Define the new internet.
Look up the words people use online, add the ones we missed, and help make the internet easier to understand.
Look up the words people use online, add the ones we missed, and help make the internet easier to understand.
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Rascunho de traducao automatica (Portuguese) for "Pedant": Someone so stuck getting things "right" they forget learning is supposed to be fun
“Exemplo em rascunho: A pedant corrects what needn't be corrected, if no meaning is lost let it slide”
Rascunho de traducao automatica (Portuguese) for "Character Defect": A persistent negative personality trait or behavior pattern that stunts growth, often clung to as a point of pride. Exceedingly unpleasant
“Exemplo em rascunho: He drempt up worst case scenarios that would or could never happen, pissing himself off, shouting demanding to be comforted. For the thing HE made up. Smart ass insults to the simplest questions, not funny just mean. These character defects made her nervous as a silly party clown with puppets this behavior would be a real nightmare around children. An actual kid would get kicked out of kindergarten”
Rascunho de traducao automatica (Portuguese) for "With Kid Gloves": To treat someone with kid gloves is to approach them as you would a child due to hyper sensitivity or a lack of comprehension Literal kid gloves are gloves made from kid leather, the skin from a young goat or lambskin.
“Exemplo em rascunho: Fancied himself a delicate prince, spoiled and half daft, couldn't catch a drift if a riptide hit him. She treated him with kid gloves while he had tantrums like a real ass kid. Never even flinched while he explained the simplest things he had no concept of, assuming she was somehow the dumber of the two”
Rascunho de traducao automatica (Portuguese) for "Dunning-Kruger Effect": The less a person knows about a thing, the more they believe they know. While in that state they estimate that difficult tasks are much easier than they actually are. The more they learn the more they know they don't know and the more accurate their gauge of difficulty
“Exemplo em rascunho: Watching an expert, the layman thought it looked so easy, he picked it up himself and failed spectacularly. The Duning Kruger Effect in full swing, he learned more and became less insulting to those with skills he could not yet glean.”
Rascunho de traducao automatica (Portuguese) for "Autodidact": A person who teaches themself
“Exemplo em rascunho: With the depth of knowledge accessible to everyone she was astounded that so many people weren't interested, an autodidact she never stopped learning”
Rascunho de traducao automatica (Portuguese) for "Fetish": A: handcrafted object of spiritual significance that is believed to have the power to protect or aid its owner B: Sexual fixation
“Exemplo em rascunho: The original Barbie doll was a German fetish toy sold to men Anything activity an attractive woman does is someone's fetish, a nuisance for the most skilled women to be boiled down to an object of desire”
Rascunho de traducao automatica (Portuguese) for "Foreman": Leader / Chief of a group of workers Dad on That 70s show
“Exemplo em rascunho: As foreman for a construction company she was used to directing difficult men with the flick of her wrist A man that knew what he was doing and could identify a dumbass with the greatest of ease”
Rascunho de traducao automatica (Portuguese) for "Awkward": 1 Lack of grace, skill, or ease 2: odd proportion, proportion, size, UNGAINLY 3: a lack of social grace or assurance 4: hard to handle or deal with
“Exemplo em rascunho: A weird loser, it was awkward when he called his car baby and freaked out about having another human in the car with him. Used to being alone it didn't occur to him how frightening and unhinged this behavior was”
Rascunho de traducao automatica (Portuguese) for "Optics": A: branch of physics that studies electromagnetic radiation and its interactions with matter. Optics generally describes the behaviour of visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light. (BLACKLIGHT) The study of optics extends to other forms of electromagnetic radiation, radio waves, microwaves and X-rays. B: Public Perception l In celebtity and politics, optics refers to how someone or something is perceived by the public. Managing appearances and analyzing how a choice will "look" to others. Can be used to sell a view point a product or in hopes of humane treatment.
“Exemplo em rascunho: Beautiful, charming and talented, like a movie star, stalked and pursued constantly. Even dressed down when going out to avoid unwanted persistent attention. The clueless man thought it was her first encounter with optics as if it wasn't something mastered and weielded constantly in performance. Enamored of the UV light spectrum literal optics was a part of her art practice, everything specifically designed to react most strikingly under ultra violet light”
Rascunho de traducao automatica (Portuguese) for "Combative": A state of eagerness to fight
“Exemplo em rascunho: He dug in and spoke authoritatively about things he'd never even given a second thought to, making it up as he went along. Being nervous made him combative, fighting about things neither he nor anyone in their right mind cares about.”