Wiktionary:Word of the day/Nominations/Archive 2023
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December 2023
Christmas tree (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 12:20, 30 December 2023 (UTC)— set for 25 December 2024 (Christmas Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 23:24, 20 December 2024 (UTC)oo oo aa aa (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) for January 26, 2028 - start of the year of the monkey and coincidentally non-consonant day Denazz (talk) 11:55, 25 December 2023 (UTC)— set for 1 April 2024 (theme for birth anniversary of Jane Goodall on 3 April 2024; April Fools' Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:43, 10 February 2024 (UTC)bisexual lighting (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — Mnemosientje (t · c) 12:13, 15 December 2023 (UTC)— set for 28 June 2024 (anniversary of the Stonewall riots). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:08, 12 June 2024 (UTC)healthspan (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Mcph2 (talk) 06:28, 14 December 2023 (UTC)— set for 1 October 2025 (International Day of Older Persons). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:26, 22 September 2024 (UTC)usquebaugh (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Ioaxxere (talk) 23:29, 11 December 2023 (UTC)— set for 30 November 2024 (Saint Andrew's Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:46, 16 November 2024 (UTC)let's (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Grammatically interesting. Let's see if it will be acceptable, shall we? -- ALGRIF talk 15:18, 5 December 2023 (UTC)- @Algrif: but not particularly interesting from a semantic point of view. — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:11, 5 December 2023 (UTC)
November 2023
kiss-her-in-the-buttery (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) For one of those not-actually-a-rude-phrase times of the year Seoovslfmo (talk) 21:52, 26 November 2023 (UTC)— set for 4 April 2025 (April Fools' Day double entendre theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:27, 30 March 2025 (UTC)shopdropping (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) or droplifting (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- good for a retail day like Black Friday. Equinox ◑ 10:22, 19 November 2023 (UTC)— set for 29 November 2024 (Black Friday). — Sgconlaw (talk) 03:40, 29 November 2024 (UTC)anodontia (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) PUC – 16:21, 2 November 2023 (UTC)— set for 20 March 2024 (World Oral Health Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:28, 25 February 2024 (UTC)visualise (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 11:29, 2 November 2023 (UTC)— visualize set for 26 April 2025 (World Intellectual Property Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:39, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
October 2023
Russophile (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Netizen3102 (talk) 20:31, 26 October 2023 (UTC)— Russophilia already nominated on 3 September 2022. — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:35, 20 May 2024 (UTC)minimum wage (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Netizen3102 (talk) 18:49, 26 October 2023 (UTC)— set for 28 April 2024 (World Day for Safety and Health at Work). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:53, 28 March 2024 (UTC)omertà (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Yet another interesting English borrowing. I've been keeping this one quiet for a while. Hush Hush. -- ALGRIF talk 19:50, 25 October 2023 (UTC)— set for 2 June 2025 (Festa della Repubblica). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:41, 31 May 2025 (UTC)hat trick (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Surprised not been used yet. -- Well done women's football teams yesterday! -- ALGRIF talk 07:59, 25 October 2023 (UTC)— set for 10 August 2024 (2024 Summer Olympics theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:32, 30 July 2024 (UTC)ne'er cast a clout till May be out (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) for obvious reasons, and that it is an awesomely confusing proverb. — This unsigned comment was added by P. Sovjunk (talk • contribs) at 03:37, 21 October 2023.— set for 30 May 2024. — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:04, 27 April 2024 (UTC)tin-pot dictator (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) – Jberkel 09:43, 13 October 2023 (UTC)— set for 12 June 2024. — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:36, 20 May 2024 (UTC)apple of someone's eye (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Seems that a fair amount of work already done on this entry in the past. This apple is ripe and ready for nomination. -- ALGRIF talk 09:15, 3 October 2023 (UTC)— set for 12 May 2024 (Mother’s Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:37, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
September 2023
