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... )

hum·ble·brag [həmbəlbraɡ]:
origin: (2010) coined by comedian, Harris Wittels.

noun & verb
*Sorry, for the late word, but I got lost inside my mansion, don't you hate how that always happens on the butler's day off? Other examples"It's so difficult to find places that sell extra large condoms ( Read more... )

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

vir·tue sig·nal·ing [ˈvər-chü ˈsig-nəliŋ]:
origin: (April 18, 2015) British; James Bartholomew, from an article in The Spectator.

phrase
med_cat's recent entry, led to discussing another modern term re: social trends ( Read more... )

Vaguebooking is any update on a social network (although primarily Facebook) that is intentionally vague. Status updates which fall under the category of vaguebooking can be long or short, but most comprise just a few simple words. Regardless of the length they all have one thing in common - to elicit a response from friends and followers.

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lim·er·ence [ˈlɪmɪrəns]:
origin: (1977) American; coined by Prof. Dorothy Tennov (psychology) University of Bridgeport, Connecticut - no specific etymology.


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ek·py·ro·tic [ĕk′pī-rŏt′ĭk]:
origin: (2001) Greek; ekpyrosis= "conflagration"


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norm·core [ˈnôrmˈkôr]:
origin: [2009] portmanteau; normal + hardcore, accidently coined in a web comic called Templar, Az.

noun or adjectiveUltra-conformity; super normal; the trend for everyone to dress the same (known as "unpretentious"), by making zero fashion statement -- being deliberately nondescript or generic -- by wearing the latest trend ( Read more... )

chuu·ni·byou [CHo͞o-nē-byōh]:
origin: [1999] Japanese; neologism, 中二病 (ちゅうにびょう)= chuugakkou ni-nen= "2nd year of Middle School" + byou= illness.

adjective
A term coined by Japanese celebrity Hikaru Ijuin, chuunibyou is similar to the American concept of "The Wonder Years", akin to "weeaboo" and "poser". Like "otaku" (obsessed anime fan), the word ( Read more... )

dox [däks]:
origin: [2000] neologism; abbrv.= "dropping documents"


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