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parkitecture n. It’s the first example of what came to be called “parkitecture.” That means it’s designed to blend in with its surroundings, made almost entirely of logs and stones obtained locally at Yellowstone. (May. 17, 2004) [full citation…]

Japan surpassing n. These days, the phrase floating around to characterize the world’s second largest economy is “Japan surpassing”—praise for a country that has far exceeded American expectations as a reliable ally standing behind U.S. efforts in Iraq. (May. 17, 2004) [full citation…]

writethru n. In wire service parlance, a “writethru” is a new version of an existing news story that updates, clarifies, adds context and corrects mistakes of fact or syntax, even down to the lowly comma. (May. 16, 2004) [full citation…]

ganga n. Maras es la forma en que son llamadas en América Central, mientras que gangas es una palabra en “spanglish” que viene de la palabra inglesa “gang” y que significa “pandilla”…En Estados Unidos hay numerosas pandillas hispanas, las dos principales son la “Mara Salvatrucha” conocida como “MS” o “MS-13” y la “18 Street.” (May. 14, 2004) [full citation…]

mud n. I am up early because the workers are supposed to be here soon to begin pouring our new concrete driveway. The “mud” as they call it is supposed to arrive at 7 am. (May. 14, 2004) [full citation…]

lex genetica n. Just as the novel term lex informatica describes the deployment of technological constraints on electronic information as a source of policy, the neologism lex genetica expresses the same idea with respect to bioengineered constraints on genetic information. In short, “information is information, whether the medium is a double helix or an optical disk.” (May. 14, 2004) [full citation…]

interwang n. Many admit they do not even know the official Mandarin word for DVD or CD. The mixing up of languages is also increasing, with words such as “interwang”, which means internet, in common parlance. (May. 14, 2004) [full citation…]

snam n. Everyone knows what spam is—unwanted email. Snam is a mutant variant. It’s unwanted email generated by such “social networking” Web sites as Friendster, LinkedIn, and Tribe. Social networking…snam? Get it? (May. 14, 2004) [full citation…]

sailor mongering n. Sailor mongering was rife in the 19th century when brothels sent prostitutes laden with booze onto ships as they made their way to harbor. The idea was to get the sailors so drunk they could be whisked to shore and held in bondage, and a law was passed against it in 1872. It has only been used in a court of law twice, the last time in 1890. (May. 14, 2004) [full citation…]

on point adj. We were eating our pie and “mode” as we called it and Becky was like “How is your mode?” I was like its good. Becky and Corn and Tiff (who isn’t black but might as well be black) were like no, you have to say its on point. I’m like no I’ll sound stupid, I’ll sound like a wannabe…Then finally I gave in and they were like ok sarah how is that mode and I said its on point and then they cheered. (May. 14, 2004) [full citation…]

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