dramastic

en-adj

dramastic (comparative more dramastic, superlative most dramastic)

more dramastic (comparative)
most dramastic (superlative)

The latest European and English and Irish plays, not forgetting American, are played, both in English and in Japanese versions in which their fathers would hardly recognise their dramastic children.

1920, Asian Review: The Only English Monthly in Japan on Politics, Economy, Arts, Etc. of Asia, Managed and Edited by Japanese, volume 1, Kokuryukai., page 494:

A DRAMASTIC THING HAPPENED! Let me answer your first question right away. No the title is not a mistake, well... yes it was a mistake, but it's not anymore.

2008 February 1, Russ Lawson, Stories to Touch the Heart, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 87:

Kenneth Burke: ‘the dramastic pentad’ An example of such a technique is ‘the dramastic pentad’, another aspect of Kenneth Burke's theory.

2009, Market Research Society, International Journal of Market Research: The Journal of the Market Research Society, volume 51, numbers 4-6, NTC Publications Limited, page 442:

“Las Vegas?” said Gert, shaking her tiny head. “This is all very dramastic.” “Dramastic?” said Bert. “That's not a word, Gert.” “Are you making up words again?” Bert asked. Gert smiled. “It should be. Dramatic plus drastic. Dramastic!”

2014 April 8, Kate Klise, M. Sarah Klise, The Show Must Go On!, illustrated edition, volume 1, Algonquin Books, →ISBN, page 24:

It was an intense few minutes of basketball in a meaningful game, and Pippen said so after this game. Or at least I think he did. What he said was that the last five minutes of the game were “dramastic.” That's right. It's a combo word, putting together the word “dramatic” with the word “drastic.” Had it been intentional, it would have been genius. I don't think it was intentional. But “dramastic” should be a word.

2014 October 1, Kent McDill, Bill Cartwright, chapter 56, in If These Walls Could Talk: Chicago Bulls: Stories from the Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box of the Chicago Bulls Dynasty, Triumph Books, →ISBN, page 167:

In a large collection of more than 1,018 formations, Reischer (2008) finds that nouns are the most frequent output category of blends in English (almost 80 per cent, e.g. brunch, buffeteria, diagnonsense), followed by adjectives (11 per cent, e.g. bleen ◇ blue + green, dramastic ◇ dramatic + drastic, and verbs (4 per cent, guesstimate).

2015, Laurie Bauer, Rochelle Lieber, Ingo Plag, chapter IV, in The Oxford Reference Guide to English Morphology, illustrated, reprint edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 459:

It's a bright and sunny Saturday just waiting for you to enjoy,” he said. “Everyone up; rise and shine. Breakfast is awaiting you in our beautiful and dramastically renovated dining hall. Is dramastic a word? Or did I just make that up?”

2016 July 29, Christian Drennen, Through Fire and Flame, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2023-08-03:


skinema

en-noun

skinema (countable and uncountable, plural skinemas)

On the whole, it's really a very exciting picture, but it's not art — as, indeed, what is in this world of the skinema!

1939, Lowell Thomas, Francis Rufus Bellamy, editors, The Commentator, Volume 4, volume 4, Payson Publishing, page 123:

Therese and Isabelle is appearing in the same kind of neighborhood art house that in better days showed films by Antonioni and Godard. In short, the old skinema is putting on airs and is making a bid for the middle-class matron in the afternoon and the middle-class couple at night. Pioneer of the pseudo-respectable porno picture was I, a Woman [FF '66], a cheap, Swedish-made study of nymphomania. It seemed destined for the grind-house […]

1968, Filmfacts, Volume 11, volume 11, page 181:

In an esoteric new epic called Roseland, director Fredric Hobbs supersedes every skinema film ever made, not only by stuffing the screen to the edges with exposed epidermis, but by unveiling his masterstroke, the largest simulated dong in the civilized world today.

1971, Penthouse, Volume 6, Issues 1-6, volume 6, numbers 1–6, Penthouse International:

It was filled with hard-core details on stuff from skinema to incest and orgies, and a lot of ministers were appalled by the handbook's contents. It may be banned as pornography.

1975, New Times, Volume 4, volume 4, New Times Communications Corporation, page 8:

To overlook such a well-known and celebrated skin-chievement would render any guide to definitive skinema sexiness incomplete.

2005, Mr. Skin, Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia: The A-to-Z Guide to Finding Your Favorite Actresses Naked, illustrated edition, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 8:

(see title)

2007, Chris Nieratko, Skinema, illustrated edition, powerHouse Books, →ISBN:

We're talking about one of the greatest pornographic works in the history of skinema.

2017 October 20, Jess Dweck, Victor Quinaz, “Sleepover: A Harrowing Ordeal of Emotional Brutality” (10:53 from the start), in Big Mouth, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Val Bilzerian (Mark Duplass):

It was oval, and shockingly red with ruby colored carpeting meeting walls of glistening claret. She expected an assortment of Skinema posters or photos of topless screen sirens, but the walls were bare. At the top of the oval, sat Dagwood behind an oddly shaped desk. Realization struck. That's why all the red. What a douche! He's seated at what's meant to be a clitoris. And I'm standing inside a mock vulva!

2020 May 19, Thomas O'Callaghan, No One Will Hear Your Screams: A Novel, WildBlue Press, →ISBN:


Mattel

Portmanteau word, blend of the names of founders Harold Matson and Elliot Handler.

An American toy and entertainment company founded in 1945.


Jewlatto

Jewlatto (plural Jewlattos or Jewlattoes)

A person of mixed Jewish ethnicity or heritage, especially half.


penultimatum

penultimatum (plural penultimatums or penultimata)

penultimatums (plural)
penultimata (plural)

Blend of penultimate + ultimatum, equivalent to pene- + ultimatum.

1796 French Laurence in correspondence with Edmund Burke
To what point of degradation ministers can yet sink, I cannot guess. Far be it from me to limit their genius for the bathos of diplomacy. It is said, however, in some of their papers, that they have sent final instructions. I fear they are like a set of strolling players: "The last night," — "positively the last night," — "the very last night,” — “the last night without fail;" — creeps on with petty pace from day to day. Ultimatum follows ultimatum; till, by and by, you get to a penultimatum, and that leads to the beginning of a negotiation.

(diplomacy, chiefly humorous) A statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, commonly expressed as an ultimatum in the hopes of compelling immediate compliance with demands, but that then is superseded by more negotiation instead of actual dire consequences.


Kopino

Coordinate term: Kopina

(informal) Korean Filipino (a Filipino with Korean descent; usually one of mixed descent, and especially one who identifies as such)


leadzyme

Blend of lead + ribozyme, as originally discovered in a study relating to the presence of lead; but it has since been found in other environments.

(biochemistry) A small ribozyme that catalyzes the cleavage of a specific phosphodiester bond.


fanlation

fanlation (countable and uncountable, plural fanlations)

I liked his catch of the clever combination of "fan" and "Android" to describe staunch defenders of the Google operating system for smart phones. I especially liked it because I had just suggested that we use a new term for the kind of crowdsourced translation that the likes of Twitter and Facebook do when they engage hordes of enthused users to translate their products: fanlation. Though this may be not as clever as fandroids, it might still serve a very noble purpose: to separate professional translation from the eager-beaver fanlation efforts of passionate users.

2010 January 15, Robert Ewing Finnegan, “ENC: The 157th Tool Kit - Standard Edition”, in Google Groups (TRADNORTE), archived from the original on 2023-08-06:

519. Thinking Fanlation / 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., Michigan B, Sheraton Chicago / Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Translation and the Division on East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900.

2013 November, Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, volume 128, number 5, →ISSN, page 1200, column 2:

Fanlation is influencing the way translation studies moves towards. This paper will discuss the following two issues concerning fanlation: creative rewriting and intellectual property infringement.

