Wiktionary:Word of the day/Nominations

Note: Use the talk page only for comments about this page. Nominate words below.

This page is for nominating future Word of the Day entries. The philosophy behind our WOTD feature is similar to that of Wikipedia's featured articles. The main goals are:

1. to highlight the best of Wiktionary's definitions by featuring them on the Main Page,
2. to nurture people's natural interest in unusual words and phrases, and
3. to help readers improve their vocabulary.

Nominate a new word

What to nominate

Exotic usefulness

An ideal WOTD candidate is a word (or phrase) likely to be encountered in a newspaper or in literature. It should be exotic enough that it adds to readers' vocabularies, but not so unusual that it cannot be used in everyday conversation.

For example, the word the wouldn't work because it's too common. It may have an interesting entry, but it is a staple found in every English speaker's lexicon. At the other extreme, antidisestablishmentarianism — a perennial favorite of WOTD nominators — is simply too unusual. No one is going to use that word in everyday conversation, unless they sit around discussing church-state separation in 19th-century England. (That this word was in fact featured as a Word of the Day in no way makes it easier to use and is more related to the fact that it was featured before this section was written.)

Variety

Before nominating a word, you might want to look through our index of past Words of the Day and at the word’s page itself to make sure it (or a variation of it) hasn't already been featured.

Also keep in mind that featured words are chosen to reflect a variety of:

• parts of speech — Nouns, verbs and adjectives should appear more or less equally, but we also need good adverbs, idioms, set phrases and the like.
• languages of origin — Many English words derive ultimately from Latin or Greek precursors, but English has borrowed from, and styled itself after, many other languages, so try to mix it up a bit.
• initial letters — Not all interesting words start with J, K, Q or Z.

What not to nominate

These are in addition to the other warnings already mentioned above.

• No long words - We've already featured all the interesting words over 15 characters long - please wait until after 2015 to renominate any of them.
• No "redlinks" (missing pages) — If a word is not yet in Wiktionary, it belongs at Wiktionary:Requested entries, not here. (Better yet, why not create the entry yourself?)
• No offensive words — Please avoid profanity. A nominated word should not offend the average person, nor should it be something you would be embarrassed to use in front of your boss or your grandmother (or your boss' grandmother, for that matter). Wiktionary defines profane words in part so people know not to use them in polite company. WOTD nominations, on the other hand, should be words that people can safely use in everyday speech. Note also that many parents and schools automatically filter out pages that include certain offensive words, so featuring such a word on the Main Page would restrict access to Wiktionary itself.
• Avoid abbreviations — Abbreviations, initialisms, acronyms, symbols, and the like are unlikely to be selected without extremely convincing reasons. In other words, don't nominate WYSIWYG, dpi, or ☿. Symbols in particular cause problems for readers who lack the required fonts, and are therefore unlikely to be featured.
• Avoid proper nouns — Names of specific people, places, or entities are better suited to featuring in an encyclopedia. Such words rarely have interesting definitions or translations.
• Stick to English — The featured word is an English term because this is the English Wiktionary. For foreign words and phrases see the Foreign Word of the Day.
• No previous selections - We want to feature new selections, not the same selections over and over. Please check the list of previous Words of the Day, to be certain it has not been selected previously.
• Avoid other WOTDs - We want to feature words that haven't been WOTDs for other dictionaries, partly to highlight unique terms that make Wiktionary so special, partly to avoid complaints (by preventing the possibility entirely) that WOTDs were "stolen" from other dictionaries.
• Avoid purely obsolete words - Words whose definitions are only obsolete, archaic, rare or similar should be avoided as hard to use in practice. A word that has a sense marked as rare, etc, in addition to a more common sense is fine.

How to nominate

Follow the Nominate a new word link below and add your word(s) to the top of the list. Please link your word to our page for it by typing {{wotd-nom|EXAMPLE_WORD}} (be sure to get the capitalization right, and replace "EXAMPLE_WORD" with the word that you want to nominate). You might want to include a concise reason or justification for the nomination. A definition is not necessary since our page for the word should already contain a good definition.

