Spooktober

Blend of spook + October, from the association of Halloween with October.

(humorous, chiefly Internet) Synonym of October


Uncle Sucker

They are increasing their productivity to the point where they will top the United States and also Russia, which is No. 2. At the same time the only way they can dispose of the steel is through export — and Uncle Sucker will be the buyer. But the United States is going to run out of money one of these days.

1971, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates..., page 26233:

Sure, if we own an aerospace contracting company, a five-thousand-acre sugar-beet farm, or a savings and loan with the president's son on the board of directors, we can soak Uncle Sucker for millions.

2015, P. J. O'Rourke, Thrown Under the Omnibus: A Reader:

(US, slang, humorous, derogatory) A personification of the United States federal government, regarded as being exploited by unscrupulous citizens or businesses.


trainasium

Blend of training + gymnasium or similar.

(military) An assault course raised some height above the ground, used for training paratroopers.


spamvertisement

Or do you really think that the spammers would stop spamming if only those pesky anti-spammers would just take up some other hobby? Take a look at their motivations: The spammers do it for money because there's always some fool who'll click on a link and buy something via a spamvertisement.

2005 January 12, Graham Freeman, “Re: "Spammers tax DNS infrastructures"”, in ba.internet (Usenet):


scrunchy mom

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Blend of silky mom + crunchy mom, arose in the early 2010s.

Just learned that I am a scrunchy mom. Interesting.

2013 November 18, mommyterrific, Twitter:

If you haven't yet heard the term "scrunchy mom," it’s basically the word coined to describe moms who are a mixture of both silky and crunchy moms.

2017 July 4, “10 Reasons It's Great to Be a Scrunchy Mom”, in SheKnows:

(Canada, US) A mother who adheres to a style of parenting that combines using modern technology and natural methods, such as purchasing plastic products but following an organic diet.


Rohingyalish

A form of the Rohingya language written with the same Latin script used for English.


soycialist

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But regarding these “soycialists” and other SJW varieties – we can pick a few obvious ones.

2019 August 27, HOBOKEN411, “How did this happen? {Soycialists of America}”, in Hoboken411:

(Internet slang, derogatory) A socialist, especially one perceived as unmasculine.


Islamsterdam

(slang, derogatory, offensive) The city of Amsterdam, with regard to its population of Muslims and other immigrants.


scorigami

Blend of score + origami. Coined by SB Nation sportswriter Jon Bois in 2016.

While it might sound like a rare occurrence, there were three scorigamis in the 2022 regular season. Two of them came within four weeks of each other. There were six in the 2021 season, and the Indianapolis Colts were the winning team in two of those.

2023 December 2, Ben Fowlkes, “What’s A Scorigami And How Can You Get The Best Super Bowl Odds On It?”, in Legal Sports Report:

(sports) A scoring combination that has never happened before.

American football
Jon Bois
SB Nation
scorigami


rhupus

Blend of rheumatoid arthritis + lupus. Coined by Austrian-born American rheumatologist Peter H. Schur in 1971.

coinage

As controls, 34 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and nine patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus (rhupus) were included. […] In contrast, rheumatoid arthritis and rhupus patients had 30- and 23-fold higher than normal amounts of anti-CCP (p < 0.001, both comparisons).

2008, GN Damián-Abrego, J Cabiedes, AR Cabral, “Anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies in lupus patients with or without deforming arthropathy”, in Lupus, volume 17, number 4, →DOI, page 300:

rheumatoid arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis

systemic lupus erythematosus
systemic lupus erythematosus

(pathology) A rare condition characterized by overlapping features of both rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.


data lakehouse

Blend of data lake + data warehouse. Coined by American company Databricks in 2020 in a corporate whitepaper.

In examples of data lakes or data lakehouse architectures, you will often see bronze/silver/gold or raw, curated, optimized layers, which serve as both reference points within the transformation process that happens to data and for data that might have been referred to as staging tables in older data warehouse terminology.

2023, Greg Beaumont, Power BI Machine Learning and OpenAI […] , Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 27:

(databases) A hybrid architecture combining data lake and data warehouse principles.


Boz Angeles

In fact, it's often somewhat disparagingly called "Boz Angeles" for the many Californians and celebrities that have come to town, as well as its perceived "fanciness" in relation to the rest of the state.

2020 May 3, Sophie-Claire Hoeller, “I spent 3 days in Bozeman, Montana, aka 'Boz Angeles.' Here's what surprised me most about one of the fastest-growing cities in the US.”, in Insider:

(slang, derogatory) Bozeman, viewed in terms of its high housing prices.


FinOps

FinOps demands you acknowledge that the old ways of managing infrastructure aren't just ineffective; they create situations where runaway cloud costs can threaten the business.

2023, J.R. Storment, Mike Fuller, Cloud FinOps, O'Reilly, →ISBN:

(cloud computing) A cloud financial management practice.


birdyback

Coordinate term: fishyback

(logistics) A system of transportation in which containers are moved from truck to airplane.


fishyback

Coordinate term: birdyback

(logistics) A system of transportation in which containers are moved from truck to ship.


certworthiness

On August 7, 2023 — 17 days after Ms. Vitagliano filed her petition for certiorari—the County of Westchester repealed the eight-foot floating-bubble zone in section 425.31(i), apparently in an attempt to moot the case or create a vehicle problem that would counsel against certiorari.... But none of the County’s post-filing maneuvering affects the certworthiness of the petition or the jurisdiction of this Court to review the constitutionality of section 425.31(i).

2023, Vitagliano v. County of Westchester, Brief of Texas Right to Life and America First Legal Foundation as amici curiae

(law) The quality of being worthy of being granted a writ of certiorari.


LinkedInfluencer

n 2022, because no social network is safe, LinkedIn is an ecosystem in which a new type of influencer—a LinkedInfluencer, if you will—can thrive.

2022 March 3, Jessica Goodman, “LinkedInfluencers Are Making LinkedIn Posts an Actual Thing *and* Creating IRL Change”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-09:

There have never been more people trying to become LinkedInfluencers, and there have never been so many resources they can pay for to do it.

2022 October 26, Rebecca Jennings, “Everybody wants to be a LinkedInfluencer”, in Vox, archived from the original on 2023-08-23:

LinkedIn has tried to modernize, too—slapping special badges on LinkedInfluencers (kind of like the old Twitter verification system) and giving users new tools for article-writing.

2023 November 10, Scott Nover, “LinkedIn Really Is the Best Social Network”, in Slate, archived from the original on 2023-11-11:

(informal) An influencer on the social media site LinkedIn.


Ukropium

Blend of Ukro- (“related to Ukraine”) + copium (“a delusion meant to help someone cope with a loss”), influenced by Russian укро́п (ukróp), a slur towards Ukrainians.

blend

2 months later, no real panic with the first challenger being deleted. We can see that folks are just huffing tons of ukropium to keep their pretend reality from imploding.

They are all saying TIME is in Russia’s payroll now! That’s some serious hyper-Ukropium right there!

(Internet slang, offensive, derogatory) A form of wishful thinking in which Ukraine is expected to prevail against Russia in the Russo-Ukrainian war.


AIOps

Enterprises are discovering AIOps because it helps them in optimizing their IT infrastructure. But how do companies start with AIOps?

2023, Jeroen Mulder, Multi-Cloud Strategy for Cloud Architects […] , Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 395:


badvocate

Taking such a transparent, honest approach can even provide "an opportunity to change a badvocate, into a potential advocate,” says Bough, as long as communications are authentic and sincere.

2010, Antony Young, Brand Media Strategy:

In this case, a company ought to determine whether an individual who discusses company products is a valuable marketing resource (advocate) or a threat to the brand (badvocate).

2011, Clarke L. Caywood, The Handbook of Strategic Public Relations and Integrated Marketing Communications, page 151:

One type of badvocate, sometimes identified as a troll, is a hacktivist.

2014, Deborah Gonzalez, Managing Online Risk: Apps, Mobile, and Social Media Security, page 66:


badvocacy

Badvocacy can be small and sneak up on you or can be big and take you by storm.

2014, Deborah Gonzalez, Managing Online Risk: Apps, Mobile, and Social Media Security, page 65:

Today, this advocacy or ‘badvocacy’ is often the loudest voice out there – 83% of global respondents say they completely or somewhat trust the recommendations of friends and family.

2017 June 6, Mark Davies, “Guiding principles to navigate the Customer 4.0 revolution”, in Consultancy.uk:

It has also occasionally arisen in the broader human rights context, with the ‘badvocacy’ controversy surrounding Invisible Children’s ‘Kony 2012’ campaign as one good example .

2019 July, Dustin N. Sharp, “Through a Glass, Darkly: Three Important Conversations for Human Rights Professionals”, in Journal of Human Rights Practice, volume 11, number 2:

This "badvocacy” relationship, a term coined by Amanda Taub (2012), relies on stereotypes and limited points of view and exploits the do-gooding imperative to push for simple solutions to simplified problems.

2021, Alexandra Cosima Budabin, Lisa Ann Richey, Batman Saves the Congo:

Negative comments and disparagement of a person or organization that is spread online or by word of mouth.


Clitar Hero

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Considering the game of Clitar Hero we played in the closet, I'd say hell yeah.

2017 June 5, Kristin Miller, “Chapter Three”, in Snow's Seduction, Entangled Publishing, →ISBN, retrieved 2023-11-13:

Can't wait to get home to a big glass of wine & play clitar hero.

2021 November 3, TheHorrorHottie, Twitter, retrieved 2023-11-13:

I’m trying to play clitar hero with the girlies tn 😤

2023 February 19, CiraBryant, Twitter, retrieved 2023-11-13:

(slang, vulgar, humorous) Digital stimulation of the clitoris.


Fatmerican

(slang, derogatory, offensive) An American.


Amerilard

(Internet slang, humorous, offensive, derogatory, ethnic slur) An obese American.


manime

en-noun

manime (countable and uncountable, plural manime or manimes)

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Coordinate term: tranime

No teacups or "uguu~~~s" here. This panel is pure MANIME!

2015, Neito, “Archived copy”, in Anime Boston, archived from the original on 2023-11-16:

By MANime I mean Yu Yu Hakusho, OG Yu-Gi-Oh!, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
 Gettin' tired of seeing all these grown-ass men buying $200 upskirt figures of high school girls. Gettin' real tired of it.

2013 October 21, Macklemost, “Does anyone here prefer MANime and MANga to the usual crap you see?”, in GameFAQs:

Love and emotions and stuff can be a part of a Manime. Look at Hokuto no Ken if you've ever seen it.

2011 January 12, Ready Start L_Arc, “Manime- Anime for MEN”, in Neoseeker Forums:

(anime, frequently 4chan) Anime that is manly.


Skanksgiving

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(slang, derogatory, humorous) The day before Thanksgiving Day, with reference to promiscuous behavior in bars around this time.


goomer

Blend of game + coomer, or made up of game + -oomer (Wojak-naming suffix). Originally the name of a Wojak character (also capitalized as Goomer), popularized on 4chan starting in 2019.

ok goomer

Gaming is a much more significant problem than cooming. A normal person can jerk off for an hour or two a day, max. You can waste your entire life playing video games. And pretending that you're a knight or dragon like a fucking six-year-old is more pathetic than jerking off to trap porn. Tens of millions of young men are wasting their lives away on gaming. This problem will only become more severe as our technological capacities increase.
Needless to mention, excessive gooming (or any gooming) also leads to the atrophy of your muscles and it eventually turns your brain into mucus much worse than even weed could.
Don't let it happen to you. Don't be a goomer.

