vaxication

Blend of vaccination + vacation, or from vaccine or vax.

While some experts believe that pent-up demand will have people rushing in large numbers to book “vaxications,” others, including Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, think the return to travel will be gradual, with people easing their way back.

2020 December 22, Tariro Mzezewa, “9 Ways the Pandemic Will Change Travel in 2021”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2020-12-22:

Some newly vaccinated people will be ready to get on a plane and travel far from home -- or at least as far as destination entry requirements allow. I have friends that have booked vaxications to Hawaii, Mexico and various Caribbean islands.

2021 March 19, Andrea M. Rotondo, “Did you just get vaccinated? Here are 5 tips to plan your first ‘vaxication’”, in The Points Guy, archived from the original on 2024-04-20:

Vaxications refer to pent-up demand for travel from those who are vaccinated. And they could be a needed boost for suffering travel and hospitality markets.

2021 April 21, “What are 'vaxications' and how do they affect vacation rentals?”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 2024-04-20:

If health and safety concerns are the only things preventing a person from booking their vaxication, brands with clearly communicated safety measures will earn the attention and trust of potential travelers.

2022 May 27, Kevin Tjoe, “Vaxications: How to tap into the industry’s pent-up travel demand”, in Rezdy, archived from the original on 2024-04-20:

(neologism, informal) A postvaccination travel.


coronacoaster

Blend of coronavirus + rollercoaster, influenced by the phrase emotional rollercoaster.

It's hard to say whether any will last the course, but as we ride the coronacoaster, the certainty is that there will be more to come.

2020 October, Susie Dent, Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year, John Murray Press, page 287:

With this blog I want to open up about the feelings of depression that the second Corona-Covid-19 wave is causing for many, like me. And acknowledge the underestimated problem of the coronacoaster!

2020 December 4, Naomi, Authentic Chic Lifestyle, archived from the original on 2024-04-20:

Despite having a proactive and valued role to play in the pandemic, primary care teams are unfortunately not exempt from the ups and downs of the coronacoaster experience.

2020 December 17, Liz Price, Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland, archived from the original on 2024-04-20:

I know it's all part of the coronacoaster ride we're on, but I never did like rollercoasters. I just want the world to get back to normal.

2021 July, Jo Bavington-Jones, Write Way to Die, Conrad Press, page 107:

Things were looking up but then of course, we hit yet another speed bump on the coronacoaster with the spread of yet another variant: Omicron.

2021 December 13, Chloe Laws, Glamour UK, archived from the original on 2024-04-20:

The coronacoaster of emotion impacted different people at different times.

2022 April, Tom Dillon, Agile Resilience: The Psychology of Developing Resilience in the Workplace, Critical Publishing, page 247:

Lockdown and the old coronacoaster, like my experience of mothering Cali, has felt wonderful and very difficult at the same time.

2022 November 16, Jay, Soft UK, archived from the original on 2024-04-20:

(neologism) Emotional ups and downs, or violent changes in mood due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects.


reftel

Reftel was on my desk when I arrived in Saigon.

2006, Marshall Brement, Day of the Dead: A Novel, Asphodel Press, →ISBN:

Per reftel and other information, the Government of Israel (GOI) is concerned that Syria intends to imminently transfer SCUDD missiles to Hizballah in Lebanon.

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

(chiefly historical) A telegram referenced within another message; especially in the context of diplomatic cables.


dreamgaze

Can't say I agree with it, but it sure was well written and well informed. I guess everything depends on one's propensity for this new ethereal, atonal, industrial, dreamgaze style.

2000 October 5, FRED of LA, “Kid a.”, in alt.music.alternative (Usenet):

2018 March 6, Jude Noel, “Amidst work with her Dreamgaze band Soften, Cincinnati’s Brianna Kelly releases new Ambient Folk project”, in CityBeat, archived from the original on 2024-04-20:

Living Hour first came together in a Winnipeg basement in 2015. An appearance on a British compilation that year and a limited cassette release of the group’s debut album led to Portland, Oregon indie label Lefse re-releasing the LP, which helped attract the attention of Dreamgaze fans worldwide fairly quickly.

2019 March 1, Mike Breen, “Dazzling Canadian Indie Rock/Dreamgaze Band Living Hour to Play Free Concert in Cincinnati on Heels of Stellar New LP's Release”, in CityBeat, archived from the original on 2024-04-20:

No Swoon is a dreamgaze band based in Brooklyn, New York.

2020 February 19, “Interview: No Swoon”, in Good Album Friday, archived from the original on 2024-04-20:

Ash of the Womb is a dreamgaze beauty that is darkly elegant. Shantel Amundson’s vocals are haunting and perfectly encapsulates the themes of the album which center on our impact on the environment and the 2021 devastating fires in California where she resides.

2022 January 14, Angela, “Best of 2021: Angela’s List”, in Nine Circles, archived from the original on 2024-04-20:

Close to be Close to Me is a 2016 song by Swedish self-described showgaze^([sic])/dreamgaze band, Echo Ladies, taken from their self-titled EP.

2022, Louise Harris, Composing Audiovisually: Perspectives on audiovisual practices and relationships, Routledge, page 173:

The four-member "dreamgaze" band Tierpark has two final shows in Seoul this weekend and Busan next weekend, before two of its core members move away.

2023 July 18, Jon Dunbar, “Tierpark plans final Korea tour before going on hiatus again”, in The Korea Times, archived from the original on 2024-04-20:

(music) A mixture of dream pop and shoegaze.


animash

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

Blend of animal + mash; compare mashup. Possibly also influenced by animation.

(Internet slang) A kind of fanvid made by assembling portions of commercially produced animated cartoons involving anthropomorphic animal characters.


goonvana

the final state of gooning. Goonvana

2023 August 31, @rafajohnmisty, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-04-22:

Pat be explaining how he reaches goonvana and no one bats an eye, I talk about munting A COUPLE TIMES and I'm scum of the Earth? Ok

2024 February 16, @dame_mf, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-04-22:

He truly ascended to goonvana

2024 March 27, @masca_pilas, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-04-22:

(Internet slang, humorous) A state of euphoria and enlightenment achieved by gooning (masturbating and edging for a long period of time).


cranbrie

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cranbrie.

The mixture of cranberry sauce and brie cheese, that can be adapted into many different dishes.


deleb

Revenues from delebs are already rising as rights companies become more aggressive about advertising and product deals, says Reeder, whose company represents estates including Albert Einstein, Andy Warhol and Johnny Cash.

2009 October 28, Katie Allen, “Yves Saint Laurent tops dead celebrity earning league”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-11:

In America, licensing the images, names and voices of 'delebs' (dead celebrities) has become a multi-billion-dollar business.

2012 February 3, Alix Kirsta, “Selling the dead”, in Tony Gallagher, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-06:

The only apparent qualification is that a deceased person's image or persona may be so desirable for commercial exploitation that a transferable property right in the image is created in the dead celebrity or "deleb;" for example, the estate of Michael Jackson took in more than $400 million for licensing his publicity rights in 2018 alone.

2020, T. Barton Carter, Juliet Lushbough Dee, Harvey L. Zuckman, Mass Communication Law (In a Nutshell), 8th edition, St. Paul, M.N.: West Academic Publishing, →ISBN, pages 129–130:

Recent changes at Twitter indicate the tech giant may be trying its hand at a form of necro-advertising, users speculated after delebs — dead celebrities — including Kobe Bryant and Anthony Bourdain had verification check marks placed on their inactive accounts, creating the appearance that they've paid to subscribe to Twitter Blue.

2023 April 24, Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert, “Twitter's posthumous blue checks look a lot like necro-advertising, the legally questionable marketing strategy that uses dead celebrities to boost sales”, in Business Insider, New York, N.Y.: Insider Inc., →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-01:

(neologism) A dead celebrity, particularly one whose image is used for promoting a product.


handpan

Blend of hand + steelpan, coined as a generic alternative to Hang, late 2000s.

While I grew up playing brass musical instruments, I gravitated to percussion as a side music hobby as a teen and later began to collect and play African drums and other interesting percussion instruments, such as steel handpans.

2016, Jeff Grant, Flow State Runner: Activate a Powerful Inner Coach's Voice, Hillseeker Publishing, →ISBN, pages 53–54:

(music) A type of steelpan that is played with the hands, typically resting on the player's lap.


holopresence

en-noun

holopresence (usually uncountable, plural holopresences)

From holo- + presence or a blend of holographic + presence.

"Well," boomed Thjoran, making a small ambassador jump, "deep dwellers like yourself can currently move on planets by way of holopresence, but I understand what you're getting at.

2002 February 10, Jon Reeves, “[MIDGARD][STORY] Port 5 - Parts 1 & 2”, in alt.games.creatures (Usenet):

“Tell her I'm coming,” Derec said. He went into the bathroom, splashed water on his face, and sat at his home terminal. He took the call as video, not feeling up to full holopresence with the dream he couldn’t remember still ricocheting around his brain.

2004, Alexander C. Irvine, Have Robot, Will Travel—A Byron Preiss Robot Mystery, iBooks, page 78:

The rest of the board members projected into place, either by proxy or holopresence: ‘Trina Warbeloo, board secretary; Zoranna Alblaitor, Andrea Tiekel, and the others.

2010, David Marusek, Mind Over Ship, Tom Doherty Associates, page 47:

There is little ceremony. The attendants bustle about. This is but formality. The true ceremony will take place in Agea, where there will be a grand festival, a party to set fire to the heavens, and the holopresence of the Sovereign herself.

2014, Pierce Brown, Red Rising, Random House Worlds, page 385:

Sergey’s family attended the memorial service in holopresence: physical quarantine was not breached.

2017, Gwyneth Jones, Proof of Concept, Tor Publishing Group, page 29:

Imagine totally immersive live streaming courses based on “holopresence” that will make today’s online sessions look old fashion.

2021, Santiago Iñiguez, Peter Lorange, Executive Education after the Pandemic: A Vision for the Future, Springer International Publishing, page 49:

Though his heart seized at the sight of it, Luc nudged it with a foot. The bear, at least, was a physical entity and she could move it. Not a holopresence. Good. You couldn't stab a holopresence.

2020, Kayelle Allen, A Stolen Heart: MM Sci-Fi Romance, Romance Lives Forever Books, page 244:

Monitors and holopresence units along two walls gave us a mediated view of the ward where the Darboof crew members were resting.

2020, Elizabeth Bear, Machine: A White Space Novel, S&S/Saga Press, page 207:

Thus, there will be an expansion of the social intangible economy, involving several types of online gaming, social media exchange, interaction in virtual holopresence interactions, and other forms of digital currency exchange.

2023, Petri Ahokangas, Annabeth Aagaard, The Changing World of Mobile Communications: 5G, 6G and the Future of Digital Services, Springer International Publishing, pages 67-68:

The international bureau chiefs are waiting on standby via holopresence, and despite their distance from the scene, they seem just as downtrodden and anxious as everyone in the hall.

2022, Victor Manibo, The Sleepless, Erewhon Books, page 47:

Then the holopresence I'd been watching, the one represented by the floating word Croyd, interjected. “What do you think we should do here, Counselor?”

