| Anglo-Arab | Designating a strong, light horse of a breed produced by crossing thoroughbred and Arab… | 1860 | Go To Quotation |
| Bennite | Of or pertaining to the Labour politician Tony Benn (b. 1925); supporting Mr. Benn… | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| berserkly | In a berserk manner; madly. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| bumiputra | Malaysian citizens of indigenous Malay origin. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| Bushism | The policies or principles advocated by either George H. W. Bush or (later) George W. Bush; adherence to or support of these. | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| Butskellism | The economic policy of Butler, regarded as largely undifferentiable from that of… | 1954 | Go To Quotation |
| call-up | = conscription n. 4. Also attrib. | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| camcorder | A portable video camera incorporating a built-in video recorder. | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| chocolat(e)y | Made of, containing, or resembling chocolate. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| CinemaScope | The proprietary name of a form of cinema film using a very wide screen. | 1953 | Go To Quotation |
| cold-call | trans. To make an unsolicited approach to (a prospective customer) with the intention… | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| comitology | Originally: the study of the organization and functions of committees. In later… | 1956 | Go To Quotation |
| complementation | Completion by the addition of a complement or of complementary matter; also, the fact… | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| componentry | The component parts of a mechanical or other system, considered collect. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| composite | trans. To amalgamate (resolutions put before a party conference or Trades Union Congress) into one composite resolution. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| comprehensivize | trans. To make (a school or system of education) comprehensive (see comprehensive adj. 1d). | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| corporativism | The principle or practice of corporate action or organization; spec. a corporative system (see corporative adj.). | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| Cosa Nostra | The Mafia in the U.S.A. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| defogger | = demister n., esp. one which clears condensed water vapour from the rear window of a motor vehicle. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| degradable | Capable of being degraded. spec. Susceptible to chemical or biological degradation (cf. biodegradable adj.). | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| de-nastification | The process or result of removing unpleasantness or of making (something) less nasty. | 1983 | Go To Quotation |
| denuclearize | trans. To deprive of nuclear armaments; to remove nuclear armaments from. Chiefly as ppl. adj., esp. with zone. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| destocking | The reduction (by a retailer, etc.) of the quantity of stock held by the re-ordering… | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| eco-socialist | An adherent or advocate of eco-socialism. (Originally in the context of German politics.) | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| Eurocrat | A member of the administrative staff of any of various European organizations, esp.… | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| franglais | A corrupt version of the French language produced by the indiscriminate introduction of… | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| -friendly | Appended chiefly to nouns to form adjs. (after user-friendly adj.); having the… | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| future-proofed | Of a product, business, etc.: equipped for or protected against future developments; designed… | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| Gastarbeiter | A person with temporary permission to work in another country, an immigrant worker.… | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| gengineer | = genetic engineer n. | 1987 | Go To Quotation |
| glassify | trans. To vitrify (nuclear waste) for convenience of handling and storage. | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| Gramdan | In India, (a movement for) the free gift of a village for the benefit of the community. Cf. Bhoodan n. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| handbag | trans. To batter with a handbag. Only fig., to subject to a forthright verbal assault… | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| heli-ski | intr. To engage in heli-skiing; to ski down high mountain terrain, having been flown up by helicopter. Also occas. trans. | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| high-maintenance | That requires a high level of maintenance or effort; spec. (of a person) requiring a great… | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| hologrammed | Furnished with or incorporated as a hologram. | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| in-joke | A joke enjoyed or appreciated by only a limited group of people. Cf. in-reference n. | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| intergroup | Situated, distributed, carried on, etc., between groups. Also as n. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| investible | = investable adj. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| lease-lend | At first (in 1941) applied to an arrangement whereby sites in British overseas… | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| lend-lease | = lease-lend n. Also attrib. and in extended uses. Also as v. | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| limbric | (See quot. 1960.) | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| lumpers | A lump sum paid as compensation for loss of employment. | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| MacBride principles | The code of conduct, first advocated by MacBride in 1976, that U.S. firms or investors… | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| macro-economist | An expert in macroeconomics; a person who studies economics from a macroecomonic standpoint. | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| Malawi | = Malawian adj. | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| Malawian | A native or inhabitant of Malawi. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| Malian | = Mali n. | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| Marcusian | Of or relating to Marcuse or his political views, esp. a Marxist–Freudian synthesis which… | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| means-test | trans. To assess (a grant, etc.) by a means test. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| mega-rich | Extremely wealthy. | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| meritocratic | Characterized by or based on meritocracy; of or relating to meritocrats or a meritocracy. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| micro-business | A business which operates on a very small scale (see quot. 1991). Cf. microenterprise n. | 1991 | Go To Quotation |
| microlighter | A person who pilots or flies in a microlight aircraft. | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| micromanagement | The control and direction of an enterprise, activity, etc., in every particular and… | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| Militant tendency | A Trotskyite political organization, publisher of the weekly newspaper Militant (1964 –… | 1979 | Go To Quotation |
| minicab | A taxi which may be booked in advance, but which is not licensed to pick up passengers who hail it on the street. | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| mini-major | A company which is relatively large but still not amongst the largest in its sector. | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| mini-man | A minicab driver. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| mispricing | The action or process of setting a price (for a share, commodity, etc.) which proves… | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| mondialization | Globalization; the increase of contact between countries, cultures, etc. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| moondoggle | Lunar exploration regarded as a frivolous waste of money or time; an instance of this. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| moratorial | Relating to or payable in respect of a moratorium. | 1914 | Go To Quotation |
| muckite | A bituminous plastic, esp. one made up of a variety of materials. | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| multi | = multinational n. | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| Namierize | intr. To practise Namierization. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| nannying | Characteristic of a nanny or the work of a nanny; overprotective, patronizing… | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| near-nuclear | Of or designating nations which do not possess nuclear weapons, but which are believed to… | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| neocolonialized | That has been subjected to neocolonialism; = neocolonized adj. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| no-cities | Of a strategy, war, etc.: advocating or involving the avoidance of centres of population as targets of nuclear bombing. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| non-aligner | A person who is not politically or ideologically aligned with others. Cf. non-alignment n. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| non-exec | = non-executive n.; spec. a non-executive director. | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| Offer | The Office of Electricity Regulation, a regulatory body set up in 1989 to supervise… | 1989 | Go To Quotation |
| old moneyed | Having or suggestive of inherited wealth. | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| ombuds-committee | A committee of ombudsmen; a committee which performs the function of an ombudsman. | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| overspend | The action of exceeding projected expenditure; an instance of this. Also: the amount by… | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| overspending | That overspends. | 1981 | Go To Quotation |
| ovonics | The study and application of ovonic effects and devices; devices that employ ovonic effects. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| Owenite | A supporter of David Owen or his policies. | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| parish pumper | A person concerned only with local matters. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| parish pumpery | Concern with local matters exclusively, parochialism; (also) people having such concerns collectively (rare). | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| Parkinson's law | The notion or law, proposed by Parkinson, that work expands to fill the time available… | 1955 | Go To Quotation |
| pedestrianized | Made accessible only to pedestrians; made into a pedestrian precinct. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| Pekingologist | A person who studies Chinese politics or current affairs. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| Pekingology | The study of Chinese politics or current affairs. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| petrochemically | In relation to the chemistry of petroleum (cf. petrochemistry n.); by a petrochemical process or method. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| plastic-bomb | trans. To destroy or attack with a plastic bomb. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| plastiqueur | A person who plants or detonates plastic explosive. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| post-processor | A computer program or device that operates on the output of another, esp. one which… | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| Powellite | Of, relating to, characteristic of, or advocating Powellism. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| professionality | Professional quality or character; professionalism. | 1861 | Go To Quotation |
