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kalayzich commented on the list collins-dictionary-new-words-2023-FayWxH5OwCBD5n41R9fF8
thuggo and thuggos not in dictionary but is in online dictionary
April 27, 2024
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April 27, 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
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word gunbrella
Gunbrella, a portmanteau of gun and umbrella.
April 26, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word pizzadilla
Pizzadilla, a portmanteau of pizza and quesadilla.
April 26, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word pizzarito
Pizzarito, a portmanteau of pizza and burrito.
April 26, 2024
kauanff21 commented on the user kauanff21
Bonito
April 26, 2024
kauanff21 commented on the user kauanff21
Lindo demais
April 26, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word anyweird
Anyweird, a portmanteau of anyway and weird.
April 25, 2024
zenseiderz commented on the list cosmic-horrors
You nailed so many of them!
April 25, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word toadpole
Toadpole, a portmanteau of toad and tadpole.
April 25, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word matchelor
Matchelor, a portmanteau of match and bachelor.
April 25, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the list victorian-cemetery-symbolism-OoVLgWk7jSgkkQv6YXng6
Birds in Flight: graves of children, eternal life.
Dove: holy spirit, purity, devotion, divine spirit. When shown with an olive sprig it means hope or promise.
Dog: loyalty.
Lamb: child’s grave, purity and innocence.
Lion: courage, resurrection.
Arms Outstretched: the plea for mercy.
Hands: symbol of leaving.
Hands, clasped: marriage, close bond between individuals, farewell or last good-bye. The person who died first holds the other’s hand.
Hands, holding an open book: the embodiment of Faith.
Hands, joined hearts: marriage.
Hand, pointing downward: mortality or sudden death.
Hand, pointing upward: confirmation of life after death, heavenly reward.
Hands, praying: connote devotion, asking God for eternal life.
Latin Cross: eternity or never-ending existence.
Cross: eternity or never-ending existence.
Angels: guardians of the dead, symbolizing spirituality.
Flying Angel: rebirth.
Weeping Angel: grief, mourning an untimely death.
Bible: religious lay person or a cleric.
Book: faith, knowledge (commonly a double page spread).
Cherubs: graves of children.
Column, broken: early grief, end of life, sorrow, life cut short too soon. Usually represents the loss of the family head.
Columns, with archway: heavenly entrance.
Drapery, over anything: sorrow, mourning.
Obelisk: marks a family plot.
Scroll: symbol of life and time, life that is unfolding, past and future hidden, honor and commemoration.
Stones, shaped like tree stumps: woodman of the world.
Sun Setting: death.
Sun Shining/Rising: renewed life.
Urn: mourning.
Urn, draped: death, often of an older person.
Calla Lily: symbolizes marriage.
Daffodil: death of youth, desire, deep regard.
Dogwood: Christianity, triumph of eternal life.
Fern: sincerity, sorrow.
Flower: frailty of life.
Ivy: memory, immortality, friendship, fidelity, faithfulness, undying affection, eternal life.
Grapes: represent Christ.
Grapes and Leaves: Christian faith.
Holly: foresight.
Laurel Leaves: special achievement, distinction, success, triumph.
Lily: majesty, innocence, purity and resurrection.
Oak Tree: hospitality, stability, strength, honor, eternity, endurance, liberty.
Rose: love, beauty, hope, unfailing love. Whether a rose is a bud, flower or somewhere in between indicates how old the person was at time of death.
Tree: tree of life.
Tree, severed branch: mortality.
Vine: the sacraments, God’s blood, God.
Weeping Willow: nature’s lament, a symbol of sorrow and mourning.
Wheat: resurrection, bread and wine, fertility.
Wheat, sheaves: the aged.
April 25, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word cemetery rules
It shall be unlawful to operate a motor vehicle within the cemetery at a speed in excess of fifteen (15) miles per hour; all vehicles shall be restricted to the cemetery roads and shall drive and park on the right side. No undue noise shall be permitted by vehicles traveling through the cemetery and only licensed drivers may operate vehicles within the cemetery grounds.
