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automagically
adv. Automatically in a way that seems magical. |
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bargainous
adj. Costing less than expected. |
3 |
big
media n. Primary mass communication
sources, e.g., TV and the press. |
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bromance
n. Close platonic male friendship. |
5 |
buzzkill
n. Person or thing that has a depressing effect. |
6 |
carbon
credit n. Permit allowing a certain amount
of carbon dioxide emissions. |
7 |
carbon
offsetting n. Counteraction of carbon
dioxide emissions with a corresponding reduction. |
8 |
catastrophize
v. To present a situation as worse than it is. |
9 |
cheeseball
adj. Lacking taste or style. |
10 |
chillax
v. To calm down and relax. |
11 |
cool
hunter n. One who predicts new styles and
trends. |
12 |
cougar
n. Older woman who dates younger men. |
13 |
eggcorn
n. Logical swap of words with similar sounds (from
"egg corn" for "acorn"). |
14 |
exit
strategy n. Planned means of extricating
oneself from a situation. |
15 |
flash
mob n. Brief gathering for a common
purpose, announced by e-mail or text. |
16 |
flyover
states n. [derogatory] Central
regions of the US. |
17 |
frenemy
n. Friend with whom one has frequent conflict. |
18 |
friend
v. To add to a list of personal associates on a
website. |
19 |
gal
pal n. Female friend. |
20 |
green
audit n. Analysis of a business'
environmental impact. |
21 |
green-collar
adj. Of or relating to workers in the
environmentalist business sector. |
22 |
hater
n. Negative person. |
23 |
heart
v. To like very much; to love. |
24 |
homeshoring
n. Moving jobs to employees' homes (from "offshoring"). |
25 |
hypermiling
n. Altering a car to maximize its fuel economy. |
26 |
LBD
n. Little black dress. |
27 |
locavore
n. One who primarily eats locally grown food. |
28 |
matchy-matchy
adj. Excessively color-coordinated. |
29 |
megachurch
n. Huge church congregation, typically evangelical
Christian. |
30 |
meme
n. Image, video or phrase passed electronically on
the Internet. |
31 |
microblog
v. To post very short entries on a blog. |
32 |
overleveraged
adj. Having taken on too much debt. |
33 |
own
v. To utterly defeat or humiliate. |
34 |
paywall
n. Arrangement whereby website access is restricted
to paying users only. |
35 |
pimp
v. To make something more showy or impressive. |
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riff
v. To expound on a particular subject. |