Etymolution2017-05-03T21:35:10+00:00http://etymolution.outright.ioEtymolutionhiya@outright.ioSerendipitone2013-06-27T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/serendipitone<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> The faculty of perceiving when totally unrelated objects in a scene have coordinated colors.</p>
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<p>She recognizes color coincidence often, in situations where no one intended it.</p>
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Millannual2012-11-22T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/millannual<p><strong><em>adj.</em></strong> Occurring, like, a thousand times a year. Jeez.</p>
Righteouspective2012-10-31T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/righteouspective<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> An observation or examination of a righteous mental and physical state.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>adj.,</em> Righteouspective</strong>, directed to the present act or process of coming correct.</p>
Sorostitute2010-04-21T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/sorostitute<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> One of a group united in performing sexual acts for acceptance.</p>
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<p>Partying with those sorostitutes ends in blackout-drunk harlottery or even worse, disapproval.</p>
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Explometer2010-04-20T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/explometer<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> A device that tells us exactly how bomb that just was.</p>
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<p>I'd need an explometer to measure that last heavy bass grind.</p>
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Hibernationship2010-04-07T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/hibernationship<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> Monogamy to survive the winter.</p>
Implane2010-04-04T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/implane<p><strong><em>v.</em></strong> To insert person(s) onto an airplane, waiving their right to personal space.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>v.,</em> Emplane</strong>. To become a plane.</p>
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<p>The Transformer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetfire" target="_blank">Jetfire</a> has the ability to emplane.</p>
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<p><em>Antonym:</em> <strong>Deplane</strong>.</p>
Awkwords2010-04-04T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/awkwords<p><strong>n.</strong> Words chosen deliberately to make the listener feel awkward, in order to propagate discomfort, alarm, shock, or hilarity.</p>
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<p>Her awkwords about her dead mother prompted him to make excuses and leave the bar, thereby saving her the trouble of giving him a telephony number.</p>
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<p>also <strong><em>Awkword</em>, adj.</strong> The feeling one gets immediately after voicing a statement or question with inadvertent sexual connotations.</p>
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<p>Sally got overexcited about the candy selection at the store and shouted, “I want that big hard one in my mouth, like, <em>right now</em>!” The store got quiet and everyone looked at her; suddenly she realized what she’d said and felt extremely awkword.</p>
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<p>also <strong><em>Awkwordy,</em> adj.</strong> Having a tendency to use obscure words with many syllables, but using them to excess and often inaccurately.</p>
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<p>He posed as intelligent, but he was so awkwordy it was clear he had no idea what he was talking about and was just trying to impress her.</p>
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Scurve2010-03-28T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/scurve<p><strong><em>v.</em></strong> To lead a pirate’s life, or to be lacking in any of the following areas: hygiene, safety, self-respect, morals, sobriety, or teeth.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>adj.,</em> Scurvaceous</strong>. Resembling the lifestyle of a pirate.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>n.,</em> Scurvature</strong>. The level at which one’s life resembles a pirate’s.</p>
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<p>He was unabashed as his gold tooth snapped flying out and smote her cheek; she was smitten at once by his great scurvature.</p>
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Newtrition2010-03-25T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/newtrition<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> A modern nutritional ideology based on delusion, popular media, and manipulative packaging and marketing; inevitably results in the consumption of corn syrup.</p>
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<p>Ho-hos & Cheez-its are as newtritious as they are delicious.</p>
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Seckon2010-03-23T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/seckon<p><em><strong>v.,</strong> Colloquial</em>. To second another person’s reckoning. To reckon also.</p>
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<p>Joe says, "I reckon we should go back to my apartment and <a href="/muffer">muffer</a>." Jane replies, "I seckon."</p></p>
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Algorhythm2010-03-11T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/algorhythm<p><strong>n</strong>. A mathematical function that allows one to discover new music or achieve new tonal or rhythmic heights.</p>
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<p>For example, <a href="http://www.pandora.com/">Pandora</a>.</p>
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<p>also <strong><em>Algorhythmic,</em> adj</strong>. Possessing musical qualities that are oddly mathematical and eerily structured.</p>
