Expression Clipping
The process by which a portion, perhaps a word, of an expression is devised to take the meaning of the entire original expression. ('Expression clipping made "deal" out of "deal with it".') More…
exqueeze me
excuse me (in the sense of disbelief) Note that I filed this as blending because the x sound in excuse is actually a combined cs sound. So, therefore, the later of cs blends with the s in More…
exs
characterized by preciseness, accuracy 'Exs' (pronounced 'eggs') is a shorter version of 'exactly' that high schoolers use where I'm from. It's simply a shorter, quicker, easier version of More…
Exterminatize
Exterminatize means to get rid of or remove something. It is just a different way of saying exterminate, but it has the same meaning. It is a derivation; the verb suffix ‘-ize’ More…
extheist
(prefixation) Someone that was raised in religion but abandons it =There is no specified time during a life that someone has to abandon religion to be considered an extheist. However, this More…
extra
(narrowing) Overtly or too sexual to be appropriate for the situation. =Did you see the two cashiers flirting? That was so extra! Etymology : This is most likely a narrowing of the word More…
extrasolar
beyond the sun or the solar system The morpheme 'extra-' can be used to describe things as being outside or above other things, so attaching it to the word 'solar' (of, pertaining to, or More…
exurbia
Used to refer to the exerbs in general (not just one particular area) Derived from “exurbs” =Democrats are out of touch with “exurbia”. Etymology : ex + urb + ia More…
exurbs
the outer reaches of a suburban area As “ex” means “out”, this may have been substituted with “sub” in “suburbs” to create a new word More…
eye noogies
the sleep found in the corner of people’s eyes. =Karla had eye noogies in her eyes when she woke up from her nap. =my friend in class