We like to collect new English words. Here is our collection so far: Here is a list of new words (neologisms) that we have collected since late 2010. See if you can find a correlation between the types of words created and the state of the world’s economies. We think we can.

• Mercozy (Angela Merkel & Nicolas Sarkozy)
• Drachmark (Drachma-Deutschmark aka Euro)
• Staycation (stay at home vacation)
• Brangelina (Brad and Angelina Jolie)
• Middlescence (middle-aged adolescence)
• Jafraican (Jamaican African words from Ali G, e.g. Nang, Greezy, Butters)
• Chillax (chill out and relax)
• Bromance (brotherly romance)
• Kidult (kid-adult)
• Grandmooner (Grandparent honeymooner)
• Clicktivists (clicking activists)
• Metrosexual (Metropolitan heterosexual)
• Sabpacking (sabbatical backpacking)
• Fitocracy (Fit aristocracy, eg. Personal trainers in NY)
• Smirting (Smoking and flirting)
• Affluential (Affluent & influential)
• Phacking (Phone hacking)
• Nomophobia (no mobile phone phobia)
• Moobs (man boobs)
• Presenteeism (opposite of absenteeism)
• Mentefacturing (mental manufacturing)
• Churnalism (churned journalism)
• Britagne (new name for British champagne)
• Protox (professional botox)
• Aquaholic (excessive water drinker)
• Hackipedia (hacking Wikipedia)
• Wikileaks (Wikipedia type leaks)
• Twevolution (tweeting revolution)
• Clangelina (Clan Brangelina –see above)
• Retweet (re-tweeting as tweet)
• Jeggings (jeans that are also leggings)
• Sexting (sexually explicit texting)
• Mankini (Man bikini as worn by Borat)
• Camponomics (Camp-based economics)
• Movember (Moustache in November)
• Osbournism (George Osbourne’s realism)
• Recyclopath (recycling psychopath)
• Freeboobing (no bra under shirt)
• Aforetexted (texted before)
• Brovember (Brother’s November)
• Identiphobia (Identity phobia)
• Scoratorium (Score moratorium ie. TV off)
• Halloweenorexia (Halloween anorexia)
• Skeezy (sketchy and sleazy)
• Groutfiti (grout graffiti, writing in the grout)
• Manolescent (Man adolescent)
• Brofessional (brother professional)
• Carnevoyeur (Carnivore voyeur)
• Thisclose (This close, used by footballers)
• Unlightening (Un-enlightening)
• Dearthquake (Dearth earthquake, small tremor, but major media frenzy)
• Chiptease (a half full bag of chips)
• Cinephile (Cinema lover)
• Carmageddon (Car Armageddon)
• Precrestination (cleaning teeth pre dental visit)
• Paleolinguist (Paleontological linguist)
• Guysmaids (guy bridesmaid for gay wedding)
• Dayturnal (opposite of nocturnal)
• Webrovert (web extrovert, otherwise introvert)