Module:category tree/poscatboiler/data/terms by usage

The following documentation is generated by Template:poscatboiler data submodule documentation. ^[edit]

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This data submodule defines part of Wiktionary's category structure.

For an introduction to the poscatboiler system and a description of how to add or modify categories, see Module:category tree/poscatboiler/data/documentation.

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local labels = {}
local raw_categories = {}



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labels["terms by usage"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.",
	umbrella_parents = "Fundamental",
	parents = {{name = "{{{langcat}}}", raw = true}},
}

labels["2channel slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to users of the website {{w|2channel}}.",
	parents = {"internet slang"},
}

labels["4chan slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to users of the website {{w|4chan}}.",
	parents = {"internet slang"},
}

labels["angry register terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms belonging to an angry linguistic register, used only when the speaker is angry.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["archaic forms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} forms that are used sometimes to imitate older literature for special effect, and serve as alternative forms of the same terms in recent general use.",
	parents = {"archaic terms"},
}

labels["archaic terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["autological terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that possess the property they themselves describe.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["back slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms in which the written word is spoken phonemically backwards to form a coded language.",
	parents = {"cant"},
}

labels["cant"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms used to form secret languages that are typically restricted to members of a specific group.",
	parents = {"slang"},
}

labels["censored spellings"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} spellings where some characters have been changed in an effort to reduce the shock value of the original lemma.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["childish terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are typically only used by, or to, children.",
	parents = {"terms by usage", "informal terms"},
}

labels["colloquialisms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["corporate jargon"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms (typically for non-business-specific concepts) that are used especially in a [[business]] or [[corporate]] [[context]].",
	additional = "See also [[:Category:Businesses]], [[:Category:Business]] and language-specific categories thereof for terms related to business-specific concepts.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["criminal slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to criminals.",
	parents = {"slang"},
}

labels["dated forms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} forms that are no longer fashionable, thus are anachronistic, and serve as alternative forms of the same terms in recent general use.",
	parents = {"dated terms"},
}

labels["dated terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are no longer fashionable, thus are [[anachronistic]].",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["derogatory terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are intended to [[disparage]], [[demean]], [[insult]] or [[offend]].",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["dialectal terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are not used in standard language but only in dialects.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["ecclesiastical terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms used only by religious figures.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["eggcorns"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[eggcorn]]s, terms which are misconstructed.",
	parents = {"misconstructions"},
}

labels["emoticons"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} characters, or sequences of characters, that imitate expressions and other objects by means of [[pareidolia]].",
	parents = {"internet slang", "text messaging slang"},
}

labels["endearing terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["ethnic slurs"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are intended to offend certain ethnic groups.",
	parents = {"offensive terms"},
}

labels["eye dialect"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} nonstandard spellings, which however do not change pronunciation, deliberately used by an author to indicate that the speaker uses a nonstandard or dialectal speech.",
	parents = {"nonstandard forms", "terms by orthographic property"},
}

labels["familiar terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms whose use is typically to contexts of friendly intimacy.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["fandom slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to fans of one or more works of fiction.",
	parents = {"slang"},
}

labels["filter-avoidance spellings"] = {
	description = "Intentional misspellings of {{{langname}}} terms that are used to avoid [[w:Wordfilter|wordfilters]].",
	parents = {"intentional misspellings"},
}

labels["folk poetic terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of oral or folk poetry.",
	parents = {"terms by usage", "poetic terms"},
}

labels["formal terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["gay slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to homosexual people.",
	parents = {"slang", "Category:{{{langcode}}}:LGBT"},
}

labels["gender-critical slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to gender-critical feminists.",
	parents = {"slang", "Category:{{{langcode}}}:Gender-critical feminism"},
}

labels["gender-neutral terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are applicable to all people, independent of gender.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["higher register terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["historical terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that refer to obsolete things or concepts.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["honorific terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[honorific]] terms, which are used to show deference and respect.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["polite terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[polite]] terms, which are used to show deference and respect.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["hapax legomena"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are attested only once in the entire corpus.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["humble terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[humble]] terms, which are used to indicate that the addressee has higher social standing.",
	parents = {"honorific terms"},
}

