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Have an entry request? Add it to the list – but please:

  • Consider creating a citations page with your evidence that the word exists instead of simply listing it here
  • Think twice before adding long lists of words as they may be ignored.
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    — Note also that such requests, like the information requested, belong on the base form of a word, not on inflected forms.

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If trace has this sense, wouldn't that make this term SOP? (a trace made by buffalo?)--Simplificationalizer (talk) 01:23, 4 May 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Maybe, but I don't see the sense very clearly stated at trace, and you might otherwise assume it's a kind of harness for an animal (since trace can also be "One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from...") Equinox ◑ 23:29, 16 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Seems to be a type of small scale production.--Simplificationalizer (talk) 14:53, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Maybe compare dog and pony show. Equinox ◑ 15:37, 5 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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I've seen "ecks dee" as well with the same meaning. MedK1 (talk) 21:01, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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Already covered under goated, no? GeorgeAzeria (talk) 12:30, 26 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
1997, Globe Fearon, Prentice Hall Choices in Literature, Globe Fearon, →ISBN:
A little more lather here under the chin, on the Adam's apple, right near the great vein. How hot it is! Torres must be sweating just as I am.
I don't think it has to do specifically with encouraging a black woman and that's totally not what I meant when I added it there. It can be any woman, just like "you go, girl". Unlike "you go, girl", though, I most often see 'go off sis' in a sarcastic way when somebody (even a man) is acting hysterically for little to no reason especially in an online argument. Urban Dictionary sorta backs me up here. MedK1 (talk) 20:57, 8 November 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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It might be sufficient to amend the entry for key#Verb. Once that's done, SoP may take care of the rest? But I confirm that these are idiomatic phrases in the industry. —DIV (1.145.20.25 05:32, 10 November 2023 (UTC))Reply[reply]
I'm ambivalent on these. Many of these have become common terms, but kinesiology and tape are already listed, so is kinesiology tape a case of SoP? I note the apparent existence of picture frame tape - OneLook - Google (Books • Groups • Scholar) - WP Library as a product, which seems very much a case of SoP and (accordingly) does not have a dedicated entry. kinesio- already exists (as a redirect), but maybe there's a case here for a new entry to be created for kinesio. Probably also justification for k-tape. —DIV (1.145.20.25 05:27, 10 November 2023 (UTC))Reply[reply]

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I agree that not saying much is a somewhat common phrase ...but, then again, so is not a big deal, which doesn't (yet) have an entry on WT. —DIV (1.145.8.61 13:12, 28 August 2023 (UTC))Reply[reply]

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I don't know all that much about golf, but AFAIK generally players initially strike the ball (tee off) on the fairway, which has kempt grass, trying to get to the hole that's surrounded by the putting green, which has shorter, well-manicured grass; the whole thing is surrounded by the rough, which has relatively unkempt vegetation. Putting involves using a lightweight club that would be unsuited to whacking a ball out of the rough and towards the hole.—DIV (1.145.8.61 13:24, 28 August 2023 (UTC))Reply[reply]

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I've certainly heard of this (in Australia). Typical usage: "None for me, thanks: I've just eaten three courses and I'm full up to pussy's bow." Rather dated, I would say. —DIV (1.145.8.61 13:31, 28 August 2023 (UTC))Reply[reply]

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Specialized jargon or slang edit

Military edit

There are dictionaries of military slang which can confirm these, but at least one genuine use should be identified before a term is created.

Textiles edit

These were originally added under the appropriate letters, but require similar specialized knowledge or research.

  • bull denim - a 3x1 twill weave piece dyed fabric, made from coarse yarns. Weights can vary from 9 ozs/sq yard up to the standard 14 ozs/sq yard. Bull Denim is essentially a denim without indigo
  • CC - Comments Client
  • Classic CO- Dutch: ontwerp van een doorlopend dessin
  • Co - Cotton
  • COJ - carry over jeans
  • Ea - Elasthane
  • loop tag - a bartack which is 'loose' in the middle
  • moustache - abrasion of lines to imitate pre-worn garment (a.k.a Whiskers)
  • open end spinning - a technology for creating yarn without using a spindle. This system is much less labour intensive and faster than ring spinning
  • P.I. or P:I: - Proforma Invoice
  • proto - sample before SMS to see the effect and reaction to fabrics artworks and treatments
  • R.E. or RE - Raw Essentials
  • Single Jersey or single jersey - Single knit fabrics and jersey knits are light to medium weight fabrics with flat vertical ribs on the right side and dominant horizontal lines on the wrong side. Fabric stretches from 20 to 25% across the grain.
  • SW- Sweat
  • TC - textile color
  • TP - textile paper
  • whiskers- abrasion of lines to imitate pre-worn garment (a.k.a Moustache)

Pet bird abbreviations edit

Should be citable from Usenet.

See [79] for the list. (Was going to copy it here verbatim with links, but decided not to, since that might be a copyright violation.)

References and notes edit

This section is meant to assist in the production of definitions by providing supporting citations. Wherever possible, please keep supporting evidence with the entries it is meant to be supporting.


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