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Hey! Do you have fattism? Has someone around you been born-again? Or is any sibling of yours a foodie? Hmm...
Do these questions sound mind-boggling to you?
Don’t worry, grab your pen and paper, jot the following words down on your notebook and jazz up your otherwise boring vocabulary.
Affluenza
A psychiatric disorder affecting wealthy people and involving feelings of malaise, lack of motivation, guilt, etc.
Ageism
Discrimination or prejudice against someone on the grounds of age. Specially prejudice against middle-aged and elderly people is called “ageism”.
Fattism
Discrimination against or the tendency to poke fun at overweight people is called “fattism”.
Born-again
Full of enthusiastic zeal and one who has recently been converted or reconverted to a cause is adjectively named “born-again”.
Narcoterrorism
Violent crime and acts of terrorism carried out as a by-product of the illicit manufacturing, trafficking or sale of drugs, especially against an individual or an institution’s attempting to enforce anti-drugs law is named “narcoterrorism”.
Bag People
Homeless people, who live on the streets and carry their possessions in their carrier bags, are described as “bag people”.
Counter-culture
A radical, alternative culture, specially among young people, that seeks out new values to replace the established and conventional ones is known as “counter-culture”.
Compassion fatigue
A temporarily indifference or unsympathetic attitude towards other’s sufferings as a result of overexposure to charitable appeals is termed “compassion fatigue”.
Classist
Discrimination against a person or a group of people because of their social class. A person who does this is called “classist”.
Himbo
In media slang, a young man whose main asset is good looks but lacks depth and intelligence is called “himbo”.
Foodie
In colloquial use, a person whose main hobby or interest is food is called “foodie”.
Woopie
A well-off older person or a member of socio-economic group composed of retired people who are still sufficiently affluent to have an active lifestyle and to be significant is called a “woopie”.
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