CRESCENTY
Shaped like a crescent;semi-circular. Possible reason used: The user wanted to describe the cookies in a brief, yet unique way. She could have easily said “crescent-like” but More…
crib
house Slang term for house. Used because babies live in cribs. =This is my crib. Etymology : Analogy of crib to house =MTV’s television show Cribs
Crib
One’s home. This word has become more popular because of the MTV show “Cribs”, which tours the homes of the rich and famous. The show premiered on September 1, 2000. A More…
Crib
place of residence, house, apartment, etc. I first saw this in title of MTV show: "MTV Cribs." =I'm about to go to my crib. =MTV Cribs
Crib
Place where one resides; a comfortable place one goes to for relaxation and protection Crib is used to describe a person’s home. The home is one feels most comfortable and More…
Crickets
(Conversion) Not funny. =It is used when someone makes a joke no one laughs at. It is either used as a noun or an adjective to refer to a momment of silence followed by a lame joke. Usually More…
Cringe
(Semantic change, conversion) a situation or state in which one is so embarrassed or uncomfortable that one becomes likened to a cringe. =This word was formed through semantic change, More…
cringealicious
(adjective) cringe-worthy, embarrassing to behold =This term was created by my friend’s younger sister to describe how much secondhand embarrassment she experienced from our social More…
Cringeworthy
(adjective) When a perosn does something so embarassing or dimwitted that is worthy of a cringe. =When a person does something so embarassing or dimwitted that is worthy of a cringe. This More…
cringeworthy(2)
(Compound) An act that is worthy of a cringe or is cringe-inducing. =This is a compounding between the verb “cringe” and the adjective “worthy”. This is mostly used to describe a situation More…
Crippleware
Freely-available, partially-functional software that becomes fully usable upon payment of a registration fee. Shareware that isn't fully functional until registered and paid for. More…
Crisp
Well-done, excellent =The word evokes the crispiness of food that has been cooked at length to become “well done”. The word crisp is repurposed through conversion to refer to a performance More…
CRISPR
Palindromic repeated nucleotides found in bacterial genes. It was found that these repeats were to mark the presence of viral DNA in bacterial DNA. Part of the bacterial immune system. In More…
Crispy Lettuce
Long hair flowing out of a hat or a helmet. =‘Crispy lettuce’ is a term used among the skateboarding and longboarding community to refer to hair long enough to flow out of the back of More…
Cro
For one person to “stick” to someone else by following them around and attempting to join them in activities. Cro means for a person to “stick” to someone else, in More…
croc(s)
(noun) It refers to a type of shoe that was created in 2002 in Colorado. The shoe was created as a comfortable however not so stylish boat shoe, but now has many styles and varieties. The More…
Croissandwich
A croissant sliced and made into a sandwich This word is more than just a marketing term used once by Burger King; normal people find the word funny and interesting enough to have used More…
cromulent
Fine, adequate, acceptable, though the term is more commonly used in an ironic manner, so it has taken on the opposite meaning. On the TV show, The Simpsons, ‘cromulent’ (which More…