2019 December 21, anonymous author, “The Goomer”, in 4chan:

That's exactly what I'm talking about. The 29-year-old goomer. Sits in his shart moisture and sweat all day clicking at pixels while his grandfatger^([sic]) had 2 white children by that age, with a third on the way.

(Can we date this quote?), anonymous author, “The Goomer”, in 4chan:

League and hots are total Goomer tier. It's on par with Fortnite.

2020 January 11, anonymous author, 4chan:

(4chan, derogatory) A video game addict.


fremesis

fremesis (plural fremesises or fremeses)

“We're not best friends, Millie.” “Right, I'm you nemesis--we love each other, but we've got some history.” “You're not my nemesis.” “We are, we're nemesises...es. We're rivals who are also totally obsessed with eachother-- "fremesises."” “Oh, like Batman and Catwoman.” “And like socks and sandals.”

2015 February 15, Greg Thompson, “The Millie-churian Candidate” (2:27 from the start), in Bob's Burgers, season 5, episode 12, spoken by Millie Frock (Molly Shannon):

Perez Hilton—nemesis turned fremesis

2015 September 15, Neil Patrick Harris, Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography, illustrated, reprint edition, Crown, →ISBN, page 292:

A decade and half-ish on, Mitchell and Kuba are standing by for another momentus powwow with their fremesis.

2017 August 1, Rob Reid, After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley, Random House Worlds, →ISBN:

She loved and hated her both. What is the term they use in the States? Friend, but also nemesis? Fremesis?” “Frenemy?” Lee says with a smirk.

2018 May 29, Michelle Gable, The Summer I Met Jack: A Novel, St. Martin's Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 270:

Steve Coogan is the slightly more attractive and slightly more well-known comedian who is asked to go on a food tour of northern England with his girlfriend, and when his girlfriend begins to back out of the project (and the relationship, maybe?) Coogan's friend (fremesis?) Rob Brydon is invited to sign up instead.

2019 August 1, Daniel Harmon, Super Pop!: Pop Culture Top Ten Lists to Help You Win at Trivia, Survive in the Wild, and Make It Through the Holidays, Zest Books ™, →ISBN:

“Patty said she saw you drinking on the patio at the Scope as she was leaving work.” Patty, my fremesis, played bass in one of our lesser, Louise-picked bands. She would be the one to narc on me.

2023 July 11, Daniel Hornsby, chapter 2, in Sucker: A Novel, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 14:


kissper

“That was so good! Oh, I could feel Scott Bakula's kiss whispers in my mouth!” “Kisspers!”

2015 March 1, Lizzie Molyneux & Wendy Molyneux, “The Gayle Tales” (13:27 from the start), in Bob's Burgers, season 5, episode 13, spoken by Gene Belcher (Eugene Mirman):

Although her voice is as light as soap bubble and ranges somewhere between a kiss and a whisper (hence the term kissper), her hands are the star of the show. The simplest narrative is coupled with a touch of the hair, a wiggle of a finger, or a twist of the wrist that looks as if she is conjuring a spell.

2015 May 5, Julie Young, Ilse Blansert, ASMR, Penguin, →ISBN:

When she began to resist his kissing her ear, Vicks said softly, ‘You said whisper, didn't you?’ His breath on her neck and ear made her want him right there, in the kitchen. But she said, ‘Whisper, not kissper.’

2017 October 25, Kulpreet Yadav, Murder In Paharganj, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:


kissper

en-verb

kissper (third-person singular simple present kisspers, present participle kisspering, simple past and past participle kisspered)

kisspers (present singular third-person)
kisspering (participle present)
kisspered (participle past)
kisspered (past)

“Jeez, Tina, you're such a horse ass kissperer.” “Well, Tammy, I happen to have done many hours of research on the Internet, and on my imaginary horse, Jericho.”

2016 May 15, Nora Smith, “The Horse Rider-er” (8:43 from the start), in Bob's Burgers, season 6, episode 17, spoken by Tammy Larsen (Jenny Slate):

To closely whisper which becomes kissing.


Dontavious

Blend of Donte + Octavius, the latter revised to accord with -ious.

A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.


monergy

Get more for your monergy.

(British, historical) Money spent on energy resources, the subject of a 1986 British government campaign.


palimpsestuous

en-adj

palimpsestuous (comparative more palimpsestuous, superlative most palimpsestuous)

more palimpsestuous (comparative)
most palimpsestuous (superlative)

From palimpsest + -ous by surface analysis, but also a humorous blend of palimpsest (“a text with several layers”) + incestuous (“involving relationships between related things”). Coined by Anthony Burgess (as palimpcestuous, with a suggested alternative form palincestuous to make the connection with incestuous clearer) to describe self-reference and the use of wordplay in the works of James Joyce.

blend

But this missive from Boston may be taken as a palimpcestuous précis of Finnegans Wake itself

1965, Anthony Burgess, “ALP and her Letter”, in Re Joyce, page 210:

In a palimpsestuous reading, the hypertext, or the original, always stands to gain by having its hypertextual status perceived.

2001, Christine Olga Kiebuzinska, Intertextual Loops in Modern Drama, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, →ISBN, page 31:

All adaptations are palimpsestuous (Hutcheon 2006), and Holmes's “are perhaps the most palimpsestuous of all popular-cultural reworkings" (McCaw 2013:36)

2013, Lucyna Krawczyk-Żywko, quoting McCaw, Holmes and the Ripper: Versus Narratives, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 97:

Nonetheless, Tuyen combines the planned part of her artwork, the book of longings, with found objects and parts of previous projects, which again makes the artwork resemble a more palimpsestuous structure.

2021 April 20, Lena Mattheis, Translocality in Contemporary City Novels, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 68:

What renders these poems valuable in a post-Writing Culture context of contested cultural representation is a peculiar, palimpsestuous quality.

2021, A. Elisabeth Reichel, Writing Anthropologists, Sounding Primitives, →ISBN, page 207:

Pertaining to the textual relationality of a palimpsest; referential to earlier works or self-referential between several meanings of a single text.


absement

en-noun

absement (countable and uncountable, plural absements)

We present a musical keyboard that is not only velocity-sensitive, but in fact responds to absement (presement), displacement (placement), velocity, acceleration, jerk, jounce, etc. (i.e. to all the derivatives, as well as the integral, of displacement).

2006 October 23, Steve Mann, Ryan Janzen, Mark Post, “Hydraulophone design considerations: absement, displacement, and velocity-sensitive music keyboard in which each key is a water jet”, in MM '06: Proceedings of the 14th ACM international conference on Multimedia, New York, N.Y.: Association for Computing Machinery, →DOI, →ISBN, page 519, column 1:

Mathematical parallelisms between mem-dashpots and mem-springs were recognized and exploited, but physical differences and the newness of mem-springs led to the realization that these newer models deserve deeper study, in part because of a little-studied quantity called absement which allows mem-spring models to display hysteretic response in great abundance.

2015 February 7, Jin-Song Pei, Joseph P. Wright, Michael D. Todd, Sami F. Masri, François Gay-Balmaz, “Understanding memristors and memcapacitors in engineering mechanics applications”, in Nonlinear Dynamics, volume 88, number 2, Dordrecht: Springer Nature, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 480, column 2:

Introducing the absement of the structure A(t)#x5C;equiv#x5C;int#x5F;#x7B;0#x7D;#x7B;t#x7D;u(#x5C;tau)d#x5C;tau Eq. (2) can be transformed to be #x5C;ddot#x7B;A#x7D;(t)#x2B;2#x5C;zeta#x5F;s#x5C;omega#x5F;s#x5C;dot#x7B;A#x7D;(t)#x2B;#x5C;omega#x5F;s²ᴬ(t)#x3D;-#x5C;dot#x7B;u#x7D;#x5F;g(t) (3)

2021 October, Yuchuan Tang, Chenhao Wu, Gang Wu, “Automated detection of velocity pulses in ground motions based on adaptive similarity search in response spectrum”, in Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, volume 149, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2:

(kinematics) A measure of sustained displacement of an object from its initial position; the time-integral of displacement.


Jenry

“I think all these Jenry fan edits and all that stuff is just fabulous, and I'm very grateful to have them supporting what is our first relationship.”

2023 December 27, Harry Rutter, Sarah Tulloch, quoting Jordan Sangha, “ITV Big Brother couple Jordan and Henry shiver when they recall infamous word from show”, in Mirror:

(UK, slang) Jordan Sangha and Henry Southan, contestants and romantic partners from the Big Brother reality show in 2023.


penthusiasm

Those 31 Penemy of Pignorance righters considered it their duty to help humanity by their penthusiasm. They did not write for money, to get university jobs and promotions, or for prestige, which means they were not universitting academonic writers.

2012 August 16, Penemy of Pignorance, Amerrycountry: Autorabiography, Author House, →ISBN, page 32:

(see title)

2017, Maggie Harkness, Anna Hitch, Steve Hoselitz, Penthusiasm: A Collection of Work by Seven Monmouthshire Writers, illustrated edition, Saron Publishing, →ISBN, page Title:

On the page and on the stage, Tex is proud to bring her particular brand of “red-penthusiasm” to conferences, conventions, and workshops all over the country—as an egregiously enthusiastic, endlessly energetic one-woman stampede.

2020 February 4, David Boop, Straight Outta Dodge City, Baen Books, →ISBN:


freakend

Although participants in the Jesus Freakend were engaged in activity, in this case the activity was not engagement in distinctive Christian practices such as prayer or works of mercy. Rather, they were engaged in recreating the plotline of salvation's story.

2002, Brad J. Kallenberg, Live to Tell: Evangelism in a Postmodern Age, illustrated edition, Brazos Press, →ISBN, page 104:

E: You ain't even gotta trip; its da freakend. I'll clean up. L: I do hafta trip, because I don't want your cleanup for a week and then back to not-giving-a-damn routine. I don't want any of your harebrained schemes, either, flim-flam man.

2008, M. G. Hardie, chapter 6, in Everyday Life, MG Hardie, →ISBN, page 105:

(see title)

2015, Sam Knight, Tonya De Marco, Petra Klarbrunn, Gilbert De Marco, Bob Satterfield, E. A. Irwin, Elsa Carruthers, Jason Dyer, Nicholas Kretz, Lisa Snow, and R. G. Nojek, edited by Sam Knight, Freakend Madness: Volume 1, volume 1, Publishing Consortium, LLC, →ISBN:

“Okay, fine, well, where is it then?” “Um, I recently borrowed it for one of my iconic Friday through Sunday "Terry Freak-ends."”

2023 August 14, Joe Saunders, “The Unwanted Personification of Terry” (4:09 from the start), in Solar Opposites, season 4, episode 11, spoken by Terry (Thomas Middleditch):


beagador

A dog that is a cross between a beagle and a Labrador retriever.


Swoonatra

Blend of swoon + Sinatra, in reference to his infatuated fandom.

(slang, dated) Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), American singer and actor.


Folgercest

Blend of Folgers (American coffee brand) + incest.

blend

(fandom slang, humorous) Fan fiction parodying the 2009 Folgers advertisement Coming Home, which inadvertently gave many viewers the impression of incestuous attraction between the brother and sister depicted.


femullet

Native New Yorker Wendy "The Snapple Lady" was even on hand for the event, though no word yet on how many ounces she chugged, or if she's now sporting a stylish ‘’femullet.’

2002, Brandweek, Volume 43, volume 43, Adweek L.P, page 16:

Joan Jett, a fan of the femullet. Billy Ray Cyrus: the mullet's poster boy.

2002, The New York Times Magazine, New York Times, page 64:

Red Ribbon: Gwen Stefani (except for the 27 days she had a femullet)

2004 March, SPIN, volume 20, number 3, SPIN Media LLC, →ISSN, page 67:

Florence Henderson – Mrs. Brady's classic femullet set a standard.