No drinking, picnicking or participation in any sporting event of game activities shall be permitted within the grounds.
All persons are reminded that the grounds are sacredly devoted to the burial of the dead and that the provisions and penalties of the law as provided by State Statute and City Code, shall be strictly enforced in all cases of wanton injury, disturbances or disregard of these rules.
April 25, 2024
vendingmachine commented on the word purchase of unused grave
Purchase of Unused Grave (by City) is $76.
--Found on cityofls.net website (Schedule of Fees)
April 25, 2024
edensgate commented on the user edensgate
why
April 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word postils
Didn't Jesus have 12 of these?
April 24, 2024
bilby commented on the word rooster tail
From a coroner's report into the death of three idiots:
"21. The three were seen by several people between 12 noon and 12.30pm coming into the beach at Boat Harbour. The boat was run up onto the beach. Photographs taken by a tourist show the boat leaving the Boat Harbour Beach at 12.42pm.
22. A witness described seeing the boat also leave the Boat Harbour region with a “huge rooster tail”, that is to say a large volume of water being caused by the angle of the outboard engine. A rooster tail is ordinarily caused by an engine being poorly trimmed."
- Simon Cooper, 'Coroner's findings following the investigation into the death (Without Inquest) of Dixon, Isaiah Solomon; Thomas, Bree-Anna Mary Jennifer; Courto, Thomas James', 23 April 2024.
The full tale of woe is here: https://www.magistratescourt.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/757461/Dixon,-Thomas-and-Courto-SJC-WEB.pdf
April 23, 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
summerblooms commented on the user summerblooms
Parafear = a fear of a particular experience that happened to someone else.
Aprilain = the flowing of dandelline seeds trough the air in a group.
Lavender-Heart = a person who is nice, innocent, or a person who belives theres good in everything and only sees the pozitive aspects; can also be used to refer to light-hearted people.
Litrogenic = a person who only reads books of a certain genra.
Colseptic = fear of a certain color.
Stiffel = the sound that a cloth, usualy silk, when its brushed against anything.
April 22, 2024
kalayzich commented on the list collins-dictionary-new-words-2023-FayWxH5OwCBD5n41R9fF8
jamon iberico we have jamon as adj and serrano
April 22, 2024
aayush_gamer commented on the user aayush_gamer
hi
April 22, 2024
kalayzich commented on the list collins-dictionary-14th-phrasesabbreviations-etHRg5rzTEI7TiRQTDGUB
bilby
/ˈbɪlbi/ (say 'bilbee)
noun (plural bilbies)
either of the rabbit-eared bandicoots of the genus Macrotis, of the regions west of the Australian Great Dividing Range: 1. the greater bilby, Macrotis lagotis; dalgite.
2. Also, SA, pinkie. the lesser bilby, Macrotis leucura, now thought to be extinct; yallara.
Yuwaalaraay bilbi
© Pan Macmillan Australia 2024
April 21, 2024
kalayzich commented on the list collins-dictionary-new-words-2023-FayWxH5OwCBD5n41R9fF8
ack interjection used to express alarm or dismay
aro a person with no romatic feelings toward others- aros
avi an avatar in social media or online gaming-avis
baw Scot a ball or testicle- baws
fam short for family -fams
fav favorite- favs
owo interjection slang an expression of surprise used in text messaging and social media
uwu interjection slang an expression of admiration for something that is considered cute used especially in text messaging and social media
April 21, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word bibliographe
bibliographer
April 21, 2024
kalayzich commented on the list collins-dictionary-new-words-2023-FayWxH5OwCBD5n41R9fF8
ceratopsid has been removed- a dinosaur
April 21, 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
dogdoc commented on the word goatmilker
1611–1911
goat-milker, n.
The nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus; (a.k.a. goatsucker, n.)
April 20, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word fol's yellow
Fool's Gold paint color
April 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word freesia
Like many flowers it can serve as a girl's name, as with the famous Siberian stripper Freesia Bitzov.
April 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word concrete juice
See GNU definition on gutta-percha.
