2003 neologisms

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Rule 34 is an Internet meme which claims that some form of pornography exists concerning every possible topic. The concept is commonly depicted as fan art of normally non-erotic subjects engaging in sexual activity. It can also include writings, animations, images, GIFs and any other form of media to which the Internet provides opportunities for proliferation and redistribution.

class of chemical reactions that can occur inside of living systems without interfering with native biochemical processes

political phrase concerning the Iraq War

campaign to create the neologism "santorum" started in 2003 by LGBT rights activist Dan Savage

politically motivated renaming of French fries in the United States

disability metaphor

Necropolitics is a sociopolitical theory of the use of social and political power to dictate how some people may live and how some must die. The deployment of necropolitics creates what Achille Mbembe calls deathworlds, or "new and unique forms of social existence in which vast populations are subjected to living conditions that confer upon them the status of the living dead." Mbembe, author of On the Postcolony, was the first scholar to explore the term in depth in his 2003 article, and later, his 2019 book of the same name. Mbembe identifies racism as a prime driver of necropolitics, stating

idea that it is both possible and legitimate for private and public institutions to affect behavior while also respecting freedom of choice

political theory about illiberal democracies

type of aircraft

overhanging fat that spills over the waistline of pants or skirts

feelings of intense anger when failing to open packaging or wrapping

thumb Googlization is a neologism that describes the expansion of Google's search technologies and aesthetics into more markets, web applications, and contexts, including traditional institutions such as the library (see Google Books Library Project). The rapid rise of search media, particularly Google, is part of new media history and draws attention to issues of access and to relationships between commercial interests and media.

A snowclone is a clichéd phrase in which one or more words can be substituted to express a similar idea in a different context, often to humorous or sarcastic effect. For example, the Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's widely publicized phrase "the mother of all battles" in 1991 spawned such variations as "the mother of all traffic jams". The term snowclone was coined in 2004, derived from journalistic clichés that referred to the number of Inuit words for snow.

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sexual dysfunction caused by aggressive masturbation