🥒 Cucumber emoji
The totally tubular cucumber emoji depicts the green fruit (yes, fruit!) with a simple illustration, usually showing a whole cuke, although a few platforms present it sliced up, exposing the seeds inside. It's used in…
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🥕 Carrot emoji
The carrot emoji depicts a bright orange carrot with a green leafy top. It's used in social media to convey ideas about food, gardening, and healthy lifestyles. In texting, it can sometimes take on a… -
bust a nut
No nutcracker necessary. The expression bust a nut variously means "to be excited about something," "to lose your temper," "to work hard," or ... "to ejaculate or orgasm," -
ion
In science, an ion is an atom or molecule with an electric charge. Outside of the Chemistry classroom, though, ion is a black slang rendering of I don't. As in ion wanna take another Chemistry class. -
🦋 Butterfly emoji
The butterfly emoji represents the butterfly, as well as the symbolism associated with it: positive transformations, hope during a dark time, and new beginnings. And because the phrase “butterflies in your stomach” can signify the… -
Why “Misinformation” Was Dictionary.com’s 2018 Word Of The Year
Our 2018 Word of the Year Is … Misinformation The rampant spread of misinformation poses new challenges for navigating life in 2018. As a dictionary, we believe understanding the concept is vital to identifying misinformation in the wild, and ultimately curbing its impact. But what does misinformation mean? Dictionary.com defines it as “false information that is spread, regardless of whether there is intent to mislead.” The …
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Explain The Difference Between Enemy vs. Nemesis
Who do you think would win an epic showdown like this one? We often see these words used interchangeably, but there are some subtle differences between them. An enemy is a foe who’s hostile toward the protagonist (or central character) of a story. A nemesis is an opponent or rival whom a protagonist can’t overcome. The Enemy In literature, an enemy is often referred to …
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Cheesecake, Racketeering, And Other Trending Words On Dictionary.com
Food, food, glorious food made its presence known in a big way on this Thanksgiving week edition of the Dictionary.com Trending Words list. From a rarely used plural for beef to a beef over the proper way to describe cheesecake, here’s what had you searching November 16–23, 2018! Cheesecake If there’s one thing Americans love, it’s food. We have a whole holiday centered around consuming …
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NIFOC
Enjoyed by nudists and masturbators alike, NIFOC stands for naked (or nude) in front of computer. It is often used humorously and facetiously online, but you can never be too sure when it comes to the internet. -
juxera
Juxera is a gender identity created on Tumblr. It can be described as being feminine but not a female, like a girl but not a girl. -
subreddit
A subreddit is a specific online community, and the posts associated with it, on the social media website Reddit. Subreddits are dedicated to a particular topic that people write about, and they're denoted by /r/, followed… -
baiser
Un baiser is French for "a kiss." If used as a verb, baiser is vulgar slang for sex, equivalent to the English "fuck" or "screw."
