NYT Week In Review came out with the buzzwords for 2008. Some were predictably related to the election circus, while others were new terms that shed light on some of the nuances of society.
Ones I found interesting:
- Recessionista: A person who stays fashionable during an economic downturn without spending a lot of money.
- Edupunk: A style of hands-on self-education that benefits the student without concern for curriculums or the interests of schools, corporations or governments. In other words, an autodidactic approach that spurns commercialism, mass-market approaches and top-down goal-setting.
- Terrorist Fist Jab: A knuckle-to-knuckle fist bump, or “dap,” traditionally performed between two black people as a sign of friendship, celebration or agreement.
- Pregorexia: Obsession with staying thin by a pregnant woman.
- Photobombing: Intentionally inserting oneself as an unwelcome subject in the background of someone else’s photograph.
- Fish Pedicure: A cosmetic procedure in which fish eat the dead skin off the feet.
