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Thought the word "dysfunctional" is more common and has 1 syllable less, the word "inoperative" is briefer. The first has 13 letters and 4 syllables, the second has 11 letters and 5 syllables.
by but for February 13, 2019
Get the briefermug. The process of selecting the words which will best express one's thoughts and/or emotions, ordering and reordering those words in one's head, writing them down.
Unable to, as usual, easily put an idea she 'felt' into words, Serenata applied 'articulation mechanics' by selecting the words that best expressed her idea, ordering and reordering them in her head, and writing them in a notebook. She called that mental and physical process articulation mechanics.
by but for December 25, 2017
Get the articulation mechanicsmug. The phrase which expresses the fact most individuals feel attracted to someone they believe can somehow give them or help them win some benefit from them, and the automatic and often uncontrollable desire to connect with those individuals or anyone who possesses something or one does not have and may be willing to share some of the things he has.
Tommy's whiter skin, coupled with her overwhelming desire to have her child's skin be lighter than hers, the young girl felt a parasitical attraction (or parasitically attracted) to him.
Individual often start acting funny when they feel attracted to someone. Women may blush and flirt, men smile. Both genders may also express body language that reveals—in usually unmistakeable and often unforgettable ways—that they feel attracted to a person.
Individual often start acting funny when they feel attracted to someone. Women may blush and flirt, men smile. Both genders may also express body language that reveals—in usually unmistakeable and often unforgettable ways—that they feel attracted to a person.
by but for September 20, 2018
Get the parasitical attractionmug. The echo of a sound which did not produce an echo, but which the brain hears after the sound was made because it replays a sound the individual just heard in order to facilitate comprehension and interpretation. Imagined echoes are the auditory equivalent of the images the eyes continue to see though the still image they saw is no longer visible. The scientifically proven phenomenon called the "persistence of vision" makes it possible for the 30 still images motion picture projectors display one after the other to create the optical illusion the brain interprets as continuous movement.
Dick Shakey was creating a song on his computers piano keyboard when he heard a jet airplane fly by. One second later, his brain replayed the sound of the jet engine for Richard to could hear it again and know what had just happened because when he heard the jet engine's sound the first time—immersed listening to the piano notes—he did hear the jet engine's distant roar, but because human listening is sometimes selective, ignored it. However, hearing the imagined echo blew his concentration, so he stood up, took a break, and submitted this new term to a new word website.
by but for October 25, 2017
Get the Imagined Echomug. Short for Inextricable Cognitive Bias Conflict. An extremely common, automatic conflict which erupts between individuals because every individual can only perceive and interpret events anchored in their biases which are generate their cognitive biases.
Each one of two men rents a room in a house in Lakeland, Florida. Along with the landlady, the three live in a Bias Conflict because until each one comes to comprehend Cognitive Biases, each one will continue perceiving and interpreting everything based on their inherent biases.
by but for October 14, 2018
Get the Bias Conflictmug. I did indoor running—especially at night, in the small house I rented in Pharr, Texas I moved my bed away from the wall and ran around the house daily.
by but for September 27, 2018
Get the indoor runningmug. The term emphasizes the fact that money and time are often interchangeable because most individuals earn a per/hour salary. Because unavoidably it must be used recuperating and preparing for work eating, sleeping, on the toilet, showering dressing, shopping, visiting a doctor or dentist, resting, playing, time not used earning a salary is also "time-money".
Concise, logical, effective communication saves time-money, boosts productivity and happiness. Illogical, inconcise, wordy/redundant thus ineffective communication produces confusion, frustration, powerlessness, anger and unhappiness, and drains time-money. Depending on who the individual worker is, in a year the seconds lost as a consequence of inconcise, illogical, ineffective communication ad up to hours, days, weeks, or months. Multiplying that lost time by millions of workers in a nation adds up to years, and those years translate to lost profits and lower the GPA. Do corporations prefer to dumb (down) the masses to sell more products and more junk than to direct schools to teach students to communicate correctly? Look around.
by but for June 15, 2018
Get the time-moneymug.