jera

The twelfth letter of the futhark alphabet

Pronunciation of jera: YEH˙rah
Letter sound: j (like in the German word “Jahr”)
Appearance: ᛃ
meaning: year

by bluestinger66 December 12, 2023

virus

an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host

Viruses are not made out of cells. A single virus particle is known as a virion, and is made up of a set of genes bundled within a protective protein shell called a capsid. Certain virus strains will have an extra membrane (lipid bilayer) surrounding it called an envelope.

by bluestinger66 February 26, 2023

ribose

a sugar of the pentose class which occurs widely in nature as a constituent of nucleosides and several vitamins and enzymes

RNA is made up of nucleotides, which are ribose sugars attached to nitrogenous bases and phosphate groups. The nitrogenous bases include adenine, guanine, uracil, and cytosine. RNA mostly exists in the single-stranded form, but there are special RNA viruses that are double-stranded.

by bluestinger66 February 25, 2023

begans

A word you say when you try to swallow pecants while you talk

Me: “I like those begans.”
Chloe: “Say it again, please.”
Me: “Excuse me, I was just swallowing the pecans I had in my mouth while I was telling you that I like them.”

by bluestinger66 July 6, 2023

hoapucksummumplay

A word I made up when I was about eight or nine years old. Means “to share toys with your brother(s) and/or sister(s).”

Whoever is going to hoapucksummumplay with me, you’re all welcome to come to my room.

by bluestinger66 February 12, 2025

tatweel

Also known as kashida or kasheeda, used to stretch or lengthen Arabic letters

The tatweel symbol ـ is used in the Arabic language and also in some curcive scripts.

by bluestinger66 November 7, 2022

zpxocivubyntmraeswdqflgkhj

This is something what happens when you’ve already typed qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm, mnbvcxzlkjhgfdsapoiuytrewq or even qmwnebrvtcyxuzilokpjahsgdf and you can’t think of anything, so you spice it up a bit by starting from the first letter on the bottom row of letters on the keyboard and the last letter on the top row, then you press the second letter on the bottom row and the second-to-last letter on the top row, and soon.

A: “I’m bored.”
B: “Why?”
A: “zpxocivubyntmraeswdqflgkhj.”
B: “Oh, so you want to say that you can’t think of another great combination of alphabet letters or keys on the keyboard? I’m amazed.”

by bluestinger66 May 24, 2023