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Word of the Moment: Wellerism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellerism Wellerisms, named after Sam Weller in Charles Dickens‘s The Pickwick Papers, make fun of established proverbs by showing that they are wrong in certain situations, often when taken literally. In this sense, wellerisms that include proverbs are a type of anti-proverb. Typically a Wellerism consists of three parts: a proverb or saying, a speaker, [...]
Phatic – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhaticIn linguistics, a phatic expression is one whose only function is to perform a social task, as opposed to conveying information… For example, “you’re welcome” is not intended to convey the message that the hearer is welcome; it is a phatic response to being thanked, which in turn is a phatic whose function is to [...]
Uncanny valley – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_ValleyThe uncanny valley hypothesis holds that when robots and other facsimiles of humans look and act almost like actual humans, it causes a response of revulsion among human observers. Thus explaining why Pixar’s cartoon heroes are always endearing, and those from The Polar Express are unbearable to watch.
Spleen – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpleenBehold! The Spleen! These days, one of our less considered organs, though popular enough with medieval generations across many cultures, each of which ascribed it different responsibilities to our humours. The word spleen comes from the Greek and is the idiomatic equivalent of the heart in English, i.e. to be good-spleened means to be good-hearted [...]
Sphygmomanometer – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SphygmomanometerWord of the Moment: Sphygmomanometer, a device used to measure blood pressure. Note that it’s also known as a “blood pressure meter”, which has one syllable fewer, and less “sphygm”. Lucky it isn’t a more urgently-needed piece of equipment: “Nurse, he’s crashing! Hand me the sphy… uh, sphygm… uh, the…” “The blood pressure meter?” “Yes! [...]
Y.P.R.: 11 Words That Sound Offensive, But Arent
http://www.yankeepotroast.org/archives/2008/09/11_words_that_s.html“All these trees are infested with cockchafer.”
Robinsonade – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RobinsonadeRobinsonade is a literary genre that takes its name from the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The success of this novel spawned enough imitations that its name was used to define a genre, which is sometimes described simply as a “desert island story”… In the archetypical robinsonade, the protagonist is suddenly isolated from [...]
Onomatopoeia – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnomatopoeiaWord of the moment: Onomatopoeia (occasionally spelled onomateopoeia or onomatopoeia) is a word or a grouping of words that imitates the sound it is describing, suggesting its source object, such as “click,” “clang,” “buzz,” or animal noises such as “oink”, “quack”, “flap”, “slurp”, or “meow”. The word is a synthesis of the Greek words όνομα [...]
solecism – Wiktionary
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/solecismSolecism, n. 1. Error in the use of language, especially an error concerning etiquette. 2. In written language, the intentional use of misspelling and/or incorrect grammar to affect the vernacular of a particular dialect. 3. Any faux pas involving a transgression against the norms of expected behavior. [From the Greek Σολοικισμος (soloikismos); from Σολοικος (Soloikos), [...]
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