gapology n.— «It is easy to be flippant about all this gapology, and most of it deserves no better.» —“Gapology, Both Scientific and Managerial, a Cause for Concern in Europe” by H.B.G. Casimir New York Times Jan...
bozosity n.— «Existing groups will be moved into the new organization scheme…as determined by scientific measurements of the bozosity of the groups, measured by Leader Kibo’s Council On Scientific Bozosity and the faculty of...
fladry n.pl. a string of flags used to contain or exclude wild animals. Also attributively: fladry line, fladry barrier. Editorial Note: In English fladry tends to be used in the plural only, meaning you can have “some fladry,” very...
grandmother cell n.— «The Grandmother cell.…Should one suppose that the cellular abstraction process goes so far that there exists for every meaningful structure of whose specific recognition a person is capable (for example...
woo-woo adj. concerned with emotions, mysticism, or spiritualism; other than rational or scientific; mysterious; new agey. Also n., a person who has mystical or new age beliefs. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
molecular gastronomy n. in cooking, the study and application of chemistry, physics, and other scientific principles on its processes, preparation, and materials. Editorial Note: Hervé This writes to say, “It’s not my friend Peter Barham...