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#TIL Today I learned the word "cockade".

#VocabularyExpansion #NewWord #NewToMe

@valhalla

#TIL Today I learned the word "cockade".

#VocabularyExpansion #NewWord #NewToMe

WORD OF THE DAY:

Neinwohl : Opposite of Jawohl

Meaning: "I hear and I disobey."

#WordOfTheDay
#NewWord #Coinage
#German #English
#CivilDisobedience #AntiFa

WORD OF THE DAY:

Neinwohl : Opposite of Jawohl

Meaning: "I hear and I disobey."

#WordOfTheDay
#NewWord #Coinage
#German #English
#CivilDisobedience #AntiFa

I propose a new word that combines the lowbrow and the highbrow, for versatile usage.

The word is:

Fartulent

#WordOfTheDay #WordCoinage #NewWord

I propose a new word that combines the lowbrow and the highbrow, for versatile usage.

The word is:

Fartulent

#WordOfTheDay #WordCoinage #NewWord

AI Prompt: Make up a new English word to describe something that is both funny and sad.

My response: Tragical?  Doomerous? Funtastrophe?

AI response:
Suggested Word: "Saddelicious"

Definition: A blend of "sad" and "delicious," this term describes a situation, story, or experience that evokes both laughter and sadness simultaneously. It captures the complexity of emotions where humor is found in tragic or melancholic circumstances.

AI is just making up porn star names.

#NewWord
#AIFail

AI Prompt: Make up a new English word to describe something that is both funny and sad.

My response: Tragical?  Doomerous? Funtastrophe?

AI response:
Suggested Word: "Saddelicious"

Definition: A blend of "sad" and "delicious," this term describes a situation, story, or experience that evokes both laughter and sadness simultaneously. It captures the complexity of emotions where humor is found in tragic or melancholic circumstances.

AI is just making up porn star names.

#NewWord
#AIFail

Found in The Willows by Algernon Blackwood.

$ dict presentiment
2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Presentiment \Pre*sen"ti*ment\, n. [Pref. pre- + sentiment: cf.
     F. pressentiment. See {Presentient}.]
     Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous
     apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or
     conviction of something unpleasant, distressing, or
     calamitous, about to happen; anticipation of evil;
     foreboding.
     [1913 Webster]
  

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  presentiment
      n 1: a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of
           foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge
           would dismiss the case" [syn: {foreboding}, {premonition},
           {presentiment}, {boding}]

#dictd #english #gcide #newword #vocabulary #wordnet #words

Found in The Willows by Algernon Blackwood.

$ dict desultory
2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Desultory \Des"ul*to*ry\, a. [L. desultorius, fr. desultor a
     leaper, fr. desilire, desultum, to leap down; de + salire to
     leap. See {Saltation}.]
     1. Leaping or skipping about. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I shot at it [a bird], but it was so desultory that
              I missed my aim.                      --Gilbert
                                                    White.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Jumping, or passing, from one thing or subject to another,
        without order or rational connection; without logical
        sequence; disconnected; immethodical; aimless; as,
        desultory minds. --Atterbury.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He [Goldsmith] knew nothing accurately; his reading
              had been desultory.                   --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Out of course; by the way; as a digression; not connected
        with the subject; as, a desultory remark.
  
     Syn: Rambling; roving; immethodical; discursive; inconstant;
          unsettled; cursory; slight; hasty; loose.
          [1913 Webster]
  

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  desultory
      adj 1: marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose;
             jumping from one thing to another; "desultory thoughts";
             "the desultory conversation characteristic of cocktail
             parties"
  

#dictd #english #gcide #newword #vocabulary #wordnet #words

@nieuemma @emberfox @Em0nM4stodon

I have no idea what the word "nowbobly" means - and my search engine has never seen it before - but it's the best new word I've seen in years.

Now we just need its meaning!

#nowbobly #word #NewWord #definition #dictionary

@nieuemma @emberfox @Em0nM4stodon

I have no idea what the word "nowbobly" means - and my search engine has never seen it before - but it's the best new word I've seen in years.

Now we just need its meaning!

#nowbobly #word #NewWord #definition #dictionary

I would like to suggest a new word…

Autophew (n.)
The deep wave of relief experienced when returning a hire car unscathed, especially after navigating foreign roads on holiday.

