bilby has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 220 lists, listed 25173 words, written 29358 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 58 words.
Comments for bilby
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My stats say I have looked up 0 words and I suspect that's an undercount. Sayin'.
March 26, 2024
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I hope there are some exciting new flavours. How about roasted vendingmachine with caramel?
November 22, 2023
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Me too. Do you have room for some fufluns?
November 21, 2023
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Glad you're back!
November 21, 2023
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Yes I think it was something to do with my laptop and a new login system at Wordnik having a wee pith-feud.
November 20, 2023
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I have eaten all the cookies and now don't feel like hommous, but it's the thought that counts. Thank you Erin. I am now perilously close to commenting freely again.
November 20, 2023
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Hi Bilby! I'm so sorry you're trapped in the nether world. Can you try clearing your cookies? It will make room for more hommous.
November 20, 2023
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I have logged in 3 times in the last 5 minutes, yet whenever I click a word I find myself logged out again.
Thusly I am trapped in a nether world between bilby and unbilby. Send hommous.
November 20, 2023
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Hey why so many comments, you leather-tipped sandrabbit?
August 12, 2021
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*pokes bilby*
Hey, you're still around!
July 27, 2020
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*pokes bilby*
July 5, 2020
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Merci beaucoup, bilby, for the fresh-baked welcome fuflun from ruzuzu. I'm in love with wordniks' lists, and have been using them over the last year or so to cook up found poetry. Delicious.
April 26, 2020
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Where's vendingmachine, haven't seen him for ages? Too occupied with his paleo sushi petting zoo?
April 3, 2019
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Reading comments such as those at eckle-feckle I grieve that I missed some merry times at Wordnik.
November 3, 2018
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Been burrowing. As one does.
September 29, 2018
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Mmm. Tasty lichens.
September 28, 2018
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Ahoy, bilby! Long time no read. Have you been off foraging for tasty lichens?
September 28, 2018
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Bilby o bilby,
Didst thou die on latinx hill?
November 3, 2016
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Happens certain phases of Uranus.
August 31, 2016
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Hey bilby how long have you been a howling frumpmudgeon?
August 31, 2016
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*dusts badge*
November 5, 2015
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Hey are you some kind of self-appointed contribution cop, rat features?
November 5, 2015
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Wait--I thought it was turtles all the way down. Mind? Blown.
November 3, 2015
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how about a five-toad?
November 3, 2015
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Shut up you extruded rabbit.
November 2, 2015
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Are you talking to yourself again?
November 2, 2015
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I get an error trying to post either a new word or a comment here:
https://www.wordnik.com/lists/politicians-nicknames
November 2, 2015
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Nope, that's about it really.
August 28, 2015
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Do you have anything decent to say ear-whippet or are you just trying to flood these Polski doltskis off the front page?
August 28, 2015
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Hi Bilby - Just spotted a question you posed in a comment back in 2009 (!) on my aviation list ("Let's go strap on the ole air'chine and bore holes in the sky!") to wit: "what is a 'rooster tail'?" If it still matters see image here...or, since I've added it to the list: rooster tail.
June 15, 2015
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"bilby commented on the user bilby
I went to leave a comment on your page, and I arrived at a 404 and a steampunk rhino. Both of which are about right in your case."
Are you talking to yourself?
April 27, 2015
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I went to leave a comment on your page, and I arrived at a 404 and a steampunk rhino. Both of which are about right in your case.
April 27, 2015
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Did you like the new berry additions?
April 27, 2015
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Bilby is, as usual, a lode of useful information. I once went skiing in Chamonix, where les Guides des Alpes are universally admired, but I failed to understand the sense of their characteristic cries.
They're famed for feats of derring-do
But guides of the Alps are scholars too.
It's knowledge they seek
When they call from a peak
And plaintively ask, "Beaudelaire, he who?"January 11, 2015
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Bonsoir Monsieur Bilby,
Where are you, actuellement?
I am back in Paris, being forced to write about such big fat frauds as Charles "Mr Spleen" Baudelaire.
But in two more weeks I shall be free, free as a bird!
Now I need to go favourite the word "wentletrap".
Adieu !
January 10, 2015
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Where did "Community" go? Is it just my computer?
December 24, 2014
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Have I ever told you how much I like your bagpipes list?
December 15, 2014
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Are you in Bogota? I was just there! Ships passing in the cliché.
November 8, 2014
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and I you with a waistband of tittering finches. Don't disillusion me!
November 6, 2014
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Happy belated selfie day, old bean.
November 6, 2014
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...for of Afghan chutney is her soul compact
April 2, 2014
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Is there a way to search by tag?
March 27, 2014
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March 27, 2014
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oh, he do
March 14, 2014
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didn't you have a list called "Drinky-time, or the most happy of hours" or some such? Maybe it was someone else...
March 12, 2014
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Meow.
February 20, 2014
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Bilby, I wish you a happy new year. I am grateful for the comments you have given me. I have been slow to respond mostly because I could not figure out how to do it. I have been looking for an ongoing thread I could reply to but I have failed to find it, so now I have visited your dashboard. This seems rather roundabout, like exiting the house and ringing the doorbell again before replying, but it is all I can manage for the moment.
January 1, 2014
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Thanks for jomo. It's perfect.
December 16, 2013
%20on%20my%20aviation%20list%20(%22Let's%20go%20strap%20on%20the%20ole%20air'chine%20and%20bore%20holes%20in%20the%20sky!%22)%26nbsp%3Bto%20wit%3A%20%22what%20is%20a%20'rooster%20tail'%3F%22%20If%20it%20still%20matters%20see%20image%26nbsp%3B%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.supermotors.net%2Fgetfile%2F773053%2Ffullsize%2Ff1402.jpg%22%20rel%3D%22nofollow%22%3Ehere%3C%2Fa%3E...or%2C%20since%20I've%20added%20it%20to%20the%20list%3A%20%5Brooster%20tail%5D..&subject=I%20think%20oroboros%20is%20a%20spammer%21)
Comments by bilby
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
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
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. Â
“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."
