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.


sweatworking

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


boygina

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


glunge

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

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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.


kittenfishing

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Blend of kitten + catfishing. The word kitten is used because it is regarded as a less severe form of catfishing. Coined in an article by dating app Hinge published on June 21, 2017.

To be fair, I catfished using my own non-pregnant photos so perhaps kittenfishing would be more apt. MTV, feel free to call me to discuss the concept further.

2018, Amy Nickell, Confessions of a Single Mum: What It's Like When You're Expecting The Unexpected, Headline Publishing Group, page 53:

Unfortunately, while kittenfishing is generally considered less ‘serious’ a dating app offence as catfishing (where you pretend to be an entirely different person completely), it can still be damaging, and pretty manipulative; indeed, you will feel duped and deceived when going on a date with somebody who has been telling little white lies from the beginning.

2021 December 20, Rebecca Fearn, “Kittenfishing is the new dating trend doing the rounds, but what exactly is it? And are we guilty of doing it ourselves?”, in Glamour, archived from the original on 2024-04-30:

Its strange how ghosting, kittenfishing or orbiting in today’s times is so common personally, I also dislike all the modern things like cushioning, zombieing, and breadcrumbing. I believe modern dating terminology is perplexing and complicated.

2021, Jyoti Patel, The Awakening - Unheard. Undiscovered. Untold., Jyoti Patel, page 45:

(Internet, social media) The practice of presenting oneself in a more favorable or exaggerated light on dating apps or social media.


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.


azotobacterium

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


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.


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

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 modeled 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) 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.


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.


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.


blogject

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

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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.


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.


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.


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

Blend of accountability + buddy, coined in the animated TV show South Park episode 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:


Pinterest

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There are also currently other Pinterest plug-ins for displaying your latest pins, so you can research, compare, and test those as well if you don't want the plug-in I recommend.

2012, Kelby Carr, Pinterest For Dummies, Wiley, →ISBN, page 167:

Our tours similarly revealed that in 2015 teens are turning to the media to create their personal environments. Teens of today, however, are likely to turn toward social-media platforms such as Pinterest or Tumblr to find their decorating ideas or to emulate the rooms of peers they admire.

2018, Stacey J. T. Hust, Kathleen Boyce Rodgers, Scripting Adolescent Romance, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 40:

Gone are the days of Pinterest being a platform for just DIY crafts, home decor, and recipes. More and more users are looking for content that pertains to their work marketing and expert topics.

2024, Michelle Glogovac, How to Get on Podcasts, McGraw Hill, →ISBN, page 148:

(trademark) An American image-sharing social media service that enables users to save (“pin”) posts, with most content typically relating to design, fashion, decor, DIY and cooking recipes.


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.


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.


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.


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

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

(LGBT, 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

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


genuinfluencer

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

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

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:

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:

(see title)

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.

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

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


bozone layer

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.

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

(humorous) The layer 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.


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.


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.


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.


Bagginshield

I think I should stop swimming in denial now and just admit that I think I've become a Bagginshield shipper...

2013 January 31, @Seheehee1105, Twitter:

I'll stop shipping Bagginshield when Bilbo and Thorin stop being perfect for each other

Out here shipping Bagginshield in the year of our Lord two thousand and nineteen

2019 January 5, Binary Sunset (@binary_suunset), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Bilbo Baggins and Thorin Oakenshield of The Hobbit.


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.


fandomentalist

Violence is so normalized that fandomentalists think ‘normal people’ send death threats & mount harassment campaigns against ppl who ship/create fictional things they don’t like

2019 October 2, freetofic (@freetofic), Twitter:

The true and cardinal sign of a puritanical fandomentalist, tbh, that still hasn't learned the difference between fiction and reality, and thinks everyone else is like them.

2019 October 3, Ravenari (Mx Foxhall) (@Ravenari), Twitter:

Fandomentalists continue to run away from anything that even remotely challenges their shallow worldview and might make them ease up on those pearls

2023 November 5, jamesphobos {@jamesphobos), Twitter:

(fandom slang, derogatory) One who moralises within a fandom space, especially over sexual content and shipping.


comshipper

Blend of complicated + shipper, or complex + shipper.

comshippers sometimes scare me more than proshippers

2023 May 19, Legs (@Pavryklvr), Twitter:

Comshippers ALWAYS use that excuse, as if it’s valid “at least I can tell fiction and reality is different!!”

“I don’t condone it IRL” is such a brain-dead defense proshippers/comshippers use, and I’m sick of hearing it.

2023 August 1, L0GIC (@123L0gic), Twitter:

(fandom slang) One who supports a ship with elements deemed morally complex or problematic, such as abuse, incest, or a power gap.


comship

Blend of complicated + ship, or complex + ship.

