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  • Avalon Technologies is an electronic manufacturing services (EMS) company that serves various industries, such as aerospace, defence, medical, industrial, and automotive. They offer high-quality and reliable solutions for complex systems, such as avionics, flight control systems, satellite communications and radar systems. They have a global reach and a US-based manufacturing facility. They have state-of-the-art equipment, processes and systems for PCB assembly, prototyping, and testing. They can handle high-mix, low-volume, and high-volume, low-mix production. They have the expertise and certifications to meet the stringent quality and safety standards of the industries they serve. https://www.avalontec.com/en-us/

    May 2, 2024

  • "Ambulance Cemetery:

    A new term coined by Israeli army at Al-Amal Hospital in #Gaza, where they destroyed all medical ambulances & buried them under rubble.

    They not only killed doctors & wounded but also aimed to prevent any chance of survival for injured, ensuring their demise."

    - https://x.com/NourNaim88/status/1785676704221966533

    May 1, 2024

  • Finally, the ass-rat we've been looking for.

    May 1, 2024

  • Stock trading strategy? Slur on dwarfs? The mind boggles.

    May 1, 2024

  • Compare etymology of budget.

    May 1, 2024

  • Never mind. Commenting only costs two cents.

    May 1, 2024

  • Most of my vocabulary is worthless!

    May 1, 2024

  • Feels like this is a terrible omission from the Paris Olympics.

    May 1, 2024

  • craftspeople dropped

    May 1, 2024

  • Imghttps://i.postimg.cc/Nj8qKH4z/cat-eat.gifimg

    April 30, 2024

  • tema

    April 30, 2024

  • Animated movie fan

    April 30, 2024

  • a feeling of hope when everything seems to be sad and hopeless

    April 30, 2024

  • sad and touching scenes in movies

    April 30, 2024

  • funny and adorable moments in movies

    April 30, 2024

  • lively, hilarious moments in movies

    April 30, 2024

  • Next time I get a puncture while out riding my bike I can stoically tell myself: "Wheelless, as a rotifer."

    April 30, 2024

  • Ideal for pronunciation roulette.

    April 30, 2024

  • New flavour of fuflun just dropped.

    April 30, 2024

  • Dr Saul said that at the time of writing our 2024/25 budget submission, the service operated on 0.8 of a psychiatrist, three nurses and a 0.4 registrar. The Registrar position would not continue this year, thereby halving the medical cover for the prison.

    "The only positions funded as part of the prison mental health service are the psychiatrist and one nursing position.

    "Staff working in the service are at risk of burnout due to stress and moral injury, that is, burnout caused by witnessing adverse patient outcomes due to a lack of resources."

    - https://tasmaniantimes.com/2024/04/bed-block-causing-hobart-hospital-crisis/

    April 30, 2024

  • YouTube Poop - a genre of video mashup.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phQEjyM3Xp0

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_poop

    reminds me of shitposting

    April 30, 2024

  • pendagogy

    April 30, 2024

  • hello

    April 30, 2024

  • consequentialist (16 letters)

    April 30, 2024

  • A feisty firefly fishified fifty-five finely-frilled file-filled folders of fee-free Fife firefighter photos.

    April 29, 2024

  • Woketivity, a portmanteau of woke and activity.

    April 29, 2024

  • keklol

    April 29, 2024

  • ceratopsid (dropped)

    April 29, 2024

  • I’ll say again, we nemophilists are everywhere.

    As a sometime desert /treeless plain dweller, I’d appreciate terms that denote treeless open plains or desert lovers. In my case rolling hills and bluffs with cliffs, folds, glens, valleys, burrens, rills, mesas, ravines, hummocky terrain, hanging valleys and bergschrunds are my preference.

    April 28, 2024

  • My lists are so old that I’m new here.

    April 28, 2024

  • Ken Kesey, author of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, in his childrens’ book “Little Tricker the Squirrel meets Big Double the Bear”. Viking Penguin, 1990. Illus. Barry Moser.

    It was a bear, a grizzerly bear, so big and hairy and horrible it looked like the two biggest baddest bears in the Ozarks had teamed up to make one.

    April 28, 2024

  • These example need review! Some of them are completely unrelated to the definition, being a separate word in dialectal English or creole, and some are all in Latin.

    April 28, 2024

  • SOMEONE HELP!!!

    It's killing me!

    Time is killing me!

    It will kill us all!!!!

    April 28, 2024

  • I'm feeling lucky button gave me splurting which is only defined by splurt, but it didn't link to the word splurt so now I don't know what I'm splurting all over my splurtee. Egad!