2023, Adam-Troy Castro, War of the Marionettes, JABberwocky Literary Agency, page 122:

Ability to project a holographic representation into a physical space, creating the illusion of being physically present.


pulchronomics

Blend of Latin pulchrum (“beautiful”) + economics. Coined by economist Daniel S. Hamermesh in 2011.

coin

Lookism is a growing area of research interest in economics, termed “pulchronomics”: focus being given to the need to disentangle the confounding variable of levels of productivity from pay penalty and pay premium measures.

2016 April 21, Jacqueline Granleese, “Lookism”, in The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, →DOI:

The laws of ‘pulchronomics’ also apply to women, Attractive workers may attract more customers, so perhaps they should be paid more. Hamermesh argues that those who are unattractive should have legal protection.

2019, David A. Buchanan, Andrzej Huczynski, Organizational Behaviour, Pearson Education Australia, page 505:

The purpose of this paper is to research CEO pulchronomics by examining whether a beauty premium exists in CEO compensation and whether this beauty premium is justified by differences in CEO performance.

2021 August 13, Jung Yeun (June) Kim, Linna Shi, Nan Zhou, “CEO pulchronomics and appearance discrimination”, in Asian Review of Accounting, volume 29, number 3, →DOI, pages 443-473:

2024 April, Zeev Shtudiner, Olga Shurchkov, Daniel Hamermesh, “Pulchronomics today: Advances in the economics of beauty”, in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, volume 220, →DOI, pages 691-696:

(neologism) The study of the economics related to beauty.


etymythology

Blend of etymology + mythology. Though the term is modernly believed to be coined by linguist Laurence R. Horn in 2004, there are linguistic uses that go back to 1969 by Sean Valentine Golden.

The basic element which transforms names and placenames into narratives or narrative details is the pun. I call this process etymythology. and I show how James Joyce's knowledge of Irish onomastic and toponomastic tales, and his interest in the process which created them, was bolstered by his early study of the developing science of etymology, […] to the point where etymythology as poetics became one of Joyce's own methods of composition, an element of his own poetics.

1976, Sean Valentine Golden, Bygmythster Finnegan: Etymology As Poetics In the Works of James Joyce, University of Connecticut:

There are two specific kinds of etymythology that continually recur. One argues that a given word has been created as an acronym, from the initial letters of a phrase. This is a common suggestion, for words as widely differentiated as cop, ‘Constable On Patrol’, FUCK, supposedly ‘Fornication Under Consent of the King’, POSH, ‘Port Out, Starboard Home’ (from sailing-ship days), or TIP, money given to a waiter ‘To Insure Promptness’.

2005, Michael Quinion, Port Out, Starboard Home: The Fascinating Stories We Tell About the words We Use, Penguin Books Limited, page 8:

Many Israelis are certain that he is ‘Dr Horse’ since Israeli סוּס sus means ‘horse’. I have heard an etymythology that this arises from the prevalence of animals in Dr Seuss’s stories. This ‘misunderstanding’ might correspond to Haugen’s general claim with regard to borrowing, that “every speaker attempts to reproduce previously learned linguistic patterns in an effort to cope with new linguistic situations’ (1950:212).

2006, Tope Omoniyi, Joshua A. Fishman, editors, Explorations in the Sociology of Language and Religion, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 245:

The Internet is simply a far more efficient etymythology tool than its predecessors.

2008, Bill Brohaugh, Everything You Know About English Is Wrong, Sourcebooks, page 68:

Clearly a favourable factor, for the quality of the etymythology about Tokyo, is that in the Hebrew Bible there is indeed a place-name derived from the Hebrew verb תָּקַע taká.

2014, Ghil‘ad Zuckermann, editor, Burning Issues in Afro-Asiatic Linguistics, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, page 277:

The linguistic analysis of etymythology should not restrict itself to Derivational Only Popular Etymology (DOPE), i.e. cases of mistaken derivation, because etymythology often results in a new sense/lexical item such as phono-semantic matches (see Zuckermann 2003).

2020, Ghil'ad Zuckermann, Revivalistics: From the Genesis of Israeli to Language Reclamation in Australia and Beyond, Oxford University Press, page 105:

A false etymology that has become widely disseminated and thus is commonly accepted as true; a folk etymology.


Dellionaire

Times had settled down, though, and now many of the houses were owned by retired couples or banks that had foreclosed after some Dellionaire couldn't make his payment.

2009, Laura Griffin, Untraceable, New York, N.Y. […]: Pocket Star Books, →ISBN, page 75:

As revenues soared, so did its stock price. From the day of its initial public offering in 1988 to its peak in March 2000, Dell's stock rose a staggering—no, staggering is not quite the word—apocalyptic 87,000 percent. Thousands of Dell employees got rich. At one point Dell's stock was said to have created 2,700 millionaires, so many that they got a name: Dellionaires. Many of them had a lot more than a million dollars.

[2013 February 7, S. C. Gwynne, “Dell's Great Success Story”, in Texas Monthly, Austin, T.X.: Texas Monthly LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-28:

(informal) Someone who became wealthy by buying stock in the computer company Dell.


deathiversary

If all the world's a stage, Shakespeare seems to be rarely off it these days, to the extent that some may be less tempted to celebrate his deathiversary than to say, "Him again, still?"

2016 April 22, Jennifer Schuessler, “Shakespeare. Dead?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-06-21:

In the midst of TV's full brunt of Diana deathiversary specials, Showtime has decided that what one naturally wants instead is a dispassionate, depressing documentary about the downward spiral and untimely death of pop superstar Whitney Houston, who drowned in a hotel bathtub in 2012 (official cause: coronary artery disease, complicated by drug use), leaving many unanswerable questions: Who was she? What was her legacy? Where did it all go so wrong?

2017 August 24, Hank Stuever, “’Whitney: Can I Be Me’ tries and fails to bring meaning to the late singer’s legacy”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-04-27:

Soon, he was only asked to offer remembrances on the successive unhappy deathiversaries of that film director/painter he referred to as The Living Dead Man […]

2019 [2017], Rodrigo Fresán, translated by Will Vanderhyden, The Dreamed Part, Rochester, N.Y.: Open Letter, →ISBN, page 478:

(informal) The anniversary of someone's death.


diworsify

en-verb

diworsify (third-person singular simple present diworsifies, present participle diworsifying, simple past and past participle diworsified)

diworsifies (present singular third-person)
diworsifying (participle present)
diworsified (participle past)
diworsified (past)

You can see whether and to what extent a fund manager is lagging or beating his or her benchmark, and whether he or she is taking on more risk than the investment universe (or, on the other hand, lagging due to holdings in cash, or "diworsifying" by going beyond its single-sector mandate).

2007, James Lowell, What Every Fidelity Investor Needs to Know, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 102:

(intransitive, transitive, finance, business, informal, humorous) To make something worse by diversifying.


democratatorship

Aleph admits that Israel is trying to develop genuinely democratic institutions but, because of her compromises with ethnic religion, the new state can be described at best as a "democratura," or "democratatorship"!

1954 July, Robert L[isle] Lindsey, “Israel's Coming Crisis Over "Jewishness": The Rebellion Against the Religio-Ethnic State”, in Commentary, volume 18, number 1, New York, N.Y.: The American Jewish Committee, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17, column 2:

Yet such men regarded parliamentary democracy as a sham 'democratatorship' (Demokratur), believed the multi-party system had to be abolished and wanted somehow to reunify the country with the assistance of like-minded fascists abroad.

2008, Mark Mazower, Hitler's Empire: Nazi Rule in Occupied Europe, London: Allen Lane, →ISBN, page 573:

(informal) A dictatorship which pretends to be a democracy.


Wordle

Coined in 2021 as a blend of word + Wardle, the surname of the game’s creator and developer, Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle.

Wordle is a seemingly simple puzzle, giving users six tries to guess a five-letter word that resets every day.

2022 January 31, Doha Madani, “Wordle, the latest internet game sensation, is headed to The New York Times”, in NBC News:

Fourteen months on from the NYT's acquisition of Wordle, some players remain keen enough on the game to supplement their daily fix with similar puzzles such as Quordle, Heardle and Worldle.

2023 April 3, Harry Low, “Have we fallen out of love with Wordle?”, in BBC News:

(trademark) A webbased word game, where players have six attempts to guess a five-letter word, with feedback given for each guess in the form of colored tiles indicating when letters match or occupy the correct position.


TWAG

Blend of tennis + WAGs (“wives and girlfriends”).

blend

Either way, the future looks secure for Tim and original Twag (tennis wife and/or girlfriend) Lucy. There's no need to become a PE teacher or pub landlord just yet.

2007 August 21, Barney Ronay, “Game, set and match”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2024-04-25:

Number one TWAG (that's tennis WAG) Kim Sears put her best fashion foot forward at the opening day of Wimbledon yesterday.

2014 June 24, Sarah Barns, “Get the look: It's all white for Kim Sears as she wows in £225 Reiss dress and Aspinal bag”, in Daily Express, archived from the original on 2024-04-25:

FORGET the beautiful women cheering on from the side lines at Euro 2016, now it’s time for the TWAGs (that’s tennis wives and girlfriends) to steal the spotlight.

2016 June 21, Sarah Barns, “IT’S LOVE-ALL! Meet the TWAGS (that’s the tennis wives and girlfriends) bringing the glamour to Wimbledon 2016”, in The Sun, archived from the original on 2024-04-25:

With her appearance in the Netflix series Break Point, Riddle is the unofficial queen TWAG, with Nick Kyrgios’ girlfriend Costeen Hatzi, US player Tommy Paul’s partner Paige Lorenze and Daria Sergeyevna’s girlfriend Natalia Zabiiako part of a growing online royal court.

2024 January 20, Damien Woolnough, “Meet the TWAGs changing the look of tennis”, in The Age, archived from the original on 2024-01-20:

(informal) A wife or girlfriend of a tennis player.


worsification

en-noun

worsification (countable and uncountable, plural worsifications)

Near-synonym: shittification

I shouldn't mind these well-intentioned worsifications. But I just don't believe they happen.

1946, James Agate, Ego 8: Continuing the Autobiography, Sydney, N.S.W. […]: George G. Harrap and Company Ltd., page 229:

I'm not a xenophobe, Musette. I've seen what's happened to my home and its environs and I don't like it. In spite of all the worsification and uglyfying and franchisation that's happened here, it's still better than elsewhere.

1999 September 4, Icono Clast, “we just got here”, in ba.consumers (Usenet):

I know I could improve. Just during phases of intense worsification there is no HOPE of improving. Big difference : )

2002 June 30, BHaber, “disaster streak”, in rec.games.go (Usenet):

(humorous, nonstandard) The process by which something becomes worse.


worsification

Since we have found fault with some of what we may be allowed to call the worsification, we should say that the prose work is done conscientiously and neatly.

1849 December, [J. R. Lowell], “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, in The Massachusetts Quarterly Review, volume III, number IX (review), page 51:

(humorous, archaic) The act of composing poetic verse poorly; bad versification.


hamdog

Any of various snack foods combining a hamburger and a hot dog.


spathroom

Blend of spa + bathroom. Attested from at least the 2010s (see quotations below).