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<p>Such as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_composition">musical compositions</a> of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart">Mozart</a>.</p>
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Jack2010-03-08T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/jack<p><strong><em>v.</em></strong> To dance, as in house music.</p>
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<p>Jack your body!</p>
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<p><strong><em>v.</em></strong> To possess the property, body, or mind of another.</p>
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<p>Imitators could never jack her style.</p>
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<p><em>Synonym:</em> <strong><a href="/copyright">Copyright</a></strong></p>
Skurf2010-03-03T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/skurf<p><strong><em>v.</em></strong> To violate sensually, as in nails on a chalkboard.</p>
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<p>The original skurf master is <a title="Salad Fingers, the original Skurf Master" href="https://www.youtube.com/show?p=8egJhsKOpsY&feature=fvsp" target="_blank">salad fingers</a>, who is obsessed with dragging his fingers across rusty spoons.</p>
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<p>also <strong><em>n.</em></strong> An object, sensory stimulation, act or idea that never fails to skurf. <em>Usage note: colloquially, additional ‘u’s are inserted to indicate the extent of the damage.</em></p>
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<p>Uggz? Omg, <em>skuuurf.</em></p>
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<p>also <strong><em>adj.,</em> Skurfed</strong>. A state of being, or having recently been, the victim of a skurf.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>adj.,</em> Skurfing</strong>. Pertaining to, or having great potential to skurf.</p>
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<p>A skurfing fetish is cheap; many household objects can become skurfing utensils when employed by a skurf master.</p>
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Blaine2010-03-03T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/davidblaine<p><strong><em>verb.</em></strong> To mystify, confound or amaze.</p>
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<p>I swore that I had lifted every object on the desk three times looking for my wallet, but suddenly it was right in front of me. I had completely Blained myself.</p>
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Yous2010-03-02T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/yous<p><strong><em>pronoun.</em></strong> A group address, wherein the addressees are to be considered with equal individual respect, and not simply extended by a general noun such as “all [of you]” or “[you] people”.</p>
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<p>I assume <em>yous</em> gentleman are already aware of the situation.</p>
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Housefit2010-03-02T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/housefit<p><strong>noun.</strong> An outfit, geared for comfort, that shouldn’t leave the house.</p>
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<p>Sweatpants are the ultimate housefit.</p>
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<p>also <strong><em>Uggfit,</em> noun.</strong> Any outfit that ends in Uggs.</p>
Sexercise2010-02-25T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/sexercise<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> An athletic workout from sexual intercouse.</p>
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<p>For some, the gym is too heavy a scene, but raw sexercise maintains a lithe figure.</p>
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Muffer2010-02-25T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/muffer<p><strong><em>v.</em></strong> Making out while a movie or television show buffers on your computer.</p>
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<p>I guess we may as well muffer until this Musical Episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer buffers.</p>
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Z-Shirt2010-02-23T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/z-shirt<p><strong>n.</strong> A shirt torn in passion, as in marked by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorro" title="Zorro on Wikipedia">Zorro</a>.</p>
<p><strong>n.</strong> A shirt at the end of its life cycle, either because the world or
its owner has grown disillusioned with it, embarrassed by it, or
disgusted by its stained condition.</p>
G-shirt2010-02-23T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/g-shirt<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> A shirt that is only ever worn at the gym, because it is too embarrassing or strange or unflattering, or too gangster, to be worn in any other context.</p>
Unfathom2010-02-18T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/unfathom<p><strong><em>v.</em></strong> Having traveled to uncharted depths, attempting to erase their measure, impact, or effect.</p>
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<p>Fine Scotch and painkillers were the last employees left available to help the Board of Directors unfathom the misery they’d inflicted.</p>
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Invalanche2010-02-16T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/invalanche<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> A large quantity of emotion aroused by the recall of a memory; the sudden internal emotional flooding caused by past or present incident.</p>
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<p>An instance of <em>deja vu</em> recalled old trauma, unleashing an invalanche of horrible flashbacks.</p>
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<p>also <strong><em>n.</em></strong> Anything collapsing suddenly unstoppably inward.</p>
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<p>The cannon blasted and the circus tent invalanched, shocking the audience only briefly before crushing them.</p>
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Opticon2010-02-12T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/opticon<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> A visual deception.</p>
