Acquaintance
Term used to refer to someone known personally that you do not like but do not want to state that you do not like - therefore used also as a euphemism. Often used to refer to someone you More…
acquisition
to use the file-sharing program Acquisition to download music or other media files Zero derivation: as with Google, the proper noun Acquisition is made into a verb, which in this case More…
ad-skipper
People who avoid ads by installing pop-up blockers in the browser or switching channels on TV. A lot of advertisements are of no interest to their audience. Public media generally allow More…
addy
Address; written geographic location =Give me your e-mail addy. Etymology : addy. Clipping of 'address' + y (English noun ending). Latin ad-, ad- + Vulgar Latin *drctire, to straighten More…
Adhocracy
Apparent meaning: describing an rather disorganized organization Reason used: described the lack of structure in a organization. “ad hoc” means for the particular end or case at More…
administaff
the staff who deals with the administration (in this case, of the golfcourse) It was kind of weird where I saw the context of this word. It was printed in huge letters over a building when More…
administrivia
Boring, often insignificant administrative duties that have to be carried out on the first day of class, in every class. These include discussing the class syllabus, grading policy, and More…
administrivia
a list of upcoming events along with other little things. Administrivia is a result of both clipping and compounding. Adminis- is clipped from administration, and trivia is just compounded More…
administrivia
tedious and mundane organizational and administrative tasks; mundane, repetitive busy work required for general record-keeping. Clever way to describe the menial tasks required for More…
adorkable
Someone who is considered adorable because of an awkward, clumsy, or otherwise dorky characteristic. This word was created to combine the two concepts of dorky and adorable together to More…
adorkable
descriptive word for something that is both dorky and adorable. Oftentimes the adjective is used to describe something that is adorable because of its dorkiness. This word is on first More…
adorkable
an endearing term for having the characteristics of both adorable and dorky. The word is used to emphasize just how cute, adorable, yet dorky something is. It is used by people who tend to More…
Adultified
to be treated as an adult at an early age, or to pressure a child to act like and have the maturity of an adult That there is now a word for this phenomenon that is universally understood More…
Adultolescence
moving back in with your parents after graduating from college The author was trying to accurately name the state of moving back in with one's parents as an adult, especially after college More…
adverteasement
(Possibly) personal advertisement. It is not completely clear to me what this word actually means. From a lot of usage it seems that it's a kind of advertisement that is publicized in an More…
Advertorial
What is written when a company pays to have a good story written about them in a publication. By adding a hint of advertising to the word about a story, the piece acquires a negative More…
Adware
Computer software that makes advertisements open on computers that the computer operator cannot control Apparent meaning: Computer software that causes advertising windows to open on the More…
Adwonderize
to make something seem wonderful using effective advertising to describe a situation quickly without needing a long explanation =It’s just a rock now but once we adwonderize it More…
afernial
having to do with or resembling the shape of a fern Type of word formation: Derivation: appending the common suffix –ial in order to adjectivize (or, convert into an adjective) the More…
affinitize
In Chemistry, the action of attaching an electron to an atom that requires a certain amount of energy called the electron affinity. This word is a neologism derived from electron affinity, More…