-Â https://www.abf.gov.au/newsroom-subsite/Pages/Passenger-fined-over-undeclared-currency.aspx
April 17, 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
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
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
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
bilby commented on the word tank slapper
I was thinking this might have a military meaning.
April 15, 2024
bilby commented on the word headfirst
From a Twitter thread about nicknames:
"A Scotsman called Rob Slater whose clocking-in card bore the name R.Slater. His nickname among his workmates was 'Heed First'." - https://twitter.com/OldCountryGirl4/status/1778341846453833811
April 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word skiascopy
Ok so not applicable to groundhogs?
April 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word sugar of doubtful identity
See chondroglucose.
April 8, 2024
bilby commented on the word chondroglucose
sugar of doubtful identity
April 8, 2024
bilby commented on the word darem
In modern Italian dare una mano means exactly the same as lend a hand does in English.
April 8, 2024
bilby commented on the word limopsid
Shorter but still luxurious version of the stretch limopsid.
April 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word Robson rotation
What about oil derricks? Or is there dastardly deed of derrick-deck dereliction at hand?
April 6, 2024
bilby commented on the word noseleaf
Anyone collecting bats?
April 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word rocket packs
How many rockets per pack?
April 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word Robson rotation
Example: lets say our candidates are
Bloggs
Ruzuzu
Trumplikeweirdo
Hellokittyrectalcream
One set of ballot papers are printed with names as above. Another set would be printed with Ruzuzu at the top, another with Trumplikeweirdo at the top, another with Hellokittyrectalcream at the top.
In practice it actually gets a bit complicated and there can be up to 420 versions of a ballot paper in a 7-member division.
See here for more on how the sausages are made: https://www.tec.tas.gov.au/info/Robson_Rotation_Paper.pdf
April 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word Robson rotation
"Robson rotation is a process of rotating candidate names within each column so that the advantage of appearing at the top of the column or directly below another popular candidate are shared equally between candidates. Neil Robson, a former member of the House of Assembly, introduced the process to the Tasmanian Parliament in 1979." - Tasmanian Electoral Commission
April 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word Hare-Clark
About the Hare-Clark voting system: https://www.tec.tas.gov.au/info/Publications/HareClark.html
April 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word cut up
FWIW in the 23 March 2024 state election we had to elect 7 members for each of the 5 divisions, for a 35-seat House of Assembly. As of today 5 April the cut up is still being done. In my division of Clark there were 35 candidates, and the other 4 all had over 30.
April 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word cut up
Let's say there are 10 candidates standing in a division, which elects 5 members to the House of Assembly. A valid vote has to number at least 5 candidates 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and can continue (or not) all the way to 10. In the first count, ballots are sorted into piles according to the number 1 vote. The candidate with the lowest total is declared eliminated. Their pile of votes are then allocated to candidates according to the number 2 preference on those ballot papers. And so on, until only 6 candidates remain ... the 5 with the highest number of votes are declared elected.
April 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word cut up
In Tasmania (Australia), this is used as a noun or a verb to describe the distribution of a candidate's second and lower preference votes when they are eliminated from a Hare-Clark (voting system) count.
April 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word cake-copper
Inferior to fuflun-copper.
April 1, 2024
bilby commented on the word softa
Take a break from your studies, young softa!
Come hither for yum vegan kofta
Though just a wee snack
It'll put you on track
To take your philosophising alofter
April 1, 2024
bilby commented on the word griffe
Ideal for your Brown Bastard or Classical Architecture? list.
April 1, 2024
bilby commented on the word deathblow
accidental deathblow fly away in a manger
March 31, 2024
bilby commented on the word cooccurrence
Coocoo cajoob!
March 31, 2024
bilby commented on the word zareba
Seems like it needs a permanent exclamation mark behind it.
Zareba! Gadzooks!
March 29, 2024
bilby commented on the word ycomen
If you listen carefully to the soundtrack of The Wicker Man (first version) they are singing Summer Is Ycomen In at the end.
March 27, 2024
bilby commented on the word dizzard
Also disard.
March 27, 2024
bilby commented on the word phronesis
Good call zu-keeper.
March 27, 2024
bilby commented on the user bilby
My stats say I have looked up 0 words and I suspect that's an undercount. Sayin'.
March 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word treacle-wormseed
Two vegan hot dogs please, one with ketchup, one with treacle-wormseed.
March 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word treacle-wormseed
Parses to just mustard I think.
March 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word wild river
Not sure if it's relevant but in Tasmania (Australia) we have the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park.
March 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word exundating
You've tried dating with mixed results, right, but have you tried exundating?
March 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word hero call
On the river?
March 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word naartjie
Ideal for your Rare Fruit or Biting Insect? list.
March 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word lithopedion
If a bit ewww.
March 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word lithopedion
Feels like it would be devastating when used metaphorically.
March 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word phronesis
Great qms limerick below. Banger.
March 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word meeking
Uffa, someone's been verbing meek?
March 22, 2024
bilby commented on the word groove-fellow
Hey funky cat, send me a coal bucket, you dig?
Coming 'round like a merry-go, groove-fellow!
March 22, 2024
bilby commented on the word aquastat
These things are probably quite common yet it's the first time I've heard this word.
March 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word verbal statues
In Australia what was once known as the jabiru is now the black-necked stork. Apparently the name comes from the Tupi–Guaranà language and means 'swollen neck'. I have no idea how the name arrived in northern Australia.
But supposedly the objection was that the jabiru proper is the only bird in the genus Jabiru so it wasn't acceptable for a bird from another genus like the Australian black-necked stork to have the name as well.
Yeah too late, in a way, there's already a town called Jabiru in the Northern Territory, named after you-know-what.
Aand locals like me who lived in the NT for 25 years just liked the name jabiru better so continue to use it.
March 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word verbal statues
Bird names are a bin fire anyway.
March 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word on the doors
An Australian expression that equates roughly to 'while campaigning'. It refers to doorknocking but in reality includes conversations political canvassers have at markets, on the street, by phone, etc.
