different between spencer vs asher

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sp?ns?/
• Rhymes: -?ns?(r)

Etymology 1

From the family name Spencer. The jacket is probably named after George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834).

Noun

spencer (plural spencers)

1. (historical) A short double-breasted men's overcoat worn in the 18th and 19th centuries.
2. (historical) A short, close-fitting jacket primarily worn by women and children in the early 19th century.
3. (historical) A (usually woollen) vest worn by women and girls for extra warmth.
   • 1933, Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, Penguin 2005, p. 34:

     I am seized with an angry resentment against the conventions of twenty years ago, which wrapped up my comely adolescent body in woollen combinations, black cashmere stockings, “liberty” bodice, dark stockinette knickers, flannel petticoat and often, in addition, a long-sleeved, high-necked, knitted woollen “spencer”.

4. A large loose-fitted gaffsail on a square-rigger or barque, used from the nineteenth century onwards.

Etymology 2

From Middle English spenser, spensere, from Anglo-Norman despenser or Old French espensier, from Latin disp?ns?re (“to dispense, distribute; to manage”). Equivalent to spence (“buttery”) +? -er.

Noun

spencer (plural spencers)

1. (archaic) One who works in a spence or buttery.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Promptorium Parvulorum to this entry?)

French

Etymology

From English spencer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?n.s??/

Noun

spencer m (plural spencers)

1. spencer (garment)

Further reading

• “spencer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Etymology

From English spencer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?n.t?s?r/

Noun

spencer m inan

1. spencer (garment)

Declension

Further reading

• spencer in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• spencer in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

Initialism of alt.suicide.holiday +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æ??/
• Rhymes: -æ??(?)

Noun

asher (plural ashers)

1. (Internet) A member of the alt.suicide.holiday newsgroup, which deals with the topics of suicide and depression.
   • 1998, "im__naked", everybody`s got 2 cents RIGHT? (on Internet newsgroup alt.support.grief)

     ANYONE who first stumbles upon ash is bound to want to SAVE these desperately unhappy people. If you think Daisy was the first or last person trying to knock sense into the ashers, you are wrong. And from my observations, Anyone with only good intentions, (say trying to give ashers a spiritual outlook) is visciously ^[sic] attacked by ash.

   • 1998, "Marc", MESSAGE TO JENNY M. (on Internet newsgroup alt.angst)

     I can't remember how this thread started to be honest, but if someone said that suicide won't affect others, I agree with you about that. In fact I think all ASHers would agree that a suicide is not an isolated event that won't make ripples in the life of others.

   • 2001, "John T. Kennedy", Libertarians, Suicide, & the "Social Contract [TROLL] (on Internet newsgroup alt.test)

     Ashers offer such good arguments. Like: "You're dumb."

   • 2007, "slunky", Is it true that you can't commit suicide with pills? (on Internet newsgroup alt.support.depression)

     Some ashers dislike and ridicule online forums like asd, that provide a more traditional forms ^[sic] of support, as useless and requiring insincere displays of affection. This view is quite subjective. The support on asd suits those who read it, and not ashers.

See also

• affzer
• motsser

Anagrams

• Rahes, Share, Shear, earsh, hares, harse, hears, heras, rheas, sehar, sehra, share, shear