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Covert Intent Word

One or more words which state something other than—or the opposite of—what the words which do not have a covert ulterior motive in the message express.

One example of a Covert Intent Word is, “The Test Administrators will do their best to make your testing experience as smooth and stress free as possible.” The word “stress” reminds the test takers that there is such a thing as "stress." And makes anyone who is exposed to that word feel some level of stress—if only by remembering what stress is to grasp what the writer is saying.

by but for October 18, 2017

embarrassed witness

A witness who saw someone else do something which embarrassed that person and also feels embarrassed for having witnessed what took place and knowing that the person who committed the embarrassing action, or to whom the embarrassing thing happened, saw the ( usually sole ) witness.

Seeing the woman commit a mistake made me feel like an embarrassed witness.

by but for February 8, 2018

Consumer Self-Isolation

To get consumers to go buy things,

via the media,
corporations make individuals feel

so superior to most people

they feel disgusted of others

and stop interacting with them.

The glorification of movie stars, and the innate—it seems—cognitive bias that makes everyone think they're better than almost everyone else, help induce "consumer self-isolation".

by but for February 23, 2020

Legally Happy

When an individual feels happy doing something legal.

Knowing that playing music after 11:00 P.M. would be make him illegally happy, the teenage boy raised the volume of the music he was listening to and was legally happy knowing that from 7:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. the police, enforcing the laws, allowed anyone to play music below 8 decibels.

by but for October 20, 2017

possibleize

To make a thing possible.

A man who calls himself U.R. Perfect is working to possibleize error-repetition impossibilitation.

by but for October 13, 2021

Factual Comedy

Comedy about real-life phenomenon (not imagined things).

Chuck writes Factual Comedy but presents it in a fictitious but fact-based novel.

by but for June 2, 2018

Lifestyle Acuity

The degree to which individuals are able to live their life the way they choose to. To work at what they love to do, to be in a relationship with or married to the man or woman they want to be married to, to live where and how they want to live, etc.

After relocating to another state in the nation, working hard to achieve a higher mental and physical state and doing so, Charlie has been able to raise his Lifestyle Acuity far more and faster than he imagined. The only thing he has not found is an acceptable female companion, but he is optimistic and patient.

by but for October 18, 2017