- BALDERDASH, n.:
- "a rapidly receding hairline." (cafe-grendel.blogspot.com)
- PROCRASTIBAKING, v.:
- using baking to postpone a necessary task, such as studying. (Tara Debicki, Niagara Falls, Ont.)
- PRECEDAUNT, n.:
- the knowledge that everyone who preceded you in your new job failed miserably. (karengphelan.com/Business/Neologisms.html)
- CO³, n.:
- "a volatile gas produced by filtering 'carbon dioxide issues' through a windbag." (www.architectsjournal.co.uk)
- HANDESTINE, adj.:
- making an expressive gesture in "the belief that the person it is directed at can't see it. Occurs during phone conversations, email discourses, and behind people's backs." (verbotomy.com)
- COSMERGENCY, n.:
- when you run out of makeup, lipstick, mascara, shampoo and conditioner all at the same time. (Kathy Martin, Peterborough)
- CORPORATE INERTIATIVES, n.:
- self-explanatory (karengphelan.com/Business/Neologisms.html)
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