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Word: Sprezzatura

Meaning: An art that seems artless; a rehearsed spontaneity.

Usage: “I have a theory that elegant people have an aura of impenetrable private sadness, and that good taste and impeccable manners are life’s consolation. Perhaps they conjure sprezzatura, the Renaissance ideal of artful nonchalance, that makes it all conceivable.” — Lauren Cerand in her Rumpus.com essay, “On Elegance.” http://therumpus.net/2012/02/on-elegance/

Word: Babyccino

Meaning: A decaf mini cappuccino, made especially for the worst babies on earth.

Usage: “Too hip for apple juice? Try a babyccino… It’s what all the urban lumberjacks in man buns are putting in their offspring’s sippy cups. ” — The Frisky

Word: Schizopolis

Meaning: A fractured, kaleidoscopic urban landscape.

Word: Revengenda

Meaning: An agenda in which the terminal aim is… duh, revenge. Do I have to tell you guys everything?

Word: Nug

Meaning: Dear, lover, loved one (Victorian-era slang)

Word: Anhedonia

Meaning: Inability to experience joy in enjoyable experiences or pleasure in pleasurable ones.

Word: You-topia

Meaning: A self-fulfilling community based around similar desires/interests/pursuits, not so much class/gender/race.

Word: Phantasmagorical Meaning: A series of random, fantastical events occurring as in a dream; kind of like surrealism minus the realism. Usage: “I wanted to be sure I was properly grounded before straying into treacherous territory: the nature of being in our phantasmagorical high-finance, high-tech era.” — a Salon.com review of the new Robert Harris […]

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Word: Diefenbaby

Meaning: The possible illegitimate son of John Diefenbaker.

Usage: “Diefenbaby believes ex-PM’s brain could yield clues” — actual CBC.ca headline

Word: Lana Del Reycist

Meaning: Discriminating against someone on the basis of perceived inauthenticity.

Usage: “You guys are all just Lana Del Reycist.” — @AlexBlagg on Twitter

Word: Blondetourage

Meaning: A group of blondes. God, even a blonde could figure that out. Kidding, kidding, kidding!

Usage: “Farrah and Ashley—known on Rock of Love Bus as the charter members of “The Blondetourage”—are stripping together, as a team.” — “Rock of Love Girls: Where Are They Now?” on Jezebel

Word: Wackaloon

Meaning: Something to be worn, but not to be believed.

Usage: “You can tell if something is ‘directional’; if it looks completely wackaloon at first, but then six months later everyone in your 10:30 meeting is wearing it. ” — Wordnik’s Erin McKean to The Fashion Spot.