Best New Word of 2010

The year's not over quite yet, but I think we've got our winner. Ready?

RETROSEXUAL (n.) a man who adopts a traditional masculine style in dress and manners.
Antonym: Metrosexual (n.) a usually urban heterosexual male given to fastidious grooming, beauty treatments, and fashionable clothes.

This is genius. As a woman who would much rather look like Mad Men's Joan Harris than Jenna Jameson, the only (obvious) improvement would be to expand this definition to members of both genders.

Perhaps we could expand this to behaviors as well? I don't care about your car or your phone or your iPad, but I'd swoon if you held the door for me, or stood when I entered the room.

Here's to ladies and gentlemen!

Utúvienyes!

Facebook's new profile format emphasizes your multilingualism and a number of fiction's best constructed languages are legit options in their drop-down menu. So far, you can flaunt your fluency in:

• Klingon (Star Trek)
• Na'vi (Avatar)
• Esperanto (various)
• Newspeak (1984)
• Nadsat (A Clockwork Orange)
• Sindarin, Quenya, Westron, Khuzdul, and the Black Speech (Lord of the Rings)

Still missing:

• Huttese (Star Wars)
• Orth, Qwghlmian (Neal Stephenson various)
• Fremen, Gallach (Dune)
• High D'Haran (Sword of Truth)
• Parseltongue (Harry Potter)
• Dothraki (Song of Ice and Fire)
• ...many I've forgotten, I'm sure.

It's just another way to let your geek flag fly. For personal enjoyment, you can also change your Facebook display language to Pirate (avast!).