2015, 廖佳慧(Chia-Hui Liao), “Fanlation in the Digital Age”, in SPECTRUM: NCUE Studies in Language, Literature, Translation, →DOI, pages 39–62:

Fan translation or “fanlation” started in the 1990s on the Internet.

2023, Jieun Kiaer, Ben Cagan, “[Fan Translation] What Is Fan Translation?”, in Pragmatics in Korean and Japanese Translation (Routledge Studies in East Asian Translation), Routledge, →ISBN, page 99:

(fandom slang, uncountable) Translation by fans.

Some publishers have expurgated manga for the American market. But they run the risk of outraging fans, many of whom buy the books in the original Japanese and find fan translations online (known as “fanlations”) to make sure they’re getting their manga pure.

[2005 September 18, Sarah Glazer, “Manga for Girls”, in The New York Times Book Review, page 17, column 1:

And I've heard that once they finish the "Read or Die" manga they'll start "Read or Dream" so we'll get the Paper Sisters story too (I have some fanlations of the first volume; it's kinda cute).

2006 June 6, sp...@deathquaker.org, “Happy B-day to the Best, Broody, Blue-eyed, Bishounen Bad Boy”, in alt.fan.utena (Usenet):

There have been at least a couple of fanlations, one of which was available online until a couple of months ago, taken down at the request of the Tezuka company. Does this indicate that something commercial may be developing for English language readers? I haven't heard.

2006 August 8, KimbaWLion, “10 years behind.”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet):

I've read the novel fanlations though and if anything the anime padded out the ending a bit.

2006 October 24, Damien Sullivan, “Good Anime. Bad Ending.”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

While the link name itself looks kinda bad, I assure you, there's nothing on this section of the website but good, clean Ranma manga scans and fanlations.

2007 August 8, Kaoru Shimitsu, “The Ranma 1/2 Manga Scan Project”, in Google Groups (The Ranma 1/2 Mailing List), archived from the original on 2023-08-06:

I am citing from a “fanlation” and commentary on Sadamoto, accessed July 18, 2007, at http://eva.onegeek.org/pipermail/evangelion.2006-November.

2009, Thomas LaMarre, “[Notes] 15. Full Limited Animation”, in The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation, Minneapolis, Minn., London: University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, page 342:

Death Note has been retold in published translations and fanlations; […]

2015, Beverley Curran, “Death Note: Multilingual Manga and Multidimensional Translation”, in Beverley Curran, Nana Sato-Rossberg, Kikuko Tanabe, editors, Multiple Translation Communities in Contemporary Japan (Routledge Advances in Translation Studies; 10), New York, N.Y., London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 3:

Self-published spin-offs of actual series, fanlations¹⁴ into English or other languages, circulate freely, are negotiated by fans, looked at, scrutinised.

2015 winter, Griseldis Kirsch, “Japan in the Global Context- (Some) Challenges in the 21st Century”, in Romanian Economic and Business Review, volume 10, number 4, pages 205–206:

The official subs and translations will also likely be of a much higher quality than what was found on KissAnime, where oftentimes "fanlations" were stolen from other groups.

2020 September 5, Timothy Donohoo, “Crunchyroll’s New Tiered Membership Is a BIG Step Forward to Combat Piracy”, in Comic Book Resources, archived from the original on 2022-09-24:

(fandom slang, countable) A translation made by a fan or fans.


Kangla

An ancient capital city of the Kangleipak realm.


Kangla

Blend of Hindi कंगाल (kaṅgāl, “poor, pauper, destitute”) + Bengali বাংলা (baṅla, “Bengal, Bengali language”).

blend

(India, derogatory, offensive, slang, ethnic slur) A Bangladeshi.


Barbillion

(informal) The attainment of 1 billion US dollars in global ticket sales for the 2023 film Barbie.


Faucist

Blend of Fauci + fascist. Coined during the COVID-19 pandemic and named after Dr. Anthony Fauci.

(derogatory) One who believes in or supports restrictive measures, such as lockdowns and mask mandates, in order to contain or eradicate a virus; one who supports Faucism.


Faucism

Blend of Fauci + fascism, referencing Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the chief figures in the White House Coronavirus Task Force, who emphasized the urgency of pandemic countermeasures. Coined by Governor of Florida since 2019 Ron DeSantis during the COVID-19 pandemic who used the slogan "Freedom over Faucism".

coinage

This is Faucism distilled down to its very essence. For the government health bureaucrats who have given themselves sole authority over vast sectors of American life—from travel to education to entertainment to housing—it doesn't matter what the CEOs of these companies think.

2021 December 20, Robby Soave, “Against Faucism”, in Reason, Los Angeles, C.A.: Reason Foundation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-12:

Woke capital, COVID-19 tyranny, and abortion are all topics that matter deeply to Republican primary voters, and Trump is asking his supporters to abandon their convictions and back him against a man, DeSantis, who has been correct on all of these subjects. The Florida governor refused to go along with Faucism, signed a six-week abortion ban, and is taking Disney to task.

2023 April 27, Brady Leonard, “Trump demands that you vote against your own interests”, in Washington Examiner, Washington, D.C.: MediaDC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-06-04:

(neologism, derogatory) The belief in or support of restrictive measures, such as lockdowns and mask mandates, in order to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anthony Fauci
The Independent
The New York Times
The New York Times Company
White House Coronavirus Task Force


climateer

Perhaps from climate + -eer, or a blend of climate + volunteer.

[see title]

2016 December 27, Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., “Climateers Can't Handle the Truth”, in Wall Street Journal:

Let me tell you something about the vegan and the climateer. Well, they love looking into the future, but they don't care about the past, because they don't look too noble back there.

2020 July 20, “Happy Animals”, in I May Destroy You, a male voice (actor):

Climateers adopt the rhetoric of the Apocalypse even as they consume fossil fuels as before because they know modern society and development require it. The world's climateers could do everyone, including themselves, a favor if they stopped pretending they can alter the climate and thought more about adaptation and energy innovations.

(sometimes derogatory) A climate activist; one who makes stabilization of Earth's present climate a political priority.


Wiknic

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"Basically, we tried to encourage people in each local area to do their own thing," says Richard Knipel, who has been heavily involved with New York area Wiknics on which the national effort, planned for 18 cities around the United States, is based.

2011 June 24, Monica Hesse, “A Wiki-Picnic for online encyclopedia editors”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-07-28:

I find it regrettable that these events are only in the U.S. There are plenty of excellent Wikipedia contributors all around the world, and there are provisions for "Start[ing] an event for your city" (see the main Wiknic article), so I hope people from other countries will schedule local Wiknics soon.

2013 June 20, Berkeley Brett, “Wikipedia's own Manual of Style”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):

On a recent Sunday, some members of the Wikimedia D.C. chapter — an eclectic mix of 50 or so area academics, professionals and all-around geeks — met up in Meridian Hill Park, not far from the White House, as part of the nationwide "Great American Wiknic." The group picnic, like the encyclopedia itself, was potluck.

2013 July 16, “The Great American Wiknic [edit]”, in NPR:

(Wikimedia jargon) A picnic organized by Wikimedians.


Pessi

All they need is one crumb of ammunition and they'll go for miles. Such is how the nickname "Pessi" was born. As fans on Twitter look for any possible way to reduce Messi's incredible career to a punchline, they've come up with a reductive way to pretend that he's not one of the best players to ever step on a football pitch.

