Sapience

A step up from sentience. The possession of wisdom, or rather, the ability to think about thinking. Rats, dolphins, elephants, crows, and a few primates (including humans) have been scientifically proven to have sapience.

"Did you know that rats are sapient?" asks Johnny.
"Wait... Really? If they have sapience, isn't it basically murder if you kill one with a mousetrap then?!” replies Allan.

"Yes!" replies Johnny, smiling sociopathically.

Sapience by Who is this nobody? April 14, 2020

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sapience

To know the low-down at the hoedown.

You can't get a date with that chick! She has too much sapience!

sapience by Doctor of Thesauracy November 7, 2006

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sapience • Saxience

Saxience

The ability to change deterministic situations by resetting reality to a more favorable state.

Her saxience gives Sheila an advantage over others in her work group.

Saxience by Azeas May 23, 2025

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A Booger In The Nose Of Progress

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.

"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress by Rok'n'rol Wannabe October 19, 2006

Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

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🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.

Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻

🤡🫵🏻 by Ubeenbamboozledson May 31, 2026

Word of the Day on June 1, 2026

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fogey

Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!

You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)

fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005

Word of the Day on May 31, 2026

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Jarlic

Minced garlic in a jar

Add a tablespoon of jarlic to two teaspoons of butter and spread it in bread to make garlic bread

Jarlic by YSAC fanboy June 6, 2020

Word of the Day on May 30, 2026

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