spokescritter

Tony the Tiger, the longtime spokescritter for Kellogg's Frosted Flakes, is just one famous example of how animation can be used in advertising.

1999, William F. Arens, Contemporary Advertising, page 430:

Animated Spokescritters adopted by ASPCA from the Walt Disney animation studios began to appear in public service announcements.

2007, Marion S Lane, Stephen L. Zawistowski, Heritage of Care:

For Alka-Selzer, hundreds of people were audtioned in a nationwide talent search for the voice of Speedy, the brand's diminutive, animated spokescritter.

2009, Lawrence R. Samuel, Brought to You By: Postwar Television Advertising and the American Dream, page 128:

I want to return to a telling moment in the Telus campaign in which the company defends the naturalness of its spokescritters by insisting that they are not induced or lured into performing any out-of-the-ordinary behaviour for its print or visual media.

2017, Lynn Turner, Edinburgh Companion to Animal Studies:

An animal or animated creature that is used as a brand representative or spokesperson.


puppychino

Frothed milk or cream served in a small receptacle to dogs at a dog-friendly café.


jetline

Blend of jetliner (“jet airliner”) + airline (“air carrier”)

blend

(aviation, dated) An airline which flies jet aircraft.


shitbull

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

I went upstairs and got some hamburger and lured pitbull shitbull into my garage.

1999 April 23, TICKYUL, “"PITBULL WAS MY BITCH" a true story”, in rec.pets.dogs.breeds (Usenet):

Better than to have bred and kept shitbulls.

1999 June 8, The Speedbyrd®, “Re: My Pit Bull”, in alt.pets.dogs.pitbull (Usenet):

Forth,^([sic]) I know for a fact that the shitbull that twice attacked my dog (and subsequently tried to eat my hands) was not raised by scummy people, was not trained to attack, didn't hang from a tire in some ghetto front yard, and seems quite friendly.

2001 February 7, boobp...@my-deja.com, “Re: Good ambassador for pitbulldom”, in rec.pets.dogs.breeds (Usenet):

(vulgar, derogatory) A pit bull terrier.


garlion

The garlion is a cross between the garlic and onion; the topeppo combines the tomato and the pepper. We have the odorless onion, the odorless cabbage, the lemon cucumber that grows on a vine but looks like a lemon, and a giant cucumber

1936, The Reader's Digest, volume 29, page 99:

Garlions are being offered on the market as a compromise cross between garlic and onions for those who cannot quite make up their minds to take garlic to their bosom.

1937, Consumers' Guide, volume 4, page 12:

Garlion isn't what the growers were looking for, but it has made a hit with customers at Dean & DeLuca, a New York specialty food store that sells the bulbs for $2.25 to $2.95 a pound.

(obsolete, very rare) A hybrid vegetable resulting from a cross between garlic and onion.


flimmer

en-verb

flimmer (third-person singular simple present flimmers, present participle flimmering, simple past and past participle flimmered)

flimmers (present singular third-person)
flimmering (participle present)
flimmered (participle past)
flimmered (past)


topepo

en-noun

topepo (countable and uncountable, plural topepoes)

A reputed hybrid between the tomato and the sweet pepper.


boldacious

en-adj

boldacious (comparative more boldacious, superlative most boldacious)

more boldacious (comparative)
most boldacious (superlative)


glutose

An ingredient of a syrupy mixture obtained by the action of alkali on levulose or found in the unfermentable reducing portion of cane molasses.


CHAdeMO

Blend of charge + de + move (charge and then move). Punning on the Japanese abbreviated phrase. From Japanese 茶でも (cha-demo, “Tea?”), from Japanese お茶でもどうですか (O-cha demo ikaga desu-ka, “How about a cup of tea?”).

der

(automotive) a DC (“direct current”) fast charging and charger standard for charging plug-in electrified-drive vehicles created by a consortium of Japanese automakers and promulgated by the Japanese and South Korean automotive industry, spread worldwide.


complisult

[>Oh, and Velvetwing, about that blood test... [schwing!] Come on Velvetwing, I have no doubt you are tough enough to die silently, like a good bat.]
Oh, touche, mon ami. (bows) You honor me with your complinsult. You have said many fine things, many wise things.

1992 January 25, MSH...@psuvm.psu.edu, “Re: Insolent males MUST pay!! (unite)”, in rec.games.frp (Usenet):


bodalicious

en-adj

bodalicious (comparative more bodalicious, superlative most bodalicious)

more bodalicious (comparative)
most bodalicious (superlative)

Pull up to Tosha's bodalicious bumper.

2008, Hip-hop Connection - Issues 222-223, page 4:

No amount of soil in her capris could ever weigh down such a bodalicious babe.

2013, Ariel Kiley, Simone Kornfeld, Smitten: The Way of the Brilliant Flirt, page 155:

Because your bodalicious body has been disturbing me all friggin' semester, and my hard on is making me damn uncomfortable.


Eastalgia

Blend of East + nostalgia, a calque of German Ostalgie.


chaffle

(neologism) A low-carb or keto-style waffle, made from cheese and eggs rather than from traditional waffle batter.


ploonet

Blend of planet + moon.
Coined in 2019 by the research team of Mario Sucerquia, Jaime A Alvarado-Montes, Jorge I Zuluaga, Nicolás Cuello, Cristian Giuppone (see quotations below).

This paper explores the scenario where large regular exomoons escape after tidal interchange of angular momentum with its parent planet, becoming small planets by themselves. We name this hypothetical type of object a ploonet.

2019, Mario Sucerquia, Jaime A Alvarado-Montes, Jorge I Zuluaga, Nicolás Cuello, Cristian Giuppone, “Ploonets: formation, evolution, and detectability of tidally detached exomoons”, in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, volume 489, number 2, page 2313:

The researchers, who used simulations to explain the same, found that the simulated Ploonets were quite short-lived, crashing into the star or their parent planet in 0.5-1 million years.

2020, Varsha M, “Ploonets: Runaway Moons”, in Waves, archived from the original on 2020-06-06, page 2:

For now, such leftover debris fields may be the best chance for astronomers to infer the existence of ploonets. After all, even if astronomers detect a runaway ploonet orbiting its host star, it would be hard to distinguish it from normal planets.

2021 April, Randall Hyman, “The galaxy's marvelous rogues and misfits”, in Astronomy, page 22:

(astronomy, sciences, neologism) A theoretical planetary body that formed as a moon orbiting a planet, but which has become tidally detached, so that it enters orbit about its star, separated from its parent planet.

brown subdwarf

a planetary mass object which forms in the manner of a star

sub-brown dwarf

a planetary mass object which is not part of a star system, wandering interstellar space without a star

rogue planet

a planet that has been ejected from its star system, to wander interstellar space without a star

dwarf planet

a planetary mass object whose orbit about a star is strewn with comparable or larger mass objects

moonlet

a small moon, shepherding ring debris to keep a planetary ring in shape, as part of the ring


mumfluencer

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

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

She'd spent the weekend replying to the PRs offering money for branded content, setting up meetings and feverishly researching the 'mumfluencer' thing.

She is a UN Global Ambassador for Gender Equality, writes a column for Mother & Baby magazine, and was recently crowned the Number 1 Mumfluencer in the magazine.

(UK, informal, neologism) A mother who is an influencer on social media, typically using this platform to promote consumer products, offer parenting advice, or document her child's upbringing.


televersity

Televersities could deliver cost-effective, individualized, higher or career-long engineering education of improved quality to traditional university students as well as to students previously excluded because of distance, employment, location, […]

1988, Thomas Lyle Martin, Focus on the Future, page 32:

A university offering distance learning by means of telecommunication networks.


wraggle

en-verb

wraggle (third-person singular simple present wraggles, present participle wraggling, simple past and past participle wraggled)

wraggles (present singular third-person)
wraggling (participle present)
wraggled (participle past)
wraggled (past)

I going, he followed, and following fingered me, just as your worship does now; but I struggled and straggled, and wriggled and wraggled, and at last cried vale, valete, as I do now, with this fragment Of a rhyme,

1885, Thomas Middleton, Arthur Henry Bullen, The Works of Thomas Middleton:

We must not fall into the spell of hubris and then justify our cimes and double standards while wraggling our fingers at those we disagree with for doing the same thing.

2007, Michael Hall, Wake up the White Rose, page 15:

Her husband took off his glasses and wraggled them back and forth as he beamed fondly at her.

The “wriggling and wraggling” of the fish in their mother's guts evokes the seething waters that expelled Pilate's body.

2014, James Al-Shamma, Sarah Ruhl: A Critical Study of the Plays, page 124:


wraggle

"The crisis of Olympia's destiny will come and pass," Stevens fretted, "and the die be cast against her while her people are wraggling over... 'bonds.'"

2002, Robert E. Ficken, Washington Territory, page 113:

'The business of water transportation knows no haggling and wraggling', said the boatman blatantly.

2002, Ngoran Constantine Tardzenyuy, Victims of Circumstances, page 35:

Amid the wildest hubbub produced by the shouting, wraggling, jabbering of the owners of the beasts, each man praising the qualities of his own animal as he dragged it to the front, the naval party managed to mount;

2010, William H. G. Kingston, The Three Lieutenants, page 45:

They represent the first record of Fur Seals in this area and it is intented that meteorological and hydrological conditions in the Tasman Sea during austral winter have wraggled to the north young Fur Seals from probably south-australian populations.

Remember you're tired from wraggling with those nasty customers all day, or pounding out dull, business letters.

1945, William Henry Hills, Robert Luce, The Writer - Volume 58, page 113:

On the other hand, if he failed to make the pitiable noises Baron Skulkrak seemed to relish, then His Horribleness might surely apply further unpleasant techniques to wraggle that out of his victims.

2015, John DeChancie, David Bischoff, Master of Spacetime:


froot

"There’s a tiny froot (front boot), and a long if not particularly deep actual boot with 656 litres of lugging capacity.")

2018 June 4, “Jaguar i-Pace review: at last we drive Jag's first EV!”, in Car Magazine, archived from the original on 2019-12-18:

"In Australia, we like ‘froot’, for front boot.")

2014 December 9, “The Tesla Model S ‘Skateboard’ Rolling Chassis Is A Thing Of Beauty”, in Gizmodo, archived from the original on 2022-01-26:

"There is so much luggage space in the boot as well as under the bonnet, in the US that’s called the front trunk or “Frunk”, we call it the “Froot”. ")

2012 June 22, “S”, in Electragirl, archived from the original on 2022-01-26:

(automotive) A boot (storage compartment) located at the front rather than the rear of a car, especially an electric vehicle.


baffound

baffound (third-person singular simple present baffounds, present participle baffounding, simple past and past participle baffounded)

baffounds (present singular third-person)
baffounding (participle present)
baffounded (participle past)
baffounded (past)


smothercate

smothercate (third-person singular simple present smothercates, present participle smothercating, simple past and past participle smothercated)

smothercates (present singular third-person)
smothercating (participle present)
smothercated (participle past)
smothercated (past)


SoHa

Blend of south + Harlem (south of Harlem (the southern part of Harlem and the area to the south of Harlem)).
Coined in analogy to SoHo (“South of Houston Street”).

gloss

An area in Manhattan, New York, United States, referring to the neighborhoods of South Harlem and Morningside Heights.


NoMad

Blend of north + Madison.
From being centered upon Madison Square North Historic District and being north of Madison Square Park.

A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, United States.

en:Madison Square North Historic District


NoLIta

Blend of north + little + Italy.
Acronym of north of Little Italy.

A neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, United States; a region to the north of the district of Little Italy.


V/STOL

(aviation) Abbreviation of vertical/short takeoff and landing.


decapicone

A transparent plastic cone in which a laboratory mouse or rat is held prior to decapitation or other process, or to induce stress as part of an experiment.


friendiversary

“It's our one-month friendiversary,” Maeve explained. “Remember? We met exactly one month ago today.”

2018, Rachelle Delaney, Clara Voyant, Penguin, →ISBN:

The recurrence of the date that two or more people first became friends.


Xbone

From abbreviation of Xbox One for quicker use on Twitter.


roll-playing

1996, Jean Carrières, Dream Pod 9 Inc, Heavy Gear Rulebook
This method is the easiest but it lends itself to "roll-playing" instead of roleplaying since it focuses much of the players attention on dice and bookkeeping tasks.

After all, this is role-playing, not roll-playing—a distinction commonly made when this question comes up. It's kind of painful when the actual dialogue and behavior is wildly inadequate, but the dice say that no, that was the most persuasive argument you ever heard.

2017, Marie Brennan, Dice Tales: Essays on Roleplaying Games and Storytelling:

Role-playing not “roll-playing,” in-character interaction more so than the rolling of dice and meta-talk, this is what is required to achieve maximum impact.

2018, René Reinhold Schallegger, Matthew Wilhelm Kapell, The Postmodern Joy of Role-Playing Games:

An approach to roleplaying games that focuses excessively on numerical scores (such as those obtained by rolling dice) at the expense of character and realism.


sigint

en-noun

sigint (countable and uncountable, plural sigints)


humint

humint (countable and uncountable, plural humints)


reposable

Reusable for a limited number of times, but ultimately disposable.


reposable

(countable) A surgical instrument designed to be used a limited number of times before disposal.


slingkini

A one-piece swimsuit resembling the Y-shape frame of a slingshot which is supported by fabric at the neck providing as little or even less, coverage (or as much exposure) as a bikini.


crantini

A martini cocktail with cranberry juice.


Rumchata

A cream liqueur made from spiced rum and horchata.


gelatini

A Jell-O shot served in a cocktail glass.


wordnik

From blend of word + beatnik.
From the Slavic suffix, as seen on Russian: -ник (-nik). This suffix experienced a surge in English coinages for nicknames and diminutives after the 1957 Russian launch of the Sputnik spacecraft.

A person who is highly interested in using and knowing the meanings of new words.


trialectics

Blend of tri- + dialectics, as though the latter came from di- (“two”). The term was proposed by Edward Soja.

A form of dialectical reasoning with a spatial basis rather than a temporal one.


Trumpublican

That would be a Trumpublican then.

2016 August 27, trotsky, “CNN: What does Obama get for paying $1.3 billion ransom to Iranians? Harrassment by their navy. Cluck, cluck, cluck”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):

That is the most ridiculous thing any trumpublican could say.

2018 August 28, Bob F, “Fox News analyst criticizes Trump over condolences tweet that avoided praising McCain”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet):

That is a non responsive post Bob. How many Trumpublicans run big cities up in the mobbed up union states?

2018 August 30, <gfre...@aol.com>, “Survey: 1-in-3 Gov Workers Could Leave Union”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet):

(US, politics, slang) A Republican who supports Donald Trump.


wagery

The Christian Churches, notably the English Nonconformists, are now betraying deep concern at the dehumanising effects of wagery.

1914, S. G. Hobson, Alfred Richard Orage, National Guilds: An Inquiry Into the Wage System and the Way Out:

During the past two years we have been at great pains to elaborate a constructive programme to be followed after the wage-earners had repudiated wagery.

1968, Ken Coates, Anthony Topham, Tony Topham, Industrial Democracy in Great Britain, page 40:

As pointed out by the reformers of the late 1800s, wagery is quite similar to slavery.

2006, Roy J. Adams, Labour Left Out, page 16:


pupkus

Sniglet/neologism from the blend of puppy + mucus.

The wet residue left on a surface, usually a window, after a dog presses their nose to it.


oilberg

Blend of oil + iceberg, because the greater part of a loaded vessel of this kind is below the water level.

With the advent of supertankers — aptly nicknamed "oilbergs" — the danger increases that 300,000 tons or more may be dumped in a single mishap.

1970, LIFE, volume 68, number 8, page 29:

That is a lot of ship, about the the^([sic]) size of big tankers before they grew so rapidly to become supers, mammoths and oilbergs.

1973, Jeffrey Potter, Disaster by Oil, page 46:

(informal) A supertanker that transports oil.


Chromebook

Technically a Chromebook is just a portable computer running Google's Linux-based Chrome OS, but the majority of Chromebooks are light, inexpensive, relatively modest in computing power and storage, and on the small end of the laptop spectrum.

2016, Mike Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide:

You can view a complete list of supported Chromebooks, Chromeboxes and Chromebases below: (followed by a list of devices from various manufacturers)

2016 May 19, Dan Graziano, “These are the Chromebooks that support Android apps”, in CNET:

Chrome OS tablets may be the new hotness, but the vast majority of devices that have shipped with Google’s Chrome operating system over the years have been laptops… also known as Chromebooks. But a few years ago we also saw the introduction of a few other categories including Chromeboxes (mini desktop computers), Chromebits (PC-on-a-stick devices), and Chromebases (all-in-one, iMac-like desktops).

2019 February 4, Brad Linder, “Chromebases are still a thing”, in Liliputing:

"Chromebooks, Chromebases, and Chromeboxes automatically manage updates to ensure your device always has the latest software and security features," said Google.

2019 December 19, Marius Nestor, “Chrome OS 79 Adds Media Controls in Lock Screen, Mouse Acceleration Control”, in Softpedia News:

A generic ChromeOS-based network-terminal-style netbook.


moondoggle

We are virtually abandoning the first Outer Space area through which military attacks may be launched, to spend billions on a nonmilitary moondoggle — the attempt to put a man on the moon.

1963, Frank L. Kluckhohn, What's wrong with U. S. foreign policy?, page 9:

He stated that “as long as James E. Webb is the Administrator of NASA, I am not voting another dollar for this moondoggle. […]

1971, Thomas P. Murphy, Science, Geopolitics, and Federal Spending, page 372:

During the years of Vietnam and the moondoggle the balance of Pentagon prime contracts shifted sharply to the Southern Rim, with the percentages mounting every year, […]

1976, Roger E. Alcaly, David Mermelstein, The Fiscal crisis of American cities, page 170:

(US, colloquial, derogatory) Efforts to transport people to the Moon, regarded as a useless waste of resources.


dependapotamus

Blend of dependent + hippopotamus or similar, the second element being a reference to stereotypical obesity (and the popular misconception that hippos are largely made of fat).

(US, military, slang, derogatory) A servicemember's partner (especially a SAHM) who behaves in a parasitic manner, especially by taking advantage of their partner's status to demand beneficial treatment.


Tehrangeles

A Persian/Iranian-dominated neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA.


polac

An accident involving a police car is known as a 'polac', and is investigated 'independently' by the area traffic department rather than by the division to which the driver belongs.

1990, Robert Chesshyre, Force: Inside the Police, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:

Before getting out of his van, he sent out a Polac (police accident) bulletin on his radio.

2001 February 12, John Sutherland, The Guardian:

Two weeks in my opinion cant surely be enough.¶ Oh well, whatever saves money. (they way to stop Polacs is apparently to create an initial phase pursuit course (1 to 2 days)! mmmm I think perhaps the way might be to stop decreasing the length of the course and to give drivers some appropriate vehicles, but thats another thread!

2007 January 2, magoo, “Standard Driving Test for Special Constables”, in Police Community, archived from the original on 2021-02-05, Roads Policing:

(UK, law enforcement) A road-traffic accident that occurs due to presence of a police vehicle.


POLAC

I doubt that the organisation is going to be terribly concerned that you arrive at that call thirty seconds later than you would have done otherwise but can be pretty sure that they would have something to say had you smashed up your police car on the way there. I doubt also that CPS would be satisfied with the defence of '...It was my first night duty … and I was rather tired...' after your high profile POLAC gets splashed all over the national newspapers and television news.

2019, Darren Moor, How To Survive Your Police Career, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN:

And it really brought it home to me when I was involved in my own POLAC (police accident) in March 2012.

2015 January 14, Jessica Davies, “Pc moved into office role 'after telling bosses blue-flashing lights on police cars don't work'”, in The Telegraph:

First, a woman goes missing, and leaves her things and a mysterious note in her car. Now a POLAC with a DCI in the passenger seat.

2015, Martin Edwards, The Dungeon House, Allison & Busby, →ISBN:

When you have an at fault POLAC on camera!

2018 February 1, StopFightingTheDog, “That moment you have a POLAC . . . in the middle of the day in town . . . whilst being recorded for a television programme”, in Reddit, r/PoliceUK:

(UK, law enforcement) Alternative letter-case form of polac


Megxit

Blend of Meghan + exit, one of a series of coinages by analogy with Brexit.

Some have even posted on Twitter with the hashtag #Megxit to share their views.

2019 January 24, Becky Pemberton, “MEGHAN MADNESS These people claiming Meghan Markle’s pregnancy is fake proves how stupid social media is”, in The Sun:

And while Julie enjoys the life she has built here in the UK, she understands the pressures that come with marrying into a high-profile and ancient family line like the Windsor's. So much so, that she predicted "Megxit" six months ago.

2020 May 6, Mikhaila Friel, “Julie Montagu, an American who married into British nobility, says she wasn't taken seriously when she predicted Harry and Meghan would leave the UK”, in Insider:

But under the Megxit deal, Prince Harry will no longer use HRH or his honorary military titles. He will however still be able to wear his medals.

2020 June 2, Grace MacRae, “Prince Harry makes MAJOR change to charities to continue working on them post Megxit”, in Express:

(colloquial) The (initially hypothetical) departure of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, from the British royal family; the January 2020 decision of Prince Harry and Meghan to step back from duties as senior members of the British royal family.


croshabell

Blend of crouse (“lively, bold”) + belle (“attractive woman”)

blend

[…]in Italian called a curtezan, in Spain, a margerite, in French une curtain, in England, among the barbarous, a whore, but among the gentle, their usual associates, a punk: but now the word refined being latest, and the authority brought from a climate as yet unconquered, the fruitful county of Kent, they call them croshabell, which is a word but lately used, and fitting with their trade, being of a lovely and courteous condition.

1607, “How George Read a Play-Book to a Gentleman”, in The Jests of George Peele; republished in The Works of George Peele, 2nd edition, volume 2, London: William Pickering, 1829, page 290:


varicap

Blend of variable + capacitance, shortened.


feevee

Most providers of "feevee" have promised to make available programs of types not usually available […]

1978, Harrison Boyd Summers, John H. Pennybacker, Broadcasting and the Public, page 177:

To be sure, pay-cable's under 200,000 subscribers nationwide is still a very small number. And even the most optimistic of cable enthusiasts agree that "feevee" isn't going to rob broadcast television of any sizable number of viewers […]

1980, Jay S. Harris, TV guide, the first 25 years, page 232:


corrugaphone

Synonym of whirly tube (“musical instrument”)


gaystream

With money, influence, and good looks, they weren't quite mainstream, but part of the emerging gaystream, those targeted by the New York Times, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and marketers of the pantsuit.

