Definitions by Charlemagne1993
Giddification
- Noun
1.
The act or process of giddifying; of making giddy, dazed.
2.
The state or condition of being giddy or delirious.
3.
Confusion, bewilderment or perplexity, especially of the sort that makes one appear hallucinatory or deranged.
1.
The act or process of giddifying; of making giddy, dazed.
2.
The state or condition of being giddy or delirious.
3.
Confusion, bewilderment or perplexity, especially of the sort that makes one appear hallucinatory or deranged.
1.
Ever with a devious mind to the giddification of his female coworkers, William made a point of plying them with as much alcohol as he could at the company office party
2.
For her giddification Jenna, in her solitary younger years, took to burning treated pine logs, the noxious fumes from the fires of which she would vigorously inhale
3.
To the alarmed giddification of his benefits assessor, and in spite of the woman's futile injunctions that he stop what he was doing, Michael obdurately proceeded to fill his syringe with heroin, strap his arm, and give himself a third hit of the drug, smacking his lips and settling onto his back in satisfaction once he had done so. She, he had spitefully decided, could be the one to deal with the consequences
Ever with a devious mind to the giddification of his female coworkers, William made a point of plying them with as much alcohol as he could at the company office party
2.
For her giddification Jenna, in her solitary younger years, took to burning treated pine logs, the noxious fumes from the fires of which she would vigorously inhale
3.
To the alarmed giddification of his benefits assessor, and in spite of the woman's futile injunctions that he stop what he was doing, Michael obdurately proceeded to fill his syringe with heroin, strap his arm, and give himself a third hit of the drug, smacking his lips and settling onto his back in satisfaction once he had done so. She, he had spitefully decided, could be the one to deal with the consequences
Giddification by Charlemagne1993 July 2, 2020
ABCIN
{ab-kin, ab-sin}
Acronym referring to the culturally and institutionally similar countries of Australia, Britain, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand. (In other words, all of the Western Anglophone countries that aren't the United States.)
These countries have many cultural, linguistic, and institutional similarities, including populaces that are largely English-speaking (which moreover use 'British' rather than American varieties of the language), common law legal systems, Westminster systems of government, and significant numbers of people with heritage from the British-Irish isles. The countries also for the most part are members of the Commonwealth and share a common monarch as their head of state (all except Ireland), overlap considerably in the sports they play, are relatively multi-ethnic compared to other non-English speaking Western countries, maintain warm diplomatic relations with each other, and, at the governmental level, generally favour social and economic policies that are relatively liberal.
Although these countries share a number of qualities and characteristics with that other Western Anglophone country, the United States, the degree to which the US is distinct or an outlier along certain salient metrics means that in general, when making comparisons between Western Anglophone countries or Western countries, it's often helpful or practical to group the ABCIN countries together relative to the US or groups of other Western countries.
Acronym referring to the culturally and institutionally similar countries of Australia, Britain, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand. (In other words, all of the Western Anglophone countries that aren't the United States.)
These countries have many cultural, linguistic, and institutional similarities, including populaces that are largely English-speaking (which moreover use 'British' rather than American varieties of the language), common law legal systems, Westminster systems of government, and significant numbers of people with heritage from the British-Irish isles. The countries also for the most part are members of the Commonwealth and share a common monarch as their head of state (all except Ireland), overlap considerably in the sports they play, are relatively multi-ethnic compared to other non-English speaking Western countries, maintain warm diplomatic relations with each other, and, at the governmental level, generally favour social and economic policies that are relatively liberal.
Although these countries share a number of qualities and characteristics with that other Western Anglophone country, the United States, the degree to which the US is distinct or an outlier along certain salient metrics means that in general, when making comparisons between Western Anglophone countries or Western countries, it's often helpful or practical to group the ABCIN countries together relative to the US or groups of other Western countries.
1.
A: Tell me, how can I refer to all the Western Anglophone countries that aren't the US in a way that is concise and which can't potentially cause offense? Lumping them together as 'British' countries seems lazy and likely to annoy people from some of these places, yet referring to these nations as 'the core Commonwealth countries and Ireland' or 'majority white Anglophone countries that aren't the US' gets annoying quickly. If I'm to satisfyingly write up my piece about differences between the US and these other countries then I need a nice easy term that I can refer to this bloc of countries with
B: Oh, that's easy mate. ABCIN has you covered. Your article wants to compare and contrast US culture with ABCIN culture
2.
Biggest adjustment I had to make moving to the US after spending so much time in ABCIN countries? Changing the way I interact with people. Americans are more literal-minded than a lot of ABCINners, and don't care as much for (or indeed always understand) banter, irony, or self-deprecation. Not for the worst, living in this country I've had to become complimentary to my friends, less obviously cynical, more emotionally open, and on the whole basically more upbeat and positive
3.
