Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion Cool topic (word) of the day thread!

Here's one...

Curiosity:
"Curiosity is an emotion that causes natural inquisitive behaviour such as exploration, investigation, and learning, evident by observation in many animal and human species. "

I have never thought of curiosity as an emotion! just a thing that takes over your brain so you can't stop until you figure something out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiosity

Malwebolence:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/magazine/03trolls-t.html

Great article. The author has a few other jabberwocks in the article!!!

Very interesting, and kind of scary... I do like the idea of "disemvoweling"!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neologism

A neologism is a word, term, or phrase that has been recently created (or "coined"), often to apply to new concepts, to synthesize pre-existing concepts, or to make older terminology sound more contemporary. Neologisms are especially useful in identifying inventions, new phenomena, or old ideas that have taken on a new cultural context. The terms e-mail or email as used now, are examples of neologisms.


Here is a cool neologism:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone


A snowclone is a type of clich� and phrasal template originally defined as "a multi-use, customizable, instantly recognizable, time-worn, quoted or misquoted phrase or sentence that can be used in an entirely open array of different jokey variants by lazy journalists and writers."[1]

An example of a snowclone is "X is the new Y", a generic form of the expression "pink is the new black". X and Y may be replaced with new words or phrases, as in "Random is the new order", a marketing phrase for the iPod shuffle. Both the generic formula and the new phrases produced from it are called "snowclones".

It emphasizes the use of a familiar (and often particular) formula and previous cultural knowledge of the reader to express information about an idea. The idea being discussed may be different in meaning from the original formula, but can be understood using the same trope as the original formulation.

Does this count as a neologism?:

NCLB= No Child Leaps Beyond.

Its a Snowclone. The acronym NCLB leaves the original phrase open to snarky rewording.

In the ballpark, at least!

Now that the Olympics are open in Beijing, we can examine two words which are relevant.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation


Disinformation is the deliberate dissemination of false information. It may include the distribution of forged documents, manuscripts, and photographs, or propagation of malicious rumors and fabricated intelligence. In the context of espionage or military intelligence, it is the deliberate spreading of false information to mislead an enemy as to one's position or course of action. In the context of politics, it is the deliberate attempt to deflect voter support of an opponent, disseminating false statements of innuendo based on the candidates vulnerabilities as revealed by opposition research. In both cases, it also includes the distortion of true information in such a way as to render it useless.




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda


Propaganda is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people. As opposed to impartially providing information, propaganda in its most basic sense presents information in order to influence its audience. Propaganda often presents facts selectively (thus lying by omission) to encourage a particular synthesis, or gives loaded messages in order to produce an emotional rather than rational response to the information presented. The desired result is a change of the cognitive narrative of the subject in the target audience to further a political agenda.

Look at all the socialization going on!!!


CAFO

LOL!