| air-speed | trans. To send as air-speeded mail. See air-speeded adj. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| A-lister | A member of a (notional) A-list; spec. a highly celebrated or sought-after individual in the entertainment industry or the media. | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| Apex | A system whereby airline tickets for scheduled flights may be bought at a reduced rate… | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| bailout | A (means of) release or rescue from difficulty or crisis; spec. an act of… | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| balding | Going bald. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| bankerly | Of or relating to bankers; characteristic of or resembling a banker. | 1974 | Go To Quotation |
| bathyscaph(e | The name given by the Swiss scientist Professor Auguste Piccard to his deep-sea… | 1947 | Go To Quotation |
| betatron | A machine designed for the acceleration of β particles. | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| bimbette | A young woman or adolescent girl, esp. one regarded as sexually attractive but thought… | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| bi-media | Involving or working in two of the mass communication media, esp. radio and television. | 1985 | Go To Quotation |
| bingo | A modern development of lotto n. (sense 1), often played in public halls, etc., for prizes. Also attrib. | 1936 | Go To Quotation |
| blacketeer | A trader in black-market goods; = black marketeer n. | 1942 | Go To Quotation |
| bobble | The movement of agitated water. | 1880 | Go To Quotation |
| bobby sock | (Usu. in pl., bobby socks, sox), socks reaching just above the ankle, esp. those worn by girls in their teens; also attrib. | 1943 | Go To Quotation |
| choreograph | trans. To compose the choreography of (a ballet). intr. To engage in choreography. | 1943 | Go To Quotation |
| clipper | intr. To travel by clipper. | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| commute | A journey made in commuting, esp. to or from one's place of work; the distance travelled. | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| Daliesque | Resembling the style, or in the manner, of the paintings of Dali; surrealistic. | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| de-emphasize | trans. To remove emphasis from, or reduce emphasis on. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| deke | In Ice Hockey, a deceptive movement or feint that induces an opponent to move out of position. | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| desaparecido | Any of the many people who disappeared in Argentina during the period of military rule… | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| dianetics | A system, developed by the American writer L. Ron Hubbard, that has as its aim the… | 1950 | Go To Quotation |
| die-in | A political demonstration in which people play dead, esp. in order to protest… | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| dieselize | trans. To equip with a diesel engine or with diesel-electric locomotives. | 1949 | Go To Quotation |
| doggo | Chiefly in to lie (also play) doggo: to lie flat, remain hidden; to lie quietly. Also… | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| do-it-yourself | The action or practice of doing work of any kind by oneself, esp. one's own household… | 1952 | Go To Quotation |
| Eurosclerosis | Economic stagnation and inflexibility of a type regarded as characteristic… | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| Fair Deal | Name given to the policy of social improvement advocated by H. S. Truman, President of the U.S. 1945 – 53. | 1949 | Go To Quotation |
| Falabella | A miniature horse belonging to the breed of this name and believed to be the smallest horse… | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| fedayeen | With pl. concord. Militant Arab guerrilla fighters, not owing allegiance to any government or military establishment. | 1955 | Go To Quotation |
| fellagha | A guerrilla soldier of a nationalist movement in Algeria and Tunisia when the two… | 1954 | Go To Quotation |
| flack | intr. To act as a press agent or promoter (for a person); hence, in extended use… | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| 'fro | An Afro hairstyle or any style of hair reminiscent of an Afro; a frizzy or bushy hairstyle. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| gismo | A gadget, gimmick, ‘thingumajig’ (see quots.). | 1943 | Go To Quotation |
| glitterati | With pl. concord. The celebrities or ‘glittering’ stars of fashionable society, or of… | 1956 | Go To Quotation |
| haute cuisine | High-class (French) cooking. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| homophobia | Fear or hatred of homosexuals and homosexuality. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| hummable | That may be hummed; apt for humming. | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| immobilism | A policy or attitude of extreme conservatism or opposition to progress. | 1949 | Go To Quotation |
| interphone | An intercommunication system whereby telephones are used to connect points within a small area, as a building, aeroplane, etc. | 1942 | Go To Quotation |
| jeep | intr. To travel by jeep. | 1942 | Go To Quotation |
| kamagraph | A painting reproduced by kamagraphy. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| kamagraphy | A process for making copies of original paintings, using a special press and treated… | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| kwela | A popular dance, or its accompanying jazz-like music, of mid- and southern Africa. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| letter bomb | An explosive device sent through the post and designed to detonate on opening; = mail bomb n. 1. | 1882 | Go To Quotation |
