Word

Affluenza

Meaning
A blend of 'affluence' and 'influenza'.
A social disease resulting from extreme materialism and excessive
consumerism: earning more money and consuming more, which
can lead to overwork, debt, stress, anxiety, etc.
Agritourism
A form of tourism in which tourists stay on farms or in agricultural
villages, and often participate in farm activities.
Alcopop
Fruit drinks fortified with alcohol, designed and marketed to
appeal to young people.
App
Abbreviation of 'application', software that performs a specific
task.
Applepick
Steal someone's iPhone.
Audiophile
Person who loves and collects high-quality audio equipment.
Blend of the words 'bag' and 'aggravation'. A feeling of annoyance
Baggravation
and frustration at the airport when your baggage has not arrived
but the other passengers' bags have.
An extremely rare and unexpected event of large magnitude and
Black Swan
consequence.
Blook
A blend of 'book' and 'blog' : a book written by a blogger.
A navigation technique which helps users by displaying a list of
Breadcrumbing
links to the pages they have visited when exploring a website,
for example: home >>vocabulary>>transport.
Blend of 'brother' and 'romance'.
Bromance
A close non-sexual relationship between two men.
A derogatory term for language used in businesses and
Bureaucratese
bureaucracies which contains long sentences and complex words
that are obscure or difficult to understand.
Blend of 'burqa' and 'bikini' A swimsuit worn by Muslim women
Burkini or Burquini which covers the whole body i.e. the arms to the wrist, the legs to
the ankle, with a hood to cover the hair and neck.
Performing on the streets and other public places, while soliciting
Busking
donations. Busy urban areas will attract street performers (buskers)
who sing, play, juggle, etc
Excited interest or attention surrounding, for example, a new
Buzz
invention, a recent event or something that has become
fashionable.
A new word or expression that is commonly used in specialized
work environments or age-groups, and has become fashionable.
Buzzword
Terms used in advertising can often convert into buzzwords and
become widely used
Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and
Humans Apart. A distorted image of letters and numbers used to
Captcha
ensure that a response is not generated by a computer, in order
to prevent spamming.
Blend of 'car' and 'hijacking'. When a car driver is forced to give
Carjacking
up his vehicle or drive to a destination designated by the attacker.
Areas on the internet where people can communicate by
Chatroom
exchanging typed messages
Books, usually featuring female characters, written by women on
Chick lit
contemporary themes and issues that appeal more to women than
to men.
Blend of 'chilling' and relaxing'.
Chillaxing
Taking a break from stressful activities to rest or relax.
News collected and reported by ordinary people, especially
Citizen journalism
through the use of blog software.
Put something on a website that will encourage visitors to click on
Click bait
a link.
A computing service which enables access to a shared pool of
resources (servers, data storage, applications, etc.) over the
Cloud computing
Internet. Users can access and use tools or applications through
a web browser without having to install them on their computers.
A website that publishes large amounts of low-quality content, or