Nexit

Blend of Netherlands + exit, formed by analogy with Grexit and Brexit.

Those who disagree must work to convince voters that Nexit would be a disaster.

2014 February 15, “We need to talk about Europe”, in The Economist:

Geert Wilders, the leader of the Dutch anti-immigrant party, the PVV, tweeted that the Netherlands will quit the euro after Greece does: “No = Grexit. After that Nexit”.

2015 July 5, Andrew Rettman, “Far-left and far-right welcome Greek No”, in EUobserver:

Most recent polls suggest a slight majority of voters oppose the idea of an in-out Nexit vote.

2016 July 7, Anna Holligan, “Will Dutch follow Brexit with Nexit or stick to EU?”, in BBC News:

The proposed withdrawal of the Netherlands from the European Union.

Dutch withdrawal from the European Union


booklegger

An illicit publisher or distributor of banned publications.


monstricide

en-noun

monstricide (countable and uncountable, plural monstricides)

Blend of monster + homicide, or equivalent to monster + -icide. Compare insecticide.

(medicine, obsolete) The destruction of a deformed fetus.


booklegging

Blend of book + bootlegging, by analogy with bootlegging.

I should like to suggest another term–booklegging.

1926, Hearings Held before the Committee on Patents, House of Representatives, Sixty-ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 10434, a Bill to Amend and Consolidate the Acts Respecting Copyright, and to Permit the United States to Enter the International Copyright Union. April 15, 16, 29, and 30, 1926, United States Congress, House Committee on Patents, page 125:

But the problem is more difficult in the case of booklegging, because you can only drink liquor once, but a book can be read by a hundred college boys, and will be, if it gets enough police-advertising.

1927, The American Parade, volume 2, page 42:

But nothing could have prepared me for the range of emotions that came over me when I found myself actually sitting in Tina's living room surrounded by all Celeste's papers, journals, pictures, clippings, files, stickers, artwork, magical items, booklegging tools, and cats.

2010, Toni Samek, She was a Booklegger: Remembering Celeste West:

When controversial books did manage to reach readers in the United States, they often did so without an American copyright, through underground channels of piracy or booklegging, disseminative practices that deprived authors of financial rewards and the power to control the quality and placement of their texts.

2016, Robert Spoo, Without Copyrights: Piracy, Publishing, and the Public Domain, page 154:

The illicit publication and distribution of banned books.


mathletic

en-adj

mathletic (comparative more mathletic, superlative most mathletic)

more mathletic (comparative)
most mathletic (superlative)

In the high school ecosystem, hot, disgruntled theatre guys do not ordinarily engage in direct social transactions with stick-insect nerd-girl anthropologists with excellent mathletic records.

2011, Joanna Pearson, The Rites and Wrongs of Janice Wills, page 17:


bankerage

en-noun

bankerage (usually uncountable, plural bankerages)

They have their stored booths in every bazaar, occupy all the principal caravanseries with their merchandize, and entirely control the business of bankerage and monopolies.

1854, Henry A. Stern, Dawnings of Light in the East, page 46:

[…] merely because bankerage beats blacksmithing?

1906, John MacVicar, Frank G. Pierce, American Municipalities, page 19:

We believe that the 2 or 3 percentage point increase that this is likely to generate will not make any significant difference in market price and in our ability—with our bankerage—to adjust supply and demand.

1991, Reforming the Federal Crop Insurance Program: Hearings ... before the United States House Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural Development, page 228


vibracious

en-adj

vibracious (comparative more vibracious, superlative most vibracious)

more vibracious (comparative)
most vibracious (superlative)

“Good one, Rascal,” said Austin. “Did you scan the vibracious lady?”

2008, Austin P. Torney, Butterflies at the Edge of Forever:

I was thinking that this squeezing through the vibracious bodies was the most action I had seen in six months.

2015, Alex Almeida, Los Lesbian Love Angeles and Other Tales:


vacufuge

Samples were dried using a vacufuge, and the metabolites were redissolved in 50% methanol.

2016 February 17, “Impacts on Sirtuin Function and Bioavailability of the Dietary Bioactive Compound Dihydrocoumarin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

A centrifuge that operates in a vacuum; especially one used to concentrate or dehydrate biological samples


bee-utiful

bee-utiful (comparative more bee-utiful, superlative most bee-utiful)

more bee-utiful (comparative)
most bee-utiful (superlative)

Bee-utiful Work: Bees don't just make honey. People should also thank bees when they enjoy a juicy apple or a crunchy carrot. Bees do a crucial job for farmers. They pollinate most of the crops in the world.

2013, Jennifer Kroll, Mighty Micros: Little Things Big Results:

(humorous, said of bees or a situation involving bees) Alternative form of beautiful.


beautility

en-noun

beautility (usually uncountable, plural beautilities)

Beautility, like economy, was in the eye of the beholder, and when homeowners along the proposed Lake Washington Boulevard suggested shrinking the avenue to retain more of their private property for sale, Olmsted lambasted Edward C. Cheasty, the park board president, for bowing to the pressure.

2007, Matthew Klingle, Emerald City: An Environmental History of Seattle, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 134:

機能美

quality of being both beautiful and useful


Berserkeley

(slang, humorous) The city of Berkeley, California or the University of California campus located there, both having a reputation for progressive or radical politics.


good old days

In the good old days we could go to the gasworks and buy coke.

Well, the good old days may not return / And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn

1991, “Learning to Fly”, in Into the Great Wide Open, performed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers:

"He's been waiting to jump my brain-bones since I left R&E. I could feel him hammering on the door." She trotted to the nearest wall and knocked on it for emphasis. "But whatever it is that makes us remember the good old days, it also makes us impossible to possess now. That's why Willie and I both woke up, and why Noè never got taken out by Mukami. So all I had to do was open my mind up to the guy, invite him in, then... gas the foyer, as it were."

2023 October 14, HarryBlank, “Face Time”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 2024-05-23:

A period of time in the distant past when things were better or fondly remembered.

goeie ou dae

the past, seen as a time when things were better


whitestream

en-verb

whitestream (third-person singular simple present whitestreams, present participle whitestreaming, simple past and past participle whitestreamed)

whitestreams (present singular third-person)
whitestreaming (participle present)
whitestreamed (participle past)
whitestreamed (past)

In addition to manipulating the curriculum, Native American children were whitestreamed by severely controlling their actions and very closely monitoring their behavior.

(transitive, social sciences) To bias toward white people and their history.


Islamopologist

Actually, Howard is a Christian, with a sturdy set of beliefs, which is more than I can say for Crean and the rest of the Islamopologist crew.

2003, Scott, “Deane attacks Howard”, in aus.politics (Usenet):

Whereas if you're talking about no-go zones in Europe, then yes, a certain religion does "jump out at me", a minority religion (which isn't even a religion). You really one of the dumbest Islamopologists I've ever encountered.

2016, fffurken, “Re: Most dangerous cities in the world”, in rec.gambling.poker (Usenet):

(Internet slang, derogatory) A person who makes excuses for the perceived faults of Islam.


slumpflation

(economics) Inflation accompanied by a slump in output and employment.


floof

floof (third-person singular simple present floofs, present participle floofing, simple past and past participle floofed)

floofs (present singular third-person)
floofing (participle present)
floofed (participle past)
floofed (past)

Possibly a deliberate mispronunciation of fluff, a back-formation from floofy, or a blend of fluff + poof (compare the etymology of floofy).

She floofed down between Max and me on the Chickly Shabby sofa.

2012, Brian D'Amato, The Sacrifice Game (The Sacrifice Game Trilogy; 2), New York, N.Y.: Dutton, →ISBN:

Holly flung herself on an upholstered sofa, her cute retro dress floofing around her.

2014, Amylynn Bright, chapter 12, in Finish what We Started, Don Mills, Ont.: Carina Press, →ISBN:

I peeked over my makeup mirror to watch Stefano clamp a pasta bowl between two fingers and pet it with the yellow sponge. Suds floofed onto the counter and his shirt, the wall and the floor.

2015, Kathleen Cremonesi, “Pressure”, in Love in the Elephant Tent: How Running Away with the Circus Brought Me Home, Toronto, Ont.: ECW Press, →ISBN:

(intransitive, informal) To move in a floofy or fluffy manner.


science faction

Blend of science fiction + science fact.


Porkulus

Blend of pork + stimulus, coined by Rush Limbaugh in January 2009. See pork barrel (“local or regional state funds”).

(US politics, informal, derogatory) The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.


transtrender

Blend of transgender + trender or transgender + trend.

Many of the genderqueer kids in today’s liberal America are what Charlotte Wolf calls “transtrenders,” using gender as a form of social provocation or subcultural bonding.

2015 March 23, Mark Gevisser, “Engendered”, in The Nation:

Threads on the social media giant Reddit occasionally discuss or condemn "transtrenders" […]

2017, Lee (Molly) J. Fraser, "Reblogging Gender: Non-Binary Transgender Subjectivities and the Internet", thesis submitted to the University of Western Ontario, page 92

These latter trans people are often accused of being "fakers." They are "transtrenders." Their trans identity is the result of social contagion, not Gender Dysphoria™.

2019, Rachel Anne Williams, Transgressive: A Trans Woman on Gender, Feminism, and Politics, page 79:

However, these conversations often reproduce hegemonic conceptions of masculinity, perpetuating white supremacy, heterosexism, and the idea of a "transtrender" fad.

2014, National Women's Studies Association 2014 conference program, page 198

In fact, it would do a great disservice to the participants of these communities and social spaces to portray them all as teenagers, because it would contribute to the erasure of people who have been non-binary before the internet and potentially legitimize the "transtrender" panic, […]

2017, Lee (Molly) J. Fraser, "Reblogging Gender: Non-Binary Transgender Subjectivities and the Internet", thesis submitted to the University of Western Ontario, page 33

Whereas there is no transtrender subreddit, r/transmed and r/truscum both exist. Those who advocate for a strict interpretation of the dominant medical narrative feel comfortable to self- identify with monikers that identify them as such, whereas those who either do or are accused of flouting those medical narratives do not.

2019, Jessica Rae Fisher, "Transgender Digital Embodiments: Questions Of The Transgender Body In The 21st Century", thesis submitted to Kennesaw State University (May 2019), page 64

(slang, derogatory) A person who affects a transgender or non-binary gender identity for perceived social benefit.


neurotronic

(science fiction) Combining neural and electronic technologies.


henny

Blend of horse + jenny, or variant of hinny?

Synonym of hinny (cross between a stallion and a she-ass)


Kosov@

Blend of Kosova (Albanian form) + Kosovo (Slavic form), with the final a/o replaced with @, which resembles both letters. Compare similar usage of @ in Spanish.

blend

near Prizren in Kosov@

2001, Antonia Young, Women Who Become Men: Albanian Sworn Virgins, page 62:

At that time Shkoder was a centre of intellectual life whose writers interacted constantly with those of Prizren in Kosov@, than with the rest of Albania […]

2006, Altin Ilirjani, Arolda Elbasani, Ridvan Peshkopia, Albanian Journal of Politics, page 63:


birdysit

en-verb

birdysit (third-person singular simple present birdysits, present participle birdysitting, simple past and past participle birdysat)

birdysits (present singular third-person)
birdysitting (participle present)
birdysat (participle past)
birdysat (past)

So at least in this case, if anyone is contemplating the addition of a second bird, the results may be positive. It's worth trying a birdysitting job for a week or two to test the waters.

