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ontin n. But he also likes to come up with new words to describe cultural patterns, acknowledging that at breakfast he invented a new word—ontin, meaning the ostensible usage of something—which he has already used a few times to much bewilderment. (May. 30, 2009) [full citation…]

rehydroxylation dating n. Researchers from the Universities of Manchester and Edinburgh, behind the new technique, called it “rehydroxylation dating” to be used on fired clay ceramics like bricks, tile and pottery. [...] The method relies on the fact that fired clay ceramic material will start to chemically react with atmospheric moisture as soon as it is removed from the kiln after firing. This continues over its lifetime causing it to increase in weight—the older the material, the greater the weight gain. (May. 30, 2009) [full citation…]

triple n. There is so much hugging at Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, N.J., that students have broken down the hugs by type: [...] There’s the shake and lean; the hug from behind; and, the newest addition, the triple — any combination of three girls and boys hugging at once. (May. 28, 2009) [full citation…]

bear claw n. There is so much hugging at Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, N.J., that students have broken down the hugs by type: There is the basic friend hug, probably the most popular, and the bear hug, of course. But now there is also the bear claw, when a boy embraces a girl awkwardly with his elbows poking out. (May. 28, 2009) [full citation…]

naycation n. According to Allstate, many consumers are opting instead for the phenomenon of the “naycation”—a step beyond the idea of staying local for vacations and choosing to simply stay home all together. (May. 26, 2009) [full citation…]

ranger n. Just a quick note on a chuckle I had with Australian carpool. They called someone a “ranger” repeatedly before I figured out they meant that the person was a redhead. Like an orangutan. Mean but funny. (May. 26, 2009) [full citation…]

post-traumatic embitterment disorder n. People who feel they have been wronged by someone and are so bitter they can barely function other than to ruminate about their circumstances. This behavior is so common—and so deeply destructive—that some psychiatrists are urging it be identified as a mental illness under the name post-traumatic embitterment disorder. (May. 26, 2009) [full citation…]

aquaponics n. Susan Mahan and Steve Stansloski of Ocala volunteer with the foundation, which uses a method called aquaponics. The organization grows tilapia and vegetables together using hydroponics in a cyclical system. (May. 26, 2009) [full citation…]

two Cs in a K n. If all this sounds like the ad industry is still rooted in a sexist world that the rest of us have left behind, then remember that not that long ago there was a standard adland shorthand for an entire genre of advertising known as two Cs in a K (the long hand of which translates as two c**ts in a kitchen). Ad after ad after ad followed the formula because everyone understood it and it was extremely effective. We bought what the Cs in the K sold. (May. 25, 2009) [full citation…]

vendorizing n. The first problem I came to is that, stupid me for not knowing, activesupport bundles some gems (they coined the term “vendorizing” but it’s just bundling, and it’s just as well ); of these four (builder, i18n, memcache-client and tzinfo) one was already ported to the overlay as the second main testcase (tzinfo), one I knew about and had some trouble with it before (memcache-client: no tarball in releases, Subversion as SCM, no tags for versions!), one was in both tree and overlay (builder), and one I never heard about. (May. 25, 2009) [full citation…]

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