Yet More Words of the Future

1. Anglosplaining -- the process by which a white person of non-Hispanic descent chooses to lecture a Hispanic person on Hispanic issues; a word that originally referred to people of English descent lecturing Germans on their own history.
2. Anglx -- English equivalent of Latinx.
3. Ben-and-Glory moment -- a moment in which you find yourself explaining the same thing over and over again.
4. Do an Elsa -- let it go.
5. Go all Sally Field -- seem overly anxious to be liked.
6. The Juan Peron Syndrome -- a term inspired by a story told by my late father about how his American teacher taught him one year that Juan Peron was a great friend of the United States and taught him the next year that Peron was a great enemy of the U.S.

Spanish Words of Russian History

1. Bloque del Este -- Eastern Bloc.
2. bolchevique -- Bolshevik.
3. comunismo -- communism.
4. comunista -- communist.
5. cosaco -- cossack.
6. El Telón de Acero -- Castilian term for "Iron Curtain".
7. Eslavos -- Slavs.
8. estalinismo -- Stalinism.
9. hoz y martillo -- hammer and sickle.
10. Imperio del Mal -- literally, "Empire of Evil"; U.S. President Ronald Reagan's term for "the Soviet Union."
11. Imperio Malvado -- literally, "Evil Empire"; U.S. President Ronald Reagan's term for "the Soviet Union."
12. La Cortina de Hierro -- Latin American term for "Iron Curtain".
13. La Guerra Fría -- The Cold War.
14. La Gran Purga -- The Great Purge.
15. Marxismo -- Marxism.
16. Pueblo Potemkin -- Potemkin village.
17. purga -- purge.
18. República Popular -- People's Republic.
19. Unión Soviética -- Soviet Union.
20. zar -- czar.

More Words of the Future

Words that are not yet part of the English language but might someday be:

1. bully logic -- the reasoning that bullies use to justify their actions; also, the logic that is used by apologists for said bullies.
2. cradle envy -- envy directed at parents by childless adults.
3. deimocracy -- rule by terror.
4. drugstore revolutionary -- a person who talks a lot about being a revolutionary but never carries it out in practice.
5. evolutionary dictatorship -- a regime that once embraced Marxism but has gradually "evolved" in a less left-wing but not necessarily more democratic manner.
6. extreme art appreciation -- the notion that any art worth appreciating should not be all that pleasurable to experience.
7. fatwa envy -- envy certain Christians feel for demonstrations of Islamic intolerance.
8. genfem -- genetic female.
9. genmal -- genetic male.
10. global primate change -- what happens when the apes take over.
11. gotcha conservativism -- a philosophy held by conservatives who are more concerned with showing how much more enlightened they are than with actually accomplishing anything useful.
12. gotcha liberalism -- a philosophy held by liberals who are more concerned with showing how much more enlightened they are than with actually accomplishing anything useful.
13. hairshirt art -- art that is based on the theory that any artistic work that is not pleasurable to look at must be great art.
14. leucification -- the process of making someone or transforming one's self into a white person.
15. leucify -- to change one's self or another into a white.
16. notophobia -- fear of the South.
17. political southpaw -- liberal, leftist or one sympathetic to the liberal or the left's point of view.
18. vanity politics -- political beliefs that are driven more by ego than by ideals.
19. vespification -- the process of making someone or transforming one's self into a WASP.
20. vespify -- to make one's self or another into a WASP.

