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101 years in 101 words

Tuesday, 19 October, 2004

A study of when new words became common during the past century has had some surprising findings, such as the word "celebs" being used in 1913, the word "sex" meaning sexual intercourse being first used in 1929, and "mobile phone" dating from 1945.

Egghead (1907), wizard (1922), punk (1974), hot-desking (1991), and dumb down (1933) might also strike you as being whizzo (1905).
1904 hip | 1905 whizzo | 1907 egghead | 1908 realpolitik | 1909 tiddly-om-pom-pom | 1910 sacred cow | 1911 gene | 1912 blues | 1913 celeb | 1914 cheerio | 1915 civvy street | 1916 U-boat | 1917 tailspin | 1918 ceasefire | 1919 ad-lib | 1920 demob | 1921 pop | 1922 wizard | 1923 hem-line | 1924 lumpenproletariat | 1925 avant garde | 1926 kitsch | 1927 sudden death | 1929 sex | 1930 drive-in | 1931 Mickey Mouse | 1932 bagel | 1933 dumb down | 1935 racism | 1936 spliff | 1937 dunk | 1939 Blitzkrieg | 1941 snafu | 1942 buzz | 1943 pissed off | 1944 DNA | 1945 mobile phone | 1946 megabucks | 1947 Wonderbra | 1948 cool | | 1951 fast food | 1952 Generation X | 1954 non-U | 1955 boogie | 1956 sexy | 1957 psychedelic | 1959 cruise missile | 1960 cyborg | 1961 awesome | 1962 bossa nova | 1963 peacenik | 1964 byte | 1965 miniskirt | 1966 acid | 1967 love-in | 1968 It-girl | 1969 microchip | 1970 hypermarket | 1971 green | 1972 Watergate | | 1974 punk | 1975 detox | 1976 Trekkie | 1977 naff all | 1978 trainers | 1979 karaoke | 1980 power dressing | 1981 toyboy | 1982 hip-hop | 1983 beatbox | 1984 double-click | 1985 OK yah | 1986 mobile | 1987 virtual reality | 1988 gangsta | 1989 latte | 1990 applet | 1991 hot-desking | 1992 URL | 1993 having it large | | 1995 kitten heels | 1996 ghetto fabulous | 1997 dot-commer | 1998 text message | 1999 Google | 2000 bling bling | 2001 9/11 | 2002 axis of evil | 2003 sex up | 2004 chav

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edgy (W3)

Engl.: Rand. Ungewöhnliche, abgefahrene Menschen, die sich nicht in ein Raster einordnen lassen, sind edgy.

"Edgy-cation" n. Larnin whut gives you a edge in life. "He got lots of smarts but not much edgy-cation."

nom propre féminin. [nom de code (Ubuntu)]. Abréviation courante de "Edgy Eft", la version 6.10 d'Ubuntu.

"EDGY" - "Supposedly referring to creative work that is provocative and interesting, the word now has become a signal that someone is trying to 'market' yet another piece of contrivedly offensive hack work. We should limit the word to physical things that have edges, such as an 'edgy coffee table.'" - Ron LaLonde, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada.

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Etymology: circa 1200. Developed from Old English "ecg" - "corner", "edge", "sword" - and is related to Old Frisian "egg" ("edge"), Old Saxon "eggia" ("point", "edge"), Old High German "ecka", modern German "Ecke", and Old Icelandic "egg" ("corner", "angle", "edge").

Being edgy can be a good thing or a bad thing.
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"Edgy" can also be used to describe "something new and daring". In this context, it comes from the expression "cutting edge" (also referred to as "leading edge"), a term frequently used by businesses to describe products with the latest technologies. The arts and culture scene is a big fan of "edgy" these days, using it to describe everything from movies, music and art to literature, cuisine and nightclubs.
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"Edgy" A style of advertising, video production, or copywriting that appears to lack the refinement and sophistication of more polished 'traditional' efforts but captures the truer essence of the subject; also amazingly irritating.

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"Frothy" A fresh or original idea. Supplants "edgy" which was THE word for a few years now.

Flappers (W3)

A nickname given to young women in the 1920s who defied convention by refusing to use corsets, cutting their hair short, and wearing short skirts, as well as by behavior such as drinking and smoking in public.

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The term "flapper" first appeared in Great Britain after World War I. It was there used to describe young girls, still somewhat awkward in movement who had not yet entered womanhood. In the June 1922 edition of the Atlantic Monthly, G. Stanley Hall described looking in a dictionary to discover what the evasive term "flapper" meant:

[T]he dictionary set me right by defining the word as a fledgling, yet in the nest, and vainly attempting to fly while its wings have only pinfeathers; and I recognized that the genius of 'slanguage' had made the squab the symbol of budding girlhood.
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I was searching the Ancestry.com newspapers for "Fluky" and "Chicago" and "mustard" and this nice "Flappers' Dictionary" came up.

_The Flappers' Dictionary._

• Absent Treatment- Dancing with bashful partner.
• Airedale- A homely man.
• Alarm Clock- Chaperon.
• Anchor- Box of flowers.
• Apple knocker- A hick, a hay-shaker.
• Apple Sauce- Flattery; bunk.



• Barlow- A girl, a flapper, a chicken.
• Bank's Closed- No petting allowed; no kisses.
• Barneymugging- Lovemaking.
• Bell Polisher- A young man addicted to lingering in the vestibule at 1 a.m.
• Bean Picker- One who patches up trouble and picks up spilled beans.
• Berry Patch- A man's particular interest in a girl.
• Berries- Great.
• Biscuit- A pettable flapper.
• Big Timer (n. masc.)- A charmer able to convince his sweetie that a jollier thing would be to get a snack in an arm-chair lunchroom; a romantic.
• Billboard- Flashy man or woman.
• Blushing Violet- A publicity hound.
• Blouse- To go.
• Blow- Wild party.
• Blaah- No good.
• Boob Tickler- Girl who entertains father's out-of-town customers.
• Brush Ape- Anyone from the sticks, a country jake.
• Brooksy- Classy dresser.
• Bust- A man who makes his living in the prize ring, a pugilist.
• Bun Duster- See Cake Eater
• Bush Hounds- Rustics and others outside of the Flapper pale.



• Cancelled Stamp- A wall flower.
• Cake Basket- A limousine.
• Cake Eater- See Crumb Gobbler.
• Cat's Pajamas- Anything that's good.
• Cellar Smeller- A young man who always turns up where liquor is to be had without cost.
• Clothesline- One who tells neighborhood secrets.
• Corn Shredder- Young man who dances on a girl's feet.
• Crepe Hanger- Reformer.
• Crumb Gobbler- Slightly sissy tea hound.
• Crasher- Anyone who comes to parties uninvited.
• Crashing Party- Party where several young men in a group go uninvited.
• Cuddle Cootie- Young man who takes a girl for a ride on a bus, gas wagon, or automobile.
• Cuddler- One who likes petting.



• Dapper- A flapper's father.
• Dewdropper- Young man who does not work, and sleeps all day.
• Dincher- A half-smoked cigaret.
• Dingle Dangler- One who insists on telephoning.
• Dipe Ducat- A subway ticket.
• Dimbox- A taxicab.
• Di Mi- Goodness.
• Dogs- Feet.
• Dog Kennels- Pair of shoes.
• Dropping the Pilot- Getting a divorce.
• Duck's Quack- The best thing ever.
• Ducky- General term for approbation.
• Dud- Wall flower.
• Dudding Up- Dressing.
• Dumbdora- Stupid girl.
• Dumbell- Wall flower with little brains.
• Dumkuff- General term for being "nutty" or "batty."



• Edisoned- Being asked a lot of questions.
• Egg Harbor- Free dance.
• Embalmer- A bootlegger.
• Eye Opener- A marriage.



• Father Time- Any man over 30 years of age.
• Face stretcher- Old maid who tries to look young.
• Feathers- Light conversation.
• Fire Extinguisher- A chaperone.
• Finale Hopper- Young man who arrives after everything is paid for.
• Fire Alarm- Divorced woman.
• Fire Bell- Married woman.
• Flap- Girl.
• Flat Shoes- Fight between a Flapper and her Goof.
• Fluky- Funny, odd, peculiar, different.
• Flatwheeler- Flat shy of money; takes girls to free affairs.
• Floorflusher- Inveterate dance hound.
• Flour Lover- Girl who powders to freely.
• Forty-Niner- Man who is prospecting for a rich wife.
• Frog's Eyebrows- Nice, fine.



• Gander- process of dudding up.
• Green Glorious- Money and checks.
• Gimlet- A chronic bore.
• Given the Air- When a girl or fellow is thrown down on a date.
• Give Your Knee- Cheek-to-cheek and toe-to-toe dancing.
• Goofy- To be in love or attracted to. Example: I'm goofy about Jack.
• Goat's Whisker's- See Cat's Particluars
• Goof- Sweetie
• Grummy- In the dumps, shades, or blues.
• Grubber- One who always borrows cigarettes.