2013, Alan Henderson, Mullet Madness!: The Haircut That's Business Up Front and a Party in the Back, illustrated edition, Skyhorse Publishing Inc., →ISBN, page 44:

‘So where the hell's my girlfriend?’ ‘She went searching for you. But she never returned.’ Fin said quietly. He nodded towards the woman with the femullet. ‘Have you met her replacement, Detective Hargenson?’

2016 December 18, Sujata Moorti, Lisa Cuklanz, All-American TV Crime Drama: Feminism and Identity Politics in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:


she-E-O

she-eo Referring to a woman CEO, this is an irresistible play on words for headline writers, contest organizers, and singers. It has various spellings: she-e-o, she e o, she-eo, sometimes with capital letters. In the year 2000, a Canadian company sponsored a She-EO contest for women only, awarding $250,000 Canadian for the best dot-com business plan. And then there is the women's a capella^([sic]) singing group at Harvard Business School that calls itself the She E O's.

2004, Allan A. Metcalf, “The Crystal Ball”, in Predicting New Words: The Secrets of Their Success, illustrated edition, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 179:

She's Executive Officer - the She-E-O: This journal is to recognize all of the female entrepreneurs and bosses that make it happen. This notebook is vibrant and colorful and represents the brighter side of business that women bring to the table. It is a great gift for any female boss, big or small. She can continue to take notes, plan, set goals, dream and prosper with this journal. This journal is a great gift to yourself or someone else for encouragement, appreciation, empowerment, and recognition. Let's CELEBRATE the She-E-O!

2021 March 31, Terri Jordan Adams, She's Executive Officer: The She-E-o: Take Notes, Independently Published, →ISBN:

“She's Ultimate Platinum Regional She-EO of the Midwest. Its insane. She must make, like, millions.”

2021 August 24, Kyla Sharp, The Lies She Sold: A gripping psychological thriller, Kyla Sharp, →ISBN:

The origins of the term ‘She-e-o’ may be rooted in the SheEO Foundation, created by Vicky Saunders as a community support system for women and non-binary people in 1999.

2022 April 25, Camilla Mørk Røstvik, “Startups and the unsettling of the menstrual product industry”, in Cash Flow: The businesses of menstruation, UCL Press, →ISBN, page 174:

It's like I got promoted to she-E-O of a super toxic corporation, hey, but I'm in charge now, so I can make things better.

2023 July 21, Anna Drezen, “Taxi to the South!” (20:13 from the start), in Praise Petey, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Petey St. Barts (Annie Murphy):


Xitter

Blend of X + Twitter, following the rebranding of Twitter to X, influenced by the pronunciation of shitter.

(Internet slang, humorous, derogatory, vulgar) Twitter.


transvestigate

en-verb

transvestigate (third-person singular simple present transvestigates, present participle transvestigating, simple past and past participle transvestigated)

transvestigates (present singular third-person)
transvestigating (participle present)
transvestigated (participle past)
transvestigated (past)

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The poster has transvestigated this celebrity because of her defined jawline.

Who are transvestigators, and what does it mean to transvestigate?

2024 August 14, Quispe López, “How “Transvestigation” Crawled Out of the Worst Corners of the Internet Into the Mainstream”, in Them, archived from the original on 2024-08-14:

(Internet slang) To perform transvestigation; to informally investigate into whether a public figure is secretly transgender, generally by analyzing that person's appearance and anatomical structure.


manssiere

For most of us, the thought of needing to wear a "manssiere" is reason enough to avoid androstenedione. But now two other prohormones, androstenediol and norandrodiol, have attracted some buzz in gym culture.

2002, Lou Schuler, Jeff Volek, Adam Campbell, Michael Mejia, “Getting Ready to Lift”, in The Testosterone Advantage Plan, Rodale, →ISBN, page 176:

Then there's Sergeant Colt. He's a proud member of something called the Pro Football Ultimate Fans Association, an ecclectic group of fanatics that includes the like of Boss Hogette (Redskins), Bolthead Trish (Chargers), and famously bare-chested charter member Barrel Man (Broncos), who appears in desperate need of a Seinfeld manssiere.

2007 October 30, Rich Eisen, “Canton The Hall of Fame”, in Total Access: A Journey to the Center of the NFL Universe, illustrated edition, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 232:

Despite this premise, the invention of the manssiere or bro was unnecessary given the already thriving men's gynecomastia undergarment industry in the United States.

2014 September 8, Merril D. Smith, “G”, in Cultural Encyclopedia of the Breast, illustrated edition, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 125:

On the cessation of the non-denominational holiday of your choice, add the following two paragraphs: Blessed are You, Frank our Founder, Master of His Household, who creates the manssiere of the man.^([27])

2020 February 3, Martin Bodek, The Festivus Haggadah, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 18:

(informal) A bra designed to be worn by men.


cohencidental

(slang, derogatory, humorous, somewhat offensive, sarcastic) Of or pertaining to a cohencidence.


Standarin

(humorous) Standard Mandarin (the official language of China and Taiwan).


entertrainment

[…] entertrainment holds over formal, by-the-book training. For instance, many entertainers keep attention levels high by using energizers — brief, playful activities that move people around.

1996, Training and Development Yearbook, pages 4-21:

In-flotilla training should take place at every flotilla meeting. A half hour of every meeting agenda should be set aside for the "entertrainment" of all members. It should be interactive and enjoyable.

1998, Navigator: The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Magazine, page 24:

[…] entertrainment. That is, we tend to entertain as we train, and our audience members both expect and appreciate this. We interact with the audience, smile a lot, add a bit of humor, and inject some fun.

2013, Gayle Cotton, Say Anything to Anyone, Anywhere, page 21:

If you do and practiced Entertrainment 1 and 2 very well, you can go straight forward to the Entertrainment 3 in my next chapter. You already made the strong foundation for starting your Positive & Powerful & Happiness!™ Life Style!

2016, Carolyn A. W. van Ravenhorst, Positive Power & Happiness!:

(informal, chiefly business) Training designed to be entertaining for the person being trained.


Twitpocalypse

Blend of Twitter + apocalypse. Originally referring to the moment when the tweet identifier was expected to reach the 32-bit signed integer limit in June 2009.

This crash was supposed to happen sometime tomorrow, according to the countdown, but it looks like Twitter has just moved up the Twitpocalypse time to 21:00 GMT, which is 2 PM Pacific/5PM Eastern time today. Yes, in a couple hours.

2009 June 12, M. G. Siegler, “Twitter Moves Up The Twitpocalypse. All Hell May Break Loose Today.”, in TechCrunch:

The Twitpocalypse may have begun today [title]

2023 February 9, Simon Sharwood, “The Twitpocalypse may have begun today”, in The Register:

(humorous) A massive outage or bug affecting Twitter.


pessoptimist

Blend of pessimist + optimist, coined by British translator Trevor LeGassick in his 1985 translation of Emile Habibi's 1974 Arabic-language novel The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist.

coin

The paradoxical view of the dynamics of the situation explains the meaning of the word “pessoptimist,” coined from the partial merger of “optimist” and “pessimist.”

2001, Emile Habibi, translated by Trevor LeGassick, Salma Khadra Jayyusi, The Secret Life of Saeed: The Pessoptimist, Interlink Books, →ISBN, page xiii:

To put it simply, China is a pessoptimist nation. To understand China’s glowing optimism, we need to understand its enduring pessimism, and vice versa.

2010, William A. Callahan, China: The Pessoptimist Nation, Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 9:

There are those that have combined pessimism and optimism, giving rise to “The Pessoptimist.” It is the unfiltered thought and transparent conflict in the minds of today’s well-intentioned common human. A condition where one’s afflicted with seeing the worst while trying to do what seems right. We can call it discouraged encouragement.

2023, Terry Lee Murphy, Umbrella Analysis, Ankeny, Iowa, →ISBN, page 80:

A person who possesses elements of both pessimism and optimism.


Nairoberry

Criminal incidents in Nairobi are on the rise. The infamous dangerous, ugly and dark days of "Nairoberry" are back.

2022 May 11, Dauti Kahura, “Kenya: The Bad, Dangerous and Ugly Days of 'Nairoberry' Are Back”, in AllAfrica:

Nickname for the city of Nairobi, in Kenya.


gamejacker

Blend of game + hijacker, equivalent to gamejack + -er.

alternate reality game
alternate reality game

(alternate reality game fandom slang) One who is engaged in gamejacking.


Memfrica

Blend of Memphis + Africa, alluding to the substantial number of African Americans who reside there.

The only good thing I've heard lately is that my nephew's friends all call Memphis (my home town) "Memfrica," which makes me suspect that maybe not all young Whites are blind and dumb.

2002, Resistance - Issues 17-21, page 62:

Over the next several weeks I placed numerous calls and sent countless e-mails to every news outlet in the fine nation of Memfrica.

2010, Kevin L. Hogan, Politically Correct My Ass...:

Still, man, they take our jobs and don't pay taxes and bring drugs. It's bad enough the blacks have turned this place into 'Memfrica' and now we gotta worry about them too?”

2015, Joshua Savage, Melting Pot, page 84:

(ethnic slur, derogatory, slang, offensive) Synonym of Memphis (“city in Tennessee”)


Mirfanda

YouTube sensation Miranda Sings’ Midwest Premiere of her hilarious cabaret musical comedy Miranda Sings Live! Saturday night attracted ‘Mirfandas’ from across the country to Highland Park. Starring New York-based actress and singer Colleen Ballinger as Miranda Sings, the two performances were a smashing success with ‘Mirfandas’ storming the area from California to Minnesota, Milwaukee and Chicago proper.

2010 November 22, Abbe Sparks, “Mirfandas Infiltrate Highland Park from across the country for Midwest Premiere of Miranda Sings Live!”, in TribLocal (Chicago Tribune), archived from the original on 2011-01-10:

A performance at Cap City Comedy Club last year saw dozens of teenage girls (self-proclaimed “Mirfandas”) lined up wearing the character’s signature pulled back hair, surprised eyebrows, bright red (and poorly applied) lipstick and crooked smile.

2014 March 29, Dale Roe, “Big, funny names on their way to Austin”, in Austin American-Statesman, Austin, Tex., page E8, column 6:

These “Mirfandas” were extreme, to say the least. Things got even wilder as Miranda took the stage. […] The show has officially made a “Mirfanda” out of me.

2014 April 15, Sam Sklar, “I went to a Miranda Sings show and became a ‘Mirfanda’”, in The Badger Herald, archived from the original on 2014-04-19:

Actress/comedienne Miranda Sings makes a stop at 7 p.m. Friday night in the Fargo Theatre, bringing her bad singing, messy lipstick and other quirks to the stage for all her “Mirfandas.”

2014 August 28, Jack Dura, “Editor’s Choice: Something for Everyone this Labor Day Weekend”, in The Spectrum, volume 118, number 1, page 9, column 3:

She has built up her teenage following – her “Mirfandas” – through her YouTube videos.

2014 September 22, Bruce Dessau, “YouTube clown keeps it real”, in Evening Standard, London, page 42, column 1:

Colleen opens the show by transforming into Miranda live on-stage and proceeds to guide the audience through a Self Help Seminar on “PORN, love, BULLIES and Self isteam [sic]“. This quickly captures the hearts of dedicated ‘Mirfandas’ while setting the obscure tone for any newcomers. […] Whether you’re a die-hard Mirfanda or a stranger to her videos, you’re sure to enjoy the original flavours and quick-witted humour that Miranda has to offer.

