hackmailing n.— «Technology does have a lot to answer for in shaping our language and is by far the greatest source of neologisms. silicon.com’s own effort is to get the word “hackmailing”—a conjunction of hacking and...
social dumping n.— «The principle would “encourage service providers to move their headquarters to the EU member states with the lowest tax rates, environmental requirements and protection of workers’ rights.” According to...
crypsis n.— «In those insect which gain protection from mechanisms other than crypsis (warning, threat and flash coloration), or even in those cryptic moths which benefit from resembling dead leaves, the melanics are rare, recessive, sub...
gated v.— «Only in rare cases are inmates detained beyond that two-thirds point, even where parole has been denied. In theory, however, Mr. Ferrier’s criminal history could earn him a place in that category, often referred to as being...
spook-tacular
suffix— «Sabrina’s Halloween Spook-tacular.» —“CBG Price Guide: threat or menace” by Jol Silversmith Usenet: rec.arts.comics.misc Aug. 3, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
tiger kidnap n.— «In western Europe the threat is more from “tiger” kidnaps, in which, for example, the wife of a bank manager is held hostage to force him to open the safe.» —“On the trail of the...