A recent survey by bathroom specialists Villeroy & Boch confirms that view, dubbing the space the "spathroom". It found that almost half of Britons say they consider their bathroom an important private space where they can relax

2014 February 3, “Splash out with a bathroom facelift: Pull the plug on your outdated bathroom and create your own spa at home”, in Hull Daily Mail, page 20:

It’s why that major home-living trend cocooning is becoming more and more entrenched and now also moving in to bathrooms in the form of the spathroom.

2023 January 16, “Bring the world to a stop in your spathroom sanctuary”, in IMM Colongne:

Sleek cylinder lights are perfect for a spathroom with their elegant elongated holder. They pair beautifully with round or dome shades giving an air of simplicity and calm.

2023 May 2, Isobel Green, “Lighting the way to fabulous style”, in Echo News, South Essex: Gannett:

As he explains, your bathroom doesn’t have to be so clinical. Give it the upgrade it deserves, to make it a 'spa- bathroom' or a spathroom.

2024 April 12, “From spa bathrooms to curvy comfort: Must-have design trends for 2024”, in Gulf News, Dubai:

(nutrition, design) A bathroom that has been designed to be very clean, comfortable and relaxing, like a spa.


diworsification

diworsification (countable and uncountable, plural diworsifications)

Blend of diversification + worse. Coined by American investor, mutual fund manager Peter Lynch.

coinage

Furthermore, even well-regarded public companies have been known to fritter away their shareholders' funds in ill-timed business expansions or, as Peter Lynch has said, "diworsifications."

1997, Ralph L. Block, The Essential REIT: A Guide to Profitable Investing in Real Estate Investment Trusts, San Francisco, C.A.: Brunston Press, →ISBN, page 9:

Not only does the process create an organic and self-sustaining kind of teamwork, but it prevents diworsification for companies, which can stay focused on what they do best and what fits their core competencies.

2008, Paul Orfalea, Lance Helfert, Atticus Lowe, Dean Zatkowsky, The Entrepreneurial Investor: The Art, Science, and Business of Value Investing, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 68:

(finance, business, informal, humorous) The process by which something is made something worse by diversifying.


frosé

/ˈfɹəʊ̯zeɪ̯/

/fɹoʊ̯ˈzeɪ̯/

Come cool off with a fRosé in our Lounge this weekend! #bcwine #winelige #frose

2015 August 1, @Road13Vineyards, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-22:

A mixed drink made from rosé wine frozen to a slush, with strawberries, vodka, and lemon juice.


kninkles

Blend of knees + wrinkles. Itself a modification of ninkles, which was coined by Emily Sheffield. Kninkles appeared shortly after ninkles, but only kninkles became generally accepted.

My sister called me last night and declared she has "kninkles" (knee wrinkles)...oh the things that happen to your body as you get older...

2011 April 21, @bobfm, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-22:

Photos of her in Venice in a pair of shorts at the weekend appeared to show that the Hollywood actress — 39 this month — is suffering from knee wrinkles, or ‘kninkles’, as they’ve been nicknamed.

2011 September 6, Claire Coleman, “Curse of the KNINKLES: That's knee wrinkles... and Gwyneth's not the only star who's got them”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 2024-07-22:

Radio-frequency treatments are often used on the face to tighten slack skin and can work wonders on kninkles. "They deliver energy into the dermal tissue," explains Dr Bowler. "This heats the tissue, causing the collagen to tighten and, over time, to produce more collagen."

2011 September 7, Claire Coleman, “Ugly knees: The curse of the kninkles”, in The Courier-Mail, archived from the original on 2024-04-25:

Even super-fit stars such a Demi Moore, 51, right, and Catherine Zeta Jones, 44, left, can't avoid kninkles

2014 February 25, Katy Winter, “No more kninkles (that's knee wrinkles): Now there's a $500 lunchtime lift that promises to banish that saggy skin”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 2024-04-25:

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cher and Sharon Stone have been called out for “kninkles,” or knee wrinkles — and Demi Moore is rumored to have had an $8,000 knee-lift in 2012 to firm and smooth saggy knees.

2015 July 27, Merle Ginsberg, “Hollywood’s Knee Anxiety: Ironing Out Those “Kninkles””, in The Hollywood Reporter, archived from the original on 2024-04-25:


Baracknophobia

Blend of Barack + arachnophobia. Popularized by comedian Jon Stewart in 2007.

With the party gearing up for a major election, it seems that such frivolous and irate protestations on the economy and Baracknophobia isn't as vogue as it was in 2010-2011.

2012 April 23, 2966 Dead, “#Teabaggers heading into the sunset”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):

(informal, humorous, derogatory) An irrational opposition to Barack Obama (US president from 2009–2017).


banalysis

But then, Ronald Harwood's script doesn't exactly radiate authenticity. Hollywood has put Evita through the banalysis machine and found her just another little girl who wants to be a star.

1981 February 23, Tom Shales, “’Evita’ Evolving”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-04-28:

This "banalysis" is not incorrect; it is usually quite well written and relies on the standard summary works in relevant fields, but it seems that one would not be reading this book if one did not already know these general outlines.

2006 January, Steven A. Walton, “The Field and the Forge: Population, Production, and Power in the Pre-industrial West [book review]”, in Technology and Culture, volume 47, number 1, Baltimore, M.D.: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 179–180:

[Richard] Whittington is highly critical of the hegemony of the 'classical' school in strategy, characterised by an addiction to 'banalysis'. The implication is that strategists need to be aware of different lenses and be competent and pragmatic in their contextual use.

2010, Sid Lowe, “Schumacher's Hierarchy”, in Managing in Changing Times: A Guide for the Perplexed Manager, Los Angeles, C.A. […]: Response Books, →ISBN, page 29:

(informal, derogatory, humorous) Trivial and uninsightful analysis.


behaviorceutical

Blend of behavior + pharmaceutical. Coined by behavioural neuroscientist Kelly Lambert in 2011.

We see this commercialization as the critical final step in translating the research documenting the health-damaging effects of psychosocial risk factors and the potential of behavioral interventions to ameliorate those effects into commercial behavioral products—analogous to the pharmaceutical industry's drug products—that can be widely distributed—by a new "behaviorceutical" industry?—to prevent disease and improve the health of massesof people around the world.

2011 March 11, Redford B Williams, Virginia P Williams, “Adaptation and implementation of an evidence-based behavioral medicine program in diverse global settings: The Williams LifeSkills experience”, in Translational Behavioral Medicine, volume 1, number 2, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 305, column 1:

But to reap the mental health benefits of behaviourceuticals, it is important to engage in an activity that produces valued outcomes. This may be gardening for one person, woodworking for another and organising closets for someone else.

2018 July 29, Sasha Gonzales, “What knitting, painting and pottery do to your brain, and why they can make you happier and reduce stress”, in South China Morning Post, Hong Kong: South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-07-30:

Although it's common to turn to pharmaceuticals to lift our emotions and improve our mental health, the emotional benefits of many New Year's traditions remind me that basic responses can serve as what I call "behaviorceuticals" that enhance well-being.

2081 December 28, Kelly Lambert, “A neuroscientist's tips for a new year tuneup for your brain”, in The Conversation, archived from the original on 2023-12-08:

(neologism) An activity that can improve an individual's mental health.


bitcom

WWW apes TV with bitcoms

1995 November 5, “(article title)”, in Variety, Los Angeles, C.A.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-04-28:

The site, which officially launched Monday, features videos, dubbed "bitcoms," of 30 to 90 seconds. Visitors can also participate in contests, vote and comment on all posted material from comics such as site co-founder Ray Ellin and former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Dean Edwards.

2006 September 6, “Web site fosters 'comedy community'”, in CNET, archived from the original on 2024-04-28:

Sitcom to Bitcom

2007 March 1, “Snack Attack!”, in Wired, San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-04-04:

The bitcoms are shot in a comedy club and feature either TBS talent or comics hired by TBS especially for the bitcoms.

2008 January 23, Gail Schiller, “Open mike night with TBS 'bitcoms'”, in The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles, C.A.: Eldridge Industries, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-04-28:

For instance, TBS, part of Turner Entertainment, will offer four different pod-busters - bitcoms, which will feature comedians performing skits about sponsors like Pizza Hut; microseries, two-minute shows that integrate advertisers like Revlon into plots; customized spots for series like "House of Payne" and "My Boys," featuring cast members promoting sponsors like Chrysler and Alltel; and matchups between the themes of spots and shows, known as TV in Context.

2008 July 7, Stuart Elliott, “Networks employ ’pod-busters’ to keep viewers in their seats”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-05:

(technology, informal) A short sitcom-style comedy video viewed online.


bitlegging

If people can take your content without compensation, where do the revenues come from? "Bitlegging" can't be ignored: there's no doubt that it can be a significant drag on profits. Luckily, there are some compensating factors.

1999, Carl Shapiro, Hal R[onald] Varian, Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy, Boston, M.A.: Harvard Business School Press, →ISBN, page 92:

Of course, downloading a ripped-off version of, say, the All Saints' Never Ever is the digital equivalent of bootlegging (bitlegging?). But MP3.com advises a legal alternative: buy the CD then use a "ripper" to create an MP3 file for your own use.

1999 March 11, John Graham-Cumming, “Make your PC really sing”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-05-08:

Bitlegging is NOT theft.

1999 August 20, ewhac, “First person convicted of U.S. Internet piracy”, in Slashdot, archived from the original on 2023-08-10:

Every passing year generates a wealth of new online terms: Companies can go 'viral' to reach thousands of customers with their advert or marketing message, or can try 'slivercasting' to target a small audience. There's also been an increase in blegging, bitlegging and splogging (a blend of spam and blog).

2006 November 26, Manisha Singh, “Lexicon techs all”, in The Economic Times, Mumbai: Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-04-28:

'Bitlegging' describes the unlicensed downloading of copyright material, while 'ransomware' denotes programs that illegally encrypt personal files to prevent access.

[2007 May 16, Lawrence Wallis, “An increasing fetish for offlish”, in PrintWeek, archived from the original on 2024-04-28:


kindie

And if you have a budding D.J. on your hands, check out “The Saturday Morning Cereal Bowl,” which provides two hours of “kindie music from today to yesterday” once a week out of Chattanooga State Community College in Tennessee.

2021 June 2, Phoebe Lett, “5 Music Podcasts for Kids”, in The New York Times:

(music) A style of children's music that melds the sensibility of the singer-songwriter with themes aimed at children under 10 years old.


seacuterie

We served a seacuterie board as a starter.


gypset

Blend of gypsy + jet set. Coined by journalist and author Julia Chaplin in 2009.

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Gypset style is a hybrid of jetsetting (although I prefer globetrotting) and gypsy. I love this look and embrace it regularly. It is forgiving, loose, casual. It’s about collecting fabrics and remnants, carpets and scarves, and draping them on your walls, lamps, beds, floor, and yourself. It is a reflection of a life well traveled and much enjoyed.