2014 September 24, AJ Brinnand, “Miranda Sings Live At Cadogan Hall”, in Ten Eighty Magazine, archived from the original on 2014-09-27:

Now she’s performing hundreds of concerts every year all over the world, and just made an appearance on “The Tonight Show” as the guest of the newest Mirfanda, Jerry Seinfeld.

2014 December, Jim Caruso, “Jim Caruso’s Ultimate Party”, in BLEEP, number 411, page 69:

I AM A SWIFTY, DIRECTIONER and Mirfanda. I unashamedly succumb to my weekly dose of the Celebrity Apprentice, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, TMZ and occasionally, while sitting in an orthodontist waiting room preparing to enter two hours of torture, Seventeen Magazine. My iPhone is my best weapon — with it, I am able to follow my favorite celebrities’ every move through tabloids, Instagram and Twitter.

2015 April, Anna Lu, “Celebrity Worshipping: Hey Girl, Ryan Gosling Will Never Be Your BF”, in Verde, volume 16, number 4, page 66, column 1:

There will be special appearances by the Ballinger family, other YouTube friends, and, for all you Mirfandas and baes, Miranda Sings! 7:30 pm. Granada Theatre, […]

2015 December 10, Santa Barbara Independent, page 32:

In each video, Miranda calls out particularly nice or mean comments, inspiring some Mirfandas to post negative comments in hope that they might be featured. While her real identity is hardly a secret, as Ballinger posts bloopers of Miranda videos on her personal YouTube channel and gives interviews out of character, fans delight in their shared knowledge of Miranda’s performance and the talentless hopefuls she is skewing. Mirfandas can take pleasure in their communal understanding that they are “insiders.”

2016, Alice E. Marwick, “You May Know Me From YouTube: (Micro)-Celebrity in Social Media”, in P. David Marshall, Sean Redmond, editors, A Companion to Celebrity, Wiley Blackwell, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 342–343:

Are You A Mirfanda? You may subscribe to MirandaSings, but are you a true Mirfanda? Use this quiz to prove that you’re not a hater!

2016, Vlog It! The Quiz Book, London: Scholastic, →ISBN:

Miranda Dot-to-Dot / Haters back off. Only Mirfandas are welcome to join the dots here.

2016, Zoella & Friends: Vlogging Activities & Dot-to-Dots, London: Studio Press, Templar Publishing, Bonnier Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 14:

She has attracted legions of fans for both her online output and her in-person live tours; these “Mirfandas” follow her across YouTube (6.5 million subscribers), Instagram (4.4 million), Twitter (2.3 million), and other platforms.

2016 June 21, Todd Spangler, “Miranda Sings Leads the Way for Digital Stars Leaping to TV”, in Variety, archived from the original on 2016-06-22:

Is 'Haters Back Off' Based Off Of Miranda Sings' YouTube Channel? MirFANdas Will Be Happy [title]

2016 October 14, Kathleen Walsh, “Is 'Haters Back Off' Based Off Of Miranda Sings' YouTube Channel? MirFANdas Will Be Happy”, in Romper, Bustle Digital Group, archived from the original on 2021-03-05:

How much of an O.G. Mirfanda are you? […] That's not to say the show is only for Mirfandas. Sure, Haters contains Easter eggs. (Look for a "Where My Baes At?" kernel.) But it also answers burning questions -- "Why the heck does she wear her lipstick like that?" "Where did her name come from?" -- and fleshes out a bizarre world in ways both newbies and diehards can enjoy.

2016 October 14, Sean Fitz-Gerald, “Netflix's 'Haters Back Off!' Is the 'Napoleon Dynamite' of TV”, in Thrillist, archived from the original on 2016-12-02:

Be part of an audience of “Mirfandas” for the hit live comedy show of YouTube sensation Miranda Sings, the zany character performed by Colleen Ballinger-Evans.

2016 November, “Calendar of Events”, in Vicinity Magazine, Fairfield, N.J.: Vicinity Media Group, page 14, column 3:

Art from a Mirfanda. While Ballinger’s efforts to engage fans as herself outside of the Miranda character have been somewhat successful, her interactions with “Mirfandas” in character are the more compelling ones. […] A wall full of fan art, much of it from actual Mirfandas, decks out Mirandas^([sic]) bedroom walls in all their crayoned glory. […] Mirfandas, believe it or not, function similarly — of course, they view everything that Ballinger uploads and attend live events but are also committed to putting in time outside of mere watching to keep the project going through fan art, questions, and requests. […] And so the Mirfandas return to their natural state. It’s almost like Haters Back Off! never happened, if the YouTube and fan reactions are any indication.

2016 November 2, Jamie Loftus, “Miranda Sings Is the Ultimate Expression of Ironic Teenagers”, in Inverse, archived from the original on 2016-11-29:

Miranda’s passion and confidence inspire her “Mirfandas” to let the haters back off and never be afraid to be yourself.

2016 November 7, Liz Kyle, “Miranda Sings Makes her Netflix Debut in “Haters Back Off!””, in Flyer News, archived from the original on 2020-11-24:

With over 7 million Mirfandas, a Netflix show, two tours and a book under her belt, we’re thinking Adele better watch her back!

2017, Harriet Paul, Vlogs, Tags & Hauls, London: Studio Press, Kings Road Publishing, Bonnier Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 32:

Mia Lewis, a 15-year-old Mirfanda and freshman at Milwaukie Academy of the Arts, makes friends easily and loves performing in musical theater. That wouldn't be so, she insists, without Miranda's influence.

2017 January 4, Kate Taylor, “YouTube star Miranda Sings brings clueless, inspiring act to Portland”, in The Oregonian, archived from the original on 2020-08-07:

Sometimes the videos are just not enough for us #MIRFANDAS (the word used to describe Miranda Sings fans) so we have a Netflix show to show us what it’s like for a day in the life of Miranda Sings.

2017 October, Marty Kearney, “Recommended”, in GNI MAG, number 28, Belfast: Lamb Promotions Ltd, page 12, column 2:

Elite Daily had the chance to sit down with Kinsey to talk about her experience on the show, what we can expect from Season 2, and everything Mirfandas need to know about the possibility of Haters Back Off Season 3. […] Haters Back Off Season 2 hits Netflix Oct. 20, so get ready to binge, Mirfandas!

2017 October 20, Stephanie Ironson, “Will ‘Haters Back Off’ Season 3 Happen? Angela Kinsey Is Definitely Ready – EXCLUSIVE”, in Elite Daily, archived from the original on 2017-10-20:

Colleen Ballinger and her YouTube alter-ego Miranda Sings performs for her "Mirfandas," reading snippets of her diary and singing songs through some of the weird comments she receives.

2019 May 31, Sonja Haller, “New to Netflix in June 2019: The best kids, tweens and teens movies to stream”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 2019-05-31:

Filmed in front of a packed house of “Mirfandas,” “Miranda Sings Live … Your Welcome,” currently available on Netflix, has the talent reading snippets of her diary and singing through some of the weird comments she receives.

2019 June 16, Dan Rice, “cyberwaves”, in TV Week, page 44, column 2:

She performed to a Sony Centre full of young “mirfandas” as part of the JFL42 comedy festival in 2015.

2020 April 13, Garnet Fraser, “Miranda Sings pushes Toronto show back to November”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 2023-12-03:

A member of her management team suggested that they begin collecting fans’ emails to start a “Mirfanda club.”

2023 June 30, Laura Bradley, “YouTuber Colleen Ballinger Can’t Sing Her Way Out of These Allegations”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 2023-12-03:

(fandom slang) A fan of the fictional character Miranda Sings.


Suckramento

She would call the alcohol retro squad, hitch to Tiffany's in Suckramento, split to San Francisco.

1994, William Luvaas, Going Under, Putnam's, →ISBN, page 299:

There was a short period during the 1990s when our great city deserved the moniker "Suckramento" — the only town where White Zombie could fill ARCO Arena, and you could still find tickets available to Paul McCartney on the day of the show.

2005 June 9, Eddie Jorgensen, “No more Suckramento”, in Sacramento News & Review:

Well, it applies to Suckramento and SmellA, too.

2023 June 20, Julia Heaberlin, Night Will Find You: A Novel, Flatiron Books, →ISBN, page 122:


Satanyahu

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


mouthpie

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(pornography) Semen visibly displayed after ejaculation in the mouth.


Dunning-Krugerrand

Blend of Dunning-Kruger effect + Krugerrand.


Slavaboo

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(Internet slang, often derogatory) A non-Slavic person who is overly infatuated with Slavic (especially Russian or Soviet) culture.

(Internet slang, often derogatory) A non-Slavic person who is overly infatuated with gopnik subculture, originating in Slavic countries.


FOODMO

A new poll shows that a large portion of social media users experience FOODMO, or fear of missing out on new food trends.

2023 May 30, Ariana Triggs, “New survey finds social media users experience FOODMO, fear of missing out on food trends”, in USA TODAY:

(Internet slang) The fear of missing out on food trends.


vibecession

Blend of vibe (“an atmosphere or aura”) + recession. Coined by content creator Kyla Scanlon in a June 2022 article.

The concept of a vibecession may feel like a cop-out. But it’s a good starting point for understanding where we’re really at.

2022 August 13, Kevin T. Dugan, “Are We in a Recession or a Vibecession?”, in Intelligencer, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-10-03:

So, this is my favorite theory: The vibecession prevented the real recession. In medicine, weaker versions of a virus, like the flu, inoculate people against the real thing. By analogy, Fed Chair Jerome Powell and his melancholy minions essentially administered an injection of mostly safe gloom into the economic bloodstream, which seems to have triggered just the right level of macroeconomic immune response to reduce inflation without causing a downturn.

2023 August 3, Derek Thompson, “How the Recession Doomers Got the U.S. Economy So Wrong”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-12:

Americans are gloomy about the state of the economy. Since the covid-19 pandemic began, consumer sentiment has been in the doldrums, hitting its lowest level ever in June 2022. Such negativity has prompted claims that the country is suffering a "vibecession"—although the market appears healthy, good vibes are lacking.

2023 September 7, “The pandemic has broken a closely followed survey of sentiment”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-10:

"I think people have gotten angrier," she said. "I think we're actually in a worse vibecession now."

2023 November 17, Jeanna Smialek, Jim Tankersley, quoting Kyla Scanlon, “Biden Faces Economic Challenges as Cost-of-Living Despair Floods TikTok”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-12-05:

(neologism) A general state of societal pessimism about the economy.


penjamin

Blend of pen + Benjamin. Popularized by YouTuber and livestreamer Fulcrum around late 2022, although isolated uses exist earlier.

I'm gonna take a hit of the penjamin.

I have finally named my dab pen and he is dubbed penjamin 🥳👑

[2019 June 6, @tals_balls, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-12-09:

Just hit the penjamin franklin n I can't stop eating out of the fridge

2019 September 2, @youngfishgod, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-28:

dropped cigs. we on the penjamins now baby.

2022 November 30, @halfwhack, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-12-09:

Imagine being the cause for an illegal arms trafficker being released because you couldn't go a few hours without your penjamin. damn son

2022 December 8, u/happycleaner, “Rare Biden L: Brittney Griner Is Freed in Prisoner Swap With Russia in exchange for Arms Dealer Victor Bout”, in Reddit, r/Destiny, archived from the original on 2023-12-09:

My 14 year old cousin smoking penjamins now its crazy

2022 December 30, @seepsterr, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-12-09:

I always wondered how Snoop's lungs were feeling at his age. I'm 39 and I've had to switch to edibles or quit weed entirely multiple times over the years. No matter what I try (blunts, vaporizers, water pipes and bongs, glass pipes, penjamin etc) it still hurts my lungs and feels like it's damaging

2023 November 16, u/c0achdickandballs, “Snoop gives up weed”, in Reddit, r/rap, archived from the original on 2023-12-09:

(slang) A dab pen (a battery-powered pen-shaped device that allows the user to inhale THC vapor).


