User contributions for Jerzy

1 March 2019

• 22:1722:17, 1 March 2019 diff hist +5‎ spitball ‎ →‎Verb: Oops Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 22:1522:15, 1 March 2019 diff hist +206‎ spitball ‎ →‎Verb: 1950s'''. /* a M-W site Gives for "spitballing" in this sense 3 advertising-culture citations, Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

26 February 2019

• 11:4311:43, 26 February 2019 diff hist +484‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2019/February ‎ →‎a day late and a dollar short: Spoiler Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 11:0311:03, 26 February 2019 diff hist +725‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2019/February ‎ →‎career changer: A contrary, less appealing, sense of the expression Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 02:0002:00, 26 February 2019 diff hist +94‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2019/February ‎ →‎"ledge": rock formation and quarry product: Oops Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 01:5601:56, 26 February 2019 diff hist +1,096‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2019/February ‎ →‎"ledge": rock formation and quarry product: new section Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

25 February 2019

• 19:2219:22, 25 February 2019 diff hist −42‎ Civil War ‎ →‎Derived terms: Rem'd respective mod'g apposatives "of England" and "of the United States of America", which are distinctions someone may have asserted even tho they make no difference. (These may be remnants of our ancient controversy that claimed the bare "A" noun and bare "A" adjective imply not non WP:primary topics re the USA, but rather of the two continents as a whole (which, however, IS (I'm pretty sure) contrarily the case for "intra-..." or "inter-American" relations, ... tr... Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 17:4217:42, 25 February 2019 diff hist +196‎ N Talk:English Civil War ‎ →‎Sorry, too old & tired to cleanup this paste-in from a hopefully reliable p,d. source: new section current Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 17:1417:14, 25 February 2019 diff hist +4‎ Roundhead ‎ →‎Noun: Linked to undefined term, preparatory to creating its entry, per en:Wikipedia: :The '''English Civil War''' (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

24 February 2019

• 00:4500:45, 24 February 2019 diff hist −1‎ touch-up ‎ →‎Noun: Converted example to match my apparently snooty notions that "a " implies singular & "-s " implies plural & never the twain shall meet. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 00:3700:37, 24 February 2019 diff hist +123‎ Talk:touch-up ‎ →‎"... a little '''touch-ups''' ..."???: new section Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

23 February 2019

• 17:4717:47, 23 February 2019 diff hist +683‎ N Talk:owari ‎ →‎Egyptian game???: new section current Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

18 October 2018

• 20:0220:02, 18 October 2018 diff hist +571‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2018/October ‎ →‎she sheer: new section Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

31 July 2018

• 10:1410:14, 31 July 2018 diff hist +43‎ Help talk:FAQ ‎ →‎Pronunciation: Retrofit section title Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit

27 June 2017

• 05:2405:24, 27 June 2017 diff hist +273‎ Talk:sense ‎ →‎PIE: mash

13 March 2017

• 15:0515:05, 13 March 2017 diff hist +26‎ pretentious ‎ →‎Alternative forms: + "(esp. self-referentially)"

10 March 2017

• 06:5106:51, 10 March 2017 diff hist +2,253‎ Wiktionary:Beer parlour/2017/March ‎ →‎Verbatim copying of open-ended copyright notices: thx for yr query
• 04:2004:20, 10 March 2017 diff hist −24‎ shambolic ‎ →‎Etymology: ok, never should have had title spelled out in title
• 04:1404:14, 10 March 2017 diff hist −1‎ shambolic ‎ →‎Etymology: corrected syntax
• 03:5703:57, 10 March 2017 diff hist +11‎ shambolic ‎ →‎Etymology: test
• 02:1402:14, 10 March 2017 diff hist +1,382‎ Wiktionary:Beer parlour/2017/March ‎ →‎Verbatim copying of open-ended copyright notices: means something different in our context

27 January 2017

• 09:0409:04, 27 January 2017 diff hist +254‎ User talk:DTLHS ‎ + moly cow
• 08:5208:52, 27 January 2017 diff hist +186‎ Talk:moly cow ‎ touch up
• 08:3508:35, 27 January 2017 diff hist +3,675‎ Talk:moly cow ‎ Ah, not Oh, pronunciation

25 January 2017

• 16:4616:46, 25 January 2017 diff hist +293‎ User talk:Jerzy ‎ →‎moly cow current
• 15:4115:41, 25 January 2017 diff hist −43‎ moly cow ‎ →‎Etymology: removing ", probably modelled after {{m|en|holy cow}}" with extreme prejudicial intent; see accompanying talk/discussion

18 December 2016

• 15:0415:04, 18 December 2016 diff hist +1,081‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2014/July ‎ →‎Phallus v phallus: + apologies
• 13:5013:50, 18 December 2016 diff hist +908‎ N Talk:wadge ‎ seemingly lost-but-accessible history for this page in [https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?oldid=936785#Wadge the edit history] current
• 13:3313:33, 18 December 2016 diff hist +64‎ light ‎ →‎Noun: + (version evolved from my first try, "... or more ...": BCZ the first and last of 3 are single lights, near your house and your friend's, but the2nd light, in ctr of town is likely to possess 2 or 3 that face you (going in the dir'n intended)

7 December 2016

• 14:4214:42, 7 December 2016 diff hist +2,878‎ Talk:dope ‎ →‎Usage: goop and the pipe and knowing the fix is in
• 10:3710:37, 7 December 2016 diff hist +594‎ Talk:dope ‎ →‎Dope meaning "information" still considered slang after nearly a century of use?: dope, goop, info about doped horse

8 November 2016

• 11:2211:22, 8 November 2016 diff hist +2,277‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2016/November ‎ →‎ditch: several separate responses
• 09:2909:29, 8 November 2016 diff hist +998‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2016/November ‎ →‎suss out: new section

7 September 2016

• 19:5419:54, 7 September 2016 diff hist +891‎ User talk:EncycloPetey ‎ →‎Shunpiking has also come to mean an avoidance of major highways (regardless of tolls) in preference for bucolic and scenic interludes along lightly traveled country roads.: new section

17 August 2016

• 17:1817:18, 17 August 2016 diff hist +450‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2016/August ‎ →‎earmuff: I may not make it to glasses and spectacles and pants to do my own research, but is it just my ignorance that simply accepts without comment the "singular, but plural in construction" notation (which i understand amounts to plura
• 16:5916:59, 17 August 2016 diff hist +1,338‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2016/August ‎ →‎Is "savvy?" really an "Interjection"?: new section
• 16:5616:56, 17 August 2016 diff hist +660‎ User talk:Ungoliant MMDCCLXIV ‎ →‎Re bad link at "worst comes to worst": new section

26 July 2016

• 03:1703:17, 26 July 2016 diff hist +31‎ Talk:assumpsit ‎ correct my omiison
• 03:1103:11, 26 July 2016 diff hist +503‎ N Talk:assumpsit ‎    For what it's worth, "assumpsit" was the first word on the first reading assignment that Wikipedia:Elizabeth Warren assigned to a law school class that included one of the current generation of [[Wikipedia:Kennedy family|Ke

21 July 2016

• 09:2609:26, 21 July 2016 diff hist +744‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2016/July ‎ →‎ðurh: No. Rather, dabs are needed
• 08:1308:13, 21 July 2016 diff hist +459‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2016/July ‎ →‎no-lose synonym: al-ba-tross! ar-ba-trahj!
• 07:5007:50, 21 July 2016 diff hist +258‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2016/July ‎ →‎Pronunciation of Batman (the Turkish province): OK, i'm the self-designated spoilsport. That was a joke, based on the theme music (and single-word lyric) of the 1960's TV show, and it deserves a laugh: ''Heh!''
• 07:2607:26, 21 July 2016 diff hist +201‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2016/July ‎ →‎adulting: Uh, am i crazy, or is the relation in origin of adulterate (cf. adultery) somehow enter in here??
• 07:1907:19, 21 July 2016 diff hist +403‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2016/July ‎ →‎quiet down, meaning 2: exegesis
• 07:0507:05, 21 July 2016 diff hist +1,014‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2016/July ‎ →‎HF and AC: sunglasses for reading?
• 06:2506:25, 21 July 2016 diff hist +386‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2016/July ‎ →‎scare up: new section
• 06:1406:14, 21 July 2016 diff hist +45‎ scare up ‎ →‎Verb: + "...while relying on chance to provide the means..." which i think captures an element (BTW, IMO more important (at the least) than difficulty) missing from the prior version. (But for once, see the talk page.)
• 06:1206:12, 21 July 2016 diff hist +573‎ N Talk:scare up ‎ other aspects of its meaning current
• 03:0803:08, 21 July 2016 diff hist +298‎ Talk:stealer ‎ + Thanks; agree that your retort "unless..." is well founded, and i like your solution. :)... current
• 02:4202:42, 21 July 2016 diff hist +613‎ Wiktionary:Tea room/2015/April ‎ →‎need a quote translated to Korean from English: Point taken