2011, Nick Krieger, Nina Here Nor There: My Journey Beyond Gender, page 1:

Can alterity and diversity be preserved in the gaystream era? Looking raises these questions and explores the tensions between queerness and assimilation.

2019, Ava Laure Parsemain, The Pedagogy of Queer TV, page 171:

(often attributive) A homosexual mainstream.


Calpine

census-designated place
census-designated place

A census-designated place in Sierra County, California, United States.


extrospect

en-verb

extrospect (third-person singular simple present extrospects, present participle extrospecting, simple past and past participle extrospected)

extrospects (present singular third-person)
extrospecting (participle present)
extrospected (participle past)
extrospected (past)

From extro- + -spect or a blend of extro- + introspect.

To conform myself to the other is not merely to alter my moods and desires, but to enter into another field, to decenter myself, to extrospect.

1985, Michael A. Weinstein, Finite Perfection: Reflections on Virtue, page 143:

All of us know our respective minds and mental states directly by introspection. But one cannot extrospect the minds of others, having no scope to directly know what is going on there.

2001, The Journal of the Indian Academy of Philosophy - Volume 40, page 70:

I can introspect into my own mind to see whether I am in pain or angry or fearful, but I cannot extrospect into my neighbor's mind to see whether he or she is in pain or angry or fearful.

2006, Louis P. Pojman, Who are We?: Theories of Human Nature, page 233:


hangxiety

(neologism) An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension, remorse, and/or obsessive concern about some uncertain event, which may be experienced during the day(s) following a bout of alcohol drinking. It however can also refer to one of the classic symptoms of alcohol’s rebound effect, which is a physiological mechanism, rather than a psychological regret.


tempofrost

(geology) Ground (usually on the planet Mars) that is permafrost for much of the time but undergoes periodic thawing.


mandarinquat

Citrus reticulata
Citrus reticulata#Translingual

A citrus tree, a cross between a mandarin and a kumquat, Citrus japonica × Citrus reticulata.


sunquat

A citrus tree, a cross between a lemon (probably a Meyer lemon) and a kumquat, Citrus × japonica.


ripamatic

(advertising) A mockup advertisement assembled from portions of existing advertisements.


liveamatic

(advertising) A mockup advertisement filmed with live actors.


frontlash

Blend of front + backlash, coined by US president Lyndon B. Johnson with regard to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The word is still mainly used in reference to that Act.

In his keynote, John Paul Hudson condemned the "glossy commercialism" of David Goodstein and the Advocate, which he said was part of a gay media "backlash" -- while the anti-gay "frontlash" against gays continues.

1977 April 9, John Kyper, “Controversies Spark Maine Gay Symposium”, in Gay Community News, page 3:

When a president uses expansive powers and his policy works, he may benefit from a frontlash effect: the successful assertion of power will not only yield political dividends, it will also strengthen the office of the presidency itself.

1996, Richard M. Pious, The Presidency, page 89:

A swell of support for a proposal that counters any backlash.

Civil Rights Act of 1964
Lyndon B. Johnson


Beyhive

(slang, music) The singer Beyoncé's online fanbase.


glitterbilly

It was he, for instance, who brought the song "The Highwayman" to the joint venture of Cash, Nelson, Jennings and Kristofferson which became an album and a touring act under that name, and he who persuaded Manuel the tailor to move to Nashville, thus accelerating the re-glitterbilly-fication of modern country which he saw, correctly, as […]

1995, Patrick Carr, The Illustrated History of Country Music, page 475:

This authoritative yet entertaining look at "glitterbillies", rodeo girls, & rhinestone cowboys features everything that helped Western wear captivate the entire world.

2001, Holly George-Warren, Michelle Freedman, How the West was worn:

Opening cut “Branded” is the brand of hillbilly rock that earned Stuart his name as a solo artist, and his cover of Warner Mack’s classic “Bridge Washed Out” and Don Reno’s “Country Boy Rock & Roll” are similarly run through the glitterbilly machine.

2010 August 24, Matt Fink, “Marty Stuart:Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions”, in American Songwriter:

Someone who wears cowboy-style clothing which is dressy and made of flashy materials rather than true work clothes, especially one who plays country music.


Trumpster fire

Blend of Trump + dumpster fire, an analogy to the way a dumpster fire causes everybody to focus on the flames and to the destructive qualities of a fire.

How you feel about Donald Trump and this “news”letter is how I feel about the raging Trumpster fire raging through my party and my country: Would that we could spare time to talk about something else.

2016 March 12, Jonah Goldberg, “In a Slow-Motion Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Media Figures Embrace Trump One by One”, in National Review:

And considering how thoroughly the Trumpster fire has humiliated political soothsayers this cycle, it seems unwise to offer a single, definitive answer.

2016 May 25, Eric Levitz, “Why Is Hillary Clinton Suddenly Tied in the Polls With a Widely Reviled Demagogue?”, in New York Magazine:

The book store's co-owner, Dakota Bracciale, who identifies as a witch, told Metro that the ritual is a gathering for people who want to challenge the “Trumpster fire” and Kavanaugh's SCOTUS confirmation.

2018 October 15, Anna Harstedt, “Witches will gather in Brooklyn to hex Brett Kavanaugh”, in Metro US:

Part of the problem with the constant flow of news out of the White House — from offensive tweets to potentially disastrous policies — is that acts that would have seemed outrageous in previous administrations slip past, hidden by the smoke of the Trumpster fire.

2019 August 19, “Editorial: Trump’s plan to move BLM jobs west is a shallow pretext to gut the agency’s mission”, in Los Angeles Times:

(see title)

2019, Clay Jones, Tales from the Trumpster Fire: A Cartoon Anthology:

With regard to the Trumpster fire, voting him out of office would remove the fuel.

2020 January 24, Hardy Haberman, “Putting out the Trumpster fire”, in Dallas Voice:

(US, politics, informal, derogatory) Donald Trump's use of controversy to distract the public from the perceived disastrous state of the government


brandstanding

There are many ways to get attention with a publicity stunt. Most risk making you look cheap or silly. The best method is to produce a stunt that doesn't look like a stunt. This is the “brandstanding” event.

A steep rise in the cost of advertising in the mass media, especially television, has resulted in "brandstanding"; the term used for corporate sponsorship of events. The "official Olympic Games sponsors" of everything from toothpaste to fast food […]

1988, Pam Korza, Dian Magie, Barbara Schaffer Bacon, The Arts Festival Work Kit, page 121:

1986, Philip D. Cooper, Academy for Health Services Marketing (American Marketing Association), Responding to the challenge: health care marketing comes of age
An excellent example of a "brandstanding" event is Burson-Marsteller's promotion of Dramamine, the antinauseant drug.

(advertising) The promotion of goods or services by associating them with popular events.


Scotchka

en-noun

Scotchka (countable and uncountable, plural Scotchkas)

A cocktail consisting of equal parts Scotch whisky and vodka.


xanbie

(informal, derogatory) Someone who acts like a zombie after consuming large quantities of Xanax or other benzodiazepines, often in combination with alcohol.


Japanolatry

THESE three books, each in its own manner and degree, are excellent examples of the Japanolatry characteristic of this rococo age.

Mr . Norman is not free from the prevalent Japanolatry . At p. 360 (e.g) Japan did not provoke the late war; at p. 376 she is dubbed a "first class military power"; and at p. 377, one of her buglers blows, apparently for a long time (with a bullet in his chest), till breath fails — which anyone can tell would be an immediate result.

The beauty of a Japanese garden is a step to take, and it is a real step, quite as far apart from the vulgar and uneducated Japanolatry of some years since as from the cold contempt into which more recent taste seems to be reacting.

Japanolatry in the West coincided with victory in the Sino-Japanese War, and, ten years later, the defeat of Russia.

1967, Geoffrey Bownas, From Japanology to Japanese Studies:

For twenty years his taste confined itself to the fashionable families that married well with Louis XV furniture and to the Japanese wares then in vogue as a result of the decorative rage in France known as Japanolatry.

1981, Pearl Violette Metzelthin, Ruth Reichl, Gourmet - Volume 41, Issues 1-6:

An admiration for Japan or items that reflect Japanese culture.


conetainer

A conical container typically used for growing seedlings


cannabisseur

Many cannabisseurs or entrepreneurs noticed the gap in the legislative laws passed in the state of Hawai'i and promptly put their own voice into helping these people in need of medical marijuana.

2018, Colin Heacock, "Marijuana: Holistic Medicine or Another Blight on Society?", Fresh Perspectives (Hawai'i Pacific University), Fall 2018, page 54

Many of them, and many of you, are probably cannabisseurs, or why else would you still be reading this?

2018, Shelton Hull, "Giving The Gift Of Green", Folio Weekly, 5 December 2018 - 11 December 2018, page 34

True cannabisseurs own only glass bongs; plastic won't cut it.

2019, Marc Luber, Stuff Every Cannabisseur Should Know, page 83:


eggel

Ron Allen and his wife, Libby, were enjoying their favorite breakfast, the eggel, an egg on bagel.

2015 August 16, E. B. Furgurson III, “Chick and Ruth's Delly: After half a century, it's still about family”, in Capital Gazette:

Try out the combo meals or even the eggels.

2018 March 2, Anastasia Carter, Eve Gross, “Best Restaurants In The 419”, in The Student Prints, Sylvania Northview High School, page 14:

Our whole menu is offered all day for those who want a lunch sandwich in the morning or an eggel in the afternoon.

2018, “No. 1 Sandwich Shop...AGAIN!!”, in Minot Daily News Readers' Choice 2018, page 13:


mompetition

The beauty of witnessing a mompetition on the Internet is that it's one of the rare times people catch a glimpse of just how far off the deep end their friend has gone since having a baby.

2013, Blair Koenig, STFU, Parents: The Jaw-Dropping, Self-Indulgent, and Occasionally Rage-Inducing World of Parent Overshare, unnumbered page:

I've witnessed the mompetition on the playground and see it every day on my mom Listservs.

2014, Brigid Schulte, Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has The Time, unnumbered page:

Recent research has examined mothers' use of Pinterest and the so-called “mompetition” that can occur on such sites (Griffin, 2014).

2016, Katherine R. Allen, Angela C. Henderson, Family Theories: Foundations and Applications, unnumbered page:

(informal) Rivalry between mothers wishing to prove that they are better parents and/or have children who are more talented, well-behaved, etc.


vagenda

Walter Bishop: And I have no idea how to bring our Olivia back. It's all because of that temptress. She tricked my son with her carnal manipulations and he fell right into her vagenda.
Astrid Farnsworth: Vagenda?
Walter Bishop: Like Mata Hari using her feminine wiles to accomplish her evil ends. And I too fell prey. She used my stomach to get through to my heart.

2010 2 December, Jeff Pinkner & "J. H. Wyman, "Entrada", episode 3-8 of Fringe

I love a good jokey punk band—especially if that band is Childbirth and has a serious feminist vagenda.

2015 May 5, “This Week Ahead”, in Seattle Weekly, page 30:

But they have come along just as the campaign is stirring up operatic male angst over being left behind by history, as captured by the viral roadside sign that warned of Hillary Clinton’s “vagenda of manocide.”

2016 September 13, James Poniewozik, “Sitcom Men, Grappling With a New Reality on TV”, in New York Times:

(slang, derogatory or humorous) An ulterior and often sinister scheme involving female sexuality or feminism.


eggwich

Stop in the morning for espresso and the pita eggwich (scrambled eggs, peppers, onions and diced tomatoes with provolone).