I know, but he's not a human and that makes it a comship. And there are many canonical comships, it's not necessarily a bad thing

2023 September 11, Julián (@Justigodesgod), Twitter:

I've always hated comships (besides the usual ones like immortal x mortal), but I just.. block people. It's as simple as that.

2023 September 12, Lumi (@oneiricstar), Twitter:

as long as you're nice and don't only talk about your comships as some make me uncomfy

2024 January 16, Lana (Ame-Chan) (@Ena_Irl_), Twitter:

(fandom slang) A ship featuring elements deemed morally complex or problematic, such as abuse, incest, or a power gap.


pornhua

Blend of porno + manhua. Piecewise doublet of pornhwa.

(pornography, manhua) A pornographic manhua (Chinese comic).


gaycrat

For the hysterical, homoerotiphobic ire which has been building up, in the form of rejection via referenda, as well as in acts of violence against individuals […] is principally focused now on gay radicals, socialists, communists, prison activists, and other not-so-easily-categorized mavericks of the Lavender Left. […] The tidy Gaycrats, conformists and ostensibly comfortable Closet Queens of our land do not generally arouse the same kind of concentrated fear and loathing as do those who are blatant, flagrant, and underdog-defending.

1978 December 16, John Paul Hudson, “In Memoriam”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 21, page 5:

For all the accusations that have been heaped upon the "gaycrat" reformers of the 70s, it should be pointed out that all of the concrete signs of progress in our movement—repeal of sodomy statutes, changes in city and state anti-discrimination laws, bringing our faces out from behind potted palms that used to obscure them on television shows, fairer housing practices, the opening of public accommodations, the proliferation of a gay press, the advent of gay studies—can be attributed to gays.

1992 March 15, Arnie Kantrowitz, “Letter to the Queer Generation”, in New York Quarterly, number 20:

1994, David Thorstad, "The Death Of Gay Liberation?", quoted by Roy Radow in bit.listserv.gaynet[https://groups.google.com/g/bit.listserv.gaynet/c/SIJ2PB0DXmk/m/K1cF2qw0U5gJ
Hoping to appease the Christian right and the Clinton administration, gaycrats from Barney Frank on down join Jesse Helms in calling on the International Lesbian and Gay Association to expel the North American Man/Boy Love Association the only U.S. group active in the ILGA for more than a decade. But heterosexual supremacists object to all varieties of homosexuality, not just this or that subgroup.

(rare, historical, chiefly derogatory) An activist who attempts to effect gay rights through the Democratic Party.


Shadowbae

Shadowbae has been my favourite from the beginning. She's always had a pretty decent fanbase.

2022 June 29, WhiteSilverDragoon, Reddit:

I am in a relationship with Shadowbae but Karlach is the true best girl and Shadowbae and I both simp for her.

I have Tav (Warlock), Astarion as ranger/rogue, Shadowbae as my healer, and Karlach as my barbarian.

(Baldur's Gate fandom slang, endearing) The fictional character Shadowheart from the video game Baldur's Gate 3.


sarchotic

en-adj

sarchotic (comparative more sarchotic, superlative most sarchotic)

more sarchotic (comparative)
most sarchotic (superlative)

Of course, Carson Boyd was sarchotic—so sarcastic that his targets weren't sure if he was joking or a whack job.

2017 September 5, Denise Swanson, chapter 2, in Dead in the Water, volume 1, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN:

Sarchotic: when you're so sarcastic, people aren't sure if you're joking or if you're joking or if you're just psychotic.

2020 July 13, Deepak Gupta, Siddhartha Bhattacharyya, Ashish Khanna, Kalpna Sagar, “14 Sarcasm Detection Algorithms Based on Sentiment Strength”, in Intelligent Data Analysis: From Data Gathering to Data Comprehension, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 290:

this is not a joke mode it's a sarchotic mode if you got offended I'm gonna agonize you more with the sarcasm like Hipponaux

2021 September 8, Shubham Srivastava, “25. Freeverse”, in Retribution: Collection of Rage Poetry, Shubham Srivastava:

We called him ‘Sarchotic’. Most of the time we didn't know if he was being sarcastic or psychotic.

2022 February 2, Eric Santiago Martinez, chapter 3, in CANDY, Gatekeeper Press, →ISBN:

SARCHOTIC adj. When someone is often so aggressively sarcastic that you can't tell if they are joking around or actually going bananas.

