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Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A supporter of breastfeeding; one who engages in lactivism.
Etymologies
- lactivism + -ist (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I could breastfeed; what kind of lactivist was I, anyway, if I chose not to breastfeed?”
“Soon after our daughter was born, we met a person who taught us the word "lactivist" is a real thing that exists.”
“Laycock, an Ohio mom and "lactivist" who promotes breastfeeding awareness on her blog and through Café Press t-shirts -- slogans included "That's my baby's lunch you're staring at" and”
“My mother was not a lactivist, but she always talked about how she loved being able to breastfeed her babies.”
“I was such a lactivist (love that word – new to me!) with my daughter and I too NEVER would have expected to be.”
“I definitely fall on the lactivist scale of things, but have formula fed.”
“Despite being a lactivist and breastfeeding in public, I had decided that this meeting was too important for me to be distracted by a squirmy newborn.”
“I consider myself a lactivist, but mostly just on a personal level.”
“Not that your lovely post is about this but I didn't get the lactivist thing last time.”
“You don't have to be a lactivist to appreciate Rubenstein-Gillis 'findings or her perspective.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lactivist’.
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longer new words in Scrabble
these were collected recently
mostly from Chambers and some
from Collins dictionaries.acathisia, acathisias, acentrics, aciclovir, aciclovirs, acidically, acinetobacter, acinetobacters, acrophobics, aculeates, advertizings, aerodigestive and 1320 more...
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this modern world
Markers of the zeitgeist, don't expect all of these to go the distance. The great majority are taken from Paul McFedries's excellent book "Wordspy"
retail therapy, compulsive shoppi..., clicks-and-mortar, dot.commer, middlescence, boomeritis, dorian graying, sandwich generation, boomeranger, full-nest syndrome, wellderly, brand equity and 226 more...
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words i didn't know we needed
and frankly, it's a little alarming to find we do.
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a delightful romp
fun words? so many lists!
lollygag, sammich, piffle, whippersnapper, mustachioed, arrr, snogged, gastric condom, lactivist, password fatigue, family jewels, biznatch and 39 more...
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Miscellany, pt. l
lusorious, lyncean, luminous, light-tight, lupuline, lunule, lurkydish, labretifery, lactivist, logopoeia, loxodromic, liripipionated and 11 more...
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Almost Neologisms
Newly coined words & phrases that aren't in the dictionary but hopefully will be.
chatterati, unprotected sleep, circling the drain, fauxtography, bobbleheading, be plutoed, telepathetic, malicious obedience, mouse potatoes, deferred success, keyboard dyslexia, dot-bombs and 38 more...
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Goofy
frogblossom, chipmunk, unfuckwithable, squeegee, mulligrubs, lactivist, microphobia, pathlet, sycophant, insipid, hoptoad, embrangle and 30 more...
Tweets
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arcadia Not to be confused with intactivist, which I also am. Oct 6, 2008
arcadia That would be me! Apr 20, 2008
sionnach Sometimes referred to as a nipple nazi. Dec 8, 2007
palooka An activist who promotes breast-feeding over the use of infant formula - per Word Spy. Apr 14, 2007