mets n.— «A friend of mine who has unclear chest x-ray and feels a pain in his chest feels strongly that it may be a “mets” from his primary cancer.» —“lung cancer symptoms?” by ajb Usent: sci.med.diseases...
solastalgia n.— «Solastalgia describes the pain experienced when the place a person lives is under assault and destruction, a loss of a sense of belonging to a particular place and a sense of desolation about its disappearance.…He...
Generation Rx n.— «Most parents were probably surprised by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America’s survey that found 1-in-5 teens abused pain medications last year. In announcing the findings, the partnership even coined a new term:...
bullycide n.— «Kids in pain would rather die than face the pain. We even have a new word—”bullycide”—(describing) kids committing suicide because of being bullied.» —“Bully-proof schools to stop...
griefer n.— «As online-game companies court new and wider audiences, many are running into an old problem: “griefers,” a small but seemingly irradicable set of players who want nothing more than to murder, loot and otherwise...
yard sale n.— «On the other hand, goggles can be a pain, tend to fog up at the wrong moments and are just another piece of hardware to recover after a “yard sale” type fall.» —“Re: ski goggles” by grr@cbmvax...