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• bilby commented on the word tawdry

  Also tawdrum though it appears to be something a plurale tantum so see tawdrums.

  March 30, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word dust

  "this party is straight dust" https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1jmyqtb/theres_always_one_in_every_group/

  March 30, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word -ussy

  https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1jmfnvd/when_the_outlussy_so_ran_through_you_gotta_put/

  When the outlussy so ran through you gotta put the chair in a Juno position to charge ur MacBook

  March 30, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word Trumpression

  Trumpression, a portmanteau of Trump and depression.

  March 30, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word Trumpcession

  Trumpcession, a portmanteau of Trump and recession.

  March 30, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word Trumpflation

  Trumpflation, a portmanteau of Trump and inflation.

  March 30, 2025

• janetz1988 commented on the word Cryptanthus bivittatus

  Description

  Earth star is a tropical, terrestrial, evergreen herbaceous perennial in the pineapple family (Bromeliaceae). It is native to Brazil but is now cultivated as a houseplant or conservatory plant throughout the world. In warmer climates, it can be grown outside in borders. The genus name means "hidden flower," and the species epithet means “twice striped.”

  March 29, 2025

• bilby commented on the word anadrom

  Hmmm, like an enitselap.

  March 29, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word SNOT piece

  a SNOT piece in LEGO means it has "studs not on top"

  https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j7HZ_Xsa3Wo

  March 29, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word people of crime

  criminal -> people of crime https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3llhct2frwl2j

  March 28, 2025

• ry commented on the user ssbn

  Extensive etymology here: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/three_sheets_to_the_wind

  sheets does not refer to sails in this case, it means ropes or guy lines

  March 28, 2025

• bilby commented on the word rhipipterous

  Hooray!

  March 28, 2025

• bilby commented on the word subempire

  Is it fake and can we be half-awake in it?

  March 28, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word Luigi

  Where Luigi has been shadowbanned "green plumber" works as a euphemism. https://www.reddit.com/r/evilautism/comments/1jjjlu5/you_make_not_like_it_but_this_is_what_peak/

  March 27, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word DEI

  calling Pete Hegseth a DUI hire: https://www.reddit.com/r/NonPoliticalTwitter/comments/1jkkx6g/skibidiah/

  March 27, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word skibidi

  joke: a gen z amish kid named skibidiah https://www.reddit.com/r/NonPoliticalTwitter/comments/1jkkx6g/skibidiah/

  March 27, 2025

• janetz1988 commented on the word torsion couple

  A torsion couple, also known as a torque couple, is a pair of equal and opposite forces separated by a finite distance, producing a rotational force around an axis. It is a special case of moments and does not produce any translation, only rotation. To explain this to someone who does not like math, you can use an example of two hands turning a steering wheel. The two hands grip the wheel, with each hand applying a force of equal magnitude but opposite direction. This causes the wheel to rotate. If both hands applied a force in the same direction, the wheel would not rotate and the sum of the moments created by each force would be zero.

  https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-torsion-couple-in-physics-What-is-the-definition-of-a-torsion-couple-How-would-you-explain-this-to-someone-who-doesnt-like-math-much

  https://www.quora.com/profile/Vivian-John-Miss

  March 26, 2025

• bilby commented on the word hilarious

  Same root as exhilarate.

  March 26, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word outie

  In the TV show Severance, there are splits in a person's identity - the innie who does nothing but work, and the outie who lives a life that benefits from the work that the innie does.

  March 25, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word innie

  In the TV show Severance, there are splits in a person's identity - the innie who does nothing but work, and the outie who lives a life that benefits from the work that the innie does.

  March 25, 2025

• bilby commented on the word filitelæ

  Oh fine, I was worried about a tribe of stamp-collecting spiders.

  March 25, 2025

• bilby commented on the word dextroduction

  This could be a useful political term tbh.

  March 25, 2025

• bilby commented on the word dextroduction

  Antonym is sinistroduction?

