neurodivergence
noun: The diversity of brain function, encompassing variations from what is considered typical.
crowdfund
verb tr.: To fund a project by raising money from a large number of people, mostly strangers and usually via the Internet.
dot-connect
verb intr.: To make connections between different pieces of information in order to reach a conclusion.
dogfood
verb tr.: To test a company’s product by having its employees use it in their regular workday.
footloose
adjective: Free to go or do as one pleases without concerns or commitments.
middlebrow
adjective: 1. (describing a person) Having tastes and interests that lie somewhere between sophisticated and vulgar. 2. (describing a work of art) …
hough
verb tr.: To cripple, disable, or to make ineffective. noun: The joint in the hind leg of a quadruped animal such as …
loggerhead
noun: 1. A blockhead: a dull or slow-witted person. 2. A loggerhead turtle.
tergiversate
verb intr.: 1. To evade or to equivocate. 2. To change one’s loyalties.
antelucan
adjective: Before dawn.
heliotropic
adjective: Turning toward the sun or the light.
anfractuous
adjective: Full of twists and turns.
fulgurant
adjective: 1. Flashing like lightning. 2. Brilliant.
alible
adjective: Nutritious; nourishing.
lob’s pound
noun: 1. Prison. 2. Difficulty. 3. Entanglement.
panopticon
noun: 1. A circular prison with a watchtower in the center so that any inmate can be observed from a single point. …
calaboose
noun: A prison.
gulag
noun: 1. The system of forced labor camps in the former Soviet Union. 2. Any prison or forced labor camp, especially one …
bridewell
noun: A prison.
big fish
noun: An important person or entity.
weasel
noun: 1. Any of various small slender carnivorous mammals of the genus Mustela. 2. A sneaky, cunning person. verb intr.: 1. To …
testudinal
adjective: 1. Slow. 2. Arched. 3. Old.
eager beaver
noun: One who is enthusiastic and hard-working, sometimes to the point of being overzealous.
reptilian
adjective: 1. Contemptible. 2. Treacherous. 3. Like a reptile.