| Culture / sociology / The World |
| Brexit (n) |
The exit of Great Britain from the European Union. |
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wokeness (n) | The state of being aware
of and sensitive to social justice issues. |
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feebate (n) | A government program
designed to reduce energy use and pollution by levying a fee on
fuel-inefficient vehicles and offering a rebate on fuel-efficient vehicles. |
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decacorn (n) | A technology company that
is less than ten years old and worth more than ten billion dollars. |
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threenager (n) | A three-year-old who
displays the moodiness and attitude of a teenager. |
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red-chip (j) | Describes a stock issued
for a publicly-traded Chinese company. |
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eco-anxiety (n) | Worry or agitation
caused by concerns about the present and future state of the environment. |
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de-conflict (v) | To avoid conflict; a
military strategy that attempts to route planes and other vehicles so they
do not conflict with each other. |
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craftivism (n) | The use of crafts such
as knitting to further political, social, or other activist causes. |
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bingeable (j) | Compulsively and
excessively watchable or consumable, particularly a TV show or food. |
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pull-aside (n) | An informal meeting
between leaders, officials, or diplomats at a public event.. |
| manspreading (n) | The act of a man sitting with his knees spread widely apart, particularly when this crowds people next to him or prevents someone from taking an adjacent seat. |
| makerspace (n) | A workshop that offers tools, materials, and expertise for people to work on do-it-yourself projects. |
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gig economy (n) |
The economic sector consisting of freelancers who take on a series of small
jobs, particularly when those jobs are contracted online using a website or
app. |
| dadbod (n) | A male physique characterized by a slight flabbiness, undefined musculature, and a noticeable beer belly; a man who has such a physique. |
| momager (n) | A mother who manages the career of one or more of her children; a manager who performs the duties of a mother. |
| swatting (n) | A hoax that involves phoning police and providing false information that causes the dispatch of a SWAT team to the hoax victim's home. |
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walkscore (n) | A measure of how amenable a
neighborhood is to walking. |
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trigger warning (n) | Advance warning that a book, movie, or
other material has content that could trigger emotional distress or a
traumatic reaction. |
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mommy porn (n) | A literary genre that includes
elements that allegedly appeal to mothers and housewives. |
| normcore (n) | A fashion trend that features bland, mainstream styles and colors. |
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listicle (n) | An article or news story that consists
primarily of a thematic list of short items. |
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sufferfest (n) | A period of extreme suffering or
discomfort brought on by intense physical exertion. |
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*fest | Words
containing *fest (top 800 hits), e.g. horrorfest, borefest, smashfest |
| catfishing (n) | The elaborate fabrication of an online identity to trick a person into a romantic relationship. |
| sapiosexual* (j/n) |
A person who is sexually attracted to intelligent people. |
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demisexual (j/n) | A person who only
feels sexual attraction in the context of an emotional or romantic
relationship. |
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*sexual* | Words containing
**sexual* (top 400 hits), e.g. metrosexual, demisexual, pansexual |
| nomophobia (n) | The fear of being without your mobile phone or without a cellular signal. |
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*phobia | Words containing
*phobia (top 500 hits), e.g. photophobia, dronophobia, robophobia |
| omnishambles (n) | A situation or person that is a mess in every possible way. |
| humblebrag (n) | An ostensibly humble comment that also demonstrates the person's wealth, fame, or importance. |
| FOMO (n) | The fear of missing out on something interesting or fun, particularly when it leads to obsessive socializing or social networking. |
| precariat (n) | People whose lives are precarious because they have little or no job security. |
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filter bubble (n) |
Search results, recommendations, and other online data that have been
filtered to match your interests, thus preventing you from seeing data
outside of those interests. |
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range anxiety (n) | Mental distress or uneasiness caused
by concerns about running out of power while driving an electric car. |
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collaborative consumption (n) | An economic model in which consumers
use online tools to collaborate on owning, renting, sharing, and trading