CensorStation

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(slang, video games, derogatory) The PlayStation video game console, regarded as having excessively censored content in its games.


glucurono-

(biochemistry) Relating to glucuronic acid.


MONIAC

An amusing invention was the MONIAC (MOnetary National Income Analogue Computer) hydraulic macroeconomic machine where flows of investment or export were represented by streaming coloured water in transparent tubes, and the stock of money by a water tank, whereas taxation was controlled through a valve.

2018, Tönu Puu, Disequilibrium Economics: Oligopoly, Trade, and Macrodynamics, Springer, →ISBN, page 204:

(economics) Acronym of Monetary National Income Analogue Computer.


rankit

Possibly a blend of rank + unit, along the lines of probit.

For a sample size of 6, the rankits are approximately −1.2672, −0.6418, −0.2016, 0.2016, 0.6418, and 1.2672. This means, for example, that the second largest value of a sample is likely to be around 0.6148.

A special problem illustrated in this example is the case of ties, or variates of identical magnitude. In such a case we sum the rankit values for the corresponding ranks and find their mean.

1969, Robert R[euven] Sokal, F. James Rohlf, Biometry: The Principles and Practice of Statistics in Biological Research, San Francisco, C.A.: W. H. Freeman and Company, page 124:

standard normal distribution
standard normal distribution#Noun

The expected value of the nth largest value (for some n) in a standard normal distribution sample of a particular size, used in normality testing.


gurp

en-verb

gurp (third-person singular simple present gurps, present participle gurping, simple past and past participle gurped)

gurps (present singular third-person)
gurping (participle present)
gurped (participle past)
gurped (past)

I crawl outta bed about 8 in the mornin' / Start gurpin' 8:30 today is my birthday / It's August 14th and I'm guzzling Rossi / I got me a 40 ain't nothin' gon' stop me

2004 March 8, “Come Gurp With Me”performed by Z-Man:


romantasy

Blend of romance + fantasy. The term was popularized during 2020.

I want @lara_adrian 's book 7.! -.- sooo bad.! Best romantasy author ever.! (:

2009 December 14, @xlittleshawty, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-18:

Well that's the typical girl in books
Especially romance and "romantasy"

2017 October 29, @loneIydreams, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-18:

[Sarah J.] Maas, whose sales jumped 51 per cent this past year and was largely credited by Bloomsbury for a 15 per cent increase in total revenue, is technically classified as sci-fi or “romantasy”.

2023 November 11, Madison Darbyshire, “Hot stuff”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 9:

Morgan Entrekin, chief executive of Grove Atlantic, the publisher behind last year's Booker prize-winner, Paul Lynch's Prophet Song, agrees. “The boom in [romantasy]^([sic]) has been amazing,” he says.

2024 February 17, Anna Nicolaou, quoting Morgan Entrekin, “‘Romantasy’ writer who could save publishing”, in FT Weekend, Opinion, page 9:

Romantic fantasy, a subgenre of fantasy literature.


Yapanese

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Blend of yap (“chat excessively”) + Japanese, a language perceived as being difficult or foreign to English speakers.

blend

Bro has got a PhD in Yapanese 💀

Bro was speaking Yapanese idk what he expected

2023 July 27, u/PinheadLarry_, “God forbid I have an actual conversation on this app”, in Reddit, r/Tinder, archived from the original on 2024-04-28:

this professor is fluent in yapanese..

2023 December 5, @abey_cd11, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-04-28:

nigga spoke a whole lot of yapanese just to say Caitlin Clark is better and more valuable, I'm cryin dawg

2023 December 21, @imspenser_6, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-04-28:

She's fluent in yapanese. Talking just to talk

2024 March 14, u/lilpumpski, “Doctors and baristas should be paid the same”, in Reddit, r/medicalschool, archived from the original on 2024-04-28:

(Internet slang, humorous) Incomprehensible and meaningless speech; nonsense, waffle.


Murphia

Her poll numbers were sky high, higher even than Jack’s; this [...] impressed his Irish mafia (‘the Murphia,’ she called them).

1998, E. Klein, Just Jackie, Ballantine Books, page 27:

1998, Jack Cunningham, FERGUS SHAMED BY THE MURPHIA., The Mirror, np.

the expatriate Irish people living in the UK, esp. those who have prospered; also attrib.


sparktastic

en-adj

sparktastic (comparative more sparktastic, superlative most sparktastic)

more sparktastic (comparative)
most sparktastic (superlative)

Screens for Tony Hawk: Ride were unavailable at press time, but we can only hope they're as sparktastic as this artwork.

2009, Nintendo of America, Nintendo Power, volumes 243-245, Nintendo of America Inc, page 11:

"But the reason to go see Dreamatorium is the closing musical number. The chemistry between the robber character... and the lonely morgue operator was sparktastic."

2011 February 20, Dan Fybel, Rich Rinaldi, “Hamburger Dinner Theater” (14:23 from the start), in Bob's Burgers, season 1, episode 5, spoken by Mort (Andy Kindler):

“Making Sweet Pea into lots of little plants was a sparktastic idea!” said Lavender. “Rain and sun will take care of all the little Sweet Peas,” said Hazel. “And Posie can get some sleep at night,” said Lavender.

2016 June 28, Scholastic, A Day at Charm School (Little Charmers: Reader), Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, page 29:


waffsicle

WAFFSICLE FOR WAFFLES (U.S. CL. 46).

1998 June 16, United States. Patent and Trademark Office, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Trademarks, Volume 1211, Issue 3, volume 1211, number 3, U.S. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office, page 207:

“I wish I had some of his ice cream. I could use a Waffsicle right now,” said Long Island.

2001, Richard W. Browne, chapter 33, in Brannon's Choice, Hard Shell Word Factory, →ISBN, page 228:

“Tina, you're missing breakfast. Your frozen waffles are gonna refreeze.” “Mine is somehow burnt and frozen? It defies science.” “I love Mom's waffsicles.” “I'll have to take my waffsicles to go. Dad and I have a meeting. Right, Dad?”

2019 October 13, Holly Schlesinger, “Motor, She Boat” (0:21 from the start), in Bob's Burgers, season 10, episode 3, spoken by Gene Belcher (Eugene Mirman):


spanktastic

spanktastic (comparative more spanktastic, superlative most spanktastic)

more spanktastic (comparative)
most spanktastic (superlative)

While admiring herself in a mirror, she shows peeks of her own peaks, spanktastic ass, and hairiffic furburger. Beastly and beautiful! Still a flaxen-haired vision of vixenism, Virginia made a comeback in Hammer's Love is the Devil (1998).

2005, Mr. Skin, chapter 28, in Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia: The A-to-Z Guide to Finding Your Favorite Actresses Naked, illustrated edition, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 590:

You know your aim is true when the deepest part of you is engaged by what you're doing. Your self-expression feels honest and purposeful. If you can make that the biggest part of your life, and it serves both yourself and others, then that's spanktastic.

2015 October 6, Lux Alani, chapter 1, in The Little Vanilla Book: S&M Wisdom to Improve Your Everyday Life, illustrated edition, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 3:

All thoughts of the man encased in the spanktastic tight denim are lost as we move closer.

2016 March 22, Kacie Ji, chapter 2, in Demigoddess 101, Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD), →ISBN:

I laugh, and Kiki glares at me. “It's not funny, bunny. You need to look spanktastic this first time out of the gate.” She's so serious I giggle again. “I'm not a damn horse!” I hold my sides as laughter peels out of me, and I feel closer to normal.

2018, Marata Eros, The Token Series Complete Boxed Set 1-5: Impossible-to-predict Romantic Billionaire Psychological Thrillers, T. Rose Press LLC, →ISBN:

Topics covered in this spanktastic guide include: How to give an effective scolding. A deep dive into Supplementary Punishments such as early bedtimes, mouth-soaping, and diapers / pull-ups.

2022 February 16, Clarine Klein, The Caregiver's Guide to Strict and Loving Discipline: The Tools You Need to Give a Spanking by the Book!, Studio Bebop Incorporated, →ISBN:


pawlice

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Blend of paw + police, found in DoggoLingo.

(Internet slang, humorous) An imaginary police force relating to, or staffed by, animals.


Fishtar

Blend of fish + Ishtar, in reference to Ishtar (1987), another film that failed to recoup its lavish budget.

(slang, humorous, derogatory) The 1995 film Waterworld, known for its runaway production costs.


Bramladesh

/ˌbɹæm.ləˈdɛʃ/

/ˌbɹɑm.ləˈdɛʃ/

Yet half a century later, it is part of Brampton and known in some quarters as "Bramladesh" because it epitomizes the transformation taking place.

2013 June 15, Dakshana Bascaramurty, “How Brampton demonstrates the new vision of Canada”, in The Globe and Mail:

Brampton – a.k.a. “Browntown,” “Bramladesh” or “Singhdale” – is just like the nicknames imply: mostly brown.

2016 June 3, Noreen Ahmed-Ullah, “How Brampton, a town in suburban Ontario, was dubbed a ghetto”, in The Globe and Mail:

It is now 73% visible minority, with its largest ethnic group Indian, particularly Sikhs from Punjab, earning the city the nicknames “Bramladesh” and “Browntown”.

2018 September 4, Sadiya Ansari, “‘Everybody fits in’: inside the Canadian cities where minorities are the majority”, in The Guardian:

(Canada, colloquial, derogatory) Brampton (city in Ontario)


Republicrap

I personally believe, Tuttle, that our country has been completely void of government, at any level, for at least the last 12 years. Look at it: Two “Republicraps” and one Democrap” — an utter uncontrollable mess. At all levels, the “people’s will” be damned.

1979 June 27, K. R. Jackson, “Don’t apologize”, in News-Chronicle, volume XXV, number 23, Thousand Oaks, Calif., page 40, column 5:

See? Immediately, it forces a focus on the message. No leggy blonde frowning earnestly and saying, “Have you heard the Democruds want to make abortion mandatory?” No harried mom wondering what she’ll do if the Republicraps issue assault rifles in school. Just The Candidate, talking.

1996 April 16, Cory Farley, “Ad nauseum:^([sic]) Closing in on a cure”, in Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno, Nev., page 1D, column 1:

Did anyone notice that all of these legislators have one thing in common? They’re all Republicraps.

2002 April 14, Paul Hart, “Capitol Clowns”, in The Salt Lake Tribune, volume 263, number 182, Salt Lake City, Ut., page AA2, column 5:

“Why would the other senators allow the upstarts into their committees?” Chiun demanded, not letting up on the earlier ludicrousness. / “Guess they’d have to if there were enough MAEBEs,” Remo said. “Otherwise, the MAEBEs would fight everything the Democraps and Republicraps did. I guess it’s a part of the checks and balances.”

2004, Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir, chapter 31, in Political Pressure: Number 135 in Series (The Destroyer), London: Sphere, published 2016, →ISBN:

Interactions in a civil society must transcend insults, such as “snowflakes” or “Republicraps.”

[2021, Phillip A. Olt, “Developing Social Empathy With Higher Education”, in Vincent Bowhay, editor, The Proper Role of Higher Education in a Democratic Society (Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development), IGI Global, →ISBN, section 1 (Institutional Perspectives on Civic Engagement), page 1:

Once again, 1960 saw the election of another president fated to die in office—John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. By this time, seven consecutive presidents elected in years ending in zero had died in office, and still, nobody was talking about it. After seven consecutive presidential deaths fitting the pattern of the curse, it should have been obvious there was something to it. One wonders how the Democraps and Republicraps were able to dig up any candidates for president when 1980 rolled around, yet there they were, in droves.

