June 07, 2004

Word for the Week: Furkid

It may sound like a Bristolian describing their weekend, but a Furkid is the new name for a pet treated as though it were one's child. Other popular words at Wordspy include:

Retrosexual (ret.roh.SEK.shoo.ul) n. A man with an undeveloped aesthetic sense who spends as little time and money as possible on his appearance and lifestyle. Also: retro-sexual.

Heteroflexible (het.ur.oh.FLEKS.uh.bul) n. A heterosexual person who is open to relationships with people of the same sex. —adj. Also: hetero-flexible, heteroflex. —heteroflexibility n.

Mucus Trooper (MYOO.kus troo.pur) n. An employee with a cold or the flu who insists on showing up for work.—mucus troop v.

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