next line hyphen

A method to differentiate a dash placed at the end of a line to indicate that a word has been separated into two parts because it did not fit on a line, from a hyphen inserted between two or more words, such as "hands-on", "brother-in-law", or "state-of-the-art".

It is best to differentiate a dash placed at the end of a line to indicate that a word has been separated into two parts because it did not fit on a line, from a hyphen in a compound word such as "hands-on".

A "compound word" is comprised of two or more words and has a hyphen between each word.

If a line ends in "able-" and the next line says "bodied", readers automatically interpret "able", followed by "body", to mean "ablebodied". Most people do not remember that the correct way to write "ablebodied" is with a hyphen (able-bodied). I call this method to differentiate dashes from hyphens the "next line hyphen".

If the last word on a line of text says "for-", and the first word of the next line says "profit", the logical way to interpret the dash is as being a dash, though in reality, the writer means “for-profit”, not “forprofit”.

by but for February 26, 2018

Rob brown line

The biggest line known to man that only rob could consume.

A rob brown line. Bigger than the que for mcdonalds after lockdown

by Robb2020 June 7, 2020

Line, Level, Blame

On a construction site this is the unofficial roles and responsibility's of the site engineer

Site manager: "Engineer how come this as happened"
Engineer: " Sorry forgot I was here for Line, Level, Blame"

by Kill_crazy May 19, 2023

russian conga line

using both hands to provide hand jobs to two lines of participants as they leave your event

As a party favor for my cousin's baby shower, I treated all the guests with a Russian conga line

by semendemon69 May 9, 2019

O-Line Diet

The diet that an offensive lineman in the game of football partakes in, which usually consists of large amounts of junk food.

Person 1: "Why are you eating that whole pizza?"
Person 2: "It's apart of my O-Line diet.

by chaboi2929 December 8, 2018

New Line Cinema

A film studio that makes some of the best movies ever, but also some of the worst movies ever.

Don't waste your money on that New Line Cinema horror flick. It's full of cheap jump scares and clichés

by tmnkf2012 September 5, 2023

Brown Line Express

1. A fast-moving, no-stops train on the Brown Line.
2. A gigantic turd that tears your sphincter to shreds on the way out. Often comes without warning. So called because of a faint resemblance to a speeding subway car.

Aw man. I had a Brown Line Express this morning. I looked in the toilet, and it was actually the size of my wrist.

by Lady Csyde July 14, 2007