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tankhughes commented on the list 2025-woty-research-y4sh9nurnUxr2gBi3jyQd
"The Case for Brain Rot" an editorial on slang: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/01/brain-rot-language/681297/
Not the best take, but I'm noting its existence. https://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcc.bsky.social/post/3lpsksfdgzs2g
May 23, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list discount-insults-btJ1PGLlOpyPliE2HHSVx
Retirement joke: https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1kslbwn/retiring_to_ones_quarters/
"retiring to my quarters" becomes "retiring to my nickels"
May 22, 2025
ruzuzu commented on the list know-when-to-fold-them-NcdR-Jn-qFeWcGIHwG1jj
Good one, kalayzich!
May 22, 2025
ruzuzu commented on the list discount-insults-btJ1PGLlOpyPliE2HHSVx
Perhaps bilby could create a garden variety list for our amusement.
May 22, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word downposit
Downposit, a portmanteau of down payment and deposit.
May 22, 2025
wolfie commented on the user wolfie
Cuing is not a real word
May 22, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list 2025-woty-research-y4sh9nurnUxr2gBi3jyQd
quirked up white boy. like caked up but full of quirks instead of cake https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1kscxi9/the_ultimate_quirked_up_white_boy/
May 22, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word reheated nachos
UK's Eurovision entry being describe as having reheated Katy Perry lyrics: https://www.reddit.com/r/eurovision/comments/1krv7yr/comment/mthxap1/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
May 22, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word Kool-Aid man
Can be a verb to describe someone bursting through the wall, a la the Kool-Aid Man in commercials in the 90s.
DnD scenario: "My character runs and jumps through the crumbling wall." "Ok, so you Kool-Aid Man through that wall and see 5 opponents ready to fire weapons at you"
On a Worlds Beyond Number Patreon podcast episode May 2025, the cast discusses that the opposite of this manuever is the classic Looney Tunes outline that is left by people fleeing a room, when the outline precisely shows the shape of the body as it broke through the wall.
Similar to yelling "Kobe!" before a precision shot into a trash can vs yelling "YEET!" for distance before a wild and powerful throw.
May 21, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list discount-insults-btJ1PGLlOpyPliE2HHSVx
bilby I wouldn't add garden variety here. It's humdrum everyday quotidian basic, but not in a way that compares to a nicer option. It's not like there's a "royal arboretum variety" or "meticulously maintained greenhouse variety" that we could compare it to. I like it though, it's a curious term.
May 21, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list 2025-woty-research-y4sh9nurnUxr2gBi3jyQd
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1kqwl62/on_aura_farming_like_a_fantasy_character/#lightbox the cycle of slang:
aura = like a boss
peakslop = guilty pleasure
mid = meh
cringe = gay
May 21, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word stone butch
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJ2WS6wB7ih/ queer history of stone butches and touch-me-nots
May 20, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word -coded
https://bsky.app/profile/brendelbored.bsky.social/post/3lpils27zts2v
podcast-coded
May 19, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word unalive
https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/comments/1kq0run/unalive/ A post about how unalive and undead shouldn't mean the same thing.
But undead is an adjective: undead zombies, or noun: beware the undead
and unalive is a verb "No I'm not gonna kill em, I'm gonna unalive them" (Deadpool on a Spiderman cartoon pretending that what he does isn't murder even though it definitely is)
May 19, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word okratini
Okratini, a portmanteau of okra and martini.
May 18, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
sax shoe Al for sexual in instagram captions: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJvhTGoxqBl/
May 18, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
pdf for pedophile
May 18, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list elonyms-uSsdgG16E5CDlsBibHu74
Elon Musk as an insult for people who don't earn what they have: https://www.reddit.com/r/nothingeverhappens/comments/1kmdmin/kids_dont_know_about_elon_musk/
May 17, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word kumquatini
Kumquatini, a portmanteau of kumquat and martini.
May 17, 2025
cheddar commented on the word cheddar
cheddar
May 17, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
graped and unalived: https://www.reddit.com/r/meirl/comments/1ko9ltn/meirl/
May 17, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word berrytini
Berrytini, a portmanteau of berry and martini.
May 16, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word bananarita
Bananarita, a portmanteau of banana and margarita.
May 16, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word bananatini
Bananatini, a portmanteau of banana and martini.
May 16, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word foamers
people who like trains so much they foam at the mouth? https://www.tumblr.com/queer-as-city-folk/783616409534136320/foamers-literally-suck-they-cursed-out-and-gave
May 16, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list algorithm-avoidant-inventions-D25p2r0HK_2pCayeZApKQ
a cis woman drag queen talks about her love of butch cartoon characters:
bih for bitch
lezbean for lesbian
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJpfAkZzDvj/
May 15, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word stay in line!
From US elections in which voters are lied to and intimidated and disheartened to have to stand in line past the time that voting booths were meant to close - activists online will post STAY IN LINE to encourage the voters to wait even though they may receive that misinformation.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NonPoliticalTwitter/comments/1kmtm07/from_my_cold_dead_hands/
May 15, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word loot
https://www.reddit.com/r/NonPoliticalTwitter/comments/1klr885/endgame_catholic_loot/
May 14, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word apricotini
Apricotini, a portmanteau of apricot and martini.