2023, Frank P. Skinner, Setting the Record Straight: A Compleat History of the Alternate States of America, volume 1, Conneaut Lake, Pa.: Page Publishing, →ISBN:


wokel

General American, African-American Vernacular, MTE, MLE

The sum total of the mechanisms in the covid psyop, why it works. Last year was another ridiculous parade of alternating fear + pseudoscience in the media. Just like the previous year only the lies were getting even more …unbaalievable. Not too bizarre though it would seem for the devout religious branch of Covidian wokels, the fear kept working on them.

2022 January 6, “Fear-Submission-Control”, in BDBinc:

By analogy with yokels, the ignorance and naivety of woke fascists makes them “wokels”. Then why are so many academics woke? Surely, they must be the opposite of wokels.

2022 June 12, J. C. Lester, Wokeness Is Inverted Fascism Plus Hypocrisy: A Libertarian Perspective, page 3:

On the other hand, I can already hear critics bellowing that giving men free booze promotes patriarchy rather than subverts it. Such a program would be a tough sell to the local wokels.

2023 April 25, Doug Mortimer, “Snockered with Knockers”, in A Voice for Men:

(slang) Somebody who speaks for progressive (“woke”) values in spite of missing education.


horrorscope

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Oh dear, oh dear! all my appalling presentiments are coming as true as those awful horrors'''copes in Zadkiel’s almanac! I knew that girl would break her neck with her horse-riding. I can see her now laid out a corpse at my feet.

1874, Henry Mayhew, Athol Mayhew, Mont Blanc. A Comedy, in Three Acts., London: […] [P]rivate circulation, page 13:

Well, John Hamilton—he’s an awfully cute Kansas boy, just a freshman at Electoral College, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he got his ’Fi Beata Capper next term—anyway, he reads horrorscopes the way Jim Farley reads palms, and he told me months ago that a dark horse would shortly come into my life . . .

1936, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 209, page 27:

Madame La Finkus is the astrologer who predicted Harry Truman would run as usual. His horrorscope shows a strong fever chart.

1952 March 9, Arthur ‘Bugs’ Baer, “Stars Over Washington”, in Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, volume 50, number 37, Pittsburgh, Pa., column 1:


holidate

Blend of holiday + date. Perhaps popularized by Holidate (2020), American romantic comedy film.

(informal, rare) A holiday taken with a potential romantic partner, similar to a date.

(informal, rare) The potential romantic partner taken on such a holiday.


bathinette

Blend of bath + bassinette, originally a trademark.

The bathinette was ignited by proximity to exposed hot water pipes in the bathroom.

1832, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court, page 4:

Depositing Susie in the bathinette, I removed the soiled nappie.

1954, Ernest Cady, We Adopted Three, page 65:

(dated) A small folding bathtub for washing a baby.


brazillion

Blend of Brazil + -illion. Possibly originating from an old joke mocking former US president George W. Bush:
Donald Rumsfeld is giving the President his daily briefing on Iraq. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, seven Brazilian soldiers were killed in an ambush." "Oh, no! That's terrible!" the President exclaims. His staff sit stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands. Finally, the President looks up and asks, "Um... how many is a brazillion, exactly?"

The chances against this ever happening being so vanishly small I don't know how many universes would need to exist for how many brazillions of years for it ever to happen at all.

2005 October 15, Uncle Davey, “A riddle that was set me...”, in alt.fan.uncle-davey (Usenet):

there's about ten brazillion C++ tutorial things on the Interwebz.

2008 August 7, Rev. 11D Meow!, “visual c++”, in talk.bizarre (Usenet):

The chance of igniting hydrogen while jumpstarting a vehicle is about one in a brazillion. The chance of accidentally touching some exposed metal with the red clip is about one in a hundred; the consequences can be severe if the ground wire is already connected.

2013 January 22, Eiron, “battery boost”, in rec.motorcycles (Usenet):

A lot of the experiments in Level II and Level III of this book involve power tools. Quite a few involve projectiles. One involves fire and a brazillion flying sparks.

2013, Stephen Voltz, Fritz Grobe, How to Build a Hovercraft: Air Cannons, Magnet Motors, and 25 Other Amazing DIY Science Projects, San Francisco, C.A.: Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 68:

(slang, hyperbolic) An unspecified large number (of).

Carlton Books
Donald Rumsfeld
George W. Bush


peppermintini

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A kind of martini cocktail made with peppermint.


stewp

en-noun

stewp (countable and uncountable, plural stewps)

Stewp is part stew and part soup. Crusty bread is perfect for dunking.

1999, Jean Paré, “Fish Seafood”, in One-Dish Meals, illustrated edition, Company's Coming Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 60:

A “stewp” is like a stew and a soup combined.

2005 July 1, Linda Larsen, The Everything Meals For A Month Cookbook: Smart Recipes To Help You Plan Ahead, Save Time, And Stay On Budget, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 22:

But Nana died when I was seven, and my grandpa, who could put up a mean “stewp”—a thick, chunky soup—when I was thirteen. I was too young to remember their wisdom, or to have understood it in the first place. But I have the file.

2010 October 19, Suzan Colon, Cherries in Winter: My Family's Recipe for Hope in Hard Times, illustrated edition, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 9:

I made what was likely to be the last pot of soup for the season as the weather was warming up. This was a thick, hearty soup of the type my family has labelled ‘stewp’.

2012 October 1, Mary Horsfall, “October”, in Gardens for All Seasons, Csiro Publishing, →ISBN, page 246:

Julia spooned up some stewp. “I'm glad you like it.” She blew on her spoonful before she took a bite.

2017 October 31, Fern Michaels, Susan Fox, Jules Bennett, Leah Marie Brown, Winter Wishes, Zebra Books, →ISBN:

This stewp (stew/soup), also known as a pepper pot, can be adapted to any hardy green and uses cheap cuts of meat in a spicy coconut broth. The stewed meat is sometimes seen served on top of the stewp, and the stewp is sometimes purée into a thick sauce.

2021 September 7, Christine Tizzard, Cook More, Waste Less: Zero-Waste Recipes to Use Up Groceries, Tackle Food Scraps, and Transform Leftovers, Appetite by Random House, →ISBN:

A thick, chunky soup that is thicker than most soups but thinner than a stew.


hufu

hufu (countable and uncountable, plural hufus)

He wants to eventually offer varieties of hufu, but he's starting with just one: Hufu Classic Strips. These “will basically resemble the choicer flesh, which is upper arms, thighs and buttocks.”

2006, Alex Boese, “Food”, in Hippo Eats Dwarf: A Field Guide to Hoaxes and Other B.S., illustrated edition, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 77:

a human-flavored tofu called Hufu. The bean curd's flavor was based on what cannibals described humans as tasting like. The Hufu motto: It's the healthy human-flesh alternative.

2010 March 1, Bart King, chapter XXI, in The Big Book of Gross Stuff, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 258:

Hufu is sort of like tofu (bean curd) except it is designed to look and taste like, uh, human.

2014 August 21, Bart King, The Big Book of Girl Stuff, revised edition, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN:

So when Hufu gets the catchy slogan, ‘the great taste of friends’, it again points directly to long held philosophical division between so-called humans - who are always fellows or potential friends - and edible bodies that have no subjecthood.

2016 August 16, Brianne Donaldson, Christopher Carter, The Future of Meat Without Animals, illustrated edition, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 242:

Sally's original goal was to teach all monsters, mainly zombies, how to survive "fleshie" onslaught. (Fleshies is a term use to describe humans. It's fleshie or hufu. I think someone took hufu.) It was us zombies against the fleshies.

2017 January 25, Robert Michael “Bobb” Cotter, Vampira and Her Daughters: Women Horror Movie Hosts from the 1950s into the Internet Era, illustrated edition, McFarland, →ISBN, page 130:

HuFu and was promoting it as “the healthy human flesh alternative!” Mark Nuckols, inventor of HuFu, says, “I have to admit that I myself have never sampled human flesh. . . . However, I've done quite a bit of research on the history and anthropology of cannibalism and read enough accounts to have come up with a fairly good approximation”

2022 August 23, Deborah L. Nichols, Patricia L. Crown, “9 Devouring Ourselves George J Armelagos”, in Social Violence in the Prehispanic American Southwest, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 218:

Tofu whose flavor has been designed to resemble that of human flesh.


dogfluencer

One likely reason these totes are slightly less popular than Love Thy Beast's right now is that, even though Wagwear is an older company (it debuted in 1998; Love Thy Beast launched in 2012), it came out before Instagram or dogfluencers were a thing, and therefore has stayed slightly more under the radar.

2019 July 19, Liza Corsillo, “What Dog Bag Should I Use to Look Like I’m Carrying a Dogfluencer?”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-29:


vlogpology

Blend of vlog + apology. Popularised in a January 2020 study of YouTuber apology videos by data visualisation website The Pudding, but attested earlier (see quotations).

fucking RUINED this guy myers needs a vlogpology without hte^([sic]) mask ...SHOW YOURSELF MYERS !

And this is what he was trying to do. A vlog apology. Vlogpology. 👌

vlogpology (noun): when a famous YouTuber becomes embroiled in a controversy, makes headlines, and releases an apology video.

2020 January 20, Arjun Kakkar, Russell Samora, “The Aftermath of a YouTube Apology”, in The Pudding:

My findings also show that vlogpologies are often created when the vlogger is under extreme duress and may be uncomfortable with being told to apologise, which can result in non-apologetic language and seem insincere.

2022 November 20, Bella Sampson, I'm Sorry You(Tube) Feel That Way: An Introduction to the YouTube Vlogpology Genre (Thesis), Auckland University of Technology, page 2:

(derogatory, neologism, very rare) An apology video; a video, typically uploaded to video-sharing service YouTube, in which an Internet celebrity/influencer apologises for, or addresses, public backlash, especially in an insincere manner.


nasallang

Blend of nasal + palang (Malay, “crossbar”), styled after ampallang.

blend

An industrial piercing that passes through both sides of the nose and the nasal septum.


mapletini

THE MAPLETINI

1992, Harold Wallace Ross, Katharine Sergeant Angell White, “The New Yorker”, in F-R Publishing Corporation, volume 68, numbers 24-32:

EASY ENTERTAINING AT HOME Mapletini: Mix 1 1/2 ounces Bulleit® bourbon, 1 teaspoon maple syrup, and 1 dash vanilla extract in a shaker with cracked ice. Strain into a tumbler filled midway with cracked ice. Top with 3 ounces soda water. Garnish with maple candy. Makes 1 drink.

2011 December 1, Sandra Lee, Easy Entertaining at Home: Cocktails, Finger Foods, and Creative Ideas for Year-Round Celebrations, Hachette Books, →ISBN:

“I'm sorry, all right? I was just trying to help.” “Two mapletinis.” “Look at that. Is that real syrup? Right. Sorry. Disaster at hand.”

2014 November 30, Brigitte Munoz-Liebowitz, “The Road Trip” (5:46 from the start), in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Bart Ender (Adam Lamb):

Mapletini This cocktail comes nowhere near a classic martini, and it's proud of it. It's best served arctic cold, so shake the vodka until your hands are stuck to the shaker by a layer of frost.

