Define "Irony"
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Picaresque
Of or relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero. See "Picaresque novel"
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Parapraxis
A minor error, such as a slip of the tongue, thought to reveal a repressed motive. Ex) a Freudian slip
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Wabi-sabi
Wabi-sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete".
Sunday, January 01, 2012
Mountebank
1. A person who deceives others, esp. in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan.
2. A person who sold patent medicines in public places.
2. A person who sold patent medicines in public places.
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Tergiversate
–verb (used without object), -sat·ed, -sat·ing.
1.
to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
2.
to turn renegade.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Pedant
- One who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules.
- One who exhibits one's learning or scholarship ostentatiously.
- A person who relies too much on academic learning or who is concerned chiefly with insignificant detail.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
bildungsroman
A novel whose principal subject is the moral, psychological, and intellectual development of a usually youthful main character.