Dave is an aaardvark - always trying to impress people. Particularly to do so without effort, talent, etc. aaardvark: - Person who has to be first, foremost, number one, etc.A liqueur made only for drinking at the end of a revoltingly long bottle party when all the drinkable drink has been drunk. aardvark advance: A cool station name for a square on the game of Monopoly.One who changes his name to be nearer the front. aagram: word formed from another by deletion of second letter and transposition of those remaining.aabaphobia: Fear of the beginning of the dictionary.aabaology: Study of the beginning of the dictionary.a-luvy-a: An Aussie slang word used at the tail end of sentences, can also be substituted for "a-mate-a" as well.AAuto paint and body, just south of AAA storage (consider a form of aaaaabuse, see aaaaaaaaaaaaabove). e.g., AAA Storage brings you the best in storage capabilities. aaa: - Prefix, a way to get in the front of the phonebook.e.g., "How was the movie?" "Aa I don't need to see that again." | "You know, the skiing was great, but the rest of the vacation was just aa." In German this is also used as a synonym for "poo". From the Hawaiian word for a lava flow creating jagged, rough terrain. (Compare "pahoehoe.") Pronounced "ah-ah," with a break in the middle. a: The fear of short words, not to be confused with hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, the fear of long words.the use of non-alphabetic characters preceding the alphabet in ASCII encoding so as to assure oneself the leading position in a list sorted by ASCII character values."I knew I'd get more business if I came before Triple A Weddings!" the George Lopez episode where Angie states that she had her wedding planning business put in the phonebook as Aaaaangie's Wedding Planning. Aaaaabuse: The act of trying to use unusual naming conventions to get your entry placed ahead of everyone else's.See also Wiktionary:List of protologisms by topic. Please see Wiktionary:Protologisms for more detailed guidelines. Humorous additions are fine as long as they fill an expressive gap. That being the case most links to these words should remain red. Feel free to add additional suggested words for others to consider, but please do not add articles for them. I think it's the movement that makes this sense possible.ĩ6. is a list of proposed protologisms, with brief definitions. But even with teleportation, there is a sense that the game forcibly moves you. In some games there is a noticeable movement animation when this happens, so it looks like your character is jerked back to the spawn point rather than simply teleported. ![]() The idea being that the game forcibly yanks your character from its current position straight to the spawn point. This is listed under the "nonce word for something sudden" sense, but I believe it is more related to the "yank/snatch" sense. Regarding the example from PC Gamer: ".you're yoinked right back to the last spawn point." I have done a major cleanup of the various senses. Equinox ◑ 21:24, 23 November 2017 (UTC) Fair enough, although I am not sure it really is yanking, since it is due to sound. "RFV-passed' Kiwima ( talk) 10:01, 21 November 2017 (UTC) I have moved one of your 3 cites because it seemed to fit better under the other sense, meaning "yank". Kiwima ( talk) 04:47, 14 November 2017 (UTC) On second thought, perhaps this was an attempt at the interjection sense under etymology 1, mistakenly listed as a verb. What is that definition supposed to mean? I added three cites that might support it, but I am not sure, but they don't seem to support the other meanings. "(sarcastic, facetious) To act or do something specific It is used emphatically." Equinox ◑ 12:35, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
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