Saturday, December 30, 2023

Lexicon Lift: 5 Daily Words (Are you familiar with these? And how do you use these words?)

                                                                




 

 Word: Mansplaining

  • Parts of Speech: Noun (Informal)
  • Meaning: Overconfidence + Cluelessness; Implies superiority over others; Talking down to someone; Say something hurtful disguised as a “Joke.”
  • The explanation of something by a man, typically to a woman, in a manner regarded as Condescending or Patronizing.
  • Example: Your response is classic mansplaining.
  • "I will explain it to you later; you don’t understand anything,” Snapped!

 

Word: Applauded

  • Parts of Speech: Verb
  • Meaning: To applaud is to show approval, encouragement, motivation, or appreciation.
  • Example: I applaud your decision to start investing in yourself.

 

Word: Stereotypical

  • Parts of Speech: Adjective
  • Meaning: Describes an action that is oversimplified.
  • Lacking spontaneity, originality, individuality, or unimaginative.
  • Example: It’s kinda stereotypical we all sit together, but it worked out that way.

 

Word: Envision

  • Parts of Speech: Verb
  • Meaning: See in one’s mind; imagine, envision, To picture.
  • Example: I cannot envision him as the CEO of the company.

 

Word: Infer

  • Parts of Speech: Verb
  • Meaning: To Infer is to make a well-informed guess.
  • When you infer something, you read between the lines.
  • Example:  To imply is to suggest or to throw out a suggestion; to infer is to conclude or to take a suggestion

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