2000, Nancy Woodworth, Richard Woodworth, Getaways for Gourmets in the Northeast, page 266:

In Stewart's, waiting for his bagel to toast, Anthony launched into some abbreviated Grunt and Grumble with the other men picking up coffee and eggwiches.

2007, Jon Katz, Dog Days: Dispatches from Bedlam Farm, page 119:

John butted a cigarette in the ashtray, got out of the car with his twenty-four-ounce coffee and sausage eggwich.

2018, Liam Sweeny, Street Whispers, unnumbered page:

A sandwich with an egg filling or egg patty.


Thronesiverse

Blend of thrones + universe or thrones + -i- + -verse.

(Here's a brief primer on the religions of the Thronesiverse, if you're curious.)

2015 April 26, Jeremy Egner, “‘Game of Thrones’ Recap: The Faith and the Crown”, in New York Times:

The good news is, it looks like George R.R. Martin is into the idea of another series set in the Thrones'''-iverse.

2016 September 30, Laura Bradley, “Is HBO Mulling a Game of Thrones Spin-Off or Not?”, in Vanity Fair:

The mock heraldic strains of the Game of Thrones theme, borrowed straight from Monty Python’s Holy Grail, accompany a nifty dragon’s eye view of a beautifully wrought clockwork Thronesiverse.

2017 November 25, Patrick Freyne, “The TV theme songs that make you drool with pleasure”, in The Irish Times:


downcountry

(chiefly US) In the lowlands, as opposed to the hilly region


downcountry

(chiefly US) In or into the lowlands, as opposed to the hilly region


downcountry

(cycling) Being a form of cross-country bicycle designed to perform well on trails, like a mountain bike.


Trumpocrat

From Trump + -o- + -crat; when referring to (former) Democrats, conceived of as a blend of Trump + Democrat.

If you have historically been a working class, middle class person in areas of America that produced good paying, blue collar factory jobs, white collar factory related jobs, small business jobs in your towns around the plants and factories, it would be hard not to support a Trumpocrats effort in electing Donald Trump!

2016 August 23, Matthew Boyle, “Meet the 'Trumpocrats': Lifelong Democrats Breaking with Party Over Hillary Clinton to Support Donald Trump for President”, in Breitbart:

“I figure I was going to try to do something to help out,” he continued, adding that he wanted to give the pro-Trump Democrats “a place to organise.” On the group’s website, “Trumpocrats” are described as working-class “teachers, technicians, cops, and coal miners,” who are “disillusioned with the rigged political and economic system.”

2016 September 13, Allan Smith, “Meet the Bernie Sanders supporter who admires Tim Kaine, but is leading a pro-Trump PAC”, in Business Insider UK:

Closely watching the impeachment hearings in our area are so-called Trumpocrats, long-time Democrats who supported Donald Trump in 2016, helping him win Pennsylvania. The Trumpocrats helped flip Pennsylvania from blue to red in 2016.

2019 November 13, Andy Mehalshick, “Trumpocrats weigh in on impeachment hearings”, in PA Homepage:

It’s far too early to take any 2020 polls seriously, but this week’s New York Times poll made news because it shocked the Democrats. The poll found that many “Trumpocrats” — Rust Belt Democrats who supported Trump in 2016 and went back to voting Democratic in 2018 — are planning to vote for Trump again in 2020.

2019 November 30, Paul Bedard, “Weekly Trump Report Card: A Happy Thanksgiving for Trump”, in Washington Examiner:

"I'm a Trumpocrat," Blagojevich said to cheers from onlookers. "If I have the ability to vote, I'm gonna vote for him."

2020 February 20, Sophie Sherry, Stacy St. Clair, “Calling himself a ‘Trumpocrat,’ an unbowed Blagojevich thanks the president”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

(US, politics) A (formerly) Democratic voter who supports U.S. president Donald Trump.

A substantial percentage of those who voted for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primaries switched to support Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, joining Republican Trumpocrats (Sides 2017).

2018, Michael Haas, Why Democracies Flounder and Fail, page 206:

Trump’s secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, says these and other omitted items would not have worked anyway, and that critics are missing the point of the proposals. Since then, Trumpocrats have been out in force to make their case that consumers will be getting relief from high drug prices.

2018 May 23, Philip Moeller, “Column: Not sure what to make of Trump’s drug prices plan? Here’s where to start”, in PBS:

Trumpocrats, however, don't see corruption and rule by special interests as problems.

2020, Paul Krugman, Arguing with Zombies:

(US, politics) A supporter of U.S. president Donald Trump.


coalplex

A proposed form of industrial plant that generates various useful substances from coal and then uses them in further production processes.


Nevuary

Blend of never + January or blend of never + February.

That's the Twelfth of Nevuary, man — like, Oh, Zero, Nought, Nix.

1994, Ciaran Carson, First Language: Poems:

The Bard and I would have written poetry back and forth from now till nevuary. It was your picture that got him here.

2000, Caleen Sinnette Jennings, Inns and Outs: Six Short Plays, Dramatic Publishing, →ISBN, page 75:

Over the course of the day, Pusha has become increasingly evangelical about the merits of Hell Hath No Fury. It goes beyond the Yo, cop my album, droppin Nevuary 23rd rhetoric and goes into near fanatical obsession.

Thursday rolled around and I was clinging to the hot thin hope that I could meet what my editor confirmed as my capital-D Drop-Dead due date, AKA the one that, if missed, would mean a pub date pushed to what might as well be Nevuary, […]

2020, Mitchell Jackson, Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family, Scribner, →ISBN, page 265:

Synonym of Neveruary (“(humorous) never”)


phonotax

phonotax (countable and uncountable, plural phonotaxes)

A blend of phonotactics + syntax or phonology + syntax.

It is crucial for the phoneme structure of Finnish — traditionally /d/ has not been included in the Finnish phonotax, but it fulfils the criteria of a phoneme (Karlsson, 1983: 66-7).

1990, Jarmo Lainio, “Sweden Finnish — development or deterioration?”, in Durk Gorter, editor, Fourth International Conference on Minority Languages: Western and Eastern European papers, Multilingual Matters, →ISBN, page 31:

On the level of word-shape, the phonotax of a language is a first determinant of its style, but the pattern of distribution within that frame is perhaps of equal importance.

2009, Anders Stenström Beregond, “Phonotactic Preferences in the Root Repertories of "Qenya Lexicon" and "The Etymologies"”, in Arda Philology 2: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on J.R.R. Tolkien's Invented Languages, Omentielva Tatya, Antwerp, 8-11 August 2007, Arda Society, →ISBN, page 99:

Finally, names more or less adapted to Greenlandic phonotax will show a few deviations from the declination paradigms: e.g. Suulut ought to become Suulutip in ergative like t-stems use, but will become Suulup.

2012, Karen Langgård, “Considerations about the impact of Danish on the morphology of Kalaallisut”, in Hitomi Otsuka, Cornelia Stroh, Aina Urdze, editors, More Morphologies: Contributions to the Festival of Languages, Bremen, 17 Sep to 7 Oct, 2009, Brockmeyer Verlag, →ISBN, page 10:

(phonology, uncommon) The total sum of a language's phonological or phonotactic rules.


covidiot

Photoshop-skilled social media users altered the poster board to read as 'We have no idea what we're doing' and 'Trump is a Covidiot'

2020 March 15, “We have no idea what we're doing': Social media mercilessly mocks coronavirus test flowchart produced by Trump's crisis team”, in Daily Mail:

The aura of invincibility seemed to ooze off of these entitled covidiots, the term coined to describe those deciding to blissfully and willfully ignore measures put in place to mitigate the spread of the virus.

2020 April 1, John White, “Don't be a covidiot”, in Wetaskiwin Times Advertiser:

A Covidiot party attended by a large number of people was shut down by police in Clydebank.[…] A total of 37 Fixed Penalty Notices were issued for 'breaching Covid regulations'.

2021 March 19, Kathleen Speirs, “Scots cops bust Clydebank Covidiot birthday party as 37 fines handed out”, in Daily Record:

(derogatory, humorous, neologism) A person who is foolishly reckless with respect to avoiding contracting or spreading COVID-19.


girlery

The Girlery of the House of Commons.ᵀᵐ; ladies are very dissatisfied with their gallery at Westminster Palace.

Mrs. Hood has gone to the Girlery (pronounced gallery) of the Freemasons' Hall, to hear, see, and eat and drink all she can.

1873, Thomas Hood, Frances Freeling Broderip, The Works of Thomas Hood:

He was heard to chuckle, and to insinuate that he has been accustomed to disport himself when “between the sheets”; but since nobody under the rank of an Archdeacon or a Little Moore can understand what this implies, such remarks of the Hon. Member were inaudible in the Girlery.

1893, William Chappell, The Roxburghe Ballads - Volume 7, page 97:

A gallery or room set aside for female visitors to a male-only establishment.


musicon

(computing) A short music clip used to indicate something to the user.


wignat

(derogatory, informal) One who claims to support the tenets of white nationalism but uses over-the-top neo-Nazi rhetoric and aesthetics which are rejected by the larger nationalist movement which is concerned with a civil and presentable appearance.

viqnat

white nationalist who uses neo-Nazi rhetoric and imagery


civnat

(politics, informal) A civic nationalist.

(politics, informal) One who subscribes to the ideology of civic nationalism.


pettiloon

Whereabouts dwelt the Amazons, the true assertors of the Rights of Woman, who spurned even the gentle bondage of the pettiloon?

1852 December, Edward Sullivan, “Sullivan's Rambles in North and South America”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 35, number 446, page 680:

Barbara Edler of Omaha, Neb. is a "Pettiloon" specialist. That's a combination of old fashioned petticoat and pantaloons, chic things for square and folk, prettily trimmed with eyelet laces and ribbons, etc.

Lastly, he approves of "Bloomers" and "pettiloons," for he says women will do as they like — he should as soon think of driving the nails into his own coffin, as trying to stop them — "cosy?" — it's unpossible! ' Olive Branch June 28, 1851

1986, Fanny Fern, Joyce W. Warren, Ruth Hall and Other Writings:

She suggested a number of ways women might make the pettiloons visually interesting and attractive. For example, women could follow the "Turkish model" with gathering at the ankle, or allowing for excess fullness and letting the pettiloons "sag" at the ankle.

2001, Gayle V. Fischer, Pantaloons & Power: A Nineteenth-century Dress Reform in the United States:

Here were to be seen, 'in a cart drawn by a donkey, a huge costermonger in caricature costume and a bloomer by his side with cheeks of a high rosy hue and... pink pettiloons of dimensions which put to flight all representations as to the economy of these substitutes for ordinary female costume'.

2017, Don Chapman, Wearing the Trousers:

(historical) An early form of trouser for women, loose-fitting and often gathered at the ankle; the trouser portion of a bloomer costume.


petticoatery

To do at least the first, it was resolved that we should visit the worthy gentleman en masse, to give him, the opportunity of exercising his hospitlity upon the present occasion, an acceptance of which, as he had an extremely agreeable wife, and some remarkably pretty cousins, we naturally preferred to the male, matter-of-fact dinner at our ostelry, which, however agreeable per se, sank to mortal dulness by comparison, in our then young minds , with the coterie, or more properly the petticoatery, at the castellated mansion of our presumed host.

1840, Theodore Edward Hook, Fashionable fictions, page 23:

Immediately the whole coterie (which, in this instance, is an undiluted petticoatery) assembles for consultation.