#Words #NewWord

New “old” word:

precatory- to pray (from the Latin precari)

I’ve heard precatory used in a legal sense before, where it indicates some kind of non-binding agreement or a kind of wish (for lack of a better term) but never in a religious context until it turned up in a summary sentence about the 1552 Prayer Book. (The Study of Anglicanism, p. 12) Now I’m going to have to think about where and how the two intersect. 🤔

#NewWord #Anglican #History #Theology

New “old” word:

precatory- to pray (from the Latin precari)

I’ve heard precatory used in a legal sense before, where it indicates some kind of non-binding agreement or a kind of wish (for lack of a better term) but never in a religious context until it turned up in a summary sentence about the 1552 Prayer Book. (The Study of Anglicanism, p. 12) Now I’m going to have to think about where and how the two intersect. 🤔

#NewWord #Anglican #History #Theology

I’m basically able-bodied but slow, overweight and achey. I couldn’t call myself “crippled” even if that was an acceptable term. But I am definitely “crappled”. #NewWord

I’m basically able-bodied but slow, overweight and achey. I couldn’t call myself “crippled” even if that was an acceptable term. But I am definitely “crappled”. #NewWord

@debacle @alatiera That's great - I love #Debian : ) I do wish, however, that #sandboxing native apps on Debian using #AppArmor was as #noobeasy* as using #flatpak apps with #Flatseal.

#noobeasy #noobsimple #newword #neword #did_i_just_invent_a_new_word?

@debacle @alatiera That's great - I love #Debian : ) I do wish, however, that #sandboxing native apps on Debian using #AppArmor was as #noobeasy* as using #flatpak apps with #Flatseal.

#noobeasy #noobsimple #newword #neword #did_i_just_invent_a_new_word?

‪ #News #Dictionary #Germany #GoldenAge #Language #NewWord #Woertschatz #Trumpesk trumpesk Credit @luisaneubauer.bsky.social Application example:

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nvrxcgtce3lwzaoj2uyp3ucd/post/3li2qnz2jtk2m

I just realized what may have gone down in the RXV naming meeting. They had a viable vaccine for RSV. So maybe they wanted to name it ex RSV. But they wanted it to be shorter. So they replaced the ess sound for the ex sound. Hence, they called the vaccine RXV. Clever.

But do you want to know what was really clever advertising? Bubly using Michael Buble in their advertising. The ads made for good watching. I will only link one ad. See the rest on your own time. The possibilities for humour when your product name is very close to a likeable celebrity are entertaining.

So I think now that RXV can up their game even more. Say “Wayne Gretzky, RXV” three times fast. They are similar. Maybe we won’t make commercials as classic as the Buble ones , but they might be close.

I offered Wayne Gretzky because I know he is willing to shill for a company as he does for sports betting. Offer him up enough money and I’m sure he’s game enough for anything within reason. Check that word game. Maybe Wayne Gretzky is game for RXV. Well I’ll let the ad writers do the writing. But the possibilities are there.

Now naming a new pharmaceutical product usually involves coming up with a new word. Is there any rule stating that it can’t be close to a likeable celebrity’s name? A celebrity that you have a working agreement with? No there isn’t.

But corporations beware! These celebrities may not want to do ads with you (after the initial flurry of ads), for less than a billion dollars. After your name and their name are inextricably linked by being almost the same, no other celebrity will fit. That actually is okay for those in the medical field. That much money goes into promoting a new breakthrough drug anyhow. Maybe the corporation will pay, maybe it won’t. It depends if it needs that type of boost.

It’s my belief that Bubly was named depending on a contract with Michael Buble. This trick can be easily used for any new pharmaceutical. And the money is there. Watch for it in the future.

https://larryrusswurm.com/2024/09/07/ex-rsv/

#billionDollarContract_ #Bubly #celebrity #corporationsBeware #likeableCelebrity #MichaelBuble #newWord #RSV #RXV #vaccine #WayneGretzky

So my #kids coined a new word today, "prepeat" where you say something just before someone else says it. 😂

I love it when my kids are #silly.

#language #english #NewWord

So my #kids coined a new word today, "prepeat" where you say something just before someone else says it. 😂

I love it when my kids are #silly.