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<p>“But where are all the hot girls from the ad!?” Joe exclaimed after he’d cracked open the new brand of beer, and realized himself to be the victim of an elaborate advertising opticon.</p>
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<p>also <strong><em>n.,</em> Opticon Artist</strong>. A person skilled in visual manipulation.</p>
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<p><a href="http://davidblaine.com/" target="_blank">David Blaine</a> knows his way around an opticon.</p>
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Fascismo2010-02-10T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/fascismo<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> Panache in tyrannical dictation.</p>
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<p>Exemplified by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Disney%27s_Aladdin_characters#Jafar" target="_blank">Jafar</a></p>
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Unpanic2010-02-09T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/unpanic<p><strong><em>v.</em></strong>To dodge an oncoming panic by means of a logical, emotional, or chemical crutch.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>n.</em></strong> A state of inappropriate calm in the face of a catastrophe or other situation that merits a more chaotic response.</p>
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<p>When everyone lost their money and realized it was a pyramid scheme, John’s complete and utter unpanic threatened to give him away; so he punched himself in the kidneys to achieve a more appropriate effect.</p>
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<p>also <strong><em>adj.,</em> Unpanicatory</strong>. Having the qualities of an unpanic device.</p>
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<p>In a tough place, a hug, a kind word, an axiom, or an opiate can all be unpanicatory.</p>
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Nom2010-02-09T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/nom<p><strong>n.</strong> A unit of measuring food; exactly one bite.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>Nom Nom</em>, colloquial.</strong> An exclamation of dining excellence, or
finding the perfect food to <a href="/house">house</a> like, right now.</p>
House2010-02-08T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/house<p><strong>v.</strong> To consume a thing, until it resides in one’s belly.</p>
<p><strong>v.</strong> To play and win (a sport or war) as if the playing field is one’s
residence.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>Housed</em>, adj.</strong> So drunk, there’s no place like home.</p>
Copyright2010-02-08T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/copyright<p><strong><em>v.</em></strong> To plagiarize so successfully as to give the impression that yours is the genuine article and the original text is in fact the plagiary.</p>
Trespissing2010-02-05T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/trespissing<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> The act of peeing where one shouldn’t.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>n.</em></strong> The act of peeing on someone else’s property.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>n.</em></strong> Missing the toilet.</p>
Credator2010-02-04T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/credator<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> Person or corporation that preys on the financially overeager.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>adj.</em> Credatory</strong>, thriving on the financial weakness of others.</p>
Fleshmare2010-01-28T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/fleshmare<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> A demon visits in the night after a heavy feast of smoked meat, to render you a sweating, hallucinating insomniac.</p>
Fascista2010-01-27T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/fascista<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> <a href="/wom">Wom</a> who fashions herself a cult of personality.</p>
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<p>All three <a href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathers" target="_blank">Heathers</a></p>
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<p>also <strong><em>n.</em> Fascisto</strong>, masculine.</p>
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<p>The father of puff is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puff_daddy">Sean “Puffy” Combs</a>.</p>
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Tavernacular2010-01-26T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/tavernacular<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> Speech unintelligible to all but the most devout local tavern patrons.</p>
<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> A prayer or profanity muttered cryptically in local tongue while blowing into a breathalyzer.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>n.,</em> Tavernacle</strong>, A pub of local worship.</p>
Brashtacular2010-01-26T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/brashtacular<p><strong><em>adj.</em></strong> Phenomenal in haste; improvising under fire.</p>
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<p>He rescued himself from losing her favor with a brashtacular striptease before the last of the broken wine bottle had even finished spilling on her dress.</p>
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Unwealthy2010-01-25T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/unwealthy<p><strong><em>adj.</em></strong> Hazardous to your wealth.</p>
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<p>A vast family fortune was quickly squandered by the new generation’s unwealthy decisions.</p>
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Refective2010-01-20T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/refective<p><strong><em>adj.</em></strong> Sobering.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>n.</em></strong> Agent of sobriety.</p>
