Word: exoticisms
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Some of this wit can become exotic indeed, as in "the -p convention," which consists of adding the letter p to a word to denote a predicate. Thus "Food-p?" means "Are you hungry?" Or "State of the world-p?" might elicit a literal "Yes, the world is O.K.," but...
With his first two books, English Author Bruce Chatwin revealed a flair for the exotic and unexpected. In Patagonia (1978) conducted a guided tour through a remote, forlorn region of South America. The Viceroy of Ouidah (1980) took an imaginative leap in time and space back to the flourishing days...
This movie is like one of those new glues that are propped up near the cash register at the hardware store: it promises to bond two entirely incompatible substances forever. And as with the exotic epoxies, you know what will happen even as you shell out your cash; the job...
When Katherine Anne first turned to fiction, she believed that stories should feature high-born characters in exotic settings. She was a slow bloomer, but how she hopped about-to Bermuda; Mexico; Paris; Berlin; Salem. Mass.; Washington, D.C.; California. She was 40 when her first collection of short stories, Flowering...
"All these countries," said Chen, "are entering a second phase, a second industrial revolution that will be much harder than the first." The leaders of Asia will have to shift their economies gradually to exotic specialties like electronics and robotics.