Words of the Present III

1. acerebral -- without a brain.
2. allophilia -- a positive attitude for a group that is not one's own.
3. antipolonism -- a spectrum of hostile attitudes toward Polish people and culture.
4. apocalypse fatigue -- reduced interest in current or potential environmental problems due to frequent dire warnings about those problems.
5. bikini medicine -- medical practice, research, and funding that focuses solely on the female breasts and reproductive system.
6. bozo explosion -- the large number of inept employees that a company ends up with when it hires an incompetent executive, who in turn hires incompetent managers, who then hire incompetent workers.
7. digital immigrants -- people who started to use the Internet and other digital technology as adults.
8. digital natives -- people who grew up with the Internet and other digital technology.
9. diversity fatigue -- a form of mental exhaustion brought on by the constant attention required to ensure a workforce or other group is racially or ethnically diverse.
10. emporiophobia -- fear or mistrust of, or resistance to, free markets.
11. entropy tourism -- travel that features places of decay, neglect, or abandonment.
12. gallery rage -- extreme anger displayed by an art gallery patron when a visit is marred by huge crowds or rude gallery staff.
13. hecatine -- relating to Hecate.
14. heteroclite -- a nonconformist; a person who is not conventional.
15. hydropot -- a water drinker.
16. hypergraphia -- a behavioral condition characterized by the intense desire to write.
17. informavore -- a person who consumes information.
18. laptop zombie -- a laptop user in a public place who is oblivious to everyone and everything except the screen in front of them.
19. librarian chic -- a fashion style that uses elements of, or is inspired by, the styles stereotypically attributed to librarians.
20. mammogenic -- promoting growth of the milk glands.
21. natation -- swimming.
22. necrologue -- obituary.
23. nightpiece -- work of art describing a night scene.
24. noctivagant -- wandering in the night.
25. notonectal -- swimming on the back.
26. nyctograph -- device for recording ideas at night or when not fully awake.
27. nymphology -- study of nymphs.
28. pancake people -- Internet users who read widely, but without depth.
29. panivorous -- bread-eating.
30. popcorn movie -- a motion picture without serious dramatic content, a weighty message, or intellectual depth, which serves simply as enjoyable entertainment.
31. procerity -- tallness; height.
32. proletarian drift -- the tendency for originally upscale products to eventually become popular with the working class or proles.
33. racial battle fatigue -- stress and anxiety caused by constantly dealing with both overtly racist actions and subtle references to one’s race.
34. rainbow ceiling -- business practices and prejudices that create an unseen and unofficial barrier to personal advancement for gay employees.
35. ravenette -- someone with black hair.
36. resistance fatigue -- mental exhaustion brought on by the constant protesting of unpopular government policies.
37. retrophilia -- an intense attraction for things of the past.
38. retrosexual -- a man with an undeveloped aesthetic sense who spends as little time and money as possible on his appearance and lifestyle.
39. rhino -- older man in search of a younger woman.
40. ruin porn aka ruins photography -- a recent movement in photography that takes the decline of the built-environment (cities, buildings, infrastructure) as its subject.
41. rustalgia -- nostalgia for the lost world of the American Rust Belt.
42. Sadian -- one who spends his life studying the Marquis de Sade.
43. Tankie -- Stalinist; one who favored the use of tanks in putting down rebellions in Communist regimes.
44. time confetti -- brief pieces of leisure time scattered throughout a person‘s day.
45. transliteracy -- the ability to read and write using multiple media, including traditional print media, electronic devices, and online tools.
46. Turtledove effect -- in a work of alternate history, the implausible insertion of characters or events from the original timeline.
47. vapulation -- flogging.
48. virtue signalling -- using words, actions, or symbols to indicate to other people that you are a good person or that you hold certain moral values.
49. xenocentrism -- the preference for the products, styles, or ideas of someone else's culture rather than of one's own.
50. zombie lie -- a false statement that keeps getting repeated no matter how often it has been refuted.

Apparently the Japanese Do Have a Word for It

But I'm not sure it applies to me. After all, I actually try to read all the books I buy. Sometimes more than once.

And yet the mentality behind this word does not quite seem all that foreign to me. No pun intended, of course.

Modern Spanish Words

1. acción afirmativa -- affirmative action.
2. baño de cultura -- cultural immersion.
3. blindaje de virtud -- virtue shielding.
4. calentamiento global -- global warming.
5. cambio climático -- climate change.
6. ciudadanía -- citizenship.
7. ciudadano de segunda clase -- second-class citizen.
8. ciudadano de segunda -- second-class citizen.
9. clasismo -- classism.
10. clima de trabajo -- work environment; work climate.
11. clima intelectual -- intellectual climate.
12. conciencia de clase -- class consciousness.
13. ¡Controla tus prejuicios! -- check your privilege.
14. corrección política -- political correctness.
15. cosificación sexual -- sexual objectification.
16. cuidador -- male caregiver.
17. cuidadora -- female caregiver.
18. delito de odio -- hate crime
19. deshumanización -- dehumanization.
20. discriminación -- discrimination.
21. edad -- age.
22. elefante en la habitación -- elephant in the room.
23. elite cultural -- cultural elite.
24. empoderamiento -- empowerment.
25. enfermedades de transmisión sexual (ETS) -- STDs
26. enfermedades venéreas -- venereal diseases.
27. guerra cultural -- culture war.
28. guerreros de la justicia social -- social justice warriors.
29. hechos alternativos -- alternative facts.
30. Hembras Blancas Iracundas -- Angry White Females.
31. Hombres Blancos Iracundos -- Angry White Men.
32. homosexualidad -- homosexuality.
33. huida blanca -- white flight.
34. imperialismo -- imperialism.
35. incorrección política -- political incorrectness.
36. interseccionalidad -- intersectionality.
37. lo que sea -- whatever!
38. lucha de clases -- class conflict; class struggle.
39. lluvia de ideas -- brainstorming.
40. machoexplicación -- mansplaining
41. no pidas, no digas -- don't ask, don't tell.
42. nuevo rico -- new rich; nouveau riche.
43. objetificación -- objectification.
44. Olimpiadas de Opresión -- Oppression Olympics.
45. perforación del cuerpo -- body piercing.
46. persona de color -- person of color.
47. políticamente incorrecto -- politically incorrect.
48. porno de la pobreza -- poverty porn.
49. prejudicio -- prejudice.
50. prejuicio cultural -- cultural cringe.
51. privilegio -- privilege.
52. puntal -- strut.
53. puntal cultural -- cultural strut.
54. Regla 34 -- Rule 34.
55. salir del armario -- coming out of the closet; coming out as a homosexual.
56. sexo seguro -- safe sex.
57. silicio -- silicon.
58. sueño americano -- American dream.
59. supervivencia del más apto -- survival of the fittest.
60. varones blancos europeos muertos -- dead white European males.
61. yo también -- me too.