• Handcuffs- Engagement ring.
• Hen Coop- A beauty parlor.
• His Blue Serge- His sweetheart.
• Highjohn- Young man friend; sweetie, cutey, highboy.
• Hopper- Dancer.
• Houdini- To be on time for a date.
• Horse Prancer- See Corn Shredder.
• Hush Money- Allowance from father.



• Jane- a girl who meets you on the stoop.
• Johnnie Walker- Guy who never hires a cab.



• Kitten's Ankles- See Cat's Particulars.
• Kluck- Dumb, but happy.



• Lap- Drink.
• Lens Louise- A person given to monopolizing conversation.
• Lemon squeezer- An elevator.
• Low Lid- The opposite from high brow.



• Mad Money- Carfare home if she has a fight with her escort.
• Meringue- Personality.
• Monkey's Eyebrows- See Cat's Particulars.
• Monog- A young person of either sex who is "goofy" about only one person at a time.
• Monologist- Young man who hates to talk about himself.
• Munitions- Face powder and rouge.
• Mug- To osculate or kiss.



• Necker- A petter who puts her arms around a boy's neck.
• Noodle Juice- Tea.
• Nosebaggery- Restaurant.
• Nut Cracker- Policeman's Nightstick.



• Obituary Notice- Dunning letters.
• Oilcan- An imposter.
• Orchid- Anything that is expensive.
• Out on Parole- A person who has been divorced.



• Petting Pantry- A movie.
• Petting Party- A party devoted to hugging.
• Petter- A loveable person; one who enjoys to caress.
• Pillow Case- Young man who is full of feathers.
• Police Dog- Young man to whom one is engaged.
• Potato- A young man shy of brains.



• Ritzy Burg- Not classy.
• Ritz- Stuck-up.
• Rock of Ages- Any woman over 30 years of age.
• Rug Hopper- Young man who never takes a girl out. A parlor hound.



• Sap- A Flapper term for floorflusher.
• Scandal- A short term for Scandal Walk.
• Scandaler- A dance floor fullback. The interior of dreadnaught hat, Piccadilly suitings and shoes with open plumbing, size 13.
• Seetie- Anybody a flapper hates.
• Sharpshooter- One who spends well and dances much.
• Shifter- Another species of a Flapper.
• Show Case- Rich man's wife with her jewels.
• Sip- Flapper term for female Hopper.
• Slat- See Highjohn; Goof.
• Slimp- Cheapskate or "one way guy."
• Smith Brothers- Guys who never cough up.
• Smoke Eater- A girl cigarette user.
• Smooth- Guy who does not keep his word.
• Snake- To call a victim with vampire arms.
• Snugglepup- A man fond of petting and petting parties.
• Sod Buster- An undertaker.
• Stilts- Legs.
• Stander- Victim of a female grafter.
• Static- Conversation that means nothing.
• Strike Breaker- A young woman who goes with her friend's "Steady" while there is a coolness.
• Swan- Glide gracefully.



• Tomato- A young woman shy of brains.
• Trotzky- Old lady with mustache and chin whiskers.



• Umbrella- Young man any girl can borrow for the evening.
• Urban Set- Her new gown.



• Walk In- Young man who goes to parties without being invited.
• Weasel- Girl stealer.
• Weed- Flapper who takes risks.
• Weeping Willow- Same as Crape Hanger.
• Whangdoodle- Jazz-band music.
• Whiskbroom- Any man who wears whiskers.
• Wind Sucker- Any person given to boasting.
• Wurp- Killjoy or drawback.

