On fleek means stylish, awesome, executed perfectly. On fleek may be considered the evolution of the term on point, when used to mean someone or something stylish, awesome, executed perfectly. While on fleek appeared in the online Urban Dictionary in 2003, the term didn’t gain popularity until 2014 when Peaches …
Manspreading is the process in which a man sits on a public conveyance such as a bus or train with his legs spread wide apart in order to take as much space as possible and discourage other passengers from sitting close to him. The idea of men sitting on public …
Dumpster fire describes a situation which has been terribly mishandled, resulting in a disastrously chaotic outcome. Dumpster fire describes a situation that is already a mess, then is made worse by being set afire, figuratively. The origin of the term dumpster fire is uncertain. Many believe that it was first …
Bluetooth is a wireless technology that affords short-range connections between electronic devices via UHF radio waves. The word Bluetooth may be used as a noun or as a transitive verb, which is a verb that takes an object. Related words are Bluetooths, Bluetoothed, Bluetoothing. Derived from the medieval Danish king …
A carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide and methane released into the atmosphere due to the activities of a person, company or country. The measurement of a carbon footprint is a measurement of how much a person, company or country contributes to global warming. While Google’s Ngram reports …
Soccer mom is an American term that describes a stereotypical, middle-class suburban mother, heavily invested in her children’s welfare, who spends most of her time shuttling her children to activities such as soccer in a minivan. As early as the 1980s the phrase soccer mom was used to describe mothers …
Glamping is a type of camping that incorporates luxuries and amenities not normally associated with traditional camping. The word glamping is a portmanteau of the words glamor and camping. A portmanteau is a blending of the sounds of two or more words in order to create a word. Glamping is …
Phishing is the practice of sending fraudulent emails to unsuspecting people in an effort to trick them into revealing their credit card numbers, social security numbers, passwords or other personal information with the intent of stealing assets. Phishing is a method of identity theft, the word is coined from the …
Doxing is the act of publishing private information and identifying information about an individual online with intent to harm. Doxing is done in order to shame someone, encourage other online users to intimidate someone, or put the person being doxed in actual danger. Doxing may be spelled with two “x‘s”, …