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Avalonization 

The tendency of new large apartment buildings in New York to be bland, similar and uninteresting from a design point of view.
It would be wonderful if we could stem the Avalonization of New York simply by demanding better buildings. From NY Magazine, "the Glass Stampede," by Justin Davidson, 9/15/08
Avalonization by I M Pie October 28, 2008
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Avalonization 

The tendency of new large apartment buildings in New York to be bland, similar and uninteresting from a design point of view.
It would be wonderful if we could stem the Avalonization of New York simply by demanding better buildings. From NY Magazine, "the Glass Stampede," by Justin Davidson, 9/15/08
Avalonization by I M Pie February 19, 2009
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Alonization 

When the realization finally hits that you are completely utterly one hundred percent alone in life.

1)Only when faced with such a life altering basically life or death situation and left to make it on your own and end up by yourself homeless single with no friends family pets or literally anyone.
What made me come to my alonization was when my boyfriend left me and my parents went to a family reunion taking my kids but not inviting me and making it obvious that i was not welcome in the same day. I search thru yo
My phone to try to find someone to talk to bc im upset and literally no one answers or cares. When i wake up the next day and not a single text or call back from those who even read my texts.

breatharian 

One whos diet consists of air, light, and prana, with a possible sip of water now and then.
The breatharian has air, light, and prana for food.
breatharian by leena gabor November 8, 2005
Word of the Day on June 3, 2026

A Booger In The Nose Of Progress 

Anything that impedes or otherwise interferes with a process going forward.
"Militarily, that inquest was a booger in the nose of progress."

or

"As far as human rights are concerned, this political infighting is a booger in the nose of progress."
Word of the Day on June 2, 2026

🤡🫵🏻

How to say "you're an idiot/clown" using only emojis.
Person 1: Insert completely incorrect and/or idiotic statement here
Person 2: 🤡🫵🏻
Word of the Day on June 1, 2026
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
fogey by Petyush September 14, 2005
Word of the Day on May 31, 2026