spacebarrer

A person who keeps pressing the spacebar on their keyboard instead of writing down notes or making up a story or poem

Me: Do you think there’s a spacebarrer in this school?
Jennifer: Not in our school, but in the school next to ours there are at least ten spacebarrers.

by bluestinger66 March 19, 2023

berkana

The eighteenth letter of the futhark alphabet

Pronunciation of berkana: BEHR˙kah˙nah
Letter sound: b
Appearance: ᛒ
Meaning: growth, renewal, rebirth
Related words: beorc (meaning birch), bjarkan (younger futhark name for berkana)
Note: Berkana can also have the ending ­n, which makes it “berkanan.” Both spellings are acceptable.

by bluestinger66 December 18, 2023

XML

Extensible Markup Language

An XML file is an extensible markup language file that structures data for storage and transport. In an XML file, there are both tags and text. The tags provide structure to the data. These tags, which adhere to specific syntax guidelines, surround the text in the file that you wish to store.

by bluestinger66 August 20, 2023

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyznowiknowmyabcsnexttimewontyousingwithme

Alphabet song

Boys (in singing class): We can sing really fast: abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyznowiknowmyabcsnexttimewontyousingwithme.

by bluestinger66 August 6, 2022

zzzyyyxxxwwwvvvuuutttsssrrrqqqpppooonnnmmmlllkkkjjjiiihhhgggfffeeedddcccbbbaaa

The alphabet backwards, with each letter written three times

Teacher: "Do you know the story about Zzzyyyxxxwwwvvvuuutttsssrrrqqqpppooonnnmmmlllkkkjjjiiihhhgggfffeeedddcccbbbaaa?" Student: "Did you just make that story up?"

by bluestinger66 May 27, 2022

mannaz

The twenty-first letter of the futhark alphabet

Pronunciation of mannaz: MAHN˙nahz
Letter sound: m
Appearance: ᛗ
Meaning: man, human
Related words: madr
related symbols: ᛯ (called wendehorn or tvimadur)

by bluestinger66 December 21, 2023

ʻ

The turned comma, or ʻokina symbol

The Unicode name for ʻ is “Modifier Letter Turned Comma” and the character has a value 02BB.

by bluestinger66 March 15, 2023