TagPsychology

iliac furrow

iliac furrow Β n.β€”Β Β«β€œI am filled with bitter resentment and burning envy at the sight of this young fellow’s pronounced iliac furrow.β€β€¦β€œThere is reason to envy someone skinny enough to have such a pronounced apollo’s belt. i often tell people that i...

slash

slash Β n.β€”Β Β«In current career parlance, students would become β€œslashes,” a term that looks like what a person does: β€œShe is a mathematician /artist/ dancer/writer/coach” would be an example. Adult workers are already doing this multi-role work since...

probability neglect

probability neglect Β n.β€”Β Β«Humans are the only species that understand risk, but we also engage in what’s called β€œprobability neglect.” This is when we ignore probabilities and worry about more traumatic possibilities.Β»Β β€”β€œGood Question: Why Do We...

megarexia

megarexia n. a mental condition in which one perceives one’s body as too thin and desires to be ever larger. Also megorexia. Editorial Note: The condition is also called bigorexia. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)