Verb: to offer to perform a difficult or unpleasant task while knowing that one won't be chosen to perform it, but will be thanked and given credit for the offer. Noun: shamcrediteer
None of the employees wanted to clean the bathrooms, but Norma decided to shamcredit an offer to do so, knowing all along that several other employees had far more experience cleaning bathrooms than she did, and that one of them would surely be chosen. She was a shameless shamcrediteer.
by ARog59 September 02, 2024
Get the shamcreditmug. Ben saw that the salesman's attention was diverted from him while showing Jerry the store's selection of ties, so he used Jerry as a pseudopawn, quickly snatching two gold cuff links from the open display case.
by ARog59 September 07, 2024
Get the pseudopawnmug. Noun or adjective; refers to new technological devices or systems promoted as progressive when they actually don't work as well as the device or system that they replaced.
Owen remembered a time when most sinks in public bathrooms had handles with which one could turn on the water and adjust its temperature and flow. The new regressotech sinks have motion sensors instead of handles, the user has to wave his or her hands in various ways in order to activate them, and the flow of water is generally very brief.
by ARog59 August 23, 2024
Get the Regressotechmug. noun; a field of science in which mythological or mystical ideas were transformed into scientific knowledge, acknowledging the role of myth in the early development of human understanding.
The ancient belief in divine beings controlling the weather was a mytho-science that inspired early meteorological studies, leading to the scientific understanding of atmospheric phenomena
by ARog59 August 28, 2024
Get the mytho-sciencemug. Noun: an early form of study or belief system that laid the groundwork for a future scientific field. For example, alchemy could be considered the "proto-science" of chemistry.
"Alchemy, once dismissed as mere superstition, is now recognized as a proto-science that laid the foundation for modern chemistry."
by ARog59 August 28, 2024
Get the proto-sciencemug. by ARog59 August 22, 2024
Get the sursimug. Noun - the tendency for people to feel compelled to adopt and use a new technology because it has become a de facto requirement due to its widespread adoption by others;
Verb- the act of compelling people to do so (active form), or of being thereby compelled to do so (passive form):
Adjective - as a descriptor of such a product or service (techmandatory)
Verb- the act of compelling people to do so (active form), or of being thereby compelled to do so (passive form):
Adjective - as a descriptor of such a product or service (techmandatory)
Noun: Robin felt that her formerly mild interest in purchasing a computer had become a techmandate, because all of her friends had computers.
Verb (active form)- The industry techmandated the use of E-Mail, and almost no one wrote letters anymore..
Verb (passive form) - Everyone else on the bowling teams used the new, precisely balanced bowling balls, and Bruce found himself techmandated into buying one.
Adjective: The adoption of the new programming language became techmandatory.
Verb (active form)- The industry techmandated the use of E-Mail, and almost no one wrote letters anymore..
Verb (passive form) - Everyone else on the bowling teams used the new, precisely balanced bowling balls, and Bruce found himself techmandated into buying one.
Adjective: The adoption of the new programming language became techmandatory.
by ARog59 August 23, 2024
Get the techmandatemug.