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mother
foremother: a female ancestor or precursor of something
type
prototype
lode
lodestar: a person or thing that serves as an inspiration or guide
show
showpiece: something which attracts attention or admiration as an outstanding example of its type
stick
yardstick: a standard used for comparison
business
pro-business: Good for, or supporting, business development
brand
on-brand: conforming to the image or identity that a particular company seeks to associate with its products or services
off-brand
brand-aware
non-brand
dog
dogfooding: the use of a newly developed product or service by a company's staff to test it before it is made available to customers
staff
distaff: involving women; female
gene
genealogically
house
hothouse: educate or teach (a child) to a high level at an earlier age than is usual
CALCANEUS
inculcate
job
off-the-job training
on-the-job training
abstain
abstinence-only
child
child-centered
CONSCIOUS
consciousness-raising
able
mixed-ability
train
traineeship
head
make headway: make progress
bake
batch-bake
school
school-leaver
amazon
amazonian
beach
beach-ready (abs)
limb
clean-limbed: (of a person) slim and well formed
hard
hard-bodied: a lot of muscle and little fat
muscle
muscle-bound: having well-developed or overdeveloped muscles
board
washboard (stomach): denoting a person's stomach that is lean and has well-defined muscles
duty
heavy-duty
duty-free
duty-paid
duty-bound: morally or legally obliged to do something
impact
high-impact
muscle
muscular-flexing: a public show of military or political power that is intended to worry an opponent
soup
souped-up: made more better
foot
hotfoot: walk or run quickly and eagerly
fire
quick-fire joke: happening very quickly, one after another
cash
cash-and-carry: a system of wholesale trading whereby goods are paid for in full at the time of purchase and taken away by the purchaser
tariff
non-tariff: (of a restriction to trade) not involving a tax or duty
PROGNOSIS
prognosticate
charge
chargesheet: formally accuse (someone) of committing an offence
foil
defoliate: remove leaves from (a tree, plant, or area of land), for agricultural purposes or as a military tactic
fly-tip
fly: illegally dump waste
load
offload: rid oneself of (something) by selling or passing it on to someone else
stride
bestride
astride: extending across
spread
manspreading: the practice whereby a man, especially one travelling on public transport, adopts a sitting position with his legs wide apart, in such a way as to encroach on an adjacent seat or seats
sample
resample: To take another sample
check
doublecheck
crosscheck
spot
spotcheck
abandon
abandonware: computer software that is no longer distributed or supported by the developer or copyright holder
case
case-sensitive: (of a computer program or function) differentiating between capital and lower-case letters
computer
computer-readable
machine-readable
mash
mash-up
object
object-oriented programming language
source
open-source
plug
plug-in: small computer program that makes a larger one work faster or have more features
syntax
syntactically
blog
blogosphere : blogs considered collectively with their writers and readers as a distinct online network
blog
blogroll: (on a blog) a list of hyperlinks to other blogs or websites
click
click-through: the proportion of visitors to a web page who follow a hypertext link to a particular site
clickstream: a user's activities on the World Wide Web as represented by the sequence of links they click on
surf
egosurf: searching for one's own name or pseudonym on a popular search engine in order to review the results
face
facepalm: a gesture in which the palm of one's hand is brought to one's face as an expression of dismay, exasperation, embarrassment, etc
internet
internet-enabled: able to connect to the internet or be used on the internet
internet-only
ping
pingback: an automatic notification sent when a link has been created to a person's blog post from an external website, allowing a reciprocal link to that website to be created
snack
snackable
GEST
gesticulation: a gesture, especially a dramatic one, used instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words
drop
drop-in: visited on an informal basis without booking or appointments
hold
stronghold of: a place where a particular cause or belief is strongly defended or upheld
technology
cleantech
smoke
smokestack: a chimney or funnel for discharging smoke from a locomotive, ship, factory, etc.
recession
anti-recessionary
pork
pork-barrel: used in reference to the utilization of government funds for projects designed to please voters or legislators and win votes
mop
mopping-up: the activity of dealing with a small number of people, problems, etc. that remain after most of them have been defeated or solved
throw
throwback
form
formless
depend
self-dependent vs independent
impose
self-impose: (of a task or circumstance) imposed on oneself, not by an external force
trammel
untrammeled: not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered
fetter: restrain with chains
unfettered: unrestrained or uninhibited
good
do-gooder