These are excellent. I wonder how many of them make it into urbandictionary.com ?
Alicia Henn wrote: > http://schott.blogs.nytimes.com/page/2/ > > This is a cool new blog that finds new words that catch hold due to > current events. Here's one: > "Amortality - A state of hopeful agelessness wherein one acts the same > from adolescence to the grave." > > Here's the definition for Bura-Hara: > "Japanese term for blood-type harassment. > Reporting for The Associated Press on the Japanese yen for blood- > typology (the belief that personality traits are determined by blood > group), Mari Yamaguchi wrote: > Matchmaking agencies provide blood-type compatibility tests, and some > companies make decisions about assignments based on employees’ blood > types. Children at some kindergartens are divided up by blood type, > and the women’s softball team that won gold at the Beijing Olympics > used the theory to customize each player’s training. Not all see the > craze as harmless fun, and the Japanese now have a term, bura-hara, > meaning blood-type harassment." > > "Econocide" is another good one. > > Alicia > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
