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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    By Brithny Zhang & Shannan RoussCalling all wordsmiths and pop culture fiends. After surveying the newest additions to esteemed dictionaries, along with the latest in social media slang and lifestyle trends, Glo rounded up the 19 must-know words of 2012. Stop worrying about your floordrobe, take off your shooties, sit back and prepare for an amazeballs experience that's anything but meh.
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    a newfangled way to say amazing; usually used ironicallyOMG, the chocolate fountain at that party last night was amazeballs.
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    the constant state of exhaustion and near delirium experienced by new parentsWe haven't seen Alice since she gave birth. Blame it on baby-lag.
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    a boyfriend; popular in the 1990s but only officially recognized by Oxford English Dictionaries in 2012This is our fifth date, which means he might be my boyf.
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    a temporary state of mental confusion and/or pain; usually used by students and writers This 30-pager on neurotransmitters is giving me the biggest brain cramp ever.
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    trivial annoyances that are exclusively the domain of the privileged; a popular Twitter hashtag since 2009She's going to spend six weeks on Maui, but all the bungalows at the hotel were booked, so she had to take a suite. Total #FirstWorldProblem.
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    a storage solution for clothing that requires no drawers, hangers or effort; to create, simply drop clothing on the floorI so need to clean my room—it has become a total floordrobe.
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    used by news media to describe the convergence of multiple weather systems resulting in one massive storm; associated with Hurricane SandyWith global warming, there could be more Frankenstorms in our future.
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    like camping, but way fancier, usually involving lavish vintage-inspired trailers and mahogany-trimmed canvas tentsI won't go glamping without my wine and cheese, Egyptian cotton sheets, goose-down duvet and a hand-tufted rug.
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    like eyeliner, but for dudesCan somebody please explain to me why Jared Leto feels the need to wear guyliner?
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    a portmanteau of hungry and angry; so in need of sustenance you begin to feel intense outrageWHERE IS THAT PIZZA WE ORDERED AN HOUR AGO… I AM SO HANGRY!!!!!
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    an area of a dwelling reserved for males; usually includes a La-Z-Boy recliner, a beer fridge, 70-inch flat screen, and a cabinet overflowing with video games; sometimes called a mantuary or manspaceWhere's Doug? Oh, right, in his man cave, as always.
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    used to express apathy, indifference, or boredomHave you met Suzy’s new boyfriend? Very meh.
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    sexually explicit literature, also called erotica, that tends to appeal to women50 Shades of Grey is the ultimate mommy porn.
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    the overwhelming fear associated with not having one's cellular or mobile phoneIf you can't go a night without your phone, you might have a serious case of nomophobia.
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    used to represent sinister laughter as inspired by dime-store villainsYou haven't seen the last of me… mwahahaha!
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    an acronym for professional aunt no kids; used by marketing experts to identify a new demographic of womenMy sister just had a baby. Guess that makes me a PANK.
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    to appear in a photo where you don't belong, whether intentionally or not (but usually intentionally)Is that thumb man in your picture? He totally photobombed you.
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    the ultimate stage in drunkenness; typically one gets buzzed, then drunk, then hammered, then wasted, then schwastedI got schwasted last night, brah. Be glad I’m alive.
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  • Get with the lingo: 19 craziest words of 2012
    a shoe-bootie hybrid that stops at the ankle and resembles something that might have been worn by a 19th-century courtesanAt the spring runway shows, it was all about the shootie. NEXT GALLERY: A Grownup's Guide to Texting
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    1 of 20

    By Brithny Zhang & Shannan Rouss

    Calling all wordsmiths and pop culture fiends. After surveying the newest additions to esteemed dictionaries, along with the latest in social media slang and lifestyle trends, Glo rounded up the 19 must-know words of 2012. Stop worrying about your floordrobe, take off your shooties, sit back and prepare for an amazeballs experience that's anything but meh.