2015 October 6, Katie Webster, Maple: 100 Sweet and Savory Recipes Featuring Pure Maple Syrup, Quirk Books, →ISBN:

40. Creamy Vodka-based Mapletini Preparation Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 5 minutes Servings: 1 Calories: 339 kcal

2021 January 2, Victoria White, “40. Creamy Vodka-based Mapletini”, in Refreshing and Delicious Keto Cocktail Recipes: 79 Satisfying Keto Alcoholic Drinks to Make You Shout from the Rooftops!, Fehintola Otegbeye, →ISBN, page 40:


DeSanctimonious

Blend of DeSantis + sanctimonious. Coined by Donald Trump at a rally in 2022.

coinage

Mr Trump mockingly referred to his onetime ally, who won the Sunshine State’s 2018 gubernatorial election after earning the then-president’s endorsement, as Ron DeSanctimonious while discussing his standing in the polls during a rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

[2022 November 5, Andrew Feinberg, “Trump road-tests nickname for Florida governor and potential 2024 rival Ron DeSantis”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-19:


RuSSian

Blend of Russian + SS, implying that the Russian character is fascistic.

(slang, humorous, offensive, derogatory) Russian.


chinchillada

/ˈt͡ʃɪn.t͡ʃɪˈlɑ.də/

My friend Martin desperately wanted me to make “chinchilladas,” using chinchilla meat, though try as I might, I couldn't find the stuff anywhere. If you've ever seen one of these animals, you might know why—talk about the cuteness factor!

2008 March 18, Scott Gold, The Shameless Carnivore: A Manifesto for Meat Lovers, Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, →ISBN, page 94:

Grant keeps calling them chinchilladas which it think is a cross between an insect and Mexican food.

2012 August 22, Benny Goodman, Grant Goodman, 16 Sundays in France - Cycling from Calais to Montpellier, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 81:

“For your information, we're working on a plan to earn enough money to pay you, and to get new wings, so...” “It better not be chinchilladas!” “Oh, my God.” (laughing) “Oh, my God.” “See?” “Chinchilladas? I'd forgotten all about that.” “It's not chichilladas!” (laughing) “Jesus Christ...”

2018 May 9, Adam Reed, “Different Modes of Preparing the Fruit” (10:42 from the start), in Archer, season 9, episode 3, spoken by Sterling Archer (H. Jon Benjamin):

But being funny has never been Archer’s problem; the weakest episodes earn that distinction through faulty plotting mechanics, never for a dearth of magnificent one-liners. (This episode’s chinchilladas bit, for instance, is beautiful. The fur farm practically gave them the meat for free!)

2018 May 9, Charles Bramesco, “Archer: Danger Island Recap: Anyone for Chinchilladas?”, in Vulture.com, archived from the original on 2022-12-25:


Mazdarati

“Hey, hey, hey! Get away from my Mazdarati!” “I thought it was a Porsche.” “Parts! It's both! Mostly Honda!”

2021 May 9, Katie Crown, “Steal Magazine-olias” (20:15 from the start), in Bob's Burgers, season 11, episode 20, spoken by Dr. Yap (Ken Jeong):

For example, say you have $50,0000 in the bank. You may think ‘Hurrah! I can buy a new ‘Mazdarati’!’ However, if you aren't recording your bills into MYOB in a timely manner, how can you know what you have available to spend?

2023 October 3, Sonya Prosper, “The Part of Tens”, in MYOB For Dummies, 9 edition, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 447:

Steve inevitably crashed the car again and was sacked. The car he drove was a two litre Mazda and was a beautiful car to drive at first so good and fast someone nicknamed it the Mazdarati. I drove the car one day when Steve was busy in the office and no other vehicle was available and it was a joy to use. I drove it later after Steve left and it was absolutely hell to drive, noisy when running, pulling over to one side and making a clicking sound and did not change gear easily at all.

2023 November 15, Derek Fairey, A Modern Fairey Story, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

A low-end vehicle being shown as a sportscar.


enzybiotic

(pharmacology) An experimental enzyme used in antibacterial therapy.


Russophrenia

This is classic Russophrenia, believing that Russia is about to threaten the world while on fiscal life-support.

2015 June 30, Bryan MacDonald, “Russophrenia - an illness in need of a cure”, in RT:

In one astute observation, Western media exhibit a “Russophrenia” – “a condition where the sufferer believes Russia is both about to collapse, and take over the world.”

2018 July 18, Mikhail Molchanov, quoting Bryan MacDonald, “The Trump-Putin summit: Russophrenia explained”, in Asia Times:

In some psychiatric sense it is very close to the more specific Russophrenia phenomenon, where Russia is simultaneously about to collapse and about to overtake the US, and the combined West.

2019 April 9, Bill Totten, “Has the US Lost Its Military Supremacy Over Russia?”, in BillTottenWeblog (Google Groups):

The Russian FIMI ecosystem produced and distributed satirical videos attacking Western values and exposing the purported reasons why Russia is superior to Western democracies. The European External Action Service (EEAS) Data team detected this new trend, including a video highlighting the Western “Russophrenia” and supposed attempts to cancel Russian culture, an advertisement inviting EU citizens to move to Russia, and commercial videos mocking EU citizens on the energy crisis.

2022, Global Affairs Canada, G7 Rapid Response Mechanism Annual Report 2022, page 10:

(neologism, political science, geopolitics, derogatory) The belief or idea that Russia is simultaneously about to collapse, and also take over the world.


conspiracy fact

en-noun

conspiracy fact (plural conspiracy facts)

A conspiracy theory that has been proven true.


mirrortocracy

mirrortocracy (countable and uncountable, plural mirrortocracies)

/ˌmɪ.ɹəˈtɒkɹəsi/

A type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through resemblance or similarity to those already in power.


popufur

Blend of popular + furry. Attested as early as 2007 (see quotations), but popularised by a 2009 musical comedy sketch at the Furry Night Live variety show of the Further Confusion furry convention that used popufur as a synonym for popular.

I'm getting crap from people upset that a person did an OC for me, and how they waited around for blah blah blah time. The favoritism and having to OC with "popufur" artist has turned me off to the program and talk about ruining something done out of the kindness of someone's heart :/

2007 February 13, Arshes Nei, “RE: What pisses you right the !@#$ off?”, in Fur Affinity Forums, Fur Affinity, archived from the original on 2015-08-28:

Yay! I'm in the news! Can I be a popufur yet? :D

How many watchers on FA do you need to be a popufur?

2016 September 15, u/BennyCrobat, “What counts as a popufur?”, in r/Furry, Reddit:

Let's call it what it is. People have an easier time bullying furries of color, especially black furries than they do gently telling a white popufur they might want to rethink something they said.

how the fuck did I get 56 followers in 5 days. why am I slowly gaining popufur status o h n o

(furry fandom) An influential or famous furry; a microcelebrity or influencer in the furry fandom subculture.


dickmatize

en-verb

dickmatize (third-person singular simple present dickmatizes, present participle dickmatizing, simple past and past participle dickmatized)

dickmatizes (present singular third-person)
dickmatizing (participle present)
dickmatized (participle past)
dickmatized (past)

I’d come to the conclusion that Ben had one hundred per cent dickmatized me, and to break the trance I needed to start calling the shots again when it came to blokes.

2012, Becci Fox, Confessions of an Essex Girl, London: Pan Books, →ISBN, page 228:

I should thank Fad not just for my niece but for dickmatizing my sister the way he did.

2018, Jessica Knoll, The Favorite Sister, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 62:

"Please baby. Pull those panties down and play with that fat cat." He moaned. / I don't know what it was about that last statement, but I lost all my inhibitions. I felt as if he had dickmatized me. I was in a trance as I felt my panties sliding down over my plump ass. My eyes lowered as I became aroused.

2019, Sheena Perry, My Brother’s Lady, My Baby 1: Please Be Mine!, [Florissant, Mo.]: Sheena Perry Publishing, →ISBN, page 144:

(transitive, slang, vulgar) To make dickmatized.


assholocene

“Paleontologists of SFWA will one day refer to this as the Assholocene Era … ”

2014 February 17, Unknown, “SFF.NET SFWA Discussion”, in The Bulletin Petition, SFWA, SFF.NET, archived from the original on 2024-01-07:

The epoch in human history in which assholisation, i.e. the normalisation of group-specific misanthropy, is a dominant political dynamic, and the nationalist, patriarchal asshole replaces the neoliberal sociopath as the dominant subject: this is what I call the assholocene - the age of assholes.

2023 October 26, Tadzio Müller, “Beyond ethics and rationality: welcome to the assholocene”, in Friedliche Sabotage, archived from the original on 2024-01-07:

During the past weeks, I’ve been casting about to see what ideas are already out there. Suggestions I’ve found include the Terrible Twenties, the Long 2016, the Age of Emergency, Cold War II, the Omnishambles, the Great Burning, and the Assholocene.

2023 December 7, Kyle Chayka, “The Terrible Twenties? The Assholocene? What to Call Our Chaotic Era”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 2024-01-07:

(slang, derogatory, vulgar, somewhat humorous) The current era of human history, inhabited by assholes.


furspeech

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Furgot (verb): Slang alteration of the word, "forgot". This is an example of Furspeech (q.v.)

2000 October 7, Wanderer, “Furry dictionary-need contributions :-)”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet):

When you're a Newfur looking up meanings to furspeech

2015 September 18, CoonyoteCrook, Twitter:

Furspeech itself is a constructed language, meaning that its phonology, grammar and vocabulary were invented as works of fiction as opposed to emanating naturally. While this type of language isn't typically used throughout everyday life, it has become increasingly popular through different online communities — in this case, the furry fandom.

2021 July 23, Stella Kotik, “Furspeech: The 'purrfect' constructed language of furries”, in The Daily Californian, archived from the original on 2021-07-23:

(furry fandom, neologism, uncommon) Slang used by the furry subculture.

(Internet slang, uncommon) Uwu speech, sometimes associated with furries.


fraudience

/ˈfɹɔːdɪəns/

Laugh track: fraudience —Hugh Burr

1988, DeWitt Wallace, Lila Acheson Wallace, editor, The Reader's Digest, volume 132, Reader's Digest Association, page 36:

Fraudience – A group of overly enthusiastic spectators positioned to cheerlead the performer; a tactic often used by politicians.

2011 August 4, Geoff Tibballs, edited by Geoff Tibballs, The Mammoth Book of Insults, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN:

The term fraudience is a portmanteau derived from the terms fraud and audience. It generally applies to audiences on infomercials who, although supposedly unbiased and uninformed about the product, are in fact paid to cheer, gasp, and exclaim their joy and wonder about the product in question on cue. It is a marketing tool used to help build the impression in the minds of viewers that other people find the product to be of high quality and usefulness, in order to sway would-be buyers.

2023 August 5 (last accessed), “Fraudience: definition of Fraudience and synonyms of Fraudience”, in sensagent - dictionary, archived from the original on 2023-08-05:

Audiences on infomercials who, although supposedly unbiased and uninformed about the product, are in fact paid to cheer, gasp, and exclaim their joy and wonder about the product in question on cue.


flopulist

[A] flopulist […] has a wonderful itch for office but seldom gets there.

1895 June 22, “Short Editorials”, in The Shawnee Independent:

Indeed, it might be said that Senator McGovern, who characterizes himself as a populist, has ended up as a flopulist!

1972 November 7, Spiro Agnew, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

[T]he [populists] […] are shown giving Clinton [dumb] advice.

1994 July 3, Mickey Kraus, “TRB FROM WASHINGTON: FLOPULISTS”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:


Dhrystone

While the average Dhrystones per task decline rapidly after five, the total number of Dhrystones increases until the number of tasks […]

Because a VAX 11/70 could execute 1,757 loops through the Dhrystone benchmark in 1 second, 1,757 loops became 1 Dhrystone.

