Neologisms: New and Noteworthy!

Neologism- noun [nee  OL uh jizuhm] a new word, usage or expression. Social dictionarynetworking 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!

    Bling Explosion

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

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

Mirth in a Box sells fun and unusual gifts and college care packages.

Thanks to PrawnPie on Flickr for the bling photo!

About Gay Gasser

Frustrated by the lack of quality care packages, Gay created Mirth in a Box. MirthinaBox.com is the place to go on the interne to find fun gift sets and care packages.
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One Response to Neologisms: New and Noteworthy!

  1. Ed says:

    What’s vlogging? I’ve never heard of that before

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