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mountain dew mouth n. Too much sugar is a bad thing. He says dentists have actually coined a phrase known as “Mountain Dew mouth.” (Feb. 1, 2005) [full citation…]

toyetic adj. “Sideways” was unbranded by stars or title (and was not, in marketing parlance, “toyetic,” susceptible to merchandising deals). (Jan. 31, 2005) [full citation…]

freeride n. Welcome to skiing’s “new school.” All-mountain ability, terrain-park and half-pipe tricks and a dash of big mountain—formerly known as “extreme” skiing—mash together to create a new style of skiing chock-full of appeal to young, aggressive athletes. “Freeride,” as it’s called, opened skiing’s traditional roots of racing and leisure to a more independent, innovative style. (Jan. 31, 2005) [full citation…]

on the sick adj. The growing number of people allegedly unable to work due to illness is strange, because the health of the population has continued to improve. But in truth, no one now expects what are known as sick certificates to indicate actual illnesses: when I ask my patients why they are “on the sick,” as they call it, the only explanation they can give is that they receive a sick certificate. And when asked why they receive a sick certificate, they reply, “Because I’m on the sick.” (Jan. 31, 2005) [full citation…]

infill n. Infill is the buzz word these days for preserving rural landscapes and commuter sanity by filling in urban holes. (Jan. 31, 2005) [full citation…]

disemvowelling n. For those not familiar with the concept, disemvowelling, pioneered by Teresa Nielsen Hayden, is the most effective troll-repellent yet invented. You leave the troll’s comment up, but remove all the vowels from it. (Jan. 28, 2005) [full citation…]

meh n.

Homer: [holds Lisa’s suitcase] Somebody’s travelling light.
Lisa: Meh. Maybe you’re just getting stronger.

(Jan. 27, 2005) [full citation…]

krumping n. LaChapelle’s exploration of “krumping,” a new form of dancing that’s becoming popular in South Central L.A., was sure to be an extended display of style over substance, an ultra-cool look at another empty trend that no one outside of New York and L.A. will ever care about. (Jan. 27, 2005) [full citation…]

mojibake n. Mojibake is a word to describe unintelligible gibberish displayed on a screen or printed on a paper when a software fails to handle encodings or fonts in the data stream. Mojibake is spelled in Japanese as “文字化け” which literally means “ghost characters” or “disguised characters.” Here, a set of ideograms “文字” means “character(s)” and an ideogram “化” means “change(d),” “transform(ed),” “haunt(ed)” or “ghost.” (Jan. 27, 2005) [full citation…]

mobisode n. Mobisodes are one-minute TV episodes especially made for video mobile phones, also known as 3G phones. (Jan. 27, 2005) [full citation…]

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