What’s the difference between the words kind and nice? It’s perhaps best described as the difference between demeanor and behavior. Being nice refers to how you appear to be, whereas kindness refers to how you act, and what you do for others. This...
In architecture and design, an affordance is a part of something that serves a function, like the handle on a cup or the notch in a dictionary where you put your thumb. In language we have affordances, too, such as words that indicate a place for...
after n.— «This physical contest led to a considerable amount of “afters,” as rugby players like to call the little bits of niggle which sometimes follow action at the contact area. There was certainly some physical stuff going on and I even saw...
poop-butt n.— «He could not see the man’s eyes behind the dark shades. But had seen the lean, cruel face before. A face like the faces of other toughs Willie had come up against in the streets. He had grown up with them. He had been one of them...
lean forward v. phr. to be proactive; to initiate a process or action. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
