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markitecture 

A computing or networking architecture suggested by the marketing department for sales purposes rather than for technical reasons. Cisco calls them "reference designs".
The oldest mention of "markitecture" I can find dates back from 1990 :

CA 90s was characterized as a "markitecture" by Jeff Schulman, vice president and analyst with the Gartner Group, Stamford, Conn. "It is a marketing architecture, a statement of direction. It does not specify when products will be delivered, or which products will map to the architecture. It does not help users in a specific sense, only in a general sense".
markitecture by liotier February 26, 2010

barchitecture 

The technique of building a barroom and decorating it with attractive furnishings and lighting as well as providing for music facilities so as to make the environment fascinating and thrilling so that the bar patrons may be spellbound in a state of intoxication, literal or otherwise.
We are all impressed by the architectural design of the bar. It is a paragon of fine barchitecture.
barchitecture by uttam maharjan January 21, 2010

arkitecture 

Da art of designing and constructing very large boats.
Supposedly they've located da remains of Noah's famous work of master carpentry, so he must have had exceptional arkitecture skills to create something dat lasted for untold millennia like dat!
arkitecture by QuacksO February 13, 2024

Parkitecture 

Noun.
Temporary art, culture, leisure amenities* to facilitate informal, intergenerational gathering on public property.
That shade project in Cambridge is a masterpiece of parkitecture.
Parkitecture by ShadeCambridge February 24, 2025

Summer Teeth 

When someone has a lot of missing teeth.
Mannn, that dude has summer teeth!
What do you mean?
Summer here, summer there...
Summer Teeth by BeckPot August 2, 2012
Word of the Day on May 24, 2026
The grindset is a contemporary ideology of self-exploitation disguised as strength, deeply tied to the aesthetics of the “sigma male” and to new digital forms of patriarchy. It promotes the idea that human worth depends on productivity, economic success, absolute emotional control, and the ability to work endlessly, turning vulnerability, rest, community, and tenderness into signs of weakness. Beneath its rhetoric of discipline and power often lies a profound inability to relate healthily to pain, fragility, and human interdependence.
“That’s the grindset, brother. While weak men sleep and complain, sigma males stay disciplined, work in silence, suppress emotions, and build power while everyone else wastes time chasing comfort.”
Grindset by Omega-Male May 22, 2026
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