ruzuzu has adopted no words, looked up 0 words, created 806 lists, listed 38697 words, written 10452 comments, added 0 tags, and loved 2430 words.
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I just noticed for the first time your kind comment on my profile!! Thank you!! I like your lists! They've se⛎rved as many 💞an inspiration for me.
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Hey zuzu, hummus detected at botryoidal!
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Thank you, bilby. As you know, I'm also fond of misheard-numa-numa-lyrics.
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This made me think of you: It was probabl🐓y the bananaphone.
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I only just recently noticed that there's a comments section! Yikes! Anyways, unreal-laurens-friend-finder is up and running and needs contrib🦋ut💦ions! So many exclamation points!
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Eek! TankHughes, I'm glad I was able to point out that list to you, but I'm sorry 💎to contribute to the demise of another. May I console myself with the thought that you'll eventually replace it with a new list for our amusement?
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I'd respond to you on my list... BUT I DELETED IT! *shock* It made more sense to add my 4 to tbtabby's Location Slang list instead. I'm happy someone else has made a large list that I can legitimately add Canadian tuxedo and Mexican wave to.
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Thank you for your kind comment of December 15, ruzuzu. It pains me to have overlooked your comment for so long but, in the absence of the Community page, I seem to have been looking in the wrong places for evidence of activity. I had begun to fear that I was the only one still visiting regularly.
When I last communicated with Erin she wrote that she had a fix for the Community page but was having difficulty getting it installed on the server. I think it is possible we will not have the Community page back until after the holidays. I hope people will not have lost the habit of visiting.
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Can you ask around for me then? I'm sure they come from Riga.
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some more of my random freak out lists!
http://sanmaklight.com/lists/things-that-🔥freak-ꦯme-out
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And 𝕴so do I!But I do🎐n't understand how we are supposed to find this █████ comment box on one's profile.
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Hi ruzuzu. Bovine traces detected over at jomo.
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I knew she plays the sax. Have you read 'Crazy Brave' yet? I wonder how many people realize the etymological significance of the title.Playing the sax is 'crazy brave' of course.
The sax is the ultimate soul instrument with its long neck and throaty sound (see nephesh)
My niece 🅷Ramona has taught me that well!She has 'crazy brave' in her blo🤪od, too. -
Me? Why?
*retaliates with a volley of fufluns*
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Thanks for sharper ruzuzu!
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um............................... hi
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"ruzuzu has looked up 87912 wordꦓs"OMG get a life u loser. seriously who looks up words and then comonts on them like...pfft
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Thanks for the red admiral! By the way, I borrowed some of your spiders for my own little collection.
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Hi ruzuzu.
It took me a while to find this reply box.Thank you for the welcome message.Please feel free to comment on my lists or add words to them.Robert -
Hello,
Am a young single girl never married seeking true love for a long term relationship with marriage potentials,i am happy to contact you because you cut my interest! i will love us to be good friends or a lot more, you can contact me through.([email protected])so that i will send you my photos,till i hear from you, bye and kisses!Miss Aisha -
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And I less than three you! Miss you guys. You know how it feels sometimes, though... I visit often but can't find anything to add to the conversation.
I really wish there was an easier way to follow threads. If you don't spend lots of time here, you have to open all links on the Zeitmunity page. There has to be a different way!
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oh thank you, good catch!
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Thanks! Start -geddon ready to add some words...
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hututu....??
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Dear ruzuzu,
You are <3' the opposite of' a terrible bore.Yours with no <3' thing but' fondness,Yarb. -
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ruzuzu commented on the word coinventorship
This is great! Is there a name for words such as this—words which are made of other complete words? For instance, I’m thinking carrot is made of car and rot.
