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birdlime

noun
/ˈbɜːdlaɪm/UK/ˈbɝdlaɪm/US

Etymology

Partial calque of German Vogelleim. By surface analysis, bird + lime.

  1. derived from Vogelleim

Definitions

  1. A sticky substance, of varying compositions, smeared on branches to catch birds.

  2. Time

    Time; a jail term, the serving of a prison sentence.

  3. To add birdlime to.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at birdlime. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at birdlime. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at birdlime

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA