milking noun the pouring of milk over one’s head in a public place
Is milking the most pointless internet craze yet? Students filmed pouring four-pint cartons over their heads
[www.dailymail.co.uk 29 Nov 2012]
Among the creme de la creme of British youth, an udderly bizarre trend has emerged: milking.
[The Guardian (UK broadsheet) 27 Nov 2012]
owling noun the practice of posting pictures of oneself crouching in unlikely places: an Internet craze
Somewhere in this mix came owling – for people more comfortable with squatting than lying.
[The Guardian (UK broadsheet) 27 Nov 2012]
Predditor noun a person who exposes the identity of people who post ‘creepshots’ of women on the website ‘Reddit’
Predditors — a play on ‘Redditors,’ a nickname for users of the site — post personal information about CreepShots submitters, including photos, Facebook pages, marital status, location and occupation, and any other identifying details found by sleuthing on the Internet.
[www.huffingtonpost.com 11 Oct 2012]
These crazes are so obscure that I have never heard of them. The fact is that “milking” has a long-established meaning — above and beyond the literal “drawing milk from a female mammal” — referring to the tendency of some actors or other performers to solicit exaggerated responses from their audiences. So do we really need a new meaning?
You can question whether it’s required, but there’s no doubt that it exists: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=milking
That’s funny, ‘Alexander technique’ isn’t in the Cambridge Dictionary
Yes, a notable omission – we’ll add it to the list for inclusion in the next update. Thanks for the feedback!