Neologisms: New and Noteworthy!

Neologism- noun [nee  OL uh jizuhm] a new word, usage or expression. Social networking has coined many neologisms such as tweeting, vlogging, and friending.

Oh how fun! Here’s a list of some recent neologisms. Can you guess the meanings? Do you ever use these?

• McJob
• Adultolescence (hope I spelled that correctly!)
• Falloween
• Netiquette
• Baby Mama
• Hasbian
  

  Bling Explosion

• Bootylicious
• Spam
• Sketchy
• Bling
• Google
• Ginormous
• Chillax
• Mental hairball

New words are forming daily! Please send us some more!

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Thanks to PrawnPie on Flickr for the bling photo!