manniversary

It would be on the night of their two-month 'manniversary' that Dean's girlfriend's sister, aka Dean's evil minion, finally accepting one of Alastair's dinner invitations.

2014 December 16, Daniel Wells, Alluvium: A Collection Of Poems, Essays, And Short Stories Composed In 2014, Daniel Wells, →ISBN:

Matthew, let's get this manniversary back on track. Tonight, my house will be empty, my nuts will be full, and I'm gonna cook you a romantic dinner.

2022 October 28, L.E. Correia, “Andrew's Gonna Touch A Boob Tonight” (4:36 from the start), in Big Mouth, season 6, episode 5, spoken by Jay Bilzerian (Jason Mantzoukas):

An anniversary between two men, whether they be romantic partners or friends.


legsie

(informal, photography) A photo of one's suntanned legs usually taken with a smartphone and shared on social media.


fauxstalgia

(uncommon) Nostalgia for something one has not experienced or which never existed.


hepeat

en-verb

hepeat (third-person singular simple present hepeats, present participle hepeating, simple past and past participle hepeated)

hepeats (present singular third-person)
hepeating (participle present)
hepeated (participle past)
hepeated (past)

Blend of he + repeat, said to have been coined in 2017 by friends of astronomer Nicole Gugliucci.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:hepeat.

(informal, derogatory) Of a man: to repeat something a woman said and take credit for her idea.


ifpology

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ifpology.

A non-apology of the form "I'm sorry if you were upset" or "I'm sorry if you took it that way".


husbian

For quotations using this term, see Citations:husbian.

(informal, uncommon) The wife of a married lesbian.


writeprint

en-noun

writeprint (countable and uncountable, plural writeprints)

(linguistics) A forensic linguistic method used to identify authors by analyzing distinctive writing styles, serving as a digital fingerprint.


frauditor

A blend of fraud + auditor. The journalistic sense appeared in the early 2020s. The first appearance of the business sense is uncertain.

First Amendment auditor
First Amendment auditor

(US, journalism) An intimidating, phony or insincere First Amendment auditor.


one more again

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Let me give it to you one more again.

(African-American Vernacular, idiomatic, slang) One more time; once again.


sentegraph

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sentegraph.

(informal) A paragraph consisting of a single sentence.


toilegami

(informal, humorous) The practice of folding the first available sheet on a roll of toilet paper, done in hotels to indicate to guests that the bathroom has been cleaned.


oversharent

en-verb

oversharent (third-person singular simple present oversharents, present participle oversharenting, simple past and past participle oversharented)

oversharents (present singular third-person)
oversharenting (participle present)
oversharented (participle past)
oversharented (past)

Blend of overshare + parent. Equivalent to over- + sharent.

If you post pictures of your kids online every day, you might be oversharenting.

Readers, do you find yourself "oversharenting"? What limits do you set on your children's lives online.

2012 May 16, “Oversharenting: Parents Juggle Their Kids’ Lives Online”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-04:

Whether you parent, rear your children, or (horror of horrors) oversharent, you are probably doing just fine.

2015 May 10, Britt Peterson, “The effects of 'parenting' on child-rearing”, in The Boston Globe, Boston, M.A.: Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-28:

Does it matter? Am I oversharenting?

2017 May 4, Stacey Steinberg, “Growing up under the watchful eyes of his mother’s newsfeed”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-18:

But as the digital age has taken over from the family scrapbooks, and more of our lives are lived online, what digital legacy are you leaving your kids? Are you guilty of what's been called "oversharenting"?

2023 March 15, Amy Bell, “'Oversharenting': Are you giving away too much about your kids online?”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 2023-03-17:

(neologism) To overdocument one's child's upbringing on social media; to sharent excessively.


snacktivity

Blend of snack + activity. (short period): The duration is compared to a snack, as opposed to a full meal.

When conducting a snacktivity (or any other experiment) never taste research material unless the method states to do so.

2010, Allen Kurzweil, Potato Chip Science: 29 Incredible Experiments, page 28:

An activity that involves making or eating a snack.


Fairborn

Blend of Fairfield + Osborn, the names of two villages that united in 1950 to form Fairborn.

A city in Bath Township, Greene County, Ohio, United States.


trululu

en-adj

trululu (comparative more trululu, superlative most trululu)

more trululu (comparative)
most trululu (superlative)

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flamboast

en-verb

flamboast (third-person singular simple present flamboasts, present participle flamboasting, simple past and past participle flamboasted)

flamboasts (present singular third-person)
flamboasting (participle present)
flamboasted (participle past)
flamboasted (past)

Blend of flamboyant + boast. Green's Dictionary of Slang suggests a derivation from flam (“to trick, hoodwink, deceive”) + boast, although this is less likely due to flam being a relatively obscure word.

com

Motherfuckers hate to see a true nigga flamboast / Bringin' in mo' net than gross

1995 November 7, “Get Chopped”performed by The Click:

This cafe is a jewel of architectural "flamboasting" that makes it one of the most amazing rooms in the city.

2005, Prague (Avant-Guides), third edition, New York, N.Y.: Empire Press Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 55:

"Stop shoving your fake relationship in my face and move it," I warned. ¶ "Hey!" His nostrils flared. "We ain't flamboasting!"

2006, Beth Killian, The 310: Everything She Wants, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 114:

(intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang, dated) To show off.


cryocrastinate

en-verb

cryocrastinate (third-person singular simple present cryocrastinates, present participle cryocrastinating, simple past and past participle cryocrastinated)

cryocrastinates (present singular third-person)
cryocrastinating (participle present)
cryocrastinated (participle past)
cryocrastinated (past)

Longterm discounts help to some extent but do nothing to encourage younger members to join rather than to cryocrastinate.

2020, Michael Benjamin, Jerry D. Leaf, Max More, R. Michael Perry, “How to Sustain an Organization for Over a Century”, in Cryonics, volume 41, number 3, page 14:

[…] so in cryonics when you delay signing up for your membership we call it 'cryocrastinate.'

2022 April 19, Peter Ward, quoting Patrick Harris, “How To Pay For a Second Life” (chapter 4), in The Price of Immortality, United Kingdom: Melville House Publishing, →ISBN, page 70:

Why do people cryocrastinate? The most common explanation I’ve heard from intelligent people for not getting cryonics is that the money is better spent on some altruistic cause.

2009 July 22, AndrewH, “An observation on cryocrastination”, in lesswrong.com, archived from the original on 2024-01-21:

(intransitive, neologism) To put off making arrangements of having one's body cryopreserved upon old age.


femoir

For quotations using this term, see Citations:femoir.


jilboob

(slang, derogatory) A Muslim woman who wears the jilbab while at the same time wearing a tight dress or blouse emphasizing her breasts.


rumptious

en-adj

rumptious (comparative more rumptious, superlative most rumptious)

more rumptious (comparative)
most rumptious (superlative)

Blend of rump (“the buttocks”) + scrumptious. Compare rumpalicious.

blend

I am not one to scourge such a rumptious and beautiful arse such as you are quite properly displaying to us now, my dear. Push it out more, and you also, Caroline. More, girls, more! Ah, yes indeed, that is better. What vaselike forms their hips take, do they not, Jonathan?

1986, Miss Martin: Or, an Account of Impassioned Desires Told by an Anonymous but Unhindered Witness Thereto, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, Inc., →ISBN, page 66:

Inebriated, she didn't feel a thing, thinking she was being pinched and stroked, when he inserted a small needle into her rumptious tush, putting her soundly to sleep.

2006, Norman Kelley, “The Messenger of Soulsville”, in George Pelecanos, editor, D.C. Noir, New York, N.Y.: Akashic Books, →ISBN, page 280:

Due to the overwhelming interest—throughout human history, it seems—in this particular feature of our anatomy, I feel, before we look at exercises, a special word must be given to these rumptious rounds of misery and delight.

2015, David Knox, Body School: A New Guide to Improved Movement in Daily Life, Aachen: Meyer & Meyer Sport, →ISBN, page 83:

(nonstandard, humorous) Of a person's buttocks: large, well-shaped.


quadrobics

Likely a blend of quadrupedal (“walking on four feet”) + aerobics.

Physical actions, movements, and exercises performed by an individual on all fours to mimic those of an animal.

квадро́бика

physical actions, movements and exercises performed by an individual on all fours to mimic those of an animal


Chibson

An electric guitar manufactured in East Asia, often of low quality.


y'allternative

A modern outgrowth of traditional country music that incorporates elements of rock while keeping the country twanginess.


canslaw

(slang) Pieces of shredded aluminium cans that may trigger a metal detector.


space nation

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(micronationalism) A micronation that lays claim to territory in space: planets, satellites, stars or portions of space itself.


ronation

massively multiplayer online game
massively multiplayer online game

(video games, uncommon) A country, based on an existing one or invented, that is hosted on the massively multiplayer online game platform Roblox, in which users roleplay as citizens or government officials.


doomsteader

Doomsteaders may do well to revive the common practice from the pre-Cornucopian South of having a kitchen separate from the main house.

2009, “Practical Doomsteading: Summer Kitchen.”, in The Old Horseman's Blog:

You might call him a doomsteader; he's burrowed into his land like a tick, he's got earthworks and ponds and goats and hugels and trees from Stark Brothers.

2015 February 26, Dan Boone, “Growing Jujubes from seed (and general Jujube feedback)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

My first internet communications and discussion on Doom concepts came on the Peak Oil Forum in 2008-2009, and there I ran into the whole panoply of Doomer Archetypes, Survivalists, Nazi Eugenecists, Permaculturists and of course the Doomsteaders, which is where the Doomstead Diner title for this Blog comes from.

2015 June 27, Reverse Engineer, “Boomer Doomers”, in Doomstead Diner:

'Doomsteading,' said Sir Owen. 'That's what they call it. Bunking down for the end of the world. They're doomsteaders, that's the word.'

2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 134:

A survivalist; one who engages in doomsteading.


doomsteading

(see title)

A cold, hard rationalism based on group survival rather than personal benefit, or survivalist-style doomsteading.

2010 March 21, Canuckistani, “Politics and Peak Energy”, in The Oil Drum:

So it’s no surprise that there is a trend toward “Doomsteading,” a term being used to describe the new disaster preparedness that is gentler and definitely more stylish than the concrete bunker and stockpiled ammo scenarios of the post WW II era.

2016 November 25, “Doomsteading: How to plan to head to the hills”, in The Napa Valley Register:

The novel takes a dim view of doomsteading.

2023 November 25, Alys Key, “The last battle: The Future, by Naomi Alderman, reviewed”, in Spectator Australia:

The creation of a place to live in after the collapse of civilization.


soccasin

How soon how soon is a day in June when I won't wear shoes on a bright forenoon, won't wear moccasins, won't wear sockasins, only my feet-like kangaroos. KANGAROOS! Can you picture shoes on KANGAROOS

1960, Aileen Fisher, edited by Adrienne Adams, Going Barefoot, illustrated edition, Crowell, →ISBN:

Wally's parachute pants and sockasins were just too weird for his persona, too memorable should certain questions ever be asked.

