academic redshirting n.— «Concern about the academic fate of children who stumble in the early grades is driving up the entrance age for kindergarten at schools across the United States. In some states, education policy-makers are taking...
froogle n.— «Cousins is part of the new “froogle” movement, which began in America “Froogles” are environmentally-motivated types who use the internet to help them cut their consumerism back to basics. The trend...
Big Mother n.— «Advocates of parental spying say kids’ use of technology requires parents to keep up with gadgets of their own. Critics, however, have coined a term for the trend. Instead of Big Brother, they call such surveillance “Big...
push present n.— «Post-delivery room, dads are being nudged to give “push presents,” largely lavish gifts that reward wives for their delivery-room derring-do.» —“‘Push presents’: A trend is born” by Olivia...
molecular mixology n.— «Mr. Klemm, director of cocktail development for B. R. Guest, which owns Primehouse, is one of a handful of freethinking bartenders who have taken to the idea of employing the techniques of avant-garde cooking to...
neogeography n.— «Online maps such as those offered by software firms Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft have become ubiquitous tools for finding directions from Point A to Point B. But creative travelers around the world are now embracing the...