/
January 9, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word arrest
arrest as euphemism for kidnapping?
January 9, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word flowkirkenually
https://www.tiktok.com/@random.shenanigan7/photo/7587486954078391566
What are y’all getting for this Christmas 🥲🎋 Flowkirkenually I’m getting a snare drum ✌️ #christmas #fyp #elfontheshelf
January 9, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word flowkirkenually
low key + genuinely + Charlie Kirk + flow state
January 9, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word lowkirkenually
https://imgflip.com/i/agsfll
low key + Kirk + genuinely
also flowkirkenually to add flow state
January 9, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word type shit
2024 July 12 https://www.reddit.com/r/NoJumper/comments/1e1qjvw/fuckin_fresh_friday_yall_typeshittype_shit/
January 9, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word Temu
https://www.reddit.com/r/snarkingonselena/comments/1k3px32/temu_version/
January 9, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word type shit
Future Metro Boomin - Type Shit (song from Mar 2024)
I don't hang with rats, that's some new type shit
Get a nigga whacked on the news type shit
Sippin' drank and Actavis on some Screw type shit
Just a sad ho runnin' through the crew type shit
I got a bad bitch at home, voodoo type shit
Take down Megan Stallions by the group type shit
etc.
January 9, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word fatigue-duty
This is what I call my job.
January 8, 2026
ruzuzu commented on the word tomato hornworm
Cf. tomato-worm.
January 8, 2026
ruzuzu commented on the word tomato-worm
Am I right to assume this is the same as Manduca quinquemaculata? (Which I think of as a tomato hornworm.)
January 8, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word caesarean
Pertaining to a delicious salad dressing.
January 8, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word clog dancing
Can you use clog dancing to unclog something?
January 7, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word cross-party
Ain't no party like a cross-party.
January 7, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word microcontact
For very small eyes.
January 7, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word Hoffman
Definitely Hoffman.
January 7, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word gas-producer
Me, when I eat all the deviled eggs.
January 7, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word boldly
This is the manner in which to go where no one has gone before.
January 7, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word be mother
Norman Bates liked this.
January 7, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word protagonist
Another media literate meta awareness term, also in contrast to NPCs, protagonists have to be declared by someone other than the person themselves. It's a community recognition/diagnosis. Maybe similar to main character energy
https://youtu.be/ZHAeHVcDirc?si=agxZN8PQui8BD_z8 "damien haas being the protagonist that he is" (clips of a comic actor on the Smosh YouTube channel)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EaL6MPWcm1s Brennan Lee Mulligan talking about how it's good to be in New York City to know you're not always the main character.
The Seattle Mariners being called the protagonists of baseball.
January 7, 2026
tankhughes commented on the list 2026-woty-research-Xj3tBVS59GCPod3sCnr_Y
"my ex eyecontactship just walked in the gym" https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1q615se/eyecontactship/ meaning someone who they used to be conversationless environmental acquaintances, but now they're not even that.
January 7, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word Onceler
pronounced "WON-suh-LUR", the antagonist of the Lorax who was transformed into a twink in the CGI remake of the story. Due to there being no other characters to shop the Onceler with, the Onceler was famously shipped with AU (alternate universe) versions of himself in fanfiction online, specifically on Tumblr
Explanation of Onceler universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us5Y_Kba7To
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1q5tt2u/cursed_bible_moment/
New sentence: "Does a single vivziepop character leave the onceler BMI bracket or are they all build sic like garden shed tools"
(Vivziepop is the nickname of the animator/creator of Hazbin Hotel.)
January 7, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word onceler
pronounced "WON-suh-LUR", the antagonist of the Lorax who was transformed into a twink in the CGI remake of the story. Due to there being no other characters to shop the Onceler with, the Onceler was famously shipped with AU (alternate universe) versions of himself in fanfiction online, specifically on Tumblr
Explanation of Onceler universe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us5Y_Kba7To
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1q5tt2u/cursed_bible_moment/
New sentence: "Does a single vivziepop character leave the onceler BMI bracket or are they all build sic like garden shed tools"
(Vivziepop is the nickname of the animator/creator of Hazbin Hotel.)
January 7, 2026
ruzuzu commented on the word giant hawkfish
Also see rivulation.
January 6, 2026
ruzuzu commented on the word rivulation
Cirrhites rivulatus is also known as the giant hawkfish.
January 6, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word butter-color
It's like butter.
January 6, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word fourbery
Better than threeberry.
January 6, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word angel-food
Don't forget to feed your angels!
January 6, 2026
test_rp commented on the user test_rp
test comment 1234
January 6, 2026
rmw123 commented on the user rmw123
hey!
January 5, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word goonie
Never say die.
January 5, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word supergene
A Supergene is the only thing that can defeat a Mean Gene.
January 5, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word mainpin
Surprisingly, not related to bowling.
January 5, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word steampunk
On YouTube you can find streampunk.
January 5, 2026
peekaboo78 commented on the word synonymicon
Are you going to Synonymicon this year?
January 5, 2026
octe commented on the word zenocentric
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/zenocentric
zeno- + -centric
Having Jupiter at the center.
January 5, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word Microslop
Insult name for Microsoft
Microsoft CEO wants you to stop saying slop (too bad, slopguy) https://bsky.app/profile/katelynburns.com/post/3mbibdt7kks2p
Shirt made in response to that Microsoft CEO post:
Shirt says Microslop https://bsky.app/profile/willsmith.fun/post/3mbn72yvems2k
January 5, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word Wattpad virgin
"I am a Wattpad virgin, if you all pick up what I’m putting down" Wattpad is a fanfiction site like AO3, meaning she's only read about sexual encounters. https://www.reddit.com/r/AutisticWithADHD/comments/1q45g0u/how_do_i_inform_my_boyfriend_im_dumb/
January 5, 2026
tankhughes commented on the word we're in charge
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/04/us/politics/rubio-military-quarantine-venezuela-oil.html
Re: The illegal bombing and capture of Venezuela's leader. Trump on Air Force One said don't ask me who's in charge because the answer will be controversial... "it means we're in charge."
January 5, 2026
solitude_stands commented on the word cavalla
"Embarking on a voyage to avenge his father's death, Rata faces a series of oceanic dangers, each of which—in an interesting detail—he at first mistakes for land: a giant school of fish that threatens to swamp his canoe; a swordfish that tries to pierce the hull; a powerful, predatory giant cavalla; a monstrous clam that tries to suck the canoe in through its terrible valves."
Sea People by Christina Thompson, p 163
January 4, 2026