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Here are some words you may like to know.

Some are new, so you may be the first in your group to learn them.

Others are still finding their feet after being around a few years.

Anyway, we believe they will contribute something to your vocabulary. Have fun with them!

formerly

An older woman who looks like she would have very attractive when she was younger.

iPod oblivion

Someone who is not aware of what's happening around them because they are listening to an iPod or similar device.

refudiate

A word invented by Sarah Palin to mean refute (show to be wrong) or repudiate (reject, disown).

thumbo

An error made while texting using your thumbs to type. [Blend of thumb and typo.]

infoganda

A misleading news story designed to seem like news but which merely promotes someone's personal views or hidden agenda. [Blend of information and propaganda.]

cracka (or white cracker)

The new meaning is “an intelligent and sophisticated white person“ (used in response to the racist New Black Panther Party). The old meaning was meant to be an insult to poor whites. (Note: When the New Black Panther Party used cracka to try to insult whites, many whites started using the term proudly with its new meaning to irritate the Black Panthers.)

meformer

Someone whose Twitter, Facebook, or other social network page deals only with informing others about themselves. (me + Informer)

GOA

Grouchy Old Atheist. GOAs try to ban phrases like “In God we trust”, try to stop people praying or mentioning God in schools, try to imprison the pope, and so on. They often take their grouchiness to court to try to spoil the day for Christians. GOAs belong to groups like the Freedom from Religion Foundation and other activist anti-Christian groups. They don't seem to take to court Muslim or Hindu extremists who kill masses of people, but will complain loudly about a Christian handing out a Gospel tract in a school or a teacher who says God created the world.

deleb

A dead celebrity, especially one who has been used to endorse products.

iPeds

Pedestrians who walk around with earphones in their ears. They often get injured or killed by cars when they cross the street because they have their music so loud they don't hear traffic coming.

tramp stamp

A tattoo on a woman's lower back that can be seen when she wears a short top and low-rise pants.

grab-and-goer

Someone who shops quickly without much thought because they are short of time or dislike shopping.

yarn bombing

A prank in which statues or other objects in public places suddenly appear wearing knitted items such as sweaters, cardigans, or beanies.

HENRY

Someone who has a good income but is not yet wealthy. (From the initials in High Earner, Not Rich Yet.)

Werbeloff

Telling a Werbeloff is telling a big fat detailed lie about someone or something. It's named after Clare Werbeloff of Sydney, Australia, who told a TV news crew details about a shooting that she claimed to see but didn't. As soon as a reporter and camera approached she said she had seen the shooting and made up an instant story with detailed phoney dialogue.

nanna technology

Outdated machines and devices that your grandmother may have used, such as vinyl-record players, wind-up watches, and toys that don't use batteries.

social not-working

Surfing a social networking site instead of working.

staycation

Staying home for your vacation. Example: “The cost of travelling is so high we decided to have a staycation this year.”

fake-away

A home-made meal that imitates one you would buy in a restaurant.

DWT

Driving While Texting. The dangerous, and usually illegal, practice of driving a car while sending or reading text messages.

Wiki hick

A student who uses unreliable information in Wikipedia for homework or assignments without first checking the facts with a reliable source.

white pollution

Litter and trash like plastic bags, paper and cardboard cups, and flimsy food containers.

freegan

Someone who eats only what they can get for free. Street kids and misers are largely freegans. The word comes from vegan, which is someone who doesn't eat meat or animal products.

mullet strategy

This means designing a website that has its main pages professionally written, designed and edited, but filling the rest of the site with pages that contain dreary blogs and unedited visitors comments.

next-war-itis

A military view that focuses on the next war rather than current conflicts.

second-hand speech

Overheard mobile phone [cell-phone] conversation.

free-range kid

A child who is allowed a lot of time during the day to do what he or she wants.

bloatware

Computer software that takes up a large amount of memory but has little functionality.

crapware

Programs you don't want that are pre-loaded on new computers (e.g. trial versions, services you have to pay for testing them, and outdated programs that charge you to upgrade).

walking piñata

A person who is constantly criticized or ridiculed. (That second word, by the way, is pronounced pin-YAR-ta.)

showdogging

Walking beside an attractive stranger or someone famous to get people to think you know the person.

uptalk

Hmmm. You may do this yourself, but we hope not. Uptalkers turn up the last word or syllable of a sentence to make it sound like a question — even though they are merely making a statement. They will say “I'm going to school??”, “I've lost my lunch???”, “I bought some new shoes????”. They are just statements of fact, but uptalkers make everything sound like a question. Weird!

cyberfossil

Someone who spends too much time on the internet.

skats

Australian slang for body piercings. People who have them are called skatters.

annoyicon

1. An emoticon.
2. A logo that stays in the corner of a television screen.

toiletside

Something beside or within reach of a toilet, such as magazines, ornaments, brushes, toilet paper. Example: “All our old magazines go in a toiletside rack for guests to read.”

type T personality

Someone who regularly seeks out thrilling or dangerous experiences.

extreme tourism

Traveling to war zones and trouble spots such as Iraq and the Gaza Strip.

McMansion

A big new home in incredibly bad taste.

togethering

Taking a vacation with your family or a few close friends.

fur kid

A pet whose owner treats it as though it's a child. Also: fur-kid, furkid.

cat typing

Typing in emails and elsewhere that is so bad it's almost unreadable. (Like the random keystrokes made by a cat as it walks across a computer keyboard.)

lunch rage

Becoming hyperactive or acting crazy after eating or drinking something you are allergic to.

flexitarian

A vegetarian who occasionally eats meat.

nanny-cam

A special video camera — so small you can hide it inside stereo equipment or a teddy bear — used for spying on baby-sitters. Also: nanny cam, nannycam.

crittercam

A camera attached to a wild animal.

tanorexia

Addicted to getting a tan.

hoplophobia

The fear of guns. You would say that someone who is afraid of guns is a hoplophobe, and is hoplophobic.

earworm

A song or tune that keeps wriggling around in your mind after you've heard it on the radio, or in McDonald's. Sometimes you will hear someone whistle or hum a tune, and it will keep coming into your mind even though you don't want it to. That's a bad earworm. Earworms don't have to be songs you like — they just have to be persistent.

hurry sickness

A condition where a person feels chronically short of time, and tries to do every task faster, then flusters over any delay.

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• New words relating to creation and evolution.

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