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• dalek (n.) | dayside (n.) | death ray (n.) | deep space (n.) | deep-space (adj.) | dimension (n.) | Dimensional (adj.) | Dirtside (n.) | Dirtside (adj.) | Dirtside (adv.) | Disintegrator (n.) | Disruptor (n.) | Droid (n.) | Drone (n.) | Dropshaft (n.) | Dyson sphere (n.)
• Earthborn (n.) | Earthborn (adj.) | earthbound (adj.) | earthbound (adj.) | earther (n.) | earthgirl (n.) | Earthian (n.) | earthian (n.) | Earthian (adj.) | earthlike (adj.) | earthling (n.) | earthman (n.) | Earth-normal (adj.) | earthperson (n.) | Earthside (adj.) | Earthside (adv.) | Earth-type (adj.) | earth-type (adj.) | Earthward (adj.) | Earthward (adv.) | earthwoman (n.) | eetee (n.) | elsewhen (adv.) | empath (n.) | empathic (adj.) | empathy (n.) | energy weapon (n.) | escape pod (n.) | esp (v.) | esper (n.) | ET (n.) | everywhen (adv.) | extraterrestrial (n.) | extraterrestrial (adj.)
• face plate (n.) | farside (n.) | faster-than-light (adj.) | faster than light (adv.) | fembot (n.) | first contact (n.) | flitter (n.) | floater (n.) | flying saucer (n.) | force field (n.) | force-screen (n.) | free fall (n.) | fresher (n.) | ftl (adj.) | ftl (adv.) | future history (n.)
• galactic (n.) | galactic (n.) | galactographer (n.) | galactographic (adj.) | galactography (n.) | galaxy-wide (adj.) | galaxy-wide (adv.) | gas giant (n.) | gate (n.) | gateway (n.) | geas (n.) | gee (n.) | gee (n.) | generation ship (n.) | generation starship (n.) | genetically engineered (adj.) | genetic engineer (n.) | genetic engineering (n.) | gengineer (n.) | gengineer (v.) | gengineering (n.) | glassite (n.) | go nova (v.) | go supernova (v.) | graser (n.) | gravitic (adj.) | gravitically (adv.) | gravitics (n.) | graviton (n.) | gravity well (n.) | gravs (n.) | grok (v.) | groundcar (n.) | groundhog (n.) | group mind (n.) | gyro (n.) | gyro-bus (n.) | gyro-cab (n.)
• heat ray (n.) | helicab (n.) | hive-mind (n.) | hobbit-hole (n.) | hobbitish (adj.) | hobbitlike (adj.) | holo (n.) | holocam (n.) | holodeck (n.) | holovision (n.) | home planet (n.) | home star (n.) | homeworld (n.) | homo superior (n.) | hovercar (n.) | hull (v.) | hulled (adj.) | humanoid (n.) | humanoid (adj.) | hyperdrive (n.) | hyperspace (n.)
• impervium (n.) | inertial dampener (n.) | inertial damper (n.) | inhuman (adj.) | inner space (n.) | insectoid (n.) | insectoid (adj.) | in-system (adj.) | in-system (adv.) | intergalactic (adj.) | intergalactically (adv.) | interworld (adj.) | ion drive (n.)
• jack in (v.) | Jovian (n.) | Jovian (n.) | Jovian (adj.) | jump (n.) | jump (v.) | jump drive (n.) | jump engine (n.) | jump gate (n.) | jump point (n.) | jumpship (n.) | jumpspace (n.)
• kiloday (n.) | kiloyear (n.)
• laser cannon (n.) | laser gun (n.) | laser pistol (n.) | laser rifle (n.) | launching laser (n.) | lifeship (n.) | light-century (n.) | light-day (n.) | light-hour (n.) | light-minute (n.) | light-month (n.) | light sail (n.) | light-second (n.) | lightspeed (n.) | light-speed (n.) | light-week (n.) | light-year (n.) | little green man (n.) | lock (n.) | Luna (n.) | Luna City (n.) | Lunarian (n.) | lunarscape (n.)
• mag- (n.) | Martian (n.) | Martian (n.) | Martian (adj.) | mass-driver (n.) | matrix (n.) | matter transmission (n.) | matter transmitter (n.) | matter-transmitting (adj.) | matter transporter (n.) | megayear (n.) | Mercurian (n.) | metaverse (n.) | meteor storm (n.) | micro book (n.) | mind control (n.) | mindfood (n.) | mindlink (n.) | mindmeld (n.) | mindmeld (v.) | mindmelding (n.) | moon base (n.) | moon flight (n.) | moon rocket (n.) | moonship (n.) | morph (n.) | morph (v.) | morph (v.) | morphed (adj.) | morphing (n.) | mother ship (n.) | multisystem (adj.) | multiversal (adj.) | multiverse (n.) | mutant (n.) | mutation (n.) | mutie (n.)
• nearside (n.) | needle (v.) | needle-beam (n.) | needle gun (n.) | needler (n.) | needle-ray (n.) | Neptunian (n.) | neutronium (n.) | nightside (n.) | non-human (n.) | non-human (adj.) | nonhumanoid (n.) | nonhumanoid (adj.) | non-terrestrial (adj.) | normal space (n.) | nova (v.) | nova (v.) | nova bomb (n.) | null-g (n.)
• off-planet (n.) | off-planet (adj.) | off-planet (adv.) | off-world (n.) | off-world (adj.) | offworld (adv.) | offworlder (n.) | orbital tower (n.) | outer space (n.) | outworld (n.) | outworld (adj.) | outworlder (n.) | out-worldly (adj.) | overdrive (n.)
• parallel universe (n.) | parallel world (n.) | parking orbit (n.) | phaser (n.) | planetary engineer (n.) | planetary engineering (n.) | planet-buster (n.) | planet-buster (adj.) | Planet Earth (n.) | planeteer (n.) | planetfall (n.) | planetless (adj.) | Planetographer (n.) | planetography (n.) | planetside (adj.) | planetside (adv.) | planet-wide (adj.) | plasteel (n.) | Plutonian (n.) | Plutonian (n.) | Plutonian (adj.) | pocket universe (n.) | port (n.) | porthole (n.) | positronic (adj.) | posthuman (n.) | posthuman (adj.) | posthumanism (n.) | posthumanist (adj.) | posthumanity (n.) | precog (n.) | precog (v.) | prespace (adj.) | prespaceflight (adj.) | pressor (n.) | pressor beam (n.) | pressure-suit (n.) | prime directive (n.) | psi (n.) | psionic (adj.) | psionics (n.) | psychohistory (n.)
• raise (v.) | ramscoop (n.) | ray (n.) | ray (v.) | ray-gun (n.) | razor (adj.) | reaction drive (n.) | replicant (n.) | replicant (n.) | rimworld (n.) | ringwall (n.) | robot (n.) | robotic (n.) | robotical (adj.) | Robotically (adv.) | roboticist (n.) | Roboticized (adj.) | robotics (n.) | rocketeer (n.) | Rocketman (n.) | rocket-ship (n.)
• sapient (n.) | sapient (adj.) | Saturnian (n.) | saucer (n.) | scientifilm (n.) | selenite (n.) | sentience (n.) | sentience (n.) | sentient (n.) | sentient (adj.) | shapechange (n.) | shapechange (v.) | shapechanger (n.) | shapechanging (n.) | shapechanging (adj.) | shapeshift (v.) | shapeshifter (n.) | shapeshifting (n.) | shapeshifting (adj.) | shield (n.) | ship (n.) | shuttle (n.) | shuttlecraft (n.) | Singularity (n.) | skimmer (n.) | skyhook (n.) | skyhook (n.) | skyhook (n.) | skyhook (n.) | sleeper ship (n.) | slidewalk (n.) | slideway (n.) | Sol (n.) | solar sail (n.) | solar sailing (n.) | solar system (n.) | Sol III (n.) | somewhen (n.) | sophont (n.) | space (v.) | space (v.) | space alien (n.) | space ark (n.) | space-based (n.) | space biology (n.) | space-borne (adj.) | space-bound (adj.) | space bus (n.) | space cadet (n.) | space capsule (n.) | space colony (n.) | space-conquest (n.) | spacecraft (n.) | space-crew (n.) | space drive (n.) | space elevator (n.) | space exploration (n.) | space explorer (n.) | spacefarer (n.) | spacefaring (n.) | spacefaring (adj.) | space fleet (n.) | space flight (n.) | space flyer (n.) | space flyer (n.) | space freighter (n.) | space-going (adj.) | space gun (n.) | space habitat (n.) | spacehand (n.) | space helmet (n.) | space journey (n.) | space junk (n.) | space lanes (n.) | spaceline (n.) | space liner (n.) | space lock (n.) | spaceman (n.) | spacemanship (n.) | space navigation (n.) | space navigator (n.) | space patrol (n.) | space patrolman (n.) | space pilot (n.) | space piracy (n.) | space pirate (n.) | space platform (n.) | spaceport (n.) | space probe (n.) | spacer (n.) | spacer (n.) | space relay (n.) | space rocket (n.) | space science (n.) | space scientist (n.) | spaceship (n.) | space sick (adj.) | spacesickness (n.) | space station (n.) | space suit (n.) | space-suited (adj.) | space taxi (n.) | space travel (n.) | space traveller (n.) | space travelling (n.) | space tug (n.) | space vehicle (n.) | spacewards (adj.) | spacewards (adv.) | space warp (n.) | spaceway (n.) | spacewoman (n.) | spaceworthiness (n.) | spaceworthy (adj.) | spacing (n.) | spacing (n.) | spy-ray (n.) | starbase (n.) | star drive (n.) | starfarer (n.) | starfaring (n.) | starfaring (adj.) | starfleet (n.) | stargate (n.) | star lanes (n.) | star-ship (n.) | star system (n.) | stasis field (n.) | stun-gun (n.) | stunner (n.) | sublight (n.) | sublight (adj.) | sublight (adv.) | subspace (n.) | suit (n.) | suited (adj.) | suit up (v.) | superhero (n.) | superluminal (adj.) | superluminal (adv.) | superluminally (adv.) | superluminary (n.) | superpower (n.) | super-science (n.) | super-weapon (n.)
• | Tardis (n.) | Tardis-like (adj.) | telekineticist (n.) | teleport (n.) | teleport (n.) | teleport (v.) | teleport (v.) | teleportage (n.) | teleportation (n.) | teleporter (n.) | teleporting (n.) | teleporting (adj.) | telescreen (n.) | Tellurian (n.) | Tellurian (adj.) | Tellus (n.) | Terra (n.) | terraform (v.) | terraformed (adj.) | terraformer (n.) | terraforming (n.) | Terran (n.) | terran (adj.) | terranean/terranian (n.) | Terrestrial (n.) | terrestrian (adj.) | threedee (n.) | three vee (n.) | timeline (n.) | time machine (n.) | time paradox (n.) | timescape (n.) | timestream (n.) | time track (n.) | time travel (n.) | time travel (v.) | time-traveling (adj.) | time traveller (n.) | time-travelling (n.) | time warp (n.) | time warp (v.) | topside (adj.) | torch (n.) | torch (v.) | torch drive (n.) | torcher (n.) | torchship (n.) | tractor (n.) | tractor beam (n.) | transhuman (n.) | transhuman (adj.) | transhumanity (n.) | tri-D (n.) | tridee (n.) | trideo (n.) | tri-di (n.) | tri-dim (n.) | triffidian (adj.) | triffid-like (adj.) | tri-v (n.) | trivee (n.) | tri-vid (n.) | trivvy (n.)
• UFO (n.) | ultraphone (n.) | ultrawave (n.) | unsuit (v.) | unsuited (adj.) | uplift (n.) | uplift (v.) | uplifter (n.) | uplifting (n.) | Uranian (n.)
• vacsuit (n.) | vacsuited (adj.) | vacuum suit (n.) | vacuum-suited (adj.) | Vegan (n.) | Vegan (adj.) | Venerian (n.) | Venerian (n.) | Venerian (adj.) | Venusian (n.) | Venusian (adj.) | vessel (n.) | vibroblade (n.) | vibroknife (n.) | videophone (n.) | videophone (v.) | videophonic (adj.) | vidscreen (n.) | viewplate (n.) | viewport (n.) | viewscreen (n.) | vision plate (n.) | Visiphone (n.) | Visiphone (v.) | visiplate (n.) | Visiscreen (n.)
• waldo (n.) | warp (n.) | warp (v.) | warp drive (n.) | warp speed (n.) | webcast (n.) | worldlet (n.) | worm (n.) | wormhole (n.)
• xenoanthropology (n.) | xenobiological (adj.) | xenobiologist (n.) | xenobiology (n.) | xenolinguist (n.) | xenological (adj.) | xenologist (n.) | xenology (n.)
• zero-g (n.) | zero-gravity (n.)

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About BuzzWords

The BuzzWord may not be a word you'll find in any dictionary, and it's not always a brand-new term either: it may be a new way of using an existing word (e.g. "troll"), or a new way of putting words together (e.g. "drug driving", "chillax"). Whatever the reason for its present popularity, the BuzzWord is a word that is current and in sudden or increasing use - it might not stay around forever, but it's worth knowing what it means and how people are using it today.

About the author

Macmillan Dictionary BuzzWord author Kerry Maxwell has an MA in Linguistics from the University of Manchester. She has worked in academic research and as a lexicographer in the publishing industry.

Kerry lives in York, UK, where she works as a freelance author and editor. Kerry is author of Brave New Words: A Language Lover's Guide to the 21st Century (Pan Macmillan, 2007) and has been writing the Macmillan Dictionary BuzzWord column since 2003.

