Wednesday, March 31, 2021

dysregulation

 Emotional dysregulation is a term used in the mental health community that refers to emotional responses that are poorly modulated and do not lie within the accepted range of emotive response.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

mare nostrum

 Latin for 'our sea', used by Romans to describe the Mediterranean Sea.


Monday, March 29, 2021

bridge line

 A bridge line or bridge route was an American rail carrier tasked primarily with moving traffic from one major carrier to another (hence the "bridge" moniker). Bridge lines often were located between two major cities, connecting rail carriers that served those cities and interchanging their cars. As railroads have continued to evolve and large Class I railroads have sought to keep cars on line (as well as collect the revenues for the tonnage moved over their own route miles), most bridge lines are now gone.

Sunday, March 28, 2021

Demonyms of Canadian Provinces

 from wikipedia:

  • Alberta (Province): Albertans 
  • British Columbia (Province): British Columbians 
  • Manitoba (Province): Manitobans 
  • New Brunswick (Province): New Brunswickers 
  • Newfoundland and Labrador (Province): Newfoundlanders, Labradorians 
  • Northwest Territories (Territory): Northwest Territorians 
  • Nova Scotia (Province): Nova Scotians 
  • Nunavut (Territory): Nunavummiut (Nunavummiuq sing.) 
  • Ontario (Province): Ontarians 
  • Prince Edward Island (Province): Prince Edward Islanders, Islanders 
  • Quebec (Province): Quebecers, Quebeckers, Québécois, Québécoise[ 
  • Saskatchewan (Province): Saskatchewanians 
  • Yukon (Territory): Yukoners

Saturday, March 27, 2021

Catharism

 Catharism (/ˈkæθərɪzəm/; from the Greek: καθαροί, katharoi, "the pure [ones]") was a Christian dualist or Gnostic movement between the 12th and 14th centuries which thrived in Southern Europe, particularly in northern Italy and southern France.

Friday, March 26, 2021

anticyclone

 An anticyclone is a weather phenomenon defined as a large-scale circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to a cyclone). Effects of surface-based anticyclones include clearing skies as well as cooler, drier air.


 

Thursday, March 25, 2021

musical hoax

 A musical hoax (also musical forgery and musical mystification) is a piece of music composed by an individual who intentionally misattributes it to someone else.

talk nineteen to the dozen

  to speak rapidly and without stopping