New words for
our vocabularies.
With thanks to The Rotary Club of San Marino,
California.
APORKALYPSE
Over-worry about swine flu, such as Mexico banning
nonessential kisses from telenovelas and Egypt
slaughtering all its pigs, then facing mountains of
garbage that the pigs used to get rid of by eating.
CHIMERICA The
intertwining of the economies of the United States and
the People's Republic.
OCTOMOM Maybe
the most famous of the new coinages, brought about when
Nadya Suleman gave birth to octuplets a year ago this
month.
UNINBIUM A
for-real newly discovered element, number 112 - the
atomic number in Latin. Uub for short.
CONFLICT
MINERALS Gold, tin, tungsten, and tantalum, widely used
in electronics and often mined in politically unstable
countries and regions.
CRASH BLOSSOM A
headline that confuses, such as "Shark Attacks Puzzle
Experts.
DRACULA SNEEZE
Covering the mouth with the crook of an elbow in
sneezing, like Dracula hiding his face in his cape.
GOVERNMENT
MOTORS Nickname for General Motors.
MINI-MADOFF A
Ponzi scheme smaller than Bernie's.
TENTHER A person
who believes the Feds are illegal because the national
government ignores the 10th Amendment and
usurps rights that belong to the states.
VOOK A digital
book that includes some video and text.
HEINIE A
pronunciation of H1N1, swine flu
SOCIAL
DISTANCING Staying away from other people so as not to
catch the flu.
SWINE FLU PARTY
The opposite, a gathering so people can be infected by
the flu, in theory creating antibodies against more
dangerous cases.
BOTAX A proposed
levy on cosmetic procedures - also note the COW TAX fee
proposed for methane
emissions.