In case there are questions about your word(s), it is imperative that you sign your nomination by adding four tildes (~~~~) at the end. (Although it is not required, you can quickly register for free if you don't already have a username.)

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So that those setting the word of the day for future days may know what has already been done, anyone doing so should here indicate the last date for which a word of the day was set, or the first for which it wasn't, and any relevant notes.

One guide to setting the WOTD, and another guide, covering some different and some overlapping ground.

The last date for which the word of the day has been set is May 9.

Next: May 10

motorcicle pickle Entries are in reverse chronological order, by date of nomination. Please add your word or words to the TOP of the list below and remember to sign each new entry by typing four tildes (~~~~)

• sheeple (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 218.4.71.234 04:35, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
• accismus (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 14:27, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
• thebacon (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 19:21, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
• atend (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —This comment was unsigned.
• oobleck (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 124.189.16.74 08:45, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
• run (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 99.101.12.26 04:54, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
• cicada (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) DCDuring TALK 13:56, 24 May 2013 (UTC) Particularly appropriate for May 27, 2013 for the US East Coast, the expected day of emergence of Brood II, the East Coast Brood.
• commie poker (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Æ&Œ (talk) 21:05, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
• metaknowledge (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) · (talk) 21:06, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

  Please note that I did not nominate this. My ego is not quite that big... although I wouldn't mind to see it become WOTD... —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 23:01, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

• breastaurant (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 108.212.70.237 01:51, 25 April 2013 (UTC)
• inside baseball (Check: A, G, H, W, Y)​—msh210℠ (talk) 18:08, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
• levant (Check: A, G, H, W, Y): To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts. Equinox ◑ 16:50, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
• green gown (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Ƿidsiþ 14:23, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
• anapest (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) sewnmouthsecret (talk) 02:36, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
• descanso (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 00:13, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
• cajole (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --EncycloPetey (talk) 04:31, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
• compunction (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --EncycloPetey (talk) 04:31, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Older nominations

Note to administrators and interested editors: If you notice words that have already appeared, or are in the queue to appear, as Words of the Day, please strike them out by using <s> and </s> HTML tags.

Macrh 2003

• Aunt Sally (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) CopperKettle (talk) 01:18, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
• washeteria (Check: A, G, H, W, Y)Bipalabras (talk) 05:51, 24 March 2013 (UTC)
• paint the town red (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --EncycloPetey (talk) 04:50, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
• batavophone (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 190.18.23.82 18:30, 21 March 2013 (UTC)*
• deipnosophist (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Æ&Œ (talk) 09:12, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
• capacious (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - -sche (discuss) 21:47, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
• largess (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) -- ALGRIF talk 13:01, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
• mens rea (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) -User:Dustlearns March 13, 2013 20:00
• vates (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 02:42, 12 March 2013 (UTC)
• effrontery (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Æ&Œ (talk) 20:04, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
• prosopagnosia (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Rpberkson (talk) 09:15, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
• fillip (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) (verb) --EncycloPetey (talk) 20:24, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
• sigmoid (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 31.51.213.102 15:36, 9 March 2013 (UTC)* already was WOTD
• soporific (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —This unsigned comment was added by 105.225.212.41 (talk • contribs). already was WOTD
• tumpline (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 13:02, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
• keister (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) -- as the April Fools' Day draws nearer.. (0: --CopperKettle (talk) 01:59, 8 March 2013 (UTC)
• dudeen (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) for March 17. --EncycloPetey (talk) 06:15, 7 March 2013 (UTC)
• chargemaster (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) -- Cirt (talk) 21:34, 5 March 2013 (UTC)*
• little old (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 62.147.24.56 22:51, 2 March 2013 (UTC)*
• some old (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 62.147.24.56 22:51, 2 March 2013 (UTC)*
• triduan (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Pingku^dimmi 13:35, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
• labret (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Pingku^dimmi 11:02, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
• logophile (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Susan jones (talk) 05:15, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

