NEW WORDS: Complete list

App NOUN
A self-contained program or piece of software designed to fulfil a particular
purpose; an application, especially as downloaded by a user to a mobile device:
apparently there are these new apps that will actually read your emails to you
Killer app
• informal
A feature, function, or application of a new technology or product which is
presented as virtually indispensable or much superior to rival products.

binge-watching VERB
Binge-watching, also called binge-viewing, is the practice of watching
television for longer time spans than usual, usually of a single television show. In
a survey conducted by Netflix, 73% of people define binge-watching as
“watching between 2-6 episodes of the same TV show in one sitting.” Binge-
watching as an observed cultural phenomenon has become popular with the rise
of online media services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime with which the
viewer can watch television shows and movies on-demand.

bling NOUN
Expensive, ostentatious clothing and jewellery:
look at the bling he’s already wearing on his left arm
Also ADJECTIVE denoting expensive, ostentatious clothing or jewellery, or the
style or materialistic attitudes associated with them:
the bling lifestyle of diamond rings, flashy cars, and champagne

bogof VERB
BOGOF – Buy one get one free! It's used as a noun as in 'There are some great
bogofs on at the supermarket' or an adjective, usually with a word such as 'offer'
or 'deal'
'there are some great bogof offers in store'.
When you combine the first letters of the words in a phrase or the name of an
organisation, you have an acronym. There are many well-known acronyms such
as NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) or Scuba (Self Contained
Underwater Breathing Apparatus). It takes a long time to say, which is why we
often use acronyms.

Chugger noun [countable]

a person who is paid to stand in a public place and ask people who pass by to
make regular donations to a particular charity
chugging
noun [uncountable]
'Seen by many as the scourge of shoppers, chuggers can be uncompromising in
their pursuit of a slice of strangers' disposable income, yet provide a rich source of
funds for charities.'
The Observer 9th MARCH 2003
crowd-source VERB
Obtain (information or input into a particular task or project) by enlisting the
services of a number of people, either paid or unpaid, typically via the Internet:
she crowdsourced advice on album art and even posted an early version of the song
so fans could vote for their favorite chorus
(as noun crowdsourcing): the paper seems more comfortable than many of its
rivals wading into the world of crowdsourcing and citizen journalism

Dual- (or double-) screening

VERB: The art of watching TV whilst simultaneously surfing on a laptop.
Guy 1: Hey bro! Wanna hang tonight?
Guy 2: Nah sorry dude, I'm dual screening tonight, I'm gonna watch Wedding
Crashers again whilst skyping my cousin, writing an essay on the first world war
and watching kitten videos!

edgy ADJECTIVE
• informal At the forefront of a trend; experimental or avant-garde:
their songs combine good music and smart, edgy ideas

The idea behind 'edgy', is that the edge is the most forward part of something,
the place where new things are happening, where the future is becoming the
present. We talk, too, of innovation taking place 'at the leading edge' or 'at the
cutting edge'. So the imagery is quite familiar. However, the older, established
meaning of the word is anxious, nervous, 'on edge'.

fit ADJECTIVE
Good-looking, sexually attractive (used amongst young people about someone of
the opposite sex). The distance from this use of the adjective to the more familiar
meaning of ‘in good physical shape and condition’ is not so very great! Compare
the alternative use of fit meaning ‘suitable’, as in the popular contemporary
cliché, not fit for purpose.

FOMO
NOUN [MASS NOUN] • informal
Anxiety that an exciting or interesting event may currently be happening
elsewhere, often aroused by posts seen on a social media website: I realized I was
a lifelong sufferer of FOMO

fracking NOUN (uncount)

/ˈfrakɪŋ/
The process of injecting liquid at high pressure into subterranean rocks,
boreholes, etc. so as to force open existing fissures and extract oil or gas:
fracking has created a shale gas boom in the United States
Also called hydraulic fracturing.

hashtag
A hashtag is a word or an unspaced phrase prefixed with the hash symbol ("#").
It is a form of metadata tag. Words in messages on microblogging and social
networking services such as Facebook, Google+, Instagram and Twitter may be
tagged by putting "#" before them, either as they appear in a sentence, (e.g.,
"New artists announced for #SXSMusicFestival ") or appended to it.

jorts NOUN
North American • informal
Denim shorts: turn all your jeans into jorts
Compare with Cut-offs or Daisy Dukes
Home-made by cutting the legs off trousers, typically jeans (known as "denim
cut-offs"), above the knee. These were particularly popular in the early 1970s.
The cut is not finished or hemmed and the fabric is left to fray. They became so
popular that they were sold in stores as such. Originally a practical use for
trousers with worn-through knees, they are now a type of shorts in their own
right. The ultra-short version of jean cut-offs are also known as Daisy Dukes, in
reference to Catherine Bach's character of that name from the American
television show The Dukes of Hazzard. They are a form of hot-pants or short
shorts.

meme NOUN /miːm/

noun: meme; plural noun: memes
1. 
an element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual
to another by imitation or other non-genetic means.