1849 June, “Letters to the Rev. Charles Fustian”, in Blackwood's Magazine, volume 65, number 404, page 680:

Diplomacy kept its eye upon him ; he was never quite out of the calculations of European statecraft, of foreign offices and embassies, and chancelleries and drawing-rooms, and coteries and petticoateries.

1890, Justin McCarthy, Mrs. Campbell Praed, The Rival Princess, page 102:

In the western countryside again the petticoatery assembles for a feasting of their owd and woe to the man who happens to drop in, or does so for curiosity, upon their cakes and ale:

1970, Budapress Bulletin - Volume 9, Issues 1-25, page 8:


holocash

Everyone knows the holocash is a hoax. It started out as standard war-time propaganda and then the jooz grabbed it as a way to extort billions of $ from germany and other countries.

2010 November 7, Speeders & Drunk Drivers Are Murderers, “Re: Radical Professor Denies the Holocaust”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet):

Indeed. Without the net the truth about 911 would have never been exposed which should make everyone question how much of history is just propaganda from the govt, media, and historians. Are the holocash and moon landings hoaxes?

2010 December 22, Laura Bush murdered her boy friend, “Will TV Fraudcasters ever tell the truth about 911?”, in talk.politics.misc (Usenet):

Speaking of holocash survivors, why are there still so many of them? 70 years after the fact and there's still a million of them out there demanding money.!! More evidence the whole thing is a racket and a hoax.

2011 January 11, Criminal Drivers Murder 35,000 Americans a Year, “Re: The Holocaust® Story Matters. Holocaust Survivors Do Not”, in soc.culture.israel (Usenet):

Like this menorah, many are on public display in Cuba, but nothing beats Castro showing off his jewish roots by commemorating the holocash with a menorah in Havana.

2014 April 2, Fidel Castro – It's the Jews, soc.men

Alternative letter-case form of Holocash


caticorn

I had a caticorn throw pillow for the bed, a caticorn pencil holder for the desk, a caticorn dream catcher to hang on the wall, a caticorn corner bookmark for marking the pages in a book—but what about a light to read by?

2019, Crystal Allen, Caticorn Crafts: 25 Purr-fectly Enchanted Projects:

She had three little caticorns to take care of. And this was her chance to show everyone what a FANGTASTIC big sister she was going to be!

2020, Laura Ellen Anderson, Amelia Fang and the Naughty Caticorns:

A fictional creature which is a cross between a unicorn and a cat, often resembling a cat with a single horn on its forehead.


dollarydoo

Blend of dollar + didgeridoo. A faux-Australianism originally coined as "dollaridoos" by television writers Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein for “Bart vs. Australia”, a 1995 episode of the animated sitcom The Simpsons.

Bruno: "Nine hundred dollaridoos? Tobias! Did you accept a six-hour collect call from the states?"
Tobias: "It was an emergency call from the International Drainage Commission in Springfield."
Bruno: "Oh my God! There's nothing wrong with the bidet, is there?"

1995 February 19, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, “Bart vs. Australia”, in The Simpsons, season 6, episode 17, production code 2F13:

2015 24 December, Cam Tyeson, Merry Christmas to All Y'all, from Yr Gr8 m8s at Pedestrian.tv, Pedestrian.tv.
"And maybe spare a thought - or a spare dollarydoo or two - for those less fortunate than you.

2016 23 March, Shayen de Silva, Premiere: A picture of restlessness and weathered love, Tom Stephens will leave you heartbroken on Down to Rest, Happymag.tv.
"Tickets will be available at the door for a cool 10 dollarydoos."

Bandit: "I'd like that one, please."
Bluey: "Four hundred dollarydoos."

2018 October 6, Joe Brumm, “The Weekend”, in Bluey, season 1, episode 6:

2019 12 May, Labor Will Pump Over $30 Million Into Aussie Music, Ban Scalpers If It Wins The Election, Musicfeeds.com.au.
"Opposition leader Bill Shorten & co popped the cork on their arts funding plan at Melbourne’s Espy this weekend, allocating a mouth-watering $20 million dollarydoos to the Australian Music Live Music Fund to support live music venues, hotels, restaurants, cafes, festivals, precinct events and musos."

(Australia, informal, finance) The Australian dollar.

Bart vs. Australia
Bill Oakley
Josh Weinstein
The Simpsons


petiquette

(informal) good manners of a pet animal, or when dealing with pet animals


Italexit

Blend of Italy + exit, modelled on earlier Brexit.

(politics) The (possible) act of Italy's secession from the European Union.


bisphossy jaw

(pathology) A side-effect and disease caused by the consumption of bisphosphonate-based medications, resulting in the death of the jawbone, and other rapidly regenerating bone tissues.


coronavirology

Progress has been rapid in coronavirology during the last few years, and interesting insights have been gained for virology in general.

1988, W. Spaan, “Coronaviruses: Structure and Genome Expression”, in Journal of General Virology, volume 69, page 2939:

The cloning/sequencing phase of coronavirology for which the 1980's will be partly remembered, has provided a sound framework for further studies of the virus structural proteins and also some provocative insights relevant to these studies.

1991, David Cavanagh, Coronaviruses and their Diseases, page v:

A key determinant of virus pathogenesis is the distribution of host cell receptor for the virus in question. This aspect of coronavirology has been reviewed.

2000, Madeleine W. Cunningham, Effects of Microbes on the Immune System, page 333:

(virology) The scientific study of coronaviruses.


coronavirologist

Coronaviruses were declared a distinct virus group by Tyrrell and an international group of coronavirologists in 1968, on the basis of their appearance under the electron microscope after negative staining, ether lability and RNA content.

1987, Susan Gale Robbins, Molecular Interactions in the Replication of Mouse Hepatitis Virus:

Evidently, this will be the major challenge for coronavirologists in the years to come.

1995, S. Siddell, The Coronaviridae, page 134:

As a coronavirologist, I am tempted to translate the eponymic prefix as ‘crown’ and confer the regal attribute to my favourite viruses.

2004 April 1, Marian C Horzinek, “The bright future of coronavirology”, in Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery:

Before the emergence of the original SARS, the study of coronaviruses was a professional backwater. “There has been such a deluge of attention on we coronavirologists,” said Susan R. Weiss, a virologist at the University of Pennsylvania. “It is quite in contrast to previously being mostly ignored.”

2020 June 2, Alan Burdick, “Monster or Machine? A Profile of the Coronavirus at 6 Months”, in The New York Times:

(virology) A scientist who studies coronaviruses.


coronavirion

Recent biochemical studies have revealed that the single-stranded RNA of several coronaviruses is polyadenylated, indicating that it is probably of positive polarity, and the genome of infectious bronchitis virus has been reported to be infectious, supporting evidence that the coronavirion RNA has a message function.

1979 January, Douglas A. Kennedy, “Inhibition of coronavirus 229E replication by actinomycin D”, in Journal of Virology, volume 29, number 1, page 401:

Coronavirions are pleomorphic, although generally spherical, 60 to 220 nm in diameter and bear widely spaced, club-shaped surface projections about 20 nm in length.

1983, Stuart Siddell, “The Biology of Coronaviruses”, in Journal of General Virology, volume 64, page 761:

Our cryo-tomograms of whole coronavirions provide direct insight into the 3D structure of CoVs, revealing important features of the virion envelope and the RNP.

2009 January 13, Montserrat Bárcena, “Cryo-electron tomography of mouse hepatitis virus: Insights into the structure of the coronavirion”, in PNAS, volume 106, number 2, page 582:

(virology) An individual particle of a coronavirus.


caulini

Brassica oleracea
Brassica oleracea#Translingual

(hybrid of broccoli): A hybridized cultivar of Brassica oleracea (broccoli) exhibiting features which resemble both cauliflower and broccolini.


Cavoodle

A crossbreed dog, the offspring of a poodle and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.


chromoclasm

Coined by Michel Pastoureau as Blend of chroma + iconoclasm

The preference for sombre, dark clothing does not only reflect "bourgeois" values, but also what Pastoreau characterises as the "chromoclasm" or "war against colour" being an important dimension in the new Christian morals of Protestantism - in fact, Pastoureau actually links this "chromoclasm" explicitly to the distinct cultural opposition between black and white and colour in cinema.

2006, Eirik Frisfold Hanssen, Early Discourses on Colour and Cinema:

There is no clear evidence that the polychromy of altarpieces was at that stage wilfully removed or overpainted, which would suggest chromoclasm, a term coined by Michel Pastoureau.

2014, Hannelore Hägele, The Eye and the Beholder, page 75:

Protestant chromoclasm, whether Lutheran or Calvinist, involved the church and the worship service first of all. For the great reformers, the presence of color was excessive there; it had to be reduced or eliminated.

2019, Michel Pastoureau, tr. Jody Gladding, Yellow: The History of a Color, page 140:

The elimination or reduction of colorfulness for religious reasons.


idiotor

Echoes of Mallock's arguments are still in the air, and every time some "idiotor" of a great daily wants to write a rant against the “Reds” he grabs his well-worn copy of Mallock, breathes in some of its inspiration and then blows it out into a long-winded, big-worded “idiotorial” on Socialism.

1922, August Claessens, The Trinity of Plunder, page 20:

As a rule the leader of the separate school drive is some ecclesiastical clown, some pusillanimous pedagogue, some piecounter politician (more spiritous than spiritual), some real estate dealer who has risen above “the mired mass” by robbing the “mired mass,” and shoving them farther in the mire, or some editor (idiotor), long on inspiration and short on information.

1925, The Messenger - Volume 7, page 197:

The world is full of second third and fourth rate idiotors, I mean editors/rejectors, who have forgotten how to read because of an excess of consummation.

1998, Larry McCaffery, Thomas Hartl, Doug Rice, Federman A to X-X-X-X: a recyclopedic narrative, page 146:

(informal, humorous) An editor who makes idiotic decisions or writes idiotorials.


idiotorial

Doubtless you, gentle reader, are giving yourself over to the frivolity of glancing this way in the same spirit of novelty that impelled us to write an idiotorial that really said something.

The head over the idiotorial was: "WINCHELL THE COCKROACH!"

1975, Walter Winchell, Winchell exclusive: "things that happened to me--and me to them:

Sukoff is already on his cell assigning the shocking story to one of his non-union stooges at the PlaGa meanwhile dictating an enraged idiotorial that's supposed to pass as the opinion of the whole soulless paper.

2013, Robert Arellano, Don Dimaio of La Plata:

(informal, humorous) An editorial expressing an idiotic opinion.


soloprov

I think performing soloprov would give me even more stagefright than I usually get doing improv with my team.

She mentioned a 15-minute set of "soloprov" where De La Bruere played all of the characters.

2017 March 16, Brent Hallenbeck, “Check out these up-and-coming comics”, in Burlington Free Press, archived from the original on 2020-03-31:

How do you rehearse for a soloprov show? Do you have any rituals?

2018 July 9, Holly, “Funny at the Fringe – Interview – Peter Marino – Show Up”, in Phoenix Remix, archived from the original on 2020-03-31:

I've also been using that time to put up soloprov showcases, where we have really great rotating lineups of both new and experienced solo improvisers.

2020 January 25, Alex Finch, “Interview: Michelle Drozdick”, in Comedy to Watch, archived from the original on 2020-03-31:

improvisational comedy
improvisational comedy#English

(comedy) Improv (usually improvisational comedy) performed by a single improviser.


Stormpilot

Stephanie didn't immediately latch onto Stormpilot after her first viewing of The Force Awakens, but now sees the developing relationship as playing on classic romantic beats.