April 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word gutta-percha
See also pachonta.
April 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word eumitosis
Like, um, dividing the European Union between western and former eastern bloc countries?
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
dogdoc commented on the word dwarmy
faint, languid
April 19, 2024
bilby commented on the list animals
Hi. Lists are either open, or collaborative, or closed.
open - anyone can add to the list
collaborative - named users can add
closed - only the list creator can add
In the cased of closed, it's often the practice here that users make suggestions. Like:
How about xxxx, would that fit?
April 19, 2024
petaler commented on the list animals
Can I add more animals from here: https://www.wordsdetail.com/animals-that-start-with-a/
Or I need to create my own list?
April 19, 2024
zimpa commented on the list ★
More start symbols: https://www.madeintext.com/star-symbols/
April 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word undesexed
Wrong because of the double negative. Right because, well, her point was that the dishlicker was supposed to have been desexed according to racing 'industry' regulations, but hadn't been. And stylistically undesexed is surely preferable to the unwieldy alternative 'that had not been desexed'.
April 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word undesexed
An activist said this about an ex-racing greyhound today and it sounded right but also wrong. I'll see if I can find the transcript.
April 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word natte
FWIW I feel natte is nattier than nat.
April 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word cafe bird
Spotted on Twitter:
"You can report any bird species - we welcome reports of new behaviours, anywhere across Australia: Big City Birds app or website https://spotteron.com/bigcitybirds/info
Please report the cafe birds you see sneaking a free-feed at cafes, restaurants, etc 😉 @BigCityBirds1" - https://x.com/Wingtags/status/1780839872594583944
April 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word skibidi
Also very Ned Flanders.
April 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word amphibious turducken situation
Some day I may have to account for what I have done on this site over the years and I will plead the Fifth.
April 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word amphibious turducken situation
See hellbender.
April 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word hellbender
Alright then you long-eared louse factory.
dog in river = water dog
hellbender = water dog
alligator = hellbender = water dog.
QED.
April 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word hellbender
Show your workings.
April 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word hellbender
Now if there was an amphibious turducken situation where a dog paddling in the river was eaten by a hellbender, which was eaten in turn by an alligator, would not that parse as:
'Water dog eaten by water dog eaten by water dog'?
April 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word hellbender
"...Also called alligator, and water dog."
April 18, 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
kalayzich commented on the list collins-dictionary-new-words-2023-FayWxH5OwCBD5n41R9fF8
ack
aro
avi
baw
fam
fav
owo
uwu
April 17, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word pollarding
To cut back the upper trunk and branches of (a tree); to make a pollard of. Also figurative.
April 17, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word yardarms
Either of the two ends of a yard; esp. that part of either end which is outside the sheave-hole. Often used for the yard as a whole.
April 17, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word tuna tower
A tuna tower is a part of a boat. On modern sportfishing vessels, it acts similarly to a crow's nest on old sailing ships.
April 17, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word trade winds
a wind blowing steadily towards the equator from the northeast in the northern hemisphere or the southeast in the southern hemisphere, especially at sea. Two belts of trade winds encircle the earth, blowing from the tropical high-pressure belts to the low-pressure zone at the equator.
April 17, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word storm sails
a sail used in stormy weather, of smaller size and stronger material than the corresponding one used in ordinary weather.
April 17, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word scuppers
Nautical. Chiefly plural. An opening in a ship's side on a level with the deck to allow water to run away.
View entry
April 17, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word head seas
A sea in which forward progress is hindered by waves or currents coming from directly in front.
View entry
April 17, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word finger pier
finger pier, n.
(a) A short, narrow pier projecting into the sea and used as a docking place for vessels; (b) a long, covered walkway projecting from an airport…
April 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word infringe
The Australian Border Force, the immigration blackshirts who need apparently need a pseudo-military name, have transitived this verb as meaning 'to impose a penalty'.
I do not like it.
"ABF Superintendent Vesna Gavranich said large amounts of currency crossing the border both inbound and outbound can be a sign of criminal activity.