Archive sorted by date 2020

• zoom - 8th December 2020
• ghost kitchen - 3rd November 2020
• smize - 6th October 2020
• BAME - 1st September 2020
• reacji - 4th August 2020
• green swan - 7th July 2020
• infodemic - 3rd June 2020
• quarantini - 5th May 2020
• loot box - 7th April 2020
• cobot - 3rd March 2020
• -fluencer - 12th February 2020
• seaganism - 15th January 2020

2019

• youth-speak - 3rd December 2019
• Voldemorting - 5th November 2019
• begpacker - 1st October 2019
• -washing - 3rd September 2019
• plogging - 6th August 2019
• STEAM - 3rd July 2019
• upsum - 4th June 2019
• bionic mushroom - 14th May 2019
• Goldilocks - 2nd April 2019
• cakeism - 5th March 2019
• Makaton - 5th February 2019
• Marleying - 10th January 2019

2018

• health halo - 4th December 2018
• comedy gold - 6th November 2018
• gammon - 9th October 2018
• fast fashion - 12th September 2018
• bronze ceiling - 8th August 2018
• theyby - 5th July 2018
• capitonym - 5th June 2018
• ambient literature - 15th May 2018
• milkshake duck - 4th April 2018
• take a knee - 6th March 2018
• youthquake - 5th February 2018
• CamelCase - 16th January 2018