June 4, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word whichs
I'm reminded of one of my favorite jokes: Why do witches wear black? So you can't tell which witch is which.May 13, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word bangboard
I have to admit that I never knew there was a word for this. That'll learn me. Guess I should find myself a good old-fashioned husking bee.April 28, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list hence
Thanks!April 28, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the user deku
I like your lists. Welcome to Wordnik!April 28, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word nabooian
List me, like you did by the lake on Naboo!April 28, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word feels old and structured, but isn’t
Right? I was also thinking democracy, the internet, biofilms... certain kinds of ice or glass.April 12, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list slug-like-or-slug-shaped-NGdldFKpNd
My new favorite list.April 12, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word feels old and structured, but isn’t
Often as I’m waking up from a dream, there will be one last word or phrase that lingers. Today it was a riddle: Name something that feels old and structured, but isn’t.April 12, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list ras-syndrome-1fFizBdFKE2
I love this list.April 6, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word 7458
*stalls*April 4, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word 7458
Me? A stalwart? Aw shucks.March 30, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list words-in-first-3-word♛le-word-guess-list-fEttSrihG8
I've read that POUND, CRANE, and SALET (a variation on sallet) are good to start with, but I like STAMP 💦and STARE.
March 30, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word 7458
I looked up the postal code--7458 must be near 7457. They're both in Hungary.March 22, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word 7457
Oh, yay! Hi possibleunderscore!
*waves*March 17, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word 7457
And hi rolig!
March 16, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word 7457
I'm still discovering entries that had gotten the wordie treatment--often when I'm looking up something that I thought was new, but that bilby already entered a citation for in 2009.
Hi bilby from 2009!March 16, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list scopes-tropes-and-graphs
Likewise, vm.March 15, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list scopes-tropes-and-graphs
This list is fantastic.March 15, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word aperiodic
"The phenomenon that (Bradley) Voytek and other scientists are investigating in a variety of ways goes by many names. Some call it “the 1/f slope” or “scale-free activity”; Voytek has pushed to rebrand it “the aperiodic signal” or “aperiodic activity.”"
-- "Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries" by Eli𓆏zabeth Landau ()March 15, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word 7457
I just looked it up again--it's a prime number (but it seems to be a rather boring one).March 15, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word proleptic
Miss you, qms.
March 15, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list mathematical-words--1
My new favorite list--and currently the only one that lists injective.
March 15, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the user fifeflyer
I like your lists.March 11, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word sea-urchin
Those are fantastic, vendingmachine. Thank you!
March 10, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word gold-solder
See chrysocolla.
March 9, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list urchins-Q6jhG5tG9_
Please sir, I want some more entries on my list.March 4, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word heart-urchin
See heart urchin, and compare egg-urchin.
March 3, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list an-obsolete-form-QFYoW1JmA
Thank you. You've just captured all my feelings about The Century Dictionary in general.
March 3, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list a-pocket
Would caries count? (I'm thinking dental caries.)
March 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list nuclear-homework-xLoFAN-UQmQG
That's exciting, tankhughes. Congratulations!
March 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list have-a-pickle-DjYwdhoxYq
Oh, I am so there.March 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list wiltons-words
My *new* new favorite list.March 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list have-a-pickle-DjYwdhoxYq
Oh, yes--dancing the St. Giles's hornpipe sounds delightful, too.
March 1, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list have-a-pickle-DjYwdhoxYq
This is my new favorite list.March 1, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word dempne
I can't believe I'm the first person to list this.March 1, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word the rot
See bane.
March 1, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word bane
"A disease in sheep, more commonly called the rot."
--Century DictionaryMarch 1, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word veg*n
See the comments on vegetarian if you dare.
March 1, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word shrewd
I thought you were a veg*n.
March 1, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word continent
See citation on Zealandia.
February 22, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word Zealandia
-- "The missing co𝓡ntinent it took 375 ye🗹ars to find" ()February 22, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word voxel
-- "New Map of Meaning in the Brain Changes Ideas About Memor🌄y" ()February 22, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word nebraksa
I have relatives near Jeff City, I lived down by Springfield for a semester, and I have yet to hear anyone there say "Miz-ur-uh."February 16, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list nuclear-homework-xLoFAN-UQmQG
This is my new favorite list.February 15, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word Nebraska products
Thanks, vm, I'm fond of it too. I especially appreciate the sandhills, but there are a lot of scenic spots if you're brave enough to venture off of I-80.February 15, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word Nebraska products
Here's a link to more exaggeration postcards from nebraksa: (my favorite is the grasshopper).