1992 August 14, Robert J. Granvin, “Adding a second bird”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet):

Hi, all. For the past 2 months, I've been birdysitting my SO's boss' red-lored amazon, and I've become rather fond of the little guy. He's wild-caught, but usually very sweet.

1994 February 1, Tanya Heikkinen, “Advise needed on Amazon Purchase”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet):

Last month I had to do the same thing when he picked up that annoying 'tiel scream when we birdiesat "Spike" for a week. That is nearly gone now. Whew!

1996 May 16, Richanna Patrick, “help with african grey..”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet):

I also offer birdysitting services at certain times of the year, free of charge to owners that have one of my babies or adult pets. This is of course, for as long as the bird I sold them is the "only" bird in their possession.

1996 December 13, Dorine Ann McKinnon, “Sad story”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet):

My folks are going out of state on vacation, decided not to take Dakota (my dad's B&G Macaw) with them, Sooooooo, guess who gets to birdysit? Yup, its me.

1998 July 2, SILK4ME356, “what did I get myself in to??”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet):

Guess who is birdiesitting a Scarlet named Chili???? ;-)

2001 January 23, CgrSmkr9, “Does anybody in Michigan know.....”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet):

Do you have a friend or neighbor that can stop by your house and check on him a few times a day? Even a neighbor's kid would probably like the chance to "birdysit".

2001 March 8, Feather Collector, “Cockatiels On Holiday”, in alt.pets.parrots.cockatiels (Usenet):

You could introduce the GC to a friend or family member who could birdysit for you while you are away, and it would be plenty of time for them to get to know one another. You would be surprised at how happy the GC would be to see you after your trip, especially if you stop at the pet or grocery store on the way home for a special treat.

2001 April 19, Feather Collector, “Newbie question about green cheek conures”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet):

(rare) To take care of a bird in the owner's absence; to birdsit.


treechanger

Both seachangers and treechangers have become a common phenomena in the tropics as the southern boom drives housing prices higher and higher, enabling many, both self funded retirees and even younger folk to move north with expactation of a relaxed and idle lifestyle, far removed from the pace and pressures of city living.

2010, Adrian Walker, Diary of a Snake Whisperer, page 6:

A section of those born and working in the district are generally in favour of the green energy project and the income it may bring, while tree changers or retirees are opposed.

2021 October 23, Tom Plevey, “Reaping the wind turbines: The little town in the Great Dividing Range split by green energy plan”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-12-02:

(Australia) A person who moves to a rural location.


longrange

en-adj

longrange (comparative more longrange, superlative most longrange)

more longrange (comparative)
most longrange (superlative)

The longrange, strategic objective is really known only to Nixon himself, although Kissinger probably thinks he knows this, too. Kissinger probably knows the components, but Nixon probably is keeping their ultimate disposition to himself.

1973, Edward Hunter, Tactics, Volumes 10-11:


Usegroup

A newsgroup, specifically on the Usenet system.


dynaset

(computing, databases) A data set taken from a larger database and linked back to it, so that local changes to the data are propagated back to the parent database.


electrion

(physics, dated) Alternative form of electron


paradessence

Blend of paradox + essence, coined by Alex Shakar in 2001.

The paradessence of coffee is stimulation and relaxation. Every successful ad campaign for coffee will promise both of those mutually exclusive states.“ Chas snaps his fingers in front of her face. ”That’s what consumer motivation is about, Ursula. Every product has this paradoxical essence. Two opposing desires that it can promise to satisfy simultaneously. The job of the marketer is to cultivate this schismatic core, this broken soul, at the center of every product.“

2001, Alex Shakar, The Savage Girl, →ISBN:

The marketer's task, therefore, is to manage this tension, this broken soul, this bifurcated core, this paradessence of a product or service.

2004, Stephen Brown, Free Gift Inside!!: Forget the Customer. Develop Marketease, →ISBN, page 53:

Palin is a paradessence, and hence a wildly popular commodity, because she combines the family-centeredness of the ideal suburban Mom with the ruthlessness of a corporate “warrior” in the dog-eat-dog neoliberal economy, or of a hard-core ideologue/foot soldier for the Far Right. She is sort of a perfect combination of June Cleaver and Ilse Koch. She both energizes the GOP’s fundamentalist-Christian base (which was previously very suspicious of McCain), and appeals to non-fundamentalist, independent white voters (who find her even more charismatic than Obama — with the added advantage that she’s white, to boot). It is probable that, given how gender formations work in America today, so powerful a paradessence would have to appear in the form of a woman, rather than a (heterosexual) man.

2008, Steven Shaviro, “An Issue That Won’t Go Away”, in The Pinocchio Theory:

Although he attributes the theory of paradessences to Chas, Shakar has described the concept as an invention of his own, one that he takes as true: "[W]alking around supermarkets myself, watching commercials, paying attention to what had an effect on me, and then trying to figure out why it did...I came up with the idea of paradessence" (Hogan). One gets the sense that Shakar believes in the power of the "paradessence." that (along with "postirony") it is not only one of the novel's central neologisms, but a principle of construction for the novel itself.

2009, Lee Konstantinou, Wipe that smirk off your face, page 227:

(marketing) The quality of appealing to and promising to satisfy multiple contradictory desires.


postcede

en-verb

postcede (third-person singular simple present postcedes, present participle postceding, simple past and past participle postceded)

postcedes (present singular third-person)
postceding (participle present)
postceded (participle past)
postceded (past)

Plans A-Y included such things as abruptly separating myself from her and indignantly explaining to her that I wasn't game for the hygienic ritual which would have to precede and postcede such an event

2004, Todd Anderson, Being Good, iUniverse, Inc. - New York Lincoln Shanghai, page 5

Note that each sector is delineated by gaps in the recording, which precede and postcede the track and sector headers (where ID and address information resides).

2003, Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing PCs - 14th Edition, Que - 201 West 103rd Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46290, page 591

Possessing the gift of prophecy, I will be able to apprehend that the quest fort he Grail Hallows is meant to postcede my working Sarum there.

2008, Lyric LaMage, Atlantis: Cherished Gem, Library of Congress, (unpaginated)

(transitive, formal, rare) To come after (something or someone) chronologically.


frolf

If it's not the height of summer, wintry frozen cowpats are a good alternative. This is also a great way to play Frolf if you don't have a frisbee to hand […]

Nobody wanted to leave the Wonderland. Nobody was looking for something better to do. They wanted to play Frolf with the world's cutest and furriest caddie.

2019, Chris Grabenstein, Welcome to Wonderland #4: Beach Battle Blowout, page 178:


Czechnology

They towed us to their depot, wheeled out a fantastic piece of Czechnology and attached a pair of crackling electrodes to our battery.

1992, Dave Rimmer, Once upon a time in the East, page 236:

Our highly-trained consite experts have dug up a very nice place in the greater proximity of the Ruhr valley and Rhine in a very rural setting similar to last year's convention (sans Czechnology, of course.).

2004, Juergen Rosskamp, “[FUR] Eurofurence X - The Movie : Registration now open”, in alt.lifestyle.furry (Usenet):

Down towards the river on Kostelni is the National Technical Museum, a constructivist building dating from 1938-41, whose dull name belies a fascinating collection of Czechnology that instantly wows children.


scyllatoxin

Blend of Scylla + toxin; along with charybdotoxin in the same scorpion's venom, it references the monsters Scylla and Charybdis of Ancient Greek mythology.

(toxicology) An oligopeptide neurotoxin from the venom of a scorpion of the genus Leiurus.


academented

en-adj

academented (comparative more academented, superlative most academented)

more academented (comparative)
most academented (superlative)

A woman who chooses to be a philosopher creating in her own right has little tolerance for the droning of academented professors who re-search and re-gurgitate the babble of dead men endlessly.

1995, Ilene Rosoff, The WomanSource Catalog & Review:

[…] You are killing me with your academented stupidity." To her, the postmodern emphasis on cultural difference and the sociocultural construction of the self obscure the universal sameness and evil of patriarchy.

1997, Gary J. Dorrien, The Word as True Myth: Interpreting Modern Theology, page 216:

The patriarchal device of con-fusion involves endless blurring of soulless images, signifying nothing. In the foreground, barbie dolls and the Great Goddess are the same. "Feminists" are lauded in the media and academented publications for accepting and promoting pornography.

(colloquial, derogatory) Representing wrong or harmful views or beliefs that are generally accepted in academia.


typembryo

An embryo in the stage of development at which the characteristics of the type to which it belongs may be seen.


microphonograph

(historical) A machine that combines the microphone and the phonograph, so as to record and replay sounds.


velocipedestrian

(archaic) One who rides a velocipede, or a bicycle.


ASMRtist

It's still a business, particularly for ASMRtists who hold to a strict programming schedule, solicit PayPal donations or offer one-on-one Skype sessions for a fee.

2014 December 15, Caitlin Gibson, “A whisper, then tingles, then 87 million YouTube views: Meet the star of ASMR”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2017-11-14:

You might say [Bob] Ross was the first ASMRtist, as those who produce ASMR videos like to be called.

2015 April 21, Tanis Fowler, “Relax, you may have ASMR: YouTube videos sparking pleasurable, hypnotic-like sensation result in millions of views”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 2017-06-29:

Some ASMRtists, such as Maria, report that they began producing videos after perceiving their own psychological benefits from viewing the videos of other producers […]

2016, Marisa A. del Campo, Thomas J. Kehle, “Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) and Frisson: Mindfully Induced Sensory Phenomena that Promote Happiness”, in International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, volume 4, number 2, →DOI, pages 99–105:

(informal, neologism) A person who creates ASMR audiovisual material.


tertamyl

Six-week-old female mice were anesthetized with an intraperitoneal injection of 2,2,2-trobromoethyl alcohol and tertamyl alcohol, followed by bilateral ovariectomy in sterile conditions.

2015 July 24, Jiangman Gao et al., “Effect of Local Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor on Subcutaneously Allotransplanted Ovarian Tissue in Ovariectomized Mice”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:

(organic chemistry, especially in combination) tertiary amyl


Pallywood

And because provocative imagery is sometimes faked, a few people I interviewed in Israel and the United States claimed that it must have been faked in the al-Dura case. The boy could not possibly have been shot! The whole thing was staged by the “Pallywood” propaganda film industry.

2014 July 31, James Fallows, “On David Frum, The New York Times, and the Non-Faked 'Fake' Gaza Photos”, in The Atlantic:

A pro-Palestinian website painted the Tamimi mother and daughter as “determined lionesses”; Israeli ones as manipulative “Pallywood” frauds playing for the cameras.

2015 September 1, Peter Beaumont, “Nabi Saleh images illustrate changing asymmetry of Israeli-Palestinian conflict”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(politics, derogatory) Alleged or real manipulation or distortion of the media by Palestinian sources to promote a pro-Palestinian point of view; Palestinian propaganda.


dudical

dudical (comparative more dudical, superlative most dudical)

more dudical (comparative)
most dudical (superlative)

With his mohawk and sunglasses, Josh looked really dudical.


fivever

Blend of five + forever, as a pun on four. Compare me three.

His mother and he lived happily fivever after -- and so on, and so on, and so fifth.