“We are aware of organised crime groups attempting to depart Australia with undeclared excess cash in support of well-established money laundering networks," said Superintendent Gavranich.
“The ABF is committed to removing funds from the pockets of organised crime groups, and restricting their ability to cause harm to our communities."
“If you need to move significant amounts of cash across our border, to avoid heavy penalties you must simply declare it."
ABF infringed the man $3,756, which he paid before boarding his flight."
- https://www.abf.gov.au/newsroom-subsite/Pages/Passenger-fined-over-undeclared-currency.aspx
April 17, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word phalacrocoracine
cormorants
April 16, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word orygine
Resembling an antelope of the genus Oryx
April 16, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word noctilionine
related to bats
April 16, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word myrmecine
Of or belonging to the subfamily Myrmicinae of stinging ants. Also more generally: of or relating to ants; = formic, adj.
April 16, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word laridine
laridine, adj.
Having the characters of the gull family.
April 16, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word lampyridine
1895–
lampyrid, n.
An insect belonging to the Lampyridæ, a family of Coleoptera which includes the glow-worms and fire-flies.
April 16, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word hippocampine
seahorses
April 16, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word gruine
cranes
April 16, 2024
dogdoc commented on the word dacelonine
Kingfishers
April 16, 2024
shelikeswords commented on the list gramograms-words-that-sound-like-letters
And one from my childhood - oil - especially when said fast :-)
April 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word nang
Prompted to post this after I rode over one on my bike today, close to the city centre of Hobart. And my first thought was what a brutal little word is nang.
April 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word nozzie
See nang.
April 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word nang
"A dangerous gas and its canisters, designed for whipping cream and linked to two deaths and hundreds of hospitalisations, is being offered for delivery across Queensland.
Nangs — also known as nozzies, bulbs, and whippets — are small bulbs that contain nitrous oxide. The gas in the small canisters is often misused as a recreational drug. People ingest the dangerous product for a 20-30 second high in which the user may feel euphoric and relaxed."
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-27/business-offers-to-deliver-dangerous-nitrous-oxide/100718828
April 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word steam-crack
Okay then. I feared this was the ye old railway equivalent of plumber's crack.
April 16, 2024
alexz commented on the word moo-woo
Thank you for the Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu flashback
April 16, 2024
alexz commented on the word oroblanco
so... Gold and White, or Black and Blue?
#theDress
April 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word quaigh
A variant is quaich.
April 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word quaigh
Pronouned quaff or queff methinks.
April 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word colporrhagia
Ok, who favourited this?
April 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word lectica
Maybe we can revive this for inflatable furniture.
April 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word oroblanco
Aaand don't forget that all colours are more vivid than just colors :-/
April 16, 2024
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word funaway
Funaway, a portmanteau of fun and runaway.
April 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word oroblanco
I mean if you said, 'She was wearing a raspberry mini-skirt', the listener's assumption would probably be that you meant raspberry-coloured. As opposed to raspberry-scented, made of raspberries, etc. I guess 'featuring a raspberry pattern' would also compute. Context matters. If it was 'She was wearing a raspberry mini-skirt that complemented her cream blouse' there's even less doubt that the fruit is the colour.
April 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word oroblanco
Arguably lots: lime, tangerine, etc.
Though I asked an AI bot and it said starfruit, wth?
April 16, 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
bilby commented on the word moo-woo
"These sequences look to me like moo-woo: the oft-repeated and oft-debunked story that cows can protect the atmosphere. It’s as if environmentalists had made a film about artisanal coal mining, told heroic stories about the workers, and allowed their viewers to believe that coal mined this way is good for the planet." - George Monbiot, 'There’s no such thing as a benign beef farm – so beware the ‘eco-friendly’ new film straight out of a storybook', 15 April 2024. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/15/beef-farm-eco-friendly-film-documentary-livestock
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
bilby commented on the word tank slapper
I was thinking this might have a military meaning.
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
srinivas1234 commented on the user srinivas1234
awesome feeling
April 13, 2024