"The feedback I’m getting out there on the doors is very positive. We’ve had a huge campaign in terms of announcing the policies that are actually going to address some of the issues, the biggest issues in Tasmania at the moment: the cost of living crisis, the health crisis and the housing crisis." - Dean Winter, https://tasmaniantimes.com/2024/03/winter-after-10-years-of-liberals-its-time-for-change/
March 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word bryaceous
All you fake mosses out there have been warned.
March 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word cheeseweed
Serve on crackerweed for the ultimate wild-foraged canape.
March 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word cachalot
I suppose they do cachalot of squid.
March 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word lation
Hey, possible name for your autonomous self-driving taxi start-up.
March 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word tomium
Once a rare element named after a famous scientist, Tom, in a powerful windstorm it was blown right off the atomic table out the window into the yard where a bird snaffled it. The rest, as they say, is history.
March 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word inverted arch
I've come across a_holes and eye holes so we might as well have U-holes.
March 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word chawdron
Slop some chawdron in yer cauldron.
March 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word tammar
The common name of the animal is derived from the thickets of the shrub locally known as tamma (Allocasuarina campestris) that sheltered it in Western Australia according to the Department of Environment and Conservation - https://web.archive.org/web/20110225064720/http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/component/option%2Ccom_docman/task%2Cdoc_download/gid%2C133/Itemid%2C/
March 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word foot passenger
What if the passenger is a double amputee?
March 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word golliwog
The rhyming slang definition is interesting with nowadays dog racing being considered a cruel form a animal exploitation in most civilised countries*.
A racist caricature as rhyming slang for an abomination, hoo-boy.
March 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word yachtsmanship
A bit like a catamaran. A yacht on each side and a sman in the middle.
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word yachtsmanship
But isn't a yacht a kind of ship? Might as well say yachtsmanyacht.
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word upsert
Apart from anything else it reminds of yucky stuff like upskirt.
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word upsert
I'm glad this has not escaped from the whiffy confines of geekdom.
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word impitoyable
Yes, pitylessly is the way to drink wine.
March 18, 2024
bilby commented on the word picket-fence pony
See danger zebra.
March 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word danger zebra
What's a zebra then? Picket fence pony? Pedestrian crossing of the savannah?
March 17, 2024
bilby commented on the list sweet-tooth-fairy
You've just been hiding because England can't win the Ashes to Ashes, eh.
March 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word azipod
Presumably an audio show about these would be an azipodcast.
March 15, 2024
bilby commented on the word shelter
I feel like I'm punching down a bit here given this is quite a modest little two syllable word but I just don't like the way it sounds.
March 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word shield
Same root as shelter.
March 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word forthrist
I could really forthrist a fresh orange juice right about now.
March 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word kick it in the dick
I have never heard it in Australia. Mind you, I haven't been to this kind of show in about the last 5 years.
March 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word saggar
Also seggar.
March 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word snippy
A preppie but snippy hippie papprazzi chappie snapped happy clappers happily clapping claptrap.
March 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word resegmentation
Spelling should be reseg-ment-ati-on.
March 12, 2024
bilby commented on the list words-with-letters-in-alphabetical-order
Raise you bellow.
March 12, 2024
bilby commented on the word sirloin
"The word surloin or sirloin is often said to be derived from the fact that the loin was knighted as Sir Loin by Charles II, or (according to early 19c. English dictionary writer Charles Richardson) by James I. Chronology makes short work of this statement; the word being in use long before James I was born. It is one of those unscrupulous inventions with which English 'etymology' abounds, and which many people admire because they are 'so clever.' The number of those who literally prefer a story about a word to a more prosaic account of it, is only too large." - Walter W. Skeat, 'An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language', 1882
March 11, 2024
bilby commented on the word abaci
Who knew?
March 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word hog's haw
See pomette bleue.
March 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word quassation
Saskia asked sassily to watch sad sasquatch quassation of cumquat crossisants.
March 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word quass
See also quassation.
March 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word officer-plant
I was not aware our officers were bright red. Must be the sun.
March 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word pantogen
Did it make all the Pantone colours too?
March 8, 2024
bilby commented on the word pea-pheasant
A pleasant Pisan peasant was fined for forfeiting phased-in pheasant fees for his feisty pea-pheasant.
March 6, 2024
bilby commented on the word plant-based
"For many people, adopting a plant-based diet aligns with their personal values and beliefs. Choosing plant-based foods can be seen as a way to practice kindness and compassion towards animals, the environment, and other humans. It can also be a way to challenge the status quo and promote positive change in society."
- https://tasmaniantimes.com/2024/02/plant-based-diet-can-improve-your-health-and-lifestyle/
March 6, 2024
bilby commented on the word beardruff
"Additionally, these oils are effective in addressing dry skin issues. They act as potent moisturisers, eliminating flaky and dry skin, commonly known as 'beardruff', thereby promoting healthy skin. The moisturising properties of beard oils are not limited to the beard alone but also extend to the skin beneath."
- https://tasmaniantimes.com/2024/03/what-do-beard-oils-do/
March 6, 2024
bilby commented on the user maralason
Welcome, hope you get a lot out of the site.
March 6, 2024
bilby commented on the word gurgeon
See gurgeons.
March 4, 2024
bilby commented on the word opah
If I had one of these I'd call it Winfey.
March 4, 2024
bilby commented on the word conchus
Kooky Canuck ex-con Kane Cooke carelessly conked his conchus with a rococo coco-corn condiment container containing cocoa-coated cockroaches in coachmen's coats..
March 4, 2024
bilby commented on the word mugget
Ideal for your Lily or Entrails? list.
March 3, 2024
bilby commented on the word Saaniches
Straight from the Zamboni-Palin lunch menu.
March 2, 2024
bilby commented on the word beagling
Also hunting beagles, duh.
March 2, 2024
bilby commented on the word bastard rocket
Clearly marriage is out of fashion among rockets.
March 1, 2024
bilby commented on the word nonsked
Close but no fuflun.
