Word of the week..

[Ian H]

I thought it s good idea after seeing this post:

Sir Gal word of the week,,recidivism,,,cant wait for Mondays offering after his weekend with the dictionary.Suppose it makes a change for him from Fed Biege.

Another I have seen on a link posted here, some apparently clever people writing an entry in a medical journal (that made no sense), they used the word seroprevalence which I thought was a good one.

How many of us google these words to understand them and how many google them to use them?

 

[durhamplumber]

Me,both.had to google recidivism,, lol!!(dont tell Sir Galahad)

 

[Doppleganger]

The 'prevalence' part of the word is self-explanatory.
When one does look it up the sero (serum) part also makes sense.

Out of interest, do you often read entries in a medical journal that make no sense?

 

[Bodd]

Me,both.had to google recidivism,, lol!!(dont tell Sir Galahad)

And me.

 

[Bodd]

James O Brian comes out with big words live on air to bamboozle callers when they get the better of him. Very clever as he uses this trick, and it works.

It doesn't work so well on social media as we have as you say Google, and all the time in the world to look it up. Unlike live Radio.

 

[Ian H]

Out of interest, do you often read entries in a medical journal that make no sense?

No, that was my first time reading one and I thought I could have written it better myself.

 

[Brigadier]

No, that was my first time reading one and I thought I could have written it better myself.

Whatever you have, let's hope it clears up soon

 

[Ian H]

Whatever you have, let's hope it clears up soon

Apparently sugar will rot their teeth

 

[Brigadier]

Apparently sugar will rot their teeth

As will coke

 

[JohnD]

Try "Exogenous growth" next.

As compared to "post-neo-classical endogenous growth"

I am not yet persuaded by the endogenous growth hypothesis, as superficially described thus:

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Me,both.had to google recidivism,, lol!!(dont tell Sir Galahad)

Well we already know that given the post where you remarked upon it as if it was a word outwith your experience.

Not everyone is as challenged as you.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

James O Brian comes out with big words live on air to bamboozle callers when they get the better of him. Very clever as he uses this trick, and it works.

Go on then - give us some examples.

 

[JohnD]

"marmalade"

 

[Notch7]

A socialist:

A person that cant stand the thought of the rich getting richer, even if that means the poor staying poor

 

[Mottie]

Brexit. It’s been the word of the week, sorry, day, sorry hour, on this forum, for the last couple of years.

What does it mean?