2017

• see what I did there? - 7th December 2017
• shrinkflation - 7th November 2017
• cloud egg - 10th October 2017
• equilux - 5th September 2017
• scale-up - 1st August 2017
• breadcrumbing - 4th July 2017
• gaslight - 7th June 2017
• hygge - 2nd May 2017
• deep learning - 11th April 2017
• moonbow - 8th March 2017
• Hamdog - 17th January 2017
• gig economy - 17th January 2017
• webrooming6th - December 2016
• liquid biopsy - 2nd November 2016
• nowcast - 4th October 2016
• mic drop - 13th September 2016
• sharewashing - 2nd August 2016
• moto-doping - 6th July 2016
• swipe - 8th June 2016
• Brexit - 3rd May 2016
• crowdbirthing - 7th April 2016
• rainbow - 26th February 2016
• vapourware - 23rd February 2016
• Physical Cookie - 9th February 2016
• sandscape - 2nd February 2016
• stuffocation - 19th January 2016
• Mx - 1st December 2015
• faceplant - 3rd November 2015
• sea lion - 6th October 2015
• slow - 8th September 2015
• unicorn - 4th August 2015
• rat tail - 9th June 2015
• bit rot - 27th May 2015
• brinner - 12th May 2015
• confidence and supply - 6th May 2015
• spiralizer - 28th April 2015
• ruburb - 21st April 2015
• demi-decade - 8th April 2015
• normcore - 31st March 2015
• nanodegree - 24th March 2015
• empty chair - 17th March 2015
• hearable - 11th March 2015
• JOMO - 3rd March 2015
• free-from - 24th February 2015
• text neck - 17th February 2015
• bae - 10th February 2015
• paleo diet - 3rd February 2015
• SOLE - 27th January 2015
• likebait - 20th January 2015
• garbage patch - 13th January 2015
• subtweet - 7th January 2015
• New words in 2014 - 23rd December 2014
• stacking - 9th December 2014
• hedonic treadmill - 2nd December 2014
• pre-roll - 25th November 2014
• sandwich generation - 18th November 2014
• MINT - 12th November 2014
• chronotherapy - 4th November 2014
• protologism - 28th October 2014
• solutionism - 21st October 2014
• creep - 14th October 2014
• scrum master - 7th October 2014
• kabaddi - 30th September 2014
• infobesity - 23rd September 2014
• mom jeans - 16th September 2014
• the deep web - 9th September 2014
• kimchi - 2nd September 2014
• hostile architecture - 26th August 2014
• emoji - 19th August 2014
• tech crèche - 12th August 2014
• chick noir - 5th August 2014
• dark pool - 29th July 2014
• food rave - 22nd July 2014
• facekini - 15th July 2014
• yummy - 8th July 2014
• pop-up - 1st July 2014
• chap hop - 24th June 2014
• supercell - 17th June 2014
• diabolica - 11th June 2014
• iceberg home - 3rd June 2014
• raingarden - 20th May 2014
• juicing - 13th May 2014
• click farm - 6th May 2014
• third gender - 29th April 2014
• property porn - 22nd April 2014
• KPI - 16th April 2014
• conscious uncoupling - 9th April 2014
• gamification - 1st April 2014
• hipster - 25th March 2014
• exoplanet - 18th March 2014
• sharing economy - 11th March 2014
• anecdata - 3rd March 2014
• sinkhole - 25th February 2014
• shapewear - 18th February 2014
• fly grazing - 11th February 2014
• zonkey - 4th February 2014
• frost quake - 28th January 2014
• bigorexia - 21st January 2014
• legsie - 14th January 2014
• chainwatch - 7th January 2014
• A decade of BuzzWords - 24th December 2013
• motherism - 17th December 2013
• phubbing - 10th December 2013
• zenware - 3rd December 2013
• solopreneur - 26th November 2013
• media meshing - 18th November 2013
• coatigan - 5th November 2013
• vape - 29th October 2013
• clicktivism - 22nd October 2013
• duffin - 15th October 2013
• rewilding - 8th October 2013
• Sip and See (party) - 1st October 2013
• taper - 24th September 2013
• shill bidding - 17th September 2013
• bloatware - 10th September 2013
• flash fiction - 3rd September 2013
• brick - 27th August 2013
• zero hours contract - 20th August 2013
• skinvertising - 13th August 2013
• digital wildfire - 6th August 2013
• sharent - 23rd July 2013
• latte art - 15th July 2013
• curate - 9th July 2013
• selfie - 2nd July 2013
• bagel - 24th June 2013
• caxirola - 17th June 2013
• hypnobirthing - 11th June 2013
• Bitcoin - 4th June 2013
• lomography - 28th May 2013
• cyberloafing - 21st May 2013
• charticle - 14th May 2013
• hate-watching - 7th May 2013
• 24/7/365 - 29th April 2013
• showrooming - 22nd April 2013
• dench - 16th April 2013
• MOOC - 8th April 2013
• ecocide - 2nd April 2013
• overclock - 26th March 2013
• amazeballs - 19th March 2013
• black swan - 11th March 2013
• e-read - 5th March 2013
• twintern - 26th February 2013
• frostjack - 18th February 2013
• Brexit - 12th February 2013
• OH - 5th February 2013
• textonym - 29th January 2013
• BYOD - 22nd January 2013
• fracking - 15th January 2013
• small-plate - 8th January 2013
• tech-life balance - 27th December 2012
• mummy porn - 18th December 2012
• fiscal cliff - 10th December 2012
• babylag - 3rd December 2012
• 3D printing - 27th November 2012
• Frankenstorm - 19th November 2012
• photorealism - 13th November 2012
• hat tip - 5th November 2012
• RINO - 29th October 2012
• squeezed middle - 22nd October 2012
• push poll - 15th October 2012
• skeuomorphic - 8th October 2012
• vertical tutoring - 1st October 2012
• onesie - 24th September 2012
• nomophobia - 17th September 2012
• m-learning - 10th September 2012
• pheromone party - 3rd September 2012
• Higgs boson - 28th August 2012
• lights-out - 20th August 2012
• swishing - 13th August 2012
• medal - 30th July 2012
• troll - 23rd July 2012
• humblebrag - 16th July 2012
• legacy - 9th July 2012
• drug driving - 2nd July 2012
• attachment parenting - 25th June 2012
• twitchfork - 18th June 2012
• Zumba - 11th June 2012
• spear phishing - 4th June 2012
• chillax - 28th May 2012
• vocal fry - 21st May 2012
• omnishambles - 14th May 2012
• Li-Fi - 8th May 2012
• lifelogging - 30th April 2012
• family balancing - 16th April 2012
• structured reality - 9th April 2012
• QR code - 2nd April 2012
• overvote - 27th March 2012
• FOMO - 19th March 2012
• tiger mother - 12th March 2012
• crowdfunding - 6th March 2012
• glitter-bomb - 27th February 2012
• jailbreak - 20th February 2012
• 4-D - 13th February 2012
• showmance - 6th February 2012
• irisin - 30th January 2012
• devo max - 23rd January 2012
• biomimicry - 16th January 2012
• man up - 9th January 2012
• New words in 2011 - 19th December 2011
• nanobreak - 12th December 2011
• lappy - 5th December 2011
• wave and pay - 28th November 2011
• singlism - 21st November 2011
• Common Era - 14th November 2011
• plothole - 7th November 2011
• occupy - 31st October 2011
• cosmeceutical - 24th October 2011
• generation rent - 17th October 2011
• gazanging - 10th October 2011
• decision engine - 3rd October 2011
• geo- - 26th September 2011
• freemium - 20th September 2011
• 9/11 - 12th September 2011
• jorts - 5th September 2011
• omega male - 22nd August 2011
• frape - 15th August 2011
• Wagabee - 8th August 2011
• femivore - 1st August 2011
• social jet lag - 25th July 2011
• paliday - 18th July 2011
• slacklining - 11th July 2011
• facepalm - 4th July 2011
• sick - 27th June 2011
• photobombing - 20th June 2011
• quintastic - 13th June 2011
• green - 6th June 2011
• birther - 30th May 2011
• planking - 23rd May 2011
• superinjunction - 16th May 2011
• the precariat - 9th May 2011
• finlit - 3rd May 2011
• OMG - 26th April 2011
• optics - 18th April 2011
• marmite - 11th April 2011
• content farm - 4th April 2011
• culturomics - 25th March 2011
• flatforms - 21st March 2011
• hypermiling - 14th March 2011
• copyleft - 7th March 2011
• exercise widow - 28th February 2011
• flunami - 21st February 2011
• tweetheart - 14th February 2011
• range anxiety - 7th February 2011
• drunkorexia - 31st January 2011
• worried well - 24th January 2011
• app - 17th January 2011
• kangatarian - 10th January 2011
• greentailing - 4th January 2011
• 12 BuzzWords in 2010 - 20th December 2010
• sofalizing - 13th December 2010
• funemployment - 6th December 2010
• Facebook narcissism - 29th November 2010
• yarn bombing - 22nd November 2010
• Anthropocene (the) - 15th November 2010
• tole-rant - 8th November 2010
• nevertiree - 1st November 2010
• tab napping - 25th October 2010
• upcycle - 18th October 2010
• QWERTY tummy - 11th October 2010
• jeggings - 4th October 2010
• spot fixing - 27th September 2010
• reverse graffiti - 20th September 2010
• clickjacking - 13th September 2010
• meme - 6th September 2010
• sheddie - 30th August 2010
• unfollow - 23rd August 2010
• tombstoning - 16th August 2010
• vook - 6th August 2010
• daycation - 3rd August 2010
• cyber Cyrano - 26th July 2010
• nature-deficit disorder - 19th July 2010
• Web 3.0 - 12th July 2010
• Generation Y - 5th July 2010
• pineberry - 28th June 2010
• ambush marketing - 20th June 2010
• glamping - 15th June 2010
• vuvuzela - 8th June 2010
• Dogbo - 1st June 2010
• nonliner - 25th May 2010
• thumbo - 18th May 2010
• mononymous - 11th May 2010
• hacktivist - 4th May 2010
• grey vote - 27th April 2010
• robocall - 20th April 2010
• mengagement ring - 13th April 2010
• eco-bling - 6th April 2010
• hurt locker - 30th March 2010
• augmented reality - 23rd March 2010
• couch surfing - 16th March 2010
• BOGOL - 10th March 2010
• umami - 3rd March 2010
• foodoir - 24th February 2010
• hyperlocal - 17th February 2010
• oversharing - 9th February 2010
• kinetic typography - 2nd February 2010
• google - 27th January 2010
• noughties - 18th January 2010
• tweetup - 13th January 2010
• sport utility bicycle - 6th January 2010
• recency illusion - 30th December 2009
• Winterval - 23rd December 2009
• grab-and-goer - 16th December 2009
• regift - 9th December 2009
• YIMBY - 2nd December 2009
• putpocket - 25th November 2009
• phantonym - 18th November 2009
• paraskevidekatriaphobia - 11th November 2009
• cloud computing - 4th November 2009
• pseudocide - 28th October 2009
• off-grid - 21st October 2009
• SEO - 14th October 2009
• microblogging - 7th October 2009
• NEET - 30th September 2009
• overparenting - 16th September 2009
• simples - 9th September 2009
• round pound - 2nd September 2009
• crunch creep - 26th August 2009
• speedcubing - 19th August 2009
• notspot - 12th August 2009
• Britalian - 5th August 2009
• carrotmob - 30th July 2009
• smishing - 22nd July 2009
• pwned - 15th July 2009
• redact - 8th July 2009
• transliterate - 1st July 2009
• Murraymania - 24th June 2009
• street dance - 17th June 2009
• cookprint - 10th June 2009
• crowdsourcing - 3rd June 2009
• defriend - 27th May 2009
• Jade effect - 20th May 2009
• swine flu - 13th May 2009
• funt - 6th May 2009
• playbourer - 29th April 2009
• wordle - 23rd April 2009
• nighthawking - 16th April 2009
• debaptism - 9th April 2009
• text-walking - 1st April 2009
• quantitative easing - 24th March 2009
• slumdog - 11th March 2009
• aptronym - 4th March 2009
• lipstick on a pig - 16th February 2009
• framily - 6th February 2009
• recessionista - 26th January 2009
• man flu - 16th December 2008
• backronym - 5th December 2008
• wing walking - 18th November 2008
• Obamamania - 13th November 2008
• spendy - 7th November 2008
• chad - 31st October 2008
• ghost bike - 21st October 2008
• toxic - 8th October 2008
• precycling - 1st October 2008
• gastrosexual - 23rd September 2008
• agflation - 15th September 2008
• digital native - 27th August 2008
• staycation - 19th August 2008
• SWMBO - 12th August 2008
• smushi - 4th August 2008
• gas-sipper - 28th July 2008
• dipping - 17th July 2008
• hopemonger - 7th July 2008
• Murray Mound - 2nd July 2008
• freebirth - 23rd June 2008
• WAG - 18th June 2008
• pod slurping - 3rd June 2008
• electoral cleansing - 28th May 2008
• Automavision - 19th May 2008
• bacn - 7th May 2008
• googleable - 28th April 2008
• Facebook fatigue - 23rd April 2008
• password fatigue - 14th April 2008
• facebook - 31st March 2008
• open skies - 26th March 2008
• rabbit hopping - 17th March 2008
• Mosquito - 10th March 2008
• subprime - 3rd March 2008
• bissextile - 25th February 2008
• twoc - 18th February 2008
• read dating - 11th February 2008
• locavore - 4th February 2008
• googlegänger - 28th January 2008
• fixie - 22nd January 2008
• bioneer - 14th January 2008
• meh - 7th January 2008
• meshing - 17th December 2007
• exergaming - 11th December 2007
• drive-by download - 3rd December 2007
• starchitect - 26th November 2007
• wikiality - 13th November 2007
• ecosexual - 24th September 2007
• pay-as-you-throw - 17th September 2007
• wilfing - 10th September 2007
• tanorexic - 3rd September 2007
• disemvowelling - 13th August 2007
• climate canary - 7th August 2007
• wordmark - 30th July 2007
• phonathon - 23rd July 2007
• slow travel - 16th July 2007
• hotfix - 9th July 2007
• Hawk-Eye - 2nd July 2007
• sky marshal - 25th June 2007
• web rage - 18th June 2007
• HIP - 11th June 2007
• maven - 8th May 2007
• walking bus - 1st May 2007
• blended learning - 16th April 2007
• food mile - 12th April 2007
• Heely - 2nd April 2007
• flog - 26th March 2007
• vanillacide - 19th March 2007
• pluto - 12th March 2007
• clickprint - 5th March 2007
• cot potato - 26th February 2007
• fridge Googling - 19th February 2007
• ringxiety - 9th February 2007
• carbon neutral - 2nd February 2007
• zorbing - 25th January 2007
• chocotherapy - 14th December 2006
• Cyber Monday - 17th November 2006
• voluntourism - 24th November 2006
• threequel - 10th November 2006
• click fraud - 20th October 2006
• locationship - 13th October 2006
• manny - 6th October 2006
• terabyte - 25th September 2006
• iPad - 11th September 2006
• Christmas creep - 18th September 2006
• rate tart - 4th September 2006
• mobisode - 28th August 2006
• radiophobia - 21st August 2006
• Denglish - 14th August 2006
• garbology - 7th August 2006
• hypnosurgery - 24th July 2006
• babymoon - 17th July 2006
• 7/7 - 10th July 2006
• WOW - 3rd July 2006
• jump the couch - 12th June 2006
• Webby - 5th June 2006
• mouthbreather - 29th May 2006
• slow city - 22nd May 2006
• VoIP - 15th May 2006
• folksonomy - 1st May 2006
• geolocation - 24th April 2006
• ice baby - 10th April 2006
• fat finger syndrome - 3rd April 2006
• smirting - 27th March 2006
• blook - 20th March 2006
• denture venturer - 13th March 2006
• vlog - 6th March 2006
• afterparty - 27th February 2006
• body lift - 20th February 2006
• truthiness - 13th February 2006
• polyamorous - 6th February 2006
• rendition - 30th January 2006
• citizen journalism - 16th January 2006
• grafedia - 9th January 2006
• set-jetter - 2nd January 2006
• houseblinging - 12th December 2005
• Sudoku - 7th November 2005
• ubersexual - 31st October 2005
• Asbo - 24th October 2005
• speed networking - 19th October 2005
• wiki - 3rd October 2005
• gay bomb - 26th September 2005
• cage diving - 12th September 2005
• dog-whistle politics - 29th August 2005
• fanfic - 22nd August 2005
• ICE number - 8th August 2005
• infomania - 1st August 2005
• googolplex - 25th July 2005
• half-birthday - 18th July 2005
• healthspan - 11th July 2005
• seachanger - 4th July 2005
• She-pee - 27th June 2005
• Timbledon - 20th June 2005
• gripesite - 13th June 2005
• awareness band - 6th June 2005
• homeshoring - 30th May 2005
• pre-heritance - 23rd May 2005
• mystery worshipper - 9th May 2005
• Whovian - 25th April 2005
• supersize - 18th April 2005
• wardrobe malfunction - 4th April 2005
• BlackBerry thumb - 28th March 2005
• spim - 21st March 2005
• zombie - 14th March 2005
• stage-phoning - 28th February 2005
• McLibel - 21st February 2005
• Chelsea tractor - 14th February 2005
• nanopublishing - 5th February 2005
• dental spa - 24th January 2005
• warchalking - 17th January 2005
• greenwash - 10th January 2005
• deshopper - 3rd January 2005
• sonic branding - 13th December 2004
• bouncebackability - 6th December 2004
• dirty bomb - 29th November 2004
• QWERTY phenomenon - 22nd November 2004
• migrate - 15th November 2004
• polypill - 8th November 2004
• security mom - 25th October 2004
• WiFi - 18th October 2004
• living bandage - 11th October 2004
• nouse - 4th October 2004
• trifecta - 27th September 2004
• Paralympian - 20th September 2004
• rumint - 13th September 2004
• protire - 6th September 2004
• grief tourist - 21st August 2004
• retrosexual - 14th August 2004
• phishing - 7th August 2004
• fat tax - 30th July 2004
• smart dust - 23rd July 2004
• voice lift - 16th July 2004
• extreme ironing - 9th July 2004
• shopgrifting - 2nd July 2004
• marriage lite - 25th June 2004
• flexitarian - 18th June 2004
• mob-handed - 11th June 2004
• cyberslacking - 4th June 2004
• pluot - 28th May 2004
• technology butler - 21st May 2004
• self-build - 14th May 2004
• alcolock - 7th May 2004
• egosurfing - 30th April 2004
• SmartStamp - 23rd April 2004
• flyboarding - 16th April 2004
• spoiler - 9th April 2004
• movieoke - 2nd April 2004
• Britcom - 26th March 2004
• bird flu - 19th March 2004
• metrosexual - 12th March 2004
• potscaping - 27th February 2004
• Googlewhacking - 20th February 2004
• freegan - 13th February 2004
• bluejacking - 31st January 2004
• studentification - 24th January 2004
• tmesis - 17th January 2004
• speed-dating - 10th January 2004
• orthorexia - 3rd January 2004
• miswanting - 19th December 2003
• chugger - 12th December 2003
• attrit - 28th November 2003
• obesogenic - 21st November 2003
• stealth tax - 14th November 2003
• sex up - 7th November 2003
• lavender language - 31st October 2003
• remanufacture - 24th October 2003
• stress puppy - 17th October 2003
• middle youth - 10th October 2003
• matutolypea - 3rd October 2003
• phat - 26th September 2003
• marmalade dropper - 19th September 2003
• barista - 12th September 2003
• bustitution - 5th September 2003
• Bright - 29th August 2003
• plagiarhythm - 15th August 2003
• enigmatologist - 8th August 2003
• hand-me-up - 1st August 2003
• sesquipedalian - 18th July 2003
• baby hunger - 11th July 2003
• Henmania - 4th July 2003
• saviour sibling - 27th June 2003
• me time - 20th June 2003
• earworm - 13th June 2003
• sheeple - 6th June 2003
• al desko - 2nd June 2003
• senior moment - 26th May 2003
• coulrophobia - 19th May 2003
• BOGOF - 12th May 2003
• nosocomephrenia - 5th May 2003
• Stepford - 28th April 2003
• abibliophobia - 21st April 2003
• SARS - 14th April 2003
• weaponsofmassdestruction - 7th April 2003
• trolleyology - 31st March 2003
• xenotransplantation - 24th March 2003
• virtual Friday - 17th March 2003
• bogotify - 24th February 2003
• Comstockery - 10th February 2003
• embed - 10th March 2003
• slow food - 3rd March 2003
• textual harassment - 17th February 2003

