Today’s Word Wrap keeps on with our tradition of bringing you the hippest, most happening new words and phrases being coined, as they’re coined… well, okay, with at least a 5-second delay.
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- password fatigue n. Mental exhaustion and frustration caused by having to remember a large number of passwords. (Citations)
- Streisand effect n. The widespread dissemination of information caused by an attempt to suppress that information. Also: Barbra Streisand effect. (Citations)
- exergaming n. An activity that combines exercise with video game play. —adj. Also: exer-gaming. —exergame n. —exergamer n. (Citations)
- microblogging pp. Posting short thoughts and ideas to a personal blog, particularly by using instant messaging software or a cell phone. Also: micro-blogging. —microblog v., n. —microblogger n. (Citations)
- bullycide n. The suicide of a child that occurs after that child has been bullied or harassed. (Citations)
- hypermiler n. A person who attempts to maximize gas mileage by using driving techniques that conserve fuel. —hypermiling pp. —hypermile adj (Citations)
- eco-anxiety n. Worry or agitation caused by concerns about the present and future state of the environment. (Citations)
- ecosexual n. A single, environmentally conscious person with a strong aesthetic sense. Also: eco-sexual. —ecosexuality n. (Citations)
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Just knowing that children today have become so cruel to each other,to push the other to the other to end of despair ,just breaks my heart.
To have done it frequently enough to become so common place, that it needs a name ,truly frightens me.
On a lighter side note, on the caricature of Streisand by Hirschfeld, and all others after 1945 after her birth, you can find his daughters name NINA hidden,sometimes over and over. This is just a thumbnail cropping of her dressed as Funny Girl.In original NINA can be seen written in the folds of the curtain. It’s a fun puzzle and a way to date them.
posted by CropTillDawn on 6-15-2007 at 10:19 am
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posted by Jessica on 1-28-2008 at 1:43 pm