galamander (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) ~ Blansheflur ｡･: talk :: contributions :･ﾟ❀,｡ 22:02, 30 September 2023 (UTC)— set for 15 March 2024 (Maine Statehood Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:33, 21 February 2024 (UTC)steely-eyed missile man (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - on the 60th anniversary of Apollo 12 in 2029? Or some other space thing P. Sovjunk (talk) 21:19, 27 September 2023 (UTC)— set for 12 April 2024 (International Day of Human Space Flight). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:40, 18 March 2024 (UTC)annulus (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) for the Annular Solar Eclipse on October 14; Nicole Sharp (talk) 08:59, 23 September 2023 (UTC)— set for 14 October 2023 (annular solar eclipse). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:49, 30 September 2023 (UTC)there must be something in the water (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) for International Water Day or some bullshit like that P. Sovjunk (talk) 17:36, 21 September 2023 (UTC)— set for 2 August 2024 (2024 Summer Olympics theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:32, 27 July 2024 (UTC)wet the shamrock (Check: R, G, H, W, Y). We did have shamrock as WOTD in 2009, but many of our readers were still in their diapers back then. Jewle V (talk) 07:51, 11 September 2023 (UTC)— set for 17 March 2024 (Saint Patrick's Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:28, 25 February 2024 (UTC)get in the boat and row (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) To coincide with the rowing world cup, the Boat Race, or suchlike? Jin and Tonik (talk) 07:51, 3 September 2023 (UTC)— set for 3 August 2024 (2024 Summer Olympics theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:32, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
August 2023
dictionary attack (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) PUC – 21:04, 11 August 2023 (UTC)— set for 12 November 2024 (anniversary of the publication of the formal proposal for the World Wide Web). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:14, 6 November 2024 (UTC)Basic choice but enby (Check: R, G, H, W, Y)? cf (talk) 07:01, 8 August 2023 (UTC)— set for 13 July 2024 (eve of International Non-binary People's Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:36, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
July 2023
sozology (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) PUC – 20:45, 23 July 2023 (UTC)— set for 5 June 2025 (World Environment Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:01, 4 June 2025 (UTC)cisalpine (Check: R, G, H, W, Y). Please ping me when a date has been chosen, so that I can feature French transalpin on the same day. PUC – 13:10, 22 July 2023 (UTC)— @PUC: set for 15 July 2024 (day after the anniversary of the date when Marie Paradis became the first woman to climb to the summit of Mont Blanc). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:47, 25 April 2024 (UTC)snuck (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) originally incorrect, but is now recognized quite ubiquitously; also notorious for being the subject of silly controversies, like that one time on Conan. –CopperyMarrow15 (talk) 02:21, 14 July 2023 (UTC)- @CopperyMarrow15: we don't feature inflected forms as WOTDs (unless they have some distinct idiomatic sense) because they have an uninteresting definition: "simple past and past participle of sneak". — Sgconlaw (talk) 07:21, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
two-spirit (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) MiltonLibraryAssistant (talk) 13:37, 13 July 2023 (UTC)— set for 31 March 2025 (International Transgender Day of Visibility). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:29, 29 March 2025 (UTC)heartland (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) MiltonLibraryAssistant (talk) 16:24, 11 July 2023 (UTC)— set for 9 August 2023 (National Day (Singapore)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:13, 27 July 2023 (UTC)summit disease (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Kiwima (talk) 05:11, 5 July 2023 (UTC)— set for 22 May 2024 (International Day for Biological Diversity). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:24, 9 May 2024 (UTC)child's play (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 09:07, 3 July 2023 (UTC)— set for 15 May 2024 (International Day of Families). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:47, 25 April 2024 (UTC)slings and arrows (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) lattermint (talk) 19:39, 2 July 2023 (UTC)— set for 24 April 2024 (day after anniversary of Shakespeare's traditional birthdate; International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace). — Sgconlaw (talk) 16:59, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
June 2023
turangawaewae (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) TheAwsomeWiki (talk) 21:39, 29 June 2023 (UTC)— set for 7 February 2024 (day after Waitangi Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:45, 1 February 2024 (UTC)dictionaryese (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) TheAwsomeWiki (talk) 21:39, 29 June 2023 (UTC)— set for 15 October 2023 (eve of National Dictionary Day (US)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:40, 4 October 2023 (UTC)cataract (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Ioaxxere (talk) 03:37, 26 June 2023 (UTC)— set for 22 March 2025 (World Water Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 23:11, 22 March 2025 (UTC)hecatomb (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Zyploc (talk) 18:01, 21 June 2023 (UTC)— set for 15 August 2023 (Ferragosto). — Sgconlaw (talk) 07:27, 9 August 2023 (UTC)osturducken (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) because holy crap Hythonia (talk) 13:56, 14 June 2023 (UTC)— set for 23 November 2023 (Thanksgiving). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:46, 15 November 2023 (UTC)satori (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — Two very different meanings Mcph2 (talk) 12:28, 8 June 2023 (UTC)— set for 3 November 2024 (Culture Day (Japan)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:43, 28 October 2024 (UTC)
