Iceberg

Definitions

1. The seaward end of a glacier.
   obsolete
2. A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf
3. An aloof person.
   US, slang
4. An impending disastrous event whose adverse effects are only beginning to show.
   figuratively
5. A topic that is more convoluted and fractal than it may seem.
   Internet, figuratively, slang
6. A list, infographic, or other enumeration of such a topic and its subcomponents, often ordered into groups sorted by obscurity and bizarreness.
   Internet, broadly, figuratively, slang

Equivalents

47 more languages

Afrikaansysberg

العربيةالجبل الثلجيجبل جليدجَبَل جَلِيدِيّكُتْلَة جَلِيدِيَّةمثلجة+ 2 more

Azərbaycan diliaysberqbuzdağı

Беларускаяайсберглёдаго́р

Българскиайсберг

བོད་སྐད།ཁྱགས་རི

Bosanskisanta

Češtinakra

Cymraegmynydd iârhewfryn

Danskisbjerg

Ελληνικάπαγόβουνο

Esperantoglacimonto

Eestijäämägi

Euskaraizozmendi

Suomijäävuori

Gaeilgecnoc oighir

Gàidhligeigh-bheinn

Galegoiceberg

עבריתקרחון ימי

हिन्दीहिमखंडहिमशैल

Hrvatskisanta

Magyarjéghegy

Հայերենայսբերգ

Íslenskaborgarísjakiísjaki

Italianoghiaccioneicebergisbergomongelatomontagna di ghiacciomonte di ghiaccio+ 3 more

日本語氷山

ქართულიაისბერგი

ភាសាខ្មែរផ្ទាំងទឹកកក

한국어빙산

LëtzebuergeschÄisbierg

ລາວພູເຂົານ້ຳກ້ອນ

Lietuviųledkalnis

Latviešuaisbergsleduskalns

Bahasa Melayuaisberg

မြန်မာရေခဲတောင်

Nederlandsijsberg

Polskigóra lodowa

Portuguêsicebergiceberguemontanha de gelo

Românăaisberg

Русскийайсберг

Slovenčinakryhaľadovec

Српскиsanta

Svenskaisberg

ไทยภูเขาน้ำแข็ง

Türkçeaysbergbuz dağı

Українськаайсберг

Tiếng Việtbăng sơntảng băng

Examples

“The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank.”

“Clissold the excellent cook⟳, who should have⟳ gone with the motor party, tumbled off a small iceberg and concussed himself while posing or 'ponting' as it had come⟳ to be known- Griffith Taylor, with his usual wit, had defined 'to pont' as 'to spend⟳ a deuce of a time posing in an uncomfortable position'.”

“The passengers still on board⟳ were keen to watch⟳ as Tessa's crew scrambled for their positions, and she heard jokes about icebergs and devil's triangles, and anxious childish queries answered by soothing adult tones.”

“He has little to lose⟳: at present⟳ he will go down in history, alongside George W. Bush, as a skipper who ignored the looming fiscal iceberg.”

“Near-synonym: rabbit hole”

“Do some digging into that politician's past life and associates, and you'll see⟳ that the iceberg runs deep.”

“There's a massive iceberg of increasingly crazy fanfics out there based around those two characters.”

“Check out the gaming iceberg on this post⟳! There's some really freaky titles there that I've never heard of.”

“Today we're gonna talk⟳ about the Star Wars iceberg.”

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