| aleatorism | Dependence on chance in the composition and performance of music. | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| anti-nuclear | Opposed to nuclear weapons or nuclear power. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| archaeoastronomy | The study of astronomy as it was practised in prehistoric times or is represented by archæological remains. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| as-told-to | attrib. Of a biographical account, etc.: written by a professional author using… | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| ballet bouffon | = ballet bouffe n. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| big bang | Astron. In cosmological theory: the rapid expansion of the universe from the extremely… | 1950 | Go To Quotation |
| child-mind | trans. To look after (a child) as a childminder. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| coat-trailing | Provoking. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| counter-culture | A radical culture, esp. amongst the young, that rejects established social values and… | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| cross-ruff | intr. To play a cross-ruff. Also trans., to play (a hand) using a cross-ruff. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| déjà entendu | A feeling that one has already heard a passage of music, etc., before. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| electronica | Any of various kinds of electronically generated music; electronic music in general. | 1980 | Go To Quotation |
| embourgeoisification | = bourgeoisification n.. | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| factionalist | = factional adj. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| Fosbury | a method of high jumping popularized by Fosbury, in which the athlete leaps head-first… | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| gatewaying | The action of gateway v.; (the manner or process of) connection or transmission via one or more gateways. | 1983 | Go To Quotation |
| hermeneut | An interpreter; spec. one of those employed in the early Church to interpret the… | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| indissolublist | Of, pertaining or adhering to, a belief in the indissolubility of marriage. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| Intervision | (See quot. 1962.) | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| islomania | A passion or craze for islands. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| KADU | The name of a Kenyan political party. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| Kittitian | A native or inhabitant of the island of St. Kitts, in the West Indies; also, the form of regional English spoken in St. Kitts. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| kvell | intr. To boast; to feel proud or happy; to gloat. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| Lem | A lunar excursion module (lunar adj. 1b). See also L.E.M. n. at L n. 1. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| Levied | Clad in Levi jeans; wearing Levi's. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| Mae West | An inflatable life jacket, originally one issued to R.A.F. servicemen in the Second World War (1939 – 45). | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| Maughamish | = Maughamesque adj. Also Somerset Maughamish. adj. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| McLuhanize | trans. To render in a manner typical of McLuhan; to render suggestive or illustrative… | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| megaselling | Of a book, record, etc.: that sells many copies. Cf. megaseller n. | 1983 | Go To Quotation |
| mickey-take | An instance of ‘taking the mickey’: see mickey n. 7. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| micropolyphony | The compositional style chiefly associated with the Hungarian-born composer György Ligeti… | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| midhusband | A man who performs the duties of a midwife; esp. one who helps bring something into being (cf. midwife n. 3). | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| mind-blow | trans. To astonish or overwhelm; to ‘blows one's mind’ (see blow v. 24j). | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| mingily | Meanly, stingily. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| minimaxing | That employs a minimax strategy. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| Monday Clubber | A member of the Conservative Monday Club. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| Mondrian | Designating, relating to, or characteristic of the geometrical abstract style of Mondrian's paintings. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| moonstomp | intr. To dance in the heavy rhythmic style known as moonstomping. | 1983 | Go To Quotation |
| moulin à legumes | = mouli-légumes n. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| multi-instrumentalist | A musician who can play several different instruments. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| multitracking | Multitrack sound recording; the use of this technique. Cf. multitrack adj. 2. | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| Namierite | Of, relating to, or characteristic of Sir Lewis Namier or his methods or theories; = Namierian adj. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| nannify | trans. To treat in a nannyish, overprotective, or interfering manner. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| neocolonialization | Neocolonialism; (also) the action or process of making neocolonial. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| newzak | News, or (in later use) esp. news coverage, likened to Muzak as being pervasive… | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| Nkrumahist | Supporting Nkrumahism; of or relating to the policies and principles of Kwame Nkrumah. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| Nkrumahization | Reform or adaptation in accordance with Nkrumahist principles. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| Norseness | A quality or condition associated with the Norse. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| obsessionality | The fact, state, or condition of being obsessive; the tendency to be obsessive. Also, occas. (Psychol.): a measure of this. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| opter-out | A person who opts out. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| outsiderhood | = outsiderdom n. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| outsiderism | The condition of being an outsider; the behaviour and attitudes associated with this. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| papier déchiré | Paper torn haphazardly for use in collage; a collage made of such paper. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| parastate | An organization which takes on some of the roles of civil government or political… | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| pedestrianization | The action or process of prohibiting wheeled or motor traffic from a road, esp. in the… | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| Pinterian | = Pinteresque adj. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| playlist | A list of songs or pieces of music to be played; spec. a list of the musical tracks… | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| poeticizable | That can be poeticized. | 1975 | Go To Quotation |
| posh | In a ‘posh’ manner. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| post | Subsequent to, later than; following, since. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| psychedel | = psychedelic n. 2. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| ratomorphic | Designating a view that human beings possess certain of the characteristics or attributes… | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| rebroadcast | Of a programme: that is broadcast again. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| Rogernomics | With sing. concord. The economic policies of Roger Douglas, associated esp.… | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| sec-mod | Colloq. abbrev. of secondary modern at secondary adj. 5g. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| Securicor | An organization providing security and protection in the manner of the Securicor company. Also fig. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| sharav | A hot desert wind occurring in the Middle East in April and May; = khamsin n. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| sleaze | Squalor; sordidness, sleaziness; dilapidation; (something of) inferior quality or low moral standards. Also attrib. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| sleazily | In a sleazy manner. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| Smell-O-Vision | A style or technique of cinematographic presentation in which pictures on the… | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| Snovian | Of or pertaining to the writings or ideas of C. P. Snow. | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| soppily | In a soppy or sentimental manner. | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| splashiness | ‘Wateriness’ (Bailey, 1727, vol. II). Also, the quality of being splashy. | 1978 | Go To Quotation |
| Stoppardian | Of, relating to, or characteristic of the plays of Tom Stoppard. | 1978 | Go To Quotation |
| Strangelove | Used transf. to designate one who ruthlessly considers or plans nuclear warfare. Freq. attrib. and with Dr. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| symphonism | Music of a symphonic kind; symphonies collectively. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| tabbing | Esp. in the Parachute Regiment: = yomping n. adj. at yomp v. Derivatives. | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| television-wise | In the manner of television; with regard to television. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| tie-off | Show-jumping. = jump-off n. 3. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| tiers monde | = Third World n. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| toe-curling | Causing (or liable to cause) the toes to curl as an emotional response, esp. in… | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| translatese | = translationese n. Cf. translatorese n. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| Trudeaumania | Enthusiastic or exaggerated admiration for Trudeau. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| über alles | Above all else. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| uncovery | The action of uncovering or bringing to light. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| unstream | trans. In a school, to end the practice of streaming different abilities; to fail to stream in this way. Also absol. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| vendimia | The Spanish grape harvest; also, the festival celebrating the end of the vintage. Cf. vendange n., vendemmia n. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| vérité | Realism or naturalism, esp. in cinema, radio, and television; documentary method. Also attrib.… | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| vinchuca | One of several blood-sucking triatomine bugs of Central and S. America, esp. Triatoma infestans. | 1932 | Go To Quotation |
| Waspish | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of American white Protestant ‘Wasps’. Cf. Waspy adj. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| Weberian | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Weber or his music. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| what-the-hell | Casual, insouciant, devil-may-care. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| wind-on | Designating or pertaining to (part of) the mechanism for advancing a film to the next position. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| with-it | Fashionable, up-to-date. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
