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obvs

(abbreviation) : obviously

Submitted by: Bob Stueber from California on Feb. 08, 2010 14:01

diabetes overwhelmness (noun) : the state or condition of being overwhelmed by a diabetes treatment regimen

One of the keys, I think in reducing diabetes overwhelmness is to partner with your health care provider; to sit down with your health care provider and prioritize the one or two things that you can implement now. —Rita Louard, http://abcnews.go.com/Health/DiabetesLivingWith/story?id=3813547, January 11, 2008

Submitted by: Rob Whiting from Florida on Feb. 05, 2010 02:16

miserablism (noun) : a depiction of crime, social unrest, or depression

Despite this unusual sendoff, the trilogy affords a fairly familiar immersion in contemporary British cinematic miserablism, where men and terror run wild, and beauty exists only in the cinematography and some of the performances. —Manohla Dargis, NY Times, Feb 5, 2010

Submitted by: Anonymous on Feb. 04, 2010 21:46

Tanglish

(noun) : a mixture of Tamil and English

Submitted by: Anonymous on Feb. 04, 2010 00:12

retweet (verb) : to copy a Twitter message and resend it giving credit to its original poster : to re-post another person's tweet

Submitted by: Andrew Glasson from Australia on Feb. 03, 2010 22:14

geekism (noun) : the state or condition of being a geek

Submitted by: Anonymous on Feb. 03, 2010 17:24

dorkism (noun) : the state or condition of being a dork

Submitted by: Anonymous on Feb. 03, 2010 17:10

bidextrous (adjective) : using the left hand for some tasks and the right hand for other tasks

In addition to those who have mixed dominance or are bidextrous—doing different things with different hands—a small percentage are ambidextrous, doing some things equally well with either hand. —PR Newswire, July 13, 1982

Submitted by: Philip A. Bell from New York on Feb. 03, 2010 12:33

validify

(verb) : to validate and verify

He needed it validify the process before implementation.

Submitted by: Deborah Harvey from California on Feb. 03, 2010 12:12

coca-colonization (noun) : the spread of American products, values, and culture throughout the world

...the mendacity in the claim of France’s imminent coca-colonization is of a different order from that concerning the misinformation about death panels in the United States. —Robert Zaretsky, The New York Times, February 2, 2010

Submitted by: Rachel K from Texas on Feb. 03, 2010 11:54

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