power trip (n) Slang - An action undertaken chiefly for the gratification associated with the exercise of power over another or others. Grok: verb (used with object) 1. to understand thoroughly and intuitively. –verb (used without object) 2. to communicate sympathetically.( Dictionary.com ) deracination (n) deracinate (v): Uprooted, alienated from the native culture or environemnt. Along with Afghan-American Khaled Hosseini, the Haiti-born Edwidge Danticat and Junot Diaz from the Dominican Republic, Lahiri swells a tide of new fictional voices: immigrants, who write about displacement and deracination . ( The Independent ) Doodad: Ornamemtal attachment. Tours have become a way to market the artist as a brand, with the fan clubs, limited-edition doodads , and other profitable products and services that come with the territory. To bandy words: A phrase meaning to argue persistently. Silver bullet (phrase): Direct and effortless solution to a problem. garboil (noun): Confusion; turmoil....