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|word = back talking
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|word = backtalk
 
|part of speech = v
  
|part of speech = v
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|meaning = talking behind someone's back, to gossip and discuss
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|meaning = talking behind someone's back
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|synonyms = discuss
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|synonyms = to gossip
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|etymology = compound ''back'' + ''talking'' back talking
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|etymology = compound ''back'' + ''talk''
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|etymology=extension of existing word, from compound of ''bake'' 'to cook food in an oven' & house
  
|etymology=extension of existing word, from compound of ''bake'' 'to cook food in an oven' & house
 
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|etymology=neologism, from OE ''bana'' slayer; that which destroys life; causes death, destruction, ruin or woe, as in a watery ''bane''.
  
|etymology=neologism, from OE ''bana'' slayer; that which destroys life; causes death, destruction, ruin or woe, as in a watery ''bane''.
 
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|etymology=neologism, from OE ''bana'' slayer. Bane: that which destroys life; causes death, destruction, ruin or woe. '''Wave''' an advancing ridge or swell of liquid, as of the sea; a moving billow of water.
  
|etymology=neologism, from OE ''bana'' slayer. Bane: that which destroys life; causes death, destruction, ruin or woe. '''Wave''' an advancing ridge or swell of liquid, as of the sea; a moving billow of water.
 
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|etymology=neologism, from OE ''bana'' slayer. Bane: that which destroys life; causes death, destruction, ruin or woe. '''wyrm''' a worm, snake, or serpent
  
|etymology=neologism, from OE ''bana'' slayer. Bane: that which destroys life; causes death, destruction, ruin or woe. '''wyrm''' a worm, snake, or serpent
 
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|etymology=calque from Icelandic ''Bæjaraland'', derived from OE ''Bægware-'', ''Bægere-'' 'The Bavarians' + -''land''
  
|etymology=calque from Icelandic ''Bæjaraland'', derived from OE ''Bægware-'', ''Bægere-'' 'The Bavarians' + -''land''
 
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|etymology=existing rare English word, a compound of BE- and ''cloud''
  
|etymology=existing rare English word, a compound of BE- and ''cloud''
 
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|etymology=neologism & antonymn of aftermath. From the Old English words: ''before'' & ''math'' a mowing
  
|etymology=neologism & antonymn of aftermath. From the Old English words: ''before'' & ''math'' a mowing
 
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|etymology=putting together of the OE words: '''bitter''' & '''earth'''
  
|etymology=putting together of the OE words: '''bitter''' & '''earth'''
 
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|etymology=a blending of the OE words: '''bliss''': happy '''end'''& '''send''': easy death
 
|etymology=a blending of the OE words: '''bliss''': happy '''end'''& '''send''': easy death
 
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|etymology=Anglo-Saxon, from Blōt-Mōnath
  
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|etymology=dialectal, C15th-16th Northern dialects, from OE ''braþþe'' < ME:braþ & ON:brað
  
|etymology=dialectal, C15th-16th Northern dialects, from OE ''braþþe'' < ME:braþ & ON:brað
 
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|etymology=dialectual, from OE ''brocc'' < Celtic
  
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|etymology=neologism; a putting together of OE words: ''brown'' & ''field''
  
|etymology=neologism; a putting together of OE words: ''brown'' & ''field''
 
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Revision as of 03:54, 3 January 2010


B
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backtalk v talking behind someone's back; to gossip
[compound back + talk]



bakehouse n a shop where breads are baked and sold; bakery
[extension of existing word, from compound of bake 'to cook food in an oven' & house]




bane n a person or thing that ruins or spoils; that which causes death or destroys life; a deadly poison.; curse, nemesis, undoing
[neologism, from OE bana slayer; that which destroys life; causes death, destruction, ruin or woe, as in a watery bane.]





banewave n a very large ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic explosion.; tsunami, killer wave
[neologism, from OE bana slayer. Bane: that which destroys life; causes death, destruction, ruin or woe. Wave an advancing ridge or swell of liquid, as of the sea; a moving billow of water.]





banewyrm n a huge, winged serpent with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire; dragon, Grendel
[neologism, from OE bana slayer. Bane: that which destroys life; causes death, destruction, ruin or woe. wyrm a worm, snake, or serpent]





Bayerland n Bavaria; Bayern
[calque from Icelandic Bæjaraland, derived from OE Bægware-, Bægere- 'The Bavarians' + -land]





becloud v to obfuscate, or make muddled, to confuse an issue; confuse, beguile, deceive
[existing rare English word, a compound of BE- and cloud]





beforemath n the events and situations that lead to a particualr end; antecedence, here-to-fore, foregoings
[neologism & antonymn of aftermath. From the Old English words: before & math a mowing]





bitter earth n in chemistry, an alkaline earth, now recognised as oxide of magnesium (MgO); magnesium
[putting together of the OE words: bitter & earth]





blissend n a quiet and easy death; means of procuring this; euthanasia
[a blending of the OE words: bliss: happy end& send: easy death]





blood-month n the eleventh month of the year, so called because the heathen Anglo-Saxons sacrificed cattle to their gods; November
[Anglo-Saxon, from Blōt-Mōnath]





brath n Impetuousity, violence, ire; wrathful
[dialectal, C15th-16th Northern dialects, from OE braþþe < ME:braþ & ON:brað]





brock n a small mammal of the kind Meles meles, with black and white stripes on its head; badger
[dialectual, from OE brocc < Celtic]





brownfield n an abandoned, contaminated industrial site; industrial wasteland, atterground
[neologism; a putting together of OE words: brown & field]





by-gone adj that has gone-by; things that are passed; deceased; arrears; the past(rare); former, past, happened
[a putting together of OE words: by & gone]
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