February 15, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list sausages
I knew there had to be a sausage list around here somewhere! I've got an open list, but I'll be yoinking plenty of these.February 14, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word fenster
"A karst window, also known as a karst fenster, is a geomorphic feature found in karst landscapes where an underground river is visible from the surface within a sinkhole."
--February 10, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list pure-science
Hm. I see that sausage body is al🐽so here. Is there alread༺y a sausage list somewhere?
February 10, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word Lichtenberg figure
See comment on Georg Christoph Lichtenberg.
February 9, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
-- 𝐆From "🧔How You Really Use Mathematics To Define Paper Size" ()February 9, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list pure-science
This is my new favorite list.February 9, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word pogonius
I have some nice vegan fufluns right here--it♛'s a new recipe. Let me know what yo🃏u think.
February 7, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word pogonius
"Whenever the TRAHOR FATIS inscription appears, it is accompanied by a seven–pointed “bearded” star (pogonius), raining influence toward Earth and its denizens."
-- From "A Renaissance Riddle: ꦿThe Sola Busca Tarot Deck (1491)" ()February 3, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word open list
See ru open list zuzu.
February 3, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list us-places-named-after-non-us-places-nJSQDngyIS
Sometimes it's hard to switch back and forth once a list has been started--but the moment I can list things, I will.
After all, open list is my middle name.
February 3, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list us-places-named-after-non-us-places-nJSQDngyIS
Thanks v--I would, but it doesn't seem to be an open list.February 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word heartsette
A variation on the card game hearts:
From (card_game)&oldid=1069036466February 2, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list us-places-named-after-non-us-places-nJSQDngyIS
I think there are various Albions, too--one in Nebraska, one in Iowa.
February 1, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list us-places-named-after-non-us-places-nJSQDngyIS
Nebraska can offer Geneva, Peru, Cairo, Syracuse, York, Prague, and Gothenburg, among others--but there used to be more: Lancaster was renamed Lincoln in 1869, and Berlin changed to Otoe in 1918.February 1, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word terrel
Also see terrella.
January 28, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word able seaman
See comment on able.
January 28, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word able
From the Online Etymology Dictionary:
(See )January 28, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list full-of-bull-pE7z8c-MZ0ks
Thanks, vm! Wahoo!January 20, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list full-of-bull-pE7z8c-MZ0ks
Oh, fun! Will you accept two-word phrases? (I'm thinking bull-beef and bull thistles, &c.)
January 20, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the list in-conchology-2VMvKoRv_hDY
Thank you, yarb. I'm surprised mollusque hasn't listed more of these.
January 19, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word cryptobiosis
"The researchers, based in Singapore, Denmark and Poland, chose a tardigrade to try to entangle because of its ability to enter long hibernation to withstand things like searing heat, freezing cold, extraordinarily high pressures, and high levels of ionizing radiation. This hibernation is called cryptobiosis; the animal desiccates, shedding the moisture from its body, and only reanimates when conditions become more manageable."
-- "Sc𒁃ientists Tried to Quantum Entangle a Tardigrade" by Isaac Schultz ()January 19, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word struthiolaria
I can't believe I'm the first person to list this.January 18, 2022
ruzuzu commented on the word aporia
"Typically, Socrates' opponent would make what would seem to be an innocuous assertion. In response, Socrates, via a step-by-step train of reasoning, bringing in other background assumptions, would make the person admit that the assertion resulted in an absurd or contradictory conclusion, forcing him to abandon his assertion and adopt a position of aporia."
--December 28, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word sippet
Also see sop.
December 27, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the list caves-and-cave-art-g_6DoyCfC0N9
What a fun list!December 21, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word Snegurka
"A version of a folk tale about a girl made of snow and named Snegurka (Snezhevinochka; Снегурка (Снежевиночка)) was published in 1869 by Alexander Afanasyev in the second volume of his work The Poetic Outlook on Nature by the Slavs, where he also mentions the German analog, Schneekind ("Snow Child")."
