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http://www.macmillandictionary.com/New-Words/2004-chart-2004-words.htm
Click on to improve your vocabulary or to find out what's happening in
the
modern world.
Here are some examples:
shopgrifting noun [U]
the activity of purchasing something from a shop, using it, and then
returning it within a specific period in order to get a full refund
shopgrift verb [T] (usually passive)
?? a Rice University linguistics class project, offers a few marvellous
neologisms such as ? ?shopgrifting? (to use something for 30 days, then
return it to store for full refund).?
(www.lifeloom.com, 2004)
extreme ironing (also EI) noun [U]
an extreme sport which involves taking a battery powered iron and an
ironing board to a remote or dangerous location and ironing some items
of
clothing
extreme ironer (also extreme ironist) noun [C]
extreme iron verb [I]
?The same competitive instincts which used to drive men in this age
group
to outdrink and outsmoke their peers are now leading them to out-iron
them.
The most extreme case are the devotees of a movement called Extreme
Ironing, whose members specialise in pursuing their curious hobby in
extraordinary places: on a surfboard, or half way up a mountain, for
instance.?
(The Guardian, 13th December 2001)
?Team member Phil Shaw said: ?After our victory at the Extreme Ironing
World Championships in 2002, I knew there was no other place for us to
go
but America. We liken it to the last unconquered territory. If you
haven?t
extreme ironed here, you haven?t truly mastered the art.??
(www.ananova.com 2004)
phishing noun [U]
the criminal activity of persuading people to give personal information
such as passwords and credit card details by directing them to a fake
website which has been made to look exactly the same as the website of
a
legitimate bank or other organisation
phisher noun [C]
phish verb [T], noun [C]
phished adj
? "We arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of phishing, a scam where
someone sends out emails purporting to come from a bank, on this
occasion
Smile," said an NHTCU spokeswoman..? (Press Association, 29th April
2004)
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