May 2023
plain sailing (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 16:33, 5 May 2023 (UTC)— set for 25 June 2024 (Day of the Seafarer). — Sgconlaw (talk) 16:57, 5 June 2024 (UTC)transgender (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Looks good to me; with a little polishing by you all could be good to go. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 01:43, 5 May 2023 (UTC)— set for 31 March 2024 (Transgender Day of Visibility). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:52, 28 March 2024 (UTC)spring forward, fall back (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - on the date DST starts in the US - DonnanZ (talk) 10:03, 1 May 2023 (UTC)— set for 10 March 2024 (start of DST in most of the USA). @Donnanz: gee, it was awfully confusing for you to put this under "March equinox" on the nominations page. — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:28, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
April 2023
Widlarize (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Ioaxxere (talk) 23:14, 23 April 2023 (UTC)— set for 4 March 2025 (World Engineering Day for Sustainable Development). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:32, 20 February 2025 (UTC)Vulcan salute (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Wonderfool April 2023 (talk) 15:33, 22 April 2023 (UTC)— set for 8 September 2023 (Star Trek Day) and as the WOTD fallback for March 26 (birth anniversary of Leonard Nimoy). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:54, 1 September 2023 (UTC)kissing ball (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) as kiss my balls is not polite enough It is probably (talk) 21:21, 14 April 2023 (UTC)— set for 2 April 2025 (April Fools' Day double entendre theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:27, 30 March 2025 (UTC)taoiseach (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Being as it's Good Friday, I realised (too late) that this would be a Good Offering. Especially as almost no-one who isn't Irish knows how to pronounce it correctly! -- ALGRIF talk 11:22, 7 April 2023 (UTC)— Taoiseach set for 10 April 2023 (anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:04, 7 April 2023 (UTC)greenhouse gas (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 13:15, 3 April 2023 (UTC)— set for 5 June 2024 (World Environment Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:22, 12 May 2024 (UTC)radiogram (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 20:12, 1 April 2023 (UTC)— set for 13 February 2024 (World Radio Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:00, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
March 2023
arsenation (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- If you're going to do another "get your mind out of the gutter" series, which was awesome by the way Van Man Fan (talk) 22:40, 23 March 2023 (UTC)— set for 1 April 2025 (April Fools' Day double entendre theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:29, 29 March 2025 (UTC)resipiscence (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) PUC – 22:43, 20 March 2023 (UTC)— set for 2 November 2024 (All Souls' Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:43, 28 October 2024 (UTC)Mount Everest (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) --Geographyinitiative (talk) 15:49, 20 March 2023 (UTC)— set for 29 May 2024 and as the WOTD fallback for 29 May (anniversary of the first summiting of Mount Everest). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:14, 11 April 2024 (UTCencampment (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 10:43, 2 March 2023 (UTC)— set for 11 November 2024 (Remembrance Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:24, 8 November 2024 (UTC)Gaelic football (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - replacement; I noticed Fenian, but that could be controversial - DonnanZ (talk) 23:35, 1 March 2023 (UTC)— set for 17 March 2023 (Saint Patrick's Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:16, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
February 2023
pigeonhole (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Don't try to pin no label on me! -- ALGRIF talk 20:37, 27 February 2023 (UTC)— set for 5 January 2025 (National Bird Day (USA)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:29, 30 December 2024 (UTC)askoliasmos (Check: R, G, H, W, Y): obsolete, but interesting? Equinox ◑ 04:45, 25 February 2023 (UTC)— term failed RFV. — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:48, 3 September 2024 (UTC)GOOS (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — justin(r)leung { (t...) | c=› } 21:40, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
