Wiktionary:Word of the day/Nominations/Archive 2022

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December 2022

alcoholiday (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Equinox ◑ 14:08, 31 December 2022 (UTC) — set for 24 December 2023 (Christmas Eve). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:33, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
highfalutin (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) It's an underrated funny-sounding word Akwakwax (talk) 13:37, 29 December 2022 (UTC). — It appeared as WOTD on 15 October 2008. DonnanZ (talk) 00:00, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
pedal pushers (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Kiwima (talk) 13:51, 26 December 2022 (UTC) — set for 3 June 2023 (World Bicycle Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:08, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Rome wasn't built in a day (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) P U C – 20:50, 20 December 2022 (UTC) — set for 21 April 2024 (anniversary of the traditional date of Rome's founding). — Sgconlaw (talk) 16:56, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
burn to ashes (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) P U C – 20:47, 20 December 2022 (UTC) — non-existent entry (probably sum-of-parts?). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:54, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
computer literacy (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) P U C – 20:44, 20 December 2022 (UTC) — set for 2 December 2023 (World Computer Literacy Day) and as the WOTD fallback for 2 December. — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:56, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
music to someone's ears (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) P U C – 20:39, 20 December 2022 (UTC) — set for 20 June 2023 (eve of Fête de la Musique). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:28, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
family jewels (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) P U C – 20:29, 20 December 2022 (UTC) — I think this one might be too in-your-face. — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:18, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
syrinx (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- woken by noisy birds again. -- ALGRIF talk 20:02, 17 December 2022 (UTC) — set for 11 May 2024 (World Migratory Bird Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:36, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
biodiversity hotspot (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) P U C – 21:52, 9 December 2022 (UTC) — set for 22 May 2023 (International Day for Biological Diversity) and as the WOTD fallback for 22 May. — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:02, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
zakat (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - It's an Anglicized word and I'm pretty sure there're many people to be informated about it. UBFiC77fXox2wwUnGm (talk) 10:06, 9 December 2022 (UTC) — set for 5 September 2023 (International Day of Charity). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:01, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Christmas (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - it’s also Christmas time - Chuterix (talk) 23:50, 4 December 2022 (UTC) — set for 25 December 2023 (Christmas Day) and as the WOTD fallback for 25 December. — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:33, 21 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
mother figure (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) P U C – 12:32, 4 December 2022 (UTC) — set for 14 May 2023 (Mothers' Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:53, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
~~ma'am (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - last batch for 2022 - DonnanZ (talk) 10:03, 1 December 2022 (UTC)~~ — set for 9 March 2024 (day after International Women's Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:59, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~new normal (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 10:03, 1 December 2022 (UTC)~~ — set for 11 March 2023 (third anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:55, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

November 2022

to a man (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) GreyishWorm (talk) 20:38, 21 November 2022 (UTC) — set for 19 November 2023 (International Men's Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:39, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
hither and thither (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) GreyishWorm (talk) 13:16, 17 November 2022 (UTC) — set for 1 August 2023 (Twins Days theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:45, 3 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
ushanka (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) 210.55.76.111 00:53, 16 November 2022 (UTC) — set for 6 June 2023 (UN Russian Language Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 03:58, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
~~foundress (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 17:18, 5 November 2022 (UTC)~~ — set for 8 March 2023 (International Women's Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:30, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
dawn chorus (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Wakes me up early in the morning in Spring and Autumn. Noisy birds!! -- ALGRIF talk 07:15, 3 November 2022 (UTC) — set for 5 May 2024 (International Dawn Chorus Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:36, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~brainchild (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 16:01, 2 November 2022 (UTC)~~ — set for 26 April 2024 (World Intellectual Property Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:36, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