May 14, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word peacharita
Peacharita, a portmanteau of peach and margarita.
May 14, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word peachtini
Peachtini, a portmanteau of peach and martini.
May 14, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word plumtini
Plumtini, a portmanteau of plum and martini.
May 14, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word plumrita
Plumrita, a portmanteau of plum and margarita.
May 14, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word caruncle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caruncle_(bird_anatomy) Little flesh
May 13, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word DPR
https://youtube.com/shorts/8Jv_CQ3SPFE demonstrative pronoun reduction in the Yorkshire dialect (previously known as DAR)
May 13, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word seltzerita
Seltzerita, a portmanteau of seltzer and margarita.
May 12, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word seltzertini
Seltzertini, a portmanteau of seltzer and martini.
May 12, 2025
tiger915 commented on the user tiger915
Hi, my name is Tiger and I came from Taiwan. Nice to join this community.
May 12, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list 2025-woty-research-y4sh9nurnUxr2gBi3jyQd
truthed it out: https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lovlmb7ujk2o
May 11, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word quickle
Quickle, a portmanteau of quick and pickle.
May 11, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list 2025-woty-research-y4sh9nurnUxr2gBi3jyQd
https://www.reddit.com/r/BlackPeopleTwitter/comments/1kjiikn/cultural_appropriation_is_the_worst/ AAVE slang being called Gen Z slang
May 11, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word -sona
from persona, maybe fursona from furry + persona.
Now a million variants - METsona, spidersona, gemsona, worksona
Can apply to what your OC character would look like in an existing universe/art style like Simpsonsona, or just an alternate version of yourself, like your personality at work (worksona).
May 10, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word one of the X of all time
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1kizoy9/agressively_christian_furries/
May 10, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word one of the x of all time
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1kizoy9/agressively_christian_furries/
May 10, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word -maxxing
ratmaxxing: https://www.reddit.com/r/TumblrDraws/comments/1kir0g7/it_is_said_that_little_girl_is_still_out_there/
May 10, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word worksona
Worksona, a portmanteau of work and persona.
May 9, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word dickprint
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/v4b2e1/women_of_reddit_do_you_notice_a_visible_bulge_or/
May 9, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word scraps
so scraps
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJaUY95yEdb/
May 9, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word passiontini
Passiontini, a portmanteau of passionfruit and martini.
May 9, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word hazeltini
Hazeltini, a portmanteau of hazelnut and martini.
May 9, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word matchatini
Matchatini, a portmanteau of matcha and martini.
May 9, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word bacontini
Bacontini, a portmanteau of bacon and martini.
May 9, 2025
alexz commented on the word enshitternet
Spotted word used by Cory Doctorow, asking who broke the internet
May 9, 2025
bilby commented on the word couth
Compare cuddle.
May 9, 2025
bilby commented on the word Alpheratz
*snort* hilarious name.
May 8, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word rawdog
The cardinals are rawdogging the papal conclave
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1khi0c0/the_cardinals_are_rawdogging_the_papal_conclave/
May 8, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word splorpability
a metric to judge the newly captured on film colossal squid: https://www.tumblr.com/natjennie/782844985584304128
May 8, 2025
marc commented on the word sozius
https://www.phileas.art/news/bless
May 7, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word brick
brick, bricky, a trans femme person who doesn't pass like a doll - a really good historical explanation here https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJU6M1hJUV7/
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DH650qqBmhD/
May 7, 2025
boke commented on the user boke
apprentice
May 7, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list discount-insults-btJ1PGLlOpyPliE2HHSVx
Temu Goebbels: https://www.reddit.com/r/MarchAgainstNazis/comments/1kg9o1g/temu_goebbels/
May 7, 2025
ruzuzu commented on the word sabulous
I just added it here: best-of-qms-f3E-ECnAs3S.
May 6, 2025
bilby commented on the word sabulous
qms in fine form here. Well played sir!
May 5, 2025
ruzuzu commented on the word breadwich
Is this like a toast sandwich?
May 5, 2025
yarb commented on the word breadwich
Can I have extra bread on my breadwich please
May 5, 2025
yarb commented on the word breadwich
I love this
May 5, 2025
bilby commented on the word smut
Punchy good, this word.
May 5, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word olo
a new blue-green color
May 5, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word lewdorable
Lewdorable, a portmanteau of lewd and adorable.
May 5, 2025
vendingmachine commented on the list apparelgarments-e2gnG58eGVjchNpBDr4pu
A friend from Tanzania gifted me a kanga (a wraparound skirt for women) I've heard there is a similar garment for men and women, but I can't recall the term in KiSwahili just now.
May 4, 2025
bilby commented on the word map-washing
Explained here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bse.4280
"...a process of disclosing spatial information that has little or no value to the intended users, but rather creates, conforms to or distorts a particular narrative."
