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ashokghanwat12 commented on the user ashokghanwat12
hello
December 5, 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
kazinho_oficial commented on the user kazinho_oficial
Just a programmer looking for an api.
December 5, 2024
alexz commented on the word barndominium
blend of Barn and Condominium. An industrial barn with living quarters sectioned off.
spotted in a youtube video.
a quick search shows others use this term.
December 4, 2024
alexz commented on the word shedominium
spotted as an storage shed with space for living.
spotted online when looking up examples for barndominium
December 4, 2024
bilby commented on the word frith
Indeed, from the same root as fir.
December 4, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word not-viously
Not-viously a portmanteau of not and obviously.
December 3, 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 55 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
robertsebastian commented on the word weariness
"It (Art) is dying because it has preserved its conventions and created a growing weariness toward them, out of indifference to what I suspect has become the fine arts' most important, though mostly unconscious, subject matter: the ritual escape from Culture." - Education of the Un-Artist, Part 1 by Allan Kaprow
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
leonid02 commented on the user leonid02
Privet
December 3, 2024
bilby commented on the word flask
Compare fiasco.
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
bilby commented on the list dunny-xFqbAwr3PnzrBERWYhOkN
dunny brush
December 2, 2024
bilby commented on the word tide
TCD writer having a moment there.
December 2, 2024
miraculously commented on the user miraculously
One day going togathe life longe feel give
November 30, 2024
alexz commented on the word Santacopter
spotted in the news - :Santacopter brings Jolly Old St. Nick
November 30, 2024
junaidb commented on the word mesenchyme
Wow
November 29, 2024
junaidb commented on the user elizacole
quite prolific.
November 29, 2024
junaidb commented on the word heteroscopy
Nice word.
November 29, 2024
bilby commented on the list specific-excrement
One could possibly make a case for stercory as Papal excrement given the use of the term seems pretty much limited to this: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/19552/were-the-medieval-popes-examined-on-a-toilet-lid-like-chair-to-establish-their-m
November 29, 2024
bilby commented on the user geeta
Easy, it's Cockney rhyming slang for the letter F.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockney_Alphabet
November 29, 2024
jitesh222 commented on the user geeta
Can you please help me to explain effervescent ?
November 28, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word cropper
"E. J. Sullivan, for instance, is a master both of illustration and decoration, with a curiously flexible technique, accomplished and fascinating in much the same way as the dangerous feats of an acrobat who keeps us wondering if he will avoid a cropper, and comes up smiling every time . . . ."
--The Art of Pen Drawing: A manual for students, illustrators, and commercial artists by G. Montague Ellwood
November 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word R-coloured vowel
A.k.a. known as rhotic vowel. Very 'merican!
November 28, 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
bilby commented on the word raw-dog
Words are not popularized in Australia, they are popularised :-/
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 popularized in Australia as well.
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
bilby commented on the word crash truck
If that sounds fortunate it's a brash luck crash truck truck crash cash stash smash.
November 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word crash truck
If the collision broke open a safe containing money it would be a crash truck truck crash cash stash smash.
November 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word crash truck
If one of these was in a collision it would be a crash truck truck crush.
November 25, 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
biafraland commented on the word BIGHT OF BIAFRA
Context : Biafraland , Biafra , Biafra Land , Biafra Territory , Bight of Biafra , Africa , Bight of Biafra , West Africa , Central Africa.
Definition of Biafraland : Biafraland is an Ancient , Sovereign , Multicultural , Transterritorial African Region - spanning (both) West Africa and Central Africa , mainly along the contour of the Bight of Biafra, which is an arm of the Gulf of Guinea , essentially stretching from the Niger River Delta in Nigeria , Through Douala in Cameroon , and all of the Way to Gabon via Equatorial Guinea (in addition to many other African Places).
Biafraland is far much bigger in size , in history , in culture (and in scope) than the (much smaller) Seccessionist Biafra Republic , (of General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu) , which only came into prominence during the period of the (1967 to 1970) Nigerian Civil War.
The Term "Biafraland" was originally coined by a Black European (Medical) Doctor of Biafran Heritage , Joseph Chikelue Obi , in December 1991 - after he personally felt that the previous aforementioned names ( "Bight of Biafra" and "Biafra" ) did not really do enough Justice to the Multicultural Nature of Region.
