Webster's Collaborative New Word Dictionary - M
macaron (n.): a confection consisting of two small, round (usually colourful) biscuits with a meringue-like consistency, made with egg white and sugar.
MacGyver (v.): Make or repair (an object) in an improvised or inventive way, making use of whatever items are at hand.
magnet fishing: the sport or hobby of using a strong magnet attached to the end of a rope to find metal objects in bodies of water.
makerspace (n.): a communal public workshop in which makers can work on small personal projects. A makerspace is like an art studio for the whole community. Most makerspaces cater to hobbyists rather than professional artists.
mama put (n.): a street vendor, typically a woman, selling cooked food at low prices from a handcart or stall. Also: a street stall or roadside restaurant run by such person.
manspreading (n.): The practice whereby a man, especially one travelling on public transport, adopts a sitting position with his legs wide apart, in such a way as to encroach on an adjacent seat or seats.
meatspace: “the physical world and environment especially as contrasted with the virtual world of cyberspace.”
meme (n): an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media.
mentionitis (n.): originally: a tendency to mention something for the sake of comprehensiveness or exhaustiveness, rather than relevance (now rare). In later use... (see Oxford Dictionary).
metaverse: 1 computing : a persistent virtual environment that allows access to and interoperability of multiple individual virtual realities also : any of the individual virtual environments that make up a metaverse. 2 cosmology : the hypothetical combination of all co-existing or sequentially existing universes
Mic drop (n.): An instance of deliberately dropping or tossing aside one's microphone at the end of a performance or speech one considers to have been particularly impressive. Used to emphasize that a discussion is at an end after a definitive or particularly impressive point has been made.
microgrid: a small grid; especially : a local electrical grid that can be connected to a larger network but that is also capable of operating independently.
micro-target (v): To direct tailored advertisements, political messages, etc., at (people) based on detailed information about them.
misgendering (n): The action or fact of mistaking or misstating a person’s gender, esp. of addressing or referring to a transgender person in terms that do not reflect…
mojo: a sauce, marinade, or seasoning that is usually composed primarily of olive oil, garlic, citrus juice, and spices (such as black pepper and cumin).
Mouthie (n.): a person's mouth.
mud season: a time of year (such as early spring) that is characterized by excessively muddy ground.
Mx (n.): A title used before a person's surname or full name by those who wish to avoid specifying their gender or by those who prefer not to identify themselves as male or female. Pronounce "mix" or "mux"