18 May 2016

• Epithet: Any word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality. 
• He also strongly objected to being called a "management guru"-an epithet often tied to him.  (Manfred J. Hoefle)
• Harried: Feeling strained as a result of having demands persistently made on one; harassed.  
• It was organized by the "Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski and the new-media mogul Arianna Huffington, and conceived, Huffington said, to correct a problem that she had perceived in herself and other harried strivers. (Lizzie Widdicombe)
• Titter: To laugh in a restrained, self-conscious, or affected way, as from nervousness or in ill-suppressed amusement. 
• Brzezinski added, to titters, "You're not going to think 'monk' when he walks on stage!" (Lizzie Widdicombe)

13 May 2016

• Southpaw: A person who is left-handed
• The Hyderabad born southpaw addressed his fans by posting a video on his Facebook account in which he asked them not to believe in those videos. (Dawn) 
• Brown-nosing: To curry favor; behave obsequiously 
• Although some people have a natural passion for it-namely, the extroverts, who love and thrive on social interaction, many understandably see it as brown-nosing, exploitative, and inauthentic. (Tiziana Casciaro, Francesca Gino, Maryam Kouchaki) 
• Ipso facto: By the fact itself; by the very nature of the deed
• When one says that a statement was recorded under "duress" then it also means ipso facto that the contents of the statement will be false. (Moeed Pirzada) 

10 May 2016

• Elided: Censor or obscure (part of a text) for legal or security purposes.
• The Saudis themselves have previously called for the release for the redacted pages. (Nytimes)
• Trope:  Conducive to moral or general well-being; salutary; beneficial
• Whenever a wholesome thought arises acknowledge it. (Thay)
• Disavowing: 
• pso facto: By the fact itself; by the very nature of the deed
• When one says that a statement was recorded under "duress" then it also means ipso facto that the contents of the statement will be false. (Moeed Pirzada) 

4 May 2016

• Precept: A general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought. 
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• Humdrum: Lacking excitement or variety; boringly monotonous
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• Loony: A mad or silly person
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3 May 2016

• Commiseration: To feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity  
• Life is too short for commiserations. (Dawn) 
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• Briny: Salty; Ocean
• They would live out their days in briny bliss, free from the tank that bound them. (Rachel Riederer) 
• Insentient: Without sensation and feeling; inanimate
• Thinking of animals as insentient automaton may make it easier to stomach breeding chickens so breast-heavy that they can't stand up,or keeping social animals, such as orcas, isolated in tiny corrals. (Rachel Riederer)
• Hubris: Excessive pride or self confidence; arrogance
• Other risks won't stem from technological hubris. (Robinson Meyer) 

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1 May 2016

• Briny: Salty; Ocean
• They would live out their days in briny bliss, free from the tank that bound them. (Rachel Riederer) 
• Insentient: Without sensation and feeling; inanimate
• Thinking of animals as insentient automaton may make it easier to stomach breeding chickens so breast-heavy that they can't stand up,or keeping social animals, such as orcas, isolated in tiny corrals. (Rachel Riederer)
• Hubris: Excessive pride or self confidence; arrogance
• Other risks won't stem from technological hubris. (Robinson Meyer)