| pro-marketeer | = marketeer n. 3. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| rack-job | intr. To supply goods on a rack-jobbing basis. Also trans.: to supply with goods on such a basis. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| ramp | trans. Finance (orig. Brit.). To drive up (the price of a stock, currency, etc.)… | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| Ramsar | attrib. Of, designating, or protected under a treaty concerning the conservation… | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| reciprocitarian | A person who advocates reciprocal conditions in trade; spec. (a) Brit. Polit. a person… | 1869 | Go To Quotation |
| refinance | Renewed or additional finance; an instance of this; = refinancing n. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| reflation | The reversing or countering of deflation (deflation n. 3); spec. (a) (occas.) the… | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| reflationary | Promoting or designed to promote reflation. | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| relaunch | A second or subsequent launch, esp. of a business or product. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| reprivatize | trans. To return (a previously nationalized business, industry, or service) to… | 1937 | Go To Quotation |
| restimulatory | Designed or tending to restimulate. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| Schengen | an intergovernmental agreement on the relaxation of border controls between… | 1988 | Go To Quotation |
| Schengenland | The signatory countries of the Schengen agreement, considered collectively as a single territory or political unit. | 1989 | Go To Quotation |
| schlamperei | Indolent slovenliness, muddleheadedness; esp. designating a supposed south German and Austrian characteristic. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| schlep | A troublesome business, a piece of hard work. | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| Seatainer | A container for the transportation of freight by sea. | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| segregationalist | = segregationist adj. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| servicing | attrib. and Comb. | 1930 | Go To Quotation |
| street-credible | That possesses street credibility; accepted or approved of by ordinary people, especially young urban people. | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| stretchiness | The quality of being stretchy; elasticity. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| summitry | The practice of convening or holding summit meetings, or of using them as a diplomatic device. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| Tanzanian | A native or inhabitant of Tanzania, an east African state formed in 1964 by the union… | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| targeted | Designated or chosen as a target. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| targetry | The practice of establishing or aiming at (esp. economic) targets. Freq. with defining word, as monetary targetry. | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| technopreneur | An entrepreneur in a technology-related business or industry, esp. the computer industry. | 1987 | Go To Quotation |
| telecomputer | A computer with the ability to make use of telecommunications. | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| telematics | (The science of) the long-distance transmission of computerized information. | 1979 | Go To Quotation |
| Thatcher | Britain under the premiership of Mrs. Thatcher; (the condition of) British society as… | 1979 | Go To Quotation |
| Thatcherite | One who supports the views or policies of Mrs. Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925)… | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| Third World | The countries of the world, esp. those of Africa and Asia, which are aligned with… | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| Titoism | The ideas or policies associated with Marshal Tito; spec. a form of communism… | 1949 | Go To Quotation |
| tri-jet | An aircraft powered by three jet engines. Freq. attrib., as tri-jet airbus, tri-jet transport. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| tripartisan | Of, representing, or composed of members of, three (political or other) parties. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| Überfremdung | The admission or presence of too many foreigners. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| Ugandanization | In Uganda, the replacement of settlers and Asians by Ugandan Africans in government… | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| undercapitalization | The action or fact of undercapitalizing a business, etc.; the provision or possession of inadequate capital. | 1894 | Go To Quotation |
| underseal | trans. To coat (the underbody of a vehicle) with waterproof material. Also absol. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| understaffing | Inadequate staffing; employment of an insufficient number of staff. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| under-utilize | trans. To make use of (equipment, resources, etc.) insufficiently or below the optimum level; to under-use. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| Vansittartism | The foreign policy advocated by Sir Robert (later Lord) Vansittart, spec. with regard… | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| VAT | Abbrev. of value added tax n. Cf. T.V.A. n. at T n. 1a. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| verlig | Regarded as progressive or enlightened, in political, religious, social, etc., matters. Cf. verkramp adj. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| Wabenzi | In Africa, ‘the Mercedes-Benz tribe’: used joc. to designate those black… | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| yumpie | = yuppie n. | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| zaitech | Investment in financial markets by a company as a means of supplementing the earnings… | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| Zambian | A native, citizen, or inhabitant of Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia), a country in south central Africa. | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
