calendarize

calendarize (v): to add to a calendar

nutshell

nutshell (v): to simplify a topic

Let me nutshell this for you.

How to Spot Bad Headlines Before They Make Your Visitors Bounce: An Intro to Easy Copy Validation [Copyhackers]

like farming

like farming (v): to engender an overly emotional response and thus induce lots of people to click on Facebook’s “like” button

For example:

• Click “like” if you love Jesus.
• Click “like” if you support the troops.
• Click “like” if you think this tragically disfigured burn victim is still beautiful.
• Click “like” if you have a heart, care even a little, love puppies, and aren’t a selfish evil jerk.

Merlin German was a U.S, soldier injured in a IED attack in Iraq. He died in 2008, but his photo has been used by many Facebook like-farming campaigns.

Click “Like” if You Love Puppies, Support the Troops, and Hate Your Facebook Friends [VentureBeat]

condomplate

condomplate (v): to contemplate whether to use a condom in the heat of sex

A hard time opening a rubber's wrapper induces condomplating.

Condomplate [Urban Dictionary]

Koufax

Koufax [Sandy Koufax, the Jewish Hall of Fame pitcher, sat out the first game of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur] (v): to forgo an important sporting event because it coincides with a religious holiday

In the first episode of season eight of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Larry accuses Marty, a newly observant Jew, of "Koufaxing us" because Marty refuses to play in the golf tournament because it falls on the Sabbath.

skinback

skinback [journalistic slang for peeling back your skin and feeling the pain]: retraction of the premise of an article

In his Reuters column yesterday, "How I Misread News Corp.'s Taxes," David Cay Johnston wrote, "For the first time in my 45-year-old career I am writing a skinback ... I will do all I can to make sure everyone who has read or heard secondary reports based on my column also learns the facts and would appreciate the help of readers in that cause."

See also: In 2008, Jack Shakfer explained another journalistic term, "reverse ferret."

pre-friending

pre-friending: friending someone online who you want to meet offline

Have you ever pre-friended someone?

Is "Londonistan" pejorative?

In 2005, I asked Merriam-Webster the following question. Associate Editor, Kory Stamper, replied as follows.

Q: In 2003, Daniel Pipes, an American expert on the Middle East, titled a post on his blog, “Londonistan Follies.” In 2005, Time magazine wrote, “In the years before Sept. 11, 2001, French authorities despaired at what they claimed was the tendency of the British authorities to turn a blind eye to events in ‘Londonistan.’” Also in 2005, historian Victor Davis Hanson wrote in National Review Online, “Its capital was dubbed Londonistan for its hospitality to Muslims across the globe.”

From these examples, it seems that Londonistan is pejorative, meaning that Britain is too hospitable to militant Muslims. Is this accurate, and do you plan to include the word, or perhaps the “-istan” suffix, in the next edition of your dictionary?

A: “Londonistan” is a relatively new coinage that still looks to be predominantly British. According to the evidence I have on hand, it dates back to 2001 and was supposedly coined by French counterterrorism officials who sneered at the British claim that human rights laws prohibited them from arresting suspected militants and al Qaeda lieutenants without evidence of a crime having been committed.

At this point, we don’t have enough evidence of either “Londonistan” or the suffixal “-istan” to merit entry into any of our dictionaries. Given more time and sustained usage, it may be a good candidate for future entry.

breastaurant

breastaurant [breast + restaurant]: a restaurant where the scantily clad waitresses aren't on the menu, but they're the reason the patrons keep returning

I only eat at breastaurants like Hooters, Twin Peaks and Tilted Kilt for the food.

"Breastaurants" Ring up Big Profits [Entrepreneur]

How "Breastaurants" Took Over the Casual Dining Industry [Business Insider]

sext

sext [sex + text] (v): sending sexually explicit messages or photographs via a mobile phone

Between Congressmen Foley (R-FL) and Weiner (D-NY), sexting seems to be the one thing that the House of Representatives can agree on these days.

congressclown

congressclown [congressman + crown]: a congressman who acts clownish

"Just as Bill Clinton was blessed by cartoon-character enemies like Ken Starr and Henry Hyde, the face of GOP opposition to Obamacare tonight was not the heroic and patriotic John McCain, but rather some Congressclown named Joe Wilson from South Carolina."—Paul Begala.

unboxing

unboxing (n): a new form of geek porn, whereby people film themselves unwrapping new tech products

"Unboxing: The New Geek Porn" [The Register]

sextortion

sextortion [sex + extortion] (n): exorting sexual favors

Last year, an awkward high school senior in Wisconsin went online, passed himself off as a flirtatious female student, and sextorted dozens of his male classmates into e-mailing him sexually explicit images of themselves.

"Sextortion at Eisenhower High" [GQ]

Twintern

Twintern (n): an intern whose job it is to Twitter

"I try to get in at least 10 posts a day," says Alexa Robinson, 22, who started work as Pizza Hut's first official "twintern" in June.

"A Day in the Life of a Twintern" [Slate]

digital courage

digital courage: the confidence provided to flirt via the nonphysical medium of e-mail

A BlackBerry Throbs, and a Wonk Has a Date [NYT]

sexcapade

sexcapade [sexual + escapade] (n): tryst

"[E]ven consensual sexcapades between crew members and passengers are officially verboten."

Crime Rocks the Boats [Time]

crowdsource

crowdsource (v): to address something with multiple contributors

"[W]e're trying to crowdsource a single story."

Letter to All Participants [AssignmentZero.com]

drunk-Berry

drunk-Berry [spin-off of "drunk-dial"] (v): to send an e-mail from a BlackBerry while drunk

"It's actually worse than drunk-dialing," she said, "because at least they know you are drunk. But if you drunk-Berry, they're not so sure."

A BlackBerry Throbs, and a Wonk Has a Date [NYT]

pornophilia

pornophilia (n): predilection for pornography

"He frequently preaches the virtues of honesty and truthfulness, yet there is now little doubt that he lied repeatedly during his confirmation hearings—not only about his pornophilia and bawdy humor but, more important, about his legal views and familiarity with cases like Roe v. Wade."

Thomas Agonistes [NYT]

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hizzoner

hizzoner: sarcastic slang for "his honor"

Rudy Giuliani is often referred to, disparagingly, as hizzoner.