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Sharing an article from the Internet while bypassing a paywall.
If you are a member and receive an interesting article, but your friend cannot read it because they are not a member, what do you do? You copy the article “by hand”, put it back together nicely and send it to the friend. This is a lateral copy.
If you are a member and receive an interesting article, but your friend cannot read it because they are not a member, what do you do? You copy the article “by hand”, put it back together nicely and send it to the friend. This is a lateral copy.
Another great article that J. will be interested in. But the link is useless to him: he's not a member. I'll have to make him a lateral copy again.
by ThePhysopher September 25, 2025
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by ThePhysopher May 13, 2016
Get the Sexual Thermals mug.This is a derogatory word for books, especially novels. The paper of books is made of wood and can burn like wood.
I always tell my wife that the books she reads are just woodware. Reading them is wasted time.
Ian McEwan said that many novels are just housewife gossip. I would say these books are woodware.
Ian McEwan said that many novels are just housewife gossip. I would say these books are woodware.
by ThePhysopher July 24, 2024
Get the Woodware mug.when you like drinking alcohol per se but regard a teaspoon of whisky as the right dose to draw the pleasure of drinking. The tablespoon is then at the boundary to alcoholism.
My wife and me, we are microalcoholics. It is our philosophy to enjoy whisky etc. but because alcohol with wine at lunch and dinner is accumulating through the day, we restrict to the enjoyable minimum. This gives the pleasure of nice drinks plus the good feeling of self-mastery.
See also zen-alcoholic
See also zen-alcoholic
by ThePhysopher February 18, 2019
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Making decisions is always a task. But it is an unpleasant task for many people. The term "menuphobia" describes this aversion to having to choose between several alternatives.
Making decisions is always a task. But it is an unpleasant task for many people. The term "menuphobia" describes this aversion to having to choose between several alternatives.
I hate long lists of choices in restaurants. My wife always makes the better choice and I have to watch her. I already have real menuphobia.
There is so much great food to choose from on the cruise that I can't make up my mind. But I still can't be happy because of my menuphobia.
There is so much great food to choose from on the cruise that I can't make up my mind. But I still can't be happy because of my menuphobia.
by ThePhysopher June 17, 2024
Get the menuphobia mug.Acronym for Felt IQ - the degree how one feels himself or herself intelligent. The self-felt IQ level in one's own assessment .
President Trump's FIQ is about 200.
She should have more self confidence - her FIQ is 30 points below her real IQ.
She should have more self confidence - her FIQ is 30 points below her real IQ.
by ThePhysopher March 28, 2018
Get the FIQ mug.A tender term for the female breasts. There are men claiming that their penis is also their outside soul.
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