Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com For those for whom reading is a key activity, language abuse smacks them in the nose when it’s encountered. I’ve written before about the commercial property agency practise of reinventing the language. This began about thirty years ago in Sydney then quickly spread
The word for today is… pluvial (adjective) – 1a : of or relating to rain b : characterized by abundant rain 2 of a geologic change : resulting from the action of rain Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In the early 17th century, clerics began wearing long cloaks known as “pluvials” for protection against the
Timothy Welch University of Auckland Tim Welch specialises transportation, infrastructure and urban modelling with a focus on the use of big data and technology. Much of Dr. Welch’s research is applied with a focus on equity and climate change. Something strange has happened to the perception of cyclists and
The word for today is… glean (verb) – 1 : to gather grain or other produce left by reapers – glean a field 2a : to gather (something, such as information) bit by bit b : to pick over in search of relevant material 3 : find out Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Glean comes from Middle
conexboxes.com A somewhat more common occurrence in recent decades, tiny homes are growing in popularity. You might already be quite familiar with tiny homes and are here, hoping to learn more. Maybe you are considering building or buying a tiny home yourself? Either as your main place to live
CJ Hopkins consentfactory.org So, it looks like GloboCap isn’t going to be happy until they have fomented the widespread social unrest — or de facto global civil war — that they need as a pretext to lock in the new pathologized totalitarianism and remake whatever remains of society into a
Richard Faragher University of Brighton Richard Faragher is Professor of Biogerontology at the University of Brighton and is past Chair of both the British Society for Research on Ageing and the International Association of Biomedical Gerontology. He read Biochemistry at Imperial College, London and undertook doctoral studies at the University
Naomi Cahn University of Virginia Naomi Cahn is an expert in family law, trusts and estates, feminist jurisprudence, reproductive technology, and aging and the law. Prior to joining the University of Virginia faculty in 2020, she taught at George Washington Law School, where she twice served as associate dean. “I’
The word for today is… imbue (verb) – 1 : endow – ‘Spanish missions imbue the city with Old World charm’ 2 : to permeate or influence as if by dyeing – ‘the spirit that imbues the new constitution’ 3 : to tinge or dye deeply Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Like its synonym infuse, imbue implies
Reshanne Reeder Edge Hill University Reshanne Reeder’s background is in visual attention and visual working memory. Her current research explores individual differences in mental imagery and anomalous perception, including pseudo/hallucinations and illusions. Consider the statements below. What do they describe? A trip on psychedelics? A dream? I felt
CJ Hopkins consentfactory.org Every totalitarian system in history has used the power of visual propaganda to generate a new “reality,” one that reifies its official ideology, remaking the world in its own paranoid image. New Normal totalitarianism is no exception. For example, take a look at this panel copied
The word for today is… proleteriat (noun) – 1 : the laboring class especially : the class of industrial workers who lack their own means of production and hence sell their labor to live 2 : the lowest social or economic class of a community Source : Online Etymology Dictionary Etymology : “the lowest and poorest
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet No doubt you have heard of “advance directives” – guidelines for your carers, guardians or doctors on what do to in the event that you are not competent to instruct them. Right-to-die associations often promote them as a
Tasmanian women discovered, this week, that there is nowhere they can go to get away from men. The Tasmanian Gay and Bisexual Alliance had sought to exclude biological men and their penises from lesbian events, where penises are presumably about as sought after as a turd in a punchbowl. Nothing
The word for today is… sanctimonious (adjective) – 1 : hypocritically pious or devout 2 obsolete : possessing sanctity : holy Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : There’s nothing sacred about “sanctimonious”-at least not any more. But in the early 1600s, the English adjective was still sometimes used to describe someone truly holy or
The late Douglas Adams coined the term, “Agglethorpe” in his satirical dictionary, The Meaning of Liff. An agglethorpe is “a dispute between two pooves in a boutique”. As the “alphabet people” steadily exhaust the 26 character limit in their quest for ever more obscure “identities”, we are witnessing an agglethorpe