2012, Sibella Court, Nomad: A Global Approach to Interior Style, Chronicle Books, page 196:

The ‘70s ‘gypset’ look – combining ‘jet set’ with ‘gypsy’ – is globe-trotting, glamorous, luxurious, hedonistic, flamboyant: think floor cushions and incense, artists, rock stars and their entourages, or Talitha Getty posing in shimmering brocade jacket and harem pants on a rooftop in Marrakesh, probably the most quintessentially haute-hippy photograph ever taken.

2015 February 8, Lindsay Baker, “Why the sexy '70s are back”, in BBC, archived from the original on 2024-04-29:

Nevertheless, the range of shopping and gastronomy on offer is still remarkable and I fall in love with the gypset fashion, which blends so well with the Californian lifestyle.

2017, Cornelia Pichler, “Let’s Go West: A triple dose of California”, in THE Stylemate, number 3, archived from the original on 2024-04-29:

Gypsy and jet set compression, the season of the sun celebrates the era of gypset fashion.

2020 July 6, Clémence Renoux, “5 “gypset” outfits for your summer evenings”, in Do It in Paris, archived from the original on 2024-04-29:

Her latest winter-festive edit Painterly is a flamboyant reflection of this vision. The resort wear edit is tailored for a bon vivant gypset who is ready to make a splash at occasions and weddings.

2022 December 8, Priyamvada Rana, “Designer Payal Singhal’s latest edit Painterly will bring the gypset in you for destination weddings”, in Indulgence, archived from the original on 2024-04-29:

(uncommon) Of or related to a bohemian, nomadic and sophisticated lifestyle and fashion.


sweatworking

(uncommon) The practice of business networking while taking physical exercise and so working up a sweat.


glunge

Blend of glamour + grunge. Coined by American fashion designer Rick Owens.

They have categorized his style as "Glunge," a mix between grunge and glamour.

2003 December 16, Katie Hicks, “Porterville's Owens making a name for himself in Paris”, in Porterville Recorder, archived from the original on 2024-04-29:

Grunge is set for a revival, though with a twist: glamorous grunge (or "glunge", inevitably). Think spiky ankle boots rather than DMs, black sweaters laddered to expose an expertly judged glimpse of décolletage instead of cardigans with frayed cuffs. Some blasts from the past don't lend themselves to revival. Glunge we can do; I don't think anyone's ready for the return of heroin chic.

2009 August 1, Jess Cartner-Morley, “How to dress: The grunge revival”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2024-04-29:

Remember "glunge"? The hot fall trend that combines glamour with grunge for a twisted take on traditional chicness? Lily Allen took the look one step further yesterday in an outfit I'm calling "dressy messy." Check it out--and tell us what you think about it!--after the jump.

2009 September 9, Tracey Lomrantz Lester, “Lily Allen's "Dressy Messy" Look: A Do Or A Don't?”, in Glamour, archived from the original on 2024-04-29:

Inspired by the glunge trend (glam-grunge!) this perfect party look is all about stand-out metallic smoky eyes and hair that's sleek at the sides and full-bodied from the front.

2015 November 25, Bridget March, “Tutorial: How to nail glam-grunge party beauty”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 2024-04-29:

(fashion, neologism) A glamorous fashion that incorporates grunge-inspired elements.


boygina

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(transgender slang) The vulva or vagina of a trans man, or the neovagina of a detransitioned man; mangina.


freakshake

From freak + shake, or a blend of freak + milkshake. Popularized in July 2015.

A little Canberra cafe - Patissez - has become the trendiest little joint in the national capital because of its over-the-top "freakshakes".

2015 July 15, Phillip Thomson, “Canberra's 'Freakshakes': Five reasons why we love them”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, archived from the original on 2024-04-29:

It was social media that brought freakshakes to the attention of Maria Michaelides when she opened Molly Bakes cafe in Dalston, east London.

2016 August 31, Hilary Osborne, “Freakshakes: the rise of a monstrous mashup of drink and dessert”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2024-04-29:

Freakshakes were invented in Australia, but have become increasingly popular in the UK in recent years and with their photogenic qualities are a popular posting on social media.

2018 November 12, “Call for UK ban on 'grotesquely sugary' freakshakes”, in BBC, archived from the original on 2018-11-13:

An over-the-top milkshake loaded with various sweet treats and toppings.


maranoia

en-noun

maranoia (usually uncountable, plural maranoias)

And if I’m not stewing over a less-than-perfect training cycle then I’m mentally counting down the hours until I need to get up and prepare because, of course, I didn’t sort out my raceday essentials until the very last minute. No matter how many times I sign up, the state of ‘maranoia’ I work myself into is real.

2020, Amy Lane, Edward Lane, I Can Run: An Empowering Guide to Running Well Far, Hodder & Stoughton, page 206:

The maranoia, on the other hand - that strange, hypochondriacal pre-race madness that affects marathon runners (and drives their friends and family potty) that’s largely gone, I’m pleased to say.

2021, Vassos Alexander, How to Run a Marathon: The Go-to Guide for Anyone and Everyone, HarperCollins, page 7:

It's very common to experience some strange symptoms during the marathon taper. So common, in tact, that the term ‘maranoia’ has been invented to describe it. Heavy legs, aches and pains, symptoms of illness, feelings of anxiety and an unusually high RPE on runs are all frequently reported.

2022, Sam Murphy, Run Your Best Marathon: Your trusted guide to training and racing better, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 200:

(uncommon, colloquial) Anxiety, fear, or nervousness experienced by some individuals before or during a marathon.


skip-care

'Skip-care' or 'skin fasting' is being promoted as the latest skincare trend from Korea. But really, dermatologists have been preaching this simplistic approach to skincare for years.

2020 April 8, Lottie Winter, “'Skip-care' is the new streamlining beauty trend that sees a more minimal approach to skincare”, in Glamour UK, archived from the original on 2024-04-29:

The philosophy behind skip-care emphasizes on customizing your skincare routine according to how it feels and what it needs. This essentially cuts down unnecessary products, focusing on multi-functional products which serve numerous benefits in a single step.

2021 January 15, “Skip-Care: The Best 2020 Minimalist Skincare Trend to Continue in 2021”, in Laudrés, archived from the original on 2024-04-29:

“There’s been a shift away from the very old school multi-step routine,” says Hall. “Skip-care is basically a fancy way of saying that you skip some of the steps. They do that by using products that house a combination of ingredients.”

2023 April 9, Hannah Coates, “5 K-Beauty Trends To Amp Up Your Spring Skincare Routine”, in British Vogue, archived from the original on 2024-04-29:

(uncommon) A minimalist approach to skincare in which the amount of products used is minimized to only those essential and necessary for keeping skin health.


mommune

needs to form local "mommune" to share chidcare, dinnermaking, driving, etc. We could bake bread and share hand me downs and drink wine...

2008 October 15, @CiaraBlume, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-22:

And so, more by accident than design, the women hit on a new domestic set-up: the “mommune”, as it is termed in America.

2018 September 29, Giulia Rhodes, “‘It was like a marriage, only better’: the single mothers who moved in together”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2024-05-01:

Saltz thinks "mommunes" make a lot of sense, particularly financially for single mothers so they don't have to work extra jobs, can have backup when their child is sick and also give their kids sibling-like companions.

2023 June 2, David Oliver, Callie Carmichael, Ariana Triggs, “'It takes a village': Are 'mommunes' the secret to single parenting?”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 2024-02-06:

"When it’s your weekend without the kids but you live in a mommune so this is how you spend it," Kristin said.

2024 February 12, Roisin Chapman, “I’m divorced and live in a ‘mommune’ with other single mothers – we live it up together when the kids are away”, in The U.S. Sun, archived from the original on 2024-02-13:

(uncommon, neologism) A group of mothers, often with their children, that share a communal living space to support each other in parenting, household chores, and other aspects of daily life.


azotobacterium

Blend of translingual Azotobacter m + bacterium, surface analysis French azote m (“nitrogen”) + -o- + bacterium or translingual Azotobacter m + -ium.


shecession

Blend of she + recession, likely modeled after mancession. Popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As Figure 2 shows, the model for the impact of regular versus pandemic recessions on women and men matches the evidence. A regular recession is a ‘mancession’, meaning that women’s total labour supply increases relative to men’s, whereas the pandemic recession is a ‘shecession’, with deep employment losses for women.

2020 September 22, Michèle Tertilt, Matthias Doepke, Jane Olmstead-Rumsey, Titan Alon, “The shecession (she-recession) of 2020: Causes and consequences”, in Centre for Economic Policy Research, archived from the original on 2024-05-02:

Called the “shecession” by some economists, the coronavirus pandemic is unlike other modern recessions in that job losses are greatest among women, who dominate jobs that cannot be done remotely, like food service, retail and hospitality.

2020 November 2, Katie Surma, “Pandemic recession becomes ‘shecession’ as more working moms are forced to quit jobs Previous”, in Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 2024-05-02:

In widening their investigation to 26 countries in Europe and North America, Doepke and his colleagues reveal that the U.S. was not alone in experiencing a “shecession.”

2022 March 24, Matthias Doepke, “Women at Work: From a Milestone to a ‘Shecession’”, in Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern, archived from the original on 2024-05-02:

(uncommon) Excessively high female unemployment.


minimony

Blend of mini + ceremony. Popularized during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.


grandmillennial

en-noun

grandmillennial (countable and uncountable, plural grandmillennials)

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Blend of grandma + millennial. By surface analysis, grand- + millennial. Coined by Emma Bazilian in 2019.

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Another great thing about grandmillennial? It’s great for the environment. And there are a number of places to source those treasures, from Facebook Marketplace to eBay, Gumtree and your local markets. Oh, and your grandmother’s house.

2021 January 27, Yeong Sassall, “7 things to know about the 'grandmillennial' trend taking over your feed”, in Vogue Australia, archived from the original on 2024-05-01:

Another recent and related trend is called Grandmillennial, describing an increasing popular aesthetic among some Millennials with Victorian furniture, chintz, pleated lampshades, floral wallpaper, and other vintage items.

2022, Cynthia Pearce LeMay, Millennials and Conflict in the Workplace: Understand the Unique Traits of the Now Generation, Taylor & Francis, page 132:

Perhaps best summed up as a mixture of Laura Ashley prints, chintzy wallpaper, imaginative paint ideas, and plenty of ruffled edges, grandmillennial is a true rejection of minimalism.

2023 August 22, Kayleigh Dray, “It's official: grandmillennial interiors are in! Here's how to nail the gorgeous trend”, in Ideal Home, archived from the original on 2024-05-01:

(uncountable) A style of decor and dressing that incorporates elements of traditional or vintage styles into a modern lifestyles.

Ranging in age from mid-20s to late-30s, grandmillennials have an affinity for design trends considered by mainstream culture to be "stuffy" or "outdated"—Laura Ashley prints, ruffles, embroidered linens.

2019 September 4, Emma Bazilian, “The Ultimate Guide to Grandmillennial Style”, in House Beautiful, archived from the original on 2021-06-12:

Wall coverings are a big, resounding yes for grandmillennials, and the busier the print, the better. This option from peel-and-stick brand Tempaper will add a whole lot of depth, pattern and lemonade-hued cheer to your space.

