31 Jan 2005
Today we have a French word that has made its way into the English vernacular. It is portmanteau. A portmanteau is a word that is formed by combining two words and their meanings. For example podcast is a portmanteau. It is the combination of the words iPod & broadcast. Other well know portmanteau’s are camcorder- [...]
27 Jan 2005
25 Jan 2005
Today’s word, psychosomatic, is a suggestion posted at TodaysPodcast.com. In fact the poster, Tim, was kind enough to include the definition too. It is an adjective of or relating to a disorder having physical symptoms but originating from mental or emotional causes. Or relating to or concerned with the influence of the mind on the [...]
24 Jan 2005
Let’s start off with a comment from Amy Gahran regarding last week’s podcast on apophenia. For those of you reading this post. Sorry you get the bulleted summary: Apohenia is a cool word There is an IT Conversations interview with William Gibson. William Gibson’s recent book Pattern Recognizer deals with apophenia and pattern recognition (obviously) [...]