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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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 a wine term—a compound of the words merit and heritage—coined by a group of vintners to identify handcrafted wines blended from traditional aristocratic Bordeaux varietals. [English Food & Drink Factitious] [full cite] (May. 4, 2004)

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)

momfluential n. A new survey released today shows that a targeted group of women with children are powerful influencers of the types of products, brands and services their families, friends and colleagues buy. These women, called “Mom-fluentials” are public opinion leaders who use the latest technologies to share positive and negative feedback about a product, brand or service and ultimately impact purchasing decisions in both the online and offline world. [English Marketing Factitious] [full cite] (Oct. 31, 2007)

nickvoice n. Basing on changing Pitch and Timbre, AV Voice Changer Software Diamond 4.0 can totally change users’ voice to hundreds different voices. Male users would find it interesting with 10 nickvoices “For Male Input Voice.” [English Technology Factitious New or Nonce] [full cite] (Apr. 27, 2006)

shogging n. The company has coined the term “Shogging” to refer to the process of shopping and blogging. [English Business Online Factitious New or Nonce] [full cite] (Jun. 29, 2006)

smack shopping n. There are two ways to buy on Jellyfish.com. Customers can either search for a specific product and compare the deals offered by participating retailers or they can go “smack” shopping—the term for a group of jellyfish. [English Retail Factitious] [full cite] (Jul. 9, 2007)

snurfing n. After she says that a woolly mammoth has put the fire out and that she’s fine and gets another ho-hum reaction from Jim, she accuses him of “snurfing,” the word Comcast has come up with to describe the act of surfing the internet when you are supposed to be on the phone. [English Online Factitious] [full cite] (Sep. 27, 2007)

stressette n. Of the 1,000 women aged 16-25 who were surveyed, over 50% indicated that they feel incredible anxiety about their body image as well as what the future holds for them. Feeling stress from trying to be “hot” and independent simultaneously, these young women, coined the “Stressettes,” feel immense pressure to live up to their own and society’s perhaps unrealistic standards of who and what they should be. [English Factitious New or Nonce] [full cite] (Aug. 10, 2006)

sunvertible n. SC Incorporated’s vice chairman Chris Theodore today predicted that “sunvertibles”—SUVs, crossover vehicles and other vehicles featuring full-roof, open-air roof systems—will account for more than 1 million units in U.S. industry sales annually by 2012. [English Automobiles & Transportation Factitious] [full cite] (Apr. 19, 2006)

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