2006 neologisms

thumb|Crowdsourcing uses ideas from a wide range of individuals.

contemporary atheistic movement of thinkers and writers

thumb|A lolcat meme using the "In ur ..." format, and employing misspellings for humorous effect A lolcat (pronounced ), or LOLcat, is an image macro of one or more cats. Lolcat images' idiosyncratic and intentionally grammatically incorrect text is known as lolspeak.

Demisexuality is a term used to describe individuals who rarely or never experience sexual attraction solely based on immediately observable characteristics such as appearance or smell, and do not typically experience attraction immediately after a first encounter. A demisexual person generally tends to develop sexual attraction only after an emotional bond has formed. The amount of time that a demisexual individual needs to know another person before developing sexual attraction towards them varies from person to person. Demisexuality is generally categorized on the asexuality spectrum.

A copypasta is a block of text copied and pasted to the Internet and social media. Copypasta containing controversial ideas or lengthy rants are often posted for humorous purposes, to provoke reactions from those unaware that the posted text is an Internet meme.

Tivoization () is the practice of designing hardware that incorporates software under the terms of a copyleft software license like the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL), but uses hardware restrictions or digital rights management (DRM) to prevent users from running modified versions of the software on that hardware. Richard Stallman of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) coined the term in reference to TiVo's use of GNU GPL licensed software on the TiVo brand digital video recorders (DVR), which actively block modified software by design. Stallman believes this practice denies users some of

financial asset whose value has fallen significantly and for which there is no longer a functioning market

thumb|upright=1.35|A visual demonstration of Flanderization; over time, certain features of the character are exaggerated, and the character becomes merely a caricature of their initial self.

thumb|upright=1.4|Allophilia scale In sociology, allophilia is the phenomenon of having a positive attitude towards members of an out-group. The out-group member can be anyone who possesses characteristics that are different from one's own (the in-group), such as a person who does not belong to the same race or ethnicity, culture, or religion. It is a framework for understanding effective inter-group leadership and is conceptualized as a measurable state of mind with tangible consequences.