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- backstamp An embossed, engraved or transfer-printed mark on a manufactured item such as a piece of porcelain. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:01, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
- bananarita - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:bananarita
- bandit day - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- bang average - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - British colloquial adjective for something unimpressive or below par, used often by TV football pundits, can be heard in vernacular across the country
- becharita - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:becharita
- beliquor - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library — to make (someone) drunk.
- bernedoodle - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- berryade - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:berryade
- bicyclops - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:bicyclops
- Bidenfreude - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Internet slang, blend of "Biden" and "schadenfreude" - referring to regrets by Trump supporters, or mocking Trump supporters for policies under Trump administrations that harm them PulauKakatua19 (talk) 03:19, 16 March 2025 (UTC) - How can it be a "mix" of two things it sounds nothing like? Sources? 2A00:23C5:FE1C:3701:B12B:824A:E20E:ED73 03:21, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
- blondster - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:blondster
- boist - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - “boist”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. - “boist, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - “boist, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- boisted - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary/MED5403 - See also boist
- boobsicle - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:boobsicle
- boogen - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- boogin - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- boomerasking - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- bootying - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - looting booty, but also from bootying down
- bo'ohw'o'wo'er - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - "bottle of water", imitative of the british accent, and can have many spelling variants
- branchial pit - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- breadwich - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:breadwich
- buff leather - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- butt nugget - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- birddogged - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- birddogging - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- birddogs - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- birdfarm - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- birdfarms - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- birdfeeds - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- birdwitted - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- birlieman - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- birliemen - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- birrotch - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- bishopbird - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- butt scooting - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- BYOL - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - bring your own license; compare BYOB
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- cakefetti - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:cakefetti
- Capitol police - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- cast stone - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library -
cast stone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Emanuele6 (talk) 15:52, 8 April 2025 (UTC)
- Chapaguri - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library / Jjapaguri - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - wikipedia:Chapaguri - See also ram-don - "Chapagetti + Neoguri"
- chickle - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- chipoo - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- Chosenite - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:Chosenite
- Added (at chosenite) in the sense "Jewish person". There is a rare second sense, "Korean person", from Sino-Japanese 朝鮮人 (chōsenjin), but so far I've only seen two instances of its use. Cnilep (talk) 00:46, 4 April 2025 (UTC)
- chromosexual - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- cinnamonrita - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:cinnamonrita
- cinnamontini - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:cinnamontini
- civil contempt - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- colorful language - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library noun - Using expressive and poetic—nice sounding—language to speak about something. (language that metaphorically uses a lot of vibrant colors.) When used sarcastically, it is a euphemism for saying something rude—like like swear words.
- compromise effect - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- Coulter's Law - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Coulter's Law states that the longer it takes the news media to identify a mass shooter in the United States, the less likely it is to be a white male.
- costimate - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:costimate
- costimation - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:costimation
- coy (new sense). We have "coy (plural coys) (military) A company" (Etymology 3), but it can also mean company as in a business (e.g. , ). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:51, 6 April 2025 (UTC)
- criminal contempt - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- crown knot - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - opposite? of the wall knot
- CTRL-left - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - etymology: extreme inversion of alt-right
- cuck license - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library -
- cucumberade - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:cucumberade
- cucumberita - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:cucumberita
- cultural enrichment - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - used by far-right nationalists and neo-Nazis. Referring to gang violence and murders committed by immigrants in Europe, in mockery of left-wing politicians and liberals promoting mass immigration. PulauKakatua19 (talk) 05:59, 17 May 2025 (UTC)
- cumbrella - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:cumbrella
- cut in the leg - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - mentioned at half cut as being the origin of cut and hence half cut (drunk). Also mentioned in this book and this website.
- cyclopteroid - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library used in at least one translation of 20,000 Leagues under the Seas
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- Dark Woke - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - w:Dark Woke
- delumptious - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:delumptious - “delumptious”, in Collins English Dictionary. - "Adjective to indicate extreme deliciousness of food."
