global dimming n.— «Over the last four decades, scientists have observed a 1.3% per decade decline in the amount of sun reaching the Earth’s surface. This phenomenon, coined “solar dimming” or “global dimming,” is...
obesogenic adj.— «What is remarkable is not that people are getting fat but that anybody is managing to stay slim, when we are living in what has been termed an ‘obesogenic environment.’» —“Fat of the land plagues...
witches’ knickers n.pl. plastic bags that have caught in trees or bushes. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
obesogenic adj.— «Those appetites are more than satisfied in a society gone obesogenic, a term coined in 1996 to connote an environment brimming with weight-bloating traps.» —“Diets: Battle of the bulge beckons many” by...
stigmergy n.— «The World-Wide Web is human stigmergy. The web and its ability to let anyone read anything and also to write back to that environment allows stigmeric communication between humans. Some of the most powerful forces on the...
ecotone n. an area where two ecologies meet or overlap. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)