New words to your slanguage

New words in English are born every day. While most are just flavours of the week and confined to a place, some linger, pick up traction, become buzzwords, entering the mainstream of dictionaries and finally turning into clichés one day. Slang – words and phrases used informally – are the incubators in word factories. Here’s a list a dozen ‘made-up’ words that are yet to hit the English language mainstreet but are ‘coming out’ even as we, well, speak.

If you have a made-up word fit to print and hit the street, send it to us at ETnewordnerd@gmail.com along with its meaning and usage, and we’ll add it to our growing online dictionary.

1.SNACKSPIRATION The sudden inspiration a person gets when hungry and he or she starts snacking.

Usage: After days of coming up with nothing, he had a snackspiration over a microwaved samosa that floored everyone.

2.FLEXLEBRITY A celebrity who’s constantly showing off – flexing – his or her wealth, clothes, looks, possessions…
Usage: Even when she’s not facing the cameras, she’s such a flexlebrity!

3. CHILLAXICATE The regular activity of lounging or doing nothing so as to re-energise oneself.
Usage: I really need to chillaxicate if I’m going to be ready for that board meeting tomorrow.

4. SNAPTASTIC Looking fantastic in photos or videos on messaging service apps, especially on Snapchat.
Usage: Funny how she looks snaptastic but such a plain Jane when we meet her.

5. SWOLEMATE Someone with whom one works out at the gym – ‘swole’ meaning muscular -- and is romantically involved with.
Usage: He hits the treadmill only when his swolemate is ready.

6. SLAYDIES A group of confident, sassy, classy women who don’t take orders from anyone.
Usage: He was advised by the bartender not to mess with the slaydies who had come to let their hair down.

7. GLO-UPPED The look of a person when he or she is looking fresh, happy and ready to take on the world.
Usage: She was all glo-upped once she heard that the groom’s side had called off the wedding.

8. FINSTAFAMOUS A fake famous personality on social media, especially on Instagram.
Usage: I’ve never heard of this finstafamous guy in my life!

9. YONKED Taking something in a hurry and then rushing off with it.
Usage: He was frightfully late for his flight, so just yonked his ID and keys and left.

10. FLEXFLUX The action of someone who constantly keeps changing his or her opinions depending on who’s talking to him or her.
Usage: One more time he flexfluxes in front of his bosses, I’m going to scream!

11. SWOOPIFY Furiously tidy up a messy room, closet, suitcase, etc with almost superhuman powers.
Usage: She came in and swoopifed the whole place, making it unrecognisable in half an hour.

12. FLAMINGLE Mingle like a flock of flamingos in a social gathering in order to network and build contacts.
Usage: Being invited to the gala for the first time, he decided to shamelessly flamingle with the guests.