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Highlighting the weird things from Wiktionary, the free dictionary that anyone can edit. Account run by Wiktionary editors. Inspired by Depths of Wikipedia. 🌉 bridged from ⁂ wikis.world/@depthsofwiktionary, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

[Screenshot of the English entry for "water crouton" on Wiktionary]

Noun
1. (Internet slang, humorous) Synonym of ice cube.

Etymology: From water + crouton (“small piece of dried or fried bread”), due to their visual resembence.

[Sidebar image, captioned "A water crouton next to a regular crouton"]

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

[Screenshot of the English entry for "blob of death" on Wiktionary]

Noun
1. (3D printing slang) A blob of filament that sticks to the nozzle of a 3D printer, causing a partial or complete blockage.

Etymology: By analogy with terms for computer errors like blue screen of death and red ring of death.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

left me in an interesting state

[Screenshot of Spanish entry for "en estado interesante" on English Wiktionary]

Adjective
1. expecting (pregnant)

Etymology: Literally, “in (an) interesting state”.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

[Screenshot of the Japanese entry for ご飯にする？お風呂にする？それとも私？ (gohan ni suru? ofuro ni suru? sore tomo watashi?) on English Wiktionary]

Phrase
1. A stock phrase in Japanese pop culture supposedly used by the wife in a newly-wed couple to invite her new husband to bed.

Etymology: Literally, “Would you like dinner? Would you like a bath? Or would you like me?”. The phrase is known as 新婚三択 (shinkonsantaku, “the three-choice question for a newly-wed”).

Pronunciation: 私 (watashi) is coquettishly pronounced with a pause in between each mora.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

incredible contranym

[Screenshot of the Japanese entry for 適当 (tekitō) on English Wiktionary]

Adjective
1. suitable; appropriate; fit
Usage example: 適当な人物 — just the man (for the job)
2. random, indiscriminate, as one will
Usage example: 適当に記入する — to put in whatever
Usage example: 適当に名前を入れる — to put in any old name
3. half-arsed, lazy, slovenly

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

[Screenshot of the Saanich entry for "SQEQOTE¸" on English Wiktionary]

Noun
SQEQOTE¸ (Americanist spelling sk̕ʷək̕ʷátəʔ)

1. crow, specifically northwestern crow (Corvus caurinus)

Usage example: QENN ES ȻSE SQEQOTE¸ SÁSEU¸. — He saw the crow down on the beach.

Etymology: From S- (nominalizing prefix) + reduplication of QTO¸ (“to surround, to encircle”), as a diminuitive form. See SQTO¸ (“raven”).

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Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

[Screenshot of the English entry for "blep" on Wiktionary]

Verb
1. (DoggoLingo) Of an animal, to extend the tongue beyond the lips, seemingly for no reason, without opening the mouth fully.

Noun
1. (DoggoLingo) Of an animal, the act of extending the tongue beyond the lips without opening the mouth fully.

Etymology: Imitative.

See also:
* mlem

[Sidebar image, captioned "A dog blepping": A scruffy black dog extends its tongue out sideways]

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

[Screenshot of the English entry for "blobslop" on Wiktionary]

Noun
1. (Internet slang, derogatory, neologism) A genre of webcomics, primarily seen on Twitter, characterized by simplistic, monochromatic, blob-like humanoid characters used to depict clichés and tropes in popular media. [from 2024]
(Internet slang, neologism, by extension) Any simplistic or low-effort Internet artwork perceived as repetitive or lacking originality.

Etymology: From blob + -slop. Coined in 2024 on Twitter (now X). Popularized in a July 2024 post by Twitter user @hood_sanctuary (see first quotation).

See also:
* CalArts style, bean mouth
* Wojak

[Crude illustration of a two panel comic, titled "MY FAVORITE CHARACTER / MEDIA TROPE". Panel 1, "the character normally", shows a simple character smiling with a flower on its head. Panel 2, "the character when someone is mean to their friend or partners", shows the same character with an anger mark on their head.]

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

[Screenshot of the Portuguese entry for "24" on English Wiktionary]

Noun
1. (slang, often offensive) gayness, homosexuality

Etymology: From the fact that veado (“deer”) is slang for a gay man and in jogo do bicho (“animal's game”), the number 24 is associated with deer.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

[Screenshot of the Māori entry for "Wīwī" on English Wiktionary]

Proper noun
1. France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)

Etymology: From French oui, oui (“yes, yes”), a phrase stereotypically associated with French people. Attested since the 19th century.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

[Screenshot of the English entry for "grippy sock jail" on Wiktionary]

Noun
1. (Internet slang, humorous) A psychiatric facility.

