braggadocio [brag-uh-doh-shee-oh]

noun:
1 empty boasting; bragging
2 a boasting person; braggart

Examples:

Cruz spins these operations into digital content ranging from tips for aspiring investors to plain old-fashioned yacht-flaunting braggadocio. (Michael Friedrich, The Landlords of Social Media Seem Happy to Play the Villain, The New ( Read more... )

librocubicularist [leeb-ruh-kyoo -bic-kyoo-lah-rist]

noun:
someone who reads in bed

Examples:

I encourage you to become a librocubicularist. Whether you read physical or digital books, I recommend winding down your day in bed with a good book. It will allow your mind to forget the troubles of today as well as the challenges you'll face tomorrow ( Read more... )

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metagrobolize (meh-tuh-GROB-uh-laiz) - v., to puzzle, mystify, baffle ( Read more... )

In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the tarrasque (/tɒˈræsk/ tah-RASK)[1][2] is a magical beast.

The tarrasque is a gigantic lizard-like creature which exists only to eat, kill, and destroy. In most campaign settings, only one tarrasque is said to exist on each world. The tarrasque has a low intelligence and cannot speak. It is neutrally ( Read more... )

nomophobia:

Noun: The fear of being without one's cellphone.

Origin: Shortened from "no-mobile-phone phobia." The term was coined in 2008 during a study by the UK Post Office who commissioned research looking at anxieties suffered by cellphone users. Anxiety levels experienced by people who suffer from nomophobia when they are triggered by ( Read more... )

Sorry I'm late!  Completely forgot to do this last night ( Read more... )

cusper:noun: A person who was born during the cusp years between any two of the named generational divisions of the 20th and 21st centuries ( Read more... )

Best wishes to everyone reading, this holiday season and in the coming year :)
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Two words, to make up for missing last Friday:

felicity, n. fe·lic·i·ty \fi-ˈli-sə-tē\, pl. felicities ( Read more... )

sharenting:

noun:   Another modern buzz word, but one I'm hearing frequently enough in my line of work. Sharenting is the not-so-healthy practice of a parent regularly using social media to share way too much information about their children.  

phubbing: (also spelled pphubbing or p-phubbing ( Read more... )