October 2022

albethey (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - I know it's nonstandard, but damn this is an interesting one. PseudoSkull (talk) 20:01, 20 October 2022 (UTC) — you nominated this back on 1 June 2020. — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:20, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
passerine (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Jodi1729 (talk) 02:49, 16 October 2022 (UTC) — set for 13 May 2023 (first World Migratory Bird Day in 2023). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:53, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
built different (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Ioaxxere (talk) 18:56, 15 October 2022 (UTC) — set for 3 December 2022 (International Day of Persons with Disabilities). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:23, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
like turkeys voting for Christmas (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) PseudoSkull (talk) 19:10, 5 October 2022 (UTC) — set for 24 December 2022 (Christmas Eve). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:37, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

September 2022

Olympic Valley (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) We don't normally feature place names, but this one has more etymological detail than usual and plenty of quotations – Minh Nguyễn ^💬 19:22, 17 September 2022 (UTC) — set for 26 July 2024 (opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:15, 13 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
communalect (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Hazarasp (parlement · werkis) 08:53, 16 September 2022 (UTC) — set for 30 September 2023 (International Translation Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:16, 16 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Panathenaea (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) 130.102.13.25 07:33, 14 September 2022 (UTC) — set for 28 October 2023 (Ohi Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:50, 16 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Pnyx (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) 130.102.13.25 07:30, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
We don't generally feature proper nouns, especially of places, unless there's a good reason. — Sgconlaw (talk) 16:19, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Found a reason. Set for 8 November 2022 (Election Day (USA)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:04, 19 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
false bluetail emo skink (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — This unsigned comment was added by Almostonurmind (talk • contribs) at 16:24, 12 September 2022. — doesn't look like this entry is going to pass RFV. — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:09, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
desnuda (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) PseudoSkull (talk) 16:26, 11 September 2022 (UTC) — set for 8 April 2023 (anniversary of the date when Times Square was given its present name). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:58, 1 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
cater-cousin (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — This unsigned comment was added by Almostonurmind (talk • contribs) at 04:52, 8 September 2022 (UTC). — set for 19 February 2024 (Family Day (Canada)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:50, 6 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 2022

a little bird told me (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- I wonder where I heard this one? -- ALGRIF talk 10:49, 31 August 2022 (UTC) — set for 5 January 2024 (National Bird Day (USA)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:59, 27 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Jedi mind trick (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — This unsigned comment was added by Dunderdool (talk • contribs) at 04:04, 22 August 2022 (UTC). — set for 4 May 2023 (Star Wars Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:15, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
ceilidh (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Another pleasant and not unusual Gaelic import. ALGRIF talk 08:11, 8 August 2022 (UTC) — set for 30 November 2023 (Saint Andrew's Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:44, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
alderliefest (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - Hazarasp (parlement · werkis) 09:20, 2 August 2022 (UTC) — set for 20 November 2023 (World Children's Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:39, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

July 2022

misprision (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Old legal word used in Roe v. Wade decision. DCDuring (talk) 19:19, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@DCDuring: already previously nominated and set to appear on 4 November 2022. Please check before nominating. Thanks. — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:06, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
At which pages does one check? I see now, but it wasn't sufficiently obvious for me. DCDuring (talk) 20:12, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@DCDuring: check the entry itself to see if it has a “WOTD” tag under the “English” heading on the right side. — Sgconlaw (talk) 03:12, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I had looked there first. I expected a box and didn't notice the small text, nor the hidden categorization. I've just never had much interaction with the process. DCDuring (talk) 13:36, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@DCDuring: no worries. In future, check the entry for a "WOTD" tag as described above, and do a CTRL-F search of this page to see if a word has been nominated but not yet assigned. — Sgconlaw (talk) 13:54, 7 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
~~pen picture (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - but I'm not sure why I bother when loads of 2019 nominations remain unused - DonnanZ (talk) 10:10, 1 July 2022 (UTC)~~ — set for 3 May 2024 (World Press Freedom Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:42, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~rotten borough (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 10:10, 1 July 2022 (UTC)~~ — set for 14 September 2023 (International Day of Democracy theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:11, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

