Sanguine: cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident. This has been a difficult week, which is why this email is shorter than usual and a day late. My week was dominated by three things:
Accreditation: The act of certifying an educational institution or program as meeting all official formal requirements of academic excellence, facilities, curriculum, etc.
Furlong–firkin–fortnight (FFF): A humorous system of units based on unusual or impractical measurements.Also sometimes shortened to firkins per fortnight (FF). This week’s word is courtesy of Lewis, who actually referred to FF during his recent Object-Oriented Analysis and Design course.
Fribble: to act in a foolish or frivolous manner We all need a little frivolity on our lives. Every job, no matter how meaningful and rewarding, has boring tasks. And those boring bits may seem even more boring than usual these days, thanks to the cold and the pandemic. So
Neologism: A new word, or a new meaning for an established word. Wikipedia defines “jargon” as the specialized terminology associated with a particular field. Every industry has its jargon. But the IT industry has taken jargon to such levels that our jargon has its own name: geek speak. This is why nobody understands
Indomitable: Cannot be subdued or overcome News reports last week used the word “insurrection” to describe the unrest in South Africa. That’s a scary word, with hints of civil war. It means to rise in open revolt against civil authority. Ordinary South Africans again proved their resilience and their ability
Imposter syndrome: the subjective belief that you are not as competent as others perceive you to be.
FUD: Fear, Uncertainty, and DoubtA tactic to undermine a competitor by using negative or false information.
Boketto: The act of gazing vacantly into the distance without thinking about anything specific (Japanese).
Commiserative: Feeling or expressing sympathy, pity or compassion.
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