New Words in English
New words and terms coined in recent years,
beginning with 'C' and 'D'
- C
- cage sandals
- A type of sandal with a lot of thin straps.
- captcha
- Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart.
A distorted image of letters and numbers used to ensure that a response is not generated by a computer, in order to prevent spamming.
- Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart.
- carjacking
- Blend of 'car' and 'hijacking'.
When a car driver is forced to give up his vehicle or drive to a destination designated by the attacker.
- Blend of 'car' and 'hijacking'.
- carnapper
- A person who steals a car.
- catfish
- A person who sets up a false profile on a social networking site in order to deceive others or for fraudulent purposes.
- chainwatch
- Watch several consecutive episodes of a TV series in one sitting, one after another.
- charticle
- Blend of ‘chart’ and ‘article’.
A news article that is composed primarily of a chart, image or graphics with just a brief text for additional information.
- Blend of ‘chart’ and ‘article’.
- chatroom
- Areas on the internet where people can communicate by exchanging typed messages.
- chick lit
- Books, usually featuring female characters, written by women on contemporary themes and issues that appeal more to women than to men.
- chillaxing
- Blend of 'chilling' and relaxing'.
Taking a break from stressful activities to rest or relax.
- Blend of 'chilling' and relaxing'.
- citizen journalism
- News collected and reported by ordinary people, especially through the use of blog software.
- click and collect
- A shopping facility which enables customers to order and pay for goods online, then collect them from a local branch of the store.
- click bait
- Put something on a website that will encourage visitors to click on a link.
- clickjack/clickjacking
- Tricking Internet users into clicking on hidden links.
- cloud computing
- A computing service which enables access to a shared pool of resources (servers, data storage, applications, etc.) over the Internet. Users can access and use tools or applications on a temporary basis, without having to install them on their computers.
- cloffice
- A closet that has been turned into a small office space.
- coatigan
- A long cardigan or knitted jacket which from a distance looks more like a coat. Designed as transitional wear for autumn weather before a heavier coat is necessary.
- content farm
- A website that publishes large amounts of low-quality content, or content copied from elsewhere, in order to attract visitors and improve its search-engine rankings.
- couplie
- A photograph taken of themselves by a couple (similar to 'selfie').
- daycation
- A trip or short vacation which lasts only one day. Daycationers do not stay away overnight.
- decruitment
- Euphemism for laying-off staff or downsizing a company.
- demitarian
- A person who reduces by half their consumption of meat and animal products in order to reduce the environmental impact of their diet.
- dench
- Extremely attractive, fashionable, impressive, etc.
- docusoap
- Blend of 'documentary' and 'soap'.(soap opera: sentimental TV serial)
A 'docusoap' is a reality television programme in the style of a documentary.
- Blend of 'documentary' and 'soap'.(soap opera: sentimental TV serial)
- dramedy
- Combination of 'drama' and 'comedy'.
A film, play or TV programme that mixes drama and comedy.
- Combination of 'drama' and 'comedy'.
- droolworthy
- Something so attractive or exciting that it makes you want to have it e.g. a droolworthy dress, a droolworthy cake...
- drug driving
- Driving a vehicle while under the influence of drugs.
- duffin
- A cake which is a combination of a muffin and a doughnut.
- dwell time
- The length of time spent on a website.
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