Thermal bewilderment
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
- Thermal bewilderment
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n.
The inability, after bathing in icy water, to distinguish hot and cold.
Try it, it’s cool!
(The terms ‘thermal confusion‘ and ‘thermal conflation‘ were both taken.)
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In·sha’·Allah·tion
Monday, March 19th, 2007
- In·shaʾ·Allah·tion (ĭn’shä-lä’shən)
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n.
A software installation/upgrade performed as a leap of faith in the irrational hope that it might make things less terrible.
[From Arabic in šaʾ Allāh (إن شاء الله), “God willing”]