New or Nonce Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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24-spot n. Ms. Beyar, 51, of Rockville Centre, L.I., accused Mosier of denying her request for a “24-spot” work schedule consisting of one day on and three days off. Mosier also rejected her as a chauffeur by selecting a male firefighter to drive him to and from fires, and denied overtime pay by crossing Ms. Beyar’s name off a log sheet. [English Employment Firefighting Jargon New or Nonce] [full cite] (May. 22, 2007)

45 v. The Wildcats’ confidence has been growing every week. It started with a win over Fox, the No. 2 ranked team in Class B, when Thackerville 45’ed them (a term for the 45-point mercy rule used in 8-man football). [English Football Sports & Recreation New or Nonce Slang] [full cite] (Dec. 5, 2008)

abby n. Have you seen this week’s edition of Newsweek? It’s all about the boomer generation—of which I am one of them. According to the article, boomers have played a key roll in defining every decade since the 50’s. First we were hippies, then yuppies—now apparently we are “abbies”—or aging baby boomers. [English Marketing New or Nonce] [full cite] (Jul. 12, 2006)

afflufemza n. Lying in bed the other night, cradling some seltzer water, my stomach gurgling, the word for my malaise suddenly came to me: “afflufemza,” wherein the problems of affluence are recast as the struggles of feminism, and you find yourself in a dreamlike state of reading firstperson essays about it, over and over again. [English Money & Finance New or Nonce] [full cite] (May. 5, 2006)

age-doping n. Under pressure to address “age-doping,” the IOC asked the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG) on Friday to re-open the Federation’s previous investigation into the matter of the girls’ ages. Prior to the competition, when rumors of the under-aged gymnasts first surfaced, the FIG had looked at the passports of the gymnasts and declared itself satisfied that the girls were at the lower-age limit of 16, not 14, as some earlier news reports on the girls had noted. [English Sports & Recreation New or Nonce] [full cite] (Aug. 27, 2008)

air-dropping n. Obey originally said House earmarks would be kept secret until they were inserted into the conference bill. By then, members cannot change them and can only vote up or down on the bill. Since the passage of earmarks is then all but a done deal, critics refer to it as “air-dropping.”…The “air-dropping” plans elicited howls that Democrats were reverting to the same cloak-and-dagger process that typified the practices of Cunningham and former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who once referred to earmark-laden appropriations bills as “favor factories.” [English Politics Jargon New or Nonce] [full cite] (Jun. 12, 2007)

aldercreature n. He hates the media; pastors; gangbangers; “aldercreatures” (as he calls them); incompetent, connected, overpromoted colleagues; and the mayor, and he believes these “silly people” are responsible for the ruination of his city and department. [English Politics New or Nonce Slang Chicago] [full cite] (Sep. 17, 2007)

alli-oops n. s a result of a nationwide campaign to sell GSK’s new weight-loss drug Alli, (AKA Orlistat, AKA Xenical), it quickly became the fastest selling over-the-counter weight-loss medication. [...] But don’t let the scare mongers put you off experiencing two or three months of oily-stools and brown spots in your pants, (commonly called the “alli-oops”). [English New or Nonce Slang] [full cite] (May. 12, 2009)

alpha kitty n. I’m an Alpha Kitty: brave, intuitive, fierce, passionate and…well, yes, weird.…We love fashion—but Alpha Kitties don’t wear muzzles. (Not even when they’re made of diamonds—that’s so 20th century, dahling.) Alpha Kitties must be heard. Are you an Alpha Kitty, too? Then…meow, you’re in the right place. I see a herd of stampeding Alpha Kitties painting the world with our unique points of view. Look out, world! Yes, some people should be scared. Oh, another thing about Alpha Kitties? We’re often planted in the wrong garden when we’re younger. We’re susceptible to being surrounded and underestimated by cookie-cutter people [English New or Nonce Slang] [full cite] (May. 30, 2007)

amajor adj. I recently read that the newest slang word was “amajor” which is supposed to combine amazing and major. [English New or Nonce Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 21, 2009)

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