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name-check (verb) : to mention the name of a person in public usu. to demonstrate personal connections or knowledge

'The Box' begins in a realistic style and then, without warning, veers off into supernatural, perhaps interplanetary mumbo-jumbo, which is then further obscured by a patina of murky existentialism. Sartre is name-checked regularly. —David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer, November 7, 2009

Submitted by: Anonymous on Nov. 18, 2009 09:20

TPing

(verb) : to toilet paper (a house, tree, etc.)

Submitted by: SouthernBelle4eva from Alabama on Nov. 17, 2009 20:20

pluto

(verb) : to demote or reject

Submitted by: Anonymous on Nov. 17, 2009 20:06

coopetition

(noun) : cooperation with competitors in business for greater efficiencies and mutual benefit

To describe this, Americans, the world's best neologists, invented the world "coopetition," cooperation plus competition. —Jean-Louis Gassée, cbsnews.com, 10/26/2009

Submitted by: Anonymous on Nov. 17, 2009 09:20

prolly

(adverb) : [informal] probably

Submitted by: Derek D. Bensinger from Pennsylvania on Nov. 16, 2009 22:20

vape

(verb) : to inhale vapor esp. to smoke an electronic cigarette

Submitted by: Chris Raymond from Wisconsin on Nov. 15, 2009 11:17

Rick Roll

(verb) : to create an Internet link that appears to lead to a particular Web page but that opens a video of singer Rick Astley

Submitted by: Jay Wilson from Colorado on Nov. 14, 2009 08:27

blue screen of death (noun) : an error message on a blue screen triggered by the operating system of a personal computer that usu. announces a critical system error

Submitted by: J.C. Moore from Pennsylvania on Nov. 13, 2009 19:37

trisikad

(noun) : a three-wheeled bicycle cab

Submitted by: Anonymous on Nov. 13, 2009 13:35

bleh

(adjective) : lacking interest or enthusiasm

Submitted by: Thomas Orfan from Massachusetts on Nov. 12, 2009 16:34

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