1997 March 1, Spider Robinson, chapter 3, in Lifehouse, Baen, →ISBN, page 56:

SOCCASINS FOR HYBRID OF SOCK AND MOCCASIN FOR CHILDREN (U.S. CLS. 22 AND 39).

2003 June 17, United States. Patent and Trademark Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Trademarks, Volume 1271, Issue 3, volume 1271, number 3, U.S. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, page 332:

There was an interlude during which they walked along side by side without talking, Lyla shrouded in he yash and sockasins so that none of her skin showed, and they were able to make it along the sidewalk without trouble because other people took it for granted she too was knee.

2014 April 1, John Brunner, “Seventy-four No Entry”, in The Jagged Orbit, Open Road Media, →ISBN:

“That's exactly what I want,” she said gratefully. “To make things seem normal, just for a while, even though I know they aren't and never will be again. Look, let's go eat right awayso I don't hold you up for too long. I'll get my yash and put on some sockasins so nobody can tell I'm blank walking along the street, and I know some restaurants that don't mind mixed clientele.”

2018 May 15, John Brunner, chapter 70, in The John Brunner Collection Volume One: The Sheep Look Up, The Crucible of Time, and The Jagged Orbit, volume 1, Open Road Media, →ISBN:

Hearing Ken sloshing in the bath, she quickly located her soccasins and made her way downstairs to plan the finer details of her post-funeral gathering. Post. Funeral. Gathering. Just the mere sound of it was delicious to Izzy. And with her head swirling with images of ancient druid rituals, she merrily set up her laptop on the kitchen table.

2021 April 19, Daren Kay, The Brightonians, Grosvenor House Publishing, →ISBN:

Ususally his whip-cracking reflexes had him out of bed in a flash and jerking on his shorts and sockasins while he frantically hunted around for the jar of beard-dissolving cream.

2023 November 9, Fritz Leiber, chapter 1, in Erik Schreiber, editor, The Green Millennium, volume 18, Good Press, →ISBN:


World of Warcrack

Blend of World of Warcraft + crack, an allusion to the addictiveness of crack cocaine.

Noah Tsutsul world of warcrack addict

2005 March, “Staff Rants”, in MacAddict, volume 10, number 3 / 103, Brisbane, Calif.: Future Network USA, →ISSN, page 08:

The first thing I did was install a few games, including Call Of Duty 2, Far Cry, F.E.A.R., rFactor, and World Of Warcrack (don’t ask).

2006 September, Rahul Sood, “Wagging The Dog: Intel Will Change The Way It Does Business”, in Computer Power User, volume 6, number 09, Lincoln, Neb.: Sandhills Publishing, →ISSN, page 99, column 2:

World of Warcrack — er, Warcraft

2007, Hugh Hancock, Johnnie Ingram, “Massively Multiplayer Machinima: World of Warcraft”, in Machinima For Dummies®, Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, part III (Advanced Machinima Creation), page 190:

As with EverQuest before it, concerned citizens around the nation have attempted to liken its addictive gameplay to substance abuse. As usual, these dire warnings serve only as free publicity, vaulting “World of Warcrack” to even greater fame.

2008, Matt Barton, “The Modern Age”, in Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games, Wellesley, Mass.: A K Peters, Ltd., →ISBN, page 419:

In other circumstances, the overweening success of a single game would prove frustrating to its competitors: other developers trying to get their products in the hands of receptive audiences. Except in this case, most of those developers are themselves addicted to what some call the “World of Warcrack.”

2009 December 2–8, Ben Richardson, “No escape from Azeroth”, in The San Francisco Bay Guardian, volume 44, number 9, San Francisco, Calif., →ISSN, page 23, columns 1–2:

“And it’s a crack addiction.” Everybody stared. “World of Warcrack, that is,” Chip said, and smiled. / “Wait,” Tracy said. “They locked you up for a video game addiction?”

2013, Trish Cook, Brendan Halpin, A Really Awesome Mess, New York, N.Y.: Egmont USA, →ISBN, page 124:

As usual, Ryan was playing World of Warcrack, as Mom called it. The most addictive computer game ever created, where kids with no lives have names like Worgen and are always leveling up.

2014, Mitchell Kriegman, Being Audrey Hepburn, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 4:

Brandon’s parents also made their home a “screen free zone” replacing “World of Warcrack” with a cooking class, the Percy Jackson book series, yard work, a chemistry set, and a soccer league.

2014, David Altshuler, Love the Kid You Get. Get the Kid You Love., Langley Press, →ISBN, page 175:

The improvements it made to the EQ [EverQuest] template were noticed, and players around the globe became absorbed by what was being termed ‘the World Of Warcrack’. It ate up lives and players became devoted to their guilds, their levelling friends and their online avatars.

2019 October 31, Adam Barnes, “World Of Warcraft”, in Retro Gamer, number 200, Bournemouth, Dorset: Future Publishing Limited, →ISSN, pages 80–81:

(video games, slang, humorous) The massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft.


dogloo

(Antarctica) An igloo used as a doghouse.


mugly

(slang, derogatory) A young female who has an attractive body, but an unattractive face.


drunkover

en-adj

drunkover (comparative more drunkover, superlative most drunkover)

more drunkover (comparative)
most drunkover (superlative)

We aren't talking now. I'm drunk and hungover, or drunkover. Landscape inside and outside the car glows monochrome. John concentrates on the dark road. His glasses are shimmering circles of cold white fire.

2020 November 24, David Nickle, Monstrous Affections: Stories, Open Road Media, →ISBN:

“If you're okay here on your own, I think I'm going to head home and get some sleep. I'm still feeling a little...” “Seedy?” Nora supplied. “Drunkover? “I was going to say under the weather.” “Don't you worry.” Nora beamed at him. “Everything is under control here.

2021 February 28, Josh Lanyon, Mystery at the Masquerade: An M/M Cozy Mystery, volume 3, JustJoshin Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:

“He was pretty lunched the night before.” “Yep. He had a full-throttle drunkover.” “Drunkover!” All five of them laugh. “Fuck. Been there.” Ollie and Katie catch our eyes at the swear word, as if they're getting away with something just by hearing the curse.

2021 April 13, Angie Abdou, “Four”, in This One Wild Life: A Mother-Daughter Wilderness Memoir, ECW Press, →ISBN:


strawberrita

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And they come in five fantastic flavors: Torada Original, Strawberrita, Melonrita, and two totally new ones : Cinnamonrita “The Original Cinnamon Margarita' and Salsarita “The Original Salsa Margarita'.

1981, Market Watch, volume 13, M. Shanken Communications, page 83:

Less romantic, I suggest, is the strip joint of the Riverside Lounge which offers 'girls, girls, girls' and 'Limearita' and 'Strawberrita' to drink; I didn't stop.

2014 July 17, Mark Avery, A Message from Martha: The Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon and Its Relevance Today, A&C Black, →ISBN:

He and his girlfriend spent all their time working. She was studying to be a lawyer. They had no reason to throw their life away on Strawberrita.

2017 October 12, Elle Truth, Invisible Generation: The Saga of the Domestic Engineer in High Society Homes, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:

You can hear the deputy ask the driver, Darrol Austin Luce if he’s been drinking. “You been drinking a little bit?” “No, I haven’t been drinking at all, but there is a strawberrita in there,” said Luce. The 19-year-old driver admitted there’s alcohol in the car but maintained he had not been drinking.

2018 August 10, Andy Cordan, “2 teens arrested after drug bust in Lawrence Co.”, in WKRN, archived from the original on 2021-03-03:

The guacamole at Angela’s is the real deal, and if you’re in need of a great margarita, the restaurant has a number of options, ranging from the classic version to a mangorita, coconutrita, and strawberrita.

2019 May 17, Erin Kuschner, “Discover a global dining scene in East Boston”, in Boston.com, archived from the original on 2022-01-21:

It wouldn’t be a true Happy Hour without some delicious drinks to complement the Border Style Mex. For $3, guests can raise their glasses with any of these refreshing beverages – select grande domestic drafts, Dos Equis draft, Corona and Dos Equis bottles or regular House Margarita. For an additional $1, upgrade to a grande Dos Equis draft or a grande House Margarita or try a grande Strawberrita or grande Mango Tango for $5.

2020 July 21, Cami Studebaker, “On The Border Livens Up Happy Hour with Bold New Specials”, in RestaurantNews.com, archived from the original on 2021-02-05:

If you're looking for something frozen the also serve a frozen margarita as well as a frozen "strawberrita."

2022 January 26, Eddie Ritz, “Love tacos? This new Mexican restaurant at Delray Marketplace has you covered!”, in Palm Beach Post, archived from the original on 2023-03-18:

Featured drinks include the Blue Riptide fish bowl and portable summer cooler bags with flavors of Strawberrita, White Lightning and Henny Raz. Along the Cedar Point Boardwalk, the mobile Boardwalk Beer Bike will serve a variety of beers and seltzers.

2022 July 26, Crawford County Now Staff, “Cedar Point Nights returns to the Cedar Point Beach”, in CrawfordCountyNow.com, archived from the original on 2022-07-27:

A strawberry flavored margarita cocktail.


Uncle Scam

(slang, humorous, derogatory) Uncle Sam.


poojeet

Blend of poo + pajeet (“an Indian”). Inspired by a stereotype of Indians commonly partaking in open defecation.

These fucking delusional Poojeets are not worth the time or the effort.

2020 May 9, u/sars_910, “This comment made me so mad, what would be the shortest way to refute it?”, in Reddit, r/chutyapa:

Your job will never be outsourced because of national interests and even the poojeets coming here cant be hired as they won't get security clearances lmao.

2023 August 4, u/b0ssplus, “Anon is looking for a job”, in Reddit, r/4chan:

Sri Lanka too strong for Poojeets 💪💯💪💯🦁🐯💪💯💪💯

2023 September 20, u/Xskeletton, “RAW PROPAGANDA 🇮🇳🐅🪷🪷👳👳🍛”, in Reddit, r/2bharat4you:

Show me one poojeet fuck that actually looks like this. ¶ Malnourished dung munchers can only dream

2023 December 6, @PoorTaxEvader, Twitter:

(4chan, Internet slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) An Indian.


balloonatic

A balloonatic is a bad risk for a life insurance company. Statistics show that the average life of a balloonatic is about two hours and a half — if he has good luck.

1906 June 21, The Spectator, New York, page 52, column 1:


antiquitech

The Romans had mock battles in the Colosseum, which was pumped with water. The obelisks and columns with the intertwining wires around them mean something and relate back to this antiquitech.

2022 May 4, Everest Media, Summary of Martin Liedtke's The Holy Grail of Our Flat Earth, abridged edition, Everest Media LLC, →ISBN:

Experience the quickening. Sand boils start up bubbling. Silted, buried roadways. Cover over Jain. Minaret antiquitech. Chaos in the casbah. Reset retribution. Last in line is Jain.

