Schmoozefest
Take schmoozing – behaving in a charismatic way to gain professional or personal favours – and plop it in the middle of a formal event, with lots of schmoozers. Now you’ve got a schmoozefest. Misters and misses at this type of event typically “chat in an insincere way, typically for professional or other advantage,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which added this word in 2019.
Nothingburger
The Oxford English Dictionary recognised this term in 2018, but it was first popularised by a 1950s gossip columnist named Louella Parsons. She used nothingburger in reference to “minor celebrities she deemed unworthy of public attention.” Essentially, a nothingburger is someone or something that has little significance or meat to them.
Badassery
It’s difficult to achieve your favourite pop-culture hero’s level of badassery, and honestly, it might be dangerous to engage in such types of badassery, anyway. In 2009, Merriam-Webster immortalised the word with this definition: “the state or condition of being a badass.”
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Source: RD.com