Meme (W3)

neologia
Neologism Sites on the Web

Neologics:

There are many Internet websites devoted largely or entirely to neologisms. Some are impressive projects with careful management, but alas, many seem thrown together with questionable content and little or no updating. This guide sorts the good from the not so good.

The links below are believed to be exhaustive of all quality websites dealing with English neologisms as a significant focus. They are listed alphabetically, each rated from 1 to 5 in descending order of value to the neologist. A “5” is the pinnacle of the array, while a “1” barely merits a mouse click. Keep in mind that many wannabe sites were tossed into the “0” rating pool and drowned (they don’t appear here).
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• ADS’s Word of the Year
• alphaDictionary of American Slang
• AskOxford: New Words
• BuzzWhack
• Dictionary of Findable Words and Phrases
• Dictionary of [British] Slang
• Glossary of Hardboiled Slang
• incompetech.com
• the Internalational (sic) Dictionary of Neologisms
• LangMaker: Neologisms A-Z
• Lextropicon: Neologisms of Extropy
• Neologism Cliche Aphorism and Novel Language Form 1
• Neologisms by Geof Huth
• Online Ethnology Dictionary
• PreDictionary: A Lexicon of Neologisms
• NetLingo
• Rice University Neologism Database
• Shakespeare’s Coined Words
• University of Birmingham’s RDUES English Studies
• Unwords
• Urban Dictionary
• Wordlustitude

Neologism, What is a neologism? (W3)

A "neologism" is a newly invented word or term. "Neologisms" would seem to occur at a greater rate in cultures with rapidly changing technologies and with greater means for information dispersal.

A "neology" is, according to our Webster's, the use of a new word or the use of an existing word but given a new meaning. A second meaning given by Webster's for "neologism" is that of "a meaningless word coined by a psychotic."

Neologismen im Englischen

• pre-12th Century: 7.492 Words, Examples: "believe", "friend" (Beowulf, Old English), "laugh", "sorrow"
• 12th Century: 606 Words, Examples: "peace"
• 13th Century: 4.953 Words, Examples: "cringe", "february", "mitten"
• 14th Century: 15.270 Words, Examples: "blackbird", "creator", "earthquake", "humanity" (Wycliffe Bible, 1382)), "noun", "substantial", "tetanus", "university"
• 15th Century: 18.688 Words, Examples: "accomplish" (Chaucer, Knight's Tale, 1405), "dictionary", "globe", "imaginary", "jet-black", "lovesick", "membrane", "promise", "royal", "tablecloth"
• 16th Century: 37.047 Words, Examples: "blueberry", "communicate", "dictatorship", "easteregg", "education", "heartbroken", "hellenism", "maritime", "mathematics", "mosquito", "nomad", "overpower (Shakespeare, Richard II., 1597)", "potato", "procrastinate", "quinoa", "reality", "redhead", "runaway", "terrify", "timeless", "useful"
• 17th Century: 51.076 Words, Examples: "aboriginal", "americanize", "black sheep", "caribbean", "civilization", "free market", "geographic", "hand grenade", "hotel", "ice cream", "identify", "islam", "key chain", "ladybug", "magnetism", "mahogany", "mezuzah", "moccasin (John Smith, Map of Virginia, 1612)", "naive", "nincompoop", "orangutan", "ostracize", "palatable", "powwow", "prairie", "raspberry", "schoolteacher", "territorial", "true blue", "volcano", "womanizer"
• 18th Century: 24.980 Words, Examples: "abolitionist", "bigwig", "capitalize", "dog-eared", "electrician (Benjamin Franklin, letter, 1749)", "handyman", "homesick", "millimeter", "neurosis", "optimist", "pervasive", "roommate", "terrorism"
• 19th Century: 75.029 Words, Examples: "abuzz (Dickkens, A Tale of two Cities, 1859)", "acid rain", "bicycle", "biosphere", "blueprint", "cello", "dwarf planet", "dyslexia", "feminist", "headphone", "immunize", "lunchbox", "mammal", "mascara", "mesmerize", "mom", "narcissism", "neonatal", "omnivore", "pasta", "photograph", "polarize", "purebred (Darwin, letter, 1839)", "quartzite", "radicalism", "rain check", "rhinoplasty", "rickshaw", "rigor mortis", "rubber band", "smart aleck", "southerner", "statehood", "subliminal", "subway", "taxonomy", "thingmajig", "urbanization", "vegetarian", "vertebrate", "wordsmith", "world war", "X-ray"
• 20th Century: 36.233 Words, Examples: "acronym", "brainwash", "clone", "database", "gazillionaire", "gorp (National Geographic, May 1972)", "icecapade", "in-box", "lifestyle", "moped", "mutiracial", "neurobiology", "nitpick", "oink", "postmodern", "racist", "recycle", "supernova", "techno", "vegan", "yeehaw"

oxforddictionaries.com
Adorbs new words added to OxfordDictionaries.com - WDYT?