2016 February, “Stormpilot: The Breakout Couple Of 2015”, in Colorblock Magazine, page 13:

The popularity of Stormpilot as a slash pairing is grounded in canonical signifiers, as Andrew Wheeler (2016) writes: […]

2017, Anastasia Salter, Bridget Blodgett, Toxic Geek Masculinity in Media: Sexism, Trolling, And Identity Politics, page 199:

The ambiguity act doesn't work as well for Boyega and Isaac, but The Rise of Skywalker appears to offer Stormpilot shippers (and you know who you are) no definitive reason to jump ship.

2019, André Hereford, “Forceful Finale”, in Metro Weekly, 16 December - 26 December 2019, page 39:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Finn and Poe Dameron from Star Wars.


Bellarke

I ship Bellarke (Bellamy and Clarke from The 100) so hard.

2016, Kiara London, Kiss Cam, unnumbered page:

This was an especially touching scene because every fan wants Bellarke.

2018, Ainsley O'Quinn & Russ Upton, "New season of The 100 brings many changes", The Sentry (Jackson Preparatory School), May 2018, page 18

Two distinct communities coalesce around fans of Clexa and fans of Bellarke.

2019, Erin Kenny, “'Ship Wars' and the OTP: Narrating Desire, Literate Agency, and Emerging Sexualities in Fanfiction of The 100”, in Ingrid E. Castro, Jessica Clark, editors, Child and Youth Agency in Science Fiction: Travel, Technology, Time, page 195:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Bellamy Blake and Clarke Griffin from The 100 novel series and its television adaptation.


Kylux

(Examples: how people feel about Reylo, how people perceive Kylux, etc.)

2016, "Dark Side of the Mind", quoted in Kimberly Leerkes, "Fandom As A Remixing Culture", thesis submitted to the University of Amsterdam, page 87

In May 2016, a month after TFA was available for legal download and purchase on DVD, Kylux was already the most popular pairing in the fandom with over two thousand stories; […]

2017 December, Cait Coker, Karen Viars, “Welcoming the Dark Side?: Exploring Whitelash and Actual Space Nazis in TFA Fanfiction”, in NANO: New American Notes Online, volume 12:

On the other hand, a handful of my Mutuals ship Kylux […]

2018, Indira J. C. Neill, "Tumblr as Platform Architecture, User Experience, and Interaction Artifacts", dissertation submitted to the University of Illinois at Chicago, page 102

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Kylo Ren and Armitage Hux from Star Wars.


Clexa

This year, in the truly perfect hour of television that was 3.03, Clexa progressed from adversaries to unbreakable partners.

2016 March 9, Vidya Srinivasan, “Reshop, Heda”, in The Tufts Daily, Tufts University, page 6:

Many fan videos in the Clexa fandom put the emphasis on the relationship between the two characters, aggregating scenes from different episodes.

2018, Mélanie Bourdaa, “A Strong Social Bond: Discussion, Debates and Friendship”, in Paul Booth, editor, A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies, page 394:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Clarke Griffin and Lexa from the television series The 100.


Reylo

In The Force Awakens fandom, for example, there is a vocal contingent of anti-Reylo fans, […]

2018, Kristina Busse, “Afterword: Fannish Affect and Its Aftermath”, in Rebecca Williams, editor, Everybody Hurts: Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures, page 217:

It has now been a month since my last letter to you, and Reylo is closer to becoming canon than ever.

2018, anonymous author, “Letters to Editors”, in Lot's Wife, Monash University, Edition 2 (2018), page 3:

The final instalment of this Star Wars trilogy will be in our cinemas in December to answer all our burning questions: will Reylo ever happen?

2019, Emily Webb-Mortimer, "2019: year of the remake?", InQuire (University of Kent), 25 January 2019, page 15

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Rey and Kylo Ren from Star Wars.


engelang

/ˈɛnd͡ʒˌlæŋ/

(conlanging) A language designed to test or prove hypotheses about language; an engineered language.


gammacoronaviral

Our high-resolution data have enabled a precise study of transcription and translation in cells infected with both pathogenic and attenuated forms of IBV and expand our understanding of gammacoronaviral gene expression.

2019 August, Adam M. Dinan, Sarah Keep, Erica Bickerton, Paul Britton, Andrew E. Firth, Ian Brierley, “Comparative Analysis of Gene Expression in Virulent and Attenuated Strains of Infectious Bronchitis Virus at Subcodon Resolution”, in Journal of Virology, volume 93, number 18, →DOI, page 1:

(virology) Relating to gammacoronaviruses.


Adlock

Adlock fans cite the episode "A Scandal in Belgravia" as evidence of Sherlock Holmes' enduring love for "the Woman," Irene Adler.

2016, Jennifer Phillips, Katharina Freund, “Engaging with 'Herself': Fandom and Authorship in the Age of Tumblr”, in Valerie Estelle Frankel, editor, Adoring Outlander: Essays on Fandom, Genre and the Female Audience, page 36:

As you've probably gathered, I do not ship Johnlock. I can roll with pretty much any Sherlock ship, except that one and Adlock.

2018, Daneel, quoted in Katie Wilson, "Red Pillers, Sad Puppies, and Gamergaters: The State of Male Privilege in Internet Fan Communities", in A Companion to Media Fandom and Fan Studies (ed. Paul Booth), page 434

The ships most likely to be attacked are those which feature a male/female pairing such as Sherlolly, Adlock (Irene Adler/Sherlock), and Warstan (John Watson/Mary Morstan), […]

2019, E. J. Nielsen, “The Gay Elephant Meta In The Room: Sherlock And The Johnlock Conspiracy”, in Joseph Brennan, editor, Queerbaiting and Fandom: Teasing Fans Through Homoerotic Possibilities, pages 87–88:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler from the television series Sherlock.


Mystrade

The latter include Lestrade (as played by Graves) appreciation and fanfic sites [URLS redacted], a significant strand of (self-evidently, fanon/non-canon) ‘Mystrade’ slash activity, in which Lestrade is imagined to be in a romantic/sexual relationship, or even civil partnership, with Mycroft Holmes (played by Sherlock’s co-creator, Mark Gatiss) […]

2011 November, Claire Monk, “Heritage Film Audiences 2.0: Period Film Audiences and Online Fan Cultures”, in Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 7, number 2, page 474:

It seems natural in the context of fandom that Mystrade and Wincest are important generic categories, or that Kirk and Spock is an entirely different fictional animal from Kirk/Spock.

2013, Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, page 361:

[…] whereas SailorChibi's Walking Together is labelled an 'AU' featuring 'Johnlock & mentions of Mystrade'.

2016, Maria Lindgren Leavenworth, “Paratextual Navigation as a Research Method: Fan Fiction Archives and Reader Instructions”, in Gabriele Griffin, editor, Research Methods for Reading Digital Data in the Digital Humanities, page 62:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Mycroft Holmes and Greg Lestrade from the television series Sherlock.


alphacoronaviral

[Caption of figure 3:] (C and D) MTase assays of alphacoronaviral nsp16 (C) and betacoronaviral nsp16 (D) stimulated by the noncognate nsp10 from a coronavirus of the same genus.

2015 August, Wang YSun YWu Aet al., “Coronavirus nsp10/nsp16 Methyltransferase Can Be Targeted by nsp10-Derived Peptide In Vitro and In Vivo To Reduce Replication and Pathogenesis”, in Journal of Virology, volume 89, number 16, →DOI, page 8421:

Topology of the HCoV-NL63 M protein has not been assessed yet, but one may assume that alphacoronaviral M proteins may adopt Nₑₓₒ-Cₑₓₒ topology allowing for C-terminal modification.

2018 September 5, Naskalska ADabrowska ANowak PSzczepanski AJasik KMilewska Aet al., “Novel coronavirus-like particles targeting cells lining the respiratory tract”, in PLoS ONE, volume 13, number 9, →DOI, page 16:

(virology) Relating to alphacoronaviruses.


betacoronaviral

S1 Fig. Sequence alignment of betacoronaviral Mᵖʳᵒ. Modified from an output from ESPript [36].

2015 December 14, Ho B-L, Cheng S-C, Shi L, Wang T-Y, Ho KI, Chou C-Y, “Critical Assessment of the Important Residues Involved in the Dimerization and Catalysis of MERS Coronavirus Main Protease”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, number 12, →DOI, page 15:

(virology) Relating to betacoronaviruses.


Batsquatch

The closest thing to what the caller describes is a creature called the Batsquatch. Batsquatch is seen at Mount St. Helens. Some people theorize that when Mount St. Helens erupted it also opened up a dimensional portal, ...

2011, Paul Dale Roberts, Shannon McCabe, H.P.I. Chronicles, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 337:

page 58: Unlike the sugar glider, however, this creature displayed the trademark glowing red eyes of a Batsquatch, and was the size of a human.
page 61: Batsquatches never need feel lonely in the Texas sky; apparently a wide variety of anomalous flying creatures patrol the state from the Panhandle to the Mexican border.

2014, Linda S. Godfrey, American Monsters: A History of Monster Lore, Legends, and Sightings in America, Penguin, →ISBN:

Looking around the woods, Gabe wondered if their bear encounter ruined their chances of seeing a Batsquatch. Then, he spotted something high in one of the half-burned trees. For a second, he wondered if it might be a bear cub […]

2014, Jan Fields, Hunt for Sewer Gators, ABDO, →ISBN, page 11:

"Perhaps it's the Batsquatch," she said, laughing at her joke. Sadie didn't laugh. She knew very well what it was. The creature drew closer, giving both girls a true impression of its size. "It can't be," said Candice. "It's the Batsquatch, isn't it?"

2018, Steve Wilson, Around the World in 366 Tales - February Frights, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 17:

Batsquatch, pterosaurs and the River Man. She had three weeks in Washington State tracking down the local legends. There was nothing ordinary about her job as the biologist on the television show Cryptid or Hoax?

2020, Shona Husk, Close to the Truth, HarperCollins Australia, →ISBN:

A mythical flying creature (cryptid) supposedly sighted around Mount St. Helens in the United States, resembling a flying, bat-winged (sometimes bat-eared) primate (either considered one specific creature, or a species).


parentlock

Especially because of Season Three's depiction of heavily pregnant Mary in "His Last Vow," fans who ship Johnlock are more likely to consider the inclusion of a Watson baby within the parentlock narrative of Sherlock and John.

2016, Alyxis Smith, “Fan Fiction as an Argument: Arguing for Johnlock through the Roles of Women and Explicit Sex Scenes in Sherlock Fan Fiction”, in Lynnette Porter, editor, Who Is Sherlock?: Essays on Identity in Modern Holmes Adaptations, page 164:

The relevant tags here were very similar to LJ, if phrased slightly differently: e.g., parentlock (portmanteau of parent + Sherlock), military John, genderswap, mpreg.

2017, Judith May Fathallah, Fanfiction and the Author: How Fanfic Changes Popular Cultural Texts, page 65:

All of these AU parentlock stories or series become "alternate" because of a change in the Sherlock-John relationship and the inclusion of a child who becomes theirs.

2018, Jennifer Wojton, Lynnette Porter, Sherlock and Digital Fandom: The Meeting of Creativity, Community and Advocacy, page 41:

(Sherlock fandom slang) A subgenre of Sherlock fan fiction in which Sherlock and John raise a child or children together.


openwash

en-verb

openwash (third-person singular simple present openwashes, present participle openwashing, simple past and past participle openwashed)

openwashes (present singular third-person)
openwashing (participle present)
openwashed (participle past)
openwashed (past)

Over all, one cannot reduce the skills needed for collaboration to skills in joint publishing. On the other hand, the collaborative skills needed should still be knowledge skills, so the aim is to not 'openwash' the knowledge processes.