2023 February 19, Ike Knife, Moon Mind, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:

(see title)

2023 April 30, James W Lee, “title”, in One World/One America 2: Tartarian Antiquitech and Lumerian Giants, Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp, →ISBN:

Ancient highly advanced technology which was lost for an extended period of time.


animagus

Coined by J. K. Rowling for her Harry Potter series as a blend of animal + magus. Term is introduced in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999).

There is also the question of what we imagine the universes in the multiverse would look like in general. One is virtually forced to speculate, way beyond anything physics can say, that all possible universes exist, in order to guarantee one like ours coming about. Most of these universes would be dead. Of the tiny minority that had life at all, some would really have mythical creatures like unicorns, werewolves and animagi.

2007, Rodney D. Holder, “Is the universe designed?”, in Denis Alexander, editor, Has Science Killed God? The Faraday Papers on Science and Religion, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, published 2019, →ISBN, part 4 (Science, Faith and Philosophy):

When we match our crown chakras with the topmost lion and its crown, we have the odd experience of looking out from the eyes of the golden lion atop the Ray pillar, as if we have become this lion, shapeshifting like an animagus into a lion’s form, or perhaps into the Lion, as in the Lion archetype, one of the Holy Beasts, the angelic order with the four heads, one for each of the zodiacal quarters and one the figure of a lion.

2011, Richard Leviton, Hierophantic Landscapes: Lighting up Chalice Well, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, the Rondanes, and Oaxaca, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 519, column 1:

Lucifer was an Animagus, not by God’s hand, but perhaps by evolution or by willing it later and he used it in a successful attempt to lead Adam and Eve astray in the Garden of Eden.

2022, Barb Cantrell, I Want My Kids to Know Who God Really Is, Conneaut Lake, Pa.: Page Publishing, →ISBN:

"This is my friend Leonard. Leo you can transform back now." / Alexa smiled at the dog. All of a sudden, the husky jumped up onto his hind legs and before their very eyes the husky turned into a man. / "Dude that was awesome! Are you a..." Shinara questioned. / "An animagus? Yes." Leonard said looking back at Alexa.

2022, C[harlie-]L[ee] Davies, The Dark Elf: The Return of the Queen, London: Europe Books, →ISBN:

(fantasy) A person who can transform into an animal.

animago

a person who can transform into an animal


raindroplet

Blend of raindrop + droplet, in view of the fact that raindrop is attested since Old English.

The ground rose very slightly. She pressed on and then she ran straight into them. Not one, not two, not ten, but dozens of wood anemones, their green leaves perfect, their white and purple flowers half open and bespattered with shining raindroplets.

1980, William Horwood, “Siabod”, in Duncton Wood, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, →ISBN, page 439:

Her hair was webbed by thousands of tiny raindroplets, which sparkled dully in the electric light.

2000, Blánaid McKinney, “The Gold of Tolosa”, in Big Mouth, London: Phoenix House, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, →ISBN, page 18:

She speaks with her hands, and raindroplets bead on her brow.

2000, Andrea Hollander Budy, “On High Street”, in Laure-Anne Bosselaar, editor, Urban Nature: Poems about Wildlife in the City, Minneapolis, Minn.: Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, page 151:


millenopause

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some uterine fuckery lately (apparently a month now is 44 days long, who knew) made me think about some things, and I realized: ¶ when we all hit millenopause without ever having been culturally considered adults? things are gonna get weird.

2020 January 5, @slip_stitch, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-02-03:

The Millennial generation includes women born between 1981 and 2000 (depending upon which source you reference). That means the oldest Millennials are entering their 40s, well within the time frame when perimenopause can begin. It's time to reckon with "Millenopause."

2022 January 10, Angela Rosoff, “Millenopause – it's a thing”, in The C Word Mag, archived from the original on 2022-01-10:

Millennials have grown up. We've hit middle age, started to show signs of aging — even of aging out of the internet and into something called "millenopause." We now have to work harder than ever to stay culturally relevant, as Gen Z and (gasp) Gen Alpha seize the attention of marketing departments and the media.

2024 January 28, Joseph Bernstein, “Why Millennials Are Declaring Themselves Obsolete”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-31:

What gives us away — our hemlines, our hairstyles, our slang? Whatever it is, there is nothing more embarrassing, apparently, than a millennial. Especially a geriatric millennial, at the upper end of the 28-43 age bracket, fast approaching middle age, our "millenopause".

2024 January 29, Charlie Gowans-Eglinton, “Help! I am about to reach my ’millenopause’”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-29:

To go through menopause is to confront the truth that our bodies are machines that run on their own, finite timeline: once you've stopped menstruating, it's just a matter of time before you also stop breathing. To go through millenopause, on the other hand, is to hold your mortality at a cute, narrative remove. Menopause is existential dread; millenopause is a viral hashtag and a video of you taking your HRT out of a pastel-coloured subscription box.

2024 February 1, Kat Rosenfield, “Millennials are rebranding the menopause”, in UnHerd, archived from the original on 2024-02-01:

(neologism) Menopause or perimenopause, as experienced by those in the millennial generation (those born from the early 1980s to the mid 1990s).


twonager

Blend of two + teenager (by analogy with threenager), due to toddlers of this age ostensibly resembling the difficult attitude and demeanour stereotypically associated with teenagers.

no plans really, a quiet one with t and babel I think, though babel not so quiet lately, she has become a twonager!

Today's highlight was getting locked out of my truck by my twonager. I must stop putting my keys in his cup holder while I buckle him in...

Sophie is going through some typical two year old tantrums (we've started referring to her as our "twonager" since it's a nice little preview of what she'll be like as a teenager), and when you combine that with a needy newborn you get two very [author's italics] tired parents.

2014 October 24, Nole, Happy Weekend!, number 237, Oh So Beautiful Paper:

Establishing a nighttime routine is super important (even when you have a rebellious twonager on your hands), which is why we created our toddler bedtime routine chart. But it also requires flexibility.

2018 July 20, “Bedtime routine chart for a 2 year old: Our routine chart”, in Bottles and Banter, archived from the original on 2024-02-04:

My twonager HATES having her hair brushed or even touched. She has these nasty knots that I keep trying to gently work out, but I can't. I've tried TV as a distraction. I've talked to her about it.

2023 March 13, u/hiiiiiiiiiiyaaaaaaaa, “Can't brush her hair”, in r/toddlers, Reddit:

(slang, uncommon) A two-year-old toddler who is now more independent and difficult, involving refusals, demands and tantrums; a toddler experiencing their terrible twos developmental stage.


technoference

Interference in one's life caused by technology, e.g. notifications and texts that interrupt what one is doing.


Shoah business

(slang, derogatory, sometimes humorous) The merchandizing or trivializing of the Holocaust.


walkalator

(US, India, Philippines, Malaysia) A moving walkway (a slow conveyor belt that transports people horizontally or on an incline in a similar manner to an escalator.)


passhole

(US, slang, derogatory) A person who holds a pass to visit Walt Disney theme parks and who behaves obnoxiously while there.


tigard

(rare) The hybrid offspring of a male tiger and a female leopard.


cybertarianism

Blend of cyber- + libertarianism. Equivalent to cybertarian + -ism.

The illustrations gathered above—arbitrarily selected but emblematic of profound tendencies across theories, industries, and places—amount to a touching but maddening mythology: cybertarianism, the belief that new media technologies are obliterating geography, sovereignty, and hierarchy in an alchemy of truth and beauty. Cybertarianism promises libertarian ideals and forms of life made real and whole thanks to the innately individualistic and iconoclastic nature of the newer media.

2016, Toby Miller, “Cybertarian Flexibility—When Prosumers Join the Cognitariat, All That Is Scholarship Melts into Air”, in Michael Curtin, Kevin Sanson, editors, Precarious Creativity: Global Media, Local Labor, Oakland, C.A.: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 21:

(neologism) The application of libertarianism beliefs to the digital world.


cybertariat

Blend of cyber- + proletariat. Coined by researcher Ursula Huws in a 2000 essay (see quotation below).

It is apparent that a new cybertariat is in the making. Whether it will perceive itself as such is another matter.

2000, Ursula Huws, “The Making of a Cybertariat? Virtual Work in a Real World”, in Leo Panitch, Colin Leys, editors, Socialist Register, Working Classes, Global Realities, London: The Merlin Press, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 20:

On the eve of May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, all 50 volumes of the Marx and Engels Collected Works (MECW) were removed from the Marxists Internet Archive at Marxists.org at the request of the publisher, Lawrence & Wishart, igniting the cybertariat's fury.

[2014 May 2, Jordan Pearson, “Not Even Radical Communist Literature Is Immune to Copyright Battles”, in VICE, archived from the original on 2023-11-06:

The work of matching drivers to ride requests on ridesharing apps, scoring web pages for quality, correcting digital maps, tagging and annotating videos, double-checking virtual assistants' responses, correcting biases, and moderating social media postings all demands, to this day, a multitude of real humans in the loop. What stands beneath the fetish of AI is a global digital assembly line of silent, invisible men and women, often laboring in precarious conditions, many in postcolonies of the Global South. A new class of workers stands opposite the coding elite: the cybertariat.

2021 May 27, Jenna Burrell, Marion Fourcade, “The Society of Algorithms”, in Annual Review of Sociology, volume 47, San Mateo, C.A.: Annual Reviews, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 219:

(Marxism, neologism) A proletarian class who perform repetitive, unskilled, and low-paid digital labour (such as moderating online platforms or click farming).


cybertarian

I've been doing a lot of research particularly in India but in other Asian countries too on, if you like, the new cybertarians who are growing up working in an offshore call centers and software development and so on.

2011, Sasha Lilley, quoting Ursula Huws, Capital and Its Discontents: Conversations With Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult, Oakland, C.A.: PM Press, →ISBN, page 177:

Coders allied to cyber workers' rights also play a role, creating tools to aid cybertarians in information sharing and self-organizing. The ingenious Turkopticon, for example, is a web browser plugin that overlays features on the Amazon Mechanical Turk platform, helping workers who do pay-per-task clickwork to avoid poor quality jobs, delayed payment, and outright wage theft (Irani & Silberman 2013).

2021 May 27, Jenna Burrell, Marion Fourcade, “The Society of Algorithms”, in Annual Review of Sociology, volume 47, San Mateo, C.A.: Annual Reviews, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 221:

(Marxism, neologism) A member of the cybertariat class.


cybertarian

John Perry Barlow is a "cybertarian," a form of libertarian. In other words, he believes in bottom-up, decentralized solutions to the dilemmas that arise in cyberspace.

2002, Terry Halbert, Elaine Ingulli, CyberEthics, Mason, O.H.: West, →ISBN, page 22:

We're in the midst of fevered discussions about communications and security. Cybertarian campaigners want to stop collusion between corporations and governments to intercept citizen chat; attention-grabbing adolescents at Anonymous want to disrupt murderers who dislike mockery of their principal prophet and the gilt-edged grown-ups in national security services want to listen in on plans to revenge such blasphemy.

