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Metabolomics
the science of (the) metabolism (of cells) seen in: The Economist … more »
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metabolomics
Pit wrote 3 weeks ago: the science of (the) metabolism (of cells) seen in: The Economist … more »
Streisand effect
Pit wrote 3 weeks ago: self-defeating behaviour or unintended consequences of drawing attention to some unwanted material o … more »
baracktogenarian
Pit wrote 3 weeks ago: an Obama supporter over the age of twenty seen in Slate Magazine’s Encyclopedia Baracktannica … more »
sesquipedalianism
Pit wrote 3 months ago: from the Latin, literally “using foot-and-a-half-long words”; found in: The New York Tim … more »
snipergate
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Pit wrote 3 months ago: Hillary Clinton’s “blunder” in retelling the story of her landing in Tuzla/Bosnia … more »
coprolites
Pit wrote 3 months ago: = fossilized faeces, cf. BBC … more »
exurbs
Pit wrote 4 months ago: outskirts even further from the city centre than suburbs, cf. The Economist … more »
advertorial(s)
Pit wrote 4 months ago: Now what might that be? Found it in the Daily Mail. To me, it just looks like an ordinary advertisem … more »
Obamacans
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Pit wrote 5 months ago: a term coined by Democratic candidate Barack Obama denoting Republicans in favour of him, cf. The Lo … more »
Texas a capital?
Pit wrote 5 months ago: I think, the New York Times has got it’s metaphor wrong in “Texas, once the oil capital … more »
latte liberals
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Pit wrote 5 months ago: a (somewhat derogatroy and dismissive) term used by the Clinton campaign to describe the young and b … more »
learning curve
Pit wrote 5 months ago: “[...] in this administration, the learning curve is a right angle.” quoted from: The Lo … more »
Tsunami Tuesday
Pit wrote 6 months ago: What a name for Tuesday, February 5, when primaries/caucuses will be held in 20 states! I wonder if … more »
gephyrophobia
Pit wrote 6 months ago: gephyrophobia: a fear of bridges, cf. The New York Times … more »
bloviathon
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Pit wrote 7 months ago: Now what does that mean?? Seen in The New York Times … more »
uptowning
Pit wrote 7 months ago: term seen in the NYT, cf. “The uptowning of the Lower East Side“ … more »
puppy mills
Pit wrote 7 months ago: the breeding practice of keeping dogs on a mass scale to produce puppies for sale cf. Los Angeles Ti … more »
"gestalt" meaning "opinion"?
Pit wrote 7 months ago: In the Washington Post I found it used in such a way, I think, cf. “My gestalt is that it … more »
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