New Words in English
New words and terms coined in recent years,
beginning with 'V', 'W' and 'Z'
- vape / vaping
- Simulate smoking by inhaling and exhaling vapour produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device.
- videophile
- Person who is very interested in watching videos and making recordings, and values high-quality results.
- viral marketing
- Marketing strategy that consists in encouraging people to pass along information to friends, family and colleagues through e-mail messages, blogs, video-sharing, etc., so that the marketing message spreads like a virus.
- virtual happy hour
- A group of friends or colleagues having a Zoom chat with a few drinks, each in their own home due to pandemic restrictions.
- vook
- A combination of video, text, images and social streams in an electronic book.
V
- wave pool
- A large swimming pool with a machine for producing waves.
- web rage
- Anger or frustration as a result of difficulties or problems encountered when using the Internet.
- webinar
- Presentation or seminar conducted over the web.
- weblish
- A form of English that is used on the web (use of abbreviations, acronyms, small letters, absence of punctuation and hyphens etc.). Also known as : webspeak, netspeak, internetese.
- WFH
- Working from home/ home-based teleworking. (Working outside the employers’ premises or workplace during the Coronavirus pandemic.)
- widget
- Blend of 'window' and 'gadget'.
A small application or tool that can be installed and executed within a web page.
- Blend of 'window' and 'gadget'.
- wiki
- A web page which allows multiple users to contribute to its content. The most well-known is the website Wikipedia.
- winterval
- Blend of 'winter' and 'festival'. A festival that takes place in winter.
- wordle
- The words of a piece of text arranged into a sort of graphic. The more frequent a particular word appears in the text, the bigger its size in the wordle. (Also called 'word cloud' or 'text cloud'.)
W
- zoombombing
- Breaking into conference calls etc. with graphic content, or the unwanted presence of a person on a video chat, usually in the meeting program Zoom.
- zumba
- A fitness activity which combines lively international music with dance exercises.
- zumping (a blend of 'zoom' and 'dumping')
- Breaking up with a boyfriend/girlfriend over video chat.
Z
Find the origin of words here.
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| 1: A-B | 2: C-D | 3: E-F | 4: G-H-I | 5: J-K-L-M-N | 6: O-P-Q-R | 7: S | 8: T-U | 9: V-W-Z |