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Noun: the intentional but legal, though not sanctioned, killing of another person.
Adjective: lexdolicidal
Adverb: lexdolicidally
Jill knew that Jack could not survive without her, but she hated Jack and decided to commit lexdolicide by leaving him.
noun; a field that starts with speculative or mystical ideas but gradually emerges as a legitimate science through the development of evidence-based methods
Alchemy's quest for the philosopher's stone may seem fantastical, but it was an emergent science that eventually led to breakthroughs in metallurgy and medicine
Noun; an alternative story line in which the events of the original story are told from the perspective of an individual or group that was in the original story, but not as the primary individual or group.
If "The Wizard of Oz" was re- told from the perspective of the Wicked Witch of the South rather than from Dorothy's perspective, it might make an interesting altquel.
Have a good game all (an acronym for HAve A Good Game All) - a welcoming exclamation made to a group of individuals who are about to play a game.
"Haggall!" said Alex, as he and his friends were about to begin playing their favorite game.
Noun or adjective; refers to new technological devices or systems promoted as progressive when they actually don't work as well as the device or system that they replaced.
Owen remembered a time when most sinks in public bathrooms had handles with which one could turn on the water and adjust its temperature and flow. The new regressotech sinks have motion sensors instead of handles, the user has to wave his or her hands in various ways in order to activate them, and the flow of water is generally very brief.
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.
Noun; One who commits suicide by securing a plastic bag over his or her head and pumping in a gas, thereby dying of asphyxiation; the individual's head in the bag gives him or her passing resemblance to an astronaut.
Nico was so upset by Lou's rejection of her that she decided to end her life as a gastronaut.