Word: hybridism
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...possible way to analyze this path, called the Technology Adoption Life Cycle (TALC), was developed by researchers observing Iowa farmers’ adoption of hybrid corn during in the 1930s. The TALC divides the population based on how enthusiastically they will embrace a new product, process or other technology and has been significantly revised by the venture capitalist and author Geoffrey Moore. Moore’s theory predicts that, if Kamen’s product does penetrate beyond technology enthusiasts, it will follow a clear path to mainstream adoption that has been similarly followed by almost every new technology...
Butt’s attempt to confront issues of her hybrid cultural identity in her art falls short because the viewer fails to draw something from the experience of looking at her art. The watercolors are small and indistinct, the word bubbles are nearly impossible to read, and the background patterns don’t add substance to most of the pieces. There is little visual differentiation between the paintings and overall, they are not visual stimulating...
Konglish words, spoken in Korea, are recognizable to native English speakers, though the meanings can be confusing: "Apart" is apartment; "interior" refers to interior design. Sheng, a youth-culture language spoken in Kenya, is a hybrid with Swahili. It is cool and cosmopolitan, so it is popular in the city. A typical exchange...
Some local outlets of U.S. franchise companies advertise on the radio in hybrid languages, but they haven't caught on with many major exporters...
...great prose stylist and innovator. In The Enigma of Arrival and A Way in the World, he has evolved a signature blend of autobiography, artifice and journalism that tests (even by today's liberal definitions) the limits of conventional fiction. Half A Life (Knopf; 211 pages), the latest hybrid, begins in colonial India with a droll anecdote. The son of a Brahmin family marries a low-caste woman and forfeits his social standing. He is a maharaja's tax clerk who, influenced by Gandhi's politics of poverty, makes false account entries in favor of poor landowners. Unwelcome at home...