Terms of use

Last updated 27 October 2026.

1. Who we are

chilidictionary.co.uk ("chilidictionary", "we", "us") is a community dictionary run by Alben Isayev, an individual based in the United Kingdom. You can reach us by email at [email protected], or through the contact form.

By using the site, or creating an account, you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the site.

2. Who can use it

• Anyone can read chilidictionary.
• To create an account and post, you must be 18 or over. You confirm this when you sign up. If we learn that an account belongs to someone younger, we will remove it.
• Testers. During the beta, accounts may be open only to testers we choose, who join with a one-time tester code we give them. Testers are volunteers helping us test chilidictionary: they use it as we ask, tell us about problems, and follow these terms and the guidelines like everyone else. Being a tester is unpaid, and we can end a tester's access at any time.
• One account per person. Keep your password to yourself; you are responsible for what happens on your account. There is no email reset: if you forget your password, reset it with the recovery code you were given when you signed up (you can make a new one on your account page). Keep that code safe. If you lose both, ask through the contact form, but we may not be able to confirm the account is yours.

3. Your content

• You own what you write. By posting, you give us a free, worldwide, non-exclusive licence to host, store, display and share it as part of chilidictionary, and to make copies needed to run the site (backups, for example). The licence ends when your content is deleted, apart from copies kept for the periods in our privacy notice.
• You confirm that you have the right to post it, and that it does not break the law or the guidelines.
• Your nickname is shown next to everything you post, and has a public page listing your entries and the points they have earned. Entries, topics and vote totals are public; who voted is not shown.
• You can edit or delete your own entries, and delete your whole account, at any time from your account page.

4. Rules

The community guidelines are part of these terms. In particular, you must not post illegal content, harass or threaten people, post hate, sexual content or doxxing, spam, or try to break, overload or get around the security of the site (including scraping it at a rate that harms it, or automating accounts).

5. Moderation, removal and suspension

• We review reports and can edit, hide or remove any content, and delete any account, that we believe breaks these terms or the law, or puts others at risk.
• We handle illegal content as the Online Safety Act 2023 requires, which can include reporting it to the authorities.
• We are not obliged to monitor everything, and we cannot check every post before it appears.
• If you think a decision was wrong, you can complain or appeal through the contact form. A person reviews every complaint.

6. Other people's rights

If content on chilidictionary infringes your copyright, or says something untrue and damaging about you, tell us through the contact form with the link and what is wrong. We will look into it promptly and remove content where appropriate.

7. The service

• chilidictionary is free and in beta. It is provided "as is": it may change, have errors, be unavailable, or lose data, and features may be added or removed.
• Entries are the opinions of the people who wrote them, not ours, and should not be relied on as advice.
• We may stop running the site. If we do, we will try to give notice first.

8. Liability

We are not responsible for content posted by members, or for any loss that is not a foreseeable result of our breaking these terms. Because the site is free, our total liability to you is limited to £50. Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything else the law does not allow us to limit.

9. Changes

We may update these terms. The date at the top shows the latest version. If a change is significant, we will say so on the site. Continuing to use chilidictionary after a change means you accept the new terms.

10. Law

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction, except that if you live in Scotland or Northern Ireland you can also bring proceedings in your local courts.