2015 January 23, Toby Miller, “How to deal with electronic waste? Make it a national security issue”, in The Conversation, archived from the original on 2024-01-30:

(neologism) Someone who applies libertarian ideology to the Internet; a follower of cybertarianism.


Roevember

Blend of Roe + November. From Roe v. Wade, an overturned Supreme Court case that protected abortion, and November, when elections in the United States typically take place.

Will Roevember become a reality? According to reproductive-rights leaders and political analysts, the answer is not as tidy or triumphant as the catchphrase.

2022 October 28, Michelle Ruiz, “Is Roevember Really Coming?”, in Vogue:

(US politics) The 2022 United States elections, in relation to abortion.


bingpot

“Bingpot!” [cameras clicking] “This rules. Did you know that my dream has always been to have my picture taken with a mountain of recovered cash?”

2015 May 10, Tricia McAlpin & David Phillips, “The Chopper” (20:23 from the start), in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 2, episode 22, spoken by Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher):

MAYBE ONE DAY WE'LL MEET A NEW ALIEN SPECIES WITH ALIEN DOGS! bingpot!

2020 August 25, James Chapman, Sounds All Around: A Guide to Onomatopoeias Around the World, Andrews McMeel Publishing, →ISBN:

Bingpot! There lay the crown prince, awake?!?

2023 September 16, Akshat Samsi, chapter IV, in "SNOW", Notion Press, →ISBN:

Used to express joy at having achieved or obtained something wonderful.


Heughligan

Dedicated fan base: Fans include the Heughligans and Caitriots and there are dozens of fan websites.

2014 August 28, “9 reasons Outlander is a global success”, in Daily Record, page 26:

Overall, he seems to not quite grasp the power of his beefcake form as immortalised by a drama that has become a global success. No fan base in the world shouts louder for the pin-up of their choice than the Heughligans.

2016 May 7, Gavin Docherty, “Highland hunk Sam is an X-rated TV hit”, in Daily Express, page 15:

The Golden Globes have been better, nominating Tobias Menzies for supporting actor and the show [Outlander] for best drama series in Season 1, and star Caitriona Balfe for best actress in both seasons. But co-lead Sam Heughan still has not been nominated by either major awards show and the Heughligans are restless.

2016 December 31 – 2017 January 6, Andrea Reiher, “What's Trending”, in Beyond Basic TV, page 23:

The film [The Spy Who Dumped Me] may be the next break he was waiting for. “It was exciting to give him an opportunity to explore a different tone and dynamic in his work and watch him master it like he did, and I can’t wait to see what he does next,” [Susanna] Fogel says. The Heughligans couldn’t agree more.

2017 September 13, Cara Kelly, “Heughan the handsome, humble star of Hollywood’s dreams”, in The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, Ont., page G4, column 5:

It’s not every day a gal can say she’s had a lie down in a dark room with Outlander star Sam Heughan. In the wee small hours of Saturday, much to the envy of Heughligans everywhere, I had the pleasure of exactly that – along with several hundred other lucky peeps.

2018 April 26, Beverley Lyons, “Outlander star sets pulses racing despite Pulp star’s dulcet tones”, in Evening Times, page 15:

Although their numbers may be small by Cumberbitch or Belieber standards, Heughligans are a loyal and passionate group. […] Thousands of Heughligans from around the world have helped transform his casual call to action into a global movement.

2018 October, Leah Flickinger, “The incredible good fortune of Sam Heughan”, in The Red Bulletin, page 37, column 1:

“Jamie [Fraser] is the man of our dreams,” says Nestasia. “King of men,” adds Ann Gaul, 52, a proud “Heughligan,” as fans of the actor call themselves.

2018 November 9, Anna Menta, “How Starz’s ‘Outlander’ Enchants Millions of Women, Boosts Scottish Tourism and Potentially Launched the Next James Bond”, in Newsweek, volume 171, number 14:

A trip to Cawdor Castle is the cue to reminisce on the numerous productions of Macbeth the pair have been part of, before they exit, pursued by a mother/daughter tag team of Heughligans. Culture vultures both, they are as excited to handle a Second Folio of Shakespeare’s works as they are at the sight of a historic Highland broadsword or a 17th century studded oak door, and justifiably proud of the historic sites which have benefited financially from the Outlander tourist circuit (with caveats about respecting the environment).

2020 November 22, Fiona Shepherd, “Outlander stars get under the skin of the real Highlands on buddy road trip”, in Scotland on Sunday, page 54:

It was at this point that I realised talking with this Highland heartthrob – who has amassed squillions of ‘Heughligan’ fans since Outlander’s inaugural episode in 2014 – was one of the more surreal moments of the past twelve months. […] To put it simply, his devoted clan of ‘Heughligans’ can officially register their latest recruit. Where do I sign?

2021 May 5, Rosie Morton, “The spirit of home”, in Scottish Field:

(fandom slang) A fan of Scottish actor, producer, author, and entrepreneur Sam Heughan (born 1980).


enormodome

Or somewhere with huge-capacity live music enormodomes that showcase the big acts but no grassroots music scene?

2015, Dave Haslam, Life After Dark: A History of British Nightclubs & Music Venues, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

The live circuit's arenas and stadiums, its enormodomes, are flourishing. I am a habitué of them, particularly the O2 Arena.

2024 February 10, Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, “The age of the stage”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 1:

(colloquial) A large dome-shaped entertainment arena.


loiterature

Blend of loiter + literature, coined by Ross Chambers.

(literary criticism) A form of digressive writing of no specific genre.


socionomy

Blend of sociology + economy; coined by Egon Orowan.

The study of how sociological factors affect the economy.


Bogus Ordo

(Roman Catholicism, slang, derogatory) Synonym of Novus Ordo.


broscientist

Blend of broscience + scientist, equivalent to bro + scientist.

A broscientist generally derives results from trial and error, evolving a program and diet based on body feedback. They are pragmatic in nature, caring not so much about the science backing the process, but more about bottom line results.

2013 July 1, Steve Shaw, “Why Broscience Works: Muscle Building Art Versus Science”, in Muscle & Strength:

If you have a routine and like it, keep doing it. Nothing wrong with lifting and then doing cardio. Some people (broscientists) claim that cardio after lifting increases the amount of fat that someone burns.

2014 June 12, u/greentea1985, “Workout questions? Cardio vs lifting”, in r/Fitness:

This kid is more natty than whole foods, people who don’t believe this is attainable naturally is just an ignorant butthurt broscientist who doesn’t stick to macros.

2018 August 30, u/HDShep, “16 year old vegan at my gym been training for 1 week, natty or juice guys?”, in r/nattyorjuice:

(bodybuilding, slang, rare) Somebody who derives his training convictions from broscience.


wombadelia

Blend of womb + psychedelia. Coined by Alternative Press' editor Dave Segal in 1992, to describe My Bloody Valentine's music.

When My Bloody Valentine released their debut album Isn't Anything in 1988 they essentially created a new genre of rock that one may venture to call "wombadelia". At once ethereal and sexual, oceanic and astral, blissed-up and fucked up, beautiful and noisy, […]"

1992 March, Dave Segal, “My Bloody Valentine: Rise of Wombadelia”, in Alternative Press, number 45, page 46:

My Bloody Valentine is another group you may want to investigate if you are into the pretty-female-vocal-mixed-with-powerful-rhythms-and-high-density-sound genre (known in some critical circles as "wombadelia").

1992 April 6, MXP...@psuvm.psu.edu, “Cranes”, in rec.music.misc (Usenet):

Then comes Comet's true forte: starry-eyed, slowcore webs of patiently brushed cymbals and madly reverberated guitar. At their best, on "Sputnik," the Stones' slow-burning waves of woozy wombadelia creep up and double over into melodic explosions of bombast and beauty.

2005 August 12, Michael Chamy, “Comet's Feathers From the Wing EP Review”, in The Austin Chronicle, volume 24, number 50, page 61:

Alternative Press (magazine)
My Bloody Valentine (band)


leaktivist

According to the leaktivist collective Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) roughly 70 gigabytes of posts, private messages, profiles and plaintext passwords were obtained in the hack.

2021 March 1, Chris Mills Rodrigo, “Fringe social media platform Gab hacked”, in The Hill, Washington, D.C.: Nexstar Media Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-11:

Some comes from anonymous ‘leaktivists’, like the mole who released the Panama Papers in 2016, raising questions about the financial dealings of all sorts of people, from Putin’s friends and Xi Jinping’s brother-in-law to Mark Thatcher and several members of the Spanish royal family.

2022, Ian Shircore, Conspiracy: History’s Greatest Cover-Ups and Unsolved Mysteries, London: John Blake Publishing, →ISBN, pages 5–6:

Threat actors today include not only the old standbys—Russia and China—but also North Korea, Iran, Cuba, and almost certainly the Saudis, Israelis, Turkey, and many others hungry for an edge in dealing with the United States; non-state actors, such as the Lebanese Hezbollah, ISIS, and Al-Qaeda hoping to exploit American security weaknesses; transnational criminal organizations and ideologically driven entities, such as hacktivists, leaktivists, and public-disclosure organizations (think WikiLeaks); not to mention freelance secrets-brokers harvesting sensitive data and intellectual property to sell on the black market.

2022, Lis Wiehl, A Spy in Plain Sight: The Inside Story of the FBI and Robert Hanssen―America's Most Damaging Russian Spy, New York, N.Y., London: Pegasus Books, →ISBN, page 275:

(neologism) Someone who advocates for a political cause by leaking secret information to the public; a person who practices leaktivism.


Deflatriots

2015 January 21, Billy Gates, “New England Deflatriots? NFL finds Patriots deflated 11 balls in 'Deflategate' AFC title game: report”, in The Oregonian:

(US, sports, derogatory) The New England Patriots, in relation to the Deflategate scandal.


prompose

en-verb

prompose (third-person singular simple present promposes, present participle promposing, simple past and past participle promposed)

promposes (present singular third-person)
promposing (participle present)
promposed (participle past)
promposed (past)

Blend of prom + propose, likely as a back-formation from promposal.

We have no idea how to compete with that. Which was a real problem when our partner, Hudson’s Bay, asked us to come up with some cool and interesting ways to help students prompose.

2017 November 3, Kat Lourenco, “Six Awesome Ways To Prompose With These Hilarious Puns”, in Student Life Network:

To ask someone to prom using a promposal.


skanoe

From the moment Bart McLarty steps aboard his father's home-made Skanoe (a cross between a surf ski and a canoe) he is heading for a place in the Olympic kayak team.

1969, School Library Association, The School Librarian, volume 17, School Library Association., page 85:

From small beginnings in a home made skanoe, Bart develops his skill as a canoeist until he finally has to choose between a chance for the Olympic Games or a university scholarship.

1969, New South Wales. Department of Education, New South Wales. Public Instruction Department, The Education Gazette, volume 63, Department of Education, page 272:

We haven't even talked about boats yet. Jon boat, drift boat, canoe, skiff, skanoe, kayak, SUP board, low side, high side, prop, jet oars, cooler, anchors, trailer. I'm not even going to touch rods, reels, and lines.