2023 November 9, Sid Finch, A Swear A Day: A Daily Dose of Rude Words and Profanities, Summersdale, →ISBN:

When you are so sarcastic that people don't know whether you're joking or if you're just psychotic.


toadpole

Toadpole Toad after metamorphosis 40g

1963, Hermann Stieve, Zeitschrift für mikroskopisch-anatomische Forschung, volume 70, Academische Verslagsgesellschaft Geest & Portig K.-G., page 149:

secondly, in many hormone-target organ interactions including the effect of estrogen on rat uterus, growth hormone and hydrocortisone on rat liver and thyroid hormone on toadpole liver, newly formed microsomes have been isolated which have increased protein synthesizing ability (Tata, 1968).

1970, Harvey W. Mohrenweiser, Role of Hormones in Controlling Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis During Lactogenesis, Michigan State University. Departments of Biochemistry and Dairy, page 36:

Ah, if only I could swim as well as that! Like a fish . . . or anyway, a toadpole.”)

1984, Phil Murphy, Summer Island, Oberon Press, →ISBN, page 113:

Her stomach was swollen, and she was only a bag of bones, with a large head like a toadpole in the Oitino stream.

1989, Okot p'Bitek, “Section 3”, in White Teeth, reprint edition, Heinemann Kenya, →ISBN, page 29:

I call them the toadpole and the frogpole. Now the only way to distinguish between the two is that the toadpole tends to turn into a toad, whereas the frogpole will tend to turn into a frog.

2003 November 19, Peter Cook, “The Tadpole Expert”, in William W. Cook, editor, Tragically I Was an Only Twin: The Complete Peter Cook, illustrated, reprint edition, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 63:

VINNY. Yo, Mrs. B., I just made the incision on the toadpole! Were you watchin'?

2006, Charlie Shanian, Shari Simpson, Maybe Baby, It's You, Dramatic Publishing, →ISBN, page 20:

toadfrog left bog whole log shagooon 'gooon toadpole go on happening go on frogging toard toadfrog Happening tail gone tale told tailless gate eggs mate

2011 July 11, Anil, “Sounds Alike Fun”, in HOW TO DOUBLE THE MEANING OF LIFE, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 156:

Females then stay in the pond just long enough to lay their eggs. Each female can lay up to 8,000 eggs. The eggs hatch after 10-20 days into toadpoles, which are black and gregarious; they then metamorphose and leave the pond when only just over 1cm long.

2018 July 5, Adrian Thomas, “Gardening for Reptiles and Amphibians”, in RSPB Gardening for Wildlife: New edition, 2, illustrated edition, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 101:

[…] leaving all consistency of aside, I fancied myself a crab, an octopus in an octopus hole, the young octopuses in a consortium of of octopuses; I found myself playing toadpole in the bubbles of the sludge; but the worst part arose when I reached the immutable point of being absent from myself; my gaze would then settle upon nothing, it captured solely the luminous halo of the things around me; I began to sniff, to grunt, and to lend my ear toward my surroundings; […]

2022 October 18, Patrick Chamoiseau, edited by Valérie Loichot, Crusoe’s Footprint, University of Virginia Press, →ISBN:

A young toad in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.


frogpole

Tadpoles and frogs were my next fancy; the intermediate stage known in the family as "frogpole" pleased me most.

1970, Blackwood's Magazine, volume 307, William Blackwood, page 547:

Since it could not feed because its digestive tract was incompletely transformed, its life as a “frogpole" lasted only a few weeks.

1972, William Etkin, Robert M. Devlin, Thomas G. Bouffard, A Biology of Human Concern, revised edition, Lippincott, →ISBN, page 358:

They determined different visual pigments in three developmental stages: in the tadpole (no matter whether legless or with hindlegs and almost fully developed forelegs), in the frogpole (the stage of almost completed metamorphosis), and finally in the adult frog (Section V,B,3,a).

1978 April 11, G. H. Bourne, J. F. Danielli, K.W. Jeon, International Review of Cytology: Volume 50, volume 50, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 128:

As they undergo the transformation of metamorphosis from tadpole to adult, there comes an awkward juvenile stage that for frogs has been called “froglet” or “toadlet”, and even “frogiwog” or “frogpole." First the rear legs appear, then the front limbs. The tail and gills are absorbed for food and lungs develop; now the tadpole surfaces for air.

1997, Michael J. Caduto, Joseph Bruchac, “The Woman Who Married A Frog”, in Keepers of the Animals: Native American Stories and Wildlife Activities for Children, illustrated, reprint edition, Fulcrum Publishing, →ISBN, page 111:

We followed tadpole development from tadpole - frogpole - froglet - frog over a period of eight weeks.

