Word Meaning

A blend of 'affluence' and 'influenza'.

A social disease resulting from extreme materialism
and excessive
Affluenza
consumerism: earning more money and consuming
more, which
can lead to overwork, debt, waste, stress, anxiety, etc.
A form of tourism in which tourists stay on farms or in
Agritourism agricultural
villages, and often participate in farm activities.
Fruit drinks fortified with alcohol, designed and
Alcopop marketed to appeal
to young people.
Person who loves and collects high-quality audio
Audiophile
equipment.
Blend of the words 'bag' and 'aggravation'.
A feeling of annoyance and frustration at the airport
Baggravation when your
baggage has not arrived but the other passengers'
bags have.
A navigation technique which helps users by
displaying a list of links
Breadcrumbing to the pages they have visited when exploring a
website
e.g. home >>vocabulary>>transport.
Blend of 'burqa' and 'bikini'
A swimsuit worn by Muslim women which covers the
Burkini or whole body
Burquini i.e. the arms to the wrist, the legs to the ankle, with a
hood to
cover the hair and neck.
Performing on the streets and other public places,
while soliciting
donations.
Busking
Busy urban areas will attract street performers
(buskers) who sing,
play, juggle, etc
Excited interest or attention surrounding, for example,
a new invention,
Buzz
a recent event or something that has become
fashionable.
A new word or expression that is commonly used in
specialized
work environments or age-groups, and has become
Buzzword fashionable.
Terms used in advertising can often convert into
buzzwords and
become widely used.
Completely Automated Public Turing Test To
Tell Computers and
Humans Apart.
Captcha
A distorted image of letters and numbers used to
ensure that a
response is not generated by a computer, in order to
 prevent
spamming.

Blend of 'car' and 'hijacking'

When a car driver is forced to give up his vehicle or
Carjacking
drive to a
destination designated by the attacker.
Areas on the internet where people can communicate
Chatroom by
exchanging typed messages.
Books, usually featuring female characters, written by
women on
Chick lit contemporary themes and issues that appeal more to
women than
to men.
News collected and reported by ordinary people,
Citizen
especially
journalism
through the use of blog software.
A computing service which enables access to a shared
pool of
resources (servers, data storage, applications, etc.)
over the Internet.
Cloud computing
For example, users can access and use tools or
applications through
a web browser without having to install them on their
computers.
A website that publishes large amounts of low-quality
content, or
Content farm content copied from elsewhere, in order to attract
visitors and
improve its search-engine rankings.
Opposite of copyright.
Whereas copyright imposes restrictions on the
distribution of a work
Copyleft
or publication, copyleft eliminates restrictions and
allows freedom of
use for all.
Very young child who spends a lot of time watching
Cot potato television.
(cot = a baby's bed)
A person who spends a lot of time sitting in front of the
Couch potato
television.
A trip or short vacation which lasts only one day -
Daycation
daycationers do not stay away overnight.
Euphemism for laying-off staff or downsizing a
Decruitment
company.
Blend of <documentary< font="">'documentary' and
'soap'.
(soap opera: sentimental TV serial)
Docusoap
A 'docusoap' is a reality television programme in the
style of a
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 Combination of 'drama' and 'comedy'.
Dramedy A film, play or TV programme that mixes drama and
comedy.
A tune that keeps repeating itself over and over again
Earworm
in our heads.
Online recruitment of employees, including online
E-cruitment submission of
resumes and cover letters.
A professional person who works from home and
Elancer provides services on
the internet.
A blend of 'emotion' and 'icon'.
A symbol, used in email messages, which is made out
Emoticon
of
punctuation marks and resembles a human face.
Electronic piracy
E-piracy Illegal downloading of material found on the internet
(films, music, etc.)
To stalk (follow) someone using Internet searches and
E-stalk
email.
Electronic material and devices that have been thrown
E-waste
away.

Person who dresses according to the latest fashion

Fashionista
trends.
A period during which angry or rude email messages
Flame war
are exchanged.
A crowd that gathers in a pre-determined place,
performs an action
Flash mob then disperses very quickly. The mob is not told
exactly what to do
until just before the event.
Flexitarian A vegetarian who sometimes eats meat or fish
A woman who is happy to stay single and independent
Freemale so that she
can do what she wants when she wants.
Blend of 'flight' and 'nightmare'.
Flightmare Unpleasant air travel experience (lost luggage, missed
connections, etc.)
A blend of 'food' and 'memoir'.
An account of someone's life or personal experiences,
Foodoir with a strong
emphasis on food, often including recipes and cookery
advice.
A blend of 'fun' and 'unemployed'.
Funemployed/ Someone who enjoys not having a job because they
Funemployment have more
time for leisure and fun activities.
A form of energetic step aerobics that mixes exercise
Funkinetics
and soul music.
A pub which, in addition to beer and alcoholic drinks,
Gastropub offers
gastronomic cuisine.
 A new generation of men who see cooking more as a
hobby than
Gastrosexuals a household chore, and use their cooking skills to
impress friends
and potential partners.
Blend of 'glamour' and 'camping'.
Luxury camping : sleeping in the open but with every
Glamping
comfort
including cooking equipment.
Going on holiday or vacation with grandparents in
Greycation order to
reduce the cost.
Blend of 'guess' and 'estimate'.
Guesstimate
A rough estimate without any claim of accuracy.
A person who manipulates information on the internet
Hacktivist in order
to transmit a message, usually political.
Hoody or hoodie A person, especially a youth, wearing a hooded top.
Location in which wireless Internet access is available
Hotspot
for example airports, hotels, train stations, etc.
Constantly checking and responding to email and text
Infomania
messages.
Blend of 'information' and 'entertainment'.
Infotainment Online services connected to information and leisure
activities.
High-priced designer handbag that is the bag "of the
It bag moment", or
a "must-have" item.
A girl who has become a celebrity more through
intense media coverage
It girl
than through any personal achievements (e.g. Paris
Hilton).
Blend of 'jumbo' and 'umbrella'.
Very large umbrella set above tables outdoors at a
Jumbrella
coffee shop,
pub or restaurant.
A telephone connected to wires in a fixed location as
Landline opposed
to a mobile or cell phone.
Locavore A person who only eats food produced locally.
To deliberately try to disrupt another computer system
Mailbomb by sending
massive amounts of email to it.
The idea that merit and individual effort determine
Meritocracy one’s success
rather than wealth or birth.
Mocktail Non-alcoholic drink that looks like a cocktail.
Nail tat A temporary tattoo applied to the nails.
Small laptop computer which weighs less than 3
Netbook pounds and has
a 7 to 10 inch screen.
Netiquette Blend of 'network' and 'etiquette'.
 Set of rules governing appropriate behaviour and
courtesy on the
internet.
Blend of 'internet' and 'citizen'.
Netizen A person who spends an excessive amount of time on
the internet.
A person who continues to work after they have
Nevertiree reached the age
of retirement.
Newbie A new member of any group, community, or activity.
Someone who rarely or never uses the Internet,
Nonliner usually because
they cannot access it.
Noogler New Google employee.
An area where there is slow Internet access or no
Notspot
connection at all.
The years between 2000 and 2009 which contain a
'nought' (zero),
Noughties in the same way as other decades are called the
'thirties', 'sixties',
etc .

