familymoon n.— «When they start traveling more as a family, it may be the perpetuation of another trend. Some marketers have noticed couples are increasingly traveling with young children, and they’ve coined a new name for it—the...
ant hill family n.— «In a trend dubbed “ant hill families” more and more 30-somethings are choosing to save money and go home to live with their parents again.» —“30-somethings living with Mum” FemaleFirst.co.uk (U.K...
Westoxification n.— «Recently, Khomeini declared that he wanted “no Westoxification and no Eastoxification,” but the trend seems to be more anti-Western than anti-Eastern.» —“Iran’s Growing Turmoil” by Tony...
inurb n.— «Older, close—in, inner suburbs-or “inurbs,” as Kirk calls them-began to vote Democratic in the 1990s, and the trend has continued into the new century.» —“A Congress of Mayors” by Fred...
scaffolding n.— «Another emerging trend in coursework is the use by pupils in their coursework of structures handed down by their teachers, a practice known as “scaffolding”. Moderators said that they had seen some very...
starchitecture n.— «By most accounts, the trend toward condo “starchitecture” got seriously under way eight years ago in Miami, where the French developer Constructa used photographs of the architect, not the building, to...