delish9
(adjective) pleasing the sense of taste to a great degree =This term is used when describing a food that tastes particularly good, and is used in the same fashion as its non-clipped More…
delititis
situation where you love someone who is bad for you and everyone else seems to be able to see this except you A rare word for such a situation because of its complexity, but an interesting More…
Dell
To beat a competitor by eliminating the middleman and selling directly to customers. Dell is so success that even its name can be used to represent a good business model. =A company delled More…
Demiboy/demigirl
(noun) Someone who partially identifies with some of the characteristics associated with males or females, but does not fully identify with the gender binary and/or is fluid with their More…
demigender
(noun) Someone who identifies partially but not fully with a particular gender, or with the concept of gender, or a gender that is somewhat aligned towards a particular gender, but is not More…
demisexual
(adjective) having no sexual attraction outside of a deep emotional connection =This term blends half in French (demi), with the word sexual, to imply an existence of only half sexuality. More…
Deneuvely
Resembling a character portrayed by Catherine Deneuve. =Used to describe Kate Winslet in a magazine spread when her pictures had her dressed and pose in ways that invoke the iconic More…
denglisch
Describing words that have been accepted as part of the German language from English. The speaker was looking for a brief and clever way to describe an aspect of German vocabulary. =In More…
Densan
A derogatory term used to refer to (perceived-to-be-dumber) non-Mensans The term Densans was used in place of Dummies, in an advertisement for a rip-off of the popular “For More…
depinion
a personal opinion contingent upon external factors that often varies with changing conditions ="He's a spineless idiot with nothing but depinions and indecisive choices." More…
Depressingness
(Affixation) Sadness, dejection The word depressingness in context took on a very specific meaning of depression – sadness (as opposed to, for instance, an area lower than the surrounding More…
Dequiff
(Verb) (Describing hair) fall from a standing position and cover the face =‘Dequiff’ was made to describe a scenario in which hair that was standing in a ‘quiff’ falls down. The prefix ‘de’ More…
dequiff
To have one’s hair fall out of a quiff =Derivation of quiff, a hairstyle. Addition of de- prefix modifies to verb and adds meaning “to undo”. Nonce word invented to discuss this phenomenon More…
Derail
A very off-topic post in an internet forum or message board. Apparent meaning: a post which is quite off-topic and draws others away from the topic at hand as well Analysis of word: More…
derivate
to take the derivative of (calculus); to calculate the differential =This word was first coined due to derivation of the noun derivative, which is a calculus term that deals with the limit More…
derivatize
to take the derivative of a mathematical function Derivatize has a fun, light-hearted connotation. The verb is clearly a variant on the word derivative. The word could have been formed by More…
Derivatize
coming or emanating from a source It was used to state the purpose of taking a derivative. =If one were to derivatize this, the graph would be easy to sketch. Etymology : derivatize. More…
derivatize
to take the derivative of “Derivatize” was formed by adding the verb ending “-ize” to the word “derivate,” which was already formed by adding the verb More…
DERIVATIZE
To take a derivative of a function ]; I first heard this in early September of this year as my friend claimed with glee what she had done. Most likely Brittany didn’t realize that she More…
DERIVATIZE
To differentiate a function. Derivatize means to take the derivative of a function, as in calculus. The term was coined to be easier than the more correct and accepted term, differentiate, More…