February 2013

• papabile (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) JulieKahan (talk) 19:34, 28 February 2013 (UTC)*
• vim (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Vahag (talk) 14:30, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
• diktat (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Vahag (talk) 14:30, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
• moronic acid (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 01:16, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
• Stakhanovite (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 01:16, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
• Winterval (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) (next winter) - -sche (discuss) 01:03, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
• sequela (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 00:38, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
• make shift (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --CopperKettle (talk) 16:15, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
• Penrose stairs (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) or Penrose triangle (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) ~ Röbin Liönheart (talk) 11:06, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
• expatiate (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) JulieKahan (talk) 17:56, 20 February 2013 (UTC)*
• louche (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) JulieKahan (talk) 17:54, 20 February 2013 (UTC)*
• navvy (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) JulieKahan (talk) 17:53, 20 February 2013 (UTC)*
• attestation (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Pingku^dimmi 10:42, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
• molly-guard (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 18:50, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
• molluscum contagiosum (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Pingku^dimmi 12:56, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
• grubstake (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) -CopperKettle (talk) 13:10, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
• treeness (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Brilliant. This, that and the other (talk) 03:59, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
• gyprock (Check: A, G, H, W, Y)71.142.71.205 21:37, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
• king's ransom (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 18:54, 13 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 25 February
• dystocia (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --CopperKettle (talk) 04:23, 12 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 27 February
• technopeasant (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 01:23, 12 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 24 February
• compere (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Vahag (talk) 11:08, 11 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 28 February
• sprezzatura (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Noozman (talk) 10:31, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
• squally (Check: A, G, H, W, Y), in particular, sense 3. There's lots of fairly uncommon stuff, potential WOTD material (pardon the pun!), in Category:en:Weaving. This, that and the other (talk) 10:05, 11 February 2013 (UTC)*
• beaver away (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Vahag (talk) 09:14, 9 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 26 February
• unvirile (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) AVerSiMeDejan (talk) 05:45, 9 February 2013 (UTC)*
• party favor (Check: A, G, H, W, Y)AVerSiMeDejan (talk) 05:12, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
• slam piece (Check: A, G, H, W, Y)AVerSiMeDejan (talk) 05:12, 9 February 2013 (UTC)
• salami tactics (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —CodeCat 22:59, 8 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 23 February
• fugacious (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) -CopperKettle (talk) 02:48, 8 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 22 February
• take a flyer (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) -CopperKettle (talk) 23:43, 6 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 20 February
• jump the shark (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —CodeCat 23:07, 6 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 21 February
• henohenomoheji (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) This apparently failed RFV, but that is surely a mistake because it is well known. I'm going to try to get it restored. —CodeCat 22:50, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

  You could suggest the Japanese entry for Foreign Word of the Day. ~ Röbin Liönheart (talk) 10:54, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

• treknobabble (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —CodeCat 22:50, 6 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 16 February
• artisanal (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Pingku^dimmi 17:33, 6 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 18 February
• transfinite number (Check: A, G, H, W, Y)
• tor (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 20:38, 5 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 19 February
• set the Thames on fire (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 20:01, 5 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 9 February
• conlanger (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 03:03, 5 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 7 February
• bardolator (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 03:03, 5 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 23 April (Shakespeare Day)
• bebother (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 03:03, 5 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 17 February
• saltation (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 03:03, 5 February 2013 (UTC)
• cockpit (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Rowboater (talk) 22:50, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
• bridge the gap (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Rowboater (talk) 22:50, 4 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 15 February
• rugged (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Rowboater (talk) 22:50, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
• piece together (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Rowboater (talk) 22:50, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
• screwball (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Rowboater (talk) 22:50, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
• troika (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Rowboater (talk) 22:50, 4 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 13 February
• unashamed (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Rowboater (talk) 22:50, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
• damp squib (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Rowboater (talk) 22:50, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
• goofy (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Rowboater (talk) 22:50, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
• snappish (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Rowboater (talk) 22:50, 4 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 12 February
• drywall (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Rowboater (talk) 22:50, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
• nunatak (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 20:20, 4 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 8 February
• opsophagos (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - -sche (discuss) 20:10, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
• gourmandise (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - -sche (discuss) 20:05, 4 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 11 February
• galactagogue (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - -sche (discuss) 20:01, 4 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 6 February
• chark (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - -sche (discuss) 19:16, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
• comestible (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Noozman (talk) 20:49, 3 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 5 February
• blemish (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Æ&Œ (talk) 23:39, 1 February 2013 (UTC) ← set for 4 February