| lettrism | A movement in French art and literature characterized by a repudiation of meaning and the… | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| lettrist | An exponent or advocate of lettrism. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| look-alike | Something or someone that closely resembles another in appearance. Also attrib. or as adj. | 1947 | Go To Quotation |
| low-five | A gesture of celebration or greeting in which two people slap each other's hands with… | 1982 | Go To Quotation |
| mainstreeting | Political campaigning in main streets to win electoral support. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| Maoism | The Marxist–Leninist theories of Mao Zedong, developed and formerly practised in… | 1950 | Go To Quotation |
| Maoized | Imbued with or converted to the doctrines of Maoism. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| market test | trans. To subject (a product or service) to market testing. | 1960 | Go To Quotation |
| martial artistry | Achievement or skill in a martial art. | 1990 | Go To Quotation |
| mass-market | trans. To market (a product) on a large scale; to aim at a mass market. | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| Maughamesque | Of, relating to, or characteristic of Somerset Maugham or his works, esp. his… | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| Maxwellian | Of, relating to, or regarded as characteristic of Robert Maxwell, esp. in relation to… | 1988 | Go To Quotation |
| medevac | trans. To remove (a casualty) from a war zone, esp. by military helicopter or other aircraft. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| mega-millionaire | A multimillionaire. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| merc | = mercenary n. 2a. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| microdot | trans. To make a microdot record of. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| microlending | The lending of small amounts of money to the poor and others unable to… | 1990 | Go To Quotation |
| missile man | A person engaged in the construction, design, or operation of a missile (missile n. 2b);… | 1951 | Go To Quotation |
| motormouthing | Characterized by talking fast and incessantly. | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| musique concrète | Music produced by combining various recorded natural sounds; = concrete music n. at concrete adj. 7a. Also in extended use. | 1952 | Go To Quotation |
| Muzaked | Supplied or provided with Muzak; (of a piece of music) adapted or transformed into Muzak. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| Nazidom | The ideology and institutions of the Nazis; Nazis collectively. | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| nembie | A Nembutal capsule. | 1950 | Go To Quotation |
| neo-Pentecostalist | An adherent of neo-Pentecostalism; = neo-Pentecostal n. | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| new look | Originally (usu. in form New Look): a style of women's clothes introduced in Paris… | 1947 | Go To Quotation |
| newscast | intr. To broadcast news on radio or television. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| newscasting | The broadcasting of news on radio or television. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| Nibmar | The policy of opposing recognition of the white minority government which… | 1966 | Go To Quotation |
| nightclub | intr. To visit or go to a nightclub. Usu. as pres. pple., esp. in to go (out) night-clubbing. | 1929 | Go To Quotation |
| Nip | A Japanese person. Also occas. in extended use: an eastern Asian person of any nationality, esp. a Korean. | 1942 | Go To Quotation |
| no-name | Of a commercial product: having no brand name; generic, own-brand. | 1977 | Go To Quotation |
| no-tech | Employing or requiring little or no (modern) technology. | 1983 | Go To Quotation |
| nuclearist | A believer in or advocate of the possession or use of nuclear weapons; a nation that possesses nuclear weapons. Also as adj. | 1952 | Go To Quotation |
| nuke | A nuclear bomb, weapon, or warhead. | 1958 | Go To Quotation |
| oater | = horse opera n. at horse n. 2a; (also) a radio programme or book of this nature. | 1946 | Go To Quotation |
| oilionaire | A millionaire whose wealth is derived from oil. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| omnisexual | Involving, relating to, or characterized by a desire to engage in sexual activity… | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| op | Of or relating to op art; (esp. in Fashion) displaying the bold geometrical patterns of op art. | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| op art | A style of abstract art in which geometrical patterns and bold colour contrasts are… | 1964 | Go To Quotation |
| over-the-transom | Offered or sent without the prior agreement of the recipient; (esp. of a… | 1952 | Go To Quotation |
| ozoner | A drive-in cinema. More fully ozoner cinema. | 1948 | Go To Quotation |
| paparazzo | A freelance photographer who pursues celebrities to take photographs of them, usually for… | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| paradoctor | A doctor who is dropped by parachute to patients in remote areas. | 1944 | Go To Quotation |
| pareve | Of, relating to, or designating an item of food made without animal or dairy products… | 1933 | Go To Quotation |
| password | trans. To make (one's way) by giving a password. rare. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| petro- | Forming terms relating to petroleum, esp. with reference to the political and economic… | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| petrocurrency | The currency of a petroleum-exporting country, whose exchange rate varies chiefly with the fluctuations of the petroleum market. | 1974 | Go To Quotation |
| phat | Esp. of music: excellent, admirable; fashionable, ‘cool’. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| pinko-liberal | Designating or relating to a person of liberal left-wing views; politically left of centre. | 1926 | Go To Quotation |
