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acoustic snooping
pp. Stealing typed data by decoding the sounds of the keyboard strokes.
affluenza
(AF.loo.en.zuh) n. An extreme form of materialism in which consumers overwork and accumulate high levels of debt to purchase more goods (affluence + influenza).
air rage
(AYR rayj) n. An airline passenger's physical or verbal assault of crew members or other passengers.
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(air.ee.OH.kee) n. Playing air guitar and singing to prerecorded music; playing air guitar in a public performance. Also: air-eoke. [Blend of air guitar and karaoke.]
allergy bullying
n. Intimidating a person, particularly a schoolmate, by threatening exposure to a food that the person is allergic to.
alpha earner
(AL.fuh urn.ur) n. A wife who earns all or most of her household's income.
ambient findability
n. The ability to find anyone or anything from anywhere at anytime.
amphibological
adj. Describes an ambiguous sentence that, depending on how it is read, can have one of two meanings. For example, "If you think our waiters are rude, you should see the manager."
anacronym
n. An acronym where few people remember what each letter stands for (anachronistic + acronym). "Words such as radar and laser began life as acronyms, but now they're 'anacronyms' because few people can recall what their letters originally represented."
angel investor
n. An individual who invests in a startup company or other venture.
AOS
abbr. All options stink; a situation in which there is no optimum or ideal course of action.
approximeeting
pp. Getting together with one or more people by first arranging an approximate time or place and then firming up the details later on, usually via cell phone.