ARog59's definitions

Regressotech

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

Haggall

Have a good game all (an acronym for HAve A Good Game All) - a welcoming exclamation made to a group of individuals who are about to play a game.

"Haggall!" said Alex, as he and his friends were about to begin playing their favorite game.

by ARog59 August 22, 2024

sursi

sudden reversal of sexual interest (acronym SUdden Reversal of Sexual Interest)

Heather experienced a sursi when she noticed that her boyfriend had moldy, deformed toe nails.

by ARog59 August 22, 2024

techmandate

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)

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.

by ARog59 August 23, 2024

proto-science

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

altquel

Noun; an alternative story line in which the events of the original story are told from the perspective of an individual or group that was in the original story, but not as the primary individual or group.

If "The Wizard of Oz" was re- told from the perspective of the Wicked Witch of the South rather than from Dorothy's perspective, it might make an interesting altquel.

by ARog59 August 30, 2024

mytho-science

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