Selvas

1. selva--forest; woods.
2. selva oscura -- dark wood; dark jungle.
3. selva pluvial--rainforest.
4. selva tropical--rainforest.
5. selva virgen--virgin forest.

Leyendas

1. leyenda -- legend.
2. leyenda blanca -- literally, white legend; a uncritical or whitewashed portrayal of Spain and the Spaniards during colonial times.
3. leyenda dorada -- literally, golden legend; a book about saints.
4. leyenda negra -- literally, black legend; the claim that Spain and the Spaniards were depicted as uniquely bloodthirsty, cruel, greedy and licentious, in excess of reality.
5. leyenda rosa -- literally, pink legend or white legend; the claim which promoted an ideal view of Spaniards.
6. leyenda urbana -- urban legend.

Siglos

1. siglo -- century.
2. siglo de cobre -- age of copper.
3. siglo de la ilustración -- Age of Enlightenment (18th century).
4. siglo de las luces -- Age of Enlightenment (18th century).
5. siglo de oro -- golden age.
6. siglo de plata -- silver age.
7. siglo dorado -- golden age.
8. siglos oscuros -- dark ages.

Quote of the Week

Yet it makes me cringe to read, for the millionth time, the words black and Hispanic as synonyms for victim. How many times does one have to read that linguistic link before the brain fuses ethnicity with wretchedness? How does this link affect people who come in contact with blacks and Hispanics? How does it affect blacks and Hispanics themselves?
--Enrique Fernandez, “Label Warning,” The Village Voice, November 5, 1991, vol. 36, no. 45

Quote of the Week

A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.
--George F. Will

Quote of the Week

Grasp the subject, words will follow.
--Cato the Elder

Words of the Past

1. Adamite -- a man who dresses as Adam did before the Fall.
2. Adam's ale -- water.
3. Adam's disease -- Puritan preacher's term for "curiosity."
4. adulterine -- a child born of an adultress.
5. agonyclite -- a 7th century heretic who refused to kneel but prayed standing; one that refuses to bow to authority.
6. anachorism -- something out of place in reference to a land.
7. andromanic -- lusting after men.
8. Aphrodite's milk -- term given to wine by Aristophanes because it increased lasciviousness.
9. apricate -- to bask in the sun; to sunbathe.
10. artigamous -- newly wed.
11. athanic -- not subject to death.
12. bathykolpian -- having deep cleavage between the breasts; big-breasted.
13. bathykolpic -- deep-bosomed.
14. beasts of venery -- the hart, the hind, the hare, the bear and the wolf.
15. bucranic -- bullheaded.
16. callipygian -- having an attractive backside.
18. carry-castle -- name used by Elizabethan writers for an elephant.
19. cat-Latin -- incoherent or idle talk; bad writing.
20. celibataire -- bachelor.
21. climacterian -- one who is fond of a climax.
22. comediographer -- a writer of comedies.
23. cow-handed -- awkward.
24. cupidity -- inordinate desire; covetousness; sensuality; lust; unlawful or unreasonable longing.
25. curtain-lecture -- reproof given by a wife to her husband in bed.
26. Eve's scork -- the larynx.
27. eviration -- obsolete term for "castration"; loss or deprivation of masculine traits combined with the assumption of feminine traits; a delusion in a male that he has changed into a woman.
28. Evite -- a woman who dresses like Eve did before the Fall; a woman wearing little clothing.
29. five wits -- common wit, imagination, fantasy, estimation and memory.
30. fleshquake -- tremor of the body; a word formed by Ben Jonson in imitation of "earthquake".
31. nelipot -- one that goes barefoot.
32. parthenon -- a maiden's room.
33. pauliped -- small-footed; one that has little feet.
34. peridine -- a rover; a pirate.
35. peripole -- a streetwalker.
36. plebicole -- one that seeks the favor of the common man.
37. pronoia -- foresight; foreseeing.
38. ptochocracy -- government by the poor.
39. Sotadic Zone -- Richard Burton's term for an area of the world where male homosexuality was actively practiced.
40. thelymachy -- a war of women.
41. thelyphantic -- manifestly effeminate.
42. thrion -- fig leaf.
43. tyrophagous -- cheese-eating.
44. Utopian bride -- a woman which presents herself naked to her future spouse in a manner similar to a ceremony described in Thomas More's Utopia.

