willful Philistinism

Being proud of enjoying something that is frowned upon by the cultural elite.

"Call me a willful Philistine, but I think McDonald's has the best french fries bar none!"

"I know I'm a music snob, but I love Britney Spears. That's my willful Philistinism."

Example of willful Philistinism: "I may not know art, but I know what I like."

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rainbow rolodex

The list of token ethnic contacts that journalists keep just in case they want a racial representative to chime in.

"Hmm, you know, this article on Jersey Shore really needs a quote from a real Italian-American. Darn, I don't have one in my rainbow rolodex."

"Wait, if we're going to do a write-up on a post-racial America, we need to get a quote from a black dude. Check your rainbow rolodex."

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green pork

Federal government money spent on states' so-called green projects.

This loan guarantee for nuclear power plants amounts to billions of dollars in green pork that will do little to meet America’s energy needs.

social location fraud

Tricking a social location service--like Foursquare, Loopt, or Gowalla--into thinking you're someplace you're not.

Dude, how did this guy become the Mayor of the North Pole?? That's some social location fraud right there.

megathon

When you watch all the episodes of all the seasons of an entire TV series over a short-period of time. i.e. a mega marathon.

I haven't left my house in a week, I've been megathoning 24.

Let's see, I have two weeks between when my job ends and school starts. And I haven't seen The Wire yet. You know what, I think I'm going to megathon it.

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marathon

to watch an entire season of a TV series in a short period of time, especially if you watch them in one sitting.

I just got the last season of Lost on DVD, and I had to marathon it last weekend. I couldn't put it down.

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orthogonal

A word used by the tech-savvy to sound smarter than the really are.

More specifically:

A math term that means perpendicular, but not just in 2D but in any dimension. Now commonly used to indicate an idea or concept that stands apart so much from everything else that it "sticks out," is "from left field," or is "third-way."

"I have this co-worker who keeps using the word 'orthogonal,' usually after he mentions some idea he thinks is God's gift to man. Can't wait to get this word into my vocab. Soon as I figure out what it means."

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