January 2013

• proppant (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - CopperKettle (talk) 00:12, 31 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 3 February
• cascabel (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 04:15, 29 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 1 February
• amerce (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Æ&Œ (talk) 04:00, 29 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 2 February
• hat trick (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) seems timely --EncycloPetey (talk) 09:20, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

  Which sense do you have in mind? The Stanley Cup playoffs would make the ice hockey sense relevant, but perhaps there's something going on in the cricket world I don't know about. Astral (talk) 12:25, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

  Is there a particular date you had in mind, as well? Astral (talk) 19:01, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

  I wasn't watching this page for comments. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi each had just made a hat trick (in soccer/football) by scoring three goals in a single game, which is an exceptionally rare achievement, let alone to have two such events over a single weekend. --EncycloPetey (talk) 15:30, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

• smaragdine (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 05:48, 24 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 31 January
• obviate (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Æ&Œ (talk) 02:05, 24 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 29 January
• penumbra (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Noozman (talk) 01:03, 24 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 28 January
• cop on (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) CopperKettle (talk) 00:57, 24 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 27 January
• lose face (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 17:46, 23 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 25 January
• elope (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 00:03, 22 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 14 February
• alicorn (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 23:06, 21 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 24 January
• eunuch (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Noozman (talk) 22:31, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
• monoousian (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 17:34, 21 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 26 January
• scuttle (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) (to deliberately sink a boat) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 22:06, 14 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 18 January
• tipple (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 18:40, 12 January 2013 (UTC) ← this was already WOTD for June 29, 2010
• indigent (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Noozman (talk) 22:29, 10 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 17 January
• floccinaucinihilipilificate (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 19:53, 10 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 15 January

  Have we got anything in mind for April Fool's? If not, we could move it to then... - -sche (discuss) 03:59, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

  I originally wanted to use bazinga and had scheduled it, but Metaknowledge thought this was not an optimal choice, so I changed the word for that day to jape. The meaning of floccinaucinihilipilificate doesn't strike me as especially April Fools-ish, and it's already been scheduled for tomorrow, and there have been less viable noms to work with lately. There's still plenty of time to discuss other ideas for April Fool's, though. Astral (talk) 19:12, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

• smurf account (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —CodeCat 14:01, 10 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 16 January
• heave in sight (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) CopperKettle (talk) 13:33, 8 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 12 January
• gherao (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 17:11, 7 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 13 January
• lecherous (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Æ&Œ (talk) 16:24, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
• mignon (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Æ&Œ (talk) 16:24, 7 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 30 January
• orgulous (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Æ&Œ (talk) 16:24, 7 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 14 January
• Adam teasing (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --EncycloPetey (talk) 08:02, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

  I would suggest that this not be made WOTD until at least a couple of months from now due to recent events in India that have made international news, given what it means and where it is used. Astral (talk) 18:27, 7 January 2013 (UTC)

  I concur. - -sche (discuss) 03:59, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

• carpe diem (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --EncycloPetey (talk) 22:53, 4 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 9 January
• factitious (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) CopperKettle (talk) 02:11, 4 January 2013 (UTC) ← set for 8 January

