Factitious Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Citations in the Category Factitious

Appearing to be spread by an organized campaign, such as by a company seeking to publicity or by a person seeking fame. Most of these words are short-lived. You can also see entries assigned to this category.

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ant hill family n. In a trend dubbed “ant hill families” more and more 30-somethings are choosing to save money and go home to live with their parents again. [English Marketing Factitious Jargon] [full cite] (Apr. 2, 2006)

authenticitude n. Nonchalance about fake goods is so prevalent among teenagers that marketers even have a word for it, said Michael Wood, president of Teen Research Unlimited. “Authenticitude” refers to the teen belief that authenticity is “an attitude more than a reality.” [English Marketing Factitious New or Nonce] [full cite] (Jan. 12, 2007)

bamboocha n. Bamboocha is island-speak and although it cannot be translated into a single word, a close match would be to eat life wid a big spoon and in essence “live life large.” It will mark a new global advertising campaign revolving around a free-spirited islander, Jimmy and his merry friends. [English Factitious] [full cite] (May. 9, 2006)

binge career n. Some hold down what is known as “binge careers” in which they work for intensive six-month periods before taking time off to travel. [English Employment Factitious] [full cite] (Sep. 4, 2006)

fourthmeal n. Taco Bell has in recent years promoted its late-night hours and coined the term “Fourthmeal” to denote a late-evening meal. [English Advertising Factitious] [full cite] (Jul. 11, 2007)

Generation Jones n. “BOOMj.com will provide the first major online political community for both Boomers and Jonesers, combining content tailored specifically to this generational audience, along with unique interactive tools allowing members to find their collective voice and make it heard at a national level,” said Jonathan Pontell, the cultural historian and political advisor who coined the phrase “Generation Jones” or people born between 1954 to 1965. [English Factitious] [full cite] (Jul. 24, 2007)

grup n. Also known as yupster (yuppie + hipster), yindie (yuppie + indie), and alterna-yuppie. Our preferred term, grup, is taken from an episode of Star Trek (keep reading) in which Captain Kirk et al. land on a planet of children who rule the world, with no adults in sight. The kids call Kirk and the crew “grups,” which they eventually figure out is a contraction of “grown-ups.” It turns out that all the grown-ups had died from a virus that greatly slows the aging process and kills anybody who grows up. [English Factitious New or Nonce] [full cite] (Apr. 4, 2006)

killographic n. “If pornographic is the ‘graphic depiction of sex,’ then killographic should enter our vocabulary to describe the “graphic depiction of brutal violence,”’ David Walsh, the institute’s president, told a Capitol Hill news conference. [English Entertainment Online Pastimes & Hobbies Factitious] [full cite] (Nov. 1, 2006)

mancation n. The latest trend in the travel industry is a little something called a mancation. It’s a vacation for men only. It’s essentially boys’ night out for a couple of nights at a resort. [English Factitious New or Nonce] [full cite] (Nov. 10, 2006)

Meritage n. Meritage is the name selected by a group of 31 wineries that staged a nationwide contest late last year to come up with a designation for the new premium blends of wines springing up all over California. [English Food & Drink Factitious] [full cite] (May. 6, 2004)

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