[2022 December 19, Kyle Bonn, “Why Lionel Messi is called Pessi”, in The Sporting News:


murdelize

en-verb

murdelize (third-person singular simple present murdelizes, present participle murdelizing, simple past and past participle murdelized)

murdelizes (present singular third-person)
murdelizing (participle present)
murdelized (participle past)
murdelized (past)

(US, slang, figuratively) To defeat soundly; to trounce.


vaxhole

Blend of vax + asshole. Emerged in February 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(derogatory, neologism) A person who has been vaccinated for COVID-19 and brags about it.


deboonker

(Internet slang, derogatory) A debunker or fact checker.


griddler

If you have used the above techniques you will have made some inroads into solving a Griddler puzzle.

2002, “How To Solve Griddlers”, in puzzle museum:

(see title)

2006, “Griddler of the Day”, in griddlers logic puzzles:

(see title)

2020, Just Puzzles, Griddler Puzzles For Beginners:

(games, puzzles) A puzzle in which cells of a grid must be filled or left blank, according to sets of numbers given at the side of the grid, to reveal a hidden picture.


Kangladesh

/ˌkæŋ.ɡlə.ˈdɛʃ/

/ˌkɑːŋ.ɡlə.ˈdɛʃ/

Blend of Hindi कंगाल (kaṅgāl, “poor, pauper, destitute”) + Bangladesh.

blend

(Bangladesh, derogatory, offensive, slang) Bangladesh.


chestfeeder

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A nursing father, one who chestfeeds (suckles a baby).


mudeo

Johnnie Barber was hero of Cal Tech's annual freshman-sophomore "Mudeo" at Pasadena on Nov. 10. Chief event of the "Mudeo" is a tire derby in which rival classmen battle to carry tires across others' goal line. Sophomore Barber bore four.

1938 December 5, Life, volume 5, number 23, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 83:

The Mudeo will be held at 2:30 p.m. at the south end of Caltech athletic field, formerly Tournament Park.

1952 October 26, “Annual Mudeo at Caltech Set for Tuesday”, in Los Angeles Times, volume LXXI, Los Angeles, C.A.: Times-Mirror Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 3:

University of Colorado students opened a two-day spring fun festival with a "Mudeo." The point of the contest was vague to spectators but a score of jeans-clad coeds and students, representing two teams, covered each other with the stuff. A few unwary spectators were dragged into the mire, too.

1955 May 7, “Students Stage 'Mudeo' Frolic”, in The Lincoln Star, →OCLC, page 2:

On the following day there was going to be a schoolwide freshman versus sophomore mudeo (various forms of wrestling and tug of wars that take place in the mud). Late in the evening, into our fraternity comes a whole bunch of sophomores—some from our fraternity and some from outside—and they kidnap us: they want us to be tired the next day so they can win.

1985, Richard P[hillips] Feynman, edited by Edward Hutchings, "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character, New York, N.Y., London: W. W. Norton & Company, published 1997, →ISBN, pages 32–33:

(university slang, dated) An event involving various types of wrestling or tug of war in the mud.


jaglion

For instance, the jaguar's optic nerve contains two lion genes, which means a fertile jaglion once existed in the wild.

2022, Jeff Campbell, Glowing Bunnies!?, Lerner Publishing Group, →ISBN:

Maybe he should leave her there until she could hold no and fall to the ground into the jaws of one humongous jaglion.

2021, Tezi Beach, Battle of the Cherubs, Christian Faith Publishing, Incorporated, →ISBN:

Businesses he wants to invest in when Grandma Lorna dies and makes him rich: Jaglion hybrids, ostrich farming to produce eggs with low cholesterol, Nap World where business people can power nap, and rocketry to thrust garbage barges into outer space for quasars and solar flares to fry.

2007, Matthew Limpede, Carve Magazine 2007 Anthology, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 73:

An animal born to a female lion and a male jaguar.


Kangladeshi

Blend of Hindi कंगाल (kaṅgāl, “poor, pauper, destitute”) + Bangladeshi.

(Bangladesh, derogatory, offensive, slang, ethnic slur) A Bangladeshi.


Porkistani

Blend of pork + Pakistani, or from Porkistan + -i.

(India, derogatory, offensive, slang, ethnic slur) A Pakistani.


beeball

“Anyone want to see a good beeball game? My old alma mater, Ryderling High, is playing Sunset.”

2001, John Bateson, Chocolate and Bombs Forever, page 59:

“Bee-ball?” Mike asked. “I got an hour.”
[…] It was looking to both of them that there might be no game today; just shots and dribbles and conversation.


cream puff piece

en-noun

cream puff piece (plural cream puff pieces)

In some cases, that was true; they thought I was just another beauty or fashion editor who would do a cream-puff piece about their products .

1995, Paula Begoun, Miriam Bulmer, Don't Go Shopping for Hair Care Products Without Me, Beginning Press, →ISBN, page 17:

This week includes criticism of our story on Laura Bush as a "cream puff piece" and praise for the new invention we featured which turns off other peoples' televisions, called TV-B-Gone.

2004 October 21, “Letters: Laura Bush, and TV-B-Gone”, in NPR:

While he was a player with the Florida Marlins a writer did a “cream puff piece” on him where Renteria told him his family calls him Ricky instead of Rich.

2012 December 6, Jesse Rogers, “Cubs Notes: No Rule 5 pick”, in ESPN:

(journalism, publishing, informal) A positive article or review that is largely based on opinion.


melofarce

melofarce (countable and uncountable, plural melofarces)

(rare) A work or genre combining elements of melodrama and farce.


gymfluencer

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Blend of gym + influencer, equivalent to gym + -fluencer.

"I just want to help you Row-land!" as his loyal friend Janet said. Overweight, bespectacled misfit Roly suffered horrific bullying at the hands of hardnut Norman "Gripper" Stebson. He later slimmed down, took up triathlons, became an online "gymfluencer" and has written a self-help book about how to reverse Type 2 diabetes.

2019 November 21, Michael Hogan, “What kind of parents will the kids from Grange Hill make?”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-01-06:

My skincare (and food) diet went out of the window in December, and as a result I'm feeling sluggish and my complexion is up in arms: dry patches, dullness, blemishes, the works. The last thing I feel like is squeezing into Lycra and standing next to smug matcha-drinking gymfluencers.

2020 January 12, Sarah Jossel, “Six beauty products to use while exercising”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-29:

If eyes are the window to the soul, selfies are an insight into how we want the world to see us. Are you a gymfluencer or a pastel-pink VSCO girl? Are you a bougie London literary woman or a wellness freak?

2020 February 7, Zing Tsjeng, “People Show Us Their Favourite Selfies of Themselves”, in VICE, archived from the original on 2023-06-03:

Every so often, a viral GymTok clip would make the rounds on the platform – and sometimes it's ugly. Some clips show TikTokers mock an unsuspected gym-goer for their form. Others show gymfluencers get frustrated because a person unintentionally 'ruins their video'.

2022 March 18, Becca Monaghan, “'This one absolutely disgusted me:' Man puts gym influencer on blast”, in Indy100, archived from the original on 2022-12-03:

No matter if you are a gymfluencer, a professional sports person, or just a regular bum-owner, having strong glutes will keep you in good stride.

2022 November 8, Charlotte Ganderton, Adam Semciw, Matthew King, “Glute force: why big, strong bum muscles matter for your overall health”, in Stuff, archived from the original on 2022-11-08:

The gymfluencer has previously shared clips of her doing the exercise successfully, and regularly shares workout routines with her followers on TikTok and Instagram.

2023 February 3, Elena Salvoni, “Squat a disaster! Watch as gym lover takes dramatic tumble while attempting a risky exercise with a massive weight”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-05:

"A lot of their content has become, 'Let me get likes and attention at the expense of someone else,'" he [Joey Swoll] said of gymfluencers.

2023 February 23, Kirsten Fleming, “Bodybuilder Joey Swoll is ’standing up’ for victims of gym ’shaming’”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-22:

We've had skinfluencers (dermatologists) and gymfluencers (PTs) but now there is a new breed of social-media savvy experts to follow. Enter the scentfluencers, a group of fragrance enthusiasts who are demystifying the, frankly often very wafty, world of scent.

