#newwords — Public Fediverse posts
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Wizdiot (wizz-dee-uht): An idiot who, through no wisdom, intelligence, or cunning of their own, makes others wiser through their gormless gaffs.
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Wizdiot (wizz-dee-uht): An idiot who, through no wisdom, intelligence, or cunning of their own, makes others wiser through their gormless gaffs.
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Wizdiot (wizz-dee-uht): An idiot who, through no wisdom, intelligence, or cunning of their own, makes others wiser through their gormless gaffs.
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Wizdiot (wizz-dee-uht): An idiot who, through no wisdom, intelligence, or cunning of their own, makes others wiser through their gormless gaffs.
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We're coming into the final stretch of 2025. And I thought I'd share some new words that I have learned this year. Now they may not be new you all young, hip, jive crazy cool cats, but they're new to me, and if they're new to you as well, then you'll learn them in much the same way that I did:
Against my will.
Clanker (noun)
Clanker is a derogatory term for robots and AI technology.
We may already have the word of the year, if not the decade: clanker. Originating from the Star Wars universe, it has become a catch-all term used to refer to robots and AI. Any technology can be referred to as a clanker.
—Catherine Prasifka, Irish Independent, 14 Aug. 2025https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/clanker
Cogsucker (noun)
A cogsucker is someone a little too obsessed with LLMs, chatbots, and AI companions. Whether they're using ChatGPT as a therapist, falling in love with Grok, or treating Replika like a best friend, these are examples that you can find populating the /r/cogsuckers subreddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/cogsuckers/
#UpdateTheOldLexicon #NewWords #NewWordsForYou #Clanker #Cogsucker #NewCustomDictionary
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We're coming into the final stretch of 2025. And I thought I'd share some new words that I have learned this year. Now they may not be new you all young, hip, jive crazy cool cats, but they're new to me, and if they're new to you as well, then you'll learn them in much the same way that I did:
Against my will.
Clanker (noun)
Clanker is a derogatory term for robots and AI technology.
We may already have the word of the year, if not the decade: clanker. Originating from the Star Wars universe, it has become a catch-all term used to refer to robots and AI. Any technology can be referred to as a clanker.
—Catherine Prasifka, Irish Independent, 14 Aug. 2025https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/clanker
Cogsucker (noun)
A cogsucker is someone a little too obsessed with LLMs, chatbots, and AI companions. Whether they're using ChatGPT as a therapist, falling in love with Grok, or treating Replika like a best friend, these are examples that you can find populating the /r/cogsuckers subreddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/cogsuckers/
#UpdateTheOldLexicon #NewWords #NewWordsForYou #Clanker #Cogsucker #NewCustomDictionary
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We're coming into the final stretch of 2025. And I thought I'd share some new words that I have learned this year. Now they may not be new you all young, hip, jive crazy cool cats, but they're new to me, and if they're new to you as well, then you'll learn them in much the same way that I did:
Against my will.
Clanker (noun)
Clanker is a derogatory term for robots and AI technology.
We may already have the word of the year, if not the decade: clanker. Originating from the Star Wars universe, it has become a catch-all term used to refer to robots and AI. Any technology can be referred to as a clanker.
—Catherine Prasifka, Irish Independent, 14 Aug. 2025https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/clanker
Cogsucker (noun)
A cogsucker is someone a little too obsessed with LLMs, chatbots, and AI companions. Whether they're using ChatGPT as a therapist, falling in love with Grok, or treating Replika like a best friend, these are examples that you can find populating the /r/cogsuckers subreddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/cogsuckers/
#UpdateTheOldLexicon #NewWords #NewWordsForYou #Clanker #Cogsucker #NewCustomDictionary
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We're coming into the final stretch of 2025. And I thought I'd share some new words that I have learned this year. Now they may not be new you all young, hip, jive crazy cool cats, but they're new to me, and if they're new to you as well, then you'll learn them in much the same way that I did:
Against my will.
Clanker (noun)
Clanker is a derogatory term for robots and AI technology.
We may already have the word of the year, if not the decade: clanker. Originating from the Star Wars universe, it has become a catch-all term used to refer to robots and AI. Any technology can be referred to as a clanker.
—Catherine Prasifka, Irish Independent, 14 Aug. 2025https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/clanker
Cogsucker (noun)
A cogsucker is someone a little too obsessed with LLMs, chatbots, and AI companions. Whether they're using ChatGPT as a therapist, falling in love with Grok, or treating Replika like a best friend, these are examples that you can find populating the /r/cogsuckers subreddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/cogsuckers/
#UpdateTheOldLexicon #NewWords #NewWordsForYou #Clanker #Cogsucker #NewCustomDictionary
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We're coming into the final stretch of 2025. And I thought I'd share some new words that I have learned this year. Now they may not be new you all young, hip, jive crazy cool cats, but they're new to me, and if they're new to you as well, then you'll learn them in much the same way that I did:
Against my will.
