8 December
16:23:57
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meshing - creating a new surname on marriage rather than going for the double-barrelled option e.g Harland + Anderson = Harlanderson Daily Telegraph |
4 December
16:30:41
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TCV - Them Crooked Vultures (band) Them Crooked Vultures |
19 November
11:52:41
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unfriend - remove someone as a 'friend' on a social networking site
MailOnline |
11 November
15:51:49
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jailbreaking - the process that allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to run unofficial code on their devices
Wikipedia |
19 October
11:15:48
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V-high - vagina high (boots) Evening Standard |
19 October
11:15:07
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OTT - over the thigh (boots) Evening Standard |
4 October
10:42:14
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man cave - a room away from women and children dedicated to “boys’ toys”
Times Online |
3 October
10:58:51
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KIA - Killed In Action (military) |
3 October
10:58:19
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HLS - Helicopter Landing Site (military) |
24 September
10:25:35
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JLoMo - person with a job and a low mortgage Evening Standard |
24 September
10:20:18
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mantyhose - tights for men (from man + pantyhose) Evening Standard |
22 September
07:18:27
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stonewaller - stonewall penalty (UK football slang for a blatant penalty offence derived, bizarrely, from incorrect usage of the word "stonewall", perhaps confused with "stone cold" meaning "emotionless")
Evening Standard |
21 September
10:01:16
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Blacberry Orphan - the child of parents who spend more time with their handheld devices than they do with the kids
WSJ Online |
19 September
10:24:24
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BOBFOC - Body Off Baywatch, Face Off Crimewatch (someone with a great body but let down by his/her face) |
7 September
11:34:14
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sad grad - recent university graduate who is deeply in debt and has few or no good job prospects |
5 September
05:19:52
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SWAGs - sassy, wise and grown-up women (as opposed to WAGs)
The Mirror |
5 September
05:18:59
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SWAG - sassy, wise and grown-up woman (as opposed to a WAG)
The Mirror |
2 September
09:43:49
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DBOs - drinking banning orders The Press |
2 September
09:43:18
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DBO - drinking banning order
The Press |
28 August
05:58:49
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AR - augmented reality
Wikipedia |
28 August
04:55:39
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kippers - Kids In Parents' Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings
The Times |
17 August
09:50:19
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screenager - a teenager who spends a lot of time watching TV, computer, mobile phone or games console screens (from teenager + screen)
Daily Express |
12 August
05:23:07
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bulleted - sacked from a job ( from 'get the bullet' meaning 'get the sack') |
9 August
11:40:45
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youthaholic - person addicted to looking younger (from youth + alcoholic)
The Times |
7 August
10:53:12
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sexting - the sending of sexually-explicit text messages or photos by mobile phone (from text + sex)
The Guardian |
6 August
04:55:31
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ghost tweeter - someone who creates Twitter content for others (from ghost writer + tweeter) Twitter |
6 August
04:55:02
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tweeps - Twitter people (from Twitter + peeps) Twitter |
2 August
10:09:49
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Ferrarista - person devoted to Ferraris (from Ferrari + fashionista)
Sunday Times |
31 July
06:56:18
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Deathbook - an internet service which sends emails after death (from death + Facebook) The Times |
31 July
05:34:17
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Bollygarch - a very rich Indian, (from Bollywood + oligarch) The Guardian |
26 July
11:14:02
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sabbatpacker - a grown-up on a career break (from backpacker + sabbatical)
The Times |
6 July
11:29:56
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plinther - person on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of the 'One & Other' (www.oneandother.co.uk) project. 4th Plinth |
23 June
06:39:22
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SH - sexual history
The Times |
23 June
06:38:36
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NE - negative equity, where the value of a house is less than what a borrower owes on it FT.com |
8 June
10:20:41
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iBore - an iPhone obsessive who can't keep it to himself/herself
This Is London |
29 May
06:22:49
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stray - formerly straight, now gay
Evening Standard |
29 May
06:18:58
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jeggings - fashionspeak for the combination of jeans + leggings
Smarter |
8 May
05:52:40
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FabLab - Fabrication Laboratory, a community workshop where anyone can make almost anything
FabCentral |
3 April
06:50:53
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FICs - Functional Internal Currencies, a concept invented by Edward de Bono to "fix the present economic crisis"
Debono Post |
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