labels["hypercorrections"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} forms of other terms by misapplications of grammatical or orthographical rules.",
	parents = {"nonstandard terms", "nonstandard forms"},
}

labels["hyperforeign terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms created by misapplying the perceived grammatical, orthographical or phonetical rules of another language.",
	parents = {"hypercorrections"},
}

labels["incel slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to incels.",
	parents = {"slang", "Category:{{{langcode}}}:Incel community"},
}

labels["imperfective forms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} verbs that serve as imperfective variants of perfective verbs, sharing the same base set of meanings.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["informal forms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that can be used in casual, non-ceremonious conversations as alternative forms of other terms.",
	parents = {"informal terms"},
}

labels["informal terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["intentional misspellings"] = {
	description = "Intentional misspellings of {{{langname}}} terms.",
	parents = {"misspellings"},
}

labels["internet laughter slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms that are used as substitutes for laughter in internet-related contexts.",
	additional = "::''Note: The majority of items that <u>could</u> be here do not meet Wiktionary's [[WT:CFI|criteria for inclusion]].''",
	parents = {"internet slang"},
}

labels["internet slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to internet users.",
	parents = {"slang"},
}

labels["humorous terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are humorous, amusing or joking.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["journalistic terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are used especially in [[journalistic]] language, i.e. in newspapers and magazines.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["kennings"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} metaphorical compounds or phrases describing basic objects in an allusive fashion, used especially in Germanic poetry.",
	parents = {"poetic terms"},
}

labels["leet"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} which are used in [[leetspeak]], a variety of internet slang that focuses on substitution of letters by other characters which are similar in appearance.",
	parents = {"internet slang"},
}

labels["literary terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of literature.",
	parents = {"higher register terms"},
}

labels["medical slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to medical doctors, such as physicians and surgeons.",
	parents = {"slang"},
}

labels["military slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to military personnel.",
	parents = {"slang"},
}

labels["misconstructions"] = {
	description = "Terms wrongly built due to a misunderstanding of their parts.",
	parents = {"nonstandard forms"},
}

labels["misromanizations"] = {
	description = "Common misromanizations of {{{langname}}} terms.",
	parents = {"nonstandard forms"},
}

labels["misspellings"] = {
	description = "Common accidental misspellings of {{{langname}}} terms and some terms which are deliberate misspellings.",
	parents = {"nonstandard forms"},
}

labels["naval slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to naval personnel.",
	parents = {"military slang"},
}

labels["nonstandard forms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} forms of standard terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.",
	parents = {"nonstandard terms"},
}

labels["nonstandard terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["numismatic slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to numismatists.",
	parents = {"slang", "Category:{{{langcode}}}:Currency"},
}

labels["obsolete forms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are found in older texts and are no longer in current use, because they changed in comparison with recent general use.",
	parents = {"terms with obsolete senses"},
}

labels["obsolete terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["offensive terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are typically considered to offend people.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["officialese terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are chiefly used by official sources, and are often bureaucratic-sounding.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["oxymorons"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are juxtapositions of opposing ideas.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["perfective forms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} verbs that serve as perfective variants of imperfective verbs, sharing the same base set of meanings.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["placeholder terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms used to refer to items for which one does not know or cannot recall the name, or is unable to or does not care to specify precisely.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["poetic terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.",
	parents = {"terms by usage", "literary terms"},
}

labels["post-nominal letters"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} Post-nominal letters - also called post-nominal initials, post-nominal titles or designatory letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, educational degree, accreditation, office, military decoration, or honour, or is a member of a religious institute or fraternity.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["prison slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to detainees in correctional institutions.",
	parents = {"slang"},
}

labels["proscribed terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms whose usage is proscribed; thus, they are considered wrong according to prescriptive sources.",
	parents = {"terms by usage", "nonstandard terms"},
}

labels["radio slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to radio communication.",
	parents = {"slang"},
}