The Official Flag of Biafraland was also originally designed by Dr Joseph Chikelue Obi , in December 1991 - and , to date , is still the only Biafran Flag which tacitly recognizes the fact that Biafraland and the Federal Republic of Nigeria should "Closely Cooperate" with each other.
Out of almost 1000 (One Thousand) Tribal Dialects : 13 (Thirteen) of the Major Official Languages of Biafraland include Igbo , Izon , Efik , Ibibio , Fang , Fula, Pidgin , Camfranglais , Pichinglis , English , French, Spanish and Portuguese (among lots and lots of others).
Professor Doctor Joseph Chikelue Obi currently serves as the State Counsellor of Biafraland.
ADDITIONAL (PUBLIC) INFORMATION ABOUT THE OFFICIAL STATE FLAG OF BIAFRALAND :
The Official State Flag of Biafraland is (PEACEFULLY) BASED on the Pan-African (Tricolour) Format of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League.
Apart from the MODIFIED TRICOLOUR CORE of Red, Black, and Green - There is also a Golden Yellow Rising Sun , a Solid Golden Yellow Bar , some Distinct Land Masses , plus a (Nigeria-Related) Peripheral (TRI-STRIPE) Border of Green , White and Green.
The name BIAFRALAND is conspicuously written on it - along with 3 Main Guiding Principles of PEACE , JUSTICE , PROGRESS.
Here are the Relevant (and Intended) Meanings of Each of the Various Colours (and Symbols) - in relation to The Official State Flag of Biafraland:
RED : Red is the Colour of the INTERNAL BLOOD which Flows through the Veins of Black Africans - As Per the Pan-African Tricolour Format of Marcus Garvey.
BLACK : Black is the Colour of the EXTERNAL DEMOGRAPHY which has Historically been used to Describe Black Africans - As Per the Pan-African Tricolour Format of Marcus Garvey.
GREEN : Green is the Colour of the FUTURE PROSPERITY which Black Africans are Still Working (Very) Hard to Achieve - As Per the Pan-African Tricolour Format of Marcus Garvey.
WHITE : White is the Universal Colour of FUTURE PEACE, FUTURE FAIRNESS AND FUTURE JUSTICE which Black Africans are Still Working (Very) Hard to Achieve.
GOLDEN YELLOW : Golden Yellow is the Colour of the FUTURE GLORY which Black Africans are Still Working (Very) Hard to Achieve.
GOLDEN YELLOW RISING SUN : The Golden Yellow Rising Sun is a HISTORICAL ACKNOWLEDGENT of the fact that Ancient Biafrans (MANY THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO) were (AVID) "SUN-WORSHIPPERS".
SOLID GOLDEN YELLOW BAR : The Solid Golden Yellow Bar is an INDICATIVE ACKNOWLEDGENT of the fact that Biafraland still has quite a lot "HIDDEN TREASURES / NATURAL RESOURCES / GOLD BARS" - UNDERNEATH THE GROUND (Hence the ADDITIONAL Tiny Thin Black Strip OF EARTH between the Rising Golden Yellow Sun and the Solid Golden Yellow Bar).
Please be advised that Any VIOLENT (OR MILITANT) Interpretations of the Official State Flag of Biafraland are NOT AUTHORIZED by the Person who originally designed the aforementioned Official State Flag of Biafraland (i.e Doctor Joseph Chikelue Obi , in December 1991).
Kindly also be furthermore advised that Any VIOLENT (OR MILITANT) Interpretations of the term "Biafraland" are NOT AUTHORIZED by the Person who originally coined the aforementioned term of "Biafraland" (i.e Doctor Joseph Chikelue Obi , in December 1991).
Professor Doctor Joseph Chikelue Obi currently serves as the State Counsellor of Biafraland.
November 25, 2024
biafraland commented on the word biafra
OFFICIAL STATE FLAG OF BIAFRALAND :
The Official State Flag of Biafraland is (PEACEFULLY) BASED on the Pan-African (Tricolour) Format of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League.
Apart from the MODIFIED TRICOLOUR CORE of Red, Black, and Green - There is also a Golden Yellow Rising Sun , a Solid Golden Yellow Bar , some Distinct Land Masses , plus a (Nigeria-Related) Peripheral (TRI-STRIPE) Border of Green , White and Green.
The name BIAFRALAND is conspicuously written on it - along with 3 Main Guiding Principles of PEACE , JUSTICE , PROGRESS.