  • /uh-mayz-bahlz/

    2 of 20

    a newfangled way to say amazing; usually used ironically

    OMG, the chocolate fountain at that party last night was amazeballs.

  • /bey-bee-lag/

    3 of 20

    the constant state of exhaustion and near delirium experienced by new parents

    We haven't seen Alice since she gave birth. Blame it on baby-lag.

  • /boif/

    4 of 20

    a boyfriend; popular in the 1990s but only officially recognized by Oxford English Dictionaries in 2012

    This is our fifth date, which means he might be my boyf.

  • /brain-kramp/

    5 of 20

    a temporary state of mental confusion and/or pain; usually used by students and writers

    This 30-pager on neurotransmitters is giving me the biggest brain cramp ever.

  • /furst wurld prob-luhm/

    6 of 20

    trivial annoyances that are exclusively the domain of the privileged; a popular Twitter hashtag since 2009

    She's going to spend six weeks on Maui, but all the bungalows at the hotel were booked, so she had to take a suite. Total #FirstWorldProblem.

  • /flore-jrohb/

    7 of 20

    a storage solution for clothing that requires no drawers, hangers or effort; to create, simply drop clothing on the floor

    I so need to clean my room—it has become a total floordrobe.

  • /frank-in-stawrm/

    8 of 20

    used by news media to describe the convergence of multiple weather systems resulting in one massive storm; associated with Hurricane Sandy

    With global warming, there could be more Frankenstorms in our future.

  • /glamping/

    9 of 20

    like camping, but way fancier, usually involving lavish vintage-inspired trailers and mahogany-trimmed canvas tents

    I won't go glamping without my wine and cheese, Egyptian cotton sheets, goose-down duvet and a hand-tufted rug.

  • /gahy-lahy-ner/

    10 of 20

    like eyeliner, but for dudes

    Can somebody please explain to me why Jared Leto feels the need to wear guyliner?

  • /han-gree/

    11 of 20

    a portmanteau of hungry and angry; so in need of sustenance you begin to feel intense outrage

    WHERE IS THAT PIZZA WE ORDERED AN HOUR AGO… I AM SO HANGRY!!!!!

  • /man-caiv/

    12 of 20

    an area of a dwelling reserved for males; usually includes a La-Z-Boy recliner, a beer fridge, 70-inch flat screen, and a cabinet overflowing with video games; sometimes called a mantuary or manspace

    Where's Doug? Oh, right, in his man cave, as always.

  • /meh/

    13 of 20

    used to express apathy, indifference, or boredom

    Have you met Suzy’s new boyfriend? Very meh.

  • /mom-ee porn/

    14 of 20

    sexually explicit literature, also called erotica, that tends to appeal to women

    50 Shades of Grey is the ultimate mommy porn.

  • /no-mo-foh-bee-uh/

    15 of 20

    the overwhelming fear associated with not having one's cellular or mobile phone

    If you can't go a night without your phone, you might have a serious case of nomophobia.

  • /mwa-ha-ha-ha/

    16 of 20

    used to represent sinister laughter as inspired by dime-store villains

    You haven't seen the last of me… mwahahaha!

  • /pangk/

    17 of 20

    an acronym for "professional aunt no kids"; used by marketing experts to identify a new demographic of women

    My sister just had a baby. Guess that makes me a PANK.

  • /fo-to-bahm/

    18 of 20

    to appear in a photo where you don't belong, whether intentionally or not (but usually intentionally)

    Is that thumb man in your picture? He totally photobombed you.

  • /schway-stid/

    19 of 20

    the ultimate stage in drunkenness; typically one gets buzzed, then drunk, then hammered, then wasted, then schwasted

    I got schwasted last night, brah. Be glad I’m alive.

  • /shoo-tee/

    20 of 20

    a shoe-bootie hybrid that stops at the ankle and resembles something that might have been worn by a 19th-century courtesan

    At the spring runway shows, it was all about the shootie.

    NEXT GALLERY: A Grownup's Guide to Texting

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