2023 August 6, Verity Clark, “Would you wear a cauliflower-based perfume?”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-08-06:

(social media, neologism) An influencer who primarily creates content related to fitness or bodybuilding.


maiding

Blend of maiden + -ing, through misapprehension of maiden as a case of g-dropping.

At this season o' the year valentines is exceedin prolific, and the arrival of the postman is eagerly watched for by many a maiding o' tender years.

1887 February 25, The Alexandra and Yea Standard, Gobur, Thornton and Acheron Express, Victoria, page 2, column 7:

How in the town of Coventree, a young chap he was fined, for kissing a maiding when she didn't feel inclined.

1900 January 26, The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express, page 22, column 4:

When on the quarter-deck was seen / A maiding fit to be a Queen[.]

1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 84:

(obsolete) A young woman; representing a mispronunciation of the word "maiden".


sexcation

A sexy vacation or a sexcation. There were not to be any feelings involved, or at least no feelings that could end with her nursing a broken heart. A broken heart was the reason she needed a sexcation in the first place, […]

2020, That's The Way The Christmas Cookie Crumbles, Emma Lea:

I know how you're feeling, but maybe it's time to give up on this fairy tale. It's doing you more harm than good. Try a sexcation instead.

2023, Mallory Black, How To One-Night Stand:

(informal) A vacation taken for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity.


meatfluencer

And, as it turns out, the organ meat lifestyle—consuming liver, kidneys, intestines, hearts, testicles, and other edible animal organs—is a passion that’s now uniting the anti-vaccine world, Joe Rogan’s audience, the so-called alt-right, conservative outlets like Evie, and, overall, a new and presumably somewhat constipated brand of meatfluencer.

2022 June 23, Anna Merlan, “Why Are the Weirdest People Online Obsessed With Organ Meats?”, in Vice:

She’s joined in the business by Bella – known by the online persona Steak And Butter Gal, who has a whopping 120K YouTube subscribers and over two million likes on TikTok – and also names women ‘meatfluencers’ Kelly Hogan and Mikhaila Peterson as a ‘huge resource of information’.

2023 February 6, Sian Bradley, “‘Meatfluencers’ are taking over social media, with women leading the charge”, in Metro:

Likewise, meatfluencers say the livestock industry has no significant impact on the climate crisis despite abundant evidence suggesting otherwise.

2024 January 19, Dean Russell, Ben Brock Johnson, Emily Jankowski, “How social media sells the all-meat diet”, in WBUR:

An influencer on social media who promotes a carnivorous diet.


approximeeting

(rare) The practice of people vaguely agreeing to meet and later finalizing the details through mobile phone communication.


dadchelor party

dadchelor party (plural dadchelor parties)

(informal) A party for a man whose partner is expecting a child, similar to a baby shower.


Buffyatric

I'm Harper. Resident breadbaker, librarian, Buffyatric, occasional pirate wench, and quondam Irish harper.

1997 October 28, SjPete, “Stranger enters, goes to corner table”, in alt.pub.coffeehouse.amethyst (Usenet):

Uh-oh, better be careful what you say in that regard. I made the same point here just a few weeks ago and got flamed by one of the posting board's "Buffyatrics" (which group actually doesn't seem distinguishable from the younger set, at least not according to some of the items posted at their website).

1998 October 4, David Samuel Barr, “Joss Answers Questions — Spoilers”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

The word "gay" has been adopted as a generic term to cover both male and female homosexuals (aka lesbians). Even *I* know that and I'm an ageing Buffyatric!

2004 April 1, Dave K, “BtVS on new gay channel”, in uk.media.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

(fandom slang) An elderly fan of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003).


proplifting

proplifting (countable and uncountable, plural propliftings)

/ˈpɹɒpˌlɪftɪŋ/

Blend of propagation + shoplifting, invented on Reddit 2017 before opening a subreddit the same year under the term, continuing previous online communities flaunting their shoplifting; prop is also used to refer to parts of plants used for propagation within that community.

(uncountable) The action of disseizing a plant nursery or similar of discard plant material to propagate one's own plants.


homiesexual

en-adj

homiesexual (comparative more homiesexual, superlative most homiesexual)

more homiesexual (comparative)
most homiesexual (superlative)

(Internet slang, of a man) acting homosexual with one’s male friends.


BlueAnon

Blend of Blue + QAnon. From blue, the color associated with the Democratic Party and QAnon, another prominent conspiracy theory. First coined by conservatives in March 2021.

(US politics) The collection of alleged conspiracy theories held by left-wingers.


Gaychester

(UK, informal, historical) The gay (homosexual) subculture of Manchester, England, around the early 1990s.


soygurt

en-noun

soygurt (countable and uncountable, plural soygurts)

While some old-school food scientists still relished plans for soygurt, fish hot dogs, reconstituted beef, surimi, and high-fiber barley bars (the stuff of “scientific eating”), reporters often dismissed such fabrications as too “good for you”—a clear turnoff for those who held health and taste to be irreconcilable.

2006, Warren Belasco, Meals to Come: A History of the Future of Food (California Studies in Food and Culture; 16), Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 236:

Most of the time, the snacks are not vegan or even healthy, so I always bring my own snack food (just in case), but I do still check what the airline has to offer. I once had a flight to Toronto where the snack-pack had soygurt, fresh fruit, and sunflower butter with crackers.

2008, Sarah Kramer, Vegan á Go-Go!: A Cookbook & Survival Manual for Vegans on the Road, Vancouver, BC: Arsenal Pulp Press, →ISBN, page 25:


wo/man

[title]

1980, William E. Phipps, Influential Theologians on Wo/man, University Press of America, →ISBN:

The Complete Woman/Man Seminars wants to assure you that God is an intricate part of every complete wo/man’s life. He desires to have an intimate relationship with every wo/man who wants a relationship with Him.

2002, Marcia B. Armstead, “Interpersonal Relationships”, in Olson Perry, Billy E. Wright, editors, The Complete Wo/Man: An Index to the Heart, TEACH Services, Inc., →ISBN, page 18:

The kosmopolis is the imaginary site of the ekklēsia of wo/men, where wo/men citizens gather for feminist religious “world making” for the “democracy to come.”

2016, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Congress of Wo/men: Religion, Gender, and Kyriarchal Power, Eugene, Ore.: Wipf & Stock, published 2021, →ISBN, page 108:

The wo/man is the measure of all things / After Protagora’s “Man is a measure of all things” […] They share the same conviction that the theater is a collaborative, multicultural art which stands as a heartbeat of the community trying to find relevant answers to the fundamental question of our existence: “what a piece of work is a wo/man?”

2017, Naum Panovski, “Prologue”, in Meetings with Remarkable Wo/Men: On a Long Journey to Theatre, Bloomington, Ind.: Archway Publishing, →ISBN:


shis

(rare, neologism, gender-neutral) Belonging to them; their.


hurriquake

Blend of hurricane + earthquake. First attested in 1999 as a nonce word.

The year of the hurriquake?

1999 September 30, Old Curmudgeon, “1999 year of the Quake? Or Hurricane?”, in alt.obituaries (Usenet):

2011 August 30, Jason Samenow, “Hurriquake: Footprint of Hurricane Irene and earthquake onslaught in Washington, D.C. region”, in The Washington Post

HURRIQUAKE 2011 ¶ The week of August 22, 2011 may go down in weather history as one of the strangest in the Washington, DC area : On Tuesday, August 23, our area was hit with a magnitude 5.8 earthquake. […] ¶ […] The following Saturday night, Hurricane Irene passed just east of the area.