- All these citations except the HK Magazine one seem like mere mentions of the word instead of uses that convey meaning to me. The HK Magazine citation is only visible when you hover over a specific part of an image - it could have been left in by mistake? twotwos (talk) 01:19, 4 June 2025 (UTC)
- Fixed. 2600:1700:DBF0:9D0:3CC8:E0C4:C15B:CBC6 03:03, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
- dev mode - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library — Figma trademarked that in US wtf??? Bort, Julie (2025 April 15) “Figma sent a cease-and-desist letter to Lovable over the term ‘Dev Mode’”, in TechCrunch
- developer mode - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- dicondyl - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- digital breast tomosynthesis - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:DBT_1, DBT_2
- Seems SoP to me, but I added the initialism to DBT. See also Citations:DBT Cnilep (talk) 01:49, 24 March 2025 (UTC)
- digital fossil - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - "an error preserved and reinforced in artificial intelligence (AI) systems that is nearly impossible to remove from our knowledge repositories." as in "This “digital fossil” also raises important questions about knowledge integrity as AI-assisted research and writing become more common." (both from ). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:32, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- distinguished gentleman - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Multiple definitions, but often used in a cutesy ironic way to describe pets that are perceived to act "polite" or "mature"
- dodecant - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library — any of the twelve parts into which the space around the centre of a hexagonal crystal is divided.
- downposit - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- drool-proof - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library Of a paper instruction manual, aimed at idiots. Chiefly or exclusively computing.
- dub over - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:dub over
- duckblind - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- dudism - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- duecentos - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- duennaships - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- duits - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- dukkeripen - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- dulcets - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- dules - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- dulfer - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- dulfers - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- dullbrained - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- duloses - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- duniewassal - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- duniewassals - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
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- glumpier - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- glumpiest - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- glunched - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- glunching - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- glyconics - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- glyptographical - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- glyptographs - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- gnathions - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
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- Lainpilled - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- latent syphilis - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- leem - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - “leem”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- lemonberry - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:lemonberry
- lemonrita - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:lemonrita
- leporiphile - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- lexicogenic - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library RodRabelo7 (talk) 23:46, 15 May 2025 (UTC)
- lewdorable - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - blend of lewd + adorable
- liberosessile - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- liquor card - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- lobbycon - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - To form a gathering in the lobby of a venue of a convention, with or without having access to the convention itself; might be fandom slang, but seems to be occaisionally used in other contexts involving different kinds of conventions as well. Could imply partaking in cosplay if the convention in question heavily features cosplay. In addition to being a noun, I'm not sure if the word's verb form is transitive or intransitive? To 'lobbycon a convention' is equivalent to 'lobbyconning at a convention'.
- lodh bark - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:lodh bark
- look-in To view or watch television. Used in "King’s Interest in Television: Tests Made at Windsor Castle", The Evening Star, 18 May 1935, quoted in . Also look in , used in . See also request for "lookers in". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:59, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
- low-slung - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:low-slung
- Lavrentiya - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - see Lavrentiya
- lipotropism - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- lipotropisms - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- lipper - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- lippered - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- lippering - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- lippers - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- lipurias - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- liquescencies - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- lisk - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
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- MAGAsphere - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:MAGAsphere
- magnicity - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- magnophone - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - (archaic) scientific instrument for detecting sound; see "The Microphone, Magnophone, Phonoscope, and Phoneidoscope". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:40, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
- maker's mark - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library An embossed, engraved or transfer-printed mark on a manufactured item such as a piece of porcelain. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:00, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
- malkie - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- manhatred - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:manhatred
- manufactured spending - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- melonrita - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:melonrita
- memebot - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- memeoid - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- metahumanism - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:metahumanism
- mihi (new sense, from the Latin) used in biological taxonomy after a name to mean "named by me", where otherwise the name of the taxon author would be given. (e.g.
