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Definitions Deconstructed

        Sometimes for technical terminology, a standard Google search doesn’t cut it.  These short blurbs are meant to provide simple and concise insight, with engaging stories to facilitate memory.  The word list explores common, but confusing, terms in history, economics, science, technology, business, and more.  Starting with the generally accepted definition, then presenting research and examples, the hope is that the reader is more informed, and enlightened, after reading these write-ups.  The spelling bee awaits.

Entropy

Deteriorating into randomness.

Fermi Paradox

Where are all the aliens?

Obdurate

People, and time, are stubborn.

Modern Monetary Theory

Economics gone wild.

Exponential Growth

The mind-numbing math of compounding.

Port Manteau

Why use two words, when one silly term will suffice?

Overton Window

Societal sentiment shapes political activity.

Cicadas

What's that sound?

Mean Girls, Highway Medians, and Pie à la Mode

Average arithmetic.

Rap Rhymn'

Up in here. Up in hear.

Say it Ain't So

Don't be an idiom.

Fractional Failure

Misguided mental maths.

Leap Year

The last day of February is . . .

Ponzo & Ponzi

Italian-inspired trickery.

A Post

Postulating.

Isn't it Laconic

Don't you think?

Mandolin

Tools of the trade.

This . . . is . . . Jeopardy!

Trebek's trivial triumph.

Wassail

All hail holiday spiced ale.

Aggregate

One word. Many meanings.

Platonic Solids

Geometric friends with benefits.

Hard "Scrabble"

A high degree of difficulty.

Trireme, Two Coxswains, and a Motorboat

A random regatta.

Heard Mentality

Noisy animal groupings.

Demonic Criteria

Clever strategies to avoid hellish financial ruin.

Proteus

A godly Greek shapeshifter with future insights.

It's Knot That Hard

All tied up.

Navigating the Uncanny Valley

Creepily realistic personas.

Making the Rounds

Synchronized sing-along session.

Ba . . . lava

Sweet treats and snowy toques.

Skogluft

Naturally Norwegian.

Monopoly vs. Monopsony

Big, bold business.

Coriander or Cilantro

Seeds, stems, and soapy scents.

Misnomer

Wacky words.

Rebus

Pictoral puzzles.

Pareto Principle

Dialed distributions.

Punting and Bunting

Strategic pacificism in sports. With some substance.

Mercator Projection

Magnificent but misleading map.

Milquetoast

Cartoonish caricature.

Chatham House Rule

Meeting management.

Vast Difference

Birth control divergence.

Rube Goldberg Machine

Fanciful contraptions.

Monetary Matters

Fun with financial terms.

Offal

Offensive organs.

Freeports

Resources of the rich.

Piled Up Pallets

Numerous known nouns.

"Y" Not

Variable vowels.

All original works by S. G. Lacey - ©2025

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