    April 28, 2024

  • Teenado, a portmanteau of teen and tornado.

    April 27, 2024

  • thuggo and thuggos not in dictionary but is in online dictionary

    April 27, 2024

  • feeling qunt. An intensified drag algorithm-avoidant version of cunt.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx0m4A8rIVW/

    April 26, 2024

  • Gunbrella, a portmanteau of gun and umbrella.

    April 26, 2024

  • Pizzadilla, a portmanteau of pizza and quesadilla.

    April 26, 2024

  • Pizzarito, a portmanteau of pizza and burrito.

    April 26, 2024

  • Bonito

    April 26, 2024

  • Lindo demais

    April 26, 2024

  • Anyweird, a portmanteau of anyway and weird.

    April 25, 2024

  • You nailed so many of them!

    April 25, 2024

  • Toadpole, a portmanteau of toad and tadpole.

    April 25, 2024

  • Matchelor, a portmanteau of match and bachelor.

    April 25, 2024

  • Birds in Flight: graves of children, eternal life.

    Dove: holy spirit, purity, devotion, divine spirit. When shown with an olive sprig it means hope or promise.

    Dog: loyalty.

    Lamb: child’s grave, purity and innocence.

    Lion: courage, resurrection.

    Arms Outstretched: the plea for mercy.

    Hands: symbol of leaving.

    Hands, clasped: marriage, close bond between individuals, farewell or last good-bye. The person who died first holds the other’s hand.

    Hands, holding an open book: the embodiment of Faith.

    Hands, joined hearts: marriage.

    Hand, pointing downward: mortality or sudden death.

    Hand, pointing upward: confirmation of life after death, heavenly reward.

    Hands, praying: connote devotion, asking God for eternal life.

    Latin Cross: eternity or never-ending existence.

    Cross: eternity or never-ending existence.

    Angels: guardians of the dead, symbolizing spirituality.

    Flying Angel: rebirth.

    Weeping Angel: grief, mourning an untimely death.

    Bible: religious lay person or a cleric.

    Book: faith, knowledge (commonly a double page spread).

    Cherubs: graves of children.

    Column, broken: early grief, end of life, sorrow, life cut short too soon. Usually represents the loss of the family head.

    Columns, with archway: heavenly entrance.

    Drapery, over anything: sorrow, mourning.

    Obelisk: marks a family plot.

    Scroll: symbol of life and time, life that is unfolding, past and future hidden, honor and commemoration.

    Stones, shaped like tree stumps: woodman of the world.

    Sun Setting: death.

    Sun Shining/Rising: renewed life.

    Urn: mourning.

    Urn, draped: death, often of an older person.

    Calla Lily: symbolizes marriage.

    Daffodil: death of youth, desire, deep regard.

    Dogwood: Christianity, triumph of eternal life.

    Fern: sincerity, sorrow.

    Flower: frailty of life.

    Ivy: memory, immortality, friendship, fidelity, faithfulness, undying affection, eternal life.

    Grapes: represent Christ.

    Grapes and Leaves: Christian faith.

    Holly: foresight.

    Laurel Leaves: special achievement, distinction, success, triumph.

    Lily: majesty, innocence, purity and resurrection.

    Oak Tree: hospitality, stability, strength, honor, eternity, endurance, liberty.

    Rose: love, beauty, hope, unfailing love. Whether a rose is a bud, flower or somewhere in between indicates how old the person was at time of death.

    Tree: tree of life.

    Tree, severed branch: mortality.

    Vine: the sacraments, God’s blood, God.

    Weeping Willow: nature’s lament, a symbol of sorrow and mourning.

    Wheat: resurrection, bread and wine, fertility.

    Wheat, sheaves: the aged.

    April 25, 2024

  • It shall be unlawful to operate a motor vehicle within the cemetery at a speed in excess of fifteen (15) miles per hour; all vehicles shall be restricted to the cemetery roads and shall drive and park on the right side. No undue noise shall be permitted by vehicles traveling through the cemetery and only licensed drivers may operate vehicles within the cemetery grounds.


    Double burial is allowed.

    No drinking, picnicking or participation in any sporting event of game activities shall be permitted within the grounds.

    All persons are reminded that the grounds are sacredly devoted to the burial of the dead and that the provisions and penalties of the law as provided by State Statute and City Code, shall be strictly enforced in all cases of wanton injury, disturbances or disregard of these rules.

    April 25, 2024

  • Purchase of Unused Grave (by City) is $76.

    --Found on cityofls.net website (Schedule of Fees)

    April 25, 2024

  • why

    April 25, 2024

  • Didn't Jesus have 12 of these?

