NOTE FROM JOHN:

Editors of the Oxford English Dictionary have
asked the science fiction community for assistance
in adding words from the science fiction universe
to the venerable OED. We figure, what the hell do
they know? Let’s play games with their heads:

The Top 5 New Sci-Fi Terms in
the Oxford English Dictionary

5> Tachy (adj): Marked by poor use of psuedo-scientific nonsense words to resolve a plot in the final scene, especially any appearance of a device which utilizes tachyons.

4> Anthonize (v): To take a cute, pleasant concept and, through repetition, beat all the life out of it, esp. with hackneyed puns and inappropriate innuendo.

3> Pournellish (adj): Incapable of writing coherently without the presence of a collaborator.

2> Herbibore (v): To pad a film with PC images of cute, herbivorous dinosaurs while the audience in frustration chews their arms off waiting for the blood, guts, and velociraptors.

and the Number 1 New Sci-Fi Term in the Oxford English
Dictionary…

1> Shatner (v): To violently chew the scenery while simultaneously losing the shirt and keeping the toupee.

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Credits:

Selected from 23 submissions from 9 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Guy Payne, Birmingham, AL — 1, 2 (3rd #1)
Charles d’Olive, Waterloo, IA — 3
Andrea Crain, Madison, WI — 4 (Rookie!)
Mike Sarno, Towanda, PA — 5
Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA — RU List Name
John Mozena, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI — Prime Director