March 1, 2024
bilby commented on the word cerniture
Enter upon is either archaic or legalese, I hadn't come across it before.
March 1, 2024
bilby commented on the word cerniture
I don't understand 'enter upon an inheritance'?
February 29, 2024
bilby commented on the word sked
"For the last 78 years, the Sydney to Hobart yacht race has been run on Boxing Day December 26.
This year the cannon will sound at 1pm, signalling the start of the race once again. The Rolex Sydney to Hobart yacht race commences on 26 December and ends on December 31, 2023
This year 113 entrants will race the 628 nautical mile course. The oldest vessel in this years race was built in 1932.
All radio sked frequencies and times remain the same as previous years and are listed below."
https://www.tecsunradios.com.au/store/sydney-to-hobart-yacht-race-2024-frequencies/
February 29, 2024
bilby commented on the word nonsked
Go on, rhyme this.
February 29, 2024
bilby commented on the word banstickle
A bonny banstickle banged a banned stick on a band's sticky bandstand.
February 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word BIG PIZZA
Do you like your lemurs pan-fried or wood oven?
February 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word eellike
Plausibly there is an eellike raccoonnookkeeper somewhere.
February 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word bustard
That got me thinking about Airbus, but the -bus seems to be related to conventional understandings of the word bus as a large transport vehicle.
"The name 'Airbus' was taken from a non-proprietary term used by the airline industry in the 1960s to refer to a commercial aircraft of a certain size and range, as it was linguistically-acceptable to the French." - Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Airbus
February 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word go snake
Li'l Oklahoma cameo here.
February 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word bustard
Hmmm, so the etymology of bus- reduces to something like avi- as in aviation.
February 27, 2024
bilby commented on the word iminostilbene
Train smash word.
February 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word coaster
In Tasmania, a resident of the north-west coast area.
February 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word diruption
The best words are with asunder in the definition. The end.
February 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word car parts
Sparkie Mark Parker marked aftermarket hard car parts with a pock-marked parka pocket marker at a starkly dark carpark car parts market.
February 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word mad Monday
"Media are invited to the Murray Street Pier (outside of Franklin Wharf Restaurant) to capture images of the Tasmanian Tigers celebrating their WNCL title win.
There will be an opportunity to interview members of the Tigers squad, and capture footage of the WNCL winning players in their Mad Monday costumes."
- email to media outlets from Cricket Tasmania, 26 February 2024
February 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word mad Monday
In Australia there's a tradition, recent I feel, for sporting teams to go out and party as a group on the Monday following their last game of the season. They often (fancy) dress up for a pub crawl, etc. And these kind of shenanigans are referred to as mad Monday.
February 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word prison purse
According to Urban Dictionary, a term for a vagina or anus used to smuggle contraband into prison, such as drugs or weapons.
February 26, 2024
bilby commented on the word cleck
See also clecker.
February 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word friendless man
Wow, didn't expect clicking Random word would lead me to find Donald Trump here.
February 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word coddle
Etymonline notes that the root is:
kelÉ™-, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "warm." It forms all or part of: caldera; calid; Calor; caloric; calorie; calorimeter; cauldron; caudle; chafe; chauffeur; chowder; coddle; lee; lukewarm; nonchalant; scald (v.) "afflict painfully with hot liquid or steam."
It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit carad- "harvest," literally "hot time;" Latin calor "heat," calidus "warm," calere "be hot;" Lithuanian šilti "become warm," šilus "August;" Old Norse hlær, Old English hleow "warm."
February 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word sawdon
Sawdons of Swing was never goingn to be a hit.
February 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word WORE
Of course writers can't afford transport :-/
February 25, 2024
bilby commented on the word does no one care about sheep accuracy
https://twitter.com/Kairo_Anatomika/status/1760529074722689531
February 23, 2024
bilby commented on the word base-broom
A bit rude. What if it's upwardly mobile?
February 23, 2024
bilby commented on the word fuflunnage
A tax or duty of so much per fuflun formerly imposed in Wordielandia upon all imported fufluns.
February 22, 2024
bilby commented on the word pundle
Well isn't she just a pundle of joy?
February 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word mange-mite
How many enemy mange-mites might a mightily mangy manger manager manage?
February 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word forthbear
Who's counting?
February 20, 2024
bilby commented on the list jumbo-shrimp
fathead minnow
February 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word fathead minnow
This dude and jumbo shrimp would make good companions.
February 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word oxynoticeras
Train-smash word.
February 20, 2024
bilby commented on the word orgul
IMO cognate with Italian orgolio and Spanish orgullo.
February 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word Therese
What else can you do with a Therese?
February 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word goose-house
Is this where a wild goose chase starts, or where it ends? Discuss.
February 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word bardiche
Uff, sounds nasty.
February 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word banjolin
Where's Capitano Corelli when you need him?
February 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word banjorine
Whoa, there's also banjolin.
February 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word verb
I wouldn't say it's particularly unusual. Consider grease, chair, photograph, etc. I've certainly heard shampoo as a verb.
February 19, 2024
bilby commented on the word red teamer
"We’ll be taking several important safety steps ahead of making Sora available in OpenAI’s products. We are working with red teamers — domain experts in areas like misinformation, hateful content, and bias — who will be adversarially testing the model." - OpenAI, https://openai.com/sora
February 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word ocean liners
Like pool liners, these help to keep all the water in the world's oceans and prevent leaks.
February 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word sacrificial plumed stick
See paho.
February 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word darrain
Comes from dacclouds, duh.
February 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word unwoof
*puts dog torture tools away*
February 15, 2024
bilby commented on the word tuck shop
"The Hobart City Council Planning Committee has approved a development application for a new building (food service use) for 15 Marieville Esplanade, Sandy Bay.
The application is for a shipping container to be repurposed as a tuck shop."
- https://tasmaniantimes.com/2024/02/hobart-council-approves-boaties-tuck-shop/
February 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word treacher
Also trichor.
February 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word hop-pillow
List of folk remedies?
February 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word black triangle
I tried not to snigger and failed.
February 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word stink-alive
So why not call it stink-dead?