December 2012

• at first blush (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --EncycloPetey (talk) 00:46, 31 December 2012 (UTC) ← set for 6 January
• éclat (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --EncycloPetey (talk) 00:46, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
• superannuated (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - -sche (discuss) 23:05, 26 December 2012 (UTC) ← set for 11 January
• cacophonous (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 65.190.22.16 18:58, 23 December 2012 (UTC) ← set for 3 January
• rebarbative (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) CopperKettle (talk) 23:16, 19 December 2012 (UTC) ← set for 26 December
• nobble (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) CopperKettle (talk) 15:18, 14 December 2012 (UTC) ← set for 29 December
• zeptomole (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 124.189.18.240 ← set for 10 January
• aalii (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 124.189.18.240 06:31, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
• Silent Sam (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - already cited and pronounced —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 21:44, 12 December 2012 (UTC) ← set for 2 January
• peckled (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 124.189.18.240 05:21, 11 December 2012 (UTC) ← set for 30 December
• ↂ (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 124.189.18.240 05:18, 11 December 2012 (UTC) ← symbols are ineligible for WOTD
• howitzer (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 72.74.136.49 22:15, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
• bullshot (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Röbin Liönheart (talk) 18:48, 7 December 2012 (UTC) ← set for 24 December
• reverie (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:37, 6 December 2012 (UTC) ← set for 31 December
• swage (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --EncycloPetey (talk) 23:32, 6 December 2012 (UTC) ← set for 4 January
• stigmatize (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --EncycloPetey (talk) 02:11, 6 December 2012 (UTC) ← set for 11 December
• neotenous (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --EncycloPetey (talk) 22:35, 5 December 2012 (UTC) ← set for 17 December
• irrefragable (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --EncycloPetey (talk) 22:33, 5 December 2012 (UTC) ← was WOTD for 4 August 2011 on Merriam-Webster Online
• pass muster (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - dcljr (talk) 18:52, 3 December 2012 (UTC) ← set for 9 December

  Could someone please add IPA pronunciation? Astral (talk) 09:20, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

• brindled (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) CopperKettle (talk) 14:38, 1 December 2012 (UTC) ← was WOTD for 8 July 2011 on the New York Times website (too bad, I really like this one)

November 2012

• necessarian (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - -sche (discuss) 21:06, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
• apocalyptic#Adjective (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - -sche (discuss) 21:06, 29 November 2012 (UTC) ← doomsayer and b'ak'tun are already scheduled as the last-ever WOTDs (December 19 and 20, respectively)
• atopical (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - -sche (discuss) 21:06, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
• flounce (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - -sche (discuss) 21:06, 29 November 2012 (UTC) ← was WOTD for 17 February 2011 on Merriam-Webster Online
• calendrical (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - -sche (discuss) 21:06, 29 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for 13 December
• Nicholine (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) (adjective) for December 6th, Saint Nicholas' day? Or not. - -sche (discuss) 21:03, 29 November 2012 (UTC) (set for 6 Dec; I will add IPA shortly)
• canary in a coal mine (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 20:54, 29 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for 10 December
• dog fur (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) (could be set either for the Day of the Dog, or the dog days of next summer) - -sche (discuss) 06:42, 29 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for 28 April 2013

  When is the Day of the Dog? Nothing obvious coming up in the first couple pages of Google for me. If we want to schedule this sooner, we could go by summer in the Southern Hemisphere. Astral (talk) 19:18, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

  The International Day of the Dog is the last Sunday in April, so in 2013 (assuming the world's still here) it'll be the 28th. Alternatively, we could do something floral then for w:Floralia. - -sche (discuss) 19:40, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

  April 28, 2013 it is, then. Astral (talk) 20:36, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

  Should we really be using non-idiomatic phrases like this as WOTD? Wouldn't it be better to pick one of the more interesting derived terms under dog, such as dog and pony show, doggedly, or underdog? (I haven't checked to see if these are valid nominations.) - dcljr (talk) 20:06, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

  Changed to doggedly per your suggestion. Astral (talk) 09:18, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

• rose petal (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - -sche (discuss) 06:40, 29 November 2012 (UTC)
• Twelfth cake (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - has citations and pronunciation; should be set for the 5th or 6th of January - -sche (discuss) 17:02, 28 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for January 5
• pergola (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 02:16, 24 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for 18 December
• parley (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Æ&Œ (talk) 04:39, 22 November 2012 (UTC) ← was WOTD for 1 May 2012 on the New York Times website
• asthenic (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --86.130.250.55 17:17, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
• brawn (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Æ&Œ (talk) 04:47, 19 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for 28 December
• burgess (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Æ&Œ (talk) 04:47, 19 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for 7 January
• blunderbuss (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Circeus (talk) 17:26, 18 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for 7 December