1999, Itasca at 90: A History in Memories: History of the Lake Itasca Forestry and Biological Station as Told by Those who Remember it, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, page 20:

Frogpole At about ten weeks, the tadpole has grown front legs. Its tail is getting shorter, and it's starting to look like a frog.

2001, What's the Difference?, Learning Media Ltd, →ISBN, page 29:

My gills have closed up. Now I swim up to the surface for each breath of air. I am growing bigger and bigger. We all feed on tiny underwater plants. "Frogpole" I am nine weeks old.

2007, Angela Royston, Frog, illustrated, revised edition, DK Pub., →ISBN:

“He's only got on frog leg, and who knows what stage he'll be in for the competition next week. Will he be a one-legged tadpole? Or a three-legged frog? Or in the middle, a two-legged frogpole?” “Actually, there's no such thing as a frogpole,” Robert chimed in. “In science circles, we know that once the front arms pop out, the amphibian becomes known as a froglet.”

2008 November 26, Henry Winkler, Lin Oliver, A Tale of Two Tails #15, volume 15, Penguin, →ISBN:

[…] animals have fully developed all four limbs but still have a tail, “frogpole" red rods containing pigment mixtures (λₘₐₓ 515 nm) are found (spectra nearly identical to trout).

2012 December 6, Herbert J.A. Dartnall, “Chapter 10”, in Photochemistry of Vision, illustrated edition, volume 7, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 507:

A young frog in the stage of development after tadpole and before froglet.


Solavellan

Solavellan just gets me thinking the what ifs, headcanons, the theories. You have to really dig deep if you wanna understand the romance.

I am a (pretty hardcore) Solavellan shipper, though I completely understand it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.

Solavellan is probably my favorite romance from a narrative sense.

(fandom slang) The ship of Solas and the female elf Inquistor player character from Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Handers

Me listening to any song: Wow I can't believe this artist too ships handers, and decided to write a song about it, what an amazing world

2015 September 27, deneb (@v3gaaltair), Twitter:

Goddamn Handers ship being so beautifully angsty.

2016 January 29, Nyxie Black (@NyxieBlack), Twitter:

I have no idea what liking the Handers pairing says about me lol 😂.

(fandom slang) The ship of Anders and player character Hawke from Dragon Age II.


Cullavellan

I just read the best cullavellan fic and now my blood is boiling why do I have class

2016 February 3, cade (@tinygrunt), Twitter:

There was this one cullavellan fic where both Cullen and Lavellan didn't want kids and honestly it made me so happy.

All the other Cullavellan shippers I’ve met saying how their Inky and Cullen fell in love at first sight and stuff… Meanwhile mine was ready to fist fight this man in a Denny’s parking lot any day of the week

2022 February 12, ace (@ace_trash_boi), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of Cullen Rutherford and the female elf Inquistor player character from Dragon Age: Inquisition.


Fenhawke

Assuming Fenhawke isn't an option here, I don't mind Fenbela if it's well-written.

I binge read some fenhawke fics from nearly a decade ago and still love them just as much :)

2020 March 2, Jill (@EphemeraBlossom), Twitter:

Fenhawke will always be my number 1 dragon age ship 😭😭

2023 February 3, fawn (@fuwafawn), Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of Fenris and player character Hawke from Dragon Age II.


dumbocracy

en-noun

dumbocracy (usually uncountable, plural dumbocracies)

Blend of dumb + democracy or dumb + -o- + -cracy. First use appears c. 1869.

Democratic Hot Shot from a Republican Standpoint. Don’t vote for [George Hunt] Pendleton and poverty. The dumbocracy and aristocracy all support Pendleton and poverty. […] The Democracy are economical. That’s the reason they fail to pay the interest on the State debt, and pocketed the cash instead. No economy about paying your debts, from a Democratic standpoint.

1869 September 30, “Democratic Hot Shot from a Republican Standpoint”, in John T. Raper, editor, The Vinton Record, volume 20, number 6 (whole 995), McArthur, Oh., →ISSN, page [2], column 3:

Dumbocracy in action. Is fatal --- get thee behind me, God!

1980, Whole Earth Catalog (publisher), The Coevolution Quarterly - Issues 28-29, page 25:

It is more like a "dumbocracy" that the Minister of Energy might recognise.

1985, New Zealand Parliament, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council and House of Representatives, Volume 468, page 9057:

The democratization of art and culture for political purposes will only make us dumber than we are, and dumbocracy in America is presently at its height.

1994, John Reed Club, New York Branch (contributor), Partisan Review - Volume 61, page 713:

The only reason they agreed to dumbocracy and was that they saw how it would deliver up a servile, compliant, docile population who would delude themselves that they were "free" and in charge, hence would never revolt.

