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- Plutoed (verb) : To be downgraded in importance. To receive a demotion. To be thought less of or become second rate.
- I usually rode shotgun with my friend in his car, but when his girlfriend came along I was plutoed to the back seat.
—In reference to the demotion of Pluto from planet to the lesser title of dwarf planet.
- Submitted by: Michael Crowley from Wyoming Sep. 02, 2006 16:51
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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
- 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
- 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
- cybercelebrity (noun) : a person who is famous because of his or her online appearances or contributions
- Submitted by: J.C. Moore from Pennsylvania on Feb. 02, 2010 14:12
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