Etymology: Referring to the non-slip socks issued to psychiatric patients in place of lace-up shoes or slippers.

Synonym: grippy sock hotel

Related terms: grippy sock vacation

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

[Screenshot of the English entry "T. rex hands" on Wiktionary]

Noun
1. (slang) A posture in which the arms are kept close to the body with the elbows bent perpendicularly; typically associated with neurodivergent people.

Synonyms: T. rex arms; dinosaur hands, dinosaur arms

[The sidebar has an image of someone in this posture with the caption "A man with T. rex hands"]

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

double English

[Screenshot of the English entry for "English English" on Wiktionary]

Noun
1. A dialect of the English language that is spoken mostly in England.

Synonym: Anglo-English
Hypernym: British English

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

[Screenshot of the English entry for "Jonkler" on Wiktionary]

Proper noun
1. (Internet slang, humorous) The Joker (villainous character in the Batman franchise).

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

[Screenshot of the translation section on the English entry for "layman" on Wiktionary]

[Box sense 1]: someone who is not an ordained cleric
[Box sense 2]: someone who is not a professional in a given field — see also normie

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

[Screenshot of the German entry for "abfucken" on English Wiktionary]

Verb
1. (transitive) to piss off, to severely annoy
2. (transitive) to fuck up (to negatively affect someone or something)
3. (intransitive, uncommon) to fuck up (to fail severely)

Etymology: Probably borrowed from English fuck up. Attested by 1976 in the context of drugs, and mentioned in 1981 in a slang dictionary in a study on Berlin heroin addicts, though the listed meaning of “being down-and-out, being unbothered” only partially corresponds with later usage.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

[Screenshot of the English entry for "Muphry's law" on WIktionary]

Proper noun
1. (humorous) A humorous adage stating that any written criticism of another writer's editing or proofreading will itself contain an error.

Etymology: Deliberate misspelling of Murphy's law, an adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it will.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

whatever

Title screenshot from the category "English entries that don't exist" on Wiktionary.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

my idiot 💝

Greek entry for "μωρό" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

[...]
Etymology 2: From Byzantine Greek μωρόν (mōrón), from Ancient Greek μωρός (mōrós, “stupid, foolish”), as babies were seen as "stupid morons without knowledge".

Noun
1. baby, infant
Usage examples:
- Το μωρό θέλει τάισμα. ― To moró thélei táisma. ― The baby needs feeding.
- Τα μωρά δεν μπορούν να περπατήσουν. — Ta morá den boroún na perpatísoun. — Babies cannot walk.
2. (colloquial, informal, usually with μου (mou, “my”)) term of address for a romantic partner: baby
Usage examples: Σ’ αγαπώ, μωρό μου. ― S’ agapó, moró mou. ― I love you, baby.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

German entry for "hobbylos" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Adjective
1. (slang, derogatory, of a person) without a hobby, no-life
2. (slang, derogatory, of an activity) pointless or stupid

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

English entry for "regrets only" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Noun
1. Written on an invitation to request that the invited person reply only if they will not attend.

Usage notes:
- The phrase is less commonly used and understood than RSVP.[1]
- The usage of this phrase may be considered presumptuous – because it assumes the person will attend – and imprudent, because it assumes the invitation will be received and read.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

let's edit Wiktionary together

Base image from the "let's take ibuprofen together meme". Fan art by Carnelion, depicting a girl in a pink sailor fuku smiling and holding her hand out to the viewer, in front of a sakura tree background.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

what would you like to see

Etymology section on a Wiktionary entry. The text reads "See English more for more."

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

an editor noticed a bug where adding a userbox for any profieciency level of Ancient Greek to one's it categorised oneself as a native speaker of Ancient Greek mental image below

Panel showing a man greeting, "hey neighbour! I'm John! saw you moving in the other and thought I'd come b—", then being interrupted and pushed down by a Spartan soldier shouting, «τολμῇς εἰσϐάλλεν ποτὶ τὰν ἐμὰν οἴχηιν, ὦ χάθαρνα; χαταπλήσσω σε τᾶς Ἁθάνας ἕνεχα!»

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Portuguese entry for "focinho de porco não é tomada" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Phrase
1. (idiomatic) to prove someone's misperception
2. (idiomatic) to clarify everything

Etymology: Literally, “a pig's snout is not an outlet”.

Usage example (sense 2): até explicar que focinho de porco não é tomada (literally, “until one explains that a pig's snout isn't an outlet”)

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Portuguese entry for "bicho de sete cabeças" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Noun
1. (idiomatic) rocket science, brain surgery (anything overly complex)

Etymology: Literally, “seven-headed beast”.