2001, Richard Lederer, “Four Cheers Five Victor Borge”, in Annals of Improbable Research, volume 7, number 1, page 24:

This is not an introductory promotion, or a temporary discount. This is five tracks, five bucks, ... fivever.

2004 November 16, Lunatic Groove, rec.music.a-cappella (Usenet):

Jemma stares at me forever. Fivever.

2017, Sara Wolf, Remember Me Forever, page 147:

(humorous, informal, nonstandard) Forever.


hetdar

en-noun

hetdar (countable and uncountable, plural hetdars)

Blend of het + radar, on the model of gaydar.

The ability to detect whether or not a person is straight by observing that person.


Paralympiad

/ˌpæɹəˈlɪmpiˌæd/

Blend of Paralympic + Olympiad, or from para- (prefix referring to disability sport) + Olympiad.

prefix

Teams from many nations as far apart as Canada, Portugal and Pakistan, were entered in the sports festival held at Stoke Mandeville, England, this summer. […] Perhaps at this time, when the bloody wars of this century are in the forefront of our minds, the most significant aspect of the Paralympiad is the spirit of comradely sportsmanship which was shared by all entrants.

[1954 November 9, “Wheelchair Olympics”, in The Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alta.: The Southam Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 1:

Another group of athletes, less fortunate than the Olympians, move into Tokyo next week. They are the Paralympic squads representing 23 nations who will compete in an international sports meet that was founded in 1948. Sixty-five of the athletes, whose eligibility requires they be confined to wheel chairs, will represent the United States, seeking its third straight "Paralympiad" crown. […] The United States paralymics^([sic]) are a hand-selected group. They gained their berths in the Paralympiad by virtue of outstanding performances in the eighth annual United States Wheelchair Games held in June at Bulova Park, New York.

1964 October 31, Tom Hopkins, “Sportraitures: The ‘Paralympiad’”, in William H. Ewing, editor, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, volume 53, number 305, Honolulu, Hi.: Porter Dickinson, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, columns 1–2:

In 1976, following the regular Olympics, Montreal will host the Paralympics. There, for the 5th Paralympiad, the nations of six continents will assemble for competition, including basketball.

1976 January–February, George Conn, “Basketball Fireworks … Wheelchair Style”, in Ron Bourgea, editor, American Rehabilitation, volume 1, number 3, Washington, D.C.: Rehabilitation Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, →OCLC, pages 16–17:

That of the funds provided under this head, $16,000,000 shall be available for grants for the costs of planning, delivery and temporary use of transit vehicles for special transportation needs of the XXVth Summer Olympiad and the Xth Paralympiad for the Disabled, to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, of which $5,600,000 shall be available for the Paralympic Games: […]

1994 September 30, “Federal Transit Administration [Formula Grants (including Transfer of Funds)]”, in An Act Making Appropriations for the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1995, and for Other Purposes (Public Law 103-331, 103d Congress; House Resolution 4556), [Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office], →OCLC, title I, page 108 Stat. 2482:

As a contestant in the swimming events in the 1976 and 1980 Paralympiad she [Monica Vaughan] gained five and four gold medals respectively for Britain.

1997, Gill Clarke, Monica Humberstone, “Managing a Women’s Sport Organisation: Interpreting Biographies”, in Gill Clarke, Barbara Humberstone, editors, Researching Women and Sport, Basingstoke, Hampshire, London: Macmillan Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 8:

In September 1992, again following the Olympic Games, Barcelona welcomed 3044 athletes to the IX Paralympiad.

2000, Cynthia Holzschuher, “The Paralympic Games”, in Evan D. Forbes, editor, The Olympic Dream: Primary (United States Olympic Committee’s Curriculum Guide to the Olympic Games; Teacher Created Resources; TCR 2200), Torrance, Calif.: Griffin Publishing Group, published 2005, →ISBN, page 77:

Apart from the opening and closing ceremonies, the rest of the Paralympiad was obviously not deemed of sufficient entertainment or information value, prior to the event, to be accorded the same "live" event television coverage as its Olympic counterpart.

2003, Gerard Goggin, Christopher Newell, “Getting the Picture on Disability: Digital Broadcasting Futures”, in Digital Disability: The Social Construction of Disability in New Media (Critical Media Studies), Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, →ISBN, part III (New Mediations of Disability), page 91:

Tracing the genealogy of para-swimming reveals that since its inclusion as one of eight sports at the first official Paralympiad in Rome 1960, through to and beyond the first summer Paralympic Games in Toronto 1976, it has undeniably become one of the biggest sports at the Paralympic Games in terms of both the numbers of competitors and number of events.

2017, Anthony J. Bush, “From Melksham to Rio: A Coach’s 20-year Journey in Para-swimming”, in Geoffrey Z. Kohe, Derek M. Peters, editors, High Performance Disability Sport Coaching, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 165:

At London 2012 we expected the spotlight to be much more intense since with every passing Paralympiad there has been an increased media presence and we were not disappointed. […] Events such as the World Cup and coverage of the London Marathon wheelchair race (which in 2013 hosted the International Paralympic Committee [IPC] Marathon World Cup) keep the British public mindful of Paralympic sport between Paralympiads.

2017, P. David Howe, Shane Kerr, “Observing Legacy: Ethnographic Moments in and around the London 2012 Paralympic Games”, in Phil Cohen, Paul Watt, editors, London 2012 and the Post-Olympics City: A Hollow Legacy?, London: Palgrave Macmillan, →DOI, →ISBN, page 340:

[…] Switzerland took part in all the Paralympiads since 1960 and at the time of the 1984 Games at Stoke Mandeville, wheelchair racers had already won 43 medals (18 gold medals).

2019, Julie Cornaton, Angela Schweizer, Sylvain Ferez, Nicolas Bancel, “The Divisive Origins of Sports for Physically Disabled People in Switzerland (1956–1968)”, in Nicolas Bancel, Julie Cornaton, Anne Marcellini, editors, Being Disabled, Becoming a Champion, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN:

(sports) An occurrence of the Paralympic Games.

paraolimpiade

occurrence of the Paralympic Games — see also Paralympic Games


Chimpanese

I don't speak French, but I can speak Chimpanese pretty well.

(slang, humorous, rare) Nonsense language; gibberish. (especially in reference to use by humans)


sprummer

SPRUMMER is the Tavistock Repertory Company's season between April and July at the TOWER THEATRE

Spring and summer chinook ("sprummer" chinook to the National Marine Fisheries Service) hang on at critically low levels that represent irretrievable loss of invaluable genetic diversity.

2011 April, Katie Duncan, “Sprinting into sprummer”, in Australian Geographic:

Revising and reassigning the antipodean seasons, he divides spring into a two-month “sprinter” (August–September) and two-month “sprummer” (October–November).

2013, John Charles Ryan, Toward a phen (omen) ology of the seasons: The emergence of the Indigenous Weather Knowledge Project (IWKP):

So, while the changes are different from those on the coast, sprinter with its early bulbs and sprummer with the local waratah are useful times to reflect on seasonal changes in the Blue Mountains.

2014, Timothy Entwisle, Sprinter and Sprummer: Australia's Changing Seasons, page 83:

2016 March, Roger Farrow, “Field trips spring to summer (sprummer)”, in Journal (Australian Native Plants Society. Canberra Region, volume 18, number 7:

Transition period between spring and summer: late spring.


Skate

But 'Skate' fans ended the series quite disappointed in him, as it seems that even after leaving with Kate, they couldn't be together.

2010, Robert Dougherty, Lost: It Only Ends Once: An Unofficial Last Look, page 294:

(I've never subscribed to either of the Kate ships on the show, but even I was almost a Skate convert in that moment.)

2010, Nikki Stafford, Finding Lost, Season Six, unnumbered page:

And while, as a Skate fan, I have to admit I was a bit disappointed that my side of the love square ultimately didn't win out (Sawyer ended up with Juliet, Jack ended up with Kate), I have to say I adored this small scene between my couple!

2015, James O'Ehley, Erin Willard, editors, The Take2 Guide to Lost: The Ultimate Compendium, unnumbered page:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters James "Sawyer" Ford and Kate Austen from the television series Lost.


Brisneyland

(informal, humorous) Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia.


webside manner

Blend of web (“the World Wide Web”) + bedside manner (“ability of a healthcare professional to interact with their patients”).

blend

But more important than the technology, he says, is what clinicians in the field have taken to calling "webside" manner. It's a modern twist on bedside manner—a physician's ability to relate with a patient and convey their desire to help. […] "Look, there's variation whether you see a clinician in person or whether you see them online, so I'm not saying in any way that telemedicine is less helpful than in-person visits, or that webside manner is worse than bedside manner," says UCSF pulmonologist Adams Dudley. "But webside manner definitely requires more cooperation, and a different kind of cooperation, than bedside manner."

2017 October 26, Robbie Gonzalez, “Telemedicine is Forcing Doctors to Learn ‘Webside’ Manner”, in Wired, San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-11-07:

In today's digital revolution and growing telehealth practice, good webside manners are equally important during virtual clinical visits. The same principles apply except physically touching the patient is not possible. Most doctors who have good bedside manners will also have equally good webside manners.

2019, “The Science of Medicine and the Art of Bedside Manners: Two Sides of the Same Coin”, in K. K. Pareek, editor, Medicine Update 2019, volume 29, New Delhi, London: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, →ISBN, page 1309, column 2:

Developing a "webside manner" increasingly is recognized as central to medical education. As it requires a different skill set than in person communication, specific programs are being developed to teach students how to conduct clinical examinations via videoconferencing, monitor data from wearable devices, and understand how to effectively engage patients.

2020, James O. Woolliscroft, “Communication”, in Implementing Biomedical Innovations into Health, Education, and Practice: Preparing Tomorrow’s Physicians, London, San Diego, Calif.: Academic Press, →ISBN, part II (Constants in Medicine), page 64:

Webside manners are synonymous with bedside manners and refer to the verbal and nonverbal body language cues utilized during [a] telemedicine patient encounter.

2021, Lakshmi Digala, Garima Singh, Kunal Malhotra, “Webside Manners and Ethical Issues”, in Swathi Beladakere Ramaswamy, Sachin M. Bhagavan, Raghav Govindarajan, editors, Leaning Teleneurology Basics: A Case-based Approach, Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, →DOI, →ISBN, page 55:

High-resolution web cameras and other home equipment were provided, and staff were given "webside" manner training.

2021, Don L. Goldenberg, “Telemedicine”, in COVID-19’s Impact on Health and Healthcare Workers, Oxford, Oxfordshire, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 93:

(neologism) The manner in which a healthcare professional interacts with patients remotely in telehealth or telemedicine.


voudon

Blend of voudou + quaternion. Named after the 256 Ifá divination signs in West African voodoo.

Following the convention adopted by Tony Smith, who has called the 2⁸-ions Voudons after the 256 deities of the Ifa pantheon of Voodoo or Voudon

2002, Robert P. C. de Marrais, “Flying Higher Than a Box-Kite: Kite-Chain Middens, Sand Mandalas, and Zero-Divisor Patterns in the 2ⁿ-ions Beyond the Sedenions”, in arXiv, →DOI, page 7:

According to the logic of doubling the dimensions on which Cayley–Dickson algebra is built, after quaternions the so-called 8D octonions (#x5C;mathbbO—Octonions) can be obtained, followed by 16D sedenions, 32D pathions, 64D chingons, 128D routons, and 256D voudons.

