A state of mind sometimes found in academics and intellectuals who become so wrapped up in their intelligence and their studies (their "Ivory Tower") that they become disconnected from the rest of the world. Often produces attributes that make for unpleasant social interactions, ranging from severe shyness and introversion to arrogance, haughtiness, and pride.
Dr. So-And-So used to be such a great person until they started working in academia. Then they started losing touch with the world around them and developed a severe case of Ivory Tower Syndrome, and now they think everyone with an IQ less than 120 is an "ignoramus."
by EliteNinja26 July 17, 2023
Get the Ivory Tower Syndrome mug.This two-word term quickly describes the mindset of an entity who is as certain as possible with the obvious possible exception of being mistaken by reason of being human, all members of said species being prone to make mistakes.
The term is derived from the 19th century slogan of Ivory Soap, first sold in 1879 with the taglines "It Floats" and it's "99 and 44/100 Percent Pure."
The strangely precise figure was derived from independent laboratory tests conducted in 1881 that discovered that Ivory soap only contained 0.56% impurities. Impurities in this sense meaning anything other than fat or alkali, the basic content of most soap." So, qualifying any statement with the addition of the term "Ivory-sure" means being as sure as is humanly possible.
The term is derived from the 19th century slogan of Ivory Soap, first sold in 1879 with the taglines "It Floats" and it's "99 and 44/100 Percent Pure."
The strangely precise figure was derived from independent laboratory tests conducted in 1881 that discovered that Ivory soap only contained 0.56% impurities. Impurities in this sense meaning anything other than fat or alkali, the basic content of most soap." So, qualifying any statement with the addition of the term "Ivory-sure" means being as sure as is humanly possible.
"Are you sure that your cousin won't spoil our little party?"
"Ivory-sure, friend. The party is on."
"Ivory-sure, friend. The party is on."
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The frustration you get when you spill your morning coffee before you drink your morning coffee and therefore don't have the mental capacity to self regulate or take the necessary steps to deal with it
The frustration you get when you spill your morning coffee before you drink your morning coffee and therefore don't have the mental capacity to self regulate or take the necessary steps to deal with it
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Get the Inorphia mug.The creation of compounds not based on carbon—everything from ceramics to catalysts to semiconductors to superconductors. Inorganic synthesis is how we make the hard, the hot, the conductive, the magnetic—the materials that underlie electronics, energy, construction, and transportation. It's less famous than organic synthesis (no flashy drug molecules), but arguably more fundamental: without inorganic synthesis, there would be no computer chips, no solar panels, no batteries, no rocket nozzles. Inorganic synthesis works with the entire periodic table, creating compounds that never existed in nature, with properties precisely tuned for human purposes. It's the quiet workhorse of materials science, enabling technologies that organic synthesis couldn't imagine.
Example: "The lab specialized in inorganic synthesis, creating new ceramic compounds for jet engine turbines. The materials had to survive temperatures that would melt steel, spinning at 10,000 RPM, for thousands of hours. They succeeded, barely. The engines worked, the planes flew, and no one ever thought about the inorganic synthesis that made it possible. That's how it should be."
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