Plutella megapterella mihi nov. spec.
instead of Plutella megapterella Bentinck nov. spec.
) Can also be abbreviated "m". See , , this download, and mihi itch, which is derived from this usage. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:29, 10 March 2025 (UTC)
- miscommunicado - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:miscommunicado
- Momo - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library – I've seen it being used as a derogatory way to refer to prophet Muhammad
- monocondyl - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- mother bitch - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:mother bitch
- motherchod - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library English descendant of the hindi word मादरचोद
- Muskrat - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library. Slang used to refer to Elon Musk, not to be confused with the animal of the same name. Notably used in a Reddit post that went viral for its contents (see ).
- my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - phrase: (Internet slang) extreme disappointment to the point of absolutely zero satisfaction
- myocardiograph - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- matlo - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- matlos - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- matlow - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- matlows - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- matriclinic - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- matriculatory - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
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- off-shoulder - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - shoulder revealing top
- omeganon - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:omeganon
- online sphere - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library ("noun"/noun phrase) wikt. attestation at wikt:Citations:online_sphere Lumbering in thought (talk) 10:50, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- This is the normal sense of "sphere". One could say "digital sphere", "theatrical sphere", etc. No entry needed.
- I don't know if you're fluent in English, but in the prospective noun phrase's history it was assumed blogosphere and manosphere were distinguished by the the definite article "the" with its specificity self-contained rather than liaison "o". In English, there exist plenty of noun phrases. Never did it come up that "blog" or "sphere" were being abnormally used. Lumbering in thought (talk) 19:30, 27 February 2025 (UTC)
- @Lumbering in thought Yes, hyperliterate native speaker, very familiar with Wiktionary policies since 2008. You can talk about any sphere, like "she's a new star in the TV cooking sphere". Please either delete this, or raise discussion at WT:TR. 2A00:23C5:FE1C:3701:5CD7:4B81:B90D:F39 03:25, 2 April 2025 (UTC)
- orangerita - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:orangerita
- organ in the sense of marjoram not the musical instrument or anatomical structure. Seems to come from Latin orīganum perhaps via French? The origin of Welsh organ (“wild marjoram”).
- oxagon - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:oxagon
- OCBD - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library – abbreviation of "Oxford cloth button down"
- oscheal - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- oscitance - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- oscitances - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- osirian - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- ossiculate - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- osteodermatous - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- osteodermic - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- osteodermous - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
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- sad-cited - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:sad-cited - “sadcited”, in Dictionary.com. - "The feeling of being sad and excited at the same time, especially at the transition from an ending to a beginning."
- sadlarious - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:sadlarious
- sagflation - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:sagflation
- salsarita - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:salsarita
- salt daddy - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:salt daddy
- samprasarana / samprasāraṇa - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - phenomenon in Sanskrit grammar
- samsquanch - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:samsquanch
- sapioromantic - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:sapioromantic
- sarcastive - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- scalgia - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:scalgia
- schoolastic - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- scimmy - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:scimmy - Short for scimitar, but also another meaning?
- seltzertini - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- sepiarian - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:sepiarian
- sepiary - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:sepiary
- seromucoid - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- service secretary - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- shamasal - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:shamasal
- shame culture - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- shaxing - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:shaxing
- shelflation - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- shidiot - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:shidiot
- shitflation - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- shitiot - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:shitiot
- shopan - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:shopan
- shovel-full - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:shovel-full
- schmovement or shmovement - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library gaming term
- sinangag - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Wikipedia:sinangag - a Filipino rice dish
- sinserious - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:sinserious
- six up - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - (hobo slang) a warning that police are approaching the area
- skyan - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - sky blue + cyan
- slamwich - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- slop jock - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- slusharita - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:slusharita
- smaste - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:smaste
- smeez - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (apparently a well understood work among Black Americans)
- smision - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:smision
- snarkasm - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:snarkasm - “snarkasm”, in Collins English Dictionary. - "To be snarky and sarcastic in a single remark."