#language #english #NewWord

#NewWord #turtle

#NewWord #turtle

Sometimes a new word enters our lexicon which is sorely needed, timely, or just more sensible than the one we used before. And I love it when I read such a word for the first time. It's like meeting an interesting person 😀

Today's #newword is a "spokes" - a compact gender-neutral term to replace spokesperson/man/woman. Thank you @jossgarman

Sometimes a new word enters our lexicon which is sorely needed, timely, or just more sensible than the one we used before. And I love it when I read such a word for the first time. It's like meeting an interesting person 😀

Today's #newword is a "spokes" - a compact gender-neutral term to replace spokesperson/man/woman. Thank you @jossgarman

Wow, I learned a new word today!! Grangerize! From Margery Sharp's The Eye of Love.

grangerize (ˈɡreɪndʒəˌraɪz) or grangerise

1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to illustrate (a book) by inserting prints, drawings, etc, taken from other works
2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to raid (books) to acquire material for illustrating another book

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/grangerising

#TIL #MargerySharp #MarthaNovels #Grangerize #Grangerise #TheEyeOfLove #NewWord #NewWords

Wow, I learned a new word today!! Grangerize! From Margery Sharp's The Eye of Love.

grangerize (ˈɡreɪndʒəˌraɪz) or grangerise

1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to illustrate (a book) by inserting prints, drawings, etc, taken from other works
2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to raid (books) to acquire material for illustrating another book

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/grangerising

#TIL #MargerySharp #MarthaNovels #Grangerize #Grangerise #TheEyeOfLove #NewWord #NewWords

New (to me) word: open-washing

https://toot.thoughtworks.com/@njoseph_1/110778824756768961

"The act of claiming something is open (without proprietary licensing) when it does not meet all the criteria of openness."

The word dates to at least 2014:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/openwashing

Here's a 2011 example of the practice from Nokia, I expect it's much older:

https://www.theregister.com/2011/04/06/nokia_confirms_symbian_not_open/

#OpenSource #OpenWashing #NewWord

New (to me) word: open-washing

https://toot.thoughtworks.com/@njoseph_1/110778824756768961

"The act of claiming something is open (without proprietary licensing) when it does not meet all the criteria of openness."

The word dates to at least 2014:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/openwashing

Here's a 2011 example of the practice from Nokia, I expect it's much older:

https://www.theregister.com/2011/04/06/nokia_confirms_symbian_not_open/

#OpenSource #OpenWashing #NewWord

Betwaddled means confused. I need to start using it my daily life ;)

#english #NewWord #words #somerset #zummerzet

Betwaddled means confused. I need to start using it my daily life ;)

#english #NewWord #words #somerset #zummerzet

SP auto chocolate; EN chocolate car— «Los autos “chuecos” —que con el tiempo adquirieron el nombre de “chocolate”— son vehículos sin papeles, sin permisos de importación, que no se comercializan, ni podrían comercializarse, a través de agencias o concesionarios.» https://elpais.com/mexico/2022-12-29/lopez-obrador-amplia-la-regularizacion-de-autos-chocolate-hasta-marzo-de-2023.html https://jornadabc.com.mx/principales/se-ampliara-3-meses-mas-el-plazo-para-regularizar-vehiculos-chocolate-amlo/ #newword #neologism #neologismo

SP auto chocolate; EN chocolate car— «Los autos “chuecos” —que con el tiempo adquirieron el nombre de “chocolate”— son vehículos sin papeles, sin permisos de importación, que no se comercializan, ni podrían comercializarse, a través de agencias o concesionarios.» https://elpais.com/mexico/2022-12-29/lopez-obrador-amplia-la-regularizacion-de-autos-chocolate-hasta-marzo-de-2023.html https://jornadabc.com.mx/principales/se-ampliara-3-meses-mas-el-plazo-para-regularizar-vehiculos-chocolate-amlo/ #newword #neologism #neologismo

You know that thing that happens when you say a word many times over, and it stops sounding like a word, that is called 'semantic satiation.'

#interesting #newword #TIL

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

#WordOfTheDay: #catstaple

//katˈstāp(ə)l/.
verb
past tense: catstapled; past participle: catstapled

to be attached or secured with a cat.

"Mark had remained in the same position for three hours straight because his 10-lb feline Bertha had catstapled him to the sofa."

(The above is a common occurrence in our household.🤣 Feel free to borrow this expression I've coined as it comes in handy. #Dogstapling is a related phenomenon.)

#cats #humor #catsofmastodon #dogs #dogsofmastodon #newword

#WordOfTheDay: #catstaple

//katˈstāp(ə)l/.
verb
past tense: catstapled; past participle: catstapled

to be attached or secured with a cat.

"Mark had remained in the same position for three hours straight because his 10-lb feline Bertha had catstapled him to the sofa."

(The above is a common occurrence in our household.🤣 Feel free to borrow this expression I've coined as it comes in handy. #Dogstapling is a related phenomenon.)

#cats #humor #catsofmastodon #dogs #dogsofmastodon #newword

Hello federsted timeline.
I've invented a new word: plagiarism

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#plagiarism #newword