David Baxter PhD
Late Founder
New Words in the Oxford English Dictionary
Time
August 23, 2010
automagically automatically and in a way that seems ingenious, inexplicable, or magical
bargainous costing less than is usual or than might be expected; cheap or relatively cheap
bromance a close but non-sexual relationship between two men
buzzkill a person or thing that has a depressing or dispiriting effect
carbon capture and storage the process of trapping and storing carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels
catastrophizing view or present a situation as considerably worse than it actually is
chill pill a notional pill taken to make someone calm down
chillax calm down and relax
cheeseball lacking taste, style, or originality
cool hunter a person whose job it is to make observations or predictions about new styles and trends
defriend another term for unfriend (remove someone from a list of friends or contacts on a social networking site)
deleveraging the process or practice of reducing the level of one's debt by rapidly selling one's assets
dictionary attack an attempt to gain illicit access to a computer system by using a very large set of words to generate potential passwords
exit strategy a pre-planned means of extricating oneself from a situation
freemium a business model, especially on the Internet, whereby basic services are provided free of charge while more advanced features must be paid for
frenemy a person with whom one is friendly despite a fundamental dislike or rivalry
fussbudget a fussy person
geoengineering manipulation of environmental processeses in an attempt to counteract the effects of global warming
hater negative person
hikikomori the abnormal avoidance of social contact, typically by adolescent males (in Japan)
LBD little black dress
matchy-matchy excessively colour-coordinated
microblogging the posting of very short entries on a blog
national treasure someone/thing regarded as emblematic of a nation's cultural heritage
netbook small light laptop
overleveraged having taken on too much debt
overthink think about (something) too much or for too long
paywall an arrangement whereby access is restricted to users who have paid to subscribe to a website
quantitative easing the introduction of new money into the money supply by a central bank
social media websites and applications used for social networking
soft skills personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people
staycation holiday spent in one's home country
steampunk a genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery rather than advance technology
toxic debt debt which has a high risk of default
turducken a roast dish consisting of a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey
tweetup a meeting organized by means of posts on Twitter
vuvuzela long horn blown by fans at soccer matches
wardrobe malfunction an instance of a person accidentally exposing an intimate part of their body as a result of an article of clothing slipping out of position
Time
August 23, 2010
automagically automatically and in a way that seems ingenious, inexplicable, or magical
bargainous costing less than is usual or than might be expected; cheap or relatively cheap
bromance a close but non-sexual relationship between two men
buzzkill a person or thing that has a depressing or dispiriting effect
carbon capture and storage the process of trapping and storing carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels
catastrophizing view or present a situation as considerably worse than it actually is
chill pill a notional pill taken to make someone calm down
chillax calm down and relax
cheeseball lacking taste, style, or originality
cool hunter a person whose job it is to make observations or predictions about new styles and trends
defriend another term for unfriend (remove someone from a list of friends or contacts on a social networking site)
deleveraging the process or practice of reducing the level of one's debt by rapidly selling one's assets
dictionary attack an attempt to gain illicit access to a computer system by using a very large set of words to generate potential passwords
exit strategy a pre-planned means of extricating oneself from a situation
freemium a business model, especially on the Internet, whereby basic services are provided free of charge while more advanced features must be paid for
frenemy a person with whom one is friendly despite a fundamental dislike or rivalry
fussbudget a fussy person
geoengineering manipulation of environmental processeses in an attempt to counteract the effects of global warming
hater negative person
hikikomori the abnormal avoidance of social contact, typically by adolescent males (in Japan)
LBD little black dress
matchy-matchy excessively colour-coordinated
microblogging the posting of very short entries on a blog
national treasure someone/thing regarded as emblematic of a nation's cultural heritage
netbook small light laptop
overleveraged having taken on too much debt
overthink think about (something) too much or for too long
paywall an arrangement whereby access is restricted to users who have paid to subscribe to a website
quantitative easing the introduction of new money into the money supply by a central bank
social media websites and applications used for social networking
soft skills personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people
staycation holiday spent in one's home country
steampunk a genre of science fiction that typically features steam-powered machinery rather than advance technology
toxic debt debt which has a high risk of default
turducken a roast dish consisting of a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey
tweetup a meeting organized by means of posts on Twitter
vuvuzela long horn blown by fans at soccer matches
wardrobe malfunction an instance of a person accidentally exposing an intimate part of their body as a result of an article of clothing slipping out of position
