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sneeve (verb) : to sneeze into one's sleeve in order to prevent the spread of a virus

Submitted by: Stephen Bracco from New York on Dec. 16, 2009 11:05

nephroblastoma (noun) : a malignant tumor of the kidney occurring in young children

Submitted by: Anonymous on Dec. 15, 2009 18:37

emailee

(noun) : one to whom an email is addressed or sent

Submitted by: Fabe from Brunei on Dec. 15, 2009 06:15

tigering (verb) : to excel at sports at a very young age

[Headline] Out-Tigering Tiger: Clutch Shots Give Yang PGA Title —Evansville Courier & Press, August 16, 2009

Submitted by: edwards from Arizona on Dec. 11, 2009 12:14

crankish (adjective) : easily irritated or annoyed : cranky

At a time when economics could use new blood and new thinking – the discipline's complete miss on the global credit crisis is near and painful – a recruiting tool 2.0 would have been timely. Instead, we got the snarky SuperFreakonomics, a crankish and knee-jerk-contrarian example of a great deal of what is wrong with self-absorbed economics. —Paul Kedrosky, The Globe and Mail, 12/4/2009

Submitted by: KW from California on Dec. 11, 2009 11:56

versiflage

(noun) : [verse + persiflage] frivolous bantering poetry

Ogden Nash's versiflage is mildly entertaining, but ultimately tedious.

Submitted by: Matty from Pennsylvania on Dec. 11, 2009 11:54

OMW

(abbreviation) : on my way

Submitted by: Madara Gill from Virginia on Dec. 09, 2009 17:00

lossy (adjective) : exhibiting loss or reduction of quality of digital information

The report released by Wainhouse Research said that IPeak Networks' IPQ consistently and automatically reduces Internet protocol network packet loss, thereby allowing high quality video conferences over lossy networks. —Jayashree Adkoli, TMC.net, 11/30/2009

Submitted by: Anonymous on Dec. 09, 2009 12:54

PTSDing (verb) : to experience an episode of symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder

Submitted by: Bryce Wylie from Pennsylvania on Dec. 09, 2009 11:58

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