Slang word of the day: rewilding

Today's slang word of the day is rewilding. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

rewilding

noun

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Oxford Word of the Year 2008: Hypermiling", Oxford University Press Blog, November 10 2008

notes

• Word was a semi-finalist in the New Oxford American Dictionary word of the year for 2008 selection.

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Slang word of the day: kick the can down the road

Today's slang word of the day is kick the can down the road. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

kick the can down the road

verb

• to procrastinate.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "'Rahmbonics' making a comeback", Politico, Carol E. Lee, October 11 2008

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Catching up with updates #27

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• May 2 (DIAF, DYK, in your feelings)
• May 3 (barkeep, HA, Jamie...)
• May 4 (bag ho, beamed, hot shot...)
• May 5 (break up, feast (one's) eyes, linkbait...)
• May 6 (hump day, PFO...)

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Slang word of the day: manscara

Today's slang word of the day is manscara. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

manscara

noun

• mascara for men.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Introducing Guy-liner and Manscara - the new metrosexual make-up just for men", The Daily Mail, Dan Newling, 28th July 2008

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Slang word of the day: analog

Today's slang word of the day is analog. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

analog

adjective

• bad; generally displeasing.

  This party is analog.

• boring.
• old-fashioned.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Revenge Porn", Details Magazine, September 30 2008, Richard Morgan

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From article title

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Catching up with updates #26

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• April 27 (dead, joint, null...)
• April 28 (cut of (one's) jib, lamestream media, wreck...)
• April 29 (bomb, death stick...)
• April 30 (iby, slugbug, vitamin I...)
• May 1 (awiiyy, bomb, buzz for...)

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Slang word of the day: wrap rage

Today's slang word of the day is wrap rage. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

wrap rage

noun

• anger experienced trying to open sealed plastic packaging. This packaging is especially found around consumer electronics.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Packages You Won't Need a Saw to Open", The New York Times, Brad Stone and Matt Richtel, November 14 2008

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Slang word of the day: Physics for Poets

Today's slang word of the day is Physics for Poets. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

Physics for Poets

noun

• a particularly easy college course for physics.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "A failing system", The Daily Princetonian, staff, April 3 2006

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Catching up with updates #25

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• April 21 (offie, bad rap, benny, FTR...)
• April 23 (cash, IIUC, neddy...)
• April 24 (bub, grog, nocialism...)
• April 25 (grind (one's) gears, LOLFDGB, pill...)
• April 26 (hook, power shower, SMH...)

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Slang word of the day: malamanteau

Today's slang word of the day is malamanteau. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

malamanteau

noun

• Coined in XKCD web comic #739: "a portmanteau created by incorrectly combining a malapropism with a neologism."

notes

• Controversy erupted on Wikipedia when fans of the webcomic attempted to add a "malamanteau" article to the encyclopedia.
  
  Discussion on Wikipedia about the article can be seen here
  
  Discussion on Reddit.com about the controversy can be seen here

origin

• In addition to the XKCD origin, the term appears to have been used on the website MetaFilter as early as 2007:

  It's not spoonerism. More like a portmanteau combined with a malapropism. So I'd go with malamanteau or a portmanpropism.
  
  posted by ludwig_van at 3:31 PM on July 17, 2007 (link)

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Catching up with updates #24

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• April 16 (carrot mob, ecohacking, frugalista...)
• April 17 (boom, chav, clean, duck...)
• April 18 (hyna, off the grid, rucca...)
• April 19 (guyliner, manscara, mental...)
• April 20 (bad rap, benny, FTR...)

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Slang word of the day: neo-boho

Today's slang word of the day is neo-boho. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

neo-boho

• new Bohemian.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From Kirkus Reviews, March 15, 2002, p. 362.

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Catching up with updates #23

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• April 11 (solid)
• April 12 (goose, NM, saddified...)
• April 13 (awesome, mushies, plarn...)
• April 14 (analog, big deal, echo chamber...)
• April 15 (down there...)

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Slang word of the day: BC bud

Today's slang word of the day is BC bud. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

BC bud

noun

• marijuana ("bud") from British Columbia, Canada.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Kid Cannabis", Rolling Stone, Mark Binelli, Oct 06 2005

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Catching up with updates #22

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• April 5 (Judy, romcom, scouse...)
• April 6 (go sideways, mud duck...)
• April 7 (sled, thumper...)
• April 8 (fire, firewater, gotsta...)
• April 9 (ankle biter, off the clock, stumpy)
• April 10 (bodice-ripper, gobbling rods, grind...)

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Slang word of the day: DBI

Today's slang word of the day is DBI. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

DBI

noun

• acronym for "dirtbag index", an insulting notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Doctor slang is a dying art", BBC News, 18 August 2003

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Catching up with updates #21

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• March 27 (ambo, fossbeard, hillbilly heroin...)
• March 29 (beer gut, beeswax, freshies...)
• March 30 (a world of hurt, bikeshed, beer gut, beeswax, freshies...)
• April 1 (dead tree, pip)
• April 2 (anti-Midas touch, bro, cager...)
• April 3 (cellar saver, come out, overshare...)

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Catching up with updates #20

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• March 20 (down, frog in pants, hit...)
• March 21 (vert...)
• March 22 (1080, high horse, M-Cat...)
• March 23 (ASLR, bake, brass clankers...)
• March 24 (a fine line, bank, Christmas creep...)
• March 26 (hold water, lift the fog, moo cow...)

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Slang word of the day: black gold

Today's slang word of the day is black gold. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.

black gold

• oil.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "The race for 'Black Gold': Oil in a day's work", The Seattle Times, Frazier Moore, June 15 2008

• compost.

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  -- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From "Compost - Going Green With Black Gold", ways2gogreen.com, Clay Miller

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