N.Y. Times : "If Edison had been an existential technologist,
he would have invented the light bulb not to create light but to give intellectual illumination. In existech, as in existential philosophy, an inventor builds something, then tries to figure out what it is." see also :
some classrooms at Bentley [College] have technology that allows teachers to capture a student's e-mails or instant messages and display them on a large screen for the whole class to see.
The dict-ified dictionary.com word of the day is effrontery
| source : web1913 |
Effrontery \Ef*front"er*y\, n.; pl. {Effronteries}. [F.
effronterie, fr. effront['e] shameless, fr. L. effrons,
-ontis, putting forth the forehead, i. e., barefaced,
shameless; ex + frons the forehead. See {Front}.]
Impudence or boldness in confronting or in transgressing the
bounds of duty or decorum; insulting presumptuousness;
shameless boldness; barefaced assurance.
Corruption lost nothing of its effrontery. --Bancroft.
Syn: Impudence; sauciness. See {Impudence}.
| source : wn |
effrontery
n : impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness";
"he had the effrontery to question my honesty" [syn: {boldness},
{nerve}, {brass}, {face}, {cheek}]