| crocked | Drunk; intoxicated. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| exploitee | One who is exploited. | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| fanzine | A magazine for fans, esp. those of science fiction. | 1949 | Go To Quotation |
| faxed | Of a document, etc.: sent by facsimile telegraphy. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| garmento | A person who works in the fashion industry, esp. in a field regarded as unglamorous. | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| Gestapo | The secret police of the Nazi regime in Germany. Also transf. | 1934 | Go To Quotation |
| Hooverville | A temporary shanty town. | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| Joycean | Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Joyce or his work. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| judenrein | Of a society or organization: without Jewish members, out of which Jews have been expelled. | 1942 | Go To Quotation |
| loner | A person who avoids company and prefers to be alone. | 1947 | Go To Quotation |
| Madison Avenue | Allusively: (American) advertising, the advertising business; American advertising agents collectively. Freq. attrib. | 1944 | Go To Quotation |
| mandalic | Of or relating to a mandala. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| marital rape | Sexual intercourse forced on a woman by her husband, knowingly against her will. | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| meemie | In pl. With the. Originally: a state of drunkenness, delirium tremens. In later… | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| mislearned | That has been learned incorrectly or badly. | 1989 | Go To Quotation |
| on message | To or in a position which is in accordance with a planned or intended message, esp. so as to reinforce official party policy. | 1992 | Go To Quotation |
| polyrhythmic | Involving or using two or more different rhythms, metres, etc., esp. at the same time. Cf. polytonal adj. | 1916 | Go To Quotation |
| pre-experimental | Existing or occurring before an experiment, or before the period of experimental science. | 1917 | Go To Quotation |
| programmed | Controlled or defined by a computer program. | 1947 | Go To Quotation |
| Schrecklichkeit | = frightfulness n. 2b. Also transf. and fig. | 1917 | Go To Quotation |
| structurism | The artistic theory or practice of a structurist (structurist n. 2). | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| technetronic | Shaped, determined, or characterized by advanced technology and electronic communications. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| Wallaceite | U.S. (now Hist.). A follower or supporter of Henry Agard Wallace (1888 – 1965)… | 1948 | Go To Quotation |
| Watergate | Used attrib. and absol. with reference to the burglary of the Watergate building in 1972… | 1972 | Go To Quotation |
| yuppieism | The state of being a yuppie; behaviour characteristic of yuppies. Also, a yuppyish phrase, expression, etc. | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
