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(n.)
A garment or accessory engineered to improve your physical or mental state, by calming, energizing, or even dispensing medication.
Sensing his tension during a tough interview question, his wearaceutical pulsed gently to coax his breathing back to normal.
Does it ring true?
From the future, or already here?
The -ceutical in pharmaceutical traces back to the Greek pharmakon, the word for remedy, poison or charm. The suffix has already traveled to other areas: nutraceutical and cosmeceutical are food and cosmetic products making drug-like claims. Now clothing and accessories are the next frontier.
Future Words: A Non-Obvious Glossary of Terms That Don’t Exist (But Soon Will) collects all 100, each with its example sentence and coinage notes, from the bestselling authors of The Future Normal. Hardcover, October 20, 2026.