| Action Directe | An extreme left-wing French terrorist group active esp. in the 1980s. | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| Aerobie | A proprietary name for: a thin plastic ring which is spun through the air, like a Frisbee, in a catching game. | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| Alvarez | attrib. Designating the hypothesis that the mass extinctions at the… | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| boatlift | trans. To transport (a person) as part of a boatlift. | 1983 | Go To Quotation |
| bubble-wrapped | Enclosed or covered in bubble wrap. | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| club-hop | intr. To move from nightclub to nightclub, typically spending a short time in each. | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| exfiltrate | trans. and intr. To withdraw (troops, spies, etc.) from a dangerous position, usu. surreptitiously. Opp. infiltrate v. 4. | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| fundi | Originally and esp. in Germany: a member of the radical wing of the Green Party; (later… | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| haute vulgarisation | The popularization of abstruse or complex matters. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| home-school | trans. To educate (a child, esp. one's own) in the home. Also intr. | 1981 | Go To Quotation |
| mechatronic | Of or relating to mechatronics. | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| microenterprise | A business operating on a small scale; esp. one supported by an organized programme… | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| minidress | A short dress in which the level of the hemline is similar to that of a miniskirt. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| Minimi | A type of light, gas-operated machine-gun manufactured in Belgium. Freq. attrib. | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| molehunt | An investigation which seeks to expose and catch moles (mole n. 3b) or other informants. | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| New Agey | Characteristic of New Age values, ideas, or culture; (also) spec. characteristic or redolent of New Age music. | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| Nimby | An attitude ascribed to persons who object to the siting of something they regard as… | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| non-veg | = non-vegetarian adj. | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| Norman Rockwellish | = Norman Rockwellesque adj. | 1981 | Go To Quotation |
| parsleyed | Of food: cooked or garnished with parsley. | 1916 | Go To Quotation |
| power dresser | A person (esp. a woman) who dresses in such a way as to convey efficiency, self-confidence, and assertiveness. | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| psy-op | A noncombative military operation intended to influence the morale or attitude of one's opponent. Chiefly attrib. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| Ratz | A secular, left-wing Israeli political party established in 1973, which in 1992 joined… | 1981 | Go To Quotation |
| realo | Originally and esp. in Germany: a member of the pragmatic or more moderate wing of the… | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| redub | trans. To dub (a sound recording, esp. (part of) a film or television soundtrack) again; to re-record or overdub. Cf. dub v. | 1934 | Go To Quotation |
| windsurf | intr. To ride a sailboard; to sailboard. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| Windsurfer | The proprietary name in the U.S. of a kind of sailboard. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