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<p>A positive pregnancy test can be as refective as smelling salts.</p>
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Emblaze2010-01-20T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/emblaze<p><strong><em>v.</em></strong> To, in a moment of desperation, light and inhale pretty much anything.</p>
Marijuanal2010-01-19T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/marijuanal<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> A committee or board appointed to adjudicate this chronic blunt.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>adj.</em></strong> Related to, or resembling marijuana.</p>
Voration2010-01-05T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/voration<p><strong>n.</strong> A frenzy of devouring [food, presumably].</p>
<p><strong>n.</strong> Insatiable desire or intention to consume food in great
quantities.</p>
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<p>Within minutes, voration had set upon them; they proceeded to
“<a href="/nom">Nom Nom</a>” contentedly.</p>
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<p><strong>n.</strong> An act of great consumption or the site remaining thereof.</p>
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<p>It’s known to happen on the drug <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/07/31/060731sh_shouts" target="_blank">Ambien</a>.</p>
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Misbeknown2009-12-13T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/misbeknown<p><strong><em>adj.</em></strong> Known, but wrong. Often synthesized for gain (e.g. financial) via <a href="/unformation">unformation</a>.</p>
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<p>The company’s massive profits in Q1, misbeknown to eager investors in Q2, were in fact massive debts, transported <a title="Backwords" href="/backwords">backwords</a> from Q3.</p>
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Reploy2009-12-06T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/reploy<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> A maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, that we’ve all seen before.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>v.</em></strong> To replace with the same, or an imitation of the same.</p>
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<p>I reployed my boss’s email to the team from my own email account so I could <a href="/copyright">copyright</a> it. (I was fired.)</p>
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Own2009-12-03T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/own<p><strong><em>v.</em></strong> To seize a moment, via direct action.</p>
<p><strong><em>v.</em></strong> To dominate in battle.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>v.,</em> Misown</strong>. To dominate one’s ally in battle, accidentally or inadvertently, instead of one’s enemy.</p>
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<p>Our troops misowned themselves with ‘friendly’ fire.</p>
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Bewild2009-12-03T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/bewild<p><strong><em>v.</em></strong> To set free, as in spirit</p>
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<p>Up until that day, the various natives had endeavored only to bewilder her with their strange ways, but she knew in her heart this new man truly intended to bewild her with his love.</p>
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<p>also <strong><em>v.</em></strong> To escape formal boundaries while remaining lucid.</p>
Twerk2009-12-02T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/twerk<p><strong><em>v.</em></strong> Work with high efficiency, delegate resources, <a href="/own">own</a> economically and optimize remote workflows for maximum impact.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>n.,</em> Twerk</strong> or <strong>Twerking</strong>.</p>
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<p>With the help of remote offshore teams, she’s twerking on four continents.</p>
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Netwerking2009-12-02T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/netwerking<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> Putting highly effective <a href="/twerk">twerking</a> abilities into practice, as in an industry mixer or an online social netwerk, yielding excellent results.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>n.,</em> Netwerk.</strong> The fruit of netwerking.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>v.,</em> Netwerk.</strong> The act of netwerking, or creating a netwerk.</p>
Cheez2009-11-26T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/cheez<p><strong>n.</strong> The curd of milk, coagulated, separated from the whey and transmogrified to deliver pure flavor uninhibited by its dairy origin.</p>
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<p>Michelle at once perceived that her guests were victims in the clutches of cheez <a href="/voration">voration</a>, insatiable by mere cheese, and she began to forgive their recent genocide of her “Cheez-It”, “EZ-Cheez”, and “Cheez Puff” snacks.</p>
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Revamp2009-11-24T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/revamp<p><strong><em>v.</em></strong> To improve by adding fangs.</p>
Forword2009-11-24T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/forword<p><strong>n.</strong> A word spoken or written unidirectionally, as words have so uncreatively been spoken/written since the birth of language.</p>
<p><strong>adj</strong><em>.</em> or <strong>adv</strong><em>.</em> as <strong>Forwords</strong>. <em>Colloquial.</em> Used to describe language spoken or written with the intent to further one’s personal viewpoint, wealth, status, or chances of sleeping with the listener/reader.</p>
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<p>I felt he was being very forward with me when he spoke forwords.</p>
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<p><em>Antonyms:</em> <a href="/backwords"><strong>Backword, Backwords</strong></a></p>
Wom2009-11-19T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/wom<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> An adult <a href="/fele">fele</a> person; as distinguished from a male person, or a girl.</p>
