| am-dram | Amateur dramatic. Also as n.: amateur dramatics. | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| Cellnet | A cellular radio network used mainly for communication by mobile phone. Occas. also: a cellphone, a mobile phone. | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| condo | Colloq. abbrev. of condominium n. 2. | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| cringe-makingly | Such as to make one cringe; so intensely embarrassing, shameful, sentimental, etc., that one might cringe. | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| Eftpos | A system of cashless payment in which funds are electronically transferred directly… | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| erodable | = erodible adj. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| euro note | Any of various banknotes denominated in the euro currency. | 1995 | Go To Quotation |
| foot-shooting | The action of inadvertently making one's own situation worse, or of making an… | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| fraudster | One who commits fraud, esp. in a business transaction. | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| FTSE | A proprietary name for: any of various indices of share prices based on the prices of… | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| greenmail | trans. To subject (a company) to greenmail. Also occas. intr. | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| gulet | A sailing boat, usually ketch- or schooner-rigged, chiefly used in the eastern… | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| hot hatch | A hatchback car with a powerful engine. Cf. hot hatchback n. at hot adj. n. 3. | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| lambada | A fast, rhythmical, and erotic dance of Brazilian origin, danced by couples in… | 1988 | Go To Quotation |
| long-termist | A person who acts or makes decisions with a view to long-term aims or consequences; one who takes a long-term view. | 1987 | Go To Quotation |
| maglev | The use of magnetic repulsion to support a train or other vehicle out of contact with the… | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| MPEG | Any of several evolving international standards and file formats for the compression… | 1989 | Go To Quotation |
| naffly | In a naff manner. | 1987 | Go To Quotation |
| naffness | The quality or condition of being naff. | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| neurocomputing | = neural computing n. at neural adj. n. Special uses. | 1987 | Go To Quotation |
| O-Bahn | A track on which a bus, by means of special locking wheels, may run without needing to… | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| Ofgas | The Office of Gas Supply, a regulatory body set up in 1986 to supervise the operation… | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| Ofrail | An unofficial name for: the Office of the Rail Regulator, a regulatory body created in… | 1990 | Go To Quotation |
| Oftel | The Office of Telecommunications, a regulatory body set up in 1984 to supervise the… | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| Ofwat | The Office of Water Services, a regulatory body set up in 1989 to supervise the operation… | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| parping | Esp. of a horn or brass instrument: that makes a honking sound; that goes ‘parp’. | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| PEP | trans. To invest (a trust, fund, shares, etc.) in a personal equity plan; to convert (an investment) into a personal equity plan. | 1990 | Go To Quotation |
| Pinpoint | A proprietary name for: a service whereby a customer can use a credit card in conjunction… | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| pre-exceptional | Of earnings, profits, losses, etc.: considered before the deduction of exceptional… | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| pre-exceptionals | Before the deduction of exceptional items. Cf. exceptional n. Additions. | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| print-on-demand | A system or process by which small numbers or individual copies of a text may be printed… | 1983 | Go To Quotation |
| quantitative easing | Any of various economic measures introduced to increase the amount of money circulating… | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| rate-cap | trans. To impose rate-capping on. Also intr. | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| Singlish | An informal variety of English spoken in Singapore, incorporating elements of Chinese and Malay. | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| superpub | A very large public house; (now) spec. one (usually part of a chain) situated in a town… | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| thrashy | orig. and chiefly Brit. Of a vehicle's engine: sounding harsh or forced, noisy. | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| tokkin | In Japan, a type of short-term corporate investment fund managed by a trust bank… | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| tranchette | A small tranche; esp. a limited issue of government stocks. Cf. taplet n. | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| Transcash | A National Girobank facility whereby one may pay bills at a post office to any… | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| Waldsterben | A detrimental condition affecting some forests, in which trees and other vegetation… | 1983 | Go To Quotation |
| WAN | = wide area network n. at wide adj. Additions. | 1983 | Go To Quotation |
| write-back | The process of restoring to profit a provision for bad or doubtful debts previously made against profits and no longer required. | 1979 | Go To Quotation |
| 0800 number | A U.K. telephone number with the prefix 0800 which allows customers to call a… | 1988 | Go To Quotation |
