NEW WORDS FOR THE 2000s

[Barnhart]

Without further comment:

alpha geek ... ANW in AmSp. 72.3
cube farm ... DC 11.1 (e.q. [earliest date]: 1986)
dilberted ... DC 10.1 (e.q.: 1994)
404 ... DC 12.4 (e.q.: 1997)
generica ... DC 11.1 (e.q.: 1982)
irritainment ... DC 10.4 (e.q.: 1994)
prairie dogging ... DC 11. (e.q.: 1997)
starter marriage ... ANW in AmSp. 71.3
umfriend ... DC 10.4 (e.q.: 1992)

Regards,
David

David K. Barnhart, Editor
The Barnhart Dictionary Companion [quarterly]
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"Necessity obliges us to neologize."
Thomas Jefferson-August 16, 1813