2015, Kristian Møller, Moltke Martiny, “Embodying Investigations of Cerebral Palsy: A Case of Open Cognitive Science”, in Kristian Moltke Martiny, Allan Alfred Birkegaard Hansted, editors, Open Mind means Open Media, page 230:

Perhaps we should change tack: instead of talking about opening up education, which is in effect leading to many attempts to outsource education to (quasi-)commercial organizations who “openwash” their activities, shouldn't we aim to develop an educational rendering of openness

2018, KU Leuven, Sketching a Place for Education in Times of Learning:

In the sector of information and knowledge production, some publishers openwash by making proprietary content accessible ahead of publication or by arbitrarily distributing digital copies of published Versions of Record to authors that are for personal use.

2020, Kevin Sanders, Simon Bowie, “Open or Ajar? Openness within the Neoliberal Academy”, in Preprints:

To market something as open (without proprietary licensing) when it does not meet all the criteria of openness.


Clintasha

There’s a lot of hate from the Clintasha crowd. It was never my intention that they were an item.

2015, Joss Whedon, quoted in Noelene Clark, "‘Avengers’ director plunges into Black Widow controversy", Pocono Record, 9 May 2015

Another example would be "Clintasha," the fan-coupling of Clint Barton and Natasha Romanoff, who make a complete turnaround from their relationship in the first Avengers.

2015, Addie Bass & Gina Appleby, "Avengers Age of Ultron: Is It Worthy?", The Little Hawk (Iowa City High School), 2 June 2015, page A15

YaelLouder: All of your Clintasha fic is kind of fluffy.

2019, Katherine Locke, “Some Days You're The Sidekick; Some Days You're The Superhero”, in Katherine Locke, Laura Silverman, editors, It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories, unnumbered page:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Clint Barton (Hawkeye) and Natasha Romanoff (Black Widow) from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.


Thorki

This book is not a work of fan fiction, nor a book of spells. There are no runes for casting nor Thorki weddings to attend.

2015, Pepi Valderrama, Geek Anthropology of Loki's Army, page 7:

The images of Thorki […] represent a range of implied possibilities between the characters--from romantic longings to more explicit imagery.

2015, Matthew Alan Cicci, "Turning The Page: Fandoms, Multimodality, And The Transformation Of The 'Comic Book' Superhero", dissertation submitted to Wayne State University, page 91

Some fans of the couple of Thorki are from a Marvel fan circle, which also belongs to the Western culture fan circles; however, some Asian culture fans will also be interested due to the fact that Thorki reflected a seme-uke couple pattern of a muscular and straightforward seme and a tsundere cunning uke.

2019, Nishang Li, "'Rotten Culture': From Japan to China", thesis submitted to the University of Victoria, pages 51-52

(fandom slang) The incestuous ship of adoptive brothers Thor and Loki from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.


Stony

The "Stony" fandom takes the comic remediation ship or genderswap and removes it from its aesthetic relationship by placing it within a new remediated work.

2013 July, Poe Johnson, “Cultural Memory as Fandom Ideology in the Remediated World”, in The Phoenix Papers, volume 1, number 2, page 51:

It tugged at my heartstrings with Steve's memories, as well as giving me so many Stony feels.

2013 July, “Fandoms Assemble 2013 Fanfic Awards”, in Fandoms Assemble, page 21:

The largest ships in the MCU are “Stucky” (Steve Rogers AKA Captain America and Bucky Barnes AKA the Winter Soldier) and “Stony” (Steve Rogers and Tony Stark AKA Iron Man).

2016, Olivia Riley, "Queerness and Emotion in Fanfiction", thesis submitted to the University of Minnesota, page 10

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Steve Rogers (Captain America) and Tony Stark (Iron Man) from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.


Percabeth

Blend of Percy + Annabeth. In this case, "Percy" is short for Perseus.

Though Percabeth didn't spend much time in the spotlight in "The Blood of Olympus," what little I saw of their romance felt rather clichéd.

2014, Mei Baek, "'The Blood of Olympus'", tjTODAY (Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology), 16 October 2014, page 11

Finishing the book with much dissapointment for the lack of Percabeth in The Lost Hero, I waited patiently for the 2nd book.

2014, Areeba Amer, "The Fangirl Who Waited", The GHS Torch (Greenhill Junior Classical League), November 2014, page 3

I should upload something new. Or even one of my more decent older pieces. I have a whole bunch I've photographed and saved on my phone. All my ships, straight-up kissing: Inej and Nina, Percabeth, a few original characters.

2018, Becky Albertalli, Leah on the Offbeat, unnumbered page:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Percy Jackson and Annabeth Chase from the Camp Half-Blood Chronicles franchise.


Merthur

The bromance between Merthur remains intact, and it was great to see Merlin get his own back by slapping the king.

2012, Jodie Tyley, “Merlin Series Five: Volume One”, in SciFiNow, number 74, page 73:

Thousands of Merlin/Arthur stories were uploaded to www.fanfiction.net, in addition to other fan sites dedicated to 'Merthur', as the pairing became known.

2015, Philippa Semper, “'Camelot must come before all else': Fantasy and Family in the BBC Merlin”, in Gail Ashton, editor, Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture, page 123:

Given some viewers' objections to the presence of Gwen on Merlin, it is perhaps unsurprising that the most popular "ship" (fandom term for relationship) in the fandom is Merther—the undeniable connection between the young wizard and the monarch he serves so devotedly.

2019, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games, page 96:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Merlin and Arthur Pendragon from the television series Merlin.


Hinny

Below are two images of fan art which represents the Hinny ship.

2014, Zakia Jeewa, "Social Network Fandoms & Online Role-Playing: Harry Potter and The Vampire Diaries Fans on Twitter", thesis submitted to the University of KwaZulu-Natal, page 99

On the other hand, one of the ships I hate is Hinny, a.k.a. Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley.

2015 February 13, Rebecca Fartharly, “What are your favourite fictional ships?”, in inQuire, University of Kent, page 10:

And that's my not at all biased take on why Hinny are the perfect couple.

2017, Andrew, "Romance in HP: Hinny", HPReadathon, Issue 2, February 2017, page 2

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley of the Harry Potter series.


Ichabbie

Much has been made of the sexual tension between "Ichabbie."

2014 October 2, Laura Prudom, “'Sleepy Hollow' Season 2: Tom Mison on 'Ichabbie,' Jealousy and the Battle with War”, in The Niles Bugle, page 23:

Many fan blog posts argued that writers of Sleepy Hollow betrayed its Ichabbie shippers through their refusal to fully consummate the relationship.

2017, Evan Jeremy Johnson, "But The Crowd Was Not Satisfied: Blackface Minstrelsy And Lynching As Fandoms Of The Remediated Black Body", thesis submitted to the University of Texas at Dallas, page 78

Fans who had enjoyed the dynamic of Abbie and Crane did not appreciate the re-introduction of Katrina, as she stifled their relationship in a number of ways, breaking up the Ichabbie dynamic for marital spats.

2020, Karen J. Tuthill-Jones, "Brains, Brawn, and Beguilement: Major Female Characters on FOX's Sleepy Hollow, in Cinematic Women, From Objecthood to Heroism: Essays on Female Gender (ed. Lisa V. Mazey), page 99

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Ichabod Crane and Abbie Mills from the television series Sleepy Hollow.


Rumbelle

Many Rumbelle stories take place after Belle and Rumple have already undergone a terrible loss, using the hurt/comfort trope to show how they cope afterwards.

2014, Christa M. Baxter, "The Challenge of Happily Ever After: How Once Upon a Time Fanfic Fairy Tales Model Strategies for Ordinary Life Challenges", thesis submitted to Brigham Young University, page 19

We'd obviously be bummed to lose Giles Matthey as Rumbelle's adorably evil baby boy, but at least there's still some hope that the couple can get their baby back instead of missing out on his entire life.

2017, Lindsay Macdonald, "'Once Upon A Time': All Hope Is Not Lost For Gideon", TV Weekly (Magic Valley Times-News), 29 January - 4 February 2017, page 12

Fan websites indicate that the "Rumbelle" couple has become a fan-favorite specifically because viewers of the show relate to Rumple as an imperfect man and can identify with his rocky love relationship.

2019, Claudia Schwabe, Craving Supernatural Creatures: German Fairy-Tale Figures in American Pop Culture, unnumbered page:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Rumpelstiltskin and Belle from the television series Once Upon a Time.


Olitz

In the latest episode, "Like Father, Like Daughter," Olitz reunites after months apart while she was in hiding with Jake.

2014 October 24, Chloe Gilke, “The trouble with Olivia and Fitz”, in The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan, page 5:

What has also been a long-standing narrative from the point of view of fans is how Scandal has been profoundly silent on the issue of race, particularly in the portrayal of Olitz.

2019, Kavyta Kay, “#Olitz”, in Simone Adams, Kimberly R. Moffitt, Ronald L. Jackson, editors, Gladiators in Suits: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Representation in Scandal, page 187:

Olitz subverts 'post-race', liberal society's expectation of mono-racial intimacy based on an understanding of reproductive heterosexuality (Zack, 1993).

2019, Shirley Anne Tate, Decolonising Sambo: Transculturation, Fungibility and Black and People of Colour Futurity, page 135:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Olivia Pope and Fitzgerald "Fitz" Grant from the television series Scandal.


turncurtovirus

(virology) Any virus of the genus Turncurtovirus.


troons

For quotations using this term, see Citations:troons.


petroculture

en-noun

petroculture (countable and uncountable, plural petrocultures)

From a vantage point twenty years hence, as the study of petroculture and petrofiction develops, the question remains pressing: why is it that this mineral, utterly pervasive in the everyday lives of people in developed economies, remains mostly "offshore" in social and cultural consciousness, surfacing now and again in the wake of foreign wars, gas price hikes, or Gulf-of-Mexico-type disasters?

2012 March-April, Graeme Macdonald, “Oil and world literature”, in American Book Review, volume 33, number 3:

This essay addresses the sight of petroculture, which is to say it examines how the global oil industry is represented, and how this, in turn, conditions vision.

2017, Sheena Wilson, Adam Carlson, Imre Szeman, Petrocultures: Oil, Politics, Culture, page 222:

For scholars such as Macdonald, among others discussed in this chapter, contemporary culture is a petroculture, where fossil fuels have shaped the character and form of the modern (Buell 2012; LeMenager 2012; Wilson and Pendakis 2012; Barrett and Worden 2014; Szeman and Boyer 2017).

2017, Derek Gladwin, Ecological Exile: Spatial Injustice and Environmental Humanities:

Music is not simply a passive observer of the plastic age. It is an active contributor to petrocapitalism, an agent of petroculture.

2019, Kyle Devine, Decomposed: The Political Ecology of Music, page 100:

A culture that is dependant on and shaped by oil and petrochemicals.


petroculture

Res: Inorganic and organic compounds of vanadium; diazo compounds; chemical and microbiological tests for vitamins; feeding and agronomie value of fermentation products: insect repellents; marketing amino acids; physiology of egg production; industrial wastes; petroculture crops: nutritional value of ethanol; oxidation-reduction potential in the rumen.