2. 
an image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is
copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight variations.




pareidolia NOUN
psychology
the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful, image in a random or
ambiguous visual pattern “The human ability to see shapes or make pictures out
of randomness.” — Pamela Ferdinand, Washington Post, 26 June 2003. “The
human brain is optimized to recognize faces, which could also explain why we
are so good at picking out meaningful shapes in random patterns. This
phenomenon could be responsible for a host of otherwise unexplained sightings,
such as the face of the Virgin Mary on a toasted cheese sandwich”. — New
Scientist, 24 Dec. 2011

photobomb VERB
/ˈfəʊtəʊbɒm/
informal
gerund or present participle: photobombing
spoil a photograph of (a person or thing) by unexpectedly appearing in the
camera's field of view as the picture is taken, typically as a prank or practical
joke."we were interrupted and photobombed by at least twenty tourists"

spoil (a photograph) by unexpectedly appearing in the camera's field of view as
the picture is taken."she actually photobombed a picture of me with Jonah"


phubbing VERB
The act of snubbing some one in a social setting by looking at your phone instead
paying attention. A ‘portmanteau’ word made by combining phone and snubbing.

pimp VERB
And… do you know the ‘older’ meaning of the word?
VERB [WITH OBJECT] • To modify a vehicle (usually a car), focusing on the
appearance.
he pimped up the car with spoilers and twin-spoke 18-inch alloys
Generally, to make (something) look more showy or impressive
Older meaning: a pimp is a man who controls prostitutes and arranges clients
for them, taking a percentage of their earnings in return.

Pre-loved ADJECTIVE
A euphemistic expression meaning second-hand or used. We still talk about
buying a ‘used’ car or a ‘second-hand’ computer, but objects to which people
might develop a sentimental attachment, like an old teddy bear, are sometimes
referred to as ‘pre-loved’.

screenager NOUN
• informal
A person in their teens or twenties who has an aptitude for computers and the
Internet; a young person who spends a great deal of time on screen-based
activity
John is a screenager who does nothing but play computer games and watch TV; it's
little wonder that he failed his exams.

staycation NOUN
NOUN: A holiday taken at home, perhaps to save money, or because you have
small children and travel is more difficult. A combination of the words stay and
vacation.

Troll NOUN (can be verb)

In Internet slang, a troll (/ˈtroʊl/, /ˈtrɒl/) is a person who sows discord on the
Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people, by posting inflammatory or
irrelevant messages in an online community (such as a newsgroup, forum, chat
room, or blog) with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional
response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.
This sense of the word troll and its associated verb trolling are associated with
Internet discourse, but have been used more widely. Media attention in recent
years has equated trolling with online harassment. For example, mass media has
used troll to describe "a person who defaces Internet tribute sites with the aim of
causing grief to families.”


Unfriend VERB [WITH OBJECT]

• informal
Remove (someone) from a list of friends or contacts on a social networking
website: she broke up with her boyfriend, but she hasn’t unfriended him 

Vape VERB
A verb, transitive & intransitive. To use an electronic cigarette. Thus vaping, and
vaper (one who vapes)
Additional Information
One does not smoke e-cigarettes, since nothing is burnt. Instead one inhales
vapour. Thus one vapes rather than smokes.

vuvuzela NOUN
Function: noun (countable)
An air horn or trumpet sounded by South African football fans
The instrument has come to symbolise football in South Africa and was the focus
of much attention during the 2008 African Cup of Nations
It’s said that the first vuvuzela was the ‘kudu’ horn, made from the African
antelope and used to summon villagers to a meeting.

wiki
And… do you know which language the word comes from?
A wiki is a website which allows its users to add, modify, or delete its content via
a web browser. Most are created collaboratively. The most widely known is the
online encyclopedia wikipedia."Wiki" is pronounced [witi] or [viti]) and is a
Hawaiian word meaning "fast" or "quick".

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