画像をモザイク処理することをpixelateと表現するようだ。
Home owners, for example, can ask Google to pixelate their houses in Street View.
2011-08-20
2011-07-23
2011-01-10
resent
To feel indignantly aggrieved at.
indignation: Anger aroused by something unust, mean, or unworthy
aggrieved: Feeling distress or affliction; Treated wrongly, offended
distress: Anxiety or mental suffering
affliction: A condition of pain, suffering, or distress
indignation: Anger aroused by something unust, mean, or unworthy
aggrieved: Feeling distress or affliction; Treated wrongly, offended
distress: Anxiety or mental suffering
affliction: A condition of pain, suffering, or distress
2011-01-03
go belly up
破産する、諦める
She is like an animal that goes belly up when threatened, hoping the predator will lose interest and go away.
She is like an animal that goes belly up when threatened, hoping the predator will lose interest and go away.
harangue
a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
If her daughter continued to harangue her, she could indicated that she was uncomfortable with the way her daughter was treating her.
If her daughter continued to harangue her, she could indicated that she was uncomfortable with the way her daughter was treating her.
2010-12-21
paraprosdokian
A paraprosdokian (from Greek "παρα-", meaning "beyond" and "προσδοκία", meaning "expectation") is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. - from Wikipedia
2010-12-20
ultracrepidarian
Ultracrepidarianism is the habit of giving opinions and advice on matters outside of one's knowledge. - from Wikipedia
It's an inkhorn term.
c.f. The cobbler should stick to his last.
It's an inkhorn term.
c.f. The cobbler should stick to his last.
2010-12-08
African American saying about brokenness
From the episode titled "A Louse in a Wrestling Jacket", here are ways to say "I don't have money" in African American communities.
- I'm so broke I couldn't buy a louse (or flea or mosquito) a wrestling jacket.
- I'm so broke I couldn't buy a crippled crab a crutch if I had a forest of small trees.
- I'm so broke that the soles of my shoes are so thin that if I step on a dime I could tell whether it's heads or tails.
- I'm so broke that I cannot afford to pay attention.
2010-11-28
Words from The Science of Depression
Words from the Biotech Nation episode "The Science of Depression":
G protein signaling
seratonin
cytoskeleton
mitosis
anti-depressant
norepinephrine
dopamine
CRF: corticotropin-releasing factor
Gs alpha
lipid raft
dendrite
Lexapro
S-enantiomer of citalopram
R-enantiomer
platelet
fluoride activated adenylyl cyclase
cyclic AMP
prostaglandin sensitive adenylyl cyclase
G protein signaling
seratonin
cytoskeleton
mitosis
anti-depressant
norepinephrine
dopamine
CRF: corticotropin-releasing factor
Gs alpha
lipid raft
dendrite
Lexapro
S-enantiomer of citalopram
R-enantiomer
platelet
fluoride activated adenylyl cyclase
cyclic AMP
prostaglandin sensitive adenylyl cyclase
2010-08-31
2010-08-19
pontificate
1. To express opinions or judgments in a dogmatic way.
2. To administer the office of a pontiff.
pontiff:
1. a. The pope. b. A bishop.
2. A pontifex.
2. To administer the office of a pontiff.
pontiff:
1. a. The pope. b. A bishop.
2. A pontifex.
ontogeny
The origin and development of an individual organism from embryo to adult. Also called ontogenesis.
The genome is not the program; it's the data. The program is the ontogeny of the organism.
The genome is not the program; it's the data. The program is the ontogeny of the organism.
2010-08-17
Tumultuous
1. Characterized by tumult; noisy and disorderly: tumultuous applause.
2. Tending to cause tumult.
3. Confusedly or violently agitated.
Tumult:
1. The din and commotion of a great crowd.
2. a. A disorderly commotion or disturbance. b. A tempestuous uprising; a riot.
3. Agitation of the mind or emotions: 的 spend much time in a tumult of anger and disbelief・(Scott Turow).
Commotion:
1. A condition of turbulent motion.
2. a. An agitated disturbance; a hubbub: heard a commotion in the hall. b. Civil disturbance or insurrection; disorder.
2010-07-24
2010-06-05
2010-05-17
deliberate, feign, confabulate, relativistic
deliberate: v. To think carefully and often slowly, as about a choice to be made.
Some decisions are the result of logical deliberation.
feign: a. To give a false appearance of: feign sleep. b. To represent falsely; pretend to: feign
authorship of a novel. See synonyms at pretend.
We feign accuracy in mapping our feeling onto numbers or dollars.
confabulate:
1. To talk casually; chat.
2. Psychology. To replace fact with fantasy unconsciously in memory.
The ability to confabulate -- to tell stories smoothing over the rough edges of experience -- is part of being human.
relativistic: Of or relating to relativism.
One is the relativistic nature of money.
Some decisions are the result of logical deliberation.
feign: a. To give a false appearance of: feign sleep. b. To represent falsely; pretend to: feign
authorship of a novel. See synonyms at pretend.
We feign accuracy in mapping our feeling onto numbers or dollars.
confabulate:
1. To talk casually; chat.
2. Psychology. To replace fact with fantasy unconsciously in memory.
The ability to confabulate -- to tell stories smoothing over the rough edges of experience -- is part of being human.
relativistic: Of or relating to relativism.
One is the relativistic nature of money.
2010-05-15
deviant, venereal, ersatz, monstrous, gullible, hardy
deviant:
Differing from a norm or from the accepted standards of a society.
venereal:
a. Transmitted by sexual intercourse. b. Of or relating to a sexually transmitted disease.
perhaps I have an incurable venereal disease.
ersatz:
Being an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one; artificial: ersatz coffee made mostly of chicory.
Durham was on the sixteenth floor, but the building was hemmed in on all sides by ugly late-twenties office towers, blue and pink ersatz-marble monstrosities; no expensive harbor views here.
monstrous:
Shockingly hideous or frightful.
gullible:
Easily deceived or duped.
For someone who was ripping off gullible millionaires -- or even someone who merely sold them insurance -- Durham didn't seem to have much to show for it.
hardy:
Being in robust and sturdy good health.
It's not intrinsically hardier; it's just better protected by the ocean.
Differing from a norm or from the accepted standards of a society.
venereal:
a. Transmitted by sexual intercourse. b. Of or relating to a sexually transmitted disease.
perhaps I have an incurable venereal disease.
ersatz:
Being an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one; artificial: ersatz coffee made mostly of chicory.
Durham was on the sixteenth floor, but the building was hemmed in on all sides by ugly late-twenties office towers, blue and pink ersatz-marble monstrosities; no expensive harbor views here.
monstrous:
Shockingly hideous or frightful.
gullible:
Easily deceived or duped.
For someone who was ripping off gullible millionaires -- or even someone who merely sold them insurance -- Durham didn't seem to have much to show for it.
hardy:
Being in robust and sturdy good health.
It's not intrinsically hardier; it's just better protected by the ocean.
2010-05-14
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