2016, Michael Faust, The Case For Meritocracy:

(slang, derogatory) A democracy, particularly an ineffective or dysfunctional one.


stealection

For quotations using this term, see Citations:stealection.

(politics, derogatory) A rigged election, especially the 2020 United States presidential election as viewed by supporters of Donald Trump.


motornap

en-verb

motornap (third-person singular simple present motornaps, present participle motornapping or motornaping, simple past and past participle motornapped or motornaped)

motornaps (present singular third-person)
motornapping (participle present)
motornaping (participle present)
motornapped (participle past)
motornapped (past)
motornaped (participle past)
motornaped (past)

(Philippines, transitive) to steal a motorcycle


Hawkebela

Hawkebela is such an under appreciated ship and I have no idea why

2016 December 11, Kyle!!! (@KaraZorEluthor), Twitter:

Hawkebela gives me heart eyes for days.

IS AO3 DOWN I'M LITERALLY READING THIS HAWKEBELA FIC LET ME IN

(fandom slang) The ship of player character Hawke and Isabela from Dragon Age II.


Fenbela

how could the same franchise that gave us fenbela give us josie/blackwalll

2017 February 3, wizard of the order (@svirakir), Twitter:

I love fenbela but I can’t write it cause it’s Too Sexy and I can’t look directly at it without losing my mind

2019 March 13, KIMMY'S SATANIC AIRBNB (@gothkimmyS(, Twitter:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Fenris and Isabela from Dragon Age II.


fraudumentary

[…] fraudumentary producer, on the land of the free and the home of the brave in a recent interview with Japan's Shukan Post.

2003, America's 1st Freedom - Volume 4, page 15:

Instead, Wallace launced a sneak attack, falsely asserting the premise identical to the bullshit ABC fraudumentary on 9/11, alleging that Clinton had failed to "connect the dots" and put al Qaeda "out of business."

2006 September 22, Brian Zick, “Bill Clinton Squashes a Little Bug”, in In These Times:

The Hollywood elitists had nominated two fraudumentaries on fake hospitals, yearning to breathe free.

2020 February 22, Miri Wood, “Health Minister Discusses Status of Syria's Actual Hospitals”, in Syria News:


morosexual

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

I'm proud to identify as morosexual. I'm attracted to dumbasses and dumbasses exclusively. A guy asked me what the Spanish word for tortilla was once and now I dream of kissing him under the moonlight

2018 February 24, discoursethot, dumb bitch o'clock (blog), archived from the original on 2018-03-24:

Attracted to unintelligent people or unintelligence.


soberversary

And some of the golden ones even remember my soberversary and send me congratulations every year.

2017 December 28, Catherine Gray, The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, Octopus, →ISBN:

The second man I dated was Luca, who I also found on Tinder; we went our sometime around my one-year soberversary. Again, I didn't tell this man that I didn't drink before we went out; I just didn't drink on our first date, and that led to an easy and natural conversation about sobriety.

2019 December 31, Holly Whitaker, “What Do You Do for Fun If You Dont Drink?”, in Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol, Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 312:

She checked in to the sobriety group, remembering belatedly that his was her two-month soberversary. She posted: Yay! It's my two-month soberversary today. I celebrated by going for a lovely walk on the Malvern Hills, then doing some writing. I really think I can do this!

2020 October 1, Sue Woolley, One Foot in Front of the Other: The most heartwarming and life-affirming story you'll read all year . . ., Headline, →ISBN:

Your Soberversary A very little-known perk of sobriety is that you get to add a whole new celebration to the calendar – your sober anniversary!

2021 January 14, Millie Gooch, The Sober Girl Society Handbook: An empowering guide to living hangover free, Random House, →ISBN:

The few who really got it, who remembered my soberversary, who […]

2021 February 4, Stylist Magazine, Life Lessons On Friendship: 13 Honest Tales of the Most Important Relationships of Our Lives, Penguin UK, →ISBN:

the month of my seventh soberversary. And guess how long credit history is stored for, in the UK? Seven years. It felt like fiscal serendipity at its finest.

2021 June 10, Catherine Gray, Sunshine Warm Sober: The unexpected joy of being sober – forever, Octopus, →ISBN:

Soberversary: anniversary of a person's sobriety.

2022 January 4, Nicole Cox Murray, Tammie Cox, Don't Drink Like My Sister: The Sober Sisters Guide to Leveling up and Living Your Best Life--Alcohol-Free, Balboa Press, →ISBN:

I count 4 September as my ‘soberversary’ because I didn't drink from the 3 September. In this 24-hour period, I decided that was it. I was done with alcohol.