Support A legitimately useful term to add to my vocabulary. @justin(r)leung Do you know if this is the standard way to format an entry for an initialism of a sum-of-parts phrase (full phrase in etymology only)? I've wondered what to do at BFI in particular, since {{initialism of}}won't link each word separately. — excarnateSojourner (talk · contrib) 19:12, 21 February 2023 (UTC)- @ExcarnateSojourner: Thanks for your support. There are two ways to format initialisms/acronyms. The more usual way is to use the
{{initialism of}}inline template (which I've converted BFI into). The other way would be to do it as an etymology, as done in GOOS. — justin(r)leung { (t...) | c=› } 19:53, 21 February 2023 (UTC)- You need to read the guidelines: "Avoid abbreviations — Abbreviations, initialisms, acronyms, symbols, and the like are unlikely to be selected without extremely convincing reasons. In other words, don’t nominate WYSIWYG, dpi, or ☿. Symbols in particular cause problems for readers who lack the required fonts, and are therefore unlikely to be featured." DonnanZ (talk) 22:17, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
- Oops, I forgot about that point. I'll leave it for others to decide whether it has "extremely convincing reasons". — justin(r)leung { (t...) | c=› } 05:55, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Justinrleung: so what is your reason for the nomination? — Sgconlaw (talk) 10:50, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Sgconlaw: I think it's a very useful term that is quite underappreciated. It is also not in any other (major) dictionary as far as I know. It might also make a good WOTD for an environment-themed day, like Earth Day (April 22), since it's usually used in the context of being more green. — justin(r)leung { (t...) | c=› } 13:08, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
- Set for 22 April 2025 (Earth Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:10, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
- @Sgconlaw: I think it's a very useful term that is quite underappreciated. It is also not in any other (major) dictionary as far as I know. It might also make a good WOTD for an environment-themed day, like Earth Day (April 22), since it's usually used in the context of being more green. — justin(r)leung { (t...) | c=› } 13:08, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Justinrleung: so what is your reason for the nomination? — Sgconlaw (talk) 10:50, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
- Oops, I forgot about that point. I'll leave it for others to decide whether it has "extremely convincing reasons". — justin(r)leung { (t...) | c=› } 05:55, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
- You need to read the guidelines: "Avoid abbreviations — Abbreviations, initialisms, acronyms, symbols, and the like are unlikely to be selected without extremely convincing reasons. In other words, don’t nominate WYSIWYG, dpi, or ☿. Symbols in particular cause problems for readers who lack the required fonts, and are therefore unlikely to be featured." DonnanZ (talk) 22:17, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
- @ExcarnateSojourner: Thanks for your support. There are two ways to format initialisms/acronyms. The more usual way is to use the
neurodiversity (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Neurodiversity week 13th - 19th March -- ALGRIF talk 21:00, 6 February 2023 (UTC)— neurodiverse set for 13 March 2023 (start of Neurodiversity Celebration Week in 2023; selected an adjective as we have already featured a lot of nouns in March 2023). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:24, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
January 2023
seventh art (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) ·~ dictátor·mundꟾ 17:29, 23 January 2023 (UTC)— set for 14 April 2023 (eve of World Art Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:48, 26 March 2023 (UTC)sit-up-and-beg (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Went for a short ride around town today. -- ALGRIF talk 18:23, 12 January 2023 (UTC)— set for 3 June 2025 (World Bicycle Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:41, 31 May 2025 (UTC)imaginary lat syndrome (Check: R, G, H, W, Y). Kiwima (talk) 00:59, 11 January 2023 (UTC)— set for 11 August 2023 (birth anniversary of Hulk Hogan). — Sgconlaw (talk) 16:28, 1 August 2023 (UTC)bicultural (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) (The treaty of Waitangi is the basis of NZ's biculturalism) Kiwima (talk) 00:43, 11 January 2023 (UTC)— set for 7 February 2023 (day after Waitangi Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:22, 30 January 2023 (UTC)close-knit (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 11:46, 9 January 2023 (UTC)— set for 11 May 2025 (Mothers' Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 23:02, 5 May 2025 (UTC)could not get elected dogcatcher (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - to tie in with something connected with the US presidential elections? Feb 1 2023: DNC deadline for early states to change the dates of their primaries. Or Super Tuesday - 5 March 2024? Flackofnubs (talk) 16:24, 4 January 2023 (UTC)— set for 5 November 2024 (2024 US presidential election theme: Election Day (US)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:39, 15 September 2023 (UTC)haboob (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Flackofnubs (talk) 13:00, 1 January 2023 (UTC)— set for 3 April 2025 (April Fools' Day double entendre theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:27, 30 March 2025 (UTC)