Clanker (noun)
Clanker is a derogatory term for robots and AI technology.
We may already have the word of the year, if not the decade: clanker. Originating from the Star Wars universe, it has become a catch-all term used to refer to robots and AI. Any technology can be referred to as a clanker.
—Catherine Prasifka, Irish Independent, 14 Aug. 2025https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/clanker
Cogsucker (noun)
A cogsucker is someone a little too obsessed with LLMs, chatbots, and AI companions. Whether they're using ChatGPT as a therapist, falling in love with Grok, or treating Replika like a best friend, these are examples that you can find populating the /r/cogsuckers subreddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/cogsuckers/
#UpdateTheOldLexicon #NewWords #NewWordsForYou #Clanker #Cogsucker #NewCustomDictionary
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From enshittocene to virome, science and technology's words of 2024
Here are 10 words that entered our vocabulary this year, capturing discoveries at the cutting edge of science, elusive emotions and the various ways technology is changing our lives. -
“Come to think of it, the English language has its limitations. When mathematicians and men of science want to exchange thoughts, English isn’t much good. They’ve had to invent new words, new symbols.”
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gambol /găm′bəl/
noun
1. A playful skipping or frolicking about.shamble /shăm′bəl/
noun
1. A shuffling gait.shambool /shăm'boo͞l/
noun
1. How Milcom Miasma walks after visiting the gym yesterday.Used in a sentence: "Milcom, I notice you're shambooling everywhere you walk today, shall I call you a doctor?"
You're welcome.
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@Professor_Stevens @Tooden @georgetakei
Mark Birdsall has "always thought that America The Beautiful was a better anthem than the Star Spangled Banner" [the vocal range is definitely more accessible!] ... but that "the verse with 'alabaster cities undimmed by human tears' did not fit the reality at all".
His suggested replacement:
O beautiful for blood long shed
In Freedom's labor pains,
The sweat and tears
Of many years
Must never be in vain;
America, America,
Let all hearts beat as one,
And let there be
Equality
From sun to rising sun.https://tech.lgbt/@grinningcat/112726874744744794
#StarSpangledBanner #NationalAnthem #NationalAnthems #AmericaTheBeautiful #NewLyrics #NewWords
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@Professor_Stevens @Tooden @georgetakei
Mark Birdsall has "always thought that America The Beautiful was a better anthem than the Star Spangled Banner" [the vocal range is definitely more accessible!] ... but that "the verse with 'alabaster cities undimmed by human tears' did not fit the reality at all".
His suggested replacement:
O beautiful for blood long shed
In Freedom's labor pains,
The sweat and tears
Of many years
Must never be in vain;
America, America,
Let all hearts beat as one,
And let there be
Equality
From sun to rising sun.https://tech.lgbt/@grinningcat/112726874744744794
#StarSpangledBanner #NationalAnthem #NationalAnthems #AmericaTheBeautiful #NewLyrics #NewWords
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@Professor_Stevens @Tooden @georgetakei
Mark Birdsall has "always thought that America The Beautiful was a better anthem than the Star Spangled Banner" [the vocal range is definitely more accessible!] ... but that "the verse with 'alabaster cities undimmed by human tears' did not fit the reality at all".
His suggested replacement:
O beautiful for blood long shed
In Freedom's labor pains,
The sweat and tears
Of many years
Must never be in vain;
America, America,
Let all hearts beat as one,
And let there be
Equality
From sun to rising sun.https://tech.lgbt/@grinningcat/112726874744744794
#StarSpangledBanner #NationalAnthem #NationalAnthems #AmericaTheBeautiful #NewLyrics #NewWords
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@Professor_Stevens @Tooden @georgetakei
Mark Birdsall has "always thought that America The Beautiful was a better anthem than the Star Spangled Banner" [the vocal range is definitely more accessible!] ... but that "the verse with 'alabaster cities undimmed by human tears' did not fit the reality at all".
His suggested replacement:
O beautiful for blood long shed
In Freedom's labor pains,
The sweat and tears
Of many years
Must never be in vain;
America, America,
Let all hearts beat as one,
And let there be
Equality
From sun to rising sun.https://tech.lgbt/@grinningcat/112726874744744794
#StarSpangledBanner #NationalAnthem #NationalAnthems #AmericaTheBeautiful #NewLyrics #NewWords
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@Professor_Stevens @Tooden @georgetakei
Mark Birdsall has "always thought that America The Beautiful was a better anthem than the Star Spangled Banner" [the vocal range is definitely more accessible!] ... but that "the verse with 'alabaster cities undimmed by human tears' did not fit the reality at all".
