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Yellular is the loudness one adopts in response to a bad cell-phone connection, in the misguided hope that talking louder will improve the connection....

A career break is a period of time out from employment. Traditionally, this was for mothers to raise children, but it is now used for people taking ti...

Friendly fade is a passive-aggressive method to 'break up' with a friend without being hurtful. This method is NOT an abrupt process and can a...

A new apartment building in Sydney has mysteriously left off the numbers four and 14 from the elevator.在澳大利亚悉尼的一座新公寓楼内，电梯楼层按钮面板上的两个数字4”和14&rdquo...

Wallet threat is the reluctant act of pulling one's wallet out as a sign of willingness to pay for a meal that was assumed to be a treat. Normally...

Thinking about joining the buy-to-let boom?想不想买套房来出租？Most new landlords look to buy their first property in a town they know. Usually that means where...

Some of us are sending up to 50 or even more text messages per day. This is concerning because as we know lots of information can be lost or misinterp...

The term "elephants" is a slang for large institutions that have the funds to make high-volume trades. Examples of elephants are professiona...

From elementary school through high school, students are faced with a tremendous amount of pressure to get good grades, so much so that their mental w...

To upcycle something is to take a used object and adapt it in an innovative way to a new function. Unlike recycling, which usually involves breaking d...