ka the wordsmythe's definitions

Veni Vidi Clicki

Veni Vidi Clicki is the tech era's "I came I saw I conquered," as attributed to Julius Caesar.

The anonymous poster signed off on all his quips with a "Veni Vidi Clicki."

by ka the wordsmythe August 26, 2016

Wokewashed

Selective omission of opposing facts or opinions to manipulate narrative for purposes of advancing woke agenda.

The judge’s comments against the protestor were wokewashed to make it appear he supported the movement.

by ka the wordsmythe October 15, 2021

Anathelogium

The collected rejected, based on the word “anathema.”

The anathelogium was a repository for all rejected works and deeds of Mankind.

by ka the wordsmythe August 20, 2021

Trend Gen

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.

by ka the wordsmythe May 14, 2017

RIP

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

My bookstack consists of about half RIPs, which are the books with bookmarks tucked into them.

by ka the wordsmythe August 3, 2024

Partnership Paradigm

Partnership Paradigm

The Partnership Paradigm acknowledges the positive economies of scale of committed relationships: As in business, the sum is greater than its parts & more efficiently executed when complementary skills/contributions & shared endeavors & pleasures are combined for optimized results & satisfaction for each member of the couple, & for the couple itself.

by ka the wordsmythe June 21, 2019

Presearch

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?

by ka the wordsmythe August 31, 2025