  March 25, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74

  Muskolini: https://www.reddit.com/r/memes/comments/bcb1tg/fear_the_almighty_muskolini/

  March 25, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the list 2025-woty-research-y4sh9nurnUxr2gBi3jyQd

  "the work is mysterious and important" a quote from Severance (Apple TV show) which is gaining traction with the 3rd season coming out.

  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHlphpwp88H/

  March 25, 2025

• royo006 commented on the user royo006

  word

  March 24, 2025

• bilby commented on the word bruce

  https://youtu.be/bNBy1D1Y0h4?feature=shared

  March 24, 2025

• bilby commented on the word bruce

  Re Wiktionary definition, it's from a Monty Python sketch about Australia where everyone was called Bruce. Although kind of funny at the time it didn't 'take' and is not in use.

  March 24, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the list 2025-woty-research-y4sh9nurnUxr2gBi3jyQd

  "the hibitions will be hibitioning" https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHjo3PjBc4M/

  March 24, 2025

• bilby commented on the user ssbn

  Sounds plausible but also smacks of folk etymology.

  March 23, 2025

• alexz commented on the list fictional-incantations-ld5EEusPDEO1vfQsJwVUC

  current status - stuck on Wikipedia's 'magic words' list.

  March 23, 2025

• ssbn commented on the user ssbn

  Description is close, but it's not "Four" or "three" it's "Fore sheets to the wind" as in the bow of the ship. Probably misunderstood by those who couldn't read or write as nautical days declined and passed on through generations. When a sailing ships fore sheets are to the wind, the ship is "tacking." (I.E. swinging from larboard to starboard.)

  March 23, 2025

• alexz commented on the word shacket

  spotted as shirt/jacket

  In Canada , we used to call these Mack Jackets

  March 23, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the list 2025-woty-research-y4sh9nurnUxr2gBi3jyQd

  related to "the laugh I luffed, the cry I crode, the scream I scrempt" "I miss kissing, I can't remember the last time I kose" https://www.reddit.com/r/linguisticshumor/comments/1jhfczp/last_time_i_kose_or_hag/

  March 23, 2025

• bilby commented on the word sebkha

  Although it may reflect local dialect pronunciation.

  March 21, 2025

• bilby commented on the word sebkha

  As there's no e sound in Arabic probably sabkha would be a better rendering.

  March 21, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word wattpad

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1zBQ8uGs2k

  Comment: A Harry Styles cover in a Hozier type way is the most Brittany coded thing. Couldn’t have Wattpadded it better.

  March 21, 2025

• bilby commented on the word flapper

  "There is still a lot we don’t know about the unfolding mass salmon die off, but the question I tried to get answered by the Government on the 6th of March 2025 was whether the salmon industry are harvesting diseased fish and selling them for human consumption.

  I asked this question because I was told by workers in the industry, that in pens containing dead salmon, the live, and quite probably infected salmon, (referred to in the industry as flappers because they’re still showing signs of life when others around them are dead), are being salvaged for human consumption, while the dead fish are being disposed of."

  - Craig Garland, 'Diseased salmon for dinner?', 21 March 2025, https://tasmaniantimes.com/2025/03/is-diseased-salmon-being-sold-in-supermarkets/

  March 21, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word slay

  "be kind but also slay" (literal and also metaphorical) https://www.instagram.com/p/DHEg7eNvLOV/

  March 21, 2025

• scrundationus commented on the list scrundationus-oI4cyb7RbYTI1T2dpsy8s

  A word that means you are feeling scrundationus

  March 21, 2025

• ruzuzu commented on the word stillroom

  See comment on closet.

  March 20, 2025

• ruzuzu commented on the word closet

  From the Wikipedia article about stillrooms:

  Printing meant that book availability, and literacy rates, rose. Stillroom recipes were more commonly written down (along with other information, like general food recipes, family medical histories, unit conversion tables, and encyclopedic lists, often all in the same book), by women and men of the houhold, including nobility and some literate servants, and bequeathed. These books (sometimes called "closets") were also copied, so that multiple siblings could have a copy, and friends and family sent one another individual recipes.

