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• kalayzich commented on the list death-7Pt0IdcIeFH2XtJQWf0nU

  "Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back." ~ Marcus Aurelius

  February 26, 2025

• marmik commented on the user marmik

  To all the junior devs and freshers out there such as myself, always remember: every bug has a fix, every error has a solution, and every scrambled word can be unscrambled.

  Keep debugging <b>your code and your journey</b>

  <b>success is just a few keystrokes away!</b>

  February 26, 2025

• bilby commented on the word backslash

  I feel that we could adopt backslash as code for 'escape sequence initiated'.

  eg.

  + You enjoying this party? Wanna hang around a bit longer?

  - Backslash.

  February 26, 2025

• bilby commented on the user nammos

  All sailors desire fufluns.

  February 26, 2025

• bilby commented on the word amphisome

  The definition above makes me feel like I don't speak English.

  February 26, 2025

• nammos commented on the user nammos

  asdf

  February 26, 2025

• x8clubbcom commented on the user x8clubbcom

  website: https://x8-clubb.com/

  February 26, 2025

• barlatyansha commented on the user barlatyansha

  "I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people": This quote emphasizes the beauty and depth of love as a creative act.

  February 26, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word doge

  Homestar Runner Biz Cas Fri puppet sketch (Sept 2009):

  Homestar Runner calls StrongBad his dog, pronounced like dog.

  HR: "You quack me up. That's why you're my D-O-G-E"

  SB: "Your doge?" (pronounced as dozh/doʒ)

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

  February 25, 2025

• bilby commented on the word you'ns

  Is this still in use?

  February 25, 2025

• bilby commented on the word ovism

  Which came first, ovism or animalculism?

  February 25, 2025

• bilby commented on the word maltin

  There was lots of maltin in the malt in the malt tin.

  February 25, 2025

• bilby commented on the word superautomatic

  Yeah, not quite Wiktionary. Your definition fits automatic coffee machines.

  These days superautomatic refers to machines that can froth milk, etc. and thus make mixed drinks like latte, cappuccino and so on with one button press.

  February 24, 2025

• bilby commented on the word insufflator

  My fuflun insufflator's muffler was awfully full of fine, furry fluff.

  February 24, 2025

• hugovk commented on the word DOGE'd

  I'm back on the job market after getting DOGE'd from my job with USDA that I started in December.

  https://hachyderm.io/@benanhalt/114060255601101039

  February 24, 2025

• hugovk commented on the word FLINTA

  This campaign welcomes participation from across the wide range of FLINTA gender identities. FLINTA is a German acronym that refers to people who are not cis men, and stands for: Frauen: Women, Lesben: Lesbians, Intergeschlechtliche: Intersex, Nichtbinäre: Non-binary, Trans: Trans, and Agender: Agender.

  https://www.lostdot.cc/race/tcrno11-women-only

  February 24, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word my brother in Christ

  my sibling in Christ: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1ix7pqb/

  February 24, 2025

• bilby commented on the user tehila

  Game over. Tehila sundown.

  February 24, 2025

• bilby commented on the word fling-stink

  A 16C and 17C slang term for whore.

  February 24, 2025

• bilby commented on the word pignut

  In The Tempest (act ii, sc. 2, 171), Caliban, the deformed son of a witch, implores Stephano, the drunken butler;

  I prithee, let me bring thee where crabs grow.

  And I with my long nails will dig thee pignuts,

  Show thee a jay’s nest, and instruct thee how

  To snare the nimble marmoset. I’ll bring thee

  To clustering filberts, and sometimes I’ll get thee

  Young scamels from the rock. Wilt thou go with me?

  February 24, 2025

• bilby commented on the word yernut

  Also pignut.

  February 24, 2025

• bilby commented on the list specific-excrement

  dog yogurt

  February 24, 2025

• thingsitried commented on the word marianas

  the name of an exclusive, underwater speakeasy where mermaids serve up signature cocktails

  February 22, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word chants

  Chants, a portmanteau of chair and pants.

  February 22, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word applanche

  Applanch, a portmanteau of apple and avalanche.