Usage example: É um pouco complicado, mas também não é um bicho de sete cabeças. — It's a bit complicated, but it's not rocket science.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Portuguese entry for "tirar o cavalo da chuva" on Wiktionary. The entry reads as following:

Phrase
1. (idiomatic) to not hold one's breath

Etymology: Literally, “to move the (little) horse away from the rain”.

Usage example: Se estás à espera que eu faça isso, podes tirar o cavalinho da chuva.— If you're waiting for me to do that, don't hold your breath.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

English entry for "my beloved" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Phrase
1. (Internet slang, endearing, idiomatic) Used after a noun or pronoun to indicate intense fondness for the referent.

Quotation:
- 2022 February 4, @benevolentpimp, Twitter‎:
vyvanse my beloved

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

English entry for "breast boobily" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Verb
1. (Internet slang) To move with an exaggerated swaying of the breasts; parodying a typical description of female characters by male authors which focuses excessively on their breasts.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

the creatures

Sidebar image on the English entry for "kemono" on Wiktionary, captioned "A kemono cat character", depicting a feminine anthropomorphic cat with yellow and white fur and long red hair, wearing a short-sleeved midriff shirt reading "Wikipedia" and white-trimmed gym shorts. She is raising her paws up in the air while winking at the viewer.

Sidebar image on the English entry for "pooltoy" on Wiktionary, captioned "A pooltoy (sense 2) character", depicting an anthropomorphic inflatable toy in the shape of a feminine shark with four arms, handles on her hips and an air valve on the navel. She stands upright with the upper arms up, looking at the viewer with a permanent grin printed on her face.

Sidebar image on the English entry for "sparkledog" on Wiktionary, captioned "A sparkledog character", depicting an anthropomorphic four-legged creature with striking, vibrant colours and wings. It has puzzle pins on its hair and collar and a Wikipedia globe on its tail.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

embedded quotations mockup, for funsies

English mockup entry for "quaso" on Wiktionary. The definition line reads as following:

Noun
1. (Internet slang) Pronunciation spelling of croissant.

Quotations:

- 2024 July 17, @ReisSaigyouji, X‎ (post):
Offering her a quaso
[Attached a photo of the poster offering a chocolate croissant to a fumo plush of Yuyuko Saigyouji]

- 2024 September 12, @h1pancake, X‎ (post):
have a quaso I made, hope u have a good day, and may the shine of this crossaint cast light upon your dark days 🥐✨
[Attached a digital drawing of a plain croissant glistening]

- 2026 March 7, @yorksoriginal, X‎ (post):
Would you like a quaso, my liege?
[Attached a photo of video still of the poster feeding a chocolate croissant to Saber from Fate/Stay Night]

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Category page for "English terms coined by Randall Munroe" on Wiktionary. The category list includes:

- Ballmer Peak
- blag
- citogenesis
- interblag
- nerd-snipe
- today's lucky 10,000

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

English entry for "not" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Adverb
[...]
5. (ironic, informal, originally African-American Vernacular) Used before a non-finite clause (especially a gerund-participial clause) or less commonly a determiner phrase to ironically convey some attitude (e.g. surprise, incredulity, amusement embarrassment) towards something.

Example sentence: Not me writing example sentences again. ― Oh my, there I go writing example sentences again!

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

unsure about anything really

English entry for "aneabil" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Adjective
1. (Scotland, obsolete, hapax legomenon) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
1.1. Unmarried (having no spouse).

Noun
1. (Scotland, obsolete, hapax legomenon) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
1.1 A single woman or concubine.

Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from ane (a variant of one) +‎ -able, or an alteration of onlepy. Alternatively, from the Latin inhabilis, used to refer to an unmarried man, or Old French anable. Whether the word was used as an adjective or a noun is uncertain.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

regularly used . template

Title of the documentation page for the template "trans-bottom"

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Galician entry for "cheiracús" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Noun
1. (vulgar) nosy person; meddler

Etymology: From cheira (“he/she sniffs”) + cus (“asses”), literally “ass-sniffer”.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

Serbo-Croatian entry for "kofer" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Noun
1. suitcase

Quotation:
- 2015 December 28, Fazlija, “Helikopter”, in Mensud Kecap Kec (lyrics),
Helikopter‎, EMDC:
Helikopter, helikopter
Para kofer, para kofer
[...]

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

spaghetti

English entry for "joj" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Interjection
1. (Internet slang, humorous, nonce word) A nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in reverse consecutively; said in reference to this editing style, and to describe palindromes and humorously symmetrized images.