February 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word whim-gin
TCD - 'A vertical horse-powered drum used as a hoist in a mine.'
February 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word side-oats
Do we not have any side lists?
February 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word permabans
Not as cool as Ray or even tali to be honest.
February 14, 2024
bilby commented on the word tycoon
As a child I used to get this mixed up with typhoon.
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word parenthesization
Despite my many flaws I have never hesized a parent.
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word fathermucker
See comment on mucker.
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word mucker
And if he had a child would he not be a fathermucker?
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the user reecoupons
Nuclear, coal or gas?
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word tie-bar
There appears to be a USA political meaning that is not very obvious to me.
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word thiirane
Organic compound or minor Game of Thrones character?
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word unwoof
How?
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word gilingan
Wasn't there a tv series about Gilingan's Island?
February 13, 2024
bilby commented on the word weaponize my blue checkmark
Come on bilby, it's givvy-givvier-givviest.
February 11, 2024
bilby commented on the word weaponize my blue checkmark
Who else wants one while I'm feeling more givvy than a mouthy TV celeb with a bucket of car keys?
February 11, 2024
bilby commented on the word weaponize my blue checkmark
Or fuflunise it. Yeah.
February 11, 2024
bilby commented on the word weaponize my blue checkmark
You may choose to weaponise it or not.
February 11, 2024
bilby commented on the word weaponize my blue checkmark
I hereby award tankhughes a Wordnik blue checkmark.
February 11, 2024
bilby commented on the word pademelon
One time they got into my garden they chewed metre-high jerusalem artichoke plants back to just a stubble. Well I hope they farted all night.
February 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word pademelon
As I described to a friend the other day, a giant, flat-footed, ravenous pseudo-rabbit.
February 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word scutwork
I'm fairly amazed that I only came across this quite useful word for the first time today.
February 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word amphisien
If you have to decapitate something amphisien are you allowed two goes?
February 8, 2024
bilby commented on the word cod-banger
Well of course I have a list for this.
February 8, 2024
bilby commented on the word Morón
No comment!
February 8, 2024
bilby commented on the word Dutch hoe
Do you push or pull your hoe?
February 8, 2024
bilby commented on the word stonehatch
You might not be able to get blood from a stone but would you settle for a dotterel chick?
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word phase modulator
Set phasers to __________________
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word toppie
Cricket jargon: slang for top-spinner, a delivery bowled by a wrist spinner with lots of overspin.
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word worm family
Awww!
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word sexennially
Elections for our Legislative Council seats are sexennial.
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word Barris
You'd think at least one might be an Auberon or something.
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word Barris
Tacky.
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word featherwood
Supposedly Australian but I have never heard it.
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word excuse-flation
"Excuse-flation where general inflation provides camouflage for businesses to raise prices without justification is also more prevalent in the current environment. As inflation starts to fall excessive inflationary expectations and future cost increases can be built into prices."
- Allan Fels, 'Inquiry into price gouging and unfair pricing practices', 6 February 2024. https://www.actu.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/InquiryIntoPriceGouging_Report_web9-1.pdf
February 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word foeniculum dulce
i.e. fennel
February 6, 2024
bilby commented on the word baboosh
Wait, so babaganoosh is a slipper-ful of agan?
February 6, 2024
bilby commented on the word epha
Best bushel epha.
February 6, 2024
bilby commented on the word copal
Precursor to copium?
February 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word water-brash
Is there potential for a water-y list of things that are not really water?
February 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word lamium
What kind of nutlets do you prefer?
February 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word tube-union
And here was me thinking toothpastes of the world were going to get together to lobby for better wages.
February 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word dagger-plant
Maybe don't gift one to Macbeth, just saying.
February 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word mooring tower
'Trust in god but tether your airship' - proverb
February 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word pœcilonymy
Aaand it has no synonyms :-(
February 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word whatshisface
I'll never forget whatshisface, such great times we had.
February 5, 2024
bilby commented on the word hippo
Overheard joke:
What's the difference between a hippo and a Zippo?
One's quite heavy, the other's a little lighter.
February 3, 2024
bilby commented on the word mygalomorph
Anyone trying to find giant, stocky spiders can stand down as far as I'm concerned.
February 3, 2024
bilby commented on the word gruid
A crane (bird).
February 1, 2024
bilby commented on the word matapi
Also zebucan.
February 1, 2024
bilby commented on the word alyaunte
Zyghourknee Wiefyr is great in this.
February 1, 2024
bilby commented on the word escarbuncle
Ha, classy way to ascertain that your coat of arms does not feature a putrid boil leaking pus.
January 31, 2024
bilby commented on the user cuongstore
phuc Æ¡phph
January 31, 2024
bilby commented on the word gaffle
Interesting that the three TCD definitions are all quite different, yet all reek of violence.
January 31, 2024
bilby commented on the word hare
I'm kindly leaving space for y'all to make the grey hare jokes.
January 31, 2024
bilby commented on the word hare
Etymology links back to grey ...
January 31, 2024
bilby commented on the word milk-sick
See tremetol.
January 31, 2024
bilby commented on the list bird-wirds-nicknames
madge
January 31, 2024
bilby commented on the word hornpout
I see a which see!
January 30, 2024
bilby commented on the word mobot
So I still have to trim my own moustache?
January 30, 2024
bilby commented on the word The Glost World
After surprisingly acquiring a taste for porcelain biscuit, recreated dinosaurs wreak havoc on a remote island of ceramics factories.
January 30, 2024
bilby commented on the word homalonotid
Macaulay Culkin?
January 30, 2024
bilby commented on the word aquametrics
Who knew?
January 30, 2024
bilby commented on the word fiaschetta
Diminutive of fiasco.
January 30, 2024
bilby commented on the word germy
Like the buttons on a vendingmachine.
January 30, 2024
bilby commented on the word dreg
Compare dross.
January 30, 2024
bilby commented on the word berbine
"Bitter barberry berbine is better than billbeetle-bitten bulbo-tubers," babbled bilby biliously.
