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improvable

A place or thing which can be improved, a person who is capable of improving themselves or is willing to listen to someone who wants to show them how to improve.
Eddie is not improvable, he doesn't even answer his Father's telephone calls or emails because he does not want to listen to his Father's advice. It seems he thinks he knows better.
by but for December 24, 2017
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deceptive tonality

Telling a lie in tonality that makes the lie more believable, and kills any doubts.
Some people use a deceptive tonality to reinforce a lie they are telling. For example, they will answer, “No,” but in a tonality that says it would be unthinkable for that person to have said or done what they are saying they did not say or do, and they may even intimidate the listener so he will feel stupid if he ever doubted or dared to question their statement.
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thought typing

Typing one's thoughts as one thinks them. When thought typing, the writer sends his thoughts from his soul and brain via his nerves to his fingertips which merge with the keyboard's keys which are connected to the computer and display the words he thinks and types on the screen.
'Thought typing’ transcribes one's thoughts to a computer screen. 'Thought writing' transcribes one's thoughts onto a piece of paper.

'Thought writing' and 'thought typing' are not the same as writing. Writing asks the brain to articulate a thought or emotion one feels and writes down the clause or sentences the brain has articulated.
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Laughaboutit

The wise, health-and-happiness-increasing philosophy encapsulated into one-word based on the belief that "bad things happen for a good reason," and advises everyone to laugh about things which happen, or about any other thing, instead of worrying and crying about them.
Seeing that society is at times drowning in the network of lies which systematically distort reality and transform many consumers into overconsuming but extremely happy overindulging zambies, Feelex Smart decided to follow aphorism writer Pro Fact's advise and laugh about it, instead of Ken Greenball's advice to react to things by saying, "Fuck it!" Pro Fact considerd condensing the term Laugh About It into one word—laughaboutit, but decided to make that transition in the future.
by but for October 25, 2017
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Tonality Science

The scientific study of the tones individuals use to express a word.
Carlos was listening to Grand Funk Railroad play "The Loco-Motion" and was amazed by the singer's adroit use of tonality to each time he expressed a word or a few of them in succession convey a message or messages which were quite a little different, complimented, or reinforced the words he sang. He realized tonality was but has not been raised to the level of a science, and coined the term Tonality Science to go in that direction.
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know more know better

The encapsulation of the fact that individuals who know more, make better decisions, and live better.
Know more know better is a great idiom. I tell it to my students to encourage them to study. Know more live better is an extension of that idea.
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Perfect Political Representatives

Perfect political representatives ask their constituents what they need and want him or her to do ‘for them’ in the legislative body, list those things in order of popularity, and post those requests on their website. Before voting on a bill or proposing one to the legislative body, they ask their constituents to vote on them, post the total tabulated votes, and based on those figures vote for or against a bill or present or do not present a new bill to the legislature. Excluding anything strategic, they also webcast live what they say and do as candidates and as elected political representatives.
Perfect political representatives only exist in novels.
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