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Re: Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist

#201

Post by dumbfounder » Thu, May 14, 2020, 12:52 AM UTC

Awesome idea, some good ones in there, a lot that don't make any sense at all. That pretty much sums up ML.

tuberculinosis

tu·ber·culi·nosis

a bacterial infection of the duodenum of the buttocks and trachea of the vulva

EDIT: formatting

Re: Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist

#202

Post by amelius » Thu, May 14, 2020, 12:56 AM UTC

This would be great for inventing variable names.

Re: Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist

#203

Post by bagels » Thu, May 14, 2020, 12:57 AM UTC

amelius wrote: post #202

This would be great for inventing variable names.

Only if you don't want anyone to understand the code.

Re: Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist

#204

Post by Enginerrrd » Thu, May 14, 2020, 1:07 AM UTC

Maybe I'm just unlucky, but I found the first three words very unimpressive and unconvincing.

>quaivarary

> a quantity or quantity that is different from a specified quantity or quantity in some sense

Re: Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist

#205

Post by maccam94 » Thu, May 14, 2020, 1:20 AM UTC

tdeck wrote: post #191

Second word I got was "showercap" which is borderline: https://www.thisworddoesnotexist.com/w/showercap/eyJ3IjogInN...

I think this needs to do a google search for each word before assuming it doesn't exist. I got "glosscoat", which is a type of paint/coating (typically hyphenated, but non-hyphenated examples exist).

Wow, the links are just base64'ing the whole text because of course there's no way to trivially reproduce it...

https://www.thisworddoesnotexist.com/w/glosscoat/eyJ3IjogImd...

Re: Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist

#206

Post by dwd » Thu, May 14, 2020, 1:26 AM UTC

This word probably should exist:

https://www.thisworddoesnotexist.com/w/epidemiograph/eyJ3Ijo...

Someone used Epidemiography

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0166218X89...

Re: Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist

#207

Post by daveFNbuck » Thu, May 14, 2020, 1:28 AM UTC

I'm definitely making some cantonik for my next tamboury.

> cantonik

> a dish of sliced bread filled with cheese, eggs, and bacon, wrapped in a thin layer and fried

> tamboury

> a brief affair of food or entertainment

Re: Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist

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Post by ricardobeat » Thu, May 14, 2020, 1:35 AM UTC

> slideshare

> a slum, especially a slum built from a kiln by an industrialist and tenant by a rancher

"we now had to compete for slideshare seats on the street and build a big commercial slum"

Re: Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist

#209

Post by eganist » Thu, May 14, 2020, 1:36 AM UTC

Tuberculant

https://www.thisworddoesnotexist.com/w/tuberculant/eyJ3IjogI...

That's brilliant, and I'm going to use it.

Re: Show HN: This Word Does Not Exist

#210

Post by turtlesoup » Thu, May 14, 2020, 1:37 AM UTC

maccam94 wrote: post #205

tdeck wrote: post #191

Second word I got was "showercap" which is borderline: https://www.thisworddoesnotexist.com/w/showercap/eyJ3IjogInN...

I think this needs to do a google search for each word before assuming it doesn't exist. I got "glosscoat", which is a type of paint/coating (typically hyphenated, but non-hyphenated examples exist). Wow, the links are just base64'ing the whole text because of course there's no way to trivially reproduce it... https://www.thisworddoesnotexist.com/w/glosscoat/eyJ3IjogImd...

Yep! It's a sampling procedure; I could fix a random seed or put the results somewhere. "somewhere" ended up being the browser URL here (with a signature to prevent tampering)