  February 21, 2025

• maryw commented on the word photosynthetic bloom

  Wild canids mate annually, at a time that anticipates a once-a-year photosynthetic flush—theproliferation of edible resources. Not only does that flush appear at different times in the northern and southern hemispheres, but the intensity of the photosynthetic bloom changes with latitude as well.

  Raymond Coppinger & Lorna Coppinger, What Is a Dog? (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2016), p. 126

  February 21, 2025

• maryw commented on the word photosynthetic flush

  Wild canids mate annually, at a time that anticipates a once-a-year photosynthetic flush—theproliferation of edible resources. Not only does that flush appear at different times in the northern and southern hemispheres, but the intensity of the photosynthetic bloom changes with latitude as well.

  Raymond Coppinger & Lorna Coppinger, What Is a Dog? (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2016), p. 126

  February 21, 2025

• maryw commented on the word design cost

  flying or walking or chasing is not the only cost. Add in an energy cost in building the organism from a single-celled egg to the reproductive adult; this is called the design cost. How much does it cost (in calories) to build an elephant or a bird or a dog? Is that a different cost (in calories) than building an earthworm? Of course it is. And it costs much more to build a hundred-pound wolf than it does to build a thirty-pound dog.

  Raymond Coppinger &nLorna Coppinger, What Is a Dog? (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2016), p. 89

  February 21, 2025

• ulaidelvi commented on the word spectral owl

  an owl

  February 21, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word downloadisode

  Downloadisode, a portmanteau of download and episode.

  February 21, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word frankenword

  Frankenword, a portmanteau of Frankenstein and word.

  February 21, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word squirmish

  Squirmish, a portmanteau of squirm and skirmish.

  February 21, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word the X is X-ing

  Cocoooo. The skin is skinning, thy fit is fitting, the sample? is sampling, the artist is artisting.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ2nxrPHHe0

  February 21, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word UwU

  "British cavalry in the 1850s consisted entirely of twinks who used UwU-speak" https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1iurc03/british_cavalry_in_the_1850s_consisted_entirely/

  February 21, 2025

• maryw commented on the word resource partitioning

  When wolves disappeared from Yellowstone decades ago, coyotes would eat food normally eaten by wolves. When wolves were returned to Yellowstone, the coyotes went back to eating coyote-sized food. In the behavioral ecology trade, this is called resource partitioning.

  Raymond Coppinger & Lorna Coppinger, What Is a Dog? (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2016), p. 82

  February 21, 2025

• maryw commented on the word coral rag

  i With a group of students, we studied islands called coral rags in the Indian Ocean near Tanzania. Coral rags consist of rock that is formed from porous coral. Rain water goes through the rock as through a sieve. Rain water on the on the island settles down onto the underlying salt water, displacing it and causing a lens of fresh water. Plants with a taproot system can suck up some water, especially where topsoil has accumulated.

  Raymond Coppinger & Lorna Coppinger, What Is a Dog? (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2016), p. 79

  February 21, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word unskippable cutscene

  https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1itrx3q/girl_weve_been_knowing_how_to_draw/

  February 21, 2025

• maryw commented on the word dog yogurt

  If dogs are living on human refuse, none of those other essentials are really a worry. As human refuse rots (we call it dog yogurt), the micro-organisms produce a good crop of amino acids (protein) and essential vitamins.

  Raymond Coppinger & Lorna Coppinger, What Is a Dog? (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2016), p. 79

  February 21, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word just hit the 2nd tower

  https://www.reddit.com/r/characterarcs/comments/1iutpoj/a_true_patriot/

  February 21, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word Adam Sandler thank you for the love

  https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1iu3ux6/2025_cant_be_real/

  February 21, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word miscommunicado

  Miscommunicado, a portmanteau of miscommunicate and incommunicado.

  February 21, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word insinuedo

  Insinuendo, a portmanteau of insinuation and innuendo.

  February 21, 2025

• bilby commented on the word refudiate

  Just an eggcorn tbh.

  February 20, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word gargle my balls

  apparently that Greyhound/ICE story is 5 years old: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGCE4Jguzes/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

  February 20, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word refudiate

  Refudiate, a portmanteau of refute and repudiate.

  February 20, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word gorpcore

  gorpcore like other -core aesthetics https://www.reddit.com/r/itscalledfashion/comments/1ir76xj/gorpcore_final_boss_fendi_x_sarah_coleman_s21/

  February 20, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word ghast

  Ghast, a portmanteau of ghastly and ghost.

  February 20, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word merticular

  Merticular, a portmanteau of meticulous and particular.

  February 20, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word tarotpy

  Tarot therapy = tarotpy pronounced TAROT-pee.

  February 20, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word ASMR

  dystopian ASMR from the official White House X account:

  "ASMR: Illegal Alien Deportation Flight" (volume emoji)

  https://bsky.app/profile/felipedlh.bsky.social/post/3lijwr7nmxc2w

  February 20, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word malamanteau

  Malamanteau, a portmanteau of malapropism and portmanteau.

  February 20, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word dimbecile

  Dimbecile, a portmanteau of dim-witted and imbecile.

  February 19, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word gemerald

  Gemerald, a portmanteau of gem and emerald.

  February 19, 2025

• vendingmachine commented on the word thumb piano

  See mbira. zanze.

  February 19, 2025

• bilby commented on the word mbira

  I have one of these and did not know what it was called. So, happy to have randomly landed on this page :-)

  February 18, 2025

• bilby commented on the word posocahuoui

  I think I like it.

  February 18, 2025

• bilby commented on the word Tikkawoppa Plateau

  A locale - indeed, a regional reserve - in Tasmania, Australia.

  February 18, 2025

• 52james commented on the word bania

  This deserves a definition. In Indian English it’s a derogatory term for a money-grubbing shady businessman: one who looks to profit from whatever deal he can finagle.

  February 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word firmth

  Firmth, a portmanteau of firmness and warmth.

  February 17, 2025

• natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word dwobbit

  Dwobbit, a portmanteau of dwarf and hobbit.

  February 16, 2025

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

  "the brutish are coming" https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1iqgqi4/the_brutish_are_coming/

  February 16, 2025

• sprintexec commented on the word kayfabe

  Marina Hyde in her writing for The Guardian in February 2025 used kayfabe when talking about Europe, Trump, Putin and Ukraine. I had to look it up. Thanks wordnik!

  February 15, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word quink

  https://www.tumblr.com/cadaverousdecay/769801995643224064

  "tried to say “kinky queer” and said “quink” and couldn’t even finish my sentence. fucking quink,,,"

  February 15, 2025

• octe commented on the word tradent

  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tradent

  February 14, 2025

• octe commented on the word paideia

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paideia

  February 14, 2025

• octe commented on the word primigravidae

  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/primigravida

  February 14, 2025

• octe commented on the word luteofulvous

  tawny yellow - https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/luteofulvous

  February 14, 2025

• ilexwg commented on the user ilexwg

  Hello w❤️rd!

  February 12, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word PDF files

  algospeak for pedophiles https://www.instagram.com/reel/DF9MH_mJg82/

  February 12, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word dark woke

  #DarkWoke https://www.vulture.com/article/kendrick-super-bowl-halftime-review.html

  February 11, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word kung pow penis

  https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1imanfu/12_angry_tumblrites/

  February 11, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word goon

  goon's new meaning making it hard to find a good word for henchpeople: https://www.reddit.com/r/venturebros/comments/1im7ojs/figured_yall_would_like_this/

  February 11, 2025

• bilby commented on the word gingerbread man

  https://www.flickr.com/photos/105277968@N08/52310812322

  February 11, 2025

• bilby commented on the word Duckworth Lewis Stern

  Cricket jargon: a (complicated) mathematical formula for adjusting scores in games affected by weather interruptions that shorten the playing time. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/how-the-duckworth-lewis-stern-method-works-1102000

  February 11, 2025

• bilby commented on the word clear the front leg

  Cricket jargon: when a batter opens up his/her stance by moving the front leg toward the edge of the pitch. It's usually done to provide a clearer path for a hard bat swing.

