NEW WORDS IN ENGLISH
| Word | Meaning |
| Affluenza | A blend of 'affluence' and 'influenza'. A social disease resulting from extreme materialism and excessive consumerism: earning more money and consuming more, which can lead to overwork, debt, stress, anxiety, etc. |
| Agritourism | A form of tourism in which tourists stay on farms or in agricultural villages, and often participate in farm activities. |
| Alcopop | Fruit drinks fortified with alcohol, designed and marketed to appeal to young people. |
| App | Abbreviation of 'application', software that performs a specific task. |
| Applepick | Steal someone's iPhone. |
| Audiophile | Person who loves and collects high-quality audio equipment. |
| Baggravation | Blend of the words 'bag' and 'aggravation'. A feeling of annoyance and frustration at the airport when your baggage has not arrived but the other passengers' bags have. |
| Blook | A blend of 'book' and 'blog' : a book written by a blogger. |
| Breadcrumbing | A navigation technique which helps users by displaying a list of links to the pages they have visited when exploring a website, for example: home >>vocabulary>>transport. |
| Bromance | Blend of 'brother' and 'romance'. A close non-sexual relationship between two men. |
| Burkini or Burquini | Blend of 'burqa' and 'bikini' A swimsuit worn by Muslim women which covers the whole body i.e. the arms to the wrist, the legs to the ankle, with a hood to cover the hair and neck. |
| Busking | Performing on the streets and other public places, while soliciting donations. Busy urban areas will attract street performers (buskers) who sing, play, juggle, etc |
| Buzz | Excited interest or attention surrounding, for example, a new invention, a recent event or something that has become fashionable. |
| Buzzword | A new word or expression that is commonly used in specialized work environments or age-groups, and has become fashionable. Terms used in advertising can often convert into buzzwords and become widely used |
| Captcha | Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart. A distorted image of letters and numbers used to ensure that a response is not generated by a computer, in order to prevent spamming. |
| Carjacking | Blend of 'car' and 'hijacking'. When a car driver is forced to give up his vehicle or drive to a destination designated by the attacker. |
| Chatroom | Areas on the internet where people can communicate by exchanging typed messages |
| Chick lit | Books, usually featuring female characters, written by women on contemporary themes and issues that appeal more to women than to men. |
| Chillaxing | Blend of 'chilling' and relaxing'. Taking a break from stressful activities to rest or relax. |
| Citizen journalism | News collected and reported by ordinary people, especially through the use of blog software. |
| Click bait | Put something on a website that will encourage visitors to click on a link. |
| Cloud computing | A computing service which enables access to a shared pool of resources (servers, data storage, applications, etc.) over the Internet. Users can access and use tools or applications through a web browser without having to install them on their computers. |
| Content farm | A website that publishes large amounts of low-quality content, or content copied from elsewhere, in order to attract visitors and improve its search-engine rankings. source: |
