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bridezilla

Language; Slang

Formed from blending of the words bride and Godzilla (Japanese movie monster). Used to describe a woman whose behavior becomes outrageously bad in the course of planning for her wedding.

pleb

Language; Slang

Pleb is an old word that has been given new life as a derogatory and insulting term for the poor or lower classes.

mummy porn

Language; Slang

Mummy porn is a neulogism coined to describe a new genre of erotic fiction inspired by the bestselling novel series Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L.James.

omnishambles

Language; Slang

Omnishambles is a neulogism that was first coined in 2009 by the writers of BBC political satire The Thick of It and has since entered public use. It is an amalgamation of the Latin prefix omni-, ...

eurogeddon

Language; Slang

Eurogeddon is a neuologism employed by mainstream media to describe the threatened financial collapse in the eurozone. It is an amalgamation of the words Europe and armageddon.

brain fart

Language; Slang

Occurs when a person forgets something that is normally easily recalled. For example, if a person forgets where they had lunch, that is a brain fart. Or if a person forgets what they were just ...

hella

Language; Slang

A shortened term for the phrase "hell of a" or "hell of a lot of". The term means "very", "really", or "a lot" and used as an intensifier. "Hella" gained nationwide spread in the late 1990s but ...