WiTricity
n.— «Realizing their recent theoretical prediction, they were able to light a 60W light bulb from a power source seven feet (more than two meters) away; there was no physical connection between the source and the appliance. The MIT team refers to its concept as “WiTricity” (as in wireless electricity).» —“Goodbye wires…“ by Franklin Hadley in Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT news (Cambridge, Massachusetts) June 7, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
If you work in tech support, you might use snarky slang for problems caused by computer users themselves. There’s the acronym PEBCAK, for example, which stands for Problem Exists Between Chair and Keyboard. And: a lush poem about the sea inspired by...
Why does the term vegetarian cause so much confusion? Some people assume it means avoiding red meat but still eating chicken. And is there a term for a vegetarian who also eats fish and poultry? Plus, screwball comedies from the 1930s mix slapstick...