- snurb - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:snurb
- sphaeraphis - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library (plural: sphaeraphides), a spherical aggregation of raphides in a plant cell. See e.g. Raphides and Plant Crystals. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:30, 10 March 2025 (UTC)
- son of a lesbian - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Indian English insult related to son of a bitch
- soundboy - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - (Jamican slang) an insulting term for a rival DJ in a soundclash—coming from rudeboy—or simply a DJ (also used in the UK/London music scene)
- sound boy - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - alterative spelling of "soundboy"
- split-toe - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:split-toe
- spog - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - disc-shaped confectionery, comprising aniseed flavoured jelly, coated in small balls of sugar-candy, usually blue or pink, and available separately or as part of a 'liquorice allsorts' mix (, ). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:35, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- sporgasm - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:sporgasm
- squart - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- strayve - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library — (verb) To wander aimlessly.
- streetlight effect - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - wikipedia:streetlight effect
- streetlight interference - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - wikipedia:streetlight interference
- stretchflation - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - Citations:stretchflation
- superlineal - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library — “superlineal, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- Surrey bike - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library, I'm afraid its name on Commons : commons:Category:Pedal cars for tourism is not the best choice. No mentions of it on Surrey. Astirmays (talk) 08:53, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
- The exact phrase 'DX Surrey' can also be used to describe a rare car made by StanleyMotor Carriage Company (not the famous tools company) in 1905, as well as this quadricycle pedal bike made by the International Surrey Company' --Overlordnat1 (talk) 06:37, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
- surreach - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library — “surreach, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- surreine - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library — “surreine, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- surreverently - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library — “surreverently, adv.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- swale (new sense); Controlled burning (of e.g. heather; scrubland) Devon dialect? See , , . Also new senses for swaling/ swales/ swaled. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:27, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
- swimey - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library strangely only defined on urban dictionary and a kent dictionary despite it being legitimate. both list it as local which is doubtful geographically as they are far apart and i have heard it in sussex too - adj. Giddy or near fainting.- Fred Amie's grandfather. L.R.A.G. 1977. (see also Swimmy, Swimmy-headed, Swimy (2) Notes on 'A Dictionary of Kentish Dialect & Provincialisms' (c1977) Page 16 - https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Swimey (mostly the second definition on the page)
- syncortex - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- sheepfaced
- sheeppen
- sheeptick
- sheeve
- sheeves
- shelfed
- shelftalker
- shelftalkers
- shellbound
- shellycoat
- shellycoats
- shelta
- sheltas
- shelvier
- shelviest
- sheol
- soft steroid - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- substitution opportunity - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library - in soccer.
Section: 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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- voars - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- vocably - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- vocicultural - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
- volageous - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library
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- x - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library — (as a verb, with conjugations including x-ed, xed, x'd, x-ing, xing, x'ing) to indicate (one's choice/answer) by marking with an X, or to delete/cancel by marking with an X. Appears in Collins dictionary.
- We have X out, so that could be used as a basis.
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Specialized jargon or slang
Military
There are dictionaries of military slang which can confirm these, but at least one genuine use should be identified before a term is created.
Textiles
These were originally added under the appropriate letters, but require similar specialized knowledge or research.
- Ea - elasthane
- loop tag - a bartack which is 'loose' in the middle
- moustache - abrasion of lines to imitate pre-worn garment (a.k.a Whiskers)
- open end spinning - a technology for creating yarn without using a spindle. This system is much less labour intensive and faster than ring spinning
- R.E. or RE - Raw Essentials
- single jersey - Single knit fabrics and jersey knits are light to medium weight fabrics with flat vertical ribs on the right side and dominant horizontal lines on the wrong side. Fabric stretches from 20 to 25% across the grain.
