A.S.S. GRADUATE
A long-winded person (who's attended the "American Sidebartending School"). =Lingo used by journalists covering the O.J. Simpson Civil Trial. =Newsweek
ASAP
As Soon As Possible. What started as an acronym in corporate emails has transcended into a word used by everyone to express urgency. It is exactly what is seems to suggest. =Could I have More…
Asbo
A delinquent. ABSO is the acronym for Anti-Social Behaviour Order. According to Wikipedia, in the United Kindom, ASBO is a civil order made against someone who has, or is likely to have, More…
Asdf
(novel creation) A term to represent bewilderment, confusion, or stress through the internet. =The term is not stable in the internet lexicon due to so many different ways to mash keys to More…
asdfghjkl
An expression of frustration for IM; used in desperation when no other words will do ="Asdfghjkl! Midterm week is sucking the life out of me!" Etymology : From the second row More…
asewo
A prostitute With over 250 dialects spoken in Nigeria, there has been an influx of a variety of native words in daily Nigerian Pidgin Languages. With Yoruba being one of the 3 major More…
Asf
(Clipping of "As fuck") To an extreme extent. Used after adjective to indicate that the speaker feels strongly about the adjective. =“Oh wow, we need to get the laser beam to be More…
ash
to tap the ash out of a cigarette =Oh, don't ash out the window! Etymology : noun, “ash” (from Middle English, asshe) =Conversation between sister and friend
ashified
Cremated; for one's body to be turned into ash after death I used the neologism ashified because I couldn't remember the word cremated. The thought process started with what the end result More…
asiate
(noun) Asian food =This word in French originally means Asian. However, in this newly formed word, it is interestingly combined with the English word “ate” and means Asian food. Etymology More…
Ask-o-letter
A letter of request As the phrase "letter of request" probably seemed too formal in this situation, the author most likely felt that the somewhat comical compound of "ask" and "letter" lent More…
asl
it means "age, sex, location" In modern times, people are in such a hurry that they'll come up with acronyms for pretty much anything. People do it just to save time from typing out the More…
ASL
an acronym of Age/Sex/Location, used to inquire more information about a person met online =a term commonly used in online chat platforms, such as Omegle, in the early 2010’s to find out More…
ASMR
(Initialism) ASMR is an initialism of Autonomous sensory meridian response. This refers to an experience of a static-like sensation or chill that runs throughout your body as a result of More…
ASMRtist
(blending, initialism) someone who produces videos intended to stimulate the autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) as a part of a Youtube fad. =ASMRtist was a term coined in response More…
Asneezia
Referring to an inability to sneeze. A literature search reveals the first use of asneezia in a paper published in the British Journal of Psychiatry in April 1990. The (Indian) physicians More…
asnooze
Asleep. This word follows a common adjective formation process of placing the prefix a- in front of a noun or adjective to indicate the thing being described is in a certain state. Other More…
Asp
A telescoping nightstick, extendable with a flick of the wrist. This word became widespread in the community of New York City police officers when a new piece of equipment was introduced. More…
Aspirational Purchase
(Compounding) A purchase made (often clothing) that isn’t something someone would typically buy, but represent a place or way of life they aspire to be where they would buy things like that More…
ass backwards
(compound; slang) approaching a situation, problem, etc. in a mixed up, confused, or "wrong" way =You came at me all ass backwards. I know I come at things ass backwards but... More…