vampire filler noun a
product using platelets from a person’s blood, used for cosmetic
procedures to encourage collagen production and smooth wrinkles
Now a cosmetic treatment to fill in
wrinkles or to plump up hollow cheeks is being marketed as a ‘vampire
filler’ or a ‘vampire face-lift.’ [New York Times (US broadsheet) 3 March 2011]
vampire face-lift noun a cosmetic procedure involving an injection of platelets from your own blood to encourage collagen production
He calls the procedure a “vampire face-lift” on one of his Web sites, though with some squeamishness about its sensationalism. [New York Times (US broadsheet( 3 March 2011]
quintastic noun informal a very glamorous and youthful (usually celebrity) fifty-year old
The increasingly glamorous image of
50-year-olds has even spawned a new term, the ‘Quintastics’ – thanks, in
part, to the visibility of a number of high-profile celebrities who met
the event with undiminished glamour in the past year [...] [The Observer Magazine (UK broadsheet) 23 January 2011]
pump-up party noun an illicit party at which people inject black-market fillers in their buttocks, lips, etc. in order to pump them up
Here, Grazia uncovers a worrying new
trend for underground ‘pump-up parties’ where women are risking their
lives injecting black-market fillers. [Grazia (UK celebrity magazine) 21 March 2011]
vertical farm noun a place where plants and livestock are raised in multi-floored skyscraper buildings
Moreover, agricultural practices are
continuing to change. Experiments with urban farms, vertical farms and
other innovations could further reduce the amount of farmland required
to grow sustainable crops. [New Internationalist (politics magazine) Mar 2011]
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