| B-lister | A member of a (notional) B-list; spec. a moderately celebrated or sought-after individual… | 1989 | Go To Quotation |
| bonkbusting | Of, relating to, or of the nature of a bonkbuster; (of a writer) that writes in the style of a bonkbuster. | 1993 | Go To Quotation |
| charbroil | trans. To cook (meat) on a grill over charcoal. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| C-lister | A member of a (notional) C-list; spec. a relatively unimportant individual, esp.… | 1989 | Go To Quotation |
| corn dolly | = kirn-baby n., a symbolic or decorative figure celebrating the harvest home. | 1952 | Go To Quotation |
| deepie | A three-dimensional cinematographic or television film. | 1953 | Go To Quotation |
| demerger | The dissolution of a merger between business concerns; the separation of one or more… | 1948 | Go To Quotation |
| depollute | trans. To cleanse (land, water, etc.) of pollution. Also absol. and depoˈlluted adj. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| Deutsche Mark | The monetary unit of the German Federal Republic, instituted in June 1948; also… | 1948 | Go To Quotation |
| downie | = downer n. 2a. Cf. uppie n. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| Dutching | The practice of sending food destined for the U.K. market for irradiation in a… | 1989 | Go To Quotation |
| e-cash | Money represented, held, and exchanged in electronic form, esp. used for… | 1994 | Go To Quotation |
| -erati | Forming nouns (often humorous nonce-words) designating elite or prominent groups of people… | 1990 | Go To Quotation |
| gunge | A sticky or viscid mass; any messy or clogging substance, esp. one… | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| Herbert | A stupid, ridiculous, or inconsequential person. | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| hot-desking | The practice of allocating or using desks or workstations on a temporary, ad hoc… | 1991 | Go To Quotation |
| hydrospeed | A sport or leisure activity that involves jumping into fast-flowing white water (esp. rapids… | 1988 | Go To Quotation |
| ish | Qualifying a previous statement or description, esp. as a conversational rejoinder: almost, in a way, partially, vaguely. | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| khanga | In East Africa, a fabric printed in various colours and designs with borders, used esp. for women's clothing. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| ladette | A young woman characterized by her enjoyment of social drinking, sport, or… | 1995 | Go To Quotation |
| librettist | The writer of a libretto; a writer of librettos. | 1862 | Go To Quotation |
| logophile | A lover of words. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| loti | Since 1980, the basic monetary unit of Lesotho, equal to 100 lisente; also, a note or coin of this value. | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| mail-in | The act of sending something in by post. Freq. attrib., esp. designating ballots, surveys… | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| management-speak | A form of language considered typical of business managers or consultants, esp.… | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| Marks and Sparks | (A familiar name for) the merchandising company of Marks and Spencer plc; any of the… | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| misorientated | Wrongly or badly orientated. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| Mitty | A person likened to Walter Mitty in indulging in or acting out daydreams, esp. involving… | 1953 | Go To Quotation |
| mutilé | More fully mutilé de (la) guerre. A war veteran who has suffered disabling injuries in service. Also in extended use. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| nanotechnological | Resulting from developments in nanotechnology; of or relating to nanotechnology. | 1989 | Go To Quotation |
| nappied | Wearing or dressed in a nappy. | 1988 | Go To Quotation |
| Nkrumahism | The socialist and pan-Africanist principles and policies associated with the… | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| paramenstrual | Of, relating to, or occurring during the paramenstruum. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| peshmerga | A member of a Kurdish nationalist revolutionary army established in the early 1960s.… | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| psych | Bridge. A psychic bid. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| queuemanship | The exercise of ploys and tactics in order to minimize time spent waiting in a queue. | 1950 | Go To Quotation |
| red-lined | Cancelled, banned, disqualified; spec. (of an area, a person, etc.) classified by a bank… | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| responaut | A person permanently dependent upon a ventilator (artificial respirator) to maintain breathing. | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| stagflationary | Of, pertaining to, characterized by, or involving stagflation. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| tartanry | Tartan things collectively, esp. worn or displayed as a mark of Scottish national fervour; Scottishness, = Scottishry n. | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| tri | A trimaran. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| uppie | = upper n. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| Vanuatuan | Of or pertaining to the Vanuatu Republic (formerly the Condominium of the New Hebrides) or any of its constituent islands. | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| XXXX | Used as a humorously euphemistic substitute for a four-letter swear word (usually ‘fuck’) in not to… | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| zorbing | A sport, originating in New Zealand, in which a participant is secured within the inner… | 1996 | Go To Quotation |
