Terms Coined Since 1970

Enter these neologisms of the last ~50 years

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A person who compulsively works hard and long hours	Workaholic
Decontamination workers will need to wear one of these suits when cleaning up toxic spills	Hazmat
Initialism to measure UV ray protection, most commonly found on sunscreen bottles	SPF
"Barrier" to advancement that prevents minority groups, especially women, from obtaining upper-level positions	Glass Ceiling
People that develop positive feelings towards their captors or abusers over time	Stockholm Syndrome
Place where restaurants are grouped together in a mall	Food Court
1980 NYC transit strike helps bring this term to life following unprecedented car traffic in Manhattan	Gridlock
Flattening of areas in farmer's fields to form patterns, often done as hoaxes	Crop Circles
Dressing up in costumes, often for comic expositions	Cosplay
Puzzle game where one solves the locations of digits 1-9	Sudoku
Human being passed overhead from person to person in a large group, typically seen at concerts	Crowd-Surfing
Someone or thing that says or does something that causes a suspension of positivity	Buzzkill
A man's hairstyle in which the hair is cut short at the front and sides and left long at the back.	Mullet
A gesture in which two people connect their clenched hand together momentarily	Fist Bump
Flashy jewellery worn as an indication of wealth or status, often by rappers	Bling
Quasi-ambiguous writing in a text box seen online for human verification	CAPTCHA
Viewing multiple episodes of a television program or series in rapid succession, often in one sitting	Binge Watching
Temporarily drowning someone with water as a form of torture, oftentimes blindfolded	Waterboarding
Accidentally exposing an intimate part of your body as a result of an article of clothing slipping out of position	Wardrobe Malfunction
Objectives to complete before death	Bucket List
Raising capital by obtaining small amounts of money from a large number of people	Crowdfunding
Purposely (often spontaneously) putting oneself into the view of another's photo	Photobomb
Using a fake online identity in order to obtain trust and deceive someone	Catfishing
When a man adopts a sitting position with his legs wide apart	Manspreading
Video of a person in which their face or body has been convincingly altered	Deepfake

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