Here are the Relevant (and Intended) Meanings of Each of the Various Colours (and Symbols) - in relation to The Official State Flag of Biafraland:
RED : Red is the Colour of the INTERNAL BLOOD which Flows through the Veins of Black Africans - As Per the Pan-African Tricolour Format of Marcus Garvey.
BLACK : Black is the Colour of the EXTERNAL DEMOGRAPHY which has Historically been used to Describe Black Africans - As Per the Pan-African Tricolour Format of Marcus Garvey.
GREEN : Green is the Colour of the FUTURE PROSPERITY which Black Africans are Still Working (Very) Hard to Achieve - As Per the Pan-African Tricolour Format of Marcus Garvey.
WHITE : White is the Universal Colour of FUTURE PEACE, FUTURE FAIRNESS AND FUTURE JUSTICE which Black Africans are Still Working (Very) Hard to Achieve.
GOLDEN YELLOW : Golden Yellow is the Colour of the FUTURE GLORY which Black Africans are Still Working (Very) Hard to Achieve.
GOLDEN YELLOW RISING SUN : The Golden Yellow Rising Sun is a HISTORICAL ACKNOWLEDGENT of the fact that Ancient Biafrans (MANY THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO) were (AVID) "SUN-WORSHIPPERS".
SOLID GOLDEN YELLOW BAR : The Solid Golden Yellow Bar is an INDICATIVE ACKNOWLEDGENT of the fact that Biafraland still has quite a lot "HIDDEN TREASURES / NATURAL RESOURCES / GOLD BARS" - UNDERNEATH THE GROUND (Hence the ADDITIONAL Tiny Thin Black Strip OF EARTH between the Rising Golden Yellow Sun and the Solid Golden Yellow Bar).
Please be advised that Any VIOLENT (OR MILITANT) Interpretations of the Official State Flag of Biafraland are NOT AUTHORIZED by the Person who originally designed the aforementioned Official State Flag of Biafraland (i.e Doctor Joseph Chikelue Obi , in December 1991).
Kindly also be furthermore advised that Any VIOLENT (OR MILITANT) Interpretations of the term "Biafraland" are NOT AUTHORIZED by the Person who originally coined the aforementioned term of "Biafraland" (i.e Doctor Joseph Chikelue Obi , in December 1991).
Professor Doctor Joseph Chikelue Obi currently serves as the State Counsellor of Biafraland.
November 25, 2024
biafraland commented on the word biafraland
The Official State Flag of Biafraland is (PEACEFULLY) BASED on the Pan-African (Tricolour) Format of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League.
Apart from the MODIFIED TRICOLOUR CORE of Red, Black, and Green - There is also a Golden Yellow Rising Sun , a Solid Golden Yellow Bar , some Distinct Land Masses , plus a (Nigeria-Related) Peripheral (TRI-STRIPE) Border of Green , White and Green.
The name BIAFRALAND is conspicuously written on it - along with 3 Main Guiding Principles of PEACE , JUSTICE , PROGRESS.
Here are the Relevant (and Intended) Meanings of Each of the Various Colours (and Symbols) - in relation to The Official State Flag of Biafraland:
RED : Red is the Colour of the INTERNAL BLOOD which Flows through the Veins of Black Africans - As Per the Pan-African Tricolour Format of Marcus Garvey.
BLACK : Black is the Colour of the EXTERNAL DEMOGRAPHY which has Historically been used to Describe Black Africans - As Per the Pan-African Tricolour Format of Marcus Garvey.
GREEN : Green is the Colour of the FUTURE PROSPERITY which Black Africans are Still Working (Very) Hard to Achieve - As Per the Pan-African Tricolour Format of Marcus Garvey.
WHITE : White is the Universal Colour of FUTURE PEACE, FUTURE FAIRNESS AND FUTURE JUSTICE which Black Africans are Still Working (Very) Hard to Achieve.
GOLDEN YELLOW : Golden Yellow is the Colour of the FUTURE GLORY which Black Africans are Still Working (Very) Hard to Achieve.
GOLDEN YELLOW RISING SUN : The Golden Yellow Rising Sun is a HISTORICAL ACKNOWLEDGENT of the fact that Ancient Biafrans (MANY THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO) were (AVID) "SUN-WORSHIPPERS".
