Word | Meaning |
Affluenza | A blend of 'affluence'
and 'influenza'. A social disease resulting from extreme materialism and excessive consumerism: earning more money and consuming more, which can lead to overwork, debt, stress, anxiety, etc. |
Agritourism | A form of tourism in which tourists stay on farms or in agricultural villages, and often participate in farm activities. |
Alcopop | Fruit drinks fortified with alcohol, designed and marketed to appeal to young people. |
Amazeballs | Used to say that you find something extremely good, very enjoyable, impressive, etc. |
Anklington |
Blend of the words 'ankle' and 'wellington'. A short wellington boot. |
Anonymouse Anonymice |
People who wish to remain anonymous when they give information, essentially because they are afraid of scandal or retribution. |
App | Abbreviation of 'application', software that performs a specific task. |
Applepick | Steal someone's iPhone. |
Audiophile | Person who loves and collects high-quality audio equipment. |
Avatar | A graphical image representing a person for example on the Internet. |
Baggravation | Blend of the words 'bag' and 'aggravation'. A feeling of annoyance and frustration at the airport when your baggage has not arrived but the other passengers' bags have. |
Bashtag | A bashtag is a hashtag (#) that is used to make critical or abusive comments on social networking services such as Twitter. |
Bitcoin | Digital currency which allows payments to be sent from one party to another without going through a financial institution. |
Black Swan | An extremely rare and unexpected event of large magnitude and consequence. |
Bloatware/fatware | Pre-installed software that occupies a lot of space, leaving little memory for storing personal data. |
Blook | A blend of 'book' and 'blog' : a book written by a blogger. |
Brain waste | The problem of skilled immigrants who are forced to accept positions far below their educational level in their new country is known as "brain waste". |
Breadcrumbing | A navigation technique which
helps users by displaying a list of links to the
pages they have visited when exploring a website, for example: home >>vocabulary>>transport. |
Bromance | Blend of
'brother' and 'romance'. A close non-sexual relationship between two men. |
Bureaucratese | A derogatory term for language used in businesses and bureaucracies which contains long sentences and complex words that are obscure or difficult to understand. |
Burkini or Burquini | Blend of 'burqa' and 'bikini' A swimsuit worn by Muslim women which covers the whole body i.e. the arms to the wrist, the legs to the ankle, with a hood to cover the hair and neck. |
Buzz | Excited interest or attention surrounding, for example, a new invention, a recent event or something that has become fashionable. |
Buzzkill | Something or someone spoiling an event that people are enjoying. |
Buzzword | A new word or expression that is commonly used in specialized work environments or age-groups, and has become fashionable. Terms used in advertising can often convert into buzzwords and become widely used |
Buzzworthy | Describes what is likely to arouse the interest and attention of the public. |
Cage sandals | A type of sandal with a lot of thin straps. |
Captcha | Completely Automated Public
Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart. A
distorted image of letters and numbers used to
ensure that a response is not generated by a
computer, in order to prevent spamming. |
Carjacking | Blend of 'car' and
'hijacking'. When a car driver is forced to give up his vehicle or drive to a destination designated by the attacker. |
Charticle |
Blend of ‘chart’ and ‘article’. A news article that is composed primarily of a chart, image or graphics with just a brief text for additional information. |
Chatroom | Areas on the internet where people can communicate by exchanging typed messages |
Chick lit | Books, usually featuring female characters, written by women on contemporary themes and issues that appeal more to women than to men. |
Chillaxing | Blend of
'chilling' and relaxing'. Taking a break from stressful activities to rest or relax. |
Citizen journalism | News collected and reported by ordinary people, especially through the use of blog software. |
Click bait | Put something on a website that will encourage visitors to click on a link. |
Clickjack Clickjacking |
Tricking Internet users into clicking on hidden links. |
Cloud computing | A computing service which
enables access to a shared pool of resources
(servers, data storage, applications, etc.) over the
Internet. Users can access and use
tools or applications through a web browser without having to install them on their computers. |
Coatigan |
Blend of 'coat' and 'cardigan'. A long cardigan or knitted jacket which from a distance looks more like a coat. Designed as transitional wear for autumn weather before a heavier coat is necessary. |
Content farm | A website that publishes large amounts of low-quality content, or content copied from elsewhere, in order to attract visitors and improve its search-engine rankings. |
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