...new terminology...

Olala09 · Post time 5-8-2017 08:59 PM

woo–woo
: dubiously or outlandishly mystical, supernatural, or unscientific
Example:
And she has written a book … in which she dismisses what she calls “woo-woo spirituality” in favor of some straight talk on living with loss … — Linda Richman
Energy beams from the eyes certainly sounds like woo-woo stuff … — Steve Blow

cheergirlz · Post time 10-8-2017 09:49 PM

'Bereft'

adj/verb) "Lacking something needed, wanted, or expected"

cheergirlz · Post time 10-8-2017 09:51 PM

Impanel

defined as "the whole group of persons so summoned from which the jury is selected."

cheergirlz · Post time 10-8-2017 09:54 PM

Smishing

is a new kind of cybercrime. Its name is a portmanteau of SMS (short message service) and phishing.
- smishing uses text messages to direct people to a fraudulent website or to call a phone number at which point they are asked to provide personal identifying information, such as a user name and password, or financial information.

cheergirlz · Post time 10-8-2017 09:56 PM

Tetris

The name Tetris (coined by Pajitnov) derives in part from the Greek prefix tetra-, meaning "four," a reference to the fact that each block consists of an arrangement of four adjoining cubes (known among gamers as tetrominos)

cheergirlz · Post time 10-8-2017 09:57 PM

Cosmopolitan

means “having worldwide rather than limited or provincial scope or bearing,” “worldly,” or “composed of persons, constituents, or elements from all or many parts of the world.”

seribulan · Post time 20-8-2017 07:16 PM

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kakakadik · Post time 20-8-2017 08:38 PM

honology is the study of how sounds and gestures pattern in and across languages, relating such concerns with other levels and aspects of language. Phonetics deals with the articulatory and acoustic properties of speech sounds, how they are produced, and how they are perceived.

kakakadik · Post time 20-8-2017 08:41 PM

Phonetic transcription (also known as phonetic script or phonetic notation) is the visual representation of speech sounds (or phones). The most common type of phonetic transcription uses a phonetic alphabet, such as the International Phonetic Alphabet.

kakakadik · Post time 20-8-2017 08:43 PM

An alphabet is a standard set of letters (basic written symbols or graphemes) that is used to write one or more languages based upon the general principle that the letters represent phonemes (basic significant sounds) of the spoken language. This is in contrast to other types of writing systems, such as syllabaries (in which each character represents a syllable) and logographies (in which each character represents a word, morpheme, or semantic unit).

kakakadik · Post time 20-8-2017 08:47 PM

A phoneme is a sound or a group of different sounds perceived to have the same function by speakers of the language or dialect in question. An example is the English phoneme /k/, which occurs in words such as cat, kit, scat, skit.

Deidra · Post time 20-8-2017 09:06 PM

Demurrer (dee-muhr-ur): A formal response to a complaint filed in a lawsuit, pleading for dismissal and saying, in effect, that even if the facts are true, there is no legal basis for a lawsuit.