2011 November 16, ARRL Web site, “The ARES E-Letter for November 16, 2011”, in rec.radio.info (Usenet):

Push notifications began to warn Southern California residents of the risk of flash flooding just a few hours before alerts about the earthquake arrived. Memes began to circulate instantly, as well as a T-shirt that read: “I Survived Hurriquake Hilary.”

2023 August 22, Laura J. Nelson, “What happened when a ‘hurriquake’ struck Ojai? Little damage, plenty of weird vibes”, in Los Angeles Times:

"Like most of my peers, I did not expect a 'hurriquake' to start off the year," said senior Peter King of Lenexa, Kansas.

2023 August 24, Gina Christian, “'There's no knocking down God': Catholic college students weather 'hurriquake' with faith”, in Detroit Catholic:

(neologism) An incidence of a hurricane and an earthquake occurring in quick succession.


lawn jart

Blend of lawn dart + jart, a brand of lawn dart.


turmite

Blend of Turing + termite. Coined by Canadian mathematics writer A. K. Dewdney in 1989.

coinage

(computing theory) A two-dimensional variant of a Turing machine in which the head has an orientation in addition to a position and state.


hican

A tree that is a hybrid between a species of hickory (genus Carya) and the pecan, Carya illinoinensis.


folf

On-campus folf consists of making your own course using landmarks, such as statues, buildings and the like as goals. Off campus, there are organized folf courses, such as the one at Riverview Country Club.

2004 July 4, Chris Dreyer, “'Folf': New, improved golf game putts around”, in The Gonzaga Bulletin:


folf

en-verb

folf (third-person singular simple present folfs, present participle folfing, simple past and past participle folfed)

folfs (present singular third-person)
folfing (participle present)
folfed (participle past)
folfed (past)


folf

Dogs and big cats never go out of style, though hybrids like “folves” (fox + wolf) and “drynx” (dragon + lynx) are catching on.

2016 April 2, Kim Wall, “It's not about sex, it's about identity: why furries are unique among fan cultures”, in The Guardian:


Bayou of Pigs

Blend of bayou + Bay of Pigs, a punning allusion to the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion.

(historical) A military filibustering plot attempted in 1981 by Canadian and American citizens, largely affiliated with white supremacist and Ku Klux Klan groups, to overthrow the government of Dominica and restore former prime minister Patrick John to power.


harrier carrier

en-noun

harrier carrier (plural harrier carriers)

Blend of harrier + aircraft carrier. From the Hawker-Siddeley Harrier GR.1/2/3 & AV-8A and the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II, the Harrier jump jet named after the harrier bird.

aircraft carrier
aircraft carrier#English

(nautical, military, aviation, slang) A small light fast aircraft carrier specialized in operating VTOL aircraft, used for controlling sea lanes, convoy escort, and anti-submarine patrol (ASW).

en:Hawker-Siddeley Harrier
en:McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II


lightning carrier

lightning carrier (plural lightning carriers)

From Blend of lightning + aircraft carrier. From the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, the Lightning II jump jet, itself named after WWII Lockheed P-38 Lightning I, in turn, named after the lightning bolt and lightning.

(nautical, military, aviation, slang) A small light fast aircraft carrier specialized in operating VTOL aircraft, used for controlling sea lanes, convoy escort, and, anti-submarine patrol (ASW)

en:Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
en:Lockheed P-38 Lightning


trifficult

en-adj

trifficult (not generally comparable, comparative more trifficult, superlative most trifficult)

more trifficult (comparative)
most trifficult (superlative)

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Blend of tricky + difficult. Alternatively, blend of triple + difficult, from the analogy of di- + fficult.
The Rice University Neologisms Database listed the term since as early as 10 June 2008 as a blend of trying + difficult. Later popularised by a 2020 episode of the 2018 Australian animated children's TV series Bluey.

its very trifficult living with out internet. I do get to see lots of lovely cafés for their wifi though...

Minimum 3 & 1/2 hours drive tomorrow. Which is fine, as I predict that walking will be trifficult! :/

2014 September 24, DigiDaughter, Twitter:

Bluey: [voiceover] Bingo was trying to eat cherry tomatoes with her fork.

2020 March 23, "Favourite Thing", season 2, episode 7 of Bluey

(Internet slang, humorous) Of considerable difficulty.


for real life

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Perhaps a blend of for real + real life. Popularised by the 2018 Australian animated children's TV series Bluey, but attested earlier.

Sure, letting the neighbourhood kids set up a doctor's surgery in your loungeroom can end in chaos and crocodile attacks (as in the episode, The Doctor). But when Bingo goes to hospital for real life, the neighbours are at the ready with healing help (episode: Bumpy and the Wise Old Wolfhound).

2020 January 17, Mary Bolling, “What parents can keep learning from Bluey”, in Australian Broadcasting Corporation:

(originally Bluey fandom slang, informal) Synonym of in reality, occurring in real life as opposed to play or make believe.


croffle

A blanket of croffles (hollow polythene or polypropylene balls) is an effective way of covering the surface of liquid in the tank. The croffles have a raised seam so that they interlock and do not rotate which would otherwise expose a wetted surface to the tank roof space.

2002, Ian Smallwood, Solvent Recovery Handbook, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 58:

(usually in the plural) A small hollow polythene or polypropylene ball used in various technical applications.


Bernedoodle

Bernese mountain dog
Bernese mountain dog

A dog that is a cross between a Bernese mountain dog and a poodle.


800-pound gorilla in the room

Blend of 800-pound gorilla + elephant in the room.

blend

gorilla in the room
gorilla in the room#English


burroti

Tava Indian Kitchen, a chain in San Francisco known locally as the "Indian Chipotle," offers "burroti." In this Indian burrito, traditional ingredients such as fresh paneer cheese are coated with a choice of Indian sauces and rolled with brown rice in a foil-wrapped roti.

2016, Sarah Lohman, Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine, New York, N.Y. […]: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 115:

Customers can create their own bowls or build their own 'burroti', a roti-style burrito, or build a plate if they're feeling extra snacky.

2023 July 14, Jen Zielinski, “Different and delicious Indian restaurant descends on Kelowna”, in The Vernon Morning Star, Vernon, B.C.: Black Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-19:

A fusion dish based on the popular Mission burrito, but prepared using Indian ingredients.


gaycation

(informal) A vacation/holiday tailored to gay (homosexual) people, or based around gay subculture.


Chinada

For the tiny 35-million population of Canada, including some selfish former Hongkongers who landed shortly after the Tiananmen massacre in June 1989, it would be a nightmare to witness the country that they love transform into a Chinada.

2014 February 20, “Canada Says No To Chinada”, in South China Morning Post, Hong Kong: South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-11:

In recent years, a reverse brain drain has seen Canadian-born Chinese moving back to Hong Kong and China in search of better job opportunities (there are up to 300,000 Canadian passport holders in Hong Kong). ¶ They've been replaced by a new wave of Chinese arrivals, this time from the mainland. As one commentator puts it: "Forget Hongcouver, here comes Chinada!"

2017 June 29, Simon Ostheimer, “World's best Chinatowns”, in CNN, archived from the original on 2023-07-27:

Unsurprisingly, Skelly and his team are already painting what happened away as simple corruption. Skelly laid the groundwork for this in his morning blog, writing "the Crown will rely on procedural BS or a biased judge." Afterwards on Twitter he wrote, "welcome to Chinada."

2021 June 28, Mack Lamoureux, quoting Adam Skelly, “BBQ Bro Who Raised $350K to Fight Lockdowns Defeated by His Lawyer's Paperwork”, in VICE, archived from the original on 2023-05-15:

At the Dec. 15 event, which The Gazette attended, Pawlowski told the crowd "we are in the middle of tyranny," comparing COVID-19 public health measures to his childhood in Poland under a communist government. ¶ [Artur] Pawlowski also said he calls Canada "Chinada" because of the fines and charges he has faced for breaching pandemic-related health measures.

