February 24, 2017 at 7:04 pm

Any language keeps evolving over a period of time, so has English language. Here is the first in the new series of unique words which have found their place and their meanings.

1) Recessionista – A person who dresses stylishly on a tight budget.

2) Overvoting -Selecting more than one candidate on an election ballot.

3) Cell Yell – Excessively loud cell phone talking.

4) Badge Ball – A ball made up of discarded visitors badges, usually found on the desks of receptionists and security guards.

5) Nerd Bird – A flight to or from a high-tech hub, specially Silicon Valley.

6) Cankle – A thick ankle, particularly one that appears to be a continuation of the calf.

7) Aftercrimes – A pattern of crimes, that occurs in the wake of an initial crime.

8) Seachanger – A person who retires to a seaside dwelling.

9)Barkitecture –  The architecture of doghouses.

10) Rumint – Intelligence information based on rumours rather than facts.

February 25, 2017 at 3:45 pm

I have heard and read about the above words for the first time in my life and was happy to gain the knowledge. As the same can be shared with others as and when it is needed to  be. The other thing is that we can use the words to condense a sentence having a particular meaning which is specific to a topic or a word or a place in one go. That’s a great plus too.

If I were to choose the three most interesting words out of the list of ten I would be choosing one, three and five respectively. I felt the words are easy to spell and relate to the times we are in and can be used many a times. Especially Cell Yell as we face this situation with people having mobiles at a lot of places.

This is an interesting series for me too add to the articles as I thought of writing about language we communicate and know something which existed and which we did not know about. I am going to use some of the terms in my circle as and when the situation arises and see how people react to it. It will be a interesting experience.

March 1, 2017 at 3:29 pm

I have never heard of these words or expressions. I almost sure that even if i did i wouldn’t use them though either. They are a bit weird for me to use in my vocabulary.

I wonder how many people actually use these words on a daily basis.

March 1, 2017 at 8:10 pm

Yearly, there are hundreds if not thousands of words that was added to our dictionary. If you are a wide reader, you can actually find out lots of unknown words being used aside from those very native words that is unusual. I must add your list with this words; YOLO and ‘Merica.

*YOLO: ‘You only live once’; used to express the view that one should make the most of the present moment without worrying about the future (often as a rationale for impulsive or reckless behavior).

*’Merica: America. Note: Originally and chiefly in representations of nonstandard speech. Now frequently also in ironic or self-conscious use, emphasizing emblematic or stereotypical qualities of American traditions, institutions, and national ideals.

March 2, 2017 at 11:42 am

Thanks for sharing the above words. I liked YOLO which I for one would surely use. As the meaning derived out of the same is also very important in the present times which we live in. It also sounds cool like LOL they use as a term these days especially the younger generation. They like to use acronyms of long words of around three to six words and make a something like what you just wrote about.

One more interesting term which I came across when I was in the office from a client’s wife during the discussion was the term which I heard. This happened when the client was going on and on to me why it is very important to go to a doctor when I told that going to doctors are a costly option. Later I came to know that he was a doctor too.

The term his wife used was PUBS  which meant Please Understand And be Sensitive.  She was muttering this to her husband slowly many times. I got curious and checked about this later from friends and came to know this. I found this an  interesting way to tell someone to stop and try to understand the other person. Thank you once again for your inputs.