readathon (also read-a-thon)
nounreading for a long time
Yesterday I did my own personal readathon. All I did was read, something I haven't allowed myself to do for quite a while ... | Through the Read-A-Thon, children experience the joy of reading and the pride of community service by raising money to put new books into the hands of children who need them most.
Eingereicht aus United Kingdom am 02/03/2010 12:01:00
meggings
nounleggings for men. A blend of the words 'male' and 'leggings'.
Male leggings, or 'meggings' are currently causing a stir in Tokyo, according to the folks at InventorSpot ... 62% of women polled about meggings found them 'uncool'.
Eingereicht aus Japan am 01/03/2010 14:38:00
mengagement ring
nouna type of engagement ring which is made for men
H. Samuel is the first UK retailer to push the mengagement ring trend as their titanium diamond band, the Tioro, goes on sale this weekend.
Eingereicht aus United Kingdom am 01/03/2010 14:35:00
berimbau
nounan instrument played when people are dancing capoeira, which is a Brazilian martial art that comes originally from Africa
I've been trying to learn how to play the berimbau, but it's quite complex.
Eingereicht von: Jessyca aus Brazil am 01/03/2010 13:42:00
shopaholism
nouna compulsive desire to shop
Eingereicht von: Margarida Neto aus Portugal am 28/02/2010 12:57:00
rodomontade
nounpretentious and empty boasting, bragging
a speech full of rodomontade
Eingereicht von: memefactory aus Czech Republic am 28/02/2010 12:48:00
nursery Neet
nouna child under five years of age who behaves like a Neet
These nursery Neets show the same behaviour problems as older Neets, like difficulty making friends and bad behaviour.
Eingereicht am 26/02/2010 07:50:00
Japlish
nounwhen the speaker uses a combination of Japanese and English in one sentence
Eingereicht von: Rob aus Japan am 26/02/2010 00:46:00
groupsvidual
nounas opposed to an individual
Japanese notice reads: Waiting individuals please stand here. Waiting groupsviduals please stand there.
Eingereicht von: Rob aus Japan am 26/02/2010 00:40:00
hus-been
nouna term which describes a man who is married to a successful woman and who hasn't got much of an identity himself
'The Hus-been,' explains the man who coined the phrase, GQ deputy editor Bill Prince, 'is the man for whom those wedding bells have well and truly tolled, a man who mistook his independence for handing in all of his individuality.'
Eingereicht aus United Kingdom am 24/02/2010 13:41:00
self-publish
verbto publish a book or other product yourself, not through a publisher
More than one self-published book has later successfully been sold to a publisher.
Eingereicht aus United Kingdom am 22/02/2010 09:38:00
Vendy
nounan award which is given to a street vendor (=person who sells food in the street) in America
New-school faced off against old-school at this year’s hotly anticipated Vendys, also known as the New York street-food-vendor wars. For the first time, they had a dessert category.
Eingereicht aus United States am 22/02/2010 09:28:00
crowdfunding
nounuse of the web or another online tool to get a group of people to finance a particular project
Crowdfunding has already been and gone as a source of funding for writers on the Internet.
Eingereicht aus United Kingdom am 17/02/2010 11:45:00
liveblog
verbto write or update a blog as an event is happening
Evans is good company, exactly the kind of adventurous, curious, friendly sort you’d want to travel with, and the reason I know this is that he’s been liveblogging almost every mile of the trip via Twitter and National Geographic’s Intelligent Travel blog, complete with photos and updates from a shirtpocket video camera.
Eingereicht aus United Kingdom am 16/02/2010 20:04:00
hella
adverbvery or really
That movie was hella cool.
Eingereicht von: hossein aus Iran, Islamic Republic of am 16/02/2010 10:09:00
trippy
adjectivemind-boggling, insanely wacky
That movie was so trippy!
Eingereicht von: none aus Australia am 16/02/2010 02:11:00
selvedge (also selvage)
nounfolded and sewn edge of a towel, for example
Eingereicht von: Michael Elleston aus United Kingdom am 14/02/2010 10:58:00
neep
nounthe Scottish word for turnip
We're having neeps and tatties - mashed turnip and potato.
Eingereicht von: Karl Sammut (Gateway School of English) aus Malta am 13/02/2010 20:12:00
rebolation
nouna new type of dance in Brazil
Can you dance the rebolation?
Eingereicht von: Becky aus Brazil am 12/02/2010 21:03:00
preghead
nouna pregnant woman who forgets things more often than normally
I don't care what the researchers say, I was a preghead.
Eingereicht aus United Kingdom am 04/02/2010 09:02:00