[2022 December 26, Jack Farrell, “Arden rental policies under scrutiny after controversial event”, in St. Albert Gazette, St. Albert, A.B.: Great West Newspapers, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-12-29:

People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China#Proper noun

(usually derogatory) A version of Canada influenced or politically dominated by the People's Republic of China.


helitack

A member of a team of wildland firefighters who are transported by helicopter to fight a fire.


playcare

I think I'll let Liz go back to playcare tomorrow, Annie. She's better now. Still, I'd hate to let her spread that virus around the day care center!

1984 June 6, Lynn Johnston, For Better or for Worse (comic):

A daycare for small children structured around play activities; daycare in general as contrasted with typically more structured preschools.


Bugthesda

(derogatory) Bethesda (video game developer and publisher)


Blissymbolics

Blissymbolics has been used to assist people who are suffering from aphasia, a medical condition that hinders them in using, reading, or understanding written verbal languages.

2009, Constantine Stephanidis, The Universal Access Handbook, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 2:


death by a thousand paper cuts

Blend of death by a thousand cuts + paper cut. The "thousand cuts" of the original phrase are now inflicted by paper, a metonym for bureaucracy.

(idiomatic) An ultimate negative outcome, such as the failure of a project, brought about by an excessive number of bureaucratic hurdles.


Cotai

Blend of Coloane + Taipa, the areas immediately south and north of the area.

The first phase of the project in Macao's Cotai area, set to open in 2007, will feature seven resort hotels with more than 10,000 rooms, casinos and eight entertainment theaters as well as a convention center, said the Las Vegas Sands chairman, Sheldon G. Adelson.

2005 March 19, “World Business Briefing Asia: China: Casinos In Macao Deal”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-29, Business Day:

Wynn Macau , a unit of Wynn Resorts Ltd , said on Monday it would pay $193.43 million to the Macau government for use of land to develop its resort project in the Cotai area.
In a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange, Wynn Macau said it formally accepted the terms and conditions of a land concession contract from the Macau government regarding about 51 acres of land in the Cotai area for development into a resort containing a five-star hotel, gaming areas, retail, entertainment, food and beverage, spa and convention offerings.

2011 September 11, Donny Kwok, “Wynn to pay $193 mln to Macau for Cotai project development”, in Muralikumar Anantharaman, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2016-08-19, Market News:

The core of Macau's gaming industry is moving to Cotai, which is already home to Galaxy Entertainment, Sands China and Melco Crown Entertainment.

2012 May 9, “Wynn's profits rise but game plan is for Cotai”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-16:

Galaxy shares soared 129 percent in 2013 as Lui and his son Francis expanded their biggest property, Galaxy Macau, in the city's Cotai area to capitalize on record visits by gamblers from China.

2014 January 10, Matthew G. Miller, Peter Newcomb, “Bloomberg Billionaires Index: The rich got $524 billion richer in 2013”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-01-10:

As he flew in, he saw his new casino towering over Cotai, its structural work finished months before, ready to open as soon as the workers installed beds and furniture and of course the baccarat tables. He realized he was looking at the perfect four-billion-dollar excuse.
Cheung had bitten. Now Duberman stood on the roof of the Sky, looking at the bridges that connected Cotai with the old Macao.

2016, Alex Berenson, The Wolves (Fiction), Wheeler Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 380:

Taipa was once two islands that were slowly joined together by silt from the Pearl River. A similar physical joining has happened to Taipa and Coloane because of land reclamation from the sea. The new strip of land joining the two islands is known as Cotai (from Coloane and Taipa).

2017 May, Emily Matchar, Piera Chen, “Macau”, in Hong Kong (Lonely Planet), 17th edition, Lonely Planet Global Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 192:


whorenalist

(neologism, derogatory) A reporter or journalist whose viewpoints change frequently.


quabla operator

From quabla (blend of quantum + nabla) + operator.

compound

d'Alembert operator
d'Alembert operator#English


painal

(pornography) Painful anal sex; specifically, heterosexual anal sex that causes pain to the woman.


ewphoria

en-noun

ewphoria (usually uncountable, plural ewphorias)

Jacey felt a surge of ewphoria at the bar when a couple of drunken old men leered at her.

I got hassled by protestors outside planned parenthood a couple times before they banned that and it was definitely some r/ewphoria how they hassled me to “save the life inside you” or whatever, yay I passed but also go away please

2023 April 3, Throwaway__3939, “Archived copy”, in Reddit, r/MtF, archived from the original on 2024-06-11:

This is so relatable, but also kinda good for me sometimes? Like the one time I got catcalled in girlmode and it was actually weirdly euphoric. Ewphoria, as it were.

2023 September 25, Not-Jesus666, “Archived copy”, in Reddit, r/TwoSentenceHorror, archived from the original on 2024-06-11:

I'm not even entirely sure whether it was genuine or just a prank. But him talking over me and telling me about something I've personally experienced and then telling me I'm just confusing things really gave me the most confusing mix of annoyance and ewphoria I've experienced so far.

2024 May 19, Torn_wulf, “I really wasn't expecting to deal with mansplaining this soon and especially not from a trans man.”, in Reddit, r/ewphoria, archived from the original on 2024-06-11:

(chiefly transgender slang) A combination of gender euphoria with feelings of disgust, revulsion, or discomfort, resulting from one's gender identity being affirmed by bigoted, creepy, or predatory behavior by others.


hydraucone

Blend of hydraulic + cone? Coined by William M. White, who obtained a U.S. patent for it in 1917.

A form of draft tube used with a hydroturbine, having a bell-mouth shape and a flat plate deflector near the mouth.


Zoogler

The recent influx of Zooglers — those are Zurich's Google employees to you and me — has helped the city up the style ante.

2009, Condé Nast's Traveler, volume 44, page 80:

(informal) An employee of the Google corporation who is based in Zurich, Switzerland.


Schrödinger's douchebag

Schrödinger's douchebag (plural Schrödinger's douchebags)

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"Schrödinger’s douchebag" [i]s someone who makes an unacceptable remark and then waits to see the reaction before declaring retrospectively whether they meant it for real or were "just joking".

2016 August 27, Mark Thompson, “From Trump to Brexit rhetoric: how today's politicians have got away with words”, in The Guardian, retrieved 2023-09-24:

Schrodinger's douchebag refers to someone who tests what they say before taking responsibility for what they've said.

2019 August 14, Gyles Brandreth, Have You Eaten Grandma?: Or, the Life-Saving Importance of Correct Punctuation, Grammar, and Good English, →ISBN, retrieved 2023-09-24, page 218:

Vivek Ramaswamy is an American politician capturing conservative and immigrant hearts but stuck in a high school persona: a Schrodinger's douchebag.

2023 September 18, Neil Mahto, “Vivek Ramaswamy has no platform”, in The Johns Hopkins News-Letter, retrieved 2023-09-24:

(Canada, US, slang, derogatory, vulgar) A person who makes offensive or inflammatory remarks and characterizes these statements as either sincere or joking based on the reactions of others.


kikesucker

Lay off the booze and the grass and get back to me when you are willing to be better than a lying, boozing kikesucker.

1996 December 22, Tickle Me Grabner, “Re: Some Holocaust Facts”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet):

It is not my bigotry you fecal-minded kikesucker, it is the CIC's own words.

2008 May 7, Anarchore, “Re: PROOF: Canada Really is like pre-Nazi Germany”, in de.soc.politik.misc (Usenet):

Cuz he and Harper are doing the work for the Kikes so well. I love how the Big Jewry banking scams are ruining you Kikesuckers! Maybe some time on the streets will fully revise your worldview.