    April 24, 2024

  • From a coroner's report into the death of three idiots:

    "21. The three were seen by several people between 12 noon and 12.30pm coming into the beach at Boat Harbour. The boat was run up onto the beach. Photographs taken by a tourist show the boat leaving the Boat Harbour Beach at 12.42pm.

    22. A witness described seeing the boat also leave the Boat Harbour region with a “huge rooster tail”, that is to say a large volume of water being caused by the angle of the outboard engine. A rooster tail is ordinarily caused by an engine being poorly trimmed."

    - Simon Cooper, 'Coroner's findings following the investigation into the death (Without Inquest) of Dixon, Isaiah Solomon; Thomas, Bree-Anna Mary Jennifer; Courto, Thomas James', 23 April 2024.

    The full tale of woe is here: https://www.magistratescourt.tas.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/757461/Dixon,-Thomas-and-Courto-SJC-WEB.pdf

    April 23, 2024

  • play off of genderqueer? found in reddit post as a dismissive insult to drag performer Dawn. https://www.reddit.com/r/dragrace/comments/1carofu/is_this_true/

    April 23, 2024

  • Dawn + honest. Written as dawnest or Dawnest

    A particular brand of reading that is offered up as constructive criticism. Popularized by the drag artist Dawn throughout her run on RuPaul's Drag Race Season 16.

    Often used in the phrase "Can I be Dawnest?" as a coy introduction to a cutting remark.  https://twitter.com/XunamiMuse/status/1762248219621212599

    https://twitter.com/ssimplyysam/status/1778414456050975212


    April 22, 2024

  • spelling variant soy-boiz used ironically when talking about cancelling trees for liberal tendencies: https://www.instagram.com/p/C536UiXPsCp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

    April 22, 2024

  • Examples of emoji censorship of audio captions (Clips from Conan O'Brian Hot Ones episode)

    salute emoji = erect

    chicken emoji = clucking

    https://youtube.com/shorts/dNUrqQXpvj0?si=qA_AFTkih7ezt5m2

    April 22, 2024

  • Parafear = a fear of a particular experience that happened to someone else.

    Aprilain = the flowing of dandelline seeds trough the air in a group.

    Lavender-Heart = a person who is nice, innocent, or a person who belives theres good in everything and only sees the pozitive aspects; can also be used to refer to light-hearted people.

    Litrogenic = a person who only reads books of a certain genra.

    Colseptic = fear of a certain color.

    Stiffel = the sound that a cloth, usualy silk, when its brushed against anything.

    April 22, 2024

  • jamon iberico we have jamon as adj and serrano

    April 22, 2024

  • hi

    April 22, 2024

  • bilby

    /ˈbɪlbi/ (say 'bilbee)

    noun (plural bilbies)

    either of the rabbit-eared bandicoots of the genus Macrotis, of the regions west of the Australian Great Dividing Range: 1. the greater bilby, Macrotis lagotis; dalgite.

    2. Also, SA, pinkie. the lesser bilby, Macrotis leucura, now thought to be extinct; yallara.

    Yuwaalaraay bilbi

    © Pan Macmillan Australia 2024

    April 21, 2024

  • ack interjection used to express alarm or dismay

    aro a person with no romatic feelings toward others- aros

    avi an avatar in social media or online gaming-avis

    baw Scot a ball or testicle- baws

    fam short for family -fams

    fav favorite- favs

    owo interjection slang an expression of surprise used in text messaging and social media

    uwu interjection slang an expression of admiration for something that is considered cute used especially in text messaging and social media

    April 21, 2024

  • bibliographer

    April 21, 2024

  • ceratopsid has been removed- a dinosaur

    April 21, 2024

  • "Based and hanukkia-pilled."

    https://twitter.com/boom_tentpeg/status/1781669621566685462

    April 20, 2024

  • be SO FR RN: be so for real right now

    April 20, 2024

  • 1611–1911

    goat-milker, n.

    The nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus; (a.k.a. goatsucker, n.)

    April 20, 2024

  • Fool's Gold paint color

    April 20, 2024

  • Like many flowers it can serve as a girl's name, as with the famous Siberian stripper Freesia Bitzov.

    April 20, 2024

  • See GNU definition on gutta-percha.

    April 20, 2024

  • See also pachonta.

    April 20, 2024

  • Like, um, dividing the European Union between western and former eastern bloc countries?

