bluestinger66's definitions

kalimba

A musical instrument that’s played using your fingertips or fingernails to pluck its flattened metal screws, also called a thumb piano

I taught myself to play the kalimba.

by bluestinger66 September 11, 2022

hypotenuse

the longest side of a right-angled triangle, opposite the right angle.

Pythagorean theorem, the well-known geometric theorem that the sum of the squares on the legs of a right triangle is equal to the square on the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle)—or, in familiar algebraic notation, a²+b²=c².

by bluestinger66 January 5, 2023

eszett

The German name of the letter ß formed by combining the letters S and Z.

Recently the optional capital sharp S or eszett (ẞ) was added to the German alphabet.

by bluestinger66 November 7, 2022

seashore

an area of sandy, stony, or rocky land bordering and level with the sea; the land between high- and low-water marks

She sells sea shells by the sea shore. The shells she sells are surely sea shells. So if she sells shells on the sea shore, I’m sure she sells seashore shells.

by bluestinger66 September 13, 2022

Mouse Island

A fictional island where the stories of Geronimo Stilton take place

Geronimo Stilton and his family live on Mouse Island.

by bluestinger66 March 15, 2023

tookify

When someone changes the past tense of “take” into an infinite verb form

Never tookify sentences that contain the verb “take.”

by bluestinger66 April 30, 2024

yinz

The pittsburgh word for „“you all”

Yinz goin’ dahntahn today?

by bluestinger66 January 17, 2023