<p>also <strong>Wem</strong>, <strong><em>pl. n.</em></strong></p>
<p>also <strong>Womkind</strong>, <strong><em>n.</em></strong> The fele part of the species.</p>
Unformation2009-11-19T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/unformation<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> Any fallacy or set of fallacies.</p>
<p>Lies, propaganda, or malice, whether propagated by others or developed by personal neglect and misinterpretation; any datum that decreases certainty about the state of any part of the world; counterintelligence; ignorance derived from misreading, distortion, or deception.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>v.,</em> Unform</strong>. The act of disaffirming truth, or propagating Unformation.</p>
Fele2009-11-19T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/fele<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> Human bearing two X chromosomes in the cell nuclei and normally having a vagina, a uterus and ovaries, and developing at puberty a relatively rounded body and enlarged breasts, and retaining a beardless face; a girl or <a href="/wom">wom</a>.</p>
<p><strong><em>adj.</em></strong> Of, pertaining to or being fele.</p>
Self-Consumer2009-11-18T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/self-consumer<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> The creator of a product whose success remains within his or her immediate friends and family members, thus abandoning profit in favor of local gratification.</p>
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<p>The release party of Greg’s debut feature film was attended by only the 3 best friends he made it with, and their friends and families. Not wanting to be a self-consumer, Greg failed to attend.</p>
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Backwords2009-11-17T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/backwords<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> Words written, spelled, spoken, or sung in reverse.</p>
<p>Can refer to reverse sentences:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Sentences reverse to refer can.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Or reversed words in a <a href="/forword">forword</a> sentence:</p>
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<p>Desrever sdrow ni a drowrof ecnetnes.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Or entirely reversed words and sentences:</p>
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<p>Secnetnes dna sdrow desrever yleritne.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Can also, in certain circumstances, refer to letters themselves being reversed (i.e. mirrored), but this should not be attempted by beginners.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>adj.</em></strong> as <strong><em>Backword</em></strong> and <strong><em>adv.</em></strong> as <strong><em>Backwords</em></strong>. <em>Colloquial.</em></p>
<p>Used to describe written or spoken language that either reneges on a previous statement or seeks to change previous words retroactively.</p>
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<p>President Obama’s indication that climate change is not a priority for him is backwords.</p>
</blockquote>
Refix2009-11-16T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/refix<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> A new word, wherein: An existing word’s <a href="/fix">fixes</a>, pre- and suf-, have been deconstructed and individually considered for their addition of essential meaning versus their burden on the reader’s lucidity.</p>
<p>New alternative fixes are considered for their value added, and the reassembled root, fixes and alternative fixes are proposed to more effectively communicate the essential meaning of the original word.</p>
<p>also <strong><em>v.</em></strong> To study a word and create a refix of it.</p>
Newed2009-11-16T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/newed<p><strong><em>adj.</em></strong> Describes an existing word having its definition changed, presumably for the better.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>In “The Devil’s Dictionary”, Ambrose Bierce presents hundreds of <strong>newed</strong> words for the sake of humor and social commentary.</p>
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<p><em>See also:</em> <strong><a href="/new">New</a></strong>.</p>
New2009-11-16T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/new<p><strong><em>v.</em></strong> To create something previously uncreated; to reinterpret, revamp, revise, reword, rephrase, rethink, redevelop, revisit, or reinvent an existing concept or word by throwing it against the wall and seeing what sticks.</p>
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<p>I knew I would have to <em>new</em> a new word to describe how I felt.</p>
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<p>also <strong><em>adj.</em></strong></p>
<p>1. Having been <strong>new</strong>-ed.</p>
<p>2. Having been removed from context, spun around until dizzy, and then reinserted in the original place and wished the best of luck.</p>
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<p><em>Tofurky</em> is new.</p>
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<p><em>See also:</em> <a href="/newed">Newed</a>.</p>
Fix2009-11-16T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/fix<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the beginning or the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning.</p>
Defix2009-11-16T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/defix<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> A new word, wherein: An existing word’s fixes, pre- and suf-, have been deconstructed and individually considered for their add of essential meaning versus their burden against the reader’s lucidity, and the reassembled root and fixes are proposed to more expediently communicate the essential meaning of the original word.</p>
<p><strong><em>v.</em></strong> To study a word in the pursuit of its defixes.</p>
Etymolution2009-11-15T00:00:00+00:00http://etymolution.outright.io/etymolution<p><strong><em>n.</em></strong> Tinkering with English</p>