Read In Progress equivalent to WIP work in progress, this defines a book currently being read. The plural in long form is Reads In Progress but as an the acronym it is RIPs
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The judge’s comments against the protestor were wokewashed to make it appear he supported the movement.
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Get the Wokewashed mug.Presearch is what science fiction writers do when they write works of fiction that over time come to be in reality iow become predictive, if even prophetic.
Who would’ve thought that when science fiction writers wrote of hostile takeovers of artificial intelligence, that they had actually done the presearch, and come up decades ago with the issues and situations society now contends with?
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Get the Veni Vidi Clicki mug.Trend Gen is another name for the Millennial Generation, pointing to their malleability as a consumerist demographic obsessed with trends as status markers and elevators, which has become not only an EZ target for all supply-side industries but, thanks to the Internet and social media in particular, a free advertising machine as well.
Klub Vino (a ficticious entity) is an online wine store that targets the Trend Gen by making all its choices for them, by requiring only that a consumer "likes" the flavor components of any certain wine without requiring any knowledge of the wine - or wine in general - itself.
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She deliberately went shame phishing online by posting less than flattering pics of herself and waiting until the inevitable negative comments trickled in, and then boy did she really launch into attacking them back!
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The painting was removed from the exhibit after the artist, who had indeed endured a troubled past, failed to survive the virtue vetting of a group of highly motivated and vocal museum supporters, who claimed to be offended by the work's inclusion in the show.
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