January 29, 2024
bilby commented on the word anilinium
Most of that definition is a foreign language :-/
January 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word maholi
*bats ears*
January 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word nonsailor
Quite a large category when you think about it.
January 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word Bobcat Goldthwait
An actor, comedian, writer, producer, etc.
January 28, 2024
bilby commented on the word echimys
Well pardon me, I was looking for improper spiny rats thank you very much.
January 27, 2024
bilby commented on the word lunch
This etymology is some ride.
January 27, 2024
bilby commented on the word snickersnee
I see a which see!
January 24, 2024
bilby commented on the user eldsolution
I usually elevate my feet with a pouffe.
January 24, 2024
bilby commented on the word stallinger
One suspects that ruzuzu is a stallinger of fufluns.
January 23, 2024
bilby commented on the word carpopodite
Tagging currently disabled :-/
January 23, 2024
bilby commented on the word carpopodite
Things that go pop!
January 23, 2024
bilby commented on the word forge-train
Also puddling-rolls.
January 23, 2024
bilby commented on the word spelling checker
Also spelling chequer :-/
January 22, 2024
bilby commented on the word compactin
Reverses the effects of expandin?
January 22, 2024
bilby commented on the word black sugar
Needs a Rolling Stones song :-/
January 22, 2024
bilby commented on the word pondokkie
Compare Malay pondok, hut.
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word fertile worker
I think this relates to worker ants, etc. that are usually sterile.
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word papuan subregion
Show me your little-explored subregions baby.
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word muster dog
Not to be confused with a mustard hog.
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word surcingle
See also wanty.
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word ash-key
Also kit-key.
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word attaint
_____ what it used to be :-/
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word flying fox
Main item in their diet is flying sheep.
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word roussette
Fox-bat, shark, etc.
January 21, 2024
bilby commented on the word dislive
I could dislive a pizza right about now.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word wrecking-train
So a train wreck is following by a wrecking-train, not caused by it?
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word Tonga
Joins East Timor ('east east') as being a country whose name is a cardinal direction.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word underpromise
Meanwhile overdeliver has no definition on this site.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word heathen delight
See turkishness.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word turkishness
Although frankly heathen delight has a good ring to it for an innocuous sweet treat.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word turkishness
Hey TCD you could/should have stopped at hence.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word roussette
So a dogfish is not a dog but it might be a fruit bat. I hope that's clear enough for you newbies.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word gloryless
I know it's only a root but sheesh.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word lapkin
But like fapkin, I often wonder what it's for.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the word debacle
'Also attested in Old French desbacler ("to clear a harbour by getting ships unloaded to make room for incoming ships with lading")' is fascinating.
January 17, 2024
bilby commented on the list name-suggestions-for-ultra-compact-cars
testacella
January 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word galenite
Discovered on a windy evening, fo shure.
January 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word reredos
When one redo isn't enough.
January 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word spicy pillow
Spicy and ripe. You're making me hungry and I'm all out of silica gel.
January 16, 2024
bilby commented on the word albeit
Also all-be.
January 15, 2024
bilby commented on the word añu
Also known as mashua. And my Colombian mother-in-law calls it nabu.
January 12, 2024
bilby commented on the word BLS1
What type of galaxy are you?
January 12, 2024
bilby commented on the word cryptobranch
Where you withdraw Bitcoin?
January 12, 2024
bilby commented on the word sumarotene
Want suma dis?
January 12, 2024
bilby commented on the word quality escape
That's perversely beautiful.
January 12, 2024
bilby commented on the word girland
Theme park?
January 12, 2024
bilby commented on the word shelly
Silly shilly-shallying Sally shrilly sang softly a shelly Seychelles sea-shanty.
January 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word fall canker-worm
Triple downer.
January 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word corn-fly
Sooo, apparently not an airshow in Nebraska.
January 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word beetleskin
I feel like any dictionary entries that use a 'slang' label should identify where and possibly even when.
January 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word rundel
See also rundle.
January 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word Qliphoth
Also kellipot apparently.
January 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word closed compound
Ah, it has a name!
January 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word ennui
After careful thought, I conclude I am not a vampire. Unless my victims have hommous coursing in their veins, in which case ...
January 10, 2024
bilby commented on the word wimple
Compare guimpe.
January 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word submergeable
Will it float?
January 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word Damp January
I see a whole alternative calendar unfolding here. Like High July, where you get stoned instead of drunk for a month. I've already ordered a 20kg sack of potatoes for Starch March.
January 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word wet-getables
As compared to get-wetables: umbrella, gumboots, rain jacket, etc.
January 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word revert
Does anyone else hate the modern misuse of this to mean reply, respond?
January 9, 2024
bilby commented on the word scrog
Also scroag.
January 8, 2024
bilby commented on the word zingiberaceæ
Need some more zing in your life? Look no further.
January 8, 2024
bilby commented on the list name-suggestions-for-ultra-compact-cars
obolary
January 8, 2024
bilby commented on the list set-phasers-to
unsupervised is delightful
January 8, 2024
bilby commented on the word irritable organ
See tendril-climber.
January 8, 2024
bilby commented on the word parkia javanica
Interesting that the database has an entry for this but not for parkia.
January 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word qwhat
I like it and I don't know qwhy.
January 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word embowl
--> embowlism, disembowl, etc.
January 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word scabbard-plane
I see a which see.
January 7, 2024
bilby commented on the user skidword
Well you've come to the right place. Welcome.
January 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word wishfetti
Presumably the singular is wishfetto.
January 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word banjorine
Fruity.
January 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word wishfetti
"The confetti in Times Square has thousands of people's wishes written on them. In 2015 wishfetti became a part of the tradition. People write their wishes for the new year and submit them to the Wish Wall in Times Square (or online) and those wishes are turned into the confetti that falls over the crowd at midnight." - '35 Fun New Year's Facts to Brush up on the Holiday's History', https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/g4933/new-years-facts/
January 7, 2024
bilby commented on the word banjorine
I've heard that Almost Solveig are being supported on their Reports Of Our Demise Were Overstated Although Probably Justly So tour by Tangerine Banjorine.