  Could someone please add IPA pronunciation? Astral (talk) 09:20, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

• air potato (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 122.106.17.114 10:38, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
• bowk (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 124.189.18.240 21:25, 16 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for 2 December

  Could someone please add IPA pronunciation? Astral (talk) 09:19, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

• hooey (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Ks0stm ^(T•C) 20:44, 15 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for 27 December
• saturation (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Ks0stm ^(T•C) 20:44, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
• convection (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Ks0stm ^(T•C) 20:44, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
• fleeting (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Ks0stm ^(T•C) 20:44, 15 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for 3 December
• ascertain (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Ks0stm ^(T•C) 20:44, 15 November 2012 (UTC) ← Set for 19 January
• palinspastic (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 21:37, 14 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for 21 January
• diapir (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 21:37, 14 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for 30 November
• whack-a-mole (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 21:37, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
• sanguinolent (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 15:24, 13 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for 29 November

  Could someone please add IPA pronunciation? Astral (talk) 09:19, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

• MediaWiki (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) -- Cirt (talk) 00:45, 12 November 2012 (UTC) ← proper nouns are ineligible for WOTD

  Please no... --WikiTiki89 09:31, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

  Yeah, wiki jargon is probably of little interest to other people. - -sche (discuss) 09:39, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

  Okay, no worries, either way, no problems, will defer to judgment of community, above. :) Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 18:17, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

• wether (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 05:30, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
• ohnosecond (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —CodeCat 01:30, 10 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for 28 November

  Could someone please add IPA pronunciation? Thanks. Astral (talk) 14:06, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

  Added it. —CodeCat 14:19, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

• shmexy (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) (second def) —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 05:41, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
• pablum (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 00:41, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
• October surprise (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Röbin Liönheart (talk) 08:12, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
• blueberrying (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 124.189.18.240 00:55, 2 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for 23 January
• latred (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 124.189.18.240 22:40, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
• qwertyuiop (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 124.189.18.240 22:35, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

  If we feature this, how will users know that we didn't forget to add a word? :p —CodeCat 18:23, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

• glogg (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 124.189.18.240 22:33, 1 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for 1 December

  Could someone please add IPA pronunciation? Astral (talk) 09:19, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

• blegging (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 124.189.18.240 08:25, 1 November 2012 (UTC) ← bleg set for 20 November

  Could someone please add IPA pronunciation to bleg (etymology 2)? Thanks. Astral (talk) 11:32, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

• blobbily (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 124.189.18.240 08:23, 1 November 2012 (UTC) ← set for 16 November

  Could someone please add IPA pronunciation? Thanks. Astral (talk) 07:40, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

October 2012

• coherent (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) or coherence (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) (note that incoherent (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) has been WOTD elsewhere, but apparently not these two) dcljr (talk) 19:07, 31 October 2012 (UTC) ← coherent set for 18 November
• maraud (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Æ&Œ (talk) 10:45, 31 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for 17 November

  Could someone please add IPA pronunciation? Thanks. Astral (talk) 08:00, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

• frounce (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Æ&Œ (talk) 10:45, 31 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for 26 November
• casuistry (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —Internoob 16:41, 30 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for 20 January
• meleagrine (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) "Pertaining to turkeys." For November 22, Thanksgiving in the U.S. Astral (talk) 11:41, 30 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for 22 November

  Could someone please add IPA pronunciation? Thanks. Astral (talk) 11:29, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

  I like the idea! And Metaknowledge has added the IPA. - -sche (discuss) 09:39, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

  Thanks, Meta. :) Astral (talk) 07:20, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

• uberly (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Astral (talk) 11:41, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

  Could someone please add IPA pronunciation? Thanks. Astral (talk) 11:29, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

• papaverous (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) "Of or pertaining to the poppy." For November 11, Remembrance Day in Canada. Astral (talk) 10:23, 30 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for 11 November

  Could someone please add IPA pronunciation? Thanks. Astral (talk) 11:29, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

