Airpsly Fair-billis

Exceptionally good or pleasing ("Aw heddan Airpsly Fair-billis toime lar snoite")

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I thought it might be worth introducing this to London. I use Strine a little, but I keep being misunderstood by people – so time to educate the masses*

Australian spoken english using slang terms with no spaces in between words.

Someone who can actually speak fluent strine is very rare, generally only found in [...]

Longer, more inebriated and MUCH more expensive than happy hour

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Drunkorexia n. A potent cocktail of liquor and starvation increasingly popular among women who offset the calories in alcohol by eating little or nothing before hitting the town.

A drunkorexic can enjoy three glasses of pinot grigio for every skipped Snickers bar.

Thanks to the folks at Wired for this.

micrology

[fr. Gk mikrolog�a : minute discussion, frivolity]
/mahy KROL uh jee/
1) attention to petty details or distinctions;
nitpicking

"Micrology registers the occurence of thought as the unthought that remains to be thought in the decline of grand philosophical thought." – David Rodowick, Reading the Figural, or Philosophy After [...]

After a bit of a break, Wørd of the week returns, with a word that could have been crafted just for me:

Schizothemia

from. Gk schizo-, from schizein, to split + thema, theme]

A digression by means of a long reminiscence;
repeated interruptions of a conversation by the speaker
introducing other topics.

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bur·geon v

To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; sprout. To begin to grow or blossom.  To grow and flourish.

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con‧science n
1. the inner sense of what is right or wrong in one's conduct or motives, impelling one toward right action: to follow the dictates of conscience.
2. the complex of ethical and moral principles that controls or inhibits the actions or thoughts of an individual.
3. an inhibiting sense of [...]

Idolator n.

1. One who worships idols.
2. One who blindly or excessively admires or adores another.

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kidult (ki.DULT or KID.ult) n.

A middle-aged person who continues to participate in and enjoy youth culture. -adj. Relating to something, particularly a form of media, that appeals to both children and adults.

Example Citation:
'Adult toys' may sound like a risque phrase, but it is also used to describe the playthings that 'kidults' [...]