| pollee | A person who is questioned in an opinion poll. | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| pollster | A person who conducts or analyses opinion polls. Also: an analyst of voting patterns generally. | 1939 | Go To Quotation |
| porno | A pornographer. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| POSSLQ | A person of the opposite sex living at the same address as another, esp. one who is a sexual partner but not a spouse. | 1978 | Go To Quotation |
| post-feminism | An ethos of the period following the feminism (and improvement in women's status) of the… | 1983 | Go To Quotation |
| post-rock | Markedly different from, or occurring after, traditional rock music; characteristic… | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| pot liquor | A kind of tea made from an infusion of marijuana. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| pratfall | intr. To fall on to the buttocks; to make a pratfall or series of pratfalls. Also fig. | 1940 | Go To Quotation |
| pressurized | Of an aircraft cabin, spacesuit, etc.: supplied with an interior air pressure close to normal atmospheric pressure. | 1938 | Go To Quotation |
| quadrasonic | = quadraphonic adj. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| racketeer | trans. To subject (a person or business) to racketeering; to extort (goods) as part of a dishonest or illegal business. | 1928 | Go To Quotation |
| ramidus | An early hominid known from fossil Pliocene remains found in Ethiopia. | 1994 | Go To Quotation |
| ratissage | A search or raid of an area by the (French) police or military (orig. and chiefly one… | 1954 | Go To Quotation |
| reefer | A cannabis cigarette. | 1931 | Go To Quotation |
| scam | A trick, a ruse; a swindle, a racket. Also attrib. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| scam | intr. and trans. To perpetrate a fraud; to cheat, trick, or swindle. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| sexationalism | The exploiting of sexually sensational material to solicit public interest. | 1927 | Go To Quotation |
| Shangri-La | Used transf. to designate an earthly paradise, a place of retreat from the worries… | 1941 | Go To Quotation |
| shokku | Used joc. to denote a shock or surprise in political or economic affairs concerning Japan. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| sing-along | A song or recording to which one can sing along in accompaniment (esp. a light popular song with an easy rhythm). | 1959 | Go To Quotation |
| Ski-doo | The proprietary name of a motorized toboggan; hence gen. (with lower-case initial), any motorized toboggan. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| Snick | The Student Non-violent Co-ordinating Committee, an organization of black Americans… | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| sockeroo | Something with an overwhelming impact, a ‘smash’. | 1942 | Go To Quotation |
| soogee | = soogee-moogee n. | 1944 | Go To Quotation |
| spammer | A person who sends irrelevant, inappropriate, or multiple postings, advertisements… | 1994 | Go To Quotation |
| Spanglish | A type of Spanish contaminated by English words and forms of expression, spoken in Latin America. | 1967 | Go To Quotation |
| squop | The act or achievement of covering an opponent's wink with one's own; a wink squopped in this way. | 1962 | Go To Quotation |
| Stakhanovite | In the U.S.S.R. during the 1930s and 1940s: a worker whose productivity exceeded the norms… | 1935 | Go To Quotation |
| sulphazin | A drug consisting of a suspension of one per cent purified sulphur in peach oil, given intramuscularly to induce fever. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| summit | intr. To take part in summit meetings. | 1972 | Go To Quotation |
| summiteer | One who takes part in summit meetings. | 1957 | Go To Quotation |
| Synanon | The name of a U.S. foundation concerned chiefly with the rehabilitation of drug… | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| tamperproof | Proof against being tampered with; not susceptible to misuse. Esp. of mechanism. | 1886 | Go To Quotation |
| televangelist | An evangelical preacher who uses the mass media, and particularly television, to… | 1973 | Go To Quotation |
| Tex-Mex | Designating the Texan variety of something Mexican; also occas., of or pertaining to both Texas and Mexico. | 1949 | Go To Quotation |
| transracial | Across or crossing racial boundaries. | 1971 | Go To Quotation |
| unk-unks | With pl. concord. A condition resulting from fear of or apprehension about the unknown; unknown factors. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| update | To bring (information, esp. written material or material recorded in some other form) up to date. | 1948 | Go To Quotation |
| up-tick | An upward trend; an increase in rate. | 1970 | Go To Quotation |
| Vietnik | An active opponent of American military involvement in the war between North and South Vietnam (1955 – 75). Cf. peacenik n. | 1965 | Go To Quotation |
| Waspdom | The characteristics, beliefs, etc., of American white Protestant ‘Wasps’. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| water-ski | intr. To skim over the surface of water on water-skis. Cf. ski v. 1b. | 1953 | Go To Quotation |
| wind-down | The process of bringing or coming to an end; a gradual reduction in scale. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| women's lib | = women's liberation n. | 1969 | Go To Quotation |
| xolo | = xoloitzcuintli n. | 1956 | Go To Quotation |
| yippie | A member of a group of politically active hippies, orig. in the United States. | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
| yordim | With pl. concord. Emigrants who leave Israel. Occas. in sing. form yored /joˈred/. | 1976 | Go To Quotation |
| yuppification | The action or process by which an area, building, clothing, etc., becomes or… | 1984 | Go To Quotation |
| zombification | The process of becoming a zombie. Chiefly in extended use (cf. zombie n. 2, zombify v.). | 1968 | Go To Quotation |