Quote of the Week

I am lucky. I have the angels of words beside me. So many of us are silent.
--Luis Alberto Urrea, Nobody's Son: Notes from an American Life

Lovecraftian Slang in Spanish

1. Antiguo -- Elder Thing.
2. Ciclo de las Civilizaciones Perdidas -- The Lost Civilizations Cycle.
3. Ciclo del Sueño -- Dream Cycle.
4. ciclópeo -- Cyclopean.
5. Círculo de Lovecraft -- Lovecraft Circle.
6. cosmicismo - cosmicism.
7. horror cósmico -- cosmic horror.
8. Los Dioses Exteriores -- The Outer Gods.
9. Los Primigenios -- The Great Old Ones.
10. Los Profundos -- The Deep Ones.
11. lovecraftiano -- Lovecraftian.
12. mitos -- myths; mythos.
13. Mitos de Cthulhu -- Cthulhu Mythos.
14. Necronomicón -- Necronomicon.
15. reanimador -- reanimator.
16. Universidad de Miskatonic -- Miskatonic University.

Words of the Present II

1. burrocracy -- rule of burros; a Mexican writer's term for "bureaucracy."
2. Columbusing -- the process by which a white person discovers something that already exists.
3. cryptozoology -- the study of hidden animals; the study of animals not yet recognized by science.
4. dorsalism -- obsession with women's backs.
5. dorsalist -- one with a passion for women's backs.
6. dracontology -- the study of dragons; cryptozoology.
7. endarkenment -- the opposite of enlightenment.
8. frontalist -- the opposite of a dorsalist.
9. gynic -- womanly.
10. me-ritocracy -- an anonymous Libertarian's term for the type of meritocracy most people seem to really want.
11. muliebrity -- womanhood; femininity.
12. necrolagnia -- necrophilia.
13. racebending -- the practice of hiring an actor for a play, movie or TV show whose race is different than that of the character he or she will be portraying.
14. sapiosexual -- a person who is sexually attracted to smart people.
15. spinach cinema -- movies that are not very exciting or interesting, which one feels obliged to see because they are considered to be educational or otherwise uplifting.
16. Spinnish -- language used by spin doctors and other political operatives.
17. tanorexic -- obsessed with maintaining a permanent dark tan.
18. thanatophilia -- necrophilia.
19. voice novel -- a very long voice mail message.
20. white math -- author David Mura's term for that system of arithmetic which white people use to dismiss non-white claims of injustice by pointing to at least one event in which a nonwhite person was favored and using it as an excuse to dismiss many events in which white people were favored.

The Seven Deadly Sins in Latin

1. superbia -- pride.
2. avaritia -- avarice.
3. luxuria -- lust.
4. invidia -- envy.
5. gula -- gluttony.
6. ira -- anger.
7. acedia -- sloth.

British English Words: Parte II

1. quid -- pound (100 new pence).
2. queue -- line of people.
3. reel of cotton -- spool of thread.
4. ring up -- phone.
5. road -- street.
6. roundabout -- traffic circle.
7. salt beef -- corned beef.
8. sweet -- dessert.
9. taps -- faucets.
10. telly -- TV.
11. tights -- panty hose.
12. tin -- can.
13. tobaccionist -- cigarette store.
14. trousers -- pants (men); slacks (women).
15. tube -- subway.
16. underground -- subway.
17. venue -- location.
18. vest -- man's undershirt.
19. waistcoat -- man's vest.
20. wardrobe -- closet.
21. W.C. -- toilet.
22. zed -- Z.