His suggested replacement:
O beautiful for blood long shed
In Freedom's labor pains,
The sweat and tears
Of many years
Must never be in vain;
America, America,
Let all hearts beat as one,
And let there be
Equality
From sun to rising sun.https://tech.lgbt/@grinningcat/112726874744744794
#StarSpangledBanner #NationalAnthem #NationalAnthems #AmericaTheBeautiful #NewLyrics #NewWords
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My elder teen used the word "self-considerate" (as in her friend wasn't going along with what she wanted her to do but she understood that it was because the friend was respecting her own boundaries) and it is now part of my vocabulary.
I am not being difficult, I am being self-considerate.
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Self-exsplainatory: Something so obvious even middle-aged white dudes realize you actually understand it.
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CW: Not overheard, this saying, anywhere at #RSAC : ' #ImpressiveDangering ! ' 👀👀 #infosec
Today $_vendor introduced some new #MARCOM innovations along with new words to describe what they are selling.
#RSAC #MARCOM #NewWords released ¯\_〳 •̀ o •́ 〵_/¯
One thing seen was an invite, someone said, they were sent to a $_vendor party that had reached full on word capacity, nay, full on people MARCOM wordsmith party AT capacity, ears full(!) messagings, so, sorry, please do not come to our impressively past capacity $_vendor_party
Not overheard, this saying, anywhere at #RSAC :
' #ImpressiveDangering ! ' 👀👀 #infosec
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thoughtence (n)
a "sentence" that is just coherent enough to transfer a thought, but not "correct" enough to be understood by an AI or earn your English/language teacher's blessing
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We can all do with some easlers! What's the right #Hashtag for this? #EnglishAsSheIsSpoke #FunTranslations #LostInTranslation #NonNativeEnglish #NewWords #WordOfTheWeek #AndSoMuchMore
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According to my blog statistics, you will be the first person to view my blog post, "Latest Releases from the Department of New Definitions"
https://medium.com/@daisybrain/latest-releases-from-the-department-of-new-definitions-88483e8ec14e
#puns #wordplay #neology #neologism #neologisms #newwords #wordfun #humor
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According to my blog statistics, you will be the first person to view my blog post, "Latest Releases from the Department of New Definitions"
https://medium.com/@daisybrain/latest-releases-from-the-department-of-new-definitions-88483e8ec14e
#puns #wordplay #neology #neologism #neologisms #newwords #wordfun #humor
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According to my blog statistics, you will be the first person to view my blog post, "Latest Releases from the Department of New Definitions"
https://medium.com/@daisybrain/latest-releases-from-the-department-of-new-definitions-88483e8ec14e
#puns #wordplay #neology #neologism #neologisms #newwords #wordfun #humor
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According to my blog statistics, you will be the first person to view my blog post, "Latest Releases from the Department of New Definitions"
https://medium.com/@daisybrain/latest-releases-from-the-department-of-new-definitions-88483e8ec14e
#puns #wordplay #neology #neologism #neologisms #newwords #wordfun #humor
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Wow, I learned a new word today!! Grangerize! From Margery Sharp's The Eye of Love.
grangerize (ˈɡreɪndʒəˌraɪz) or grangerise
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to illustrate (a book) by inserting prints, drawings, etc, taken from other works
2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to raid (books) to acquire material for illustrating another bookhttps://www.thefreedictionary.com/grangerising
#TIL #MargerySharp #MarthaNovels #Grangerize #Grangerise #TheEyeOfLove #NewWord #NewWords
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Wow, I learned a new word today!! Grangerize! From Margery Sharp's The Eye of Love.
grangerize (ˈɡreɪndʒəˌraɪz) or grangerise
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to illustrate (a book) by inserting prints, drawings, etc, taken from other works
2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to raid (books) to acquire material for illustrating another bookhttps://www.thefreedictionary.com/grangerising
#TIL #MargerySharp #MarthaNovels #Grangerize #Grangerise #TheEyeOfLove #NewWord #NewWords
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Wow, I learned a new word today!! Grangerize! From Margery Sharp's The Eye of Love.
grangerize (ˈɡreɪndʒəˌraɪz) or grangerise
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to illustrate (a book) by inserting prints, drawings, etc, taken from other works
2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to raid (books) to acquire material for illustrating another bookhttps://www.thefreedictionary.com/grangerising
#TIL #MargerySharp #MarthaNovels #Grangerize #Grangerise #TheEyeOfLove #NewWord #NewWords
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Wow, I learned a new word today!! Grangerize! From Margery Sharp's The Eye of Love.
