juniorization n.— «The survey spawned a terrible new word: juniorization. It covers a multitude of sins. When more experienced reporters left the profession because they were traumatized by covering the political violence that swept the country in...
bomber n.— «Tagging or bombing, whatever the street label, graffiti art provides the participant with a rush and a mark of identity. In that, Berry succeeded. “Peter wasn’t just any bomber, he was one of the greatest,” said Worm, a tagger who...
catastroika n.— «While Gorbachev’s political reforms are breathtaking, his economic perestroika appears overly cautious and utterly ineffectual. French scholar Jacques Rupnik has suggested a new label: catastroika. The sprawling Soviet empire—full...
LGBTQ adj.— «It can be used to describe both gender identity and sexual orientation and increasingly is being used in a new, wide-ranging alphabet soup—LGBTQQ, for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning in Youth Pride’s case, or...
two-spirited adj.— «It can be used to describe both gender identity and sexual orientation and increasingly is being used in a new, wide-ranging alphabet soup…transgender, transsexual, two-spirited (a Native American reference), queer and...
LGBTQQ n.— «It can be used to describe both gender identity and sexual orientation and increasingly is being used in a new, wide-ranging alphabet soup—LGBTQQ, for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning in Youth Pride’s case, or...