British English Words: Parte I

1. banger -- sausage.
2. bed and breakfast -- room plus breakfast.
3. bent -- dishonest.
4. bespoke -- hand tailored.
5. bob -- former shilling; now 5 new pence.
6. bobby -- policeman.
7. bog -- toilet.
8. bonnet -- (car) hood.
9. boot -- (car) trunk.
10. caravan -- trailer.
11. chemist -- drugstore.
12. chips -- French fries.
13. cinema -- movie theater.
14. civvies -- civilian dress.
15. coach -- long distance bus.
16. crisps -- potato chips.
17. demo -- political demonstration.
18. detached house -- house that stands alone and does not share a wall with another house.
19. dogsbody--someone who does drudge work.
20. dustbin -- garbage can.
21. engaged -- (phone) busy.
22. fag -- cigarette.
23. football -- soccer; rugby.
24. fortnight -- two weeks.
25. frankfurter -- pork sausage.
26. full up -- no more room.
27. gateau -- cake.
28. have a go -- take a turn; try something.
29. hire -- rent.
30. holiday -- vacation.
31. interval -- intermission.
32. ironmonger -- hardware store.
33. kiosk -- booth.
34. knickers -- underpants (ladies).
35. lift -- elevator.
36. loo -- toilet.
37. lower grand floor -- basement.
38. mobile -- cell phone; cell number.
39. mobile phone -- cell phone.
40. nappies -- diapers.
41. newsstall -- newstand.
42. not to worry -- never mind.
43. off the peg -- readymade.
44. overtake -- pass.
45. pants -- underpants (men).
46. pardon? -- what did you say?
47. pavement -- sidewalk.
48. petrol -- gasoline.
49. pillar box -- mail box.
50. post -- mail.

Spanish Words of Spanish History

1. afrancesados -- Spanish lovers of French culture; also used to describe Spanish supporters of the French Occupation of Spain.
2. Armada Invencible -- Invincible Armada; Spanish Armada.
3. Babieca -- El Cid's horse.
4. bichos raros -- name given to the Generation of '98.
5. bucanero -- buccaneer.
6. caballero andante -- knight errant; wandering knight.
7. castillo -- castle.
8. conversa -- female converso.
9. converso -- literally, convert; Jewish or Muslim convert to Christianity.
10. El Desastre -- literally, "The Disaster"; Spanish name for the loss of Cuba in 1898.
11. El Manco de Lepanto -- literally, "the one-handed man of Lepanto"; nickname of Miguel Cervantes.
12. generación del '98 -- literally, "generation of '98"; a group of writers and philosophers active in Spain during the Spanish-American War of 1898 who were known for their criticism of the Spanish literary and educational establishments.
13. hereje -- heretic.
14. Imperio Español -- Spanish Empire.
15. imperio global -- global empire.
16. infiel -- unbeliever; infidel.
17. Jimena -- El Cid's wife
18. La Ilustración -- The Enlightenment (historical period).
19. La Inquisición Española -- The Spanish Inquisition.
20. la movida -- literally, "the commotion"; a post-Franco backlash in Spain.
21. leyenda negra -- literally, black legend; the claim that Spain and the Spaniards were depicted as uniquely bloodthirsty, cruel, greedy and licentious, in excess of reality.
22. leyenda rosa -- literally, pink legend or white legend; the claim which promoted an ideal view of Spaniards.
23. limpieza de sangre -- purity of blood.
24. Los Reyes Católicos -- literally, The Catholic Monarchs; King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile.
25. mestizaje -- miscegenation.
26. morisco -- Muslim who converted to Christianity after the Spanish reconquest.
27. moro -- Moor; North African.
28. mozárabe -- Christian who remained in Muslim territory during the Muslim occupation of Spain.
29. mudéjar -- Muslim who remained in the territory of Spanish Christians without converting to Christianity.
30. pagano -- pagan.
31. peregrino -- pilgrim.
32. pinturas negras -- literally, black paintings; Goya's most morbid portraits.
33. pirata -- pirate.
34. reconquista -- literally, reconquest; normally a historical term referring to the reconquest of Muslim-occupied Spain by Catholic armies.
35. romero -- pilgrim.
36. siglo de oro -- golden age.
37. siglo dorado -- golden age.