2008 December 19, horo...@instruction.com, “Re: Why doesn't Harper fire Flaherty?”, in can.politics (Usenet):

(slang, ethnic slur, vulgar, offensive) An individual who is groveling or sycophantic towards Jews or Jewish interests.


Dimes Square

Blend of dimes + Times Square, after the Dimes restaurant located at the intersection of Canal Street and Division Street.

(US, informal) A microneighborhood of Manhattan, roughly located between Chinatown and the Lower East Side neighborhoods of New York City.


digraphoid

Blend of directed + graphoid, after digraph (“directed graph”). Coined by American mathematician George J. Minty in a 1966 article.

coinage

We now wish to consider what part of the theory of directed graphs can be built up in the wider context of graphoids/matroids. To this end, we shall introduce the concepts of digraphoid (short for “directed graphoid”) and orientable graphoid. […] A digraphoid is a structure consisting of: (1º) a graphoid, and (2º) a partitioning of each circuit and cocircuit of the graphoid, each being partitioned into two sets; this partitioning is to satisfy the axiom: […]

[1966, George J. Minty, “On the Axiomatic Foundations of the Theories of Directed Linear Graphs, Electrical Networks and Network-Programming”, in Journal of Mathematics and Mechanics, volume 15, number 3, →JSTOR, pages 506–507:

(combinatorics) A dual pair of regular matroids.


maingaining

(bodybuilding) Maintaining a similar body fat percentage while gradually increasing muscle mass over time.


bandango

en-noun

bandango (plural bandangoes or bandangos)

Asimina triloba
Asimina triloba#Translingual

(US, colloquial) A pawpaw (Asimina triloba).


geomorphosite

A specific location or area on Earth's surface characterized by distinctive and significant landforms, geological features, or geomorphological processes.


sportsfinder

(photography, historical) A kind of camera viewfinder made from wire rectangles — a smaller one nearer the eye and a larger one further away — with no optics. The smaller rectangle was centred in the larger, which would then give an indication of what would be included in the photograph.


maingain

en-verb

maingain (third-person singular simple present maingains, present participle maingaining, simple past and past participle maingained)

maingains (present singular third-person)
maingaining (participle present)
maingained (participle past)
maingained (past)

(bodybuilding) To increase muscle mass while maintaining one's current body fat percentage.


semigration

Semigration – where South Africans move between provinces - has overtaken emigration as a key driver for house sales in SA's largest metros, according to property data compiled by FNB.

2023 August 13, Jan Cronje, “House sales: Semigration growth much stronger than emigration”, in News24:

Semigration to The Western Cape has become a South African trend and the reasons are all accumulating with a big momentum shift starting during Covid.

2023 April 17, “Semigration – the reasons why South Africans are relocating to the Western Cape”, in Cape Business News:

(South Africa) The movement of a person or persons within the same country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.


Ashkephardi

You, my friend, are a Sephardi, an Ashkenazi boundary crosser, the multicultural Ashkephardi, an ally to all … or just someone with a darn good vocabulary and possibly a belly to boot!

2008, Lisa Alcalay Klug, Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe, Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 65:

My children, unlike me, my parents and grandparents, are not fully Sephardi. As their father is an Ashkenazi Jew, Zara and Asher are ‘Ashkephardi’: part Sephardi, part Ashkenazi.

2012, Elana Benjamin, My Mother's Spice Cupboard: A Journey from Baghdad to Bombay to Bondi, Port Campbell Press, →ISBN, page 273:

Max Guttman (ze/zir/zirs) is a non-binary transgender and Ashkephardi Jewish educator, artist and writer.

2019, Freiya Benson, editor, Trans Love: An Anthology of Transgender and Non-Binary Voices, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 288:

(Judaism, rare) Being both Ashkenazi and Sephardi simultaneously.


MSDNC

Blend of MSNBC + DNC (“Democratic National Committee”).

blend

“[…] MSDNC (Comcast) & @CNN are doing everything possible to make the Caronavirus [sic]^([sic]) look as bad as possible,” President Trump tweeted on February 26, a sentiment he would repeat throughout the year.

2022, Donald Trump, quotee, edited by Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Democracy Amid Crises: Polarization, Pandemic, Protests, and Persuasion, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 118:

(Internet slang, politics, derogatory, humorous) The news channel MSNBC, regarded as having a bias in favor of the Democratic Party, the major center-left political party in the United States.


purrito

2016, @cats_of_instagram, Cats on Instagram
Did someone order a purrito?

My cat is mad because: I made her into a purrito.

2020, Heloísa Nora, Reasons My Cat is Mad:

Dad bundled Studmuffin into a purrito with the blue towel, but my familiar had stopped purring.

2023, Maddy Savanna, Witchy Business Mysteries: Books 1-5:

(informal, humorous) A cat wrapped in a blanket or towel etc.


amidicity

en-noun

amidicity (countable and uncountable, plural amidicities)

(chemistry) A linear measure of the strength of an amide bond in an organic compound, based on the computed enthalpy of hydrogenation when compared to the reference compounds dimethylacetamide and azaadamantane-2-one.


screeno

It led to a drive against screeno as used in movie houses thruout the city.

(historical) A form of bingo played in American movie theaters during the Great Depression, with numbers displayed on the screen.


Locktober

It's "Locktober" again, the month where men willingly lock their genitalia up in chastity devices in the hopes of making it "hands-free" for 31 days.

2018 October 25, Key Barrett [pseudonym], “What spending two weeks in a chastity device taught me about my sexuality and my marriage”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-08-09:

Male chastity describes the act of attaching a device to your cock that prevents you from masturbating or having sex–this can also be done by your lover or Dom/me in service to them or an event like Locktober. Most chastity devices stop you from being able to get an erection. That's half the fun.

2022 October 6, Demeter DeLune, “How to use a chastity cage (on you or your sub)”, in The Daily Dot, archived from the original on 2023-08-28:

Just as Halloween decorations at CVS have become the harbinger of fall, an uptick in conversations about male chastity can only mean October—or Locktober—is around the corner.

2023 September 30, Emell Derra Adolphus, “Locktober: How Giving Up Control of Your Penis Can Set You Free”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 2023-10-05:

An event or challenge in which a person wears a chastity cage around their penis for the whole month of October, with the key typically being kept by their partner.


swordography

Blend of sword + choreography. By surface analysis, sword + -o- + -graphy.

surf

Do you know what? I had so much fun. The swordography... you know, I think we needed more swordography, to be honest. Loved the sword fight.

2023, 31:26 from the start, in Strictly Come Dancing, season 21, episode 3, spoken by Zara McDermott:

(theater, dance) Choreography using (prop) swords.


Isn'treal

Blend of isn't real + Israel, referring to the speaker's belief in the illegitimacy of the state of Israel.

Jews demand that Isn'tReal be at least 80% Jewish, while everywhere else, Jews demand multiculturalism and diversity.

1998 December 30, anonymous author, “Re: arab black metal”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet):

You don't understand. Iran is not Turkey, Lebanon or Isn'treal. Even Iranian pop music is not openly sold. There is no way in hell that any Black Metal band is going to be emerging from that country any time soon.

1999 May 9, Zahhak, “Re: arab black metal”, in alt.music.black-metal (Usenet):

This is a great condemnation of not only the war criminals of the nation of Isn'treal, but of the rogue government (and its pussy supporters) that occupies the institutions of America.

2004 November 15, Turin, “Remembering Yasser”, in soc.men (Usenet):

(slang, offensive, derogatory) Israel, viewed as an illegitimate state.


weekiversary

The two, who are adorably celebrating their "weekiversary" in the shots, both snapped selfies by the beach, indicating they chose somewhere by the ocean to celebrate their first seven days as husband and wife (the lovebirds did not reveal the exact location of their getaway).

