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tokophobia

tokophobia Β n.β€”Β Β«Women, obstetricians suggest, are afraid of labor. Block reports that there’s even a new word for it: tokophobia, the fear of giving birth.Β»Β β€”β€œThe Obstetric-Industrial Complex” by Noah BerlatskyΒ Chicago ReaderΒ June 29, 2007...

spermative action

spermative action Β n.β€”Β Β«The numbers send booksellers reeling, begging writers for novels friendly to women’s book clubs. More women apply to college today than men, leading to male affirmative action, so-called β€œspermative action.β€Β»Β β€”β€œDisney’s...

Nork

Nork Β n.β€”Β Β«Stratfor is pretty sure that the Nork nuke—”about one-fortieth of the Nagasaki blast”—was a dud, too. But, just to be on the safe side, the intel service offers up β€œthree possible explanations for the apparently small yield: the North...

outside job

outside job Β n.β€”Β Β«β€œIn dermatology, we speak about something called an β€œoutside job,” which is a skin eruption made by the patient himself,” said Dr. Noah Scheinfeld, an assistant professor of dermatology at Columbia University in New York and an...

fifi

fifi
Β n.β€”Β Β«One day in the shower he explained to us how to make a Fifiβ€”a prisoner’s pocket pussy.» —by Noah LevineΒ Dharma PunxΒ June 1, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

homosocialism

homosocialism Β n.β€”Β Β«The militant environmentalist movement in America today is a new homosocialism, communism. What these people are is against private property nights. They are trying to attack capitalism and corporate America in the form of going...