Wednesday, May 21, 2014

hacktivism/slacktivism/twactivism

The portmaneaus are flying fast and hard in this sentence from Daily chart: Twactivism | The Economist:

Just as online activism (known as “hacktivism") is considered slacktivism (armchair activism) because it is rarely sustained, so too the concerned tweets might be called twactivism. 


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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Zut Alors

From What does "Zut Alors!"?:

It’s French for Damn it ! It is important to notice though that it is pointless to try to literally translate interjections as they are popper to each language and do not necessarily exist in other languages, you have to live amongst the people who speak the language in order to acquire the true meaning of those! Hope that helped !
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sistren

What is the female equivalent of brethren? - Oxford Dictionaries (US):



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Strawmanistan

A great portmaneau: Obama Invades Strawmanistan While Rubio and Others Offer Ideas « Commentary Magazine.



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acrimonious

From acrimonious - definition of acrimonious by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.:

ac·ri·mo·ni·ous  (ăk′rə-mō′nē-əs)adj.Bitter and sharp in language or tone; rancorous: an acrimonious debate between the two candidates.


From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwan: "The group disbanded acrimoniously after their 2003 world tour."



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