Our vocabulary changes as our world changes. Here are some recently coined words relating to personal finance or sustainable living that became popular in 2007. Not all of them have made the dictionary yet.

I’ve put a short definition here. Clicking on the word provides more-sometimes colorful-background.

Does anyone have any words they’d like to offer up?

Sustainable Living
Chief sustainability officer n.
A business executive hired to meet environmental regulations and to find ways to profit through environmentally friendly products and services.

Global weirding n. An increase in severe or unusual environmental activity often attributed to global warming. This includes freakish weather and new animal migration patterns.

Locavore n.
Was coined two years ago by a group of four women in San Francisco who proposed that local residents should try to eat only food grown or produced within a 100-mile radius. Other regional movements have emerged since then, though some groups refer to themselves as “localvores” rather than “locavores.” However it’s spelled, it’s a word to watch.

Upcycling n.
A process that takes used or recycled materials and creates a new product with a higher quality or value than the original materials.
—upcycle v.

Vegansexual n.
A person who eats no meat, uses no animal-derived goods and prefers not to have sex with non-vegans.

Personal Finance
Drama-price v.
To lower the price of a house so as to attract the attention of buyers. Also a noun.

Exploding ARM n.
An adjustable rate mortgage with rates that soon rise beyond a borrower’s ability to pay.

Forever stamp n.
A United States postage stamp that will cover a first-class letter regardless of future price increases.

Make it rain v. phr.
To drop paper money on a crowd of people, especially in strip clubs, nightclubs or casinos.

Maternal profiling n. Employment discrimination against a woman who has, or will have, children. The term has been popularized by members of MomsRising, an advocacy group promoting the rights of mothers in the workplace.
Ninja loan n.
No Income, No Job or Assets. A poorly documented loan made to a high-risk borrower.

Stoozing n. The practice of borrowing money from a credit card during the card’s introductory no-interest period and then investing that money to earn the interest as a profit.
—stoozer n.
—stooze n.

Blogging
lifestreaming n. An online record of a person’s daily activities, either via direct video feed or via aggregating the person’s online content such as blog posts, social network updates, and online photos.
—lifestreamer n.
—lifestream v., n.

tumblelog n.
A Web site or blog that is a collection of brief links to, quotes from, or comments about things a person has encountered while Web browsing. It is a sort of digital commonplace book.

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