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There are a few words that come to mind, but all have subtle connotations:
gasp - connotes desperation or exhaustion, the boy gave a gasp of agony.
gulp - connotes taking in a large quantity of air in a single action, some may gulp air at the water surface but not absorb the contained O2 for respiration.
suck - connotes drawing in air gradually, he began ...
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I would call that "sensory overload"
From Dictionary.com:
Part of Speech: n
Definition: "a condition of receiving too
much information or stimulation via visual or audio sources;
overstimulation of one or more senses"
Example: In sensory
overload, it becomes difficult to focus on the task at hand.
Etymology: 1959
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For choose or take as one’s own, Collins has adopt:
adopt verb
(law) to bring (a person) into a specific relationship, esp to take (another’s child) as one’s own child
to choose and follow (a plan, technique, etc)
to take over (an idea, etc) as if it were one’s own
to take on; assume ⇒ to adopt a title
to accept (a report, etc)
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If historical revisionism is not immediately negative enough, then the adjective Orwellian can be added or used. Generally, this conjures the notion of the Ministry of Truth's wholesale reworking of history depicted in 1984; however there is at least one analysis of Orwell/Blair's own politics which identifies him as revisionist (and particularly as a ...
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Bowdlerizing
"Bowdlerized history"
Coined after the work of Thomas Bowdler, who published "The Family Shakspeare."
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Very simply,
"What are the financial and non-financial costs associated with this project?"
Alternatively, if you are speaking with an economist, you would be correct in asking,
"What are the costs and the prices associated with this project?"
Costs refer to all things given up in a transaction, whereas prices deal strictly with money.
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The character you describe sounds an awfully lot like a stock character in theatrical productions in ancient Greece, during the days of playwright Aristophanes . The character was called the alazon, the man who overstates his ability, as contrasted with the eiron, who understates his ability. (The etymology of the English word irony goes back to eiron.) ...
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I think you should not mean "new" sensory input.
You should call it "inertial" sensory response.
Let's say you listen to a piece. It takes you an hour to dissect the various simultaneous patterns he employs. And then another hour to understand the interactions between those patterns. You listen to it for two weeks and happily believe you have comprehended ...
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If you're documenting code, I'd recommend looking at industry standards. I found several properties on the MSDN (Microsoft Developer's Network) that might help you:
The ApprovalActivity.Threshold property is documented as "This value indicates the total number of approvals that are required in order to approve the request."
The ...
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In a more conversational tone, like on the telephone here, you can just use go for:
I'll have to think about whether I want to go for the 30-Day Flex Plan.
go for : 3. go for something [informal] to choose a particular thing
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From the context, I believe you mean your coworker asked her question with verbal intonations that indicated she was being dismissive and disbelieving. If she can't believe you want to take the class, and if she dismisses your intention as pointless, she is saying the reasons you have for taking the class are bad, inappropriate, misguided, or just plain ...
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My suggestion is that you ask some variation of the following:
Could you give me your own cost-to-benefit analysis of the bicycle-trail project? At first blush it would appear to have only obvious benefits. Might there also be some not-so-obvious costs of installing a bicycle trail in the city?
If the interviewee asks you to be more specific, you ...
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I don't believe such a single word exists.
There are psychological theories that propose that all acts of altruism are ultimately self-interested, because of the feelings of satisfaction that arise. For instance, see wikipedia's article on psychological eogism or altruism. If there were a single word that meant this feeling, it would undoubtedly be ...
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In answer to your first question: yes. While Blessed Geek and Kristina Lopez are certainly on the right track, I approach your question from a slightly different perspective, and the word I put forward is unfamiliarity, and the phrase unaccustomed to.
Because the affective or emotional aspect of music is part and parcel of the experience of listening to ...
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There is a thread over on meta SO that references this idea named The Help Vampire problem. I've pasted the question below, but the answers in the thread are very interesting.
What is SO's long-term solution for the Help Vampire problem?
Quote from article follows:
Identifying Help Vampires can be tricky, because they look like any
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I was really pissed off at someone the other day so after fuming in private and thinking about it for a bit I told the person in a calm yet firm manner what I was pissed off about (I had condensed it to about 12 words) and then I said (calmly yet firmly-rather matter-of-factly) "I am not at all happy about this." So now, when I'm pissed off at someone, ...
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