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| acquihire | air punch | amazeballs | anti-vax | baller | bare | bedroom tax | binge-watch | brick | bro hug | catfish | clickbait | cord cutter | cotch | cray | doncha | douchebaggery | dox | e-cig | FML | fratty | hench | hexacopter | hot diggity | hot mess | hot mic | humblebrag | hyperconnected | ICYMI | in silico | listicle | live-tweet | mansplain | nailed on | neckbeard | olinguito | pharmacovigilance | pogonophobia | side boob | side-eye | SMH | spit take | subtweet | trackback | trigger warning | vax | WDYT | YOLO | zonkey

Phrops (W3)

runcible spoon (W3)

• Die große Zahl "googol" geht auf Milton Sirotta, den Neffen eines Mathematikers zurück, der diesen fragte, wie er eine froße Zahl benennen würde.
• Der Physiker Murray Gell-Mann prägte die Bezeichnung "quark" für einen subatomares Teilchen.
• Der Bandleader Harold Fox kreierte den knalligen "zoot suit".
• Der Pfadfinder Robert Link erfand den handgemachten "boondoggle".
• Der Cartoonist Billy DeBeck kreierte "heebie-jeebies" und "hotsy-totsy".
• Der Schriftsteller J.R.R. Tolkien schuf den "hobbit".
• Der Schriftsteller Robert A. Heinlein prägte den "grok".
• Der Schriftsteller Jonathan Swift kreierte neben vielen anderen Neologismen auch "splacknuck" für "an odd or peculiar person or animal".
• Der Schriftsteller Gelett Burgess gab der Welt "blurb" und "goop".

"runcible spoon", noun

A fork-like spoon that has a cutting edge

Note: "runcible", by itself, has no separate meaning

Etymology: Coined by Edward Lear with no definition

E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.

Runcible Spoon (A).

A horn spoon with a bowl at each end, one the size of a table-spoon and the other the size of a tea-spoon. There is a joint midway between the two bowls by which the bowls can be folded over

"runcible spoon", noun: a forklike utensil with two broad prongs and one sharp, curved prong, as used for serving hors d'oeuvres.

ORIGIN OF "RUNCIBLE SPOON": "runcible", term coined in 1871 by Edward Lear

"runcible spoon", noun: a sharp-edged fork with three broad curved prongs

Etymology: coined with an obscure meaning by Edward Lear

First Known Use: 1926, in the meaning defined above

Saturday, May 12th

runcible spoon

It's the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edward Lear, English writer, poet, and illustrator. Honoring this occasion, we salute "runcible spoon", a term that he coined in his children's story "The Owl and the Pussycat": They dined on mince, and slices of quince / Which they ate with a "runcible spoon"; / And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, / They danced by the light of the moon.

"Runcible" is a nonsense word invented by Edward Lear. The word appears (as an adjective) several times in his works, most famously as the "runcible spoon" used by the Owl and the Pussycat. The word "runcible" was apparently one of Lear's favourite inventions, appearing in several of his works in reference to a number of different objects. In his verse self-portrait, The Self-Portrait of the Laureate of Nonsense, it is noted that "he weareth a runcible hat". Other poems include mention of a "runcible cat", a "runcible goose" (in the sense of "silly person"), a "runcible wall", and "the Rural Runcible Raven".
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"Runcible spoon" is today usually employed as another name for a "spork" ("spoon" and "fork"), but that application is, as we shall shortly see, unwarranted.

The term "runcible spoon" was invented by the English writer Edward Lear, whose “nonsense poems” have entertained children and adults since the late 1800s. Lear’s “The Owl & The Pussy-Cat”, written in 1871, contains the first mention of "runcible" in the verse “They dined upon mince and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon, And hand in hand on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon….”

Lear used the word "runcible" in several other works, in which he mentioned a "runcible raven", a "runcible cat" and a "runcible wall". Unfortunately, Lear never explained what "runcible" meant or where he’d found it. One theory is that "runcible" is derived from the archaic term "rouncival", meaning "large". It’s also entirely possible Lear simply made up the word.

Interestingly, in another of Lear’s works, “Twenty-Six Nonsense Rhymes and Pictures”, he offers a drawing of “the Dolomphious Duck” catching “Spotted Frogs for her dinner with a Runcible Spoon”. The spoon in the drawing is simply a large, long-handled and deep spoon (resembling a ladle, in fact), definitely not a serrated "spork". So Lear invented the term "runcible spoon", but apparently never intended it to mean "spork".

Science Fiction (W3)

Der Begriff »Science Fiction« ist seit den 30er Jahren in allgemeinerem Gebrauch; ein frühe Nennung findet sich in Hugo Gernsbacks Leitartikel zur 1. Ausgabe von Science Wonder Stories (Juni 1929). Einige Autoren (Edgar Fawcett; Edgar Allan Poe; William Wilson) haben jedoch schon früher versucht, mit der SF vergleichbare Arten literarischer Produktion zu definieren, und andere frühe spekulative Autoren haben ihre eigenen Manifeste verfaßt. Erst seit der Gründung der spezialisierten SF-Pulp-Magazine in den USA läßt sich ein gewisses Maß an Übereinstimmung feststellen.
Die Kategorie, auf die sich Gernsback mit Scientifiction bezieht, wird von ihm im Leitartikel zur 1. Ausgabe von Amazing Stories (April 1926) folgendermaßen beschrieben: »Mit 'scientifiction' meine ich Erzählungen im Stil von Jules Verne, H. G. Wells und Edgar Allan Poe - eine reizvolle Phantasieerzählung mit wissenschaftlichen Tatsachen und prophetischem Weitblick vermischt ... Diese erstaunlichen Geschichten lesen sich nicht nur ungeheuer interessant, sie sind auch stets aufschlußreich. Sie vermitteln Wissen ... in einer sehr ansprechenden Form ... Neue Abenteuer, die uns die heutige Scientifiction schildert, werden morgen schon nicht mehr unmöglich sein ... Viele großartige wissenschaftliche Erzählungen, die einmal von historischem Interesse sein werden, müssen erst noch geschrieben werden ... Die Nachwelt wird auf sie verweisen, denn sie haben einen neuen Weg markiert, nicht nur für die Literatur, sondern auch für den Fortschritt.«
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slavant (W3)

time.com
When Did Everything Become ‘Epic’?

YEAR OF FIRST KNOWN USE OF WORD TO MEAN "EXCELLENT"

• 1225 : Special
• 1375 : Gay
• 1400 : Golden
• 1440 : Fine
• 1548 : Jolly
• 1604 : Excellent
• 1607 : Tight
• 1609 : Fabulous
• 1617 : Nuts
• 1637 : Prime
• 1666 : Spanking
• 1713 : Capital
• 1762 : Immense
• 1776 : Ripping
• 1794 : Dandy
• 1806 : Neat
• 1810 : Swell
• 1818 : Great
• 1833 : Slick
• 1836 : Boss (From the Dutch "baas", for "uncle", the term for "master" came to mean "esteemed", "masterly")
• 1845 : Hot
• 1849 : Stunning
• 1853 : Spiffy
• 1865 : Nifty
• 1869 : All : right
• 1880 : Choice
• 1883 : Stellar
• 1885 : Jimdandy
• 1893 : Smooth (A descriptor for "free from lumps" expanded to mean "pleasant", then "superior")
• 1896 : Fly
• 1900 : Peachy
• 1911 : Smashing
• 1920 : Wicked
• 1924 : Sweet
• 1926 : Dynamite (Greek for "force", this explosive word became shorthand for "intense" and then "impressive"
• 1929 : Ace
• 1933 : Cool
• 1935 : Solid
• 1937 : Groovy
• 1951 : Neato
• 1955 : Badass
• that : All : 1962
• 1964 : Smoking
• 1964 : Radical
• 1971 : Bad
• 1973 : Bomb
• 1976 : Rad
• 1979 : Killer
• 1980 : Awesome
• 1983 : Epic (Latin for "narrative", "epic" came to describe "events worthy of a story" and then anything "remarkable")
• 1987 : Crucial
• 1990 : Bangin'
• 1997 : Beast
• 1998 : Chronic

SOURCES: OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY; GREEN’S DICTIONARY OF SLANG

toothapillar (W3)

a caterpillar that turns into a toothfairy

Uni Rice
Neologisms

The following neologisms and novel uses of words in English were collected by members of the class Linguistics/English 215, Words in English: Structure, History and Use, taught by Suzanne Kemmer at Rice University 1996-99. Over the course of the semester, students collected instances of words and word uses that appear to be new in the language. They defined the words, described their origin where possible, illustrated their use, and analyzed the words in terms of their structure and the types of word formation processes they exemplify.

The list below includes many different structural word formation types, including novel derivations, clippings, back formations, and compounding processes of various sorts. The words also exemplify a wide range of semantic/pragmatic phenomena such as metaphor, metonymy, "euphemism", and eponymy.