June 2022

shitgibbon (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) three distinct senses, full etymology given in detail, and a pretty fascinating example of contemporary linguistics. Theknightwho (talk) 20:06, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Theknightwho: sorry, we don’t feature profanities on the main page. — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:23, 14 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
hundreds and thousands (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) (to coincide with Wiktionary's 5000th Word of the Day for meta-sweetness Zumbacool (talk) 16:01, 11 June 2022 (UTC)) — set for 15 October 2022 (Sweetest Day (USA)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:05, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
lesbiandom (Check: R, G, H, W, Y). The word jubilee was recently featured due to the platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. So I think that maybe we should feature something related to Pride Month. I just polished up the entry for lesbiandom. WordyAndNerdy (talk) 05:52, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@WordyAndNerdy: you can nominate such entries on the project page under “Nominations for particular days”. — Sgconlaw (talk) 11:24, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Set for 27 June 2022 (eve of Stonewall Day; Pride Month (USA)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:00, 17 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
immaculate (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) JonMars666 (talk) 04:13, 3 June 2022 (UTC) — set for 8 December 2023 (Feast of the Immaculate Conception) and as the WOTD fallback for 8 December. — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:38, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

May 2022

sail close to the wind (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - international nautical day, or whatever... Zumbacool (talk) 06:50, 29 May 2022 (UTC) — set for 19 May 2024 (eve of European Maritime Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:26, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
cochineal (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Ultimateria (talk) 22:00, 15 May 2022 (UTC) — set for 24 June 2024 (start of Insect Week in the UK). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:30, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
jingle bell (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — This unsigned comment was added by Zumbacool (talk • contribs) at 16:32, 1 May 2022 (UTC). — set for 25 December 2022 (Christmas Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:30, 15 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
~~embolden (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 11:46, 1 May 2022 (UTC)~~ — set for 10 May 2024. — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:43, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~fenny (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 11:46, 1 May 2022 (UTC)~~ — set for 5 December 2023 (World Soil Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:56, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

April 2022

sengi (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:09, 13 April 2022 (UTC) — set for 29 June 2024 (International Day of the Tropics). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:06, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
a little bit of bread and no cheese (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) ·~ dictátor·mundꟾ 15:25, 2 April 2022 (UTC) — set for 5 June 2022 (World Environment Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:07, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Isonade (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Protegmatic (talk) 08:09, 2 April 2022 (UTC) — set for 11 February 2023 (National Foundation Day (Japan)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:39, 3 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
under the knife (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) ·~ dictátor·mundꟾ 16:15, 2 April 2022 (UTC) — set for 7 April 2024 (World Health Day theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:17, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
uke-e (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Protegmatic (talk) 08:09, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Protegmatic: The original Japanese words would be more suitable as WT:FWOTD material, than these unnaturalised English terms for WOTD. ·~ dictátor·mundꟾ 15:15, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The entry doesn't explain what makes uke-e distinctive. It just defines it as a type of ukiyo-e. Can we do better? From what I gathered from the few English Google Books hits to mention this term, they are/were employed as lucky charms; maybe that should go in the definition. I'm almost tempted to send this to RfV as an English word if anything, although it would probably scrape by. (Not to be confused with uki-e, something entirely different.) 70.172.194.25 19:13, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Inqilābī: The similar word ukiyo-e was chosen as WOTD once so I think uke-e should qualify too
Set for 4 November 2023 (day after Culture Day (Japan)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 14:20, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Mount Tsurugi (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Protegmatic (talk) 08:09, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
We are told to avoid proper nouns. DonnanZ (talk) 09:06, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Not seeing a strong reason to depart from our usual rule about avoiding proper nouns. The entry seems to be a random geographical location. — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:05, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
~~packed like sardines (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 10:23, 1 April 2022 (UTC)~~ — set for 21 November 2023 (World Fisheries Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:24, 14 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