2022, Zlatka Valkova-Jarvis, Vladimir Poulkov, Viktor Stoynov, Dimitriya Mihaylova, Georgi Iliev, “A Method for the Design of Bicomplex Orthogonal DSP Algorithms for Applications in Intelligent Radio Access Networks”, in Symmetry, volume 14, number 3, MDPI AG, →DOI, →ISSN:

There is no theoretical limit to multispace dimensional numbering as there are definitions for octonion (8D), sedenion (16D), pathion (32D), chingon (64D), routon (128D), and voudon (256D) numbered space.

2023, Melanie Swan, Renato P. dos Santos, “Quantum Intelligence: Responsible Human-AI Entities”, in AAAI 2023 Spring Symposia, Socially Responsible AI for Wellbeing, March 27–29, 2023, USA, CEUR Workshop Proceedings, →DOI:

(mathematics) A 256-dimensional hypercomplex number.


neuroleptanesthesia

Anesthesia induced by the use of neuroleptics.


ganjapreneur

/ˌɡænd͡ʒəpɹəˈnɜː(ɹ)/

/ˌɡɑnd͡ʒəpɹəˈnɜː(ɹ)/

/ˌɡɑnd͡ʒəpɹəˈnʊə(ɹ)/

Announcer: “A true Ganjapreneur, you combined the lost art of door-to-door sales with a stupid idea you had while you were stoned.”

2010, Nick J. Druga, II, NickSilly's Book About Nothing, page 122:

In soothing his remaining neighbors, Tomas's goal was both to ensure that no one placed a jittery call to the snitch line that the county still maintained, and, more generally, to be a legal ganjapreneur diplomat.

2012, Doug Fine, Too High to Fail: Cannabis and the New Green Economic Revolution:

[…] She's a real ganjapreneur! Look what she bought me for a wedding present!” He pulled up his sleeve and there on his scrawny arm hung a Rolex the size of Big Ben.

2015, Dorothea Benton Frank, Carolina Girls:

Some free advice for all you ganjapreneurs – get your books in order, keep good records, and remember that the IRS is years behind in audits.

2016, Jasper Stohner, 101 Money Making Methods in the Marijuana Madness Movement of 2016:

(informal) An entrepreneur in the business of selling marijuana in regions where it has been legalized.


photochop

en-verb

photochop (third-person singular simple present photochops, present participle photochopping, simple past and past participle photochopped)

photochops (present singular third-person)
photochopping (participle present)
photochopped (participle past)
photochopped (past)

This d-c signal is then photochopped in a solid-state oscillation circuit and the resulting a-c signal amplified.

1963, Instrumentation Technology - Volume 10, Issues 1-6, page 15:

Models 2030 and 2031 provided with photochopped voltage pulse and DC voltage signals, respectively.

1990, Narendra S. Goel, John M. Norman, Instrumentation for Studying Vegetation Canopies for Remote Sensing in Optical and Thermal Infrared Regions, →ISBN:

For photochopped anemometers, external power is required to power a light beam that is chopped by a rotating slotted disk.

2012, Gerald Stanhill, Advances in Bioclimatology, →ISBN, page 17:

(electronics, transitive) To convert, by chopping, a DC (or slowly varying AC) input signal into a higher frequency signal.


photochop

lame. at least do a better job of photochopping.

2008 May 19, zcar...@yahoo.com, “Re: Great picture of Federer”, in rec.sport.tennis (Usenet):

Are you going to claim the Franciscan Friars photochopped their own photo for their own website?

2008 October 18, David Moss, “Re: Ordog apologises for Islamic death penalty for people changing their religion”, in aus.politics (Usenet):

(informal, transitive) To digitally alter (an image), especially sloppily or badly; to photoshop.


photochop

THIS IS NO JOKE - it is NOT a photochop.

2004 June 30, Racefan_Dan, “Re: Reconfiguring Bus Stop at Spa”, in rec.autos.sport.f1 (Usenet):

And a pic of her yawning that was begging for a photochop.

2011 March 17, Lesmond, “Re: Karrde in the House”, in alt.tv.american-idol (Usenet):

Pardon my lousy photochop.

2011 November 24, Tim Gavin, “Re: [RBW] Re: Anyone order a Joe?”, in RBW Owners Bunch (Usenet):

(informal) A digitally altered image, especially in a bad or sloppy way.


drumstep

A genre of music combining elements of drum and bass and dubstep.


biketard

I hold up the modest navy biketard that will cover me from my upper chest down to my midthighs. “This should fit,” I tell Xanthe.

2012, Rachel Cohn, Beta, Hachette UK, →ISBN:

A kind of leotard with short sections covering the upper legs, like cycling shorts.


Mad Lib

Blend of mad + ad lib; Mad Libs is the brand name for the packaged game.

Here's a fun activity that combines a Mad Lib-like approach with math to create some very interesting (and sometimes hilarious) word problems.

2002, Bob Krech, Meeting the Math Standards With Favorite Picture Books: Grades 2-4:

A humorously nonsensical story created from a template with blanks for certain elements. One participant supplies words to fill the blanks (e.g. "nose" where a body part is required), and the other reads the resulting story.


shoefie

Daisy, Maria and Jo – I have such fond memories of taking my first shoefies with you guys in the sixth form common room.

2015, Hannah Rochell, “Acknowledgements”, in En Brogue: The Trainers Guide, London: Saltyard Books, →ISBN:

I grab my umbrella and swagger to the garage door, stopping long enough to turn around and say, "Oh, Mom. I borrowed your shoes. I hope that's okay." / She nods dazedly. / "Aren't they bitchin'?" I ask Hadley, staring down at my feet. I pull out my phone and take a quick picture. "Shoefie!"

2016, Jessica Brody, “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”, in A Week of Mondays, New York, N.Y.: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 242:

When we swung open the door to the stairwell, Selfie was sitting on the stairs holding her phone at different angles near her foot. As I got closer, I realized she was photographing one of her high-heeled boots. Prezbo looked puzzled. "Oh, hi." She glanced up at us. "I'm taking a shoefie."

2017, Holly Kowitt, The Principal’s Underwear is Missing, New York, N.Y.: Feiwel and Friends, Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, page 137:

(photography, slang, neologism) A photograph that one takes of one's own shoes while one is wearing them.


SOCMINT

social media intelligence
social media intelligence#English

(espionage) Acronym of social media intelligence.


ufocal

What is a fact is that at one point in Warminster thirteen leys converge, and this district is the scene of abundant UFO activity. A correlation certainly exists between ley centres and ufocals (areas of above average UFO activity).

1974, Paul Screeton, Quicksilver heritage: the mystic leys: their legacy of ancient wisdom:

Warminster became a bona fide ufocal: the center of a huge UFO flap, a UFO wave of such enormous proportions that most previous waves paled into insignificance.

2005, Steve Dewey, John Ries, In Alien Heat: The Warminster Mystery Revisited, page 4:


Victoriental

en-adj

Victoriental (comparative more Victoriental, superlative most Victoriental)

more Victoriental (comparative)
most Victoriental (superlative)

Steampunk Musha is an alternative setting for the Iron Gauntlets Roleplaying Game that features a Victoriental feudal land, torn between honoring the old traditions and embracing new technologies.

2006, Alana Abbott, Brett M. Bernstein, Rick Hershey, Steampunk Musha: An Alternative Game Setting for Iron Gauntlets:

Now, the concept of what I am preaching is to seek out originality—in your own style. It just happens that mine is bohemian-Victoriental funk because of the things that have influenced me. That may not be for you.

2008, Robin Brown, Jason Boyd, Country Living A Bit of Velvet and a Dash of Lace:

In steampunk all the myths and miracles of the East that enchanted the Victorians can come true. The Gatehouse perspective on Victoriental steampunk presumes that the effects of colonialism are irrelevant to modern history […]

2012, Shira Tarrant, Marjorie Jolles, Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power of Style, page 197:

Being or relating to a genre of steampunk that combines Victorian and Oriental themes.


DXpedition

A ham radio (DX) expedition to an exotic location.


crimance

I like the way Brant herself describes the book as crimance... a perfect genre description.

2003, Lucinda Brant, Deadly Engagement: A Georgian Historical Mystery:


romaction

Let's combine the action and the romance and make a romaction story.

2008, 52:48 from the start, in Bedtime Stories:

One wag has already named the offspring of this shotgun wedding: romaction.

2010 July 6, “How movies became love, camera, action”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:

Like the “romaction” genre that fuses relationships and car crashes (think “Date Night” and “Knight and Day”), hard-R comedies like “The Hangover,” “Bad Teacher” and last year’s “Ted” appeal both to young women and their male companions, a “two-quadrant” win that made studio suits swoon.

2013 June 20, Ann Hornaday, “Why the rom-com is almost extinct”, in The Washington Post:

They reject his suggestion, asking instead to hear a story of action and romance. Skeeter then tells them a "romaction story" about Ancient Greece featuring Skeetacus, the inventor of the X Games.

2013, Amie A. Doughty, "Throw the book away": Reading versus Experience in Children's Fantasy:


mysterama

Owen Wilson is fantastic in this mysterama-crime flick.

1999, “The Minus Man (1999)”, in The Movie Crew:

This mysterama about two cops and a serial killer in a small Texan town would be a fantastic made-for-TV film but it's missing a feature-film story.

2012 February 27, “New In Movies This Week”, in My.McKinley.com:


thrillmance

/ˈθɹɪlˌmæns/

Psycho-logic, an eight minute Hitchcock-type part-thriller-part-love story (which we’ve dubbed ‘thrillmance’), tells the story of a young woman finding her ultimate fantasy at the new Hollywood Louboutin store, and sees the supreme shoe sire make a cameo appearance alongside Elisa Sednaoui.

2009 September 28, “Christian Louboutin, film director?”, in – My Fashion Life:

This film is a romance, suspense and thriller all rolled into one. A thrillmance!

2013 February 19, “Film Review – Safe Haven”, in 4 Manchester Women:

(informal, film, rare, neologism) romantic thriller


dramystery

Fans of last season’s intricate plot twists certainly won’t be disappointed with the Season 2 opener of FX’s legal dramystery (yes, that’s what I said).

2009 January 5, Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, “DAMAGES Season 2 Review - FX”, in Collider:

Perhaps it won’t be long until we will hear that Witherspoon or Reynolds is doing a movie, and we’ll immediately think, “Probably another silent existentialistic docu-dramystery!”

2012 February 27, “Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Reynolds Team Up for Tim Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’”, in Hollywood.com:

For eight seasons Showtime brought us “Dexter” which—in its own way—defined a serial killer in a serial “dramystery.”

2013 August 20, “Death, Drugs & Drama”, in Ion Television Arizona:


chocnut

Genericized trademark from Choc Nut, which is a blend of chocolate + peanut, or alternatively of chocolate + coconut, since supposedly the original recipe used chocolate and coconut.

She talked about how it was to achieve fame, how it was to work her body to the bones, how it was to crave for bagoong and chocnut in fits of homesickness, how the whole thing had not changed her at all, she was still the same old Lea.

1993, Teodoro C. Benigno, Here's the score - Volume 2, page 269:

Go into that shop and buy me three of those chocnut lollies.