2020 October 1, Kip Vieth, “10 A Different View”, in Tom Rosenbauer, editor, The Orvis Guide to Muskies on the Fly, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 149:

A small boat that is a cross between a skiff and a canoe.


chacne

Chacne is the name for pimples on the chest; bacne, the name for pimples on the back.

[2002, Nick McDonell, Twelve, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, →ISBN, page 60:

He's trying to roast the "chacne"—chest zits—off in the harsh Iraqi sun, while busting bass beats with his lips, chanting Ice Cube's lyrics, "Today I didn't even have to use my AK/I gotta say it was a good day."

2004, Evan Wright, Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, and the New Face of American War, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 183:

I knew from the beginning I wasn't bringing Proxima Centauri b home mostly bc I'm sportig the largest chest zit (or chacne) in American history […]

2019, Tommy Pico, Feed, Portland, O.R.: Tin House Books, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

Below, answers to all your questions about getting rid of your chacne (ugh, never mind), so you can go back to worrying about bigger problems.

2020 May 13, Brooke Shunatona, “Chest Acne: How to Get Rid of and Prevent Breakouts on Your Boobs”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-22:


trensomnia

I had trensomnia but didn't give a damn. I would walk into the gym alive and ready to go all out... Loved that compound, just hated then pip it would leave me with.

2012 August 30, PillarofBalance, The Iron Den:

Just wondering if any labs carry Valium or Xanax to help with trensomnia. I've seen some but they don't look legit. Anyone? Unisom doesn't always get the job done.

2014 December 12, Bigbird138, Evolutionary.org:

noother sides - just a bit warm and sweaty. - never dealt with trensomnia before do I just ride it out?

Even if you run Trenbolone at a lower dosage, we have seen people still suffer from this issue. Since trenbolone is one of the harshest steroids out there, you will be leaving a ton of both strength and muscle gains on the table if you cannot get a good night’s sleep due to Trensomnia.

(Can we date this quote?), George Spellwin, “N2sleep for Trensomnia”, in EliteFitness.com:

(bodybuilding) Insomnia as a side effect of trenbolone.


ClickOps

Blend of click + op(eration)s, after DevOps.

The security and sysadmin status quo of “ClickOps” is, through this lens, frankly dangerous. It increases tight coupling and complexity, without the efficiency blessings we'd expect from this Faustian bargain—akin to trading our soul for a life of tedium.

2023, Kelly Shortridge, Aaron Rinehart, Security Chaos Engineering, O'Reilly, →ISBN:

(computing, humorous) Manual (point-and-click) configuration of a system, as opposed to an automated one.


upalator

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One of my children solved that one 25 years ago when he was little more than a toddler. As we were walking through a department store he told me he wanted to ride the “upalator,” but that the “downalator” was too scary for him.

1988 May 29, Bob O’Sullivan, “Going Down an Elevator Is Rarely Uplifting”, in Los Angeles Times:

(humorous, informal, rare) An escalator going upwards.


sherilla

This is a prime example of why gasoline should not be used interchangeably for lighter fuel.

2020 July 29, Ben Her, “Scorched Sherilla”, in alt.military.retired (Usenet):

Probably rounded them all up in her sheboon nest and didn't want them to go to waste. They’re probably the same people who push the eat bugs BS. I say let the spooks and their coddlers partake in African cuisine!

2022 October 19, KWills, “Bootlip Sherilla Gorriliams serves cockroaches at her bongo party”, in alt.food.fast-food (Usenet):

We can only hope that the worthless stinking mega-turd crap-beastie Brittney Taylor's actions become viral and are imitated by sheboons sherilla sows everywhere.... gnomesayin? It would greatly reduce the innate danger of male bucks.

2023 March 30, KWills, “Pink-Haired Jungle Bat Arrested For Hitting Baby Diddy "Afeezus" With Baseball Bat”, in alt.conspiracy (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) An ugly, fat, or stupid black woman.


kikeroach

I know you kikeroaches are "beaten" when you find it necessary to heap childish praise and stupid agreements on each other.

2005 November 19, pacifist, “Progress: Circumcision with electro cutter”, in soc.culture.iranian (Usenet):

Listen O Bani Israel; Your DEATH SHALL BECOME YOUR "OILPIPE" Dreams. No amount of Nuclear Weapons will EVER SAVE YOU FROM TOTAL EXTERMINATION. do u hear that kikeroach!?

2006 January 21, بسم اﷲ الرحمان الرحيم, “If Israel attacks Iran, the world will attack arbitrary Jews”, in soc.culture.israel (Usenet):

His dealer must be running late. It's not the same for him anymore without the freshly refined salt of human suffering laced through it. Mixed with captagon? I bet it is so. Wow This Little Coked UP Fag kikeroach thinks he is the Ruler of the EU Comedy Gold!!

2022 August 13, Ho Abbadelli, “The Time Now is ...Now”, in sci.physics (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) A Jewish person.


whimsigothic

en-adj

whimsigothic (comparative more whimsigothic, superlative most whimsigothic)

more whimsigothic (comparative)
most whimsigothic (superlative)

Blend of whimsical + gothic, equivalent to whimsigoth + -ic. Coined by Evan Collins in 2020.

A whimsigothic outfit should look casual but like it's got a story to it; like you thrifted it to wear to a Renaissance Fair and decided you look better in everyday Shakespearian garb.

2022 April 13, Jessica Lindsay, “Earth tones, flowing fabrics, and Stevie Nicks: the whimsigoth aesthetic explained”, in Metro, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-01-12:

But it's not just a design aesthetic. It's a major fashion one, too. Whimsigothic fashion is heavily inspired by witches from pop culture, especially those from '90s movies and television.

2022 June 27, Molly Capobianco, “Which Iconic '90s Witch Are You?”, in BuzzFeed, archived from the original on 2023-05-28:

Grab your chainmail bra and get whimsigothic. The modern medieval look is back – inspired by the castle-dwelling icon Enya

2023 February 14, “Enyacore: the 1990s revival absolutely no one saw coming”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-10:

(neologism) Relating to or involving the whimsigoth aesthetic.


whimsigoth

Blend of whimsical + goth. The earliest known use of the term is a tweet posted on August 6, 2020 by Twitter user @KaiserBeamz (see quotation below), possibly as a back-formation from whimsigothic (itself from around April 2020). The aesthetic was originally referred to "Whimsical Mystical Gothic Celestial", a term which may have originated in an image posted on April 10, 2020, also by @KaiserBeamz.

Mall Gothic desired to return goth back to its roots after the overly-commercial Whimsigoth style of the 90s. Stark blacks, whites and reds, alongside inky, sketchy lineart, the popularity of nu metal and emo kept Mall Gothic alive for all of the 00s.

2020 August 6, @KaiserBeamz, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-03-02:

The whimsigoth of today emphasizes rich textures (velvet, lace, leather), bold colors (ruby reds, shimmering purples, cosmic blues), and plenty of jewelry, layering each element like brushstrokes in a Millais painting.

2022 September 13, Jake Smith, “Meet Whimsigoth, the Witchy Aesthetic That's Taking Over TikTok”, in Glamour, Greenwich, C.T., […]: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-18:

But Enyacore leans away from the fussier Whimsigoth stylings of, say, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and towards a more spartan, adult take on the esoteric.

2023 February 13, Mary Frances Knapp, “The Best Y2K Home, Style, and Decor Items Inspired by Enya”, in VICE, archived from the original on 2024-02-28:

It merges Celtic and Medieval influences befitting of the star's signature style, proving a real hit with fans of whimsigoth and cottagecore.

2023 March 2, Jessica Lindsay, “Enyacore interiors to give your home a hit of Orinoco Flow”, in Metro, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-27:

The Queen's Gambit actor put her own whimsigoth spin on bridal fashion in a dreamy beige princess dress, custom-made by Dior.

2023 October 3, Rosa Sanchez, “Anya Taylor-Joy's Dior Wedding Dress Is a Dream for Whimsigoth Brides Everywhere”, in Harper's Bazaar, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Magazine Media, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-22:

(neologism) An aesthetic incorporating historical (particularly medieval), neo-Gothic, and mystical elements, influenced by modern neo-pagan movements such as Wicca.


Prisneyland

Fuckers never see the light of day. Nevada Fucking Prisneyland, O.G.! Homos, snitches, Chomos, straight-up J-Cats, and children all P.C.'d up together, scandalous shit, dawg!

2003, Jimmy Lerner, You Got Nothing Coming: Notes from a Prison Fish, page 77:

(informal) A prison, especially one that provides inmates with more freedoms and better facilities than is traditional.


Hindenbug

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(computing, software) A catastrophic bug that destroys data, and may potentially shut down a system or cause a major malfunction.


Maltenglish

Synonym of Manglish (“mixture of Maltese and English”)


Maniwood

(India) The Meitei-language film industry located in Imphal.


bigrant

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“We will call it from now on Biden migrant crime. … Let’s call it ‘Bigrant,’” he said.

[2024 February 18, Steve Contorno, Kristen Holmes, Kate Sullivan, quoting Donald Trump, “Trump returns to Michigan with eyes on a Biden rematch, but legal woes loom over campaign”, in CNN Politics:

(derogatory) A migrant to the United States during the presidency of Joe Biden.


Aspergirl

2004 August, Stephanie C. Fox, Elephant’s Kitchen – An Aspergirl’s Study in Difference, Bloomfield, Conn.: QueenBeeBooks, →ISBN, page 1:

This book is needed because of the subtle difference between the genders on the spectrum, but also to address the differences between an Aspergirl and a non-spectrum female, otherwise known as an NT or neurotypical girl.

2010, Rudy Simone, “Introduction”, in Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome, London, Philadelphia, Pa.: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 15:

Like many Aspergirls in particular, I was (and am) hyperlexic: that is, I read vastly more quickly than others, absorb what I am reading, and learned to read overnight without tutelage.

2012, Jennifer Cook O’Toole, “All Aspies are from Missouri: Concrete Minds”, in Asperkids: An Insider’s Guide to Loving, Understanding and Teaching Children with Asperger Syndrome, London, Philadelphia, Pa.: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 77:

Girls are usually much more socially conscious than boys are, and, when in groups, an “Aspergirl” (as girls with Asperger’s are sometimes known) is much more likely to be protected or disguised by the other members of their group.

2014, Simon Cambridge, “Asperger’s Syndrome or Higher Functioning Autism”, in Denied! Failing Cordelia: Parental Love and Parental-State Theft in Los Angeles Juvenile Dependency Court; Book One: The Cankered Rose and Esther’s Revenge, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 183:

My (Martine) personal experiences as a high-functioning Aspergirl, in teaching the piano to autistic children and in researching autism, have ignited in me a wish to critique current views of autism as a condition that renders the autistic as being more or less than human - the first in the case of extraordinary rational and musical abilities, the second in the case of a seemingly defective intelligence and supposedly impaired social abilities.