Synonyms: sus, sos

Etymology: A palindromization of job. Popularized by cs188's video "[YTP] No one needs foundation repair", first uploaded in 2011.

Pronunciation: IPA: /dʒɒʒ/, /dʒʌʒ/, /-dʒ/, [-ʒ(d̚)]
[Below there is an audio file consisting of the word "job" played forward and in reverse consecutively.]

Quotations:
- 2019 June 11, Alfred Coleman III with SnapCube 2, “Minecraft w/ PaperBoxHouse #2”, in YouTube‎:
You better fuf, and then you better broob, 'cause if you don't broob, you're nothing but a nothing, and then the nothing becomes a nothing, and then your nothing is a joj, and then your nothing is sus […]

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

English entry for "archaic smile" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Noun
1. (Ancient Greek art, sculpture, historical) A smiling facial expression commonly found on Greek statues of the Archaic period (9th–5th century BCE).

Etymology: Endocentric compound of archaic +‎ smile, referring to the Archaic period of Ancient Greek art.

[The sidebar has an image captioned "Detail of the Moschophoros (c. 570 BCE), a statue with an archaic smile, now in the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece".]

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

French entry for "barbe à papa" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Noun
1. cotton candy, candy floss, fairy floss (sugar confectionery)

Etymology: Literally, “dad's beard”

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Portuguese entry for "língua de sogra" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Noun
1. party horn, party blower (whistle attached to a paper tube)

Etymology: Literally, “mother-in-law's tongue”.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

English entry for "abbr." on Wiktionary. The definition line reads as following:

Noun
1. Abbreviation of abbreviation.

English entry for "mispeling" on Wiktionary. The definition line reads as following:

Noun
1. Misspelling of misspelling.

English entry for "archaïc" on Wiktionary. The definition line reads as following:

Adjective
1. Archaic spelling of archaic.

English entry for "absolete" on Wiktionary. The definition line reads as following:

Adjective
1. Obsolete form of obsolete.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

English entry for "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Noun
1. (idiomatic, informal) Indulgent and pleasurable activities.

Etymology: Attested since the 1960s, later popularized by the 1977 song “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” by the Ian Dury and the Blockheads.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

English entry for "can't park there, mate" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Phrase
1. (originally UK, humorous) A banterous phrase often uttered when coming across a crashed, broken-down, stuck, wheel-clamped, or otherwise immobilised vehicle, especially when said vehicle is in an unusual position.

Usage notes: Said with the tongue-in-cheek implication that the owner of the vehicle is able to, and should, move it. Mate can be replaced with a different form of address, such as sir.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

English entry for "fix" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Verb
[...]
3.1. (hyperbolic, chiefly with would) To be immensely pleasurable to.
[...]

Usage examples
Some pizza rolls would fix me right now.
Getting tongued by a hot woman would fix me.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

English entry for "rocket surgery". The page reads as following:

(idiomatic, humorous, chiefly in the negative) Anything overly complex, detailed or confusing.

Usage example: It's not rocket surgery. Just screw in the bulb and flip the switch.

Etymology: A deliberate mixed metaphor combining rocket science and brain surgery.
Synonyms: rocket science, brain surgery

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

English entry for "leetspeak" on Wiktionary. The examples box reads as following:

Leetspeak: "1 pwnd s|_|m n00bz"
Transliteration: "I owned some noobs."
Formal English: "I soundly defeated some newcomers."

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

English entry for "dependency hell" on Wiktionary. The page reads as following:

Noun
1. (computing, slang) A situation in which installed software packages have conflicting, incompatible dependencies on specific versions of other software packages.

Related terms: callback hell, DLL hell

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

synonyms: bakery, dump truck, junk in the trunk, etc.

English entry for "hockey butt" on Wiktionary. The entry reads as following:

Noun
1. (Canada, US, ice hockey, slang, somewhat vulgar) Prominent gluteal muscle development, commonly seen in ice hockey players.

Synonyms: hockey ass

The sidebar has a photograph of ice hockey players, displaying their glutes.

Depths of Wiktionary @depthsofwiktionary.wikis.world.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

English entry for "FAQ" on Wiktionary. The pronunciation section reads as following:

- enPR: ĕf′ā-kyo͞o′, făk, fŭk′yo͞o; IPA(key): /ˌɛf.eɪ̯ˈkjuː/, /fæk/, /ˈfʌk.ju/
- Generally pronounced letter-by-letter, otherwise it sounds like fuck or fuck you.
[...]