--December 16, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the list flying-into-snow
Snegurka.
December 16, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word cibus
See the definition on cib.
December 13, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word nether-vert
*trips silent alarm*December 2, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word blood
(No mention of using soup as a dye for leather, though.)December 2, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word blood
Oh, ew. The Century has given us this gem: "In leather-coloring, to apply a coating of blood to, in order to obtain a good black."December 2, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word flesh and blood
Now I'm wondering about the etymology of blood.
December 2, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word flesh and blood
For what it's worth, I'm looking at the online version of the OED (through my library's subscription), and I see the following:
"a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xvii. 11 He maked his son to take fleisse and blode.1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. ii. 153 Whanne hit hadde of þe folde flesch and blod ytake.
1509 Parlyament Deuylles (de Worde) lxxii I..toke flesshe and blode a mayde within.1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 186 I would see his owne person in flesh and blood."December 2, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word moleomancy
Not what I was expecting.November 19, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the user nickpatterson high
Welcome! Nice to see a fellow fan of The Century.
I just saw your question over on the page for the word synchronously. Generally, the best way to show a word is one of your fꦑavorites is to log in and select "love" at the top of the page for th🌱at word. Hope that helps!
November 19, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word trink
It did occur to me to wonder whether trink and drink were related.
There's an old klezmer song called "Skrip, klezmerl, skripe" where an uncle sings "kh’vel trinken vi a fish/ un vel tantsn bay der khupe," which is translated as "Now I will drink like a fish/ and dance by the wedding canopy," (See here: ).But, also, do folks still get thrown "into the drink"? And could we then use a trink to rescue them?
November 19, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word trink
Compare trench and tranche.
November 18, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word cow pat
Compare cow pie.
November 1, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word cow pie
Cf. cow pat.
November 1, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word goatfish
See comments on ahuruhuru.
October 26, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word the ultimate blended threat
Umbrage! Everyone knows it's wasteful to use only half a ruzuzu. What'll you do, stick the ruz in the fridge with some lemon juice? Throw the uzu away? Feh.October 26, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word mathematical induction
Oh, hey, ruzuzu from 2018--thank you. I was stuck on this again.
This time I'll add that C.S. Peirce also wrote about abduction, but it's the kind of rabbit hole that leads one to muttering about confectio Damocritis.
October 19, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word abduction
"The term “abduction” was coined by Charles Sanders Peirce in his work on the logic of science. He introduced it to denote a type of non-deductive inference that was different from the already familiar inductive type."
-- From the "Peirce on Abduction" section of the online Stanford Encyclopedia of Phil𓄧oso꧑phy ()October 19, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the list youve-got-this-all-wrong-TjaXkcvUHyGZ
This is my new favorite list.October 13, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word hyaline
I think it's where they play jai alai.
October 13, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word virgule
Adding this to the list of qms poems.
October 11, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word duodenotomy
Smiting seems more like an -ectomy.September 28, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the user stuartmathergibson
Not sure why bilby is anti-anthesis.
September 25, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the list penny-phases-words
Aha! Here it is.September 21, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word swine-penny
Do we have any penny lists?
September 20, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word Flower of Kent
"The Flower of Kent is a green cultivar of cooking apple. According to the story, this is the apple Isaac Newton saw falling to ground from its tree, inspiring his laws of universal gravitation. It is pear-shaped, mealy, and sub-acid, and of generally poor quality by today's standards. As its name suggests, this cultivar likely originated from Kent, England."
--September 13, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word bi-quinary
See biquinary.
September 6, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word portcrayon
I hadn't--but I sure will now!September 6, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word crab wherry
See wherry.
August 27, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word doppelzentner
Not what I was expecting.August 27, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word odd-come-short
See odd-come-shortly.
August 25, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word herb robert
Also see herb-robert.
August 25, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the user hcarson
I like your lists.August 25, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the list bells-and-whistles
Oh. Here's one. (See comment on passing-bell.)
