Define the new internet.
Look up the words people use online, add the ones we missed, and help make the internet easier to understand.
Look up the words people use online, add the ones we missed, and help make the internet easier to understand.
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LANGUAGE the grammatical arrangement of words in a sentence: The examples should always illustrate correct syntax. The politician's tortured syntax was often satirized. COMPUTING the structure of statements or elements in a computer language: This syntax limits the search to records harvested from the organization's own server. The web references for all our web services use the same syntax.
“The syntax was harsh like a brick to the face, more brilliant than beautiful, she wasn't going to be treated like an inconvenience or an afterthought. Mr single slice microwave pizza, though being rude and cruel was funny. Nevermind the syntax he had no concept of tone, couldn't land a joke with a guidance system. It sounded like she was in for a spanking and not the sexy kind. She got hit on every time she went outside, shouting or berating wasn't in the equation”
1. The act of recognizing and naming someone or something: Most of the bodies were badly burned, making identification almost impossible. 2. (also ID) An official document that shows or proves who you are: We were asked to show some identification before the security guards would let us in.
“She needed identification to get around She spent all day walking to the DMV only to find out she didn't have the required documents to verify ID She needed to update her Drivers License with a Virginia address to finish her application for government benefits/public services ie: obtain insurance, access pools. He angrily suggested 'JUST GOING and finding out instead of looking it up' as if getting there and being turned down wasn't an ordeal on foot.”
1: Detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover new information about something or reach a new understanding of it: Medical research: The money will fund medical research at universities and hospitals. Scientific research: research student research assistant She began her career as a research assistant to Professor Leakey. research laboratory They are carrying out some fascinating research there. Delving into the language of dolphins. 🐬🐬🐬 conduct research She worked at the clinic for ten years, conducting research into potential treatments for Alzheimer's Disease. 2 Sudy a subject in detail, especially in order to discover new information or reach a new understanding: Journalists were frantically researching the new governor's background, family, and interests.
“Her handle was DDT after an insecticide that was successfully banned after research that lead to a scientific consensus. Thinning the eggshells of peregrine falcons crushing them, leading to a foreseeable extinction. It was banned in time for the species to make a full recovery. Her favorite podcaster ATB comedian/ journalist, rallied against DDT because bedbugs suck. When challenged: "research it!" Google didn't have it. She believed the experts over the researcher in this instance”
Quality of behaving mentally and emotionally like an adult Advanced or developed form State of being completely grown physically: How long does it take for the chicks to grow to maturity? The time when an investment becomes ready to be paid: The investment reaches maturity after ten years. State of being mentally and emotionally well-developed, Therefore responsible: It takes maturity to be a LEADER. Stage in the development of an industry when it is not new and not likely to grow quickly in the future: Eventually, all technologies reach maturity as growth slows and markets become saturated. They insisted that the growing maturity of the games industry is not stifling creativity. Quality of being older or an adult, behaving in a reasonable way like an adult: She brings experience and maturity to the job.
“There is a level of maturity reached after raising a child, they learn directly from your every action. Learning in tandem along with them one wince at a time, having all your shortcomings parroted back at you by a child is a doozy Those that never do maintain a childlike state in perpituity, never to reach maturity. Enraged at any interupion and he wouldn't stop speaking unless interrupted, he'd never mature at this rate”
1. A wig, headpiece, or hairstyle-like sculpture made primarily from paper. 2. A temporary or performative identity layer: something a person, character, brand, or idea wears to be seen differently. 3. A fragile but expressive disguise that makes its artificiality obvious instead of hiding it.
“1. “She was not trying to become someone else. She was wearing a Paper Wig so everyone could see the performance.” 2. “Donna’s Paper Wig turned crossword pages into a sculptural crown that looked impossible, funny, beautiful, and completely alive.””
A rhetorical strategy where a speaker feigns ignorance or plays dumb to expose the logical flaws, contradictions, or ignorance of an opponent. By adopting a posture of false humility, the speaker encourages others to share their ideas, ultimately leading them to discover their own misunderstandings.
“Joe was wound real tight and was always looking for a fight always thought he was right, Rita didn't operate that way being right wasn't the objective a better understanding was. Rather than geting angry when Joe fumbled thru topics about she was an expertise, she adopted a strategy of socratic irony, less friction when he came to a conclusion 'on his own'”
Bouts of uncontrolled anger like a young child's
“She has temper tantrum when she doesn't get her way Jojo threw a tantrum in the store because I wouldn't buy him any candy A child throwing a tantrum is inconvenient An adult man throwing a tantrum is outright terrifying”
Empty boasting : arrogant pretension : COCKINESS BRAGGART an obnoxious braggadocio
“Men swell into braggadocio a the sight of beautiful women anything to seem impressive For the fifth time, he bragged about knowing where to find the 'good garbage' fine for a frat boy but it was odd braggadocio from a 41 year old that didn't have any furniture to speak of”
A : the process of reproducing a spatial object upon a plane or curved surface or a line by projecting its points B : the act of throwing or thrusting forward C: Forming a plan : SCHEMING D : View of a building or architectural element D: Perceiving a mental object as spatially E : The attribution of one's own ideas, feelings, or attitudes to other people or to objects : The externalization of blame, guilt, or responsibility as a defense against anxiety F : the display of images or video on a screen G: The act of projecting : control of the volume, clarity, and distinctness of a voice to gain greater clarity F: Estimate of future possibilities based on a current trend Projection has many meanings, what they all have in common is that something is sent out or forward. A movie is projected onto a screen A skilled actress projects her voice out into a large theater without seeming to shout The meaning we focus on here is the one used by businesses and governments. Most projections of this kind are estimates of a company's sales or profits--or of the finances of a town, state, or country--sometime in the future
“Drawing is more fun the more you learn, 3D is super easy just projecting planes Artists project their inner world onto a flat surface creating the illusion of depth to invite the viewer in Suffering extreme anxiety attacks the man projected all of his fears onto other people She was gonna learn ventriloquism, projecting her voice without moving her mouth Failure to project when speaking makes language hard to perceive”
At the end of every day, no you are the same, I saw the most beautiful sunset of my life. Truly breathtaking, rather than, let me breathe and enjoy it, my date? Honestly, I can't tell if it was a date. Awkward isn't the word. The man drove raged, whined, pissed and moaned about anything and everything that was going wrong prattled off facts insisting he wouldn't repeat them. Cool! I didn't ask for them. Raged at me that "my job" was to be 'this or that' never changing tone still plainly decrying rage, he said " YOU'RE DOING FINE, BY THE WAY" I can't stress enough how I don't work for him. While on the mountainside a sweet old couple cuddled up on a blanket, like normal people, had me take a picture, said I did amazing. I wandered around by myself taking in the beauty ALONE. The man who decided he'd done too much wasn't romantic in the least. I found him seated in the car still clearly freaking out. Snapped at me that i was able to find the jacket in his trunk. He then drove on a tour, I didn't ask for and complained about having to speak and tell me about the things he was showing me. Don't want to? DON'T. Raged when I asked questions. Shut me down if I mentioned anything at all. Raged at me for thinking "I know everything" because I listened to podcasts. I want to see and do the things i've heard about,enjoy them in good company. I don't want to do them with someone who doesn't even like me and can't be bothered with common decency.
“She painted sunsets all the time, said there was no such thing as an ugly one. You're too bad about this one”