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awareness bracelet

a colored bracelet worn to raise awareness of a particular cause

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baby bump

the protrusion of a pregnant woman's belly, especially when it is first noticeable

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bankster

a member of the banking industry seen as profiteering or dishonest:nothing ever seems to happen to any of the banksters who caused all the problems in the first place

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bestie

informal a person's best friend

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BOLO

(typically in police use, referring to a suspected criminal or missing person) be on (the) lookout

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breadcrumb trail

(on a website) a series of hyperlinks displayed at the top of a web page, indicating the page's position in the overall structure of the site

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bucket list

a number of experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime:making this trip is the first thing on my bucket list

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casino banking

the practice whereby a commercial bank engages in unduly speculative or risky financial activities with the aim of achieving high profits

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coconut water

the watery liquid found inside a coconut, consumed as a beverage

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confirmation bias

the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories

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Cyber Monday

(in the US) the Monday following Thanksgiving, promoted by online retailers as a day for exceptional bargains

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eco-chic

concern with environmental issues, viewed as a fashion or fad:eco-chic is all the rage!

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infographic

a visual image such as a chart or diagram used to represent information or data: a good infographic is worth a thousand words

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insidery

proceeding from or reflecting an insider's knowledge or perspective:an insidery website that is widely read in the capital's political precinctsinsidery jargon

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lappy

a laptop:I'm going to transfer my CD collection to the lappy

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lifehack

a strategy or technique adopted in order to manage one's time and daily activities in a more efficient way

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man cave

a room or other part of a home regarded as a refuge for the man or men of a household:a man cave equipped with a pool table and pinball machine

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man flu

a cold or similar minor ailment as experienced by a man who is regarded as exaggerating the severity of the symptoms

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mani-pedi

a beauty treatment comprising both a manicure and a pedicure

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meep

a short, high-pitched sound, especially as emitted by an animal or a vehicle's horn:the kitten released a terrified meep

nekkid

(of a person) naked:some of the oldest photos in existence are of nekkid women

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network neutrality

the principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites

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newb

short for newbieit's easy enough for total newbs to pick up and play

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NSFW

not safe (or suitable) for work (used in electronic communication to indicate that a particular web page or website contains explicit sexual material or other adult content):if your friend just sent you something with NSFW in the subject line, don't go there

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overshare

reveal an inppropriate amount of detail about one's personal life:her taste for oversharing was part of a grassroots publicity campaign that cost her and her label nothing

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paperless

relating to or involving the storage or communication of information in electronic form, rather than on paper:several of the utilities companies have switched to paperless billing

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pat-down

an act of searching a person for concealed items such as weapons or illegal drugs, made by passing the hands over their clothing

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permalink

a permanent static hyperlink to a particular web page or entry in a blog

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'roid

an anabolic steroid:those guys are all on ' roids

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savior sibling

a child conceived through selective in vitro fertilization as a potential source of donor organs or cells for an existing brother or sister with a life-threatening medical condition

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schmick

smart or stylish:the new white, blue, and orange colour schemes are very schmick

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social graph

a representation of the interconnection of relationships in an online social network

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Twittersphere

postings made on the social networking site Twitter, considered collectively: the Twittersphere was abuzz when the story first broke

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unfollow

stop tracking (a person, group, or organization) on a social networking site:never unfollow someone just because they unfollowed you!

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ZOMG

(used especially on electronic message boards as a sarcastic comment on an inexperienced or overenthusiastic poster) oh my God!:ZOMG! ! I finally managed to reformat the filethe airport was hot and big, but there was really nothing that made me stop and think ZOMG FOREIGN COUNTRY!