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adrenaline drink n. John T. Cahill, Pepsi Bottling’s chairman and chief executive, was practically giddy about the company’s adrenaline drinks, as they’re called, including the SoBe line of beverage. [ Language English Subject Food & Drink] [full cite] (Oct. 5, 2005)

adrenalit n. Atria Books coined a new word for Bell’s way with words: adrenalit, a novel containing “non-stop, high-energy, edge-of-your-seat action.” [English Entertainment] [full cite] (Aug. 2, 2005)

adult balloon n. He ignores a condom lying on the surface of the tank. “Adult balloons,” he says later, out of the children’s earshot. [English Sex & Sexuality Euphemism] [full cite] (Apr. 27, 2006)

adultescence n. Marriage once was the gateway to adulthood. It is now the last stop in what has come to be called “adultescence.” [English United States] [full cite] (Jul. 6, 2004)

adulticiding n. The Memphis and Shelby County Health Department will begin spraying for mosquitoes June 22. The practice, known as adulticiding, is designed to prevent potential outbreaks of the west nile virus. [English Animals, Insects, & Birds] [full cite] (Jul. 2, 2009)

adultism n. One specific “ism” that GLSEN takes great pains to address is “adultism,” which the guide defines as “behaviors and attitudes that adults are better than young people, and entitled to act upon them without their agreement.” “Adultism,” the guide tells students, “is characterized by “disrespect towards the intelligence, judgment, emotional life, leadership, or physical being of young people.” [English] [full cite] (Jun. 22, 2009)

advergaming n. Massive will place billboards and other signs in the games which will refresh automatically as players kill their way through various levels.…Advergaming, the term coined by those smart little spinners, is set to generate hundreds of millions of dollars every year. [English Advertising Technology] [full cite] (Apr. 14, 2005)

aepil n. Korean dictionaries are welcoming a new word, aepil. It is a Korean word referring to a condom. The Korean Anti-AIDS Federation chose the name from a public contest, and it means “what you need when making love.” Shy guys no longer have to hesitate at the drug store and can just say “aepil please.” [Korean South Korea Sex & Sexuality] [full cite] (Dec. 1, 2004)

aerial tsunami n. The relentless downpour during the last seven days has prompted Chief Minister Narendra Modi to dub it as an “aerial tsunami.” [English India] [full cite] (Jul. 4, 2005)

aerosol art n. Mr. Beer said his work is not gang related and he sees graffiti (or aerosol art as he calls it) as art, whereas the symbols and numbers done by gangs or bored teenagers is vandalism. [English Arts & Literature] [full cite] (Oct. 23, 2006)

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