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eventologist n. After a little research I discovered that National Smith Day was created in 1995 by “eventologist” Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith of Chicago. She’s created not just Smith Day but 1,499 other “holidates,” as she calls them. (Jan. 6, 2005) [full citation…]

prior-roarity n. In the Texas legislature, they are called “prior-roarities,” such a happy coinage. What should come prior? (Jan. 6, 2005) [full citation…]

hamburger grotesque n. In franchise parlance, Burger King’s ubiquitous bun logo is called the “hamburger grotesque,” and its reputation among young consumers is critical, a court has heard. (Jan. 5, 2005) [full citation…]

iBod n. In this world of new words being made up on what feels like an hourly basis, PlayBoy brings us iBod. Not surprisingly, their newly launched service entails delivering photos of scantily clad women to Apple’s Photo iPod. (Jan. 5, 2005) [full citation…]

curry n. Couriers like Kevin are the grunts of the system, but without the “curries” transferring and duplicating files, the massive distribution network would break down. (Jan. 4, 2005) [full citation…]

dwell zone n. Shoppers walking through the area just inside the door—called the dwell zone—are, says Karl, so panic-stricken that’s there’s little point trying to sell them anything. (Jan. 4, 2005) [full citation…]

punk v. Clark isn’t fighting the transfer, and under the Oakland police union contract, there is little that can be done because Clark was bumped—or “punked” in the parlance of Oakland police officers—out of the North Oakland squad by officers with more seniority. (Jan. 4, 2005) [full citation…]

sontag n. How describe Susan Sontag? She was essayist, novelist, critic, director, celebrity, feuilletonist in the best/worst European fashion…No one description applies, and no one job category would sum her up; she was kind of an intellectual of all trades and master of none. Maybe there ought to be a new word for that kind of American figure—a sontag. (Jan. 4, 2005) [full citation…]

gastronaut n. Mr. Thompson and the Alderetes are members of a billowing fraternity in the American tourism industry: vacationers who plan their travels primarily—often solely—around food and wine. They are, to coin a term, “gastronauts.” (Jan. 3, 2005) [full citation…]

Rorschach audio n. Williamson, a 47-year-old former cleaner, is a dedicated collector of “electronic voice phenomena,” commonly known as EVP—the mysterious voices or voice-like sounds, often distorted amid other extraneous noise, which can crop up on tape recordings, broadcasts, even telephone answering machines.…EVPs are sometimes referred to as “Rorschach audio,” after the psychological test in which subjects read their own interpretation of inkblot images. (Jan. 3, 2005) [full citation…]

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