2021 April 9, Courtney Thompson, “What is grandmillennial style? Shop the latest home decor trend”, in CNN, archived from the original on 2024-05-01:

A grandmillennial is someone who has an appreciation for the detail in older homes, like crown molding, original hardwood floors, or chandeliers. That is so me. I’ve always joked that when it comes to my wardrobe, my personal style is “granny chic.” Now I have a term to describe my interior design style: a combination of granny and millennial.

2022, Stassi Schroeder, Off with My Head: The Definitive Basic B*tch Handbook to Surviving Rock Bottom, Gallery Books, page 111:

(countable, less common) A person who embraces such style.


grandmillennial

en-adj

grandmillennial (comparative more grandmillennial, superlative most grandmillennial)

more grandmillennial (comparative)
most grandmillennial (superlative)

Importantly, the grandmillenial style is about uniqueness—styling so-called dated or stuffy pieces in new and original ways, and rejecting the overly minimalistic or directional design that has dominated in recent years.

Let's make this house a home, ppl! It's easy to source cute hand-stitched quilts online, since they're truly all the rage RN. Luckily they're also the *perfect* blankets to have in your grandmillennial haven.

2023 April 5, Annabel Iwegbue, “Yes, You're Gonna Want to Try Out This Whole "Grandmillennial" Trend”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 2024-05-01:

Sofas with skirts are very "grandmillennial." The "grandmillennial" style — sometimes called "granny chic" — combines modern aesthetics with older design trends.

2023 November 21, Alyssa Towns Swantkoski, “Interior designers share the 9 living-room trends that missed the mark this year”, in Business Insider, archived from the original on 2024-05-01:

Incorporating elements of traditional or vintage styles into a modern lifestyles.


proffee

en-noun

proffee (countable and uncountable, plural proffees)

Blend of protein + coffee. The term was popularized in 2021.

Iced Coffee and whey protein= Proffee drink! #delicious

2011 October 30, @dxnofx, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-22:

Gallagher says proffee isn’t off the table, but it shouldn’t be considered a meal replacement or your primary source of protein or caffeine.

2022 August 11, Beth Ann Mayer, “Proffee (Protein & Coffee): The New Health Trend Brewing on TikTok”, in Healthline, archived from the original on 2024-05-03:

(slang, neologism) Coffee mixed with a protein shake or protein powder, creating a drink that provides both caffeine and protein.


cloffice

I have taped them on a big poster board and they are on a wall in my closet. Do any of you remember my CLOFFICE? The big walk in closet that I have my computer in that my son labelled a cloffice because it was a closet and an office. The walls in there are all Phish and other cool stuff.

2003 February 23, PHISH-WOMEN, “PHISH-WOMEN Digest - 13 Feb 2003 to 14 Feb 2003 - Special issue(#2003-139)”, in rec.music.phish (Usenet):

The podcasts originate from the couple’s “cloffice,” a master bedroom closet turned office.

2005 September 15, Erika Anderson, “One Man’s Passion For Rosary Launches New Ministry”, in Georgia Bulletin, archived from the original on 2024-05-02:

My girlfriend used to take calls in her closet so frequently that she called it her "cloffice."

2008, Susan Tyler Hitchcock, Sixty Candles: Reflections on the Writing Life, iUniverse, page 27:

“Thanks, Louise,” I said as I brushed her off and headed into my cloffice. “I gotta get back to work.”

2009, Robert Rave, Spin, St. Martin's Press, page 214:

Sometimes I wait and wait before I feel like I am going to explode and remind him again to shut the cabinet doors all the way, or put the nail clippers back where they came from or bring the huge Tupperware containers that are piled high in our cloffice to the attic. Cloffice is my term for our closet slash office since our one floor single rancher has no closet space whatsoever.

2010, Angela Olson, Behind the Weight, Xlibris, page 67:

Our closet is lined with shelves and has always been full of all manner of miscellany, from sheets to blankets to shoes to old treasures. But we went through a period when we needed an office for my husband but did not have an extra bedroom. So I cleared space in the closet, put in a small desk and a phone line and voila! The “cloffice” was born. This only lasted a few years until a child moved out and a bedroom could be converted, but it taught me something very important: You can make room if you have to.

2017, C.N.C. Smith, B.S.O.M. Laura Harris, The Healthy Living Handbook: Simple, Everyday Habits for Your Body, Mind and Spirit, Baker Publishing Group, page 73:

When the pandemic began, Christine Warnke already had a cloffice in the entry hall of her two-bedroom D.C. condo. Warnke, who works in global business development, had turned part of a closet for out-of-season clothes into a compact workspace using the Container Store’s Elfa desk and shelf system.

2021 May 27, Jura Koncius, “Tiny cloffices — workspaces in closets — are big, thanks to the pandemic”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 2021-05-27:

(colloquial) A small workspace or home office that is set up within a closet.


nutricosmetic

Before rushing out to buy nutricosmetics, though, don't forget that the first place a food supplement goes is into your stomach, which is loaded with strong acid and enzymes to digest protein and dissolve fats.

2008, Daniel B. Yarosh, “The Future of Skin Care” (chapter 12), in The New Science of Perfect Skin, Broadway Books, page 238:

Incorporating marine proteoglycans as a nutricosmetic in skin capsules is said to boost collagen, help strengthen cell cohesion, and improve skin density, creating firmer skin.

2013, “Industry Perspectives of Marine-Derived Proteins as Biomaterials” (chapter 37), in Se-Kwon Kim, editor, Marine Biomaterials: Characterization, Isolation, and Applications, CRC Press, page 739:

A dietary supplement, food or beverage with additives that are marketed as having medical benefits that enhance appearance, especially skin, nails, and hair.


nutricosmetic

However, many nutricosmetic products are considered effective due to the historical use and word of mouth. Comprehensive analysis of the global nutricosmetics market is conducted considering form, end-user applications, and some product components such as collagen, peptides, proteins, vitamins, carotenes, minerals, and omega-3 fatty acid are reported.

2019 December, Irene Dini, Sonia Laneri, “Nutricosmetics: A brief overview”, in Phytotherapy Research, volume 33, number 12, →DOI, pages 3054-3063:


holy mother of based

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Just saw the Faker news about him getting int'd by chinese pros/players on the Korean server. Holy mother of BASED if he actually boycotts by refusing to play SoloQ and the impact that could actually have if others join in.

2022 March 9, @LSXYZ9, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-05-03:

"Feel free to disagree I made it all up anyway" Holy mother of based

2022 December 24, u/EnzoGrecchi, “Avengers level Threat (or even higher)”, in Reddit, r/LeagueOfMemes, archived from the original on 2024-05-03:

380,000 regulations eliminated by Milei. ¶ Holy Mother of Based 🤩

2023 December 20, @basedlayer, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-05-03:

Holy mother of based, I like this guy

2024 April 17, u/CoconutCossacks, “Georgian MP Aleko Elisashvili gets interviewed after (actual) fight in parliament over new controversial foreign-agent law inspired by Russia's approach”, in Reddit, r/europe, archived from the original on 2024-05-03:

(Internet slang) Expressing enthusiastic approval of someone's actions or views.


Chindo

From a blend of Chinese + Indonesian. Compare Indonesian chindo. See also Chinoy, Tagalog Tsinoy.

Chinese Indonesian; an Indonesian with Chinese descent, whether mixed or pure ethnic Chinese, especially those who identify as such.


fapkin

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(Internet slang, humorous) A napkin or tissue etc. used to catch and dispose of semen after masturbation.


Westsplaining

Blend of West + explaining, or Westplain + -ing, itself from West + -splain. Modelled after mansplaining. The term became popular in 2017.

"Westsplaining" can this be a word please?

2013 April 5, @InstantSunrise, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-22:

(uncommon, informal, derogatory, neologism) The act of condescendingly explaining something as a Westerner, especially sociopolitical views of Central and Eastern Europe and its historical and current relations with the Soviet Union and Russia.


bookalike

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We can therefore extend the benefit of the doubt to all the Shanghai girls, babies, dolls, etc. out there for their bookalikes, and even for their catty copycatting, though one hopes that, for the sake of the genre, China's banal book title formula of [CITY NAME] + [GENDER-SPECIFIC SOBRIQUET] will soon fall out of fashion.

2013 May 1, Tom Carter, “Shanghai Girls Gone Copy-Catty”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 2023-09-25:

Judgement Day for the bookalikes

2014 May 11, Francesca Angelini, “Judgement Day for the bookalikes”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-10-31:

I carefully selected the related titles to ensure that you could have a similar conversation surrounding the bookalikes as you did with the featured book.

2019, Maria Walther, The Ramped-Up Read Aloud: What to Notice as You Turn the Page, Thousand Oaks, C.A.: Corwin, →ISBN, page 3:

But if words and images within the pages give books their value, covers transform them into something more. That something is the reason we like to display books in our homes, why furniture stores make sure their shelves have books (or bookalikes), or why selling books by the foot is a sustainable—in fact, lucrative—proposition.

2020 November 25, Annalisa Merelli, “Book covers”, in Quartz, archived from the original on 2023-06-17:

Harry's bookalike

2023 March 2, Andy Robinson, “Boy, 3, stuns schoolmates by dressing as Prince Harry for World Book Day”, in The US Sun, London: News Group Newspapers Limited, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-10:

(informal) Something which closely resembles a book in some way.


bridechilla

I thought I would be extremely anxious for my wedding, but I turned out to be a bridechilla.

Vancouver bride-to-be Tracy Williams isn't about to start eating sauerkraut and popping Frankenvitamins. "I'm more of a bridechilla than a bridezilla," says Williams, who's getting married on Feb. 28 in Toronto. "If I get sick, I get sick. It's so much out of my control."

2009 January 19, Joanne Latimer, quoting Tracy Williams, “The paranoia of the winter bride”, in Maclean's, volume 122, number 1, Toronto, Ont.: Rogers Media Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 70, column 3:

There's nothing wrong with wanting to distance yourself from the bridezilla stereotype and be as nice and flexible as you can during wedding planning, but there's something about the bridechilla that feels like the latest version of the "cool girl." She's not like the other brides; she's smarter, nicer, less shallow...better.

2014 August 19, Rachel W. Miller, “Forget Bridezillas, The New Bad Bride Is A Bridechilla”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 2023-05-10:

Destination weddings are for bridechillas only. Control freaks/type-As/people who had their weddings planned out before they met their fiancé, hear me when I say you don't want a destination wedding.

2017 August 30, Brooke Shunatona, “9 Things I Wish I Knew Before Having a Destination Wedding”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-01-20:

To try and remain a Bridechilla, stand up for yourself when you can; you may want to be prepared with responses to unsolicited opinions.

2019, Amanda Pendolino, Wedding Planning for the Busy Feminist, →ISBN, page 9:

(informal, humorous) An extremely relaxed and easygoing bride.


resenteeism

Unlike presenteeism (going in to work but not being productive, for instance if you’re ill), those suffering from resenteeism experience a lot more frustration surrounding their current situation, something that can be catching among fellow staff.