2022 December 8, Simon Chapple, edited by Lois Badey, Rock Bottom and Rising: 21 Inspiring Stories of Finding Freedom from Alcohol, John Murray Press, →ISBN:

My second soberversary falls at the end of our first week in Snoqualmie. I sit at the window that morning with my coffee and laptop open to an empty Facebook draft, wondering if I'm about to self-destruct.

2023 September 12, Kristi Coulter, Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:


Scarberia

Blend of Scarborough + Siberia, from the perception that the area is remote and desolate.

Who says NIMBY is wrong? It wasn't Jane Jacobs, who defended neighbourhood alarms as warning signs authorities are foolish to ignore. If she were alive today, she would be ringing bells about the Markham Bypass in outermost Scarberia - a classic assault on an unsuspecting neighbourhood.

2008 May 14, John Barber, “Markham Bypass has residents’ group crying NIMBY”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON: The Woodbridge Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-06-08:

I didn't always feel this way about "Scarberia." As a teen, I didn't want to live in Scarborough.

2019 November 25, Samantha Lui, “Google gives Scarborough a bad rap”, in NOW Toronto, Toronto, Ont.: NOW Communications Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-25:

(Toronto slang, derogatory, humorous) Scarborough (district of Toronto).


strasberry

A variety of strawberry with a raspberrylike appearance.


pancession

Uncertainties persist around our scenarios for post-pancession recovery. An inclusive & transformative recovery is the most equitable and desirable, but how feasible is it? What are the legislative, litigative and political obstacles to phasing out fossil fuels and governing stranded assets in the midst of a pancession?

2021 June 26, Arthur Rempel, Joyeeta Gupta, “Fossil fuels, stranded assets and COVID-19: Imagining an inclusive & transformative recovery”, in World Development, volume 146, Amsterdam: Elsevier, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 2:

(neologism) The economic recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.


covidivorce

Couples whose marriages are fraying under the pressures of self-isolation could be heading for a "covidivorce."

2020 March 27, Dan Bilefsky, Ceylan Yeginsu, “Of ’Covidivorces’ and ’Coronababies’: Life During a Lockdown”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-01:

Frankly, Type 1s and 2s are both fine — whatever works for you. But if you're a Type 1 and your spouse Type 2, it could be a reason this lockdown will end with covidivorces.

2020 April 11, Josh Freed, “Josh Freed: Five things we're confused about protecting ourselves from COVID-19”, in Montreal Gazette, Montreal, Que.: Postmedia Network Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-18:

Now, as governments around the world loosen their restrictions, divorce lawyers prepare for a swift rise in demand for the dreaded covidivorce.

2020 July 26, Christelle McKillen, “Love in the time of corona”, in RTL Today, archived from the original on 2024-05-16:

"Darling I think we have played a part in our first covidivorce," said La Contessa from her familiar position at the telescope under the orange tree.

2021 September 10, Matthew Benns, “We're all in this together: A coronavirus novel”, in The Daily Telegraph, archived from the original on 2023-06-10:

(neologism) A divorce obtained during the COVID-19 pandemic.


isolationship

The social isolate, whether male or female, is usually a poor risk. All big cities produce, and attract, such individuals and the dynamics of their isolationship are usually multiple.

1967, “Psycholytic Therapy”, in w:Harold A[lexander] Abramson, editor, The Use of LSD in Psychotherapy and Alcoholism, Indianapolis, I.N. […]: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., page 136:

Just think how relatively lucky we are now. For starters, our magic-wand phones let us message or speak to anyone anywhere on Earth when we're tired of our isolationship.

2021 January 30, Josh Freed, “Josh Freed: Every era has its own pandemic blessings”, in Montreal Gazette, Montreal, Que.: Postmedia Network Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-18:

(rare) The quality of being isolated; isolatedness.


palincestuous

en-adj

palincestuous (comparative more palincestuous, superlative most palincestuous)

more palincestuous (comparative)
most palincestuous (superlative)

Blend of palimpsest + incestuous, spelled to emphasise incestuous.

Palincestuous relationships : a temporal reading of Michel Tournier's Le Médianoche amoureux

1987, Current Research in French Studies at Universities and University Colleges in the United Kingdom:

This is the wordplayer's ad hoc approach: recycle the existent. It makes Tournier, like Joyce, a 'palincestuous' writer.

2008 February 21, W. D. Redfern, French Laughter: Literary Humour from Diderot to Tournier, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

This is the palincestuous technique at its most productive, where the prose is expansive rather than reductive, always working to enliven the sensibility of the reader.

2017 December 8, Ben Masters, Novel Style: Ethics and Excess in English Fiction since the 1960s, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 57:

(rare) Alternative form of palimpsestuous.