  -- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Still_room&oldid=1270501464

  March 20, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word cranberry morpheme

  https://www.reddit.com/r/LoveTrash/comments/1je8wuw/babies/

  "Cranberry juice have a baby with anybody"

  "Nick Crannon"

  March 20, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word elevator eyes

  A leering stare - when someone (a man) looks someone (a woman) up and down to objectify their body.

  March 20, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word kumdo

  Korean martial art related to kendo.

  March 19, 2025

• bilby commented on the user jesuschrist

  I mean, think of sand for example. Most people would think of it as a granular solid. But in some contexts in behaves like a liquid.

  March 19, 2025

• bilby commented on the user jesuschrist

  Toner is powdered ink, is it not?

  March 19, 2025

• bilby commented on the word veldskoen

  Also vellie.

  March 19, 2025

• jesuschrist commented on the user jesuschrist

  Phrase: When the photocopier runs out of ink

  This phrase used to describe a situation where an imitation or copy is revealed to be unoriginal or counterfeit in nature. This phrase can also be shortened to "The photocopier ran out of ink" and still convey the same meaning. The phrase carries an element of intentional absurdity, as photocopiers do not actually use ink (they use toner).

  The etymology of this phrase traces back to March 2025 when the cover art for a rapper's album was mocked online after being exposed as strikingly similar to the cover art of another rapper's album— with only one noticeable difference. The cover art for rapper Doeshii's album depicted her holding an alligator while sitting in a single-seater sofa, against a faded monochromatic backdrop. The online mockery began when the image was compared to the cover art for a song by the rapper Shah, which featured him holding his pet alligator, sitting in a single-seater sofa, against a faded monochromatic backdrop. The only notable difference was that Doeshii's image featured an albino alligator, leading to the meme captioned "When the photocopier runs out of ink," in reference to the lack of pigment in her cover art's alligator.

  Example:

  Snugglington and Sunny are at an art gallery observing its owner insist a painting is an original, until a patron, on closer inspection, finds a stamp on the painting that says "Authentication denied. This is a Replica," prompting Snugglington to mockingly say "When the photocopier runs out of ink."

  March 19, 2025

• alexz commented on the word Gcd

  Probably lost a characters 109 is more like 10^9 or ten to the power of 9 or a billion.

  The billion would like up with the Giga part of Giga-canelas

  March 18, 2025

• bilby commented on the word dishouse

  Compare dathouse.

  March 18, 2025

• bilby commented on the word Gcd

  109 seems like a weird number so I'm pretty sure that's a typo for 100.

  March 18, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word condotel

  Condotel, a portmanteau of condo and hotel.

  March 18, 2025

• alexz commented on the word DGCP

  spotted the DGCP acronym in current news.

  March 17, 2025

• alexz commented on the word DGCP

  "General Directorate of Correctional Centres (in Spanish) in El Salvador. "

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word orangetini

  Orangetini, a portmanteau of orange and martini.

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word pumpkintini

  Pumpkintini, a portmanteau of pumpkin and martini.

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word pomtini

  Pomtini, a portmanteau of pomegranate and martini.

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word pineappletini

  Pineappletini, a portmanteau of pineapple and martini.

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word appletini

  Appletini, a portmanteau of apple and martini.

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word watermelontini

  Watermelontini, a portmanteau of watermelon and martini.

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word melontini

  Melontini, a portmanteau of melon and martini.

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word lemontini

  Lemontini, a portmanteau of lemon and martini.

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word limetini

  Limetini, a portmanteau of lime and martini.

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word cherrytini

  Cherrytini, a portmanteau of cherry and martini.

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word cherryrita

  Cherryrita, a portmanteau of cherry and margarita.

