blacklist, black book, shitlist
(noun) a list of people who are out of favor
blacklist
(verb) put on a blacklist so as to banish or cause to be boycotted; “many books were blacklisted by the Nazis”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
blacklist (plural blacklists)
(legal) A list or set of people or entities to be shunned or banned.
• blocklist
• greylist
• whitelist
blacklist (third-person singular simple present blacklists, present participle blacklisting, simple past and past participle blacklisted)
(transitive) To place on a blacklist; to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned.
• blackball, send to Coventry; see also ignore or boycott
• stickball
Source: Wiktionary
Black"list`, v. t.
Definition: To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutual protection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. See Black list, under Black, a. If you blacklist us, we will boycott you. John Swinton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 September 2024
(noun) a small contrasting part of something; “a bald spot”; “a leopard’s spots”; “a patch of clouds”; “patches of thin ice”; “a fleck of red”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
