planking \PLANG-king\ (verb) -1 : The activity of lying face down, arms to the side, in an unusual or incongruous location. Both hands must touch the sides of the body and having a photograph of the participant taken and ...Read More

supercommittee \SOO-per-kuh-mit-ee\ (noun) -1 : Colloquial term for Congress' Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, formed to forge bipartisan agreement around the debt-ceiling crisis. 2 : Sometimes used ironically;...Read More

clicktivism \KLIK-tih-vih-sihm\ (noun) - activism or charity enacted from the comfort of your home by clicking on a link on the Internet.

"The most retweeted tweet of 2011 was one in which Wendy's promised to send 50 ...Read More

wedged \wedjed\ (verb) - The result of consuming excessive amounts of caffeine.

"After nearly falling asleep Paul was able to finish studying for the exam by getting wedged out on red-bull."

1990–95; robo(t) + call (in...Read More

robocall \ROH-boh-kawl\ (noun) - a telephone call placed to large numbers of people by a computerized device that automatically dials the telephone numbers and plays a recorded message: Many but not all robocalls are ...Read More

parkour \pahr-KOOR\ (noun) - The sport of moving along a route, typically in a city, trying to get around or through various obstacles in the quickest and most efficient manner possible, as by jumping, climbing, or running...Read More