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Hmm. I got a word that already exists, and worse the definition is horrific. flunkie a woman whose weight is too low for her skin to cover "a ski
by jandrese 3y ago
Hmm. I got a word that already exists, and worse the definition is horrific.
flunkie
a woman whose weight is too low for her skin to cover
"a skinny flunkie from around the world"
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- ghilston 3y agoSame, I had neovim. Which maybe isn't a Webster dictionary word, but is funny nontheless
- BoiledCabbage 3y agoI got a word, where as far as I know it doesn't exist, but it I'm a bit disappointed in the definition. It seems like the unique value here would be using the roots/spelling of the word to be plausibly influence the definition. Its hard for me to think that a word with a root as straightforward as klepto would have the definition below. So still an interesting app in it's on way, but disappointing it didn't seem to take advantage of the important relationship of the roots of words. ‐-------------- kleptoporosis klep·to·poro·sis suffering constipation when sleep is disturbed "more young women suffer from metabolic syndrome due to severe conditions such as kleptoporosis"
- airstrike 3y agoSounds like a case of malamanteau https://xkcd.com/739/ https://xkcd.com/739/
- tuatoru 3y agoYeah, this is terrible. klept - having to do with theft porosis - excessive numbers or volumes of voids in a nominally solid object: osteopororis, having sponge-like bones. Kleptoporosis would be "the emptiness of your bank accounts after you've been scammed", or "the condition of a company's retirement fund after it was taken over by an asset stripper".
- spondylosaurus 3y agoNever heard it in that context (which is awful for sure), but "flunkie" is commonly used to mean a lackey or other low-level obsequious worker. Almost like a henchman: the regional sales manager and his army of door-to-door flunkies.
- BeetleB 3y agoThat is written as flunkey. Different spelling.
- Terr_ 3y agoI've never seen it as that either. (So neither "flunkey" nor "flunkie".) AFAIK it's "flunky". (Plural "flunkies")
- spondylosaurus 3y agoI've seen it as "flunkie" (singular) as well, though it may not be standard.
- eigen 3y agoMerriam-Webster has it as a less common spelling. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flunkie https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flunkie
- paulddraper 3y agoAgreed, this is familiar to me.