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    Word

    Meaning

    Author

    OriginalPublication

    Catch22

    Aparadoxicalproblem
    whoseonlysolutionis
    impossibleduetothe
    natureoftheproblem

    JosephHeller

    Catch22(1961)

    Grok

    Understand

    RobertHeinlein

    StrangerinaStrangeLand(1961)

    Nerd

    Anoverlyintellectual
    personwithpoorsocial
    skills

    Dr.Seuss

    IfIRantheZoo(1950)

    Yahoo

    Arude,noisy,orviolent
    person

    JonathanSwift

    Gulliver'sTravels(1726)

    Chortle

    Abreathy,gleeful
    laugh.

    LewisCarroll

    Jabberwocky(1871)

    Iffy

    Uncertain

    FranklinD.
    Roosevelt

    N/A.UsedfrequentlybyRoosevelt
    duringhisterm.

    Robot

    Amachine(especially
    oneresemblinga
    person)thatperforms
    specifictasks

    KarelCapek

    Rossum'sUniversalRobots
    (play),(1920)

    Swagger

    Towalkina
    selfimportantway
    (strut).

    William
    Shakespeare

    AMidsummerNight'sDream(c.
    1590)

    Utopia

    Aperfectplace

    ThomasMore

    Utopia(1516)

    Cyberspace

    TheInternet

    WilliamGibson

    Neuromancer(1984)

    Cromulent

    Fineoracceptable

    DavidS.Cohen

    TheSimpsonsepisode144,Lisa
    theIconoclast(1996)

    BigBrother

    Acontrolling,intrusive
    government

    GeorgeOrwell

    NineteenEightyFour(1949)

    Serendipity

    Accidentalgood
    fortune

    HoraceWalpole

    Apersonalletter(1754)

    Scrooge

    Astingyperson

    CharlesDickens

    AChristmasCarol(1843)

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