SOLID GOLDEN YELLOW BAR : The Solid Golden Yellow Bar is an INDICATIVE ACKNOWLEDGENT of the fact that Biafraland still has quite a lot "HIDDEN TREASURES / NATURAL RESOURCES / GOLD BARS" - UNDERNEATH THE GROUND (Hence the ADDITIONAL Tiny Thin Black Strip OF EARTH between the Rising Golden Yellow Sun and the Solid Golden Yellow Bar).
Please be advised that Any VIOLENT (OR MILITANT) Interpretations of the Official State Flag of Biafraland are NOT AUTHORIZED by the Person who originally designed the aforementioned Official State Flag of Biafraland (i.e Doctor Joseph Chikelue Obi , in December 1991).
Kindly also be furthermore advised that Any VIOLENT (OR MILITANT) Interpretations of the term "Biafraland" are NOT AUTHORIZED by the Person who originally coined the aforementioned term of "Biafraland" (i.e Doctor Joseph Chikelue Obi , in December 1991).
Professor Doctor Joseph Chikelue Obi currently serves as the State Counsellor of Biafraland.
November 25, 2024
mkm53 commented on the user mkm53
Cream
November 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word raw-dog
Great at picnics, and chasing the ball yourself will mean loads more exercise. Put some collie in the cooler! https://www.elwooddogmeat.com
November 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word raw-dog
Darn, I was thinking of shih tzu sashimi.
November 25, 2024
bilby commented on the user antgames
SPAM
November 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word play on the tightrope
Football (soccer) jargon: to play after having received a caution (yellow card), because another similar offence and a second yellow will equal a sending off (red card).
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
clintonluo commented on the user clintonluo
hello,wordnik
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
bilby commented on the list dark-PqC3tWJmNrt_ThomX8q2Z
darkle
November 22, 2024
gowtham05 commented on the user gowtham05
i lovE IT
November 22, 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
ruzuzu commented on the word curse
Also see kers.
November 21, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word cress
Also see kers.
November 21, 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
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word tipflation
Tipflation, a portmanteau of tip and inflation.
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
mrchanmp commented on the user mrchanmp
word
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
bilby commented on the word Swiss Army
Often used in an adjectival sense of objects that serve multiple purposes, or purportedly 'do almost everything' necessary in a certain context.
November 20, 2024
sjboock commented on the word triend
Definition: three day weekend
November 20, 2024
sjboock commented on the word boeeing
Definition: reading a book that is boring, but you feel like you have to finish it
November 20, 2024
sjboock commented on the word snorgling
Definition: the feeling of getting water in your mouth
November 20, 2024
sjboock commented on the word barblying
Definition: the feeling of lying to your barber about your bad haircut
November 20, 2024
sjboock commented on the word glaist
Definition: stain glass window depicting Jesus Christ
November 20, 2024
sjboock commented on the word liggle
Definition: the sound you make at something mildly funny
November 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word besteal
*bilby bestole up behind vendingmachine, waiting for the moment to pounce*
November 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word jarlic
moaths.
November 20, 2024
wbj6082 commented on the user wbj6082
Is this a safe space and/or has my walking conversations been with friends or foes?
November 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word jarlic
Store it next to the jar of minced oaths.
November 19, 2024
joe04017 commented on the user joe04017
hello
November 19, 2024
scarequotes commented on the word shibumi
"For many older writers, minimalism becomes an increasingly vital part of their continued practice. There is a word for this in Japanese, shibumi, that denotes an aesthetic of austere simplicity and effortless perfection, of doing the most with the least."
https://www.vulture.com/article/haruki-murakami-the-city-and-its-uncertain-walls-is-fan-fiction-book-review.html
November 19, 2024
alexz commented on the word jarlic
Is it pronounced with a soft G or a hard J?
November 19, 2024
alexz commented on the word dragged
Dragged has a meaning on Social media...
Example "RFK Jr. Dragged Over Cringey Photo Of Him Eating McDonald's With Musk, Trump And Don Jr."
November 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word jarlic
I kind of like this. Similar to hanitiser, it's the kind of portmanteaucorn I can imagine someone blurting out accidentally or perhaps a young child inventing.
November 19, 2024
scarequotes commented on the word jarlic
Minced garlic that comes in a jar.
https://www.eater.com/23329280/jarred-minced-garlic-is-fine-recommendation
November 18, 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