grangerize (ˈɡreɪndʒəˌraɪz) or grangerise
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to illustrate (a book) by inserting prints, drawings, etc, taken from other works
2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to raid (books) to acquire material for illustrating another bookhttps://www.thefreedictionary.com/grangerising
#TIL #MargerySharp #MarthaNovels #Grangerize #Grangerise #TheEyeOfLove #NewWord #NewWords
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Wow, I learned a new word today!! Grangerize! From Margery Sharp's The Eye of Love.
grangerize (ˈɡreɪndʒəˌraɪz) or grangerise
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to illustrate (a book) by inserting prints, drawings, etc, taken from other works
2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to raid (books) to acquire material for illustrating another bookhttps://www.thefreedictionary.com/grangerising
#TIL #MargerySharp #MarthaNovels #Grangerize #Grangerise #TheEyeOfLove #NewWord #NewWords
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Flusterfuck, n. A completely disheveled and agitated hot mess. ‘Getting on the tram and running late, Andy dropped his phone, and when bending down to get it his bag slipped and fell from his shoulder, his mask bent both his ears forward and then slingshot his fogged up glasses across the tram floor. What a flusterfuck.’
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Am now adopting the term 'spruik' to reference *anything* that claims to be the future of the internet. I think it's entirely appropriate to use an archaic Australian slang verb with the meaning:
To spin, pimp, pitch, tout, hawk, as 'those who spruik outside sleazy bars'.
🎯 Spot On! 🤌👍
Definition from alphaDictionary, screenshot has more detail.
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#Spouses #NewWords #Sandwiches
My bride of 38 years (yesterday) as she made an egg salad sandwich on Carb-wise bread:
"This new bread is unfoldyoverable."
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@DamienMarieAtHope Second reference in two days to a new word to me which I only learned yesterday! #newwords
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Welcome T as a guest submissions reader for #newwords! So excited to have their energy and passion for Issue 1! Get your submissions in!
#transgender #transpoetry #nonbinary #nonbinarypoets #poetrylovers #lgbtqia #queerpoets #queerpoetry #genderexpansive #agender #poetryporn #hybridpoetry #callsforsubmissions #callforpoets
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Our other Mastodon instance is still in limbo, so here's a new reintroduction. “A Way with Words” is an upbeat and lively public radio show and podcast about language examined through culture, history, and family. You can hear it coast-to-coast by radio in the United States, in every major podcast app, and on our website https://waywordradio.org. #language #linguistics #sociolinguistics #etymology #neologisms #slang #folklore #newwords #dictionaries #radio #publicradio #podcasts #podcasting
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Among other things, I collect color names.
Coquelicot is a shade of red.
The term was originally a French vernacular name for the wild corn poppy, Papaver rhoeas, and is distinguished by its bright red color and orange tint.
It eventually passed into English usage as the name of a color based upon that of the flower.
The first recorded use of this usage was in the year 1795.#flowers #color #language #FlowerPhotography #poppies #gardens #NewWords #delight #nuance #PayingAttention
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DUH-licious - the taste of victory when you finally get someone to admit that he was obviously wrong. #newwords
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In case anyone else wants a phrase for "this week between Christmas and New Year's, where very little can get done, because practically everyone is on vacation", I've been referring to it as the Dead Week for some years now. #coinage #neologism #newWords #language
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Some #NewWords in #Portuguese I learnt today:
- misólogo (= misologist): one who hates logic.
- futre: despicable man.
- grasnador: one who speaks in an unpleasant voice.
- intrujão: who pretends to share the beliefs of a group just to get in.
- traga-mouros (≈ roughman?): a violent or brutal man.
- obnubilado: one whose toughts are slow and obscure, one who can't see clearly.
- xenômano (= xenomaniac): one who loves foreign things. Opposite of xenophobic. -
‘Goblin mode’ new Oxford word of the year
#GoblinMode #NewWords #OxfordWords
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Join co-host Grant Barrett online for language and linguistics smack talk and back talk this Wednesday! He'll be appearing in support of Metafilter, an online community he's been a part of since 1999. Lots of great events on the sked, and more to come! https://www.eventbrite.com/x/metafilter-online-events-tickets-469997263467 #Linguistics #VideoChat #Metafilter #Language #Lexicon #NewWords #Neologisms #WOTY #WordOfTheYear #PublicRadio #Podcast #Podcasting #Etymology
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@pseydtonne Stealing "craptasm". #NewWords
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My new goal in life is to get sneenernanernu added to Webster's Dictionary by 2045. Be ahead of the curve by using sneenernanernu in a sentence today!
#art #comics #newlifegoal #newwords #sneenernanernu #hurry #inasneenernanernu #inahurry #sneenernanernufairy #hurrygremlin