Sevmione

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


wannime

I for one consider these “wannabe Anime” (is that a word - “wannime”?).

2013 November 18, That_Don_Guy, The Straight Dope Message Board:

...it's just the story and writing that have that slight 'wannime' vibe.

2022 June 29, Yahtzee Crosshaw, 00:03:09 from the start, in Neon White (Zero Punctuation):

Corpse Factory, the latest wannime visual novel from Australian developer River Crow Studio, boasts a striking prologue.

2022 July 10, Samuel Corey, “Corpse Factory PC Review”, in Hooked Gamers:

I can agree that the wannime crowd has been starved since ATLA ended and DC stopped making action cartoon series.

2023 April 29, GrayRodent, “What does RWBY do better than other series avaliable to a wide audience?”, in Reddit:

(fandom slang, derogatory) A piece of media produced outside of Japan that adopts a style heavily inspired by anime.


Twittard

(Internet slang, derogatory) A stupid Twitter user.


Orcban

Blend of orc + Orban. "Orc", a term for Russian soldiers participating in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, refers to Orban's pro-Russian stance.

(derogatory, politics, Internet slang) Viktor Orban (president of Hungary).


Orcistan

Blend of orc + -stan. "Orc" is a term for Russian soldiers participating in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, later extended to Russians in general. Compare Ukrainian оркоста́н (orkostán)

(derogatory, politics, offensive, Internet slang) Russia.


Arkancide

Blend of Arkansas + homicide, due to the supposed involvement of Bill Clinton during his time as resident and governor of the state.

(US politics, slang) The killing or murder of a political opponent, but framed as a suicide.


anisong

en-noun

anisong (countable and uncountable, plural anisongs)

From Japanese アニソン (anison), from アニ(メ) (anime) + ソン(グ) (songu), itself from English anime song. Equivalent to a blend of anime + song.

Another popular otaku cuisine is "Anisong" bars and karaoke. These bars and karaoke places offer a wide range of anime and manga-related songs and music videos, making them popular spots for otaku to gather and sing along to the songs from their favorite anime and manga series.

(Can we date this quote?), Claire Austin, Otaku Odyssey: Uncovering the Anime and Manga Subculture in Japan, T Turner, page 22:

Moving on, most, if not all, Japanese animations come with a unique opening (theme) and ending (theme) that belong to this genre called Anisong (short for Animation music/song). Although not actually knowing the lyrics of these songs back then, constantly listening to those catchy tunes caused a continuous growth in the interest I have in the Japanese popular culture.

2016 November 28, Tai Wei Lim, Merlion And Mt. Fuji: 50 Years Of Singapore-Japan Relations, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company, page 220:

“Have no worries on that front,” Juna assured me. “She’s been singing sea shanties while out fishing, so she has a powerful voice, one that’s both feminine and masculine, and if you give her a cool song to sing, she can easily outdo me. I believe she’s a good match for those ‘anisongs’ you taught me, sire.”

2017 August 3, Dojyomaru, translated by Sean McCann, edited by Emily Sorensen, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, volume 3, J-Novel Club, page 20:

I study Japanese. My main study materials are anime and manga. Also, anisong and J-Pop. Then I read Japanese novels. I study.

2018 October, Ao Jyumonji, translated by Sean McCann, edited by Emily Sorensen, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, volume 11, J-Novel Club, page 157:

A bubbly person like Jun could easily party along with Reina and the girls, and also feel right at home doing a 100 Anisong Marathon with Kai. Kai definitely wasn’t a ‘party’ kind of guy, though! He had no idea what songs were popular. All he could sing were songs from anime.

2021 January 12, Akamitsu Awamura, translated by Kristine Johnson and airco, edited by Jennifer Sherman, She's the Cutest... But We're Just Friends!, volume 1, J-Novel Club, page 151:

(fandom slang, anime) An anime song; anime music.


global hoax

(offensive, used by climate change deniers) Global warming, seen as a hoax.


MRAsian

Blend of MRA (“men's rights activist”) + Asian.

blend

In 2018, "Fresh Off the Boat" actress Constance Wu opened up about the anger she received from Asian men — specifically "MRAsians," an Asian American play on the term "men's rights activists" — for having dated a white man.

2020 June 22, Kimmy Yam, “Kellie Chauvin and a history of Asian women being judged for whom they marry”, in NBC News, archived from the original on 2024-04-01:

American culture does indeed have a long track record of portraying Asian men as timid and asexual, but MRAsians see women as active accomplices in maintaining the stereotype, contending that, by dating white men, Asian women are upholding white supremacy.

2021 September 15, Aaron Mak, “"Men’s Rights Asians" Think This Is Their Moment”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-06-12:

(Internet) A member of an online subculture affiliated with the men's rights movement focused on men of Asian ancestry in the West.