January 3, 2024
bilby commented on the user nordicwalker
Well you've now racked up 1 comment.
January 3, 2024
bilby commented on the word dogwood
Tree with good bark =-/
December 31, 2023
bilby commented on the word whanger
Australian slang - a stick with a claw at the end used for throwing balls.
December 30, 2023
bilby commented on the word milkweed
Used in cheap Dylan Thomas knock-offs.
December 30, 2023
bilby commented on the word long-necked eel
*bats ears*
Well helloooooo there.
December 30, 2023
bilby commented on the word shrink-wrap
What a newly-graduated psychologist is packaged in.
December 30, 2023
bilby commented on the word silicene
An era when many important things are made of silicon.
December 28, 2023
bilby commented on the word grubbing-hoe
Good insult.
December 28, 2023
bilby commented on the word sunk-band
Solveig salvage soon?
December 28, 2023
bilby commented on the word sunk-band
Oh no!
December 28, 2023
bilby commented on the word throat-bolt
Projectile vomit :-/
December 27, 2023
bilby commented on the word sunk-band
A punk band past their best?
December 27, 2023
bilby commented on the word elemi
LMI.
December 27, 2023
bilby commented on the user terry0312
Lay is a transitive verb.
December 26, 2023
bilby commented on the user terry0312
Lay what next to you?
December 26, 2023
bilby commented on the word satellite-sphinx
Very suave name for a moth.
December 22, 2023
bilby commented on the word FTSE
Pronounced 'footsie'.
December 22, 2023
bilby commented on the word Jubula
Owl or Liverwort is the new Cheese or Font.
December 21, 2023
bilby commented on the word club-rush
Cultivated by popping a pill on the dance floor.
December 21, 2023
bilby commented on the word snow-eyes
Great annals of dictionary crafting and all that but frankly 'a contrivance' isn't very helpful or descriptive.
December 21, 2023
bilby commented on the word barauna
C'mon, surely the colour is browner rather than redder.
December 21, 2023
bilby commented on the word Chester White
What's with the insinuation about drooping ears?
December 21, 2023
bilby commented on the word execrable
adjective - very bad at Scrabble
December 21, 2023
bilby commented on the word eyelet-set
Jetset Jed let fretful Chet bet a comet to an eyelet-set his not-dead-yet pet wouldn't bedwet the crochet sheetset.
December 21, 2023
bilby commented on the list fire-beariang-or-fire-producing-72XDSnk8arsS63DSeuheo
incendiary
December 21, 2023
bilby commented on the word catechetical
Cruel 'Cattle-Call' Cecil caused a cacophony by kicking kitty-corner a cold kettle of crinkle-cut catechetical kettle-corn.
December 21, 2023
bilby commented on the word saguaro
Oh gosh, I didn't realise that the cartoon cactus had a name. Of course it would, thinking about it logically, but, you know.
December 21, 2023
bilby commented on the word sushimi
Eggcorn?
December 21, 2023
bilby commented on the word brass farthing
Anything for you, brass razoozoo.
December 21, 2023
bilby commented on the list quaintnesses
floccose
December 21, 2023
bilby commented on the user oluwashina
Welcome. Make yourself at home. Somebody will be along with a tray of fufluns any minute.
December 19, 2023
bilby commented on the word setigerous
Go on, unleash your inner tiger.
December 19, 2023
bilby commented on the list fictional-music-genres
Yes, chip shop is a sub-genre of greasy listening.
December 19, 2023
bilby commented on the word catalectic colon
See hephthemimeres.
December 19, 2023
bilby commented on the list space-stuff-lBDSdo2v4h-J
peregrine
December 19, 2023
bilby commented on the word ascii
Reminds me a bit of Groundhog Day.
December 19, 2023
bilby commented on the word ascii
First meaning is very cool.
December 19, 2023
bilby commented on the list space-stuff-lBDSdo2v4h-J
Super list already, well done.
December 18, 2023
bilby commented on the word yvory
Y lyke it!
December 18, 2023
bilby commented on the list name-suggestions-for-ultra-compact-cars
brass farthing
December 18, 2023
bilby commented on the word brass farthing
Still asking the big questions.
December 18, 2023
bilby commented on the word brass farthing
Which is worth more, or indeed less: brass farthing or brass razoo?
December 18, 2023
bilby commented on the word sea-turn
Bring back the expression 'thick weather', that is wondeful.
December 18, 2023
bilby commented on the word black-ends
Well you can refuse coke from everywhere if you want.
December 18, 2023
bilby commented on the word lymecycline
What bike share schemes are made of.
December 18, 2023
bilby commented on the user romanvasilenko
I reckon you can probably go right ahead. Trust us, we're werd nerds.
December 17, 2023
bilby commented on the user romanvasilenko
Before what?
Before giving us a million dollars?
December 17, 2023
bilby commented on the list what-do-do-with-things-you-detest-UWrDJ5dfQ00yCnqilXyLo
Rickroll it?
December 9, 2023
bilby commented on the word tip turkey
Aka bin chicken.
December 9, 2023
bilby commented on the word tip turkey
In Australia, the straw-necked ibis. So called because it likes to scavenge rubbish.
December 9, 2023
bilby commented on the word korma
At least someone is posing the big questions here.
December 8, 2023
bilby commented on the word korma
Is it bad karma to make bad korma?
December 8, 2023
bilby commented on the word pouting
The fishing and the fish are the same word.
December 6, 2023
bilby commented on the word redfieldia
'Somewhat related to' sounds like an erratic second cousin you disown when it suits you.
December 6, 2023
bilby commented on the word polycarbophil
What does the -phil morpheme signify?
December 6, 2023
bilby commented on the word dunce
SCOTUS also a dunce? Discuss.
December 6, 2023
bilby commented on the word osmolarity
I imagine this is how word-manglers like George W Bush might say similarity.
December 5, 2023
bilby commented on the word matzo
Made famous in the song 'Matzo Man'.
