| aqua | A light greenish blue colour. | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| audio-animatronic | Of, pertaining to, or designating a technique of constructing robot models in… | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| baby act | U.S. colloq. Any act or statute protecting the rights of minors. Freq. in to plead the baby act at 1. Now rare. | 1837 | Go To Quotation |
| bookmarked | Marked or flagged with a bookmark; stored in a file of Internet addresses that can… | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| Buffalo | attrib. Designating a chicken wing deep fried and coated in a spicy sauce; esp. in Buffalo chicken wing, Buffalo wing. | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| capsulize | trans. To compress or condense (information, news, etc.) into a brief and compact form. (Cf. capsule adj.) | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| concours d'élégance | A parade of vehicles in which the entrants are judged according to the elegance of their appearance. | 1950 | Go To Quotation |
| craftspeople | People engaged in handicrafts; craftsmen and craftswomen collectively. | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| crash-and-burn | A complete or spectacular failure; a person who or thing which fails, often as a result… | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| discothèque | A club, etc., where recorded music is played for dancing. | 1954 | Go To Quotation |
| DJ-ing | The action, practice, or profession of performing as a disc jockey, esp. in a nightclub. | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| gloppy | Glutinous, esp. (of food) unappetizingly so; of a sloppy consistency; hence fig.… | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| Hare Krishna | The title of a chant or mantra based on a name of the Hindu deity Vishnu; used esp.… | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| houndstooth | A small irregular design of broken check. Also, a fabric of this design; a suit, coat, etc., of such fabric. | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| Jacuzzi | The proprietary name of a kind of bath or bathing-pool incorporating underwater jets of… | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| jap | trans. To make a sneak attack on; also, to queer the pitch of (a person). | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| Kafkaesque | Of or relating to the writings of Franz Kafka; resembling the state of affairs or a state of mind described by Kafka. | 1947 | Go To Quotation |
| karate | trans. To strike or beat with karate blows. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| klepto | Slang abbrev. of kleptomaniac n. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| know-how | Knowledge of how to do some particular thing; skill, expertise, esp. in regard to a practical or technical matter. | 1838 | Go To Quotation |
| kogai | Environmental pollution in Japan. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| Lakoda | Used attrib. or absol.: a type of sealskin used as a material for coats. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| limo | colloq. abbrev. of limousine n. U.S. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| longuette | A midi dress, a midi skirt. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| loss-proof | Guaranteed against loss, inflation, fluctuation in market value, etc. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| machine-washable | Able to be washed in a washing machine. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| male chauvinist | A man who holds the belief that men are superior to women; a man who is prejudiced against or inconsiderate of women. | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| M.C. | intr. To conduct a ceremony, gathering, etc., as a Master of Ceremonies. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| melding | The action or process of blending, merging, or combining; an instance of this. | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| midi | Of an intermediate length or size; (of a garment) longer than a miniskirt but shorter… | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| mythicization | The creation of a myth or myths; transformation into the subject of myth. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| nasbandi | Sterilization of a man or a woman, esp. vasectomy. Also: a population… | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| nogoodnik | A good-for-nothing; a villain, a petty criminal. | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| noug | The plant Guizotia abyssinica, as grown in Ethiopia for its oil-bearing seed; = niger seed n. at Niger n. 1a. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| oil boom | A floating barrier placed over a stretch of water to prevent the passage of oil, esp. following an oil spill. | 1972 | Go To Quotation |
| omnicide | The killing of everybody or everything; the destruction of all living things.… | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| overlit | Too brightly illuminated. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| Photomat | = Photomaton n. | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| picayunity | Insignificance, triviality; = picayunishness n. at picayunish adj. Derivatives. Also: a trivial or insignificant matter. | 1948 | Go To Quotation |
| pocketa-pocketa | Representing a series of rapidly repeated percussive sounds, such as those made by an internal-combustion engine. Also as adv. | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| poopy | Resembling or characteristic of a poop (poop n.); foolish, dull-witted; ineffectual, pathetic, weak. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| prefab | = prefabricated adj. | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| redeployable | Available for redeployment; able to be redeployed. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| salvageable | Capable of being salvaged. Also fig. | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| schlagobers | Whipped cream; coffee with whipped cream. Also fig. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| slimnastics | With sing. concord. (See quots. 1970, 1970.) | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| squawk box | A loudspeaker or public-address system. | 1945 | Go To Quotation |
| sudser | A soap opera. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| tombarolo | A grave-robber. | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| triple-decker | Of sandwiches: consisting of three layers of bread and two layers of filling. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| understater | One who understates or avoids overstatement. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| unlistenable | Impossible or unbearable to listen to; also unlistenable to. | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| Victor Charlie | = Charley n. 8. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| vroom | The roaring noise of a motor vehicle accelerating or travelling at speed. Also as v. intr.… | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| what'sa matter | Repr. colloq. or careless pronunciation of ‘what is the matter?’ Cf. whassa n. | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| yacket | intr. = yack v. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| zine | Shortened form of fanzine n. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