The words on this page give a good picture of the creative aspects of word formation and use in present day English. Speakers do not confine themselves to existing, conventional units when using language; to express their exact meaning in a given context, they take advantage of the wide range of creative resources provided by their language. Many of these creations become more frequent and conventionalized over time. Looking at new words allows us to get a glimpse of lexical change in progress.

wordsources - Words for Our Modern Age

Ayto, John
Twentieth Century Words
20th Century Words
New Words coined in each decade

Synopsis
This book presents an overview of the development of English vocabulary from 1900 to the present day. It is a wonderful collection of words that define the twentieth century. A chapter is devoted to each decade of the twentieth century, with each one divided into two parts. The first part is an introductory essay setting the background against which the following new words came into being, and areas of particular importance or interest will be highlighted. Following this is a dictionary-style presentation of vocabulary that came into English during that decade. These words are listed alphabetically, and entries will include the earliest recorded date of each word. There is also a Chronology which highlights the key entries for each decade and gives an overview of the century's history and developments.

Knowles, Elizabeth
Oxford Dictionary of New Words

Kurzbeschreibung
Dieses Wörterbuch enthält die neuen Wörter des britischen und amerikanischen Englisch der letzten 15 Jahre. Die Wortauswahl berücksichtigt alle wichtigen Bereiche, wie zum Beispiel Politik und Gesellschaft, Geschäftswelt und Neue Medien.

Maxwell, Kerry - BNW
Brave New Words
A Language Lover's Guide to the 21st Century

Payack, Paul J.
A Million Words And Counting
How Global English Is Rewriting The World

Published by Kensington Books on May 1, 2008
307 pages

About the book

In 2007, the English language passed the million-word mark. That shouldn't come as a surprise since over a billion Earthlings speak English (no one knows about other planets, but they probably speak it, too). That makes for a lot of word-coiners (neologists) out there. And where are all these new words coming from? Hollywood? Technology? The Internet? Corporate boardrooms? Youthspeak? How do world events--from tsunamis and hurricanes to political doublespeak and presidential linguistic bumbling--influence the words we use on a daily basis? What do e-mails, text messages, and emoticons contribute to the language?

Let WordMan Paul J.J. Payack take you on a global tour of English-speaking worlds - virtual and otherwise:

• From India, Singapore, and China, to Australia, the U.S. and the U.K.
• From film, television, fashion, music, politics, sports, games, business, technology and science
• From TV junkies, fashionistas and sports fans, to amateur historians and linguists
• And from every other source that contributes to the global tapestry of English
• Get ready for a whirlwind tour of our increasingly global culture and how it becomes that way.

A Million Words? Fundoo!

Podcast, Chinglish, truthiness, crunk. Just a year or two ago, these words were gibberish to most English speakers. Today they pop up in everyday conversation worldwide, just four of the ten thousand new words added to the English language every year. Spurred by the universality of the Internet - where it is the de facto lingua franca - and the global reach of its media, English is growing at a rate unprecedented in its 1500-year history. Indeed, in the spring of 2007, the English word count surpassed a million - over ten times the number available in French.

At the crest of this linguistic tsunami surfs Paul J.J. Payack, aka the WordMan. As president of the Global Language Monitor, he has tracked the latest developments - the fascinating hybrids, the bizarre etymologies, the lasting malapropisms - in the language shared by two billion of the Earth's citizens. Aided by a worldwide network of similarly obsessed "language mavens" and armed with his own powerful word-counting algorithm, Payack ensures that no new English word falls from the tongue or marks the page without being counted toward the Million Word March.

A Million Words and Counting is a celebration of the vast variety and ever-evolving expressiveness of humanity's most universal language. Fun and informative, this guide is a joyful exploration of English as it spreads across the globe, as it is spoken today, and as it expands into the future. Each entertaining chapter of this ambitious linguistic survey examines another source of new English, including Hollywood, youth culture, other languages, corporate boardrooms, and tongue-tied presidents. An engaging compendium of English-language facts and factoids, this is a trivia lover's goldmine and a logophile's playground.

Weis, Erich (Autor)
PONS Kompaktwörterbuch Englisch - Ausgabe 2007/08

Kennen Sie das? In der Schule in Englisch immer zu den Besseren gehört und trotzdem das Gefühl nicht losgeworden, dass man für ganz banale Alltagsgespräche schlecht gerüstet ist? Das war auch die Schuld der Wörterbücher, die uns noch die abstrusesten Vokabeln wie "Hülsenauszieher" oder "Kehlader" übersetzten, aber mit grundlegenden Floskeln und Wendungen für stotterfreie Plaudereien geizten.

Allein dafür, dass sie heutigen Englisch-Lernern hier systematisch Formulierungshilfen an die Hand geben, gebührt den Herausgebern des neuen PONS Kompaktwörterbuchs ein großes Lob. Von A wie "Abneigung ausdrücken" oder "Anbieten" bis Z wie "Zögern", "Zuständigkeit ausdrücken" oder "Zustimmen" gibt es Infoboxen, mit denen man seine kommunikative Kompetenz gezielt trainieren kann. Auch der Wortschatz präsentiert sich auf dem neuesten Stand: Sollte man bei "ageism" einen "spin doctor" konsultieren? Und welches sind eigentlich die "Einstiegsdrogen" für "Leistungsträger"?

Für die, die zunächst ihre Grammatik auffrischen müssen, gibt es in aller Kürze das Wichtigste zu Zeitformen, Pluralbildung und Pronomen. Wer das nicht nötig hat, kann sich in die feinen Unterschiede zwischen amerikanischem und britischem Englisch einarbeiten: Während der Londoner von "sleeping partner" spricht, sagt die New Yorkerin "silent partner" - gemeint ist jeweils der stille Teilhaber. Und bloß weil beide von "résumé", "boot", "panhandle" oder "pissed" sprechen, meinen sie noch lange nicht dasselbe.

So dürfte dieses Nachschlagewerk bei Wiedereinsteigern und Fortgeschrittenen, zum Beispiel Oberstufenschülern, kaum Fragen offen lassen, wobei auch Teilbände Deutsch-Englisch und Englisch-Deutsch erhältlich sind. Wer hingegen beruflich oder im Studium mit Englisch zu tun hat, sollte bei 120.000 Stichwörtern und einer begrenzten Anzahl von Anwendungsbeispielen -- das Verb "do" nimmt gerade mal anderthalb Spalten in Anspruch - besser gleich zu einer noch größeren Ausgabe greifen. Für alle Fälle eben.
Patrick Fischer

Kurzbeschreibung

Rund 130.000 Stichwörter und Wendungen Mit CD-ROM Sie brauchen ein aktuelles Wörterbuch mit allen wichtigen Neuwörtern? Die Jahresausgabe 2007/08 bietet Ihnen: zahlreiche Neuwörter pro Sprache, z.B. "asbo" und "tweenager"; "Sparwut" und "googeln" aktuellen Wortschatz mit vielen passenden Beispielsätzen Infokästen mit ausführlichen Formulierungshilfen Verbtabellen, Grammatik und farbige Landkarten.

Den kompletten Wörterbuchinhalt zusätzlich auf CD-ROM Gemäß der Rechtschreibreform 2006 Systemvoraussetzungen Windows 2000, Windows XP

Kennen Sie tweenies?
Dann brauchen Sie ein aktuelles Englisch-Wörterbuch mit allen wichtigen Neuwörtern: das PONS Kompaktwörterbuch Englisch. Jetzt um 5.000 auf 135.000 Stichwörter und Wendungen erweitert. Mit vielen Beispielsätzen, Infokästen mit ausführlichen Formulierungshilfen, Verbtabellen, Grammatik und farbigen Landkarten.

Die CD-ROM enthält zusätzlich den kompletten Wörterbuchinhalt zum mobilen Nachschlagen für PDA, Smartphone und PC. Und übrigens: Ein "tweenie" ist zwischen 8 und 12 Jahre alt, also noch kein richtiger Teenager, sondern irgendwie "in between".

Englisch-Deutsch, Deutsch-Englisch
Buch und CD-ROM
Format: 13 x 19,8 cm; ca. 1.800 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-12-517137-4
EUR 24,95

Sie brauchen ein aktuelles Wörterbuch mit allen wichtigen Neuwörtern?
Die Jahresausgabe 2007/08 bietet Ihnen:

• Rund 130.000 Stichwörter und Wendungen
• Mit CD-ROM
• zahlreiche Neuwörter pro Sprache, z.B. "asbo" und "tweenager"; "Sparwut" und "googeln"
• aktuellen Wortschatz mit vielen passenden Beispielsätzen
• Infokästen mit ausführlichen Formulierungshilfen
• Verbtabellen, Grammatik und farbige Landkarten
• den kompletten Wörterbuchinhalt zusätzlich auf CD-ROM
• Gemäß der Rechtschreibreform 2006

Systemvoraussetzungen: Windows 2000, Windows XP