A cartoon by Alex Gregory.
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assence
艾略特諷刺前輩羅素的〈阿波里奈克斯先生〉。當時我意猶未盡，又用英文寫了六行小詩，附於原詩之後，名為Incidental Lines：
I met the Master at a feast,
And both were overfed:
The Master, with what he ate,
And I, with what he said
On the essence and the assence
Of cultural renaissance，
Urban Dictionary: Assence
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Assence
2011/11/23 - Assence - noun Any type of odour that contains distinct noticeable characteristics which indicate that the smell originated from the rear end of a person or animal. The severity of the odour can be of any degree. "Assence" is formed by merging the words "Ass" and "Essence". An assence may be the result of: flatulence be it post coital or otherwise, a Rippee, excretion, dogs, pigs or other dirty animals etc.2017年12月10日 星期日
humongous
The biggest organism in the world - Forget blue whales and giant redwood trees. The biggest living organism is over 2 miles across, and you'll hardly ever see it.
ADJECTIVE
North Americaninformal
- Huge; enormous.‘a humongous steak’
Origin
1970s (originally US): possibly based on huge and monstrous, influenced by the stress pattern of stupendous.
2017年12月9日 星期六
cine-essay/ cinema essay, “essay film”
Exiled Chinese conceptual artist Ai Weiwei discusses the shocking plight of refugees across the globe. He travelled to 23 countries and interviewed over 600 refugees for his new documentary Human Flow, a shocking cine-essay on the subject of refugees and the 21st century refugee crisis
Essay Film - Cinema and Media Studies - Oxford Bibliographies
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2016/10/27 - Introduction. The term “essay film” has become increasingly used in film criticism to describe a self-reflective and self-referential documentary cinema that blurs the lines between fiction and nonfiction. Scholars unanimously agree that the first published use of the term was by Richter in 1940. Also uncontested is that Andre Bazin, in 1958, was the first to analyze a film, which was Marker's Letter from Siberia (1958), according to the essay form. The French New Wave ...sendup
TELEVISION REVIEW
The Haywire Hospitality of ‘At Home With Amy Sedaris’
In her TruTV series — a surreal, affectionate sendup of home shows — the comic actress shows off her versatility, with help from some friends.
Definition of send-up for English Language Learners
- : a movie, song, etc., that imitates the style of someone or something else in an amusing way
2017年12月6日 星期三
sexsomnia, sleep sex,
BBC News
Some people sleepwalk, others try to have sex while asleep.
What is sexsomnia?
Some people sleepwalk, others try to have sex while asleep.
What is sexsomnia?
Sleep sex - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_sex
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Sleep sex, or sexsomnia, is a condition in which a person will engage in sexual activities while asleep. This condition falls within the broad class of sleep disorders known as parasomnias. In extreme cases,sexsomnia has been alleged, and accepted, as at least a part of the cause of sexual assault, including rape. The proposed medical diagnosis is NREM arousal parasomnia – sexual behaviour in sleep.Sexsomnia is considered a type of non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM) ...
Sexsomnia 'is a real condition' - BBC News - BBC.com
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2013/05/08 - Matthew Walker, professor of neurology at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London, says the condition sexsomnia "does exist" and "is a very real condition".sexsomniaの意味・用例｜英辞郎 on the WEB：アルク
https://eow.alc.co.jp/search?q=sexsomnia
sexsomnia 【名】《病理》睡眠時性的行動症◇睡眠中に無意識の内に自慰・性行為... 2017年12月2日 星期六
gringo
Though its name is evocative of old Mexico, the brand was started in 1989 by a pair of gringos: John Paul DeJoria and the late Martin Crowley
Gringo - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gringo
A gringo (male) or gringa (female) (/ˈɡrɪŋɡoʊ/, Spanish: [ˈɡɾiŋɡo], Portuguese: [ˈɡɾĩɡu]) is a term, mainly used in Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries, which may have different meanings depending on where it is used. In some Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, gringo refers to someone who is foreign and English-speaking, particularly someone from the United States.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
The word was originally used in Spain to denote any foreign, non-native speakers of Spanish.
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