Noun; a way, or part of a way, to a walker's destination, via a heated warm building when it's uncomfortably cold outside. Antonym: Coolcut
Molly was shivering as she walked through the slush, so she decided to take a warmcut through the Madison Building on her way to the supermarket.
sudden reversal of sexual interest (acronym SUdden Reversal of Sexual Interest)
Heather experienced a sursi when she noticed that her boyfriend had moldy, deformed toe nails.
Noun - the tendency for people to feel compelled to adopt and use a new technology because it has become a de facto requirement due to its widespread adoption by others;
Verb- the act of compelling people to do so (active form), or of being thereby compelled to do so (passive form):
Adjective - as a descriptor of such a product or service (techmandatory)
Noun: Robin felt that her formerly mild interest in purchasing a computer had become a techmandate, because all of her friends had computers.
Verb (active form)- The industry techmandated the use of E-Mail, and almost no one wrote letters anymore..
Verb (passive form) - Everyone else on the bowling teams used the new, precisely balanced bowling balls, and Bruce found himself techmandated into buying one.
Adjective: The adoption of the new programming language became techmandatory.
noun; a way, or part of a way, to a walker's destination which involves walking through a cool, air-conditioned building when it's uncomfortably hot outside
It was dangerously hot outside, so Milly took a coolcut through the Emerson Building on her way home. Antonym: Warmcut
Noun; the deceptive practice of photographing an object of historic or aesthetic interest such as a building or monument in the background, with the actual intent of photographing a person or persons in front of it in the foreground without consent. Related: camoflagrapher , camoflagraph ( as a noun or a verb), adjective: camoflagraphic
Dorothea engaged in a bit of whimsical camoflagraphy when she took a photo of several hobos relieving themselves in front of a monument depicting a nude woman symbolizing Commerce.
Noun; an individual unknowingly used as bait during the commission of a crime.
Eva really wanted the diamond necklace but did not wish to risk the consequences of getting caught, so she used her friend Gabby as a baitpawn, taking the necklace from the display case and slipping it into Gabby's purse.
verb; to encase an item in plastic so tightly that it is very difficult to remove.
The seller decided to plastitrap the statuette, because he knew that the buyer would probably damage it while attempting to remove it from its package, and not be able to return it for a refund. Passive verb: plastitrapped
The seller decided to plastitrap the statuette, because he knew that it would make it more likely that the buyer would damage it, the and not be able to return it for a refund.