1. Spinpact
#HEWords @timeshighered spinpact - the art of talking up the relevance of your results
— Matthew Greenall (@mngreenall) October 24, 2014
2. Muke
@timeshighered #HEwords 'Muke': physical reaction to management repeatedly announcing that #Moocs are the future.
— Plashing Vole (@PlashingVole) October 23, 2014
3. Grimpact
Here's my word @timeshighered : "grimpact" n. Unforeseen negative consequences flowing from publicly funded research #HEwords
— Matthew Weait (@ProfWetpaint) October 24, 2014
4. Shitation
@timeshighered #HEwords 'Shitation': noun, an unfavourable citation. 'Well the impact factor's good, but it's mostly just shitations'
— O. (@LazarGillard) October 24, 2014
5. Refuseless
@michele_paule @timeshighered #HEwords How about REFuseless to describe all those 2* papers that didn't make it into the REF
— Neil Cross (@TheOtherDrX) October 24, 2014
6. Uninkastic
Uninkastic (from Anankastic): Related to the obsessive-compulsive desire of university managers to control academics’ lives. #HEwords
— Ricardo Grau-Crespo (@rgraucrespo) October 24, 2014
7. Chancelling
Chancelling #HEwords @timeshighered (pocketing large sums for doing little more than proclaiming how indispensable you are)
— keith flett (@kmflett) October 23, 2014
8. Thesaurophaile
#HEwords Thesaurophile: A student that replaces every 7th word of an essay with a synonym to avoid Turnitin detection
— Neil Cross (@TheOtherDrX) October 23, 2014
9. Lecher Theatre
Lecher theatre - where students go to admire good looking staff more than their ideas? #HEwords @timeshighered
— Steve Kirk (@stiivkirk) October 24, 2014
10. Fabstract
Fabstract (an abstract that makes a paper sound amazing, even when it's terrible) @timeshighered #HEwords
— Cyberpsychology (@Cyberpsychologi) October 23, 2014
11. Puniversity
@timeshighered Puniversity - an institution not appearing in the global rankings #HEwords
— Trevor Holmes (@TrevHolmes) October 24, 2014
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