goods and services. |
| churnalism (n) | Journalism that churns out articles based on wire stories and press releases, rather than original reporting. |
| birther (n) | A person who believes that United States president Barack Obama was not born in the United States, and is therefore ineligible to be president. |
| truther (n) | A person who believes that the United States government perpetrated or allowed the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. |
| staycation (n) | A stay-at-home vacation. |
| glamping (n) | A form of camping that includes expensive equipment, fine food, and other luxuries. |
| locavore (n) | A person who eats only locally grown food. |
| voluntourism (n) | Travel that also includes volunteer work. |
| freegan (n) | A person, usually a vegan, who consumes only food that is obtained by foraging, most often in the garbages of restaurants, grocery stores, and other retailers. |
| gayborhood (n) | A neighborhood that is significantly or predominantly gay. |
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social jet lag (n) |
Tiredness and disorientation caused by forcing one's body to sleep at
unnatural times due to work commitments. |
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continuous partial attention (n) |
A state in which most of one's attention is on a primary task, but where one
is also monitoring several background tasks just in case something more
important or interesting comes up. |
| parkour (n) | A sport in which participants run, climb, and leap over urban structures. |
| Computers / technology /
science |
| Uberization (n) | The conversion of existing jobs and services into discrete tasks that can be requested on-demand; the emulation of the Uber taxi service, or the adoption of its business model. |
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selfie
stick (n) |
a device in the form of a rod on which a camera or smartphone may be mounted,
enabling the person holding it to take a photograph of themselves |
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hearable (n) | A small computer or
electronic device designed to be worn in the ear.. |
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fracklog (n) | Gas or oil that is ready to be fracked,
but remains in the ground pending higher petroleum prices. |
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digital detox (n) | Time spent away from computers and
other digital devices. |
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digital NOUN | digital + NOUN (top
700 hits), e.g. digital spy / drugs / |
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camgirl (n) | A girl or young woman who
broadcasts live pictures of herself over the web.. |
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droneport (n) | An airport or hub designed for or
dedicated to drones. |
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data lake (n) | A massive amount of data stored and
readily accessible in its pure, unprocessed state. |
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data NOUN | Data + NOUN (top
800 hits); e.g. data gap / hogs / lives |
| smartwatch (n) | A wristwatch that can run apps, access the internet, and contains one or more sensors. |
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smart* | Words containing
smart* (top 400 hits): e.g. smartscooter, smartwater, smartart |
| airpocalypse (n) | Extreme air pollution caused by a combination of smog, dust, and weather. |
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*alypse | Words containing
*alypse (top 400 hits): e.g. apocalyse, snowpocalypse, zombocalpyse |
| catfishing (n) | The elaborate fabrication of an online identity to tri |
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breadcrumbing (n) | A navigation feature
that displays a list of places a person has visited or the route a person
has taken.. |
| MOOC (n) | An online course open to anyone and designed to handle an extremely large number of students. |
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Eurogeddon (n) |
An extreme European economic, political, or military crisis. |
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*geddon | Words containing
*geddon (top 200 hits), e.g. carmageddon, stormageddon,
hairmageddon |
| phablet (n) | A device that combines the features of a smartphone and a tablet computer. |
| hackathon (n) | A collaborative programming session, particularly one lasting several days. |
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*athon | Words containing
*athon (top 400 hits), e.g. laughathon, funathon, stavathon |
| cleantech (n) | Technology that is itself environmentally friendly or that helps reduce environmental problems; the business sector that produces such technology. |
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digital native (n) |
A person who grew up in a world with computers, mobile phones, and other
digital devices. |
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digital NOUN | digital + NOUN (top
700 hits), e.g. digital spy / drugs / giants |
| locavore (n) | A person who eats only locally grown food. |
| upcycling (n) | A process that takes used or recycled materials and creates a new product with a higher quality or value than the original materials. |
| ransomware (n) | Malicious software that encrypts a person's computer files and demands a ransom to decrypt the files. |
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*ware | Words containing
*ware (top 500 hits), e.g. adware, crapware, Slackware |