2023 January 13, Bianca London, “Are you suffering from Resenteeism? The new workplace trend that’s the successor to quiet quitting”, in Glamour UK, archived from the original on 2024-05-05:

Sirsha Haldar, general manager of ADP UK, a leading Payroll and HR provider, suggests that the Great Resignation may have played a part in the rise of resenteeism.

2023 January 31, Ella Glover, “Can’t bring yourself to leave the job you hate? It’s called ‘resenteeism’”, in Metro, archived from the original on 2024-05-05:

At the core of both quiet quitting and resenteeism are common themes: burnout, feeling undervalued, and feeling unfulfilled.

2024 April 23, Eric Johnson, “Employers, you have a problem: Gen Z worker ‘quiet quitting’ has evolved into ‘resenteeism’”, in CNBC, archived from the original on 2024-05-05:

(neologism) The fact of remaining present in a job due to job security despite feeling unhappy and unfulfilled.


blogject

Blend of blog + object. Coined by American academic Julian Bleecker in 2005.

coinage

As I don't want to be too long, here are the essential attributes of blogjects.

2006 March 14, Roland Piquepaille, “The new world of 'blogjects'”, in ZDNET, archived from the original on 2023-09-26:

Julian Bleecker discusses the ins and outs of turning his car into a blogject.

2006 May 26, “Blogject Watch: Julian Bleecker’s Car”, in Wired, San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-05-04:

I scour every photo feed published for anything that appears to be a photo of me. Most of it's from blogjects, CCTV cameras, and crap like that.

2009, Cory Doctorow, Makers, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 295:

Design business conferences such as Lift and Where 2.0 feature the latest blogjects, mashups, and distributed narrative installations.

2013, Malcolm McCullough, “Inscribing the Ambient Commons”, in Ulrik Ekman, editor, Throughout: Art and Culture Emerging With Ubiquitous Computing, Cambridge, M.A., London: The MIT Press, →ISBN, page 450:

(technology, neologism) A physical object that automatically posts updates about its current location and state online.


bitumastic

en-noun

bitumastic (countable and uncountable, plural bitumastics)

Blend of bitumen + mastic. Originally a trademark.

A compound used in construction as a protective coating or sealant.


accountabilibuddy

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Blend of accountability + buddy, coined in the animated TV show South Park in the episode "Cartman Sucks", broadcast March 14, 2007.

If you've set up a Creative Support Team, then you probably already have an accountabilibuddy, whether you know it or not (and if not, it's fun to say aloud, no?).

2015, Jordan Rosenfeld, A Writer's Guide To Persistence: How to Create a Lasting and Productive Writing Practice:

The exerciser may commit to exercising five times per week for six months. If they succeed, the accountabilibuddy may donate to a charity that the exerciser supports.

2021, Chris Englert, Ian Taylor, Motivation and Self-regulation in Sport and Exercise, page 46:

You have higher chances of completing a goal if you commit to it with someone. That's why I am asking you to find an 'accountabilibuddy.

2022, Kevin Aventura, The Neo Diet: Find Your Superhuman Health By Eating The “Wrong” Foods:

(informal) A person who agrees to hold a person accountable for persisting in an endeavor such as maintaining sobriety, diet, or exercise.


Hellmarsh

Blend of hell + Belmarsh. Popularized by Jeffrey Archer, see quotations.

By this time tomorrow, you'll be sunning it up by the pool, or that's how Springhill will feel in comparison to Hellmarsh.

2002, Jeffrey Archer, quoting Billy Little, A Prison Diary, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 225:

“Hellmarsh”, as one anonymous prisoner puts it, sums up one of the UK’s most notorious jails nicely, where war criminals rub shoulders with convicted terrorists and gang members.

2020 January 16, Ali Catterall, “TV tonight: Britain's worrying painkiller addiction”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:


Palentine's Day

(informal) A holiday in celebration of friendships and every other form of platonic love, celebrated annually on February 13, or less commonly on February 14.


Failipino

Blend of fail + Filipino
Literally, "Failure of a Filipino".

Do you find the picture above funny or offensive? I find it funny at the same time offensive, offensive because it reminds me of people I have to keep facing. Failipino Pride is what I would call as "The pride even in the failures of the Filipino." or "The Filipino's failure in misplaced pride." It's a shortcut that I made and the term "Failipino" as said means, "The failure of a Filipino". Again, you have the choice if you want to be a decent Filipino or you want to continue in the wayward path of the Failipino. The person also looks like he's a drug addict. I have noticed how an obese stray woman I saw who frequently walked around wearing nothing at all was damaged no thanks to her habitual sniffing of rugby. I have heard how some poor people inhale rugby to forget their problems. Apparently, Failipino Pride which is politically corrected as "Pinoy Pride" is also the opium of the Philippines. Since today is the real Philippine Independence Day, what better way to celebrate it than to bring a post like this to wake the deluded nation up!

2015 July 4, “Failipino Pride Is The Opium Addiction Of Today's Filipino Society!”, in makingitfuninthephilippines.blogspot.com:

(ethnic slur, derogatory, Internet slang, offensive) A Filipino person who is an advocate of, or showing an execessive display of toxic Filipino pride culture.


Japandi

Blend of Japan + Scandi. According to Keti Lytras, the term began being used shortly after the 2016 Milan International Furniture Fair.

So popular is Swedish design in Japan that there was a Year of Scandinavian Design celebrated, and Tokyo Design week was abuzz with the new Scandinavian meets Japanese style design trend called Japandi. It is heartwarming to see the Larssons’ love of Japanese prints and katagami come full circle. Karin has truly touched and influenced the lives of millions.

2018, Marge Thorell, Karin Bergoo Larsson and the Emergence of Swedish Design, McFarland & Company, page 3:

Japandi is a good fit with hectic modern lifestyles, because “these pieces allow people to create a clean, calm environment in which they can truly unwind”.

2019 October 21, “The rise of ‘Japandi’ style”, in BBC, archived from the original on 2024-05-02:

We can create more breathing room by borrowing a few concepts from the Japandi design style.

2023, Olga Trusova, Calm Living: Simple Design Transformations to Fill Your Spaces with Tranquility, Chronicle Books, page 103:

A decor design that incorporates Japanese and Scandinavian-inspired elements.


AIgiarism

AIgiarism (usually uncountable, plural AIgiarisms)

Blend of AI + plagiarism. Likely coined by user @CoinWaters in a tweet posted on October 26, 2022 (see quotation below).

Ha. Aigiarism!

2022 October 26, @CoinWaters, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-22:

“I think the rules against AIgiarism should be roughly similar to those against plagiarism,” Graham said in December. “The problem with plagiarism is not just that you’re taking credit away from someone else but that you’re falsely claiming it for yourself. The latter is still true in AIgiarism. And in fact, the former is also somewhat true with current AI technology.”

2022 December 31, Alex Hern, “AI-assisted plagiarism? ChatGPT bot says it has an answer for that”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2023-02-08:

However, AIgiarism is a form of bypass plagiarism. The wrong of AIgiarism is not so much of inappropriate credit allocation, but the potential propagation of factual and interpretive errors as well as biases, which undermines knowledge acquisition and understanding.

2023 August 26, Bor Luen Tang, “The underappreciated wrong of AIgiarism - bypass plagiarism that risks propagation of erroneous and bias content”, in EXCLI Journal, volume 22, →DOI, pages 907–910:

One concern deems text generated by such tools to be plagiarism. Some academics have posited that Al-generated text used by students is plagiarism, or Al-assisted plagiarism or aigiarism[…]

2023 December, Sarah Elaine Eaton, editor, Handbook of Academic Integrity, Springer International Publishing, page 163:

The main problem with aigiarism-detectors (and often AI in general) is poor context-awareness. As AI absorbs text from research papers, blogs, and other online sources, software like ZeroGPT may classify much of this material as “Al-generated” soon after a text reaches the internet and is indexed somewhere.

2024 January, Robert Ciesla, The Book of Chatbots: From ELIZA to ChatGPT, Springer Nature Switzerland, page 143:

Frequencies and percentages showed that 27% and 57% of students had positive attitudes towards plagiarism and aigiarism, respectively. No significant gender differences in aigiarism were detected. Attitudes towards aigiarism did not differ according to academic major (human-scientific) or lower and higher GPA.

2024 February 5, Mustafa Ali Khalaf, “Does attitude towards plagiarism predict aigiarism using ChatGPT?”, in AI and Ethics, →DOI:

artificial intelligence
artificial intelligence

(artificial intelligence, informal, uncommon) Plagiarism committed by means of AI; AI-assisted plagiarism.


logject

(computing, software, technology) An object with embedded software capable of monitoring and recording, in some manner, its own activity and operation.


algorethics

(artificial intelligence) The study of the ethical implications of computer systems, artificial intelligence, etc.


anituber

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Eight of the world's most popular anitubers (anime youtubers) took their drama off the page and screen and to the chessboard in the first-ever Tournament Arc. The event was won by Gigguk.

2020 August 11, Sam Copeland, “Protaganist Vanquishes Villain In Tournament Arc”, in Chess.com, archived from the original on 2024-05-08:

Having spent the past 9 years of my life being a quote-unquote “Anituber” (anime YouTuber) and the past two decades of my life watching every anime under the sun, Crunchyroll approached me to ask for my personal top 30 anime recommendations, alongside my fellow anituber friends Connor “CDawgVA” Colquhoun and Garnt “Gigguk” Maneetapho.

2021 December 8, “RECS: The Anime Man's Top 30 Anime (You Probably Haven't Seen)”, in Crunchyroll, archived from the original on 2024-05-08:

After another AniTuber, Totally Not Mark, recently faced off in a battle with Toei Animation over his own videos and managed to win after a major public outcry of support, it looks like a new legal strategy may even allow Toei to challenge his videos once more.

2022 February 3, Borealis Capps, “Anime YouTubers Face New Copyright Crisis - Fans Call For Geoblocking For All”, in Game Rant, archived from the original on 2022-02-06:

While there are lots of great old anime, it seems that one anituber isn’t a big fan of them. Recently, an anituber came under fire after saying in a new video that he never recommends watching 70s anime.

2022 November 17, Nicolo Manaloto, “Anituber Under Fire After ‘Never Recommend Watching 70s Anime’ Remark”, in Epicstream, archived from the original on 2024-05-08:

YouTube has become one of the centers for fan critics to share their evaluations of anime works. AniTubers are YouTube creators who emerged to focus on anime, anime-related works, and review anime films and series.

2023 October, Kaz Hayashi, William H. U. Anderson, editors, Anime, Philosophy and Religion, Vernon Art and Science, page 51:

(Internet) A YouTube videoblogger who reviews or discusses anime.


peecycling

In fact, "peecyling" is a mainstream notion elsewhere in the world. Urine diversion for fertilizer can be documented back to 1867, and the U.S. is just starting to catch on to the trend that has become increasingly popular in countries such as Finland, Sweden, and the Netherlands over the last decade or so.

2014 February 2, Samantha Larson, “Is "Peecycling" the Next Wave in Sustainable Living?”, in National Geographic, archived from the original on 2024-05-10:

Then there’s the ick factor, which peecycling supporters confront head on.