2017, Martine Mussies, Emiel Maliepaard, “The Cyborg Mermaid (or: How Technè Can Help the Misfits Fit in)”, in Adrian David Cheok, Kate Devlin, David Levy, editors, Love and Sex with Robots: Second International Conference, LSR 2016, London, UK, December 19–20, 2016, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 10237), Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG, →ISBN, page 87:

(informal) A girl with Asperger's syndrome.


Isnotreal

Do you know WHY the U.S. pours so much support to Israel? [see title]

1996 October 24, Afghanaria, “Re US support to ISnotreal”, in soc.culture.afghanistan (Usenet):

So, I solemnly pledge not to use the term 'Nazi' to describe any regime I don't like, whether it be in Canada, Isnotreal, Sudan, Iran, or McCommunist China.

1998 December 8, Erik, “Re: Nazi Alert!”, in can.politics (Usenet):

The assassinations that Jews have committed since Isnotreal became a Jewish state in '48 are just one indication of how important that little patch of desert in the Middle East is to them.

1998 December 13, Dan Parker, “What Does the ADL Think?”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet):


DoxyPEP

(medicine) post-exposure preventative treatment which reduces the chance of getting bacterial STIs (such as syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea)


coontact

(slang, ethnic slur) Unwanted contact with black people.


plandid

Of course, celebrities and social media influencers have been ‘gramming plandids from the start—with the help of employed assistants or professional photographers to capture their posed un-poses at whim.

2017 August 29, Andrea Cheng, “What Is a ‘Plandid’? Here’s Why Celebrities Are All About This Instagram Trend”, in Billboard:

(slang) A photograph that appears to be candid but was in fact planned.


hoeflation

It should be noted that “Hoeflation” seems to be directly linked to progressive influences, and not all women fall into this category.

2023 December 31, Tyler Durden, “Has Feminism And 'Hoeflation' Destroyed Dating In The West?”, in ZeroHedge:

(neologism, derogatory) The increase in costs for a man to maintain a relationship with a woman while the quality of the woman continues to decrease.


Ruᛋᛋian

Blend of Russian + ᛋᛋ, alluding to the Schutzstaffel.


cumflation

en-noun

cumflation (countable and uncountable, plural cumflations)

Blend of cum + inflation. By surface analysis, cumflate + -ion.

(uncountable, pornography) A genre of fetish pornography in which one or more participants become or appear to become inflated by semen; typically by being ejaculated inside.


cumflate

en-verb

cumflate (third-person singular simple present cumflates, present participle cumflating, simple past and past participle cumflated)

cumflates (present singular third-person)
cumflating (participle present)
cumflated (participle past)
cumflated (past)

Back-formation from cumflation. Blend of cum + inflate.

(transitive) To inflate (someone or something) with semen; typically via ejaculation, as part of cumflation pornography.

(intransitive) To become inflated by semen in such a manner.


frankenlang

Blend of Frankenstein + conlang, equivalent to franken- + lang.

(conlanging) A conlang that has components from numerous languages but is poorly put together.


cane fu

A modern martial art, originally designed for elderly people, involving the use of a cane.


raspberrita

A margarita cocktail made with raspberry.


Russophrenic

(neologism, rare) Of or relating to Russophrenia.


Netanyahoo

(derogatory, politics) Nickname for Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli politician.


Blandinavian

en-adj

Blandinavian (comparative more Blandinavian, superlative most Blandinavian)

more Blandinavian (comparative)
most Blandinavian (superlative)

(informal, rare) Bland and Scandinavian.


Paklish

Public transport is 'conveyance', career is 'carrier', a bathroom is 'latrine', a lounge is a 'drawing room', and a range of other examples 'can be had' from local newspapers and books. Even internationally published authors slip into Paklish.

2012, “Ten Things We Love about Pakistan”, in Ziauddin Sardar, Robin Yassin-Kassab, editors, Critical Muslim 4: Pakistan?, London: C. Hurst & Co., page 251:

(informal) Nonstandard English spoken by Pakistanis.


nervcited

nervcited (comparative more nervcited, superlative most nervcited)

more nervcited (comparative)
most nervcited (superlative)


Cap-enese

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Blend of cap (“lie or exaggeration”) + Japanese

blend

Hoes speakin' Cap-enese, hit 'em with karate chop

(slang, neologism, uncommon) dishonesty.


actorvist

Leonardo DiCaprio on environmental issues and George Clooney on expanding aid to Africa are just two of the many "actorvists" engaged in American policy mobilization efforts today.

[2016], James A. Morone, Rogan Kersh, By the People: Debating American Government, second edition, New York, N.Y., Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 215:

(informal) An actor who engages in political or social activism.


climate hoax

(offensive, used by climate change deniers) Climate change viewed as an event which is fabricated and neither caused nor accelerated by human activity.

気候悪戯

climate change viewed as a fabricated event


log into

en-verb

log into (third-person singular simple present logs into, present participle logging into, simple past and past participle logged into)

logs into (present singular third-person)
logging into (participle present)
logged into (participle past)
logged into (past)

Blend of log in (where in is an adverb, not a preposition) + into.

You can include metadata such as the revision date, the author (if the person who made the change had logged into Wikipedia), and the summary the author entered when he made the revision.

2006, Mark Pilgrim, “[Those Not Included in This Classification] Animate Wikipedia History”, in Greasemonkey Hacks: Tips & Tools for Remixing the Web with Firefox, Sebastopol, Calif.: O’Reilly Media, Inc., →ISBN, page 433:

Less than two years after its introduction, World of Warcraft, made by Blizzard Entertainment, based in Irvine, Calif., is on pace to generate more than $1 billion in revenue this year with almost seven million paying subscribers, who can log into the game and interact with other players.

2006 September 5, Seth Schiesel, “Online Game, Made in U.S., Seizes the Globe”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-06-15:

A bra hung from the side of her computer monitor, and Renee delicately tossed it on the bed before logging into the desktop.

2020, Katlyn Duncan, Barefoot on the Beach, London: HQ, HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, →ISBN, page 44:

Riley handed over his phone, which was logged into the university’s library database and open to an article.

2021 September 28, Lee Mandelo, chapter 20, in Summer Sons, New York, N.Y.: Tordotcom, →ISBN, page 230:

(transitive, sometimes proscribed) To log in (“gain access, usually by providing a previously registered username and password”) to (a computer system).


heavage

Kanye West is such a heavage pro, he sometimes coordinates his with his wife, and even adds a bit of knee-vage, with extreme rips in his jeans. Russell Brand has been dressing like a 1970s rock casualty for a decade, with his heavage rarely out of sight.

2015 January 5, Lauren Cochrane, “Jimmy Bullard – and the return of heavage”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

The shirt is open-necked. It has stayed open-necked since, but these days Cummings wears his shirts with more heavage (male cleavage) on show.

2019 September 13, Hannah Jane Parkinson, “Canvas of lies: what Dominic Cummings' dress sense tells us about Brexit”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(colloquial) A man's upper chest, as revealed by a low neckline.


hairfluencer

If the term “hair goals” was in the dictionary, Negin Mirsalehi’s name should appear right next to it. Her abundance of thick, healthy hair has made her one of the world’s most notable (and original) “hairfluencers”, with six million plus followers.

2021 May 27, Hannah Coates, “I Have Never Had Better Hair, Thanks To This Honey-Infused Product”, in British Vogue:

In short: TikTok hair trends and hacks are really, truly major game changers. And it’s all thanks to the hairfluencers.

2023 January 3, Samantha Holender, “The 10 Best TikTok Hair Trends Are Styling Game Changers”, in Marie Claire:

(informal) A social media celebrity whose account focuses on hairstyles or haircare products.


RuSSia

Blend of Russia + SS, implying that Russia is a fascist state.

(slang, humorous, offensive, derogatory) Russia.


Simlish

constructed language
constructed language

A constructed language designed by Will Wright for the video game franchise The Sims.


tatum

Coined by American computer scientist Jeffrey A. Bilmes in 1993, initially as a blend of temporal + atom, but deliberately changed from tatom to tatum to honor master jazz pianist Art Tatum, who was known for his exceptional celerity.

coinage

In general, the music meter contains a nested grouping of pulses called metrical levels, where pulses on higher levels are subsets of the lower level pulses; the most salient level is known as the beat, and the lowest level is termed the tatum.

2006, Jarno Seppanen, Antti Eronen, Jarmo Hiipakka, “Joint Beat & Tatum Tracking from Music Signals”, in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR 2006), Victoria, Canada, 8-12 October 2006: International Society for Music Information Retrieval, →DOI, archived from the original on 2024-03-19, page 1:

A tatum represents the lowest regular pulse train that a listener intuitively infers from the timing of perceived musical events (segments).

2023, Spotify, “Reference / Tracks / Get Track's Audio Analysis”, in Spotify for Developers - Web API Reference, archived from the original on 2023-03-27:

The shortest statistically significant time interval between successive notes in a rhythmic phrase or a musical piece.

International Computer Music Association


collablang

From a blend of collaborative + language.

A constructed language (conlang) that was created via a collaborative effort by more than one person.


Eurinal

Especially with the tax revenues of the whole Eurine area to draw upon! But of course for the Eurinals, this is a minor point!

2000 September 19, Bob Spowart, (Usenet):

(slang, offensive, vulgar, derogatory) A citizen of Europe, seen as being like a men's urinal in one way or another, such as being metaphorically dirty or in shouldering abuses without complaint.


aristonaut

(informal) A rich person who has flown to outer space.


cranberrita

A margarita made with cranberry juice instead of lemon or lime juice, usually served in a glass rimmed with sugar instead of salt.


environomic

en-adj

environomic (comparative more environomic, superlative most environomic)

more environomic (comparative)
most environomic (superlative)

These three examples illustrate the internalization of environmental externalities into the environomic optimization of system synthesis and design as well as the use of internal environmental costs in the form of the capital investment and fuel required to own and operate equipment which mitigates environmental externalities by either reducing or eliminating them.

2009, Christos A. Frangopoulos, Exergy, Energy System Analysis and Optimization, page 175:

The environomic management philosophy is a powerful business model within the green industry because it protects the environment and agronomic assets, creates a series of detailed documentat that can guide business decisions, and builds relationships that focus on win-win outcomes.

2012, Anthony L. Williams, The Environmental Stewardship Toolkit, page 2:

Environomic analysis is an extension of thermoeconomics [ 1 , 2 ] , which takes into consideration not only energy, exergy and costs, but also pollution and degradation of the environment.

2012, P.A. Pilavachi, Energy Efficiency in Process Technology, page 141:


mental health care

Yet, with the inevitable stress of their hard and monotonous lives, the separation of families as the husbands leave to find work, the tendency of some to escape with drink, and the decline in supportive traditions, the need for mental health care is very real.

2005, Janet Ganguli, “Mental Health”, in Under an Indian Sky: Ten Years in a Bihar Village, New Delhi: Penguin Books India, →ISBN, part II (The Struggle for Health), page 130:

As the war in Iraq moves into its seventh year, civilian therapists are providing mental health care to our veterans.

