slow fade

 slow fade

• The slow fade is the charade that someone puts on when they decide to end a relationship but don’t share their decision.

torp

 A torp is a type of croft emblematic of the Swedish countryside. It comes from the Old Norse þorp. In modern usage, it is the emblematic Swedish summer house, a small cottage painted Falu red and white, and evidence of the way in which urbanization came quite late to all of Scandinavia. Its characteristic falu röd colour is ubiquitous in Sweden and became popular due to the paint's affordability.

 

hain’t

 

hain’t

1. (dialectal, archaic) has not
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2. (dialectal, archaic) have not

yarden

 

yarden (plural yardens)

1. (neologism, nonstandard) An area which is both a yard and a garden.

situationship

 

situationship (plural situationships)

(neologism, informal) A romantic or sexual relationship in which the parties involved do not clearly define their relationship as such, but for example consider it "complicated" or a friends with benefits-type situation.

wombo combo

 

wombo combo (plural wombo combos)

(slang, chiefly video games) A combination of actions which create a decisive advantage (often involving coordination between teammates)

gram-positive

 

In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall.

Gram-positive bacteria take up the crystal violet stain used in the test, and then appear to be purple-coloured when seen through an optical microscope. This is because the thick peptidoglycan layer in the bacterial cell wall retains the stain after it is washed away from the rest of the sample, in the decolorization stage of the test. 

 

bract

In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of a different color, shape, or texture. Typically, they also look different from the parts of the flower, such as the petals or sepals.