Random Notes From November

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scur·ril·ous

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Adjective:
Making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation: "a scurrilous attack".
Humorously insulting.

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Boda-boda rider

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a bicycle taxi, originally in East Africa (from English border-border). The bicycle rider can also be called boda-boda. In Uganda it is often abbreviated as simply Boda.

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Bucha effect

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flicker vertigo

an imbalance in brain-cell activity caused by exposure to low-frequency flickering (or flashing) of a relatively bright light

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the compulsive urge to pull out (and in some cases, eat) one's own hair leading to noticeable hair loss, distress, and social or functional impairment.

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Trichotillomania

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In flagrante delicto

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"in blazing offence" or 'caught in the act,'

Euphemism for being caught mid-coitus.

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Khazzoom–Brookes Postulate

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increased energy efficiency, paradoxically, tends to lead to increased energy consumption

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Lipstick Effect

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the theory that during an economic calamity, people buy more less costly luxury goods. Instead of buying a fur coat, people will buy expensive lipstick. The idea is that people buy luxury goods even during economic hardships, they will just choose goods that have less of an impact on their funds.

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The Cobra Effect

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when the solution to a problem actually makes the problem worse

he term ‘Cobra effect’ comes from an anecdote from colonial India. The British government wanted to decrease the population of venomous cobra snakes, so they offered a reward for every dead snake. However, the Indians began to breed cobras for the income. When the government realized what was going on, the reward was canceled, and the breeders set the snakes free. The snakes consequently multiplied, and increased the cobra population.