2010, Sue Grand, “Combat Speaks I: Heroic Performance and Civilian Desire”, in The Hero in the Mirror: From Fear to Fortitude (Rational Perspectives Book Series; 41), New York, N.Y., Hove, East Sussex: Routledge, →ISBN, section I (Heroes and Warriors), page 26:

“People are concerned about the unhoused, and the trash and garbage,” [Kimberley] White said. The local lack of mental health care is responsible for much of the problem, she said.

2020 October 21, Kevin L. Hoover, “Arcata City Council hopefuls navigate an unusual campaign year”, in Mad River Union, volume 8, number 5, page 9, column 1:

The prevention, treatment, and management of mental illness.


exerbike

If I saw something clever, like a little coffee table in the shape of a yin-yang, I had to have it. The Klipsk personal office unit. The Hovetrekke home exerbike. Or the Ohamshab sofa with the Strinne green stripe pattern.

1999 September 10, Fight Club, spoken by The Narrator (Edward Norton):

"What can I say, Ben?" Rothko answered, pedaling away on his exerbike. "It's not all Ronald McDonald and Dave Thomas in burgerland. It can be a nasty business. And not just at the flavor factory."

2003, William Bernhardt, Death Row, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 207:

Yesterday 'round 3ish, the 7-year-old who lives in my house and I stumbled into the recently reopened Millennium in Deep Ellum, a couple of doors down from Lula B's. And as he sat on the antique exerbike parked outside, a horde of nattily attired cyclists pedaled past, headed down Elm.

2010 November 22, Robert Wilonsky, “Re-Tweed: Scenes from a Bike Ride (And Dealey Plaza And Lake Cliff Park And Other Stuff)”, in Dallas Observer, Dallas, T.X.: Dallas Observer, LP., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-07:


scrollytelling

(Internet) Storytelling enriched with multimedial elements triggered while scrolling down a webpage.


astronut

He was an “astronut”, a lover of all things extraterrestrial. For him astronomy was so great a passion it bordered on obsession.

2023, You Cannot Kill the Root, Nathan Kuzack:

(slang) A person with an obsessive interest in astronomy.


gangbo

(UK, informal) A legal injunction against a person because of their gang-related activities.


Snob Hill

[…]and the hill itself was called Snob Hill, a term that survives to this day. By 1882 so many estates had sprung up on Nob Hill that Robert Louis Stevenson called it “the hill of palaces.”

[2019, Fodor's Travel Guides, Fodor's San Francisco: with the Best of Napa & Sonoma, Fodor's Travel, →ISBN:


Sirenaic

From blending of siren + Cyrenaic (“inhabitant of the proverbially luxurious city of Cyrene or its territory Cyrenaica; adherent of the hedonistic philosophy of Aristippus of Cyrene”) and from conflation of the mythical siren with the legendary mermaid.

In September 1611 the Sirenaics were among the company of wits who gathered at the Mitre Tavern to celebrate the exploits of another fearless traveller, the scribbler and buffoon Thomas Coryate...

2012, Ian Donaldson, “Life of Ben Jonson”, in Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson Online:

(historical, rare) A member of the celebrated Fraternity of Sireniacal Gentlemen, a club that met at the Mermaid Tavern in Elizabethan London.


millionheir

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(rare, humorous) An heir to a million units of currency or more.


cicada-geddon

cicada + -geddon or blend of cicada + armageddon.

(entomology, neologism) The rapid emergence of cicadas from underneath the ground after a long dormant period.


EClaire

(fandom slang) The ship of Ethan Rom and Claire Littleton from the 2004 television series Lost.


blueberrita

Coordinate term: raspberrita

A margarita cocktail made with blueberry.


Druna

I ship #Druna because I think Luna's free spirit and open mind would be able to handle Draco and help his vulnerable side come out..

2012 January 22, Its Lily, Bitch! (@Lily_Lovegood), Twitter:

I have found myself shipping Draco/Luna lately, Any other Druna shippers out there?

2012 December 15, lux (@luxkaur), Twitter:

Shipping Druna is so frustrating bc there are never new videos no new material and no good fics

2014 November 4, Inactive (@riinalmighty), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Draco Malfoy and Luna Lovegood of the Harry Potter series.


Wikigroaning

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Blend of Wikipedia + groaning. Coined by Jon Hendren in a 2007 post on Something Awful (see quotation below).

We go Wikigroaning on the SA forums from time to time and feel confident enough to share the fruits of our latest outing with the public. We're pretty proud of some of these. Enjoy!

2007 June 5, Jon Hendren, “The Art of Wikigroaning”, in Something Awful, archived from the original on 2024-01-14:

The superabundance of less-than-prized information on the site has led to a phenomenon called "wiki-groaning," which involves comparing the length of seemingly disparate articles to humorous effect. Lightsaber Combat beats out Modern Warfare, for example, and John Locke, the character from the TV show "Lost," edges out the other John Locke, whoever he was.

2008 March 16, Noam Cohen, “Start Writing the Eulogies for Print Encyclopedias”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-26:

And then there is the point made by wiki-groaning, the practice of comparing the length of Wikipedia articles to comic effect. For example "Lightsaber Combat" beats out "Modern Warfare."

2010 September 5, Ced Kurtz, “TechMan: Falling encyclopedia book sales squeeze publishers”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, P.A.: Block Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-04-05:

It is true, as commentators on Wikigroaning have often observed, that the often ludicrous disproportion of trivial Wikipedia articles does not undermine the authority of more substantive articles because there is no shortage of bytes in the Wikipedia universe.

2014, Thomas Leitch, Wikipedia U: Knowledge, Authority, and Liberal Education in the Digital Age, Baltimore, M.D.: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 77:

(neologism, humorous) The act of comparing two similar Wikipedia articles, one considered generally useful and the other primarily appealing to nerdy interests, and observing that (to one's disappointment) the latter is significantly longer and more professionally written.

Family
Family Guy
Something Awful
Storm (Marvel Comics)
Thunderstorm


shmeat

Oxford Dictionaries
The Guardian
Time Inc.

Blend of sheet + meat. In 2013, the word was on the shortlist for Oxford Dictionaries' Word of the Year.

His work involves turning formless, textureless patches of the stuff into mass-produced form — like meat sheets, or what one might affectionately call "shmeat." […] So, to recap the opinions on the state of shmeat: It's animal-friendly but bad for the environment; we have the how-to, but not the how-come; unleashing unknown technologies is fodder for nightmares.

2008 May 20, Ketzel Levine, “Lab-Grown Meat a Reality, But Who Will Eat It?”, in NPR, archived from the original on 2023-11-04:

The ambitions for schmeat are huge, but the taste evidently falls short of a standard burger. The problem is a "technical bottleneck," Post (whose name rhymes with cost) told the audience at the Riverside Studios in West London.

2013 August 5, Catherine Mayer, “Meet ’Schmeat’: Say Hello to the Stem-Cell Hamburger”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-12-24:

It's now an OED word of the year, though at a cost of £250,000 a burger, we won't be seeing easy schmeat any time soon[.]

2013 December 1, James Palmer, “Schmeat: Where Did That Come From?”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-25:

Lab meat — known as in vitro meat, cultured meat, or shmeat — was first produced by Dutch scientists in 2012. The shmeat beefburger is made from the muscle cells of cows, treated with a protein that promotes tissue growth.

2015, Stuart A. Kallen, Running Dry: The Global Water Crisis, Minneapolis, M.N.: Twenty-First Century Books, →ISBN, page 28:

(neologism) Animal meat grown artificially from a tissue culture.


legacyquel

Blend of legacy + sequel. Coined by film reviewer Matt Singer in 2015 (see quotation below).

coinage

Though there are still occasional reboots or prequels, this very specific kind of sequel — in which beloved aging stars reprise classic roles and pass the torch to younger successors — is becoming increasingly common in the American film industry. These movies are all about revitalizing old franchises through the notion of legacy, leading to this current wave of what we could call "legacyquels."

2015 November 23, Matt Singer, “Welcome to the Age of the Legacyquel”, in ScreenCrush, archived from the original on 2024-03-02:

Jurassic World, in a phenomenon some are now calling the "legacyquel" or the "legacy franchise", incorporated nod after nod to its 1993 progenitor – and (see below) was far from the only one in that game in 2015.

2015 December 29, Phil Hoad, “Jurassic World and the 'legacyquel': 2015 global box office in review”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-09:

Top Gun: Maverick is not only the latest of these legacyquels, but one of the best, passing the baton from original star Tom Cruise to a new generation of actors while confidently—even definitively—reminding audiences what made Cruise so goddamn great in the first place.

2022 May 31, Todd Gilchrist, “From Top Gun: Maverick to Crystal Skull, the 5 best—and 5 worst—legacyquels of all time”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2023-09-21:

(film, neologism) A sequel to a classic movie which features the original star "passing the torch" to a cast of new younger actors.


beditate

en-verb

beditate (third-person singular simple present beditates, present participle beditating, simple past and past participle beditated)

beditates (present singular third-person)
beditating (participle present)
beditated (participle past)
beditated (past)

He was lying on the wharf beside me when he grew silent. I asked, "Meditating?" He smiled and returned, "Beditating." We rarely went to bed before three or four a.m., especially on weekends.

1980, Judith Schubert Kranes, David Schubert, Works and Days (Contemporary Poetry Series; 24), Princeton, N.J.: Quarterly Review of Literature, published 1983, page 136:

On busy days, I may beditate for more than an hour in preparation for my day, then engage in other contemplative practices during the day. Sometimes I watch my breath or listen to a guided visualization. Rarely do I fall asleep, but I don't beat myself up if I do.

2010, J. Kim Wright, Lawyers as Peacemakers: Practicing Holistic, Problem-Solving Law, Chicago, I.L.: American Bar Association, →ISBN, page 158:

Beditating at Bethnal Green academy with teacher Dominic Morris. [image caption]

2013 March 4, Oenone Crossley-Holland, “Could beditation be the answer to exam nerves?”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-30:

As my husband leaves for work very early, I stay under the covers and 'beditate' to a guided meditation app, then write in my journal. Fifteen minutes no longer feels like enough time, so I now wake up half an hour earlier.

2018, Kelly Pietrangeli, Project Me for Busy Mothers: A Practical Guide to Finding a Happier Balance, London: Orion Spring, →ISBN, page 51:

(informal) To meditate while lying down, typically in bed.


buycentennial

The City, in clear violation of the principle of the separation of church and state, hung banners all along the new (buycentennial-made) Chestnut Street Transitway and the Parkway, proclaiming: "Jesus, the bread of life."

1976 August 28, Tommi Avicolli, “Dyketactics Hexes Church at Eucharistic Meet”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 9, page 3:

The United States Bicentennial, seen as a consumeristic event.


plastizyme

Abstract: The chapter describes the concept of molecular imprinting. This technology allows the fabrication of artificial polymeric receptors applicable in many areas of biotechnology. […] in solid phase extraction or immunoassays these polymers (MIP [molecularly imprinted polymers]) are able to compete with traditional materials such as biological antibodies. Furthermore, polymers molecularly imprinted with so-called transition state analogue templates can be applied as catalysts. In other words, these kind of polymers may be used as artificial antibodies (plastibodies) or biomimicking enzymes (plastizymes). Compared to their biological counterparts, MIP offer different advantages such as simplicity in manufacturing and durability.

