bouma shape n.— «Taylor & Taylor used these Bouma shapes for a study on the text of their own book, and found that the Bouma shape uniquely specified 6953 out of 7848 words in the sample.» —“Off-line Handwriting Recognition: A...
386 generation n. the age group of South Koreans who were born in the Sixties, attended university in the Eighties, and are now serving in positions of power. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
bump adj.— «Purdue University English Professor Samantha Blackmon says young people in her native Detroit no longer call music or CDs “cool,” for example. “Music is considered ‘bump’ in Detroit,” she said...
Toyotarisation n.— «Andrew Goudie, professor of geography at Oxford University, blames the process of Toyotarisation—a coinage reflecting the near-ubiquitous desert use of Toyota Land Cruisers—for destroying a thin crust of lichen and...
natural capitalism n.— «In the effort to create a greener economic system, some theorists—starting with University of Florida zoologist C.S. Holling—are seeking to define an economic value for nature. Costanza describes what he calls...
heresthetics n.— «“Heresthetics and Rhetoric and the Spatial Model,” by William Riker, Rochester University political science professor.» —“Leadership Seminar Set At Dartmouth” Boston Globe July 17, 1998...