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heinie n. The evening crowd at Kirmser’s dressed like everyone else, the men with our hair clipped short, sometimes in a military-cut heinie. (Jul. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

momshell n. Her boobs do look more full. Hmmm, could be that she’s no longer unhealthily skinny and that she’s had kids. Three cheers for the ultimate momshell!!! (Jul. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

porn mode n. With Version 3.5, Firefox joins most other modern browsers with the ability to run in a private browsing mode (often euphemistically knows as “porn mode”). When in this mode, the browser does not save data from the browsing session. (Jul. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

downwinder n. Nuclear testing in Nevada during the 1950s and 1960s released radiation into the atmosphere that settled in states far away from the original test site. Researchers determined that certain elements of this fallout, such as the radioactive isotope Iodine-131, settled in states such as Idaho and Montana and found their way into food and milk supplies. Radioactive contamination can manifest itself as various forms of cancer, leukemia and other illnesses, particularly thyroid cancer. Those affected in this way are often referred to as “downwinders,” to denote their situation downwind from the fallout. (Jul. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

tele-town-hall n. I answered a phone call from Representative Michele Bachmann. The call was a “tele-town hall,” in which Representative Bachmann conducts a town hall meeting over the phone with her constituents. (Jul. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

flame-o-gram n. Harrison said Tuesday he had seen the e-mail. “It’s what I call a flame-o-gram,” he said, adding that he does not expect to respond to it. (Jul. 3, 2009) [full citation…]

Twinjury n. On May 29th, James Coleman of Bristol smacked his skull on a tree branch while filing updates to the Twitter service (or tweeting) from his Blackberry during a run. His accident spawned a new word: a “Twinjury.” (Jul. 2, 2009) [full citation…]

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. (Jul. 2, 2009) [full citation…]

bubble capital n. Bank PHB was also accused of having resorted to illegalities in the acquisition bid as two-thirds of the 33 per cent it claimed were “rejected” and “warehoused” shares. The rejected shares, also referred to as “bubble capital,” were alleged to have been fraudulently acquired by some directors of Guardian Express Bank and Citizens Bank plc, two of the merging partners in Spring Bank. (Jul. 2, 2009) [full citation…]

Iran-geles n. The US, they told me, was a good place and many Iranians migrated there, especially to Los Angeles, which they had taken to calling “Iran-geles.” (Jul. 2, 2009) [full citation…]

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