• collation (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Æ&Œ (talk) 04:49, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
• Streisand effect (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) -- Cirt (talk) 18:33, 29 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for 13 November

Could someone please add IPA pronunciation? Thanks. Astral (talk) 11:29, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

• ambuscade (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --Æ&Œ (talk) 18:25, 27 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for 1 November

  Could someone please add IPA pronunciation? Thanks. Astral (talk) 11:29, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

• presidentialness (Check: A, G, H, W, Y). For November 6? Astral (talk) 18:44, 26 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for 6 November
• photobomb (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —CodeCat 12:49, 23 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for 5 November

  Could someone please add IPA pronunciation? Thanks. Astral (talk) 11:29, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

• hobbledehoy (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) CopperKettle (talk) 05:10, 23 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for 12 November

  Could someone please add IPA pronunciation? Thanks. Astral (talk) 11:29, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

• hobbledehoyhood (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --87.78.11.31 23:05, 26 October 2012 (UTC) ← good word, but hobbledehoy was chosen for November 12
• picture-skew (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - -sche (discuss) 01:51, 22 October 2012 (UTC)
• koine (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 00:38, 21 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for November 21

  Could someone please add IPA pronunciation? Thanks. Astral (talk) 11:50, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

• mulct (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --EncycloPetey (talk) 05:20, 20 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for 28 October
• bdelloid (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 124.189.18.240 20:58, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
• pteropine (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 124.189.18.240 20:55, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
• ooze (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 124.189.18.240 20:49, 18 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for 10 November
• enthesis (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Pingku^dimmi 16:03, 18 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for January 22
• speech disfluency (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 15:46, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
• termitarium (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) — Ungoliant ^(Falai) 17:39, 13 October 2012 (UTC) (has etym and pron) ← set for 4 November
• pace (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) especially the donkey sense --WikiTiki89 (talk) 16:03, 13 October 2012 (UTC) (has etym and pron) ← set for 19 November
• bone-eating snot flower worm (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) --WikiTiki89 (talk) 14:12, 13 October 2012 (UTC) (has etym and pron) ← set for 2 November
• caritative (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) (I'll add pronunciations to these soon) - -sche (discuss) 22:31, 12 October 2012 (UTC) (has etym and pron) ← set for 3 November
• allomother (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - -sche (discuss) 04:55, 11 October 2012 (UTC) (has etym and pron) ← set for 15 October
• peri-urban (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) - -sche (discuss) 19:09, 8 October 2012 (UTC) (has etym and pron) ← set for 29 October
• fractal (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) —This comment was unsigned.
• trainiac (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Astral (talk) 15:40, 7 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for 30 October
• batman (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Etymology 1. It would be nice if the Turkish word could be featured on the same day in FWOTD. —CodeCat 16:02, 4 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for 15 November
• megaron (Check: A, G, H, W, Y)— Pingku^dimmi 13:17, 4 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for 7 November

Could someone please add IPA pronunciation? Thanks. Astral (talk) 11:29, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

• stagilate (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) Hopey1020 (talk) 14:21, 3 October 2012 (UTC) Verb. If you continue to stagilate, you'll miss the bus. (see the rule at the top of the page "no redlinks")
• autumn (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 211.30.28.207 03:56, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
• nubcake (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 211.30.28.207 03:56, 3 October 2012 (UTC) ← set for 8 November
• greenness (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 211.30.28.207 03:56, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
• cosmicity (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 211.30.28.207 03:56, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
• illlit (Check: A, G, H, W, Y) 211.30.28.207 03:56, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Archived nominations

• Wiktionary:Word of the day/Nominations/Archive 2012
• Wiktionary:Word of the day/Nominations/Archive 2011
• Wiktionary:Word of the day/Nominations/Archive 2010
• Wiktionary:Word of the day/Nominations/Archive 2009
• Wiktionary:Word of the day/Nominations/Archive 2008
• Wiktionary:Word of the day/Nominations/Archive 2007
• Wiktionary:Word of the day/Nominations/Archive 2006

See also

• Wiktionary:Interesting new entries
• Category:Word of the day archive