rumourtrage n.— «The latest market neologism is “rumourtrage,” which means disseminating a rumour and trading on it. The practice has been around since coconuts were first traded but the proliferation of hedge funds and, more...
planemo n.— «He proposes a natural upper limit for a “planetary mass object” of about 13 times the mass of Jupiter, or about 4,000 Earths.…Because anything bigger, including stars and brown dwarfs, is able to fuse...
incalmo n.— «Koch’s vases incorporate a technique called “incalmo,” meaning to fuse two colored halves of glass together while hot.» —“Campus glass lab hosts open house and sale” by Tom Sinclair University of...
cat-faced n.— «Cool winter weather or high soil moisture canlead to a shift toward femalness, where the stamens fuse to the carpels or ovary wall. The resulting fruits become severely ridged (carpelloid, or “cat-faced”) and...
spizzerinctum n.— «For the explosive substance in the bomb hydrogen, he substituted knowledge, and for uranium, the fuse, spizzerinctum. This he defined as “energy ambition and the will to succeed.”» —“Publishers Told...
hiplife n.— «In hiplife, hip-hop beats fuse with raps in any of Ghana’s many languages or English-language raps ride beats that incorporate elements of highlife, Ghana’s indigenous pop style.» —“Fusion-Based Hiplife Genre Invigorates...