December 5, 2023
bilby commented on the word pantisocracy
Don't get your pantisocracy in a twist!
December 4, 2023
bilby commented on the word betyár
In Hungarian, a highwayman.
December 4, 2023
bilby commented on the word berenicea
As a discerning gentleman I prefer my zoœcia arranged regularly.
December 1, 2023
bilby commented on the word half-belt
What a half-wit uses to keep his pants up.
December 1, 2023
bilby commented on the word bbls
I can still only find one b in barrel. Help.
December 1, 2023
bilby commented on the list quaintnesses
wine-carriage
December 1, 2023
bilby commented on the word wine-carriage
Bring back these!
December 1, 2023
bilby commented on the word granary-weevil
Sounds like a good insult to me.
December 1, 2023
bilby commented on the word sublime
Just checking in to see how Curtis is doing.
December 1, 2023
bilby commented on the word sarlyk
"We were having a good ol' sarlykkety-sarlyk when rudely interrupted by an earthquake," reminisced Ganzorig.
December 1, 2023
bilby commented on the user reesetee
Well if it looks like a duck ... it might be a shoveler? Modern life is very hard :-/
December 1, 2023
bilby commented on the user reesetee
Hiya! Came across spoonie today, appears to be a duck.
December 1, 2023
bilby commented on the word aulophobia
Does this include fancy champagne glasses?
November 29, 2023
bilby commented on the word elaterid
Dire tale backwards. Click bait masquerading as click beetle!
November 29, 2023
bilby commented on the word putty-eye
May thy orbit be fleshy ...
November 29, 2023
bilby commented on the word lemon balm
How do American speakers of English distinguish between this and lemon bomb?
November 29, 2023
bilby commented on the word daughters-in-law
One of those entries where the reverse dictionary needs to have a cup of tea and a good lie down.
November 28, 2023
bilby commented on the word Chicagorilla
But don't get risky in your frisky and end up with Chicagonorrhea.
November 28, 2023
bilby commented on the word Chicagorilla
Why stop at gorilla? Maybe take a ride in a Chicagondola, if they ever build it. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/06/chicago-plans-aerial-cable-car-network-skyline
November 28, 2023
bilby commented on the word bilby
*bows gracefully, or at least I think so*
November 27, 2023
bilby commented on the word bilby
Sounds like you're already a bit salty, vendypants!
November 26, 2023
bilby commented on the word Nowhere Else
I have not in fact been to Nowhere Else although I passed close by. Probably on the way to somewhere else :-/
November 24, 2023
bilby commented on the word Nowhere Else
A locality in Tasmania, Australia. Nowhere Else - Google Maps
November 24, 2023
bilby commented on the word Mobius strips
... for a living but dreams of being a professional dancer?
November 24, 2023
bilby commented on the word ronson
Yes but what is the link between the term ronson and fire?
November 23, 2023
bilby commented on the word farkakteh
Well. I know how Australians would pronounce it :-/
November 23, 2023
bilby commented on the word eclipse
A loose one will sink an ecshipse.
November 23, 2023
bilby commented on the list phraseologue---confabular-locutions
"i feel like a sitcom writer now" :-))))) loool
November 22, 2023
bilby commented on the word free-select
Relevant context for the classic Australian movie 'On Our Selection'.
Watch - original 1932 version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1SjeWCuyDk or 1995 remake https://archive.org/details/dad-and-dave-on-our-selection-1995
November 22, 2023
bilby commented on the word dihydropyrrole
Nice result with the word drop neatly dropped in the middle of this. Poetic justice.
November 22, 2023
bilby commented on the user bilby
I hope there are some exciting new flavours. How about roasted vendingmachine with caramel?
November 22, 2023
bilby commented on the user bilby
Yes I think it was something to do with my laptop and a new login system at Wordnik having a wee pith-feud.
November 20, 2023
bilby commented on the word witch ball
But let's assume it is. Points are scored by whacking a toad with a broomstick between the legs of a black cat and into a cauldron filled with brimstone. A bonus point is awarded if the cat gives you a filthy glare. In the modern game, copies of Macbeth may be used instead of toads.
November 20, 2023
bilby commented on the word braggest
Another case where the examples are more useful than the definition(s).
November 20, 2023
bilby commented on the user bilby
I have eaten all the cookies and now don't feel like hommous, but it's the thought that counts. Thank you Erin. I am now perilously close to commenting freely again.
November 20, 2023
bilby commented on the user bilby
I have logged in 3 times in the last 5 minutes, yet whenever I click a word I find myself logged out again.
Thusly I am trapped in a nether world between bilby and unbilby. Send hommous.
November 20, 2023
bilby commented on the word wordnik
Wordnik is the successor to Wordie, presumably a portmanteau of word and, uh, boulangerie.
August 26, 2023
bilby commented on the list things-that-were-hidden-by-the-snow
Found a dead alpinist yet?
https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/missing-climber-body-37-years-switzerland-glacier/
August 23, 2023
bilby commented on the word cliff face
If coalface can be a compound then why not cliffface? The would be an effing good word.
August 2, 2023
bilby commented on the word tapeworm bikini line
See tapekini.
July 15, 2023
bilby commented on the word repose
The walkout music for the Angels' Roger Repoz - at least on the night I as a four-year-old attended a game at Anaheim stadium with the whole family - was 'Don't Sleep in the Subway, Darling'. He played professional baseball for 17 years in USA major and minor leagues, Japan and Puerto Rico. He was of Yugoslav parentage. Interestingly the Spanish verb reposare is cognate with the English repose so any Hispanic- or Italian-background players and fans would also have got the joke.
June 17, 2023
bilby commented on the word EPCOT
An Australian equivalent would be Multi-Function Polis, a futuristic city-within-a-city once proposed for Adelaide. No-one really grokked the concept and it became so controversial with all kinds of scaremongering that the project was eventually dropped.
October 25, 2022
bilby commented on the word buffet-stool
TCD is soooo dated.
October 13, 2022
bilby commented on the word woolly sunflower
Also known as Oregon sunshine.
October 13, 2022
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