New Verbs In The New Dictionary Of Life

The term was coined by an American journalist as a description of Nazi war strategy at the beginning of the Second World War. A Google search for the word brings up quite a few sites on the paranormal, as well as sites using the term more straightforwardly to refer to e. Click here for the Wikipedia entry on Gestalt Psychology, and here for the Wikipedia entry on Gestalt Therapy, which is only loosely related, and sees the person in relation to his or her experiences of the world and other people.

It is the title of a book by Nietzsche, and of the last opera in Wagner's Ring cycle, and thus has made its way into more common usage in English than the Scandinavian original. According to the American Heritage Dictionary , Fourth Edition, , the term denotes "A turbulent ending of a regime or an institution: The person being asked the question often responds evasively, or not at all, and the expression is often used in order to point out this evasiveness.

Originates from a scene in Goethe's Faust, where Gretchen asks Faust who has made a pact with the devil how he feels about religion. He responds evasively, and she lets him get away with it. Also "coffee klatsch" or "coffee klatch" in English. Perhaps imported into English for its onomatopoetic qualities? Art that is pretentious or overly sentimental is generally referred to as kitsch.

Graceland and most souvenir stores abound in kitsch, and you can find lots of it at most art fairs and flea markets. Kitschy objects are often cheap, but can be quite expensive; owners of kitschy objects often think the object is beautiful, and creators of kitschy art are often just bad artists, but much kitsch is also created and collected in the full knowledge and enjoyment of its kitschyness.

Click here for the Wikipedia entry on kitsch. The term originated with the composer Richard Wagner. Here's a recipe from http: Perhaps backpacks are a German invention? One posted in April of that year, seems to be personally motivated: Obsess over Stan Shunpike.

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I can't believe I'm actually Stanning. I may even like her more than MIA. The OED's first recorded use of "stan" as a verb. Twitter is a relatively new source for citations for the year-old historical glossary, said Katherine Connor Martin, head of U.

In the 19th century, lexicographers alone had access to the vast catalogue of index cards that recorded word use and origin from various written sources. A s dictionary publishers never tire of reminding us , our language is growing. Not content with the million or so words they already have at their disposal, English speakers are adding new ones at the rate of around 1, a year.

Recent dictionary debutants include blog, grok, crowdfunding, hackathon, airball, e-marketing, sudoku, twerk and Brexit. But these represent just a sliver of the tip of the iceberg. Who invents these words, and how? What rules govern their formation?

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And what determines whether they catch on? Geoffrey Chaucer universe, approach , Ben Jonson rant, petulant , John Donne self-preservation, valediction and Sir Thomas More atonement, anticipate lag behind.

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It should come as no great surprise that writers are behind many of our lexical innovations. But the fact is, we have no idea who to credit for most of our lexicon. If our knowledge of the who is limited, we have a rather fuller understanding of the how. All new words are created by one of 13 mechanisms: Hence realisation s , democratise , detonator , preteen , hyperlink and monogamish A similar process brought about pea, liaise, enthuse, aggress and donate.