labels["rare forms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that serve as rarely used forms of other terms.",
	parents = {"terms with rare senses"},
}

labels["rare terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are rare in general use, for whatever reason.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["Reddit slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to users of the website {{w|Reddit}}.",
	parents = {"internet slang"},
}

labels["religious slurs"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are intended to offend members of certain religions.",
	parents = {"offensive terms"},
}

labels["reverential terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms used when referring to nobles.",
	parents = {"honorific terms"},
}

labels["royal terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms used only by royalty.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["rustic terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms whose use is typically restricted rural speech.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["school slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to schools and school pupils.",
	parents = {"slang"},
}

labels["self-deprecatory terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[self-deprecatory]] terms.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["short forms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are [[short form]]s of other terms, often used informally.",
	parents = {"terms by usage", "shortenings"},
}

labels["slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[colloquial]] terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["solemn terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are used to instill a sense of somberness.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["student slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to colleges, universities, and their students.",
	parents = {"slang"},
}

labels["superseded forms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} forms that have been superseded by other forms due to changes in spelling conventions.",
	parents = {"terms by usage", "terms by orthographic property"},
}

labels["swear words"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are used to swear, such as to express strong anger or frustration.",
	parents = {"vulgarities"},
}

labels["technical terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are usually or exclusively used in technical/scientific writing.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["terms of address"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms used to refer to another person.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["terms with archaic senses"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["terms with dated senses"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that have one or more senses that are occasionally still found in use, but are clearly old-fashioned or typical of older texts",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["terms with historical senses"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["terms with obsolete senses"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["terms with rare senses"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["terms with transferred senses"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms with [[Appendix:Glossary#transferred senses|transferred senses]].",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["terms with uncommon senses"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} uncommonly used terms or terms with uncommonly used senses.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["terms with uncertain meaning"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms whose meaning is unknown or disputed.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["text messaging slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms used for [[text messaging]] on mobile phones or similar devices, usually consisting of heavily abbreviated forms.",
	parents = {"slang"},
}

labels["tone indicators"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} symbols used to denote or clarify the intent of a preceeding message.",
	parents = {"internet slang"},
}

labels["trademarks"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that identify legal entities, their products and services, by means of legal protection — to some extent, in a number of jurisdictions — against unauthorized use of the terms.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["transgender slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to transgender people.",
	parents = {"slang", "Category:{{{langcode}}}:Transgender"},
}

labels["TV Tropes slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to users of the website {{w|TV Tropes}}.",
	parents = {"internet slang"},
}

labels["umlautless spellings"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that are the result of the original terms' [[umlaut]]s being substituted.",
	parents = {"nonstandard forms", "terms by orthographic property"},
}

labels["uncommon forms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms that serve as uncommonly used forms of other terms.",
	parents = {"uncommon terms"},
}

labels["uncommon terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} uncommonly used terms.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["Usenet slang"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} [[slang]] terms whose usage is typically restricted to users of {{w|Usenet}}.",
	parents = {"internet slang"},
}

labels["men's speech terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms and forms used in [[Appendix:Glossary#men's speech|men's speech]].",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["women's speech terms"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms and forms used in [[Appendix:Glossary#women's speech|women's speech]].",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}

labels["vulgarities"] = {
	description = "{{{langname}}} terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.",
	parents = {"terms by usage"},
}


-- Add 'umbrella_parents' key if not already present.
for key, data in pairs(labels) do
	if not data.umbrella_parents then
		data.umbrella_parents = "Terms by usage subcategories by language"
	end
end



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raw_categories["Terms by usage subcategories by language"] = {
	description = "Umbrella categories covering topics related to terms categorized by their usage, such as slang, obsolete or archaic forms and vulgarities.",
	additional = "{{{umbrella_meta_msg}}}",
	parents = {
		"Umbrella metacategories",
		{name = "terms by usage", is_label = true, sort = " "},
	},
}


return {LABELS = labels, RAW_CATEGORIES = raw_categories}