TURNS OF PHRASE SECTION INDEX

This section features words that are relatively new and which often have not yet reached the dictionaries. At least, this was true when the pieces were written — remember this is an archive compiled over more than a decade!

Misc A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Misc

2C-B; 360-degree feedback.

A

Acoustic shock; Activitystat; Aerobot; Aerotropolis; Affluence test; AfPak; Agroterrorism; Alcolock; Alcopop; Allohistory; Altermodernism; Ambient advertising; Amperkine; Andropause; Angiogenesis inhibitor; Anorakish; Apoptosis; Approximeeting; Archaeogenetics; Archaeon; Areologist; Artilect; Asian Brown Cloud; Asylo; Asymmetrical warfare; Auxetic.

B

Bangalored; Beanpole family; Benidorm leave; Big Bang II; Bioart; Bioinformatics; Bioinvasion; Biomimetics; Biomusicology; Biophilia; Biopiracy; Biopunk; Biosimilar; Biosurgery; Birtism; Black swan; Black-water rafting; Blairism; Blobitecture; Blogger; Blue revolution; Bluejacking; Bluetooth; Blu-Ray; Bookcrossing; Bossnapping; Botnet; Brain fingerprinting; Break-out space; Bright; Business theatre.

C

Café Scientifique; Caffeinol; Captology; Carbon footprint; Carborexia; Carrotmobbing; Cedar revolution; Celtic Tiger; Chemtrail; Chill Can; Chindia; Chiptune; Chronopsychology; Chronotherapy; Citizen journalism; Claytronics; Cleanskin; Clinical governance; Cobot; Collaboratory; Commentariat; Community currency; Community marriage policy; Computer-assisted journalism; Consilience; Convivium; Cool Britannia; Coopetition; Cosmeceutical; Covenant marriage; Crisis memoir; Crunk; Cub; Culture jamming; Cyber Monday; Cyberchondria; Cyberloafing; Cyberventing.

D

Dark tourism; Darknet; Darwin Day; Data archaeology; Data haven; Datacasting; Deep Web; Demutualisation; Denglisch; Dental Spa; DFY; Diabesity; Digital divide; Digital Radio Mondiale; Disintermediation; Dogme 95; Dog-whistle politics; Domotics; DOTS; Doula; Downshifter; Dress-up Thursday; Drive-by-wire; Drunkorexia; DVD; Dwarf planet; Dyspraxia.

E

Ebonics; Echo boomer; Eco-auditor; Eco-cement; Eco-driving; Ecofact; Ecologism; Economy-class syndrome; Econophysics; Ecotarianism; Ecotherapy; E-day; Electroclash; Electromagnetic hypersensitivity; Electronic cinema; Electronic paper; Electrosmog; Emo; Endocrine disrupter; Entitlement card; E-num; Envirocrime; Ephebicide; Ephebiphobia; Epigenome; E-science; E-thrombosis; Eugeroic; Euro-creep; Euroland; Europanto; Evernet; Evidence-based education; Evo-devo; E-voting; Exercise bulimia; Exformation; Exoplanet; Experimental travel; Extranet; Extraordinary rendition; Eyerobics.

F

Fabless; Fashionista; Fat tax; Feebate; Femtocell; Financial phobia; Flash mob; Folksonomy; Footfall; Fratire; Freecycling; Freegan; Free-running; Fusion inhibitor.

G

Gene chip; Genetic pollution; Genetic underclass; Geocaching; Geo-engineering; Geosequestration; Glamping; Global dimming; Global distillation; Globesity; Glycomics; Gold-collar worker; Golden rice; Gorge-walking; Great Recession; Green famine; Green roof; Grey goo; Grey literature; Grid; Grid computing; Grime; Grocerant; Guerrilla gig; Gutkha.

H

Happy slapping; Haute barnyard; Heroin chic; Hidden hunger; Home zone; Homeshoring; Hot desking; Hybrid CD; Hydrodyne process; Hydrogen economy; Hypercar; Hyperlocal; Hypermiling; Hypernova.

I

Identity theft; I-mode; Information fatigue syndrome; Information rich/information poor; Informavore; Infowar; Injecting room; Inplacement; Interesterification; Intermercial; Internet 2; Interweb, Internetweb and Intertube; Intranet; Iraqification; Iris code; Irritable male syndrome.

K

Kakuro; Kibibyte.

L

Ladult; Leisure sickness; Lifestyle drug; Lightcraft; Linguistic profiling; Locavore; Long tail.

M

Machinima; Mad as cheese; Magnetar; Man date; Mari-fuel; Mathom; M-commerce; MDR-TB; Mechatronics; Meldrew; MEMS; Menaissance; Mesh radio; Metamediary; Metrosexual; M-government; Microcredit; Microgreens; Microtransaction; Micro-wind turbine; Millennium bug; Minigarch; Misomusist; Miswanting; Mobisode; Mociology; Molecular Archaeology; Molecular farming; Molecular gastronomy; Moletronics; Mountainboarding; Mumblecore; Muscle dysmorphia; Mycodiesel.

N

Naked Street; Nanofood; Nanopublishing; NaSSA; Net neutrality; Neurobics; Neuroeconomics; Neuromarketing; Neurotheology; New Puritans; Nocebo; Nordic walking; Nu-metal; Nutraceutical; Nutrigenomics.

O

Obesogenic; Onshore offshoring; Open source; Orexin; Orthorexia; Oscillon; Otpotss; Overclass.

P

Padania; Painient; Palermo scale; Pareidolia; Passive drinking; Passive survivability; Patent troll; Permission-based marketing; Personal telco; Phage therapy; Pharmacogenomics; Pharming; Phen-fen; Philanthropreneur; Phishing; Phytoremediation; Pico-projector; Placeshifting; Pluton; Pod slurping; Podcasting; Polyamory; Polychronic; Polypill; Portal site; Pracademic; Prebuttal; Presenteeism; Prion; Probiotic; Promession; Pronoia; Prosumer; Proteome; Proteomics; Psytrance; Push technology; PVR.

Q

Qubit.

R

Raw foodism; Reality fighting; Recessionista; Recreational grief; Regender; Retail anthropologist; RFID; Riskometer.

S

SARS; Saviour sibling; School gate mum; Screenager; Set-top box; Shock and Awe; Shopdropping; Sky-surfing; Slow travel; Smart gun; Social jet lag; Social software; Solutions journalism; Sonic cruiser; Sonofusion; Sous-Sherpa; Spamdexing; Spermodynamics; Spintronics; Spoken Web; Squalamine; Stag-deflation; Staycation; Stoozing; Subprime; Sudoku; Synthespian; Synthetic biology.

T

Teamspace; Techgnosis; Technorealist; Televersity; Television 2.0; Therapeutic cloning; Thin client; Thinspiration; Third Way; Toxicogenomics; Traffic evaporation; Transition Town; T-ray; Triple-drug therapy; Truthiness; Tweenager; Tweenie; Twixter; Two-factor authentication.

U

UMTS; Unconference; Upsizing; Upskilling; Urban gaming.

V

Viatical; Virosphere; Virtual water; Vlogger; V-mail; Voluntourism.

W

W00t; WAP; Warchalking; Water banking; Water war; Wave and pay; Web 2.0; Web ring; Webucation; Weightless economy; Wet day centre; Wikitorial.

X

XDR-TB; Xenotransplantation; Xenozoonosis.

Y

Yaoi; Yuhangyuan.

Z

Zoochosis; Zorbing

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