Word: cappuccino
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...minutes you are: Getting an iced cappuccino at Peet?...
Saini, who hopes to attract more students and local families, has big plans for his small convenience store. He’s already added wares like earrings, sunglasses, and perfume to his inventory. He also plans to add slushee, ice cream, and cappuccino machines, a salad and sandwich bar, and even a produce stand. He said he hopes to complete these changes by the end of October...
...raised in the Age of Facetiousness, a dead-serious story about the pain people maliciously or clumsily inflict on themselves and one another must seem a blast from the past. A blast of musty air, that is, best suited for quaint old art-film houses, where the scent of cappuccino mixes with an aura of intellectual smugness. Titles like The Naked Night, Smiles of a Summer Night, The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, The Virgin Spring, Through a Glass Darkly, The Silence, Persona, Cries and Whispers, Autumn Sonata, Fanny and Alexander and After the Rehearsal, which once constituted a summa...
...anyone who has followed China, it's an incredible scene. Not long ago, it would have been unimaginable for Wang to so openly criticize the government or to arm herself with the law--and all while sipping a cappuccino. True, Wang hasn't found justice yet. But compared with the repression of the past, when complainers went to jail and the Communist Party controlled every aspect of life, China can be exhilaratingly free. The Chinese can do virtually anything today, from finding a job to singing karaoke in sparkling brothels to organizing to protect the environment. If you stood...
...which there's no English equivalent, says Macalister. But some words have been picked up because they're more economical than English. Ngati, which denotes a tribal group, "gives you a succinct way of expressing a community of interests," Macalister says. "So you get ngati nimby, or ngati cappuccino, for caf? society." Other words have a richer spread of meanings: "Aroha, for example, covers more than love. It also has the sense of affection, warmth and goodwill" - so people will talk of a crowd on a cold night being warmed by aroha. But word choice is also a matter...