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anti-powerfulism n. That movement formed originally around anti-globalization activism and was consolidated through the opposition to the Iraq war. Its common thread is a certain kind of anti-Americanism and perhaps more generally a sort of “anti-powerfulism,” which can be defined as the instinctual opposition to all who are powerful: the United States in the first instance, but the World Bank, WTO, etc. as well. (Feb. 8, 2005) [full citation…]

waterlase n. Unlike a conventional drill, waterlase—as it’s called—never touches a tooth. Instead, the tool shoots out a laser beam, combined with water, to quickly ream out a cavity. (Feb. 7, 2005) [full citation…]

chipper n. “They had ample opportunity to become addicted—on average, they’d smoked 46,000 cigarettes, but we found not the slightest evidence of dependence: they showed no signs of withdrawal when abstinent. They really could casually take smoking or leave it.” Such nonaddicted users—“chippers,” in drug culture parlance—are also seen among consumers of hard drugs. (Feb. 7, 2005) [full citation…]

desireway n. Someone told me a while back about desireways, a term coined by a landscaper way back when. Pathways are paved, say, through a campus park, usually forming square shapes in the land like regular roads, meant to bring you cleanly from one place to another. But students in this park may tread a new route, a short cut perhaps, across from one path to another (a desireway.) And more and more students walk this path, because it is faster, though unintended. (Feb. 7, 2005) [full citation…]

cocktail baby n. it was never in my agenda that i would marry a westerner. let alone having a mixed baby. as fate has it, i met one at work, fell in love wth him, married him, and went on to have a cute little junior. this little junior is the so called an eurasian. well actually i prefer to use the label “cocktail baby” as humoroulsy coined by my ex classmate in the norwegian class from russia who happens to love cognac. (Feb. 7, 2005) [full citation…]

cryptoscatalogophobia n. It’s coined by Jolissa Gracewood & is the fear that you have inadvertently typed “fuck” in the middle of a tremendously important document. (Feb. 7, 2005) [full citation…]

lawfare n. Maj. Michael Newton, a military lawyer who teaches at West Point, coined a new term earlier this year: “lawfare.” It is the pursuit of strategic aims, the traditional domain of warfare, through aggressive legal maneuvers. (Feb. 7, 2005) [full citation…]

stadium n. In Bombay, men who have a bald spot with a fringe of hair all around are called “stadiums,” as in “Hey stadium, you’re standing on my foot.” (Feb. 6, 2005) [full citation…]

FNG n. In soldier parlance, they are “turtles”—a Vietnam-era nickname derived from their supposedly slow arrival in theater—or “FNGs,” a slightly more colorful reference to their “[expletive] New Guy” status. (Feb. 6, 2005) [full citation…]

turtle n. In soldier parlance, they are “turtles”—a Vietnam-era nickname derived from their supposedly slow arrival in theater—or “FNGs,” a slightly more colorful reference to their “[expletive] New Guy” status. (Feb. 6, 2005) [full citation…]

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