Matt Windle poet's definitions

Lieyesight

/lʌɪsʌɪt/

1. a person's ability to be able to detect when they are being lied to.

2. being unable to believe (one's) eyes.

"He tried lying directly to my face but my lieyesight saw straight through it."

by Matt Windle poet March 21, 2021

Younique

/ju ˈni k/

1. a person that doesn't try to be different and is happy with just being themselves.

2. you personally (yourself).

"Nobody on this entire planet is you, and that's pretty cool. So accept it and be younique."

by Matt Windle poet March 23, 2021

Strab

/strab/

to open heavily taped packaging by puncturing and dragging (something sharp) through it.

"This Amazon parcel is so tightly sealed. Pass me the scissors, please, so that I can strab it open."

by Matt Windle poet March 13, 2021

Ventence

/ˈvɛnt(ə)ns/

the overlapping of words within a sentence to form an expression with both the words that precede it and the words that follow.

"There is no chance of golden repairs from the land of the RISING SUN, SETS instead on the horizon of false hopes."

You can have a rising sun and a sunset. 'Land of the rising sunset' is a ventence.

Someone may be a sorry sight or a sight for sore eyes but a 'sorry sight for sore eyes' is a ventence.

by Matt Windle poet February 27, 2021

Strainful

/streɪnfʊl,ˈstreɪnf(ə)l/

A sensation of discomfort - rather than pain - felt in the muscles when making a great effort.

"I didn't hurt myself in that yoga class but some of the positions were strainful"

by Matt Windle poet January 10, 2021

Pharry Magones

/ˈfari'ma'gəʊnz/

A portmanteau of the names Harry Maguire and Phil Jones. Used as a derogatory term for a person that is useless at football.

"That player can't even make a simple pass. He's a Pharry Magones, he is!"

by Matt Windle poet October 14, 2020

Uncoin

/ˈʌn'kɔɪn/

1. when a once common word becomes archaic and obsolete.

2. goes out of fashion.

"The word 'gringles' was uncoined during the twentieth century."

by Matt Windle poet February 24, 2021