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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.
innocuous action misinterpreted as bigotry (acronym: Innocuous Action Misinterpreted As Bigotry)
Glenn declined to sit on the bench next to the Black lady because he knew that that part of the bench was frequently shat upon by birds. Unfortunately, the lady considered this iamab to be racist.
noun; a point or points made during a discussion that are off-topic or only loosely related to the actual subject of discussion, or the tendency to makes such points ;
noun or adjective; Tangentialist, as a noun describes a person or group of people who frequently make tangentialist remarks
While they were discussing the Trolley Car problem, Rupert made the tangentialist remark that modern trolley cars have safety systems which make it impossible for them to crash into people. He's quite the tangentialist. Unfortunately, the group's discussions were derailed by frequent tangentialism.
Noun: an early form of study or belief system that laid the groundwork for a future scientific field. For example, alchemy could be considered the "proto-science" of chemistry.
"Alchemy, once dismissed as mere superstition, is now recognized as a proto-science that laid the foundation for modern chemistry."
Noun; an unsuspecting person used to divert attention from someone committing a crime.
Ben saw that the salesman's attention was diverted from him while showing Jerry the store's selection of ties, so he used Jerry as a pseudopawn, quickly snatching two gold cuff links from the open display case.
Noun or verb; the preference for believing or wanting to believe beautiful lies over ugly truths , or the act of promoting such a view : adjective: bloutish; adverb: bloutishly (acronym: Beautiful Lies Over Ugly Truths) .
Ronald's view that the American Dream was still valid despite all of the country's misery and injustice was just a lot of blout.
Noun; a consumer of alcoholic beverages who demeans other drinkers (of either alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages) by invidiously comparing their drink to his.
How dare you call my Shirley Temple a little girl's drink, you ageist, sexist alco-chauvinist!