“Chocnut,” said Robyn, then she paused. “Peas Mummy? Peas chocnut?”

2017, Makala Thomas, Kenco: The Return Of Her King, →ISBN, page 264:

(Philippines) A confectionery, usually sold in small bars, made with cocoa powder, peanuts and sugar.


postique

Blend of postal + boutique. Originally a trademark of the US Postal Service.

(US, dated) A retail store selling items relating to postal mail, such as stamps and stationery.


coatigan

And it doesn't stop there: greige, skorts, coatigans, recessionistas, glunge, glamping – all these linguistic mashups began life on the pages of fashion magazines or style blogs and have since gone more mainstream than a Louboutin stiletto.

2013 May 10, “The trouser is so now in the singular world of fashion”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-03:

Oh my god, you should see them. It is actually the most hilar thing I have ever seen in my life. Even more hilar than the coatigan Gran made before.

2015, Arabella Weir, Testing Times for Tabitha Baird, London: Piccadilly Press, →ISBN, page 148:

Coatigans can be found at all price levels from a variety of retailers, including Amazon, J. Crew and so on up to the very haute.

2023 September 25, Vanessa Friedman, “Should I Wear a Fleece to the Office?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-11:

A garment that is a hybrid of a coat and a cardigan.


orthesis

While the phthalate concentrations are low and the amounts ingested probably even lower than acceptable limits, (Corea-Tellez et al. 2008), biomedical devices made of PVC elastomers such as mouth protectors, oral ortheses worn by patients with algo dysfunction of the manducator apparatus, oral respiratory devices worn by patients with sleep apnea syndrome, etc. are placed in the mouth much more frequently by adults than PVC toys by children.

2013, Dominique Chauvel-Lebret, Pascal Auroy, Martine Bonnaure-Mallet, “Biocompatibility of Elastomers”, in Severian Dumitriu, Valentin Popa, editors, Polymeric Biomaterials: Structure and Function, volume 1, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 446:

Surgery is generally considered to be the only intervention that can stop curve progression, while scoliosis specific exercises and orthesis are mainly considered for pain control.

2015 July 11, Alessandra Negrini et al., “Scoliosis-Specific exercises can reduce the progression of severe curves in adult idiopathic scoliosis: a long-term cohort study”, in Scoliosis, volume 10, →DOI:


motorkhana

en-noun

motorkhana (countable and uncountable, plural motorkhanas)

(countable) An event or meeting of this sport.


birdnapper

Blend of bird + kidnapper or birdnap + -er


Aubriella

Modern coinage, probably a blend of Aubrey + Gabriella.

A female given name originating as a coinage.


Kashton

21st-century coinage. Blend of Kash + Ashton.

A male given name originating as a coinage.


Aubrielle

Modern coinage, probably a blend of Aubrey + Gabrielle.


sushirrito

Sushirritos are perfect for on-the-go eating and can be customized with your favorite sushi fillings.

2022, Brad Hoskinson, Sushi Cookbook for Beginners, page 47:

Then there are sushirritos (sushi burritos) and other hybrid foods occurring as Latinos and other ethnic groups interact.

2013, Leo Chavez, The Latino Threat, page 213:


right-shore

en-verb

right-shore (third-person singular simple present right-shores, present participle right-shoring, simple past and past participle right-shored)

right-shores (present singular third-person)
right-shoring (participle present)
right-shored (participle past)
right-shored (past)

From Rightshore®, a term trademarked by the company Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, with a filing date of May 27, 2003; ( Blend of right + offshore ).

Even EDS, which had a sizeable representation in Adelaide under the former government (having won a contract to handle all government ICT outsourcing), has now 'right-shored' its South Australian operations to a significant extent, after the current state government's change of its outsourcing policy to one in which government ICT activities are outsource predominantly to interstate and offshore companies.

2008, Guy G. Gable, The Information Systems Academic Discipline in Australia, →ISBN, page 217:

Thanks to technology, organizations are able to outsource, 'off-shore' or 'right-shore' key parts of their operations which they believe can be done more cheaply and effectively elsewhere.

2009, Linda Holbeche, Aligning Human Resources and Business Strategy, →ISBN, page 32:

The objective should be to 'right-shore', that is, integrate the domestic, near-shore and off-shore processes so that logistics can operate within one plan for all the supply chains.

2010, Roger Oakden, Katia Leonaite, A Framework for Supply Chains, →ISBN, page 26:

(business) To move (a part of a business) overseas while retaining other portions of the business locally in order to maximise efficiency and profits.


effeminist

The effeminists have reported that the Effeminist Manifesto, the second piece in this section, "condensed itself in our minds as the best expression of our own committed politics."

1977, Jon Snodgrass, For men against sexism: a book of readings, page 112:

(historical) A member of a male homosexual movement opposing prejudices against effeminate behaviour.


trans-testicle

He's got to get hired first, never apply for just 1 department, with around 3% of applicants getting hired you're always better off applying everywhere that's taking applications that could take a year unless he's a really a blue/green trans-testicle that speaks 3 languages. If he's a white male, good luck!!

1998, Festus, “Northern California CHP”, in alt.law-enforcement (Usenet):

All of you cross-posting, cross-dressing trans-testicles come out of the woodwork late at night. Why is that? Slow night at the bath house?

2009, Mad Ape, “Re: Montreal fans are Euro Homos”, in alt.sports.hockey.nhl.mtl-canadiens (Usenet):

How do you tell the trans-testicle apart from the dude who's just taking advantage of the law by donning a wig and a dress to get his jollies?

2016, BTR1701, “Re: ESPN fires Curt Schilling over unacceptable comments”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory, offensive) A male-to-female transsexual person.


manizer

If the Apocalyptic Aphrodisiac were to come, men would become womanizers, women would become manizers, and our ability to defend ourselves as a nation would crumble.

2013, Lorenzo Baccala, The Man Who Made Love to More Women Than Casanova: And the Apocalyptic Aphrodisiac, Author House, →ISBN, page 178:

Let me tell you that what I call the manizers have come to town! […] Though I am not an expert on women, I have made many observations over the years.

2010, Stephen L. DeFelice, The Attack on the White Male: And the Weakening of America-, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 104:

Blue was not as good a 'womanizer' as the rest of us, (surrounded, as we were, by 'manizers,') but he was a great guy to run into for a drink and a story, and a good friend and observer of the rest of us.

2009, Dick Huser, My Anxiety Is Better Than Your Anxiety, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:

Worse yet, they could be stuck raising offspring with a man they despise. I have met some women in their forties recently that I could tag as “manizers.” Still, they are not nearly as ruthless as womanizers are.

2010, Phil Torcivia, Nick Street, Still a Nice Guy, Phil Torcivia, →ISBN:

“Marcia, I used to have a husband just like Dick. He was a womanizer while Dick is a manizer. He was irresponsible just like Dick.”

2016, Nancy Price, Black Ballers, Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, →ISBN:

A person, especially a woman, who frequently seduces men


stoquastic

Stoquastic Hamiltonians, those for which all off-diagonal matrix elements in the standard basis are real and non-positive, are common in the physical world.

2015, Ian Kivlichan, “On the complexity of stoquastic Hamiltonians,” publication not named (termpaper?), 11 December 2015

We contrast this with the case of sampling from the output of a quantum computer running the Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm (QADI) with the restriction that the Hamiltonian that governs the evolution is gapped and stoquastic.

2016, Edward Farhi, Aram W Harrow, “Quantum Supremacy through the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm”, in arXiv:

As stoquastic problems we use frustrated Ising Hamiltonians, having random local X and Z ﬁelds, and random σ_zσ_z couplings.

2016, R. Barends et al., “Digitized adiabatic quantum computing with a superconducting circuit”, in Nature, 534, 222-226, 9 June 2016:

quantum mechanics
quantum mechanics#English

stochastic matrices
stochastic matrices#English

(mathematics) Of a Hermitian matrix, having real non-positive off-diagonal elements. These matrices have elements of quantum mechanics and classical theory of stochastic matrices. For non-technical purposes ‘stoquastic’ is equivalent to “avoiding the sign problem”.


henopause

The point at which a hen stops producing eggs


Texass

We were all red-eyed from the continual mistral-winds of old Tex-ass.

1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 4, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 5:

(slang, derogatory, humorous, vulgar) Texas (the US state).


damber

Happen we seen there was a damber in the ruffmans, and since we'd no yen t' deck the chates, we'd ha' binged a wast but for the rhino we was promised.

1994, Amanda Scott, Dangerous Illusions, →ISBN:

The gallows laugh is the dying man's joke, or famous last words. As already noted, the crowds of spectators at Tyburn or Newgate hangings in the eighteenth century used to admire people who died laughing: 'I was the capper, see,' says Daniel Then. 'We had the cull all set up and then something went wrong. The others got away but I got nabbed, ha ha ha!' And 'Ha, ha ha,' roars the crowd in appreciation of the jest as the trap is sprung, 'the damber died game.'

2010, Eric Berne, What Do You Say After You Say Hello?, →ISBN:

(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A rascal; a dishonest person; a man belonging to a criminal gang.


immunevasion

Thereafter, we are trying to find out the important pathway concerned with EMT and immunevasion in CSCs in further study, which may be a crucial target in cancer therapy.

2015 August 18, Yidan Zhi et al., “B7H1 Expression and Epithelial-To-Mesenchymal Transition Phenotypes on Colorectal Cancer Stem-Like Cells”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:


retinex

The multi-scale retinex method (Jobson et al. 1997) is also known as the first work or retinex theory-based contrast enhancement method.

2015 August 19, Seungwon Lee, Nahyun Kim, Joonki Paik, “Adaptively partitioned block-based contrast enhancement and its application to low light-level video surveillance”, in SpringerPlus, volume 4, →DOI:

(attributive) The retina and the cortex.


Klandidate

(US, derogatory) A political candidate for elected office who is really or allegedly connected with or similar in views to the Ku Klux Klan.


patrix

The color of the patrix (replaceable nylon insert) indicates the retention value. […] Mechanical and frictional contacts, as well as magnetic forces of attraction between the patrix and matrix can be the basis of retentive force.

2015, Elie E. Daou, “Biomaterial aspects: A key factor in the longevity of implant overdenture attachment systems”, in Journal of International Society of Preventive & Community Dentistry, volume 5, →DOI:

A pattern or die used to manufacture a matrix


nonpology

“That's almost like a ‘sorry you were offended’ apology. A nonpology.” “Apologies aren't my strong suit,” Luke says, agreeably.

2021, Gwenda Bond, Not Your Average Hot Guy, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN:


webshite

(UK, Ireland, slang, vulgar, derogatory) A bad website.


sextopia

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The proliferation of websites like PlanetRomeo or location based applications (like Grindr, for instance) on smart phones, has resulted in at least younger users forming a queer sextopia which gives them access to spaces, places, locations and bodies that can escape the radar of authoritarian moral vigilantism.

2015, Larissa Hjorth, Routledge Handbook of New Media in Asia, page 277:


holigay

Dragsters Justin Bond and Jackie Beat kick up their own New York "holigay" spirit

1999, The Advocate, number 801, page 57:

Perfect gay pride rainbow-heart Notebook gift: Give this LGBT Journal for, trans, lesbian, queer, events, birthdays or any other special occasion.

