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kite boarding / kite surfing

nouna sport in which you are pulled along the waves on a surfboard by a large, controllable kite

Submitted from United Kingdom on 26/08/2010 08:42:00

bloodgate

nounthe 'fake blood' scandal in rugby, where a player bit into a fake blood capsule from a joke shop, in order to be replaced by another player

Submitted from United Kingdom on 26/08/2010 08:41:00

duopoly

nounsituation where two people / organizations are in control - a 'monopoly' of two

Submitted from United Kingdom on 24/08/2010 08:26:00

gelato

nouna soft rich ice cream containing little or no air (plural: gelati)

Submitted by: Nikhita from Singapore on 20/08/2010 03:52:00

spang

verbto go wrong, synonym for 'to go pear-shaped'

The computer has spanged out on me. / I was trying to fix the bike and then the wire just spanged off.

Submitted by: laffingboy from United Kingdom on 19/08/2010 13:15:00

spoffle

nounsynonym for 'pop-shield', a foam cover placed on a microphone to prevent harsh sounds

Submitted by: Kasparova from Bosnia and Herzegovina on 19/08/2010 13:13:00

webtacular

nounexciting piece of film or presentation produced especially for broadcast on the internet

...and you can see my Spitfire-flying webtacular on our site.

Submitted by: Beth Penfold from United Kingdom on 19/08/2010 09:37:00

jailbreak

verbto unlock the operating system of an iPhone, iPad or ITouch, so that it can run non-standard third party code (i.e. not Apple-authorized)

She got all those extra apps after jailbreaking her phone.

Submitted from United Kingdom on 18/08/2010 15:50:00

table top

nounthe horizontal top part of a table

Submitted from Germany on 18/08/2010 13:07:00

bogun

nouna derogatory Australian-English word for an uncouth, unsophisticated person (like the American 'trailer trash')

Submitted from Australia on 18/08/2010 10:45:00

autochthonous

adjective(of an inhabitant of a place) indigenous rather than descended from migrants or colonists

Submitted from United States on 08/08/2010 11:32:00

chillax

verbthe act of thoroughly calming oneself

The gate agent told the frustrated air traveler that he needed to chillax before she would assist in finding him another flight to Phoenix.

Submitted by: Kopious from United States on 06/08/2010 20:27:00

intellectual prostitute

nounsomeone who has outstanding qualities of mind and heart, but unfortunately these qualities are for sale and often used for illegitimate purposes

Undoubtedly he is a lawyer of very high calibre, but unfortunately he is no more than an intellectual prostitute.

Submitted by: Abdur Rehman Cheema from New Zealand on 03/08/2010 23:40:00

spit wash (verb)

verbto lick your thumb and clean your child's face with it

As I do it, I feel an ancient instinct take over, and my heart beats in time with generations of women before me who had the overpowering need to spit wash.

Submitted from United Kingdom on 03/08/2010 11:39:00

spit wash (noun)

nounthe act of a mother licking her thumb and wiping her child's face clean with it

You don't have to search very long before you find a child enduring an embarrassing situation with their parents - especially the spit wash!

Submitted from United Kingdom on 03/08/2010 11:36:00

prehab

nounthe place celebrities enter to prevent problems which would take them to rehab

Prehab Is the New Rehab: because non-addicts need 'me' time, too / Prehab is the poor man's private island getaway.

Submitted from United States on 03/08/2010 11:15:00

apostrophize

verbto add an apostrophe to a word to denote possession or the contraction with 'is' in English

Submitted by: Joann Germanie from United States on 29/07/2010 23:59:00

impression management

nouna term used in social psychology which describes the process by which people try to influence how others perceive or think of them

Through impression management, people try to shape an audience's impressions of a person, object or idea.

Submitted from United States on 28/07/2010 11:17:00

blog fog

nounwriter's block experienced on a blog

In days gone by, even the greatest print journalists suffered writer’s block, and the same can affect online writers too. Blogger’s block or blog fog has been around almost as long as blogging itself.

Submitted from United States on 27/07/2010 16:03:00

fish pedicure (also fish pedi)

nounthe practice of soaking feet in a tank of water with fish eating the dead skin off the feet

“Fish pedicures are dirty and dangerous and a serious risk to one’s health,” said Jeffrey Klein, a New York senator who has been campaigning to outlaw the practice in the city. “I want to put an end to this hazardous practice before it becomes the next big trend."

Submitted from United Kingdom on 27/07/2010 14:47:00