Ecozoic n. an (imaginary) era in the future when humans live in harmony with nature and the Earth. Also adj. Etymological Note: This term was popularized and probably coined by Thomas Berry. From Greek oikos ‘house’ + zoikos ‘of animals.’ (source:...
veisalgia n. a hangover. Etymological Note: Norwegian kveis ‘uneasiness following debauchery’ + Greek algia ‘pain.” This word was coined by the authors of the first cite. There may be a double-entendre in the word kveis, as it is also a word...
veisalgia n.— «In a 2000 journal article, Wiese and co-authors coined a term for such hangovers: veisalgia, from the Norwegian word kveis, meaning “uneasiness following debauchery,” and algia, Greek for pain.» —“Hangover...
cookie n.— «Cookies. Also called coo-koos, or cucaloris, these metal or wood templates are placed in front of instruments to create shadow patterns, often of clouds or leaves. The word “cucaloris” comes from the Greek for...
cookie n. a screen, board, card, or cloth, cut with shapes or holes, used to throw a light pattern when shooting film or television; the light pattern thrown by such a device. Also cucoloris, cucolorus, cucaloris, kukaloris, kookaloris, cuke, coo...
gyaru-moji n.— «Japanese girls, however, now prefer to communicate amongst each other using special characters that require more time to input. These characters are called “gyaru-moji” (gyaru is the slang word for girl). The...