August 25, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word passing-bell
Do we have any bell lists yet?August 25, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the user vendingmachine
Big hugs from me, too. So very sorry for your loss.August 24, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word takotsubo cardiomyopathy
See takotsubo.
August 24, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word takotsubo
"The name "takotsubo" comes from the Japanese word takotsubo "octopus trap", because the left ventricle of the heart takes on a shape resembling an octopus trap when affected by this condition."
-- From Wikipedia's takotsubo cardiomyopathy page ()
August 24, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the list may🐓-or-may-not-be-specific-but-it-s-definitely-not-excrement
Ooh. Do we need a new list? I know there are some parasite lists here, but do we need something a bit more specific?August 22, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word feeder-bar
Maybe just one more.
*press*August 21, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word feeder-bar
Mphfh.
*coughs*It’s okay. *press*August 21, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word feeder-bar
*press*August 21, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the list may-or-may-not-be-specific-but🧜-it-s-definitely-not-excrement
Can I get a ruling on whether tapeworms belong on this list or the other list? See here:August 20, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word food pellet
*press*August 19, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word riffly
I love it when my fufluns have grape riffles.
August 19, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word iota
Why I oughta...August 18, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the list train-smash-words-pAz_VfHOiYXV
My new favorite list.August 18, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word pyow
*trips silent alarm*August 17, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word land-beaver
I b'eave you're correct.August 11, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word land-beaver
How much land would a land-beaver beaver if a land-beaver could beaver land?August 10, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word origen
Thank you, ry--I had the same question.August 10, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word QUA
Sine qua non.July 26, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word perfectoid
— “New Shape Opens ‘🍌Wormhole’ Between Numbers and Geometry” B🐲y Kevin Hartnett, July 19, 2021 ()July 24, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the list eels
I found tobias fish or "sand eel," which would appear to be another fish that just looks like an eel.
Guess it's time to make another list. (h🎀ttp://sanmaklight.c🍃om/lists/eel-shaped-fish-gvtNIN5hT06l)
July 19, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word lanturlu
See the etymology for lanterloo ("Frencꦗh lanturlu, originally the refrain of a sixteenth-century s✱ong.")
July 19, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word weebill
Not likely to fall down.July 18, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the list la-bas-8kJjgQGj4c2h
This is my new favorite list.July 18, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the list the-universal-calculator
You're right, ry. I couldn't help myself.
And bilby, I'm surprised you haven't added corkscrew or plastic toothpick.
July 18, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word autoantonym
For a list, see this list made by oroboros: http://sanmaklight.com/lists/autantonyms.
May 31, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word emperor
— “Light in the Pa🥀lazzo” by Ingrid D. Rowland, New York Review of Books.May 16, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word s’mores
Compare with smoor.
May 2, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word smoor
This makes me hungry for s’mores.
May 2, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word what the
I once got in trouble for using a phrase I’d heard Flo the waitress say on an old episode of “Alice.” I had turned to a classmate on the playground and said, “Kiss my grits,” but I don’t think any of us—students or staff—ac♕tually knew what grits were, so it was hard to defend myself.
May 2, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word elide
Hi rculver00! I just add🔴ed a comment on 💯your profile about making lists.
May 2, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the user rculver00
Welcome to Wordnik! Just saw your comment on elide. If you press the button that says “love” on the page for a word, that word will automatically show up here under your “Favorites” on your profile. If you decide to make a new list and add a word, everyone can see the list and what you’ve added—but you can ༒set the list up initially so that nobody else can add words to your list. (Open lists are amusing though.) Have fun!
May 2, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word orbisculate
There was just a story about this madeupical word on CBS Sunday Morning:
May 2, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word oceanic nonlinear internal solitary waves
“On November 1, 2016, NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over Indonesia, allowing the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board to capture a stunning true-color image of oceanic nonlinear internal solitary waves from the Lombok Strait.”
—May 1, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word zenzontlruzuzu
Thank you, fbharjo. I love it.April 7, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word warp speed
— Here’s a link to that dictionaryꦗ of “more than 40ജ0 words”:January 27, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word mum-house
See mum for clarification.
January 15, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word zuzu
RU zuzu? Yes I am.January 7, 2021
ruzuzu commented on the word ru
Why, yes—I am indeed.December 28, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word plasma
See use in citations on tokamak.
December 28, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word tokamak
“Harnessing this form of nuclear power, though, has proven extremely difficult, requiring heating a soup of subatomic particles, called plasma, to hundreds of millions of degrees – far too hot for any material container to withstand. To work around this, scientists developed a donut-shaped chamber with a strong magnetic field running through it, called a tokamak, which suspends the plasma in place.“
— “Is nuclear fusion the answer to the climate crisis? Promising new studies suggest the long elusive technology may be capable of producing e🀅lectricity for the grid by the end of the decade.” By Oscar Schwartz, Mon 28 Dec 2020 05.00 EST ()December 28, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word muffin fan
Have you ever seen the Muffin Fan and the Fuflun Man in the same room at the same time?November 24, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word unsolicited sperm donut
Not what I was expecting.November 24, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word muffin fan
Do you know the Muffin Fan?November 23, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word boa constrictor
“Though all boids are constrictors, only this species is properly referred to as a "boa constrictor" – a rare instance of an animal having the same common English name and scientific binomial name. (Another such animal is the extinct theropod dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex.)”
—November 23, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word bruit de diable
Venus Hum used to open for the Blue Man Group.November 3, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word attainted
Last I heard, they were opening for Styx on the state fair circuit—but I’m not sure whether the virus has changed their tour plans.November 2, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word attainted
Mostly I remember being angry at those bouncers—especially the tall one with the bulging thews—but they were probably right about not shooting off fireworks in that enclosed space.November 1, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word Juan Eduardo Cirlot
“Born in Barcelona in 1916, Cirlot was a composer, a musicologist, an art critic, a translator, and a collector of antique swords. In the 1940s he became well-acquainted with, and translated the poetry of, avant-garde writers such as Paul Éluard, André Breton, and Antonin Artaud.”
From “A Dictio🥂nary Takes Us Through the Fascinating History of Symbols: Juan Eduardo Cirlot’s A Dictionary of Symbols has been an invaluable resource for decoding symbols since it was first published in 1958.” By Angelica Frey, Hyperallergic, October 31, 2020 ( )November 1, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the user haiduong2010
Even better if the books being cooked are cook books.October 15, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word Bradel binding
"A Bradel binding (also called a bonnet or bristol board binding) is a style of book binding with a hollow back. It most resembles a case binding in that it has a hollow back and visible joint, but unlike a case binding, it is built up on the book."
--September 10, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the user jboyd
I like your lists.September 10, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word giant panda
Is there already a panda list somewhere? I was going to make a pun about pandan.
August 14, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word cultigen
“The word cultigen was coined in 1918 by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858–1954) an American horticulturist, botanist and cofounder of the American Society for Horticultural Science. He was aware of the need for special categories for those cultivated plants that had arisen by intentional human activity and which would not fit neatly into the Linnaean hierarchical classification of ranks used by the International Rules of Botanical Nomenclature (which later became the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants).”
—Miss you, qms.
August 14, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word hydraulic jump
"An important phenomenon responsible for dissipating energy in a channel is the hydraulic jump. A hydraulic jump occurs in a channel when shallow, high velocity (supercritical) water meets slower moving (subcritical) water. The short and turbulent transition between the two water depths is called a hydraulic jump."
--August 6, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word sentient six foot animatronic rats
Rodents of unusual size? I don’t believe they exist.June 27, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word Lothar Collatz
“Lothar Collatz, like most German students of his time, studied at a number of different universities. He entered the University of Greifswald in 1928, moving to Munich, then to Göttingen, and finally to Berlin where he studi🍎ed for his doctorate under Alfred Klose.” —
June 27, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word doomscrolling
Cf. schadenscrolling.
June 22, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word doomscrolling
“Each day brings further entries into the popular lexicon: ventilator, community spread, doomscrolling. (The latter is slang for an excessive amount of screen time devoted to the absorption of dystopian news.)”