- SW- Sweat
- whiskers- abrasion of lines to imitate pre-worn garment (a.k.a Moustache)
Abbreviations listed in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
Abbreviated titles and designations
A.R.I.B.A. Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
B.LL. Bachelor of Laws.
C.I.E. Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire.
C.M. Chirurgiae Magister, Master in Surgery.
C.M.G. Companion of St Michael and St George.
D.Lit., Litt. D. Doctor of Literature.
D.S.W. Doctor of Social Work.
Ebor. Eboracensis of York.2
F.F.P.S. Fellow of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow)
F.G.S. Fellow of the Geological Society.
F.K.Q.C.P.I. Fellow of King and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland.
F.L.S. Fellow of the Linnaean Society.
F.P.S. Fellow of the Philological Society.
F.R.A.S. Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.
F.R C.P. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.
F.R.C.P.E. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
F.R.C.S. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.
F.R.G.S. Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
F.R.H.S. Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society
F.R.Hist.Soc. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
F.R.I.B.A. Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
F.R.S. Fellow of the w:Royal Society
F.R.S.A. Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce
F.R.S.E. Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
F.S.A. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
F.S.S. Fellow of the Statistical Society
F.Z.S. Fellow of the Zoological Society
G.C.B. Knight Grand Cross of the Bath
G.C.H. Knight Grand Cross of Hanover
G.C.I.E. Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
G.C.M.G. Knight Grand Cross of St Michael and St George
G.C.S.I. Knight Grand Commander of the Star of India
G.C.V.O. Knight Grand Commander of the Victorian Order
J.U.D. w:Juris utriusque Doctor, Doctor of Civil and Canon Law
K.C.M.G. Knight Commander of St Michael and St George
K.C.S.I. Knight Commander of the Star of India
K.C.V.O. Knight Commander of the Victorian Order
L.A.H. Licentiate of the Apothecaries' Hall
L.C.C. London County Council, or Councillor
L.C.J. Lord Chief Justice
L.L.A. w:Lady Literate in Arts
LL.B. Legum Baccalaureus, Bachelor of Laws
LL.D. Legum Doctor, Doctor of Laws
L.R.C.P. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians
L.R.C.S. Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons
L.S.A. Licentiate of the Apothecaries' Society
M.Inst.C.E. Member of the Institute of Civil Engineers
M.R.C.P. Member of the Royal College of Physicians
M.R.C.S. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons
M.R.I.A. Member of the Royal Irish Academy
M.V.O. Member of the Victorian Order
R. & I. Rex et Imperator
Reg. Prof. Regius Professor
R.M. Royal Marines, Resident Magistrate
S.S.C. Solicitor before the Supreme Courts of Scotland
S.T.L. Sacrae Theologiae Licentiatus, Licentiate of Sacred Theology
S.T.P. Sacrosanctae Theologiae Professor, Professor of Sacred Theology
V.G. Vicar-General
V.S. Veterinary Surgeon
W.S. Writer to the Signet Equivalent to Attorney
Abbreviations denoting moneys, weights, and measures
bar. barrel.
bus. bushel.
c. (or cub.) ft. &c. cubic foot,&c.
dr. drachm or dram.
na. nail.
po. pole.
q. quadrans, farthing.
Miscellaneous abbreviations
A.E.I.O.U. Austriae est imperare orbi universo
or Alles Erdreich Ist Oesterreich Unterthan.
D.G. Dei gratia, By the grace of God.
k.t.l. Greek kai ta loipa, Et caetera, and the rest.
L. or Lib. Liber, Book.
Mem. Memento, Remember, Memorandum.
O.S.B. Ordo Sancti Benedicti (Benedictines).
Q., Qu., or Qy. Query; Question.
q.d. Quasi dicat, As if he should say: as much as to say.
q.s. or quant. suff. Quantum sufficit, As much as is sufficient.
sp. Sine prole, Without offspring.
References and notes
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