Talk:nosy

RFV discussion: November–December 2019

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nosy

Rfv-sense "Have a large or elongated nose, resembling that of a stork". — surjection ⟨?⟩ 22:01, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

cited Kiwima (talk) 22:50, 20 November 2019 (UTC)

I've fixed the grammar error ("have" for "having") and removed the stork part of the sentence, since birds have bills, not noses, and not all large noses are long. Equinox ◑ 16:42, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 17:50, 1 December 2019 (UTC)

@Kiwima: Three of the four quotes are for "nosy nose", and I'm really not sure how we're supposed to know they support the def as currently worded. I would interpret a "nosy nose" as a nose that really looks like an ideal nose ought to look, rather than they way the 2005 cite uses "nosy", which clearly supports the def as worded. —Μετάknowledge^{discuss/deeds} 04:04, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

The 1971 quote, which says "nosy" nose clearly contrasts it with the mother's "small, short" nose. I have never seen "nosy used to mean like an ideal nose. Kiwima (talk) 09:57, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Also a skateboard trick?

This is used in the plural in Stephen King: "She in turn had shown him how to do nosies on her rail" (Under the Dome) and "Billy Merchant, who was practicing nosies on his skateboard across the playground, looked up in surprise" (Needful Things). A skateboard does have a nose. Is this a term in general use? Equinox ◑ 19:31, 17 December 2019 (UTC)