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shampaign 22 Aug 2013 | 06:53 pm
shampaign n. A fake, insincere, or misleading campaign, particular for political office. Also: sham-paign. [sham + campaign] Example Citations: A fair number of these campaigns were never real to b...
interest graph 21 Aug 2013 | 06:04 pm
interest graph n. The set of ideas, topics, and things in which a person is interested, particularly a digital or online representation of this set. Example Citations: Twitter possesses a different...
guerrilla proofreading 20 Aug 2013 | 06:28 pm
guerrilla proofreading pp. Marking up a public sign to correct or point out a grammatical error or typo. —guerrilla proofreader n. Example Citations: On Wednesday, October 13, at the Decatur Libra...
apostrofly 16 Aug 2013 | 06:37 pm
apostrofly n. An errant or misplaced apostrophe, particularly one that seems to have been added randomly to the text. [apostrophe + fly.] Example Citations: Guerrilla proofreading does seem to be a...
rescandal 15 Aug 2013 | 06:27 pm
rescandal n. A scandal that is the same as or similar to an earlier scandal, committed by the same person or group. Example Citations: I think we can say Anthony Weiner is officially done....I thin...
personality spam 14 Aug 2013 | 06:40 pm
personality spam n. Incessant online posts and messages relating to one's personal life and interests. —v. —personality spammer n. Example Citations: Where is the line, exactly, between an unsolic...
socialbot 13 Aug 2013 | 06:24 pm
socialbot n. An automated software program designed to mimic a real person on a social networking site. Also: social bot. Example Citations: Now come socialbots. These automated charlatans are prog...
digital hangover 9 Aug 2013 | 06:44 pm
digital hangover n. Feelings of shame and regret caused by social network photos and other online evidence of one's embarrassing behavior. Example Citations: The drinkers admitted waking up to find...
fauxductivity 8 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
fauxductivity n. Pretending to work hard; busyness that consists of trivial or unproductive activities. Also: faux-ductivity. [Faux + productivity.] —fauxductive adj. Example Citations: I am very ...
calligraffiti 7 Aug 2013 | 06:31 pm
calligraffiti n. Graffiti that uses or is inspired by calligraphic letterforms and techniques. —calligraffitist n. Example Citations: This, explains Shoe, is the fundamental idea behind what he de...