2002, Oliver Brüggemann, “Molecularly Imprinted Materials — Receptors More Durable than Nature Can Provide”, in Modern Advances in Chromatography (Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology), volume 76, page 127:

en:molecularly imprinted polymer that functions as an enzyme

Any of a type of molecularly imprinted polymer engineered to function as an enzyme, being a catalyst to aid breakdown of molecules, for industrial uses and in environmental remediation.

This study presents the first integrated reference catalog of plastic-contaminated environments obtained using an insilico workflow that could play a significant role in discovering new plastizymes. […] This research presents a comprehensive overview of an integrated plastic-contaminated environment reference catalog that includes taxa, genes, proteins, and plastic-degrading enzymes (plastizymes).]

2023, Donya Afshar Jahanshahi, Shohreh Ariaeenejad, Kaveh Kavousi, “A metagenomic catalog for exploring the plastizymes landscape covering taxa, genes, and proteins”, in Scientific Reports, volume 13, page 16029:

[…] improving our in silico selection protocol. We have performed pilot work on PETases and will build on this and extend to other plastic degrading enzymes (plastizymes). […] Our multidisciplinary approach will identify novel plastizymes from MGnify and experimentally test for degradation of various plastics (PET, PA, PCL, PU). We will use metagenomic and metatranscriptomic assembly to provide a comprehensive set of target enzymes, retrieved from a broad range of environments.

2024, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, “Novel plastizymes: discovery and improvement of plastic-degrading enzymes by integrated cycles of computational and experimental approaches”, in Gateway to Research website, a service of UK Research and Innovation, retrieved 2024-04-06:

en:plastic-degrading enzyme, whether natural or bioengineered

Any of many plastic-degrading enzymes: ones capable of catalyzing the breakdown of bonds in synthetic polymers. Some have evolved in nature (within plastivores) and others have been bioengineered.


yappuccino

Blend of yap + cappuccino or yap + frappuccino.

(nonstandard, slang) A yapper, someone who yaps


manfluencer

Blend of man + influencer, equivalent to man + -fluencer. Lexicalized within academic parlance by Swiss-German political scientist Regula Stämpfli in a podcast 2022-12-31 shortly after Andrew Tate’s arrest in Romania, as recognized by herself, after marketing lingo dated to the Corona year 2020 to designate a counterpart to emerging female brand influencers.

coinage

as part of an emerging research agenda on the implications of responses to manfluencer culture in education settings, we suggest a particular focus on the extent, form and effect of school leadership’s responses to this phenomenon.

2023 December 17, Stephanie Wescott, Steven Roberts, Xuenan Zhao, “The problem of anti-feminist ‘manfluencer’ Andrew Tate in Australian schools: women teachers’ experiences of resurgent male supremacy”, in Gender and Education, volume 36, number 2, →DOI, pages 167–182:

“These ‘manfluencers’ propagate a lot of the same kind of red-pill ideas, the same kind of theories from evolutionary psychology. […]

2024 August 14, Vittoria Elliott, “Gamergate’s Aggrieved Men Still Haunt the Internet”, in WIRED:


vocaboomer

(fandom slang) someone who entered the VOCALOID fandom prior to ~2015


talkloid

Borrowed from Japanese トークロイド (tōkuroido); (analyzable as) blend of talk + VOCALOID.

bor+

(fandom slang) the art of producing speech using the VOCALOID singing voice synthesis software


digibin

en-verb

digibin (third-person singular simple present digibins, present participle digibinning, simple past and past participle digibinned)

digibins (present singular third-person)
digibinning (participle present)
digibinned (participle past)
digibinned (past)

After 14 hours of flying, we arrived at Osaka airport, where I was able to digibin this Black-backed Wagtail on the tarmac.

2006 December 14, R.J. Hall, “Birding Noumea”, in A Brit abroad (blog), archived from the original on 2024-04-13:

A less-expensive and more portable alternative to digiscoping is digibinning, in which a compact camera is temporarily attached to a pair of binoculars. Understandably results are a little more hit and miss than with a tripod-mounted scope, but digibinning is a viable option if you have to travel light.

2011, David Tipling, “Equipment”, in The Bird Photography Field Guide, 1 edition, →ISBN, Digiscoping Equipment, pages 22—26:

Will post my photos as soon as I can-- they are digibinned, on iPhone through binoculars, as I was out for only a casual walk and did not have my camera on me.

2022 April 18, Brendan Murtha, “Archived copy”, in Macaulay Library, archived from the original on 2024-04-13:

To record distant images by coupling a digital camera with a pair of binoculars.


grammando

Blend of gram(mar) + (com)mando; possibly coined by, and probably first popularized by, Lizzie Skurnick in 2012, via her feature “That Should Be a Word” in the New York Times Magazine.

you probably have an inner grammando […] One who constantly corrects others’ linguistic mistakes. […] There’s another new word—wordie—that captures the alternative to being a grammando. Added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in 2018, wordie describes someone who delights in language’s shifting landscape. Wordies know the language rules and where they come from, and then they make informed calls about whether or not to follow the rule in a given context. […] you almost certainly have an inner wordie who lives alongside your inner grammando. Welcome to my world! When I notice a new species in the language out in the wild (metaphorically speaking) and have an urge to stamp it out—that’s my inner grammando talking. When I delight in learning from young people about the rules of texting and new slang, my inner wordie has the upper hand. We all have our language peeves—those bits of language that grate on our nerves and that make us want to pull out a red pen while reading or stop someone midsentence to go grammando on them. (Yes, them—see chapter 18 for an explanation of how they can be singular.) And the question at any one of these peevey moments is whether to let our inner grammando say anything or let our inner wordie carry the day.

2024, Anne Curzan, Says Who?: A Kinder, Funner Usage Guide for Everyone Who Cares About Words, Crown, →ISBN, page viii-ix:


Sambahsa-Mundialect

The first word comes from Sambahsa sam ("same") + bahsa ("language"), and the second one is a blend of mundial + dialect.


cheb

Possibly a blend of chest + bollock (“testicle”).

(Scotland, Northern England, slang, chiefly in the plural) A boob; a tit; a breast.


Yugituber

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Myutants, the new World Premiere Theme, have a solid chunk of their cards revealed courtesy of yugituber Ruggles.

2020 October 21, Deadborder, “[PHRA-EN] Myutants”, in YGOrganization, archived from the original on 2020-11-01:

With Yugituber Reveal Openings now out, it’s time to find out just what’s in the upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! Speed Duel GX: Duel Academy Box.

2022 March 11, Tinker, “[Speed Duel GX Box] The 8 Decklists”, in YGOrganization, archived from the original on 2022-05-26:

Yu-Gi-Tubers provide a constant stream of Yu-Gi-Oh! content, including analysis of new cards and archetypes, combo tutorials, and banlist breakdowns.

2022 September 11, Drew Heckman, “Why Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Fan-Made Community Is an Essential Resource for New Players”, in CBR, archived from the original on 2022-09-11:

(fandom slang) A YouTuber who makes videos about Yu-Gi-Oh!


specullector

Some collectors have been accused of being ‘specullectors’—a fusion of collector and dealer—and this certainly applies to Charles Saatchi.

2014, Georgina Adam, Big Bucks: The Explosion of the Art Market in the 21st Century, Ashgate Publishing, →ISBN:

“Specullectors” spread risk by buying shares of a valuable work, with the explicit intention to resell when the market rises.

2024 April 17, Charlotte Edwardes, “‘The money is not real – it’s a feckless level of wealth’: the inside story of the biggest art fraud in American history”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(informal, derogatory) A buyer of art that speculates on its rising value.


harpejji

Blend of harp + arpeggio. Coined by American audio engineer Tim Meeks in 2007.

coinage

While playing the harpejji (a relatively new instrument that mashes up guitar and keyboard), he made a speech about equality and love and then sang Curtis Mayfield’s ”People Get Ready,“ segued into the instrumental lark “Tequila” and topped it off with a taste of Michael Jackson’s “The Way You Make Me Feel.”

2015 March 30, Jon Bream, “Concert review: Stevie Wonder at Target Center: Just a wonderful performance”, in Star Tribune, archived from the original on 2024-04-18:

The company has sold about 500 harpejjis since 2019, the same number sold in the previous 12 years combined — no doubt helped by ongoing exposure and public adoration from Wonder, as well as musicians like Harry Connick Jr., who played a harpejji at last year’s lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree,[…]

2022 June 7, Danny Freedman, “What it takes to invent a new musical instrument”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2024-04-05:

This was a turning point for Meeks, who has built and sold harpejjis from a workshop in Maryland since 2007. Initially, sales were slow. But a decade’s worth of harpejji performances by Wonder – plus support from Jacob Collier, Harry Connick Jr and jazz producer Cory Henry – have changed that.

2023 August 16, Alex Daniel, “‘If Stevie Wonder wants to play it, pay attention!’: how a bizarre new instrument found unusual success”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2023-08-23:

(music, neologism) An electrophonic string instrument.


phonytail

(informal) A hair extension in the form of an artificial ponytail.


quaranteam

en-verb

quaranteam (third-person singular simple present quaranteams, present participle quaranteaming, simple past and past participle quaranteamed)

quaranteams (present singular third-person)
quaranteaming (participle present)
quaranteamed (participle past)
quaranteamed (past)

For those who remain solo during the stay-at-home order – or for those who are in other undesirable living situations – the internet has made it possible to fantasize about who they could quaranteam with.

2020 April 17, Saba Hamedy, “People are ditching their homes and joining their friends to avoid isolation. It’s called quaranteaming”, in CNN, archived from the original on 2024-04-19:

Considering the risks, the most important thing to do before choosing to quaranteam is to establish trust with the people who you want to shack up with.

2020 May 8, Emma Betuel, “Quarantine with friends? 5 tips experts say to consider”, in Inverse (website):Inverse, archived from the original on 2024-04-19:

He made the decision mid-March to quaranteam with a woman he had been casually dating for two months, named Heff.

2020 July 31, Erin Sagen, “Building a ‘Quaranteam’ is Helping People Deal With the Pandemic”, in Shondaland, archived from the original on 2024-04-19:

I don't envy him having a mostly virtual collage, but he's making the most of it, quaranTEAMing with his boyfriend and bingeing our parents's streaming services. I'm totally jealous.

2023, Ismée Williams, Rebecca Balcárcel, Boundless: Twenty Voices Celebrating Multicultural and Multiracial Identities, Inkyard Press, page 125:

(intransitive, informal) to quarantine together with a group of people; to form a quaranteam.


septel

See septel for discussion on Article 29.

2011, Alexander Star, Open Secrets: WikiLeaks, War and American Diplomacy, The New York Times Company, →ISBN:

(chiefly historical) A telegram sent under separate cover; especially in the context of diplomatic cables.