By the way, the Open Dictionary now has received more than 7,000 submissions for all kinds of words, from slang to technical, playful to serious, and from fanciful coinages to words that may indeed find their way into regular dictionaries. Anyone can join the party: if you have a word that you think ought to be in the dictionary, we'd like to hear about it.

Meanwhile, here are a few of our favorites.

automagically adverb 1 : mysteriously and without human intervention
The problem resolved itself automagically.
2 : occurring or self-acting in an involuntary or spontaneous manner by seemingly supernatural or magical means
This computer has automagically rebooted. The problem has automagically fixed itself. Does he want me to just automagically figure this out?

blootzer noun : a chunk of frozen snow, slush and road dirt that accumulates behind the tires of an automobile

cruft noun 1 a : an element in computer coding typified by lack of style, quality, or relevancy b : code that requires replacement or recompiling
2 a : a former student who lingers after graduation b : people who wear or exhibit outdated or out of style fashions.
What techniques have you used to keep cruft from slipping into your final release?—Jason Fried

demanufacture verb : to break down manufactured goods into recyclable or disposable components.
E-waste brought to MWA is shipped to the Electronic Demanufacturing Facility where the collected e-waste is demanufactured.—Metro Waste Authority, 12/29/06

facebook verb 1 : to add someone to your list of friends on the Facebook.com website Hey, I saw you facebooked me.
2 : to search for a person through the online directory known as Facebook
3 : to send a message through the online directory known as Facebook
I facebooked Lauren yesterday to see where she goes to college.

Free-Fi noun : free and unencrypted wireless local area network (shortened form of free Wi-Fi or free wireless fidelity)
Free-Fi service providers base their business model on advertisements for revenue generation.

game potato noun 1 : a physically inactive fan who watches sports games, especially those on TV
2 : a person who obsessively plays video games.
Playing several hours of video games followed by watching sports on TV every day qualified Patty as a game potato.

hall jog noun : that awkward shimmy shake maneuver you do when you bump into someone and both of you try to go the same direction at the same time . . . and then the other direction at the same time . . . etc.

l337 noun : a language (mostly used in cyberspace) that uses certain characters as letters
That round of Counter-Strike was 4ws0m3.

metrogee noun : a person from a metropolitan area who seeks refuge by moving to or buying a second home in a smaller town
Many of the metrogees from New York City are buying homes upstate.— Kyle Brown, company newsletter, December 2006

paitr abbreviation : parents are in the room
jake: do u wanna play CS // chris: yeah sure // jake: hold on, cant, paitr

pos abbreviation 1 : chat room slang for parent over shoulder; used in conversations getting out of hand when a parent comes in the room and you stop talking foully to each other
Dude pos
2 : used to express that a "parent over shoulder" is looking at what another may be typing to you during an IM session
Sarah: Hey Allie!! Have you heard about the huge scandal at school? // Allie: Sarah. POS!!!! // Sarah: OH. // Allie: Yeah. // Sarah: Anyway . . . Hi! How are you . . . ?

snirt noun : snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed

tofurkey noun : tofu served in the shape of a turkey
The vegans had tofurkey for Thanksgiving.

weblication noun : a literary work that is first published, or published only, on the Internet
Franchising 101 is a weblication appearing on the Association's website, and is a handy primer on Canadian franchise law.

w00t interjection : an interjection expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all), similar to the word yay.
W00t! I won the contest!