shelfie
(名詞) 書架照。亦寫成 bookshelfie。 注意：別將 shelfie 跟 selfie (自拍照) 搞混了。據稱，從一個人的書架 (更精確地說應該是書架上的書籍) 可以大概看出書架主人是個什麼樣的人。 引句： I don't know whether I should resolve to be more patient and tolerant in 2014 or go with my...
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(動名詞) 主題樂園化 － 在公共空間加入庸俗、膚淺或不真實的特徵。 引句： The emergence of 'malled' shopping districts with private security guards, the huge expansion of gated communities, the spread of CCTV surveillance on the...
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(名詞) 僵屍車 － 車內電腦系統遭惡意駭客入侵並控制的車輛；長期停放在路邊、停車場或其他地方而無人使用的車輛。 引句： An increasing number of vehicles have been abandoned by their owners at roadsides and in car parks, leading to complaints from residents in...
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(名詞) 冰飛彈 － 從行駛中車輛的車頂飛出的大冰塊。 引句： In another move, many motorists are unaware of a new law that will require drivers and truckers to remove the ice and snow from the roofs of their vehicles in order to...
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(名詞) 自承缺點或錯誤、但卻是明貶暗誇的言論，因為他或她的話中透露出自己有足夠的信心克服這些缺點或錯誤。 引句： The latest form of boasting is being called the 'underbrag' — whereby you tweet something so slovenly or shocking, it shows that you simply...
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(名詞) 諷刺挖苦的假恭維 (backhanded compliment)。這個字是由 compliment + insult 組合而成。 引句： Drake isn't helping all the talk surrounding his own simp-hood with interviews like this. Call it a backhanded compliment, a...
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(動詞) 討論目前存在或顯而易見、但不被承認或被忽視的棘手問題。 註：這個動詞來自成語 "the elephant in the room" 或 "the elephant in the living room" (較不常用)。 引句： Tim is this an elephant in the room week.......Rowleys has been de-elephanted! Now...
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(名詞) 可人兒；可愛的人 (cutie pie)。qt3.14 為 qt (cutie)+ 3.14 (pi – 圓周率)。亦寫成 QT3.14, qt 3.14。 引句： LF High Skill female lane partner 4 TI 3. Bring your own ticket, but we can share accommodations. ;) QT3.14's...
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(名詞) 熱愛地圖與地圖製作或製圖的人。亦寫成 map-head。 引句： But if the historical "discovery" of maps was a slow and gradual process, the way modern mapheads discover maps as children is more like the way cavemen must have...
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(形容詞) 對災難、苦難、痛苦、不幸和困苦等漠不關心、無動於衷或視而不見的。 引句： Research by psychologists suggests Britain is very far from a "walk on by" culture. Mark Levine, of Lancaster University, studied thousands of hours of CCTV...
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