Pronunciation: /ɔ rɪˈfækʃən/
Definition:
1. The craft or technique of working with gold (aure).
2. The art of shaping, carving, or forging gold (aure) into desired forms.
3. Process of refining or purifying gold ore into usable ingots.
4. Ability to produce gold jewelry, statues, or decorative items.

Significance:
• It defines goldworking practices.
• It emphasizes artisanship and metallurgical ability.
• It identifies specialized professions.
• It avoids compound and intricate expressions.
• It simplifies descriptions of goldworking trades.
• It improves clarity in discussions of artisanal techniques.
• It replaces Scandinavian-Germanic, Non-American, foreign, and Anglo-Saxon terms, similar to "goldworking" or "goldsmithing".
Singular noun: aurifaction
Plural noun: aurifactions

Examples:
• "Masters of aurifaction create exquisite jewelry."
• "Museum exhibits showcase historic aurifactions."
• "Foundries refine gold (aure) through meticulous aurifaction."
• "Trade guilds uphold standards of aurifaction."
• "Art historians study ancient aurifaction techniques."

aurifaction by Dmitrio August 20, 2025

shade-arific

extremely shady, showing devious characteristics

why is that chicken being all shade-arific, posing as a rat??

shade-arific by heather July 26, 2003

Octophobischer Ayrifick

The person who annoys you is an ayrifick and the octo stands for 8 and the number infront of ayrifick says about how Hard someone annoys you, higher means more annoying.

(Ey) You octophobischer ayrifick./ Ey du octophobischer Ayrifick

Octophobischer Ayrifick by Kian.goup May 20, 2024

murderhobo

In a tabletop game, a murderhobo is a player who murders NPCs indiscriminately. This is normally derogatory, referring to a player who totally ignores quests, dialog, backstory, trade, world building etc.

The term is most common with Dungeons and Dragons, but it can be applied to most RPGs where the player is allowed to kill most quest-giving NPCs and NPC traders. E.g. Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Divinity original sin.

DM: The sad little orphan girl tugs at Steve's trenchcoat to get his attention, and ask for help saving her pet dog from...
Steve: I'd like to roll a strength check against strangling the orphan.
Dave: I call dibs on the dog.
DM: You murderhobos disgust me.

murderhobo by Loup&S September 9, 2021

Word of the Day on September 22, 2026

Whale

In sales terms, a whale is a prospect that is significantly larger than an organization’s average customer.

Whales are large and extremely difficult to close. Due to their immense size, they are highly sought-after.

A whale is typically identified at first by a whale hunter on the sales team, but often requires cross-discipline participation in order to close; this includes assistance from operations, engineering, creative, client success, and business development teams.

"Shit...the sales director chewed me out on the sales call this morning. He's totally pissed that I have nothing in my pipeline. I've been focused on this one whale for so long that I haven't had time to prospect for normal-sized deals."

Whale by FQ_GFY February 3, 2020

Word of the Day on September 21, 2026

Concrete cowboy

A guy who thinks he's a country kinda guy, but in reality lives a comfortable city / suburban life.

Eugene: Look at that dude in the cowboy hat!
Todd: He's just a concrete cowboy.

Concrete cowboy by EugeneJohnson42000 March 16, 2024

Word of the Day on September 20, 2026

hobo loko

any hard liquor that is cheap & potent.. eg. relska, popov, potters, evan williams, kamchatka, fireball, rumpleminze, southern comfort, everclear

hey let's get a drink of that?

go ahead
*takes drink* ugh wtf is that?

everclear & bepsi
fucking hobo loko eeessshh

hobo loko by d i z k o 2 0 8 September 14, 2026

Word of the Day on September 19, 2026

God Shot

A chance happening with profound meaning, an unexpected blessing, a "sign".

Dr. Drew on Celebrity Rehab said "All of a sudden what had been just another Hollywood proposal became for him an unexpected blessing, an opportunity for growth. In drug recovery language, that's called a "God shot."

God Shot by Imogen1564 February 25, 2011

Word of the Day on September 18, 2026