2018, Olivia Gaydos, Happy Holigays: Notebook Journal Diary 110 Lined Pages:

(slang) A holiday involving homosexuality.


snaketivity

Blend of snake + Nativity, with snake being a symbol for Satan, based on a (secondary) interpretation of Genesis 1 and 2.

a Satanist display or scene during Christmas time


shopstead

shopstead (third-person singular simple present shopsteads, present participle shopsteading, simple past and past participle shopsteaded)

shopsteads (present singular third-person)
shopsteading (participle present)
shopsteaded (participle past)
shopsteaded (past)

Many of the previously vacant commercial buildings along Baltimore Street have been "shopsteaded" (the commercial equivalent to homesteading).

1983, I-83 Construction from Gay St to I-95, Baltimore:

The city offered businesses the option to “shopstead,” a program that rented storefronts for $1 per square foot per year, renewable for up to forty-seven years (Jordan 1986).

2011 Fall, Jennifer Ryan, “Beale street blues? tourism, musical labor, and the fetishization of poverty in blues discourse”, in Ethnomusicology, volume 55, number 3:

To buy and renovate abandoned shop facilities that are offered for sale inexpensively as part of an urban renewal policy.


shopstead

The program is supported by merchants, who see abandoned storefronts in neighborhood shopping strips as hurting their business, and by neighborhood residents, who have been given a say in what types of businesses they want in the shopstead properties.

1978, “Carter Reveals New Urban Policy”, in Land Use Law & Zoning Digest, volume 30:

While renovating shopsteads, residents and city officials discovered artists needed affordable housing they could adapt for large, open studios.

1994 January 30, Lorraine Mirabella, “Residents fought razing and created model of renewal Washington Hill's REBIRTH”, in The Baltimore Sun:

This means that there must be an identifiable market for goods and services in the shopstead area.

2010, Edward J. Blakely, Nancey Green Leigh, Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practice, →ISBN:

A commercial building that has been or is being renovated as part of a shopsteading program.


circumfetishism

A paraphilia in which sexual arousal is derived from the act of circumcision.


aquamation

en-noun

aquamation (countable and uncountable, plural aquamations)

alkaline hydrolysis
alkaline hydrolysis#English


macon

Named after French Mâcon, due to the West German team's highly successful performance at the 1959 European Rowing Championships which took place there; attributed in part to their use of macon blades.

(rowing) A type of oar blade with an elliptical shape which is squared off at the end, with a ridgeline running down the centre of the blade face.


brass ovaries

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milblog

Milblogs required a balancing act between freedom of speech and the need for information security.

2008, Michael D. Doubler, The National Guard and the War on Terror: Operation Iraqi Freedom, page 80:

Milblogs have also been incorporated into mainstream coverage.

2009, Melissa Wall, “The Taming of the Warblogs: Citizen Journalism and the War in Iraq”, in Stuart Allan, Einar Thorsen, editors, Citizen Journalism: A Global Perspective, page 36:

She opened and replied to all of her emails. That seemed to take less time than usual so she checked her favorite milblog.

2014, Cat Johnson, A Prince Among Men, page 130:

(Internet) A blog written by a person serving in the military.


Remoaner

2023 September 11, David Maddox, “Remoaner group who handed out EU flags at BBC Proms named and shamed after funding plea”, in Daily Express:

For others, it’s the Blob or the “remoaner elite”, made up of the civil service, the BBC, the universities, the unions: anyone who, along with desperate refugees in small boats, can be blamed for standing between Britain and the promised Brexit nirvana.

2023 May 19, Jonathan Freedland, “They’re openly saying it: Brexit has failed. But what comes next may be very dark indeed”, in The Guardian:

Today, the Sun launches Remoaner Watch – starting with leading figures from the world of politics and the media (plus the entire BBC) for whom a love of all things EU still burns bright.

2022 June 18, Grant Rollings, “The Sun’s Remoaner Watch is on the lookout for evidence of Remoanery”, in The Sun:

(UK politics, derogatory) A Remainer; one who complains about or rejects the outcome of the 2016 referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union.


academentia

(education, slang) The state of insanity or loss of touch with reality allegedly due to the academic environment.


Korrasami

Not only did the creators openly confirm that the ending was intended — and Korrasami shippers aren't just reading too much between the lines — a ton of artwork has been created and sold to benefit LGBTQ suicide prevention.

2015, Nick Havey, "Bisexual stereotypes need to go bi bi bi", The Daily Wildcat (Arizona University), Volume 108, Issue 119, 25 March 2015, page 4

The redeeming feature of Korrasami (as the pairing has become known among fans) is that the show's producers very clearly stated that both characters are bisexual and definitely in a relationship.

2018, Kate Harrad, editor, Claiming the B in LGBT: Illuminating the Bisexual Narrative, unnumbered page:

While the “Korrasami” pairing was confirmed at the ending, fans desired to see more and engaged in slash activities to portray the relationship.

2018, Nicolle Lamerichs, “When Production Is Over: Creating Narrative Closure in Fan Edits”, in Rebecca Williams, editor, Everybody Hurts: Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures, page 147:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Korra and Asami from the animated series Avatar: Legend of Korra.


deskercise

deskercise (countable and uncountable, plural deskercises)

If one part consists of a whole word such as oildraulic or deskercise, the parse is fairly easy, and the next task is to identify the source of the splinter (-draulic < hydraulic, and -ercise < exercise).

2007, Judith Munat, Lexical Creativity, Texts and Contexts, page 117:

2002 McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine.
deskercise Exercises performed while seated at the workplace

Desk exercise; the performance of exercises at a desk as a means of promoting health and fitness.


Gaang

Avatar: The Last Airbender
w:Avatar: The Last Airbender

(fandom slang) A fan nickname for Aang and his friends in Avatar: The Last Airbender.


glitch hop

electronic dance music
electronic dance music

(music) A subgenre of electronic dance music that combines elements of hip hop and glitch music


humanimal

humanimal relations


Slanket

Blend of sleeved + blanket, a trademark.

A wearable body-length blanket with sleeves.


fountain drink

(US) A soft drink dispensed from a soda fountain at a restaurant.


Kripkenstein

(philosophy) A posited person who holds Saul Kripke's unfaithful interpretations of Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy


mockito

An alcohol-free drink resembling a mojito cocktail.


weblication

weblication (countable and uncountable, plural weblications)

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Weblication is used in this article to describe any dissemination of information which occurs primarily via the Internet or World Wide Web. While weblications may be downloaded to local computers or magnetic media and/or printed onto paper by individual readers, this is secondary to their initial distribution.

1997 March, David Atherton, David Steffen, Sinai Yarus, “Scientific publishing : Paper or perish”, in Science Tribune:

2000 J.Q. Johnson, "Weblication & Future Publication," email posted to WEB4LIB list, 6 May 2000.
My own feeling is that the clear trend is towards less restriction on prior informal sharing of research results, and the inclusion of unreferreed weblication as something allowed by more and more journals.

2013, "Weblication," Combination: Innovate your language
weblication : A publication that is first published on the internet (web).

The act of publishing on the World Wide Web; a publication on the web.

2013, "Weblication," Urban Dictionary
An online transmedia platform, that includes professional journals, podcasts, news briefs, image galleries, and features, that reflect specific expertise.


weblication

The rapid growth of weblications—application-oriented software delivered as a service over the Web—has revealed a lack of effective guidelines for their design and implementation

2007, Norshuhada Shiratuddin, Zanariah Idrus, Web Form Design Checklist Based on the Three-Layer Model:

weblication : Jargon for "web application." Do not use. It could be confused with "web publication."

2012, Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Manual of Style, Pearson Education:

(neologism) A computer application served on the World Wide Web.


skacid

The birth of skacid — acid ska music — is imminent.

1989, SPIN, volume 5, number 6, page 16:

The sure hit is "This Is Ska, the Skacid Mix"! Exactly what it sounds like, this tune hits the button, rocking all kind of people.

A genre of ska music with acid influences.


udderly

(humorous) Alternative form of utterly, used in situations involving cows.


Vaalbara

Blend of Kaapvaal + Pilbara, coined by American geologist Eric Cheney in 1996.

coin

(geology) A hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon.


weblish

en-verb

weblish (third-person singular simple present weblishes, present participle weblishing, simple past and past participle weblished)

weblishes (present singular third-person)
weblishing (participle present)
weblished (participle past)
weblished (past)

Some libraries, especially those affiliated with academic institutions, may add weblishing to their archival function by putting e-journals on-line.

After about two months, we will weblish the first official edition of PEN extended with more problems.

2008, "Big Picture," Project PEN: Problems in Elementary Number Theory (blog), June 27, 2008

2011, "Weblicize," Urban Dictionary
"weblication" could also be used in like fashion, and "a weblication" could also refer to specific text, images, or other materials which are "weblicated"/"weblicized"/"weblished".

(Internet, transitive) To publish on the Web (as distinguished from in print).


Virgin Caesar

Blend of virgin + Bloody Caesar from non-alcoholic versions of drinks being labelled "virgin"

A non-alcoholic version of a Bloody Caesar composed of spices and a clamato juice base


Verde Mary

Blend of verde (“green”) + Bloody Mary From being a green cocktail like a bloody mary, and tomatillos being Latin American thus Spanish verde ("green" in Spanish)

An alcoholic cocktail using juiced and pulped green tomatillos in place of red tomatoes; with a mix of spices and a vodka base


spoodle

Synonym of cockapoo (“cross between an American cocker spaniel and a miniature poodle”)


Bremoaner

(British, derogatory) Someone who complains about or rejects the result of the 2016 referendum in which Britain voted to leave the European Union.


shrinkflation

Blend of shrink + inflation. Popularized by economist Pippa Malmgren.

Chocolate bars are just the thin end of the wedge, though, and shrinkflation is happening in products right across the board.

2016, Andy Dawson, Get in the Sea!: An Apoplectic Guide to Modern Life, page 106:

According to the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS), shrinkflation most commonly affects food, drink and household products such as toilet rolls, nappies, tissues and washing-up liquid.

2021, Rosalind Masterson, Nichola Phillips, David Pickton, Marketing: An Introduction, page 489:

Major cereal brand Kelloggs has also been accused of shrinkflation. Since 2019, the company had moved from selling 670 gram Crunchy Nut boxes for $6 to selling 640 gram boxes at $9 a pop, Choice found.

2022 May 18, Caitlin Cassidy, “Shrinkflation bites: popular food brands quietly downsize while charging same price or more”, in The Guardian:

Consumer groups say shrinkflation is a widespread practice, which supermarkets like Carrefour are also guilty of in their own-label products.

2023 September 14, “Carrefour puts ‘shrinkflation’ price warnings on food to shame brands”, in The Guardian, sourced from Reuters, →ISSN:

(economics, informal, neologism) The practice of making products smaller while continuing to market them at the same price.


slivercasting

That’s bad news for those who have high hopes for “narrowcasting,” material aimed at small audiences interested in specific programs and, therefore, prime audiences for specific products — fitness, business, cooking, you name it. As 50- and 100-channel systems come into being, narrowcasting could become slivercasting. A shrinking audience will limit advertiser interest.

1982 May 24, Thomas O'Donnell, Jay Gissen, “A vaster wasteland?”, in Forbes:

Aimed at niche markets that take advantage of the long tail concept, slivercasting is the practice of showing TVstyle content on the web – and nowhere else.

