19 September
10:24:24 AM
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BOBFOC - Body Off Baywatch, Face Off Crimewatch (someone with a great body but let down by his/her face) |
7 September
11:34:14 AM
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sad grad - recent university graduate who is deeply in debt and has few or no good job prospects |
5 September
5:19:52 AM
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SWAGs - sassy, wise and grown-up women (as opposed to WAGs)
The Mirror |
5 September
5:18:59 AM
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SWAG - sassy, wise and grown-up woman (as opposed to a WAG)
The Mirror |
2 September
9:43:49 AM
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DBOs - drinking banning orders The Press |
2 September
9:43:18 AM
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DBO - drinking banning order
The Press |
28 August
5:58:49 AM
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AR - augmented reality
Wikipedia |
28 August
4:55:39 AM
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kippers - Kids In Parents' Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings
The Times |
17 August
9:50:19 AM
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screenager - a teenager who spends a lot of time watching TV, computer, mobile phone or games console screens (from teenager + screen)
Daily Express |
12 August
5:23:07 AM
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bulleted - sacked from a job ( from 'get the bullet' meaning 'get the sack') |
9 August
11:40:45 AM
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youthaholic - person addicted to looking younger (from youth + alcoholic)
The Times |
7 August
10:53:12 AM
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sexting - the sending of sexually-explicit text messages or photos by mobile phone (from text + sex)
The Guardian |
6 August
4:55:31 AM
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ghost tweeter - someone who creates Twitter content for others (from ghost writer + tweeter) Twitter |
6 August
4:55:02 AM
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tweeps - Twitter people (from Twitter + peeps) Twitter |
2 August
10:09:49 AM
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Ferrarista - person devoted to Ferraris (from Ferrari + fashionista)
Sunday Times |
31 July
6:56:18 AM
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Deathbook - an internet service which sends emails after death (from death + Facebook) The Times |
31 July
5:34:17 AM
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Bollygarch - a very rich Indian, (from Bollywood + oligarch) The Guardian |
26 July
11:14:02 AM
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sabbatpacker - a grown-up on a career break (from backpacker + sabbatical)
The Times |
6 July
11:29:56 AM
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plinther - person on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square as part of the 'One & Other' (www.oneandother.co.uk) project. 4th Plinth |
23 June
6:39:22 AM
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SH - sexual history
The Times |
23 June
6:38:36 AM
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NE - negative equity, where the value of a house is less than what a borrower owes on it FT.com |
8 June
10:20:41 AM
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iBore - an iPhone obsessive who can't keep it to himself/herself
This Is London |
29 May
6:22:49 AM
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stray - formerly straight, now gay
Evening Standard |
29 May
6:18:58 AM
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jeggings - fashionspeak for the combination of jeans + leggings
Smarter |
8 May
5:52:40 AM
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FabLab - Fabrication Laboratory, a community workshop where anyone can make almost anything
FabCentral |
3 April
6:50:53 AM
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FICs - Functional Internal Currencies, a concept invented by Edward de Bono to "fix the present economic crisis"
Debono Post |
23 March
6:41:09 AM
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loathable - easy to loathe, a new word created by Piers Morgan which means "people love to loathe me" Mail on Sunday |
21 March
7:38:38 AM
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freemium - media industry term for the mix of free and premium content Evening Standard |
17 March
11:58:42 AM
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SAS - Sir Alan Sugar, entrepreneur and star of the UK version of The Apprentice
Wikpedia |
17 March
7:51:00 AM
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Twitterverse - the social networking site Twitter and all its users Twitter |
14 March
7:04:31 AM
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NFP - New Faux Poor, invented by Tatler magazine to describe "the well-heeled pretending to be down-at-heel"
Meet The New Faux Poor |
13 March
6:30:41 AM
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desker - someone who rents deskspace in someone else's office Desk Space Genie |
13 March
6:29:10 AM
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desking - renting surplus office deskspace on a short-term flexible basis Desk Space Genie |
12 March
10:44:58 AM
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Mrs O - Michelle Obama
Mrs.O |
12 March
10:44:19 AM
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TMS - too much stuff
Paul Graham |
11 March
10:40:14 AM
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meggings - leggings for men
The Guardian |
11 March
10:39:29 AM
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LAI - light adult incontinence BBC News |
7 March
9:44:37 AM
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dresslexia - inability to dress properly, a lack of style or taste in choice of clothing Luke |
7 March
6:33:15 AM
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attitude sickness - a feeling of superiority, often suffered by celebrities when out in public and sometimes characterised by frequent use of the phrase "Do you know who I am?"
Addictionary |
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