1977, American men & women of science: Consultants 1977, page 657:

Petroculture is like agriculture, except that plants are grown to be processed into fuels, plastics, building materials and other replacements for nonrenewable resources.

1979, The Cattleman - Volume 66, page 90:

The cultivation of crops that can be processed into products that currently require the use of petrochemicals.


Snily

A classic example is Jily (James/Lily) vs. Snily (Snape/Lily), which even had its own debate at LeakyCon.

2013 October, “Why Victoria (@timelinenargles) Keeps Calm And Ships Jily”, in Fandoms Assemble, page 18:

"If Snily had been a thing, there would have been no Harry Potter."

2014, Alice Oseman, Solitaire, unnumbered page:

The acronym OTP (One True Pairing) is used by many fans to emphasize their favourite ships ('I ship Snarry, but Snily is my OTP').

2015, Amanda K. Allen, “Social Networking, Participatory Culture and the Fandom World of Harry Potter”, in Gail Ashton, editor, Medieval Afterlives in Contemporary Culture, page 279:

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


Jily

For example, Rattlesnakeroot writes "I, for one, am glad to see "Lames" or "Jily" fall from grace and crash to pieces like the plaster saints they are. I'm so sick of the romantic picture of them that keeps permeating the various sites. *gag*" [11].

2014, Zoe Alderton, “'Snapewives' and 'Snapeism': A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions, volume 5, number 1, page 224:

Be prepared for some adorable Jily fluff towards the end haha.

2017, Meg, "Fanfic Recommendation", HPReadathon, October 2017, page 9

(fandom slang) The ship of characters James Potter and Lily Potter of the Harry Potter series.


acafandom

acafandom (countable and uncountable, plural acafandoms)

Rather than scholars being free to choose to act as differential interpretive communities with divergent norms and discursive practices (Brooker 2011), meaning that the identities cannot be united without losing sight of these contexts (or, indeed, losing sight of the precise micro-context within which such a union may seem more possible, e.g. TV Studies or fan studies where acafandom has arguably been normalised for a generation of researchers).

2012, Matt Hills, “'Proper Distance' In The Ethical Positioning Of Scholar-Fandoms: Between Academics' And Fans' Moral Economies?”, in Katherine Larsen, editor, Fan Culture: Theory/Practice, pages 16–17:

The feminist aca-fandom of Ginger Snaps needs to be seen in the context of an overall change in horror fandom demographics (where college-educated women now make up a near-majority faction).

2013, Ernest Mathijs, John Fawcett's Ginger Snaps, page 100:

I wish what Jenkins asserts was entirely true, but in reality, I have lost count of the number of Harry Potter studies colleagues who have been challenged, marginalized, or outright threatened because of their publication and scholarship in this area. "Serious" scholars do not engage in acafandom.

2018, Christopher E. Bell, “Introduction”, in Christopher E. Bell, editor, Inside the World of Harry Potter: Critical Essays on the Books and Films, page 3:

(fandom slang) The community or sphere of acafans.


LMFAOOL

(Internet slang, vulgar) Initialism of laughing my fucking ass/arse off out loud.


Grindeldore

The day after the release of Deathly Hallows, the community Grindeldore appeared on Livejournal.com. Dedicated to "[f]anworks and discussion on Grindelwald/Dumbledore," the community became a locus for fanfiction, fan art, and fan essays ("meta") on the relationship.

2008, Catherine Tosenberger, "'Oh my God, the Fanfiction!': Dumbledore's Outing and the Online Harry Potter Fandom", Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Volume 33, Number 2, Summer 2008, page 201:

After all, it was immediately after the seventh book release at Prophecy, a fan convention in Toronto, that I first encountered the idea of a "Grindeldore" pairing.

2010, Joel Meredith, “Our Business: Why I'm Glad J. K. Rowling Outed Albus Dumbledore”, in Sharon K. Goetz, editor, Terminus: Collected Papers on Harry Potter, 7-11 August 2008, page 137:

The circle on the front poster of the calendar binds Grindeldore together.

2018 September, S. P. Sipal, “Did Dumbledore And Grindelwald Make An Unbreakable Vow As Teens?”, in The Rowling Library Magazine, number 21, page 24:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Gellert Grindelwald and Albus Dumbledore of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts franchises.


Tunalock

(There is, for example, an enormous genre of fan-made visual art depicting Sherlock Holmes as an anthropomorphic tuna: collectively, Tunalock. It would confuse Sidney Paget, but I find it hilarious and rejoice in its existence.)

2015, Zach Dundas, The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes, page 255:

If the proponents of Tunalock (Holmes and Watson are fishes) or Farmlock (cows), the fans who post pictures of Martin Freeman on Tumblr and the devotees of crossover fanfic, want to claim the name of Sherlockians, they are welcome to it.

2017, Christoper Redmond, About Being a Sherlockian: 60 Essays Celebrating the Sherlock Holmes Community, page 7:

Perhaps the strangest AU is tunalock, with Sherlock as a fish wearing a scarf.

2018, Jennifer Wojton, Lynnette Porter, Sherlock and Digital Fandom: The Meeting of Creativity, Community and Advocacy, page 36:

(Sherlock fandom slang) A subgenre of Sherlock fan fiction and fanart portraying Sherlock Holmes as a tuna or tuna-headed reverse mermaid.


flexivore

en-adj

flexivore (comparative more flexivore, superlative most flexivore)

more flexivore (comparative)
most flexivore (superlative)

(of food, a diet, etc.) Being what a flexivore might eat.


actroid

A form of android that can function as an actor / actress


tablemount

The theory that the tablemounts were decapitated by great oscillations of sea level, owing to water becoming locked up in ice caps or to some other cause, seems to be definitely ruled out, since the peaks are not concordant.

1959 January, Robert S. Dietz, “Drowned Ancient Islands of the Pacific”, in New Scientist, volume 5, number 111, page 16:

This study recommended establishment as preserves an abyssal trench, an underseas tablemount, and an atoll.

1966, Naturalist - Volumes 17-19, page 257:

Frequently, tops of tablemounts contain evidence of shallow-water conditions (such as ancient coaral reeef deposits) that were carried with it into deeper water.

2005, Alan P. Trujillo, Harold V. Thurman, Essentials of Oceanography, page 65:

A seamount with a flat top; synonym of guyot.


brolationship

Blend of bro (“male comrade or friend”) + relationship.

blend

Dudes in a brolationship share more feelings with each other than with their girlfriends.

2013 February 12, Patrick Nguyen, “Bromance, Bro”, in The Lighthouse, University of Alberta, page 5:

This is Jensen, one of Jordan's best friends. They live two houses apart. They both do the same things: they sleep, eat, and cause trouble. And their brolationship has never been broken.

2017, Jensen Abhau, The Chronicles of the Toilet Ghost, unnumbered page:

“I think this is going to be the beginning of a beautiful brolationship.”

2018, Sergio Pereira, The Not-So-Grim Reaper, unnumbered page:

(slang) The camaraderie or bond between male friends.


obligala

If Missy Pennington had let her qualms about writing an "obligala" story stop her, we would have missed reading her sexy, humorous "Hardball."

1998 July 25, GravesPA2, “No rules, just ruminations”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

Of course, I'm halfway through my giftfic which I think should be this year's version of the obligala, so everyone who's speculating, get writing instead!! C'mon, folks, it's Christmas -- get over all the complaints on the season so far and have a little fun with it!
As for what they were ... well, I'm not giving away my story, but Mulder's had to be a video. It was the right size and shape, and when he shook it, that's what it sounded like.

1998 December 14, soco...@mindspring.com, “Speculation and giftfic”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

KEYWORDS: parody, Mulder/Scully romance, Skinner/Mrs. Scully romance, cliches galore, obligala, badfic, fluff, sap

2000 October 28, kel...@my-deja.com, “NEW: A Helping Hand (1/4)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):

(X-Files fandom slang) A formal ball which two characters (usually Fox Mulder and Dana Scully) are required to attend as a set-up in romantic fan fiction.


Twihater

Why can't "Twihaters" like Kim and me just look away from the catastrophe already and find something else to mock?

2009 December 23, JoSelle Vanderhooft, “Sparkly Vampires Are Funny”, in QSaltLake Magazine, page 20:

Bella has also been labeled a bad role model for young girls; she relies on male saviors, her love is obsessive, and she puts her life at risk for a guy, point out the Twihaters.

2010, Liv Spencer, Love Bites: The Unofficial Saga of Twilight, page 17:

Despite the intense rivalry between Twihards and Twihaters, the new parody pleases neither group.

2010, Cari MacPherson & Steve Rau, "'Vampires Suck' fails to bite", Technician (North Carolina State University), 20 August 2010, page 10

(fandom slang) A person who strongly dislikes Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or its film adaptations.


mediot

Now I know there are a lot of mediots who don't like George Steinbrenner for whatever reason -- probably because he treats them the way they treat players. ¶ But on what basis do they keep making the absurd claim that "The Yankees are the best team on paper, but what about the George Steinbrenner factor?"

1993 March 29, David Marc Nieporent, “Mediots and Steinbrenner”, in rec.sport.baseball (Usenet):

The scene shifts to a recording studio set up to look like a nineteenth-century library, shelves with wooden shelves holding neat sets of leather-bound books—a cultural motif of intellect. […] The mediot interviewing her gets right to the point. “Dr. Parris, there has been widespread speculation that your lab was devoted to biowarfare research—”

2015, Linda Nagata, Going Dark, New York, NY: Saga Press, →ISBN, page 90:

(slang, derogatory) A member of the media; a journalist, especially one who makes inaccurate claims in articles.


Zamrock

(music) The rock and roll scene and associated style that originated in Zambia during the 70s.


Faberry

In fact, Faberry are the second most represented couple on the meme, however they still only represent 8.6% of all filled stories [Appendix 1].

2013 May, Hannah Ellison, “Submissives, Nekos and Futanaris: A quantitative and qualitative analysis of the Glee Kink Meme”, in Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies, volume 10, number 1, page 115:

In doing so, the writers fail to create a suitable counterpart to Rachel Berry and the productive example the “Faberry” relationship could have provided is thwarted in favor of drama over boyfriends and tiaras.

2014, Kasey Butcher, “Gold Stars and Slushies: The High Cost for Overachieving Girls”, in Michelle Parke, editor, Queer in the Choir Room: Essays on Gender and Sexuality in Glee, page 195:

The way in which the Faberry fandom has taken what few obvious scenes of friendship the show has given them, and also reinterpreted other scenes between Faberry, displays just how important this couple has become to the fandom.

2015, Alexandra Louise Elizabeth Simpson, "Shipping The Margin To The Centre: Excavating Tumblr; Filling In The Self", thesis submitted to Texas A&M University, page 40

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Quinn Fabray and Rachel Berry from the television series Glee.


televidiot

The event is Remote Control, a year-old game show that has quickly become one of MTV's most popular half-hours. Its quizmaster is televidiot Ken Ober. Five feet to his right, ensconced in his keyboard setup and looking collegiate-cool in Blues Brothers shades, is musical director Steve Treccase […]

1988, Keyboard, volume 14, numbers 7–12, page 24:

Before the UK-IU game in Louisville on January 3rd, the televidiots came out with the line, "Two of the best coaches in the country, two of the best teams in the country, and two of the best players in the country -- we should see a wonderful game".

1993 January 4, Wes Morgan, “Kentucky over Indiana”, in rec.sport.baseball.college (Usenet):

television personality
television personality

(slang, derogatory) A television personality.