2007, Alan Charlesworth, Key Concepts in e-Commerce, →ISBN:

The New York Times coined the term “slivercasting” to characterize the new sector of the media industry, and today there is slivercasting for vegans (VegTV), sailboat enthusiasts (Sail.tv), lovers of classic TV comedy (Yuks TV), the betrothed (The Knot TV), and even surgery buffs (OR Live).

2013, Ricky W. Griffin, Gregory Moorhead, Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations, →ISBN, page 509:

The delivery of video programming targeted at specialized niche audiences.


dildon't

Call me old fashioned, but the cyberdong virtual dildo just didn't do it for me. […] PS= Does that make the cyberdong a dildon't? ... okay I apologize <g>

2007 May 12, FastWolf, “Re: Re: i like paris hilton (off topic, am i ever on topic?)”, in alt.drugs.hard (Usenet), message-ID <ft2d43t7k9injhqvlhfssg5c8n89eejim3@4ax.com>:

She can't. The big strap-on dildo she's wearing for the day will get in the way!
And when its batteries run out, it becomes a dildon't!

2010 August 31, Nemo, “Re: Women's Equality Day”, in alt.humor.puns (Usenet), message-ID <uHZeo.2695$w13.2148@newsfe08.ams2>:

[the link points to an NSFW webcomic]
We've tried a few dilDON'Ts in our life... But I assure you that [dildo brand names] are our top two dilDOs.

2015 November 28, Erika Moen, Matthew Nolan, “The Toys That Live in our Bedroom”, in Oh Joy Sex Toy, retrieved 2016-11-11:

(humorous, informal) A poor-quality dildo.


whitelash

Coordinate term: blacklash

This was the blacklash. The whitelash came, too, and blood flowed in the streets.

1970 January 20, John H. Britton, “Into age of sick seventies”, in Jet magazine, page 7:

There are four ‘whitelash’ bills currently before Congress, designed to seriously undermine Native American rights [and] sovereignty, and treaty land.

1996, “'The Lash', 1977”, in Classroom Activities on Wisconsin Indian Treaties and Tribal Sovereignty, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, →ISBN, page 266:

for more on 'whitelash' reactions to militant black writing.

2000, David Myles Jones, A "new Breed" of Black Consciousness: Re-reading Gender, Ideology, and Generational Change in Neo-black Literature and Criticism, 1965-1975, Volume 2, University of Minnesota, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 406:

There has been a particularly acute white backlash or 'whitelash' in the United States against affirmative action programmes which promote women and black men.

2001, Fiona Mackay, Love and Politics: Women Politicians and the Ethics of Care, Continuum, →ISBN, page 75; n. 3.:

See how the white-lash gave Blacks and Latinos the blues! No way to claim investment profits shareholders lose!

2010, William Hairston, Suburban-Ghetto: A Novel, →ISBN, page 56:

The best example of this is when CNN's Van Jones characterized Trump's election as revenge, or a 'whitelash,' against black voters, who overwhelmingly voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012.

2016, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, “Building a Multiracial Movement in the Trump Era”, in Anand Gopal, Naomi Klein, Jeremy Scahill, Owen Jones, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, editors, The Anti-Inauguration: Building resistance in the Trump era, Haymarket Books, →ISBN:

My sense is that even Obama didn't see Trump coming; he didn't see the full extent of the whitelash. And it is that whitelash, the likes of which we have yet to see fully, that drives home the fierce urgency of now.

2017, George Yancy, On Race: 34 Conversations in a Time of Crisis, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 7:

And while many accomplishments exist for celebrating during the Obama years, specifically in the midst of a Trump whitelash, Obama's immigration policies have been devastating to migrants south of the border

2018, Miguel A. De La Torre, “Chapter 11: Deporter-in-Chief: Why Reject Christian Hospitality?”, in Juan M. Floyd-Thomas, Anthony B. Pinn, editors, Religion in the Age of Obama, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN:

A backlash by white people against other ethnicities.


eggnancy

Baths are very healthy during "eggnancy" and also while the hen is sitting on the nest after she's laid.

2002 June 29, CreativeAlchemy, “Re: Help!!! ASAP!!!!”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet), message-ID <20020629072544.26817.00001732@mb-da.aol.com>:

(informal, rare) The condition of being eggnant.


eggnant

en-adj

eggnant (comparative more eggnant, superlative most eggnant)

more eggnant (comparative)
most eggnant (superlative)

(informal) Having an egg being developed inside one's body.


smexting

In the two weeks following the smoking ban, texting across Orange’s network of 17 million mobile phone users shot up by 7.5 million texts, leading Orange to dub the trend ‘smexting’.

2007 August 5, “Smokers Turn To Their Phones As They’re Sent Outside”, in Orange Mobile:

Hence the arrival of a new “trend” for “smexting”: an increased number of text messages being sent because smokers (now forced to hang outside since the adoption of a smoking ban in England on July 1) are spending their time tapping away on their mobile phones.

2007 August 6, Bobbie Johnson, “What the hell is smexting?,””, in The Guardian:

Ever since the public smoking ban was set in the UK, a record number of text messages have been sent, a phenomenon the Daily Mail has dubbed, "smexting".

2007 August 12, Bianca Bartz, “The SMS Phenomenon Caused By Smoking Bans”, in TrendHunter:

The British mobile carrier Orange reported a surge in texting when the ban went into effect, but the company claims that people were smexting friends who might help them to quit.

2007 October 24, Jonathon Keats, “Jargon Watch: Bacn, Google Government, Smexting”, in Wired News:

"Rule number four," I said, "no texting." “No smexting?” Maxine asked. “No texting, period. That's where we get into trouble.”

2014, Nora Olsen, Maxine Wore Black, →ISBN:

I feel bad for this young age, though. You're living in a world now that's tough. Cellphones, this phone, that phone, texting, smexting—every freakin' thing there is.

2016 October 28, Misha Sesar, “We Asked Seniors What They Really Think About Millennials and Trump”, in Vice:

(chiefly UK) Sending SMS messages while smoking in the designated outdoor areas.


buckypaper

en-noun

buckypaper (countable and uncountable, plural buckypapers)

A sheet made from an aggregate of carbon nanotubes (buckytubes)


sporabola

Blend of spore + parabola, coined by Buller (1909).

(mycology) The trajectory of a basidiospore after it is discharged from a sterigma.


wackaging

Laidback labelling is here to stay. However normalised "wackaging" becomes, I just can't shake the feeling that talking food is best left to toddlers. Lucie Bright of Innocent is probably right that this cultural lightening up is, broadly, a good thing. But must we label food in such a self-consciously crazy way?

2014 March 25, Sophy Grimshaw, The Guardian:

A mash up of wacky and packaging, wackaging is a way of marketing which makes everything 'such fun'! Or, in the case of dog food marketing, such natural, wholesome, everything-in-the-garden-is-rosy fun. That can of food you're serving up? From the picture on the side, you'd think it was lovingly prepared by the WI in a church hall kitchen.

2016, Kate Bendix, The Dog Diet: Eight weeks to a happier, healthier dog:

(informal, neologism) Product packaging that uses quirky and eye-catching text or images to attract the buyer.


surgicalist

The two are being hired as surgicalists, a new term coined from the more common title surgical hospitalist. Both mean the same thing: doctors hired by hospitals to treat patients full time, replacing local physicians who work at the hospital on an “on-call” basis.

2005 October 27, Alan Wechsler, “These doctors will work 24/7”, in The Times Union:

We now have two new specialists that are growing in numbers, the hospitalist and the surgicalist. Knowing everything about hospital care but having no experience with office and outpatient care presents a new set of problems for the patient.

2011, Dr. Lowell Fisher, Marcus Welby is Dead: Now Who is Your Advocate?, →ISBN, page 62:

You know, the surgicalist can take care of the appendicitis and drain simple abscesses and stuff like that.

2013, Martin A. Croce, David H. Livingston, Frederick A. Luchette, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma 75th Anniversary 1938-2013, →ISBN, page 459:

(US) A surgeon who works exclusively in a hospital setting.


moonsault

professional wrestling
professional wrestling

(professional wrestling) An attack where the wrestler faces away from the supine opponent and executes a backflip landing on the opponent in a splash/press position but facing towards the elevated position.


troglodyke

/ˈtɹɒɡləʊdaɪk/

Tony…focused on a large woman with cropped hair, a yellowing complexion, grey sunken eyes and a lip ring. ‘Who’s the troglodyke?’ he said, horrified at the thought of being stuck with such a creature…. // ‘You mean the rug-muncher with the nose ring?’ Dan said…. ‘That’s Kim Radclyffe. She hosts a phone-in show on Radio Five. Rumour has it she’s on male hormones, which would help explain the facial hair.’ // Tony laughed. ‘She’s certainly got a good face for radio.’

2007, Paul Burston, chapter 13, in Lovers and Losers, published 2011:

(derogatory, uncommon) A repugnant lesbian.


Suckerberg

And tell Mark Suckerberg that I will sue him if he tries to use my student’s pictures again.

2013, Herbert, “Ditch Chris”, in Random Conversations, Partridge India, →ISBN, page 87:

“Suckerberg,” a British woman wrote. “let me guess,” a woman from Washington State wrote, “you guys never really thought of how explosive free speech really was did ya??”

2019, Andrew Marantz, “Common Sense”, in Antisocial: Online Extremists, Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation, Viking, →ISBN, part six (A Night for Freedom), page 346:

They stopped reading poetry books during Shakespeare’s time and Suckerberg is only 32.

2019, Tendai Rinos Mwanaka, “The Poet’s Revenge To No One Who Buys Poetry Books”, in Tendai Rinos Mwanaka, Jabulani Mzinyathi, editors, Zimbolicious Anthology: An Anthology of Zimbabwean Literature and Arts, volume 4, Chitungwiza: Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd, →ISBN, page 39:

(slang, derogatory) Mark Zuckerberg (born 1984), founder of social media company Facebook


chillstep

A subgenre of dubstep music that is relatively slow and relaxed.


Calexit

Blend of California + exit, modelled on earlier Brexit.

(US politics) The (possible) act of California's secession from the United States.


ovonics

Blend of Ovshinsky + electronics, coined by its pioneer, Stanford R. Ovshinsky.

A form of electronics that uses materials able to change from an electrically non-conducting state to a semiconducting state shown by glass of special composition upon application of a certain minimum voltage.


secalotricum

secalotricum (countable and uncountable, plural secalotricums)

The tetraploid secalotricums were characterized by a considerable cytological stability, as only 15.10 to 17.68% of the tetrads had micronuclei.

2002, J. Stoinova, “Genome Analysis and Meiotic Behaviour of New Tetraploid Secalotricum Forms”, in Cytologia, volume 67, number 3:

Kretovich was involved in a comparative study of the proteins of wheat, rye, and the first rye–wheat hybrid, bred by Academician GK Meister—the amphidiploid secalotricum.

2007 May, A.F. Topunov, “To the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Vaclaw Leonovich Kretovich”, in Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology, volume 43, number 3:

In some embodiments, techniques and methods useful herein may produce secalotricum in which rye cytoplasm and it is used with wheat pollen to produce triticale.

