Paul McFedries, the fellow behind www.wordspy.com, is dedicated to lexpionage, which he defines as “the sleuthing of new words and phrases.” Don’t expect to find the terms collected and defined here to turn up in the dictionary any time soon, but it sure is fun to sneak a peek at creative coinages.

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