Something that can be done or produced in another

Offshorable country, especially
at reduced costs.
The way a situation appears to the general public, or
Optics the impression
it gives.
Traditional media (newpapers, magazines, radio,
Outernet television) as opposed
to the internet.
Being excessively protective of one's children in order
Overparenting to guarantee
their safety and ensure their success in life.
Providing too much information on the Internet (credit
card details,
Oversharing
personal information, etc.) especially through social
network sites.
A segment of today's working population where there
Overworking
is a desire or need
class
to work long hours.
Being tired of having to remember a large number of
Password fatigue passwords for
different electronic devises.
A blend of the adjective 'fantastic' and the prefix 'quin'.
An informal way of referring to a person who is aged
fifty or over
but remains sexy, smart, energetic and successful,
Quintastic
especially
someone famous.
In August 2011 President Barack Obama will become
a quintastic.
Popular new term for a person who succeeds in
Recessionista
dressing stylishly
 on a tight budget.

Aggressive habits often resulting in violence against

Road rage
other drivers.
Commercial telemarketing call which plays a recorded
Robocall
message.
A generation of people who care for the needs of their
Sandwich
children
generation
as well as those of their own elderly parents.
A young person or teenager who spends a lot of time
Screenager in front of
the computer screen.
Blend of 'situation' and 'comedy'.
Sitcom A drama, on television, based on humorous everyday
situations.
Very poor, underprivileged person who lives in an
Slumdog overcrowded
squalid area of a city called a slum.
Blend of 'smoke' and 'flirt'
Smoking prohibition laws have led to a new sort of
social pastime :
Smirt
'smirting', smokers getting to know each other when
outside on
the pavement.
The standard system of delivering mail which is very
Snail mail slow in contrast
to electronic mail.
Stay home and use the internet, phone or other
electronic device to
Sofalise/sofalize communicate with people (social networking, chatting,
tweeting, etc.),
rather than go out and meet them face to face.
The language used by spin doctors, spokes-persons,
campaign
Spinnish managers, etc. when trying to present information in a
favourable
light.
A vacation in which you stay at home and relax or visit
Staycation places
close to where you live.
Sending text messages to mobile phones which insult
Textual
or abuse
harassment
people.
Jumping or diving into water from a dangerously high
Tombstoning place such as
a hotel balcony, a cliff, bridge, wall, roof, etc.
Blend of 'trash' and 'fashion'.
Trashion Fashionable items created from old, used and recycled
elements.
Trekkie A fan of the TV science fiction series Star Trek.
Marketing strategy which consists in using the social
behaviour of
Tribal marketing
certain groups ('tribes') of consumers (e.g. surfers,
rappers) to promote
 a product or service. Very often used by clothing and
accessory brands.
People who 'tweet' send short messages via the
Tweet microblogging
service Twitter.
A user of the Twitter service who is very popular or
Tweetheart admired, or with
whom other users communicate a lot.
Upskill Teach an employee new or additional skills.
Person who is very interested in watching videos and
Videophile making
recordings, and values high-quality results.
Marketing strategy that consists in encouraging people
to pass along
information to friends, family and colleagues through e-
Viral marketing mail messages,
blogs, video-sharing, etc., so that the marketing
message spreads
like a virus.
A combination of video, text, images and social
Vook streams in an
electronic book.
Anger or frustration as a result of difficulties or
Web rage problems encountered
when using the Internet.
Webinar Presentation or seminar conducted over the web.
A form of English that is used on the web (use of
abbreviations,
Weblish acronyms, small letters, absence of punctuation and
hyphens etc.)
Also known as : webspeak, netspeak, internetese.
Blend of 'window' and 'gadget'.
A small application or tool that can be installed and
Widget
executed
within a web page.
Blend of 'winter' and 'festival'.
Winterval
A festival that takes place in winter.
The words of a piece of text arranged into a sort of
graphic.
The more frequent a particular word appears in the
Wordle
text, the bigger
its size in the wordle.
(Also called 'word cloud' or 'text cloud'.)