New words and terms coined in recent years,
beginning with 'E' and 'F'

 E 

• earworm
  • A tune that keeps repeating itself over and over again in our heads.
• e-cruitment
  • Online recruitment of employees, including online submission of resumes and cover letters.
• e-lancer
  • A professional person who works from home and sells their services on the internet.
• elbow bump
  • Greeting someone by touching elbows, a way of avoiding hand-touching.
• emoji
  • Small icon  or digital image used to express an idea or emotion in emails, text messages and webpages.
• emoticon
  • A blend of 'emotion' and 'icon'.
    A symbol, used in email and text messages, which is made out of punctuation marks and resembles a human face. It is used to convey the emotional attitude of the writer.
• e-piracy
  • Electronic piracy.
    Illegal downloading of material found on the internet (films, music, etc.)
• e-quaintance
  • A person you know only through online networks.
• e-stalk
  • To stalk (follow) someone using Internet searches and email.
• essential workers
  • People allowed to continue working in their usual workplace despite restrictions, for example medical staff, emergency personnel, postal services, grocery store workers, delivery drivers, etc.
• EV
  • Electric vehicle.
    A vehicle which runs entirely on electricity stored in rechargeable batteries.
• e-waste
  • Electronic material and devices that have been thrown away.

 F 

• face time
  • Application which enables people to make video phone calls. They can speak and see each other at the same time.
• fandom
  • Blend of’ fan’ and the suffix ‘-dom’, (as in 'kingdom').
    The fans of a particular person, team, etc. regarded collectively as a community.
• fashionista
  • A person who dresses according to the latest fashion trends.
• favicon
  • Favourite icon.
    A tiny little graphic that appears when you bookmark a site.
• finlit / fin lit
  • Financial literacy.
    Knowledge and understanding of financial language and issues related to finance.
• flame war
  • A period during which angry or rude email messages are exchanged.
• flash mob
  • A crowd that gathers in a pre-determined place, performs an action then disperses very quickly. The mob is not told exactly what to do until just before the event.
• flexitarian
  • A vegetarian who sometimes eats meat or fish.
• flotus
  • First Lady Of The United States.
• freemale
  • A woman who is happy to stay single and independent so that she can do what she wants when she wants.
• flightmare
  • Blend of 'flight' and 'nightmare'.
    Unpleasant air travel experience (lost luggage, missed connections, etc.)
• flog
  • A fake blog.
    A blog (online journal) which appears to have been written by an independent person but has in fact been created by a company or business in order to advertise a product or service.
• floordrobe
  • Blend of 'floor' and 'wardrobe'.
    An untidy pile of clothes that have been dropped on the floor of a room. Teenagers tend to develop floordrobes.
• foodoir
  • A blend of 'food' and 'memoir'.
    An account of someone's life or personal experiences, with a strong emphasis on food, often including recipes and cookery advice.
• fracking
  • A method of extracting oil or natural gas from rock formations deep below the earth's surface, by drilling and creating cracks.
• frape
  • Blend of ‘Facebook’ and ‘rape’.
    Making changes to someone’s Facebook pages without their knowledge or permission.
• frenemy
  • An enemy who pretends to be your friend.
• frostjack / frostjacking
  • A blend of the words 'frost' and 'hijack'.
    Stealing a car on a cold day when the owner leaves the engine running to defrost the windows.
• funemployed / funemployment
  • A blend of 'fun' and 'unemployed' or 'unemployment'' meaning enjoyable unemployment.
    Someone who enjoys not having a job because they receive unemployment benefits from the state and have time for leisure and fun activities.
• funkinetics
  • A form of energetic step aerobics that mixes exercise and soul music.