  February 10, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word just hit the 2nd tower

  "running it back in the almost never forgets" = 9 1/2 11 size bowling shoes https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1iltkpj/running_it_back_in_the_almost_never_forgets/

  February 10, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word just hit the 2nd tower

  "a 2nd lego tower has hit the stream" https://www.youtube.com/live/4L8WmKGuBtQ?si=Nw2ZihPrlDRNvgy5&t=67

  "sir, a 2nd plane has just hit the decagon" https://youtu.be/HUopmWt5HqY?si=LTV6vAeon2aZFIal&t=427

  February 9, 2025

• 4951172 commented on the word esperate

  Making more esperances

  February 9, 2025

• 4951172 commented on the word esperatic

  having or seeming to be esperate especially in a chaotic way especially spontaneously

  February 9, 2025

• 4951172 commented on the word posocahuoui

  A phenomenon of sketchy or clickbait-like advertisements having unrealistic or unearthy-looking items, especially if the item appears to be some sort of food, especially if fruit

  Etymology: abbreviation

  The word can be pronounced in many different ways
  

  February 9, 2025

• jongomez commented on the user jongomez

  Hi

  February 9, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word meezies

  a potential future 2026 nickname for measles (regarding current outbreaks in the USA).

  also in the thread: meezmaxxing https://bsky.app/profile/ianboudreau.com/post/3lhn7r4wk3s2m

  February 8, 2025

• aryanto commented on the user aryanto

  I want to introduce about new word koperasi 2.0 in Indonesian language, co-operative 2.0 in english. Koperasi 2.0 is co-operative with already using Blockchain technology.

  February 8, 2025

• menderlead commented on the user menderlead

  Hi Guys, thanks for Wordnik

  Seems like there are opportunities to find or to create a word that may be used to describe a class of "things we do"

  Along the lines of a journal of past events that we could keep on a device (in my case a PC coded in php) the successor to a "to-Do-list" to record things we have done and will likely need to do again.

  I do have a completed list, for tasks I have done, but I feel it might be possible to find an improved description that might differentiate issues that are "regular" and crop up (perhaps annually) like paying for an insurance?

  All the best, and thanks again.

  PS

  I did search for periomar ...no hits = a "walk around" inspecting specific or interesting data

  will also check out ebne Dr Edward deBono's - Excellent but not Enough

  perhaps I am using Wordnik incorrectly ?

  February 8, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74

  F'Elon: https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckelonmusk/comments/1ijfltm/this_bumper_sticker/

  February 7, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word the Nerd Reich

  https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/1iis3nt/austin_protest/

  February 7, 2025

• ry commented on the word echinoneus

  The Century entry for irregular has a definition that is specific to echinoderms

  February 7, 2025

• tankhughes commented on the word just hit the 2nd tower

  call a vape pen a pentagon, so they can say "i just hit the pentagon"

  https://cl.usembassy.gov/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-october-7th-terrorist-attacks/

  Biden said Hamas attacks were like 15 9/11s. Could influence math on those numbers like 18/22.

  February 7, 2025

• ruzuzu commented on the word extinction burst

  Oh, look! A delicious food pellet!

  *press*

  *press*

  *press*

  *press*?

  *press*?

  February 7, 2025

• savanth commented on the user savanth

  Thank you !!

  February 7, 2025

• bilby commented on the list gained-in-translation

  Where do you get eggs containing baroquefinesse?

  February 7, 2025

• bilby commented on the word Hottentot's tea

  https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/helichrysum/key/Helichrysum/Media/Html/Helichrysum_nudifolium_var._nudifolium.htm

  February 7, 2025

• bilby commented on the word Hottentot's tea

  Helichrysum nudifolium var. nudifolium.

  February 7, 2025

• bilby commented on the word wortwale

  Middle English Compendium says that other meanings are (a) The root of a herb; (b) the root or base of a rooster’s spur.

  February 7, 2025

• bilby commented on the word tigerwood

  Lol visuals.

  February 7, 2025

• bilby commented on the word flocculate

  Unforunate FiFi foolishly flocculated her fine friend's fifty-five fluffy fufluns.

  February 7, 2025

• bilby commented on the word pokeberry

  Also skokeberry.

  February 7, 2025

• bilby commented on the word polyderivative

  Child of a polyamorous couple/group?

  February 7, 2025

• bilby commented on the word swab-stick

  TCD definition writer phoning it in.

  February 7, 2025

• bilby commented on the word trinketer with Satan

  See example on trinketer.

  February 7, 2025