2022 June 17, Catrin Einhorn, “Meet the Peecyclers. Their Idea to Help Farmers Is No. 1.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2022-06-17:

On the way in, I passed a small exhibit of zero-flush, eco-flush, and composting toilets in gleaming white. Kim Nace, Rich Earth’s cofounder, and Julia Cavicchi, the education director, gave me a tour of the research center. Their mission: to advance the use of human waste as a resource—peecycling.

2024 April, Joe Roman, Eat, Poop, Die: How Animals Make Our World, Profile, page 96:

(uncommon) The practice of recycling or repurposing urine for various beneficial purposes, particularly in the context of sustainable agriculture and environmental conservation.


P-factor

P-factor (countable and uncountable, plural P-factors)

(aviation) An aerodynamic phenomenon experienced by a moving propeller, whereby the propeller's center of thrust moves off-center when the aircraft is at a high angle of attack.


gayge

(LGBTQ, slang) The age at which one realizes that one is gay.


pollercoaster

Favreau was notoriously anxious in campaign seasons riding what he called a "poller-coaster" of emotions, checking the daily tracking polls, always anticipating the worst.

2019, Ben Rhodes, The World as It Is, page 187:

(politics) A poll characterised by dramatic swings or ups and downs in the results.


Uniterm

Blend of unit + term, referring to the use of single words as the basis of the index.

A subject indexing system having an index based on single words.


resolutionary

(informal) A person who makes it their business to resolve disputes.


Usenetiquette

Don't think that it would be possible simply to shout CServe users down for improper Usenetiquette as per Portal with perjoratives like, "...when you figure out REAL networks...," because CompuServe comprises more subscribers than Usenet does, and they'd shout back - louder and in greater numbers.

1989 February 12, Karl Kleinpaste, “Procedure for rec.humor.funny debate”, in news.admin (Usenet):

By the power of Usenetiquette, the thread has degenerated into a spelling flame and is hereby dead. Have a good day.

1995 July 7, Brent Burton, “Child Cyclist gets killed....”, in rec.bicycles.soc (Usenet):

On the other hand, most of the "infractions" which people complain about are nothing to do with the lo cal practices of AFU, and everything to do with standard Usenetiquette, which is even less secret, as it is posted frequently in the newsgroups which Usenet newbies ought to read.

1999 November 19, Mike Holmans, “"Kevin" as a given name”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet):

Not at all. I am courteous and simply am pointing out that what is typed is not necessarily what was meant. I don't see how wanting people to post in a clear manner violates Usenetiquette. I do now agree, though, that such things can take a thread off topic.

2004 November 4, Richard Bonner, “Re: Educational Levels (Was: "Re: I know...wrong group...i thought it was HFX.FORSALE")”, in hfx.general (Usenet):

Don't stop there. What major discussion on what social transition beyond Capitalism ? No, I am not going to watch the video. You could summarize it in a few words (which incidentally is part of Usenetiquette).

2020 September 25, Jos Boersema, “It is now obvious that US style hard-right capitalism sucks ... so what to do?”, in can.politics (Usenet):

(Internet) Netiquette appropiate to Usenet users.


a lottle

"Do you like me?" / "A lottle". / His head tipped, "a lottle?" / "Well, you see, it's like a little, but it's actually a lot," I whispered.

Or maybe a lottle? What the actual fuck is wrong with me? We both know that's not a real word.

2021 September 29, Xavier Neal, Picnic Perfect: A Small Town Romantic Comedy, Xavier Neal, page 40:

Of course, it's not unusual that lots of a little should lead to a lot - a 'lottle'.

2009, Peter Cave, This Sentence is False - An Introduction to Philosophical Paradoxes, →ISBN, page 77:

(humorous) something that is more than a little but less than a lot.


zenosyne

Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows; a blend of Zeno (“name of ancient Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea, in reference to Zeno’s dichotomy paradox, which ‘asks how a person can walk from one point to another if they must first cross a seeming infinity of halfway points, which makes their journey look like a series of ever-shrinking steps’”) + Mnemosyne (“personification of memory in ancient Greek mythology”).

blend

Zeno<t:name of ancient Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea, in reference to Zeno’s dichotomy paradox, which ‘asks how a person can walk from one point to another if they must first cross a seeming infinity of halfway points, which makes their journey look like a series of ever-shrinking steps’>

Mnemosyne<t:personification of memory in ancient Greek mythology>

This is the obscurest of the sorrows, / Though some say it’s entirely an illusion, / That time must be a constant (our tomorrows / Arriving by the clock, and in profusion), / That time is bound to pay back what it borrows, / Adjusting fast with slow, and in conclusion / We should take heart, adjust our hopes, and be / Prepared to understand zenosyne.

2016, John Fuller, poem 4, in The Bone Flowers: or, Blueprints for a Disappearance, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, stanza 7:

These little hands / On my clock tile, stagnant, / Stare back at me / Aimlessly. / You come around / All in a frenzy then. / They rush into a zenosyne / Tirelessly.

2017, Simonee Modi, “Time”, in Infrequent Musings, Chennai, Tamil Nadu: Notion Press, →ISBN:

The phenomenon of zenosyne has caused me to make some unconventional yes decisions. When my children were babies, I looked forward to a nightly break from parenting and spending time teaching classes with my students. But as my children grew, I understood that I was exchanging the decreasing amount of time I had to raise my own kids for spending my evenings making memories with other people’s children. At the height of my teaching career, zenosyne caused me rethink the hours I was spending in the studio.

2017, Misty Lown, “The Unconventional Yes”, in One Small Yes: Small Decisions that Lead to Big Results, New York, N.Y.: Morgan James Publishing, →ISBN, section “Zenosyne”:

As we get older, we experience zenosyne, the feeling that time keeps getting faster and faster. It is a built-in mechanism to remind us that wisdom comes from learning how to appreciate time and to live in the moment.

2019, Raquel Ríos, “Authentic Presence: Personal Awareness and Self-Mastery”, in Mindful Practice for Social Justice: A Guide for Educators and Professional Learning Communities (Eye on Education), New York, N.Y., Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, →ISBN, strategy 1 (Contemplation and Meditation):

I went to the podium and took a sip of the water kept on its shelf. That podium looked used and old. Aunt Leela looked at me and I got the sense that she had been thinking about it, as if it was a kind of reminder of something. She must have experienced Zenosyne as I saw lot^([sic – meaning a lot]) of emotions came over her face. She felt lost somewhere deep in her thoughts.

2020, Priyanka Pareek, “Zenosyne, the sense that time keeps going faster: We are finally all in”, in Amaira, [New Delhi, N.C.T.]: BlueRose Publishers, →ISBN, page 202:

Part II: Rare Emotions / 31. Sonder / 32. Zenosyne […] You may have experienced those. But you may not know. You may have wondered about their strange flow. But you may not know. Let’s know them now. Let’s start the emotional journey now. Let’s break free and dive deep into the heart. […] Zenosyne: Time keeps going faster / It’s when I feel that time is running faster than my thoughts. It’s when I want to be a kid and time takes me away to adulthood. And this story continues lifelong.

2021, Sonal Maharana, Gossiping with My Emotions, Chandahandi, Odisha: Inkdew Private Limited, →ISBN, pages VI and 1 (Contents) and 62 (Rare Emotions):

Over a lifetime it is inevitable that the older you become the less novelty you will encounter and the more habit you will embrace. This is fundamental to the perceived acceleration of time (zenosyne). It follows from this that the intentional introduction of novel episodes at purposely chosen intervals will decelerate time and will extend your life experience, at least retrospectively. Try it.

2022, Dominic Milton Trott, “WorldScape: The Wider Context”, in The Drug Users Bible: Harm Reduction, Risk Mitigation, Personal Safety: An Antidote to the War on Drugs, extended edition, [Macclesfield, Cheshire]: MxZero Publishing, →ISBN, section 6 (Culture & Society (Reference)), subsection 2 (Food for the Psychedelic Mind), page 569:

[…] That was our playground, / From hockey to football, what was not played, / The Redstone sit outs from older times, were split between kids to play and to hide, / Those were the places where dolls were married, / My hiraeth to my grandmom's house is strange, / After all these years it still stays / Beyond the zenosyne and growing age.

2022, Aishwarya B. Kurian, “Hiraeth”, in The Epiphany of Words, Rourkela, Odisha: Spectrum of Thoughts, →ISBN, page 152:

(neologism) The sense that time keeps going faster.

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
Zeno of Elea


promodizer

(Philippines) a merchandiser who promotes products


catastroscope

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Blend of catastrophe + -scope. Associated with comedian Jimmy Durante by the 1940s, and the Jennings books of Anthony Buckeridge in the 1950s.

Confronted with such a word as "catastrophe," Durante runs amok and produces "catastroscope," which the late Robert Benchley argued was a great improvement. Even such a modest adjective as “exuberant” feels the edge of Durante’s scorn. It comes out “exubilant,” which is not only funny but more exuberant.

1947 October, Cameron Shipp, "America's No. 1 Clown" Coronet vol. 22 no. 10 p. 17

He'd like a tip like that, I says to myself, and to surprise him I slips in 10 pounds on the horse for him. And the horse loses to Pearson! A catastroscope!

1952 July 27, Jimmy Durante, “I Ups to London”, in Evening Star, Washington, DC, page 28:

“What a ghastly catastroscope,” lamented his fellow-author. “Why do these gruesome hoohahs always have to pick on us to happen to?["]

1955, Anthony Buckeridge, Our Friend Jennings, London, Glasgow: Collins, page 214:

My congratulations to the team responsible for "TV Hell," your evening of selected tripe from the archives. ... Unfortunately, your researchers slipped up. As a connoisseur of catastroscopes, I am astonished there was no reference to a uniquely appalling show which elbowed itself onto the schedules about a decade ago.

1989 September 12, Alan Cookman, “One Man's Week”, in Evening Sentinel, Stoke-on-Trent, UK, page 19:

Oh dear! A catastroscope here at Harringay Arena! The plucky young flyweight is down again!

1991, Dick Cate, The incredible Willie Scrimshaw, London: A. & C. Black, →ISBN, page 15:

The other thing that's worth knowing about Harry is that the one thing he's never short of is ideas, and that's really where we come in now, because I got the idea for my Christmas special from him, and a right bleeding catastroscope it turned out to be.

1995, Mike Seabrook, “Season of Goodwill”, in Tim Heald, editor, A Classic Christmas Crime, London: Pavilion, →ISBN, page 54:

2000, "Catastroscope" Research & Development vol. 42 p. 13 →ISSN
The 200th anniversary of the US in 1976 coincided with the sesquimillennial of the fall of Rome in 476 A.D. ... It apparently was what the late comedian Jimmy Durante might have said, " It's a catastroscope!"

2007, Max Sollitt, Catastroscopes: A Creative and Adventurous Australian Bloke's Battle with Clinical Depression and Anno Domini, (Melbourne : Temple House) →ISBN

A pedagogic disaster, a catastroscope as comedian Jimmy Durante would say.