American: Oh, my apologies. Guess I'm not familiar with your British sense of humour
Australian: Well, actually, I'm Australian mate and, not to put too fine a point on it, someone of Irish extraction. It's my ABCIN humour that you're not familiar with. But yeah nah, all good
A: Tell me, how can I refer to all the Western Anglophone countries that aren't the US in a way that is concise and which can't potentially cause offense? Lumping them together as 'British' countries seems lazy and likely to annoy people from some of these places, yet referring to these nations as 'the core Commonwealth countries and Ireland' or 'majority white Anglophone countries that aren't the US' gets annoying quickly. If I'm to satisfyingly write up my piece about differences between the US and these other countries then I need a nice easy term that I can refer to this bloc of countries with
B: Oh, that's easy mate. ABCIN has you covered. Your article wants to compare and contrast US culture with ABCIN culture
2.
Biggest adjustment I had to make moving to the US after spending so much time in ABCIN countries? Changing the way I interact with people. Americans are more literal-minded than a lot of ABCINners, and don't care as much for (or indeed always understand) banter, irony, or self-deprecation. Not for the worst, living in this country I've had to become complimentary to my friends, less obviously cynical, more emotionally open, and on the whole basically more upbeat and positive
3.
American: Oh, my apologies. Guess I'm not familiar with your British sense of humour
Australian: Well, actually, I'm Australian mate and, not to put too fine a point on it, someone of Irish extraction. It's my ABCIN humour that you're not familiar with. But yeah nah, all good
ABCIN by Charlemagne1993 December 19, 2019
Fabella
(Pl. Fabellae)
A small accessory bone that is present in the knee joints of roughly 1/3 of individuals. Its exact function or purpose, if indeed it has one, is not known, although the fabella has been associated with a number of knee-related problems.
The bone is so called because, as its Latin-derived name might suggest, it resembles a little bean.
A small accessory bone that is present in the knee joints of roughly 1/3 of individuals. Its exact function or purpose, if indeed it has one, is not known, although the fabella has been associated with a number of knee-related problems.
The bone is so called because, as its Latin-derived name might suggest, it resembles a little bean.
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Recent anatomic studies suggest that the prevalence of fabellae is highest in Asian and Australian populations, and lowest in North American ones
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Much as Michael revelled in people's deep-seated disgust for him and always went to lengths to make himself as filthy, grotesque, and loathsome for others as possible, his signature limp and twitchiness- when he wasn't massively exaggerating these things- stemmed mostly from a fabella in his right knee that interfered constantly with various nerves in his leg
Recent anatomic studies suggest that the prevalence of fabellae is highest in Asian and Australian populations, and lowest in North American ones
2.
Much as Michael revelled in people's deep-seated disgust for him and always went to lengths to make himself as filthy, grotesque, and loathsome for others as possible, his signature limp and twitchiness- when he wasn't massively exaggerating these things- stemmed mostly from a fabella in his right knee that interfered constantly with various nerves in his leg
Fabella by Charlemagne1993 December 18, 2019
Altiloquent
- Adjective {al-TIL-uh-kwuhnt}
Magisterial, refined, and high-flown in speech or language. Particularly in a manner that might be considered pompous or pretentious.
{ Alti- (L. altus "High") + -loquent (L. loqui "To speak") }
Magisterial, refined, and high-flown in speech or language. Particularly in a manner that might be considered pompous or pretentious.
{ Alti- (L. altus "High") + -loquent (L. loqui "To speak") }
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The volume's passages were, it seemed to Charles, gratuitously elaborate. Comprehending the altiloquent prose he would have likened to attempting to wade through honey
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Jenna's first week at her trendy liberal arts college was enough to disabuse her of her previously-cherished hope that her general quirks and pretensions in life- particularly her proclivity for verbose, altiloquent language- would, in the eyes of her artsy, cliquey peers, outweigh the myriad defects and flaws in her character that had made her a pariah at prior schools
The volume's passages were, it seemed to Charles, gratuitously elaborate. Comprehending the altiloquent prose he would have likened to attempting to wade through honey
2.
Jenna's first week at her trendy liberal arts college was enough to disabuse her of her previously-cherished hope that her general quirks and pretensions in life- particularly her proclivity for verbose, altiloquent language- would, in the eyes of her artsy, cliquey peers, outweigh the myriad defects and flaws in her character that had made her a pariah at prior schools
Altiloquent by Charlemagne1993 November 27, 2019
Turophobe
- Noun
A person who suffers from turophobia- the misguided, supremely irrational fear of cheese.