2001, Arnold S. Berger, Embedded Systems Design: An Introduction to Processes, Tools, and Techniques, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 27:

(computing) A measure of the Dhrystone benchmark, calibrated to some reference architecture.


quackcinated

(Internet slang, humorous, derogatory) Vaccinated.


furgot

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


gloeovessel

The hymenium is a more-or-less thickening euhymenium or a catahymenium, often with associated sterile hyphidia, cystidia, gloeocystidia, setae or gloeovessels.

1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic Review with Keys: Basidomycetes and Lower Fungi), New York, N.Y., London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 327:

(mycology) A vessel-shaped attachment to a gleocystidium that projects into the trama.


furgonomics

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Blend of fur (“clipping of furry”) + ergonomics.

blend

And not just for actual furries: that's how I started on keyboards. Now, years later, I'm up to about 4. - 6 fingers when I get a good head of steam up.
Furgonomics -- now _there's_ a fascinating field for study! :->

1994 March 8, Bruce Grant, “Non-human FurryMUCK typists, Re: Dream of ....”, in alt.furry.fan (Usenet):

I've got this couple, in some of my stories, who just got engaged (for the second time)--and this time, it looks like they actually *will* get married. Which brought up some furgonomics questions regarding the wedding.
First of all, dresses. How the deuce does one deal with a dress if one has a tail? The bride's wedding gown might have to have a rather strange zipper on the back.

2000 August 15, Rimau Dahan, “FUR: Wedding Furgonomics”, in alt.furry.fan (Usenet):

Needs more furgonomics

Furgonomics reveals that the mass production of a single model of a good, like a chair, has its limits. In a world dwelled by anthro people, variations in the anatomy of furries forces us to re-think the way people live.

2022 August 20, u/Le_Endal, “Thinking furgonomics is kind of thinking disability”, in r/furgonomics, Reddit:

(furry fandom) Ergonomics as it applies to furries; the design of equipment and objects in order to accommodate anthropomorphic animals.


rajamuffin

What results is a polyvocal, rajamuffin sound that illustrates the ways in which the creolisation process, more familiarly studied in the context of the colonies of Britain, assumes new dynamics in the very belly of the beast of Empire.

2004 February 15, Carolyn Cooper, “Mix Up the Indian with all the Patwa: Rajamuffin Sounds in ‘Cool’ Britannia”, in Language and Intercultural Communication, volume 4, numbers 1-2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 81–99:

People’re always tryin to stick a label on our scene. That’s the problem with havin a fuckin scene. First we was rudeboys, then we be Indian niggas, then rajamuffins, then raggastanis, Britasians, fuckin Indobrits.

2006, Gautam Malkani, Londonstani, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 5:


furgonomic

en-adj

furgonomic (comparative more furgonomic, superlative most furgonomic)

more furgonomic (comparative)
most furgonomic (superlative)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-furgonomic.wav

From furgonomics + -ic, by analogy with ergonomic. Analysable as a blend of fur (“clipping of furry”) + ergonomic.

blend

Probably the most obvious "furgonomic" problem is how to fit a tail into just about any seat, without sitting on the tail any more than is absolutely necessary.

1996 January 4, Joseph Francis Nebus, “Would furries wear clothes?”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet):

I remember the game Solatorobo had a few furgonomic elements in its worldbuilding. Although you would've only seen them if you watched all 100 advertisements they made for the game to beat a world record.

2015 December 4, u/kojolion, “Furgonomics Discussion”, in r/furry, Reddit:

Furries in furgonomic hoodies are underappreciated

At a birthday party where we were meant to dress up (I’m kinda cheating) and was worried how I’d get a seat
Thankfully there are furgonomic chairs

(furry fandom, uncommon) Of or relating to furgonomics.


add salt to injury

en-verb

add salt to injury (third-person singular simple present adds salt to injury, present participle adding salt to injury, simple past and past participle added salt to injury)

adds salt to injury (present singular third-person)
adding salt to injury (participle present)
added salt to injury (participle past)
added salt to injury (past)

Blend of add insult to injury + rub salt in the wound.

blend

add insult to injury
add insult to injury#English


pissicle

It’s over the relatives’ heads. ‘Yes, I will write.’ He writes once and does not write again. The little one is fired up. ‘Au revoire,^([sic]) André. Build those punee leg. Next time I get a good ride on your pissicle.’

1995, Bruce Pascoe, Lyn Harwood, Fabulous at Fifty: Fifty of the Best from Australian Short Stories, illustrated edition, Pascoe Pub., →ISBN, page 138:

But fear of the rat of the black wrack of africa ruins of dreamers conrad + kurtz rat-a-tap rat-a-tap rat-a-tap tappin fear of the past not knowing it per-fume or nas-ty. hear-ing about it only in whispers bound to the mast of street comers barbershop rum-shop gossip in pissicle places after the sex-surge of young womens thighs comb-ing […]

2001, Kamau Brathwaite, Ancestors: A Reinvention of Mother Poem, Sun Poem, and X/Self (New Directions paperbook; 902), New Directions Publishing, →ISBN, pages 266–267:

We were stopped at a gas station. As we stumbled out one by one, we saw in the morning light, the entire side of the van covered in yellow ice, a gigantic ‘pissicle’ blowing outwards along the backside from a spot at the window’s edge into a thick, frozen glacier. I had to laugh.

2003, Tim Catz, “Introduction”, in Sleazegrinder, editor, Gigs from Hell: True Stories of Rock and Roll Gone Wrong, illustrated edition, Critical Vision, →ISBN, page 23:

I noticed this long slender structure hanging down from their spacecraft and couldn’t identify what it was. Turns out it was the urine dump valve. After 11 days in space, the urine that was dumped overboard had frozen on to the side of the spacecraft. I called it the Gemini 7 pissicle.

2005, Ed Buckbee, Wally Schirra, The Real Space Cowboys, illutrated edition, number 53, Apogee Books, →ISBN, page 86:

When the kids and I got home, Drew would be waiting for us. Peter would confess the crime du jour. “Ellie ate a pissicle,” he would explain solemnly. Drew would laugh, of course. Peter’s little face would shine with incredulous relief, with delight. I would tell Drew about the first achievement of my new spiritual journey: I had proudly reinvented the Golden Rule.

2010 January 13, Kate Braestrup, Marriage and Other Acts of Charity: A Memoir, Little, Brown, →ISBN:


dadication

en-noun

dadication (countable and uncountable, plural dadications)

/ˌdædɪˈkeɪʃən/

Dadication's What You Need!

2011 May 26, Paul Barker, The Book of Dad, illustrated, reprint edition, HarperCollins UK, →ISBN:

They will work overtime to ensure their kids get the best education. And they will mow down the guy who got the last Elmo doll in he Toys R Us parking lot with their Ford F-150s. And then they'll brag about it on Facebook. That's dadication.

2013 April 2, Blair Koenig, STFU, Parents: The Jaw-Dropping, Self-Indulgent, and Occasionally Rage-Inducing World of Parent Overshare, Penguin, →ISBN:

dadication = dad + dedication

2023 March 21, Charlotte Smith, Portmanteaus and More: Let's Have Some Fun with English, Archway Publishing, →ISBN:

Dadication. Becoming a father in 2019 with the birth of my first daughter is where the deep desire for Geek to Outdoorsman truly began.

2023 December 12, Elwin Kline, “Introduction”, in Geek 2 Outdoors - Hunting, Elwin M Kline III, page 14:


perinaise

Blend of peri-peri + mayonnaise; introduced as a trademark (styled PERinaise) of the Nando's restaurant chain.

PERI MAYONNAISE / Combine good-quality mayonnaise with peri-peri sauce (see page 191) to taste, or use ready-made perinaise.

No doubt she had a laundry basket on her hip or was whisking a perinaise sauce, little Brady careening off the walls and wanting to be out on the waves with his brothers.

Serve with a sauce, such as tartar sauce, parsley sauce (see page 80), garlic mayo, lemon mayo, or perinaise or hot sauce. Some lemon wedges and a fresh side salad complete the look.

2023, Poppy O'Toole, Poppy Cooks: The Actually Delicious Air Fryer Cookbook, page 90:


Sinatratic

Sinatratics, as they’ve been called, are very eloquent about Frank, and thirteen-year-old Irene persuaded the dignified welfare worker in charge to take her to the theater to hear Frank.

1944 February 12, Earl Wilson, “The Voice”, in Edward Maher, editor, Liberty, volume 21, number 7, New York, N.Y.: Liberty Magazine, Inc., page 72, column 2:

Alexander J. Dorogokupetz took aim from the third row center and splattered a raw egg in Frank’s face. […] Before Dorogokupetz could fling his fourth missile, irate Sinatratics pounced on him, threatening to scratch his eyes out and pull his arms out of their sockets.

1986, Kitty Kelley, His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, page 95:

At one point during the height of the frenzy, grab-happy “Sinatratics” (above) ruined four of Frank’s expensive suits in a matter of days.

1998, Robert Sullivan, the Editors of LIFE, Remembering Sinatra: A Life in Pictures, New York, N.Y.: LIFE Books, →ISBN, page 31:

Elements of the press were naturally sceptical about Frank’s effect on the predominantly teenage female fans. George Tucker of Associated Press wrote somewhat cynically asking if someone was paying for these girls to demonstrate. This got George Evans into a flurry of self-righteous indignation; he even offered to give $1,000 to charity if anyone could prove that he paid the girls. He did, however, admit he took some of the Sinatratics (as he christened them) to the basement of the Paramount [Theatre] to coach them to know exactly when to scream.

2004, Richard Havers, Sinatra, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: DK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 74:

Why did parents, parents’ parents pretend you were the Scourge of Hell, corrupting sweet young daughters? They forgot “Moonlight Swoonatra” rubbing against the microphone while bobby-soxers swooned, all those sweet young “Sinatratics” throwing bras and panties at Frankie Boy.

2011, Lynn Veach Sadler, “Subversive? Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!”, in Snakes in the Sass, [United States]: Aquillrelle.com, →ISBN, page 62:

Between 1943 and 1948, Sinatra earned 63 chart hits (of which four went to #1)—records purchased by the Sinatratics who would queue for hours before concerts and even, as in a sensational 1944 mob scene before the Paramount Theatre in New York City, riot in their desperation to see the idol live (Kaplan 2010, 230–31).

2013, Ana Salzberg, “Sinatra, Frank (1915–1998)”, in edited by Robert C. Sickels, 100 Entertainers Who Changed America: An Encyclopedia of Pop Culture Luminaries, volume 2, Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, LLC, →ISBN:

(fandom slang) A fan of American singer and actor Frank Sinatra (1915–1998).


controligarch

Blend of control + oligarch, coined by Seamus Bruner in 2023.

“It should come as no surprise that while the peasants are expected to eat fermented fungi, lab-grown meats and maggot milkshakes, the Controligarchs — with their private chefs — have no intention of doing the same,” Bruner writes.

2023 December 9, Lee Harding, “Book calls farmland buyer Bill Gates 'Controligarch'”, in Western Standard:

Bruner asks if the current global financial system, which is built upon an exchange network of national currencies backed by their respective governments, seems to work well. Why would one central entity need to control currency? The reason, as with many other Controligarch schemes, is that a centralised digital currency also is put forward as the solution to many nonfinancial problems— from climate change to cyberattacks to the rise of so-called disinformation.

2024 April 22, “BOOK REVIEW: Controligarchs”, in TheGeoPolity:

(economics, neologism) An oligarch who has a desire to control people's individual lives.


hyperstitious

Blend of hyper + superstitious, replacing the super- element with the more intense hyper-.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:hyperstitious.

self-fulfilling prophecies
self-fulfilling prophecy

Pertaining to hyperstitions, cultural self-fulfilling prophecies.