94 definitions by Mikhail Epstein
| 22. | infopause n. (information + pause) | ||
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infopause n. (information + pause)
staying away from computers, newspapers and other sources of information in order to recover from informational stress. The infopause may take from several minutes to several months, depending on the gravity of the initial affliction.
Every business should introduce at least two five-minute infopauses during the working day. All computers and all lights are off. This will refresh employees' ability to process new information.
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Mikhail Epstein
Nov 15, 2003
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| 23. | netscapist | ||
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netscapist (net + escapism) - a person who escapes from unpleasant realities into the networld (see netscapism).
Netscapists are ubiquitous today. If you chat with a neighbor for hours from your computer instead of seeing him in a cafe, you are in danger of becoming a netscapist.
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Mikhail Epstein
Nov 7, 2003
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| 24. | foodnik | ||
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foodnik n food + suffix nik Ð someone for whom food and eating are main joys of living and are full of sacral significance.
He invites me to cook together a dinner, but I will hardly meet his expectations. He is a real foodnik.
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Mikhail Epstein
Nov 6, 2003
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| 25. | whynik | ||
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(why? + suffix "nik")—a person (often a child) who asks incessantly "why?" (a translation of Russian "pochemuchka")
This little whynik will drive me mad. Let him stop asking.
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| 26. | philocracy | ||
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philocracy n (Gr. philos+kratos) - the rule of love; love as a governing principle of social life.
philocrat n - a person who believes in the power of love. All authority is from God. God is Love. Hence love should be the ultimate authority.
"Philocracy" is not the same as "theocracy," the term by which the power of church is usually implicated. What is commonly understood by "theocracy" would be better termed "hierocracy" - government by the clergy, ecclesiastical rule.The true theocracy is philocracy, since God is not clergy, God is love.
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Mikhail Epstein
Dec 25, 2003
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| 27. | scientify | ||
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scientify verb transitive (science + suffix ify, from Latin -ficare and -facere, to make or do) - to make smth more scientific, to subject to scientific views, rules and concepts. He has tried hard to scientify his paper, but it still remains a provocative essay rather than a consistent argument.
She has scientified her diet and as a result got a distaste for food.
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Mikhail Epstein
Nov 9, 2003
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| 28. | ride the edge | ||
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to be ahead in a certain skill or profession, to be on a cutting edge and take all the risks of being the first and leading the others A recent graduate in quantum physics, Amalia now rides the edge of nanotechnology.
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Mikhail Epstein
Nov 6, 2003
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