See also: weirdo, miscreant, philistine.
A person who suffers from turophobia- the misguided, supremely irrational fear of cheese.
See also: weirdo, miscreant, philistine.
1.
A: I'm a turophobe. I despise cheese
B: So, in other words, you basically despise life?
A: ... Pretty much, yes
B: Righto
2.
A: That Michael person that we happened across earlier, Jevons: now there's a worthless depressive wretch, if I ever saw one. There's a creature that makes you feel that evolution gets it badly wrong at times. Tell me, have you ever come across a more pitiful, poor excuse for a human being than he?
B: Possibly the creature, as you describe him, sir, is more to be pitied than censured. The man is a turophobe; he has an aversion to cheese. One can only conjecture at the damage this has done to his psyche
A: Indeed? I daresay. Still, this changes little: I want never to be inflicted with so much as mere mention of the blighter ever again. I can't be having with that sort of reprobate; I'm sure there's very few who can
B: Very good, sir
A: I'm a turophobe. I despise cheese
B: So, in other words, you basically despise life?
A: ... Pretty much, yes
B: Righto
2.
A: That Michael person that we happened across earlier, Jevons: now there's a worthless depressive wretch, if I ever saw one. There's a creature that makes you feel that evolution gets it badly wrong at times. Tell me, have you ever come across a more pitiful, poor excuse for a human being than he?
B: Possibly the creature, as you describe him, sir, is more to be pitied than censured. The man is a turophobe; he has an aversion to cheese. One can only conjecture at the damage this has done to his psyche
A: Indeed? I daresay. Still, this changes little: I want never to be inflicted with so much as mere mention of the blighter ever again. I can't be having with that sort of reprobate; I'm sure there's very few who can
B: Very good, sir
Turophobe by Charlemagne1993 November 19, 2019
Thanatotic
- Adjective
Of or pertaining to Thanatos, the ancient Greek personification of death. Deathly; macabre; grim.
Of or pertaining to Thanatos, the ancient Greek personification of death. Deathly; macabre; grim.
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Breath bated, senses alert for the merest suggestion that there might be anything lurking beyond, we cautiously nudged open the door and slowly made our way out into the musty thanatotic chamber
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Finally, with a loud, terrible laugh to the dungeon ceiling, Charles, rusty old shears clenched intently in his sinewy, bloodied hands, a thanatotic glint in his eye, got up heavily from the corpse that had been Michael and, turning, began making his leering, limping way over to where Jason lay resignedly shackled. Jason could only hope that his end would be swift
Breath bated, senses alert for the merest suggestion that there might be anything lurking beyond, we cautiously nudged open the door and slowly made our way out into the musty thanatotic chamber
2.
Finally, with a loud, terrible laugh to the dungeon ceiling, Charles, rusty old shears clenched intently in his sinewy, bloodied hands, a thanatotic glint in his eye, got up heavily from the corpse that had been Michael and, turning, began making his leering, limping way over to where Jason lay resignedly shackled. Jason could only hope that his end would be swift
Thanatotic by Charlemagne1993 November 17, 2019
Morophile
1.
A: Tell me again how it is that Tom is often able to find himself a woman? Struggling to think of even one reason why anyone should want to date him
B: It's simple, really- morophiles love him. He stands out brilliantly to them. Some people find it really attractive that his IQ only barely reaches room temperature
A: Oh, true, that explains it
2.
Whilst Michael's cheerful, unsolicited pronouncement to the group of unsuspecting classmates before him that '(hey, listen everyone!) I'm a morophile- someone who seeks the company of stupid people!' was not, in a general sense, inaccurate in any way, it did have the irksome quality of somehow implying that the utterer himself wasn't intellectually deficient, and that the people whose company he was in (whether they wished it or not) somehow were. So it was that several unamused faces turned dispassionately to regard the individual that had obliviously thought to pronounce this to them
A: Tell me again how it is that Tom is often able to find himself a woman? Struggling to think of even one reason why anyone should want to date him
B: It's simple, really- morophiles love him. He stands out brilliantly to them. Some people find it really attractive that his IQ only barely reaches room temperature
A: Oh, true, that explains it
2.
Whilst Michael's cheerful, unsolicited pronouncement to the group of unsuspecting classmates before him that '(hey, listen everyone!) I'm a morophile- someone who seeks the company of stupid people!' was not, in a general sense, inaccurate in any way, it did have the irksome quality of somehow implying that the utterer himself wasn't intellectually deficient, and that the people whose company he was in (whether they wished it or not) somehow were. So it was that several unamused faces turned dispassionately to regard the individual that had obliviously thought to pronounce this to them
Morophile by Charlemagne1993 November 17, 2019