Junuary

Said A., “Such weather, sir, as this / Proves that they’ve named the month amiss.” / “Just so,” said B.—the wretch, how dare he?— / “It should be known as June'''-uary!”

1888 January 19, “Fair-Weather Waggery”, in The Cambria Daily Leader: The Pioneer of the Welsh Daily Press, number 5,111, Swansea, West Glamorgan, page [4], column 3:

A veteran gardener of this city, complaining of the warm weather, thinks next month will be called June-uary.

1894 December 11, “Our Picayunes”, in The Daily Picayune, volume LVIII, number 320, New Orleans, La.: Nicholson & Co., page 4, column 1:

In 1995, the Almanac nailed a surprise January heat wave – christened "Juneuary" – in the Northeast.

2008 August 28, “Getting a chill from the Almanac”, in Sun Journal, Lewiston, ME, page A8:

(Canada, US, humorous) An unseasonably warm and sunny January.


grasively

en-adv

grasively (comparative more grasively, superlative most grasively)

more grasively (comparative)
most grasively (superlative)

Possible blend of grasp + comprehensively, likely an errant assemblage of LLM tokens, either beginning with the token "gras" intending the completion grasp or some conjugation thereof or else mistakenly extending grasp by analogy with comprehensively and its relation to the partially synonymous comprehend; several versions of ChatGPT current as of late 2023 and early 2024 will generate this word in prose, driving its sudden appearance and propagation online.

Effective listening in children involves understanding spoken words, recognizing the flow of conversation, and grasively noting important details.

2024 June 5, School Data Leadership Association, Key Components of Oral Language Skills:

Aro has grasively understood this challenge and turned restriction into a ritual.

2024 February 4, Marie Dollé, No Signal:


Hokaglish

a colloquial multilingual variety of the English language that trilingually or bilingually incorporates Hokkien and Tagalog lexis (akin to Conyo)


geardo

(slang, derogatory) Someone who overspends on high-end equipment (particularly in military or hobbyist contexts).


Bislish

(Philippines, linguistics) an informal bilingual variety of the Cebuano language that incorporates English lexis

(Philippines, linguistics, by extension) an informal bilingual variety of any Visayan language, such as Hiligaynon, etc, that incorporates English lexis


Bislish

(Philippines, uncountable) A particular instance of Bislish


swass

en-noun

swass (countable and uncountable, plural swasses)

Wipe off the machines after you use them. No one wants to breathe in your swass!

I, Christopher Eskin, leave to SB Mtn. Dew. Mike 'n' Ikes, and peace with KE; CH a keeper and less injuries; AD less swass, "at least" and NY; DI an empty playground; RH "at least," pie, + NY; KB and KE my love and friendship; KM my attitude; KL a phonecall; GJ some bass; MB a strike; JS a golf lesson; and AS a tray.

1997, “Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1997”, in The Shipbuilder, Norwell, M.A.: Norwell High School, page 92, column 2:

Dragging our swasses out of the Hillview — which, in the end, proved safe and clean and secure — we hailed a taxi and headed through the African night, my mind good and twisted after thirteen hours of travel.

2007, Dave Bidini, Around the World in 57 1/2 Gigs, Toronto, Ont.: Emblem, published 2008, →ISBN, page 228:

Dash Riprock writes in with a question about his anus: "Embarassing^([sic]) but sometimes my anus gets chapped and it hurts like fuk^([sic])... i think it's just from sweating alot^([sic]) cause i'm a good wiper... Why the feck does that happen to me, not down with this painful swass."

2016 July 6, Colonel Edmund J. Burke, “SOLUTION FOR A SWEATY ANUS”, in uk.rec.driving (Usenet):

While discussing her husband Cash Warren and his apparel company Pair of Thieves, Alba revealed the Pair of Thieves underwear line comes with a no "swass" guarantee.

2016 August 27, Christopher Rosen, “Jessica Alba explains 'swass' to Jimmy Fallon”, in Entertainment Weekly, New York, N.Y.: Dotdash Meredith, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-06-18:

Because it's a political statement, today, to say: I am happy. I am one hundred per cent committed to my own happiness. Above all else. It's the new free love, but with less swass. Right, great. Me too!

2018, Shilo Jones, On the Up, [Toronto, Ont.]: McClelland & Stewart, →ISBN, page 132:

If you're at the point in your "swass" journey where you've gotten an uncomfortable itch from excessive moisture, this deodorizing Remedy Soap can help.

2023 July 19, “10 Products To Make Butt Sweat Bearable This Summer”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 2024-06-15: