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December 2023

~~Christmas tree (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 12:20, 30 December 2023 (UTC)~~ — set for 25 December 2024 (Christmas Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 23:24, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
oo oo aa aa (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) for January 26, 2028 - start of the year of the monkey and coincidentally non-consonant day Denazz (talk) 11:55, 25 December 2023 (UTC) — set for 1 April 2024 (theme for birth anniversary of Jane Goodall on 3 April 2024; April Fools' Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:43, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
bisexual lighting (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — Mnemosientje (t · c) 12:13, 15 December 2023 (UTC) — set for 28 June 2024 (anniversary of the Stonewall riots). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:08, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
healthspan (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Mcph2 (talk) 06:28, 14 December 2023 (UTC) — set for 1 October 2025 (International Day of Older Persons). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:26, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
usquebaugh (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Ioaxxere (talk) 23:29, 11 December 2023 (UTC) — set for 30 November 2024 (Saint Andrew's Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:46, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
let's (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Grammatically interesting. Let's see if it will be acceptable, shall we? -- ALGRIF talk 15:18, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Algrif: but not particularly interesting from a semantic point of view. — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:11, 5 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

November 2023

shopdropping (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) or droplifting (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- good for a retail day like Black Friday. Equinox ◑ 10:22, 19 November 2023 (UTC) — set for 29 November 2024 (Black Friday). — Sgconlaw (talk) 03:40, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
anodontia (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) P U C – 16:21, 2 November 2023 (UTC) — set for 20 March 2024 (World Oral Health Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:28, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

October 2023

Russophile (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Netizen3102 (talk) 20:31, 26 October 2023 (UTC) — Russophilia already nominated on 3 September 2022. — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:35, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
minimum wage (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Netizen3102 (talk) 18:49, 26 October 2023 (UTC) — set for 28 April 2024 (World Day for Safety and Health at Work). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:53, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
hat trick (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Surprised not been used yet. -- Well done women's football teams yesterday! -- ALGRIF talk 07:59, 25 October 2023 (UTC) — set for 10 August 2024 (2024 Summer Olympics theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:32, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ne'er cast a clout till May be out (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) for obvious reasons, and that it is an awesomely confusing proverb. — This unsigned comment was added by P. Sovjunk (talk • contribs) at 03:37, 21 October 2023. — set for 30 May 2024. — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:04, 27 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
tin-pot dictator (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) – Jberkel 09:43, 13 October 2023 (UTC) — set for 12 June 2024. — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:36, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
apple of someone's eye (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Seems that a fair amount of work already done on this entry in the past. This apple is ripe and ready for nomination. -- ALGRIF talk 09:15, 3 October 2023 (UTC) — set for 12 May 2024 (Mother’s Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:37, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

September 2023

galamander (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) ~ Blansheflur ｡･: talk :: contributions :･ﾟ❀,｡ 22:02, 30 September 2023 (UTC) — set for 15 March 2024 (Maine Statehood Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:33, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
steely-eyed missile man (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - on the 60th anniversary of Apollo 12 in 2029? Or some other space thing P. Sovjunk (talk) 21:19, 27 September 2023 (UTC) — set for 12 April 2024 (International Day of Human Space Flight). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:40, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
annulus (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) for the Annular Solar Eclipse on October 14; Nicole Sharp (talk) 08:59, 23 September 2023 (UTC) — set for 14 October 2023 (annular solar eclipse). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:49, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
there must be something in the water (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) for International Water Day or some bullshit like that P. Sovjunk (talk) 17:36, 21 September 2023 (UTC) — set for 2 August 2024 (2024 Summer Olympics theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:32, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
wet the shamrock (Check: R, G, H, W, Y). We did have shamrock as WOTD in 2009, but many of our readers were still in their diapers back then. Jewle V (talk) 07:51, 11 September 2023 (UTC) — set for 17 March 2024 (Saint Patrick's Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:28, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
get in the boat and row (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) To coincide with the rowing world cup, the Boat Race, or suchlike? Jin and Tonik (talk) 07:51, 3 September 2023 (UTC) — set for 3 August 2024 (2024 Summer Olympics theme). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:32, 27 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 2023

dictionary attack (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) P U C – 21:04, 11 August 2023 (UTC) — set for 12 November 2024 (anniversary of the publication of the formal proposal for the World Wide Web). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:14, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~Basic choice but enby (Check: R, G, H, W, Y)? cf (talk) 07:01, 8 August 2023 (UTC)~~ — set for 13 July 2024 (eve of International Non-binary People's Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:36, 17 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

July 2023

cisalpine (Check: R, G, H, W, Y). Please ping me when a date has been chosen, so that I can feature French transalpin on the same day. P U C – 13:10, 22 July 2023 (UTC) — @PUC: set for 15 July 2024 (day after the anniversary of the date when Marie Paradis became the first woman to climb to the summit of Mont Blanc). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:47, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
snuck (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) originally incorrect, but is now recognized quite ubiquitously; also notorious for being the subject of silly controversies, like that one time on Conan. –CopperyMarrow15 (talk) 02:21, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@CopperyMarrow15: we don't feature inflected forms as WOTDs (unless they have some distinct idiomatic sense) because they have an uninteresting definition: "simple past and past participle of sneak". — Sgconlaw (talk) 07:21, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
heartland (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) MiltonLibraryAssistant (talk) 16:24, 11 July 2023 (UTC) — set for 9 August 2023 (National Day (Singapore)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:13, 27 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
summit disease (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Kiwima (talk) 05:11, 5 July 2023 (UTC) — set for 22 May 2024 (International Day for Biological Diversity). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:24, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~child's play (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 09:07, 3 July 2023 (UTC)~~ — set for 15 May 2024 (International Day of Families). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:47, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
slings and arrows (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) lattermint (talk) 19:39, 2 July 2023 (UTC) — set for 24 April 2024 (day after anniversary of Shakespeare's traditional birthdate; International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace). — Sgconlaw (talk) 16:59, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

