I know this word exists, it is a cool word. Please help

It’s a good one but I overuse it

its conflicting

another example could be "we have to change a few things if you want to keep things the same"

Hello /r/words enthusiasts!

Today, I'm excited to share a playful new term that I've coined—Scategory. This term merges "scat" (a scientific word for feces) with "category," reflecting the classification approach of the well-known Bristol stool scale, which categorizes the form and texture of human stools into seven distinct types.

Why "Scategory"? Well, I thought it would be a humorous and memorable way to talk about something that's not only a common part of everyday health but often avoided in polite conversation. The goal is to make the discussion around digestive health more approachable and a little less daunting through humor.

Imagine going to the doctor and rather than the usual clinical talk, you get a light-hearted question like, "So, what scategory does your recent experience fall into?" It could make the conversation a tad more relaxed and engaging!

What do you think? Could "Scategory" make it into our casual vocabulary, or perhaps even into educational materials as a way to teach about health in a fun manner?

Looking forward to your thoughts and any creative ideas on how we could promote this new term!

A situation where someone indirectly (like a post somewhere or an article) presents you an information or a photo of something/a situation and additionally states that you never saw that before, which makes you actually think that you never did even tho you actually don't remember if you did or not cause it's still an odd situation

"Only one-half of 1 percent of all gamblers fall into the professional category, according to the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey. While actual numbers are hard to come by, people in the field say the number of professional gamblers may be 100,000 to 700,000 nationwide."

Whenever I gamble and stand a chance to win money I always get taken to the cleaners. How can I become a professional gambler of slots, table games, sports betting and/or lottery systems?

How can this be achieved without either winning or owning a gambling institution?

Such as the princess'ss dress or something like that

i was watching an episode of Dexter and Dexter just said, "All i need to do is keep up the pretense" (basically his friend Miguel doesn't know that Dexter is on to him for killing an innocent woman). Could Dexter just have easily have said, "All i need to do is keep up the false pretense"? or does that change the meaning entirely?

For me, emotional (adj.) usually remind me of a trait of someone who is easily moved and react to emotions quickly {example: someone who tear up easily by sad movie}; sensitive or temperamental sort

But that is not quite the sort of "emotional" I am looking for, but instead a trait of someone who is calm externally, but easily moved internally {example: someone who may not tear up from sad movie, but may ponder about it and keep the feeling with them self}

It is not quite Melancholic either. the closest word I can find is sentimental, so I want to ask here and confirm it, maybe even learn of a new word

As in, someone who is pretentious. “Get a load of this pretention!”

The meaning would be doing something without any prior knowledge or preparation for it It's an urban term, and it would be used in a sentence like Hey i totally _______ that test Kind of similar to 'I (eyeballed) the ingredients' Really need to use it in a story submission no other alternative i can remember fits in to it

Wordplay around the designation “ male “.

 Male sounds like mail. You’ve got male! I have a male to send. I have some males to send. Man, this chainmale is tight. 
 Alm minus an e. Offering.
 Elm minus an a. Genus of tree.
 Mael is a name which means chief or prince in French/Breton. Also a character in The Seven Deadly Sins anime.
 Lame
 Lemma plus an m is a subsidiary or intermediate proof in a theorem eg. Dillema. Trillema.

Word games around “ woman “. Feel free to contribute.

 Woman

   Woo
   Woe 
   Ow
   Whoa
   Whew
   Uuu
   
     Woman is a woeful pain/painful woe. woe and ow combination.
     Woo, man! functions like a command prompt for courtship rituals.
     Whoa, man! - surprise and admiration/ receiving advice to slow or stop action- might be related to woo command prompt. 
      Uuu/Oof man! - related to predatory male gaze/whistling women in the streets/burden and tribulations of having an attractive female partner etc.
       Whew, man - expressing surprise/barely avoiding something life threatening or damaging - again might be related to wooing command prompt.
     



 

Skivvies: underwear [from Ghost Fleet by PW Singer and August Cole]

Autonomic: involuntary or unconscious [ibid]

Jink: change direction suddenly and nimbly, as when dodging a pursuer [ibid]

Tumblehome: the inward slope of the upper part of a boat’s sides [ibid]

Providential: occurring at a favourable time [ibid]

Sicut aliter scitur: “as it is otherwise known“ [ibid]

Beater: an old or dilapidated vehicle [ibid]

Drawdown: reduction in the number or presence of a military force [ibid]

Banksman: a worker at a building site who supervises the use of vehicles and heavy machinery [from a sign at Chester Zoo]

It was the longest word in the Oxfords dictionary until 1980, the longest word without any Es, (the most common letter), AND the word with the most Is.

What is the main difference between the verbiage, "not to put you on the spot, but..." and "not to call you out on your choices/behavior/decisions, but...."! Is one easier to hear? Which one is the least offensive? Which one is tolerated more easily? Thanks!

Overview Usage examples Similar and opposite words Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more adjective 1. relating to a spiritual realm. "the transcendental importance of each person's soul" Similar: supernatural preternatural transcendent other-worldly superhuman mystical mystic spiritual divine heavenly exalted sublime ethereal numinous transmundane ineffable Opposite: mundane 2. (in Kantian philosophy) presupposed in and necessary to experience; a priori.

Or metaphor,

for a person who tries to hurt another but ends up hurting themselves? Especially focused on a judgmental person.

Thanks!

Edit: "The trap I set for you seems to have caught my leg instead," or "The trap you set for me has caught your leg instead." Thanks all!!

Is this person asking if they have an extra crack pipe?

Finding the right term for someone who is a white collar worker with traditionally blue collar hobbies/lifestyle has been a hotly contested debate for a while between wife and I. Figured we’d take it Reddit to get opinions.

For context in terms of what spurred this debate I have a doctoral degree in pharmaceuticals and work from home behind a desk. My job is entirely cerebral and the most physically demanding thing I do is carry my lunch from the kitchen to my office. But in my free time I do a lot of physically demanding hobbies, wood working which I mill my own lumber for, fish, hunt, camp/hike, do all home repairs instead of calling a blue collar worker, we live on a farm, etc.

Thanks!