digital amnesia noun the inability to remember basic things, such as telephone numbers, dates, etc. as a result of over-reliance on mobile phones, the Internet etc for storing information The pro...
https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/2015/12/28/new-words-28-december-2015/
bruh noun slang used as a form of address, usually between male friends I’ve been working out a bit, and I thought it’d help me see the gaaainzz (do you even lift, bruh?). unspo noun i...
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haskap (berry) noun a blue honeysuckle berry A Nova Scotia farm operator says its Haskap berries are the next big thing in superfood, and the company is now looking to sell chunks of its farmland...
https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/2015/12/14/new-words-14-december-2015/
by Alastair Horne Here at Cambridge, we’ve been busy looking at actual searches in our online dictionaries to find the people’s Words of the Year. We’re committed to reflecti...
https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/2015/12/09/the-peoples-words-of-2015/
flyboarding noun the sport of moving many metres up in the air over a stretch of water, while standing on a board. The board (a ‘Flyboard’) is powered by water spurting from a Jet Ski (tradem...
https://dictionaryblog.cambridge.org/2015/12/07/new-words-7-december-2015/
conversational user interface noun a computer interface that provides information to users in normal, conversational speech in response to spoken requests Nearly every major tech company—from A...
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climatarian adjective choosing to eat a diet that has minimal impact on the climate, i.e. one that excludes food transported a long way or meat whose production gives rise to CO2 emissions Climat...
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yuccie noun young urban creative; someone who wants to be creative and free-spirited but also wealthy Yuccies – cherish ‘craft’ beer and ‘artisanal’ food, like ‘authentic’ holiday d...
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nerd power noun informal heat generated by computers and used, for example to heat places All computers produce heat, but computer servers produce a lot of heat – so much that it usually costs ...
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she shed noun informal a garden shed owned by and equipped for a woman Is this the ultimate sanctuary? Rise of the SHE shed as more women demand an oasis of calm at the bottom of the garden away ...
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