    April 20, 2024

  • https://www.tumblr.com/shutyourmoustache/748237292558319616/college-students-have-kicked-off-solidarity "COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE KICKED OFF SOLIDARITY SPRING!!! 🇵🇸FREE PALESTINE!!!🇵🇸 "

    April 20, 2024

  • faint, languid

    April 19, 2024

  • Hi. Lists are either open, or collaborative, or closed.

    open - anyone can add to the list

    collaborative - named users can add

    closed - only the list creator can add

    In the cased of closed, it's often the practice here that users make suggestions. Like:

    How about xxxx, would that fit?

    April 19, 2024

  • Can I add more animals from here: https://www.wordsdetail.com/animals-that-start-with-a/

    Or I need to create my own list?

    April 19, 2024

  • More start symbols: https://www.madeintext.com/star-symbols/

    April 19, 2024

  • Wrong because of the double negative. Right because, well, her point was that the dishlicker was supposed to have been desexed according to racing 'industry' regulations, but hadn't been. And stylistically undesexed is surely preferable to the unwieldy alternative 'that had not been desexed'.

    April 19, 2024

  • An activist said this about an ex-racing greyhound today and it sounded right but also wrong. I'll see if I can find the transcript.

    April 19, 2024

  • FWIW I feel natte is nattier than nat.

    April 18, 2024

  • Spotted on Twitter:

    "You can report any bird species - we welcome reports of new behaviours, anywhere across Australia: Big City Birds app or website https://spotteron.com/bigcitybirds/info

    Please report the cafe birds you see sneaking a free-feed at cafes, restaurants, etc 😉 @BigCityBirds1" - https://x.com/Wingtags/status/1780839872594583944

    April 18, 2024

  • Also very Ned Flanders.

    April 18, 2024

  • Some day I may have to account for what I have done on this site over the years and I will plead the Fifth.

    April 18, 2024

  • See hellbender.

    April 18, 2024

  • Alright then you long-eared louse factory.

    dog in river = water dog

    hellbender = water dog

    alligator = hellbender = water dog.

    QED.

    April 18, 2024

  • Show your workings.

    April 18, 2024

  • Now if there was an amphibious turducken situation where a dog paddling in the river was eaten by a hellbender, which was eaten in turn by an alligator, would not that parse as:

    'Water dog eaten by water dog eaten by water dog'?

    April 18, 2024

  • "...Also called alligator, and water dog."

    April 18, 2024

  • https://www.instagram.com/reel/C53mHsGCKvC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

    Sound of fictional toilet from meme. Sound comes from scat singing vocalizations.

    April 18, 2024

  • ack

    aro

    avi

    baw

    fam

    fav

    owo

    uwu

    April 17, 2024

  • To cut back the upper trunk and branches of (a tree); to make a pollard of. Also figurative.

    April 17, 2024

  • Either of the two ends of a yard; esp. that part of either end which is outside the sheave-hole. Often used for the yard as a whole.

    April 17, 2024

  • A tuna tower is a part of a boat. On modern sportfishing vessels, it acts similarly to a crow's nest on old sailing ships.

    April 17, 2024

  • a wind blowing steadily towards the equator from the northeast in the northern hemisphere or the southeast in the southern hemisphere, especially at sea. Two belts of trade winds encircle the earth, blowing from the tropical high-pressure belts to the low-pressure zone at the equator.

    April 17, 2024

  • a sail used in stormy weather, of smaller size and stronger material than the corresponding one used in ordinary weather.

    April 17, 2024

  • Nautical. Chiefly plural. An opening in a ship's side on a level with the deck to allow water to run away.

    View entry

    April 17, 2024

  • A sea in which forward progress is hindered by waves or currents coming from directly in front.

    View entry

    April 17, 2024

  • finger pier, n.

    (a) A short, narrow pier projecting into the sea and used as a docking place for vessels; (b) a long, covered walkway projecting from an airport…

    April 17, 2024

  • The Australian Border Force, the immigration blackshirts who need apparently need a pseudo-military name, have transitived this verb as meaning 'to impose a penalty'.

    I do not like it.

    "ABF Superintendent Vesna Gavranich said large amounts of currency crossing the border both inbound and outbound can be a sign of criminal activity.

    “We are aware of organised crime groups attempting to depart Australia with undeclared excess cash in support of well-established money laundering networks," said Superintendent Gavranich.  

    “The ABF is committed to removing funds from the pockets of organised crime groups, and restricting their ability to cause harm to our communities."

    “If you need to move significant amounts of cash across our border, to avoid heavy penalties you must simply declare it."

    ABF infringed the man $3,756, which he paid before boarding his flight."

    https://www.abf.gov.au/newsroom-subsite/Pages/Passenger-fined-over-undeclared-currency.aspx

    April 17, 2024

  • cormorants

    April 16, 2024

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