Here are two words and a phrase that I’ve recently heard, which are contenders to enter my lexicon:
- “string”, a replacement for the general term “word”, which is used as a positive indicator in a conversation, or as a greeting, as in “string up?”. Where string is a data type that is more encompassing than word.
The original form had a bling modifier: “$tring”. [from Chris Duhl at Pfizer] - “straw fire”, as in, “Playing music with those folks was very exciting, but it was just a straw fire, I haven’t played any guitar since then.” Meaning that it was a short lived, powerful event, that doesn’t have much staying power, or fuel for continuing the activity. [from Daniel Noël at Lenny and Nan’s house]
- “ttyt”, for “Talk to you then” when you’ve scheduled a time to meet with someone, and need a quick way of closing the interaction through chat or email. [from Emory Emrich at Pfizer]
ttyl (talk to you later) seems to be common in my im vocabulary.
for an idea set up just to be knocked down, there’s “straw dog” or “straw man”.