lancing n.— «Sounds Better Than Bassed: Reichen Lehkmuhl, the boyfriend of Lance Bass, told AP Radio News that there’s a new word for celebrities who are outed. “They’re calling it a “lancing’” he said—after Bass, who...
megalopig n.— «Readers of WW4 REPORT will recall that Dunham was inadvertently responsible for the addition of a new word to the English language. Moussaoui, in his rambling self-penned legal motions attempting to dismiss Dunham as his...
torso n.— «In this issue of the Advisor I also discuss the “torso”—keywords lying in the productive area between the head and the long, lonely tail. The “torso” is a cool new word floating around Silicon Valley...
Katrician n.— «All it took was a pre-existing spike in the crime rate and a new word—”Katrician”—that turns 120,000 men, women and children into the enemy. If Pruett’s new label sticks it could also alter the meaning of...
multigenium n.— «World-changing technologies don’t leap into being overnight. He’s even coined a new word—”multigenium”—for the cumulative, multigenerational exertions that lead to something as complex as the airplane or the...
spamigation n.— «Spamigation: The abuse of bulk legal action. Filing lawsuits in bulk (as in the RIAA filesharing lawsuits or DirecTV smartcard lawsuits) without taking care to assure all defendants are actually at fault. As such, some...