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OP we've all come to know and love <irony> the Urban Dictionary. Merriam-Webster's Open Dictionary might be considered a more serious attempt at the concept, although the source of words is virtually the same meme pool.
every month, M-W picks some of their favorite recent submissions.
for November, e.g.
blamestorm (verb) : to discuss why a deadline was missed, a project failed, or who is to be blamed or to take responsibility
<The managers spent the meeting blamestorming about the lost contract.>
embed (noun) : an instance or period of a journalist traveling with a military unit; an instance or period of being embedded
<If we're on an embed and we're dealing with these Iraqi forces, they're going to be very careful in what they say.>
searchability (noun) : the ability to be searched upon (as an Internet page)
<We must optimize our Web pages for searchability.>
y'alternative also y'allternative (noun) : alternative country music
<The new country music station plays y'alternative.>
embed and searchability (as nouns) seem like obvious extensions hardly worthy of notice; corporate-speak, such as blamestorm, always seems to grate; DJ-speak, such as y'allternative usually shows a little more imagination.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted user-contribution dictionaries tsuwm 11/28/07 09:24 PM Re: user-contribution dictionaries Jackie 12/01/07 05:26 PM Re: user-contribution dictionaries dalehileman 12/01/07 05:35 PM Re: user-contribution dictionaries Buffalo Shrdlu 12/01/07 05:39 PM Re: user-contribution dictionaries dalehileman 12/01/07 06:47 PM Re: user-contribution dictionaries Buffalo Shrdlu 12/01/07 08:02 PM Re: user-contribution dictionaries dalehileman 12/01/07 08:20 PM Re: user-contribution dictionaries Hydra 12/02/07 02:57 PM
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