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word pineapplerita

  Pineapplerita, a portmanteau of pineapple and margarita.

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word applerita

  Applerita, a portmanteau of apple and margarita.

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word pomrita

  Pomrita, a portmanteau of pomegranate and margarita.

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word pumpkinrita

  Pumpkinrita, a portmanteau of pumpkin and margarita.

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word limerita

  Limerita, a portmanteau of lime and margarita.

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word melonrita

  Melonrita, a portmanteau of melon and margarita.

  March 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word orangerita

  Orangerita, a portmanteau of orange and margarita.

  March 17, 2025

• bilby commented on the word heronsew

  Also hanshaw.

  March 16, 2025

• bilby commented on the word goose-fish

  Also molly-gut.

  March 16, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word lemonrita

  Lemonrita, a portmanteau of lemon and margarita.

  March 16, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word watermelonrita

  Watermelonrita, a portmanteau of watermelon and margarita.

  March 16, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word sprue

  custom LEGO sprues: https://youtube.com/shorts/530EIzHc0dA

  March 16, 2025

• bilby commented on the word chub

  See also thimbleeye.

  March 14, 2025

• bilby commented on the word CATOBAR

  Fairly long as far as acronyms go.

  March 14, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word reheated nachos

  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHMMt3uy4ZP

  March 14, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ

  sectionally in the captions instead of sexually: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHMTV0LxrqV/

  March 14, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word transgender mice

  https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHJ3bsYSAcL/

  "I know they weren't transing the mice, but even if they were transing the mice... I don't care"

  March 14, 2025

• alexz commented on the word elbows up

  elbows up is making rounds as a Canadianism afer Mike Myers was on SNL recently.

  March 14, 2025

• bilby commented on the word gypse

  Hmmm, I would have guessed that it's what a gypsy does.

  March 14, 2025

• bilby commented on the list a-testicle-by-any-other-name

  Gotta add musk! Perhaps also Musk :-/

  March 14, 2025

• bilby commented on the word cream-slice

  How do you get your cream sliced? Toast or sandwich? Trifle-topper or salad-skinny?

  March 14, 2025

• bilby commented on the word whingle

  Is there not enough ding in your dingle?

  Insufficent jing in your jingle?

  You don't have to cop that

  Like a miserable twat

  So go on and have a good whingle

  March 14, 2025

• bilby commented on the word whingle

  A tiny bit punchier than whinge IMO. Gonna use it!

  March 14, 2025

• bilby commented on the word devachan

  Are there enough words for 'abode of the gods' or therabouts to make a list?

  March 14, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word Roman X

  graffiti-ing Teslas as a "Roman paint job": https://www.reddit.com/r/MurderedByWords/comments/1jalqnh/its_not_vandalism_its_a_roman_paint_job/

  March 13, 2025

• ravenjemedik commented on the word medíček

  Medíček is an adjective that is made of slavic word med which in english means honey. Med sounds similiary to english word mad which gives the word medíček its meaning. Raven is yelling because he is medíček.

  March 13, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word misunderestimate

  Misunderestimate, a portmanteau of misunderstand and underestimate.

  March 13, 2025

• bilby commented on the word Hany

  Confession: I missed out on my parents naming me 'Luscious'.

  March 13, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word kin

  verb: https://www.instagram.com/p/DG5lNpmMiOm/

  March 12, 2025

• ruzuzu commented on the word curtail

  Also see curtal and curtol.

  March 12, 2025

• ruzuzu commented on the word grinding

  Also see grinting.

  March 12, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word sploot

  Sploot, a portmanteau of splay and scoot.

  March 12, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word barning

  https://www.reddit.com/r/linguisticshumor/comments/1j8q99z/cross_cultural_wordplay_at_work/

  barn emoji from barning, from konbarning from konban wa + good morning in the Crunchyroll newsroom channel.

  March 12, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word pizzoli

  Pizzoli, a portmanteau of pizza and cannoli.

  March 11, 2025