2015, Colin Tatz, Human Rights and Human Wrongs: A Life Confronting Racism, Monash University Publishing, →ISBN, page 19:

(humorous, dated, usually hyperbolic) A catastrophe


Camel League

Blend of (offensive) camel (“Middle Eastern person”) + Saudi Pro League

(soccer, offensive) Saudi Pro League (the highest division of football in Saudi Arabia).


genuinfluencer

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Blend of genuine + influencer. Planted by WGSN in January 2021 as a supposed trend of the upcoming year.

(neologism, marketing, social media) A postmaterial influencer.


photoepilepsy

en-noun

photoepilepsy (countable and uncountable, plural photoepilepsies)

Blend of photosensitive + epilepsy or from photo- + epilepsy.

With respect to antiepileptic effects ZK 91296 is surprisingly potent against spontaneous petit mal in rats, stress-induced seizures in gerbils, photoepilepsy in baboons, and DMCM-induced seizures in particular, whereas the compound is unexpectedIy inactive against kindled seizures.

1986, E.N. Petersen, L.H. Jensen, J. Drejer, T. Hononl, “New Perspectives in Benzodiazepine Receptor Pharmacology”, in Pharmacopsychiatry, volume 19, number 1, →DOI, page 5:

I was unable, however, to find literature indicating a higher incidence of migraine in patients with photoepilepsy.

2003 May, Randolph W. Evans, Jack Gladstein, “Confusional Migraine or Photoepilepsy?”, in Headache, volume 43, number 5, →DOI, page 507:

Darigabat is an α2/3/5 subunit-selective positive allosteric modulator of GABAA receptors that has demonstrated broad-spectrum activity in several preclinical models of epilepsy as well as in a clinical photoepilepsy trial.

2022 November, Rachel Gurrell, Philip Iredale, Alexis Evrard, Venceslas Duveau, Céline Ruggiero, Corinne Roucard, “Pronounced antiseizure activity of the subtype-selective GABAA positive allosteric modulator darigabat in a mouse model of drug-resistant focal epilepsy”, in CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, volume 28, number 11, →DOI, page 1875:


Pedowood

Blend of pedo + Hollywood or blend of pedophile + Hollywood, with reference to reports of rampant pedophilia in the US movie industry.


Hezbollywood

(slang, derogatory, uncommon) Instances of photojournalism from the 2006 Lebanon War that misrepresented scenes of death and destruction in Lebanon caused by Israeli air attacks.


graphicon

Emoji are a subcategory of what Herring and Dainas (2017) classify as ‘graphicons’ (graphical icons) – a classification of graphical features found on social media platforms that also include emoticons, stickers, graphics interchange formats (GIFs), images and videos.

2023 January 12, Lorenzo Logi and Michele Zappavigna, “A social semiotic perspective on emoji: How emoji and language interact to make meaning in digital messages”, in New Media & Society, page 1:

In our study, we analyse a case in which the participants of a video-mediated workshop draw on images or animated GIFs (i.e. graphicons) in managing emotion discourse.

2023, Elina Salomaa and Esa Lehtinen, “Graphicons as a vehicle for eliciting negative emotions in multimedial workplace interaction”, in Conversation Analytic Perspectives to Digital Interaction: Practices, Resources, and Affordances, page 3:

Since its introduction in the early 1970s, textual computer-mediated communication (CMC) has been enriched by graphical icons (henceforth graphicons) that express emotion and attitude.

2020 March 6, Artie Konrad, Susan C Herring, and David Choi, “Sticker and Emoji Use in Facebook Messenger: Implications for Graphicon Change”, in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, page 1:

A category for graphical features used on social media platforms.


bozone layer

But attaining wisdom, despite our possible "bozone" layers, should still be a priority in our lives.

2005 March, Cook David C, David C Cook, chapter CCVIII, in Daily Grace, David C Cook, →ISBN, page 213:

“Is there a bozone layer over your school?”

2007 May 22, Butch Harmon, “Why Get Mad? You've Never Been Any Good”, in The Pro: Lessons About Golf and Life from My Father, Claude Harmon, Sr., Crown, →ISBN, page 124:

Elliot referred to the speed bump level of management as the bozone layer. If Elliot was the get 'em guy guru; George Devine was lord of the bozone layer.

2011 July 28, James Davidson II, “Chapter Nine”, in Some Like Them Dead, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 65:

I call it the bozone''' layer. It's a symptom of the immune system, a fog of inertia that infects people who are stuck in status quo thinking. It is designed to resist the process mind. Managers in the bozone layer find it difficult to accept new thinking, as discovered in Daniel Kahneman's (psychologist and winner of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences) research, especially if the thinking breaks though the bozone layer and sheds light on problems that have been there all along.

2014 October 24, Philip Kirby, “The No 1 Root Cause”, in The Process Mind: New Thoughtware - for Designing Your Business on Purpose, illustrated edition, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 86:

They penetrated even the bozone layer of the Canadian Government, and the policy was temporarily withdrawn.

2015, Elaine Coburn, edited by Emma LaRocque, More Will Sing Their Way to Freedom: Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence, Fernwood Publishing, →ISBN:

(humorous) The layer surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating.


bozone

The official report didn't mention it, but I suspect that there was an unusual odor in the air when this guy was caught. No, I'm not alking about the drugs—I think it was the distinctive smell of bozone.

2005 February 10, Jim Burnett, “Crime Still Doesnt Pay”, in Hey Ranger!: True Tales of Humor and Misadventure from America's National Parks, illustrated edition, Taylor Trade Publications, →ISBN, page 180:

I call it the bozone layer. It's a symptom of the immune system, a fog of inertia that infects people who are stuck in status quo thinking. It is designed to resist the process mind. Managers in the bozone layer find it difficult to accept new thinking, as discovered in Daniel Kahneman's (psychologist and winner of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences) research, especially if the thinking breaks though the bozone layer and sheds light on problems that have been there all along.

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2014 October 31, J. R. Jordan, Trippin Through The Bozone: The Tales of Kidd Cassidy, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, →ISBN:

We knew that the direct and indirect schemes of the DIA, its thick bozone, had created our intergenerational catastrophes.

(humorous) The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating.


edumyth

FOREWORD: EDUMYTHS AND THE SLEEP OF REASON

2019 September 7, Craig Barton, Tom Bennett, The researchED Guide to Education Myths: An evidence-informed guide for teachers, Hachette UK, →ISBN, page 2003:

The authors discuss some of the edu-myths of the time and spend considerable effort debunking them. That the myths themselves sound so familiar in 34 The Attack on Nova Scotia Schools.

2020 April 7, Grant Frost, The Attack on Nova Scotia Schools: The Story Behind 25 Years of Tumultuous Change, Formac Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 34:

Similarly discredited is the 'edumyth' that the brain's structure is defined by infancy or by adolescence.

2021 June 21, Lynne Hunt, Denise Chalmers, University Teaching in Focus: A Learning-centred Approach, Routledge, →ISBN:

Perhaps teachers have their own set of 'edumyths', beliefs which many (including neuroscientists) might hold but which are not true of education.

2022 November 15, Cathy Rogers, Michael S. C. Thomas, Educational Neuroscience: The Basics, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:

(education, psychology) Pseudoscientific belief about education, pedagogy, or learning without an empirical basis.


univershitty

(slang, derogatory, vulgar) A university, particularly an undistinguished one.


fanpol

like EVERY fanpol ever 😭 we be shipping our ships, minding our own businesses, then bAm they act like we did a crime or sumn ☠

2022 April 30, mars (@iHugRyuk), Twitter:

I treat those issues very carefully in my writing, only for fanpol to accuse me of writing abuse porn. 🙄

2022 April 30, Dr Bai (@doctorbaixue), Twitter:

fanpols forget to realize that content warnings exist and are typically used.

2023 October 23, bive ! 7p☆ (@nyctomania_mp3), Twitter:

(fandom slang, derogatory) A fan who habitually tries to control others' fannish activity.


Tomarry

It's that time again where I've returned to reading Tomarry fics. It's been about 5 years since this affliction began.

2017 January 22, chi (@maydenchina), Twitter:

Continuing the analyses, we move now to The Love of a Good Wizard, a Tomarry fic written by user SweetSorcery and published on AO3 in 2011.

2019, Beatriz Brito do Nascimento, "No heteros in this heterotopia: Harry Potter slash fanfiction as heterotopian space", dissertation submitted to the University of Porto, page 106

If you ship Tomarry or think Dolores Umbridge or Voldemort are forgivable, please dni

2023 December 17, Montague (@Snilysthirdwife), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Tom Marvolo Riddle (Lord Voldemort) and Harry Potter of the Harry Potter series.


Harrymort

I don't remember when I started shipping Harrymort. All I know is that I'm not sorry

2013 May 20, Inactive (@SamhainAndDean), Twitter:

So here I am, with 3 lines done of a 6 page essay and I'm reading harrymort fics....

2013 October 28, Beth (@ bethancelia), Twitter:

I'm gross and ship Harrymort. C'mon. Literal soulmates. That's about the only thing I seriously love in the book. They are brain mates! And soulmates!

2023 February 18, Mirya (@Miryaelle), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort of the Harry Potter series.


Bellamort

I'm thinking of writing a Bellamort fic because I feel crazy xD

2012 May 12, dutch plan der linde (@pornstartrek), Twitter:

I cannot believe jkr made bellamort canon

2016 August 27, kat (@belgenstruggles), Twitter:

I honestly love Bellamort. I HATE Bellatrix in the movies but in the books she’s fascinating even if a little submissive to Voldemort.

2024 February 27, はなみち (@hanamichivash), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Bellatrix Lestrange and Lord Voldemort of the Harry Potter series.


Snaco

You need to talk to Femme. She's the quintessential Snaco fan.

2009 November 21, NurseDarry (@DarryWillis), Twitter:

I should be tackling the cupboard under the stairs. Instead, I've been sucked into reading Snaco. I don't even ship Snaco!

2011 January 2, corinoco (@idlesilver), Twitter:

I ship Snaco even more after reading the first two and a half books. Wtf

2016 June 10, A (@vventvvorth), Twitter:

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


Victuuri

How does one watch this show without shipping Victuuri #YOI

2016 October 22, julie (@_snowthunder), Twitter:

I've been reading Victuuri fics heavy on the feels.

There must be a Venn diagram of Hailaveh shippers and Victuuri shippers and I'm smack bang in the middle of it bb

2023 December 8, Alley (@thealleyways_), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Victor Nikiforov and Yuuri Katsuki of the anime Yuri on Ice.


Kiliel

Wow I ship Kiliel a lot, but I also ship Kili and Legolas and Tauriel and Legolas and I don't know what to do

2013 December 14, Kayla (@Kay_Pereira), Twitter:

Accusing people of not being "real fans" of Tolkien because they ship Kiliel is just u being an asshole with superiority issues

2015 February 6, JJ Bug (@moonjellu), Twitter:

I am a filthy dirty garbage Kiliel shipper until the day my trash fire existence burns out…

2021 June 30, Space Lich and His Brick (@space_lich), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Kíli and Tauriel of The Hobbit film trilogy.