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- DictionarySmat·ter·ing/ˈsmadəriNG/
noun
- 1. a slight superficial knowledge of a language or subject: "Edward had only a smattering of Spanish"
3 days ago · The Lexico definition of emotion is "A strong feeling deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others." Emotions are responses to significant internal and external events. Emotions can be occurrences (e.g., panic) or dispositions (e.g., hostility), and short-lived (e.g., anger) or long-lived (e.g., grief).
French inherited “caput,” in somewhat disguised form, as “chef”; and English, for that matter, inherited “chief” from the form of that word in Old French. In that sense, the phrase “the head chef” is what’s called a pleonasm (speaking of obscure words, this time from Greek). That is, it’s a redundant description, at least if ...
2 days ago · Regardless of the merits of ESG or Sustainable investing strategies, the failure or inability to define, standardize, and report data points on these investing strategies ultimately undermines the ...
3 days ago · Illustration by Charlotte Trounce. A couple of weeks ago David Hepworth wrote here about the classic 1974 Richard and Linda Thompson album I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight. I read and enjoyed his article, as it concerned an album I already knew and liked. Or thought I did. Then I decided one evening to listen to it again, so I dug out ...
1 day ago · The EP is rife with thrashing guitars and smashing drums that now define the band's flashier rock 'n' roll era. ... Los Angeles, and their regular smattering of NYC venues throughout the summer.
4 days ago · The language associated with Gen Z is an endless cycle of “new” slang, and a smattering of words taken from minority-spoken languages, that is largely leading to the gentrification of these languages. The novelty of this ever-evolving dictionary of TikTok lies in its origin.