March 2022

old maid (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Old Man Consequences (talk) 21:27, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Old Man Consequences: we're not likely to feature this as we are trying to avoid entries that are potentially derogatory to particular groups of persons. — SGconlaw (talk) 21:49, 25 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
horny-handed (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) ·~ dictátor·mundꟾ 19:15, 25 March 2022 (UTC) — set for 2 April 2023 (April Fools' Day theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:20, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
kuspuk (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Notusbutthem (talk) 15:15, 21 March 2022 (UTC) — set for 18 October 2022 (Alaska Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:31, 2 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
tryzub (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) --Geographyinitiative (talk) 15:20, 20 March 2022 (UTC) — set for 31 March 2022 (2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine started five weeks ago). — SGconlaw (talk) 17:46, 21 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
rhapsody (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - to mark the anniversary of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, por ejemplo? VealSociedad (talk) 09:50, 18 March 2022 (UTC) — set for 21 June 2022 (World Music Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:44, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
unwavering (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Never nominated useful adjective -- ALGRIF talk 13:06, 17 March 2022 (UTC) — set for 19 September 2022 (state funeral of Elizabeth II). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:18, 14 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
turn a blind eye (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- unfortunately very relevant today. -- ALGRIF talk 14:43, 7 March 2022 (UTC) — set for 24 March 2024 (International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:51, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~face the music (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 10:36, 1 March 2022 (UTC)~~ — set for 21 June 2024 (Fête de la Musique). — Sgconlaw (talk) 16:56, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

February 2022

capitalist roader (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) A Maoist pejorative calqued into English from Chinese, which is in turn a contraction of a Chinese phrase. Not sure we've had anything similar. Theknightwho (talk) 23:33, 9 February 2022 (UTC) — set for 20 April 2023 (UN Chinese Language Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:53, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Coronatide (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Would be especially appropriate to showcase while the pandemic remains ongoing. It's a word that has gained quite a surprising currency in Christian circles over the course of the pandemic. Graham11 (talk) 07:11, 8 February 2022 (UTC) — set for 6 March 2023 (third anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:00, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
environ (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) 96.44.72.165 12:26, 3 February 2022 (UTC) — set for 29 November 2022. — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:16, 23 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
~~embattled (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 09:46, 1 February 2022 (UTC)~~ — set for 24 February 2023 (1st anniversary of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:43, 23 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

January 2022

parosmia (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- currently topical. -- ALGRIF talk 15:37, 30 January 2022 (UTC) — set for 9 March 2023 (third anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:43, 9 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
wrangle (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - already contains pron, audio, quotes, etymology and more! Notusbutthem (talk) 11:24, 29 January 2022 (UTC) — set for 13 November 2022. — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:12, 27 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Yggdrasil (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- In memory of Spike Milligan. D.27.02.2002. This word appears on p.1 of his best novel, Puckoon. -- ALGRIF talk 10:39, 27 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Algrif: I'm not sure this is a good enough reason to depart from the rule that we generally don't feature proper nouns. — SGconlaw (talk) 21:35, 30 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
cut of one's jib (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- ALGRIF talk 11:51, 13 January 2022 (UTC) — set for 20 May 2023 (European Maritime Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:09, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
proctorrhea (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - a beautiful thing Br00pVain (talk) 11:14, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Ha ha, but I don't think so. — SGconlaw (talk) 21:28, 8 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Nintendocore (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) User:HurricaneIV 03:41, 7 January 2022 (UTC) — set for 23 September 2024 (anniversary of Nintendo's founding). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:42, 9 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
circulatory system (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) 2404:4408:878F:4F00:9940:6D35:88B2:9CE3 01:36, 4 January 2022 (UTC) — set for 29 September 2022 (World Heart Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:31, 19 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]
deoligarchization (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Learn a new word every day. -- ALGRIF talk 14:13, 3 January 2022 (UTC) — set for 15 September 2024 (International Day of Democracy). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:50, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
force majeure (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Surprised this has never been wotd. -- ALGRIF talk 13:57, 3 January 2022 (UTC) — set for 9 April 2024 (Be Kind to Lawyers Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:30, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
~~mizzly (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 00:49, 1 January 2022 (UTC)~~ — set for 22 March 2024 (World Water Day; eve of World Meteorological Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:40, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~winterbourne (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - water-related, a stream that dries up DonnanZ (talk) 00:49, 1 January 2022 (UTC)~~ — set for 22 March 2023 (World Water Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:40, 9 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]