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  1. Oct 2017
    1. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (or simply, Frankenstein for short), is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797-1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque but sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
  2. Sep 2017
  3. Dec 2016
  4. Nov 2016
    1. technocrat.

      A technical expert, especially one in a managerial or administrative position. - wordnik

  5. Apr 2016
    1. Friar had emptied twice as many canakins of ale as any one of all the merry men.
  6. Oct 2015
    1. procrastatweeting, dronevertising and roomnesia, a condition in which people forget why they walked into

      I eagerly await the opportunity to use "roomnesia"!

  7. Oct 2013
    1. As Steve Lohr has written in The New York Times about the MIT economist Erik Brynjolfsson, “data measurement is the modern equivalent of the microscope.” Sean Gourley, cofounder of a company called Quid, calls this new kind of data analysis a “macroscope.”

      Are We Puppets in a Wired World? Sue Halpern November 7, 2013

    1. Bolving is unique to Exmoor for what is known elsewhere as the belling or roaring of red deer stags at rutting time. Adrian Tierney-Jones described it in the Daily Telegraph in 2007 as “a mix of roaring lion, bellowing cow, chainsaw and someone severely constipated”.

      World Wide Words Newsletter 855 Michael Quinion October 26, 2013

    1. He had read about an advertising technique called astroturfing in which one person can impersonate hundreds of social media accounts to make it look as if there were grassroots support for their cause.

      THE EXTREME MEASURES ONE MAN TOOK TO LEARN ABOUT ONLINE TRACKING Sarah Kessler October 28, 2013

    1. The head of the International Maritime Organization, the United Nations agency in charge of marine regulations, warned in 2000 of the growing hazards of building larger ships and called for a comprehensive review of safety rules, known as Safety of Life at Sea, or Solas.

      Too Big to Sail? Cruise Ships Face Scrutiny Jad Mouawad October 27, 2013

    1. All of this has shaped the new work, which she calls a “choreoessay,” in the same way that “For Colored Girls” was a “choreopoem,” said Claude Sloan, a longtime friend and director who shares a brownstone with her in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

      A Poet With Words Trapped Inside, John Leland, October 25 2013

    1. But the inquiring reader can always follow the bridge of transclusion to see the original as formatted by the author.

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