May 4, 2025
rip commented on the list apparelgarments-e2gnG58eGVjchNpBDr4pu
working notes. there's so much to cover and i am suffuse with token frenzy as i fucking climb and climb these long and slender lists of words and hope that some long-lost middle-english synonym for a doublet doesn't crop up
May 4, 2025
rip commented on the list apparelgarments-e2gnG58eGVjchNpBDr4pu
single features of a "whole" article are not wholesale; a "tassel" does not have a strong enough relationship to an individual article to be considered standalone, nor a "vamp", "shoelace", "ribbon", even though their use is clear enough. we don't say, "he is wearing shoelaces" as some synecdoche for "shoes", nor "he stomped around in vamps" (i suppose you could, but the usage isn't colloquially well-known, so that is purely literary).
May 4, 2025
rip commented on the list apparelgarments-e2gnG58eGVjchNpBDr4pu
armor is utility-driven, but it is closer to the "utility" defined through "covering, wearing", where "protecting" can be seen as holding a family resemblance; a merkin also, while being non-functional in that sense, is closer to "lingerie", while also satisfying a "complementary" (non-functional, "added") article/garment.
May 4, 2025
rip commented on the list apparelgarments-e2gnG58eGVjchNpBDr4pu
"backpack", "bandoleer", "purse", "handbag", etc., are not applicable, as they are ostensibly utility-driven even if they can be designed as coordinative/complementary (they are not purely so, unless you are a freak).
May 4, 2025
rip commented on the list apparelgarments-e2gnG58eGVjchNpBDr4pu
accessories broadly fit into our category for general apparel, and so we'll choose to posit some tangential relation with the outer/underwear nowise supplicant; for instance, a watch has a functional, utility-based purpose (for telling the time) and is not specifically coordinative, but it is complementary, and can be seen as similarly related to a "wristband" or any other accessory which has the possibility of standing in coordinative relation; in general, the coordinative-complementary nexus need not include both to validate any particular term.
May 4, 2025
rip commented on the list apparelgarments-e2gnG58eGVjchNpBDr4pu
also, we are being rather loose with our use of "wear", "wore" or "worn", which presumably are tied up with our definitions of "clothing" as that (of cloth, or other material) which is "worn" or "covers the body", which does not exclude non-functional ornament which is coordinative and/or complementary. a badge is excluded, since this counts as a second-order accessory.
May 4, 2025
rip commented on the list apparelgarments-e2gnG58eGVjchNpBDr4pu
note: second-order "apparel" is defined as that which is functionally or pairwise functionally supplicant with an article of clothing or garment; a hairclip would not be second-order, while a cockade would be; epaulettes would not be second-order, while aiglets would be.
May 4, 2025
ahmed011 commented on the user ahmed011
Hello
May 4, 2025
stacyp commented on the user stacyp
Debrett
May 3, 2025
bilby commented on the word cancer
See also chancre.
May 3, 2025
bilby commented on the word leper lily
That's some common name.
May 3, 2025
bilby commented on the word breadwich
Because sandwiches are traditionally made out of roof tiles?
May 3, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list black-queer-femme-slang-KKX6mc6dFPQpKGaWE_ddr
fake celebrity apology: "i thought it would eat, but it did not" https://www.reddit.com/r/justgalsbeingchicks/comments/1kd6jrl/i_thought_it_would_eat_and_it_did_not/
May 2, 2025
mize3456 commented on the user mize3456
Thank you
May 2, 2025
natalie_portmanteaux commented on the word breadwich
Breadwich, a portmanteau of bread and sandwich.
May 2, 2025
octe commented on the word dunamis
Wiktionary: "Alternative form of dynamis"
May 2, 2025
octe commented on the word dulotic
See dulosis
May 2, 2025
octe commented on the word gramary
See gramarye
May 2, 2025
johanda commented on the user johanda
Ghvv
May 2, 2025
johanda commented on the user johanda
Jz
May 2, 2025
bilby commented on the word smoked eel
Cured of what? Living?
May 2, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list black-queer-femme-slang-KKX6mc6dFPQpKGaWE_ddr
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1kci3f8/cuntpalm_airstrikes_in_the_slayitnam_war/
facetious overusage: "she served cuntpalm airstrikes in the slayitnam war”
May 2, 2025
kbwaaablya commented on the user kbwaaablya
operand
April 30, 2025
tankhughes commented on the list 2025-woty-research-y4sh9nurnUxr2gBi3jyQd
"Switching to your side pope is faster than repoping"
https://www.reddit.com/r/BrandNewSentence/comments/1kb5k0j/switching_to_your_side_pope_is_faster_than/
April 30, 2025
davidber commented on the word ma ramona
Hello RAMONA IM David
April 29, 2025
hugovk commented on the word stalkerware
https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/flaw-stalkerware-apps-exposing-people-heres-how-to-find-out-phone-spied
April 29, 2025
hugovk commented on the word bossware
https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/21-million-employee-screenshots-leaked-in-bossware-breach-blunder
April 29, 2025
nilbits commented on the user nilbits
Oh, hey! I like coffee. ☕️
April 29, 2025
tankhughes commented on the word wope
nonce humorous 'woman pope' blend https://www.reddit.com/r/justgalsbeingchicks/comments/1ka0px0/the_wope/
April 28, 2025