2014 July 2, Alyssa Toomey, “Newlyweds Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard Share Romantic Honeymoon Pics, Celebrate "Weekiversary"”, in E! News:

This couple celebrates their “weekiversary” every week, without skipping. Ever. […] The responses on their weekiversary posts have dropped from dozens of “You two!!” and “Cutest couple ahhhhh!!” comments in the early days of their relationship to just a single comment from one of their moms.

2018 March 24, Krista Burton, “Are You Really in Love if It’s Not on Instagram?”, in The New York Times:

(informal) A commemorative event like an anniversary, but taking place weekly rather than annually.


blacklash

Coordinate term: whitelash

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

1970 January 12, John H. Britton, “Into age of sick seventies”, in Jet magazine, page 7:

Nor is this the only case of racial thinking in contemporary thought . A "blacklash" may partly motivate the Afrocentrist movement among African-American scholars.

1994, Dean Keith Simonton, Greatness: Who Makes History and Why, page 30:

Such thinking contributes to preexisting resentful attitudes towards lesbians and gay men and prompts what Gates calls a "blacklash" or a view that being lesbian or gay is a chosen identity and a mere inconvenience, whereas being black is to "inherit a legacy of hardship and inequity" (p. 42).

2000, Beverly Greene, Gladys L. Croom, Education, Research, and Practice in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Psychology, page 21:

A backlash by black people against other ethnicities or groups.


seahabilitation

The afternoon of my arrival, for example, I was involved in an extended session in some shoulder-high zippers in front of my campsite, a form of "seahabilitation," as my commercial fishermen friends refer to time offshore, [and] its cure-all therapeutic effects. […] The seahab effect of that marathon surf session was just kicked in when […]

2002 September 16, Allan Weisbecker, In Search of Captain Zero: A Surfer's Road Trip Beyond the End of the Road, Penguin, →ISBN, page 7:

It's indeed a time for a much-needed replenishment: some seahabilitation, if you will. A cerebral douche-like flushing of neurotransmitters in my smoke-, booze-, and heartache-soaked brain. To make the world seem new again. We descend into the silence (and then crash) together. I glance[…]

2018 September 12, Sean Phelan, Saltwater Redemption: A Shore Memoir, iUniverse, →ISBN:

Sorry for the things I said when it was winter.. currently undergoing seahabilitation 🏝

2019 March 24, Hope Allen (@hopescope), Instagram photo

(colloquial) Emotional replenishment afforded by time spent at the beach (surfing, swimming, etc), viewed as therapeutic.


Pissrael

Time for Pissrael to give up ITS weapons of mass destruction.

2004 November 8, John Keller, “Re: ~ I'D LIKE TO SEE THE PUSSY U.S. SOLDIERS FIGHT AN ARMY! ~”, in alt.fan.howard-stern (Usenet):

I have as much right to hate Pissrael as you have to hate France. I have MORE RIGHT.

2006 July 22, slip_i...@yahoo.com, “Re: Pat Buchanan: No, This Is Not 'Our War'”, in alt.conspiracy (Usenet):

Actually Pissrael should be embargoed.

2006 September 9, Gary Renzetti, “Re: Gaza: The new Warsaw Ghetto”, in soc.culture.israel (Usenet):


USrael

Given the mass of U.S. power that is keeping the Jewish state in place, the right name for it is 'USrael', which will be used in the following text.

1999, G̲h̲ulām Ḥaidar, Pakistan, Some Notes, page 40:

The United States and Israel are preparing to attack Iran because of their alleged development of nuclear weapons, which Iran has denied on many occasions. Of the Iraqis who warned the United States that it was mistaken about the WMD, Saddam Hussein was executed, Tariq Aziz is awaiting execution. Which Iranian officials is USrael going to hang after their country is laid to waste?

2013, William Blum, America's Deadliest Export: Democracy—The Truth About US Foreign Policy and Everything Else, Black Point, NS: Fernwood Publishing, →ISBN, page 62:

It accompanies a distinct missionary fervour on the part of anti-Israeli activists that often results in the unsavoury combination of Israhell and USrael.

2020, Thomas Klikauer, Alternative Für Deutschland: The AfD - Germany's New Nazis Or Another Populist Party?, page 175:

(slang, derogatory) The United States and Israel, considered as a political unit.


Tasmaniac

No-one was terribly interested to hear about the findings of the Menzies Institute, which showed that Tasmaniacs have a lower rate of congenital malformation than the Australian average.

2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 27

Irving was shocked that the Tasmaniac even knew that word.

2015, Stephen Ostrow, Magic Irving and His Magic Shoppe:

I need to recharge my batteries to have the energy to take on whatever surprise-challenge some ‘Tasmaniac’ has lined up for me.

2016, Miroslav Vesely, The Nude Kitchen Hand:

(colloquial, humorous) Someone from Tasmania.


Spooktober

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

(humorous, chiefly Internet) Synonym of October


Uncle Sucker

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

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

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

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

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


trainasium

Blend of training + gymnasium or similar.

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


spamvertisement

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

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


scrunchy mom

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

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

Just learned that I am a scrunchy mom. Interesting.

2013 November 18, mommyterrific, Twitter:

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

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

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


Rohingyalish

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


soycialism

/ˈsɔɪʃəlɪzəm/

(Internet slang, derogatory) Socialism, perceived as an unmasculine ideology.


soycialist

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

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

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


Islamsterdam

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


scorigami

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

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

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

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

American football
Jon Bois
SB Nation
scorigami


rhupus

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

coinage

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

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

rheumatoid arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis

systemic lupus erythematosus
systemic lupus erythematosus

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


data lakehouse

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

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

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

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


Boz Angeles

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

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

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


FinOps

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

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

(cloud computing) A cloud financial management practice.


fishyback

Coordinate term: birdyback

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


birdyback

Coordinate term: fishyback

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


certworthiness

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

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

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


LinkedInfluencer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Ukropium

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

blend

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

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

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


AIOps

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

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


badvocate

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

2010, Antony Young, Brand Media Strategy:

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

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

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

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


badvocacy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Clitar Hero

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Fatmerican

(slang, derogatory, offensive) An American.


Amerilard

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


manime

en-noun

manime (countable and uncountable, plural manime or manimes)

Coordinate term: tranime

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Skanksgiving

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


goomer

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

ok goomer

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

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

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

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

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

2020 January 11, anonymous author, 4chan:

(4chan, derogatory) A video game addict.


fremesis

fremesis (plural fremesises or fremeses)

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

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

Perez Hilton—nemesis turned fremesis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


kissper

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

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

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

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

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

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


kissper

en-verb

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

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

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

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

To closely whisper which becomes kissing.


Dontavious

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

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


monergy

Get more for your monergy.

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


palimpsestuous

en-adj

palimpsestuous (comparative more palimpsestuous, superlative most palimpsestuous)

more palimpsestuous (comparative)
most palimpsestuous (superlative)

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

blend

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


absement

en-noun

absement (countable and uncountable, plural absements)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Jenry

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

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

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


penthusiasm

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

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

(see title)

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

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

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


beagador

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


Swoonatra

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

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


freakend

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

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

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

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

(see title)

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

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

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


Folgercest

Blend of Folgers (American coffee brand) + incest.

blend

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


femullet

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


she-E-O

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Xitter

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


manssiere

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


transvestigate

en-verb

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

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

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

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

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

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


cohencidental

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


Standarin

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


entertrainment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Twitpocalypse

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

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

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

The Twitpocalypse may have begun today [title]

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

(humorous) A massive outage or bug affecting Twitter.


pessoptimist

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A person who possesses elements of both pessimism and optimism.


Nairoberry

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

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

Nickname for the city of Nairobi, in Kenya.


gamejacker

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

alternate reality game
alternate reality game

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