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Mutual Repulsion

The way two or more people feel when they see or meet one another for the first time and feel repulsed by the way the other person looks, thinks (based on what they say and how they say it), acts, smells, sits, stands, walks, or runs.

From the day they met, Karen and Jose felt a mutual repulsion.

by but for October 21, 2017

sell-phone

A cell phone or mobile device which advertisers uninvitedly use to sell things to cell phone users by sending them text messages but also popping ads on the interface, especially when users are surfing the Web.

Some advertisers uninvitedly turn my cell phone into a sell-phone, an S, E, L, L phone.

by but for July 19, 2018

differentiate

A different way to say "think," based on the fact that differentiating is a key function of thinking.

Is the ability to differentiate—to tell things apart, to distinguish between things, to determine which thing is better, which thing is more important—the essence of intelligence and also of thought? the researcher asked himself. His cousin, a stand-up comedian, word inventor, and word artist quipped, "might dif-FOR-en-ti-ate' mean the ability to differentiate what a thing is used 'for.' And could "differentiate" surreally mean, something along the lines of she ate differently, different she ate?

by but for December 26, 2017

optoimprove

The essence of the term "problem-challenge and opportunity", which encourages individuals to interpret problems as challenges and opportunities.

In 2009, my Ph.D. professors made me aware of the term "problem, challenge and opportunity". It encouraged me to not see problems as situations which might be impossible to correct but as situations which have solutions. Nine-years later, to simplify and capture the essence of that novel three-word term, I invented the term OPTOIMPROVE. If problems did not come our way we would stop growing. Fredrick Douglas said, “If there is no struggle, there is no progress." And my Mother taught me that, "In life there is always a solution".

by but for November 17, 2018

Musical Articulation

The process of composing a melody to express a specific thought or emotion.

Sometimes, the composer has verbally articulated or also written the thought he or she articulates musically by composing a melody. Sometimes, the composer just feels an emotion which he or she is or is unable to articulate verbally, but composes a riff to express it, that is 'musical articulation.'

by but for December 19, 2017

impossibleize

To make a thing impossible.

President Roosevelt declared war on the Japanese Empire to impossibleize—as improbable as it seemed to most observers—it's growing stronger, invading, conquering, and occupying the United States of America. Remember, "a stitch in time saves mine, meaning my ass," said a young taxpayer, and "it's better to be safe than sorry" said a taxcollector to a tax-evader who worked as a stocks and bond trader.

by but for October 25, 2017

webscam

a crime committed on the World Wide Web

Identity theft and websites which advertise their services as being free but charge a fee after the customer signs up are only two examples of webscams.

by but for October 16, 2016