— “‘Quarantini.’ ‘Doomscrolling.’ Here’s how the coronavirus is changing th🌠e way we talk” by Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, April 11, 2020.June 22, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word schadenscrolling
“I wouldn't call schadenscrolling a *good* use of a Saturday night, but it beats the hell out of doomscrolling.”
— David Roberts (@drvox) via TwitterJune 22, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word jean dimmock
pseudotirolitid
April 27, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the user chezmoi
Welcome! Would you like to try some fufluns with grape riffles? I'm also experimenting with jimmies.
April 27, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word Plague of Galen
“The Antonine Plague of 165 to 180 AD, also known as the Plague of Galen (after Galen, a Greek physician who lived in the Roman Empire and described it), was an ancient pandemic brought to the Roman Empire by troops who were returning from campaigns in the Near East.”
—April 11, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word jewel box
Oh. Here:
-- From "Critical Appraisal of t⭕he Philip Johnson Pavilion" by James N. Carder ( (footnote remo🦹ved))April 3, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word jewel box
Nice, ry.
For ⛄some reason, I associate it most with Philip Johnson.April 3, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word take umbrage
I see your umbrage and raise you some unjustified indignation.March 23, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word take umbrage
(See, e.g., marathon of phony umbrage taking.)
March 18, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word umbrage
Also see take umbrage, if you dare.
March 18, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word take umbrage
Umbrage! I can't believe this hasn't been listed more often on this site.March 18, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word Prince Albert
Do you have Prince Albert in a can?March 17, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the user vendingmachine
Oh! Are the vending machines running?
*waits two seconds, then shouts*Then we'd better go catch them!!!*wanders off to the Prince Albert page*
March 17, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word Me no Leica.
From Wikipedia's page about Walter Kerr: "Notoriously he is credited with one of the world's shortest reviews, "Me no Leica" for John Van Druten's I Am a Camera in the New York Herald Tribune, December 31, 1951." ()
March 10, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the list red--2
Wow--this is my new favorite list.March 6, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word paradoxical undressing
Compare terminal burrowing.
March 6, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word terminal burrowing
Compare paradoxical undressing.
March 6, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word leucocytiform
What time is it when the elephants sit on your northern fence?March 6, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word postmeatal
Just got this as a random word. How has this not been listed yet?February 27, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word honestly, it's not for everyone
Maybe nebraksa is the vegan alternative to Nebraska.
February 26, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word honestly, it's not for everyone
Yeah, the most amusing thing to hear in a restaurant around here is "Oh, you're a vegetarian. You eat chicken, though, right?"February 26, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word honestly, it's not for everyone
Also? Still a better slogan than "Meth. We're on it."February 24, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word honestly, it's not for everyone
Ashland is great. I took a class there about sewing signatures for bookbinding.
It ❀also happens to be where some of the folks returning from China get to hang out in quarantine whilst 💞they wait to see whether they have the dreaded corona virus.February 24, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word u v v v w v uu v vv
Ha!February 19, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the user jasonwordperson
I like your lists!February 19, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the list fight-scene-words-ii--the-fightening
Ooh. Them's fightin' words.February 13, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the list anagram-poetry
*trips over inert llamas*February 13, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word Hamilton Walk
See citation on quaternion.
January 24, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word quaternion
-- fromJanuary 24, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word ⎠
Ha!January 16, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word Aleutian disease
Uh... so has anyone created a ferret list yet?January 15, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the list 2300af
Would you consider adding ferret?
January 15, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word scatebrous
I love that one definition has "abounding" and the other has "a bounding."
January 15, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word katal
Brackets around moozuzu, please. I'm sure there's a list where you can stick it.January 15, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word katal
Funny that this is about moles instead of cows.January 13, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the list worms-s3tPu02Jdkd
What a great list! My favorite is the Diet of Worms, but it seeౠms as if you're going for something els🎶e here.
January 13, 2020
ruzuzu commented on the word cloud street
Ooh! That's fun.January 10, 2020