2013, D. Penner, M. Simarmata, Glyphosate resistant 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (epsp) synthase: US Patent App. 13/772,007:

A hybrid of wheat and rye, similar to triticale but using rye as the cytoplasm donor.


muconic

Relating to a muconic acid or a derivative of it


welfie

(informal) A self-taken photograph of one's exercise session.


drelfie

You see, whether you've taken a selfie, felfie, delfie, helfie, welfie, drelfie, purrfie, shelfie, bedsie, dronie, freebie, groupie, or the donkey shot […]

2017, Carrie Keagan, Dibs Baer, Everybody Curses, I Swear!: Uncensored Tales from the Hollywood Trenches, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 168:

(neologism, slang) A self-taken photograph of oneself while intoxicated.


newstainment

(derogatory) Television news presented in a sensationalist manner, intended more to entertain than to inform.


mar-

From martensite, patterned after maraging, from blend of martensite + aging.

(steel-making) Relating to the production of martensite grains in steel.


Scandi-noir

Scandi-noir (countable and uncountable, plural Scandi-noirs)

(film, uncountable) Synonym of Nordic noir (“subgenre of film noir”).

Alternative forms: Scandi noir, Scandinoir

(film, countable) Synonym of Nordic noir (“film or show of this subgenre”).


Shawinigate

(informal) A 1999 Canadian scandal involving Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's profiting from real estate deals in his home riding of Shawinigan, Quebec.


Scandiwegian

en-adj

Scandiwegian (comparative more Scandiwegian, superlative most Scandiwegian)

more Scandiwegian (comparative)
most Scandiwegian (superlative)

They bought a cheap bed, and a ten-foot 1960s Scandiwegian sofa; they bought a small red Quasar Tv, with its remote in the form of an identical miniature red TV.

2002, Terrell Dixon, City Wilds: Essays and Stories about Urban Nature, →ISBN, page 279:

Architects and designers used to speak, not always respectfully, of a style called Scandiwegian. The term was coined to describe that middlebrow, does-you-good, polite modernism professed by the enlightened Nordic countries.

2008, Waitrose Food Illustrated, page 86:

Think about how many people you know who own a top of the range shiny Scandiwegian fridge which opens to reveal a curling sandwich, a dead tomato and some curdling milk.

2008, Steve Shipside, Benjamin Franklin's The Way to Wealth, →ISBN, page 25:

No matter what he tried, the results looked like he'd bought the contents of his home in a single trip to a Scandiwegian interior store: sort of a cross between an airport departure lounge and an upscale psych hospital.

2010, Marshall Moore, An Ideal for Living, →ISBN, page 27:

(derogatory) Belonging or relating to a style of interior furnishings that is middlebrow, bland, and modern.


soapumentary

(television) A reality show presenting people's lives in a sensationalistic manner across a number of episodes.


structronics

electronic control of the structures of a system


micromorphic

From micro- + morphic or Blend of microscopic + amorphic.


micromorph

Any material that is composed of microscopic amorphous particles


sloppery

en-adv

sloppery (comparative more sloppery, superlative most sloppery)

more sloppery (comparative)
most sloppery (superlative)

The investigator was expected to determine whether the place was "run sloppery, was it a messy looking place or not ..." and also if the premises were reasonably safe.

1953, Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California:

In a messy and poorly done manner; sloppily


microphilia

"This guy's into microphilia — or is it macrophilia? He gets off on being made to feel that he's really small."

2006, David Stukas, Biceps Of Death, page 14:

The giantess fetish, whether it's macrophilia or microphilia, is a pretty unique one. What y'all want is to be made to feel tiny by a bigger, stronger, superior woman.

2010, Diamond, “Black BBW Goddess Fulfills All Your Giantess Fetish Fantasies”, in alt.sex.telephone.alt (Usenet):

'Still, it's true. First we get pygmy hippos blown up, then we come across a dwarf skeleton. Someone's into microphilia.'

A paraphilia involving attraction to small people.

A love of tiny objects, microorganisms, or microbiology.


stygobiotic

The taxonomic composition of the stygobiotic fauna is unique compared to that of the epigean fauna.

2009, Klement Tockner, Urs Uehlinger, Christopher T. Robinson, Rivers of Europe, →ISBN:

The new species of Alona is clearly a stygobiont, although accompanied by a fauna which is not exclusively stygobiotic.

2012, A. Brancelj, L. De Meester, P. Spaak, Cladocera: the Biology of Model Organisms, →ISBN:

It might be expected that the habitat is less heterogeneous for smaller stygobiotic copepods than for larger stygobiotic ones.

2014, David C. Culver, Tanja Pipan, Shallow Subterranean Habitats: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation, →ISBN:


treeconomics

(neologism) The economics of trees or forestry.


verticutter

Use a wide bamboo or metal leaf rake to gather up all the thatch ripped out by the verticutter.

1999, Maureen Gilmer, The Complete Idiot's Guide to a Beautiful Lawn, →ISBN, page 330:

For overseeding an entire lawn, there's no better tool than a slit seeder or a verticutter.

2005, Thomas Carpenter, John English, Outdoor living: the ultimate project guide, page 406:

Ice was removed with a jackhammer (left) and with a verticutter (right).

2007, Golf Course Management - Volume 75, Issues 7-12, page 92:

A device for dethatching or digging holes for seeds, similar to a lawnmower but with vertical rotating blades.


narcossism

Blend of narco- + narcissism, coined by Avital Ronell in her book Crack Wars: Literature, Addiction, Mania (1992).

The narcissistic mindset associated with satisfying one's addictions or urges.


Philosothon

An annual competition where students explore philosophical and ethical issues.


cruffin

"There are cruffins," I said, finally picking one up for myself. "We're not going anywhere."

For something lighter, the Chelsea buns are delightfully sticky, and you can also get your hands on a cruffin (yes, part croissant, part sourdough, part muffin).

I've given up on finding the next hot hybrid; the world doesn't need more cruffins or sconssants or any other Frankenpastry.

A pastry combining characteristics of a croissant and a muffin.


magnetorquer

A satellite system for attitude control, detumbling, and stabilization, built from electromagnetic coils.


Thanksgivukkah

Blend of Thanksgiving + Hanukkah. Coined for 2013, when the first day of Hanukkah fell on Thanksgiving.

We’re still 24 hours away from Thanksgiving 2012, but it’s never too early to start thinking of next year, right? Apparently not, at least, not for the folks behind Thanksgivukkah. You see, next year Thanksgiving falls on the first night of Hanukkah, and well, “Thanksgiving” + “Hanukkah” = “Thanksgivukkah”. Get it?

2012 November 21, Rafiss, “Well, This Exists: Thanksgivukkah”, in Heeb:

Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah — the Jewish Festival of Lights — fall on the same day this year, creating what many celebrants have dubbed “Thanksgivukkah.” And it’s opened up a whole new world of culinary opportunities.

2013 October 21, Jim Romanoff, “Thanksgiving and Hanukkah — together at the table”, in Houston Chronicle:

The pairing of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah as Thanksgivukkah works so well, it raises the question among us daters -- why not pair up even more things in your life that can benefit you romantically?

2015, Mark Miller, 500 Dates: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Online Dating Wars, →ISBN:

My mother requested that I make sufganiyot" -- Hanukkah jelly doughnuts -- "and did hear that some people are filling them with cranberry jam, which I think is a great idea for Thansgivukkah," Bialik chuckled.

2016, Vance Lehmkuhl, V for Veg: The Best of Philly’s Vegan Food Column, →ISBN:

This recipe is based on one of my contributions to Thanksgivukkah that has lived on past all of that jazz.

2016, Molly Yeh, Molly on the Range: Recipes and Stories from an Unlikely Life on a Farm, →ISBN:

(Judaism, US) A combined celebration of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah.


Brexodus

2016 June 29, Bloomberg, “Vodafone mulls London HQ move in Brexodus”, in Irish TImes:

2016 July 2, Márton Hoványi, Ádám Sághy, “Brexit or Brexodus. The theological evaluation of the Brexit”, in Shekinah Research Institute for Theology - Kötőszó, archived from the original on 2021-01-31:

Brexodus fears: Banks may leave London after the vote, it was claimed

2016 October 11, Nicholas Cecil, Pippa Crerar, “Fears grow of bank Brexodus from the City as pound slumps”, in Evening Standard:

So the Brexodus will also include skilled locals, who know they too are better off working in an environment that provides them with opportunities rather than constraints.

2016 November 10, Timothy Devinney, “Brexodus: the world’s highly skilled have options other than the UK”, in TES:

2017 August 7, Lucy McNulty, “City of London urges government to stop Brexodus”, in Financial Times:

(UK politics) The departure of people or companies from the UK due to Brexit.


blacktag

At the same time, Evans isn't exactly blown away by the genius of most “blacktags,” which he calls “Ghetto Comedy Voice.” He is slightly bored by them, pointing instead to “white cultural fingerprints” in Internet prose.

2016, Virginia Heffernan, Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art, page 106:

Tweets often include the use of racialized hashtags referred to as “Blacktags” that help broadcast these performances across the Twitter universe.

2016, Kofi Lomotey, Pamela Braboy Jackson, Muna Adem, People of Color in the United States:

(Internet) A hashtag used by, or in support of, the black community.


transumer

Coined by Fitch (a global design and business consultancy firm) in 2003 as Blend of transient + consumer

Of the IDZs, East London has received operating permits and the Johannesburg International Airport (JIA) and Richards Bay have been designated as IDZs. The JIA has a sectoral focus on its competitive advantage as a logistics hub as well as its "transumer" potential (for business travellers requiring tourism, consumer and corporate services), avionics and light industrial assembly of various appliances and goods for the SADC and other African markets (Rogerson, 2002).

2004, Goldstein Andrea, Development Centre Studies Regional Integration, FDI and Competitiveness in Southern Africa, →ISBN, page 29:

Now there are spas and massage stations as well as novel and innovative shopping opportunities in practically every large airport, train station or megahotel that caters to a crowd of “transumers” (consumers in transition), global travelers who increasingly live a transient lifestyle.

2009, Tracy L. Meerwarth, Julia C. Gluesing, Brigitte Jordan, NAPA Bulletin, Mobile Work, Mobile Lives, →ISBN:

It attempts to show that the contours of experimentation encompass both personal shifts (from passenger to transumer) and system transformations (the arrival of 'Airports 3.0').

2015, Anthony Elliott, Identity Troubles: An introduction, →ISBN:

What could you do with the transumer trend in your agency? What about a coffee cart where parents pick up their children from preschool or classes?

2015, Timothy S O'Connell, Brent Cuthbertson, Terilyn J. Goins, Leadership in Recreation and Leisure Services, →ISBN:

A consumer who makes purchases while travelling, such as at airports, train stations, hotels, etc.


hallucinogenre

At the same time, we must also endeavor to understand why the generative impulse of the Rodney King story pivoted on the misappropriation of drugs — by the police. TV on drugs, policing drugs: the working out of a hallucinogenre […]

1994, Discussions in Contemporary Culture, number 9, page 285:

The subtitle 'Adventures in Sonic Fiction' pinpointed the idea of dub as hallucinogenre, dub as a set of studio techniques for generating phantoms and phantasmagoria.

A genre that deals with, or attempts to mimic the effects of, hallucinogenic drugs.