Ambrose Bierce’s work, “The Devil’s Dictionary,” is characterized by satirical, witty, and sometimes cynical definitions, I’ll endeavor to maintain a similar style in the following addendum. Please note, the words are fictitious and meant for humorous and creative continuation of the original work’s spirit.

New Words Addendum to The Devil’s Dictionary

1. Blogtificate (blog-TIF-i-cate)

n. A self-righteous rant made boldly in the ephemeral spaces of the internet, dissolving into the ether of irrelevance by the next sunrise.
Example: Jane’s blogtificate on the decline of modern literature was lost amidst a sea of similar rants.

2. Cellfish (SELL-fish)

adj. The audacious act of prioritizing one’s smartphone over the living, breathing company present.
Example: John was so cellfish at dinner, he didn’t realize Anne had left the table.

3. Cryptokitty (CRYPTO-kitty)

n. A digital feline of vast wealth and uncertain value, worshipped by the acolytes of the virtual economy.
Example: Tom invested half his salary in a Cryptokitty, hoping it would be his ticket to wealth.

4. Ecoanxiety (Eco-ANX-iety)

n. The gnawing dread born of witnessing Mother Earth’s trials, yet continuing to sip from plastic straws.
Example: Susan’s ecoanxiety increased every time she saw another news story about climate change.

5. Fact-resistant (FACT-re-ZIST-ent)

adj. A condition where truths are as impermeable as rain to a roof, often found in the passionate and the powerful.
Example: Politicians often seem fact-resistant when confronted with evidence counter to their claims.

6. Ghostee (GHOST-ee)

n. The haunted soul left wandering in the purgatory of silence, post read messages and unreturned calls.
Example: After their date, Jake became a ghostee, awaiting a reply that would never come.

7. Influempty (IN-floo-empty)

adj. The hollowness that accompanies the title of being an “Influencer”, echoing with the sounds of superficiality.
Example: Amidst her fame, Lisa felt influempty, a star shining bright with no inner light.

8. Memeify (MEME-i-fy)

v. The art of transmuting profound wisdom into a picture and two lines of text, typically resulting in the loss of both image and meaning.
Example: “They managed to memeify Einstein’s theory; it’s funny but misses the point,” Ben chuckled.

9. Napocalypse (NAP-o-calypse)

n. The cataclysmic event of waking from a short slumber to a world of disorientation and lost time.
Example: After her twenty-minute nap turned into four hours, Sarah awoke to a personal napocalypse.

10. Plantedarium (plant-ED-arium)

n. A home transformed into a forest, where oxygen is aplenty but floor space is mythical.
Example: Every available surface in Lily’s plantedarium was covered with greenery.

11. Quaranteam (QUAR-an-team)

n. The chosen few deemed worthy of face-to-face interaction amidst the pestilence, often selected on grounds as shaky as the earth post-apocalypse.
Example: My quaranteam consisted of close family and a neighbor, our bonds strengthened in isolation.

12. Retrospectacles (ret-ro-SPEC-tacles)

n. Glasses tinted with the rosy hues of yesteryears, making the past appear as an Eden – free of tribulation and Twitter.
Example: Grandpa viewed his past through retrospectacles, fondly reminiscing about “the good old days”.

13. Scrolliosis (scroll-ee-O-sis)

n. A spinal affliction found in the modern homo sapien, curved by the gravitational pull of handheld screens.
Example: Hours spent on his phone left Michael with a mild case of scrolliosis.

14. Textpectation (text-PEC-ta-tion)

n. The agonizing period wherein one awaits the ‘…’ to morph into a coherent response, a dance of dots and dashes.
Example: Jane was caught in textpectation, eyes fixated on the ‘…’ that seemed to last an eternity.

15. Unboxing (UN-box-ing)

v. A ritualistic unveiling of material goods, more sacred than the items themselves, often performed before an audience of envious onlookers.
Example: Thousands watched live as the celebrity went through the unboxing of the latest tech gadget.

16. Virtualligence (virtual-LI-gence)

n. A type of intelligence, elevated in the virtual realm, but as tangible as a ghost in the corporeal world.
Example: Bill boasted of his virtualligence, though offline, his insights were seldom insightful.

17. Wokeflake (WOKE-flake)

n. An individual so enlightened, so profound, that like a snowflake, they are unique in their fragility.
Example: To the cynical, every outspoken youth is a wokeflake, fragile yet fiery.

18. Xenotext (ZEE-no-text)

n. Words so foreign, so outlandish, they may as well be scripted in the stars – or in a teenager’s tweet.
Example: Parents often find their children’s slang to be xenotext, a language from another world.

19. Youthquake (YOUTH-kwake)

n. The seismic shift caused by the young, usually resulting in a landscape of new lingos and forgotten Facebook accounts.
Example: The youthquake reshaped the political landscape, bringing fresh ideas and challenges to the forefront.

20. Zoomtown (ZOOM-town)

n. A domicile chosen for its aesthetic backdrop, thriving in the age where existence is validated by virtual presence.
Example: After months of remote work, Jane decided to move to a picturesque zoomtown to elevate her virtual meetings.