June 2023

turangawaewae (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) TheAwsomeWiki (talk) 21:39, 29 June 2023 (UTC) — set for 7 February 2024 (day after Waitangi Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:45, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
dictionaryese (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) TheAwsomeWiki (talk) 21:39, 29 June 2023 (UTC) — set for 15 October 2023 (eve of National Dictionary Day (US)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:40, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
hecatomb (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Zyploc (talk) 18:01, 21 June 2023 (UTC) — set for 15 August 2023 (Ferragosto). — Sgconlaw (talk) 07:27, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
osturducken (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) because holy crap Hythonia (talk) 13:56, 14 June 2023 (UTC) — set for 23 November 2023 (Thanksgiving). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:46, 15 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
satori (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) — Two very different meanings Mcph2 (talk) 12:28, 8 June 2023 (UTC) — set for 3 November 2024 (Culture Day (Japan)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:43, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

May 2023

~~plain sailing (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 16:33, 5 May 2023 (UTC)~~ — set for 25 June 2024 (Day of the Seafarer). — Sgconlaw (talk) 16:57, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
transgender (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Looks good to me; with a little polishing by you all could be good to go. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 01:43, 5 May 2023 (UTC) — set for 31 March 2024 (Transgender Day of Visibility). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:52, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~spring forward, fall back (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - on the date DST starts in the US - DonnanZ (talk) 10:03, 1 May 2023 (UTC)~~ — set for 10 March 2024 (start of DST in most of the USA). @Donnanz: gee, it was awfully confusing for you to put this under "March equinox" on the nominations page. — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:28, 25 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

April 2023

Vulcan salute (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) Wonderfool April 2023 (talk) 15:33, 22 April 2023 (UTC) — set for 8 September 2023 (Star Trek Day) and as the WOTD fallback for March 26 (birth anniversary of Leonard Nimoy). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:54, 1 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
taoiseach (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Being as it's Good Friday, I realised (too late) that this would be a Good Offering. Especially as almost no-one who isn't Irish knows how to pronounce it correctly! -- ALGRIF talk 11:22, 7 April 2023 (UTC) — Taoiseach set for 10 April 2023 (anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:04, 7 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
~~greenhouse gas (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 13:15, 3 April 2023 (UTC)~~ — set for 5 June 2024 (World Environment Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:22, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~radiogram (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 20:12, 1 April 2023 (UTC)~~ — set for 13 February 2024 (World Radio Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:00, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

March 2023

resipiscence (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) P U C – 22:43, 20 March 2023 (UTC) — set for 2 November 2024 (All Souls' Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:43, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Mount Everest (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) --Geographyinitiative (talk) 15:49, 20 March 2023 (UTC) — set for 29 May 2024 and as the WOTD fallback for 29 May (anniversary of the first summiting of Mount Everest). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:14, 11 April 2024 (UTC[reply]
~~encampment (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - DonnanZ (talk) 10:43, 2 March 2023 (UTC)~~ — set for 11 November 2024 (Remembrance Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 19:24, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
~~Gaelic football (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - replacement; I noticed Fenian, but that could be controversial - DonnanZ (talk) 23:35, 1 March 2023 (UTC)~~ — set for 17 March 2023 (Saint Patrick's Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:16, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

February 2023

pigeonhole (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Don't try to pin no label on me! -- ALGRIF talk 20:37, 27 February 2023 (UTC) — set for 5 January 2025 (National Bird Day (USA)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:29, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
askoliasmos (Check: R, G, H, W, Y): obsolete, but interesting? Equinox ◑ 04:45, 25 February 2023 (UTC) — term failed RFV. — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:48, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
neurodiversity (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) -- Neurodiversity week 13th - 19th March -- ALGRIF talk 21:00, 6 February 2023 (UTC) — neurodiverse set for 13 March 2023 (start of Neurodiversity Celebration Week in 2023; selected an adjective as we have already featured a lot of nouns in March 2023). — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:24, 1 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

January 2023

seventh art (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) ·~ dictátor·mundꟾ 17:29, 23 January 2023 (UTC) — set for 14 April 2023 (eve of World Art Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 20:48, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
imaginary lat syndrome (Check: R, G, H, W, Y). Kiwima (talk) 00:59, 11 January 2023 (UTC) — set for 11 August 2023 (birth anniversary of Hulk Hogan). — Sgconlaw (talk) 16:28, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
bicultural (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) (The treaty of Waitangi is the basis of NZ's biculturalism) Kiwima (talk) 00:43, 11 January 2023 (UTC) — set for 7 February 2023 (day after Waitangi Day). — Sgconlaw (talk) 22:22, 30 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
could not get elected dogcatcher (Check: R, G, H, W, Y) - to tie in with something connected with the US presidential elections? Feb 1 2023: DNC deadline for early states to change the dates of their primaries. Or Super Tuesday - 5 March 2024? Flackofnubs (talk) 16:24, 4 January 2023 (UTC) — set for 5 November 2024 (2024 US presidential election theme: Election Day (US)). — Sgconlaw (talk) 17:39, 15 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]