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on sky island, sumit said:
“Sky islands are mountains in ranges isolated by valleys in which other ecosystems are located....” more...
on kill screen, sumit said:
“A kill screen is a stage or level in a video game (often an arcade game) that stops the...” more...
on neutron loan, sumit said:
The financial equivalent of a neutron bomb
“A loan whose outcome is a situation where the people have been removed, leaving buildings empty. For example, buy-to-let mortgages can easily be...” more...
on comash, sumit said:
“The novelist Will...” more...
on left-click discount, sumit said:
“Downloading something for free, presumably by analogy with five-finger discount, although right-click discount would probably be more...” more...
on sand-dancer, sumit said:
“Term used by fairground folk to describe members of their community who've settled by the sea. Lots more fairground terminology <a...” more...
on skull offal, sumit said:
“What the ancient Egyptians used to...” more...
on night-time spinach, sumit said:
“The term given to the meat of wild...” more...
on terroiriste, sumit said:
“Few things agitate French winemakers more than other winemakers'...” more...
on opisthotonos, sumit said:
“aka the dead dinosaur pose.” more...
on skintle, sumit said:
“To win at Jenga. New Scientist, for the record, describes skintling as "angling all...” more...
on zacatuche, sumit said:
“The Mexican volcano rabbit, aka teporingo” more...
on teporingo, sumit said:
“The Mexican volcano rabbit, aka zacatuche” more...
on macroscian, sumit said:
“or one who lives in polar regions. Apparently” more...
on camelcase, sumit said:
“New Scientist has an article on CamelCase...” more...
on orbitz, sumit said:
“Hey, I loved that drink! It was horrible, but it was the drink of the future.” more...
on facipulator, sumit said:
“@seanahan: an ugly word for an ugly occupation.” more...
on facipulator, sumit said:
“A "facilitator" who actually manipulates the participants in a conversation or meeting towards particular conclusions or outcomes. For example,...” more...
on tombstoning, sumit said:
“The "u" is long. Shoomit!” more...
on tombstoning, sumit said:
“Ah, the confusion between summit and Sumit (which is my real name as well as my username) has plagued me all my life. Despite the number of words...” more...
on vegansexual, sumit said:
People who won't have sex with carnivores
“Vegansexuals are people who do not eat any meat or animal...” more...
on tombstoning, sumit said:
Jumping into the sea, basically.
“Among other things, "an extreme sport involving diving off a fixed point such as sea harbour...” more...
on saviour babies, sumit said:
A child that can save its siblings
“By donating, say, bone marrow or blood. The use of genetic testing and aids to fertility to maximise the chance of a saviour baby being born is...” more...
on centitechnology, sumit said:
The technology of everyday objects
“New Scientist, 14...” more...
on hagiothecium, sumit said:
“Goodness! I had no idea that just adding this would set off such a chain of events. Kind of exciting to be contributing to the sum of human...” more...
on agape table, sumit said:
A table at which mourners would eat during a funeral ceremony
“There are examples carved out of stone in the Roman catacombs of Malta. Agape is a Latin word which is sometimes translated as meaning "the love of...” more...
on hagiothecium, sumit said:
A portable collection of saints
“I saw a hagiothecium in the Cathedral Museum of Mdina on Malta: a small travelling case containing perhaps forty small plaques carved with...” more...
on arribada, sumit said:
From the Spanish for "arrival by sea"
“Used to describe the mass nesting behaviour of Ridley sea turtles, which come ashore...” more...
on cybrid, sumit said:
"A hybrid cell which combines the nuclear genome from one source with the mitochondrial genome from...
“In other words, a human-animal hybrid. (Or, in the novels of Dan Simmons, an artificial intelligence in a human body.)” more...
on sistereis, sumit said:
A ship's final, doomed journey before it sinks
“The opposite of a maiden voyage” more...
on boulder, sumit said:
“A lump of rock must be bigger than 256 millimetres (just over ten inches) to be a boulder, according to geologists' <a...” more...
on cobble, sumit said:
A cobble
“is defined by the Udden-Wentworth scale as being between 64 and 256 millimetres in...” more...
on gravel, sumit said:
“Is defined by the Udden-Wentworth scale as having a particle size of 2 to 64...” more...
on sand, sumit said:
“Is defined by the Udden-Wentworth scale as being composed of grains that are between...” more...
on silt, sumit said:
“Is defined by the Udden-Wentworth scale as having a particle size of 3.90625–62.5...” more...
on clay, sumit said:
“Is defined by the Udden-Wentworth scale as having a particle size of less than...” more...
on colloid, sumit said:
“Is defined by the Udden-Wentworth scale as a suspension comprised of particles whose...” more...
on mindsight, sumit said:
“1) The term given by some <a...” more...
on croneen, sumit said:
“A famous migratory Irish trout.” more...
on sonaghen, sumit said:
“A kind of trout only found in Ireland's Lough Melvin.” more...
on gillaroo, sumit said:
“A snail-eating Irish trout whose name derives from the deep red spots on its sides (Giolla Rua is the Irish for "red fellow"). It is...” more...
on ferox, sumit said:
ferox by name, ferox by nature
“Ireland's largest, fiercest and most famous species of trout.” more...
on zombie effect, sumit said:
“You're welcome!” more...
on zombie effect, sumit said:
“In palaeontology, geological phenomena that move fossil remains between strata, creating the impression that their owners were still alive long after...” more...
on jimmy hoffa taxon, sumit said:
An organism that has yet to be discovered, but must exist
“One of our dinosaurs is missing.” more...
on lazarus taxon, sumit said:
An organism that is thought to have become extinct, but is then found to still be very much alive.
“The coelacanth being the canonical example.” more...
on elvis taxon, sumit said:
An organism that closely resembles one that is thought to have become extinct.
“Specimens are often confused with those from a Lazarus taxon.” more...
on polie, sumit said:
“One who works at the South Pole. A polie may also be a winterover (hardcore!).” more...
on winterover, sumit said:
“One who spends (or will spend) the winter in Antarctica.” more...
on stilyagi, sumit said:
“Soviet-era coolhunters” more...
on roentgenizdat, sumit said:
An "X-Ray press"
“In Soviet times, bootleggers on the Russian side of the Iron Curtain found...” more...
on picobiliphyte, sumit said:
A type of microalgae
“recently discovered in the Arctic Ocean. The "pico" refers to...” more...
on jollihed, sumit said:
Edmund Spenser, author of The Faerie Queene
“apparently had a rather lackadaisical approach to vocabulary and spelling. (Not unusually for the time, I don't think?) Jollihed was one of his...” more...
on penman, sumit said:
a small human figure
“included in a manuscript to illustrate a point being made in the text. As used copiously in the notebooks of <a...” more...
on shalagrama, sumit said:
A fossil ammonite
“revered by some Hindus as an icon of Vishnu. You can see one here.” more...
on vadding, sumit said:
Exploring rooftops and tunnels
“in urbex style. According to Wikipedia, vadding was originally MIT slang for "playing the...” more...
on gib, sumit said:
A castrated cat.
“Or ferret.” more...
on barrow, sumit said:
A castrated pig.
“Among other things.” more...
on wether, sumit said:
“A castrated sheep.” more...
on dinmont, sumit said:
“A castrated sheep or pig. Though I first heard this word as part of the "dandie dinmont" breed of terrier, which raises some interesting comparisons.” more...
on havier, sumit said:
“A castrated deer.” more...
on lapin, sumit said:
“A castrated rabbit.” more...
on fanwank, sumit said:
“verb: To posit a contrived explanation, often involving special pleading, to redeem blatantly illogical or nonsensical plotting or characterization....” more...
on serpopard, sumit said:
A fabulous beast
“The serpopard, a cross between a serpent and leopard, features the body of the latter and a...” more...
on hostage-bride, sumit said:
how disturbing is it that this neologism seems instantly meaningful?
“The story of Tom and his hostage-bride Katie Holmes has played out all...” more...
on the list Word Guidelines for Wordie, sumit said:
“Could we have feeds for comments? I'm thinking it'd be nice to be able to track both comments on individual words and comments by individual users....” more...
on drama pawn, sumit said:
cf drama queen
“As coined by Dan Curtis Johnson after watching <a...” more...
on shanger, sumit said:
That nasty place between shame and anger
“according to this extremely not-safe-for-work story.” more...
on hacksilver, sumit said:
DIY currency
“In places or times where coins were not issued by a mint or their value was not guaranteed by a bank (such as Viking Scandinavia, where there was no...” more...
on skycandy, sumit said:
The giveaway is that it rhymes with eyecandy
“As explained in cinematic masterpiece Snakes on a Plane, skycandy is a term for...” more...
on chantepleure, sumit said:
“What a beautiful concept and word, and one that I'll find use for more often than I'd prefer.” more...
on beausage, sumit said:
The three-dimensional analogue of "patina"
“A synthesis of "beauty" and "usage", this was apparently coined by <a...” more...
on taswegian, sumit said:
An inhabitant of Tasmania
“Delighted to discover that this is an acceptable (if not necessarily the generally accepted) term for a resident of Tasmania. I can only think of two...” more...
on hemiversary, sumit said:
Six months down, six months to go
“A coinage for the day six months after a memorable date: in other words, half way to the first anniversary. Increasingly celebrated in its own...” more...
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